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Zhang A, Mo X, Zhou N, Wang Y, Wei G, Chen J, Chen K, Ouyang P. A novel bacterial β- N-acetyl glucosaminidase from Chitinolyticbacter meiyuanensis possessing transglycosylation and reverse hydrolysis activities. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2020; 13:115. [PMID: 32612678 PMCID: PMC7324980 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-020-01754-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND N-Acetyl glucosamine (GlcNAc) and N-Acetyl chitooligosaccharides (N-Acetyl COSs) exhibit many biological activities, and have been widely used in the pharmaceutical, agriculture, food, and chemical industries. Particularly, higher N-Acetyl COSs with degree of polymerization from 4 to 7 ((GlcNAc)4-(GlcNAc)7) show good antitumor and antimicrobial activity, as well as possessing strong stimulating activity toward natural killer cells. Thus, it is of great significance to discover a β-N-acetyl glucosaminidase (NAGase) that can not only produce GlcNAc, but also synthesize N-Acetyl COSs. RESULTS The gene encoding the novel β-N-acetyl glucosaminidase, designated CmNAGase, was cloned from Chitinolyticbacter meiyuanensis SYBC-H1. The deduced amino acid sequence of CmNAGase contains a glycoside hydrolase family 20 catalytic module that shows low identity (12-35%) with the corresponding domain of most well-characterized NAGases. The CmNAGase gene was highly expressed with an active form in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) cells. The specific activity of purified CmNAGase toward p-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl glucosaminide (pNP-GlcNAc) was 4878.6 U/mg of protein. CmNAGase had a molecular mass of 92 kDa, and its optimum activity was at pH 5.4 and 40 °C. The V max, K m, K cat, and K cat/K m of CmNAGase for pNP-GlcNAc were 16,666.67 μmol min-1 mg-1, 0.50 μmol mL-1, 25,555.56 s-1, and 51,111.12 mL μmol-1 s-1, respectively. Analysis of the hydrolysis products of N-Acetyl COSs and colloidal chitin revealed that CmNAGase is a typical exo-acting NAGase. Particularly, CmNAGase can synthesize higher N-Acetyl COSs ((GlcNAc)3-(GlcNAc)7) from (GlcNAc)2-(GlcNAc)6, respectively, showed that it possesses transglycosylation activity. In addition, CmNAGase also has reverse hydrolysis activity toward GlcNAc, synthesizing various linked GlcNAc dimers. CONCLUSIONS The observations recorded in this study that CmNAGase is a novel NAGase with exo-acting, transglycosylation, and reverse hydrolysis activities, suggest a possible application in the production of GlcNAc or higher N-Acetyl COSs.
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- Alei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211800 People’s Republic of China
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β-N-acetylhexosaminidases (EC 3.2.1.52) are retaining hydrolases of glycoside hydrolase family 20 (GH20). These enzymes catalyze hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing N-acetylhexosamine residues, notably N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetylgalactosamine, in N-acetyl-β-D-hexosaminides. In nature, bacterial β-N-acetylhexosaminidases are mainly involved in cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis, analogously, fungal β-N-acetylhexosaminidases act on cell wall chitin. The enzymes work via a distinct substrate-assisted mechanism that utilizes the 2-acetamido group as nucleophile. Curiously, the β-N-acetylhexosaminidases possess an inherent trans-glycosylation ability which is potentially useful for biocatalytic synthesis of functional carbohydrates, including biomimetic synthesis of human milk oligosaccharides and other glycan-functionalized compounds. In this review, we summarize the reaction engineering approaches (donor substrate activation, additives, and reaction conditions) that have proven useful for enhancing trans-glycosylation activity of GH20 β-N-acetylhexosaminidases. We provide comprehensive overviews of reported synthesis reactions with GH20 enzymes, including tables that list the specific enzyme used, donor and acceptor substrates, reaction conditions, and details of the products and yields obtained. We also describe the active site traits and mutations that appear to favor trans-glycosylation activity of GH20 β-N-acetylhexosaminidases. Finally, we discuss novel protein engineering strategies and suggest potential “hotspots” for mutations to promote trans-glycosylation activity in GH20 for efficient synthesis of specific functional carbohydrates and other glyco-engineered products.
