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Blasi F, Ianni F, Mangiapelo L, Pinna N, Cossignani L. In vitro anti-obesity activity by pancreatic lipase inhibition - Simple HPLC approach using EVOO as natural substrate. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2023; 103:2786-2793. [PMID: 36583522 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pancreatic lipase (PL) is a key lipolytic enzyme in humans for the digestion and absorption of dietary fats. Thereby, PL is a well-recognized target in the management of obesity and its inhibition attracts the interest of researchers globally. The screening of new natural PL inhibitors as alternative strategy to the synthesis of chemical ones represents nowadays a hot topic in research. The main challenge in this matter is the lack of a universal analytical method allowing the monitoring of PL activity and the reliable quantification of lipid digestion products. RESULTS The (normal phase)-high-performance liquid chromatography-evaporative light scattering detector [(NP)-HPLC-ELSD] method proposed in this work represents a direct and rapid strategy to simultaneously quantify the products obtained from in vitro PL digestion. As one of the main novelties, the triacylglycerol (TAG) fraction from extra-virgin olive oil was selected as natural substrate. The PL activity was measured by monitoring the levels of remaining TAGs and formed free fatty acids (FFAs), using Orlistat as known inhibitor. The method validation confirmed the adequacy of the analytical method for quantitative purposes, showing high recovery percentage values (between 99% and 103%) and low relative standard deviation (RSD%) values (between 2% and 7%) for triolein and oleic acid standard solutions, as well as appreciably low limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) values (respectively 58 and 177 ng mL-1 for triolein; 198 and 602 ng mL-1 for oleic acid). Finally, the developed HPLC-ELSD method was successfully applied to evaluate the inhibitory effect of a polyphenolic extract obtained from apple pomace. The results showed a comparable inhibition degree between a 4.0 mg mL-1 apple pomace solution and a 1.0 μg mL-1 Orlistat solution. CONCLUSION The proposed innovative method reveals highly sensitive and simple to follow the fate of PL digestion, thus opening the way to further investigations in the research of new potentially anti-obesity compounds. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Francesca Blasi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Center for Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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Lo SH, Chen CY, Wang HT. Three-step in vitro digestion model for evaluating and predicting fecal odor emission from growing pigs with different dietary protein intakes. Anim Biosci 2022; 35:1592-1605. [PMID: 35468273 PMCID: PMC9449388 DOI: 10.5713/ab.21.0498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Objective The objective of this study was to select an effective in vitro digestion–fermentation model to estimate the effect of decreasing dietary crude protein (CP) on odor emission during pig production and to suggest potential prediction markers through in vitro and in vivo experiments. Methods In the in vitro experiment, three diet formulations with different CP contents (170 g/kg, 150 g/kg, and 130 g/kg) but containing the same standardized ileal digestible essential amino acids (SID-EAA) were assessed. Each diet was evaluated by two different in vitro gastric-intestinal phase digestion methods (flask and dialysis), combined with fresh pig feces-ferment inoculation. Eighteen growing barrows (31.9±1.6 kg) were divided into three groups: control diet (180 g CP/kg, without SID-EAA adjustment), 170 g CP/kg diet, and 150 g CP/kg diet for 4 weeks. Results The in vitro digestion results indicated that in vitro digestibility was affected by the gastric-intestinal phase digestion method and dietary CP level. According to the gas kinetic and digestibility results, the dialysis method showed greater distinguishability for dietary CP level adjustment. Nitrogen-related odor compounds (NH3-N, indole, p-cresol, and skatole) were highly correlated with urease and protease activity. The feeding study indicated that both EAA-adjusted diets resulted in a lower odor emission especially in p-cresol and skatole. Both protease and urease activity in feces were also closely related to odor emissions from nitrogen metabolism compounds. Conclusion Dialysis digestion in the gastric-intestinal phase followed by fresh fecal inoculation fermentation is suitable for in vitro diet evaluation. The enzyme activity in the fermentation and the fecal samples might provide a simple and effective estimation tool for nitrogen-related odor emission prediction in both in vitro and in vivo experiments.
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- Shih-Hua Lo
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Lusty Beech J, Clare R, Kincannon WM, Erickson E, McGeehan JE, Beckham GT, DuBois JL. A flexible kinetic assay efficiently sorts prospective biocatalysts for PET plastic subunit hydrolysis. RSC Adv 2022; 12:8119-8130. [PMID: 35424733 PMCID: PMC8982334 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra00612j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Esterase enzymes catalyze diverse hydrolysis reactions with important biological, commercial, and biotechnological applications. For the improvement of these biocatalysts, there is a need for widely accessible, inexpensive, and adaptable activity screening assays that identify enzymes with particular substrate specificities. Natural systems for biopolymer bioconversion, and likely those designed to mimic them, depend on cocktails of enzymes, each of which specifically targets the intact material as well as water-soluble subunits of varying size. In this work, we have adapted a UV/visible assay using pH-sensitive sulfonphthalein dyes for the real-time quantification of ester hydrolysis of bis-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET), a subunit of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic. We applied this method to a diverse set of known PET hydrolases and commercial esterases in a microplate format. The approach identified four PET hydrolases and one commercial esterase with high levels of specificity for BHET hydrolysis. Five additional PET hydrolases and three commercial esterases, including a thermophilic enzyme, effectively hydrolyzed both BHET and its monoester product MHET (mono-(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate). Specific activities were discernible within one hour and reactions reached an unequivocal endpoint well within 24 hours. The results from the UV/visible method correlated well with conventional HPLC analysis of the reaction products. We examined the suitability of the method toward variable pH, temperature, enzyme preparation method, mono- and multi-ester substrate type, and level of sensitivity versus stringency, finding the assay to be easily adaptable to diverse screening conditions and kinetic measurements. This method offers an accurate, easily accessible, and cost-effective route towards high-throughput library screening to support the discovery, directed evolution, and protein engineering of these critical biocatalysts.
