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Wang L, Ding B, Hu X, Li G, Deng Y. Rationally Engineering pH Adaptation of Acid-Induced Arginine Decarboxylase from Escherichia coli to Alkaline Environments to Efficiently Biosynthesize Putrescine. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2307779. [PMID: 38569221 PMCID: PMC11186044 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202307779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
Abstract
Acid-induced arginine decarboxylase AdiA is a typical homo-oligomeric protein biosynthesizing alkaline nylon monomer putrescine. However, upon loss of the AdiA decamer oligomeric state at neutral and alkaline conditions the activity also diminishes, obstructing the whole-cell biosynthesis of alkaline putrescine. Here, a structure cohesion strategy is proposed to change the pH adaptation of AdiA to alkaline environments based on the rational engineering of meridional and latitudinal oligomerization interfaces. After integrating substitutions of E467K at the latitudinal interface and H736E at the meridional channel interface, the structural stability of AdiA decamer and its substrate transport efficiency at neutral and alkaline conditions are improved. Finally, E467K_H736E is well adapted to neutral and alkaline environments (pH 7.0-9.0), and its enzymatic activity is 35-fold higher than that of wild AdiA at pH 8.0. Using E467K_H736E in the putrescine synthesis pathway, the titer of putrescine is up to 128.9 g·L-1 with a conversion of 0.94 mol·mol-1 in whole-cell catalysis. Additionally, the neutral pH adaptation of lysine decarboxylase, with a decamer structure similar to AdiA, is also improved using this cohesion strategy, providing an option for pH-adaptation engineering of other oligomeric decarboxylases.
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- Li Wang
- National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food BiomanufacturingJiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing TechnologyJiangnan University1800 Lihu RoadWuxiJiangsu214122China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food BiomanufacturingJiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing TechnologyJiangnan University1800 Lihu RoadWuxiJiangsu214122China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food BiomanufacturingJiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing TechnologyJiangnan University1800 Lihu RoadWuxiJiangsu214122China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food BiomanufacturingJiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing TechnologyJiangnan University1800 Lihu RoadWuxiJiangsu214122China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food BiomanufacturingJiangsu Provincial Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing TechnologyJiangnan University1800 Lihu RoadWuxiJiangsu214122China
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Krin E, Carvalho A, Lang M, Babosan A, Mazel D, Baharoglu Z. RavA-ViaA antibiotic response is linked to Cpx and Zra2 envelope stress systems in Vibrio cholerae. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0173023. [PMID: 37861314 PMCID: PMC10848872 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01730-23] [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: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE The RavA-ViaA complex was previously found to sensitize Escherichia coli to aminoglycosides (AGs) in anaerobic conditions, but the mechanism is unknown. AGs are antibiotics known for their high efficiency against Gram-negative bacteria. In order to elucidate how the expression of the ravA-viaA genes increases bacterial susceptibility to aminoglycosides, we aimed at identifying partner functions necessary for increased tolerance in the absence of RavA-ViaA, in Vibrio cholerae. We show that membrane stress response systems Cpx and Zra2 are required in the absence of RavA-ViaA, for the tolerance to AGs and for outer membrane integrity. In the absence of these systems, the ∆ravvia strain's membrane becomes permeable to external agents such as the antibiotic vancomycin.
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- Evelyne Krin
- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, Collège doctoral, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, Collège doctoral, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Paris, France
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Bhandari V, Reichheld SE, Houliston S, Lemak A, Arrowsmith CH, Sharpe S, Houry WA. The RavA-ViaA chaperone complex modulates bacterial persistence through its association with the fumarate reductase enzyme. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105199. [PMID: 37660904 PMCID: PMC10585395 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
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Regulatory ATPase variant A (RavA) is a MoxR AAA+ protein that functions together with a partner protein termed von Willebrand factor type A interacting with AAA+ ATPase (ViaA). RavA-ViaA are functionally associated with anaerobic respiration in Escherichia coli through interactions with the fumarate reductase (Frd) electron transport complex. Through this association, RavA and ViaA modulate the activity of the Frd complex and, hence, are proposed to have chaperone-like activity. However, the functional role of RavA-ViaA in the cell is not yet well established. We had demonstrated that RavA-ViaA can sensitize E. coli cells to sublethal concentrations of the aminoglycoside class of antibiotics. Since Frd has been associated with bacterial persistence against antibiotics, the relationship of RavA-ViaA and Frd was explored within this context. Experiments performed here reveal a function of RavA-ViaA in bacterial persistence upon treatment with antibiotics through the association of the chaperone complex with Frd. As part of this work, the NMR structure of the N-terminal domain of ViaA was solved. The structure reveals a novel alpha helical fold, which we name the VAN fold, that has not been observed before. We show that this domain is required for the function of the chaperone complex. We propose that modulating the levels of RavA-ViaA could enhance the susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria to antibiotics.
