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Properties, Physiological Functions and Involvement of Basidiomycetous Alcohol Oxidase in Wood Degradation. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232213808. [PMID: 36430286 PMCID: PMC9699415 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232213808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Extensive research efforts have been devoted to describing yeast alcohol oxidase (AO) and its promoter region, which is vastly applied in studies of heterologous gene expression. However, little is known about basidiomycetous AO and its physiological role in wood degradation. This review describes several alcohol oxidases from both white and brown rot fungi, highlighting their physicochemical and kinetic properties. Moreover, the review presents a detailed analysis of available AO-encoding gene promoter regions in basidiomycetous fungi with a discussion of the manipulations of culture conditions in relation to the modification of alcohol oxidase gene expression and changes in enzyme production. The analysis of reactions catalyzed by lignin-modifying enzymes (LME) and certain lignin auxiliary enzymes (LDA) elucidated the possible involvement of alcohol oxidase in the degradation of derivatives of this polymer. Combined data on lignin degradation pathways suggest that basidiomycetous AO is important in secondary reactions during lignin decomposition by wood degrading fungi. With numerous alcoholic substrates, the enzyme is probably engaged in a variety of catalytic reactions leading to the detoxification of compounds produced in lignin degradation processes and their utilization as a carbon source by fungal mycelium.
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Koch C, Neumann P, Valerius O, Feussner I, Ficner R. Crystal Structure of Alcohol Oxidase from Pichia pastoris. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149846. [PMID: 26905908 PMCID: PMC4764120 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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FAD-dependent alcohol oxidases (AOX) are key enzymes of methylotrophic organisms that can utilize lower primary alcohols as sole source of carbon and energy. Here we report the crystal structure analysis of the methanol oxidase AOX1 from Pichia pastoris. The crystallographic phase problem was solved by means of Molecular Replacement in combination with initial structure rebuilding using Rosetta model completion and relaxation against an averaged electron density map. The subunit arrangement of the homo-octameric AOX1 differs from that of octameric vanillyl alcohol oxidase and other dimeric or tetrameric alcohol oxidases, due to the insertion of two large protruding loop regions and an additional C-terminal extension in AOX1. In comparison to other alcohol oxidases, the active site cavity of AOX1 is significantly reduced in size, which could explain the observed preference for methanol as substrate. All AOX1 subunits of the structure reported here harbor a modified flavin adenine dinucleotide, which contains an arabityl chain instead of a ribityl chain attached to the isoalloxazine ring.
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- Christian Koch
- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- Georg-August-University Goettingen, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute of Microbiology und Genetics, Georg-August-University, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- Georg-August-University Goettingen, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute for Microbiology und Genetics, Georg-August-University, Griesebachstr. 8, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- Georg-August-University Goettingen, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- Georg-August-University Goettingen, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute of Microbiology und Genetics, Georg-August-University, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- Georg-August-University Goettingen, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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(1)H-, (11)B-, (13)C-, (15)N-, (17)O-, (19)F-, and (31)P-NMR chemical shifts of flavocoenzymes and derivatives of it, as well as of alloxazines and isoalloxazinium salts, from NMR experiments performed under various experimental conditions (e.g., dependence of the chemical shifts on temperature, concentration, solvent polarity, and pH) are reported. Also solid-state (13)C- and (15)N-NMR experiments are described revealing the anisotropic values of corresponding chemical shifts. These data, in combination with a number of coupling constants, led to a detailed description of the electronic structure of oxidized and reduced flavins. The data also demonstrate that the structure of oxidized flavin can assume a configuration deviating from coplanarity, depending on substitutions in the isoalloxazine ring, while that of reduced flavin exhibits several configurations, from almost planar to quite bended. The complexes formed between oxidized flavin and metal ions or organic molecules revealed three coordination sites with metal ions (depending on the chemical nature of the ion), and specific interactions between the pyrimidine moiety of flavin and organic molecules, mimicking specific interactions between apoflavoproteins and their coenzymes. Most NMR studies on flavoproteins were performed using (13)C- and (15)N-substituted coenzymes, either specifically enriched in the pterin moiety of flavin or uniformly labeled flavins. The chemical shifts of free flavins are used as a guide in the interpretation of the chemical shifts observed in flavoproteins. Although the hydrogen-bonding pattern in oxidized and reduced flavoproteins varies considerably, no correlation is obvious between these patterns and the corresponding redox potentials. In all reduced flavoproteins the N(1)H group of the flavocoenzyme is deprotonated, an exception is thioredoxin reductase. Three-dimensional structures of only a few flavoproteins, mostly belonging to the family of flavodoxins, have been solved. Also the kinetics of unfolding and refolding of flavodoxins has been investigated by NMR techniques. In addition, (31)P-NMR data of all so far studied flavoproteins and some (19)F-NMR spectra are discussed.
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- Franz Müller
- , Wylstrasse 13, CH-6052, Hergiswil, Switzerland,
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Gvozdev AR, Tukhvatullin IA, Gvozdev RI. Quinone-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases and FAD-dependent alcohol oxidases. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 77:843-56. [PMID: 22860906 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912080056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This review considers quinone-dependent alcohol dehydrogenases and FAD-dependent alcohol oxidases, enzymes that are present in numerous methylotrophic eu- and prokaryotes and significantly differ in their primary and quaternary structure. The cofactors of the enzymes are bound to the protein polypeptide chain through ionic and hydrophobic interactions. Microorganisms containing these enzymes are described. Methods for purification of the enzymes, their physicochemical properties, and spatial structures are considered. The supposed mechanism of action and practical application of these enzymes as well as their producers are discussed.