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- Jessica Lusty Beech
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University Bozeman MT 59717 USA
- BOTTLE Consortium Golden CO 80401 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University Bozeman MT 59717 USA
- BOTTLE Consortium Golden CO 80401 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University Bozeman MT 59717 USA
- BOTTLE Consortium Golden CO 80401 USA
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- Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO 80401 USA
- BOTTLE Consortium Golden CO 80401 USA
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- Centre for Enzyme Innovation, School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth Portsmouth PO1 2DY UK
- BOTTLE Consortium Golden CO 80401 USA
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- Renewable Resources and Enabling Sciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO 80401 USA
- BOTTLE Consortium Golden CO 80401 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University Bozeman MT 59717 USA
- BOTTLE Consortium Golden CO 80401 USA
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Gherbovet O, Ferreira F, Clément A, Ragon M, Durand J, Bozonnet S, O'Donohue MJ, Fauré R. Regioselective chemoenzymatic syntheses of ferulate conjugates as chromogenic substrates for feruloyl esterases. Beilstein J Org Chem 2021; 17:325-333. [PMID: 33828614 PMCID: PMC7871029 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.17.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Generally, carbohydrate-active enzymes are studied using chromogenic substrates that provide quick and easy color-based detection of enzyme-mediated hydrolysis. For feruloyl esterases, commercially available chromogenic ferulate derivatives are both costly and limited in terms of their experimental application. In this study, we describe solutions for these two issues, using a chemoenzymatic approach to synthesize different ferulate compounds. The overall synthetic routes towards commercially available 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl and 4-nitrophenyl 5-O-feruloyl-α-ʟ-arabinofuranosides were significantly shortened (from 7 or 8 to 4–6 steps), and the transesterification yields were enhanced (from 46 to 73% and from 47 to 86%, respectively). This was achieved using enzymatic (immobilized Lipozyme® TL IM from Thermomyces lanuginosus) transesterification of unprotected vinyl ferulate to the primary hydroxy group of α‐ʟ‐arabinofuranosides. Moreover, a novel feruloylated 4-nitrocatechol-1-yl-substituted butanetriol analog, containing a cleavable hydroxylated linker, was also synthesized in 32% overall yield in 3 steps (convergent synthesis). The latter route combined the regioselective functionalization of 4-nitrocatechol and enzymatic transferuloylation. The use of this strategy to characterize type A feruloyl esterase from Aspergillus niger reveals the advantages of this substrate for the characterizations of feruloyl esterases.
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- Olga Gherbovet
- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering (TBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS 5504, INRAE 792, INSA de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering (TBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS 5504, INRAE 792, INSA de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering (TBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS 5504, INRAE 792, INSA de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering (TBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS 5504, INRAE 792, INSA de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering (TBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS 5504, INRAE 792, INSA de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering (TBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS 5504, INRAE 792, INSA de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering (TBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS 5504, INRAE 792, INSA de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, Bio & Chemical Engineering (TBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS 5504, INRAE 792, INSA de Toulouse, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, 31077 Toulouse, France
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Spano MB, Tran BH, Majumdar S, Weiss GA. 3D-Printed Labware for High-Throughput Immobilization of Enzymes. J Org Chem 2020; 85:8480-8488. [PMID: 32502347 PMCID: PMC9096805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In continuous flow biocatalysis, chemical transformations can occur under milder, greener, more scalable, and safer conditions than conventional organic synthesis. However, the method typically involves extensive screening to optimize each enzyme's immobilization on its solid support material. The task of weighing solids for large numbers of experiments poses a bottleneck for screening enzyme immobilization conditions. For example, screening conditions often require multiple replicates exploring different support chemistries, buffer compositions, and temperatures. Thus, we report 3D-printed labware designed to measure and handle solids in multichannel format and expedite screening of enzyme immobilization conditions. To demonstrate the generality of these advances, alkaline phosphatase, glucose dehydrogenase, and laccase were screened for immobilization efficiency on seven resins. The results illustrate the requirements for optimization of each enzyme's loading and resin choice for optimal catalytic performance. Here, 3D-printed labware can decrease the requirements for an experimentalist's time by >95%. The approach to rapid optimization of enzyme immobilization is applicable to any enzyme and many solid support resins. Furthermore, the reported devices deliver precise and accurate aliquots of essentially any granular solid material.
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- Michael B. Spano
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697-2025, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697-2025, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697-2025, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697-2025, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697-3900, United States of America
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697-3958, United States of America
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Almeida JM, Alnoch RC, Souza EM, Mitchell DA, Krieger N. Metagenomics: Is it a powerful tool to obtain lipases for application in biocatalysis? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2019; 1868:140320. [PMID: 31756433 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.140320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In recent years, metagenomic strategies have been widely used to isolate and identify new enzymes from uncultivable components of microbial communities. Among these enzymes, various lipases have been obtained from metagenomic libraries from different environments and characterized. Although many of these lipases have characteristics that could make them interesting for application in biocatalysis, relatively little work has been done to evaluate their potential to catalyze industrially important reactions. In the present article, we highlight the latest research on lipases obtained through metagenomic tools, focusing on studies of activity and stability and investigations of application in biocatalysis. We also discuss the challenges of metagenomic approaches for the bioprospecting of new lipases.
