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Zhu X, Qiang Y, Wang X, Fan M, Lv Z, Zhou Y, He B. Reversible immobilization of cellulase on gelatin for efficient insoluble cellulose hydrolysis. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 273:132928. [PMID: 38897510 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132928] [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: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
Abstract
Immobilized enzymes are one of the most common tools used in enzyme engineering, as they can substantially reduce the cost of enzyme isolation and use. However, efficient catalysis of solid substrates using immobilized enzymes is challenging, hydrolysis of insoluble cellulose by immobilized cellulases is a typical example of this problem. In this study, inspired by bees and honeycombs, we prepared gelatin-modified cellulase (BEE) and gelatin hydrogels (HONEYCOMB) to achieve reversible recycling versus release of cellulase through temperature-responsive changes in the triple-stranded helix-like interactions between BEE and HONEYCOMB. At elevated temperatures, BEE was released from HONEYCOMB and participated in hydrolytic saccharification. After 24 h, the glucose yields of both the free enzyme and BEE reached the same level. When the temperature was decreased, BEE recombined with HONEYCOMB to facilitate the effective separation and recycling of BEE from the system. The enzymatic system retained >70 % activity after four reuse cycles. In addition, this system showed good biocompatibility and environmental safety. This method increases the mass transfer capacity and enables easy recovery of immobilized cellulase, thereby serving as a valuable strategy for the immobilization of other enzymes.
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- Xing Zhu
- School of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China; Institute of Biomass & Functional Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- School of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China; Institute of Biomass & Functional Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- School of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China; Institute of Biomass & Functional Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China.
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- School of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China; Institute of Biomass & Functional Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- School of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China; Institute of Biomass & Functional Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- School of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China; Institute of Biomass & Functional Materials, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- School of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China.
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Xu C, Tong S, Sun L, Gu X. Cellulase immobilization to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass: An all-inclusive review. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 321:121319. [PMID: 37739542 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Cellulase-mediated lignocellulosic biorefinery plays a crucial role in the production of high-value biofuels and chemicals, with enzymatic hydrolysis being an essential component. The advent of cellulase immobilization has revolutionized this process, significantly enhancing the efficiency, stability, and reusability of cellulase enzymes. This review offers a thorough analysis of the fundamental principles underlying immobilization, encompassing various immobilization approaches such as physical adsorption, covalent binding, entrapment, and cross-linking. Furthermore, it explores a diverse range of carrier materials, including inorganic, organic, and hybrid/composite materials. The review also focuses on emerging approaches like multi-enzyme co-immobilization, oriented immobilization, immobilized enzyme microreactors, and enzyme engineering for immobilization. Additionally, it delves into novel carrier technologies like 3D printing carriers, stimuli-responsive carriers, artificial cellulosomes, and biomimetic carriers. Moreover, the review addresses recent obstacles in cellulase immobilization, including molecular-level immobilization mechanism, diffusion limitations, loss of cellulase activity, cellulase leaching, and considerations of cost-effectiveness and scalability. The knowledge derived from this review is anticipated to catalyze the evolution of more efficient and sustainable biocatalytic systems for lignocellulosic biomass conversion, representing the current state-of-the-art in cellulase immobilization techniques.
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- Chaozhong Xu
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, PR China.
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, PR China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, PR China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, PR China.
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Herman RA, Zhu X, Ayepa E, You S, Wang J. Advances in the One-Step Approach of Polymeric Materials Using Enzymatic Techniques. Polymers (Basel) 2023; 15:703. [PMID: 36772002 PMCID: PMC9922006 DOI: 10.3390/polym15030703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The formulation in which biochemical enzymes are administered in polymer science plays a key role in retaining their catalytic activity. The one-step synthesis of polymers with highly sequence-controlled enzymes is a strategy employed to provide enzymes with higher catalytic activity and thermostability in material sustainability. Enzyme-catalyzed chain growth polymerization reactions using activated monomers, protein-polymer complexation techniques, covalent and non-covalent interaction, and electrostatic interactions can provide means to develop formulations that maintain the stability of the enzyme during complex material processes. Multifarious applications of catalytic enzymes are usually attributed to their efficiency, pH, and temperature, thus, progressing with a critical structure-controlled synthesis of polymer materials. Due to the obvious economics of manufacturing and environmental sustainability, the green synthesis of enzyme-catalyzed materials has attracted significant interest. Several enzymes from microorganisms and plants via enzyme-mediated material synthesis have provided a viable alternative for the appropriate synthesis of polymers, effectively utilizing the one-step approach. This review analyzes more and deeper strategies and material technologies widely used in multi-enzyme cascade platforms for engineering polymer materials, as well as their potential industrial applications, to provide an update on current trends and gaps in the one-step synthesis of materials using catalytic enzymes.
