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Molecular cloning and production of recombinant Pcal_0672, a family GH57 glycoside hydrolase from Pyrobaculum calidifontis. Biologia (Bratisl) 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-023-01338-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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Sequence-structural features and evolution of the α-amylase family GH119 revealed by the in silico analysis of its relatedness to the family GH57. Biologia (Bratisl) 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11756-023-01349-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Hunt for α-amylase from metagenome and strategies to improve its thermostability: a systematic review. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:203. [PMID: 35999473 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-022-03396-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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With the advent of green chemistry, the use of enzymes in industrial processes serves as an alternative to the conventional chemical catalysts. A high demand for sustainable processes for catalysis has brought a significant attention to hunt for novel enzymes. Among various hydrolases, the α-amylase has a gamut of biotechnological applications owing to its pivotal role in starch-hydrolysis. Industrial demand requires enzymes with thermostability and to ameliorate this crucial property, various methods such as protein engineering, directed evolution and enzyme immobilisation strategies are devised. Besides the traditional culture-dependent approach, metagenome from uncultured bacteria serves as a bountiful resource for novel genes/biocatalysts. Exploring the extreme-niches metagenome, advancements in protein engineering and biotechnology tools encourage the mining of novel α-amylase and its stable variants to tap its robust biotechnological and industrial potential. This review outlines α-amylase and its genetics, its catalytic domain architecture and mechanism of action, and various molecular methods to ameliorate its production. It aims to impart understanding on mechanisms involved in thermostability of α-amylase, cover strategies to screen novel genes from futile habitats and some molecular methods to ameliorate its properties.
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Kikani BA, Singh SP. Amylases from thermophilic bacteria: structure and function relationship. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2021; 42:325-341. [PMID: 34420464 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1940089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Amylases hydrolyze starch to diverse products including dextrins and progressively smaller polymers of glucose units. Thermally stable amylases account for nearly 25% of the enzyme market. This review highlights the structural attributes of the α-amylases from thermophilic bacteria. Heterologous expression of amylases in suitable hosts is discussed in detail. Further, specific value maximization approaches, such as protein engineering and immobilization of the amylases are discussed in order to improve its suitability for varied applications on a commercial scale. The review also takes into account of the immobilization of the amylases on nanomaterials to increase the stability and reusability of the enzymes. The function-based metagenomics would provide opportunities for searching amylases with novel characteristics. The review is expected to explore novel amylases for future potential applications.
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- Bhavtosh A Kikani
- UGC-CAS Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India.,P.D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Charotar University of Science and Technology, Changa, India
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- UGC-CAS Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India
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Zhang Z, Liu G, Chen Y, Xue W, Ji Q, Xu Q, Zhang H, Fan G, Huang H, Jiang L, Chen J. Comparison of different sequencing strategies for assembling chromosome-level genomes of extremophiles with variable GC content. iScience 2021; 24:102219. [PMID: 33748707 PMCID: PMC7961107 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102219] [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: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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In this study, six bacterial isolates with variable GC, including Escherichia coli as mesophilic reference strain, were selected to compare hybrid assembly strategies based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) of short reads, single-tube long-fragment reads (stLFR) sequencing, and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing platforms. We obtained the complete genomes using the hybrid assembler Unicycler based on the NGS and ONT reads; others were de novo assembled using NGS, stLFR, and ONT reads by using different strategies. The contiguity, accuracy, completeness, sequencing costs, and DNA material requirements of the investigated strategies were compared systematically. Although all sequencing data could be assembled into accurate whole-genome sequences, the stLFR sequencing data yield a scaffold with more contiguity with more completeness of gene function than NGS sequencing assemblies. Our research provides a low-cost chromosome-level genome assembly strategy for large-scale sequencing of extremophile genomes with different GC contents.
