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Liu J, Zhang X, Shao Z, Yang J, Zhang H. Leucine zipper as a bridge for transaminase self-assembly: A fusion enzyme for efficient chiral conversion of d-phenylglycine. Bioorg Chem 2024; 147:107382. [PMID: 38640720 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107382] [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: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
Abstract
Amino acid transferase is a family of enzymes used to catalyze and separate chiral amino acids. However, due to the low efficiency, by-products and reverse reactions occur in cascade reactions. Therefore, in the research, phenylglycine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase were self-assembled in vitro by leucine zipper. The self-assembled enzyme system with d-phenylglycine and α-ketoglutarate as substrates were used for the chiral transformation reaction. By studying the enzyme combination, kinetic reaction stability and catalytic efficiency, it was found that the self-assembled enzyme showed improved stability and better affinity to the substrate than the control and achieved only ee value of 17.86% for the control at the substrate ratio was 1:2. In contrast, the self-assembled enzyme basically catalyzed the complete conversion of d-Phg to l-Phg, with the ee value as 99%. These results demonstrated the feasibility of the leucine zipper and the conversion of d-phenylglycine to the l-type by fusion enzyme.
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- Jiali Liu
- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, PR China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, PR China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, PR China
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, PR China.
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- College of Food and Biological Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, Anhui Province, PR China.
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Hennrich O, Weinmann L, Kulik A, Harms K, Klahn P, Youn JW, Surup F, Mast Y. Biotransformation-coupled mutasynthesis for the generation of novel pristinamycin derivatives by engineering the phenylglycine residue. RSC Chem Biol 2023; 4:1050-1063. [PMID: 38033732 PMCID: PMC10685826 DOI: 10.1039/d3cb00143a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Streptogramins are the last line of defense antimicrobials with pristinamycin as a representative substance used as therapeutics against highly resistant pathogenic bacteria. However, the emergence of (multi)drug-resistant pathogens renders these valuable antibiotics useless; making it necessary to derivatize compounds for new compound characteristics, which is often difficult by chemical de novo synthesis due to the complex nature of the molecules. An alternative to substance derivatization is mutasynthesis. Herein, we report about a mutasynthesis approach, targeting the phenylglycine (Phg) residue for substance derivatization, a pivotal component of streptogramin antibiotics. Mutasynthesis with halogenated Phg(-like) derivatives altogether led to the production of two new derivatized natural compounds, as there are 6-chloropristinamycin I and 6-fluoropristinamycin I based on LC-MS/MS analysis. 6-Chloropristinamycin I and 6-fluoropristinamycin I were isolated by preparative HPLC, structurally confirmed using NMR spectroscopy and tested for antimicrobial bioactivity. In a whole-cell biotransformation approach using an engineered E. coli BL21(DE3) pET28-hmo/pACYC-bcd-gdh strain, Phg derivatives were generated fermentatively. Supplementation with the E. coli biotransformation fermentation broth containing 4-fluorophenylglycine to the pristinamycin mutasynthesis strain resulted in the production of 6-fluoropristinamycin I, demonstrating an advanced level of mutasynthesis.
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- Oliver Hennrich
- Department Bioresources for Bioeconomy and Health Research, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7B 38124 Braunschweig Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University Stuttgart, Allmandring 31 D-70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Department Microbial Bioactive Compounds, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28 D-72076 Tübingen Germany
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- Microbial Drugs Department, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research 38124 Braunschweig Germany
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- Division of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Kemigården 4 412 96 Göteborg Sweden
- Centre of Antimicrobial Resistance Research in Gothenburg (CARe) Gothenburg Sweden
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- Institute of Microbiology, University Stuttgart, Allmandring 31 D-70569 Stuttgart Germany
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- Microbial Drugs Department, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research 38124 Braunschweig Germany
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- Department Bioresources for Bioeconomy and Health Research, Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Inhoffenstraße 7B 38124 Braunschweig Germany
- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Rebenring 56 38106 Braunschweig Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Tübingen Tübingen Germany
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Li YK, Xiong RF, Wu QY, Yao S, Qu X, Huang ZH, Su YL, Wu YP, Dong M, Zhou M, Hu QF. C-Alkylated flavonoids from the whole plants of Desmodium caudatum and their anti-TMV activity. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2023; 79:3721-3730. [PMID: 37253683 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Natural products are important sources of biopesticides to control plant virus, and flavonoids are identified as promising anti-tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) agents. Since Desmodium caudatum is a rich source of flavonoids, this study focuses on the discovery of the new anti-TMV active flavonoids from D. caudatum and their possible mode of action. RESULTS Three new (compounds 1-3) and nine known (compounds 4-12) C-alkylated flavonoids were isolated from D. caudatum. To the best of our knowledge, the framework of 1-3 was reported in natural products for the first time. In addition, 1-3, 5, and 6 showed notable anti-TMV activity with inhibition rates in the range of 35.8-64.3% at a concentration of 50 μg/mL, and these rates are higher than that of positive control (with inhibition rates of 34.6% ± 2.8). In addition, the structure-activity relationship study revealed that the (pyrrol-2-yl)methyl moiety on flavone can significantly increases the activity. This result is helpful to find new anti-TMV inhibitors. CONCLUSION C-Alkylated flavonoids showed potent activities against TMV with multiple modes of actions. The increase of defense-related enzyme activities, up-regulate the expression of defense related genes, down-regulate the expression of Hsp70 protein by inhibiting the related Hsp genes that are involved in tobacco resistance to TMV. By the actions mentioned earlier, the infection of TMV was influenced, thereby achieving the effects of control of TMV. The successful isolation of the earlier-mentioned flavonoids provide the new source of biopesticides to TMV proliferation, and also contribute to the utilization of D. caudatum. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Yin-Ke Li
- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Synthetic Biology of Ethnic Medicinal, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Synthetic Biology of Ethnic Medicinal, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Cigar Tobacco Team, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Synthetic Biology of Ethnic Medicinal, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, China
