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Aspergillus oryzae Rutinosidase: Biochemical and Structural Investigation. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:AEM.02438-20. [PMID: 33218993 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02438-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The rutinosidase (Rut)-encoding gene Aorut has been expressed in Pichia pastoris with its native signal sequence from Aspergillus oryzae Biochemical and structural investigation of the purified recombinant mature A. oryzae Rut (AoRut), designated rAoRutM, was performed in this study. A 1.7-Å resolution crystal structure of rAoRutM was determined, which is an essential step forward in the utilization of AoRut as a potential catalyst. The crystal structure of rAoRutM was represented by a (β/α)8 TIM barrel fold with structural similarity to that of rutinosidase from Aspergillus niger (AnRut) and an exo-β-(1,3)-glucanase from Candida albicans The crystal structure revealed that the catalytic site was located in a deep cleft, similarly to AnRut, and that internal cavities and water molecules were also present. Purified rAoRutM hydrolyzed not only 7-O-linked and 3-O-linked flavonoid rutinosides but also 7-O-linked and 3-O-linked flavonoid glucosides. rAoRutM displayed high catalytic activity toward quercetin 3-O-linked substrates such as rutin and isoquercitrin, rather than to the 7-O-linked substrate, quercetin-7-O-glucoside. Unexpectedly, purified rAoRutM exhibited increased thermostability after treatment with endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase H. Circular dichroism (CD) spectra of purified intact rAoRutM and of the enzyme after N-deglycosylation showed a typical α-helical CD profile; however, the molar ellipticity values of the peaks at 208 nm and 212 nm differed. The Km and k cat values for the substrates modified by rutinose were higher than those for the substrates modified by β-d-glucose.IMPORTANCE Flavonoid glycosides constitute a class of secondary metabolites widely distributed in nature. These compounds are involved in bitter taste or clouding in plant-based foods or beverages, respectively. Flavonoid glycoside degradation can proceed through two alternative enzymatic pathways: one that is mediated by monoglycosidases and another that is catalyzed by a diglycosidase. The present report on the biochemical and structural investigation of A. oryzae rutinosidase provides a potential biocatalyst for industrial applications of flavonoids.
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Stošić S, Ristić D, Gašić K, Starović M, Ljaljević Grbić M, Vukojević J, Živković S. Talaromyces minioluteus: New Postharvest Fungal Pathogen in Serbia. PLANT DISEASE 2020; 104:656-667. [PMID: 31961769 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-19-1806-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Talaromyces minioluteus is one of the important species of genus Talaromyces, which has cosmopolitan distribution and is encountered on a wide range of different habitats. This species has not been considered as an important plant pathogen, even though it has been isolated from various plant hosts. Fruits and vegetables with Penicillium-like mold symptoms were collected from 2015 to 2017 from markets in Serbia. Isolates originating from quince, tomato, and orange fruits, onion bulbs, and potato tubers were identified and characterized on a morphological, physiological, and molecular level. Morphological and physiological examination included observing micromorphology, testing growth on six different media and at five different temperatures, and production of three enzymes. Molecular identification and characterization were performed using four molecular markers: internal transcribed spacer, β-tubulin, calmodulin, and DNA-dependent RNA polymerase II second largest subunit. The results of morphological and molecular analyses were in agreement, and they proved that the obtained isolates are T. minioluteus. In the pathogenicity assay, T. minioluteus was confirmed as a pathogen of all species tested with the exception of potato tubers. This is the first report of T. minioluteus as a postharvest plant pathogen on quince, tomato, and orange fruit and onion bulbs. Also, this is the first record of T. minioluteus in Serbia.
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- Stefan Stošić
- Department of Plant Diseases, Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Plant Diseases, Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Plant Diseases, Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Plant Diseases, Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden "Jevremovac", University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden "Jevremovac", University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Plant Diseases, Institute for Plant Protection and Environment, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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de O Buanafina MM, Fernanda Buanafina M, Laremore T, Shearer EA, Fescemyer HW. Characterization of feruloyl esterases in maize pollen. PLANTA 2019; 250:2063-2082. [PMID: 31576447 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-019-03288-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ferulic acid esterases have been identified and partially purified from maize pollen. Results suggest that maize pollen FAEs may play an important role in pollen fertilization. A critical step in maize (Zea mays) seed production involves fertilization of the ovule by pollen, a process that relies on ability of the pollen tube to grow through the highly structured and feruloylated arabinoxylan/cellulose-rich tissue of the silk and stigma. It is known that different cell wall hydrolases are present on the surface of pollen. An important hydrolase reported to date is an endo-xylanase (ZmXYN1). We report presence and characterization of another hydrolase, ferulic acid esterase (FAE), in maize pollen. Using a combination of biochemical approaches, these FAEs were partially purified and characterized with respect to their biochemical properties and putative sequences. Maize pollen FAEs were shown to be expressed early during pollen development, to release significant amounts of both monomeric and dimeric ferulates esterified from maize silks and other grass cell walls, and to synergize with an externally applied fungal endo-1,4-β-xylanase on the release of cell wall ferulates and diferulates. Preliminary analysis of maize silk cell walls following pollination, showed a significant reduction of esterified ferulates up to 96 h following pollination, compared to unpollinated silks. These results suggest that maize pollen FAEs may play an important biological role in pollen fertilization and possibly in seed production.
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- Marcia M de O Buanafina
- Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA.
