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Serrano A, Calviño E, Carro J, Sánchez-Ruiz MI, Cañada FJ, Martínez AT. Complete oxidation of hydroxymethylfurfural to furandicarboxylic acid by aryl-alcohol oxidase. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:217. [PMID: 31528205 PMCID: PMC6737615 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1555-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a highly valuable platform chemical that can be obtained from plant biomass carbohydrates. HMF can be oxidized to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), which is used as a renewable substitute for the petroleum-based terephthalic acid in polymer production. RESULTS Aryl-alcohol oxidase (AAO) from the white-rot fungus Pleurotus eryngii is able to oxidize HMF and its derivative 2,5-diformylfuran (DFF) producing formylfurancarboxylic acid (FFCA) thanks to its activity on benzylic alcohols and hydrated aldehydes. Here, we report the ability of AAO to produce FDCA from FFCA, opening up the possibility of full oxidation of HMF by this model enzyme. During HMF reactions, an inhibitory effect of the H2O2 produced in the first two oxidation steps was found to be the cause of the lack of AAO activity on FFCA. In situ monitoring of the whole reaction by 1H-NMR confirmed the absence of any unstable dead-end products, undetected in the HPLC analyses, that could be responsible for the incomplete conversion. The deleterious effect of H2O2 was confirmed by successful HMF conversion into FDCA when the AAO reaction was carried out in the presence of catalase. On the other hand, no H2O2 formation was detected during the slow FFCA conversion by AAO in the absence of catalase, in contrast to typical oxidase reaction with HMF and DFF, suggesting an alternative mechanism as reported in some reactions of related flavo-oxidases. Moreover, several active-site AAO variants that yield nearly complete conversion in shorter reaction times than the wild-type enzyme have been identified. CONCLUSIONS The use of catalase to remove H2O2 from the reaction mixture leads to 99% conversion of HMF into FDCA by AAO and several improved variants, although the mechanism of peroxide inhibition of the AAO action on the aldehyde group of FFCA is not fully understood.
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- Ana Serrano
- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- NMR and Molecular Recognition, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- NMR and Molecular Recognition, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Biotechnology for Lignocellulosic Biomass, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Das AK, Kudlacek O, Baumgart F, Jaentsch K, Stockner T, Sitte HH, Schütz GJ. Dopamine transporter forms stable dimers in the live cell plasma membrane in a phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate-independent manner. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:5632-5642. [PMID: 30705091 PMCID: PMC6462504 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.006178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The human dopamine transporter (hDAT) regulates the level of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) in the synaptic cleft and recycles DA for storage in the presynaptic vesicular pool. Many neurotransmitter transporters exist as oligomers, but the physiological role of oligomerization remains unclear; for example, it has been speculated to be a prerequisite for amphetamine-induced release and protein trafficking. Previous studies point to an oligomeric quaternary structure of hDAT; however, the exact stoichiometry and the fraction of co-existing oligomeric states are not known. Here, we used single-molecule brightness analysis to quantify the degree of oligomerization of heterologously expressed hDAT fused to monomeric GFP (mGFP–hDAT) in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. We observed that monomers and dimers of mGFP–hDAT co-exist and that higher-order molecular complexes of mGFP–hDAT are absent at the plasma membrane. The mGFP–hDAT dimers were stable over several minutes, and the fraction of dimers was independent of the mGFP–hDAT surface density. Furthermore, neither oxidation nor depletion of cholesterol had any effect on the fraction of dimers. Unlike for the human serotonin transporter (hSERT), in which direct binding of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) stabilized the oligomers, the stability of mGFP–hDAT dimers was PIP2 independent.
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- Anand Kant Das
- From the Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060, Vienna and
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- the Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- From the Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060, Vienna and
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- the Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- the Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- the Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- From the Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1060, Vienna and
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Gadbery JE, Sampson NS. Use of an Isotope-Coded Mass Tag (ICMT) Method To Determine the Orientation of Cholesterol Oxidase on Model Membranes. Biochemistry 2018; 57:5370-5378. [PMID: 30125103 PMCID: PMC6171977 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Although the interfacial membrane protein cholesterol oxidase is structurally and kinetically well-characterized, its orientation in and mode of interaction with cholesterol-containing membranes have not been established. Cholesterol oxidase can alter the structure of the cell membrane in pathogenic bacteria and is thus a potential antimicrobial drug target. We recently developed a mass spectrometry-based isotope-coded mass tag (ICMT) labeling method to monitor the real-time solvent-accessible surface of peripheral membrane proteins, such as cholesterol oxidase. The ICMT strategy utilizes maleimide-based isotope tags that covalently react with cysteine residues. In this study, by comparing the ICMT labeling rates of cysteine variants of cholesterol oxidase, we determined which residues of the protein were engaged with the protein-lipid interface. We found that upon addition of cholesterol-containing lipid vesicles, four cysteine residues in a cluster near the substrate entrance channel are labeled more slowly with ICMT probes than in the absence of vesicles, indicating that these four residues were in contact with the membrane surface. From these data, we generated a model of how cholesterol oxidase is oriented when bound to the membrane. In conclusion, this straightforward method, which requires only microgram quantities of protein, offers several advantages over existing methods for the investigation of interfacial membrane proteins and can be applied to a number of different systems.