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- Vaibhav Bhandari
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Structural Genomics Consortium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Felix J, Bumba L, Liesche C, Fraudeau A, Rébeillé F, El Khoury JY, Huard K, Gallet B, Moriscot C, Kleman JP, Duhoo Y, Jessop M, Kandiah E, Barras F, Jouhet J, Gutsche I. The AAA+ ATPase RavA and its binding partner ViaA modulate E. coli aminoglycoside sensitivity through interaction with the inner membrane. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5502. [PMID: 36127320 PMCID: PMC9489729 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32992-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Enteric bacteria have to adapt to environmental stresses in the human gastrointestinal tract such as acid and nutrient stress, oxygen limitation and exposure to antibiotics. Membrane lipid composition has recently emerged as a key factor for stress adaptation. The E. coli ravA-viaA operon is essential for aminoglycoside bactericidal activity under anaerobiosis but its mechanism of action is unclear. Here we characterise the VWA domain-protein ViaA and its interaction with the AAA+ ATPase RavA, and find that both proteins localise at the inner cell membrane. We demonstrate that RavA and ViaA target specific phospholipids and subsequently identify their lipid-binding sites. We further show that mutations abolishing interaction with lipids restore induced changes in cell membrane morphology and lipid composition. Finally we reveal that these mutations render E. coli gentamicin-resistant under fumarate respiration conditions. Our work thus uncovers a ravA-viaA-based pathway which is mobilised in response to aminoglycosides under anaerobiosis and engaged in cell membrane regulation.
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- Jan Felix
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
- Unit for Structural Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Unit for Structural Biology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
- Institute of Microbiology, The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska, 1083, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
- EMBL Grenoble, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRAE, IRIG, 17 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR6047, Stress Adaptation and Metabolism Unit, Department of Microbiology, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, ISBG, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
- Division of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London, UK
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris, CNRS UMR6047, Stress Adaptation and Metabolism Unit, Department of Microbiology, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, INRAE, IRIG, 17 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Univ Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IBS, 71 Avenue des martyrs, Grenoble, France.
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Delineating biosynthesis of Huperzine A, A plant-derived medicine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 60:108026. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.108026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zwitterionic peptides encircling-assisted enhanced catalytic performance of lysine decarboxylase for cadaverine biotransformation and mechanism analyses. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2022.117447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Khan YA, White KI, Brunger AT. The AAA+ superfamily: a review of the structural and mechanistic principles of these molecular machines. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 57:156-187. [PMID: 34632886 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2021.1979460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities (AAA+ proteins) are a superfamily of proteins found throughout all domains of life. The hallmark of this family is a conserved AAA+ domain responsible for a diverse range of cellular activities. Typically, AAA+ proteins transduce chemical energy from the hydrolysis of ATP into mechanical energy through conformational change, which can drive a variety of biological processes. AAA+ proteins operate in a variety of cellular contexts with diverse functions including disassembly of SNARE proteins, protein quality control, DNA replication, ribosome assembly, and viral replication. This breadth of function illustrates both the importance of AAA+ proteins in health and disease and emphasizes the importance of understanding conserved mechanisms of chemo-mechanical energy transduction. This review is divided into three major portions. First, the core AAA+ fold is presented. Next, the seven different clades of AAA+ proteins and structural details and reclassification pertaining to proteins in each clade are described. Finally, two well-known AAA+ proteins, NSF and its close relative p97, are reviewed in detail.
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- Yousuf A Khan
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Photon Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Photon Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Department of Photon Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Li B, Liang J, Hanfrey CC, Phillips MA, Michael AJ. Discovery of ancestral L-ornithine and L-lysine decarboxylases reveals parallel, pseudoconvergent evolution of polyamine biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101219. [PMID: 34560100 PMCID: PMC8503589 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Polyamines are fundamental molecules of life, and their deep evolutionary history is reflected in extensive biosynthetic diversification. The polyamines putrescine, agmatine, and cadaverine are produced by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent L-ornithine, L-arginine, and L-lysine decarboxylases (ODC, ADC, LDC), respectively, from both the alanine racemase (AR) and aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) folds. Two homologous forms of AAT-fold decarboxylase are present in bacteria: an ancestral form and a derived, acid-inducible extended form containing an N-terminal fusion to the receiver-like domain of a bacterial response regulator. Only ADC was known from the ancestral form and limited to the Firmicutes phylum, whereas extended forms of ADC, ODC, and LDC are present in Proteobacteria and Firmicutes. Here, we report the discovery of ancestral form ODC, LDC, and bifunctional O/LDC and extend the phylogenetic diversity of functionally characterized ancestral ADC, ODC, and LDC to include phyla Fusobacteria, Caldiserica, Nitrospirae, and Euryarchaeota. Using purified recombinant enzymes, we show that these ancestral forms have a nascent ability to decarboxylate kinetically less preferred amino acid substrates with low efficiency, and that product inhibition primarily affects preferred substrates. We also note a correlation between the presence of ancestral ODC and ornithine/arginine auxotrophy and link this with a known symbiotic dependence on exogenous ornithine produced by species using the arginine deiminase system. Finally, we show that ADC, ODC, and LDC activities emerged independently, in parallel, in the homologous AAT-fold ancestral and extended forms. The emergence of the same ODC, ADC, and LDC activities in the nonhomologous AR-fold suggests that polyamine biosynthesis may be inevitable.
