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Kryukova M, Petrovskaya L, Kryukova E, Lomakina G, Yakimov S, Maksimov E, Boyko K, Popov V, Dolgikh D, Kirpichnikov M. Thermal Inactivation of a Cold-Active Esterase PMGL3 Isolated from the Permafrost Metagenomic Library. Biomolecules 2019; 9:E880. [PMID: 31888238 PMCID: PMC6995580 DOI: 10.3390/biom9120880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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PMGL3 is a cold-adapted esterase which was recently isolated from the permafrost metagenomic library. It exhibits maximum activity at 30 °C and low stability at elevated temperatures (40 °C and higher). Sequence alignment has revealed that PMGL3 is a member of the hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) family. In this work, we demonstrated that incubation at 40 °C led to the inactivation of the enzyme (t1/2 = 36 min), which was accompanied by the formation of tetramers and higher molecular weight aggregates. In order to increase the thermal stability of PMGL3, its two cysteines Cys49 and Cys207 were substituted by the hydrophobic residues, which are found at the corresponding positions of thermostable esterases from the HSL family. One of the obtained mutants, C207F, possessed improved stability at 40 °C (t1/2 = 169 min) and increased surface hydrophobicity, whereas C49V was less stable in comparison with the wild type PMGL3. Both mutants exhibited reduced values of Vmax and kcat, while C207F demonstrated increased affinity to the substrate, and improved catalytic efficiency.
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- M.V. Kryukova
- Kurchatov Complex of NBICS-technologies, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Akad. Kurchatova sqr 1, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory, 1/3, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, 1, bld 12, 119234 Moscow, Russia;
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- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 33, bld. 2, 119071 Moscow, Russia;
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- Kurchatov Complex of NBICS-technologies, National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, Akad. Kurchatova sqr 1, 123182 Moscow, Russia
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Research Center of Biotechnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Ave. 33, bld. 2, 119071 Moscow, Russia;
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, 1, bld 12, 119234 Moscow, Russia;
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- Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, 16/10, 117997 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, 1, bld 12, 119234 Moscow, Russia;
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Westphal AH, Tischler D, Heinke F, Hofmann S, Gröning JAD, Labudde D, van Berkel WJH. Pyridine Nucleotide Coenzyme Specificity of p-Hydroxybenzoate Hydroxylase and Related Flavoprotein Monooxygenases. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3050. [PMID: 30631308 PMCID: PMC6315137 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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p-Hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase (PHBH; EC 1.14.13.2) is a microbial group A flavoprotein monooxygenase that catalyzes the ortho-hydroxylation of 4-hydroxybenzoate to 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate with the stoichiometric consumption of NAD(P)H and oxygen. PHBH and related enzymes lack a canonical NAD(P)H-binding domain and the way they interact with the pyridine nucleotide coenzyme has remained a conundrum. Previously, we identified a surface exposed protein segment of PHBH from Pseudomonas fluorescens involved in NADPH binding. Here, we report the first amino acid sequences of NADH-preferring PHBHs and a phylogenetic analysis of putative PHBHs identified in currently available bacterial genomes. It was found that PHBHs group into three clades consisting of NADPH-specific, NAD(P)H-dependent and NADH-preferring enzymes. The latter proteins frequently occur in Actinobacteria. To validate the results, we produced several putative PHBHs in Escherichia coli and confirmed their predicted coenzyme preferences. Based on phylogeny, protein energy profiling and lifestyle of PHBH harboring bacteria we propose that the pyridine nucleotide coenzyme specificity of PHBH emerged through adaptive evolution and that the NADH-preferring enzymes are the older versions of PHBH. Structural comparison and distance tree analysis of group A flavoprotein monooxygenases indicated that a similar protein segment as being responsible for the pyridine nucleotide coenzyme specificity of PHBH is involved in determining the pyridine nucleotide coenzyme specificity of the other group A members.