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- Richard Ansah Herman
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Oil Palm Research Institute, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Kade P.O. Box 74, Ghana
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, Sericulture Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, Sericulture Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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vander Straeten A, Lefèvre D, Demoustier-Champagne S, Dupont-Gillain C. Protein-based polyelectrolyte multilayers. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 280:102161. [PMID: 32416541 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2020.102161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The immobilization of proteins to impart specific functions to surfaces is topical for chemical engineering, healthcare and diagnosis. Layer-by-Layer (LbL) self-assembly is one of the most used method to immobilize macromolecules on surfaces. It consists in the alternate adsorption of oppositely charged species, resulting in the formation of a multilayer. This method in principle allows any charged object to be immobilized on any surface, from aqueous solutions. However, when it comes to proteins, the promises of versatility, simplicity and universality that the LbL approach holds are unmet due to the heterogeneity of protein properties. In this review, the literature is analyzed to make a generic approach emerge, with a view to facilitate the LbL assembly of proteins with polyelectrolytes (PEs). In particular, this review aims at guiding the choice of the PE and the building conditions that lead to the successful growth of protein-based multilayered self-assemblies.
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Vander Straeten A, Dupont-Gillain C. Self-Reorganizing Multilayer to Release Free Proteins from Self-Assemblies. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:972-978. [PMID: 31891661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The deconstruction of self-assemblies based on proteins and polyelectrolytes (PEs) and the subsequent release of intact proteins require either a switch from attractive to repulsive mode or particular PE properties (degradability, responsiveness, or differential affinity). Here, an interfacial self-assembly made of three charged species, i.e., a strong polyacid complexed with a protein and a weak polybase, is shown to self-reorganize upon a shift in pH. When the pH takes a value that is one pH unit lower than the pKa of the weak polybase, the two PEs associate, thereby releasing the protein. The disassembly thus relies on associative forces rather than on the alteration of the protein-PE coupling strength. Hence, it allows the release of a protein using two simple PEs. The method is illustrated for lysozyme, which recovered up to half of its initial bioactivity after release. In contrast, a control self-assembled film that could not reorganize maintained only about 21% of the protein bioactivity after disassembly. This versatile approach is valuable for drug delivery devices and biomaterials as it allows the release of large numbers of active protein molecules.
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- Aurélien Vander Straeten
- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences , Université catholique de Louvain , Place Louis Pasteur, 1 bte L4.01.10 , B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences , Université catholique de Louvain , Place Louis Pasteur, 1 bte L4.01.10 , B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve , Belgium
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Andrianov AK, Marin A, Deng J, Fuerst TR. Protein-loaded soluble and nanoparticulate formulations of ionic polyphosphazenes and their interactions on molecular and cellular levels. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2020; 106:110179. [PMID: 31753403 PMCID: PMC6903416 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.110179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nanoparticulate and water-soluble formulations of ionic polyphosphazenes and protein cargo - lysozyme (LYZ) were prepared by their self-assembly in aqueous solutions at near physiological pH (pH 7.4) in the presence and absence of an ionic cross-linker - spermine tetrahydrochloride. Efficiency of LYZ encapsulation, physico-chemical characteristics of formulations, and the effect of reaction parameters were investigated using asymmetric flow field flow fractionation (AF4) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) methods. The effect of both polymer formulations on encapsulated LYZ was evaluated using soluble oligosaccharide substrate, whereas their ability to present the protein to cellular surfaces was assessed by measuring enzymatic activity of encapsulated LYZ against Micrococcus lysodeikticus cells. It was found that both soluble and cross-linked polymer matrices reduce lysis of bacterial cells by LYZ, whereas activity of encapsulated protein against oligosaccharide substrate remained practically unchanged indicating no adverse effect of polyphosphazene on protein integrity. Moreover, nanoparticulate formulations display distinctly different behavior in cellular assays when compared to their soluble counterparts. LYZ encapsulated in polyphosphazene nanoparticles shows approximately 2.5-fold higher activity in its ability to lyse cells as compared with water-soluble LYZ-PCPP formulations. A new approach to PEGylation of polyphosphazene nanoparticles was also developed. The method utilizes a new ionic polyphosphazene derivative, which contains graft (polyethylene glycol) chains. PEGylation allows for an improved control over the size of nanoparticles and broader modulation of their cross-linking density, while still permitting for protein presentation to cellular substrates.
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- Alexander K Andrianov
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, 9600 Gudelsky Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, United States.
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, 9600 Gudelsky Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, United States
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- Department of Biology, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, 1210 Biology - Psychology Building, 4094 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742, United States
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, 9600 Gudelsky Dr., Rockville, MD 20850, United States; Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, 1109 Microbiology Building, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States
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Sui Y, Cui Y, Xia G, Peng X, Yuan G, Sun G. A facile route to preparation of immobilized cellulase on polyurea microspheres for improving catalytic activity and stability. Process Biochem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2019.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Wang L, Li W, Liu Y, Zhi W, Han J, Wang Y, Ni L. Green separation of bromelain in food sample with high retention of enzyme activity using recyclable aqueous two-phase system containing a new synthesized thermo-responsive copolymer and salt. Food Chem 2019; 282:48-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2018] [Revised: 11/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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