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Suryawanshi PR, Badapanda C, Singh KM, Rathore A. Exploration of the rumen microbial diversity and carbohydrate active enzyme profile of black Bengal goat using metagenomic approach. Anim Biotechnol 2023; 34:761-774. [PMID: 31081473 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2019.1609489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Black Bengal goats possess a rich source of rumen microbiota that helps them to adapt for the better utilization of plant biomaterial into energy and nutrients, a task largely performed by enzymes encoded by the rumen microbiota. Therefore the study was designed in order to explore the taxonomic profile of rumen microbial communities and potential biomass degradation enzymes present in the rumen of back Bengal goat using Illumina Nextseq-500 platform. A total of 83.18 million high-quality reads were generated and bioinformatics analysis was performed using various tools and subsequently, the predicted ORFs along with the rRNA containing contigs were then uploaded to MG-RAST to analyze taxonomic and functional profiling. The results highlighted that Bacteriodetes (41.38-59.74%) were the most abundant phyla followed by Firmicutes (30.59-39.96%), Proteobacteria (5.07-7.61%), Euryarcheaota (0.71-7.41%), Actinobacteria (2.05-2.75%). Genes that encode glycoside hydrolases (GHs) had the highest number of CAZymes, and accounted for (39.73-37.88%) of all CAZymes in goat rumen. The GT families were the second-most abundant in CAZymes (23.73-23.11%) and followed by Carbohydrate Binding module Domain (17.65-15.61%), Carbohydrate Esterase (12.90-11.95%). This study indicated that goat rumen had complex functional microorganisms produce numerous CAZymes, and that can be further effectively utilised for applied ruminant research and industry based applications.
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- Prashant R Suryawanshi
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences & Animal Husbandry, Agartala, India
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- Molecular Biology Department, Unipath Specialty Laboratory Ltd., Ahmedabad, India
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- Bioinformatics Division, Xcelris Labs Limited, Ahmedabad, India
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Tian Y, Xu J, Shi J, Kong M, Guo C, Cui C, Wang Y, Wang Y, Zhou C. Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of a GHF 11 Xylanase from Alteromonas macleodii HY35 in Escherichia coli. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2022; 68:134-142. [PMID: 35965062 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2021.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A xylanase gene xynZT-1 from Alteromonas macleodii HY35 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli (E. coli). The sequencing results showed that the ORF of xynZT-1 was 831 bp. The xylanase DNA sequence encoded a 29 amino acids (aa) signal peptide and a 247-aa mature peptide. The XynZT-1 has been a calculated molecular weight (MW) of 27.93 kDa, isoelectric point (pI) of 5.11 and the formula C1266H1829N327O384S5. The amino acid sequence of the xynZT-1 had a high similarity with that of glycosyl hydrolase family 11 (GHF11) reported from other microorganisms. The DNA sequence encoding mature peptide was subcloned into pET-28a(+) expression vector. The resulted plasmid pET-28a-xynZT-1 was transformed into E. coli BL21(DE3), and the recombinant strain BL21(DE3)/xynZT-1 was obtained. The optimum temperature and pH of the recombinant XynZT-1 were 45 ℃ and 5.0, respectively.
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- Yanjie Tian
- Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory of Henan Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University
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- Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory of Henan Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University
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- Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory of Henan Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University
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- Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory of Henan Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University
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- Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory of Henan Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University
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- Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory of Henan Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Xinxiang Medical University
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- Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory of Henan Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University
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- Synthetic Biology Engineering Laboratory of Henan Province, School of Life Science and Technology, Xinxiang Medical University
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Iquebal MA, Jagannadham J, Jaiswal S, Prabha R, Rai A, Kumar D. Potential Use of Microbial Community Genomes in Various Dimensions of Agriculture Productivity and Its Management: A Review. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:708335. [PMID: 35655999 PMCID: PMC9152772 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.708335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Agricultural productivity is highly influenced by its associated microbial community. With advancements in omics technology, metagenomics is known to play a vital role in microbial world studies by unlocking the uncultured microbial populations present in the environment. Metagenomics is a diagnostic tool to target unique signature loci of plant and animal pathogens as well as beneficial microorganisms from samples. Here, we reviewed various aspects of metagenomics from experimental methods to techniques used for sequencing, as well as diversified computational resources, including databases and software tools. Exhaustive focus and study are conducted on the application of metagenomics in agriculture, deciphering various areas, including pathogen and plant disease identification, disease resistance breeding, plant pest control, weed management, abiotic stress management, post-harvest management, discoveries in agriculture, source of novel molecules/compounds, biosurfactants and natural product, identification of biosynthetic molecules, use in genetically modified crops, and antibiotic-resistant genes. Metagenomics-wide association studies study in agriculture on crop productivity rates, intercropping analysis, and agronomic field is analyzed. This article is the first of its comprehensive study and prospects from an agriculture perspective, focusing on a wider range of applications of metagenomics and its association studies.
