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Çalbaş B, Keobounnam AN, Korban C, Doratan AJ, Jean T, Sharma AY, Wright TA. Protein-polymer bioconjugation, immobilization, and encapsulation: a comparative review towards applicability, functionality, activity, and stability. Biomater Sci 2024; 12:2841-2864. [PMID: 38683585 DOI: 10.1039/d3bm01861j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
Polymer-based biomaterials have received a lot of attention due to their biomedical, agricultural, and industrial potential. Soluble protein-polymer bioconjugates, immobilized proteins, and encapsulated proteins have been shown to tune enzymatic activity, improved pharmacokinetic ability, increased chemical and thermal stability, stimuli responsiveness, and introduced protein recovery. Controlled polymerization techniques, increased protein-polymer attachment techniques, improved polymer surface grafting techniques, controlled polymersome self-assembly, and sophisticated characterization methods have been utilized for the development of well-defined polymer-based biomaterials. In this review we aim to provide a brief account of the field, compare these methods for engineering biomaterials, provide future directions for the field, and highlight impacts of these forms of bioconjugation.
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- Berke Çalbaş
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Diamanti E, López-Gallego F. Single-Particle and Single-Molecule Characterization of Immobilized Enzymes: A Multiscale Path toward Optimizing Heterogeneous Biocatalysts. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202319248. [PMID: 38476019 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Heterogeneous biocatalysis is highly relevant in biotechnology as it offers several benefits and practical uses. To leverage the full potential of heterogeneous biocatalysts, the establishment of well-crafted protocols, and a deeper comprehension of enzyme immobilization on solid substrates are essential. These endeavors seek to optimize immobilized biocatalysts, ensuring maximal enzyme performance within confined spaces. For this aim, multidimensional characterization of heterogeneous biocatalysts is required. In this context, spectroscopic and microscopic methodologies conducted at different space and temporal scales can inform about the intraparticle enzyme kinetics, the enzyme spatial distribution, and the mass transport issues. In this Minireview, we identify enzyme immobilization, enzyme catalysis, and enzyme inactivation as the three main processes for which advanced characterization tools unveil fundamental information. Recent advances in operando characterization of immobilized enzymes at the single-particle (SP) and single-molecule (SM) levels inform about their functional properties, unlocking the full potential of heterogeneous biocatalysis toward biotechnological applications.
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- Eleftheria Diamanti
- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE)-, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo Miramón, 194, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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- Center for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE)-, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo Miramón, 194, 20014, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
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Sánchez-Morán H, Kaar JL, Schwartz DK. Combinatorial High-Throughput Screening of Complex Polymeric Enzyme Immobilization Supports. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:9112-9123. [PMID: 38500441 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
Abstract
Recent advances have demonstrated the promise of complex multicomponent polymeric supports to enable supra-biological enzyme performance. However, the discovery of such supports has been limited by time-consuming, low-throughput synthesis and screening. Here, we describe a novel combinatorial and high-throughput platform that enables rapid screening of complex and heterogeneous copolymer brushes as enzyme immobilization supports, named combinatorial high-throughput enzyme support screening (CHESS). Using a 384-well plate format, we synthesized arrays of three-component polymer brushes in the microwells using photoactivated surface-initiated polymerization and immobilized enzymes in situ. The utility of CHESS to identify optimal immobilization supports under thermally and chemically denaturing conditions was demonstrated usingBacillus subtilisLipase A (LipA). The identification of supports with optimal compositions was validated by immobilizing LipA on polymer-brush-modified biocatalyst particles. We further demonstrated that CHESS could be used to predict the optimal composition of polymer brushes a priori for the previously unexplored enzyme, alkaline phosphatase (AlkP). Our findings demonstrate that CHESS represents a predictable and reliable platform for dramatically accelerating the search of chemical compositions for immobilization supports and further facilitates the discovery of biocompatible and stabilizing materials.
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- Héctor Sánchez-Morán
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Sánchez-Morán H, Kaar JL, Schwartz DK. Supra-biological performance of immobilized enzymes enabled by chaperone-like specific non-covalent interactions. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2299. [PMID: 38485940 PMCID: PMC10940687 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46719-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024] Open
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Designing complex synthetic materials for enzyme immobilization could unlock the utility of biocatalysis in extreme environments. Inspired by biology, we investigate the use of random copolymer brushes as dynamic immobilization supports that enable supra-biological catalytic performance of immobilized enzymes. This is demonstrated by immobilizing Bacillus subtilis Lipase A on brushes doped with aromatic moieties, which can interact with the lipase through multiple non-covalent interactions. Incorporation of aromatic groups leads to a 50 °C increase in the optimal temperature of lipase, as well as a 50-fold enhancement in enzyme activity. Single-molecule FRET studies reveal that these supports act as biomimetic chaperones by promoting enzyme refolding and stabilizing the enzyme's folded and catalytically active state. This effect is diminished when aromatic residues are mutated out, suggesting the importance of π-stacking and π-cation interactions for stabilization. Our results underscore how unexplored enzyme-support interactions may enable uncharted opportunities for using enzymes in industrial biotransformations.