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- Adrie H Westphal
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Interdisziplinäres Ökologisches Zentrum, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group Mittweida, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany
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- Interdisziplinäres Ökologisches Zentrum, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
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- Interdisziplinäres Ökologisches Zentrum, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Group Mittweida, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Mittweida, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands
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Raad MD, Modavi C, Sukovich DJ, Anderson JC. Observing Biosynthetic Activity Utilizing Next Generation Sequencing and the DNA Linked Enzyme Coupled Assay. ACS Chem Biol 2017; 12:191-199. [PMID: 28103681 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Currently, the identification of new genes drastically outpaces current experimental methods for determining their enzymatic function. This disparity necessitates the development of high-throughput techniques that operate with the same scalability as modern gene synthesis and sequencing technologies. In this paper, we demonstrate the versatility of the recently reported DNA-Linked Enzyme-Coupled Assay (DLEnCA) and its ability to support high-throughput data acquisition through next-generation sequencing (NGS). Utilizing methyltransferases, we highlight DLEnCA's ability to rapidly profile an enzyme's substrate specificity, determine relative enzyme kinetics, detect biosynthetic formation of a target molecule, and its potential to benefit from the scales and standardization afforded by NGS. This improved methodology minimizes the effort in acquiring biosynthetic knowledge by tying biochemical techniques to the rapidly evolving abilities in sequencing and synthesizing DNA.
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- Markus de Raad
- Department of Biological
Engineering, Synthetic Biology Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94704, United States
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- Department of Biological
Engineering, Synthetic Biology Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94704, United States
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- Department of Biological
Engineering, Synthetic Biology Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94704, United States
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- Department of Biological
Engineering, Synthetic Biology Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94704, United States
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Chromatographic and electrophoretic assessment of Filgrastim biosimilars in pharmaceutical formulations. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2014; 97:72-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2014.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Revised: 04/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ceccoli RD, Bianchi DA, Rial DV. Flavoprotein monooxygenases for oxidative biocatalysis: recombinant expression in microbial hosts and applications. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:25. [PMID: 24567729 PMCID: PMC3915288 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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External flavoprotein monooxygenases comprise a group of flavin-dependent oxidoreductases that catalyze the insertion of one atom of molecular oxygen into an organic substrate and the second atom is reduced to water. These enzymes are involved in a great number of metabolic pathways both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Flavoprotein monooxygenases have attracted the attention of researchers for several decades and the advent of recombinant DNA technology caused a great progress in the field. These enzymes are subjected to detailed biochemical and structural characterization and some of them are also regarded as appealing oxidative biocatalysts for the production of fine chemicals and valuable intermediates toward active pharmaceutical ingredients due to their high chemo-, stereo-, and regioselectivity. Here, we review the most representative reactions catalyzed both in vivo and in vitro by prototype flavoprotein monooxygenases, highlighting the strategies employed to produce them recombinantly, to enhance the yield of soluble proteins, and to improve cofactor regeneration in order to obtain versatile biocatalysts. Although we describe the most outstanding features of flavoprotein monooxygenases, we mainly focus on enzymes that were cloned, expressed and used for biocatalysis during the last years.
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- Romina D Ceccoli
- Área Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario CONICET, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Rosario (IQUIR, CONICET-UNR), Área Análisis de Medicamentos, Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario Rosario, Argentina
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- Área Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario CONICET, Rosario, Argentina
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Suemori A. Conserved and non-conserved residues and their role in the structure and function of p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase. Protein Eng Des Sel 2013; 26:479-88. [PMID: 23766373 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzt026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In order to elucidate the molecular mechanism of the catalytic reaction and enzyme conformation, we substituted 53 conserved residues identified by aligning 92 p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase sequences and 19 non-conserved residues selected from crystallographic studies of Pseudomonas fluorescens NBRC14160 p-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase with 19 other naturally occurring amino acids, yielding a database of 619 active single mutants. The database contained 365 and 254 active single mutants for 44/53 conserved residues and 19 non-conserved residues, respectively; the data included main activity, sub-activity for NADPH and NADPH reaction specificity. Active mutations were not observed for the G14, Q102, G160, E198, R220, R246, N300, F342 and G387 conserved residues, and only one active mutant was obtained at the G9, G11, G187, D286, Y201, R214 and G295 conserved residues and the S13, E32 and R42 non-conserved residues. Only seven active mutants with higher activity than the wild-type enzyme were observed at conserved residues, and only two were observed at non-conserved residues. The 365 mutants at conserved residues included 64 active mutants with higher NADPH reaction specificity than the wild-type enzyme, and some Y181X single mutants exhibited considerable changes in NADPH reaction specificity. A Y181X/L268G double-mutant database was constructed to computationally analyze the effects of these substitutions on structural conformation and function. These results indicated that some conserved or non-conserved residues are important for structural stability or enzyme function.
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- Akio Suemori
- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology-AIST, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan.
