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Zhong C, Nidetzky B. Bottom-Up Synthesized Glucan Materials: Opportunities from Applied Biocatalysis. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2400436. [PMID: 38514194 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202400436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
Linear d-glucans are natural polysaccharides of simple chemical structure. They are comprised of d-glucosyl units linked by a single type of glycosidic bond. Noncovalent interactions within, and between, the d-glucan chains give rise to a broad variety of macromolecular nanostructures that can assemble into crystalline-organized materials of tunable morphology. Structure design and functionalization of d-glucans for diverse material applications largely relies on top-down processing and chemical derivatization of naturally derived starting materials. The top-down approach encounters critical limitations in efficiency, selectivity, and flexibility. Bottom-up approaches of d-glucan synthesis offer different, and often more precise, ways of polymer structure control and provide means of functional diversification widely inaccessible to top-down routes of polysaccharide material processing. Here the natural and engineered enzymes (glycosyltransferases, glycoside hydrolases and phosphorylases, glycosynthases) for d-glucan polymerization are described and the use of applied biocatalysis for the bottom-up assembly of specific d-glucan structures is shown. Advanced material applications of the resulting polymeric products are further shown and their important role in the development of sustainable macromolecular materials in a bio-based circular economy is discussed.
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- Chao Zhong
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, Graz, 8010, Austria
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, Graz, 8010, Austria
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib), Krenngasse 37, Graz, 8010, Austria
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Franceus J, Lormans J, Desmet T. Building mutational bridges between carbohydrate-active enzymes. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2022; 78:102804. [PMID: 36156353 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2022.102804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The commercial value of specialty carbohydrates and glycosylated compounds has sparked considerable interest in the synthetic potential of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes). Protein engineering methods have proven to be highly successful in expanding the range of glycosylation reactions that these enzymes can perform efficiently and cost-effectively. The past few years have witnessed meaningful progress in this area, largely due to a sharper focus on the understanding of structure-function relationships and mechanistic intricacies. Here, we summarize recent studies that demonstrate how protein engineers have become much better at traversing the fitness landscape of CAZymes through mutational bridges that connect the different activity types.
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- Jorick Franceus
- Centre for Synthetic Biology (CSB), Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology (CSB), Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology (CSB), Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Jung J, Schachtschabel D, Speitling M, Nidetzky B. Controllable Iterative β-Glucosylation from UDP-Glucose by Bacillus cereus Glycosyltransferase GT1: Application for the Synthesis of Disaccharide-Modified Xenobiotics. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:14630-14642. [PMID: 34817995 PMCID: PMC8662728 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Glycosylation in natural product metabolism and xenobiotic detoxification often leads to disaccharide-modified metabolites. The chemical synthesis of such glycosides typically separates the glycosylation steps in space and time. The option to perform the two-step glycosylation in one pot, and catalyzed by a single permissive enzyme, is interesting for a facile access to disaccharide-modified products. Here, we reveal the glycosyltransferase GT1 from Bacillus cereus (BcGT1; gene identifier: KT821092) for iterative O-β-glucosylation from uridine 5'-diphosphate (UDP)-glucose to form a β-linked disaccharide of different metabolites, including a C15 hydroxylated detoxification intermediate of the agricultural herbicide cinmethylin (15HCM). We identify thermodynamic and kinetic requirements for the selective formation of the disaccharide compared to the monosaccharide-modified 15HCM. As shown by NMR and high-resolution MS, β-cellobiosyl and β-gentiobiosyl groups are attached to the aglycone's O15 in a 2:1 ratio. Glucosylation reactions on methylumbelliferone and 4-nitrophenol involve reversible glycosyl transfer from and to UDP as well as UDP-glucose hydrolysis, both catalyzed by BcGT1. Collectively, this study delineates the iterative β-d-glucosylation of aglycones by BcGT1 and demonstrates applicability for the programmable one-pot synthesis of disaccharide-modified 15HCM.
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- Jihye Jung
- Austrian
Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- Institute
of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, NAWI Graz, TU Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Austrian
Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- Institute
of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, NAWI Graz, TU Graz, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Farren-Dai M, Sannikova N, Świderek K, Moliner V, Bennet AJ. Fundamental Insight into Glycoside Hydrolase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of the Universal Koshland Substrates–Glycopyranosyl Fluorides. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Marco Farren-Dai
- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Biocomp Group, Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I, Castellón 12071, Spain
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- Biocomp Group, Institute of Advanced Materials (INAM), Universitat Jaume I, Castellón 12071, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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Jung J, Schmölzer K, Schachtschabel D, Speitling M, Nidetzky B. Selective β-Mono-Glycosylation of a C15-Hydroxylated Metabolite of the Agricultural Herbicide Cinmethylin Using Leloir Glycosyltransferases. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:5491-5499. [PMID: 33973475 PMCID: PMC8278484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c01321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Cinmethylin is a well-known benzyl-ether derivative of the natural terpene 1,4-cineole that is used industrially as a pre-emergence herbicide in grass weed control for crop protection. Cinmethylin detoxification in plants has not been reported, but in animals, it prominently involves hydroxylation at the benzylic C15 methyl group. Here, we show enzymatic β-glycosylation of synthetic 15-hydroxy-cinmethylin to prepare a putative phase II detoxification metabolite of the cinmethylin in plants. We examined eight Leloir glycosyltransferases for reactivity with 15-hydroxy cinmethylin and revealed the selective formation of 15-hydroxy cinmethylin β-d-glucoside from uridine 5'-diphosphate (UDP)-glucose by the UGT71E5 from safflower (Carthamus tinctorius). The UGT71E5 showed a specific activity of 431 mU/mg, about 300-fold higher than that of apple (Malus domestica) UGT71A15 that also performed the desired 15-hydroxy cinmethylin mono-glycosylation. Bacterial glycosyltransferases (OleD from Streptomyces antibioticus, 2.9 mU/mg; GT1 from Bacillus cereus, 60 mU/mg) produced mixtures of 15-hydroxy cinmethylin mono- and disaccharide glycosides. Using UDP-glucose recycling with sucrose synthase, 15-hydroxy cinmethylin conversion with UGT71E5 efficiently provided the β-mono-glucoside (≥95% yield; ∼9 mM) suitable for biological studies.
