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Sousa J, Santos-Pereira C, Gomes JS, Costa ÂMA, Santos AO, Franco-Duarte R, Linhares JMM, Sousa SF, Silvério SC, Rodrigues LR. Heterologous expression and structure prediction of a xylanase identified from a compost metagenomic library. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:329. [PMID: 38727750 PMCID: PMC11087322 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-024-13169-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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Xylanases are key biocatalysts in the degradation of the β-1,4-glycosidic linkages in the xylan backbone of hemicellulose. These enzymes are potentially applied in a wide range of bioprocessing industries under harsh conditions. Metagenomics has emerged as powerful tools for the bioprospection and discovery of interesting bioactive molecules from extreme ecosystems with unique features, such as high temperatures. In this study, an innovative combination of function-driven screening of a compost metagenomic library and automatic extraction of halo areas with in-house MATLAB functions resulted in the identification of a promising clone with xylanase activity (LP4). The LP4 clone proved to be an effective xylanase producer under submerged fermentation conditions. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses revealed that the xylanase, Xyl4, corresponded to an endo-1,4-β-xylanase belonging to glycosyl hydrolase family 10 (GH10). When xyl4 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3), the enzyme activity increased about 2-fold compared to the LP4 clone. To get insight on the interaction of the enzyme with the substrate and establish possible strategies to improve its activity, the structure of Xyl4 was predicted, refined, and docked with xylohexaose. Our data unveiled, for the first time, the relevance of the amino acids Glu133 and Glu238 for catalysis, and a close inspection of the catalytic site suggested that the replacement of Phe316 by a bulkier Trp may improve Xyl4 activity. Our current findings contribute to enhancing the catalytic performance of Xyl4 towards industrial applications. KEY POINTS: • A GH10 endo-1,4-β-xylanase (Xyl4) was isolated from a compost metagenomic library • MATLAB's in-house functions were developed to identify the xylanase-producing clones • Computational analysis showed that Glu133 and Glu238 are crucial residues for catalysis.
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- Joana Sousa
- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- CBMA - Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- IB-S - Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- Physics Center of Minho and Porto Universities (CF-UM-UP), Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE BioSIM - Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal.
- LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal.
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- CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal
- LABBELS - Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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Robinson SL. Structure-guided metagenome mining to tap microbial functional diversity. Curr Opin Microbiol 2023; 76:102382. [PMID: 37741262 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
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Scientists now have access to millions of accurate three-dimensional (3D) models of protein structures. How do we leverage 3D structural models to learn about microbial functions encoded in metagenomes? Here, we review recent developments using protein structural features to mine metagenomes from diverse environments ranging from the human gut to soil and ocean viromes. We compare 3D protein structural methods to characterize antibiotic resistance phenotypes, nutrient cycling, and host-drug-microbe interactions. Broadly, we encourage the scientific community to look beyond global sequence and structure alignments by considering fine-grained descriptors such as distance to ligand, active site, and tertiary interactions between amino acid residues scaling to microbiomes. Finally, we highlight structure-inspired approaches to chart new areas of microbial protein-coding sequence space.
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- Serina L Robinson
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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Banu JR, Kumar G, Chattopadhyay I. Management of microbial enzymes for biofuels and biogas production by using metagenomic and genome editing approaches. 3 Biotech 2021; 11:429. [PMID: 34603908 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02962-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Non-renewable fossil fuels such as bitumen, coal, natural gas, oil shale, and petroleum are depleting over the world owing to unrestricted consumption. Biofuels such as biodiesel, biobutanol, bioethanol, and biogas are considered an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternatives of fossil fuels. For energy sustainability, the production of advanced biofuels is required. The advancement of genetic and metabolic engineering in microbial cells played a significant contribution to biofuels overproduction. Essential approaches such as next-generation sequencing technologies and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of microbial cells are required for the mass manufacture of biofuels globally. Advanced "omics" approaches are used to construct effective microorganisms for biofuels manufacturing. A new investigation is required to augment the production of lignocellulosic-based biofuels with minimal use of energy. Advanced areas of metabolic engineering are introduced in the manufacture of biofuels by the use of engineered microbial strains. Genetically modified microorganisms are used for the production of biofuels in large quantities at a low-cost.
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- J Rajesh Banu
- Department of Life Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu India
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering, University of Stavanger, Forus, Box 8600, 4036 Stavanger, Norway
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- Department of Life Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, Tamilnadu India
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Verma D. Extremophilic Prokaryotic Endoxylanases: Diversity, Applicability, and Molecular Insights. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:728475. [PMID: 34566933 PMCID: PMC8458939 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.728475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Extremophilic endoxylanases grabbed attention in recent years due to their applicability under harsh conditions of several industrial processes. Thermophilic, alkaliphilic, and acidophilic endoxylanases found their employability in bio-bleaching of paper pulp, bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into xylooligosaccharides, bioethanol production, and improving the nutritious value of bread and other bakery products. Xylanases obtained from extremophilic bacteria and archaea are considered better than fungal sources for several reasons. For example, enzymatic activity under broad pH and temperature range, low molecular weight, cellulase-free activity, and longer stability under extreme conditions of prokaryotic derived xylanases make them a good choice. In addition, a short life span, easy cultivation/harvesting methods, higher yield, and rapid DNA manipulations of bacterial and archaeal cells further reduces the overall cost of the product. This review focuses on the diversity of prokaryotic endoxylanases, their characteristics, and their functional attributes. Besides, the molecular mechanisms of their extreme behavior have also been presented here.
