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Yang J, Sun-Waterhouse D, Cui C, Dong K, Wang W. Synthesis and Sensory Characteristics of Kokumi γ-[Glu] n-Phe in the Presence of Glutamine and Phenylalanine: Glutaminase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens or Aspergillus oryzae as the Catalyst. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:8696-8703. [PMID: 28899090 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The transpeptidase activity of glutaminase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (GBA) and Aspergillus oryzae (GAO) to yield γ-[Glu]n-Phe peptides were verified for the first time. In the presence of Gln and Phe, γ-Glu-Phe and γ-Glu-γ-Glu-Phe were synthesized by GAO, and γ-Glu-Phe, γ-Glu-γ-Glu-Phe, γ-Glu-γ-Glu-γ-Glu-Phe, γ-Glu-γ-Glu-γ-Glu-γ-Glu-Phe, and γ-Glu-γ-Glu-γ-Glu-γ-Glu-γ-Glu-Phe were synthesized by GBA. The Km values for the transpeptidation catalyzed by GBA and GAO were 47.88 and 153.92 mM (Phe as the acceptor), 84.89 and 236.47 mM (γ-Glu-Phe as the acceptor), indicating that GBA had a greater affinity than GAO for Phe and γ-Glu-Phe in the transpeptidation reaction. The Km values for the transpeptidation catalyzed by GBA against acceptors, Phe and γ-[Glu](1≤n<5)-Phe (47.88-206.47 mM), increased with an elevated number of γ-glutamyl residue within the acceptor. The optimal conditions for γ-[Glu]n-Phe synthesis were pH 10 and 37 °C for 3 h, 300 mM Gln, 100 mM Phe, 0.05 U/mL GBA. All the γ-[Glu](1≤n≤5)-Phe exhibited astringency in water and imparted a kokumi taste to commercial soy sauce and model chicken broth. The astringent threshold values (2.5-3.92 mM) were approximately 3-fold of the kokumi threshold concentrations (0.78-1.53 mM). γ-[Glu]n-Phe or the post-enzymatic reaction mixture enhanced the umami intensity of commercial soy sauce and model chicken broth.
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- Juan Yang
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- Guangdong Weiwei Biotechnology Co., Ltd. , Guangzhou 510640, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, China
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This review considers the pathways for the degradation of amino acids and a few related compounds (agmatine, putrescine, ornithine, and aminobutyrate), along with their functions and regulation. Nitrogen limitation and an acidic environment are two physiological cues that regulate expression of several amino acid catabolic genes. The review considers Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, and Klebsiella species. The latter is included because the pathways in Klebsiella species have often been thoroughly characterized and also because of interesting differences in pathway regulation. These organisms can essentially degrade all the protein amino acids, except for the three branched-chain amino acids. E. coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, and Klebsiella aerogenes can assimilate nitrogen from D- and L-alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartate, glutamate, glutamine, glycine, proline, and D- and L-serine. There are species differences in the utilization of agmatine, citrulline, cysteine, histidine, the aromatic amino acids, and polyamines (putrescine and spermidine). Regardless of the pathway of glutamate synthesis, nitrogen source catabolism must generate ammonia for glutamine synthesis. Loss of glutamate synthase (glutamineoxoglutarate amidotransferase, or GOGAT) prevents utilization of many organic nitrogen sources. Mutations that create or increase a requirement for ammonia also prevent utilization of most organic nitrogen sources.
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van Heeswijk WC, Westerhoff HV, Boogerd FC. Nitrogen assimilation in Escherichia coli: putting molecular data into a systems perspective. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2013; 77:628-95. [PMID: 24296575 PMCID: PMC3973380 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00025-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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We present a comprehensive overview of the hierarchical network of intracellular processes revolving around central nitrogen metabolism in Escherichia coli. The hierarchy intertwines transport, metabolism, signaling leading to posttranslational modification, and transcription. The protein components of the network include an ammonium transporter (AmtB), a glutamine transporter (GlnHPQ), two ammonium assimilation pathways (glutamine synthetase [GS]-glutamate synthase [glutamine 2-oxoglutarate amidotransferase {GOGAT}] and glutamate dehydrogenase [GDH]), the two bifunctional enzymes adenylyl transferase/adenylyl-removing enzyme (ATase) and uridylyl transferase/uridylyl-removing enzyme (UTase), the two trimeric signal transduction proteins (GlnB and GlnK), the two-component regulatory system composed of the histidine protein kinase nitrogen regulator II (NRII) and the response nitrogen regulator I (NRI), three global transcriptional regulators called nitrogen assimilation control (Nac) protein, leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp), and cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor protein (Crp), the glutaminases, and the nitrogen-phosphotransferase system. First, the structural and molecular knowledge on these proteins is reviewed. Thereafter, the activities of the components as they engage together in transport, metabolism, signal transduction, and transcription and their regulation are discussed. Next, old and new molecular data and physiological data are put into a common perspective on integral cellular functioning, especially with the aim of resolving counterintuitive or paradoxical processes featured in nitrogen assimilation. Finally, we articulate what still remains to be discovered and what general lessons can be learned from the vast amounts of data that are available now.
