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Rahmatabadi SS, Bashiri H, Soleymani B. A comprehensive review on fructosyl peptide oxidase as an important enzyme for present hemoglobin A1c assays. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2024. [PMID: 39099239 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 07/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024]
Abstract
Glycated proteins are generated by binding of glucose to the proteins in blood stream through a nonenzymatic reaction. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a glycated protein with glucose at the N-terminal of β-chain. HbA1c is extensively used as an indicator for assessing the blood glucose concentration in diabetes patients. There are different conventional clinical methods for the detection of HbA1c. However, enzymatic detection method has newly obtained great attention for its high precision and cost-effectiveness. Today, fructosyl peptide oxidase (FPOX) plays a key role in the enzymatic measurement of HbA1c, and different companies have marketed HbA1c assay systems based on FPOX. Recent investigations show that FPOX could be used in assaying HbA1 without requiring HbA1c primary digestion. It could also be applied as a biosensor for HbA1c detection. In this review, we have discussed the recent improvements of FPOX properties, different methods of FPOX purification, solubility, and immobilization, and also the use of FPOX in HbA1c biosensors.
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- Seyyed Soheil Rahmatabadi
- Nano Drug Delivery Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Department of Plant Production Engineering and Genetics, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
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- Medical Biology Research Center, Health Technology Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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Duval C, Criscuolo F, Bertile F. Glycation resistance and life-history traits: lessons from non-conventional animal models. Biol Lett 2024; 20:20230601. [PMID: 38863347 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0601] [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: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024] Open
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Glycation reactions play a key role in the senescence process and are involved in numerous age-related pathologies, such as diabetes complications or Alzheimer's disease. As a result, past studies on glycation have mostly focused on human and laboratory animal models for medical purposes. Very little is known about glycation and its link to senescence in wild animal species. Yet, despite feeding on high-sugar diets, several bat and bird species are long-lived and seem to escape the toxic effects of high glycaemia. The study of these models could open new avenues both for understanding the mechanisms that coevolved with glycation resistance and for treating the damaging effects of glycations in humans. Our understanding of glycaemia's correlation to proxies of animals' pace of life is emerging in few wild species; however, virtually nothing is known about their resistance to glycation, nor on the relationship between glycation, species' life-history traits and individual fitness. Our review summarizes the scarce current knowledge on the links between glycation and life-history traits in non-conventional animal models, highlighting the predominance of avian research. We also investigate some key molecular and physiological parameters involved in glycation regulation, which hold promise for future research on fitness and senescence of individuals.
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- Cyrielle Duval
- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, UMR 7178 , Strasbourg 67000, France
- Infrastructure de Protéomique, ProFi , Strasbourg FR2048, France
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- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, UMR 7178 , Strasbourg 67000, France
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- University of Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, UMR 7178 , Strasbourg 67000, France
- Infrastructure de Protéomique, ProFi , Strasbourg FR2048, France
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Delanghe JR, Diana Di Mavungu J, Beerens K, Himpe J, Bostan N, Speeckaert MM, Vrielinck H, Vral A, Van Den Broeke C, Huizing M, Van Aken E. Fructosyl Amino Oxidase as a Therapeutic Enzyme in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4779. [PMID: 38732004 PMCID: PMC11083825 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094779] [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: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an age-related disorder that is a global public health problem. The non-enzymatic Maillard reaction results in the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Accumulation of AGEs in drusen plays a key role in AMD. AGE-reducing drugs may contribute to the prevention and treatment of AGE-related disease. Fructosamine oxidase (FAOD) acts on fructosyl lysine and fructosyl valine. Based upon the published results of fructosamine 3-kinase (FN3K) and FAOD obtained in cataract and presbyopia, we studied ex vivo FAOD treatment as a non-invasive AMD therapy. On glycolaldehyde-treated porcine retinas, FAOD significantly reduced AGE autofluorescence (p = 0.001). FAOD treatment results in a breakdown of AGEs, as evidenced using UV fluorescence, near-infrared microspectroscopy on stained tissue sections of human retina, and gel permeation chromatography. Drusen are accumulations of AGEs that build up between Bruch's membrane and the retinal pigment epithelium. On microscopy slides of human retina affected by AMD, a significant reduction in drusen surface to 45 ± 21% was observed following FAOD treatment. Enzymatic digestion followed by mass spectrometry of fructose- and glucose-based AGEs (produced in vitro) revealed a broader spectrum of substrates for FAOD, as compared to FN3K, including the following: fructosyllysine, carboxymethyllysine, carboxyethyllysine, and imidazolone. In contrast to FN3K digestion, agmatine (4-aminobutyl-guanidine) was formed following FAOD treatment in vitro. The present study highlights the therapeutic potential of FAOD in AMD by repairing glycation-induced damage.
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- Joris R. Delanghe
- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, MSsmall Expertise Centre, Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Small Organic Molecules, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Antwerp Biobank, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650 Antwerp, Belgium; (N.B.); (M.H.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;
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- Antwerp Biobank, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650 Antwerp, Belgium; (N.B.); (M.H.)
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Mossine VV, Mawhinney TP. 1-Amino-1-deoxy-d-fructose ("fructosamine") and its derivatives: An update. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 2023; 83:1-26. [PMID: 37968036 DOI: 10.1016/bs.accb.2023.10.001] [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] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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1-Amino-1-deoxy-d-fructose (fructosamine, FN) derivatives are omnipresent in all living organisms, as a result of non-enzymatic condensation and Amadori rearrangement reactions between free glucose and biogenic amines such as amino acids, polypeptides, or aminophospholipids. Over decades, steady interest in fructosamine was largely sustained by its role as a key intermediate structure in the Maillard reaction that is responsible for the organoleptic and nutritional value of thermally processed foods, and for pathophysiological effects of hyperglycemia in diabetes. New trends in fructosamine research include the discovery and engineering of FN-processing enzymes, development of advanced tools for hyperglycemia monitoring, and evaluation of the therapeutic potential of both fructosamines and FN-recognizing proteins. This article covers developments in the field of fructosamine and its derivatives since 2010 and attempts to ascertain challenges in future research.
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- Valeri V Mossine
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.
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Mossine VV, Mawhinney TP. 1-Amino-1-deoxy-d-fructose ("fructosamine") and its derivatives. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 2023; 83:27-132. [PMID: 37968038 DOI: 10.1016/bs.accb.2023.10.002] [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] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Fructosamine has long been considered as a key intermediate of the Maillard reaction, which to a large extent is responsible for specific aroma, taste, and color formation in thermally processed or dehydrated foods. Since the 1980s, however, as a product of the Amadori rearrangement reaction between glucose and biologically significant amines such as proteins, fructosamine has experienced a boom in biomedical research, mainly due to its relevance to pathologies in diabetes and aging. In this chapter, we assess the scope of the knowledge on and applications of fructosamine-related molecules in chemistry, food, and health sciences, as reflected mostly in publications within the past decade. Methods of fructosamine synthesis and analysis, its chemical, and biological properties, and degradation reactions, together with fructosamine-modifying and -recognizing proteins are surveyed.