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- John E Gadbery
- Biochemistry and Structural Biology Graduate Program , Stony Brook University , Stony Brook , New York 11794-5215 , United States
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- Biochemistry and Structural Biology Graduate Program , Stony Brook University , Stony Brook , New York 11794-5215 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , Stony Brook University , Stony Brook , New York 11794-3400 , United States
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An overview on alcohol oxidases and their potential applications. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:4259-75. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4842-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2012] [Revised: 03/06/2013] [Accepted: 03/07/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Doukyu N. Characteristics and biotechnological applications of microbial cholesterol oxidases. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 83:825-37. [PMID: 19495743 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2059-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2009] [Revised: 05/22/2009] [Accepted: 05/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Microbial cholesterol oxidase is an enzyme of great commercial value, widely employed by laboratories routinely devoted to the determination of cholesterol concentrations in serum, other clinical samples, and food. In addition, the enzyme has potential applications as a biocatalyst which can be used as an insecticide and for the bioconversion of a number of sterols and non-steroidal alcohols. The enzyme has several biological roles, which are implicated in the cholesterol metabolism, the bacterial pathogenesis, and the biosynthesis of macrolide antifungal antibiotics. Cholesterol oxidase has been reported from a variety of microorganisms, mostly from actinomycetes. We recently reported cholesterol oxidases from gram-negative bacteria such as Burkholderia and Chromobacterium. These enzymes possess thermal, detergent, and organic solvent tolerance. There are two forms of cholesterol oxidase, one containing a flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor non-covalently bound to the enzyme (class I) and the other containing the cofactor covalently linked to the enzyme (class II). These two enzymes have no significant sequence homology. The phylogenetic tree analyses show that both class I and class II enzymes can be further divided into at least two groups.
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- Noriyuki Doukyu
- Bio-Nano Electronic Research Center, Toyo University, Kujirai, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan.
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Christakoudi S, Cowan DA, Taylor NF. Sodium ascorbate improves yield of urinary steroids during hydrolysis with Helix pomatia juice. Steroids 2008; 73:309-19. [PMID: 18177910 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2007.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2007] [Revised: 09/17/2007] [Accepted: 11/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Urinary steroid profile analysis requires enzymatic hydrolysis of glucuronide and sulfate conjugates and this is achieved simultaneously using Helix pomatia juice (HPJ), but steroids with 3beta-hydroxy-5-ene structure undergo transformation and yield of 5alpha-reduced corticosteroid glucuronides is poor. We describe the use of sodium ascorbate to solve these problems and provide a basis for its mode of action. Steroid conjugates were extracted from urine, hydrolyzed in acetate buffer with HPJ and sodium ascorbate and analyzed as methyloxime-trimethylsilylether derivatives by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Ranges of temperature, pH and ascorbate, substrate and HPJ concentrations were compared for urine and pure standards. Activity of other antioxidants and that of bacterial cholesterol oxidase were examined. Helix pomatia enzyme preparations from different commercial sources were compared. Loss of 3beta-hydroxy-5-ene steroids was enzyme-dependant, since it required HPJ, was saturable, subject to substrate competition and heat-inactivated. Products were 3-oxo-4-ene steroids and 4,6-diene and 6-oxy derivatives of these but the latter were not formed from 3-oxo-4-ene precursors. Ascorbate, other antioxidants or oxygen exclusion diminished activity. These characteristics were shared by cholesterol oxidase. Yield of 5alpha-reduced steroids was diminished by pre-incubation of HPJ before ascorbate addition and this was reversed if ascorbate was added to the pre-incubation mixture. We conclude that transformation of 3beta-hydroxy-5-ene steroids by HPJ is due to cholesterol oxidase and is diminished by antioxidants or oxygen denial. Yield of 5alpha-reduced steroids is low due to oxidative damage of beta-glucuronidase during hydrolysis, prevented by ascorbate. These features are shared by most commercial Helix pomatia enzyme preparations tested.