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- Mir Asif Iquebal
- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Agricultural Bioinformatics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi, India
- School of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh, Haryana, India
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Neves ALA, Yu J, Suzuki Y, Baez-Magana M, Arutyunova E, O'Hara E, McAllister T, Ominski KH, Lemieux MJ, Guan LL. Accelerated discovery of novel glycoside hydrolases using targeted functional profiling and selective pressure on the rumen microbiome. MICROBIOME 2021; 9:229. [PMID: 34814938 PMCID: PMC8609826 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-021-01147-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) form the most widespread and structurally diverse set of enzymes involved in the breakdown, biosynthesis, or modification of lignocellulose that can be found in living organisms. However, the structural diversity of CAZymes has rendered the targeted discovery of novel enzymes extremely challenging, as these proteins catalyze many different chemical reactions and are sourced by a vast array of microbes. Consequently, many uncharacterized members of CAZyme families of interest have been overlooked by current methodologies (e.g., metagenomic screening) used to discover lignocellulolytic enzymes. RESULTS In the present study, we combined phenotype-based selective pressure on the rumen microbiota with targeted functional profiling to guide the discovery of unknown CAZymes. In this study, we found 61 families of glycoside hydrolases (GH) (out of 182 CAZymes) from protein sequences deposited in the CAZy database-currently associated with more than 20,324 microbial genomes. Phenotype-based selective pressure on the rumen microbiome showed that lignocellulolytic bacteria (e.g., Fibrobacter succinogenes, Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus) and three GH families (e.g., GH11, GH13, GH45) exhibited an increased relative abundance in the rumen of feed efficient cattle when compared to their inefficient counterparts. These results paved the way for the application of targeted functional profiling to screen members of the GH11 and GH45 families against a de novo protein reference database comprised of 1184 uncharacterized enzymes, which led to the identification of 18 putative xylanases (GH11) and three putative endoglucanases (GH45). The biochemical proof of the xylanolytic activity of the newly discovered enzyme validated the computational simulations and demonstrated the stability of the most abundant xylanase. CONCLUSIONS These findings contribute to the discovery of novel enzymes for the breakdown, biosynthesis, or modification of lignocellulose and demonstrate that the rumen microbiome is a source of promising enzyme candidates for the biotechnology industry. The combined approaches conceptualized in this study can be adapted to any microbial environment, provided that the targeted microbiome is easy to manipulate and facilitates enrichment for the microbes of interest. Video Abstract.
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- André L A Neves
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 3, DK-1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2P5, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2P5, Canada
- Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, College of Animal Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
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- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 0608589, Japan
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- Centro Multisciplinario de Estudios en Biotecnologia, Facultad de Veterinaria y Zootecnia Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, 58893, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2P5, Canada
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- Lethbridge Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J4P4, Canada
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- Department of Animal Science & National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G2P5, Canada.
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Verma D. Extremophilic Prokaryotic Endoxylanases: Diversity, Applicability, and Molecular Insights. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:728475. [PMID: 34566933 PMCID: PMC8458939 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.728475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Extremophilic endoxylanases grabbed attention in recent years due to their applicability under harsh conditions of several industrial processes. Thermophilic, alkaliphilic, and acidophilic endoxylanases found their employability in bio-bleaching of paper pulp, bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass into xylooligosaccharides, bioethanol production, and improving the nutritious value of bread and other bakery products. Xylanases obtained from extremophilic bacteria and archaea are considered better than fungal sources for several reasons. For example, enzymatic activity under broad pH and temperature range, low molecular weight, cellulase-free activity, and longer stability under extreme conditions of prokaryotic derived xylanases make them a good choice. In addition, a short life span, easy cultivation/harvesting methods, higher yield, and rapid DNA manipulations of bacterial and archaeal cells further reduces the overall cost of the product. This review focuses on the diversity of prokaryotic endoxylanases, their characteristics, and their functional attributes. Besides, the molecular mechanisms of their extreme behavior have also been presented here.