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- Digvijay Verma
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
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Zafar A, Aftab MN, Asif A, Karadag A, Peng L, Celebioglu HU, Afzal MS, Hamid A, Iqbal I. Efficient biomass saccharification using a novel cellobiohydrolase from Clostridium clariflavum for utilization in biofuel industry. RSC Adv 2021; 11:9246-9261. [PMID: 35423428 PMCID: PMC8695235 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00545f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The present study describes the cloning of the cellobiohydrolase gene from a thermophilic bacterium Clostridium clariflavum and its expression in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) utilizing the expression vector pET-21a(+). The optimization of various parameters (pH, temperature, isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) concentration, time of induction) was carried out to obtain the maximum enzyme activity (2.78 ± 0.145 U ml−1) of recombinant enzyme. The maximum expression of recombinant cellobiohydrolase was obtained at pH 6.0 and 70 °C respectively. Enzyme purification was performed by heat treatment and immobilized metal anionic chromatography. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 57.4 U mg−1 with 35.17% recovery and 3.90 purification fold. Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed that the molecular weight of cellobiohydrolase was 78 kDa. Among metal ions, Ca2+ showed a positive impact on the cellobiohydrolase enzyme with increased activity by 115%. Recombinant purified cellobiohydrolase enzyme remained stable and exhibited 77% and 63% residual activity in comparison to control in the presence of n-butanol and after incubation at 80 °C for 1 h, respectively. Our results indicate that our purified recombinant cellobiohydrolase can be used in the biofuel industry. Successful expression of a novel cellobiohydrolase enzyme from Clostridium clariflavum with efficient saccharification potential of plant biomass for the biofuel industry.![]()
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- Asma Zafar
- Faculty of Life Sciences
- University of Central Punjab
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
- GC University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Yozgat Bozok University
- Yozgat
- Turkey
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- Biomass and Bioenergy Research Center
- Huazhong Agriculture University
- Wuhan
- China
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- Department of Life Sciences
- School of Science
- University of Management and Technology (UMT)
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
- GC University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology
- Lahore College for Women University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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Improvement of PersiXyn2 activity and stability in presence of Trehalose and proline as a natural osmolyte. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 163:348-357. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Verma D, Satyanarayana T. Xylanolytic Extremozymes Retrieved From Environmental Metagenomes: Characteristics, Genetic Engineering, and Applications. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:551109. [PMID: 33042057 PMCID: PMC7527525 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.551109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Xylanolytic enzymes have extensive applications in paper, food, and feed, pharmaceutical, and biofuel industries. These industries demand xylanases that are functional under extreme conditions, such as high temperature, acidic/alkaline pH, and others, which are prevailing in bioprocessing industries. Despite the availability of several xylan-hydrolyzing enzymes from cultured microbes, there is a huge gap between what is available and what industries require. DNA manipulations as well as protein-engineering techniques are also not quite satisfactory in generating xylan-hydrolyzing extremozymes. With a compound annual growth rate of 6.6% of xylan-hydrolyzing enzymes in the global market, there is a need for xylanolytic extremozymes. Therefore, metagenomic approaches have been employed to uncover hidden xylanolytic genes that were earlier inaccessible in culture-dependent approaches. Appreciable success has been achieved in retrieving several unusual xylanolytic enzymes with novel and desirable characteristics from different extreme environments using functional and sequence-based metagenomic approaches. Moreover, the Carbohydrate Active Enzymes database includes approximately 400 GH-10 and GH-11 unclassified xylanases. This review discusses sources, characteristics, and applications of xylanolytic enzymes obtained through metagenomic approaches and their amelioration by genetic engineering techniques.
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- Digvijay Verma
- Department of Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Dwarka, New Delhi, India
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Song W, Zhang N, Yang M, Zhou Y, He N, Zhang G. Multiple strategies to improve the yield of chitinase a from Bacillus licheniformis in Pichia pastoris to obtain plant growth enhancer and GlcNAc. Microb Cell Fact 2020; 19:181. [PMID: 32933546 PMCID: PMC7493387 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01440-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Chitinase and chitin-oligosaccaride can be used in multiple field, so it is important to develop a high-yield chitinase producing strain. Here, a recombinant Pichia pastoris with 4 copies of ChiA gene from Bacillus licheniformis and co-expression of molecular chaperon HAC1 was constructed. The amount of recombinant ChiA in the supernatant of high-cell-density fermentation reaches a maximum of 12.7 mg/mL, which is 24-fold higher than that reported in the previous study. The recombinant ChiA can hydrolyze 30% collodidal chitin with 74% conversion ratio, and GlcNAc is the most abundant hydrolysis product, followed by N, N′-diacetylchitobiose. Combined with BsNagZ, the hydrolysate of ChiA can be further transformed into GlcNAc with 88% conversion ratio. Additionally, the hydrolysate of ChiA can obviously accelerate the germination growth of rice and wheat, increasing the seedling height and root length by at least 1.6 folds within 10 days.
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- Wen Song
- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China.
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Chao L, Jongkees S. High-Throughput Approaches in Carbohydrate-Active Enzymology: Glycosidase and Glycosyl Transferase Inhibitors, Evolution, and Discovery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:12750-12760. [PMID: 30913359 PMCID: PMC6771893 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201900055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Carbohydrates are attached and removed in living systems through the action of carbohydrate-active enzymes such as glycosyl transferases and glycoside hydrolases. The molecules resulting from these enzymes have many important roles in organisms, such as cellular communication, structural support, and energy metabolism. In general, each carbohydrate transformation requires a separate catalyst, and so these enzyme families are extremely diverse. To make this diversity manageable, high-throughput approaches look at many enzymes at once. Similarly, high-throughput approaches can be a powerful way of finding inhibitors that can be used to tune the reactivity of these enzymes, either in an industrial, a laboratory, or a medicinal setting. In this review, we provide an overview of how these enzymes and inhibitors can be sought using techniques such as high-throughput natural product and combinatorial library screening, phage and mRNA display of (glyco)peptides, fluorescence-activated cell sorting, and metagenomics.