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- Sofia Christakoudi
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK.
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Murooka Y, Yamashita M. Genetic and protein engineering of diagnostic enzymes, cholesterol oxidase and xylitol oxidase. J Biosci Bioeng 2005; 91:433-41. [PMID: 16233019 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.91.433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2001] [Accepted: 02/23/2001] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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For a long time, clinical diagnosis has been made mainly using chemical methods. Recently, several excellent substrate-specific enzymes have been developed and these enzymes are used as diagnostic catalysts. Using enzymes, it is possible to assay for a specific substance from specimens of serum or urine without the need for isolation of the substance which simplifies the process and shortens the assay time. Furthermore, the use of enzymatic assay methods for diagnosis has been facilitated by the developments in genetic engineering which made it possible to overproduce enzymes inexpensively. Here, we review the diagnostic enzymes, cholesterol oxidase and xylitol oxidase, which were successfully overproduced in our laboratory. In particular, the catalytic activity and pH and thermal stabilities of cholesterol oxidase were improved.
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- Y Murooka
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Donova MV, Nikolaeva VM, Egorova OV. Enzymes Involved in Modification of the Steroid Nucleus of Industrial Mycobacterial Strains: Isolation, Functions, and Properties. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s10438-005-0080-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nikolayeva VM, Egorova OV, Dovbnya DV, Donova MV. Extracellular 3beta-hydroxysteroid oxidase of Mycobacterium vaccae VKM Ac-1815D. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2004; 91:79-85. [PMID: 15261310 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2003] [Accepted: 01/20/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Extracellular 3beta-hydroxysteroid oxidase (SO) has been isolated from cell-free cultivation broth at the growth of Mycobacterium vaccae VKM Ac-1815D on glycerol-mineral medium in the presence of sitosterol. The enzyme is responsible for the transformation of 3beta-hydroxy-5-ene- to 3-keto-4-ene-moiety of steroids including dehydrogenation of 3beta-hydroxy function followed by delta5-->delta4 isomerization. 6-Hydroxy-4-sitosten-3-one and 6-hydroxy-4-androsten-3,17-dione were revealed among the metabolites at the incubation of the enzyme preparations with sitosterol and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), respectively. The enzyme was strongly NADH or NADPH dependent. SO has been purified over 300-fold using cultivation broth concentration on hollow fibers followed by fractionation by ammonium sulphate, column chromatography on DEAE-Toyopearl, hydroxyapatite Bio-Gel HTP and double gel-filtration on Bio-Gel A 0.5 M. SDS-electrophoresis gave a molecular mass estimate of 62 +/- 4 kDa. The purified SO obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics, double reciprocal plots kinetics revealed Km value towards DHEA 5 x 10(-4) M. Along with SO activity, 17-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17-OH SDH) and 3-ketosteroid-1(2)-dehydrogenase (1(2)-SDH) activities were detected in cell-free cultivation broth. The extracellular steroid transforming activities of C-17-ketosteroid producing mycobacteria were hitherto unreported.
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- V M Nikolayeva
- Laboratory of Microbial Transformation of Organic Compounds, GK Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region
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Sampson NS, Vrielink A. Cholesterol oxidases: a study of nature's approach to protein design. Acc Chem Res 2003; 36:713-22. [PMID: 12974654 DOI: 10.1021/ar9800587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cholesterol oxidases are important as clinical reagents, potential larvicides, and tools in cell biology, and they are implicated in bacterial pathogenesis. Here we review chemical aspects of their function. We describe our current structural and mechanistic understanding of the type I and II cholesterol oxidases, our identification of an NH-pi hydrogen bond motif for stabilization of reduced flavins, our structural hypothesis of how O(2) gains access to the flavin, and our present understanding of type I cholesterol oxidase-lipid bilayer interactions.
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- Nicole S Sampson
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA.