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- Bin Li
- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Huang Y, Ji X, Ma Z, Łężyk M, Xue Y, Zhao H. Green chemical and biological synthesis of cadaverine: recent development and challenges. RSC Adv 2021; 11:23922-23942. [PMID: 35479032 PMCID: PMC9036910 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra02764f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Cadaverine has great potential to be used as an important monomer for the development of a series of high value-added products with market prospects. The most promising strategies for cadaverine synthesis involve using green chemical and bioconversion technologies. Herein, the review focuses on the progress and strategies towards the green chemical synthesis and biosynthesis of cadaverine. Specifically, we address the specific biosynthetic pathways of cadaverine from different substrates as well as extensively discussing the origination, structure and catalytic mechanism of the key lysine decarboxylases. The advanced strategies for process intensification, the separation and purification of cadaverine have been summarized. Furthermore, the challenging issues of the environmental, economic, and applicable impact for cadaverine production are also highlighted. This review concludes with the promising outlooks of state-of-the-art applications of cadaverine along with some insights toward their challenges and potential improvements. Progress and strategies towards the green chemo/bio-synthesis of cadaverine with special attention to their environmental, economic, and applicable impact are reviewed.![]()
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- Yuhong Huang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China .,Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China.,Zhengzhou Institute of Emerging Industrial Technology Zhengzhou City Henan 450000 China.,Zhongke Langfang Institute of Process Engineering Langfang 065001 China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Zhengzhou Institute of Emerging Industrial Technology Zhengzhou City Henan 450000 China
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- Water Supply and Bioeconomy Division, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Poznan University of Technology Berdychowo 4 60-965 Poznan Poland
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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- Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
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Levine M, Lohinai ZM. Resolving the Contradictory Functions of Lysine Decarboxylase and Butyrate in Periodontal and Intestinal Diseases. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10112360. [PMID: 34072136 PMCID: PMC8198195 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10112360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Periodontal disease is a common, bacterially mediated health problem worldwide. Mastication (chewing) repeatedly traumatizes the gingiva and periodontium, causing traces of inflammatory exudate, gingival crevicular fluid (GCF), to appear in crevices between the teeth and gingiva. Inadequate tooth cleaning causes a dentally adherent microbial biofilm composed of commensal salivary bacteria to appear around these crevices where many bacteria grow better on GCF than in saliva. We reported that lysine decarboxylase (Ldc) from Eikenella corrodens depletes the GCF of lysine by converting it to cadaverine and carbon dioxide. Lysine is an amino acid essential for the integrity and continuous renewal of dentally attached epithelium acting as a barrier to microbial products. Unless removed regularly by oral hygiene, bacterial products invade the lysine-deprived dental attachment where they stimulate inflammation that enhances GCF exudation. Cadaverine increases and supports the development of a butyrate-producing microbiome that utilizes the increased GCF substrates to slowly destroy the periodontium (dysbiosis). A long-standing paradox is that acid-induced Ldc and butyrate production support a commensal (probiotic) microbiome in the intestine. Here, we describe how the different physiologies of the respective tissues explain how the different Ldc and butyrate functions impact the progression and control of these two chronic diseases.
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- Martin Levine
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry, Semmelweis University, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary;
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Freudenberg RA, Baier T, Einhaus A, Wobbe L, Kruse O. High cell density cultivation enables efficient and sustainable recombinant polyamine production in the microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 323:124542. [PMID: 33385626 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Modern chemical industry calls for new resource-efficient and sustainable value chains for production of key base chemicals such as polyamines. The green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii offers great potential as an innovative green-cell factory by combining fast and inexpensive, phototrophic growth with mature genetic engineering. Here, overexpression of recombinant lysine decarboxylases in C. reinhardtii enabled the robust accumulation of the non-native polyamine cadaverine, which serves as building block for bio-polyamides. The issue of low cell densities, limiting most microalgal cultivation processes was resolved by systematically optimizing cultivation parameters. A new, easy-to-apply and fully phototrophic medium enables high cell density cultivations of C. reinhardtii with a 6-fold increase in biomass and cell count (20 g/L biomass dry weight, ~2·108 cells/mL). Application of high cell density cultivations in established photobioreactors resulted in a 10-fold increase of cadaverine yields, with up to 0.24 g/L after 9 days and maximal productivity of 0.1 g/L/d.