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- Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Penn State Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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- Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Collombel I, Melkonian C, Molenaar D, Campos FM, Hogg T. New Insights Into Cinnamoyl Esterase Activity of Oenococcus oeni. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2597. [PMID: 31781078 PMCID: PMC6857119 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Some strains of Oenococcus oeni possess cinnamoyl esterase activity that can be relevant in the malolactic stage of wine production liberating hydroxycinnamic acids that are precursors of volatile phenols responsible for sensory faults. The objective of this study was to better understand the basis of the differential activity between strains. After initial screening, five commercial strains of O. oeni were selected, three were found to exhibit cinnamoyl esterase activity (CE+) and two not (CE-). Although the use of functional annotation of genes revealed genotypic variations between the strains, no specific genes common only to the three CE+ strains could explain the different activities. Pasteurized wine was used as a natural source of tartrate esters in growth and metabolism experiments conducted in MRS medium, whilst commercial trans-caftaric acid was used as substrate for enzyme assays. Detoxification did not seem to be the main biological mechanism involved in the activity since unlike its phenolic cleavage products and their immediate metabolites (trans-caffeic acid and 4-ethylcatechol), trans-caftaric acid was not toxic toward O. oeni. In the case of the two CE+ strains OenosTM and CiNeTM, wine-exposed samples showed a more rapid degradation of trans-caftaric acid than the unexposed ones. The CE activity was present in all cell-free extracts of both wine-exposed and unexposed strains, except in the cell-free extracts of the CE- strain CH11TM. This activity may be constitutive rather than induced by exposure to tartrate esters. Trans-caftaric acid was totally cleaved to trans-caffeic acid by cell-free extracts of the three CE+ strains, whilst cell-free extracts of the CE- strain CH16TM showed significantly lower activity, although higher for the strains in experiments with no prior wine exposure. The EstB28 esterase gene, found in the genomes of the 5 strains, did not reveal any difference on the upstream regulation and transport functionality between the strains. This study highlights the complexity of the basis of this activity in wine related O. oeni population. Variable cinnamoyl esterases or/and membrane transport activities in the O. oeni strains analyzed and a possible implication of wine molecules could explain this phenomenon.
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- Ingrid Collombel
- Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- Systems Biology LAB, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Systems Biology LAB, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
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- Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal
- Plataforma de Inovação da Vinha e do Vinho, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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Ay Sal F, Colak DN, Guler HI, Canakci S, Belduz AO. Biochemical characterization of a novel thermostable feruloyl esterase from Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius DSM 2542T. Mol Biol Rep 2019; 46:4385-4395. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-019-04893-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Oliveira DM, Mota TR, Oliva B, Segato F, Marchiosi R, Ferrarese-Filho O, Faulds CB, Dos Santos WD. Feruloyl esterases: Biocatalysts to overcome biomass recalcitrance and for the production of bioactive compounds. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 278:408-423. [PMID: 30704902 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Ferulic acid and its hydroxycinnamate derivatives represent one of the most abundant forms of low molecular weight phenolic compounds in plant biomass. Feruloyl esterases are part of a microorganism's plant cell wall-degrading enzymatic arsenal responsible for cleaving insoluble wall-bound hydroxycinnamates and soluble cytosolic conjugates. Stimulated by industrial requirements, accelerating scientific discoveries and knowledge transfer, continuous improvement efforts have been made to identify, create and repurposed biocatalysts dedicated to plant biomass conversion and biosynthesis of high-added value molecules. Here we review the basic knowledge and recent advances in biotechnological characteristics and the gene content encoding for feruloyl esterases. Information about several enzymes is systematically organized according to their function, biochemical properties, substrate specificity, and biotechnological applications. This review contributes to further structural, functional, and biotechnological R&D both for obtaining hydroxycinnamates from agricultural by-products as well as for lignocellulose biomass treatments aiming for production of bioethanol and other derivatives of industrial interest.
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- Dyoni M Oliveira
- Department of Biochemistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Department of Biochemistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biotechnology, Engineering School of Lorena, University of São Paulo, Lorena, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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- Aix-Marseille Université, INRA UMR 1163 Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Fongiques (BBF), 13009 Marseille, France
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Varriale S, Houbraken J, Granchi Z, Pepe O, Cerullo G, Ventorino V, Chin-A-Woeng T, Meijer M, Riley R, Grigoriev IV, Henrissat B, de Vries RP, Faraco V. Talaromyces borbonicus, sp. nov., a novel fungus from biodegraded Arundo donax with potential abilities in lignocellulose conversion. Mycologia 2018; 110:316-324. [PMID: 29843575 DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2018.1456835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A novel fungal species able to synthesize enzymes with potential synergistic actions in lignocellulose conversion was isolated from the biomass of Arundo donax during biodegradation under natural conditions in the Gussone Park of the Royal Palace of Portici (Naples, Italy). In this work, this species was subjected to morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Sequencing of its genome was performed, resulting in 28 scaffolds that were assembled into 27.05 Mb containing 9744 predicted genes, among which 396 belong to carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZyme)-encoding genes. Here we describe and illustrate this previously unknown species, which was named Talaromyces borbonicus, by a polyphasic approach combining phenotypic, physiological, and sequence data.
