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Huang J, Zhang D, Omedi JO, Lei Y, Su X, Wu M, Huang W. Improving the inhibitory resistance of xylanase FgXyn11C from Fusarium graminearum to SyXIP-I by site-directed mutagenesis. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 271:132434. [PMID: 38788879 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Revised: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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The aim of this study was to improve the inhibitory resistance of xylanase FgXyn11C from Fusarium graminearum to XIP in cereal flour. Site saturation mutagenesis was performed using computer-aided redesign. Firstly, based on multiple primary structure alignments, the amino acid residues in the active site architecture were identified, and specific residue T144 in the thumb region of FgXyn11C was selected for site-saturation mutagenesis. After screening, FgXyn11CT144F was selected as the best mutant, as it displayed the highest enzymatic activity and resistance simultaneously compared to other mutants. The specific activity of FgXyn11CT144F was 208.8 U/mg and it exhibited complete resistance to SyXIP-I. Compared with the wild-type, FgXyn11CT144F displayed similar activity and the most resistant against SyXIP-I. The optimal temperature and pH of the wild-type and purified FgXyn11CT144F were similar at pH 5.0 and 30 °C. Our findings provided preliminary insight into how the specific residue at position 144 in the thumb region of FgXyn11C influenced the enzymatic properties and interacted with SyXIP-I. The inhibition sensitivity of FgXyn11C was reduced through directed evolution, leading to creation of the mutant enzyme FgXyn11CT144F. The FgXyn11CT144F resistance to SyXIP-I has potential application and can also provide references for engineering other resistant xylanases of the GHF11.
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- Jing Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, the Laboratory of Baking and Fermentation Science, Cereals/Sourdough and Ingredient Functionality Research, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, the Laboratory of Baking and Fermentation Science, Cereals/Sourdough and Ingredient Functionality Research, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, the Laboratory of Baking and Fermentation Science, Cereals/Sourdough and Ingredient Functionality Research, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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Zhang K, Qi X, Feng N, Wang Y, Wei H, Liu M. Antioxidant capacity of xylooligosaccharides generated from beechwood xylan by recombinant family GH10 Aspergillus niger xylanase A and insights into the enzyme's competitive inhibition by riceXIP. Enzyme Microb Technol 2024; 179:110456. [PMID: 38754147 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2024.110456] [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: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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In this study, the family GH10 xylanase AnXylA10 derived from Aspergillus niger JL15 strain was expressed in Pichia pastoris X33. The recombinant xylanase, reAnXylA10 exhibited optimal activity at 40 ℃ and pH 5.0. The hydrolysates generated from beechwood xylan using reAnXylA10 primarily consisted of xylobiose (X2) to xylohexaose (X6) and demonstrated remarkable antioxidant capacity. Furthermore, the rice xylanase inhibitory protein (riceXIP) was observed to competitively inhibit reAnXylA10, exhibiting an inhibition constant (Ki) of 140.6 nM. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of AnXylA10-riceXIP complex revealed that the α-7 helix (Q225-S238) of riceXIP intruded into the catalytic pocket of AnXylA10, thereby obstructing substrate access to the active site. Specifically, residue K226 of riceXIP formed robust interactions with E136 and E242, the two catalytic sites of AnXylA10, predominantly through high-occupied hydrogen bonds. Based on QTAIM, electron densities for the atom pairs K226riceXIP@HZ1-E136AnXylA10@OE2 and K226riceXIP@HZ3-E242AnXylA10@OE1 were determined to be 0.04628 and 0.02914 a.u., respectively. Binding free energy of AnXylA10-riceXIP complex was -59.0±7.6 kcal/mol, significantly driven by electrostatic and van der Waals forces. Gaining insights into the interaction between xylanase and its inhibitors, and mining the inhibition mechanism in depth, will facilitate the design of innovative GH10 family xylanases that are both highly efficient and resistant to inhibitors.
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- Keer Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Specialty Agri-product Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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Zhang D, Huang J, Liu Y, Chen X, Gao T, Li N, Huang W, Wu M. Directed Modification of a GHF11 Thermostable Xylanase AusM for Enhancing Inhibitory Resistance towards SyXIP-I and Application of AusM PKK in Bread Making. Foods 2023; 12:3574. [PMID: 37835228 PMCID: PMC10572589 DOI: 10.3390/foods12193574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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To reduce the inhibition sensitivity of a thermoresistant xylanase AusM to xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP)-type in wheat flour, the site-directed mutagenesis was conducted based on the computer-aided redesign. First, fourteen single-site variants and one three-amino acid replacement variant in the thumb region of an AusM-encoding gene (AusM) were constructed and expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3), respectively, as predicted theoretically. At a molar ratio of 100:1 between SyXIP-I/xylanase, the majority of mutants were nearly completely inactivated by the inhibitor SyXIP-I, whereas AusMN127A retained 62.7% of its initial activity and AusMPKK retained 100% of its initial activity. The optimal temperature of the best mutant AusMPKK was 60 °C, as opposed to 60-65 °C for AusM, while it exhibited improved thermostability, retaining approximately 60% of its residual activity after heating at 80 °C for 60 min. Furthermore, AusMPKK at a dosage of 1000 U/kg was more effective than AusM at 4000 U/kg in increasing specific bread loaf volume and reducing hardness during bread production and storage. Directed evolution of AusM significantly reduces inhibition sensitivity, and the mutant enzyme AusMPKK is conducive to improving bread quality and extending its shelf life.
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- Dong Zhang
- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and the Laboratory of Baking and Fermentation Science, Cereals/Sourdough and Nutritional Functionality Research, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Guangzhou Puratos Food Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 511400, China
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- Guangzhou Puratos Food Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 511400, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and the Laboratory of Baking and Fermentation Science, Cereals/Sourdough and Nutritional Functionality Research, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Tundo S, Mandalà G, Sella L, Favaron F, Bedre R, Kalunke RM. Xylanase Inhibitors: Defense Players in Plant Immunity with Implications in Agro-Industrial Processing. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232314994. [PMID: 36499321 PMCID: PMC9739030 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232314994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Xylanase inhibitors (XIs) are plant cell wall proteins largely distributed in monocots that inhibit the hemicellulose degrading activity of microbial xylanases. XIs have been classified into three classes with different structures and inhibition specificities, namely Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitors (TAXI), xylanase inhibitor proteins (XIP), and thaumatin-like xylanase inhibitors (TLXI). Their involvement in plant defense has been established by several reports. Additionally, these inhibitors have considerable economic relevance because they interfere with the activity of xylanases applied in several agro-industrial processes. Previous reviews highlighted the structural and biochemical properties of XIs and hypothesized their role in plant defense. Here, we aimed to update the information on the genomic organization of XI encoding genes, the inhibition properties of XIs against microbial xylanases, and the structural properties of xylanase-XI interaction. We also deepened the knowledge of XI regulation mechanisms in planta and their involvement in plant defense. Finally, we reported the recently studied strategies to reduce the negative impact of XIs in agro-industrial processes and mentioned their allergenicity potential.