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- Robert A Freudenberg
- Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Bielefeld University, Faculty of Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universitätsstrasse 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
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Osire T, Qiao Z, Yang T, Xu M, Zhang X, Rao Z. Biochemical Characterization and Structural Insight into Interaction and Conformation Mechanisms of Serratia marcescens Lysine Decarboxylase (SmcadA). Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26030697. [PMID: 33572696 PMCID: PMC7866039 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26030697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Inducible lysine decarboxylases (LDCs) are essential in various cellular processes of microorganisms and plants, especially under acid stress, which induces the expression of genes encoding LDCs. In this study, a novel Serratia marcesenes LDC (SmcadA) was successfully expressed in E. coli, purified and characterized. The protein had an optimal pH of 6 and a temperature of 40 °C and phylogenetic analysis to determine the evolution of SmcadA, which revealed a close relation to Enterobacteriaceae, Klebsiella sp., among others. The molecular weight of SmcadA was approximately 75 kDa after observation on SDS-PAGE and structural modeling showed the protein as a decamer, comprised of five interlinked dimers. The biocatalytic activity of the purified wild-type SmcadA (WT) was improved through site directed mutations and the results showed that the Arg595Lys mutant had the highest specific activity of 286.55 U/mg, while the Ser512Ala variant and wild-type SmcadA had 215.72 and 179.01 U/mg, respectively. Furthermore, molecular dynamics simulations revealed that interactions through hydrogen bonds between the protein residues and cofactor pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) are vital for biocatalysis. Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations also indicated that mutations conferred structural changes on protein residues and PLP hence altered the interacting residues with the cofactor, subsequently influencing substrate bioconversion. Moreover, the temperature also induced changes in orientation of cofactor PLP and amino acid residues. This work therefore demonstrates the successful expression and characterization of the purified novel lysine decarboxylase from Serratia marcesenes and provided insight into the mechanism of protein–cofactor interactions, highlighting the role of protein–ligand interactions in altering cofactor and binding site residue conformations, thus contributing to improved biocatalysis.
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Structural and functional analysis of the Francisella lysine decarboxylase as a key actor in oxidative stress resistance. Sci Rep 2021; 11:972. [PMID: 33441661 PMCID: PMC7806604 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79611-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Francisella tularensis is one of the most virulent pathogenic bacteria causing the acute human respiratory disease tularemia. While the mechanisms underlying F. tularensis pathogenesis are largely unknown, previous studies have shown that a F. novicida transposon mutant with insertions in a gene coding for a putative lysine decarboxylase was attenuated in mouse spleen, suggesting a possible role of its protein product as a virulence factor. Therefore, we set out to structurally and functionally characterize the F. novicida lysine decarboxylase, which we termed LdcF. Here, we investigate the genetic environment of ldcF as well as its evolutionary relationships with other basic AAT-fold amino acid decarboxylase superfamily members, known as key actors in bacterial adaptative stress response and polyamine biosynthesis. We determine the crystal structure of LdcF and compare it with the most thoroughly studied lysine decarboxylase, E. coli LdcI. We analyze the influence of ldcF deletion on bacterial growth under different stress conditions in dedicated growth media, as well as in infected macrophages, and demonstrate its involvement in oxidative stress resistance. Finally, our mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomic analysis enables identification of 80 proteins with expression levels significantly affected by ldcF deletion, including several DNA repair proteins potentially involved in the diminished capacity of the F. novicida mutant to deal with oxidative stress. Taken together, we uncover an important role of LdcF in F. novicida survival in host cells through participation in oxidative stress response, thereby singling out this previously uncharacterized protein as a potential drug target.
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Bacteria possess a sophisticated arsenal of defense mechanisms that allow them to survive in adverse conditions. Adaptation to acid stress and hypoxia is crucial for the enterobacterial transmission in the gastrointestinal tract of their human host. When subjected to low pH, Escherichia coli and many other enterobacteria activate a proton-consuming resistance system based on the acid stress-inducible lysine decarboxylase LdcI. Here we develop generally applicable tools to uncover the spatial localization of LdcI inside the cell by superresolution fluorescence microscopy and investigate the in vitro supramolecular organization of this enzyme by cryo-EM. We build on these results to propose a mechanistic model for LdcI function and offer tools for further in vivo investigations. Pathogenic and commensal bacteria often have to resist the harsh acidity of the host stomach. The inducible lysine decarboxylase LdcI buffers the cytosol and the local extracellular environment to ensure enterobacterial survival at low pH. Here, we investigate the acid stress-response regulation of Escherichia coli LdcI by combining biochemical and biophysical characterization with negative stain and cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) and wide-field and superresolution fluorescence imaging. Due to deleterious effects of fluorescent protein fusions on native LdcI decamers, we opt for three-dimensional localization of nanobody-labeled endogenous wild-type LdcI in acid-stressed E. coli cells and show that it organizes into distinct patches at the cell periphery. Consistent with recent hypotheses that in vivo clustering of metabolic enzymes often reflects their polymerization as a means of stimulus-induced regulation, we show that LdcI assembles into filaments in vitro at physiologically relevant low pH. We solve the structures of these filaments and of the LdcI decamer formed at neutral pH by cryo-EM and reveal the molecular determinants of LdcI polymerization, confirmed by mutational analysis. Finally, we propose a model for LdcI function inside the enterobacterial cell, providing a structural and mechanistic basis for further investigation of the role of its supramolecular organization in the acid stress response.
