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Zhang J, Li Y, Gao H, Zhang H, Zhang X, Rao Z, Xu M. N-terminal truncation (N-) and directional proton transfer in an old yellow enzyme enables tunable efficient producing (R)- or (S)-citronellal. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 262:130129. [PMID: 38354939 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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(R)-Citronellal is a valuable molecule as the precursor for the industrial synthesis of (-)-menthol, one of the worldwide best-selling compounds in the flavors and fragrances field. However, its biocatalytic production, even from the optically pure substrate (E)-citral, is inherently limited by the activity of Old Yellow Enzyme (OYE). Herein, we rationally designed a different approach to increase the activity of OYE in biocatalytic production. The activity of OYE from Corynebacterium glutamicum (CgOYE) is increased, as well as superior thermal stability and pH tolerance via truncating the different lengths of regions at N-terminal of CgOYE. Next, we converted the truncation mutant N31-CgOYE, a protein involved in proton transfer for the asymmetric hydrogenation of CC bonds, into highly (R)- and (S)-stereoselective enzymes using only three mutations. The mixture of racemic (E/Z)-citral is reduced into the (R)-citronellal with ee and conversion up to 99 % by the mutant of CgOYE, overcoming the problem of the reduction for the mixtures of (E/Z)-citral in biocatalytic reaction. The present work provides a general and effective strategy for improving the activity of OYE, in which the partially conserved histidine residues provide "tunable gating" for the enantioselectivity for both the (R)- and (S)-isomerases.
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- Jie Zhang
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Applied Microorganisms and Metabolic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China..
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Yoshimoto S, Aoki S, Ohara Y, Ishikawa M, Suzuki A, Linke D, Lupas AN, Hori K. Identification of the adhesive domain of AtaA from Acinetobacter sp. Tol 5 and its application in immobilizing Escherichia coli. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 10:1095057. [PMID: 36698637 PMCID: PMC9868564 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.1095057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Cell immobilization is an important technique for efficiently utilizing whole-cell biocatalysts. We previously invented a method for bacterial cell immobilization using AtaA, a trimeric autotransporter adhesin from the highly sticky bacterium Acinetobacter sp. Tol 5. However, except for Acinetobacter species, only one bacterium has been successfully immobilized using AtaA. This is probably because the heterologous expression of large AtaA (1 MDa), that is a homotrimer of polypeptide chains composed of 3,630 amino acids, is difficult. In this study, we identified the adhesive domain of AtaA and constructed a miniaturized AtaA (mini-AtaA) to improve the heterologous expression of ataA. In-frame deletion mutants were used to perform functional mapping, revealing that the N-terminal head domain is essential for the adhesive feature of AtaA. The mini-AtaA, which contains a homotrimer of polypeptide chains from 775 amino acids and lacks the unnecessary part for its adhesion, was properly expressed in E. coli, and a larger amount of molecules was displayed on the cell surface than that of full-length AtaA (FL-AtaA). The immobilization ratio of E. coli cells expressing mini-AtaA on a polyurethane foam support was significantly higher compared to the cells with or without FL-AtaA expression, respectively. The expression of mini-AtaA in E. coli had little effect on the cell growth and the activity of another enzyme reflecting the production level, and the immobilized E. coli cells could be used for repetitive enzymatic reactions as a whole-cell catalyst.
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- Shogo Yoshimoto
- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan,*Correspondence: Katsutoshi Hori,
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Qiao J, Yang D, Feng Y, Wei W, Liu X, Zhang Y, Zheng J, Ying X. Engineering a Bacillus subtilis esterase for selective hydrolysis of d, l-menthyl acetate in an organic solvent-free system †. RSC Adv 2023; 13:10468-10475. [PMID: 37021103 PMCID: PMC10068921 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra00490b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Esterase/lipase-catalyzed selective hydrolysis of d, l-menthyl esters has become one of the promising approaches for producing l-menthol, one of the most important flavoring chemicals with extensive uses. However, the activity and l-enantioselectivity of the biocatalyst are not sufficient for meeting the industrial requirements. Herein, a highly active para-nitrobenzyl esterase from Bacillus subtilis 168 (pnbA-BS) was cloned and then engineered to enhance its l-enantioselectivity. On the basis of the strategy tailoring the steric exclusion effect and structural flexibility of the region adjacent to the substrate, the substitution of Ala400 to Pro caused a remarkable improvement in the E value from 1.0 to 466.6. The variant A400P was purified and further confirmed with strict l-enantioselectivity in the selective hydrolysis of d, l-menthyl acetate, whereas the improved l-enantioselectivity caused decreased activity. To develop an efficient, easy-to-use, and green methodology, organic solvent was omitted and substrate constant feeding was integrated into the whole-cell catalyzed system. During the catalytic process, the selective hydrolysis of 1.0 M d, l-menthyl acetate in 14 h offered a conversion of 48.9%, e.e.p value of >99%, and space-time yield of 160.52 g (l d)−1. Esterase/lipase-catalyzed selective hydrolysis of d, l-menthyl esters has become one of the promising approaches for producing l-menthol, one of the most important flavoring chemicals with extensive uses.![]()
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- Jingjing Qiao
- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhou 310014China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhou 310014China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhou 310014China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhou 310014China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhou 310014China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhou 310014China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhou 310014China
