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Cheng F, Sun KX, Gong XX, Peng W, Zhang HY, Liang XH, Xue YP, Zheng YG. Development of growth selection system and pocket engineering of d-amino acid oxidase to enhance selective deamination activity toward d-phosphinothricin. Biotechnol Bioeng 2024; 121:2893-2906. [PMID: 38822747 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28763] [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: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO)-catalyzed selective oxidative deamination is a very promising process for synthesizing l-amino acids including l-phosphinothricin (l-PPT, a high-efficiency and broad-spectrum herbicide). However, the wild-type DAAO's low activity toward unnatural substrates like d-phosphinothricin (d-PPT) hampers its application. Herein, a DAAO from Caenorhabditis elegans (CeDAAO) was screened and engineered to improve the catalytic potential on d-PPT. First, we designed a novel growth selection system, taking into account the intricate relationship between the growth of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and the catalytic mechanism of DAAO. The developed system was used for high-throughput screening of gene libraries, resulting in the discovery of a variant (M6) with significantly increased catalytic activity against d-PPT. The variant displays different catalytic properties on substrates with varying hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity. Analysis using Alphafold2 modeling and molecular dynamic simulations showed that the reason for the enhanced activity was the substrate-binding pocket with enlarged size and suitable charge distribution. Further QM/MM calculations revealed that the crucial factor for enhancing activity lies in reducing the initial energy barrier of the reductive half reaction. Finally, a comprehensive binding-model index to predict the enhanced activity of DAAO toward d-PPT, and an enzymatic deracemization approach was developed, enabling the efficient synthesis of l-PPT with remarkable efficiency.
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- Feng Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Engineering Research Center of Bioconversion and Biopurification of the Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- The National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Biomanufacturing of Chiral Chemicals, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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Nagy PR. State-of-the-art local correlation methods enable affordable gold standard quantum chemistry for up to hundreds of atoms. Chem Sci 2024:d4sc04755a. [PMID: 39246365 PMCID: PMC11376132 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc04755a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 07/30/2024] [Indexed: 09/10/2024] Open
Abstract
In this feature, we review the current capabilities of local electron correlation methods up to the coupled cluster model with single, double, and perturbative triple excitations [CCSD(T)], which is a gold standard in quantum chemistry. The main computational aspects of the local method types are assessed from the perspective of applications, but the focus is kept on how to achieve chemical accuracy (i.e., <1 kcal mol-1 uncertainty), as well as on the broad scope of chemical problems made accessible. The performance of state-of-the-art methods is also compared, including the most employed DLPNO and, in particular, our local natural orbital (LNO) CCSD(T) approach. The high accuracy and efficiency of the LNO method makes chemically accurate CCSD(T) computations accessible for molecules of hundreds of atoms with resources affordable to a broad computational community (days on a single CPU and 10-100 GB of memory). Recent developments in LNO-CCSD(T) enable systematic convergence and robust error estimates even for systems of complicated electronic structure or larger size (up to 1000 atoms). The predictive power of current local CCSD(T) methods, usually at about 1-2 order of magnitude higher cost than hybrid density functional theory (DFT), has become outstanding on the palette of computational chemistry applicable for molecules of practical interest. We also review more than 50 LNO-based and other advanced local-CCSD(T) applications for realistic, large systems across molecular interactions as well as main group, transition metal, bio-, and surface chemistry. The examples show that properly executed local-CCSD(T) can contribute to binding, reaction equilibrium, rate constants, etc. which are able to match measurements within the error estimates. These applications demonstrate that modern, open-access, and broadly affordable local methods, such as LNO-CCSD(T), already enable predictive computations and atomistic insight for complicated, real-life molecular processes in realistic environments.