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- Lemeng Chao
- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug DiscoveryUtrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical SciencesUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 993581AGUtrechtThe Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug DiscoveryUtrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical SciencesUtrecht UniversityUniversiteitsweg 993581AGUtrechtThe Netherlands
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Chao L, Jongkees S. High‐Throughput Approaches in Carbohydrate‐Active Enzymology: Glycosidase and Glycosyl Transferase Inhibitors, Evolution, and Discovery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201900055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Lemeng Chao
- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3581AG Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences Utrecht University Universiteitsweg 99 3581AG Utrecht The Netherlands
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Ariaeenejad S, Maleki M, Hosseini E, Kavousi K, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Salekdeh GH. Mining of camel rumen metagenome to identify novel alkali-thermostable xylanase capable of enhancing the recalcitrant lignocellulosic biomass conversion. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 281:343-350. [PMID: 30831513 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.02.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 02/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize novel alkali-thermostable xylanase genes from the mixed genome DNA of camel rumen metagenome. In this study, a five-stage computational screening procedure was utilized to find the primary candidate enzyme with superior properties from the camel rumen metagenome. This enzyme was subjected to cloning, purification, and structural and functional characterization. It showed high thermal stability, high activity in a broad range of pH (6-11) and temperature (30-90 °C) and effectivity in recalcitrant lignocellulosic biomass degradation. Our results demonstrated the power of in silico analysis to discover novel alkali-thermostable xylanases, effective for the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass.
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- Shohreh Ariaeenejad
- Department of Systems Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREO), Karaj, Iran
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- Department of Systems Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREO), Karaj, Iran
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Systems Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREO), Karaj, Iran.
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Ariaeenejad S, Hosseini E, Maleki M, Kavousi K, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Salekdeh GH. Identification and characterization of a novel thermostable xylanase from camel rumen metagenome. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 126:1295-1302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Owiti DA, Tazisong IA, Senwo ZN. Microbial and organic matter patterns in a prescribed burned and thinned managed forest ecosystem. Ecosphere 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Dessy A. Owiti
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences Alabama A&M University Normal Alabama 35762 USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences Alabama A&M University Normal Alabama 35762 USA
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences Alabama A&M University Normal Alabama 35762 USA
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Metagenome Analysis: a Powerful Tool for Enzyme Bioprospecting. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2017; 183:636-651. [PMID: 28815469 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-017-2568-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Microorganisms are found throughout every corner of nature, and vast number of microorganisms is difficult to cultivate by classical microbiological techniques. The advent of metagenomics has revolutionized the field of microbial biotechnology. Metagenomics allow the recovery of genetic material directly from environmental niches without any cultivation techniques. Currently, metagenomic tools are widely employed as powerful tools to isolate and identify enzymes with novel biocatalytic activities from the uncultivable component of microbial communities. The employment of next-generation sequencing techniques for metagenomics resulted in the generation of large sequence data sets derived from various environments, such as soil, the human body and ocean water. This review article describes the state-of-the-art techniques and tools in metagenomics and discusses the potential of metagenomic approaches for the bioprospecting of industrial enzymes from various environmental samples. We also describe the unusual novel enzymes discovered via metagenomic approaches and discuss the future prospects for metagenome technologies.
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Kim DY, Lee SH, Lee MJ, Cho HY, Lee JS, Rhee YH, Shin DH, Son KH, Park HY. Genetic and functional characterization of a novel GH10 endo-β- 1,4-xylanase with a ricin-type β-trefoil domain-like domain from Luteimicrobium xylanilyticum HY-24. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 106:620-628. [PMID: 28813686 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.08.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The gene (1488-bp) encoding a novel GH10 endo-β-1,4-xylanase (XylM) consisting of an N-terminal catalytic GH10 domain and a C-terminal ricin-type β-trefoil lectin domain-like (RICIN) domain was identified from Luteimicrobium xylanilyticum HY-24. The GH10 domain of XylM was 72% identical to that of Micromonospora lupini endo-β-1,4-xylanase and the RICIN domain was 67% identical to that of Actinospica robiniae hypothetical protein. The recombinant enzyme (rXylM: 49kDa) exhibited maximum activity toward beechwood xylan at 65°C and pH 6.0, while the optimum temperature and pH of its C-terminal truncated mutant (rXylM△RICIN: 35kDa) were 45°C and 5.0, respectively. After pre-incubation of 1h at 60°C, rXylM retained over 80% of its initial activity, but the thermostability of rXylM△RICIN was sharply decreased at temperatures exceeding 40°C. The specific activity (254.1Umg-1) of rXylM toward oat spelts xylan was 3.4-fold higher than that (74.8Umg-1) of rXylM△RICIN when the same substrate was used. rXylM displayed superior binding capacities to lignin and insoluble polysaccharides compared to rXylM△RICIN. Enzymatic hydrolysis of β-1,4-d-xylooligosaccharides (X3-X6) and birchwood xylan yielded X3 as the major product. The results suggest that the RICIN domain in XylM might play an important role in substrate-binding and biocatalysis.
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- Do Young Kim
- Industrial Bio-Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Industrial Bio-Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Industrial Bio-Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Industrial Bio-Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Gyeonggi Bio-Center, Gyeonggi Institute of Science & Technology Promotion, Suwon 16229, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Insect Biotech Co. Ltd., Daejeon 34054, Republic of Korea
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- Industrial Bio-Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
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- Industrial Bio-Materials Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea.
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Khan M, Sathya TA. Extremozymes from metagenome: Potential applications in food processing. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2017; 58:2017-2025. [PMID: 28605203 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1296408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The long-established use of enzymes for food processing and product formulation has resulted in an increased enzyme market compounding to 7.0% annual growth rate. Advancements in molecular biology and recognition that enzymes with specific properties have application for industrial production of infant, baby and functional foods boosted research toward sourcing the genes of microorganisms for enzymes with distinctive properties. In this regard, functional metagenomics for extremozymes has gained attention on the premise that such enzymes can catalyze specific reactions. Hence, metagenomics that can isolate functional genes of unculturable extremophilic microorganisms has expanded attention as a promising tool. Developments in this field of research in relation to food sector are reviewed.