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Arcari T, Feger ML, Guerreiro DN, Wu J, O’Byrne CP. Comparative Review of the Responses of Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli to Low pH Stress. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11111330. [PMID: 33187233 PMCID: PMC7698193 DOI: 10.3390/genes11111330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Acidity is one of the principal physicochemical factors that influence the behavior of microorganisms in any environment, and their response to it often determines their ability to grow and survive. Preventing the growth and survival of pathogenic bacteria or, conversely, promoting the growth of bacteria that are useful (in biotechnology and food production, for example), might be improved considerably by a deeper understanding of the protective responses that these microorganisms deploy in the face of acid stress. In this review, we survey the molecular mechanisms used by two unrelated bacterial species in their response to low pH stress. We chose to focus on two well-studied bacteria, Escherichia coli (phylum Proteobacteria) and Listeria monocytogenes (phylum Firmicutes), that have both evolved to be able to survive in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract. We review the mechanisms that these species use to maintain a functional intracellular pH as well as the protective mechanisms that they deploy to prevent acid damage to macromolecules in the cells. We discuss the mechanisms used to sense acid in the environment and the regulatory processes that are activated when acid is encountered. We also highlight the specific challenges presented by organic acids. Common themes emerge from this comparison as well as unique strategies that each species uses to cope with acid stress. We highlight some of the important research questions that still need to be addressed in this fascinating field.
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Kong R, Liu R, Xu X, Zhang D, Xu X, Shi H, Chang S. Template‐based modeling and ab‐initio docking using
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CAPRI. Proteins 2020; 88:1100-1109. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Revised: 12/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Ren Kong
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou China
- Innovation Center for Marine Drug Screening and Evaluation, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology Qingdao China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology Changzhou China
- Innovation Center for Marine Drug Screening and Evaluation, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology Qingdao China
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Glashagen G, de Vries S, Uciechowska-Kaczmarzyk U, Samsonov SA, Murail S, Tuffery P, Zacharias M. Coarse-grained and atomic resolution biomolecular docking with the ATTRACT approach. Proteins 2019; 88:1018-1028. [PMID: 31785163 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The ATTRACT protein-protein docking program has been employed to predict protein-protein complex structures in CAPRI rounds 38-45. For 11 out of 16 targets acceptable or better quality solutions have been submitted (~70%). It includes also several cases of peptide-protein docking and the successful prediction of the geometry of carbohydrate-protein interactions. The option of combining rigid body minimization and simultaneous optimization in collective degrees of freedom based on elastic network modes was employed and systematically evaluated. Application to a large benchmark set indicates a modest improvement in docking performance compared to rigid docking. Possible further improvements of the docking approach in particular at the scoring and the flexible refinement steps are discussed.
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- Glenn Glashagen
- Physik-Department T38, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Université de Paris, CNRS UMR 8251, INSERM ERL U1133, Paris, France.,Ressource Parisienne en Bioinformatique Structurale (RPBS), Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, CNRS UMR 8251, INSERM ERL U1133, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, CNRS UMR 8251, INSERM ERL U1133, Paris, France.,Ressource Parisienne en Bioinformatique Structurale (RPBS), Paris, France
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- Physik-Department T38, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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Kandiah E, Carriel D, Garcia PS, Felix J, Banzhaf M, Kritikos G, Bacia-Verloop M, Brochier-Armanet C, Elsen S, Gutsche I. Structure, Function, and Evolution of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lysine Decarboxylase LdcA. Structure 2019; 27:1842-1854.e4. [PMID: 31653338 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2019.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Revised: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The only enzyme responsible for cadaverine production in the major multidrug-resistant human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the lysine decarboxylase LdcA. This enzyme modulates the general polyamine homeostasis, promotes growth, and reduces bacterial persistence during carbenicillin treatment. Here we present a 3.7-Å resolution cryoelectron microscopy structure of LdcA. We introduce an original approach correlating phylogenetic signal with structural information and reveal possible recombination among LdcA and arginine decarboxylase subfamilies within structural domain boundaries. We show that LdcA is involved in full virulence in an insect pathogenesis model. Furthermore, unlike its enterobacterial counterparts, LdcA is regulated neither by the stringent response alarmone ppGpp nor by the AAA+ ATPase RavA. Instead, the P. aeruginosa ravA gene seems to play a defensive role. Altogether, our study identifies LdcA as an important player in P. aeruginosa physiology and virulence and as a potential drug target.
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- Eaazhisai Kandiah
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France; Biology of Cancer and Infection, U1036 INSERM, CEA, University of Grenoble Alpes, ERL5261 CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, 43 bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; MMSB Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Institut de Biologie et de Chimie des Protéines 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Microbiology & Infection and School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology & Infection and School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, 43 bd du 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; MMSB Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Institut de Biologie et de Chimie des Protéines 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Biology of Cancer and Infection, U1036 INSERM, CEA, University of Grenoble Alpes, ERL5261 CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France.