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- Zhidong Zhang
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
- Institute of Applied Microbiology, Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Special Environmental Microbiology, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830091, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518083, China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
- BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518083, China
- Qingdao-Europe Advanced Institute for Life Sciences, BGI-Shenzhen, Qingdao 266555, China
- Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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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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Kaushal G, Kumar J, Sangwan RS, Singh SP. Metagenomic analysis of geothermal water reservoir sites exploring carbohydrate-related thermozymes. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 119:882-895. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.07.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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In silico analysis of the α-amylase family GH57: eventual subfamilies reflecting enzyme specificities. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:307. [PMID: 29998051 PMCID: PMC6037648 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1325-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) have been classified in the CAZy database into 153 GH families. Currently, there might be four α-amylase families: the main family GH13, the family GH57 with related GH119 and, eventually, also GH126. The family GH57 was established in 1996 as the second and smaller α-amylase family. In addition to α-amylase, it contains 4-α-glucanotransferase, α-glucan branching enzyme, amylopullulanase, dual-specificity amylopullulanase–cyclomaltodextrinase, non-specified amylase, maltogenic amylase and α-galactosidase. The family GH57 enzymes employ the retaining reaction mechanism, share five typical conserved sequence regions and possess catalytic (β/α)7-barrel succeeded by a four-helix bundle with the catalytic machinery consisting of catalytic nucleophile and proton donor (glutamic acid and aspartic acid at strands β4 and β7, respectively). The present bioinformatics study delivers a detailed sequence comparison of 1602 family GH57 sequences with the aim to highlight the uniqueness of each enzyme’s specificity and all eventual protein groups. This was achieved by creating the evolutionary tree focused on both the enzyme specificities and taxonomical origin. The substantial increase of numbers of sequences from recent comparisons done more than 5 years ago has allowed to refine the details of the sequence logos for the individual enzyme specificities. The study identifies a new evolutionary distinct group of α-galactosidase-related enzymes with until-now-undefined enzyme specificity but positioned on the evolutionary tree on a branch adjacent to α-galactosidases. The specificity of α-galactosidase is, moreover, the only one of the entire family GH57 for which there is no structural support for the proposal of the proton donor based on sequence analysis. The analysis also suggests a few so-called “like” protein groups related to some family GH57 enzyme specificities but lacking one or both catalytic residues.
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Rao TE, Imchen M, Kumavath R. Marine Enzymes: Production and Applications for Human Health. ADVANCES IN FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH 2017; 80:149-163. [PMID: 28215323 DOI: 10.1016/bs.afnr.2016.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Marine microbial enzymes have wide applications in bioindustries. Selection of microorganisms for enzyme production at the industrial level requires good yield and high production rate. A number of enzymes such as amylase, caseinase, lipase, gelatinase, and DNases have been discovered from microbes isolated from extreme marine environments. Such enzymes are thermostable, tolerant to a varied range of pH and other harsh conditions required in industrial applications. Novelty in their structure and characteristics has shown promising scope to the researchers in academia and industry. In this chapter, we present a bird's eye view on recent research works in the field of enzyme production from marine origin as well as their potential biological applications relevant to human health.
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- T Eswara Rao
- Central University of Kerala, Padannakkad, Kerala, India
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- Central University of Kerala, Padannakkad, Kerala, India
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- Central University of Kerala, Padannakkad, Kerala, India.
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DeCastro ME, Rodríguez-Belmonte E, González-Siso MI. Metagenomics of Thermophiles with a Focus on Discovery of Novel Thermozymes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1521. [PMID: 27729905 PMCID: PMC5037290 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Microbial populations living in environments with temperatures above 50°C (thermophiles) have been widely studied, increasing our knowledge in the composition and function of these ecological communities. Since these populations express a broad number of heat-resistant enzymes (thermozymes), they also represent an important source for novel biocatalysts that can be potentially used in industrial processes. The integrated study of the whole-community DNA from an environment, known as metagenomics, coupled with the development of next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies, has allowed the generation of large amounts of data from thermophiles. In this review, we summarize the main approaches commonly utilized for assessing the taxonomic and functional diversity of thermophiles through metagenomics, including several bioinformatics tools and some metagenome-derived methods to isolate their thermozymes.
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- María-Eugenia DeCastro
- Grupo EXPRELA, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Departamento de Bioloxía Celular e Molecular, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña A Coruña, Spain
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- Grupo EXPRELA, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Departamento de Bioloxía Celular e Molecular, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña A Coruña, Spain
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- Grupo EXPRELA, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Departamento de Bioloxía Celular e Molecular, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade da Coruña A Coruña, Spain
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Parages ML, Gutiérrez-Barranquero JA, Reen FJ, Dobson ADW, O'Gara F. Integrated (Meta) Genomic and Synthetic Biology Approaches to Develop New Biocatalysts. Mar Drugs 2016; 14:E62. [PMID: 27007381 PMCID: PMC4810074 DOI: 10.3390/md14030062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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In recent years, the marine environment has been the subject of increasing attention from biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries as a valuable and promising source of novel bioactive compounds. Marine biodiscovery programmes have begun to reveal the extent of novel compounds encoded within the enormous bacterial richness and diversity of the marine ecosystem. A combination of unique physicochemical properties and spatial niche-specific substrates, in wide-ranging and extreme habitats, underscores the potential of the marine environment to deliver on functionally novel biocatalytic activities. With the growing need for green alternatives to industrial processes, and the unique transformations which nature is capable of performing, marine biocatalysts have the potential to markedly improve current industrial pipelines. Furthermore, biocatalysts are known to possess chiral selectivity and specificity, a key focus of pharmaceutical drug design. In this review, we discuss how the explosion in genomics based sequence analysis, allied with parallel developments in synthetic and molecular biology, have the potential to fast-track the discovery and subsequent improvement of a new generation of marine biocatalysts.