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- Digvijay Verma
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
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García-Franco A, Godoy P, de la Torre J, Duque E, Ramos JL. United Nations sustainability development goals approached from the side of the biological production of fuels. Microb Biotechnol 2021; 14:1871-1877. [PMID: 34427993 PMCID: PMC8449664 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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- Ana García-Franco
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, E-18008, Spain.,Programa de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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Verma D, Satyanarayana T. Xylanolytic Extremozymes Retrieved From Environmental Metagenomes: Characteristics, Genetic Engineering, and Applications. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:551109. [PMID: 33042057 PMCID: PMC7527525 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.551109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Xylanolytic enzymes have extensive applications in paper, food, and feed, pharmaceutical, and biofuel industries. These industries demand xylanases that are functional under extreme conditions, such as high temperature, acidic/alkaline pH, and others, which are prevailing in bioprocessing industries. Despite the availability of several xylan-hydrolyzing enzymes from cultured microbes, there is a huge gap between what is available and what industries require. DNA manipulations as well as protein-engineering techniques are also not quite satisfactory in generating xylan-hydrolyzing extremozymes. With a compound annual growth rate of 6.6% of xylan-hydrolyzing enzymes in the global market, there is a need for xylanolytic extremozymes. Therefore, metagenomic approaches have been employed to uncover hidden xylanolytic genes that were earlier inaccessible in culture-dependent approaches. Appreciable success has been achieved in retrieving several unusual xylanolytic enzymes with novel and desirable characteristics from different extreme environments using functional and sequence-based metagenomic approaches. Moreover, the Carbohydrate Active Enzymes database includes approximately 400 GH-10 and GH-11 unclassified xylanases. This review discusses sources, characteristics, and applications of xylanolytic enzymes obtained through metagenomic approaches and their amelioration by genetic engineering techniques.
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- Digvijay Verma
- Department of Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Dwarka, New Delhi, India
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Udaondo Z, Duque E, Daddaoua A, Caselles C, Roca A, Pizarro-Tobias P, Ramos JL. Developing robust protein analysis profiles to identify bacterial acid phosphatases in genomes and metagenomic libraries. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:3561-3571. [PMID: 32564477 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Phylogenetic analysis of more than 4000 annotated bacterial acid phosphatases was carried out. Our analysis enabled us to sort these enzymes into the following three types: (1) class B acid phosphatases, which were distantly related to the other types, (2) class C acid phosphatases and (3) generic acid phosphatases (GAP). Although class B phosphatases are found in a limited number of bacterial families, which include known pathogens, class C acid phosphatases and GAP proteins are found in a variety of microbes that inhabit soil, fresh water and marine environments. As part of our analysis, we developed three profiles, named Pfr-B-Phos, Pfr-C-Phos and Pfr-GAP, to describe the three groups of acid phosphatases. These sequence-based profiles were then used to scan genomes and metagenomes to identify a large number of formerly unknown acid phosphatases. A number of proteins in databases annotated as hypothetical proteins were also identified by these profiles as putative acid phosphatases. To validate these in silico results, we cloned genes encoding candidate acid phosphatases from genomic DNA or recovered from metagenomic libraries or genes synthesized in vitro based on protein sequences recovered from metagenomic data. Expression of a number of these genes, followed by enzymatic analysis of the proteins, further confirmed that sequence similarity searches using our profiles could successfully identify previously unknown acid phosphatases.