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Identification of a glutaminase-producing bacterial strain isolated from Thai fermented pork sausage and characterisation of glutaminase production. ANN MICROBIOL 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03175573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Brown G, Singer A, Proudfoot M, Skarina T, Kim Y, Chang C, Dementieva I, Kuznetsova E, Gonzalez CF, Joachimiak A, Savchenko A, Yakunin AF. Functional and structural characterization of four glutaminases from Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Biochemistry 2008; 47:5724-35. [PMID: 18459799 DOI: 10.1021/bi800097h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glutaminases belong to the large superfamily of serine-dependent beta-lactamases and penicillin-binding proteins, and they catalyze the hydrolytic deamidation of L-glutamine to L-glutamate. In this work, we purified and biochemically characterized four predicted glutaminases from Escherichia coli (YbaS and YneH) and Bacillus subtilis (YlaM and YbgJ). The proteins demonstrated strict specificity to L-glutamine and did not hydrolyze D-glutamine or L-asparagine. In each organism, one glutaminase showed higher affinity to glutamine ( E. coli YbaS and B. subtilis YlaM; K m 7.3 and 7.6 mM, respectively) than the second glutaminase ( E. coli YneH and B. subtilis YbgJ; K m 27.6 and 30.6 mM, respectively). The crystal structures of the E. coli YbaS and the B. subtilis YbgJ revealed the presence of a classical beta-lactamase-like fold and conservation of several key catalytic residues of beta-lactamases (Ser74, Lys77, Asn126, Lys268, and Ser269 in YbgJ). Alanine replacement mutagenesis demonstrated that most of the conserved residues located in the putative glutaminase catalytic site are essential for activity. The crystal structure of the YbgJ complex with the glutaminase inhibitor 6-diazo-5-oxo- l-norleucine revealed the presence of a covalent bond between the inhibitor and the hydroxyl oxygen of Ser74, providing evidence that Ser74 is the primary catalytic nucleophile and that the glutaminase reaction proceeds through formation of an enzyme-glutamyl intermediate. Growth experiments with the E. coli glutaminase deletion strains revealed that YneH is involved in the assimilation of l-glutamine as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen and suggested that both glutaminases (YbaS and YneH) also contribute to acid resistance in E. coli.
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- Greg Brown
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Ontario Centre for Structural Proteomics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L6, Canada
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Huerta-Saquero A, Calderón-Flores A, Díaz-Villaseñor A, Du Pont G, Durán S. Regulation of transcription and activity of Rhizobium etli glutaminase A. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2004; 1673:201-7. [PMID: 15279892 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2004.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2003] [Revised: 02/16/2004] [Accepted: 05/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The present study determines the regulatory mechanisms that operate on Rhizobium etli glutaminase A. glsA gene expression levels were evaluated under several metabolic conditions by fusions of the glsA gene promoter and the transcriptional reporter cassette uidA2-aad. glsA expression was directly correlated to the glutaminase A activity found under the tested growth conditions, reaching its maximum level in the presence of glutamine and during exponential growth phase. Glutamine induces glsA expression. The influence of allosteric metabolites on glutaminase A activity was also determined. The purified enzyme was inhibited by 2-oxoglutarate and pyruvate, whereas oxaloacetate and glyoxylate modulate it positively. Glutaminase A is not inhibited by glutamate and is activated by ammonium. Glutaminase A participates in an ATP-consuming cycle where glutamine is continually degraded and resynthesized by glutamine synthetase (GS). GS and glutaminase A activities appear simultaneously during bacterial growth under different metabolic conditions and their control mechanisms are not reciprocal. Slight overproduction in glutaminase A expression causes a reduction in growth yield and a dramatic decrease in bacterial growth. We propose a model for regulation of glutaminase A, and discuss its contribution to glutamine cycle regulation.