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- Mahejibin Khan
- a CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute-Resource Centre Lucknow , India.,c Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research , New Delhi , India
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- b CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute , Mysore , India.,c Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research , New Delhi , India
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Ábrego U, Chen Z, Wan C. Consolidated Bioprocessing Systems for Cellulosic Biofuel Production. ADVANCES IN BIOENERGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.aibe.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Applying functional metagenomics to search for novel lignocellulosic enzymes in a microbial consortium derived from a thermophilic composting phase of sugarcane bagasse and cow manure. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1217-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s10482-016-0723-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Maruthamuthu M, Jiménez DJ, Stevens P, van Elsas JD. A multi-substrate approach for functional metagenomics-based screening for (hemi)cellulases in two wheat straw-degrading microbial consortia unveils novel thermoalkaliphilic enzymes. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:86. [PMID: 26822785 PMCID: PMC4730625 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2404-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Functional metagenomics is a promising strategy for the exploration of the biocatalytic potential of microbiomes in order to uncover novel enzymes for industrial processes (e.g. biorefining or bleaching pulp). Most current methodologies used to screen for enzymes involved in plant biomass degradation are based on the use of single substrates. Moreover, highly diverse environments are used as metagenomic sources. However, such methods suffer from low hit rates of positive clones and hence the discovery of novel enzymatic activities from metagenomes has been hampered. RESULTS Here, we constructed fosmid libraries from two wheat straw-degrading microbial consortia, denoted RWS (bred on untreated wheat straw) and TWS (bred on heat-treated wheat straw). Approximately 22,000 clones from each library were screened for (hemi)cellulose-degrading enzymes using a multi-chromogenic substrate approach. The screens yielded 71 positive clones for both libraries, giving hit rates of 1:440 and 1:1,047 for RWS and TWS, respectively. Seven clones (NT2-2, T5-5, NT18-17, T4-1, 10BT, NT18-21 and T17-2) were selected for sequence analyses. Their inserts revealed the presence of 18 genes encoding enzymes belonging to twelve different glycosyl hydrolase families (GH2, GH3, GH13, GH17, GH20, GH27, GH32, GH39, GH53, GH58, GH65 and GH109). These encompassed several carbohydrate-active gene clusters traceable mainly to Klebsiella related species. Detailed functional analyses showed that clone NT2-2 (containing a beta-galactosidase of ~116 kDa) had highest enzymatic activity at 55 °C and pH 9.0. Additionally, clone T5-5 (containing a beta-xylosidase of ~86 kDa) showed > 90% of enzymatic activity at 55 °C and pH 10.0. CONCLUSIONS This study employed a high-throughput method for rapid screening of fosmid metagenomic libraries for (hemi)cellulose-degrading enzymes. The approach, consisting of screens on multi-substrates coupled to further analyses, revealed high hit rates, as compared with recent other studies. Two clones, 10BT and T4-1, required the presence of multiple substrates for detectable activity, indicating a new avenue in library activity screening. Finally, clones NT2-2, T5-5 and NT18-17 were found to encode putative novel thermo-alkaline enzymes, which could represent a starting point for further biotechnological applications.
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- Mukil Maruthamuthu
- Department of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Deep K, Poddar A, Das SK. Cloning, Overexpression, and Characterization of Halostable, Solvent-Tolerant Novel β-Endoglucanase from a Marine Bacterium Photobacterium panuliri LBS5T (DSM 27646T). Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 178:695-709. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1903-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sun MZ, Zheng HC, Meng LC, Sun JS, Song H, Bao YJ, Pei HS, Yan Z, Zhang XQ, Zhang JS, Liu YH, Lu FP. Direct cloning, expression of a thermostable xylanase gene from the metagenomic DNA of cow dung compost and enzymatic production of xylooligosaccharides from corncob. Biotechnol Lett 2015; 37:1877-86. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-015-1857-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Garcia RAM, Pereira MR, Maester TC, de Macedo Lemos EG. Investigation, expression, and molecular modeling of ORF2, a metagenomic lipolytic enzyme. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 175:3875-87. [PMID: 25764223 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1556-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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One clone exhibiting lipolytic activity was selected among 30 positives from a metagenomic library of a microbe consortium specialized in petroleum hydrocarbon degradation. From this clone, a sublibrary was constructed and a metagenome contig was assembled and analyzed using the ORF Finder; thus, it was possible to identify a potential ORF that encodes a lipolytic enzyme, denoted ORF2. This ORF is composed of 1035-bp 345 amino acids and displayed 98 % identity with an alpha/beta hydrolase from Pseudomonas nitroreducens (accession number WP024765380.1). When analyzed against a metagenome database, ORF2 also showed 76 % of sequence identity with a hypothetical protein from a marine metagenome (accession number ECT55726.1). The ProtParam analyses indicated that the recombinant protein ORF2 has a molecular mass approximately 39 kDa, as expected from its amino acid sequence, and based on phylogenetic analysis and molecular modeling, it was possible to suggest that ORF2 is a new member from family V. This enzyme exhibits the catalytic triad and conserved motifs typical from this family, wherein the serine residue is located in the central position of the conserved motif GASMGG. The orf2 gene was cloned in the expression vector pET28a, and the recombinant protein was superexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) cells. The lipolytic activity of protein bands presented in a SDS-PAGE gel was confirmed by zymogram analyses, indicating ORF2 activity. These discoveries raise the possibility of employing this protein in biotechnological applications, such as bioremediation.