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- Silvio Tundo
- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture, and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134 Verona, Italy
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- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture, and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture, and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
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- Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M University System, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA
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- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N Warson Rd, 7 Olivette, St. Louis, MO 63132, USA
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Exploring competitive inhibition of a family 10 xylanase derived from Hu sheep rumen microbiota by Oryza sativa xylanase inhibitor protein: In vitro and in silico perspectives. Enzyme Microb Technol 2022; 160:110082. [PMID: 35709658 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2022.110082] [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: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The catalytic domain of family GH10 xylanase, XYN-LXY_CD derived from Hu sheep rumen microbiota was expressed in Pichia pastoris X33. The special activity of reXYN-LXY_CD in the culture supernatant was 232.56 U/mg. The optima of reXYN-LXY_CD were 53 °C and pH 7.0. Recombinant Oryza sativa xylanase inhibitor protein (rePOsXIP) competitively inhibited reXYN-LXY_CD with an inhibition constant (Ki) value of 237.37 nM. The concentration of hydrolysates released from beechwood xylan by reXYN-LXY_CD reduced when rePOsXIP was added into the hydrolytic system. Fluorescence of reXYN-LXY_CD was statically quenched by rePOsXIP in a dose-dependent manner. The details in intermolecular interaction between XYN-LXY_CD and OsXIP were investigated by using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, binding free energy computation and non-covalent interactions (NCI) analysis. Hydrogen bonding and van der Waals played indispensable roles in the XYN-LXY_CD/OsXIP interaction. The α-7 helix of OsXIP tightly occupied the catalytic pocket of XYN-LXY_CD with hydrogen bonding such as K239OsXIP-N261/Q292/E197XYN-LXY_CD (E197, the acid-base catalytic residue), D236OsXIP-K327XYN-LXY_CD and Q242OsXIP-E211/Q212XYN-LXY_CD. Based on the quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM), the Laplacian of electron density and core-valence bifurcation index of HZ3K239-OE2E197 were 0.1025 a.u. and 0.002218, respectively. Elucidating the mechanism underlying xylanase-inhibitor interactions might help construct XYN-LXY_CD mutants that gain resistance to XIPs and high catalytic activity, which would be more efficient in feed additives in livestock.
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Characterization of Two Wheat-Derived Glycoside Hydrolase Family-10 Xylanases Resistant to Xylanase Inhibitors. J FOOD QUALITY 2022. [DOI: 10.1155/2022/9590243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Xylanase inhibitors inhibit the activities of microbial xylanases and seriously compromise the efficacy of microbial xylanases added to modify cereals. Cereal endogenous xylanases are unaffected by these xylanase inhibitors, but little information is available regarding their effects in improving cereal quality, a neglected potential application. As a strategy for circumventing the negative effects of xylanase inhibitors, the objective of this study was to use genetic engineering to obtain sufficient amounts of active endo-1,4-β-D-xylanase from wheat to analyze the characteristics of its structure. The endo-1,4-β-D-xylanase from wheat was heterologously expressed. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), western blotting, MALDI-TOF/TOF (MS) analyses, and enzyme activity determination confirmed 2 active endo-1,4-β-D-xylanases (EXY3 and EXY4) were successfully obtained. The molecular weights (MW) and isoelectric point (pI) of EXY3 were 36.108 kDa and 5.491, while those of the EXY4 protein were 41.933 kDa and 5.726. They both contained the same catalytic domain of GH10 xylanases from G266 to V276 and have the same catalytic site, Glu273. They shared the same putative N-glycosylation sites (N62-T63-S64 and N280–V281–S282) and 3 putative O-glycosylation sites (Ser8, Ser9, and Thr21), but EXY4 had an additional O-glycosylation site (Thr358). EXY3 was smaller than EXY4 by 51 amino acids because of a nonsense mutation and premature termination. They both had the 8-fold beta/alpha-barrel (TIM-barrel) fold. The specific activities of EXY3 and EXY4 were 152.0891 and 67.2928 U/mg, respectively. This work demonstrates a promising way to obtain wheat xylanases by genetic engineering; the properties of the enzymes indicate their potential application in cereal-based industries.
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Wang Y, Liu M, Li J, Wei H, Zhang K. Experimental and in silico studies of competitive inhibition of family GH10 Aspergillus fumigatus xylanase A by Oryza sativa xylanase inhibitor protein. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 193:1391-1399. [PMID: 34742846 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.10.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The family GH10 Aspergillus fumigatus xylanase A (AfXylA10) gene, afxyla10 was cloned and recombinantly expressed in Pichia pastoris X33. The optimum temperature and pH of reAfXylA10 was 53 °C and 7.0, and Mn2+ remarkably activated the catalytic activity. The recombinant Oryza sativa xylanase inhibitor protein, rePOsXIP significantly inhibited reAfXylA10 with inhibition constant (Ki) of 177.94 nM via competitive inhibition and decreased the concentration of hydrolysate from beechwood xylan. Optimal inhibition of rePOsXIP on reAfXylA10 occurred at 45 °C for 40 min. The fluorescence of reAfXylA10 was statically quenched by rePOsXIP, indicating the formation of reAfXylA10-rePOsXIP complex during their interaction. Furthermore, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to obtain the detailed information on enzyme-inhibitor interaction. The binding free energy (ΔG) of AfXylA10-OsXIP complex was -30 ± 9 kcal/mol by MM-PBSA calculation, and the α-7 helix of OsXIP anchored in the catalytic cleft of AfXylA10 by competition with the xylan substrate. K239OsXIP stably interacted with the catalytic site E140AfXylA10 through hydrogen bond and vdW interaction. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds T104AfXylA10/V99AfXylA10-Q5OsXIP, R256AfXylA10-E235OsXIP, D155AfXylA10-Y243OsXIP and D145AfXylA10-R194OsXIP on the upper of the TIM barrel were essential for strengthening the stability of complex. Therefore, these non-covalent interactions (NCI) played key role in the interaction between AfXylA10 and OsXIP.
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- Yuting Wang
- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Food Quality and Hazard Controlling Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Hirano H. Basic 7S globulin in plants. J Proteomics 2021; 240:104209. [PMID: 33794343 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Soybean seed basic 7S globulin (Bg7S)-like proteins are found in many plant species. Bg7S was originally thought to be a major seed storage protein but was later found to be multifunctional, with stress response, antibacterial activity, hormone receptor-like activity. Moreover, functional differences between Bg7S proteins from legumes and other plants have been revealed. In non-leguminous plants, Bg7S molecules inhibit the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms. However, although leguminous plants have a peptide called leg-insulin that can bind to Bg7S, non-leguminous plants do not have leginsulin. Bg7S in leguminous plants and other plants may have evolved in functionally different directions. Several homologs of Bg7S in plants are reported, but there is no homolog of this protein in peas, suggesting that the pea evolution might have followed a different route when compared to other leguminous plants. Although the functions of Bg7S are well documented in plants, recent studies suggest that this protein is also important in controlling blood glucose level, blood pressure and plasma cholesterol level, and cancer cell antiproliferative actions.
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- Hisashi Hirano
- Advanced Medical Science Research Center, Gunma Paz University, Shibukawa 1338-4, Shibukawa, Gunma 377-0008, Japan; Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Showa 3-39-15, Maebashi 371-8512, Japan.
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Lupinus albus γ-Conglutin, a Protein Structurally Related to GH12 Xyloglucan-Specific Endo-Glucanase Inhibitor Proteins (XEGIPs), Shows Inhibitory Activity against GH2 β-Mannosidase. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197305. [PMID: 33022933 PMCID: PMC7583008 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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γ-conglutin (γC) is a major protein of Lupinus albus seeds, but its function is still unknown. It shares high structural similarity with xyloglucan-specific endo-glucanase inhibitor proteins (XEGIPs) and, to a lesser extent, with Triticum aestivum endoxylanase inhibitors (TAXI-I), active against fungal glycoside hydrolases GH12 and GH11, respectively. However, γC lacks both these inhibitory activities. Since β-galactomannans are major components of the cell walls of endosperm in several legume plants, we tested the inhibitory activity of γC against a GH2 β-mannosidase (EC 3.2.1.25). γC was actually able to inhibit the enzyme, and this effect was enhanced by the presence of zinc ions. The stoichiometry of the γC/enzyme interaction was 1:1, and the calculated Ki was 1.55 μM. To obtain further insights into the interaction between γC and β-mannosidase, an in silico structural bioinformatic approach was followed, including some docking analyses. By and large, this work describes experimental findings that highlight new scenarios for understanding the natural role of γC. Although structural predictions can leave space for speculative interpretations, the full complexity of the data reported in this work allows one to hypothesize mechanisms of action for the basis of inhibition. At least two mechanisms seem plausible, both involving lupin-γC-peculiar structures.