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- María L Parages
- BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
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- BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
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- BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
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- School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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- BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth WA 6845, Australia.
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Mirete S, Morgante V, González-Pastor JE. Functional metagenomics of extreme environments. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2016; 38:143-9. [PMID: 26901403 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 01/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The bioprospecting of enzymes that operate under extreme conditions is of particular interest for many biotechnological and industrial processes. Nevertheless, there is a considerable limitation to retrieve novel enzymes as only a small fraction of microorganisms derived from extreme environments can be cultured under standard laboratory conditions. Functional metagenomics has the advantage of not requiring the cultivation of microorganisms or previous sequence information to known genes, thus representing a valuable approach for mining enzymes with new features. In this review, we summarize studies showing how functional metagenomics was employed to retrieve genes encoding for proteins involved not only in molecular adaptation and resistance to extreme environmental conditions but also in other enzymatic activities of biotechnological interest.
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- Salvador Mirete
- Laboratory of Molecular Adaptation, Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Adaptation, Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratory of Molecular Adaptation, Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain.
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Using structure and sequence based analysis we can engineer proteins to increase their thermal stability.
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- H. Pezeshgi Modarres
- Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory
- Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering
- University of California Berkeley
- Berkeley
- USA
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- Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory
- Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering
- University of California Berkeley
- Berkeley
- USA
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- BioMEMS and Bioinspired Microfluidic Laboratory
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
- University of Calgary
- Calgary
- Canada
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Leis B, Heinze S, Angelov A, Pham VTT, Thürmer A, Jebbar M, Golyshin PN, Streit WR, Daniel R, Liebl W. Functional Screening of Hydrolytic Activities Reveals an Extremely Thermostable Cellulase from a Deep-Sea Archaeon. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2015; 3:95. [PMID: 26191525 PMCID: PMC4486847 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Extreme habitats serve as a source of enzymes that are active under extreme conditions and are candidates for industrial applications. In this work, six large-insert mixed genomic libraries were screened for hydrolase activities in a broad temperature range (8-70°C). Among a variety of hydrolytic activities, one fosmid clone, derived from a library of pooled isolates of hyperthermophilic archaea from deep sea vents, displayed hydrolytic activity on carboxymethyl cellulose substrate plates at 70°C but not at lower temperatures. Sequence analysis of the fosmid insert revealed a gene encoding a novel glycoside hydrolase family 12 (GHF12) endo-1,4-β-glucanase, termed Cel12E. The enzyme shares 45% sequence identity with a protein from the archaeon Thermococcus sp. AM4 and displays a unique multidomain architecture. Biochemical characterization of Cel12E revealed a remarkably thermostable protein, which appears to be of archaeal origin. The enzyme displayed maximum activity at 92°C and was active on a variety of linear 1,4-β-glucans like carboxymethyl cellulose, β-glucan, lichenan, and phosphoric acid swollen cellulose. The protein is able to bind to various insoluble β-glucans. Product pattern analysis indicated that Cel12E is an endo-cleaving β-glucanase. Cel12E expands the toolbox of hyperthermostable archaeal cellulases with biotechnological potential.
