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Ferreira-Cerca S. The dark side of the ribosome life cycle. RNA Biol 2022; 19:1045-1049. [PMID: 36082947 PMCID: PMC9467602 DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2022.2121421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Thanks to genetics, biochemistry, and structural biology many features of the ribosome´s life cycles in models of bacteria, eukaryotes, and some organelles have been revealed to near-atomic details. Collectively, these studies have provided a very detailed understanding of what are now well-established prototypes for ribosome biogenesis and function as viewed from a 'classical' model organisms perspective. However, very important challenges remain ahead to explore the functional and structural diversity of both ribosome biogenesis and function across the biological diversity on earth. Particularly, the 'third domain of life', the archaea, and also many non-model bacterial and eukaryotic organisms have been comparatively neglected. Importantly, characterizing these additional biological systems will not only offer a yet untapped window to enlighten the evolution of ribosome biogenesis and function but will also help to unravel fundamental principles of molecular adaptation of these central cellular processes.
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- Sébastien Ferreira-Cerca
- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, Biochemistry III - Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Obruča S, Dvořák P, Sedláček P, Koller M, Sedlář K, Pernicová I, Šafránek D. Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis by halophiles and thermophiles: towards sustainable production of microbial bioplastics. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 58:107906. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Zafar A, Aftab MN, Asif A, Karadag A, Peng L, Celebioglu HU, Afzal MS, Hamid A, Iqbal I. Efficient biomass saccharification using a novel cellobiohydrolase from Clostridium clariflavum for utilization in biofuel industry. RSC Adv 2021; 11:9246-9261. [PMID: 35423428 PMCID: PMC8695235 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra00545f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The present study describes the cloning of the cellobiohydrolase gene from a thermophilic bacterium Clostridium clariflavum and its expression in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) utilizing the expression vector pET-21a(+). The optimization of various parameters (pH, temperature, isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) concentration, time of induction) was carried out to obtain the maximum enzyme activity (2.78 ± 0.145 U ml−1) of recombinant enzyme. The maximum expression of recombinant cellobiohydrolase was obtained at pH 6.0 and 70 °C respectively. Enzyme purification was performed by heat treatment and immobilized metal anionic chromatography. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 57.4 U mg−1 with 35.17% recovery and 3.90 purification fold. Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed that the molecular weight of cellobiohydrolase was 78 kDa. Among metal ions, Ca2+ showed a positive impact on the cellobiohydrolase enzyme with increased activity by 115%. Recombinant purified cellobiohydrolase enzyme remained stable and exhibited 77% and 63% residual activity in comparison to control in the presence of n-butanol and after incubation at 80 °C for 1 h, respectively. Our results indicate that our purified recombinant cellobiohydrolase can be used in the biofuel industry. Successful expression of a novel cellobiohydrolase enzyme from Clostridium clariflavum with efficient saccharification potential of plant biomass for the biofuel industry.![]()
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- Asma Zafar
- Faculty of Life Sciences
- University of Central Punjab
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
- GC University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Yozgat Bozok University
- Yozgat
- Turkey
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- Biomass and Bioenergy Research Center
- Huazhong Agriculture University
- Wuhan
- China
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- Department of Life Sciences
- School of Science
- University of Management and Technology (UMT)
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Institute of Industrial Biotechnology
- GC University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology
- Lahore College for Women University
- Lahore
- Pakistan
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Martínez-Espinosa RM. Heterologous and Homologous Expression of Proteins from Haloarchaea: Denitrification as Case of Study. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 21:E82. [PMID: 31877629 PMCID: PMC6981372 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Haloarchaea (halophilic microbes belonging to the Archaea domain) are microorganisms requiring mid or even high salt concentrations to be alive. The molecular machinery of these organisms is adapted to such conditions, which are stressful for most life forms. Among their molecular adaptations, halophilic proteins are characterized by their high content of acidic amino acids (Aspartate (Asp) and glumate (Glu)), being only stable in solutions containing high salt concentration (between 1 and 4 M total salt concentration). Recent knowledge about haloarchaeal peptides, proteins, and enzymes have revealed that many haloarchaeal species produce proteins of interest due to their potential applications in biotechnology-based industries. Although proteins of interest are usually overproduced in recombinant prokaryotic or eukaryotic expression systems, these procedures do not accurately work for halophilic proteins, mainly if such proteins contain metallocofactors in their structures. This work summarizes the main challenges of heterologous and homologous expression of enzymes from haloarchaea, paying special attention to the metalloenzymes involved in the pathway of denitrification (anaerobic reduction of nitrate to dinitrogen), a pathway with significant implications in wastewater treatment, climate change, and biosensor design.
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- Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Agrochemistry and Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences and Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies (IMEM), University of Alicante, Ap. 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
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Musa H, Kasim FH, Gunny AAN, Gopinath SCB, Ahmad MA. Biosynthesis of butyl esters from crude oil of palm fruit and kernel using halophilic lipase secretion by Marinobacter litoralis SW-45. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:314. [PMID: 31406636 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1845-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Initially, a new moderate halophilic strain was locally isolated from seawater. The partial 16S rRNA sequence analysis positioned the organism in Marinobacter genus and was named 'Marinobacter litoralis SW-45'. This study further demonstrates successful utilization of the halophilic M. litoralis SW-45 lipase (MLL) for butyl ester synthesis from crude palm fruit oil (CPO) and kernel oil (CPKO) in heptane and solvent-free system, respectively, using hydroesterification. Hydrolysis and esterification of enzymatic [Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase (TLL)] hydrolysis of CPO and CPKO to free fatty acids (FFA) followed by MLL-catalytic esterification of the concentrated FFAs with butanol (acyl acceptor) to synthesize butyl esters were performed. A one-factor-at-a-time technique (OFAT) was used to study the influence of physicochemical factors on the esterification reaction. Under optimal esterification conditions of 40 and 45 °C, 150 and 230 rpm, 50% (v/v) biocatalyst concentration, 1:1 and 5:1 butanol:FFA, 9% and 15% (w/v) NaCl, 60 and 15 min reaction time for CPO- and CPKO-derived FFA esterification system, maximum ester conversion of 62.2% and 69.1%, respectively, was attained. Gas chromatography (GC) analysis confirmed the products formed as butyl esters. These results showed halophilic lipase has promising potential to be used for biosynthesis of butyl esters in oleochemical industry.