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Calderan-Rodrigues MJ, Guimarães Fonseca J, de Moraes FE, Vaz Setem L, Carmanhanis Begossi A, Labate CA. Plant Cell Wall Proteomics: A Focus on Monocot Species, Brachypodium distachyon, Saccharum spp. and Oryza sativa. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E1975. [PMID: 31018495 PMCID: PMC6514655 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20081975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Plant cell walls mostly comprise polysaccharides and proteins. The composition of monocots' primary cell walls differs from that of dicots walls with respect to the type of hemicelluloses, the reduction of pectin abundance and the presence of aromatic molecules. Cell wall proteins (CWPs) differ among plant species, and their distribution within functional classes varies according to cell types, organs, developmental stages and/or environmental conditions. In this review, we go deeper into the findings of cell wall proteomics in monocot species and make a comparative analysis of the CWPs identified, considering their predicted functions, the organs analyzed, the plant developmental stage and their possible use as targets for biofuel production. Arabidopsis thaliana CWPs were considered as a reference to allow comparisons among different monocots, i.e., Brachypodium distachyon, Saccharum spp. and Oryza sativa. Altogether, 1159 CWPs have been acknowledged, and specificities and similarities are discussed. In particular, a search for A. thaliana homologs of CWPs identified so far in monocots allows the definition of monocot CWPs characteristics. Finally, the analysis of monocot CWPs appears to be a powerful tool for identifying candidate proteins of interest for tailoring cell walls to increase biomass yield of transformation for second-generation biofuels production.
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- Maria Juliana Calderan-Rodrigues
- Department of Genetics, Max Feffer Laboratory of Plant Genetics, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, CP 83, 13400-970 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Max Feffer Laboratory of Plant Genetics, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, CP 83, 13400-970 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Max Feffer Laboratory of Plant Genetics, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, CP 83, 13400-970 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Max Feffer Laboratory of Plant Genetics, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, CP 83, 13400-970 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Max Feffer Laboratory of Plant Genetics, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, CP 83, 13400-970 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Genetics, Max Feffer Laboratory of Plant Genetics, "Luiz de Queiroz" College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, CP 83, 13400-970 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
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Krogh Madsen C, Pettersson D, Hjortshøj R, Katholm A, Brinch-Pedersen H. Superior Growth Rates in Broilers Fed Wheat with Low In Vitro Feed-Xylanase Inhibition. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:4044-4050. [PMID: 29575893 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Grain-batch variation in xylanase-inhibitor levels may account for variations in the efficacy of feed xylanase supplementation. This would make inhibition an important quality parameter in the routine analysis of feedstuffs. Two analytical procedures for testing feedstuffs against specific xylanases were researched: the high-throughput viscosity-pressure assay (ViPr) and the extraction-free remazol-brilliant-blue-beechwood-xylan (RBBX) assay. Thirty-two wheat cultivars were analyzed for inhibition of a commercial xylanase, Ronozyme WX. Four cultivars were selected for a feeding experiment in which the growth of 1440 broilers from ages 7-33 days was monitored. The treatments resulted up to 7 % difference (day 14) in broiler weight . The cultivar choice had an effect throughout the experiment ( p < 0.05). The performance ranking of the treatments corresponded better to xylanase inhibition than to crude-protein content or nonstarch-polysaccharide content. Wheat-grain xylanase-inhibitor content is therefore a highly relevant quality parameter when broiler diets are supplemented with feed xylanase.
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- Claus Krogh Madsen
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Research Center Flakkebjerg , Aarhus University , 4200 Slagelse , Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Research Center Flakkebjerg , Aarhus University , 4200 Slagelse , Denmark
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Courtin CM, Broekaert WF, Swennen K, Aerts G, Van Craeyveld V, Delcour JA. Occurrence of Arabinoxylo-Oligosaccharides and Arabinogalactan Peptides in Beer. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BREWING CHEMISTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1094/asbcj-2009-0323-01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Christophe M. Courtin
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Center (LFORCE), K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Center (LFORCE), K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Center (LFORCE), K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Enzyme and Brewing Technology, KaHo St.-Lieven, Gent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and LFORCE, K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and LFORCE, K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Yang W, Jiang Z, Liu L, Lin Y, Wang L, Zhou S. The effect of pentosanase on the solubilisation and degradation of arabinoxylan extracted from whole and refined wheat flour. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2017; 97:1034-1041. [PMID: 27271725 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Revised: 06/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The quality improvement capability of pentosanase (Pn) for whole-wheat Chinese steamed bread (CSB) is not as efficient as that for refined CSB. However, the underlying mechanism remains to be elucidated. In this work, water-extractable arabinoxylan (WEAX) and water-unextractable solids (WUS) were extracted from whole and refined wheat flour, and then treated with Pn under the conditions similar to CSB-making. Solubilisation and degradation of arabinoxylan (AX) caused by Pn treatment were determined. RESULTS WEAX from whole flour exhibited higher molecular weight than that from refined flour before and after the treatment with equivalent Pn. Compared with WUS from refined flour, WUS from whole flour had a much lower dissolution degree but the degradation of AX released from the WUS was more efficiently. Moreover, AX released from WUS for refined flour showed a higher Ara/Xyl ratio and the percentage of residual ferulic acid in WUS decreased more significantly. CONCLUSION The difference in quality improvement degree for Pn in whole-wheat and refined CSB might be mainly explained by its effect on WUS. That is, Pn contributed much more to the solubilisation of WUS from refined flour but provoked degradation predominantly on AX solubilised from WUS isolated from whole flour. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Wei Yang
- School of Food Science and Technology in Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- School of Food Science and Technology in Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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- School of Food Science and Technology in Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193, China
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Altınel B, Ünal SS. The Effects of Amyloglucosidase, Glucose Oxidase and Hemicellulase Utilization on the Rheological Behaviour of Dough and Quality Characteristics of Bread. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD ENGINEERING 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/ijfe-2016-0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Wheat flour, whole wheat flour, 25 and 50 % rye flour substituted wheat flour blends, 15 and 30 % wheat bran substituted wheat flour blends were supplemented with amyloglucosidase (at 0.000875 and 0.001 %), glucose oxidase (at 0.0003 and 0.001 %) and hemicellulase (at 0.001 and 0.005 %). The effects of enzymes on the extensographic properties of dough and quality characteristics of bread (specific volume, baking loss percentage and final moisture content) were studied. The interaction between type of flour/blend, type of enzyme and dosage of enzyme affected resistance to extension, extensibility and ratio of resistance to extensibility of doughs significantly. The interactions between type of flour/blend, type of enzyme and dosage of enzyme affected specific volume, baking loss percentage and final moisture content of breads significantly. The findings in this study indicated that enzymes can exhibit unexpected effects on dough and bread properties depending on type of flour and dosage of enzyme.