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- Héctor Sánchez-Morán
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Campus Box 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Campus Box 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Campus Box 596, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
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Behera S, Balasubramanian S. Lipase A from Bacillus subtilis: Substrate Binding, Conformational Dynamics, and Signatures of a Lid. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:7545-7556. [PMID: 37989487 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.3c01681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Protein-ligand binding studies are crucial for understanding the molecular basis of biological processes and for further advancing industrial biocatalysis and drug discovery. Using computational modeling and molecular dynamics simulations, we investigated the binding of a butyrate ester substrate to the lipase A (LipA) enzyme of Bacillus subtilis. Besides obtaining a close agreement of the binding free energy with the experimental value, the study reveals a remarkable reorganization of the catalytic triad upon substrate binding, leading to increased essential hydrogen bond populations. The investigation shows the distortion of the oxyanion hole in both the substrate-bound and unbound states of LipA and highlights the strengthening of the same in the tetrahedral intermediate complex. Principal component analysis of the unbound ensemble reveals the dominant motion in LipA to be the movement of Loop-1 (Tyr129-Arg142) between two states that cover and uncover the active site, mirroring that of a lid prevalent in several lipases. This lid-like motion of Loop-1 is also supported by its tendency to spontaneously open up at an oil-water interface. Overall, this study provides valuable insights into the impact of substrate binding on the structure, flexibility, and conformational dynamics of the LipA enzyme.
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- Sudarshan Behera
- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560 064, India
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560 064, India
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Zhang H, Nie M, Gu Z, Xin Y, Zhang L, Li Y, Shi G. Preparation of water-insoluble lignin nanoparticles by deep eutectic solvent and its application as a versatile and biocompatible support for the immobilization of α-amylase. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 249:125975. [PMID: 37494993 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
Abstract
As one of the most abundant biopolymers, lignin is a widely available resource. However, its potential largely remains untapped, with most of it ending up as waste from industries like paper production, pulp processing, and bio-refining. The research undertaken in this study focused on the extraction of lignin from agroforestry waste using a deep eutectic solvent (DES) as a carrier for α-amylase immobilization, resulting in high stability and reusability. Several techniques, including Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), and the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) method were employed to examine the structure and morphology of both the extracted lignin and the immobilized enzyme. The temperature used to recover lignin by DES would affect immobilization efficiency and enzyme loading by influencing its specific surface area, pore size, and volume distribution. Investigations using Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy (NOESY) uncovered that the hydroxyl groups in G, H, and S units and the β-O-4 structure of lignin primarily serve as binding sites for enzyme molecules. Immobilized α-amylase demonstrated a higher pH and thermal stability level, with an optimal pH of 7.0 and temperature of 100 °C, compared to the free enzyme, which exhibited optimal activity at a pH of 6.5 and temperature of 90 °C. Importantly, immobilized α-amylase retained >80 % of its initial activity even after 28 days at room temperature, and it maintained 70 % of its activity after being reused 12 times. These findings strongly suggest that lignin derived from agroforestry residues holds promising potential as a future versatile immobilization material, a prospect integral to society's sustainable development.
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- Huan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China; National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food Biomanufacturing, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000, PR China
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Bisirri EA, Wright TA, Schwartz DK, Kaar JL. Tuning Polymer Composition Leads to Activity-Stability Tradeoff in Enzyme-Polymer Conjugates. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:4033-4041. [PMID: 37610792 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2023]
Abstract
Protein-polymer conjugation provides an opportune means to adjust the local environment of proteins and enhance protein stability, performance, and solubility. Although much attention has been focused on tuning protein-polymer interactions, the properties of polymer-modified proteins may also be altered by polymer-polymer interactions. Herein, we sought to better understand the influence of polymer-polymer interactions on Candida rugosa lipase, which was modified with random co-polymers composed of sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA) and poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA). Our findings suggest that there is an apparent activity-stability tradeoff as a function of polymer composition. Specifically, as the ratio of SBMA to PEGMA increased, lipase stability was enhanced, whereas activity decreased. By tuning the monomer ratio, we showed that lipase productivity could be optimized. These findings are discussed in the context of complex enzyme-polymer and polymer-polymer interactions and ultimately may enable more informed conjugate designs and improved enzyme productivity in industrial biotransformations under harsh or extreme conditions.