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- Benedikt Leis
- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes-UMR 6197 (CNRS-Ifremer-UBO), Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané, France
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- Fakultät für Mathematik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biozentrum Klein Flottbek, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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Alcaide M, Stogios PJ, Lafraya Á, Tchigvintsev A, Flick R, Bargiela R, Chernikova TN, Reva ON, Hai T, Leggewie CC, Katzke N, La Cono V, Matesanz R, Jebbar M, Jaeger KE, Yakimov MM, Yakunin AF, Golyshin PN, Golyshina OV, Savchenko A, Ferrer M. Pressure adaptation is linked to thermal adaptation in salt-saturated marine habitats. Environ Microbiol 2014; 17:332-45. [PMID: 25330254 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2014] [Revised: 10/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The present study provides a deeper view of protein functionality as a function of temperature, salt and pressure in deep-sea habitats. A set of eight different enzymes from five distinct deep-sea (3040-4908 m depth), moderately warm (14.0-16.5°C) biotopes, characterized by a wide range of salinities (39-348 practical salinity units), were investigated for this purpose. An enzyme from a 'superficial' marine hydrothermal habitat (65°C) was isolated and characterized for comparative purposes. We report here the first experimental evidence suggesting that in salt-saturated deep-sea habitats, the adaptation to high pressure is linked to high thermal resistance (P value = 0.0036). Salinity might therefore increase the temperature window for enzyme activity, and possibly microbial growth, in deep-sea habitats. As an example, Lake Medee, the largest hypersaline deep-sea anoxic lake of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, where the water temperature is never higher than 16°C, was shown to contain halopiezophilic-like enzymes that are most active at 70°C and with denaturing temperatures of 71.4°C. The determination of the crystal structures of five proteins revealed unknown molecular mechanisms involved in protein adaptation to poly-extremes as well as distinct active site architectures and substrate preferences relative to other structurally characterized enzymes.
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- María Alcaide
- Institute of Catalysis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, 28049, Spain
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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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Janeček Š, Svensson B, MacGregor EA. α-Amylase: an enzyme specificity found in various families of glycoside hydrolases. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:1149-70. [PMID: 23807207 PMCID: PMC11114072 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1388-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Revised: 05/27/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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α-Amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) represents the best known amylolytic enzyme. It catalyzes the hydrolysis of α-1,4-glucosidic bonds in starch and related α-glucans. In general, the α-amylase is an enzyme with a broad substrate preference and product specificity. In the sequence-based classification system of all carbohydrate-active enzymes, it is one of the most frequently occurring glycoside hydrolases (GH). α-Amylase is the main representative of family GH13, but it is probably also present in the families GH57 and GH119, and possibly even in GH126. Family GH13, known generally as the main α-amylase family, forms clan GH-H together with families GH70 and GH77 that, however, contain no α-amylase. Within the family GH13, the α-amylase specificity is currently present in several subfamilies, such as GH13_1, 5, 6, 7, 15, 24, 27, 28, 36, 37, and, possibly in a few more that are not yet defined. The α-amylases classified in family GH13 employ a reaction mechanism giving retention of configuration, share 4-7 conserved sequence regions (CSRs) and catalytic machinery, and adopt the (β/α)8-barrel catalytic domain. Although the family GH57 α-amylases also employ the retaining reaction mechanism, they possess their own five CSRs and catalytic machinery, and adopt a (β/α)7-barrel fold. These family GH57 attributes are likely to be characteristic of α-amylases from the family GH119, too. With regard to family GH126, confirmation of the unambiguous presence of the α-amylase specificity may need more biochemical investigation because of an obvious, but unexpected, homology with inverting β-glucan-active hydrolases.
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- Štefan Janeček
- Laboratory of Protein Evolution, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 21, 84551, Bratislava, Slovakia,
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Li Q, Wang P, Chen R, Li W, Wu YJ. Construction of genetically engineered bacteria that degrades organophosphorus pesticide residues and can be easily detected by the fluorescence. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2014; 35:556-561. [PMID: 24645434 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.837936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Organophosphorus compounds (OPs) are widely used in agriculture and industry and there is increased concern about their toxicological effects in the environment. Bioremediation can offer an efficient and cost-effective option for the removal of OPs. Herein, we describe the construction of a genetically engineered microorganism (GEM) that can degrade OPs and be directly detected and monitored in the environment using an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) fusion strategy. The coding regions of EGFP, a reporter protein that can fluoresce by itself, and organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH), which has a broad substrate specificity and is able to hydrolyse a number of organophosphorus pesticides, were cloned into the expression vector pET-28b. The fusion protein of EGFP-OPH was expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and the protein expression reached the highest level at 11 h after isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside induction. The fluorescence of the GEM was detected by fluorescence spectrophotometry and microscopy, and its ability to degrade OPs was determined by OPH activity assay. Those GEM that express the fusion protein (EGFP and OPH) exhibited strong fluorescence intensity and also potent hydrolase activity, which could be used to degrade organophosphorus pesticide residues in the environment and can also be directly monitored by fluorescence.