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- Simona Varriale
- a Department of Chemical Sciences , University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo , via Cintia, 4 80126 Naples , Italy
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- b Department of Applied and Industrial Mycology , Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute , Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- c GenomeScan B.V., Plesmanlaan 1/D, 2333 BZ Leiden , The Netherlands
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- d Department of Agricultural Sciences , University of Naples Federico II , Via Università 100, 80055 Portici (NA) , Italy
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- a Department of Chemical Sciences , University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo , via Cintia, 4 80126 Naples , Italy
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- d Department of Agricultural Sciences , University of Naples Federico II , Via Università 100, 80055 Portici (NA) , Italy
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- b Department of Applied and Industrial Mycology , Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute , Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- f US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute , 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek , California 94598
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- f US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute , 2800 Mitchell Drive, Walnut Creek , California 94598
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- g Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB), UMR 7257 CNRS , Université Aix-Marseille , 163 Avenue de Luminy, 13288 , Marseille , France.,h INRA, USC 1408 AFMB, 13288 , Marseille , France.,i Department of Biological Sciences , King Abdulaziz University , Jeddah , Saudi Arabia
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- j Department of Fungal Physiology , Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute , Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht , The Netherlands.,k Department of Fungal Molecular Physiology , Utrecht University , Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Chemical Sciences , University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo , via Cintia, 4 80126 Naples , Italy
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Evolution of the feruloyl esterase MtFae1a from Myceliophthora thermophila towards improved catalysts for antioxidants synthesis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:5185-5196. [PMID: 29687143 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8995-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 04/04/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The chemical syntheses currently employed for industrial purposes, including in the manufacture of cosmetics, present limitations such as unwanted side reactions and the need for harsh chemical reaction conditions. In order to overcome these drawbacks, novel enzymes are developed to catalyze the targeted bioconversions. In the present study, a methodology for the construction and the automated screening of evolved variants library of a Type B feruloyl esterase from Myceliophthora thermophila (MtFae1a) was developed and applied to generation of 30,000 mutants and their screening for selecting the variants with higher activity than the wild-type enzyme. The library was generated by error-prone PCR of mtfae1a cDNA and expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Screening for extracellular enzymatic activity towards 4-nitrocatechol-1-yl ferulate, a new substrate developed ad hoc for high-throughput assays of feruloyl esterases, led to the selection of 30 improved enzyme variants. The best four variants and the wild-type MtFae1a were investigated in docking experiments with hydroxycinnamic acid esters using a model of 3D structure of MtFae1a. These variants were also used as biocatalysts in transesterification reactions leading to different target products in detergentless microemulsions and showed enhanced synthetic activities, although the screening strategy had been based on improved hydrolytic activity.
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Insights into substrate binding of ferulic acid esterases by arabinose and methyl hydroxycinnamate esters and molecular docking. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17315. [PMID: 29230049 PMCID: PMC5725599 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17260-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Ferulic acid esterases (FAE, EC 3.1.1.73) cleave the arabinose hydroxycinnamate ester in plant hemicellulose and other related substrates. FAE are commonly categorised as type A-D based on catalytic activities towards model, short alkyl chain esters of hydroxycinnamates. However, this system correlates poorly with sequence and structural features of the enzymes. In this study, we investigated the basis of the type A categorisation of an FAE from Aspergillus niger, AnFaeA, by comparing its activity toward methyl and arabinose hydroxycinnamate esters. kcat/Km ratios revealed that AnFaeA hydrolysed arabinose ferulate 1600-fold, and arabinose caffeate 6.5 times more efficiently than their methyl ester counterparts. Furthermore, small docking studies showed that while all substrates adopted a catalytic orientation with requisite proximity to the catalytic serine, methyl caffeate and methyl p-coumarate preferentially formed alternative non-catalytic conformations that were energetically favoured. Arabinose ferulate was unable to adopt the alternative conformation while arabinose caffeate preferred the catalytic orientation. This study demonstrates that use of short alkyl chain hydroxycinnnamate esters can result in activity misclassification. The findings of this study provide a basis for developing a robust classification system for FAE and form the basis of sequence-function relationships for this class.
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Nieter A, Kelle S, Linke D, Berger RG. Feruloyl esterases from Schizophyllum commune to treat food industry side-streams. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 220:38-46. [PMID: 27566510 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Agro-industrial side-streams are abundant and renewable resources of hydroxycinnamic acids with potential applications as antioxidants and preservatives in the food, health, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical industries. Feruloyl esterases (FAEs) from Schizophyllum commune were functionally expressed in Pichia pastoris with extracellular activities of 6000UL(-1). The recombinant enzymes, ScFaeD1 and ScFaeD2, released ferulic acid from destarched wheat bran and sugar beet pectin. Overnight incubation of coffee pulp released caffeic (>60%), ferulic (>80%) and p-coumaric acid (100%) indicating applicability for the valorization of food processing wastes and enhanced biomass degradation. Based on substrate specificity profiling and the release of diferulates from destarched wheat bran, the recombinant FAEs were characterized as type D FAEs. ScFaeD1 and ScFaeD2 preferably hydrolyzed feruloylated saccharides with ferulic acid esterified to the O-5 position of arabinose residues and showed an unprecedented ability to hydrolyze benzoic acid esters.
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- Annabel Nieter
- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, 30167 Hannover, Germany.
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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Acidic–alkaline ferulic acid esterase from Chaetomium thermophilum var. dissitum: Molecular cloning and characterization of recombinant enzyme expressed in Pichia pastoris. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2015.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pérez-Boada M, Prieto A, Prinsen P, Forquin-Gomez MP, del Río JC, Gutiérrez A, Martínez ÁT, Faulds CB. Enzymatic degradation of Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) stems: influence of the pith and bark in the total hydrolysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2014; 167:469-75. [PMID: 25006023 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2014] [Revised: 06/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The internal pith of a high energy plant, Elephant grass (EG), was more extensively degraded (>50% dry matter) compared to the outer cortex (31%) or the whole stem (35%) by an enzyme preparation from Humicola insolens, Ultraflo. Reducing sugars and acetic acid release from the pith was also higher compared to the cortex. Supplementation of Ultraflo with a type-C feruloyl esterase increased the level of deacetylation but also led to reduced solubilisation. The addition of 20% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as a co-solvent also reduced the solubility of EG by Ultraflo, although acetic acid release was increased, complimenting previous results found on model substrates. The presence of DMSO was also shown to have a protective effect on xylanase activity but not acetyl esterase activity in Ultraflo. Xylan in the biomass was preferentially solubilised by DMSO, while Ultraflo removed more glucose than xylose.