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Toyama M, Yamashita M, Yoneda M, Zaborowski A, Nagato M, Ono H, Hirayama N, Murooka Y. Alteration of substrate specificity of cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces sp. by site-directed mutagenesis. Protein Eng Des Sel 2002; 15:477-84. [PMID: 12082166 DOI: 10.1093/protein/15.6.477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Despite the structural similarities between cholesterol oxidase from Streptomyces and that from Brevibacterium, both enzymes exhibit different characteristics, such as catalytic activity, optimum pH and temperature. In attempts to define the molecular basis of differences in catalytic activity or stability, substitutions at six amino acid residues were introduced into cholesterol oxidase using site-directed mutagenesis of its gene. The amino acid substitutions chosen were based on structural comparisons of cholesterol oxidases from Streptomyces and BREVIBACTERIUM: Seven mutant enzymes were constructed with the following amino acid substitutions: L117P, L119A, L119F, V145Q, Q286R, P357N and S379T. All the mutant enzymes exhibited activity with the exception of that with the L117P mutation. The resulting V145Q mutant enzyme has low activities for all substrates examined and the S379T mutant enzyme showed markedly altered substrate specificity compared with the wild-type enzyme. To evaluate the role of V145 and S379 residues in the reaction, mutants with two additional substitutions in V145 and four in S379 were constructed. The mutant enzymes created by the replacement of V145 by Asp and Glu had much lower catalytic efficiency for cholesterol and pregnenolone as substrates than the wild-type enzyme. From previous studies and this study, the V145 residue seems to be important for the stability and substrate binding of the cholesterol oxidase. In contrast, the catalytic efficiencies (k(cat)/K(m)) of the S379T mutant enzyme for cholesterol and pregnenolone were 1.8- and 6.0-fold higher, respectively, than those of the wild-type enzyme. The enhanced catalytic efficiency of the S379T mutant enzyme for pregnenolone was due to a slightly high k(cat) value and a low K(m) value. These findings will provide several ideas for the design of more powerful enzymes that can be applied to clinical determination of serum cholesterol levels and as sterol probes.
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- Mitsutoshi Toyama
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Cholesterol oxidase is a member of the glucose-methanol-choline (GMC) oxidoreductase family that is characterized by a conserved topology. We review our investigations into the reactivity of the Streptomyces cholesterol oxidase cofactor, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), and the role of active-site residues. All of our mutagenesis, enzyme inhibition, and kinetic data demonstrate that the cofactor catalyzes oxidation of alcohols to ketones, but not oxygenation of carbon. Cholesterol oxidase catalyzes two reactions, oxidation and isomerization, in one active site, presumably because of the susceptibility of the reaction intermediate cholest-5-en-3-one to radical oxidation. This bifunctionality is not a shared characteristic with other GMC oxidoreductase family members. Furthermore, we have characterized the unusual inactivation of FAD by electrophilic substitution at C6 of the isoalloxazine ring upon ring opening of a cyclopropyl steroid. Another member of the GMC oxidoreductase family, methanol oxidase, is also inactivated by a cyclopropanol suggesting that inhibition by cyclopropanol inhibitors may be diagnostic of membership in this family.
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- N S Sampson
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-3400, USA.
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Murooka Y, Yamashita M. Genetic and protein engineering of diagnostic enzymes, cholesterol oxidase and xylitol oxidase. J Biosci Bioeng 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(01)80270-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Aparicio JF, Fouces R, Mendes MV, Olivera N, Martín JF. A complex multienzyme system encoded by five polyketide synthase genes is involved in the biosynthesis of the 26-membered polyene macrolide pimaricin in Streptomyces natalensis. CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY 2000; 7:895-905. [PMID: 11094342 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(00)00038-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Polyene macrolides are a class of large macrocyclic polyketides that interact with membrane sterols, having antibiotic activity against fungi but not bacteria. Their rings include a chromophore of 3-7 conjugated double bonds which constitute the distinct polyene structure. Pimaricin is an archetype polyene, important in the food industry as a preservative to prevent mould contamination of foods, produced by Streptomyces natalensis. We set out to clone, sequence and analyse the gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of this tetraene. RESULTS A large cluster of 16 open reading frames spanning 84985 bp of the S. natalensis genome has been sequenced and found to encode 13 homologous sets of enzyme activities (modules) of a polyketide synthase (PKS) distributed within five giant multienzyme proteins (PIMS0-PIMS4). The total of 60 constituent active sites, 25 of them on a single enzyme (PIMS2), make this an exceptional multienzyme system. Eleven additional genes appear to govern modification of the polyketide-derived framework and export. Disruption of the genes encoding the PKS abolished pimaricin production. CONCLUSIONS The overall architecture of the PKS gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of the 26-membered polyene macrolide pimaricin has been determined. Eleven additional tailoring genes have been cloned and analysed. The availability of the PKS cluster will facilitate the generation of designer pimaricins by combinatorial biosynthesis approaches. This work represents the extensive description of a second polyene macrolide biosynthetic gene cluster after the one for the antifungal nystatin.
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- J F Aparicio
- Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC, Parque Científico de León, León, France.