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- Alejandro Huerta-Saquero
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70228, México D.F. 04510, Mexico
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Klein M, Kaltwasser H, Jahns T. Isolation of a novel, phosphate-activated glutaminase from Bacillus pasteurii. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 206:63-7. [PMID: 11786258 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb10987.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In Bacillus pasteurii glutamine is being taken up efficiently by a sodium-dependent uptake system and subsequently hydrolysed to ammonium and glutamate. Concerning the latter process, a catabolic L-glutamine amidohydrolase (glutaminase) was isolated from the cytoplasm of this alkaliphilic bacterium and purified to homogeneity using liquid chromatography. Biochemical and physical parameters of the pure enzyme were examined in detail. Interestingly, analysis of the glutaminase revealed a marked increase in catalytic activity in the presence of phosphate, a property yet restricted to animal glutaminases. This is the first report on the presence of a phosphate-activated glutaminase in bacteria.
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- Marcus Klein
- Institut für Medizinische, Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Kliniken der Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany.
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Huerta-Saquero A, Calderón J, Arreguín R, Calderón-Flores A, Durán S. Overexpression and purification of Rhizobium etli glutaminase A by recombinant and conventional procedures. Protein Expr Purif 2001; 21:432-7. [PMID: 11281718 DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rhizobium etli glutaminase A was purified to homogeneity by conventional procedures that included ammonium sulfate differential precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography, gel filtration, and dye-ligand chromatography. Alternatively, the structural glsA gene that codifies for glutaminase A was amplified by PCR and cloned in the expression vector pTrcHis. The recombinant protein was purified to homogeneity by affinity chromatography. This protein showed the same kinetic properties as native glutaminase A (K(m) for glutamine of 1.5 mM and V(max) of 80 micromol ammonium min(-1) mg protein(-1)). Physicochemical and biochemical properties of native and recombinant glutaminase were identical. The molecular mass of recombinant glutaminase A (M(r) 106.8 kDa) and the molecular mass of the subunits (M(r) 26.9 kDa) were estimated by mass spectrometry. These results suggest that R. etli glutaminase A is composed of four identical subunits. The high-level production of recombinant glutaminase A elevates the possibilities for determination of its three-dimensional structure through X-ray crystallography.
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- A Huerta-Saquero
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70228, C.P. 04510, México, D.F., México
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Nandakumar R, Wakayama M, Nagano Y, Kawamura T, Sakai K, Moriguchi M. Overexpression of salt-tolerant glutaminase from Micrococcus luteus K-3 in Escherichia coli and its purification. Protein Expr Purif 1999; 15:155-61. [PMID: 10049670 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1998.1005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A high-expression plasmid, pKSGHE3-1, containing the salt-tolerant glutaminase (EC 3.5.1.2) from marine bacterium Micrococcus luteus K-3 was constructed. pKSGHE3-1 was made by inserting the DNA fragment (1.43 kb) containing the structural gene synthesized by polymerase chain reaction into the downstream region of the tac promoter of expression vector pKK223-3. The translational start codon was located 10 bases downstream of the Shine-Dalgarno sequence (AGGA) of pKK223-3. Escherichia coli JM109 transformed with pKSGHE3-1 exhibited more than 190-fold higher glutaminase activity than M. luteus K-3 under optimal culture conditions. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity through three column chromatography steps with a final yield of 17.1%. The recombinant enzyme showed the same enzymatic properties, including salt tolerance, as those of M. luteus K-3. This glutaminase expression system allows the production of sufficient quantities of glutaminase for basic structure-function studies including chemical modification and future X-ray crystallization analysis.
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- R Nandakumar
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Oita, 870-1192, Japan
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Wakayama M, Nagano Y, Renu N, Kawamura T, Sakai K, Moriguchi M. Molecular cloning and determination of the nucleotide sequence of a gene encoding salt-tolerant glutaminase from Micrococcus luteus K-3. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0922-338x(97)81259-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Moriguchi M, Sakai K, Tateyama R, Furuta Y, Wakayama M. Isolation and characterization of salt-tolerant glutaminases from marine Micrococcus luteus K-3. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(94)90143-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Prusiner S, Stadtman ER. Regulation of glutaminase B in Escherichia coli. II. Modulaltion of activity by carbosylate and borate ions. J Biol Chem 1976. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)33460-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Regulation of glutaminase B in Escherichia coli. I. Purification, properties, and cold lability. J Biol Chem 1976. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)33459-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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