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- Janaina Marques Almeida
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx.P. 19046 Centro Politécnico, Curitiba 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx.P. 19046 Centro Politécnico, Curitiba 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx.P. 19046 Centro Politécnico, Curitiba 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx.P. 19046 Centro Politécnico, Curitiba 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx.P. 19032 Centro Politécnico, Curitiba 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil.
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Miceli M, Casati S, Ottria R, Di Leo S, Eberini I, Palazzolo L, Parravicini C, Ciuffreda P. Set-Up and Validation of a High Throughput Screening Method for Human Monoacylglycerol Lipase (MAGL) Based on a New Red Fluorescent Probe. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24122241. [PMID: 31208066 PMCID: PMC6631453 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24122241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is a serine hydrolase that has a key regulatory role in controlling the levels of 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), the main signaling molecule in the endocannabinoid system. Identification of selective modulators of MAGL enables both to provide new tools for investigating pathophysiological roles of 2-AG, and to discover new lead compounds for drug design. The development of sensitive and reliable methods is crucial to evaluate this modulatory activity. In the current study, we report readily synthesized long-wavelength putative fluorogenic substrates with different acylic side chains to find a new probe for MAGL activity. 7-Hydroxyresorufinyl octanoate proved to be the best substrate thanks to the highest rate of hydrolysis and the best Km and Vmax values. In addition, in silico evaluation of substrates interaction with the active site of MAGL confirms octanoate resorufine derivative as the molecule of choice. The well-known MAGL inhibitors URB602 and methyl arachidonylfluorophosphonate (MAFP) were used for the assay validation. The assay was highly reproducible with an overall average Z′ value of 0.86. The fast, sensitive and accurate method described in this study is suitable for low-cost high-throughput screening (HTS) of MAGL modulators and is a powerful new tool for studying MAGL activity.
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- Matteo Miceli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche "Luigi Sacco", Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157 Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche "Luigi Sacco", Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157 Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche "Luigi Sacco", Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157 Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20090 Segrate (MI), Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche "Luigi Sacco", Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157 Milano, Italy.
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Jankowski P, Samborski A, Ostaszewski R, Garstecki P. Evaluation of droplet-based microfluidic platforms as a convenient tool for lipases and esterases assays. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2019; 49:727-734. [PMID: 31017519 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2019.1605527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The accurate estimation of kinetic parameters is of fundamental importance for biochemical studies for research and industry. In this paper, we demonstrate the application of a modular microfluidic system for execution of enzyme assays that allow determining the kinetic parameters of the enzymatic reactions such as Vmax - the maximum rate of reaction and KM - the Michaelis constant. For experiments, the fluorogenic carbonate as a probe for a rapid determination of the kinetic parameters of hydrolases, such as lipases and esterases, was used. The microfluidic system together with the method described yields the kinetic constants calculated from the concentration of enzymatic product changes via a Michaelis-Menten model using the Lambert function W(x). This modular microfluidic system was validated on three selected enzymes (hydrolases).
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- a Institute of Physical Chemistry , PAS , Warsaw , Poland
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Acyltransferases are enzymes that are capable of catalyzing the transesterification of non-activated esters in an aqueous environment and therefore represent interesting catalysts for applications in various fields. However, only a few acyltransferases have been identified so far, which can be explained by the lack of a simple, broadly applicable high-throughput assay for the identification of these enzymes from large libraries. Here, we present the development of such an assay that is based on the enzymatic formation of oligocarbonates from dimethyl carbonate and 1,6-hexanediol. In contrast to the monomers used as substrates, the oligomers are not soluble in the aqueous environment and form a precipitate which is used to detect enzyme activity by the naked eye, by absorbance or by fluorescence measurements. With activity detected and thus confirmed for the enzymes Est8 and MsAcT, the assay enabled the first identification of acyltransferases that act on carbonates. It will thus allow for the discovery of further efficient acyltransferases or of more efficient variants via enzyme engineering.
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Chen SW, Hsu JT, Chou YA, Wang HT. The application of digestive tract lactic acid bacteria with high esterase activity for zearalenone detoxification. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2018; 98:3870-3879. [PMID: 29364505 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Zearalenone (ZEA) is an estrogenic mycotoxin produced by several Fusarium species and frequently contaminates cereals used for food or animal feed. This study attempted to select lactic acid bacteria (LAB) with high esterase activity from the digestive tract, with the goal of using these bacteria for ZEA detoxification. RESULTS No ZEA activity-related biotransformation products were observed in three isolates (B1, B2 and D10) during incubation in the presence of ZEA. All three LAB strains were Lactobacillus plantarum, but the API 50 CHL results suggested that the three isolates were different strains. Increased esterase activity was associated with an increase in cell growth, and the ZEA-detoxifying capabilities of isolates rely on the concentration of bacteria in the culture medium. The lipolytic activity and ZEA removal assay indicated that ZEA degradation by the supernatant fraction was dependent on esterase activity; the supernatant of B2 strain showed the highest ZEA degradation ability and did not release the binding ZEA back into the medium. The D10 strain showed fast ZEA binding ability during the late log phase but began to release the bound ZEA back into the medium after the early stationary phase. All isolates showed good acid and bile salt tolerance ability but all strains showed low adhesion ability to epithelial cells. CONCLUSION Based on the ZEA removal characterization and ability of the isolates, it is suggested that the isolates could be applied to ZEA detoxification of contaminated feed, but the with the requirement of high cell number for ZEA binding and limited degradation time before absorption of ZEA in the digestive tract. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Shiau-Wei Chen
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Żądło-Dobrowolska A, Szczygieł M, Koszelewski D, Paprocki D, Ostaszewski R. Self-immolative versatile fluorogenic probes for screening of hydrolytic enzyme activity. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:9146-9150. [PMID: 27714153 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01488g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Enzyme triggered probes with a self-immolative linker for rapid and sensitive hydrolase detection through a cascade reaction have been reported. Their utility was proved by the preparation of three model compounds and their evaluation as enzyme substrates and demonstration of their applicability as fluorogenic probes for screening lipase, esterase and protease activities. These probes represent a new class of fluorogenic compounds, are stable under aqueous conditions and not susceptible to nonspecific degradation. The utilization of the carbamate cleavable linkage in a probe structure allows moving away of the bulky fluorophore from the enzyme recognition unit and targets different classes of enzymes with the same substrate.