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Chen X, Jin L, Jiang X, Guo L, Gu G, Xu L, Lu L, Wang F, Xiao M. Converting a β-N-acetylhexosaminidase into two trans-β-N-acetylhexosaminidases by domain-targeted mutagenesis. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 104:661-673. [PMID: 31822984 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10253-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We have recently derived a β-N-acetylhexosaminidase, BbhI, from Bifidobacterium bifidum JCM 1254, which could regioselectively synthesize GlcNAcβ1-3Galβ1-4Glc with a yield of 44.9%. Here, directed evolution of BbhI by domain-targeted mutagenesis was carried out. Firstly, the GH20 domain was selected for random mutagenesis using MEGAWHOP method and a small library of 1300 clones was created. A total of 734 colonies with reduced hydrolytic activity were isolated, and three mutants with elevated transglycosylation yields, GlcNAcβ1-3Galβ1-4Glc yields of 68.5%, 74.7%, and 81.1%, respectively, were obtained. Subsequently, nineteen independent mutants were constructed according to all the mutation sites in these three mutants. After transglycosylation analysis, Asp714 and Trp773 were identified as key residues for improvement in transglycosylation ability and were chosen for the second round of directed evolution by site-saturation mutagenesis. Two most efficient mutants D714T and W773R that acted as trans-β-N-acetylhexosaminidase were finally achieved. D714T with the substitution at the putative nucleophile assistant residue Asp714 by threonine showed high yield of 84.7% with unobserved hydrolysis towards transglycosylation product. W773R with arginine substitution at Trp773 residue locating at the entrance of catalytic cavity led to the yield up to 81.8%. The kcat/Km values of D714T and W773R for hydrolysis of pNP-β-GlcNAc displayed drastic decreases. NMR investigation of protein-substrate interaction revealed an invariable mode of the catalytic cavity of D714T, W773R, and WT BbhI. The collective motions of protein model showed the mutations Thr714 and Arg773 exerted little effect on the dynamics of the inside but a large effect on the dynamics of the outside of catalytic cavity.
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- Xiaodi Chen
- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China.,School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, People's Republic of China.
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Martinez EA, Boer H, Koivula A, Samain E, Driguez H, Armand S, Cottaz S. Engineering chitinases for the synthesis of chitin oligosaccharides: Catalytic amino acid mutations convert the GH-18 family glycoside hydrolases into transglycosylases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2011.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ramirez-Coutiño L, Espinosa-Marquez J, Peter MG, Shirai K. The effect of pH on the production of chitinolytic enzymes of Verticillium fungicola in submerged cultures. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2010; 101:9236-9240. [PMID: 20659797 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2010] [Revised: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Chitinase and N-acetylhexosaminidase activities in submerged cultures of Verticillium fungicola increased up to 5-fold and 2.5-fold, respectively when the pH of the culture medium was raised from 5 to 8. SDS-PAGE and zymograms of the freeze-dried crude enzyme obtained from the cultures indicated four chitin degrading proteins of M(w) 24, 40, 55 and 63 kDa, whereas isoelectric focusing displayed the separation of three chitin degrading enzymes with isoelectric points of 4.7, 6.8 and 10, as well as two N-acetylhexosaminidases having isoelectric points of 3.2 and 13. Freeze-dried crude enzyme was characterized for its ability to produce chito-oligosaccharides from chitosans. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry analyses revealed that monomers as well as hetero-oligomers with degree of polymerization 4 were initially the main products, whereas oligomers with degree of polymerization 2-11 were detected after extended reaction times.
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- Laura Ramirez-Coutiño
- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Biotechnology Department, Laboratory of Biopolymers, Av. San Rafael Atlixco, No. 186, 09340 Mexico City, Mexico
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Slámová K, Bojarová P, Petrásková L, Křen V. β-N-Acetylhexosaminidase: What's in a name…? Biotechnol Adv 2010; 28:682-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Revised: 04/17/2010] [Accepted: 04/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Harvey DJ. Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: an update covering the period 2001-2002. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2008; 27:125-201. [PMID: 18247413 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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This review is the second update of the original review on the application of MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates that was published in 1999. It covers fundamental aspects of the technique as applied to carbohydrates, fragmentation of carbohydrates, studies of specific carbohydrate types such as those from plant cell walls and those attached to proteins and lipids, studies of glycosyl-transferases and glycosidases, and studies where MALDI has been used to monitor products of chemical synthesis. Use of the technique shows a steady annual increase at the expense of older techniques such as FAB. There is an increasing emphasis on its use for examination of biological systems rather than on studies of fundamental aspects and method development and this is reflected by much of the work on applications appearing in tabular form.