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Singh RK, Tiwari MK, Singh R, Lee JK. From protein engineering to immobilization: promising strategies for the upgrade of industrial enzymes. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:1232-77. [PMID: 23306150 PMCID: PMC3565319 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14011232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Revised: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 12/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Enzymes found in nature have been exploited in industry due to their inherent catalytic properties in complex chemical processes under mild experimental and environmental conditions. The desired industrial goal is often difficult to achieve using the native form of the enzyme. Recent developments in protein engineering have revolutionized the development of commercially available enzymes into better industrial catalysts. Protein engineering aims at modifying the sequence of a protein, and hence its structure, to create enzymes with improved functional properties such as stability, specific activity, inhibition by reaction products, and selectivity towards non-natural substrates. Soluble enzymes are often immobilized onto solid insoluble supports to be reused in continuous processes and to facilitate the economical recovery of the enzyme after the reaction without any significant loss to its biochemical properties. Immobilization confers considerable stability towards temperature variations and organic solvents. Multipoint and multisubunit covalent attachments of enzymes on appropriately functionalized supports via linkers provide rigidity to the immobilized enzyme structure, ultimately resulting in improved enzyme stability. Protein engineering and immobilization techniques are sequential and compatible approaches for the improvement of enzyme properties. The present review highlights and summarizes various studies that have aimed to improve the biochemical properties of industrially significant enzymes.
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- Raushan Kumar Singh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-Dong, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 143-701, Korea.
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Opperman DJ, Reetz MT. Towards Practical Baeyer-Villiger-Monooxygenases: Design of Cyclohexanone Monooxygenase Mutants with Enhanced Oxidative Stability. Chembiochem 2010; 11:2589-96. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Redox-active enzymes perform many key biological reactions. The electron transfer process is complex, not only because of its versatility, but also because of the intricate and delicate modulation exerted by the protein scaffold on the redox properties of the catalytic sites. Nowadays, there is a wealth of information available about the catalytic mechanisms of redox-active enzymes and the time is propitious for the development of projects based on the protein engineering of redox-active enzymes. In this review, we aim to provide an updated account of the available methods used for protein engineering, including both genetic and chemical tools, which are usually reviewed separately. Specific applications to redox-active enzymes are mentioned within each technology, with emphasis on those cases where the generation of novel functionality was pursued. Finally, we focus on two emerging fields in the protein engineering of redox-active enzymes: the construction of novel nucleic acid-based catalysts and the remodeling of intra-molecular electron transfer networks. We consider that the future development of these areas will represent fine examples of the concurrence of chemical and genetic tools.
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- Gloria Saab-Rincón
- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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Xie X, Pashkov I, Gao X, Guerrero JL, Yeates TO, Tang Y. Rational improvement of simvastatin synthase solubility in Escherichia coli leads to higher whole-cell biocatalytic activity. Biotechnol Bioeng 2008; 102:20-8. [PMID: 18988191 DOI: 10.1002/bit.22028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Simvastatin is the active pharmaceutical ingredient of the blockbuster cholesterol lowering drug Zocor. We have previously developed an Escherichia coli based whole-cell biocatalytic platform towards the synthesis of simvastatin sodium salt (SS) starting from the precursor monacolin J sodium salt (MJSS). The centerpiece of the biocatalytic approach is the simvastatin synthase LovD, which is highly prone to misfolding and aggregation when overexpressed from E. coli. Increasing the solubility of LovD without decreasing its catalytic activity can therefore elevate the performance of the whole-cell biocatalyst. Using a combination of homology structural prediction and site-directed mutagenesis, we identified two cysteine residues in LovD that are responsible for nonspecific intermolecular crosslinking, which leads to oligomer formation and protein aggregation. Replacement of Cys40 and Cys60 with alanine residues resulted in marked gain in both protein solubility and whole-cell biocatalytic activities. Further mutagenesis experiments converting these two residues to small or polar natural amino acids showed that C40A and C60N are the most beneficial, affording 27% and 26% increase in whole cell activities, respectively. The double mutant C40A/C60N combines the individual improvements and displayed approximately 50% increase in protein solubility and whole-cell activity. Optimized fed-batch high-cell-density fermentation of the double mutant in an E. coli strain engineered for simvastatin production quantitatively (>99%) converted 45 mM MJSS to SS within 18 h, which represents a significant improvement over the performance of wild-type LovD under identical conditions. The high efficiency of the improved whole-cell platform renders the biocatalytic synthesis of SS an attractive substitute over the existing semisynthetic routes.
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- Xinkai Xie
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, 5531 Boelter Hall, 420 Westwood Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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