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- Anna Żądło-Dobrowolska
- Institute of Organic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland.
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Fulton A, Hayes MR, Schwaneberg U, Pietruszka J, Jaeger KE. High-Throughput Screening Assays for Lipolytic Enzymes. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1685:209-231. [PMID: 29086311 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7366-8_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Screening is defined as the identification of hits within a large library of variants of an enzyme or protein with a predefined property. In theory, each variant present in the respective library needs to be assayed; however, to save time and consumables, many screening regimes involve a primary round to identify clones producing active enzymes. Such primary or prescreenings for lipolytic enzyme activity are often carried out on agar plates containing pH indicators or substrates as triolein or tributyrin. Subsequently, high-throughput screening assays are usually performed in microtiter plate (MTP) format using chromogenic or fluorogenic substrates and, if available, automated liquid handling robotics. Here, we describe different assay systems to determine the activity and enantioselectivity of lipases and esterases as well as the synthesis of several substrates. We also report on the construction of a complete site saturation library derived from lipase A of Bacillus subtilis and its testing for detergent tolerance. This approach allows for the identification of amino acids affecting sensitivity or resistance against different detergents.
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- Alexander Fulton
- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine - Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany
- Novozymes A/S, Krogshoejvej 36, 2880, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine - Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Biotechnologie, RWTH Aachen University, 52074, Aachen, Germany
- DWI Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials at RWTH Aachen University, 52056, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine - Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine - Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52426, Jülich, Germany.
- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428, Jülich, Germany.
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Gamboa-Melendez H, Larroude M, Park YK, Trebul P, Nicaud JM, Ledesma-Amaro R. Synthetic Biology to Improve the Production of Lipases and Esterases (Review). Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1835:229-242. [PMID: 30109656 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8672-9_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Synthetic biology is an emergent field of research whose aim is to make biology an engineering discipline, thus permitting to design, control, and standardize biological processes. Synthetic biology is therefore expected to boost the development of biotechnological processes such as protein production and enzyme engineering, which can be significantly relevant for lipases and esterases.
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- Heber Gamboa-Melendez
- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Department of Bioengineering and Imperial College Centre for Sythetic Biology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Cook DJ, Nielsen J. Genome-scale metabolic models applied to human health and disease. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Daniel J Cook
- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering; Chalmers University of Technology; Gothenburg Sweden
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering; Chalmers University of Technology; Gothenburg Sweden
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Böttcher D, Zägel P, Schmidt M, Bornscheuer UT. A Microtiter Plate-Based Assay to Screen for Active and Stereoselective Hydrolytic Enzymes in Enzyme Libraries. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1539:197-204. [PMID: 27900690 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6691-2_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A procedure for the high-throughput screening (HTS) of esterases is described. This includes a pretest for discrimination of active and inactive clones using an agar plate overlay assay, the enzyme expression in microtiter plates and the measurement of activity and enantioselectivity (E) of the esterase variants using acetates of secondary alcohols as model substrates. Acetic acid released is converted in an enzyme cascade leading to the stoichiometric formation of NADH, which is quantified in a spectrophotometer. The method allows screening of several thousand mutants per day and has already been successfully applied to identify an esterase mutant with an E > 100 towards an important building block for organic synthesis. This protocol can also be used for lipases and possibly other hydrolases that are expressed in soluble form in conventional E. coli strains.
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- Dominique Böttcher
- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany.
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Andersen RJ, Brask J. Synthesis and evaluation of fluorogenic triglycerides as lipase assay substrates. Chem Phys Lipids 2016; 198:72-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Köse K, Erol K, Ali Köse D, Evcı E, Uzun L. Affinity purification lipase from wheat germ: comparison of hydrophobic and metal chelation effect. ARTIFICIAL CELLS NANOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 45:574-583. [DOI: 10.3109/21691401.2016.1161642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Kazım Köse
- Scientific Technical Research and Application Center, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Literature, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Literature, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Literature, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Ankara, Turkey
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Buß O, Jager S, Dold SM, Zimmermann S, Hamacher K, Schmitz K, Rudat J. Statistical Evaluation of HTS Assays for Enzymatic Hydrolysis of β-Keto Esters. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146104. [PMID: 26730596 PMCID: PMC4711668 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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β-keto esters are used as precursors for the synthesis of β-amino acids, which are building blocks for some classes of pharmaceuticals. Here we describe the comparison of screening procedures for hydrolases to be used for the hydrolysis of β-keto esters, the first step in the preparation of β-amino acids. Two of the tested high throughput screening (HTS) assays depend on coupled enzymatic reactions which detect the alcohol released during ester hydrolysis by luminescence or absorption. The third assay detects the pH shift due to acid formation using an indicator dye. To choose the most efficient approach for screening, we assessed these assays with different statistical methods—namely, the classical Z’-factor, standardized mean difference (SSMD), the Kolmogorov-Smirnov-test, and t-statistics. This revealed that all three assays are suitable for HTS, the pH assay performing best. Based on our data we discuss the explanatory power of different statistical measures. Finally, we successfully employed the pH assay to identify a very fast hydrolase in an enzyme-substrate screening.