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- Evan A Bisirri
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Marcelino T, Docampo MAR, Qian X, Ade C, Brodszkij E, Ceccato M, Foss M, Dulchavsky M, Bardwell JCA, Städler B. Surfaces Coated with Polymer Brushes Work as Carriers for Histidine Ammonia Lyase. Macromol Biosci 2023; 23:e2200528. [PMID: 36971346 DOI: 10.1002/mabi.202200528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
Abstract
The immobilization of enzymes on solid supports is an important challenge in biotechnology and biomedicine. In contrast to other methods, enzyme deposition in polymer brushes offers the benefit of high protein loading that preserves enzymatic activity in part due to the hydrated 3D environment that is available within the brush structure. The authors equipped planar and colloidal silica surfaces with poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)-based brushes to immobilize Thermoplasma acidophilum histidine ammonia lyase, and analyzed the amount and activity of the immobilized enzyme. The poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) brushes are attached to the solid silica supports either via a "grafting-to" or a "grafting-from" method. It is found that the grafting-from method results in higher amounts of deposited polymer and, consequently, higher amounts of Thermoplasma acidophilum histidine ammonia lyase. All polymer brush-modified surfaces show preserved catalytic activity of the deposited Thermoplasma acidophilum histidine ammonia lyase. However, immobilizing the enzyme in polymer brushes using the grafting-from method resulted in twice the enzymatic activity from the grafting-to approach, illustrating a successful enzyme deposition on a solid support.
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- Thaís Marcelino
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
- Sino-Danish College (SDC), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
- Sino-Danish College (SDC), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, P. R. China
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
- Sino-Danish College (SDC), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, P. R. China
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, University Avenue 1105 N., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, University Avenue 1105 N., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark
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Bhattacharjee N, Alonso-Cotchico L, Lucas MF. Enzyme immobilization studied through molecular dynamic simulations. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1200293. [PMID: 37362217 PMCID: PMC10285225 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1200293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023] Open
Abstract
In recent years, simulations have been used to great advantage to understand the structural and dynamic aspects of distinct enzyme immobilization strategies, as experimental techniques have limitations in establishing their impact at the molecular level. In this review, we discuss how molecular dynamic simulations have been employed to characterize the surface phenomenon in the enzyme immobilization procedure, in an attempt to decipher its impact on the enzyme features, such as activity and stability. In particular, computational studies on the immobilization of enzymes using i) nanoparticles, ii) self-assembled monolayers, iii) graphene and carbon nanotubes, and iv) other surfaces are covered. Importantly, this thorough literature survey reveals that, while simulations have been primarily performed to rationalize the molecular aspects of the immobilization event, their use to predict adequate protocols that can control its impact on the enzyme properties is, up to date, mostly missing.
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Zhu X, Du C, Gao B, He B. Strategies to improve the mass transfer in the CO 2 capture process using immobilized carbonic anhydrase. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2023; 332:117370. [PMID: 36716546 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117370] [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: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
High carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere urgently requires eco-friendly mitigation strategies. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is a high-quality enzyme protein, available from a wide range of sources, which has an extremely high catalytic efficiency for the hydration of CO2 compared with other catalytic CO2 conversion systems. While free CA is costly and weakly stable, CA immobilization can significantly improve its stability and allow enzyme recycling. However, gaseous CO2 is significantly different from traditional liquid substrates. Additionally, due to the presence of enzyme carriers, there is limited mass transfer between CO2 and the active center of immobilized CA. Most of the available reviews provide an overview of the improvement in catalytic activity and stability of CA by different immobilization methods and substrates. However, they do not address the limited mass transfer between CO2 and the active center of immobilized CA. Therefore, by focusing on the mass transfer process, this review presents CA immobilization strategies that are more efficient and of greater environmental tolerance by categorizing the methods of enhancing the mass transfer process at each stage of the enzymatic CO2 capture reaction. Such improvements in this green and environmentally friendly biological carbon capture process can increase its efficiency for industrial applications.
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- Xing Zhu
- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710021, China
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, 710021, China.