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- David J Harvey
- Department of Biochemistry, Oxford Glycobiology Institute, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
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High degree polymerized chitooligosaccharides synthesis by chitosanase in the bulk aqueous system and reversed micellar microreactors. Process Biochem 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2007.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Valášková V, Baldrian P. Degradation of cellulose and hemicelluloses by the brown rot fungus Piptoporus betulinus – production of extracellular enzymes and characterization of the major cellulases. Microbiology (Reading) 2006; 152:3613-3622. [PMID: 17159214 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.29149-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Piptoporus betulinus is a common wood-rotting fungus parasitic for birch (Betula species). It is able to cause fast mass loss of birch wood or other lignocellulose substrates. When grown on wheat straw, P. betulinus caused 65 % loss of dry mass within 98 days, and it produced endo-1,4-β-glucanase (EG), endo-1,4-β-xylanase, endo-1,4-β-mannanase, 1,4-β-glucosidase (BG), 1,4-β-xylosidase, 1,4-β-mannosidase and cellobiohydrolase activities. The fungus was not able to efficiently degrade crystalline cellulose. The major glycosyl hydrolases, endoglucanase EG1 and β-glucosidase BG1, were purified. EG1 was a protein of 62 kDa with a pI of 2.6–2.8. It cleaved cellulose internally, produced cellobiose and glucose from cellulose and cellooligosaccharides, and also showed β-xylosidase and endoxylanase activities. The K
m for carboxymethylcellulose was 3.5 g l−1, with the highest activity at pH 3.5 and 70 °C. BG1 was a protein of 36 kDa with a pI around 2.6. It was able to produce glucose from cellobiose and cellooligosaccharides, but also produced galactose, mannose and xylose from the respective oligosaccharides and showed some cellobiohydrolase activity. The K
m for p-nitrophenyl-1,4-β-glucoside was 1.8 mM, with the highest activity at pH 4 and 60 °C, and the enzyme was competitively inhibited by glucose (K
i=5.8 mM). The fungus produced mainly β-glucosidase and β-mannosidase activity in its fruit bodies, while higher activities of endoglucanase, endoxylanase and β-xylosidase were found in fungus-colonized wood.
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- Vendula Valášková
- Laboratory of Biochemistry of Wood-Rotting Fungi, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry of Wood-Rotting Fungi, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Petrásková L, Charvátová A, Prikrylová V, Kristová V, Rauvolfová J, Martínková L, Jiménez-Barbero J, Aboitiz N, Petrus L, Kren V. Preparative production and separation of 2-acetamido-2-deoxymannopyranoside-containing saccharides using borate-saturated polyolic exclusion gels. J Chromatogr A 2006; 1127:126-36. [PMID: 16814302 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2006.05.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2006] [Revised: 05/24/2006] [Accepted: 05/31/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A new separation method based on the combination of exclusion and ion exchange chromatography in borate buffer was developed. It allows semi-preparatory and preparatory separation of isobaric N-acylhexosamines (C-2 epimers) and corresponding methyl glycosides (anomers and tautomers). Three types of polyolic gels were tested for these separations. Ion-exchange HPLC was used as a rapid and reliable method for the quantification of the respective analytes. NMR studies of the interactions of N-acetylhexosamines with borate confirmed the importance of a proper stereochemical arrangement of acetamido sugars for their interactions with borate anions.
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- Lucie Petrásková
- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Laboratory of Biotransformation, Vídenská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Krist P, Herkommerová-Rajnochová E, Rauvolfová J, Semenuk T, Vavrusková P, Pavlícek J, Bezouska K, Petrus L, Kren V. Toward an optimal oligosaccharide ligand for rat natural killer cell activation receptor NKR-P1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 287:11-20. [PMID: 11549246 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Aminosugars have a good affinity for the NKR-P1A protein, the major activating receptor at the surface of rat natural killer cells. We have systematically investigated the structural requirements of the recombinant soluble dimeric form of the receptor for its optimal carbohydrate ligands. While N-acetylD-mannosamine was the best neutral monosaccharide ligand, its participation in the context of an extended oligosaccharide sequence was equally important. The IC(50) value for the GalNAcbeta1 --> ManNAc disaccharide was nearly 10(-10) M with a further possible increase depending on the type of the glycosidic linkage and the aglycon nature. From the point of view of its availability, stability, and affinity for the receptor and a potential in vivo use, these studies are pivotal for the design of an oligosaccharide or glycomimetics suitable for further clustering into the multivalent glycodendrimers.
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- P Krist
- Institute of Microbiology, Laboratory of Biotransformation, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Vídenská 1083, CZ-142 20, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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