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- O. Buß
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical Biology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- * E-mail: (OB); (SJ)
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Computational Biology and Simulation, Darmstadt, Germany
- * E-mail: (OB); (SJ)
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical Biology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Biomolecular Separation Engineering, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Computational Biology and Simulation, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Biological Chemistry, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Technical Biology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Ülker S, Placidi C, Point V, Gadenne B, Serveau-Avesque C, Canaan S, Carrière F, Cavalier JF. New lipase assay using Pomegranate oil coating in microtiter plates. Biochimie 2016; 120:110-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Zadlo A, Koszelewski D, Borys F, Ostaszewski R. Evaluation of Pseudoenantiomeric Mixed Carbonates as Efficient Fluorogenic Probes for Enantioselectivity Screening. Chembiochem 2015; 17:71-6. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Anna Zadlo
- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Polish Academy of Sciences; Kasprzaka 44/52 01-224 Warsaw Poland
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Romano D, Bonomi F, de Mattos MC, de Sousa Fonseca T, de Oliveira MDCF, Molinari F. Esterases as stereoselective biocatalysts. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:547-65. [PMID: 25677731 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Non-lypolitic esterases are carboxylester hydrolases with preference for the hydrolysis of water-soluble esters bearing short-chain acyl residues. The potential of esterases as enantioselective biocatalysts has enlarged in the last few years due to the progresses achieved in different areas, such as screening methodologies, overproduction of recombinant esterases, structural information useful for understanding the rational behind enantioselectivity, and efficient methods in protein engineering. Contributions of these complementary know-hows to the development of new robust enantioselective esterases are critically discussed in this review.
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- Diego Romano
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Campus do Pici, Postal Box 6044, 60455-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, Campus do Pici, Postal Box 6044, 60455-970 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DEFENS), University of Milan, Via Mangiagalli 25, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Zadlo A, Koszelewski D, Borys F, Ostaszewski R. Mixed Carbonates as Useful Substrates for a Fluorogenic Assay for Lipases and Esterases. Chembiochem 2015; 16:677-82. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Luan ZJ, Li FL, Dou S, Chen Q, Kong XD, Zhou J, Yu HL, Xu JH. Substrate channel evolution of an esterase for the synthesis of cilastatin. Catal Sci Technol 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cy00085h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Error-prone PCR and site-directed mutagenesis around substrate channel were employed for improving an esterase (RhEst1) activity towards Cilastatin building block. RhEst1A147I/V148F/G254A showed 20 times higher activity than the native enzyme in whole cell biotransformation.
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- Zheng-Jiao Luan
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bio-organic and Natural Products Chemistry
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 200032
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Centre for Biomanufacturing
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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Wei R, Oeser T, Zimmermann W. Synthetic polyester-hydrolyzing enzymes from thermophilic actinomycetes. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2014; 89:267-305. [PMID: 25131405 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800259-9.00007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Thermophilic actinomycetes produce enzymes capable of hydrolyzing synthetic polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET). In addition to carboxylesterases, which have hydrolytic activity predominantly against PET oligomers, esterases related to cutinases also hydrolyze synthetic polymers. The production of these enzymes by actinomycetes as well as their recombinant expression in heterologous hosts is described and their catalytic activity against polyester substrates is compared. Assays to analyze the enzymatic hydrolysis of synthetic polyesters are evaluated, and a kinetic model describing the enzymatic heterogeneous hydrolysis process is discussed. Structure-function and structure-stability relationships of actinomycete polyester hydrolases are compared based on molecular dynamics simulations and recently solved protein structures. In addition, recent progress in enhancing their activity and thermal stability by random or site-directed mutagenesis is presented.
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- Ren Wei
- Department of Microbiology and Bioprocess Technology, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Bioprocess Technology, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Bioprocess Technology, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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El Alaoui M, Noiriel A, Soulère L, Grand L, Queneau Y, Abousalham A. Development of a high-throughput assay for measuring phospholipase A activity using synthetic 1,2-α-eleostearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine coated on microtiter plates. Anal Chem 2014; 86:10576-83. [PMID: 25266374 DOI: 10.1021/ac502096v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To date, several sensitive methods, based on radiolabeled elements or sterically hindered fluorochrome groups, are usually employed to screen phospholipase A (PLA) activities. With the aim of developing a convenient, specific, sensitive, and continuous new ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometric assay for PLA, we have synthesized a specific glycerophosphatidylcholine (PC) esterified at the sn-1 and sn-2 positions, with α-eleostearic acid (9Z, 11E, 13E-octadecatrienoic acid) purified from Aleurites fordii seed oil. The conjugated triene present in α-eleostearic acid constitutes an intrinsic chromophore and, consequently, confers the strong UV absorption properties of this free fatty acid as well as of the glycerophospholipids harboring it. This coated PC film cannot be desorbed by the various buffers used during PLA assays. Following the action of PLA at the oil-water interface, α-eleostearic acid is freed and desorbed from the film and then solubilized with β-cyclodextrin. The UV absorbance of the α-eleostearic acid is considerably enhanced due to the transformation from an adsorbed to a water-soluble state. The PLA activity can be measured continuously by recording the variations with time of the UV absorption spectra. The rate of lipolysis was monitored by measuring the increase of absorption at 272 nm, which was found to be linear with time and proportional to the amount of added PLA. This continuous high-throughput PLA assay could be used to screen new PLA and/or PLA inhibitors present in various biological samples.