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Marine microbes as a valuable resource for brand new industrial biocatalysts. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2017.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Amoozegar MA, Siroosi M, Atashgahi S, Smidt H, Ventosa A. Systematics of haloarchaea and biotechnological potential of their hydrolytic enzymes. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2017; 163:623-645. [PMID: 28548036 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Halophilic archaea, also referred to as haloarchaea, dominate hypersaline environments. To survive under such extreme conditions, haloarchaea and their enzymes have evolved to function optimally in environments with high salt concentrations and, sometimes, with extreme pH and temperatures. These features make haloarchaea attractive sources of a wide variety of biotechnological products, such as hydrolytic enzymes, with numerous potential applications in biotechnology. The unique trait of haloarchaeal enzymes, haloenzymes, to sustain activity under hypersaline conditions has extended the range of already-available biocatalysts and industrial processes in which high salt concentrations inhibit the activity of regular enzymes. In addition to their halostable properties, haloenzymes can also withstand other conditions such as extreme pH and temperature. In spite of these benefits, the industrial potential of these natural catalysts remains largely unexplored, with only a few characterized extracellular hydrolases. Because of the applied impact of haloarchaea and their specific ability to live in the presence of high salt concentrations, studies on their systematics have intensified in recent years, identifying many new genera and species. This review summarizes the current status of the haloarchaeal genera and species, and discusses the properties of haloenzymes and their potential industrial applications.
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- Mohammad Ali Amoozegar
- Extremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Extremophiles Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, School of Biology and Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Letsididi R, Hassanin HA, Koko MY, Ndayishimiye JB, Zhang T, Jiang B, Stressler T, Fischer L, Mu W. Characterization of a thermostable glycoside hydrolase (CMbg0408) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Caldivirga maquilingensis IC-167. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2017; 97:2132-2140. [PMID: 27582034 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.8019] [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: 12/08/2015] [Revised: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 08/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hyperthermophilic archaea capable of functioning optimally at very high temperatures are a good source of unique and industrially important thermostable enzymes. RESULTS A glycoside hydrolase family 1 β-galactosidase gene (BglB) from a hyperthermophilic archaeon Caldivirga maquilingensis IC-167 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant enzyme (CMbg0408) displayed optimum activity at 110 °C and pH 5.0. It also retained 92% and 70% of its maximal activity at 115 and 120 °C, respectively. The enzyme was completely thermostable and active after 120 min of incubation at 80 and 90 °C. It also showed broad substrate specificity with activities of 8876 ± 185 U mg-1 for p-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside, 4464 ± 172 U mg-1 for p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucopyranoside, 1486 ± 68 U mg-1 for o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside, 2250 ± 86 U mg-1 for o-nitrophenyl-β-d-xylopyranoside and 175 ± 4 U mg-1 for lactose. A catalytic efficiency (kcat /Km ) of 3059 ± 122 mmol L-1 s-1 and Km value of 8.1 ± 0.08 mmol L-1 were displayed towards p-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside. CONCLUSION As a result of its remarkable thermostability and high activity at high temperatures, this novel β-galactosidase may be useful for food and pharmaceutical applications. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Rebaone Letsididi
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- National Food Technology Research Centre, Private Bag 008, Kanye, Botswana
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Science, Garbenstrasse 25, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Science, Garbenstrasse 25, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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Xia GH, Cao SL, Xu P, Li XH, Zhou J, Zong MH, Lou WY. Preparation of a Nanobiocatalyst by Efficiently Immobilizing Aspergillus niger
Lipase onto Magnetic Metal-Biomolecule Frameworks (BioMOF). ChemCatChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201700070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Gao-Hui Xia
- Lab of Applied Biocatalysis; School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Lab of Applied Biocatalysis; School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
- Department of Food Science; Foshan University; Foshan 528000 China
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- Lab of Applied Biocatalysis; School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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- Lab of Applied Biocatalysis; School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
- State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou 510640 China
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Crystal Structures of Two Isozymes of Citrate Synthase from Sulfolobus tokodaii Strain 7. Biochem Res Int 2016; 2016:7560919. [PMID: 27656296 PMCID: PMC5021468 DOI: 10.1155/2016/7560919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus tokodaii strain 7 has two citrate synthase genes (ST1805-CS and ST0587-CS) in the genome with 45% sequence identity. Because they exhibit similar optimal temperatures of catalytic activity and thermal inactivation profiles, we performed structural comparisons between these isozymes to elucidate adaptation mechanisms to high temperatures in thermophilic CSs. The crystal structures of ST1805-CS and ST0587-CS were determined at 2.0 Å and 2.7 Å resolutions, respectively. Structural comparison reveals that both of them are dimeric enzymes composed of two identical subunits, and these dimeric structures are quite similar to those of citrate synthases from archaea and eubacteria. ST0587-CS has, however, 55 ion pairs within whole dimer structure, while having only 36 in ST1805-CS. Although the number and distributions of ion pairs are distinct from each other, intersubunit ion pairs between two domains of each isozyme are identical especially in interterminal region. Because the location and number of ion pairs are in a trend with other CSs from thermophilic microorganisms, the factors responsible for thermal adaptation of ST-CS isozymes are characterized by ion pairs in interterminal region.
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AglM and VNG1048G, Two Haloarchaeal UDP-Glucose Dehydrogenases, Show Different Salt-Related Behaviors. Life (Basel) 2016; 6:life6030031. [PMID: 27527219 PMCID: PMC5041007 DOI: 10.3390/life6030031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Revised: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Schwartz MH, Pan T. Temperature dependent mistranslation in a hyperthermophile adapts proteins to lower temperatures. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 44:294-303. [PMID: 26657639 PMCID: PMC4705672 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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All organisms universally encode, synthesize and utilize proteins that function optimally within a subset of growth conditions. While healthy cells are thought to maintain high translational fidelity within their natural habitats, natural environments can easily fluctuate outside the optimal functional range of genetically encoded proteins. The hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix (A. pernix) can grow throughout temperature variations ranging from 70 to 100°C, although the specific factors facilitating such adaptability are unknown. Here, we show that A. pernix undergoes constitutive leucine to methionine mistranslation at low growth temperatures. Low-temperature mistranslation is facilitated by the misacylation of tRNALeu with methionine by the methionyl-tRNA synthetase (MetRS). At low growth temperatures, the A. pernix MetRS undergoes a temperature dependent shift in tRNA charging fidelity, allowing the enzyme to conditionally charge tRNALeu with methionine. We demonstrate enhanced low-temperature activity for A. pernix citrate synthase that is synthesized during leucine to methionine mistranslation at low-temperature growth compared to its high-fidelity counterpart synthesized at high-temperature. Our results show that conditional leucine to methionine mistranslation can make protein adjustments capable of improving the low-temperature activity of hyperthermophilic proteins, likely by facilitating the increasing flexibility required for greater protein function at lower physiological temperatures.