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- Péter R Nagy
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics Műegyetem rkp. 3. H-1111 Budapest Hungary
- HUN-REN-BME Quantum Chemistry Research Group Műegyetem rkp. 3. H-1111 Budapest Hungary
- MTA-BME Lendület Quantum Chemistry Research Group Műegyetem rkp. 3. H-1111 Budapest Hungary
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Wu Y, Cui Y, Song W, Wei W, He Z, Tao J, Yin D, Chen X, Gao C, Liu J, Liu L, Wu J. Reprogramming the Transition States to Enhance C-N Cleavage Efficiency of Rhodococcus opacusl-Amino Acid Oxidase. JACS AU 2024; 4:557-569. [PMID: 38425913 PMCID: PMC10900486 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
l-Amino acid oxidase (LAAO) is an important biocatalyst used for synthesizing α-keto acids. LAAO from Rhodococcus opacus (RoLAAO) has a broad substrate spectrum; however, its low total turnover number limits its industrial use. To overcome this, we aimed to employ crystal structure-guided density functional theory calculations and molecular dynamic simulations to investigate the catalytic mechanism. Two key steps were identified: S → [TS1] in step 1 and Int1 → [TS2] in step 2. We reprogrammed the transition states [TS1] and [TS2] to reduce the identified energy barrier and obtain a RoLAAO variant capable of catalyzing 19 kinds of l-amino acids to the corresponding high-value α-keto acids with a high total turnover number, yield (≥95.1 g/L), conversion rate (≥95%), and space-time yields ≥142.7 g/L/d in 12-24 h, in a 5 L reactor. Our results indicated the promising potential of the developed RoLAAO variant for use in the industrial production of α-keto acids while providing a potential catalytic-mechanism-guided protein design strategy to achieve the desired physical and catalytic properties of enzymes.
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- Yaoyun Wu
- School
of Life Sciences and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School
of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Jiangsu
Xishan Senior High School, Wuxi 214174, China
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- School
of Life Sciences and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School
of Life Sciences and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School
of Life Sciences and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School
of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- School
of Life Sciences and Health Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Szabó PB, Csóka J, Kállay M, Nagy PR. Linear-Scaling Local Natural Orbital CCSD(T) Approach for Open-Shell Systems: Algorithms, Benchmarks, and Large-Scale Applications. J Chem Theory Comput 2023; 19:8166-8188. [PMID: 37921429 PMCID: PMC10687875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.3c00881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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The extension of the highly optimized local natural orbital (LNO) coupled cluster (CC) with single-, double-, and perturbative triple excitations [LNO-CCSD(T)] method is presented for high-spin open-shell molecules based on restricted open-shell references. The techniques enabling the outstanding efficiency of the closed-shell LNO-CCSD(T) variant are adopted, including the iteration- and redundancy-free second-order Møller-Plesset and (T) formulations as well as the integral-direct, memory- and disk use-economic, and OpenMP-parallel algorithms. For large molecules, the efficiency of our open-shell LNO-CCSD(T) method approaches that of its closed-shell parent method due to the application of restricted orbital sets for demanding integral transformations and a novel approximation for higher-order long-range spin-polarization effects. The accuracy of open-shell LNO-CCSD(T) is extensively tested for radicals and reactions thereof, ionization processes, as well as spin-state splittings, and transition-metal compounds. At the size range where the canonical CCSD(T) reference is accessible (up to 20-30 atoms), the average open-shell LNO-CCSD(T) correlation energies are found to be 99.9 to 99.95% accurate, which translates into average absolute deviations of a few tenths of kcal/mol in the investigated energy differences already with the default settings. For more extensive molecules, the local errors may grow, but they can be estimated and decreased via affordable systematic convergence studies. This enables the accurate modeling of large systems with complex electronic structures, as illustrated on open-shell organic radicals and transition-metal complexes of up to 179 atoms as well as on challenging biochemical systems, including up to 601 atoms and 11,000 basis functions. While the protein models involve difficulties for local approximations, such as the spin states of a bounded iron ion or an extremely delocalized singly occupied orbital, the corresponding single-node LNO-CCSD(T) computations were feasible in a matter of days with 10s to 100 GB of memory use. Therefore, the new LNO-CCSD(T) implementation enables highly accurate computations for open-shell systems of unprecedented size and complexity with widely accessible hardware.