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- Valeri V Mossine
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.
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Estiri H, Bhattacharya S, Buitrago JAR, Castagna R, Legzdiņa L, Casucci G, Ricci A, Parisini E, Gautieri A. Tailoring FPOX enzymes for enhanced stability and expanded substrate recognition. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18610. [PMID: 37903872 PMCID: PMC10616090 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45428-1] [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: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023] Open
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Fructosyl peptide oxidases (FPOX) are deglycating enzymes that find application as key enzymatic components in diabetes monitoring devices. Indeed, their use with blood samples can provide a measurement of the concentration of glycated hemoglobin and glycated albumin, two well-known diabetes markers. However, the FPOX currently employed in enzymatic assays cannot directly detect whole glycated proteins, making it necessary to perform a preliminary proteolytic treatment of the target protein to generate small glycated peptides that can act as viable substrates for the enzyme. This is a costly and time consuming step. In this work, we used an in silico protein engineering approach to enhance the overall thermal stability of the enzyme and to improve its catalytic activity toward large substrates. The final design shows a marked improvement in thermal stability relative to the wild type enzyme, a distinct widening of its access tunnel and significant enzymatic activity towards a range of glycated substrates.
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- Hajar Estiri
- Department of Biotechnology, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, Riga, 1006, Latvia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, Riga, 1006, Latvia
- Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Paula Valdena 3, Riga, 1048, Latvia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, Riga, 1006, Latvia
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Piazza L. da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, Riga, 1006, Latvia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, Riga, 1006, Latvia
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- Biomolecular Engineering Lab, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Aizkraukles 21, Riga, 1006, Latvia.
- Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
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- Biomolecular Engineering Lab, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133, Milano, Italy.
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Delanghe JR, Beeckman J, Beerens K, Himpe J, Bostan N, Speeckaert MM, Notebaert M, Huizing M, Van Aken E. Topical Application of Deglycating Enzymes as an Alternative Non-Invasive Treatment for Presbyopia. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24087343. [PMID: 37108506 PMCID: PMC10139041 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24087343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Presbyopia is an age-related vision disorder that is a global public health problem. Up to 85% of people aged ≥40 years develop presbyopia. In 2015, 1.8 billion people globally had presbyopia. Of those with significant near vision disabilities due to uncorrected presbyopia, 94% live in developing countries. Presbyopia is undercorrected in many countries, with reading glasses available for only 6-45% of patients living in developing countries. The high prevalence of uncorrected presbyopia in these parts of the world is due to the lack of adequate diagnosis and affordable treatment. The formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is a non-enzymatic process known as the Maillard reaction. The accumulation of AGEs in the lens contributes to lens aging (leading to presbyopia and cataract formation). Non-enzymatic lens protein glycation induces the gradual accumulation of AGEs in aging lenses. AGE-reducing compounds may be effective at preventing and treating AGE-related processes. Fructosyl-amino acid oxidase (FAOD) is active on both fructosyl lysine and fructosyl valine. As the crosslinks encountered in presbyopia are mainly non-disulfide bridges, and based on the positive results of deglycating enzymes in cataracts (another disease caused by glycation of lens proteins), we studied the ex vivo effects of topical FAOD treatment on the power of human lenses as a new potential non-invasive treatment for presbyopia. This study demonstrated that topical FAOD treatment resulted in an increase in lens power, which is approximately equivalent to the correction obtained by most reading glasses. The best results were obtained for the newer lenses. Simultaneously, a decrease in lens opacity was observed, which improved lens quality. We also demonstrated that topical FAOD treatment results in a breakdown of AGEs, as evidenced by gel permeation chromatography and a marked reduction in autofluorescence. This study demonstrated the therapeutic potential of topical FAOD treatment in presbyopia.
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- Joris R Delanghe
- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Antwerp Biobank, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Antwerp Biobank, Antwerp University Hospital, 2650 Antwerp, Belgium
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Gautieri A, Rigoldi F, Torretta A, Redaelli A, Parisini E. In Silico Engineering of Enzyme Access Tunnels. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2397:203-225. [PMID: 34813066 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1826-4_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Enzyme engineering is a tailoring process that allows the modification of naturally occurring enzymes to provide them with improved catalytic efficiency, stability, or specificity. By introducing partial modifications to their sequence and to their structural features, enzyme engineering can transform natural enzymes into more efficient, specific and resistant biocatalysts and render them suitable for virtually countless industrial processes. Current enzyme engineering methods mostly target the active site of the enzyme, where the catalytic reaction takes place. Nonetheless, the tunnel that often connects the surface of an enzyme with its buried active site plays a key role in the activity of the enzyme as it acts as a gatekeeper and regulates the access of the substrate to the catalytic pocket. Hence, there is an increasing interest in targeting the sequence and the structure of substrate entrance tunnels in order to fine-tune enzymatic activity, regulate substrate specificity, or control reaction promiscuity.In this chapter, we describe the use of a rational in silico design and screening method to engineer the access tunnel of a fructosyl peptide oxidase with the aim to facilitate access to its catalytic site and to expand its substrate range. Our goal is to engineer this class of enzymes in order to utilize them for the direct detection of glycated proteins in diabetes monitoring devices. The design strategy involves remodeling of the backbone structure of the enzyme , a feature that is not possible with conventional enzyme engineering techniques such as single-point mutagenesis and that is highly unlikely to occur using a directed evolution approach.The proposed strategy, which results in a significant reduction in cost and time for the experimental production and characterization of candidate enzyme variants, represents a promising approach to the expedited identification of novel and improved enzymes. Rational enzyme design aims to provide in silico strategies for the fast, accurate, and inexpensive development of biocatalysts that can meet the needs of multiple industrial sectors, thus ultimately promoting the use of green chemistry and improving the efficiency of chemical processes.
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- Alfonso Gautieri
- Biomolecular Engineering Lab, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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- Biomolecular Engineering Lab, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milan, Italy
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- Biomolecular Engineering Lab, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milan, Italy.
- Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia.