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Leys S, Pauly A, Delcour JA, Courtin CM. Modification of the Secondary Binding Site of Xylanases Illustrates the Impact of Substrate Selectivity on Bread Making. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:5400-5409. [PMID: 27282886 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b01473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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To investigate the importance of substrate selectivity for xylanase functionality in bread making, the secondary binding site (SBS) of xylanases from Bacillus subtilis (XBS) and Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis was modified. This resulted in two xylanases with increased relative activity toward water-unextractable wheat arabinoxylan (WU-AX) compared to water-extractable wheat arabinoxylan, i.e., an increased substrate selectivity, without changing other biochemical properties. Addition of both modified xylanases in bread making resulted in increased loaf volumes compared to the wild types when using weak flour. Moreover, maximal volume increase was reached at a lower dosage of the mutant compared to wild-type XBS. The modified xylanases were able to solubilize more WU-AX and decreased the average degree of polymerization of soluble arabinoxylan in dough more during fermentation. This possibly allowed for additional water release, which might be responsible for increased loaf volumes. Altered SBS functionality and, as a result, enhanced substrate selectivity most probably caused these differences.
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- Sofie Leys
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry & Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven , Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry & Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven , Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry & Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven , Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry & Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven , Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Scarafoni A, Consonni A, Pessina S, Balzaretti S, Capraro J, Galanti E, Duranti M. Structural basis of the lack of endo-glucanase inhibitory activity of Lupinus albus γ-conglutin. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2016; 99:79-85. [PMID: 26741537 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2015] [Revised: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Lupin γ-conglutin and soybean BG7S are two legume seed proteins strongly similar to plant endo-β-glucanases inhibitors acting against fungal GH11 and GH12 glycoside hydrolase. However these proteins lack inhibitory activity. Here we describe the conversion of lupin γ-conglutin to an active inhibitor of endo-β-glucanases belonging to GH11 family. A set of γ-conglutin mutants was designed and expressed in Pichia pastoris, along with the wild-type protein. Unexpectedly, this latter was able to inhibit a GH11 enzyme, but not GH12, whereas the mutants were able to modulate the inhibition capacity. In lupin, γ-conglutin is naturally cleaved in two subunits, whereas in P. pastoris it is not. The lack of proteolytic cleavage is one of the reasons at the basis of the inhibitory activity of recombinant γ-conglutin. The results provide new insights about structural features at the basis of the lack of inhibitory activity of wild-type γ-conglutin and its legume homologues.
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- Alessio Scarafoni
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Tundo S, Moscetti I, Faoro F, Lafond M, Giardina T, Favaron F, Sella L, D'Ovidio R. Fusarium graminearum produces different xylanases causing host cell death that is prevented by the xylanase inhibitors XIP-I and TAXI-III in wheat. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2015; 240:161-9. [PMID: 26475196 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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To shed light on the role of Xylanase Inhibitors (XIs) during Fusarium graminearum infection, we first demonstrated that three out of four F. graminearum xylanases, in addition to their xylan degrading activity, have also the capacity to cause host cell death both in cell suspensions and wheat spike tissue. Subsequently, we demonstrated that TAXI-III and XIP-I prevented both the enzyme and host cell death activities of F. graminearum xylanases. In particular, we showed that the enzymatic inhibition by TAXI-III and XIP-I was competitive and only FGSG_11487 escaped inhibition. The finding that TAXI-III and XIP-I prevented cell death activity of heat inactivated xylanases and that XIP-I precluded the cell death activity of FGSG_11487 - even if XIP-I does not inhibit its enzyme activity - suggests that the catalytic and the cell death activities are separated features of these xylanases. Finally, the efficacy of TAXI-III or XIP-I to prevent host cell death caused by xylanases was confirmed in transgenic plants expressing separately these inhibitors, suggesting that the XIs could limit F. graminearum infection via direct inhibition of xylanase activity and/or by preventing host cell death.
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- Silvio Tundo
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l'Energia, (DAFNE), Università della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l'Energia, (DAFNE), Università della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- ISM2/BiosCiences UMR CNRS7313, case 342, Aix-Marseille Université, 13397 Marseille cedex 20, France
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- ISM2/BiosCiences UMR CNRS7313, case 342, Aix-Marseille Université, 13397 Marseille cedex 20, France
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- Dipartimento del Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali, Università degli Studi di Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020, Legnaro (PD), Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento del Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali, Università degli Studi di Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020, Legnaro (PD), Padova, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per l'Agricoltura, le Foreste, la Natura e l'Energia, (DAFNE), Università della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis snc, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.
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Smeets N, Nuyens F, Niewold T, Van Campenhout L. Temperature Resistance of Xylanase Inhibitors and the Presence of Grain-Associated Xylanases Affect the Activity of Exogenous Xylanases Added to Pelleted Wheat-Based Feeds. Cereal Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1094/cchem-02-14-0032-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Natasja Smeets
- Nutrition and Health, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- Kemin Europa N.V., Toekomstlaan 42, 2200, Herentals, Belgium
- Corresponding author. Phone: +32 14 28 62 00
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- Kemin Europa N.V., Toekomstlaan 42, 2200, Herentals, Belgium
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- Nutrition and Health, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
- Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee , Belgium
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- Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Heverlee , Belgium
- KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Technology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Lab4Food, Kleinhoefstraat 4, 2440 Geel, Belgium
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Calderan-Rodrigues MJ, Jamet E, Bonassi MBCR, Guidetti-Gonzalez S, Begossi AC, Setem LV, Franceschini LM, Fonseca JG, Labate CA. Cell wall proteomics of sugarcane cell suspension cultures. Proteomics 2014; 14:738-49. [PMID: 24436144 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201300132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2013] [Revised: 11/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The use of cell walls to produce cellulosic ethanol from sugarcane bagasse is a new challenge. A better knowledge of proteins involved in cell wall remodelling is essential to improve the saccharification processes. Cell suspension cultures were used for this first cell wall proteomics study of sugarcane. Proteins extracted from cell walls were identified using an adapted protocol. They were extracted using 0.2 M CaCl2 and 2 M LiCl after purification of cell walls. The proteins were then identified by the innovative nanoACQUITY UPLC MS/MS technology and bioinformatics using the translated SUCEST EST cluster database of sugarcane. The experiments were reproduced three times. Since Sorghum bicolor is the closest plant with a fully sequenced genome, homologous proteins were searched for to complete the annotation of proteins, that is, prediction of subcellular localization and functional domains. Altogether, 69 different proteins predicted to be secreted were identified among 377 proteins. The reproducibility of the experiments is discussed. These proteins were distributed into eight functional classes. Oxidoreductases such as peroxidases were well represented, whereas glycoside hydrolases were scarce. This work provides information about the proteins that could be manipulated through genetic transformation, to increase second-generation ethanol production.
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- Maria Juliana Calderan-Rodrigues
- Departamento de Genética, Laboratório Max Feffer de Genética de Plantas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil
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Moscetti I, Tundo S, Janni M, Sella L, Gazzetti K, Tauzin A, Giardina T, Masci S, Favaron F, D'Ovidio R. Constitutive expression of the xylanase inhibitor TAXI-III delays Fusarium head blight symptoms in durum wheat transgenic plants. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:1464-72. [PMID: 23945000 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-04-13-0121-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Cereals contain xylanase inhibitor (XI) proteins which inhibit microbial xylanases and are considered part of the defense mechanisms to counteract microbial pathogens. Nevertheless, in planta evidence for this role has not been reported yet. Therefore, we produced a number of transgenic plants constitutively overexpressing TAXI-III, a member of the TAXI type XI that is induced by pathogen infection. Results showed that TAXI-III endows the transgenic wheat with new inhibition capacities. We also showed that TAXI-III is correctly secreted into the apoplast and possesses the expected inhibition parameters against microbial xylanases. The new inhibition properties of the transgenic plants correlate with a significant delay of Fusarium head blight disease symptoms caused by Fusarium graminearum but do not significantly influence leaf spot symptoms caused by Bipolaris sorokiniana. We showed that this contrasting result can be due to the different capacity of TAXI-III to inhibit the xylanase activity of these two fungal pathogens. These results provide, for the first time, clear evidence in planta that XI are involved in plant defense against fungal pathogens and show the potential to manipulate TAXI-III accumulation to improve wheat resistance against F. graminearum.