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Shao Y, Zhou Y, Chen N, Xu W, Zhou H, Lai W, Huang X, Xiang X, Ye Q, Zhang J, Wang J, Parak WJ, Wu Q, Ding Y. Synthesizing Submicron Polyelectrolyte Capsules to Boost Enzyme Immobilization and Enhance Enzyme-Based Immunoassays. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:12393-12403. [PMID: 37033870 PMCID: PMC10077544 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Polyelectrolyte capsules (PCs) exhibit attractive superiorities in enzyme immobilization, including providing a capacious microenvironment for enzyme conformational freedom, highly effective mass transfer, and protecting enzymes from the external environment. Herein, we provide the first systemic evaluation of submicron PCs (SPCs, 500 nm) for enzyme immobilization. The catalytic kinetics results show that SPC encapsulation affected the affinities of enzymes and substrates but significantly enhanced their catalytic activity. The stability test indicates that SPC-encapsulated horseradish peroxidase (HRP) exhibits ultrahigh resistance to external harsh conditions and has a longer storage life than that of soluble HRP. The proposed encapsulation strategy enables 7.73-, 2.22-, and 11.66-fold relative activities when working at a pH as low as 3, at a NaCl concentration as high as 500 mM, and at a trypsin concentration as high as 10 mg/mL. We find that SPC encapsulation accelerates the cascade reaction efficiency of HRP and glucose oxidase. Owing to SPCs enhancing the catalytic activity of the loaded enzymes, we established an amplified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 using HRP-loaded SPCs. The detection sensitivity of SPC-improved ELISA was found to be 280 times greater than that of conventional HRP-based ELISA. Altogether, we provide an elaborate evaluation of 500 nm SPCs on enzyme immobilization and its application in the ultrasensitive detection of foodborne pathogens. This evaluation provides evidence to reveal the potential advantage of SPCs on enzyme immobilization for enzyme-based immunoassays. It has excellent biological activity and strong stability and broadens the application prospect in urine, soy sauce, sewage, and other special samples.
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- Yanna Shao
- Department
of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition,
College of Science & Engineering, College of Life Science and
Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
- Institute
of Microbiology; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern
China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Center
for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science
and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- Department
of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition,
College of Science & Engineering, College of Life Science and
Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
- Institute
of Microbiology; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern
China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Department
of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition,
College of Science & Engineering, College of Life Science and
Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
- Institute
of Microbiology; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern
China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Department
of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition,
College of Science & Engineering, College of Life Science and
Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
- Institute
of Microbiology; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern
China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science
and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science
and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China
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- Institute
of Microbiology; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern
China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Institute
of Microbiology; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern
China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Institute
of Microbiology; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern
China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- College
of Food Science, South China Agricultural
University, Guangzhou 510432, China
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- Center
for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universität Hamburg, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute
of Microbiology; State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern
China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiomics and Precision Application,
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Guangdong Provincial Key
Laboratory of Microbial Safety and Health, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Department
of Food Science and Engineering, Institute of Food Safety and Nutrition,
College of Science & Engineering, College of Life Science and
Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Sánchez-Morán H, Gonçalves LRB, Schwartz DK, Kaar JL. Framework for Optimizing Polymeric Supports for Immobilized Biocatalysts by Computational Analysis of Enzyme Surface Hydrophobicity. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/17/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Héctor Sánchez-Morán
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Ceará, Campus do Pici, Bloco 709, Fortaleza, Ceará CEP 60455-760, Brazil
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Rossino G, Robescu MS, Licastro E, Tedesco C, Martello I, Maffei L, Vincenti G, Bavaro T, Collina S. Biocatalysis: A smart and green tool for the preparation of chiral drugs. Chirality 2022; 34:1403-1418. [PMID: 35929567 DOI: 10.1002/chir.23498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Over the last decades, biocatalysis has achieved growing interest thanks to its potential to enable high efficiency, high yield, and eco-friendly processes aimed at the production of pharmacologically relevant compounds. Particularly, biocatalysis proved an effective and potent tool in the preparation of chiral molecules, and the recent innovations of biotechnologies and nanotechnologies open up a new era of further developments in this field. Different strategies are now available for the synthesis of chiral drugs and their intermediates. Enzymes are green tools that offer several advantages, associated both to catalysis and environmentally friendly reactants. Specifically, the use of enzymes isolated from biological sources or of whole-cell represents a valuable approach to obtain pharmaceutical products. The sustainability, the higher efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of biocatalytic reactions result in improved performance and properties that can be translated from academia to industry. In this review, we focus on biocatalytic approaches for synthesizing chiral drugs or their intermediates. Aiming to unveil the potentialities of biocatalysis systems, we discuss different examples of innovative biocatalytic approaches and their applications in the pharmaceutical industry.