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Rosell M, Rodríguez‐Lumbreras LA, Romero‐Durana M, Jiménez‐García B, Díaz L, Fernández‐Recio J. Integrative modeling of protein‐protein interactions with pyDock for the new docking challenges. Proteins 2019; 88:999-1008. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2019] [Revised: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Mireia Rosell
- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Barcelona Spain
- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (CSIC, Universidad de La Rioja, Gobierno de La Rioja) Logroño Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Barcelona Spain
- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (CSIC, Universidad de La Rioja, Gobierno de La Rioja) Logroño Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Barcelona Spain
- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (CSIC, Universidad de La Rioja, Gobierno de La Rioja) Logroño Spain
- Structural Biology Unit, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB‐CSIC) Barcelona Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Barcelona Spain
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- Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) Barcelona Spain
- Instituto de Ciencias de la Vid y del Vino (CSIC, Universidad de La Rioja, Gobierno de La Rioja) Logroño Spain
- Structural Biology Unit, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB‐CSIC) Barcelona Spain
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Wei Y, Gao J, Liu D, Li Y, Liu W. Adaptational changes in physiological and transcriptional responses of Bifidobacterium longum involved in acid stress resistance after successive batch cultures. Microb Cell Fact 2019; 18:156. [PMID: 31514746 PMCID: PMC6743126 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1206-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Bifidobacterium inhabiting the human and animal intestinal tract is known for its health-promoting effect. Tolerance to acid stress is crucial for bifidobacteria to survive and then exert their beneficial effects in the gut. A long-term adaptation in successive batch cultures was used as evolutionary engineering strategy to improve acid stress tolerance in an industrial probiotic strain, B. longum JDM301. Its derivative, JDM301AR showed higher resistance to several stress conditions, including acid stress than the parental strain, JDM301. To better understand bifidobacterial acid stress response, the changes of fatty acid (FA) in cell membrane of these two strains were determined. A shift in the production of FA in cell membrane, characterized by increased C14:0 was found, when JDM301AR was exposed to low-pH environment. It was implied that the increased production of C14:0 is associated with the acquisition of acid-tolerant phenotype for JDM301AR. High-throughput RNA-sequencing was performed to analyze the changes of gene expression profile after acid-exposure. The transcriptional profiles of JDM301AR and JDM301 under normal condition and acid stress were compared to reveal the different acid response between them. A total of 5 genes involved in FA metabolism were upregulated and no downregulated genes were found in response to acid stress in JDM301AR. The up-regulated BLJ_0565 and BLJ_1105 may play important roles in the modification of membrane FA composition of JDM301AR after acid exposure. Overall, these results suggested that successive batch cultures induced the acid stress tolerance of B. longum involved in transcriptional and physiological responses, including modification of cell wall and cell membrane, metabolism of amino acid and neutralization of internal pH by strengthening NH3 production and transport.
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- Yanxia Wei
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Immunity and Metabolism, Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Pathogenic Biology and Immunology/School of Stomatology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 22104, Jiangsu, China
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Jäger VD, Kloss R, Grünberger A, Seide S, Hahn D, Karmainski T, Piqueray M, Embruch J, Longerich S, Mackfeld U, Jaeger KE, Wiechert W, Pohl M, Krauss U. Tailoring the properties of (catalytically)-active inclusion bodies. Microb Cell Fact 2019; 18:33. [PMID: 30732596 PMCID: PMC6367779 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1081-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background Immobilization is an appropriate tool to ease the handling and recycling of enzymes in biocatalytic processes and to increase their stability. Most of the established immobilization methods require case-to-case optimization, which is laborious and time-consuming. Often, (chromatographic) enzyme purification is required and stable immobilization usually includes additional cross-linking or adsorption steps. We have previously shown in a few case studies that the molecular biological fusion of an aggregation-inducing tag to a target protein induces the intracellular formation of protein aggregates, so called inclusion bodies (IBs), which to a certain degree retain their (catalytic) function. This enables the combination of protein production and immobilization in one step. Hence, those biologically-produced immobilizates were named catalytically-active inclusion bodies (CatIBs) or, in case of proteins without catalytic activity, functional IBs (FIBs). While this strategy has been proven successful, the efficiency, the potential for optimization and important CatIB/FIB properties like yield, activity and morphology have not been investigated systematically. Results We here evaluated a CatIB/FIB toolbox of different enzymes and proteins. Different optimization strategies, like linker deletion, C- versus N-terminal fusion and the fusion of alternative aggregation-inducing tags were evaluated. The obtained CatIBs/FIBs varied with respect to formation efficiency, yield, composition and residual activity, which could be correlated to differences in their morphology; as revealed by (electron) microscopy. Last but not least, we demonstrate that the CatIB/FIB formation efficiency appears to be correlated to the solvent-accessible hydrophobic surface area of the target protein, providing a structure-based rationale for our strategy and opening up the possibility to predict its efficiency for any given target protein. Conclusion We here provide evidence for the general applicability, predictability and flexibility of the CatIB/FIB immobilization strategy, highlighting the application potential of CatIB-based enzyme immobilizates for synthetic chemistry, biocatalysis and industry. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-019-1081-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- V D Jäger
- Institut für Molekulare Enzymtechnologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), c/o, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), c/o, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,Multiscale Bioengineering, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Enzymtechnologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Enzymtechnologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Enzymtechnologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), c/o, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), c/o, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany.,Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), c/o, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Molekulare Enzymtechnologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany. .,Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), c/o, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
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Rocha JF, Pina AF, Sousa SF, Cerqueira NMFSA. PLP-dependent enzymes as important biocatalysts for the pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries: a structural and mechanistic perspective. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy01210a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PLP-dependent enzymes described on this review are attractive targets for enzyme engineering towards their application in an industrial biotechnology framework.