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- Rosmeriana Afnis Marioto Garcia
- Departamento de Tecnologia, UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias eVeterinárias, Rod. Prof. Paulo Donato Castellane km 5, CEP, Jaboticabal, SP, 18884-900, Brazil,
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Qian C, Liu N, Yan X, Wang Q, Zhou Z, Wang Q. Engineering a high-performance, metagenomic-derived novel xylanase with improved soluble protein yield and thermostability. Enzyme Microb Technol 2015; 70:35-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Revised: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sathya T, Khan M. Diversity of Glycosyl Hydrolase Enzymes from Metagenome and Their Application in Food Industry. J Food Sci 2014; 79:R2149-56. [DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.12677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- T.A. Sathya
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research; New Delhi India
- CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute; Mysore-20 Karnataka India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research; New Delhi India
- CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute; Mysore-20 Karnataka India
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Xiang L, Li A, Tian C, Zhou Y, Zhang G, Ma Y. Identification and characterization of a new acid-stable endoglucanase from a metagenomic library. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 102:20-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 07/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nyyssönen M, Tran HM, Karaoz U, Weihe C, Hadi MZ, Martiny JBH, Martiny AC, Brodie EL. Coupled high-throughput functional screening and next generation sequencing for identification of plant polymer decomposing enzymes in metagenomic libraries. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:282. [PMID: 24069019 PMCID: PMC3779933 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Recent advances in sequencing technologies generate new predictions and hypotheses about the functional roles of environmental microorganisms. Yet, until we can test these predictions at a scale that matches our ability to generate them, most of them will remain as hypotheses. Function-based mining of metagenomic libraries can provide direct linkages between genes, metabolic traits and microbial taxa and thus bridge this gap between sequence data generation and functional predictions. Here we developed high-throughput screening assays for function-based characterization of activities involved in plant polymer decomposition from environmental metagenomic libraries. The multiplexed assays use fluorogenic and chromogenic substrates, combine automated liquid handling and use a genetically modified expression host to enable simultaneous screening of 12,160 clones for 14 activities in a total of 170,240 reactions. Using this platform we identified 374 (0.26%) cellulose, hemicellulose, chitin, starch, phosphate and protein hydrolyzing clones from fosmid libraries prepared from decomposing leaf litter. Sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform, followed by assembly and gene prediction of a subset of 95 fosmid clones, identified a broad range of bacterial phyla, including Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, multiple Proteobacteria sub-phyla in addition to some Fungi. Carbohydrate-active enzyme genes from 20 different glycoside hydrolase (GH) families were detected. Using tetranucleotide frequency (TNF) binning of fosmid sequences, multiple enzyme activities from distinct fosmids were linked, demonstrating how biochemically-confirmed functional traits in environmental metagenomes may be attributed to groups of specific organisms. Overall, our results demonstrate how functional screening of metagenomic libraries can be used to connect microbial functionality to community composition and, as a result, complement large-scale metagenomic sequencing efforts.
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- Mari Nyyssönen
- Ecology Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA, USA
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Alvarez TM, Goldbeck R, dos Santos CR, Paixão DAA, Gonçalves TA, Franco Cairo JPL, Almeida RF, de Oliveira Pereira I, Jackson G, Cota J, Büchli F, Citadini AP, Ruller R, Polo CC, de Oliveira Neto M, Murakami MT, Squina FM. Development and biotechnological application of a novel endoxylanase family GH10 identified from sugarcane soil metagenome. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70014. [PMID: 23922891 PMCID: PMC3726488 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Metagenomics has been widely employed for discovery of new enzymes and pathways to conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals. In this context, the present study reports the isolation, recombinant expression, biochemical and structural characterization of a novel endoxylanase family GH10 (SCXyl) identified from sugarcane soil metagenome. The recombinant SCXyl was highly active against xylan from beechwood and showed optimal enzyme activity at pH 6,0 and 45°C. The crystal structure was solved at 2.75 Å resolution, revealing the classical (β/α)8-barrel fold with a conserved active-site pocket and an inherent flexibility of the Trp281-Arg291 loop that can adopt distinct conformational states depending on substrate binding. The capillary electrophoresis analysis of degradation products evidenced that the enzyme displays unusual capacity to degrade small xylooligosaccharides, such as xylotriose, which is consistent to the hydrophobic contacts at the +1 subsite and low-binding energies of subsites that are distant from the site of hydrolysis. The main reaction products from xylan polymers and phosphoric acid-pretreated sugarcane bagasse (PASB) were xylooligosaccharides, but, after a longer incubation time, xylobiose and xylose were also formed. Moreover, the use of SCXyl as pre-treatment step of PASB, prior to the addition of commercial cellulolytic cocktail, significantly enhanced the saccharification process. All these characteristics demonstrate the advantageous application of this enzyme in several biotechnological processes in food and feed industry and also in the enzymatic pretreatment of biomass for feedstock and ethanol production.
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- Thabata M. Alvarez
- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Biologia (IB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Biologia (IB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Biologia (IB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Biologia (IB), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Departamento de Física e Biofísica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
- * E-mail: (FMS); (MTM)
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- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
- * E-mail: (FMS); (MTM)
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Cloning, expression and characteristics of a novel alkalistable and thermostable xylanase encoding gene (Mxyl) retrieved from compost-soil metagenome. PLoS One 2013; 8:e52459. [PMID: 23382818 PMCID: PMC3561394 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Background The alkalistable and thermostable xylanases are in high demand for pulp bleaching in paper industry and generating xylooligosaccharides by hydrolyzing xylan component of agro-residues. The compost-soil samples, one of the hot environments, are expected to be a rich source of microbes with thermostable enzymes. Methodology/Principal Findings Metagenomic DNA from hot environmental samples could be a rich source of novel biocatalysts. While screening metagenomic library constructed from DNA extracted from the compost-soil in the p18GFP vector, a clone (TSDV-MX1) was detected that exhibited clear zone of xylan hydrolysis on RBB xylan plate. The sequencing of 6.321 kb DNA insert and its BLAST analysis detected the presence of xylanase gene that comprised 1077 bp. The deduced protein sequence (358 amino acids) displayed homology with glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 11 xylanases. The gene was subcloned into pET28a vector and expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant xylanase (rMxyl) exhibited activity over a broad range of pH and temperature with optima at pH 9.0 and 80°C. The recombinant xylanase is highly thermostable having T1/2 of 2 h at 80°C and 15 min at 90°C. Conclusion/Significance This is the first report on the retrieval of xylanase gene through metagenomic approach that encodes an enzyme with alkalistability and thermostability. The recombinant xylanase has a potential application in paper and pulp industry in pulp bleaching and generating xylooligosaccharides from the abundantly available agro-residues.