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- Meddy El Alaoui
- Institut de Chimie et de Biochimie Moléculaires et Supramoléculaires (ICBMS) UMR 5246 CNRS, Organisation et Dynamique des Membranes Biologiques, Université Lyon 1 , Bâtiment Raulin, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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Investigation of Lipozyme TL IM-catalyzed transesterification using ultraviolet spectrophotometric assay. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(14)60053-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A sensitive colorimetric high-throughput screening method for lipase synthetic activity assay. Anal Biochem 2014; 452:13-5. [PMID: 24525041 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2014.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2013] [Revised: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A sensitive and practical high-throughput screening method for assaying lipase synthetic activity is described. Lipase-catalyzed transesterification between vinyl acetate and n-butanol in n-hexane was chosen as a model reaction. The released acetaldehyde was determined by the colorimetric method using 3-methyl-2-benzothialinone (MBTH) derivatization. In comparison with other methods, the major advantages of this process include high sensitivity, simple detection, inexpensive reagents, and low requirements for instruments.
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Directed evolution of nitrobenzene dioxygenase for the synthesis of the antioxidant hydroxytyrosol. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:4975-85. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5505-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Lisboa HCF, Biasetto CR, de Medeiros JB, Âraújo AR, Silva DHS, Teles HL, Trevisan HC. Endophytic fungi producing of esterases: evaluation in vitro of the enzymatic activity using pH indicator. Braz J Microbiol 2014; 44:923-6. [PMID: 24516461 PMCID: PMC3910213 DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822013005000067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A sensitive and efficient colorimetric method was optimized for detection of esterase enzymes produced by endophytic fungi for development of High-Throughput Screening (HTS). The fungi were isolated and obtained previously from plant species of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest located in areas of environmental preservation in the State of Sao Paulo / Brazil, as part of the project “Chemical and biological prospecting endophytic fungi associated to plant species of Cerrado and Atlantic Forest”. The compounds ethyl butyrate, ethyl acetate and methyl propionate were used as standards esters which were hydrolyzed by extracellular enzyme from endophytic fungi (EC. 3.1.1.1 - carboxyl-esterases) for production of carboxylic acids. Thus, the reduction of the pH increases the protonated indicator concentration (bromothymol blue), changing the color of the reaction medium (from blue to yellow), that can be observed and measured by spectrophotometry at 616 nm. The methodology with acid-base indicator was performed on 13 microorganisms, aiming Periconia atropurpurea as a potential source of esterase for biotransformation of short chain esters. The results also evidenced that this methodology showed to be efficient, fast, cheap, having low consumption of reagents and easy development, and can be applied to screen carboxylic-ester hydrolases in a large number of microorganisms.
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- Helen Cristina Fávero Lisboa
- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Araraquara, SP, Brazil. ; Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Rondonópolis, MT, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Rondonópolis, MT, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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Fujii R, Kitaoka M, Hayashi K. Random insertional-deletional strand exchange mutagenesis (RAISE): a simple method for generating random insertion and deletion mutations. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1179:151-158. [PMID: 25055776 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1053-3_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Although proteins can be artificially improved by random insertion and deletion mutagenesis methods, these procedures are technically difficult. Here we describe a simple method called random insertional-deletional strand exchange mutagenesis (RAISE). This method is based on gene shuffling and can be used to introduce a wide variety of insertions, deletions, and substitutions. RAISE involves three steps: DNA fragmentation, attachment of a random short sequence, and reconstruction. This yields unique mutants and can be a powerful technique for protein engineering.
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- Ryota Fujii
- Synthetic Chemicals Laboratory, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., 580-32 Nagaura, Sodegaura, Chiba, 299-0265, Japan
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Discovery of a novel esterase subfamily sharing an identified arm sequence (ArmEst) by gene-specific metagenomic PCR. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:1937-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1293-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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De Yan H, Zhang YJ, Liu HC, Zheng JY, Wang Z. Influence of ammonium salts on the lipase/esterase activity assay usingp-nitrophenyl esters as substrates. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2013; 60:343-7. [DOI: 10.1002/bab.1095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Hong De Yan
- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University of Technology; Hangzhou; People's Republic of China
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- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University of Technology; Hangzhou; People's Republic of China
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- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University of Technology; Hangzhou; People's Republic of China
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- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University of Technology; Hangzhou; People's Republic of China
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- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering; Zhejiang University of Technology; Hangzhou; People's Republic of China
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Serveau-Avesque C, Verger R, Rodriguez JA, Abousalham A. Development of a high-throughput assay for measuring lipase activity using natural triacylglycerols coated on microtiter plates. Analyst 2013; 138:5230-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an36699e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Max JJ, Meddeb-Mouelhi F, Beauregard M, Chapados C. Multi-wavelength dye concentration determination for enzymatic assays: evaluation of chromogenic para-nitrophenol over a wide pH range. APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 66:1433-1441. [PMID: 23231906 DOI: 10.1366/12-06715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Enzymatic assays need robust, rapid colorimetric methods that can follow ongoing reactions. For this, we developed a highly accurate, multi-wavelength detection method that could be used for several systems. Here, it was applied to the detection of para-nitrophenol (pNP) in basic and acidic solutions. First, we confirmed by factor analysis that pNP has two forms, with unique spectral characteristics in the 240 to 600 nm range: Phenol in acidic conditions absorbs in the lower range, whereas phenolate in basic conditions absorbs in the higher range. Thereafter, the method was used for the determination of species concentration. For this, the intensity measurements were made at only two wavelengths with a microtiter plate reader. This yielded total dye concentration, species relative abundance, and solution pH value. The method was applied to an enzymatic assay. For this, a chromogenic substrate that generates pNP after hydrolysis catalyzed by a lipase from the fungus Yarrowia lipolytica was used. Over the pH range of 3-11, accurate amounts of acidic and basic pNP were determined at 340 and 405 nm, respectively. This method surpasses the commonly used single-wavelength assay at 405 nm, which does not detect pNP acidic species, leading to activity underestimations. Moreover, alleviation of this pH-related problem by neutralization is not necessary. On the whole, the method developed is readily applicable to rapid high-throughput of enzymatic activity measurements over a wide pH range.