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- Juliana F. Rocha
- UCIBIO/REQUIMTE
- BioSIM
- Departamento de Biomedicina
- Faculdade de Medicina
- Universidade do Porto
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- UCIBIO/REQUIMTE
- BioSIM
- Departamento de Biomedicina
- Faculdade de Medicina
- Universidade do Porto
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- UCIBIO/REQUIMTE
- BioSIM
- Departamento de Biomedicina
- Faculdade de Medicina
- Universidade do Porto
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Han L, Yuan J, Ao X, Lin S, Han X, Ye H. Biochemical Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Virulence Factor Lysine Decarboxylase From Vibrio vulnificus. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3082. [PMID: 30619163 PMCID: PMC6297170 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cadaverine is produced in organisms from the amino acid lysine in a decarboxylation reaction catalyzed by lysine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.18). The inducible lysine decarboxylase CadA plays a vital role in acid stress response for enteric bacteria. Vibrio vulnificus is an extremely virulent human pathogen causing gastroenteritis when the acid conditions that prevent survival of V. vulnificus in the stomach or small intestine are overcome. A gene encoding CadA was identified from V. vulnificus. Subsequent analyses showed that CadA from V. vulnificus (VvCadA) is a decamer with a 82-kDa subunit. Homogenous VvCadA was purified from Escherichia coli and used for lysine decarboxylation with an optimal pH of 6.0 and optimal temperature of 37°C. The apparent V max and K m for lysine were 9.45 ± 0.24 μM/min and 0.45 ± 0.05 mM, respectively. Mutation analysis suggested that the amino-acid-binding pyridoxal phosphate, the cofactor of the enzyme, plays a vital role in the reaction. Mutation of the negatively charged residues interacting with lysine also affected the activity of the enzyme to some extent. Quantitative RT-PCR showed that expression of VvcadA was up-regulated under low pH, low salinity, and oxidative stresses. Furthermore, the concentration of cadaverine released to the cell exterior also increased under these stresses. Protein sequence similarity network (SSN) analysis indicated that lysine decarboxylases with ornithine decarboxylases and arginine decarboxylases shared a common ancestor, and that lysine decarboxylases are more conserved during evolution. Our data provide evidence for the biochemical characteristics and important roles of VvCadA under stress conditions.
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- Lifen Han
- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
- Infectious Diseases Hospital of Fuzhou, Fuzhou, China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
- Infectious Diseases Hospital of Fuzhou, Fuzhou, China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
- Infectious Diseases Hospital of Fuzhou, Fuzhou, China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
- Infectious Diseases Hospital of Fuzhou, Fuzhou, China
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- College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
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- The United Innovation of Mengchao Hepatobiliary Technology Key Laboratory of Fujian Province, Mengchao Hepatobiliary Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
- Infectious Diseases Hospital of Fuzhou, Fuzhou, China
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Carriel D, Simon Garcia P, Castelli F, Lamourette P, Fenaille F, Brochier-Armanet C, Elsen S, Gutsche I. A Novel Subfamily of Bacterial AAT-Fold Basic Amino Acid Decarboxylases and Functional Characterization of Its First Representative: Pseudomonas aeruginosa LdcA. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:3058-3075. [PMID: 30321344 PMCID: PMC6257575 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Polyamines are small amino-acid derived polycations capable of binding negatively charged macromolecules. Bacterial polyamines are structurally and functionally diverse, and are mainly produced biosynthetically by pyridoxal-5-phosphate-dependent amino acid decarboxylases referred to as Lysine-Arginine-Ornithine decarboxylases (LAOdcs). In a phylogenetically limited group of bacteria, LAOdcs are also induced in response to acid stress. Here, we performed an exhaustive phylogenetic analysis of the AAT-fold LAOdcs which showcased the ancient nature of their short forms in Cyanobacteria and Firmicutes, and emergence of distinct subfamilies of long LAOdcs in Proteobacteria. We identified a novel subfamily of lysine decarboxylases, LdcA, ancestral in Betaproteobacteria and Pseudomonadaceae. We analyzed the expression of LdcA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and uncovered its role, intimately linked to cadaverine (Cad) production, in promoting growth and reducing persistence of this multidrug resistant human pathogen during carbenicillin treatment. Finally, we documented a certain redundancy in the function of the three main polyamines—Cad, putrescine (Put), and spermidine (Spd)—in P. aeruginosa by demonstrating the link between their intracellular level, as well as the capacity of Put and Spd to complement the growth phenotype of the ldcA mutant.