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- Jihye Jung
- Austrian
Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Graz A-8010, Austria
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- Austrian
Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Graz A-8010, Austria
- Institute
of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, NAWI Graz, TU Graz, Graz A-8010, Austria
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Putkaradze N, Teze D, Fredslund F, Welner DH. Natural product C-glycosyltransferases - a scarcely characterised enzymatic activity with biotechnological potential. Nat Prod Rep 2020; 38:432-443. [PMID: 33005913 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00040j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Covering: up to 2020C-Glycosyltransferases are enzymes that catalyse the transfer of sugar molecules to carbon atoms in substituted aromatic rings of a variety of natural products. The resulting β-C-glycosidic bond is more stable in vivo than most O-glycosidic bonds, hence offering an attractive modulation of a variety of compounds with multiple biological activities. While C-glycosylated natural products have been known for centuries, our knowledge of corresponding C-glycosyltransferases is scarce. Here, we discuss commonalities and differences in the known C-glycosyltransferases, review attempts to leverage them as synthetic biocatalysts, and discuss current challenges and limitations in their research and application.
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- Natalia Putkaradze
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
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Leloir glycosyltransferases of natural product C-glycosylation: structure, mechanism and specificity. Biochem Soc Trans 2020; 48:1583-1598. [DOI: 10.1042/bst20191140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A prominent attribute of chemical structure in microbial and plant natural products is aromatic C-glycosylation. In plants, various flavonoid natural products have a β-C-d-glucosyl moiety attached to their core structure. Natural product C-glycosides have attracted significant attention for their own unique bioactivity as well as for representing non-hydrolysable analogs of the canonical O-glycosides. The biosynthesis of natural product C-glycosides is accomplished by sugar nucleotide-dependent (Leloir) glycosyltransferases. Here, we provide an overview on the C-glycosyltransferases of microbial, plant and insect origin that have been biochemically characterized. Despite sharing basic evolutionary relationships, as evidenced by their common membership to glycosyltransferase family GT-1 and conserved GT-B structural fold, the known C-glycosyltransferases are diverse in the structural features that govern their reactivity, selectivity and specificity. Bifunctional glycosyltransferases can form C- and O-glycosides dependent on the structure of the aglycon acceptor. Recent crystal structures of plant C-glycosyltransferases and di-C-glycosyltransferases complement earlier structural studies of bacterial enzymes and provide important molecular insight into the enzymatic discrimination between C- and O-glycosylation. Studies of enzyme structure and mechanism converge on the view of a single displacement (SN2)-like mechanism of enzymatic C-glycosyl transfer, largely analogous to O-glycosyl transfer. The distinction between reactions at the O- or C-acceptor atom is achieved through the precise positioning of the acceptor relative to the donor substrate in the binding pocket. Nonetheless, C-glycosyltransferases may differ in the catalytic strategy applied to induce nucleophilic reactivity at the acceptor carbon. Evidence from the mutagenesis of C-glycosyltransferases may become useful in engineering these enzymes for tailored reactivity.
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Mestrom L, Przypis M, Kowalczykiewicz D, Pollender A, Kumpf A, Marsden SR, Bento I, Jarzębski AB, Szymańska K, Chruściel A, Tischler D, Schoevaart R, Hanefeld U, Hagedoorn PL. Leloir Glycosyltransferases in Applied Biocatalysis: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20215263. [PMID: 31652818 PMCID: PMC6861944 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Enzymes are nature’s catalyst of choice for the highly selective and efficient coupling of carbohydrates. Enzymatic sugar coupling is a competitive technology for industrial glycosylation reactions, since chemical synthetic routes require extensive use of laborious protection group manipulations and often lack regio- and stereoselectivity. The application of Leloir glycosyltransferases has received considerable attention in recent years and offers excellent control over the reactivity and selectivity of glycosylation reactions with unprotected carbohydrates, paving the way for previously inaccessible synthetic routes. The development of nucleotide recycling cascades has allowed for the efficient production and reuse of nucleotide sugar donors in robust one-pot multi-enzyme glycosylation cascades. In this way, large glycans and glycoconjugates with complex stereochemistry can be constructed. With recent advances, LeLoir glycosyltransferases are close to being applied industrially in multi-enzyme, programmable cascade glycosylations.
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- Luuk Mestrom
- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Section Biocatalysis, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 4, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
- Biotechnology Center, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 8, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry and Biotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 4, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
- Biotechnology Center, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 8, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Biosciences, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Str. 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany.
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- Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Biosciences, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Str. 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany.
- Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology & Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Section Biocatalysis, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- EMBL Hamburg, Notkestraβe 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, Bałtycka 5, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Ks. M. Strzody 7, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.
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- Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Biosciences, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Leipziger Str. 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany.
- Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology & Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
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- ChiralVision, J.H. Oortweg 21, 2333 CH Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Section Biocatalysis, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Section Biocatalysis, Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands.
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