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- Giacomo Rossino
- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy
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Choi Y, Park CS, Tran HV, Li CH, Crudden CM, Lee TR. Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Gold for Surface-Initiated Polymerizations. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:44969-44980. [PMID: 36150129 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c10985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Although N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are superior to thiol adsorbates in that they form remarkably stable bonds with gold, the generation of NHC-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) typically requires a strong base and an inert atmosphere, which limits the utility of such films in many applications. Herein, we report the development and use of bench-stable NHC adsorbates, benzimidazolium methanesulfonates, for the direct formation of NHC films on gold surfaces under an ambient atmosphere at room temperature without the need for extraordinary precautions. The generated NHC SAMs were fully characterized using ellipsometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), polarization modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS), and contact angle measurements, and they were compared to analogous SAMs generated from an NHC bicarbonate adsorbate. Based on these findings, a unique radical initiator α,ω-bidentate azo-terminated NHC adsorbate, NHC15AZO[OMs], was designed and synthesized for the preparation of SAMs on gold surfaces with both NHC headgroups bound to the surface. The adsorbate molecules in NHC15AZO SAMs can exist in a hairpin or a linear conformation depending on the concentration of the adsorbate solution used to prepare the SAM. These conformations were studied by a combination of ellipsometry, XPS, PM-IRRAS, and scanning electron microscopy using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as a tag material. Moreover, the potential utility of these unique radical-initiating NHC films as surface-initiated polymerization platforms was demonstrated by controlling the thickness of polystyrene brush films grown from azo-terminated NHC monolayer surfaces simply by adjusting the reaction time of the photoinitiated radical polymer growth process.
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- Yunsoo Choi
- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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Higaki Y, Furusawa R, Otsu T, Yamada NL. Zwitterionic Poly(carboxybetaine) Brush/Albumin Conjugate Films: Structure and Lubricity. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:9278-9284. [PMID: 35866870 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Artificial cartilages build up a highly lubricious system with the harmony of biomacromolecules and water. Bioconjugate thin films composed of a zwitterionic poly(carboxybetaine methacrylate) (PCB) brush platform and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were designed. BSA conjugation to the PCB brush chains was achieved by carbodiimide chemistry to give PCB brush/BSA conjugate films. The PCB brush/BSA conjugate films exhibited adaptable interfacial properties due to the amphiphilic nature of BSA. Neutron reflectivity showed that BSAs were localized at the liquid side of the conjugate films in PBS and the BSA conjugation slightly reduced the water content of the top layer, while the swollen state of the carpet PCB brush layer remained unchanged. The PCB brush/BSA conjugate films showed improved lubricity in the boundary lubrication mode but slightly worse fluid lubrication induction properties. This conjugate film could be a model system for the investigation of zwitterion/protein composite interfaces and is worth developing biomaterials that require lubrication in vivo.
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- Yuji Higaki
- Department of Integrated Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Oita University, 700 Dannoharu, Oita 870-1192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Oita University, 700 Dannoharu, Oita 870-1192, Japan
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- Department of Innovative Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Oita University, 700 Dannoharu, Oita 870-1192, Japan
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- Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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Activation and Stabilization of Lipase B from Candida antarctica by Immobilization on Polymer Brushes with Optimized Surface Structure. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2022; 194:3384-3399. [PMID: 35357660 PMCID: PMC9270307 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-022-03913-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A reusable support system for the immobilization of lipases is developed using hybrid polymer-inorganic core shell nanoparticles. The biocatalyst core consists of a silica nanoparticle. PMMA is grafted from the nanoparticle as polymer brush via ARGET ATRP (activator regenerated by electron transfer atom transfer radical polymerization), which allows defining the surface properties by chemical synthesis conditions. Lipase B from Candida antarctica is immobilized on the hybrid particles. The activity and stability of the biocatalyst are analyzed by spectroscopic activity analysis. It is shown that the hydrophobic PMMA brushes provide an activating surface for the lipase giving a higher specific activity than the enzyme in solution. Varying the surface structure from disordered to ordered polymer brushes reveals that the reusability of the biocatalyst is more effectively optimized by the surface structure than by the introduction of crosslinking with glutaraldehyde (GDA). The developed immobilization system is highly suitable for biocatalysis in non-native media which is shown by a transesterification assay in isopropyl alcohol and an esterification reaction in n-heptane.
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Rodrigues RC, Berenguer-Murcia Á, Carballares D, Morellon-Sterling R, Fernandez-Lafuente R. Stabilization of enzymes via immobilization: Multipoint covalent attachment and other stabilization strategies. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 52:107821. [PMID: 34455028 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The use of enzymes in industrial processes requires the improvement of their features in many instances. Enzyme immobilization, a requirement to facilitate the recovery and reuse of these water-soluble catalysts, is one of the tools that researchers may utilize to improve many of their properties. This review is focused on how enzyme immobilization may improve enzyme stability. Starting from the stabilization effects that an enzyme may experience by the mere fact of being inside a solid particle, we detail other possibilities to stabilize enzymes: generation of favorable enzyme environments, prevention of enzyme subunit dissociation in multimeric enzymes, generation of more stable enzyme conformations, or enzyme rigidification via multipoint covalent attachment. In this last point, we will discuss the features of an "ideal" immobilization protocol to maximize the intensity of the enzyme-support interactions. The most interesting active groups in the support (glutaraldehyde, epoxide, glyoxyl and vinyl sulfone) will be also presented, discussing their main properties and uses. Some instances in which the number of enzyme-support bonds is not directly related to a higher stabilization will be also presented. Finally, the possibility of coupling site-directed mutagenesis or chemical modification to get a more intense multipoint covalent immobilization will be discussed.