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- Michael H Schwartz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, 929 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA Committee on Microbiology, University of Chicago, 929 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, 929 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA Committee on Microbiology, University of Chicago, 929 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Production of halophilic proteins using Haloferax volcanii H1895 in a stirred-tank bioreactor. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 100:1183-1195. [PMID: 26428236 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7007-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Revised: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 09/12/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The success of biotechnological processes is based on the availability of efficient and highly specific biocatalysts, which can satisfy industrial demands. Extreme and remote environments like the deep brine pools of the Red Sea represent highly interesting habitats for the discovery of novel halophilic and thermophilic enzymes. Haloferax volcanii constitutes a suitable expression system for halophilic enzymes obtained from such brine pools. We developed a batch process for the cultivation of H. volcanii H1895 in controlled stirred-tank bioreactors utilising knockouts of components of the flagella assembly system. The standard medium Hv-YPC was supplemented to reach a higher cell density. Without protein expression, cell dry weight reaches 10 g L(-1). Two halophilic alcohol dehydrogenases were expressed under the control of the tryptophanase promoter p.tna with 16.8 and 3.2 mg gCDW (-1), respectively, at a maximum cell dry weight of 6.5 g L(-1). Protein expression was induced by the addition of L-tryptophan. Investigation of various expression strategies leads to an optimised two-step induction protocol introducing 6 mM L-tryptophan at an OD650 of 0.4 followed by incubation for 16 h and a second induction step with 3 mM L-tryptophan followed by a final incubation time of 4 h. Compared with the uncontrolled shaker-flask cultivations used until date, dry cell mass concentrations were improved by a factor of more than 5 and cell-specific enzyme activities showed an up to 28-fold increased yield of the heterologous proteins.
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Kumar S, Khan RH, Khare SK. Structural elucidation and molecular characterization ofMarinobactersp. α-amylase. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 46:238-46. [DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2015.1015564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Mitrovic A, Flicker K, Steinkellner G, Gruber K, Reisinger C, Schirrmacher G, Camattari A, Glieder A. Thermostability improvement of endoglucanase Cel7B from Hypocrea pseudokoningii. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2013.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Characterization of a heat-active archaeal β-glucosidase from a hydrothermal spring metagenome. Enzyme Microb Technol 2014; 57:48-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2014.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Revised: 01/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Timpson LM, Liliensiek AK, Alsafadi D, Cassidy J, Sharkey MA, Liddell S, Allers T, Paradisi F. A comparison of two novel alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes (ADH1 and ADH2) from the extreme halophile Haloferax volcanii. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:195-203. [PMID: 22526808 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4074-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Revised: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 03/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Haloarchaeal alcohol dehydrogenases are exciting biocatalysts with potential industrial applications. In this study, two alcohol dehydrogenase enzymes from the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii (HvADH1 and HvADH2) were homologously expressed and subsequently purified by immobilized metal-affinity chromatography. The proteins appeared to copurify with endogenous alcohol dehydrogenases, and a double Δadh2 Δadh1 gene deletion strain was constructed to prevent this occurrence. Purified HvADH1 and HvADH2 were compared in terms of stability and enzymatic activity over a range of pH values, salt concentrations, and temperatures. Both enzymes were haloalkaliphilic and thermoactive for the oxidative reaction and catalyzed the reductive reaction at a slightly acidic pH. While the NAD(+)-dependent HvADH1 showed a preference for short-chain alcohols and was inherently unstable, HvADH2 exhibited dual cofactor specificity, accepted a broad range of substrates, and, with respect to HvADH1, was remarkably stable. Furthermore, HvADH2 exhibited tolerance to organic solvents. HvADH2 therefore displays much greater potential as an industrially useful biocatalyst than HvADH1.
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- Leanne M Timpson
- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, UCD School of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Calo D, Guan Z, Eichler J. Glyco-engineering in Archaea: differential N-glycosylation of the S-layer glycoprotein in a transformed Haloferax volcanii strain. Microb Biotechnol 2011; 4:461-70. [PMID: 21338478 PMCID: PMC3413378 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2011.00250.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Archaeal glycoproteins present a variety of N‐linked glycans not seen elsewhere. The ability to harness the agents responsible for this unparalleled diversity offers the possibility of generating glycoproteins bearing tailored glycans, optimized for specific functions. With a well‐defined N‐glycosylation pathway and available genetic tools, the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii represents a suitable platform for such glyco‐engineering efforts. In Hfx. volcanii, the S‐layer glycoprotein is modified by an N‐linked pentasaccharide. In the following, S‐layer glycoprotein N‐glycosylation was considered in cells in which AglD, the dolichol phosphate mannose synthase involved in addition of the final residue of the pentasaccharide, was replaced by a haloarchaeal homologue of AglJ, the enzyme involved in addition of the first residue of the N‐linked pentasaccharide. In the engineering strain, the S‐layer glycoprotein is modified by a novel N‐linked glycan not found on this reporter from the parent strain. Moreover, deletion of AglD alone and introduction of the AglJ homologue from Halobacterium salinarum, OE2528R, into the deletion strain resulted in increased biosynthesis of the novel 894 Da glycan concomitant with reduced biogenesis of the pentasaccharide normally N‐linked to the S‐layer glycoprotein. These findings justify efforts designed to transform Hfx. volcanii into a glyco‐engineering ‘workshop’.
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- Doron Calo
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel
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McGeagh JD, Ranaghan KE, Mulholland AJ. Protein dynamics and enzyme catalysis: insights from simulations. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2010; 1814:1077-92. [PMID: 21167324 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 11/25/2010] [Accepted: 12/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The role of protein dynamics in enzyme catalysis is one of the most active and controversial areas in enzymology today. Some researchers claim that protein dynamics are at the heart of enzyme catalytic efficiency, while others state that dynamics make no significant contribution to catalysis. What is the biochemist - or student - to make of the ferocious arguments in this area? Protein dynamics are complex and fascinating, as molecular dynamics simulations and experiments have shown. The essential question is: do these complex motions have functional significance? In particular, how do they affect or relate to chemical reactions within enzymes, and how are chemical and conformational changes coupled together? Biomolecular simulations can analyse enzyme reactions and dynamics in atomic detail, beyond that achievable in experiments: accurate atomistic modelling has an essential part to play in clarifying these issues. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein Dynamics: Experimental and Computational Approaches.
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- John D McGeagh
- Centre for Computational Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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Staiano M, Baldassarre M, Esposito M, Apicella E, Vitale R, Aurilia V, D'Auria S. New trends in bio/nanotechnology: stable proteins as advanced molecular tools for health and environment. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2010; 31:935-942. [PMID: 20662382 DOI: 10.1080/09593331003639575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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In this work the thermophilic trehalose/maltose-binding protein from Thermococcus litoralis is presented as a probe for the design of a high stable fluorescence biosensor for glucose. In particular, we show the possibility of modulating the protein specificity by changing temperature. In addition to glucose sensing, we also report on the possibility of utilizing odorant-binding proteins as a probe for the development of optical sensors for analytes of environmental interests.
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- M Staiano
- Laboratory for Molecular Sensing, Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Naples, Italy
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Zhang C, Kim SK. Research and application of marine microbial enzymes: status and prospects. Mar Drugs 2010; 8:1920-34. [PMID: 20631875 PMCID: PMC2901830 DOI: 10.3390/md8061920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Revised: 06/15/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Over billions of years, the ocean has been regarded as the origin of life on Earth. The ocean includes the largest range of habitats, hosting the most life-forms. Competition amongst microorganisms for space and nutrients in the marine environment is a powerful selective force, which has led to evolution. The evolution prompted the marine microorganisms to generate multifarious enzyme systems to adapt to the complicated marine environments. Therefore, marine microbial enzymes can offer novel biocatalysts with extraordinary properties. This review deals with the research and development work investigating the occurrence and bioprocessing of marine microbial enzymes.