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Feng J, Xue Y, Wang J, Xie X, Lu C, Chen H, Lu Y, Zhu L, Chu D, Chen X. Enhancing the asymmetric reduction activity of ene-reductases for the synthesis of a brivaracetam precursor. Process Biochem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2022.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Zheng Y, Zhang B, Xie Y, Lin J, Wei D. Using a novel data-driven combinatorial mutagenesis strategy to engineer an alcohol dehydrogenase for efficient geraniol synthesis. Biochem Eng J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2022.108568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Engineering the Activity of Old Yellow Enzyme NemR-PS for Efficient Reduction of (E/Z)-Citral to (S)-Citronellol. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12060631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The cascade catalysis of old yellow enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase and glucose dehydrogenase has become a promising approach for one pot, two-step reduction of (E/Z)-citral to (S)-citronellol, serving as a chiral alcohol with rose fragrance. During the multi-enzymatic cascade catalysis, old yellow enzyme is responsible for the reduction of the conjugated C=C and the introduction of the chiral center, requiring high activity and (S)-enantioselectiviy. Herein, to improve the activity of the old yellow enzyme from Providencia stuartii (NemR-PS) with strict (S)-enantioselectivity, the semi-rational design on its substrate binding pocket was performed through a combination of homology modeling, molecular docking analysis, alanine scanning and iterative saturation mutagenesis. The NemR-PS variant D275G/F351A with improved activity was obtained and then purified for characterization, obeying the substrate inhibition kinetics. Compared with the wild type, the parameters Ki and Kcat/Km were increased from 39.79 mM and 2.09 s−1mM−1 to 128.50 mM and 5.01 s−1mM−1, respectively. Moreover, the variant D275G/F351A maintained strict (S)-enantioselectivity, avoiding the trade-off effect between activity and enantioselectivity. Either the enzyme NemR-PS or the variant D275G/F351A was co-expressed with alcohol dehydrogenase from Yokenella sp. WZY002 (YsADH) and glucose dehydrogenase from Bacillus megaterium (BmGDHM6). In contrast to the whole-cell biocatalyst co-expressing NemR-PS, that co-expressing the variant D275G/F351A shortened the reaction time from 36 h to 12 h in the reduction of 400 mM (E/Z)-citral. In the manner of substrate constant feeding, the accumulated product concentration reached up to 500 mM and completely eliminate the residual intermediate and by-product, suggesting the effectiveness of protein engineering and substrate engineering to improve catalytic efficiency.
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Zhang B, Sun J, Zheng Y, Mao X, Lin J, Wei D. Identification of a novel ene reductase from Pichia angusta with potential application in ( R)-levodione production. RSC Adv 2022; 12:13924-13931. [PMID: 35558851 PMCID: PMC9088392 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01716d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Asymmetric reduction of electronically activated alkenes by ene reductases (ERs) is an attractive approach for the production of enantiopure chiral products. Herein, a novel FMN-binding ene reductase (PaER) from Pichia angusta was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3), and the recombinant enzyme was characterized for its biocatalytic properties. PaER displayed optimal activity at 40 °C and pH 7.5, respectively. The purified enzyme was quite stable below 30 °C over a broad pH range of 5.0–10.0. PaER was identified to have a good ability to reduce the C
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C bond of various α,β-unsaturated compounds in the presence of NADPH. In addition, PaER exhibited a high reduction rate (kcat = 3.57 s−1) and an excellent stereoselectivity (>99%) for ketoisophorone. Engineered E. coli cells harboring PaER and glucose dehydrogenase (for cofactor regeneration) were employed as biocatalysts for the asymmetric reduction of ketoisophorone. As a result, up to 1000 mM ketoisophorone was completely and enantioselectively converted to (R)-levodione with a >99% ee value in a space–time yield of 460.7 g L−1 d−1. This study provides a great potential biocatalyst for practical synthesis of (R)-levodione. Asymmetric reduction of electronically activated alkenes by ene reductases (ERs) is an attractive approach for the production of enantiopure chiral products.![]()
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 People's Republic of China
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Whole-Cell Display of Phosphotransferase in Escherichia coli for High-Efficiency Extracellular ATP Production. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12010139. [PMID: 35053287 PMCID: PMC8773482 DOI: 10.3390/biom12010139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), as a universal energy currency, takes a central role in many biochemical reactions with potential for the synthesis of numerous high-value products. However, the high cost of ATP limits industrial ATP-dependent enzyme-catalyzed reactions. Here, we investigated the effect of cell-surface display of phosphotransferase on ATP regeneration in recombinant Escherichia coli. By N-terminal fusion of the super-folder green fluorescent protein (sfGFP), we successfully displayed the phosphotransferase of Pseudomonas brassicacearum (PAP-Pb) on the surface of E. coli cells. The catalytic activity of sfGFP-PAP-Pb intact cells was 2.12 and 1.47 times higher than that of PAP-Pb intact cells, when the substrate was AMP and ADP, respectively. The conversion of ATP from AMP or ADP were up to 97.5% and 80.1% respectively when catalyzed by the surface-displayed enzyme at 37 °C for only 20 min. The whole-cell catalyst was very stable, and the enzyme activity of the whole cell was maintained above 40% after 40 rounds of recovery. Under this condition, 49.01 mg/mL (96.66 mM) ATP was accumulated for multi-rounds reaction. This ATP regeneration system has the characteristics of low cost, long lifetime, flexible compatibility, and great robustness.
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