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- Rafael C Rodrigues
- Biocatalysis and Enzyme Technology Lab, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, P.O. Box 15090, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biocatálisis, ICP-CSIC, Campus UAM-CSIC Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biocatálisis, ICP-CSIC, Campus UAM-CSIC Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain; Center of Excellence in Bionanoscience Research, External Scientific Advisory Academics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
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Velasco Abadia A, Herbert KM, Matavulj VM, White TJ, Schwartz DK, Kaar JL. Chemically Triggered Changes in Mechanical Properties of Responsive Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks with Immobilized Urease. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:16740-16749. [PMID: 34590861 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c08216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Liquid crystal polymer networks (LCNs) are stimuli-responsive materials that can be programmed to realize spatial variation in mechanical response and undergo shape transformation. Herein, we report a process to introduce chemical specificity to the stimuli response of LCNs by integrating enzymes as molecular triggers. Specifically, the enzyme urease was immobilized in LCN films via acyl fluoride conjugation chemistry. Activity assays and confocal fluorescence imaging confirmed retention of urease activity after immobilization as well as widespread distribution of enzyme on the film. The addition of urea triggered a response in the LCN whereby newly generated ammonia reacted with free acyl fluorides to form benzamide moieties. These moieties were capable of dimerizing through the formation of supramolecular hydrogen bonds, which was reflected in a 4-fold increase in Young's modulus. Through dynamic mechanical analysis and calorimetry, we further confirmed that the degree of hydrogen bonding in the LCNs could be judiciously designed to fine-tune the mechanical properties and glass transition temperature. These findings demonstrate the untapped potential of biochemical mechanisms as molecular triggers in LCNs and open the door to the use of nucleophilic chemistries in modulating the mechanical properties of LCNs.
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- Albert Velasco Abadia
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Material Science and Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Material Science and Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Sánchez-Morán H, Weltz JS, Schwartz DK, Kaar JL. Understanding Design Rules for Optimizing the Interface between Immobilized Enzymes and Random Copolymer Brushes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:26694-26703. [PMID: 34081428 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c02443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A long-standing goal in the field of biotechnology is to develop and understand design rules for the stabilization of enzymes upon immobilization to materials. While immobilization has sometimes been successful as a strategy to stabilize enzymes, the design of synthetic materials that stabilize enzymes remains largely empirical. We sought to overcome this challenge by investigating the mechanistic basis for the stabilization of immobilized lipases on random copolymer brush surfaces comprised of poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate (PEGMA) and sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA), which represent novel heterogeneous supports for immobilized enzymes. Using several related but structurally diverse lipases, including Bacillus subtilis lipase A (LipA), Rhizomucor miehei lipase, Candida rugosa lipase, and Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB), we showed that the stability of each lipase at elevated temperatures was strongly dependent on the fraction of PEGMA in the brush layer. This dependence was explained by developing and applying a new algorithm to quantify protein surface hydrophobicity, which involved using unsupervised cluster analysis to identify clusters of hydrophobic atoms. Characterization of the lipases showed that the optimal brush composition correlated with the free energy of solvation per enzyme surface area, which ranged from -17.1 kJ/mol·nm2 for LipA to -11.8 kJ/mol·nm2 for CALB. Additionally, using this algorithm, we found that hydrophobic patches consisting of aliphatic residues had a higher free energy than patches consisting of aromatic residues. By providing the basis for rationally tuning the interface between enzymes and materials, this understanding will transform the use of materials to reliably ruggedize enzymes under extreme conditions.