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- Jean-Joseph Max
- 3S Photonics Group (ITF Labs Canada), 400, Montpellier, Montréal, QC H4N 2G7, Canada
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New tools for exploring "old friends-microbial lipases". Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2012; 168:1163-96. [PMID: 22956276 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-012-9849-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Fat-splitting enzymes (lipases), due to their natural, industrial, and medical relevance, attract enough attention as fats do in our lives. Starting from the paper that we write, cheese and oil that we consume, detergent that we use to remove oil stains, biodiesel that we use as transportation fuel, to the enantiopure drugs that we use in therapeutics, all these applications are facilitated directly or indirectly by lipases. Due to their uniqueness, versatility, and dexterity, decades of research work have been carried out on microbial lipases. The hunt for novel lipases and strategies to improve them continues unabated as evidenced by new families of microbial lipases that are still being discovered mostly by metagenomic approaches. A separate database for true lipases termed LIPABASE has been created recently which provides taxonomic, structural, biochemical information about true lipases from various species. The present review attempts to summarize new approaches that are employed in various aspects of microbial lipase research, viz., screening, isolation, production, purification, improvement by protein engineering, and surface display. Finally, novel applications facilitated by microbial lipases are also presented.
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Jin P, Pei X, Du P, Yin X, Xiong X, Wu H, Zhou X, Wang Q. Overexpression and characterization of a new organic solvent-tolerant esterase derived from soil metagenomic DNA. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2012; 116:234-240. [PMID: 22100232 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.10.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2011] [Revised: 10/22/2011] [Accepted: 10/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In this study, an esterase, designated EstC23, was isolated from a soil metagenomic library. The protein was amenable to overexpression in Escherichia coli under control of the T7 promoter, resulting in expression of the active, soluble protein that constituted 30% of the total cell protein content. This enzyme showed optimal activity at 40 °C and retained about 50% maximal activity at 5-10 °C. EstC23 showed remarkable stability in up to 50% (v/v) benzene and alkanes (high logP solvents). When incubated for 7 days in the presence of 50% benzene or alkanes, the enzyme maintained its 2-3 fold elevated activity. The purified enzyme also cleaved sterically hindered esters of tertiary alcohols. These results indicate that EstC23 has potential for use in industrial processes.
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- Peng Jin
- Center for Biomedicine and Health, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310015, China
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Sundaram S, Banerjee S, Sankaran K. The first nonradioactive fluorescence assay for phosphatidylglycerol:prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase that initiates bacterial lipoprotein biosynthesis. Anal Biochem 2012; 423:163-70. [PMID: 22342619 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2011] [Revised: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The unique and physiologically vital bacterial enzyme, prolipoprotein diacylglyceryl transferase (Lgt), which catalyzes the committed first step in the posttranslational transfer of diacylglyceryl group from phosphatidylglycerol to the prospective N-terminal cysteine of prolipoproteins, remains to be characterized for want of a simpler but equally sensitive nonradioactive assay. We, for the first time, report a coupled enzymatic fluorescence assay for Lgt using the de novo synthetic peptide substrate MKATKSAVGSTLAGCSSHHHHHH. The assay is based on the conversion of the by-product, glycerol-1-phosphate, to dihydroxyacetone using an alkaline phosphatase-glycerol dehydrogenase combination and estimating the fluorescence of the coupled reduction of resazurin to resorufin. The minimum amount of glycerol-1-phosphate, and hence the modified peptide, detected by this method is approximately 20pmol, thereby making this assay a promising alternative to the radioactive assays. The assay is rapid, more convenient, less laborious, and suitable for purification and characterization of Lgt.
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Overview of fungal lipase: a review. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2011; 166:486-520. [PMID: 22072143 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9444-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Lipases (triacylglycerolacyl hydrolases, EC3.1.1.3) are class of enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of long-chain triglycerides. In this review paper, an overview regarding the fungal lipase production, purification, and application is discussed. The review describes various industrial applications of lipase in pulp and paper, food, detergent, and textile industries. Some important lipase-producing fungal genera include Aspergillus, Penicillium, Rhizopus, Candida, etc. Current fermentation process techniques such as batch, fed-batch, and continuous mode of lipase production in submerged and solid-state fermentations are discussed in details. The purification of lipase by hydrophobic interaction chromatography is also discussed. The development of mathematical models applied to lipase production is discussed with special emphasis on lipase engineering.