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- Chen Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan, 608-737, Korea
- Key laboratory of Molecular Enzymology and Enzyme Engineering of Ministry Education, Jilin University, Changchun, 130023, China; E-Mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan, 608-737, Korea
- Marine Bioprocess Research Center, Pukyong National University, Busan, 608-737, Korea
- *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +82-51-629-7097; Fax: +82 -51-629-7099
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Allers T. Overexpression and purification of halophilic proteins in Haloferax volcanii. Bioeng Bugs 2010; 1:288-90. [PMID: 21327063 DOI: 10.4161/bbug.1.4.11794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Halophilic enzymes function optimally at high salt concentrations and are active at low water availability. Such conditions are encountered at elevated concentrations of solutes such as salts and sugars, and at high concentrations of organic solvents. However, expression in heterologous hosts such as Escherichia coli can cause problems, since halophilic proteins typically misfold and aggregate in conditions of low ionic strength. We have harnessed the sophisticated genetic tools available for the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii, to develop a system for the overexpression and purification of halophilic proteins under native conditions.
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- Thorsten Allers
- Institute of Genetics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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Scirè A, Marabotti A, Staiano M, Iozzino L, Luchansky MS, Der BS, Dattelbaum JD, Tanfani F, D'Auria S. Amino acid transport in thermophiles: characterization of an arginine-binding protein in Thermotoga maritima. 2. Molecular organization and structural stability. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2010; 6:687-98. [PMID: 20237647 DOI: 10.1039/b922092e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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ABC transport systems provide selective passage of metabolites across cell membranes and typically require the presence of a soluble binding protein with high specificity to a specific ligand. In addition to their primary role in nutrient gathering, the binding proteins associated with bacterial transport systems have been studied for their potential to serve as design scaffolds for the development of fluorescent protein biosensors. In this work, we used Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the physicochemical properties of a hyperthermophilic binding protein from Thermotoga maritima. We demonstrated preferential binding for the polar amino acid arginine and experimentally monitored the significant stabilization achieved upon binding of ligand to protein. The effect of temperature, pH, and detergent was also studied to provide a more complete picture of the protein dynamics. A protein structure model was obtained and molecular dynamic experiments were performed to investigate and couple the spectroscopic observations with specific secondary structural elements. The data determined the presence of a buried beta-sheet providing significant stability to the protein under all conditions investigated. The specific amino acid residues responsible for arginine binding were also identified. Our data on dynamics and stability will contribute to our understanding of bacterial binding protein family members and their potential biotechnological applications.
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- Andrea Scirè
- Department of Biochemistry, Biology, and Genetics, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Involvement of cysteine 306 and alanine 63 in the thermostability and oligomeric organization of glucose isomerase from Streptomyces sp. SK. Biologia (Bratisl) 2009. [DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0155-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Canals A, Coll M. Cloning, expression, purification and crystallization of the Rho transcription termination factor from Thermotoga maritima. Protein Expr Purif 2009; 65:174-8. [PMID: 19297693 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rho is an essential ATP-dependent homohexameric helicase that is found in the vast majority of bacterial species. It is responsible for transcription termination at factor-dependent terminators. Rho binds to a specific region of the newly-synthesised mRNA and translocates along the chain until it reaches and disassembles the transcription complex. Basically, two crystallographic structures of Rho hexamer from Escherichia coli have been reported: an open ring with RNA (or ssDNA) bound to the RNA-binding domain, and a closed ring with the RNA bound to both the RNA-binding domain and the ATP-ase domain. The structure of the protein free from RNA is still unknown, but thermophilic bacteria enable an alternative approach to its characterization as their proteins often crystallize more easily than those of their mesophilic homologs. We report here the heterologous expression in E. coli of full-length Rho from the thermophile Thermotoga maritima, a simple protocol for the purification of its hexameric nucleic acid-free form, and the obtainment of 2.4 A-diffracting crystals.
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- Albert Canals
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine and Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC), Barcelona Science Park, Baldiri Reixac 10-12, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Scirè A, Marabotti A, Aurilia V, Staiano M, Ringhieri P, Iozzino L, Crescenzo R, Tanfani F, D'Auria S. Molecular strategies for protein stabilization: the case of a trehalose/maltose-binding protein from Thermus thermophilus. Proteins 2008; 73:839-50. [PMID: 18506781 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The trehalose/maltose-binding protein (MalE1) is one component of trehalose and maltose uptake system in the thermophilic organism Thermus thermophilus. MalE1 is a monomeric 48 kDa protein predominantly organized in alpha-helix conformation with a minor content of beta-structure. In this work, we used Fourier-infrared spectroscopy and in silico methodologies for investigating the structural stability properties of MalE1. The protein was studied in the absence and in the presence of maltose as well as in the absence and in the presence of SDS at different p(2)H values (neutral p(2)H and at p(2)H 9.8). In the absence of SDS, the results pointed out a high thermostability of the MalE1 alpha-helices, maintained also at basic p(2)H values. However, the obtained data also showed that at high temperatures the MalE1 beta-sheets underwent to structural rearrangements that were totally reversible when the temperature was lowered. At room temperature, the addition of SDS to the protein solution slightly modified the MalE1 secondary structure content by decreasing the protein thermostability. The infrared data, corroborated by molecular dynamics simulation experiments performed on the structure of MalE1, indicated that the protein hydrophobic interactions have an important role in the MalE1 high thermostability. Finally, the results obtained on MalE1 are also discussed in comparison with the data on similar thermostable proteins already studied in our laboratories.
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- Andrea Scirè
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Stepanenko OV, Marabotti A, Kuznetsova IM, Turoverov KK, Fini C, Varriale A, Staiano M, Rossi M, D'Auria S. Hydrophobic interactions and ionic networks play an important role in thermal stability and denaturation mechanism of the porcine odorant-binding protein. Proteins 2008; 71:35-44. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.21658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Turner P, Mamo G, Karlsson EN. Potential and utilization of thermophiles and thermostable enzymes in biorefining. Microb Cell Fact 2007; 6:9. [PMID: 17359551 PMCID: PMC1851020 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-6-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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In today's world, there is an increasing trend towards the use of renewable, cheap and readily available biomass in the production of a wide variety of fine and bulk chemicals in different biorefineries. Biorefineries utilize the activities of microbial cells and their enzymes to convert biomass into target products. Many of these processes require enzymes which are operationally stable at high temperature thus allowing e.g. easy mixing, better substrate solubility, high mass transfer rate, and lowered risk of contamination. Thermophiles have often been proposed as sources of industrially relevant thermostable enzymes. Here we discuss existing and potential applications of thermophiles and thermostable enzymes with focus on conversion of carbohydrate containing raw materials. Their importance in biorefineries is explained using examples of lignocellulose and starch conversions to desired products. Strategies that enhance thermostablity of enzymes both in vivo and in vitro are also assessed. Moreover, this review deals with efforts made on developing vectors for expressing recombinant enzymes in thermophilic hosts.