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Blesák K, Janeček Š. Two potentially novel amylolytic enzyme specificities in the prokaryotic glycoside hydrolase α-amylase family GH57. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2013; 159:2584-2593. [PMID: 24109595 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.071084-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 57 consists of more than 900 proteins from Archaea (roughly one-quarter) and Bacteria (roughly three-quarters), mostly from thermophiles. Fewer than 20 GH57 members have already been biochemically characterized as real, (almost exclusively) amylolytic enzymes. In addition to a recently described dual-specificity amylopullulanase-cyclomaltodextrinase, five enzyme specificities have been well established in the family--α-amylase, amylopullulanase, branching enzyme, 4-α-glucanotransferase and α-galactosidase--plus a group of the so-called α-amylase-like homologues probably without the enzyme activity. A (β/α)7-barrel succeeded by a bundle of a few α-helices forming the catalytic domain, and five conserved sequence regions (CSRs), are the main characteristics of family GH57. The main goal of the present bioinformatics study was to describe two novel groups within family GH57 that represent potential non-specified amylases (127 sequences mostly from Bacteria) and maltogenic amylases (12 sequences from Archaea). These were collected from sequence databases based on an indication of their biochemical characterization. Although both the non-specified amylases and the maltogenic amylases share the in silico identified catalytic machinery and predicted fold with the experimentally determined GH57 members, the two novel groups may define new GH57 subfamilies. They are distinguishable from the other, previously recognized, subfamilies by specific sequence features present especially in their CSRs (the so-called sequence fingerprints), also reflecting their own evolutionary histories.
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- Karol Blesák
- Laboratory of Protein Evolution, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 21, SK-84551 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Laboratory of Protein Evolution, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 21, SK-84551 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Lewin A, Wentzel A, Valla S. Metagenomics of microbial life in extreme temperature environments. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2013; 24:516-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2012] [Revised: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Characterization of a heavy metal translocating P-type ATPase gene from an environmental heavy metal resistance Enterobacter sp. isolate. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 169:1837-46. [PMID: 23344939 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-012-0047-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Heavy metals are common contaminants found in polluted areas. We have identified a heavy metal translocating P-type ATPase gene (hmtp) via fosmid library and in vitro transposon mutagenesis from an Enterobacter sp. isolate. This gene is believed to participate in the bacterium's heavy metal resistance traits. The complete gene was identified, cloned, and expressed in a suitable Escherichia coli host cell. E. coli W3110, RW3110 (zntA::Km), GG48 (ΔzitB::Cm zntA::Km), and GG51 (ΔzitB::Cm) were used to study the possible effects of this gene for heavy metal (cadmium and zinc in particular) resistance. Among the E. coli strains tested, RW3110 and GG48 showed more sensitivity to cadmium and zinc compared to the wild-type E. coli W3110 and strain GG51. Therefore, strains RW3110 and GG48 were chosen for the reference hosts for further evaluation of the gene's effect. The results showed that expression of this heavy metal translocating P-type ATPase gene could increase the ability for zinc and cadmium resistance in the tested microorganisms.
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Janeček S, Kuchtová A. In silico identification of catalytic residues and domain fold of the family GH119 sharing the catalytic machinery with the α-amylase family GH57. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:3360-6. [PMID: 22819817 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2012] [Revised: 06/30/2012] [Accepted: 07/04/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The glycoside hydrolase family 119 (GH119) contains the α-amylase from Bacillus circulans and five other hypothetical proteins. Until now, nothing has been reported on the catalytic residues and catalytic-domain fold of GH119. Based on a detailed in silico analysis involving sequence comparison in combination with BLAST searches and structural modelling, an unambiguous relationship was revealed between the families GH119 and GH57. This includes sharing the catalytic residues, i.e. Glu231 and Asp373 as catalytic nucleophile and proton donor, respectively, in the predicted catalytic (β/α)(7)-barrel domain of GH119 B. circulans α-amylase. The GH57 and GH119 families may thus define a new CAZy clan.