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- P. Bernát Szabó
- Department
of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology
and Biotechnology, Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology
and Biotechnology, Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
- HUN-REN-BME
Quantum Chemistry Research Group, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
- MTA-BME
Lendület Quantum Chemistry Research Group, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology
and Biotechnology, Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
- HUN-REN-BME
Quantum Chemistry Research Group, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
- MTA-BME
Lendület Quantum Chemistry Research Group, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department
of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Faculty of Chemical Technology
and Biotechnology, Budapest University of
Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
- HUN-REN-BME
Quantum Chemistry Research Group, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
- MTA-BME
Lendület Quantum Chemistry Research Group, Műegyetem rkp. 3, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary
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Tomoiagă RB, Ursu M, Boros K, Nagy LC, Bencze LC. Ancestral l-amino acid oxidase: From substrate scope exploration to phenylalanine ammonia-lyase assay. J Biotechnol 2023; 377:43-52. [PMID: 37890533 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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In this study we assessed the applicability of the recently reported ancestral l-amino acid oxidase (AncLAAO), for the development of an enzyme-coupled phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activity assay. Firstly, the expression and isolation of the AncLAAO-N1 was optimized, followed by activity tests of the obtained octameric N-terminal His-tagged enzyme towards various phenylalanine analogues to assess the compatibility of its substrate scope with that of the well-characterized PALs. AncLAAO-N1 showed high catalytic efficiency towards phenylalanines mono-, di-, or multiple-substituted in the meta- or para-positions, with ortho- substituted substrates being poorly transformed, these results highlighting the significant overlap between its substrate scope and those of PALs. After successful set-up of the AncLAAO-PAL coupled solid phase assay, in a 'proof of concept' approach we demonstrated its applicability for the high-throughput activity screens of PAL-libraries, by screening the saturation mutagenesis-derived I460NNK variant library of PAL from Petroselinum crispum, using p-MeO-phenylalanine as model substrate. Notably, the hits revealed by the coupled assay comprised all the active PAL variants: I460V, I460T, I460S, I460L, previously identified from the tested PAL-library by other assays. Our results validate the applicability of AncLAAO for coupled enzyme systems with phenylalanine ammonia-lyases, including cell-based assays suitable for the high-throughput screening of directed evolution-derived PAL-libraries.
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- Raluca Bianca Tomoiagă
- Enzymology and Applied Biocatalysis Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, Arany János Street 11, Cluj-Napoca RO-400028, Romania
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- Enzymology and Applied Biocatalysis Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, Arany János Street 11, Cluj-Napoca RO-400028, Romania
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- Enzymology and Applied Biocatalysis Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, Arany János Street 11, Cluj-Napoca RO-400028, Romania
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- Enzymology and Applied Biocatalysis Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, Arany János Street 11, Cluj-Napoca RO-400028, Romania
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- Enzymology and Applied Biocatalysis Research Center, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, Arany János Street 11, Cluj-Napoca RO-400028, Romania.
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Ortega P, Gil-Guerrero S, González-Sánchez L, Sanz-Sanz C, Jambrina PG. Spin-Forbidden Addition of Molecular Oxygen to Stable Enol Intermediates-Decarboxylation of 2-Methyl-1-tetralone-2-carboxylic Acid. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087424. [PMID: 37108586 PMCID: PMC10138960 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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The deprotonation of an organic substrate is a common preactivation step for the enzymatic cofactorless addition of O2 to this substrate, as it promotes charge-transfer between the two partners, inducing intersystem crossing between the triplet and singlet states involved in the process. Nevertheless, the spin-forbidden addition of O2 to uncharged ligands has also been observed in the laboratory, and the detailed mechanism of how the system circumvents the spin-forbiddenness of the reaction is still unknown. One of these examples is the cofactorless peroxidation of 2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1-naphthol, which will be studied computationally using single and multi-reference electronic structure calculations. Our results show that the preferred mechanism is that in which O2 picks a proton from the substrate in the triplet state, and subsequently hops to the singlet state in which the product is stable. For this reaction, the formation of the radical pair is associated with a higher barrier than that associated with the intersystem crossing, even though the absence of the negative charge leads to relatively small values of the spin-orbit coupling.