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Douché T, Clemente HS, Burlat V, Roujol D, Valot B, Zivy M, Pont-Lezica R, Jamet E. Brachypodium distachyon
as a model plant toward improved biofuel crops: Search for secreted proteins involved in biogenesis and disassembly of cell wall polymers. Proteomics 2013; 13:2438-54. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201200507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Revised: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Thibaut Douché
- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse; UPS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
- CNRS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse; UPS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
- CNRS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse; UPS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
- CNRS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse; UPS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
- CNRS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
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- CNRS, PAPPSO, UMR 0320/UMR 8120 Génétique Végétale; Gif sur Yvette France
- INRA, PAPPSO, UMR 0320/UMR 8120 Génétique Végétale; Gif sur Yvette France
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- CNRS, PAPPSO, UMR 0320/UMR 8120 Génétique Végétale; Gif sur Yvette France
- INRA, PAPPSO, UMR 0320/UMR 8120 Génétique Végétale; Gif sur Yvette France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse; UPS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
- CNRS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
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- Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse; UPS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
- CNRS, UMR 5546; Castanet-Tolosan France
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Wu J, Wang Y, Kim ST, Kim SG, Kang KY. Characterization of a newly identified rice chitinase-like protein (OsCLP) homologous to xylanase inhibitor. BMC Biotechnol 2013; 13:4. [PMID: 23331415 PMCID: PMC3571981 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-13-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During rice blast fungal attack, plant xylanase inhibitor proteins (XIPs) that inhibit fungal xylanase activity are believed to act as a defensive barrier against fungal pathogens. To understand the role of XIPs in rice, a xylanase inhibitor was cloned from rice. The expression of this gene was examined at the transcriptional/translational levels during compatible and incompatible interactions, and the biochemical activity of this protein was also examined. RESULTS Sequence alignment revealed that the deduced amino acid sequence of OsCLP shares a high degree of similarity with that of other plant TAXI-type XIPs. However, recombinant OsCLP did not display inhibitory activity against endo-1,4-β-xylanase enzymes from Aureobasidium pullulans (A. pullulans) or Trichoderma viride (T. viride). Instead, an in-gel activity assay revealed strong chitinase activity. The transcription and translation of OsCLP were highly induced when rice was exposed to pathogens in an incompatible interaction. In addition, exogenous treatment with OsCLP affected the growth of the basidiomycete fungus Rhizoctonia solani through degradation of the hyphal cell wall. These data suggest that OsCLP, which has chitinase activity, may play an important role in plant defenses against pathogens. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our results demonstrate that OsCLP may have antifungal activity. This protein may directly inhibit pathogen growth by degrading fungal cell wall components through chitinase activity.
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- Jingni Wu
- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea
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- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang, 627-706, South Korea
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- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea
- Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 660-701, South Korea
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Yoshizawa T, Shimizu T, Hirano H, Sato M, Hashimoto H. Structural basis for inhibition of xyloglucan-specific endo-β-1,4-glucanase (XEG) by XEG-protein inhibitor. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:18710-6. [PMID: 22496365 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.350520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Microorganisms such as plant pathogens secrete glycoside hydrolases (GHs) to digest the polysaccharide chains of plant cell walls. The degradation of cell walls by these enzymes is a crucial step for nutrition and invasion. To protect the cell wall from these enzymes, plants secrete glycoside hydrolase inhibitor proteins (GHIPs). Xyloglucan-specific endo-β-1,4-glucanase (XEG), a member of GH family 12 (GH12), could be a great threat to many plants because xyloglucan is a major component of the cell wall in most plants. Understanding the inhibition mechanism of XEG by GHIP is therefore of great importance in the field of plant defense, but to date the mechanism and specificity of GHIPs remain unclear. We have determined the crystal structure of XEG in complex with extracellular dermal glycoprotein (EDGP), a carrot GHIP that inhibits XEG. The structure reveals that the conserved arginines of EDGP intrude into the active site of XEG and interact with the catalytic glutamates of the enzyme. We have also determined the crystal structure of the XEG-xyloglucan complex. These structures show that EDGP closely mimics the XEG-xyloglucan interaction. Although EDGP shares structural similarity to a wheat GHIP (Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitor-IA (TAXI-IA)) that inhibits GH11 family xylanases, the arrangement of GH and GHIP in the XEG-EDGP complex is distinct from that in the xylanase-TAXI-IA complex. Our findings imply that plants have evolved structures of GHIPs to inhibit different GH family members that attack their cell walls.
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- Takuya Yoshizawa
- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Dornez E, Verjans P, Arnaut F, Delcour JA, Courtin CM. Use of psychrophilic xylanases provides insight into the xylanase functionality in bread making. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2011; 59:9553-9562. [PMID: 21806059 DOI: 10.1021/jf201752g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The bread-improving potential of three psychrophilic xylanases from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAH3A (XPH), Flavobacterium sp. MSY-2 (rXFH), and unknown bacterial origin (rXyn8) was compared to that of the mesophilic xylanases from Bacillus subtilis (XBS) and Aspergillus aculeatus (XAA). XPH, rXFH, and rXyn8 increased specific bread volumes up to 28%, 18%, and 18%, respectively, while XBS and XAA gave increases of 23% and 12%, respectively. This could be related to their substrate hydrolysis behavior. Xylanases with a high capacity to solubilize water-unextractable arabinoxylan (WU-AX) during mixing, such as XBS and XPH, increased bread volume more than xylanases that mainly solubilized WU-AX during fermentation, such as rXFH, rXyn8, and XAA. Irrespective of their intrinsic bread-improving potential, the dosages needed to increase bread volume to a similar extent were much lower for psychrophilic than for mesophilic xylanases. The xylanase efficiency mainly depended on the enzyme's temperature activity profile and its inhibition sensitivity.
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- Emmie Dornez
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry & Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20-bus 2463, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Finnie C, Sultan A, Grasser KD. From protein catalogues towards targeted proteomics approaches in cereal grains. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2011; 72:1145-1153. [PMID: 21134685 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Due to their importance for human nutrition, the protein content of cereal grains has been a subject of intense study for over a century and cereal grains were not surprisingly one of the earliest subjects for 2D-gel-based proteome analysis. Over the last two decades, countless cereal grain proteomes, mostly derived using 2D-gel based technologies, have been described and hundreds of proteins identified. However, very little is still known about post-translational modifications, subcellular proteomes, and protein-protein interactions in cereal grains. Development of techniques for improved extraction, separation and identification of proteins and peptides is facilitating functional proteomics and analysis of sub-proteomes from small amounts of starting material, such as seed tissues. The combination of proteomics with structural and functional analysis is increasingly applied to target subsets of proteins. These "next-generation" proteomics studies will vastly increase our depth of knowledge about the processes controlling cereal grain development, nutritional and processing characteristics.