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Wang J, Sun Z, Zhou Y, Wang Q, Ye J, Chen Z, Liu J. Screening of a xylanase clone from a fosmid library of rumen microbiota in Hu sheep. Anim Biotechnol 2012; 23:156-73. [PMID: 22870871 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2012.662925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The glycosyl hydrolase family 11, which is responsible for carbohydrate metabolism, was identified in the open reading frame (ORF) 6 of a xylanase positive clone from a fosmid library of rumen microbiota of Hu sheep. A BLASTP search of GenBank revealed that ORF6 encoded a 355-amino acid putative endoxylanase, having 61% similarity (e(-73)) to endo-1,4-β-xylanase of Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 (YP_003250510.1). Predicted with the SWISS-MODEL, there were two separate β-sandwich clusters linked with a high serine containing linker in ORF6. The N-terminal β-sandwich is a novel endoxylanase of the glycosyl hydrolase family 11 with a specific activity of 1150.00 U/mg. The optimal pH and temperature for this enzyme were shown to be pH 5.0 and 50°C, respectively. The C-terminal helped increase the stability of the xylanase but decreased the activity to some degree. The C-terminal β-sandwich could bind avicel, but no conserved domain could be found. It may be a novel carbohydrate-binding module.
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- Jiakun Wang
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Cloning, expression and characterization of a novel salt-tolerant xylanase from Bacillus sp. SN5. Biotechnol Lett 2012; 34:2093-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1011-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Xing MN, Zhang XZ, Huang H. Application of metagenomic techniques in mining enzymes from microbial communities for biofuel synthesis. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 30:920-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2012.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Jeong YS, Na HB, Kim SK, Kim YH, Kwon EJ, Kim J, Yun HD, Lee JK, Kim H. Characterization of Xyn10J, a Novel Family 10 Xylanase from a Compost Metagenomic Library. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2012; 166:1328-39. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9520-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Most of the microorganisms responsible for nutrient cycling in the environment have yet to be cultivated, and this could include those species responsible for the degradation of cellulose. Known cellulases are well defined at the protein sequence level, but gene variants are difficult to amplify from environmental DNA. The identification of novel cellulase genes independent of DNA amplification is made possible by adopting a direct metagenome sequencing approach to provide genes that can be cloned, expressed, and characterized prior to potential exploitation, all in the absence of any information on the species from which they originated. In this chapter, emerging strategies and methods that will enable the identification of novel cellulase genes and provide an unbiased perspective on gene expression in situ are presented.
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- David J Rooks
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Zhang G, Li S, Xue Y, Mao L, Ma Y. Effects of salts on activity of halophilic cellulase with glucomannanase activity isolated from alkaliphilic and halophilic Bacillus sp. BG-CS10. Extremophiles 2011; 16:35-43. [PMID: 22012583 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0403-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 10/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Alkaliphilic and halophilic Bacillus sp. BG-CS10 was isolated from Zabuye Salt Lake, Tibet. The gene celB, encoding a halophilic cellulase was identified from the genomic library of BG-CS10. CelB belongs to the cellulase superfamily and DUF291 superfamily, with an unknown function domain and less than 58% identity to other cellulases in GenBank. The purified recombinant protein (molecular weight: 62 kDa) can hydrolyze soluble cellulose substrates containing beta-1,4-linkages, such as carboxylmethyl cellulose and konjac glucomannan, but has no exoglucanase and β-glucosidase activities. Thus, CelB is a cellulase with an endo mode of action and glucomannanase activity. Interestingly, the enzyme activity was increased approximately tenfold with 2.5 M NaCl or 3 M KCl. Furthermore, the optimal temperatures were 55°C with 2.5 M NaCl and 35°C without NaCl, respectively. This indicates that NaCl can improve enzyme thermostability. The K ( m ) and k (cat) values of CelB for CMC with 2.5 M NaCl were 3.18 mg mL(-1) and 26 s(-1), while the K ( m ) and k (cat) values of CelB without NaCl were 6.6 mg mL(-1) and 2.1 s(-1). Thus, this thermo-stable, salt and pH-tolerant cellulase is a promising candidate for industrial applications, and provides a new model to study salt effects on the structure of protein.
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- Guimin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Characterization of a thermostable and alkaline xylanase from Bacillus sp. and its bleaching impact on wheat straw pulp. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 28:513-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0842-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Neveu J, Regeard C, DuBow MS. Isolation and characterization of two serine proteases from metagenomic libraries of the Gobi and Death Valley deserts. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 91:635-44. [PMID: 21494865 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3256-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Revised: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The screening of environmental DNA metagenome libraries for functional activities can provide an important source of new molecules and enzymes. In this study, we identified 17 potential protease-producing clones from two metagenomic libraries derived from samples of surface sand from the Gobi and Death Valley deserts. Two of the proteases, DV1 and M30, were purified and biochemically examined. These two proteases displayed a molecular mass of 41.5 kDa and 45.7 kDa, respectively, on SDS polyacrylamide gels. Alignments with known protease sequences showed less than 55% amino acid sequence identity. These two serine proteases appear to belong to the subtilisin (S8A) family and displayed several unique biochemical properties. Protease DV1 had an optimum pH of 8 and an optimal activity at 55°C, while protease M30 had an optimum pH >11 and optimal activity at 40°C. The properties of these enzymes make them potentially useful for biotechnological applications and again demonstrate that metagenomic approaches can be useful, especially when coupled with the study of novel environments such as deserts.