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- Marta Pérez-Boada
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Campus Universidad, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Campus Universidad, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiológicas de Sevilla, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.
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- INRA, UMR 1163 Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, 163 avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France; Aix-Marseille Université, POLYTECH Marseille, UMR 1163 Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, 163 avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiológicas de Sevilla, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiológicas de Sevilla, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Campus Universidad, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Campus Universidad, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; INRA, UMR 1163 Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, 163 avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France; Aix-Marseille Université, POLYTECH Marseille, UMR 1163 Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, 163 avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille cedex 09, France.
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Suzuki K, Hori A, Kawamoto K, Thangudu RR, Ishida T, Igarashi K, Samejima M, Yamada C, Arakawa T, Wakagi T, Koseki T, Fushinobu S. Crystal structure of a feruloyl esterase belonging to the tannase family: a disulfide bond near a catalytic triad. Proteins 2014; 82:2857-67. [PMID: 25066066 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Revised: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Feruloyl esterase (FAE) catalyzes the hydrolysis of the ferulic and diferulic acids present in plant cell wall polysaccharides, and tannase catalyzes the hydrolysis of tannins to release gallic acid. The fungal tannase family in the ESTHER database contains various enzymes, including FAEs and tannases. Despite the importance of FAEs and tannases in bioindustrial applications, three-dimensional structures of the fungal tannase family members have been unknown. Here, we determined the crystal structure of FAE B from Aspergillus oryzae (AoFaeB), which belongs to the fungal tannase family, at 1.5 Å resolution. AoFaeB consists of a catalytic α/β-hydrolase fold domain and a large lid domain, and the latter has a novel fold. To estimate probable binding models of substrates in AoFaeB, an automated docking analysis was performed. In the active site pocket of AoFaeB, residues responsible for the substrate specificity of the FAE activity were identified. The catalytic triad of AoFaeB comprises Ser203, Asp417, and His457, and the serine and histidine residues are directly connected by a disulfide bond of the neighboring cysteine residues, Cys202 and Cys458. This structural feature, the "CS-D-HC motif," is unprecedented in serine hydrolases. A mutational analysis indicated that the novel structural motif plays essential roles in the function of the active site.
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- Kentaro Suzuki
- Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Nieter A, Haase-Aschoff P, Linke D, Nimtz M, Berger RG. A halotolerant type A feruloyl esterase from Pleurotus eryngii. Fungal Biol 2014; 118:348-57. [PMID: 24607359 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2014.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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An extracellular feruloyl esterase (PeFaeA) from the culture supernatant of Pleurotus eryngii was purified to homogeneity using cation exchange, hydrophobic interaction, and size exclusion chromatography. The length of the complete coding sequence of PeFaeA was determined to 1668 bp corresponding to a protein of 555 amino acids. The catalytic triad of Ser-Glu-His demonstrated the uniqueness of the enzyme compared to previously published FAEs. The purified PeFaeA was a monomer with an estimated molecular mass of 67 kDa. Maximum feruloyl esterase (FAE) activity was observed at pH 5.0 and 50 °C, respectively. Metal ions (5 mM), except Hg(2+), had no significant influence on the enzyme activity. Substrate specificity profiling characterized the enzyme as a type A FAE preferring bulky natural substrates, such as feruloylated saccharides, rather than small synthetic ones. Km and kcat of the purified enzyme for methyl ferulate were 0.15 mM and 0.85 s(-1). In the presence of 3 M NaCl activity of the enzyme increased by 28 %. PeFaeA alone released only little ferulic acid from destarched wheat bran (DSWB), whereas after addition of Trichoderma viride xylanase the concentration increased more than 20 fold.
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- Annabel Nieter
- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Inhoffenstraße 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Callinstraße 5, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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Silveira MHL, de Siqueira FG, Rau M, Silva LD, Moreira LRDS, Ferreira-Filho EX, Andreaus J. Hydrolysis of sugarcane bagasse with enzyme preparations fromAcrophialophora nainianagrown on different carbon sources. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/10242422.2013.872634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Várnai A, Costa THF, Faulds CB, Milagres AMF, Siika-aho M, Ferraz A. Effects of enzymatic removal of plant cell wall acylation (acetylation, p-coumaroylation, and feruloylation) on accessibility of cellulose and xylan in natural (non-pretreated) sugar cane fractions. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2014; 7:153. [PMID: 25328538 PMCID: PMC4201721 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-014-0153-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sugar cane internodes can be divided diagonally into four fractions, of which the two innermost ones are the least recalcitrant pith and the moderately accessible pith-rind interface. These fractions differ in enzymatic hydrolyzability due to structural differences. In general, cellulose hydrolysis in plants is hindered by its physical interaction with hemicellulose and lignin. Lignin is believed to be linked covalently to hemicellulose through hydroxycinnamic acids, forming a compact matrix around the polysaccharides. Acetyl xylan esterase and three feruloyl esterases were evaluated for their potential to fragment the lignocellulosic network in sugar cane and to indirectly increase the accessibility of cellulose. RESULTS The hydrolyzability of the pith and pith-rind interface fractions of a low-lignin-containing sugar cane clone (H58) was compared to that of a reference cultivar (RC). Acetyl xylan esterase enhanced the rate and overall yield of cellulose and xylan hydrolysis in all four substrates. Of the three feruloyl esterases tested, only TsFaeC was capable of releasing p-coumaric acid, while AnFaeA and NcFaeD released ferulic acid from both the pith and interface fractions. Ferulic acid release was higher from the less recalcitrant clone (H58)/fraction (pith), whereas more p-coumaric acid was released from the clone (RC)/fraction (interface) with a higher lignin content. In addition, a compositional analysis of the four fractions revealed that p-coumaroyl content correlated with lignin, while feruloyl content correlated with arabinose content, suggesting different esterification patterns of these two hydroxycinnamic acids. Despite the extensive release of phenolic acids, feruloyl esterases only moderately promoted enzyme access to cellulose or xylan. CONCLUSIONS Acetyl xylan esterase TrAXE was more efficient in enhancing the overall saccharification of sugar cane, compared to the feruloyl esterases AnFaeA, TsFaeC, and NcFaeD. The hydroxycinnamic acid composition of sugar cane fractions and the hydrolysis data together suggest that feruloyl groups are more likely to decorate xylan, while p-coumaroyl groups are rather linked to lignin. The three different feruloyl esterases had distinct product profiles on non-pretreated sugar cane substrate, indicating that sugar cane pith could function as a possible natural substrate for feruloyl esterase activity measurements. Hydrolysis data suggest that TsFaeC was able to release p-coumaroyl groups esterifying lignin.