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- Pernilla Turner
- Dept Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Dept Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Dept Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Nakayama H, Shimamura T, Imagawa T, Shirai N, Itoh T, Sako Y, Miyano M, Sakuraba H, Ohshima T, Nomura N, Tsuge H. Structure of a Hyperthermophilic Archaeal Homing Endonuclease, I-Tsp061I: Contribution of Cross-domain Polar Networks to Thermostability. J Mol Biol 2007; 365:362-78. [PMID: 17069851 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2006] [Revised: 09/22/2006] [Accepted: 09/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A novel LAGLIDADG-type homing endonuclease (HEase), I-Tsp061I, from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermoproteus sp. IC-061 16 S rRNA gene (rDNA) intron was characterized with respect to its structure, catalytic properties and thermostability. It was found that I-Tsp061I is a HEase isoschizomer of the previously described I-PogI and exhibits the highest thermostability among the known LAGLIDADG-type HEases. Determination of the crystal structure of I-Tsp061I at 2.1 A resolution using the multiple isomorphous replacement and anomalous scattering method revealed that the overall fold is similar to that of other known LAGLIDADG-type HEases, despite little sequence similarity between I-Tsp061I and those HEases. However, I-Tsp061I contains important cross-domain polar networks, unlike its mesophilic counterparts. Notably, the polar network Tyr6-Asp104-His180-107O-HOH12-104O-Asn177 exists across the two packed alpha-helices containing both the LAGLIDADG catalytic motif and the GxxxG hydrophobic helix bundle motif. Another important structural feature is the salt-bridge network Asp29-Arg31-Glu182 across N and C-terminal domain interface, which appears to contribute to the stability of the domain/domain packing. On the basis of these structural analyses and extensive mutational studies, we conclude that such cross-domain polar networks play key roles in stabilizing the catalytic center and domain packing, and underlie the hyperthermostability of I-Tsp061I.
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- Hitoshi Nakayama
- Structural Biophysics Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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We review fold usage on completed genomes to explore protein structure evolution. The patterns of presence or absence of folds on genomes gives us insights into the relationships between folds, the age of different folds and how we have arrived at the set of folds we see today. We examine the relationships between different measures which describe protein fold usage, such as the number of copies of a fold per genome, the number of families per fold, and the number of genomes a fold occurs on. We obtained these measures of fold usage by searching for the structural domains on 157 completed genome sequences from all three kingdoms of life. In our comparisons of these measures we found that bacteria have relatively more distinct folds on their genomes than archaea. Eukaryotes were found to have many more copies of a fold on their genomes. If we separate out the different fold classes, the alpha/beta class has relatively fewer distinct folds on large genomes, more copies of a fold on bacteria and more folds occurring in all three kingdoms simultaneously. These results possibly indicate that most alpha/beta folds originated earlier than other folds. The expected power law distribution is observed for copies of a fold per genome and we found a similar distribution for the number of families per fold. However, a more complicated distribution appears for fold occurrence across genomes, which strongly depends on fold class and kingdom. We also show that there is not a clear relationship between the three measures of fold usage. A fold which occurs on many genomes does not necessarily have many copies on each genome. Similarly, folds with many copies do not necessarily have many families or vice versa.
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- Sanne Abeln
- Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Giordano A, Febbraio F, Russo C, Rossi M, Raia C. Evidence for co-operativity in coenzyme binding to tetrameric Sulfolobus solfataricus alcohol dehydrogenase and its structural basis: fluorescence, kinetic and structural studies of the wild-type enzyme and non-co-operative N249Y mutant. Biochem J 2005; 388:657-67. [PMID: 15651978 PMCID: PMC1138974 DOI: 10.1042/bj20041539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The interaction of coenzyme with thermostable homotetrameric NAD(H)-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase from the thermoacidophilic sulphur-dependent crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (SsADH) and its N249Y (Asn-249-->Tyr) mutant was studied using the high fluorescence sensitivity of its tryptophan residues Trp-95 and Trp-117 to the binding of coenzyme moieties. Fluorescence quenching studies performed at 25 degrees C show that SsADH exhibits linearity in the NAD(H) binding [the Hill coefficient (h) approximately 1) at pH 9.8 and at moderate ionic strength, in addition to positive co-operativity (h=2.0-2.4) at pH 7.8 and 6.8, and at pH 9.8 in the presence of salt. Furthermore, NADH binding is positively co-operative below 20 degrees C (h approximately 3) and negatively co-operative at 40-50 degrees C (h approximately 0.7), as determined at moderate ionic strength and pH 9.8. Steady-state kinetic measurements show that SsADH displays standard Michaelis-Menten kinetics between 35 and 45 degrees C, but exhibits positive and negative co-operativity for NADH oxidation below (h=3.3 at 20 degrees C) and above (h=0.7 at 70-80 degrees C) this range of temperatures respectively. However, N249Y SsADH displays non-co-operative behaviour in coenzyme binding under the same experimental conditions used for the wild-type enzyme. In loop 270-275 of the coenzyme domain and segments at the interface of dimer A-B, analyses of the wild-type and mutant SsADH structures identified the structural elements involved in the intersubunit communication and suggested a possible structural basis for co-operativity. This is the first report of co-operativity in a tetrameric ADH and of temperature-induced co-operativity in a thermophilic enzyme.
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- Antonietta Giordano
- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Marconi 10, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Marconi 10, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Marconi 10, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Marconi 10, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica delle Proteine, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Marconi 10, I-80125 Napoli, Italy
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Bhatnagar T, Boutaiba S, Hacene H, Cayol JL, Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Baratti JC. Lipolytic activity from Halobacteria: screening and hydrolase production. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 248:133-40. [PMID: 15979821 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2005] [Revised: 04/18/2005] [Accepted: 05/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Strains of Halobacteria from an Algerian culture collection were screened for their lipolytic activity against p-nitrophenyl butyrate (PNPB) and p-nitrophenyl palmitate (PNPP). Most strains were active on both esters and 12% hydrolyzed olive oil. A strain identified as Natronococcus sp. was further studied. It grew optimally at 3.5 M NaCl, pH 8 and 40 degrees C. An increase in temperature shifted the optimum salt concentration range for growth from a wider range of 2-4 M, obtained at 25-30 degrees C, to a narrower range of 3.5-4 M, obtained at 35-40 degrees C. At 45 degrees C the optimum salt concentration was 2 M. These results show a clear correlation between salt and temperature requirement. The optimum conditions for the production of hydrolytic activity during growth were: 3.5 M NaCl and pH 8 for PNPB hydrolytic activity and 4 M NaCl and pH 7.5 for PNPP hydrolytic activity; both at 40 degrees C. The clear supernatant of cells grown at 4 M NaCl showed olive oil hydrolysis activity (in presence of 4 M NaCl) demonstrating the occurrence of a lipase activity in this strain. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a lipase activity at such high salt concentration.
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- Tej Bhatnagar
- Laboratoire de Biocatalyse et Chimie Fine, UMR 6111, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, 163, Avenue de Luminy, Case 901, 13288, Marseille Cedex 9 France.