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- Julie Neveu
- Univ Paris-Sud, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, CNRS UMR 8621, Bât. 409, Orsay 91405, France
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Fu C, Hu Y, Xie F, Guo H, Ashforth EJ, Polyak SW, Zhu B, Zhang L. Molecular cloning and characterization of a new cold-active esterase from a deep-sea metagenomic library. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 90:961-70. [PMID: 21336688 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-3079-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Revised: 12/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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A clone which conferred lipolytic activity at low temperature was identified from a fosmid library constructed from a South China Sea marine sediment sample. The gene responsible, estF, consisted of 1,080 bp that encoded 359 amino acid residues, with a typical N-terminal signal peptide of 28 amino acid residues. A phylogenetic analysis of amino acid sequence with other lipolytic enzymes revealed that EstF and seven closely related putative lipolytic enzymes comprised a unique clade in the phylogenetic tree. Moreover, these hypothetic esterases showed unique conservative sites in the amino acid sequence. The recombinant EstF was overexpressed and purified, and its biochemical properties were partially characterized. The optimal substrate for EstF to hydrolyze among a panel of p-nitrophenyl esters (C2 to C16) was p-nitrophenyl butyrate (C4), with a K(m) of 0.46 mM. Activity quickly decreased with substrates containing an acyl chain length longer than 10 carbons. We found that EstF was active in the temperature range of 0-60°C, showed the best activity at 50°C, but was unstable at 60°C. It exhibited a high level of activity in the pH range of 7.0-10.0 showing the highest activity at pH 9.0.
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- Chengzhang Fu
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, 100101, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Wang G, Luo H, Wang Y, Huang H, Shi P, Yang P, Meng K, Bai Y, Yao B. A novel cold-active xylanase gene from the environmental DNA of goat rumen contents: direct cloning, expression and enzyme characterization. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2011; 102:3330-3336. [PMID: 21106368 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2010] [Revised: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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A xylanase-coding gene, xynGR40, was cloned directly from the environmental DNA of goat rumen contents and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The 1446-bp full-length gene encodes a 481-residue polypeptide (XynGR40) containing a catalytic domain belonging to glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 10. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that XynGR40 was closely related with microbial xylanases of gastrointestinal source. Purified recombinant XynGR40 exhibited high activity at low temperatures, and remained active (∼10% of the activity) even at 0°C. The optimal temperature of XynGR40 was 30°C, much lower than other xylanases from rumen. Compared with mesophilic and thermophilic counterparts, XynGR40 had fewer hydrogen bonds and salt bridges, and lengthened loops in the catalytic domain. The enzyme also had relatively better stability at mesophilic temperatures and a higher catalytic efficiency than other known GH 10 cold active xylanases. These properties suggest that XynGR40 is a novel cold active xylanase and has great potential for basic research and industrial applications.
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- Guozeng Wang
- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Liu J, Liu WD, Zhao XL, Shen WJ, Cao H, Cui ZL. Cloning and functional characterization of a novel endo-β-1,4-glucanase gene from a soil-derived metagenomic library. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 89:1083-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2828-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2010] [Revised: 08/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wang G, Wang Y, Yang P, Luo H, Huang H, Shi P, Meng K, Yao B. Molecular detection and diversity of xylanase genes in alpine tundra soil. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 87:1383-93. [PMID: 20393704 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2564-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Revised: 03/07/2010] [Accepted: 03/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Xylan is a major polysaccharide in plant cell walls, and its degradation is mainly conducted by microbial xylanases in nature. To explore the xylanase diversity in the environment, two sets of degenerate primers were designed based on the microbial xylanase sequences in Pfam database of glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 10 and 11 and were used to amplify objective gene fragments directly from the alpine tundra soil DNA of the Tianshan Mountains, China. Ninety-six distinct GH 10 and 31 GH 11 xylanase gene fragments were retrieved, and most of them have low identities with known sequences in GenBank. Based on phylogenetic analysis, all of the GH 10 xylanase sequences fell into six clusters and were related to xylanases from Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, and Acidobacteria. Three clusters of GH 11 xylanase sequences were established, and two of them were related with enzymes from fungi. These results indicated the diversity of xylanase genes in this cold environment. Four xylanolytic strains were isolated from the soil, and GH 10 xylanase gene fragments were cloned using the same primers. A full-length gene was obtained and expressed in Escherichia coli, and the recombinant enzyme showed some cold-related characteristics. Our study provides an efficient molecular approach to study xylanase in complex environments and casts an insight into the diversity and distribution of xylanases in a cold environment, which is very meaningful to understand their roles in xylan degradation in nature.
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- Guozeng Wang
- Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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Hwang IT, Lim HK, Song HY, Cho SJ, Chang JS, Park NJ. Cloning and characterization of a xylanase, KRICT PX1 from the strain Paenibacillus sp. HPL-001. Biotechnol Adv 2010; 28:594-601. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Novel glycoside hydrolases identified by screening a Chinese Holstein dairy cow rumen-derived metagenome library. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:6701-5. [PMID: 20709844 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00361-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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One clone encoding glycoside hydrolases was identified through functional screening of a rumen bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library. Of the 68 open reading frames (ORFs) predicted, one ORF encodes a novel endo-β-1,4-xylanase with two catalytic domains of family GH43 and two cellulose-binding modules (CBMs) of family IV. Partial characterization showed that this endo-xylanase has a greater specific activity than a number of other xylanases over a wide temperature range at neutral pH and could be useful in some industrial applications.