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- Anikó Várnai
- />Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, N-1432, Aas, Norway
- />VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1000, Espoo, 02044 VTT Finland
- />Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, Helsinki, 00014 Finland
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- />Departamento de Biotecnologia, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Universidade de São Paulo, 12602-810 Lorena, SP Brasil
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- />INRA, UMR 1163 Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Fongiques (BBF), POLYTECH, Aix Marseille Université, 163 avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, Cedex 09 France
- />Aix-Marseille Université, INRA, BBF UMR_A 1163, 163 avenue de Luminy, 13288 Marseille, cedex 09 France
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- />Departamento de Biotecnologia, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Universidade de São Paulo, 12602-810 Lorena, SP Brasil
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- />VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, P.O. Box 1000, Espoo, 02044 VTT Finland
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- />Departamento de Biotecnologia, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Universidade de São Paulo, 12602-810 Lorena, SP Brasil
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Biotransformation of rice bran to ferulic acid by pediococcal isolates. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2013; 170:854-67. [PMID: 23615732 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0223-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ferulic acid (FA) is widely used in foods, in beverages, and in various pharmaceutical industries as a precursor of vanillin. FA biotransformation can occur during the growth of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), and its conversion to other phenolic derivatives is observed by many scientists, where ferulic acid esterase (FAE) and ferulic acid decarboxylase (FDC) play significant roles. The present study aimed at screening a panel of LAB for their ability to release FA from rice bran, an agro waste material. FAE and FDC activities were analyzed for the preliminary screening of various dairy isolates. Two Pediococcus acidilactici isolates were selected for studying further the hydrolysis of FA from rice bran and its bioconversion into phenolic derivatives like 4-ethylphenol, vanillin, vanillic acid, and vanillyl alcohol. P. acidilactici M16, a probiotic isolate, has great potential for the production of FA from rice bran and could be exploited as starter culture in the food industry for the production of biovanillin.
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Damásio ARL, Braga CMP, Brenelli LB, Citadini AP, Mandelli F, Cota J, de Almeida RF, Salvador VH, Paixao DAA, Segato F, Mercadante AZ, de Oliveira Neto M, do Santos WD, Squina FM. Biomass-to-bio-products application of feruloyl esterase from Aspergillus clavatus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:6759-67. [PMID: 23229566 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4548-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2012] [Revised: 10/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The structural polysaccharides contained in plant cell walls have been pointed to as a promising renewable alternative to petroleum and natural gas. Ferulic acid is a ubiquitous component of plant polysaccharides, which is found in either monomeric or dimeric forms and is covalently linked to arabinosyl residues. Ferulic acid has several commercial applications in food and pharmaceutical industries. The study herein introduces a novel feruloyl esterase from Aspergillus clavatus (AcFAE). Along with a comprehensive functional and biophysical characterization, the low-resolution structure of this enzyme was also determined by small-angle X-ray scattering. In addition, we described the production of phenolic compounds with antioxidant capacity from wheat arabinoxylan and sugarcane bagasse using AcFAE. The ability to specifically cleave ester linkages in hemicellulose is useful in several biotechnological applications, including improved accessibility to lignocellulosic enzymes for biofuel production.