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- Héctor Sánchez-Morán
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Campus Box 596, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Sosa AFC, Bednar RM, Mehl RA, Schwartz DK, Kaar JL. Faster Surface Ligation Reactions Improve Immobilized Enzyme Structure and Activity. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:7154-7163. [PMID: 33914511 PMCID: PMC8574164 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c02375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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During integration into materials, the inactivation of enzymes as a result of their interaction with nanometer size denaturing "hotspots" on surfaces represents a critical challenge. This challenge, which has received far less attention than improving the long-term stability of enzymes, may be overcome by limiting the exploration of surfaces by enzymes. One way this may be accomplished is through increasing the rate constant of the surface ligation reaction and thus the probability of immobilization with reactive surface sites (i.e., ligation efficiency). Here, the connection between ligation reaction efficiency and the retention of enzyme structure and activity was investigated by leveraging the extremely fast reaction of strained trans-cyclooctene (sTCOs) and tetrazines (Tet). Remarkably, upon immobilization via Tet-sTCO chemistry, carbonic anhydrase (CA) retained 77% of its solution-phase activity, while immobilization via less efficient reaction chemistries, such as thiol-maleimide and azide-dibenzocyclooctyne, led to activity retention of only 46% and 27%, respectively. Dynamic single-molecule fluorescence tracking methods further revealed that longer surface search distances prior to immobilization (>0.5 μm) dramatically increased the probability of CA unfolding. Notably, the CA distance to immobilization was significantly reduced through the use of Tet-sTCO chemistry, which correlated with the increased retention of structure and activity of immobilized CA compared to the use of slower ligation chemistries. These findings provide an unprecedented insight into the role of ligation reaction efficiency in mediating the exploration of denaturing hotspots on surfaces by enzymes, which, in turn, may have major ramifications in the creation of functional biohybrid materials.
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- Andres F. Chaparro Sosa
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, 2011 Agricultural & Life Sciences Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-7305
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, 2011 Agricultural & Life Sciences Building, Corvallis, OR 97331-7305
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
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Gehlen MH, Foltran LS, Kienle DF, Schwartz DK. Single-Molecule Observations Provide Mechanistic Insights into Bimolecular Knoevenagel Amino Catalysis. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:9714-9724. [PMID: 33136415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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While single-molecule (SM) methods have provided new insights to various catalytic processes, bimolecular reactions have been particularly challenging to study. Here, the fluorogenic Knoevenagel condensation of an aromatic aldehyde with methyl cyanoacetate promoted by surface-immobilized piperazine is quantitatively characterized using super-resolution fluorescence imaging and stochastic analysis using hidden Markov modeling (HMM). Notably, the SM results suggest that the reaction follows the iminium intermediate pathway before the formation of a fluorescent product with intramolecular charge-transfer character. Moreover, the overall process is limited by the turnover rate of the catalyst, which is involved in multiple steps along the reaction coordinate.
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- Marcelo H Gehlen
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, 13566-590 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, 13566-590 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Rodriguez-Abetxuko A, Sánchez-deAlcázar D, Muñumer P, Beloqui A. Tunable Polymeric Scaffolds for Enzyme Immobilization. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:830. [PMID: 32850710 PMCID: PMC7406678 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The number of methodologies for the immobilization of enzymes using polymeric supports is continuously growing due to the developments in the fields of biotechnology, polymer chemistry, and nanotechnology in the last years. Despite being excellent catalysts, enzymes are very sensitive molecules and can undergo denaturation beyond their natural environment. For overcoming this issue, polymer chemistry offers a wealth of opportunities for the successful combination of enzymes with versatile natural or synthetic polymers. The fabrication of functional, stable, and robust biocatalytic hybrid materials (nanoparticles, capsules, hydrogels, or films) has been proven advantageous for several applications such as biomedicine, organic synthesis, biosensing, and bioremediation. In this review, supported with recent examples of enzyme-protein hybrids, we provide an overview of the methods used to combine both macromolecules, as well as the future directions and the main challenges that are currently being tackled in this field.
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- PolyZymes group, POLYMAT and Department of Applied Chemistry (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain
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- PolyZymes group, POLYMAT and Department of Applied Chemistry (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain
- Department of Applied Chemistry, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Bilbao, Spain
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Burridge KM, Shurina BA, Kozuszek CT, Parnell RF, Montgomery JS, VanPelt JL, Daman NM, McCarrick RM, Ramelot TA, Konkolewicz D, Page RC. Mapping protein-polymer conformations in bioconjugates with atomic precision. Chem Sci 2020; 11:6160-6166. [PMID: 32953011 PMCID: PMC7480076 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc02200d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Rational design of protein-polymer bioconjugates is hindered by limited experimental data and mechanistic understanding on interactions between the two. In this communication, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) reports on distances between paramagnetic spin labels and NMR active nuclei, informing on the conformation of conjugated polymers. 1H/15N-heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) NMR spectra were collected for ubiquitin (Ub) modified with block copolymers incorporating spin labels at different positions along their backbone. The resultant PRE data show that the conjugated polymers have conformations biased towards the nonpolar β-sheet face of Ub, rather than behaving as if in solution. The bioconjugates are stabilized against denaturation by guanidine-hydrochloride, as measured by circular dichroism (CD), and this stabilization is attributed to the interaction between the protein and conjugated polymer.