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Identification and characterization of a novel xylanase derived from a rice straw degrading enrichment culture. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 87:2137-46. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2712-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Revised: 06/02/2010] [Accepted: 06/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Shin MH, Lee DY, Skogerson K, Wohlgemuth G, Choi IG, Fiehn O, Kim KH. Global metabolic profiling of plant cell wall polysaccharide degradation by Saccharophagus degradans. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 105:477-88. [PMID: 19806675 DOI: 10.1002/bit.22557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Plant cell wall polysaccharides can be used as the main feedstock for the production of biofuels. Saccharophagus degradans 2-40 is considered to be a potent system for the production of sugars from plant biomass due to its high capability to degrade many complex polysaccharides. To understand the degradation metabolism of plant cell wall polysaccharides by S. degradans, the cell growth, enzyme activity profiles, and the metabolite profiles were analyzed by gas chromatography-time of flight mass spectrometry using different carbon sources including cellulose, xylan, glucose, and xylose. The specific activity of cellulase was only found to be significantly higher when cellulose was used as the sole carbon source, but the xylanase activity increased when xylan, xylose, or cellulose was used as the carbon source. In addition, principal component analysis of 98 identified metabolites in S. degradans revealed four distinct groups that differed based on the carbon source used. Furthermore, metabolite profiling showed that the use of cellulose or xylan as polysaccharides led to increased abundances of fatty acids, nucleotides and glucuronic acid compared to the use of glucose or xylose. Finally, intermediates in the pentose phosphate pathway seemed to be up-regulated on xylose or xylan when compared to those on glucose or cellulose. Such metabolic responses of S. degradans under plant cell wall polysaccharides imply that its metabolic system is transformed to more efficiently degrade polysaccharides and conserve energy. This study demonstrates that the gas chromatography-time of flight mass spectrometry-based global metabolomics are useful for understanding microbial metabolism and evaluating its fermentation characteristics.
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Functional metagenomics for enzyme discovery: challenges to efficient screening. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2009; 20:616-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2009.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Revised: 09/18/2009] [Accepted: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Optimal production of a novel endo-acting β-1,4-xylanase cloned from Saccharophagus degradans 2-40 into Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). N Biotechnol 2009; 26:157-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Revised: 07/02/2009] [Accepted: 07/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cieśliński H, Długołecka A, Kur J, Turkiewicz M. An MTA phosphorylase gene discovered in the metagenomic library derived from Antarctic top soil during screening for lipolytic active clones confers strong pink fluorescence in the presence of rhodamine B. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2009; 299:232-40. [PMID: 19732148 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01756.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In this work, we present the construction of a metagenomic library in Escherichia coli using the pUC19 vector and environmental DNA directly isolated from Antarctic topsoil and screened for lipolytic enzymes. Unexpectedly, the screening on agar supplemented with olive oil and rhodamine B revealed one unusual pink fluorescent clone (PINKuv) out of 85 000 clones. This clone harbored a plasmid, pPINKuv, which has an insert of 8317 bp that has been completely sequenced. Further analysis of the insert showed eight ORFs. Three ORFs among these exhibited similarities to Psychrobacter arcticus genes. A nucleotide sequence designated as ORF4 encoded a protein with 93% identity to the methylthioadenosine phosphorylase of P. arcticus. This protein was responsible for the observed pink fluorescence of the PINKuv clone in the presence of rhodamine B. We found that colonies of recombinant E. coli TOP10F'/pUC19-ORF4 strain showed pink fluorescence under UV illumination on the Luria-Bertani agar supplemented with rhodamine B after culturing at 25, 30 and 37 degrees C. The same effect was achieved using other E. coli strains such as DH5alpha, LMG194, JM101 and BL21(DE3) pLysS. The results presented here will provide the basis for further studies on the use of the discovered gene as a new reporter gene for molecular biology applications.
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- Hubert Cieśliński
- Department of Microbiology, Chemical Faculty, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, Gdańsk, Poland.
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Cloning, expression and characterization of a novel acidic xylanase, XYL11B, from the acidophilic fungus Bispora sp. MEY-1. Enzyme Microb Technol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2009.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Guo B, Chen XL, Sun CY, Zhou BC, Zhang YZ. Gene cloning, expression and characterization of a new cold-active and salt-tolerant endo-beta-1,4-xylanase from marine Glaciecola mesophila KMM 241. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 84:1107-15. [PMID: 19506861 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2056-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2009] [Revised: 05/21/2009] [Accepted: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Although a lot of xylanases are studied, only a few xylanases from marine microorganisms have been reported. A new xylanase gene, xynA, was cloned from marine bacterium Glaciecola mesophila KMM 241. Gene xynA contains 1,272 bp and encodes a 423-amino acid xylanase precursor. The recombinant xylanase, XynA, expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 is a monomer with a molecular mass of 43 kDa. Among the characterized xylanases, XynA shares the highest identity (46%) to the xylanase from Flavobacterium sp. strain MSY2. The optimum pH and temperature for XynA is 7.0 and 30 degrees C. XynA retains 23% activity and 27% catalytic efficiency at 4 degrees C. XynA has low thermostability, remaining 20% activity after 60-min incubation at 30 degrees C. Its apparent melting temperature (T (m)) is 44.5 degrees C. These results indicate that XynA is a cold-active xylanase. XynA shows a high level of salt-tolerance, with the highest activity at 0.5 M NaCl and retaining 90% activity in 2.5 M NaCl. It may be the first salt-tolerant xylanase reported. XynA is a strict endo-beta-1,4-xylanase with a demand of at least four sugar moieties for effective cleavage. It efficiently hydrolyzes xylo-oligosaccharides and xylan into xylobiose and xylotriose without producing xylose, suggesting its potential in xylo-oligosaccharides production.
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- Bing Guo
- Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Hu Y, Zhou H, Yu Z, Chen H, Jin M. Characterization of the genes encoding complete US10, SORF3, and US2 proteins from duck enteritis virus. Virus Genes 2009; 38:295-301. [DOI: 10.1007/s11262-009-0329-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2008] [Accepted: 01/12/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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