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- Pablo Ortega
- Departamento de Química-Física, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Química-Física, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
- CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Química Física Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química-Física, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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Hydrogen Sulfide and Its Donors: Keys to Unlock the Chains of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232012202. [PMID: 36293058 PMCID: PMC9603526 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Revised: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as the third “gasotransmitters” and has a crucial function in the diversity of physiological functions in mammals. In particular, H2S is considered indispensable in preventing the development of liver inflammation in the case of excessive caloric ingestion. Note that the concentration of endogenous H2S was usually low, making it difficult to discern the precise biological functions. Therefore, exogenous delivery of H2S is conducive to probe the physiological and pathological roles of this gas in cellular and animal studies. In this review, the production and metabolic pathways of H2S in vivo, the types of donors currently used for H2S release, and study evidence of H2S improvement effects on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are systematically introduced.
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Li X, Li X, Zhang QY, Lv P, Jia Y, Wei D. Cofactor-free ActVA-Orf6 monooxygenase catalysis via proton-coupled electron transfer: A QM/MM study. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:5525-5534. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00848c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Uncovering the comprehensive catalytic mechanism for the activation of triplet O2 through metal-free and cofactor-free oxidases and oxygenases remains one of the most challenging questions in the area of enzymatic...
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Waldeck-Weiermair M, Yadav S, Spyropoulos F, Krüger C, Pandey AK, Michel T. Dissecting in vivo and in vitro redox responses using chemogenetics. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 177:360-369. [PMID: 34752919 PMCID: PMC8639655 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is the most abundant reactive oxygen species (ROS) within mammalian cells. At low concentrations, H2O2 serves as a versatile cell signaling molecule that mediates vital physiological functions. Yet at higher concentrations, H2O2 can be a toxic molecule by promoting pathological oxidative stress in cells and tissues. Within normal cells, H2O2 is differentially distributed in a variety of subcellular locales. Moreover, many redox-active enzymes and their substrates are themselves differentially distributed within cells. Numerous reports have described the biological and biochemical consequences of adding exogenous H2O2 to cultured cells and tissues, but many of these observations are difficult to interpret: the effects of exogenous H2O2 do not necessarily replicate the cellular responses to endogenous H2O2. In recent years, chemogenetic approaches have been developed to dynamically regulate the abundance of H2O2 in specific subcellular locales. Chemogenetic approaches have been applied in multiple experimental systems, ranging from in vitro studies on the intracellular transport and metabolism of H2O2, all the way to in vivo studies that generate oxidative stress in specific organs in living animals. These chemogenetic approaches have exploited a yeast-derived d-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) that synthesizes H2O2 only in the presence of its d-amino acid substrate. DAAO can be targeted to various subcellular locales, and can be dynamically activated by the addition or withdrawal of its d-amino acid substrate. In addition, recent advances in the development of highly sensitive genetically encoded H2O2 biosensors are providing a better understanding of both physiological and pathological oxidative pathways. This review highlights several applications of DAAO as a chemogenetic tool across a wide range of biological systems, from analyses of subcellular H2O2 metabolism in cells to the development of new disease models caused by oxidative stress in vivo.
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- Markus Waldeck-Weiermair
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6/6, 8010, Graz, Austria
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Smolyarova DD, Podgorny OV, Bilan DS, Belousov VV. A guide to genetically encoded tools for the study of H 2 O 2. FEBS J 2021; 289:5382-5395. [PMID: 34173331 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Cell metabolism heavily relies on the redox reactions that inevitably generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). It is now well established that ROS fluctuations near basal levels coordinate numerous physiological processes in living organisms, thus exhibiting regulatory functions. Hydrogen peroxide, the most long-lived ROS, is a key contributor to ROS-dependent signal transduction in the cell. H2 O2 is known to impact various targets in the cell; therefore, the question of how H2 O2 modulates physiological processes in a highly specific manner is central in redox biology. To resolve this question, novel genetic tools have recently been created for detecting H2 O2 and emulating its generation in living organisms with unmatched spatiotemporal resolution. Here, we review H2 O2 -sensitive genetically encoded fluorescent sensors and opto- and chemogenetic tools for controlled H2 O2 generation.