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- Christine Finnie
- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Bldg 224, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Yoshizawa T, Shimizu T, Hirano H, Sato M, Hashimoto H. Purification, crystallization and X-ray diffraction study of extracellular dermal glycoprotein from carrot and the inhibition complex that it forms with an endo-β-glucanase from Aspergillus aculeatus. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2011; 67:830-2. [PMID: 21795806 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309111020045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Extracellular dermal glycoprotein (EDGP) may play an important role in the plant defence system of the carrot (Daucus carota) as it has inhibitory activity against endo-β-glucanase produced by invading pathogens. Here, EDGP and the inhibition complex that it forms with FI-CMCase, a carboxyl methyl cellulase from Aspergillus aculeatus, were successfully crystallized. The hexagonal crystal of EDGP belonged to space group P6(2), with unit-cell parameters a=b=130.4, c=44.5 Å, γ=120°. The monoclinic crystal of the complex of EDGP with FI-CMCase belonged to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a=169.5, b=143.0, c=63.0 Å, β=110.9°.
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- Takuya Yoshizawa
- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 1-7-29 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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Juodeikiene G, Basinskiene L, Vidmantiene D, Makaravicius T, Bartkiene E, Schols H. The use of β-xylanase for increasing the efficiency of biocatalytic conversion of crop residues to bioethanol. Catal Today 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2011.02.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mélida H, Caparrós-Ruiz D, Álvarez J, Acebes JL, Encina A. Deepening into the proteome of maize cells habituated to the cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor dichlobenil. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:143-6. [PMID: 21248490 PMCID: PMC3122029 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.1.14304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Cellulose biosynthesis inhibitors, such as dichlobenil (DCB), have become a valuable tool for the analysis of structural and compositional plasticity of plant cell walls. By stepwise increasing the concentration of DCB in the culture medium, we obtained maize cells able to cope with DCB through the acquisition of a modified cell wall in which cellulose was partially replaced by a more extensive network of feruloylated arabinoxylans. Recently we demonstrated that the expression of several Cellulose Synthase and phenylpropanoid-related genes is altered in DCB-habituated cells. In addition, by using a proteomic approach we identified several proteins induced or repressed in DCB-habituated cells. After a more in-depth analysis, some new proteins induced (two inhibitors TAXI-IV, an α-1,4-glucan-protein synthase, and a pectinesterase inhibitor) or repressed (a chaperonin 60, a fructokinase-1 and a spermidine synthase 1) were identified, and their possible role in the context of DCB-habituation is discussed.
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- Hugo Mélida
- Área de Fisiología Vegetal; Facultad de CC. Biológicas y Ambientales; Universidad de León, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en AgriGenòmica (CRAG, Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB); Barcelona, Spain
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- Área de Fisiología Vegetal; Facultad de CC. Biológicas y Ambientales; Universidad de León, Spain
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- Área de Fisiología Vegetal; Facultad de CC. Biológicas y Ambientales; Universidad de León, Spain
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- Área de Fisiología Vegetal; Facultad de CC. Biológicas y Ambientales; Universidad de León, Spain
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Modulation of inhibitory activity of xylanase-α-amylase inhibitor protein (XAIP): binding studies and crystal structure determination of XAIP-II from Scadoxus multiflorus at 1.2 Å resolution. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2010; 10:41. [PMID: 21092126 PMCID: PMC2998507 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-10-41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Background Plants produce a wide range of proteinaceous inhibitors to protect themselves against hydrolytic enzymes. Recently a novel protein XAIP belonging to a new sub-family (GH18C) was reported to inhibit two structurally unrelated enzymes xylanase GH11 and α-amylase GH13. It was shown to inhibit xylanase GH11 with greater potency than that of α-amylase GH13. A new form of XAIP (XAIP-II) that inhibits α-amylase GH13 with a greater potency than that of XAIP and xylanase GH11 with a lower potency than that of XAIP, has been identified in the extracts of underground bulbs of Scadoxus multiflorus. This kind of occurrence of isoforms of inhibitor proteins is a rare observation and offers new opportunities for understanding the principles of protein engineering by nature. Results In order to determine the structural basis of the enhanced potency of XAIP-II against α-amylase GH13 and its reduced potency against xylanase GH11 as compared to that of XAIP, we have purified XAIP-II to homogeneity and obtained its complete amino acid sequence using cloning procedure. It has been crystallized with 0.1 M ammonium sulphate as the precipitating agent and the three-dimensional structure has been determined at 1.2 Å resolution. The binding studies of XAIP-II with xylanase GH11 and α-amylase GH13 have been carried out with surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Conclusion The structure determination revealed that XAIP-II adopts the well known TIM barrel fold. The xylanase GH11 binding site in XAIP-II is formed mainly with loop α3-β3 (residues, 102 - 118) which has acquired a stereochemically less favorable conformation for binding to xylanase GH11 because of the addition of an extra residue, Ala105 and due to replacements of two important residues, His106 and Asn109 by Thr107 and Ser110. On the other hand, the α-amylase binding site, which consists of α-helices α6 (residues, 193 - 206), α7 (residues, 230 - 243) and loop β6-α6 (residues, 180 - 192) adopts a stereochemically more favorable conformation due to replacements of residues, Ser190, Gly191 and Glu194 by Ala191, Ser192 and Ser195 respectively in α-helix α6, Glu231 and His236 by Thr232 and Ser237 respectively in α-helix α7. As a result, XAIP-II binds to xylanase GH11 less favorably while it interacts more strongly with α-amylase GH13 as compared to XAIP. These observations correlate well with the values of 4.2 × 10-6 M and 3.4 × 10-8 M for the dissociation constants of XAIP-II with xylanase GH11 and α-amylase GH13 respectively and those of 4.5 × 10-7 M and 3.6 × 10-6 M of XAIP with xylanase GH11 and α-amylase GH13 respectively.
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Selectivity for water-unextractable arabinoxylan and inhibition sensitivity govern the strong bread improving potential of an acidophilic GH11 Aureobasidium pullulans xylanase. Food Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gusakov AV. Proteinaceous inhibitors of microbial xylanases. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2010; 75:1185-99. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297910100019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Dornez E, Croes E, Gebruers K, Carpentier S, Swennen R, Laukens K, Witters E, Urban M, Delcour JA, Courtin CM. 2-D DIGE reveals changes in wheat xylanase inhibitor protein families due to Fusarium graminearum DeltaTri5 infection and grain development. Proteomics 2010; 10:2303-19. [PMID: 20391529 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200900493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wheat contains three different classes of proteinaceous xylanase inhibitors (XIs), i.e. Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitors (TAXIs) xylanase-inhibiting proteins (XIPs), and thaumatin-like xylanase inhibitors (TLXIs) which are believed to act as a defensive barrier against phytopathogenic attack. In the absence of relevant data in wheat kernels, we here examined the response of the different members of the XI protein population to infection with a DeltaTri5 mutant of Fusarium graminearum, the wild type of which is one of the most important wheat ear pathogens, in early developing wheat grain. Wheat ears were inoculated at anthesis, analyzed using 2-D DIGE and multivariate analysis at 5, 15, and 25 days post anthesis (DPA), and compared with control samples. Distinct abundance patterns could be distinguished for different XI forms in response to infection with F. graminearum DeltaTri5. Some (iso)forms were up-regulated, whereas others were down-regulated. This pathogen-specific regulation of proteins was mostly visible at five DPA and levelled off in the samples situated further from the inoculation point. Furthermore, it was shown that most identified TAXI- and XIP-type XI (iso)forms significantly increased in abundance from the milky (15 DPA) to the soft dough stages (25 DPA) on a per kernel basis, although the extent of increase differed greatly. Non-glycosylated XIP forms increased more strongly than their glycosylated counterparts.