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Lahham M, Jha S, Goj D, Macheroux P, Wallner S. The family of sarcosine oxidases: Same reaction, different products. Arch Biochem Biophys 2021; 704:108868. [PMID: 33812916 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2021.108868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The subfamily of sarcosine oxidase is a set of enzymes within the larger family of amine oxidases. It is ubiquitously distributed among different kingdoms of life. The member enzymes catalyze the oxidization of an N-methyl amine bond of amino acids to yield unstable imine species that undergo subsequent spontaneous non-enzymatic reactions, forming an array of different products. These products range from demethylated simple species to complex alkaloids. The enzymes belonging to the sarcosine oxidase family, namely, monomeric and heterotetrameric sarcosine oxidase, l-pipecolate oxidase, N-methyltryptophan oxidase, NikD, l-proline dehydrogenase, FsqB, fructosamine oxidase and saccharopine oxidase have unique features differentiating them from other amine oxidases. This review highlights the key attributes of the sarcosine oxidase family enzymes, in terms of their substrate binding motif, type of oxidation reaction mediated and FAD regeneration, to define the boundaries of this group and demarcate these enzymes from other amine oxidase families.
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- Majd Lahham
- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Graz, Austria; Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Aljazeera Private University, Ghabagheb, Syria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Graz University of Technology, NAWI Graz, Graz, Austria.
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Beeraka NM, Bovilla VR, Doreswamy SH, Puttalingaiah S, Srinivasan A, Madhunapantula SV. The Taming of Nuclear Factor Erythroid-2-Related Factor-2 (Nrf2) Deglycation by Fructosamine-3-Kinase (FN3K)-Inhibitors-A Novel Strategy to Combat Cancers. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13020281. [PMID: 33466626 PMCID: PMC7828646 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13020281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Aim of this review is to provide an overview on (a) Fructosamine-3-Kinase (FN3K) and its role in regulating Nuclear Factor Erythorid-2-Related Factor-2 (Nrf2); (b) the role of glycation and deglycation mechanisms in modulating the functional properties of proteins, in particular, the Nrf2; (c) the dual role of Nrf2 in the prevention and treatment of cancers. Since controlling the glycation of Nrf2 is one of the key mechanisms determining the fate of a cell; whether to get transformed into a cancerous one or to stay as a normal one, it is important to regulate Nrf2 and deglycating FN3K using pharmacological agents. Inhibitors of FN3K are being explored currently to modulate Nrf2 activity thereby control the cancers. Abstract Glycated stress is mediated by the advanced glycation end products (AGE) and the binding of AGEs to the receptors for advanced glycation end products (RAGEs) in cancer cells. RAGEs are involved in mediating tumorigenesis of multiple cancers through the modulation of several downstream signaling cascades. Glycated stress modulates various signaling pathways that include p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK), nuclear factor kappa–B (NF-κB), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, etc., which further foster the uncontrolled proliferation, growth, metastasis, angiogenesis, drug resistance, and evasion of apoptosis in several cancers. In this review, a balanced overview on the role of glycation and deglycation in modulating several signaling cascades that are involved in the progression of cancers was discussed. Further, we have highlighted the functional role of deglycating enzyme fructosamine-3-kinase (FN3K) on Nrf2-driven cancers. The activity of FN3K is attributed to its ability to deglycate Nrf2, a master regulator of oxidative stress in cells. FN3K is a unique protein that mediates deglycation by phosphorylating basic amino acids lysine and arginine in various proteins such as Nrf2. Deglycated Nrf2 is stable and binds to small musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma (sMAF) proteins, thereby activating cellular antioxidant mechanisms to protect cells from oxidative stress. This cellular protection offered by Nrf2 activation, in one way, prevents the transformation of a normal cell into a cancer cell; however, in the other way, it helps a cancer cell not only to survive under hypoxic conditions but also, to stay protected from various chemo- and radio-therapeutic treatments. Therefore, the activation of Nrf2 is similar to a double-edged sword and, if not controlled properly, can lead to the development of many solid tumors. Hence, there is a need to develop novel small molecule modulators/phytochemicals that can regulate FN3K activity, thereby maintaining Nrf2 in a controlled activation state.
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- Narasimha M. Beeraka
- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka 570015, India; (N.M.B.); (V.R.B.); (S.H.D.); (S.P.)
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka 570015, India; (N.M.B.); (V.R.B.); (S.H.D.); (S.P.)
- Public Health Research Institute of India (PHRII), Mysuru, Karnataka 570020, India
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka 570015, India; (N.M.B.); (V.R.B.); (S.H.D.); (S.P.)
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka 570015, India; (N.M.B.); (V.R.B.); (S.H.D.); (S.P.)
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- Division of Nanoscience and Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka 570015, India;
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- Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CEMR), Department of Biochemistry, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka 570015, India; (N.M.B.); (V.R.B.); (S.H.D.); (S.P.)
- Special Interest Group in Cancer Biology and Cancer Stem Cells, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, Karnataka 570015, India
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +91-810-527-8621
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Savino S, Fraaije MW. The vast repertoire of carbohydrate oxidases: An overview. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 51:107634. [PMID: 32961251 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2020.107634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Carbohydrates are widely abundant molecules present in a variety of forms. For their biosynthesis and modification, nature has evolved a plethora of carbohydrate-acting enzymes. Many of these enzymes are of particular interest for biotechnological applications, where they can be used as biocatalysts or biosensors. Among the enzymes catalysing conversions of carbohydrates are the carbohydrate oxidases. These oxidative enzymes belong to different structural families and use different cofactors to perform the oxidation reaction of CH-OH bonds in carbohydrates. The variety of carbohydrate oxidases available in nature reflects their specificity towards different sugars and selectivity of the oxidation site. Thanks to their properties, carbohydrate oxidases have received a lot of attention in basic and applied research, such that nowadays their role in biotechnological processes is of paramount importance. In this review we provide an overview of the available knowledge concerning the known carbohydrate oxidases. The oxidases are first classified according to their structural features. After a description on their mechanism of action, substrate acceptance and characterisation, we report on the engineering of the different carbohydrate oxidases to enhance their employment in biocatalysis and biotechnology. In the last part of the review we highlight some practical applications for which such enzymes have been exploited.
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- Simone Savino
- Molecular Enzymology Group, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Molecular Enzymology Group, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Rigoldi F, Donini S, Torretta A, Carbone A, Redaelli A, Bandiera T, Parisini E, Gautieri A. Rational backbone redesign of a fructosyl peptide oxidase to widen its active site access tunnel. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020; 117:3688-3698. [PMID: 32797625 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Fructosyl peptide oxidases (FPOXs) are enzymes currently used in enzymatic assays to measure the concentration of glycated hemoglobin and albumin in blood samples, which serve as biomarkers of diabetes. However, since FPOX are unable to work directly on glycated proteins, current enzymatic assays are based on a preliminary proteolytic digestion of the target proteins. Herein, to improve the speed and costs of the enzymatic assays for diabetes testing, we applied a rational design approach to engineer a novel enzyme with a wider access tunnel to the catalytic site, using a combination of Rosetta design and molecular dynamics simulations. Our final design, L3_35A, shows a significantly wider and shorter access tunnel, resulting from the deletion of five-amino acids lining the gate structures and from a total of 35 point mutations relative to the wild-type (WT) enzyme. Indeed, upon experimental testing, our engineered enzyme shows good structural stability and maintains significant activity relative to the WT.