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- Zulema Udaondo
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, E-18008, Spain.,Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, USA
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, E-18008, Spain
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Sechovcová H, Kulhavá L, Fliegerová K, Trundová M, Morais D, Mrázek J, Kopečný J. Comparison of enzymatic activities and proteomic profiles of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens grown on different carbon sources. Proteome Sci 2019; 17:2. [PMID: 31168299 PMCID: PMC6545216 DOI: 10.1186/s12953-019-0150-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background The rumen microbiota is one of the most complex consortia of anaerobes, involving archaea, bacteria, protozoa, fungi and phages. They are very effective at utilizing plant polysaccharides, especially cellulose and hemicelluloses. The most important hemicellulose decomposers are clustered with the genus Butyrivibrio. As the related species differ in their range of hydrolytic activities and substrate preferences, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens was selected as one of the most effective isolates and thus suitable for proteomic studies on substrate comparisons in the extracellular fraction. The B. fibrisolvens genome is the biggest in the butyrivibria cluster and is focused on “environmental information processing” and “carbohydrate metabolism”. Methods The study of the effect of carbon source on B. fibrisolvens 3071 was based on cultures grown on four substrates: xylose, glucose, xylan, xylan with 25% glucose. The enzymatic activities were studied by spectrophotometric and zymogram methods. Proteomic study was based on genomics, 2D electrophoresis and nLC/MS (Bruker Daltonics) analysis. Results Extracellular β-endoxylanase as well as xylan β-xylosidase activities were induced with xylan. The presence of the xylan polymer induced hemicellulolytic enzymes and increased the protein fraction in the interval from 40 to 80 kDa. 2D electrophoresis with nLC/MS analysis of extracellular B. fibrisolvens 3071 proteins found 14 diverse proteins with significantly different expression on the tested substrates. Conclusion The comparison of four carbon sources resulted in the main significant changes in B. fibrisolvens proteome occurring outside the fibrolytic cluster of proteins. The affected proteins mainly belonged to the glycolysis and protein synthesis cluster. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12953-019-0150-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Hana Sechovcová
- 1Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic.,5Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5, 166 286 Prague, Czech Republic
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- 2Institute of Physiology, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic.,4Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- 1Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- 3Institute of Biotechnology, CAS, v.v.i., Průmyslová 595, 252 50 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- 6Institute of Microbiology, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- 1Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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- 1Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague, Czech Republic
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Ramos JL, Duque E. Twenty-first-century chemical odyssey: fuels versus commodities and cell factories versus chemical plants. Microb Biotechnol 2019; 12:200-209. [PMID: 30793487 PMCID: PMC6389845 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The harmful effects of pollution from the massive and widespread use of fossil fuels have led various organizations and governments to search for alternative energy sources. To address this, a new energy bioprocess is being developed that utilizes non-edible lignocellulose - the only sustainable source of organic carbon in nature. In this mini-review, we consider the potential use of synthetic biology to develop new-to-nature pathways for the biosynthesis of chemicals that are currently synthesized using classical industrial approaches. The number of industrial processes based on starch or lignocellulose is still very modest. Advances in the area require the development of more efficient approaches to deconstruct plant materials, better exploitation of the catalytic potential of prokaryotes and lower eukaryotes and the identification of new and useful genes for product synthesis. Further research and progress is urgently needed in order for government and industry to achieve the major milestone of transitioning 30% of the total industry to renewable sources by 2050.
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- Juan L Ramos
- CSIC - Estación Experimental del Zaidín, c/Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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- CSIC - Estación Experimental del Zaidín, c/Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain
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Alves LDF, Meleiro LP, Silva RN, Westmann CA, Guazzaroni ME. Novel Ethanol- and 5-Hydroxymethyl Furfural-Stimulated β-Glucosidase Retrieved From a Brazilian Secondary Atlantic Forest Soil Metagenome. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2556. [PMID: 30420843 PMCID: PMC6215845 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Beta-glucosidases are key enzymes involved in lignocellulosic biomass degradation for bioethanol production, which complete the final step during cellulose hydrolysis by converting cellobiose into glucose. Currently, industry requires enzymes with improved catalytic performance or tolerance to process-specific parameters. In this sense, metagenomics has become a powerful tool for accessing and exploring the biochemical biodiversity present in different natural environments. Here, we report the identification of a novel β-glucosidase from metagenomic DNA isolated from soil samples enriched with decaying plant matter from a Secondary Atlantic Forest region. For this, we employed a functional screening approach using an optimized and synthetic broad host-range vector for library production. The novel β-glucosidase – named Lfa2 – displays three GH3-family conserved domains and conserved catalytic amino acids D283 and E487. The purified enzyme was most active in pH 5.5 and at 50°C, and showed hydrolytic activity toward several pNP synthetic substrates containing β-glucose, β-galactose, β-xylose, β-fucose, and α-arabinopyranose, as well as toward cellobiose. Lfa2 showed considerable glucose tolerance, exhibiting an IC50 of 300 mM glucose and 30% of remaining activity in 600 mM glucose. In addition, Lfa2 retained full or slightly enhanced activity in the presence of several metal ions. Further, β-glucosidase activity was increased by 1.7-fold in the presence of 10% (v/v) ethanol, a concentration that can be reached in conventional fermentation processes. Similarly, Lfa2 showed 1.7-fold enhanced activity at high concentrations of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural, one of the most important cellulase inhibitors in pretreated sugarcane bagasse hydrolysates. Moreover, the synergistic effect of Lfa2 on Bacillus subtilis GH5-CBM3 endoglucanase activity was demonstrated by the increased production of glucose (1.6-fold). Together, these results indicate that β-glucosidase Lfa2 is a promissory enzyme candidate for utilization in diverse industrial applications, such as cellulosic biomass degradation or flavor enhancement in winemaking and grape processing.