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A procedure for the high-throughput screening (HTS) of esterases is described. This includes a pretest for discrimination of active and inactive clones using an agar plate overlay assay, the enzyme expression in microtiter plates and the measurement of activity and enantioselectivity (E) of the esterase variants using acetates of secondary alcohols as model substrates. Acetic acid released is converted in an enzyme cascade leading to the stoichiometric formation of NADH, which is quantified in a spectrophotometer. The method allows screening of several thousand mutants per day and has already been successfully applied to identify an esterase mutant with an E > 100 towards an important building block for organic synthesis. This protocol can also be used for lipases and possibly other hydrolases that are expressed in soluble form in conventional Escherichia coli strains.
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Wang Q, Wu H, Wang A, Du P, Pei X, Li H, Yin X, Huang L, Xiong X. Prospecting metagenomic enzyme subfamily genes for DNA family shuffling by a novel PCR-based approach. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:41509-16. [PMID: 20962349 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.139659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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DNA family shuffling is a powerful method for enzyme engineering, which utilizes recombination of naturally occurring functional diversity to accelerate laboratory-directed evolution. However, the use of this technique has been hindered by the scarcity of family genes with the required level of sequence identity in the genome database. We describe here a strategy for collecting metagenomic homologous genes for DNA shuffling from environmental samples by truncated metagenomic gene-specific PCR (TMGS-PCR). Using identified metagenomic gene-specific primers, twenty-three 921-bp truncated lipase gene fragments, which shared 64-99% identity with each other and formed a distinct subfamily of lipases, were retrieved from 60 metagenomic samples. These lipase genes were shuffled, and selected active clones were characterized. The chimeric clones show extensive functional and genetic diversity, as demonstrated by functional characterization and sequence analysis. Our results indicate that homologous sequences of genes captured by TMGS-PCR can be used as suitable genetic material for DNA family shuffling with broad applications in enzyme engineering.
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- Qiuyan Wang
- Center for Biomedicine and Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310012, China
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Schmidt M, Böttcher D, Bornscheuer UT. Directed Evolution of Industrial Biocatalysts. Ind Biotechnol (New Rochelle N Y) 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/9783527630233.ch4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Antoniotti S, Fernandez X, Duñach E. Reaction design for evaluation of the substrate range of hydrolases. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10242420701668938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Schörken U, Kempers P. Lipid biotechnology: Industrially relevant production processes. EUR J LIPID SCI TECH 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.200900057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Goujard L, Villeneuve P, Barea B, Lecomte J, Pina M, Claude S, Le Petit J, Ferré E. A spectrophotometric transesterification-based assay for lipases in organic solvent. Anal Biochem 2009; 385:161-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Enzymes continue to be a major drug target class for the pharmaceutical industry with high-throughput screening the approach of choice for identifying initial active chemical compounds. The development of fluorescent- or absorbance-based readouts typically remains the formats of choice for enzyme screens and a wealth of experience from both industry and academia has led to a comprehensive set of standardized assay development and validation guidelines for enzyme assays. In this chapter, we generalize approaches to developing, validating, and troubleshooting assays that should be applicable in both industrial and academic settings. Real-life examples of various enzyme classes including kinases, proteases, transferases, and phosphatases are used to illustrate assay development approaches and solutions. Practical examples are given for how to deal with low-purity enzyme targets, compound interference, and identification of activators. Assay acceptance criteria and a number of assay notes on pitfalls to avoid should provide pointers on how to develop a suitable enzymatic assay applicable for HTS.
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- Kevin P Williams
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and BRITE, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA
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Ramírez L, Arrizon J, Sandoval G, Cardador A, Bello-Mendoza R, Lappe P, Mateos-Díaz JC. A new microplate screening method for the simultaneous activity quantification of feruloyl esterases, tannases, and chlorogenate esterases. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2008; 151:711-23. [PMID: 18830826 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-008-8319-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2007] [Accepted: 07/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Feruloyl, chlorogenate esterases, and tannases are enzymes useful in phenolic modifications of pharmaceutical relevance as protectors against several degenerative human diseases. Therefore, there is a growing interest in discovering new sources of these enzymes. However, traditional methods for their activity measurements are time-consuming and poorly adapted for high-throughput screening. In this study, a successful new microplate high-throughput screening method for the simultaneous quantification of all mentioned activities is demonstrated. This method allows the detection of activities as low as 1.7 mU ml(-1). Furthermore, reaction rates increased proportionally with the amount of enzyme added, and no interferences with the other commercial hydrolases tested were found. The utility of the method was demonstrated after simultaneously screening feruloyl, chlorogenate esterase, and tannase activities in solid state fermentation extracts obtained during the kinetics of production of 20 fungal strains. Among these, seven strains were positive for at least one of the esterase activities tested. This result shows the potential for the rapid routine screening assays for multiple samples of moderate low to high enzymatic levels.
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- L Ramírez
- Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco AC, Colonia Colinas de la Normal, Guadalajara, Jalisco, CP, México
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Persson M, Palcic MM. A high-throughput pH indicator assay for screening glycosyltransferase saturation mutagenesis libraries. Anal Biochem 2008; 378:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2008.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2007] [Revised: 03/04/2008] [Accepted: 03/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kahakeaw D, Reetz M. A Cell-Based Adrenaline Assay for Automated High-Throughput Activity Screening of Epoxide Hydrolases. Chem Asian J 2008; 3:233-8. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.200700325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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