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Doukyu N, Aono R. Two moles of O2 consumption and one mole of H2O2 formation during cholesterol peroxidation with cholesterol oxidase from Pseudomonas sp. strain ST-200. Biochem J 1999; 341 ( Pt 3):621-7. [PMID: 10417325 PMCID: PMC1220399 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3410621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cholesterol oxidase from Pseudomonas sp. strain ST-200 oxidized cholesterol and cholestanol to 6beta-hydroperoxycholest-4-en-3-one and 5alpha-cholestan-3-one respectively. The former was converted spontaneously to several oxysteroids such as 6-hydroxycholest-4-en-3-one and cholest-4-ene-3,6-dione, with the consumption of 2 mol of O(2) and the formation of 1 mol of H(2)O(2) for each mole of cholesterol oxidized. An oxidized form of the cholesterol oxidase dehydrogenates cholesterol, probably to the 5-en-3-one derivative. A reduced form of the enzyme, yielded from the cholesterol dehydrogenation reaction, dioxygenated cholest-5-en-3-one to 6beta-hydroperoxycholest-4-en-3-one.
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- N Doukyu
- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8051, Japan
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Sampson NS, Kass IJ. Isomerization, But Not Oxidation, Is Suppressed by a Single Point Mutation, E361Q, in the Reaction Catalyzed by Cholesterol Oxidase. J Am Chem Soc 1997. [DOI: 10.1021/ja962258o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [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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- Nicole S. Sampson
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400
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Cholesterol is oxidized by commercially available Pseudomonas fluorescens cholesterol oxidase to 6 beta-hydroperoxycholest-4-en-3-one as the initial product, with none of the expected produce, cholest-4-en-3-one, formed. The transformation indicates that P. fluorescens cholesterol oxidase also acts as a flavoprotein dioxygenase.
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- J I Teng
- Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, USA
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Material dealing with the chemistry, biochemistry, and biological activities of oxysterols is reviewed for the period 1987-1995. Particular attention is paid to the presence of oxysterols in tissues and foods and to their physiological relevance.
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- L L Smith
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-0653, USA
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Cho HJ, Choi KP, Yamashita M, Morikawa H, Murooka Y. Introduction and expression of the Streptomyces cholesterol oxidase gene (ChoA), a potent insecticidal protein active against boll weevil larvae, into tobacco cells. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00164492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Molnár I, Choi KP, Yamashita M, Murooka Y. Molecular cloning, expression in Streptomyces lividans, and analysis of a gene cluster from Arthrobacter simplex encoding 3-ketosteroid-delta 1-dehydrogenase, 3-ketosteroid-delta 5-isomerase and a hypothetical regulatory protein. Mol Microbiol 1995; 15:895-905. [PMID: 7596291 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02359.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
The Arthrobacter simplex gene coding for 3-ketosteroid-delta 1-dehydrogenase, a key enzyme in the degradation of the steroid nucleus, was cloned in Streptomyces lividans. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that the gene for 3-ketosteroid-delta 1-dehydrogenase (ksdD) is clustered with at least two more genes possibly involved in steroid metabolism. Upstream of ksdD, we found a gene, ksdR, encoding a hypothetical regulatory protein that shows homologies to KdgR, the negative regulator of pectin biodegradation in Erwinia, and GyIR, the activator for glycerol metabolism in Steptomyces. A helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain can be predicted at similar positions near the N-terminal of KsdR, KdgR and GyIR. ksdl adjoining downstream to ksdD codes for a protein that has strong similarities to 3-ketosteroid-delta 5-isomerases. The highly conserved Tyr and Asp residues are present in the active-centre motif of the enzyme. The translated ksdD gene product was found to be similar to the 3-ketosteroid-delta 1-dehydrogenase of Pseudomonas testosteroni and to the fumarate reductase of Shewanella putrefaciens. A region highly conserved between the two steroid dehydrogenases can be aligned to the active-centre motif of the fumarate reductase. S. lividans strains carrying the ksdD gene overexpressed 3-ketosteroid-delta 1-dehydrogenase. The expression of 3-ketosteroid-delta 5-isomerase, however, was barely detectable in recombinant S. lividans strains carrying the ksdl gene, or in the parental Arthrobacter strain.
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- I Molnár
- Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Nomura N, Choi KP, Yamashita M, Yamamoto H, Murooka Y. Genetic modification of the Streptomyces cholesterol oxidase gene for expression in Escherichia coli and development of promoter-probe vectors for use in enteric bacteria. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(95)91253-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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