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- Federica Rigoldi
- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Biomolecular Engineering Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.,D3-PharmaChemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Biomolecular Engineering Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- D3-PharmaChemistry, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology@Polimi, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Milano, Italy.,Biotechnology Group, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Biomolecular Engineering Lab, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Cyclometalated complexes containing ferrocenyl Schiff base: Preparation, characterization, DFT calculations, application in cancer and biological researches and MOE studies. ARAB J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2020.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Creation of haemoglobin A1c direct oxidase from fructosyl peptide oxidase by combined structure-based site specific mutagenesis and random mutagenesis. Sci Rep 2019; 9:942. [PMID: 30700768 PMCID: PMC6353924 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37806-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The currently available haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) enzymatic assay consists of two specific steps: proteolysis of HbA1c and oxidation of the liberated fructosyl peptide by fructosyl peptide oxidase (FPOX). To develop a more convenient and high throughput assay, we devised novel protease-free assay system employing modified FPOX with HbA1c oxidation activity, namely HbA1c direct oxidase (HbA1cOX). AnFPOX-15, a modified FPOX from Aspergillus nidulans, was selected for conversion to HbA1cOX. As deduced from the crystal structure of AnFPOX-15, R61 was expected to obstruct the entrance of bulky substrates. An R61G mutant was thus constructed to open the gate at the active site. The prepared mutant exhibited significant reactivity for fructosyl hexapeptide (F-6P, N-terminal amino acids of HbA1c), and its crystal structure revealed a wider gate observed for AnFPOX-15. To improve the reactivity for F-6P, several mutagenesis approaches were performed. The ultimately generated AnFPOX-47 exhibited the highest F-6P reactivity and possessed HbA1c oxidation activity. HbA1c levels in blood samples as measured using the direct assay system using AnFPOX-47 were highly correlated with the levels measured using the conventional HPLC method. In this study, FPOX was successfully converted to HbA1cOX, which could represent a novel in vitro diagnostic modality for diabetes mellitus.
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Shahbazmohammadi H, Sardari S, Lari A, Omidinia E. Engineering an efficient mutant of Eupenicillium terrenum fructosyl peptide oxidase for the specific determination of hemoglobin A1c. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:1725-1735. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9529-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Danchin A. Bacteria in the ageing gut: did the taming of fire promote a long human lifespan? Environ Microbiol 2018; 20:1966-1987. [PMID: 29727052 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Unique among animals as they evolved towards Homo sapiens, hominins progressively cooked their food on a routine basis. Cooked products are characterized by singular chemical compounds, derived from the pervasive Maillard reaction. This same reaction is omnipresent in normal metabolism involving carbonyls and amines, and its products accumulate with age. The gut microbiota acts as a first line of defence against the toxicity of cooked Maillard compounds, that also selectively shape the microbial flora, letting specific metabolites to reach the blood stream. Positive selection of metabolic functions allowed the body of hominins who tamed fire to use and dispose of these age-related compounds. I propose here that, as a hopeful accidental consequence, this resulted in extending human lifespan far beyond that of our great ape cousins. The limited data exploring the role of taming fire on the human genetic setup and on its microbiota is discussed in relation with ageing.
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- Antoine Danchin
- Integromics, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris, 75013, France.,School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong University, 21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
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Thermal stabilization of the deglycating enzyme Amadoriase I by rational design. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3042. [PMID: 29445091 PMCID: PMC5813194 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19991-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Amadoriases are a class of FAD-dependent enzymes that are found in fungi, yeast and bacteria and that are able to hydrolyze glycated amino acids, cleaving the sugar moiety from the amino acidic portion. So far, engineered Amadoriases have mostly found practical application in the measurement of the concentration of glycated albumin in blood samples. However, these engineered forms of Amadoriases show relatively low absolute activity and stability levels, which affect their conditions of use. Therefore, enzyme stabilization is desirable prior to function-altering molecular engineering. In this work, we describe a rational design strategy based on a computational screening method to evaluate a library of potentially stabilizing disulfide bonds. Our approach allowed the identification of two thermostable Amadoriase I mutants (SS03 and SS17) featuring a significantly higher T50 (55.3 °C and 60.6 °C, respectively) compared to the wild-type enzyme (52.4 °C). Moreover, SS17 shows clear hyperstabilization, with residual activity up to 95 °C, whereas the wild-type enzyme is fully inactive at 55 °C. Our computational screening method can therefore be considered as a promising approach to expedite the design of thermostable enzymes.
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X-ray structures of fructosyl peptide oxidases revealing residues responsible for gating oxygen access in the oxidative half reaction. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2790. [PMID: 28584265 PMCID: PMC5459902 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02657-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Current enzymatic systems for quantifying glycated hemoglobin are based on the FAD-containing enzyme fructosyl peptide oxidase (FPOX). FPOX has substrate specificity for fructosyl-α N-valyl-histidine derived from proteolytic digestion of the N-terminus of the HbA1c β-chain. This study reports the X-ray structures of the wild-type and Asn56Ala (N56A) mutant of Phaeosphaeria nodorum fructosyl peptide oxidase (PnFPOX) to elucidate the residues responsible for the oxidative half-reaction. N56A showed decreased oxidase activity compared to the wild -type, while its dye-mediated dehydrogenase activity was higher than that of wild type. In wild-type PnFPOX, Asn56 forms a hydrogen bond with Lys274, thereby preventing it from forming a salt bridge with Asp54. By contrast, Lys274 of PnFPOX N56A moves toward Asp54, and they approach each other to form a salt bridge at a distance of 2.92-3.35 Å. Site-directed mutagenesis studies and protein channel analysis suggest that Asp54 assists in accepting oxygen properly at the position of the bound water molecule in the main oxygen channel. These results reveal that Asn56 in PnFPOX is essential for maintaining an effective oxygen accession path, and support the role of Asp54 as a gate keeper that cooperates with Lys274 to enable oxygen to reach the active site properly.