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- Stefan Janeček
- Laboratory of Protein Evolution, Institute of Molecular Biology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Sequence fingerprints of enzyme specificities from the glycoside hydrolase family GH57. Extremophiles 2012; 16:497-506. [PMID: 22527043 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0449-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The glycoside hydrolase family 57 (GH57) contains five well-established enzyme specificities: α-amylase, amylopullulanase, branching enzyme, 4-α-glucanotransferase and α-galactosidase. Around 700 GH57 members originate from Bacteria and Archaea, a substantial number being produced by thermophiles. An intriguing feature of family GH57 is that only slightly more than 2 % of its members (i.e., less than 20 enzymes) have already been biochemically characterized. The main goal of the present bioinformatics study was to retrieve from databases, and analyze in detail, sequences having clear features of the five GH57 enzyme specificities mentioned above. Of the 367 GH57 sequences, 56 were evaluated as α-amylases, 99 as amylopullulanases, 158 as branching enzymes, 46 as 4-α-glucanotransferases and 8 as α-galactosidases. Based on the analysis of collected sequences, sequence logos were created for each specificity and unique sequence features were identified within the logos. These features were proposed to define the so-called sequence fingerprints of GH57 enzyme specificities. Domain arrangements characteristic of the individual enzyme specificities as well as evolutionary relationships within the family GH57 are also discussed. The results of this study could find use in rational protein design of family GH57 amylolytic enzymes and also in the possibility of assigning a GH57 specificity to a hypothetical GH57 member prior to its biochemical characterization.
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Delavat F, Phalip V, Forster A, Plewniak F, Lett MC, Lièvremont D. Amylases without known homologues discovered in an acid mine drainage: significance and impact. Sci Rep 2012; 2:354. [PMID: 22482035 PMCID: PMC3319935 DOI: 10.1038/srep00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Acid Mine Drainages (AMDs) are extreme environments characterized by acidic and oligotrophic conditions and by metal contaminations. A function-based screening of an AMD-derived metagenomic library led to the discovery and partial characterization of two non-homologous endo-acting amylases sharing no sequence similarity with any known amylase nor glycosidase. None carried known amylolytic domains, nor could be assigned to any GH-family. One amylase displayed no similarity with any known protein, whereas the second one was similar to TraC proteins involved in the bacterial type IV secretion system. According to the scarce similarities with known proteins, 3D-structure modelling using I-TASSER was unsuccessful. This study underlined the utility of a function-driven metagenomic approach to obtain a clearer image of the bacterial community enzymatic landscape. More generally, this work points out that screening for microorganisms or biomolecules in a priori incongruous environments could provide unconventional and new exciting ways for bioprospecting.
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Delavat F, Phalip V, Forster A, Lett MC, Lièvremont D. Deciphering the role of Paenibacillus strain Q8 in the organic matter recycling in the acid mine drainage of Carnoulès. Microb Cell Fact 2012; 11:16. [PMID: 22305268 PMCID: PMC3287962 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 02/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background The recycling of the organic matter is a crucial function in any environment, especially in oligotrophic environments such as Acid Mine Drainages (AMDs). Polymer-degrading bacteria might play an important role in such ecosystem, at least by releasing by-products useful for the rest of the community. In this study, physiological, molecular and biochemical experiments were performed to decipher the role of a Paenibacillus strain isolated from the sediment of Carnoulès AMD. Results Even though Paenibacillus sp. strain Q8 was isolated from an oligotrophic AMD showing an acidic pH, it developed under both acidic and alkaline conditions and showed a heterotrophic metabolism based on the utilization of a broad range of organic compounds. It resisted to numerous metallic stresses, particularly high arsenite (As(III)) concentrations (> 1,800 mg/L). Q8 was also able to efficiently degrade polymers such as cellulose, xylan and starch. Function-based screening of a Q8 DNA-library allowed the detection of 15 clones with starch-degrading activity and 3 clones with xylan-degrading activity. One clone positive for starch degradation carried a single gene encoding a "protein of unknown function". Amylolytic and xylanolytic activities were measured both in growing cells and with acellular extracts of Q8. The results showed the ability of Q8 to degrade both polymers under a broad pH range and high As(III) and As(V) concentrations. Activity measurements allowed to point out the constitutive expression of the amylase genes and the mainly inducible expression of the xylanase genes. PACE demonstrated the endo-acting activity of the amylases and the exo-acting activity of the xylanases. Conclusions AMDs have been studied for years especially with regard to interactions between bacteria and the inorganic compartment hosting them. To date, no study reported the role of microorganisms in the recycling of the organic matter. The present work suggests that the strain Q8 might play an important role in the community by recycling the scarce organic matter (cellulose, hemicellulose, starch...), especially when the conditions change. Furthermore, function-based screening of a Q8 DNA library allowed to assign an amylolytic function to a gene previously unknown. AMDs could be considered as a reservoir of genes with potential biotechnological properties.
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- François Delavat
- Génétique Moléculaire, Génomique, Microbiologie, UMR 7156 Université de Strasbourg/CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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