- Yunnan Cigar Tobacco Team, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Synthetic Biology of Ethnic Medicinal, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, China
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- Yunnan Cigar Tobacco Team, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
- Technology center, Yuxi Company of Yunnan Tobacco Company, Yuxi, China
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- Yunnan Cigar Tobacco Team, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
- Technology center, Yuxi Company of Yunnan Tobacco Company, Yuxi, China
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- Yunnan Cigar Tobacco Team, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
- Technology center, Yuxi Company of Yunnan Tobacco Company, Yuxi, China
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- Yunnan Cigar Tobacco Team, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Synthetic Biology of Ethnic Medicinal, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Synthetic Biology of Ethnic Medicinal, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Products Synthetic Biology of Ethnic Medicinal, State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming, China
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Wang P, Zhang X, Tao Y, Lv X, Cheng S, Liu C. Improved l-phenylglycine synthesis by introducing an engineered cofactor self-sufficient system. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2022; 7:513-521. [PMID: 35024478 PMCID: PMC8715069 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2021.12.008] [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: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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l-phenylglycine (L-phg) is a valuable non-proteinogenic amino acid used as a precursor to β-lactam antibiotics, antitumor agent taxol and many other pharmaceuticals. L-phg synthesis through microbial bioconversion allows for high enantioselectivity and sustainable production, which will be of great commercial and environmental value compared with organic synthesis methods. In this work, an L-phg synthesis pathway was built in Escherichia coli resulting in 0.23 mM L-phg production from 10 mM l-phenylalanine. Then, new hydroxymandelate synthases and hydroxymandelate oxidases were applied in the L-phg synthesis leading to a 5-fold increase in L-phg production. To address 2-oxoglutarate, NH4 +, and NADH shortage, a cofactor self-sufficient system was introduced, which converted by-product l-glutamate and NAD+ to these three cofactors simultaneously. In this way, L-phg increased 2.5-fold to 2.82 mM. Additionally, in order to reduce the loss of these three cofactors, a protein scaffold between synthesis pathway and cofactor regeneration modular was built, which further improved the L-phg production to 3.72 mM with a yield of 0.34 g/g L-phe. This work illustrated a strategy applying for whole-cell biocatalyst converting amino acid to its value-added chiral amine in a cofactor self-sufficient manner.
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- Pengchao Wang
- School of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
- Key Laboratory for Enzymes and Enzyme-like Material Engineering of Heilongjiang, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang, PR China
- Key Laboratory for Enzymes and Enzyme-like Material Engineering of Heilongjiang, PR China
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Shen YP, Niu FX, Yan ZB, Fong LS, Huang YB, Liu JZ. Recent Advances in Metabolically Engineered Microorganisms for the Production of Aromatic Chemicals Derived From Aromatic Amino Acids. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:407. [PMID: 32432104 PMCID: PMC7214760 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Aromatic compounds derived from aromatic amino acids are an important class of diverse chemicals with a wide range of industrial and commercial applications. They are currently produced via petrochemical processes, which are not sustainable and eco-friendly. In the past decades, significant progress has been made in the construction of microbial cell factories capable of effectively converting renewable carbon sources into value-added aromatics. Here, we systematically and comprehensively review the recent advancements in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology in the microbial production of aromatic amino acid derivatives, stilbenes, and benzylisoquinoline alkaloids. The future outlook concerning the engineering of microbial cell factories for the production of aromatic compounds is also discussed.
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- Yu-Ping Shen
- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Biomedical Center, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Synthetic Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Biomedical Center, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Synthetic Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Biomedical Center, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Synthetic Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Biomedical Center, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Synthetic Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Biomedical Center, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Synthetic Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Improved Variety Reproduction in Aquatic Economic Animals, Biomedical Center, School of Life Sciences, Institute of Synthetic Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Genetic engineering approaches for the fermentative production of phenylglycines. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:3433-3444. [PMID: 32078019 PMCID: PMC7089894 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10447-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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L-phenylglycine (L-Phg) is a rare non-proteinogenic amino acid, which only occurs in some natural compounds, such as the streptogramin antibiotics pristinamycin I and virginiamycin S or the bicyclic peptide antibiotic dityromycin. Industrially, more interesting than L-Phg is the enantiomeric D-Phg as it plays an important role in the fine chemical industry, where it is used as a precursor for the production of semisynthetic β-lactam antibiotics. Based on the natural L-Phg operon from Streptomyces pristinaespiralis and the stereo-inverting aminotransferase gene hpgAT from Pseudomonas putida, an artificial D-Phg operon was constructed. The natural L-Phg operon, as well as the artificial D-Phg operon, was heterologously expressed in different actinomycetal host strains, which led to the successful production of Phg. By rational genetic engineering of the optimal producer strains S. pristinaespiralis and Streptomyces lividans, Phg production could be improved significantly. Here, we report on the development of a synthetic biology-derived D-Phg pathway and the optimization of fermentative Phg production in actinomycetes by genetic engineering approaches. Our data illustrate a promising alternative for the production of Phgs.
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Natural nonproteinogenic amino acids vastly outnumber the well-known 22 proteinogenic amino acids. Such amino acids are generated in specialized metabolic pathways. In these pathways, diverse biosynthetic transformations, ranging from isomerizations to the stereospecific functionalization of C-H bonds, are employed to generate structural diversity. The resulting nonproteinogenic amino acids can be integrated into more complex natural products. Here we review recently discovered biosynthetic routes to freestanding nonproteinogenic α-amino acids, with an emphasis on work reported between 2013 and mid-2019.
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- Jason B Hedges
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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