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Ausili A, Di Lauro B, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Bertoli E, Scirè A, Rossi M, Tanfani F, Moracci M. Two-dimensional IR correlation spectroscopy of mutants of the beta-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus identifies the mechanism of quaternary structure stabilization and unravels the sequence of thermal unfolding events. Biochem J 2005; 384:69-78. [PMID: 15283674 PMCID: PMC1134089 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Beta-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is a homotetramer with a higher number of ion pairs compared with mesophilic glycoside hydrolases. The ion pairs are arranged in large networks located mainly at the tetrameric interface of the molecule. In the present study, the structure and thermal stability of the wild-type beta-glycosidase and of three mutants in residues R488 and H489 involved in the C-terminal ionic network were examined by FTIR (Fourier-transform IR) spectroscopy. The FTIR data revealed small differences in the secondary structure of the proteins and showed a lower thermostability of the mutant proteins with respect to the wild-type. Generalized 2D-IR (two-dimensional IR correlation spectroscopy) at different temperatures showed different sequences of thermal unfolding events in the mutants with respect to the wild-type, indicating that punctual mutations affect the unfolding and aggregation process of the protein. A detailed 2D-IR analysis of synchronous maps of the proteins allowed us to identify the temperatures at which the ionic network that stabilizes the quaternary structure of the native and mutant enzymes at the C-terminal breaks down. This evidence gives support to the current theories on the mechanism of ion-pair stabilization in proteins from hyperthermophilic organisms.
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- Alessio Ausili
- *Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- †Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- *Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
- ‡Faculty of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- *Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- †Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
- §Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy
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- *Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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- †Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Epting KL, Vieille C, Zeikus JG, Kelly RM. Influence of divalent cations on the structural thermostability and thermal inactivation kinetics of class II xylose isomerases. FEBS J 2005; 272:1454-64. [PMID: 15752361 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04577.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The effects of divalent metal cations on structural thermostability and the inactivation kinetics of homologous class II d-xylose isomerases (XI; EC 5.3.1.5) from mesophilic (Escherichia coli and Bacillus licheniformis), thermophilic (Thermoanaerobacterium thermosulfurigenes), and hyperthermophilic (Thermotoga neapolitana) bacteria were examined. Unlike the three less thermophilic XIs that were substantially structurally stabilized in the presence of Co2+ or Mn2+ (and Mg2+ to a lesser extent), the melting temperature [(Tm) approximately 100 degrees C] of T. neapolitana XI (TNXI) varied little in the presence or absence of a single type of metal. In the presence of any two of these metals, TNXI exhibited a second melting transition between 110 degrees C and 114 degrees C. TNXI kinetic inactivation, which was non-first order, could be modeled as a two-step sequential process. TNXI inactivation in the presence of 5 mm metal at 99-100 degrees C was slowest in the presence of Mn2+[half-life (t(1/2)) of 84 min], compared to Co2+ (t(1/2) of 14 min) and Mg2+ (t(1/2) of 2 min). While adding Co2+ to Mg2+ increased TNXI's t(1/2) at 99-100 degrees C from 2 to 7.5 min, TNXI showed no significant activity at temperatures above the first melting transition. The results reported here suggest that, unlike the other class II XIs examined, single metals are required for TNXI activity, but are not essential for its structural thermostability. The structural form corresponding to the second melting transition of TNXI in the presence of two metals is not known, but likely results from cooperative interactions between dissimilar metals in the two metal binding sites.
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- Kevin L Epting
- Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, USA
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Marabotti A, D'Auria S, Rossi M, Facchiano AM. Theoretical model of the three-dimensional structure of a sugar-binding protein from Pyrococcus horikoshii: structural analysis and sugar-binding simulations. Biochem J 2004; 380:677-84. [PMID: 15015939 PMCID: PMC1224218 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2003] [Revised: 03/11/2004] [Accepted: 03/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The three-dimensional structure of a sugar-binding protein from the thermophilic archaea Pyrococcus horikoshii has been predicted by a homology modelling procedure and investigated for its stability and its ability to bind different sugars. The model was created by using as templates the three-dimensional structures of a maltodextrin-binding protein from Pyrococcus furiosus, a trehalose-maltose-binding protein from Thermococcus litoralis and a maltodextrin-binding protein from Escherichia coli. According to the suggestions from the CASP (Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction) meetings, the homology modelling strategy was applied by assessing an accurate multiple sequence alignment, based on the high structural conservation in the family of ATP-binding cassette transporters to which all these proteins belong. The model has been deposited in the Protein Data Bank with the code 1R25. According to the origin of the protein, several characteristics in the organization of the secondary-structure elements and in the distribution of polar and non-polar amino acids are very similar to those of thermophilic proteins, compared with proteins from mesophilic organisms, and are analysed in detail. Finally, a simulation of the binding of several sugars in the binding site of this protein is presented, and interactions with amino acids are highlighted in detail.
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- Anna Marabotti
- Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Institute of Food Science, Italian National Research Council, Via Roma 52A/C, 83100 Avellino, Italy
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Archaea have developed a variety of molecular strategies to survive the often harsh environments in which they exist. Although the rules that allow archaeal enzymes to fulfill their catalytic functions under extremes of salinity, temperature or pressure are not completely understood, the stability of these extremophilic enzymes, or extremozymes, in the face of adverse conditions has led to their use in a variety of biotechnological applications in which such tolerances are advantageous. In the following, examples of commercially important archaeal extremozymes are presented, potentially useful archaeal extremozyme sources are identified and solutions to obstacles currently hindering wider use of archaeal extremozymes are discussed.
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- J Eichler
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University, P.O. Box 653, Beersheva 84105, Israel.
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Brautaset T, Williams MD, Dillingham RD, Kaufmann C, Bennaars A, Crabbe E, Flickinger MC. Role of the Bacillus methanolicus citrate synthase II gene, citY, in regulating the secretion of glutamate in L-lysine-secreting mutants. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:3986-95. [PMID: 12839772 PMCID: PMC165195 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.7.3986-3995.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2002] [Accepted: 04/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The thermotolerant, restrictive methylotroph Bacillus methanolicus MGA3 (ATCC 53907) can secrete 55 g of glutamate per liter (maximum yield, 0.36 g/g) at 50 degrees C with methanol as a carbon source and a source of ammonia in fed-batch bioreactors. A homoserine dehydrogenase mutant, 13A52-8A66, secreting up to 35 g of L-lysine per liter in fed-batch fermentations had minimal 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase activity [7.3 nmol min(-1) (mg of protein)(-1)], threefold-increased pyruvate carboxylase activity [535 nmol min(-1) (mg of protein)(-1)], and elevated citrate synthase (CS) activity [292 nmol min(-1) (mg of protein)(-1)] and simultaneously secreted glutamate (20 to 30 g per liter) and L-lysine. The flow of carbon from oxaloacetate is split between transamination to aspartate and formation of citrate. To investigate the regulation of this branch point, the B. methanolicus gene citY encoding a CSII protein with activity at 50 degrees C was cloned from 13A52-8A66 into a CS-deficient Escherichia coli K2-1-4 strain. A citY-deficient B. methanolicus mutant, NCS-L-7, was also isolated from the parent strain of 13A52-8A66 by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis, followed by selection with monofluoroacetate disks on glutamate plates. Characterization of these strains confirmed that citY in strain 13A52-8A66 was not altered and that B. methanolicus possessed several forms of CS. Analysis of citY cloned from NCS-L-7 showed that the reduced CS activity resulted from a frameshift mutation. The level of glutamate secreted by NCS-L-7 was reduced sevenfold and the ratio of L-lysine to glutamate secreted was increased 4.5-fold compared to the wild type in fed-batch cultures with glutamate feeding. This indicates that glutamate secretion in L-lysine-overproducing mutants can be altered in favor of increased L-lysine secretion by regulating in vivo CS activity.