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- André R L Damásio
- Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol (CTBE), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Rua Giuseppe Máximo Scolfaro, no. 10.000, Caixa, Postal 6170 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Barba Cedillo V, Plou FJ, Martínez MJ. Recombinant sterol esterase from Ophiostoma piceae: an improved biocatalyst expressed in Pichia pastoris. Microb Cell Fact 2012; 11:73. [PMID: 22676486 PMCID: PMC3514274 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The ascomycete Ophiostoma piceae produces a sterol esterase (OPE) with high affinity towards p-nitrophenol, glycerol and sterol esters. Its hydrolytic activity on natural mixtures of triglycerides and sterol esters has been proposed for pitch biocontrol in paper industry since these compounds produce important economic losses during paper pulp manufacture. RESULTS Recently, this enzyme has been heterologously expressed in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris, and the hydrolytic activity of the recombinant protein (OPE*) studied. After the initial screening of different clones expressing the enzyme, only one was selected for showing the highest production rate. Different culture conditions were tested to improve the expression of the recombinant enzyme. Complex media were better than minimal media for production, but in any case the levels of enzymatic activity were higher (7-fold in the best case) than those obtained from O. piceae. The purified enzyme had a molecular mass of 76 kDa, higher than that reported for the native enzyme under SDS-PAGE (60 kDa). Steady-state kinetic characterization of the recombinant protein showed improved catalytic efficiency for this enzyme as compared to the native one, for all the assayed substrates (p-nitrophenol, glycerol, and cholesterol esters). Different causes for this were studied, as the increased glycosylation degree of the recombinant enzyme, their secondary structures or the oxidation of methionine residues. However, none of these could explain the improvements found in the recombinant protein. N-terminal sequencing of OPE* showed that two populations of this enzyme were expressed, having either 6 or 8 amino acid residues more than the native one. This fact affected the aggregation behaviour of the recombinant protein, as was corroborated by analytical ultracentrifugation, thus improving the catalytic efficiency of this enzyme. CONCLUSION P. pastoris resulted to be an optimum biofactory for the heterologous production of recombinant sterol esterase from O. piceae, yielding higher activity levels than those obtained with the saprophytic fungus. The enzyme showed improved kinetic parameters because of its modified N-terminus, which allowed changes in its aggregation behaviour, suggesting that its hydrophobicity has been modified.
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- Víctor Barba Cedillo
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid 28040, Spain
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- Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Marie Curie 2, Madrid 28049, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid 28040, Spain
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Expression and biochemical characterization of two novel feruloyl esterases derived from fecal samples of Rusa unicolor and Equus burchelli. Gene 2012; 500:134-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Revised: 02/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Topakas E, Moukouli M, Dimarogona M, Christakopoulos P. Expression, characterization and structural modelling of a feruloyl esterase from the thermophilic fungus Myceliophthora thermophila. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 94:399-411. [PMID: 22012339 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3612-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2011] [Revised: 08/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A ferulic acid esterase (FAE) from the thermophilic fungus Myceliophthora thermophila (synonym Sporotrichum thermophile), belonging to the carbohydrate esterase family 1 (CE-1), was functionally expressed in methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. The putative FAE from the genomic DNA was successfully cloned in P. pastoris X-33 to confirm that the enzyme exhibits FAE activity. The recombinant FAE was purified to its homogeneity (39 kDa) and subsequently characterized using a series of model substrates including methyl esters of hydroxycinnamates, alkyl ferulates and monoferuloylated 4-nitrophenyl glycosides. The substrate specificity profiling reveals that the enzyme shows a preference for the hydrolysis of methyl caffeate and p-coumarate and a strong preference for the hydrolysis of n-butyl and iso-butyl ferulate. The enzyme was active on substrates containing ferulic acid ester linked to the C-5 and C-2 linkages of arabinofuranose, whilst it was found capable of de-esterifying acetylated glucuronoxylans. Ferulic acid (FA) was efficiently released from destarched wheat bran when the esterase was incubated together with an M3 xylanase from Trichoderma longibrachiatum (a maximum of 41% total FA released after 1 h incubation). Prediction of the secondary structure of MtFae1a was performed in the PSIPRED server whilst modelling the 3D structure was accomplished by the use of the HH 3D structure prediction server.
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- Evangelos Topakas
- School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Maeng BH, Choi J, Sa YS, Shin JH, Kim YH. Functional expression of recombinant anti-BNP scFv in methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris and application as a recognition molecule in electrochemical sensors. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 28:1027-34. [PMID: 22805824 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-011-0901-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Recent studies have revealed the potential of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as a good prognostic marker for patients with heart failure. Antibodies against BNP are expected to be usefully employed in the diagnosis of heart failures. We established a more efficient method to produce functional anti-BNP, single chain variable fragment (scFv) using a eukaryotic expression system of Pichia pastoris. Although analysis of the N-terminal (NT) sequence of the expressed anti-BNP scFv indicated that the two Ste13 sites of the secreted anti-BNP scFv were not cleaved, the specificity of anti-BNP scFv was not affected significantly. The binding activity of anti-BNP scFv against other antigens, against four other antigens, NT probrain peptide (NT-pro BNP), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and human serum albumin (HSA), was only one thousandth that of the original BNP antigen, which clearly demonstrated the specific binding of recombinant scFv toward BNP. The anti-BNP, scFv-based, electrochemical immunoassay exhibited excellent analytical performance with a detection limit of 1 fg/ml and a wide linear detection range from 1 to 10,000 fg/ml. The optimum culture conditions to obtain the maximum concentration of recombinant scFv were a pH range of 5.0-7.0 and an incubation temperature of 20°C. This anti-BNP scFv expressed in P. pastoris has the potential for promising applications in the diagnosis of heart failure.
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- Bo Hee Maeng
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, 447-1 Wolgye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul 139-701, Republic of Korea
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Faulds CB, Pérez-Boada M, Martínez AT. Influence of organic co-solvents on the activity and substrate specificity of feruloyl esterases. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2011; 102:4962-4967. [PMID: 21354789 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 01/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Organic co-solvents can expand the use of enzymes in lignocellulose deconstruction through making substrates more soluble and thus more accessible. In choosing the most adequate co-solvent for feruloyl esterases, hydrolysis of methyl p-hydroxycinnamates by three pure enzymes (and a multi-enzyme preparation) was evaluated. Low concentrations of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) enhanced hydrolysis by two of the enzymes while at levels >20%, activity was reduced. DMSO also enhanced acetyl esterase-type activity of the enzymes. The co-solvent effect was different for each enzyme-substrate couple, indicating that other factors are also involved. Kinetic studies with a Talaromyces stipitatus feruloyl esterase showed low concentrations of dimethylsulfoxide enhanced the hydrolytic rate while K(m) also increased. Moreover, long-term incubation (96 h) of an Aspergillus niger feruloyl esterase in dimethylsulfoxide:water provided to the enzyme the ability to hydrolyze methyl p-coumarate, suggesting an active-site re-arrangement. Dimethylsulfoxide (10-30%) is proposed as an adequate co-solvent for feruloyl esterase treatment of water-insoluble substrates.