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Troise AD, Buonanno M, Fiore A, Monti SM, Fogliano V. Evolution of protein bound Maillard reaction end-products and free Amadori compounds in low lactose milk in presence of fructosamine oxidase I. Food Chem 2016; 212:722-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Rigoldi F, Gautieri A, Dalle Vedove A, Lucarelli AP, Vesentini S, Parisini E. Crystal structure of the deglycating enzyme Amadoriase I in its free form and substrate-bound complex. Proteins 2016; 84:744-58. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Federica Rigoldi
- Dipartimento Di Elettronica; Informazione E Bioingegneria, Politecnico Di Milano; Milano 20133 Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Elettronica; Informazione E Bioingegneria, Politecnico Di Milano; Milano 20133 Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia; Milano 20133 Italy
- Dipartimento Di Chimica; Materiali E Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”, Politecnico Di Milano; Milano 20133 Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia; Milano 20133 Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Elettronica; Informazione E Bioingegneria, Politecnico Di Milano; Milano 20133 Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi, Istituto Italiano Di Tecnologia; Milano 20133 Italy
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Rigoldi F, Spero L, Dalle Vedove A, Redaelli A, Parisini E, Gautieri A. Molecular dynamics simulations provide insights into the substrate specificity of FAOX family members. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2016; 12:2622-33. [DOI: 10.1039/c6mb00405a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Enzymatic assays based on Fructosyl Amino Acid Oxidases (FAOX) represent a potential, rapid and economical strategy to measure glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), which is in turn a reliable method to monitor the insurgence and the development of diabetes mellitus.
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- Federica Rigoldi
- Dipartimento di Elettronica
- Informazione e Bioingegneria
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica
- Informazione e Bioingegneria
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica
- Informazione e Bioingegneria
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
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- Center for Nano Science and Technology @Polimi
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica
- Informazione e Bioingegneria
- Politecnico di Milano
- 20133 Milano
- Italy
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Watanabe B, Ichiyanagi A, Hirokawa K, Gomi K, Nakatsu T, Kato H, Kajiyama N. Synthesis and inhibitory activity of substrate-analog fructosyl peptide oxidase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:3910-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Revised: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gan W, Gao F, Xing K, Jia M, Liu H, Gong W. Structural basis of the substrate specificity of the FPOD/FAOD family revealed by fructosyl peptide oxidase from Eupenicillium terrenum. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2015; 71:381-7. [PMID: 25849495 PMCID: PMC4388169 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x15003921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The FAOD/FPOD family of proteins has the potential to be useful for the longterm detection of blood glucose levels in diabetes patients. A bottleneck for this application is to find or engineer a FAOD/FPOD family enzyme that is specifically active towards α-fructosyl peptides but is inactive towards other types of glycated peptides. Here, the crystal structure of fructosyl peptide oxidase from Eupenicillium terrenum (EtFPOX) is reported at 1.9 Å resolution. In contrast to the previously reported structure of amadoriase II, EtFPOX has an open substrate entrance to accommodate the large peptide substrate. The functions of residues critical for substrate selection are discussed based on structure comparison and sequence alignment. This study reveals the first structural details of group I FPODs that prefer α-fructosyl substrates and could provide significant useful information for uncovering the mechanism of substrate specificity of FAOD/FPODs and guidance towards future enzyme engineering for diagnostic purposes.
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- Weiqiong Gan
- Key Laboratory of RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
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- Center for Chemical Biology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300457, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
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- Center for Chemical Biology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300457, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, People’s Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, People’s Republic of China
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Snedeker JG, Gautieri A. The role of collagen crosslinks in ageing and diabetes - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Muscles Ligaments Tendons J 2014; 4:303-308. [PMID: 25489547 PMCID: PMC4241420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The non-enzymatic reaction of proteins with glucose (glycation) is a topic of rapidly growing importance in human health and medicine. There is increasing evidence that this reaction plays a central role in ageing and disease of connective tissues. Of particular interest are changes in type-I collagens, long-lived proteins that form the mechanical backbone of connective tissues in nearly every human organ. Despite considerable correlative evidence relating extracellular matrix (ECM) glycation to disease, little is known of how ECM modification by glucose impacts matrix mechanics and damage, cell-matrix interactions, and matrix turnover during aging. More daunting is to understand how these factors interact to cumulatively affect local repair of matrix damage, progression of tissue disease, or systemic health and longevity. This focused review will summarize what is currently known regarding collagen glycation as a potential driver of connective tissue disease. We concentrate attention on tendon as an affected connective tissue with large clinical relevance, and as a tissue that can serve as a useful model tissue for investigation into glycation as a potentially critical player in tissue fibrosis related to ageing and diabetes.
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Lin Z, Zhou B, Wu W, Xing L, Zhao Q. Self-assembling amphipathic alpha-helical peptides induce the formation of active protein aggregates in vivo. Faraday Discuss 2014; 166:243-56. [PMID: 24611280 DOI: 10.1039/c3fd00068k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We recently found that several self-assembling alpha, beta, or surfactant-like peptides, when terminally attached to proteins, can promote the in vivo assembly of active protein aggregates (or active inclusion bodies, AIBs) in Escherichia coil. In this work, we systematically examined the AIBs induced by an amphipathic alpha-helical peptide 18Awt (EWLKAFYEKVLEKLKELF) and its variants with altered ion pairs. Transmission electron microscopic and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic analyses suggested that the AIBs appeared to adopt an amorphous mesh-like structure, and were likely induced by helical structures formed by the assembly of the 18A peptides. Confocal fluorescent micrographic analysis revealed that the AIBs resided around the periphery of the cell membrane or in the cytoplasm, depending on the distribution of ion pairs on the 18A peptides, which suggested that the association between the aggregates and the cell membrane was mediated by the lipid-18A interaction. Two of these 18A peptide variants were further used in constructing cleavable self-aggregating tags (cSAT) in conjunction with an intein molecule for protein purification, and verified using two model proteins. This extends the cSAT approach for laboratory and potentially industrial uses. Our study might also provide new insights into aggregation-related diseases.
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Xing K, Gan W, Jia M, Gao F, Gong W. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of EtFPOX from Eupenicillium terrenum sp. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:666-8. [PMID: 23722849 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309113012128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The flavoenzyme fructosyl peptide oxidase (FPOX) catalyses the oxidative deglycation of fructosyl amino acids or fructosyl dipeptides to produce amino acids, glucosone and hydrogen peroxide. In this study, FPOX protein from Eupenicillium terrenum sp. (EtFPOX) was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified by Ni-affinity and gel-filtration chromatography. EtFPOX crystals were obtained using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method with polyethylene glycol 3350 as precipitant. X-ray diffraction data were collected to 1.90 Å resolution using a synchrotron-radiation source. The crystals belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 65.6, b = 80.0, c = 83.4 Å, and contained one molecule in the asymmetric unit. The calculated Matthews coefficient and solvent content were 2.22 Å(3) Da(-1) and 44.62%, respectively.