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- Trygve Brautaset
- Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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Xu Z, Liu Y, Yang Y, Jiang W, Arnold E, Ding J. Crystal structure of D-Hydantoinase from Burkholderia pickettii at a resolution of 2.7 Angstroms: insights into the molecular basis of enzyme thermostability. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:4038-49. [PMID: 12837777 PMCID: PMC164862 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.14.4038-4049.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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D-Hydantoinase (D-HYD) is an industrial enzyme that is widely used in the production of D-amino acids which are precursors for semisynthesis of antibiotics, peptides, and pesticides. This report describes the crystal structure of D-hydantoinase from Burkholderia pickettii (HYD(Bp)) at a 2.7-A resolution. The structure of HYD(Bp) consists of a core (alpha/beta)(8) triose phosphate isomerase barrel fold and a beta-sheet domain, and the catalytic active site consists of two metal ions and six highly conserved amino acid residues. Although HYD(Bp) shares only moderate sequence similarity with D-HYDs from Thermus sp. (HYD(Tsp)) and Bacillus stearothermophilus (HYD(Bst)), whose structures have recently been solved, the overall structure and the structure of the catalytic active site are strikingly similar. Nevertheless, the amino acids that compose the substrate-binding site are less conserved and have different properties, which might dictate the substrate specificity. Structural comparison has revealed insights into the molecular basis of the differential thermostability of D-HYDs. The more thermostable HYD(Tsp) contains more aromatic residues in the interior of the structure than HYD(Bp) and HYD(Bst). Changes of large aromatic residues in HYD(Tsp) to smaller residues in HYD(Bp) or HYD(Bst) decrease the hydrophobicity and create cavities inside the structure. HYD(Tsp) has more salt bridges and hydrogen-bonding interactions and less oxidation susceptible Met and Cys residues on the protein surface than HYD(Bp) and HYD(Bst). Besides, HYD(Tsp) also contains more rigid Pro residues. These factors are likely to make major contributions to the varying thermostability of these enzymes. This information could be exploited in helping to engineer more thermostable mesophilic enzymes.
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- Zhen Xu
- Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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Cohen GN, Barbe V, Flament D, Galperin M, Heilig R, Lecompte O, Poch O, Prieur D, Quérellou J, Ripp R, Thierry JC, Van der Oost J, Weissenbach J, Zivanovic Y, Forterre P. An integrated analysis of the genome of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi. Mol Microbiol 2003; 47:1495-512. [PMID: 12622808 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03381.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Pyrococcus abyssi and the related species Pyrococcus furiosus and Pyrococcus horikoshii, whose genomes have been completely sequenced, are presently used as model organisms in different laboratories to study archaeal DNA replication and gene expression and to develop genetic tools for hyperthermophiles. We have performed an extensive re-annotation of the genome of P. abyssi to obtain an integrated view of its phylogeny, molecular biology and physiology. Many new functions are predicted for both informational and operational proteins. Moreover, several candidate genes have been identified that might encode missing links in key metabolic pathways, some of which have unique biochemical features. The great majority of Pyrococcus proteins are typical archaeal proteins and their phylogenetic pattern agrees with its position near the root of the archaeal tree. However, proteins probably from bacterial origin, including some from mesophilic bacteria, are also present in the P. abyssi genome.
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- Georges N Cohen
- Institut Pasteur, 25,28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris CEDEX 15, France
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Large AT, Kovacs E, Lund PA. Properties of the chaperonin complex from the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii. FEBS Lett 2002; 532:309-12. [PMID: 12482584 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)03685-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii has three genes encoding type II chaperonins, named cct1, cct2 and cct3. We show here that the three CCT proteins are all expressed but not to the same level. All three proteins are further induced on heat shock. The CCT proteins were purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation, sucrose gradient centrifugation and hydrophobic interaction chromatography. This procedure yields a high molecular mass complex (or complexes). The complex has ATPase activity, which is magnesium dependent, low salt-sensitive and stable to at least 75 degrees C. Activity requires high levels of potassium ions and was reduced in the presence of an increasing concentration of sodium ions.
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- Andrew T Large
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK
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Bell GS, Russell RJM, Connaris H, Hough DW, Danson MJ, Taylor GL. Stepwise adaptations of citrate synthase to survival at life's extremes. From psychrophile to hyperthermophile. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:6250-60. [PMID: 12473121 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03344.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The crystal structure of citrate synthase from the thermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (optimum growth temperature = 85 degrees C) has been determined, extending the number of crystal structures of citrate synthase from different organisms to a total of five that span the temperature range over which life exists (from psychrophile to hyperthermophile). Detailed structural analysis has revealed possible molecular mechanisms that determine the different stabilities of the five proteins. The key to these mechanisms is the precise structural location of the additional interactions. As one ascends the temperature ladder, the subunit interface of this dimeric enzyme and loop regions are reinforced by complex electrostatic interactions, and there is a reduced exposure of hydrophobic surface. These observations reveal a progressive pattern of stabilization through multiple additional interactions at solvent exposed, loop and interfacial regions.
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- Graeme S Bell
- Centre for Extremophile Research, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK
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Mombelli E, Shehi E, Fusi P, Tortora P. Exploring hyperthermophilic proteins under pressure: theoretical aspects and experimental findings. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1595:392-6. [PMID: 11983413 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(01)00361-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Proteins from hyperthermophilic microorganisms are generally capable of withstanding temperatures close to, or even higher than the boiling point. As a rule, these proteins are strongly piezostable as well, although exceptions have been also reported. This observation has a theoretical relevance, as the understanding of the effects of pressure and temperature on protein stability is equally important to develop a comprehensive model for their thermodynamic stability. Nevertheless, the structural features justifying the correlation between heat resistance and pressure resistance are poorly understood. Actually, most reports do not exceed the phenomenological level. Only in the case of the small protein Sso7d from Sulfolobus solfataricus, characterisation of wild-type and some mutants showed that both properties are largely accounted for by a network of aromatic residues found in the hydrophobic core of the molecule. Current knowledge, however, does not allow to establish to what extent this finding may be generalised. In a biotechnological perspective, hyperthermophilic enzymes seem to be more suitable for bioprocesses at high pressure with respect to their mesophilic counterparts. Indeed, thanks to their higher resistance towards pressure and temperature, they may be exploited in a much broader range of working conditions for tuning activity and specificity. Furthermore, they are often activated by increasing pressure, although it cannot be established, to date, to what extent this is a common feature.