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- Emmie Dornez
- Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Kumar S, Singh N, Sinha M, Dube D, Singh SB, Bhushan A, Kaur P, Srinivasan A, Sharma S, Singh TP. Crystal structure determination and inhibition studies of a novel xylanase and α-amylase inhibitor protein (XAIP) from Scadoxus multiflorus. FEBS J 2010; 277:2868-82. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07703.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Harholt J, Bach IC, Lind-Bouquin S, Nunan KJ, Madrid SM, Brinch-Pedersen H, Holm PB, Scheller HV. Generation of transgenic wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) accumulating heterologous endo-xylanase or ferulic acid esterase in the endosperm. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2010; 8:351-62. [PMID: 20102532 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00490.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Endo-xylanase (from Bacillus subtilis) or ferulic acid esterase (from Aspergillus niger) were expressed in wheat under the control of the endosperm-specific 1DX5 glutenin promoter. Constructs both with and without the endoplasmic reticulum retention signal (Lys-Asp-Glu-Leu) KDEL were used. Transgenic plants were recovered in all four cases but no qualitative differences could be observed whether KDEL was added or not. Endo-xylanase activity in transgenic grains was increased between two and threefold relative to wild type. The grains were shrivelled and had a 25%-33% decrease in mass. Extensive analysis of the cell walls showed a 10%-15% increase in arabinose to xylose ratio, a 50% increase in the proportion of water-extractable arabinoxylan, and a shift in the MW of the water-extractable arabinoxylan from being mainly larger than 85 kD to being between 2 and 85 kD. Ferulic acid esterase-expressing grains were also shrivelled, and the seed weight was decreased by 20%-50%. No ferulic acid esterase activity could be detected in wild-type grains whereas ferulic acid esterase activity was detected in transgenic lines. The grain cell walls had 15%-40% increase in water-unextractable arabinoxylan and a decrease in monomeric ferulic acid between 13% and 34%. In all the plants, the observed changes are consistent with a plant response that serves to minimize the effect of the heterologously expressed enzymes by increasing arabinoxylan biosynthesis and cross-linking.
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- Jesper Harholt
- Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Laboratory for Molecular Plant Biology, VKR Research Centre Pro-Active Plants, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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De Backer E, Gebruers K, Van den Ende W, Courtin CM, Delcour JA. Post-translational processing of beta-d-xylanases and changes in extractability of arabinoxylans during wheat germination. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2010; 48:90-97. [PMID: 20031435 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 10/31/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Endo-1,4-beta-d-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8, beta-d-xylanase) activity, and arabinoxylan (AX) level and extractability were monitored for the first time simultaneously in wheat kernels (Triticum aestivum cv. Glasgow) up to 24 days post-imbibition (DPI), both in the absence and presence of added gibberellic acid (GA). Roughly three different stages (early, intermediate and late) can be discriminated. Addition of GA resulted in a faster increase of water extractable arabinoxylan (WEAX) level in the early stage (up to 3-4 DPI). This increase was not accompanied by the discernible presence of homologues of the barley X-I beta-d-xylanase as established by immunodetection. This suggests that other, yet unidentified beta-d-xylanases operate in this early time window. The intermediate stage (up to 13 DPI) was characterized by the presence of unprocessed 67 kDa X-I like beta-d-xylanase, which was much more abundant in the presence of GA. The occurrence of higher levels of the unprocessed enzyme was related with higher beta-d-xylanase activities and a further increase in WEAX level, pointing to in vivo activity of the unprocessed 67 kDa beta-d-xylanase. During the late stage (up to 24 DPI) gradual processing of the 67 kDa beta-d-xylanase occurred and was associated with a drastic increase in beta-d-xylanase activity. Up to 120-fold higher activity was recorded at 24 DPI, with approx. 85% thereof originating from the kernel remnants. The WEAX level decreased during the late stage, suggesting that the beta-d-xylanase is processed into more active forms to achieve extensive AX breakdown.
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- Evelien De Backer
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20 bus 2463, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Scarafoni A, Ronchi A, Duranti M. gamma-Conglutin, the Lupinus albus XEGIP-like protein, whose expression is elicited by chitosan, lacks of the typical inhibitory activity against GH12 endo-glucanases. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2010; 71:142-148. [PMID: 19962718 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2009] [Revised: 11/06/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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gamma-Conglutin, a glycoprotein from Lupinus albus seed, has been characterized at molecular level but its physiological function is still unknown. gamma-Conglutin shares a high structural similarity with xyloglucan-specific endo-beta-1,4-glucanase inhibitor proteins (XEGIPs) and Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitor (TAXI-I), which act specifically against fungal glycosyl hydrolase belonging to families 12 and 11, respectively. To assess the possible involvement of gamma-conglutin in plant defense, germinating lupin seeds were incubated with chitosan. The relative quantification of gamma-conglutin mRNA extracted from cotyledons was then carried out by RT-qPCR and indicated that chitosan strongly elicited the expression of gamma-conglutin. Moreover, biochemical trials aimed to test the inhibitory capacity of the protein have been also carried out. gamma-Conglutin failed to inhibit representative fungal endo-glucanases and other cell wall-degrading enzymes. To explain the lack of inhibitory capacity we investigated the possible structural differences between gamma-conglutin and XEGIPs and TAXI-I, including the construction of a predictive 3D model of the protein. Bioinformatic analysis suggests that the lack of inhibitory activity of gamma-conglutin can be attributed to sequence differences in the inhibitor interaction domains, and in particular to a sequence deletion in one of the functional loops.
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- Alessio Scarafoni
- Dipartimento di Scienze Molecolari Agroalimentari, Università degli Studi di Milano, via G. Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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Verjans P, Dornez E, Segers M, Van Campenhout S, Bernaerts K, Beliën T, Delcour JA, Courtin CM. Truncated derivatives of a multidomain thermophilic glycosyl hydrolase family 10 xylanase from Thermotoga maritima reveal structure related activity profiles and substrate hydrolysis patterns. J Biotechnol 2010; 145:160-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2009.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Walter S, Nicholson P, Doohan FM. Action and reaction of host and pathogen during Fusarium head blight disease. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2010; 185:54-66. [PMID: 19807873 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03041.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The Fusarium species Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum, which are responsible for Fusarium head blight (FHB) disease, reduce world-wide cereal crop yield and, as a consequence of their mycotoxin production in cereal grain, impact on both human and animal health. Their study is greatly promoted by the availability of the genomic sequence of F. graminearum and transcriptomic resources for both F. graminearum and its cereal hosts. Functional genomic, proteomic and metabolomic studies, in combination with targeted mutagenesis or transgenic studies, are unravelling the complex mechanisms involved in Fusarium infection, penetration and colonization of host tissues, and host avoidance thereof. This review illuminates and integrates emerging knowledge regarding the molecular crosstalk between Fusarium and its small-grain cereal hosts. An understanding of the complexity of the host-pathogen interactions will be instrumental in designing new efficient strategies for the control of FHB disease.
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- Stephanie Walter
- University of Aarhus, Department of Integrated Pest Management, Research Centre Flakkebjerg, Forsøgsvej 1, DK-4200 Slagelse, Denmark.