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- Keke Xing
- Laboratory of Noncoding RNA, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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Troise AD, Dathan NA, Fiore A, Roviello G, Di Fiore A, Caira S, Cuollo M, De Simone G, Fogliano V, Monti SM. Faox enzymes inhibited Maillard reaction development during storage both in protein glucose model system and low lactose UHT milk. Amino Acids 2013; 46:279-88. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1497-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2013] [Accepted: 04/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ichiyanagi A, Hirokawa K, Gomi K, Nakatsu T, Kato H, Kajiyama N. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of two eukaryotic fructosyl peptide oxidases. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:130-3. [PMID: 23385752 PMCID: PMC3564613 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112051445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Fructosyl peptide oxidase (FPOX) catalyses the oxidation of α-glycated dipeptides such as N(α)-(1-deoxy-D-fructos-1-yl)-L-valyl-L-histidine (Fru-ValHis) and is used in the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Here, two thermostable mutants of FPOX, CFP-T7 and EFP-T5M, were crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystal of CFP-T7 belonged to the tetragonal space group P4(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 110.09, c = 220.48 Å, and that of EFP-T5M belonged to the monoclinic space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 43.00, b = 230.05, c = 47.27 Å, β = 116.99°. The crystals of CFP-T7 and EFP-T5M diffracted to 1.8 and 1.6 Å resolution, respectively.
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- Atsushi Ichiyanagi
- Research and Development Division, Kikkoman Corporation, 399 Noda, Noda-shi, Chiba 278-0037, Japan.
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Loop engineering of amadoriase II and mutational cooperativity. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:8599-607. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4705-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ferri S, Miyamoto Y, Sakaguchi-Mikami A, Tsugawa W, Sode K. Engineering Fructosyl Peptide Oxidase to Improve Activity Toward the Fructosyl Hexapeptide Standard for HbA1c Measurement. Mol Biotechnol 2013; 54:939-43. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-012-9644-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chondrogianni N, Petropoulos I, Grimm S, Georgila K, Catalgol B, Friguet B, Grune T, Gonos ES. Protein damage, repair and proteolysis. Mol Aspects Med 2012; 35:1-71. [PMID: 23107776 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2012.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 09/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Proteins are continuously affected by various intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Damaged proteins influence several intracellular pathways and result in different disorders and diseases. Aggregation of damaged proteins depends on the balance between their generation and their reversal or elimination by protein repair systems and degradation, respectively. With regard to protein repair, only few repair mechanisms have been evidenced including the reduction of methionine sulfoxide residues by the methionine sulfoxide reductases, the conversion of isoaspartyl residues to L-aspartate by L-isoaspartate methyl transferase and deglycation by phosphorylation of protein-bound fructosamine by fructosamine-3-kinase. Protein degradation is orchestrated by two major proteolytic systems, namely the lysosome and the proteasome. Alteration of the function for both systems has been involved in all aspects of cellular metabolic networks linked to either normal or pathological processes. Given the importance of protein repair and degradation, great effort has recently been made regarding the modulation of these systems in various physiological conditions such as aging, as well as in diseases. Genetic modulation has produced promising results in the area of protein repair enzymes but there are not yet any identified potent inhibitors, and, to our knowledge, only one activating compound has been reported so far. In contrast, different drugs as well as natural compounds that interfere with proteolysis have been identified and/or developed resulting in homeostatic maintenance and/or the delay of disease progression.
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- Niki Chondrogianni
- Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Helenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Ave., 116 35 Athens, Greece.
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire du Vieillissement, UR4-UPMC, IFR 83, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Nutritional Toxicology, Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich-Schiller University, Dornburger Straße 24, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Helenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Ave., 116 35 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Research Center (GEMHAM), Marmara University, Haydarpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire du Vieillissement, UR4-UPMC, IFR 83, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Nutritional Toxicology, Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich-Schiller University, Dornburger Straße 24, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, National Helenic Research Foundation, 48 Vas. Constantinou Ave., 116 35 Athens, Greece.
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Sell DR, Monnier VM. Molecular Basis of Arterial Stiffening: Role of Glycation A Mini-Review. Gerontology 2012; 58:227-37. [DOI: 10.1159/000334668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Viswanathan S, Li P, Choi W, Filipek S, Balasubramaniam TA, Renugopalakrishnan V. Protein-carbon nanotube sensors: single platform integrated micro clinical lab for monitoring blood analytes. Methods Enzymol 2012; 509:165-94. [PMID: 22568906 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-391858-1.00010-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Design of a unique, single-platform, integrated, multichannel sensor based on carbon nanotube (CNT)-protein adducts specific to each one of the major analytes of blood, glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, and Hb1AC is presented. The concept underlying the sensor, amperometric detection, is applicable to various disease-monitoring strategies. There is an urgent need to enhance the sensitivity of glucometers to <5% level instead of greater than the present 15% standard in these detectors. CNTs enhance the signals derived from the interaction of the enzymes with the different analytes in blood. Fabricated sensors using the new methodology is a point-of-care device that is targeted for home, clinical, and emergency use and can be redesigned for continuous monitoring for critical care patients.
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- Sowmya Viswanathan
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital/Partners Healthcare System, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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Collard F, Fagan RL, Zhang J, Palfey BA, Monnier VM. The cation-π interaction between Lys53 and the flavin of fructosamine oxidase (FAOX-II) is critical for activity. Biochemistry 2011; 50:7977-86. [PMID: 21755947 PMCID: PMC3557951 DOI: 10.1021/bi1020666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fructosamine oxidases (FAOXs) are flavin-containing enzymes that catalyze the oxidative deglycation of low molecular weight fructosamines or Amadori products. The fructosamine substrate is oxidized by the flavin in the reductive half-reaction, and the reduced flavin is then oxidized by molecular oxygen in the oxidative half-reaction. The crystal structure of FAOX-II from Aspergillus fumigatus reveals a unique interaction between Lys53 and the isoalloxazine. The ammonium nitrogen of the lysine is in contact with and nearly centered over the aromatic ring of the flavin on the si-face. Here, we investigate the importance of this unique interaction on the reactions catalyzed by FAOX by studying both half-reactions of the wild-type and Lys53 mutant enzymes. The positive charge of Lys53 is critical for flavin reduction but plays very little role in the reaction with molecular oxygen. The conservative mutation of Lys53 to arginine had minor effects on catalysis. However, removing the charge by replacing Lys53 with methionine caused more than a million-fold decrease in flavin reduction, while only slowing the oxygen reaction by ∼30-fold.