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- Luana de Fátima Alves
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Duque E, Daddaoua A, Cordero BF, Udaondo Z, Molina‐Santiago C, Roca A, Solano J, Molina‐Alcaide E, Segura A, Ramos J. Ruminal metagenomic libraries as a source of relevant hemicellulolytic enzymes for biofuel production. Microb Biotechnol 2018; 11:781-787. [PMID: 29663699 PMCID: PMC6011990 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
The success of second-generation (2G) ethanol technology relies on the efficient transformation of hemicellulose into monosaccharides and, particularly, on the full conversion of xylans into xylose for over 18% of fermentable sugars. We sought new hemicellulases using ruminal liquid, after enrichment of microbes with industrial lignocellulosic substrates and preparation of metagenomic libraries. Among 150 000 fosmid clones tested, we identified 22 clones with endoxylanase activity and 125 with β-xylosidase activity. These positive clones were sequenced en masse, and the analysis revealed open reading frames with a low degree of similarity with known glycosyl hydrolases families. Among them, we searched for enzymes that were thermostable (activity at > 50°C) and that operate at high rate at pH around 5. Upon a wide series of assays, the clones exhibiting the highest endoxylanase and β-xylosidase activities were identified. The fosmids were sequenced, and the corresponding genes cloned, expressed and proteins purified. We found that the activity of the most active β-xylosidase was at least 10-fold higher than that in commercial enzymatic fungal cocktails. Endoxylanase activity was in the range of fungal enzymes. Fungal enzymatic cocktails supplemented with the bacterial hemicellulases exhibited enhanced release of sugars from pretreated sugar cane straw, a relevant agricultural residue.
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Affiliation(s)
- Estrella Duque
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC)Calle Profesor Albareda, 118008GranadaSpain
- Department of BiotechnologyAbengoa ResearchCampus Palmas Altas, Avenida de la Energia 141014SevilleSpain
| | - Abdelali Daddaoua
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC)Calle Profesor Albareda, 118008GranadaSpain
- Faculty of PharmacyDepartment of PharmacologyUniversity of Granada18071GranadaSpain
| | - Baldo F. Cordero
- Department of BiotechnologyAbengoa ResearchCampus Palmas Altas, Avenida de la Energia 141014SevilleSpain
| | - Zulema Udaondo
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC)Calle Profesor Albareda, 118008GranadaSpain
- Department of BiotechnologyAbengoa ResearchCampus Palmas Altas, Avenida de la Energia 141014SevilleSpain
| | - Carlos Molina‐Santiago
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC)Calle Profesor Albareda, 118008GranadaSpain
- Department of BiotechnologyAbengoa ResearchCampus Palmas Altas, Avenida de la Energia 141014SevilleSpain
| | - Amalia Roca
- BioIliberis R&DPolígono JuncarilCalle Capileira 718220AlboloteGranadaSpain
| | - Jennifer Solano
- BioIliberis R&DPolígono JuncarilCalle Capileira 718220AlboloteGranadaSpain
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- Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC)Calle Profesor Albareda, 118008GranadaSpain
- Department of BiotechnologyAbengoa ResearchCampus Palmas Altas, Avenida de la Energia 141014SevilleSpain
| | - Juan‐Luis Ramos
- Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC)Calle Profesor Albareda, 118008GranadaSpain
- Department of BiotechnologyAbengoa ResearchCampus Palmas Altas, Avenida de la Energia 141014SevilleSpain
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