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- Craig B Faulds
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
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A thermostable feruloyl-esterase from the hemicellulolytic bacterium Thermobacillus xylanilyticus releases phenolic acids from non-pretreated plant cell walls. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 90:541-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3103-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Revised: 12/22/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Occurrence, properties, and applications of feruloyl esterases. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 84:803-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2148-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2009] [Revised: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Fazary AE, Ju YH. Production, partial purification and characterization of feruloyl esterase byAspergillus awamoriin submerged fermentation. Biotechnol J 2008; 3:1264-75. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.200800101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Cloning, characterization and functional expression of an alkalitolerant type C feruloyl esterase from Fusarium oxysporum. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 79:245-54. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1432-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2008] [Revised: 02/22/2008] [Accepted: 02/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fazary AE, Ju YH. Feruloyl esterases as biotechnological tools: current and future perspectives. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2007; 39:811-28. [PMID: 17989872 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2007.00348.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Feruloyl esterases represent a diverse group of hydrolases catalyzing the cleavage and formation of ester bonds between plant cell wall polysaccharide and phenolic acid. They are widely distributed in plants and microorganisms. Besides lipases, a considerable number of microbial feruloyl esterases have also been discovered and overexpressed. This review summarizes the latest research on their classification, production, and biophysicochemical properties. Special emphasis is given to the importance of that type of enzyme and their related phenolic ferulic acid compound in biotechnological processes, and industrial and medicinal applications.
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- Ahmed E Fazary
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106-07, Taiwan, China
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Benoit I, Danchin EGJ, Bleichrodt RJ, de Vries RP. Biotechnological applications and potential of fungal feruloyl esterases based on prevalence, classification and biochemical diversity. Biotechnol Lett 2007; 30:387-96. [PMID: 17973091 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9564-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Feruloyl esterases are part of the enzymatic spectrum employed by fungi and other microorganisms to degrade plant polysaccharides. They release ferulic acid and other aromatic acids from these polymeric structures and have received an increasing interest in industrial applications such as in the food, pulp and paper and bio-fuel industries. This review provides an overview of the current knowledge on fungal feruloyl esterases focussing in particular on the differences in substrate specificity, regulation of their production, prevalence of these enzymes in fungal genomes and industrial applications.
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- Isabelle Benoit
- Unité Génie Microbiologique et Enzymatique, SupAgro-INRA, Bâtiment 32, 2 Place Pierre Viala, Montpellier, France
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Shin HD, Chen RR. A type B feruloyl esterase from Aspergillus nidulans with broad pH applicability. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 73:1323-30. [PMID: 17043824 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0612-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2006] [Revised: 07/12/2006] [Accepted: 08/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A hypothetical protein AN1772.2 of Aspergillus nidulans was found to have a 56% identity with a known type C ferulic acid esterase (FAE) from Talaromyces stipitatus. In addition, it contained a 13-amino acid conserved region flanking the characteristic G-X-S-X-G motif of a serine esterase, suggesting a FAE function for the protein. The putative FAE was successfully cloned from the genomic DNA and expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The recombinant protein exhibited high FAE activities. Therefore, its function as an FAE was unequivocally determined. About 86% of the enzyme activity was found in the growth medium, indicating that the native signal peptide was effective in the yeast expression system. The recombinant FAE was purified to its homogeneity, and subsequently characterized. The FAE is stable over an unusually wide range of pH (4.0-9.5), has a pH optimum of 7.0, and a temperature optimum of 45 degrees C. A substrate specificity profiling reveals that the enzyme is a type B FAE, despite its strong sequence homology with type C FAEs, raising an interesting question on the role of the conserved region in substrate specificity.
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- Hyun-Dong Shin
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0100, USA
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Vafiadi C, Topakas E, Christakopoulos P, Faulds CB. The feruloyl esterase system of Talaromyces stipitatus: Determining the hydrolytic and synthetic specificity of TsFaeC. J Biotechnol 2006; 125:210-21. [PMID: 16584797 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2005] [Revised: 02/02/2006] [Accepted: 02/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The active site of the recombinant Talaromyces stipitatus type-C feruloyl esterase (TsFaeC) was probed using a series of C1-C4 alkyl ferulates and methyl esters of phenylalkanoic and cinnamic acids. The enzyme was active on 23 of the 34 substrates tested. Lengthening or shortening the aliphatic side chain while maintaining the same aromatic substitutions completely abolished the enzyme activity. Maintaining the phenylpropenoate structure but altering the substitutions of the aromatic ring demonstrated the importance of hydroxyl groups on meta and/or para position of the benzoic ring. The highest catalytic efficiency of TsFaeC for methyl cinnamates was shown on methyl 3,4-dihydroxy cinnamate and on its hydro form (3,4-dihydroxy-phenyl-propionate). Maintaining the ferulate structure but altering the esterified alkyl group, the comparison of k(cat) and k(cat)/K(m) values showed that the enzyme hydrolysed faster and more efficiently than ethyl ferulate. Alkyl ferulates were applied also for substrate selectivity mapping of feruloyl esterase to catalyze feruloyl group transfer to l-arabinose, using as a reaction system a ternary water-organic mixture consisting of n-hexane, t-butanol and water. The reaction parameters affecting the feruloylation rate and the conversion of the enzymatic synthesis, such as the composition of the reaction media, temperature, substrate and enzyme concentration have been investigated.