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- François Collard
- Department of Pathology and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106-7288
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- Department of Pathology and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106-7288
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 W. Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606
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- Department of Pathology and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106-7288
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Bruckner RC, Winans J, Jorns MS. Pleiotropic impact of a single lysine mutation on biosynthesis of and catalysis by N-methyltryptophan oxidase. Biochemistry 2011; 50:4949-62. [PMID: 21526853 DOI: 10.1021/bi200349m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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N-Methyltryptophan oxidase (MTOX) contains covalently bound FAD. N-Methyltryptophan binds in a cavity above the re face of the flavin ring. Lys259 is located above the opposite, si face. Replacement of Lys259 with Gln, Ala, or Met blocks (>95%) covalent flavin incorporation in vivo. The mutant apoproteins can be reconstituted with FAD. Apparent turnover rates (k(cat,app)) of the reconstituted enzymes are ~2500-fold slower than those of wild-type MTOX. Wild-type MTOX forms a charge-transfer E(ox)·S complex with the redox-active anionic form of NMT. The E(ox)·S complex formed with Lys259Gln does not exhibit a charge-transfer band and is converted to a reduced enzyme·imine complex (EH(2)·P) at a rate 60-fold slower than that of wild-type MTOX. The mutant EH(2)·P complex contains the imine zwitterion and exhibits a charge-transfer band, a feature not observed with the wild-type EH(2)·P complex. Reaction of reduced Lys259Gln with oxygen is 2500-fold slower than that of reduced wild-type MTOX. The latter reaction is unaffected by the presence of bound product. Dissociation of the wild-type EH(2)·P complex is 80-fold slower than k(cat). The mutant EH(2)·P complex dissociates 15-fold faster than k(cat,app). Consequently, EH(2)·P and free EH(2) are the species that react with oxygen during turnover of the wild-type and mutant enzyme, respectively. The results show that (i) Lys259 is the site of oxygen activation in MTOX and also plays a role in holoenzyme biosynthesis and N-methyltryptophan oxidation and (ii) MTOX contains separate active sites for N-methyltryptophan oxidation and oxygen reduction on opposite faces of the flavin ring.
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- Robert C Bruckner
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
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Wu W, Xing L, Zhou B, Lin Z. Active protein aggregates induced by terminally attached self-assembling peptide ELK16 in Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2011; 10:9. [PMID: 21320350 PMCID: PMC3045283 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-10-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In recent years, it has been gradually realized that bacterial inclusion bodies (IBs) could be biologically active. In particular, several proteins including green fluorescent protein, β-galactosidase, β-lactamase, alkaline phosphatase, D-amino acid oxidase, polyphosphate kinase 3, maltodextrin phosphorylase, and sialic acid aldolase have been successfully produced as active IBs when fused to an appropriate partner such as the foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid protein VP1, or the human β-amyloid peptide Aβ42(F19D). As active IBs may have many attractive advantages in enzyme production and industrial applications, it is of considerable interest to explore them further. RESULTS In this paper, we report that an ionic self-assembling peptide ELK16 (LELELKLK)2 was able to effectively induce the formation of cytoplasmic inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli (E. coli) when attached to the carboxyl termini of four model proteins including lipase A, amadoriase II, β-xylosidase, and green fluorescent protein. These aggregates had a general appearance similar to the usually reported cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (IBs) under transmission electron microscopy or fluorescence confocal microscopy. Except for lipase A-ELK16 fusion, the three other fusion protein aggregates retained comparable specific activities with the native counterparts. Conformational analyses by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed the existence of newly formed antiparallel beta-sheet structures in these ELK16 peptide-induced inclusion bodies, which is consistent with the reported assembly of the ELK16 peptide. CONCLUSIONS This has been the first report where a terminally attached self-assembling β peptide ELK16 can promote the formation of active inclusion bodies or active protein aggregates in E. coli. It has the potential to render E. coli and other recombinant hosts more efficient as microbial cell factories for protein production. Our observation might also provide hints for protein aggregation-related diseases.
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- Wei Wu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, One Tsinghua Garden Road, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Van Schaftingen E, Collard F, Wiame E, Veiga-da-Cunha M. Enzymatic repair of Amadori products. Amino Acids 2010; 42:1143-50. [PMID: 20967558 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0780-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2010] [Accepted: 08/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Protein deglycation, a new form of protein repair, involves several enzymes. Fructosamine-3-kinase (FN3K), an enzyme found in mammals and birds, phosphorylates fructosamines on the third carbon of their sugar moiety, making them unstable and causing them to detach from proteins. This enzyme acts particularly well on fructose-epsilon-lysine, both in free form and in the accessible regions of proteins. Mice deficient in FN3K accumulate protein-bound fructosamines and free fructoselysine, indicating that the deglycation mechanism initiated by FN3K is operative in vivo. Mammals and birds also have an enzyme designated 'FN3K-related protein' (FN3KRP), which shares ≈ 65% sequence identity with FN3K. Unlike FN3K, FN3KRP does not phosphorylate fructosamines, but acts on ribulosamines and erythrulosamines. As with FN3K, the third carbon is phosphorylated and this leads to destabilization of the ketoamines. Experiments with intact erythrocytes indicate that FN3KRP is also a protein-repair enzyme. Its physiological substrates are most likely formed from ribose 5-phosphate and erythrose 4-phosphate, which give rise to ketoamine 5- or 4-phosphates. The latter are dephosphorylated by 'low-molecular-weight protein-tyrosine-phosphatase-A' (LMW-PTP-A) before FN3KRP transfers a phosphate on the third carbon. The specificity of FN3K homologues present in plants and bacteria is similar to that of mammalian FN3KRP, suggesting that deglycation of ribulosamines and/or erythrulosamines is an ancient mechanism. Mammalian cells contain also a phosphatase acting on fructosamine 6-phosphates, which result from the reaction of proteins with glucose 6-phosphate.
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- Emile Van Schaftingen
- de Duve Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 75, B-1200, Brussels, Belgium.
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Kim S, Ferri S, Tsugawa W, Mori K, Sode K. Motif-based search for a novel fructosyl peptide oxidase from genome databases. Biotechnol Bioeng 2010; 106:358-66. [PMID: 20198658 DOI: 10.1002/bit.22710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The measurement of glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has important implications for diagnosis of diabetes and assessment of treatment effectiveness. We proposed specific sequence motifs to identify enzymes that oxidize glycated compounds from genome database searches. The gene encoding a putative fructosyl amino acid oxidase was found in the Phaeosphaeria nodorum SN15 genome and successfully expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein (XP_001798711) was confirmed to be a novel fructosyl peptide oxidase (FPOX) with high specificity for alpha-glycated compounds, such as HbA1c model compounds fructosyl-(alpha)N-valine (f-(alpha)Val) and fructosyl-(alpha)N-valyl-histidine (f-(alpha)Val-His). Unlike previously reported FPOXs, the P. nodorum FPOX has a K(m) value for f-(alpha)Val-His (0.185 mM) that is considerably lower than that for f-(alpha)Val (0.458 mM). Based on amino acid sequence alignment, three dimensional structural modeling, and site-directed mutagenesis, Gly60 was found to be a determining residue for the activity towards f-(alpha)Val-His. A flexible surface loop region was also found to likely play an important role in accepting f-(alpha)Val-His.