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- Kevin M Burridge
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Miami University , 651 E High St. , Oxford , OH 45056 , USA . ;
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Kienle DF, Chaparro Sosa AF, Kaar JL, Schwartz DK. Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Enhance the Dry Storage and pH Stability of Physically Entrapped Enzymes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:22640-22649. [PMID: 32352745 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c04964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) are attractive materials for immobilizing enzymes due to their unique ionic environment, which can prevent unfolding. Here, we demonstrated that the stability to dry storage and elevated pH were significantly enhanced when negatively charged nitroreductase (NfsB) was embedded in a PEM by depositing alternating layers of the enzyme and polycation (PC) onto porous silica particles. The PC strength (i.e., pKa) and the surface charge of the film were varied to probe the effects that internal and surface chemistry had on the pH stability of the entrapped NfsB. All films showed enhanced activity retention at elevated pH (>6), and inactivation at reduced pH (<6) similar to NfsB in solution, indicating that the primary stabilizing effect of immobilization was achieved through ionic interactions between NfsB and the PC and not through changes to the surface charge of the NfsB. Additionally, films that were stored dry at 4 °C for 1 month retained full activity, while those stored at room temperature lost 30% activity. Remarkably, at 50 °C, above the NfsB melting temperature, 40% activity was retained after 1 month of dry storage. Our results suggest that internal film properties are significantly more important than surface charge, which had minor effects on activity. Specifically, immobilization with the weak PC, poly(l-lysine), increased the optimal pH and the activity of immobilized NfsB (which we attribute to greater permeability), relative to immobilization with the strong PC, poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride). However, NfsB was leached from the PLL film to a greater extent. Overall, these observations demonstrate that internal ionic cross-linking is key to the stabilizing effects of PEMs and that the pH response can be tuned by controlling the number of cross-links (e.g., by changing the strength of the PC). However, this may be at the cost of reduced loading, illustrating the necessity of simultaneously optimizing enzyme loading, internal ionic cross-linking, and substrate transport.
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- Daniel F Kienle
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Das S, Behera S, Balasubramanian S. Orientational Switch of the Lipase A Enzyme at the Oil-Water Interface: An Order of Magnitude Increase in Turnover Rate with a Single Surfactant Tag Explained. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:2977-2982. [PMID: 32202805 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Interfacially active lipases can be immobilized at a biphasic interface to enhance turnover recyclability and to facilitate product separation. Extensive coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of lipase A (LipA) from Bacillus subtilis show a bimodal orientational distribution of the enzyme at an oil-water interface, arising from its ellipsoidal Janus particle-like character. The relative orientational preference can be tuned by pH. The simulations rationalize a rare experimental observation of an order of magnitude increase in the turnover rate of this lipase upon its noncovalent tagging by a single surfactant molecule at the interface, compared to its rate in bulk water. The adsorption free energy, the interfacial activation, a decrease in the number of orientational fluctuations, and an increased rate of translational diffusion, to all of which the Janus character of LipA contributes, are the factors responsible for this enhancement. This study can spur further investigations of the Janus behavior of enzymes to enhance their activity as well as to stabilize the biphasic emulsion needed for interfacial catalysis.
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- Sudip Das
- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560 064, India
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560 064, India
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- Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 560 064, India
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Weltz JS, Kienle DF, Schwartz DK, Kaar JL. Reduced Enzyme Dynamics upon Multipoint Covalent Immobilization Leads to Stability-Activity Trade-off. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:3463-3471. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- James S. Weltz
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Bolivar JM, Nidetzky B. On the relationship between structure and catalytic effectiveness in solid surface-immobilized enzymes: Advances in methodology and the quest for a single-molecule perspective. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2019; 1868:140333. [PMID: 31778816 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.140333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The integration of enzymes with solid materials is important in many biotechnological applications, including the use of immobilized enzymes for biocatalytic synthesis. The development of functional enzyme-material composites is restrained by the lack of molecular-level insight into the behavior of enzymes in confined, surface-near environments. Here, we review recent advances in surface-sensitive spectroscopic techniques that push boundaries for the determination of enzyme structure and orientation at the solid-liquid interface. We discuss recent evidence from single-molecule studies showing that analyses sensitive to the temporal and spatial heterogeneities in immobilized enzymes can succeed in disentangling the effects of conformational stability and active-site accessibility on activity. Different immobilization methods involve distinct trade-off between these effects, thus emphasizing the need for a holistic (systems) view of immobilized enzymes for the rational development of practical biocatalysts.
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- Juan M Bolivar
- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria; Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria; Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria; Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Petersgasse 12, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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Catalytic Activity of Immobilized Chymotrypsin on Hybrid Silica-Magnetic Biocompatible Particles and Its Application in Peptide Synthesis. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2019; 190:1224-1241. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-019-03158-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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