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- Christina Vafiadi
- Biotechnology Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens, 5 Iroon Polytechniou Str, Zografou Campus, 15700 Athens, Greece
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Benito MJ, Connerton IF, Córdoba JJ. Genetic characterization and expression of the novel fungal protease, EPg222 active in dry-cured meat products. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 73:356-65. [PMID: 16941178 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0498-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2006] [Revised: 04/19/2006] [Accepted: 05/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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EPg222 protease is a novel extracellular enzyme produced by Penicillium chrysogenum (Pg222) isolated from dry-cured hams that has the potential for use over a broad range of applications in industries that produce dry-cured meat products. The gene encoding EPg222 protease has been identified. Peptide sequences of EPg222 were obtained by de novo sequencing of tryptic peptides using mass spectrometry. The corresponding gene was amplified by PCR using degenerated primers based on a combination of conserved serine protease-encoding sequences and reverse translation of the peptide sequences. EPg222 is encoded as a gene of 1,361 bp interrupted by two introns. The deduced amino acid sequence indicated that the enzyme is synthesized as a preproenzyme with a putative signal sequence of 19 amino acids (aa), a prosequence of 96 aa and a mature protein of 283 aa. A cDNA encoding EPg222 has been cloned and expressed as a functionally active enzyme in Pichia pastoris. The recombinant enzyme exhibits similar activities to the native enzyme against a wide range of protein substrates including muscle myofibrillar protein. The mature sequence contains conserved aa residues characteristic of those forming the catalytic triad of serine proteases (Asp42, His76 and Ser228) but notably the food enzyme exhibits specific aa substitutions in the immunoglobulin-E recognition regions that have been identified in protein homologues that are allergenic.
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- María J Benito
- Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonnington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK.
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Benoit I, Navarro D, Marnet N, Rakotomanomana N, Lesage-Meessen L, Sigoillot JC, Asther M, Asther M. Feruloyl esterases as a tool for the release of phenolic compounds from agro-industrial by-products. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:1820-7. [PMID: 16697997 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2006] [Revised: 04/07/2006] [Accepted: 04/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Agro-industrial by-products are a potential source of added-value phenolic acids with promising applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. Here two purified feruloyl esterases from Aspergillus niger, FAEA and FAEB were tested for their ability to release phenolic acids such as caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid and ferulic acid from coffee pulp, apple marc and wheat straw. Their hydrolysis activity was evaluated and compared with their action on maize bran and sugar beet pulp. The specificity of both enzymes against natural and synthetic substrates was evaluated; particular attention was paid to quinic esters and lignin monomers. The efficiency of both enzymes on model substrates was studied. We show the ability of these enzymes to hydrolyze quinic esters and ester linkages between phenolic acids and lignin monomer.
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- Isabelle Benoit
- UMR-1163 INRA de Biotechnologie des Champignons Filamenteux, IFR86-BAIM, Universités de Provence et de la Méditerranée, ESIL, Marseille, France
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Shin HD, Chen RR. Production and characterization of a type B feruloyl esterase from Fusarium proliferatum NRRL 26517. Enzyme Microb Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Topakas E, Christakopoulos P, Faulds CB. Comparison of mesophilic and thermophilic feruloyl esterases: Characterization of their substrate specificity for methyl phenylalkanoates. J Biotechnol 2005; 115:355-66. [PMID: 15639097 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2004.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2004] [Revised: 09/23/2004] [Accepted: 10/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The active sites of feruloyl esterases from mesophilic and thermophilic sources were probed using methyl esters of phenylalkanoic acids. Only 13 out of 26 substrates tested were significant substrates for all the enzymes. Lengthening or shortening the aliphatic side chain while maintaining the same aromatic substitutions completely abolished activity for both enzymes, which demonstrates the importance of the correct distance between the aromatic group and the ester bond. Maintaining the phenylpropanoate structure but altering the substitutions of the aromatic ring demonstrated that the type-A esterase from the mesophilic fungus Fusarium oxysporum (FoFaeA) showed a preference for methoxylated substrates, in contrast to the type-B esterase from the same source (FoFaeB) and the thermophilic type-B (StFaeB) and type-C (StFaeC) from Sporotrichum thermophile, which preferred hydroxylated substrates. All four esterases hydrolyzed short chain aliphatic acid (C2-C4) esters of p-nitrophenol, but not the C12 ester of laurate. All the feruloyl esterases were able to release ferulic acid from the plant cell wall material in conjunction with a xylanase, but only the type-A esterase FoFaeA was effective in releasing the 5,5' form of diferulic acid. The thermophilic type-B esterase had a lower catalytic efficiency than its mesophilic counterpart, but released more ferulic acid from plant cell walls.
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- Evangelos Topakas
- Biotechnology Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens, 5 Iroon Polytechniou Str, Zografou Campus, 15700 Athens, Greece
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Sakamoto T, Nishimura S, Kato T, Sunagawa Y, Tsuchiyama M, Kawasaki H. Efficient Extraction of Ferulic Acid from Sugar Beet Pulp Using the Culture Supernatant of Penicillium chrysogenum. J Appl Glycosci (1999) 2005. [DOI: 10.5458/jag.52.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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