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- Diego Carriel
- University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, CNRS, IBS, France.,University of Grenoble Alpes, INSERM, CEA, ERL5261 CNRS, BIG BCI, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, Villeurbanne, France.,MMSB Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Institut de Biologie et de Chimie des Protéines, Lyon, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie et Immuno-Analyse (SPI), Laboratoire d'Etude du Métabolisme des Médicaments, CEA, INRA, Université Paris Saclay, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie et Immuno-Analyse (SPI), Laboratoire d'Etude du Métabolisme des Médicaments, CEA, INRA, Université Paris Saclay, France
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- Service de Pharmacologie et Immuno-Analyse (SPI), Laboratoire d'Etude du Métabolisme des Médicaments, CEA, INRA, Université Paris Saclay, France
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- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5558, Villeurbanne, France.,MMSB Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Institut de Biologie et de Chimie des Protéines, Lyon, France
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- University of Grenoble Alpes, INSERM, CEA, ERL5261 CNRS, BIG BCI, France
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- University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, CNRS, IBS, France
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Catalytically active inclusion bodies of L-lysine decarboxylase from E. coli for 1,5-diaminopentane production. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5856. [PMID: 29643457 PMCID: PMC5895699 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24070-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Sustainable and eco-efficient alternatives for the production of platform chemicals, fuels and chemical building blocks require the development of stable, reusable and recyclable biocatalysts. Here we present a novel concept for the biocatalytic production of 1,5-diaminopentane (DAP, trivial name: cadaverine) using catalytically active inclusion bodies (CatIBs) of the constitutive L-lysine decarboxylase from E. coli (EcLDCc-CatIBs) to process L-lysine-containing culture supernatants from Corynebacterium glutamicum. EcLDCc-CatIBs can easily be produced in E. coli followed by a simple purification protocol yielding up to 43% dry CatIBs per dry cell weight. The stability and recyclability of EcLDCc-CatIBs was demonstrated in (repetitive) batch experiments starting from L-lysine concentrations of 0.1 M and 1 M. EcLDC-CatIBs exhibited great stability under reaction conditions with an estimated half-life of about 54 h. High conversions to DAP of 87-100% were obtained in 30-60 ml batch reactions using approx. 180-300 mg EcLDCc-CatIBs, respectively. This resulted in DAP titres of up to 88.4 g l-1 and space-time yields of up to 660 gDAP l-1 d-1 per gram dry EcLDCc-CatIBs. The new process for DAP production can therefore compete with the currently best fermentative process as described in the literature.
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Kou F, Zhao J, Liu J, Sun C, Guo Y, Tan Z, Cheng F, Li Z, Zheng P, Sun J. Enhancement of the thermal and alkaline pH stability of Escherichia coli lysine decarboxylase for efficient cadaverine production. Biotechnol Lett 2018; 40:719-727. [PMID: 29349625 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-018-2514-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To enhance the thermal and alkaline pH stability of the lysine decarboxylase from Escherichia coli (CadA) by engineering the decameric interface and explore its potential for industrial applications. RESULTS The mutant T88S was designed for improved structural stability by computational analysis. The optimal pH and temperature of T88S were 7.0 and 55 °C (5.5 and 50 °C for wild-type). T88S showed higher thermostability with a 2.9-fold increase in the half-life at 70 °C (from 11 to 32 min) and increased melting temperature (from 76 to 78 °C). Additionally, the specific activity and pH stability (residual activity after 10 h incubation) of T88S at pH 8.0 were increased to 164 U/mg and 78% (58 U/mg and 57% for wild-type). The productivity of cadaverine with T88S (284 g L-lysine L-1 and 5 g DCW L-1) was 40 g L-1 h-1, in contrast to 28 g L-1 h-1 with wild-type. CONCLUSION The mutant T88S showed high thermostability, pH stability, and activity at alkaline pH, indicating that this mutant is a promising biocatalyst for industrial production of cadaverine.
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- Fengyu Kou
- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Microbial Biotechnology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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Deng J, Gao H, Gao Z, Zhao H, Yang Y, Wu Q, Wu B, Jiang C. Identification and molecular characterization of a metagenome-derived L-lysine decarboxylase gene from subtropical soil microorganisms. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185060. [PMID: 28931053 PMCID: PMC5607190 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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L-lysine decarboxylase (LDC, EC 4.1.1.18) is a key enzyme in the decarboxylation of L-lysine to 1,5-pentanediamine and efficiently contributes significance to biosynthetic capability. Metagenomic technology is a shortcut approach used to obtain new genes from uncultured microorganisms. In this study, a subtropical soil metagenomic library was constructed, and a putative LDC gene named ldc1E was isolated by function-based screening strategy through the indication of pH change by L-lysine decarboxylation. Amino acid sequence comparison and homology modeling indicated the close relation between Ldc1E and other putative LDCs. Multiple sequence alignment analysis revealed that Ldc1E contained a highly conserved motif Ser-X-His-Lys (Pxl), and molecular docking results showed that this motif was located in the active site and could combine with the cofactor pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. The ldc1E gene was subcloned into the pET-30a(+) vector and highly expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS. The recombinant protein was purified to homogeneity. The maximum activity of Ldc1E occurred at pH 6.5 and 40°C using L-lysine monohydrochloride as the substrate. Recombinant Ldc1E had apparent Km, kcat, and kcat/Km values of 1.08±0.16 mM, 5.09±0.63 s-1, and 4.73×103 s-1 M-1, respectively. The specific activity of Ldc1E was 1.53±0.06 U mg-1 protein. Identifying a metagenome-derived LDC gene provided a rational reference for further gene modifications in industrial applications.
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- Jie Deng
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- College of Ocean and Biotechnology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- College of Ocean and Biotechnology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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Kou F, Zhao J, Liu J, Shen J, Ye Q, Zheng P, Li Z, Sun J, Ma Y. Characterization of a new lysine decarboxylase from Aliivibrio salmonicida for cadaverine production at alkaline pH. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2016.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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