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- Seungsu Kim
- Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei-shi, Japan
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Jorns MS, Chen ZW, Mathews FS. Structural characterization of mutations at the oxygen activation site in monomeric sarcosine oxidase . Biochemistry 2010; 49:3631-9. [PMID: 20353187 DOI: 10.1021/bi100160j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Oxygen reduction and sarcosine oxidation in monomeric sarcosine oxidase (MSOX) occur at separate sites above the si- and re-faces, respectively, of the flavin ring. Mutagenesis studies implicate Lys265 as the oxygen activation site. Substitution of Lys265 with a neutral (Met, Gln, or Ala) or basic (Arg) residue results in an approximately 10(4)- or 250-fold decrease, respectively, in the reaction rate. The overall structure of MSOX and residue conformation in the sarcosine binding cavity are unaffected by replacement of Lys265 with Met or Arg. The side chain of Met265 exhibits the same configuration in each molecule of Lys265Met crystals and is nearly congruent with Lys265 in wild-type MSOX. The side chain of Arg265 is, however, dramatically shifted ( approximately 4-5 A) compared with Lys265, points in the opposite direction, and exhibits significant conformational variability between molecules of the same crystal. The major species in solutions of Lys265Arg is likely to contain a "flipped-out" Arg265 and exhibit negligible oxygen activation, similar to Lys265Met. The 400-fold higher oxygen reactivity observed with Lys265Arg is attributed to a minor (<1%) "flipped-in" Arg265 conformer whose oxygen reactivity is similar to that of wild-type MSOX. A structural water (WAT1), found above the si-face of the flavin ring in all previously determined MSOX structures, is part of an apparent proton relay system that extends from FAD N(5) to bulk solvent. WAT1 is strikingly absent in Lys265Met and Lys265Arg, a feature that may account for the apparent kinetic stabilization of a reductive half-reaction intermediate that is detectable with the mutants but not wild-type MSOX.
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- Marilyn Schuman Jorns
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA.
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Engineering of dye-mediated dehydrogenase property of fructosyl amino acid oxidases by site-directed mutagenesis studies of its putative proton relay system. Biotechnol Lett 2010; 32:1123-9. [PMID: 20383736 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0267-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/30/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The flavoenzyme fructosyl amino acid oxidase (FAOD) catalyzes the oxidative deglycation of fructosyl amino acids, model compounds of glycated proteins. The high oxygen reactivity of FAODs limits their potential utility in amperometric enzyme sensors employing artificial electron mediators. To alter their electron acceptor availability, site-directed mutagenesis was carried out on conserved residues predicted to be involved in the proton relay system (PRS) of two eukaryotic FAODs, the FAOD from the marine yeast Pichia sp. N1-1 and amadoriase II from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. The substitution of a single conserved Asn residue in the putative PRS, Asn47Ala of N1-1 FAOD and Asn52Ala of amadoriase II, resulted in significant loss in the catalytic ability to employ O(2) as the electron acceptor, while having little effect on the dye-mediated dehydrogenase activity employing artificial electron acceptors instead of O(2).
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Occurrence, characteristics, and applications of fructosyl amine oxidases (amadoriases). Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 86:1613-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2523-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Engineered amadoriase II exhibiting expanded substrate range. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 86:607-13. [PMID: 19888573 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2319-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Revised: 10/15/2009] [Accepted: 10/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Amadori compounds are ubiquitous in vivo as well as in food and have been implicated in diabetic complications and aging. In recent years, fructosyl amine oxidases (FAOXs) which cleave Amadori products are gaining increasing attention. Until now, however, all FAOXs can only react with small glycated substrates (such as fructosyl amino acids or dipeptides), which has hindered the applications of this new class of enzymes in diagnosis, therapeutics, and detergents. In this study, Aspergillus fumigatus amadoriase II was engineered with the aim to expand its substrate range, using a heat-inducible autolytic vector and fructosyl-polylysine (3-13 lysines) as an intermediate-sized model substrate. After two rounds of directed evolution, a mutant (SII-82) was obtained that showed an 8.78-fold increase in the activity toward fructosyl-polylysine and which also performed several fold better than the wild-type on real gravy stains at concentrations of 10-100 microg/ml (parts per million). Mutational analyses revealed useful clues for altering the substrate-binding pocket. This study suggests that it is possible to manipulate fructosyl amine oxidases to accommodate larger substrates, and that mutant SII-82 might serve as a template for further engineering.
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Mossine VV, Barnes CL, Mawhinney TP. Structure of D-Fructosamine Hydrochloride and D-Fructosamine Hydroacetate. J Carbohydr Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/07328300902974769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Valeri V. Mossine
- a Department of Biochemistry , University of Missouri , Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- b Department of Chemistry , University of Missouri , Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry , University of Missouri , Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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Ferri S, Kim S, Tsugawa W, Sode K. Review of fructosyl amino acid oxidase engineering research: a glimpse into the future of hemoglobin A1c biosensing. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2009; 3:585-92. [PMID: 20144298 PMCID: PMC2769878 DOI: 10.1177/193229680900300324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Glycated proteins, particularly glycated hemoglobin A1c, are important markers for assessing the effectiveness of diabetes treatment. Convenient and reproducible assay systems based on the enzyme fructosyl amino acid oxidase (FAOD) have become attractive alternatives to conventional detection methods. We review the available FAOD-based assays for measurement of glycated proteins as well as the recent advances and future direction of FAOD research. Future research is expected to lead to the next generation of convenient, simple, and economical sensors for glycated protein, ideally suited for point-of-care treatment and self-monitoring applications.
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- Stefano Ferri
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan
- Department of Technology Risk Management, Graduate School of Technology Management, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan
- Department of Technology Risk Management, Graduate School of Technology Management, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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Mathieu JM, Schloendorn J, Rittmann BE, Alvarez PJJ. Medical bioremediation of age-related diseases. Microb Cell Fact 2009; 8:21. [PMID: 19358742 PMCID: PMC2674406 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-8-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Catabolic insufficiency in humans leads to the gradual accumulation of a number of pathogenic compounds associated with age-related diseases, including atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and macular degeneration. Removal of these compounds is a widely researched therapeutic option, but the use of antibodies and endogenous human enzymes has failed to produce effective treatments, and may pose risks to cellular homeostasis. Another alternative is "medical bioremediation," the use of microbial enzymes to augment missing catabolic functions. The microbial genetic diversity in most natural environments provides a resource that can be mined for enzymes capable of degrading just about any energy-rich organic compound. This review discusses targets for biodegradation, the identification of candidate microbial enzymes, and enzyme-delivery methods.
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- Jacques M Mathieu
- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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