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- Daria D Smolyarova
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia.,Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia.,Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.,Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia.,Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.,Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia.,Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.,Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia.,Federal Center of Brain Research and Neurotechnologies of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia.,Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany
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Szabó PB, Csóka J, Kállay M, Nagy PR. Linear-Scaling Open-Shell MP2 Approach: Algorithm, Benchmarks, and Large-Scale Applications. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:2886-2905. [PMID: 33819030 PMCID: PMC8154337 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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A linear-scaling
local second-order Møller–Plesset
(MP2) method is presented for high-spin open-shell molecules based
on restricted open-shell (RO) reference functions. The open-shell
local MP2 (LMP2) approach inherits the iteration- and redundancy-free
formulation and the completely integral-direct, OpenMP-parallel, and
memory and disk use economic algorithms of our closed-shell LMP2 implementation.
By utilizing restricted local molecular orbitals for the demanding
integral transformation step and by introducing a novel long-range
spin-polarization approximation, the computational cost of RO-LMP2
approaches that of closed-shell LMP2. Extensive benchmarks were performed
for reactions of radicals, ionization potentials, as well as spin-state
splittings of carbenes and transition-metal complexes. Compared to
the conventional MP2 reference for systems of up to 175 atoms, local
errors of at most 0.1 kcal/mol were found, which are well below the
intrinsic accuracy of MP2. RO-LMP2 computations are presented for
challenging protein models of up to 601 atoms and 11 000 basis
functions, which involve either spin states of a complexed iron ion
or a highly delocalized singly occupied orbital. The corresponding
runtimes of 9–15 h obtained with a single, many-core CPU demonstrate
that MP2, as well as spin-scaled MP2 and double-hybrid density functional
methods, become widely accessible for open-shell systems of unprecedented
size and complexity.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Bernát Szabó
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, P.O. Box 91, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, P.O. Box 91, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, P.O. Box 91, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, P.O. Box 91, H-1521 Budapest, Hungary
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Tian T, Liu M, Chen L, Zhang F, Yao X, Zhao H, Li X. D-amino acid electrochemical biosensor based on D-amino acid oxidase: Mechanism and high performance against enantiomer interference. Biosens Bioelectron 2019; 151:111971. [PMID: 31868610 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2019.111971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
Abstract
For D-amino acid (DAA) electrochemical biosensors, it is necessary to achieve chiral recognition in racemic solutions or mixtures. However, common chiral recognition is only performed in a single isomer solution. Here, D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) was used as a chiral selector, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a signal amplifier to construct a non-mediator-style DAA biosensor. The biosensor showed high performance against enantiomer interference: in alanine (Ala) enantiomer mixtures, accurate quantification of D-Ala was achieved when the concentration ratio of L-Ala to D-Ala was 100. In Ala racemic solutions, the linear equation slope was almost consistent with that of standard D-Ala. This high performance was due to the combination of stereoselectivity (enzyme protein) and a catalytic reaction (redox center). The mechanism for the electrical signal change of the biosensor was explored and verified by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The results showed that (i) flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD, redox center of DAAO) was a direct electroactive substance that produced a reduction peak current; in the presence of O2, the amount of FAD increased leading to an increase of the reduction peak current. (ii) In the presence of DAA, the chemical reaction FAD+DAA → imino acids+ FADH2 occurred and consumed FAD, which resulted in its decrease; thus, the reduction peak current also decreased. Under the same oxygen concentration, the linear decrease of the reduction peak current in the presence of DAA was due to FAD consumption. The biosensor was used for practical analyses in milk and urine samples with satisfactory results.
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- Tingting Tian
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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