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Lagaert S, Beliën T, Volckaert G. Plant cell walls: Protecting the barrier from degradation by microbial enzymes. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2009; 20:1064-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2009] [Accepted: 05/25/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Dornez E, Gebruers K, Delcour JA, Courtin CM. Grain-associated xylanases: occurrence, variability, and implications for cereal processing. Trends Food Sci Technol 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2009.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gao L, Wang A, Li X, Dong K, Wang K, Appels R, Ma W, Yan Y. Wheat quality related differential expressions of albumins and globulins revealed by two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2-D DIGE). J Proteomics 2009; 73:279-96. [PMID: 19815103 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2009.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2009] [Revised: 09/15/2009] [Accepted: 09/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Comparative proteomics analysis offers a new approach to identify differential proteins among different wheat genotypes and developmental stages. In this study, the non-prolamin expression profiles during grain development of two common or bread wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.), Jing 411 and Sunstate, with different quality properties were analyzed using two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2-D DIGE). Five grain developmental stages during the post-anthesis period were sampled corresponding to the cumulative averages of daily temperatures ( degrees C: 156 degrees C, 250 degrees C, 354 degrees C, 447 degrees C and 749.5 degrees C). More than 400 differential protein spots detected at one or more of the developmental stages of the two cultivars were monitored, among which 230 proteins were identified by MS. Of the identified proteins, more than 85% were enzymes possessing different physiological functions. A total of 36 differential proteins were characterized between the two varieties, which are likely to be related to wheat quality attributes. About one quarter of the proteins identified expressed in multiple spots with different pIs and molecular masses, implying certain post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins such as phosphorylations and glycosylations. The results provide new insights into biochemical mechanisms for grain development and quality.
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- Liyan Gao
- Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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Mokrane H, Gebruers K, Beaugrand J, Proost P, Nadjemi B, Belhanèche-Bensemra N, Courtin CM, Delcour JA. Algerian pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum L.) contains XIP but not TAXI and TLXI type xylanase inhibitors. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2009; 57:5542-5548. [PMID: 19459708 DOI: 10.1021/jf9003785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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An XIP (xylanase inhibiting protein) type xylanase inhibitor was purified from Algerian pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum L.) grains and characterized for the first time. Cation exchange and affinity chromatography with immobilized Trichoderma longibrachiatum glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 11 xylanase resulted in electrophoretically pure protein with a molecular mass of 27-29 kDa and a pI value of 6.7. The experimentally determined N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified XIP protein is 87.5%, identical to that of sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L.) XIP and 79.2% identical to that of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) XIP-I. The biochemical properties of pearl millet XIP are comparable to those described earlier for sorghum XIP, except for the higher specific activity toward a T. longibrachiatum GH family 11 xylanase. On the basis of immunoblot neither TAXI nor TLXI type xylanase inhibitors were detected in pearl millet grains.
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- Hind Mokrane
- Laboratoire des Produits Bioactifs et de la Valorisation de la Biomasse, Ecole Normale Superieure, Vieux-Kouba, Alger, Algeria
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Pollet A, Sansen S, Raedschelders G, Gebruers K, Rabijns A, Delcour JA, Courtin CM. Identification of structural determinants for inhibition strength and specificity of wheat xylanase inhibitors TAXI-IA and TAXI-IIA. FEBS J 2009; 276:3916-27. [PMID: 19769747 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07105.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitor (TAXI)-type inhibitors are active against microbial xylanases from glycoside hydrolase family 11, but the inhibition strength and the specificity towards different xylanases differ between TAXI isoforms. Mutational and biochemical analyses of TAXI-I, TAXI-IIA and Bacillus subtilis xylanase A showed that inhibition strength and specificity depend on the identity of only a few key residues of inhibitor and xylanase [Fierens K et al. (2005) FEBS J 272, 5872-5882; Raedschelders G et al. (2005) Biochem Biophys Res Commun335, 512-522; Sorensen JF & Sibbesen O (2006) Protein Eng Des Sel 19, 205-210; Bourgois TM et al. (2007) J Biotechnol 130, 95-105]. Crystallographic analysis of the structures of TAXI-IA and TAXI-IIA in complex with glycoside hydrolase family 11 B. subtilis xylanase A now provides a substantial explanation for these observations and a detailed insight into the structural determinants for inhibition strength and specificity. Structures of the xylanaseinhibitor complexes show that inhibition is established by loop interactions with active-site residues and substrate-mimicking contacts in the binding subsites. The interaction of residues Leu292 of TAXI-IA and Pro294 of TAXI-IIA with the -2 glycon subsite of the xylanase is shown to be critical for both inhibition strength and specificity. Also, detailed analysis of the interaction interfaces of the complexes illustrates that the inhibition strength of TAXI is related to the presence of an aspartate or asparagine residue adjacent to the acid/base catalyst of the xylanase, and therefore to the pH optimum of the xylanase. The lower the pH optimum of the xylanase, the stronger will be the interaction between enzyme and inhibitor, and the stronger the resulting inhibition.
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- Annick Pollet
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Fierens E, Gebruers K, Voet AR, De Maeyer M, Courtin CM, Delcour JA. Biochemical and structural characterization of TLXI, the Triticum aestivum L. thaumatin-like xylanase inhibitor. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2009; 24:646-54. [DOI: 10.1080/14756360802321831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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- Ellen Fierens
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, Box 24633001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, Box 24633001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Modelling and BioMacS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200G3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Modelling and BioMacS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200G3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, Box 24633001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, Box 24633001, Leuven, Belgium
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Gusakov AV, Ustinov BB. ORIGINAL RESEARCH: Assaying sensitivity of fungal xylanases to proteinaceous inhibitors from a rye extract: Two GH10 family xylanases resistant to XIP-like inhibitors. Ind Biotechnol (New Rochelle N Y) 2009. [DOI: 10.1089/ind.2009.5.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- Alexander V. Gusakov
- Division of Chemical Enzymology, Department of Chemistry MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia; Corresponding author
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- Division of Chemical Enzymology, Department of Chemistry MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Goesaert H, Gebruers K, Courtin CM, Delcour JA. Purification and characterization of a XIP-type endoxylanase inhibitor from Rice (Oryza sativa). J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2008; 20:95-101. [PMID: 15895691 DOI: 10.1080/14756360400002080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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A rice XIP-type inhibitor was purified by affinity chromatography with an immobilized Aspergillus aculeatus family 10 endoxylanase. Rice XIP is a monomeric protein, with a molecular mass of ca. 32 kDa and a pI of ca. 5.6. Its N-terminal amino acid sequence was identical to that of a rice chitinase homologue, demonstrating the difficulty when using sequence information to differentiate between endoxylanase inhibitors and (putative) chitinases in rice. Rice XIP inhibited different endoxylanases to a varying degree. In particular, it most strongly inhibited family 10 endoxylanases from A. niger and A. oryzae, while several family 11 enzymes from Bacillus subtilis, A. niger and Trichoderma sp. were not sensitive to inhibition. The above mentioned A. aculeatus endoxylanase was not inhibited either, although gel permeation chromatography revealed that it complexed rice XIP in a 1:1 molar stoichiometric ratio.
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- Hans Goesaert
- Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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Gebruers K, Mokrane H, Nadjemi B, Beaugrand J, Fierens K, Proost P, Courtin CM, Delcour JA. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) contains a XIP-type xylanase inhibitor but none of the TAXI- and TLXI-types. J Cereal Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2007.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Factors affecting xylanase functionality in the degradation of arabinoxylans. Biotechnol Lett 2008; 30:1139-50. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-008-9669-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2007] [Revised: 02/04/2008] [Accepted: 02/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Effects of fungicide treatment, N-fertilisation and harvest date on arabinoxylan, endoxylanase activity and endoxylanase inhibitor levels in wheat kernels. J Cereal Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2007.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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