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- Enrico Mombelli
- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, UK
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Gerike U, Danson MJ, Hough DW. Cold-active citrate synthase: mutagenesis of active-site residues. PROTEIN ENGINEERING 2001; 14:655-61. [PMID: 11707611 DOI: 10.1093/protein/14.9.655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A comparison of the crystal structure of the dimeric enzyme citrate synthase from the psychrophilic Arthrobacter strain DS2-3R with that of the structurally homologous enzyme from the hyperthermophilic Pyrococcus furiosus reveals a significant difference in the accessibility of their active sites to substrates. In this work, we investigated the possible role in cold activity of the greater accessibility of the Arthrobacter citrate synthase. By site-directed mutagenesis, we replaced two alanine residues at the entrance to the active site with an arginine and glutamate residue, respectively, as found in the equivalent positions of the Pyrococcus enzyme Also, we introduced a loop into the active site of the psychrophilic citrate synthase, again mimicking the situation in the hyperthermophilic enzyme. Analysis of the thermoactivity and thermostability of the mutant enzymes reveals that cold activity is not significantly compromised by the mutations, but rather the affinity for one of the substrates, acetyl-CoA, is dramatically increased. Moreover, one mutant (Loop insertion/K313L/A361R) has an increased thermostability but a reduced temperature optimum for catalytic activity. This unexpected relationship between stability and activity is discussed with respect to the nature of the dependence of catalytic activity on temperature.
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- U Gerike
- Centre for Extremophile Research, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- M M Sun
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Daniel RM, Danson MJ. Assaying activity and assessing thermostability of hyperthermophilic enzymes. Methods Enzymol 2001; 334:283-93. [PMID: 11398470 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(01)34476-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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- R M Daniel
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- M J Danson
- Centre for Extremophile Research, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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Sauvé V, Sygusch J. Molecular cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from Thermus aquaticus. Protein Expr Purif 2001; 21:293-302. [PMID: 11237691 DOI: 10.1006/prep.2000.1380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from the thermophilic eubacteria, Thermus aquaticus YT-1, was cloned and sequenced. Nucleotide-sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame coding for a 33-kDa protein of 305 amino acids having amino acid sequence typical of thermophilic adaptation. Multiple sequence alignment classifies the enzyme as a class II B aldolase that shares similarity with aldolases from other extremophiles: Thermotoga maritima, Aquifex aeolicus, and Helicobacter pylori (49--54% identity, 76--81% homology). Taq FBP aldolase was overexpressed under tac promoter control in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity using heat treatment followed by two chromatographic steps. Yields of 40--50 mg of monodisperse protein were obtained per liter of culture. The quaternary structure is that of a homotetramer stabilized by an apparent 21-amino-acid insertion sequence. The recombinant protein is thermostable for at least 45 min at 80 degrees C with little residual activity below 60 degrees C. Kinetic characterization at 70 degrees C, the optimal growth temperature for T. aquaticus, indicates extreme negative subunit cooperativity (h = 0.32) with a limiting K(m) of 305 microM. The maximal specific activity (V(max)) is 46 U/mg at 70 degrees C.
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- V Sauvé
- Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Evdokimov AG, Anderson DE, Routzahn KM, Waugh DS. Structural basis for oligosaccharide recognition by Pyrococcus furiosus maltodextrin-binding protein. J Mol Biol 2001; 305:891-904. [PMID: 11162100 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A maltodextrin-binding protein from Pyrococcus furiosus (PfuMBP) has been overproduced in Escherichia coli, purified, and crystallized. The crystal structure of the protein bound to an oligosaccharide ligand was determined to 1.85 A resolution. The fold of PfuMBP is very similar to that of the orthologous MBP from E. coli (EcoMBP), despite the moderate level of sequence identity between the two proteins (27 % identity, 46 % similarity). PfuMBP is extremely resistant to heat and chemical denaturation, which may be attributed to a number of factors, such as a tightly packed hydrophobic core, clusters of isoleucine residues, salt-bridges, and the presence of proline residues in key positions. Surprisingly, an attempt to crystallize the complex of PfuMBP with maltose resulted in a structure that contained maltotriose in the ligand-binding site. The structure of the complex suggests that there is a considerable energy gain upon binding of maltotriose in comparison to maltose. Moreover, isothermal titration calorimetry experiments demonstrated that the binding of maltotriose to the protein is exothermic and tight, whereas no thermal effect was observed upon addition of maltose at three temperatures. Therefore, PfuMBP evidently is designed to bind oligosaccharides composed of three or more glucopyranose units.
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- A G Evdokimov
- Protein Engineering Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, P.O. Box B, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA.
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Arnott MA, Michael RA, Thompson CR, Hough DW, Danson MJ. Thermostability and thermoactivity of citrate synthases from the thermophilic and hyperthermophilic archaea, Thermoplasma acidophilum and Pyrococcus furiosus. J Mol Biol 2000; 304:657-68. [PMID: 11099387 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Citrate synthases from Thermoplasma acidophilum (optimal growth at 55 degrees C) and Pyrococcus furiosus (100 degrees C) are homo-dimeric enzymes that show a high degree of structural homology with each other, and thermostabilities commensurate with the environmental temperatures in which their host cells are found. A comparison of their atomic structures with citrate synthases from mesophilic and psychrophilic organisms has indicated the potential importance of inter-subunit contacts for thermostability, and here we report the construction and analysis of site-directed mutants of the two citrate synthases to investigate the contribution of these interactions. Three sets of mutants were made: (a) chimeric mutants where the large (inter-subunit contact) and small (catalytic) domains of the T. acidophilum and P. furiosus enzymes were swapped; (b) mutants of the P. furiosus citrate synthase where the inter-subunit ionic network is disrupted; and (c) P. furiosus citrate synthase mutants in which the C-terminal arms that wrap around their partner subunits have been deleted. All three sets of mutant enzymes were expressed as recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli and were found to be catalytically active. Kinetic parameters and the dependence of catalytic activity on temperature were determined, and the stability of each enzyme was analysed by irreversible thermal inactivation experiments. The chimeric mutants indicate that the thermostability of the whole enzyme is largely determined by the origin of the large, inter-subunit domain, whereas the dependence of catalytic activity on temperature is a function of the small domain. Disruption of the inter-subunit ionic network and prevention of the C-terminal interactions both generated enzymes that were substantially less thermostable. Taken together, these data demonstrate the crucial importance of the subunit contacts to the stability of these oligomeric enzymes. Additionally, they also provide a clear distinction between thermostability and thermoactivity, showing that stability is necessary for, but does not guarantee, catalytic activity at elevated temperatures.
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- M A Arnott
- Centre for Extremophile Research, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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