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- A R Gvozdev
- Biosensor AN Ltd., pr. Akademika Semenova 1, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russia.
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An overview on alcohol oxidases and their potential applications. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:4259-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4842-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Grochowski LL, White RH. Promiscuous anaerobes: new and unconventional metabolism in methanogenic archaea. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007; 1125:190-214. [PMID: 18096851 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The development of an oxygenated atmosphere on earth resulted in the polarization of life into two major groups, those that could live in the presence of oxygen and those that could not-the aerobes and the anaerobes. The evolution of aerobes from the earliest anaerobic prokaryotes resulted in a variety of metabolic adaptations. Many of these adaptations center on the need to sustain oxygen-sensitive reactions and cofactors to function in the new oxygen-containing atmosphere. Still other metabolic pathways that were not sensitive to oxygen also diverged. This is likely due to the physical separation of the organisms, based on their ability to live in the presence of oxygen, which allowed for the independent evolution of the pathways. Through the study of metabolic pathways in anaerobes and comparison to the more established pathways from aerobes, insight into metabolic evolution can be gained. This, in turn, can allow for extra- polation to those metabolic pathways occurring in the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). Some of the unique and uncanonical metabolic pathways that have been identified in the archaea with emphasis on the biochemistry of an obligate anaerobic methanogen, Methanocaldococcus jannaschii are reviewed.
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- Laura L Grochowski
- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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Ozimek P, Veenhuis M, van der Klei IJ. Alcohol oxidase: a complex peroxisomal, oligomeric flavoprotein. FEMS Yeast Res 2005; 5:975-83. [PMID: 16169288 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsyr.2005.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2005] [Revised: 06/07/2005] [Accepted: 06/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Alcohol oxidase (AO) is the key enzyme of methanol metabolism in methylotrophic yeast species. It catalyses the first step of methanol catabolism, namely its oxidation to formaldehyde with concomitant production of hydrogen peroxide. In its mature active form, AO is a molecule of high molecular mass (600 kDa) that consists of eight identical subunits, each of which carry one non-covalently bound flavin adenine nucleotide (FAD) molecule as the prosthetic group. In vivo, the protein is compartmentalized into special cell organelles, termed peroxisomes. AO is an abundant protein and its synthesis is strictly regulated by repression/derepression and induction mechanisms that occur at the transcriptional level. Various aspects of its sorting and assembly/activation render AO a unique protein. Recent developments of AO synthesis, sorting and assembly/activation are highlighted in this paper.
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- Paulina Ozimek
- Eukaryotic Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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Murthy YV, Massey V. Chemical modification of the N-10 ribityl side chain of flavins. Effects on properties of flavoprotein disulfide oxidoreductases. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:28586-94. [PMID: 7499374 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.48.28586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Three flavin derivatives modified at the 2'-position of the flavin N-10 ribityl side chain were synthesized: arabinoflavin, 2'-F-2'-deoxyarabinoflavin, and 2'-deoxyriboflavin. These were converted to the FAD level with FAD synthetase. Apoproteins of lipoamide dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase, and mercuric reductase, a family of flavoprotein oxidoreductases, were reconstituted with these flavins. Significant reduction of the catalytic activities was observed with the modified enzymes. During anaerobic reduction of the modified enzymes with substrate or dithiothreitol, decreased thermodynamic stability of the two-electron reduced enzyme forms (EH2) and the accumulation of the four-electron reduced forms (EH4) noted. This effect was more pronounced in case of arabino-FAD-reconstituted enzymes than with the other two. It was found that NAD+ binding influences the interaction between the flavin and the reduced disulfide in the 2'-F-arabino-FAD-lipoamide dehydrogenase, presumably by altering the relative oxidation-reduction potentials. 19F NMR data were obtained for different forms of the 2'-F-arabino-FAD-lipoamide dehydrogenase, which suggest marked conformational changes from one form to the other. The 19F NMR data for the oxidized forms of all three 2'-F-arabino-FAD proteins suggest that the fluorine experiences very similar chemical environments at the active sites.
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- Y V Murthy
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48105-0606, USA
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van Berkel WJ, Eppink MH, Schreuder HA. Crystal structure of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase reconstituted with the modified FAD present in alcohol oxidase from methylotrophic yeasts: evidence for an arabinoflavin. Protein Sci 1994; 3:2245-53. [PMID: 7756982 PMCID: PMC2142777 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560031210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The flavin prosthetic group (FAD) of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase from Pseudomonas fluorescens was replaced by a stereochemical analog, which is spontaneously formed from natural FAD in alcohol oxidases from methylotrophic yeasts. Reconstitution of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase from apoprotein and modified FAD is a rapid process complete within seconds. Crystals of the enzyme-substrate complex of modified FAD-containing p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase diffract to 2.1 A resolution. The crystal structure provides direct evidence for the presence of an arabityl sugar chain in the modified form of FAD. The isoalloxazine ring of the arabinoflavin adenine dinucleotide (a-FAD) is located in a cleft outside the active site as recently observed in several other p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase complexes. Like the native enzyme, a-FAD-containing p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase preferentially binds the phenolate form of the substrate (pKo = 7.2). The substrate acts as an effector highly stimulating the rate of enzyme reduction by NADPH (kred > 500 s-1). The oxidative part of the catalytic cycle of a-FAD-containing p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase differs from native enzyme. Partial uncoupling of hydroxylation results in the formation of about 0.3 mol of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate and 0.7 mol of hydrogen peroxide per mol NADPH oxidized. It is proposed that flavin motion in p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase is important for efficient reduction and that the flavin "out" conformation is associated with the oxidase activity.
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- W J van Berkel
- Department of Biochemistry, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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