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Burkhardt C, Baruth L, Neele Meyer-Heydecke, Klippel B, Margaryan A, Paloyan A, Panosyan HH, Antranikian G. Mining thermophiles for biotechnologically relevant enzymes: evaluating the potential of European and Caucasian hot springs. Extremophiles 2023; 28:5. [PMID: 37991546 PMCID: PMC10665251 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-023-01321-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly industrial processes is becoming very crucial and demanding for the rapid implementation of innovative bio-based technologies. Natural extreme environments harbor the potential for discovering and utilizing highly specific and efficient biocatalysts that are adapted to harsh conditions. This review focuses on extremophilic microorganisms and their enzymes (extremozymes) from various hot springs, shallow marine vents, and other geothermal habitats in Europe and the Caucasus region. These hot environments have been partially investigated and analyzed for microbial diversity and enzymology. Hotspots like Iceland, Italy, and the Azores harbor unique microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. The latest results demonstrate a great potential for the discovery of new microbial species and unique enzymes that can be explored for the development of Circular Bioeconomy.Different screening approaches have been used to discover enzymes that are active at extremes of temperature (up 120 °C), pH (0.1 to 11), high salt concentration (up to 30%) as well as activity in the presence of solvents (up to 99%). The majority of published enzymes were revealed from bacterial or archaeal isolates by traditional activity-based screening techniques. However, the latest developments in molecular biology, bioinformatics, and genomics have revolutionized life science technologies. Post-genomic era has contributed to the discovery of millions of sequences coding for a huge number of biocatalysts. Both strategies, activity- and sequence-based screening approaches, are complementary and contribute to the discovery of unique enzymes that have not been extensively utilized so far.
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- Christin Burkhardt
- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia
- Research Institute of Biology, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Scientific and Production Center, "Armbiotechnology" NAS RA, 14 Gyurjyan Str. 0056, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia
- Research Institute of Biology, Yerevan State University, Alex Manoogian 1, 0025, Yerevan, Armenia
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- Institute of Technical Biocatalysis, Center for Biobased Solutions, Hamburg University of Technology, Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 4, 21073, Hamburg, Germany.
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ÇAM ÖZGENA, BAYLAN MAKBULE, MAZI GAMZE. Cloning and Expression of β-(1,3-1,4) Glucanase (Lichenase) Gene in Bacillus subtilis RSKK246 to create new Probiotic in aquaculture. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2022; 94:e20200913. [DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202220200913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Carvalho VSD, Gómez-Delgado L, Curto MÁ, Moreno MB, Pérez P, Ribas JC, Cortés JCG. Analysis and application of a suite of recombinant endo-β(1,3)-D-glucanases for studying fungal cell walls. Microb Cell Fact 2021; 20:126. [PMID: 34217291 PMCID: PMC8254974 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01616-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background The fungal cell wall is an essential and robust external structure that protects the cell from the environment. It is mainly composed of polysaccharides with different functions, some of which are necessary for cell integrity. Thus, the process of fractionation and analysis of cell wall polysaccharides is useful for studying the function and relevance of each polysaccharide, as well as for developing a variety of practical and commercial applications. This method can be used to study the mechanisms that regulate cell morphogenesis and integrity, giving rise to information that could be applied in the design of new antifungal drugs. Nonetheless, for this method to be reliable, the availability of trustworthy commercial recombinant cell wall degrading enzymes with non-contaminating activities is vital. Results Here we examined the efficiency and reproducibility of 12 recombinant endo-β(1,3)-d-glucanases for specifically degrading the cell wall β(1,3)-d-glucan by using a fast and reliable protocol of fractionation and analysis of the fission yeast cell wall. This protocol combines enzymatic and chemical degradation to fractionate the cell wall into the four main polymers: galactomannoproteins, α-glucan, β(1,3)-d-glucan and β(1,6)-d-glucan. We found that the GH16 endo-β(1,3)-d-glucanase PfLam16A from Pyrococcus furiosus was able to completely and reproducibly degrade β(1,3)-d-glucan without causing the release of other polymers. The cell wall degradation caused by PfLam16A was similar to that of Quantazyme, a recombinant endo-β(1,3)-d-glucanase no longer commercially available. Moreover, other recombinant β(1,3)-d-glucanases caused either incomplete or excessive degradation, suggesting deficient access to the substrate or release of other polysaccharides. Conclusions The discovery of a reliable and efficient recombinant endo-β(1,3)-d-glucanase, capable of replacing the previously mentioned enzyme, will be useful for carrying out studies requiring the digestion of the fungal cell wall β(1,3)-d-glucan. This new commercial endo-β(1,3)-d-glucanase will allow the study of the cell wall composition under different conditions, along the cell cycle, in response to environmental changes or in cell wall mutants. Furthermore, this enzyme will also be greatly valuable for other practical and commercial applications such as genome research, chromosomes extraction, cell transformation, protoplast formation, cell fusion, cell disruption, industrial processes and studies of new antifungals that specifically target cell wall synthesis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12934-021-01616-0.
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- Vanessa S D Carvalho
- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica Zacarías González, 2. CSIC and Universidad de Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica Zacarías González, 2. CSIC and Universidad de Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica Zacarías González, 2. CSIC and Universidad de Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica Zacarías González, 2. CSIC and Universidad de Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica Zacarías González, 2. CSIC and Universidad de Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica Zacarías González, 2. CSIC and Universidad de Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica Zacarías González, 2. CSIC and Universidad de Salamanca, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
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Chettri D, Verma AK, Verma AK. Innovations in CAZyme gene diversity and its modification for biorefinery applications. BIOTECHNOLOGY REPORTS (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2020; 28:e00525. [PMID: 32963975 PMCID: PMC7490808 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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For sustainable growth, concept of biorefineries as recourse to the "fossil derived" energy source is important. Here, the Carbohydrate Active enZymes (CAZymes) play decisive role in generation of biofuels and related sugar-based products utilizing lignocellulose as a carbon source. Given their industrial significance, extensive studies on the evolution of CAZymes have been carried out. Various bacterial and fungal organisms have been scrutinized for the development of CAZymes, where advance techniques for strain enhancement such as CRISPR and analysis of specific expression systems have been deployed. Specific Omic-based techniques along with protein engineering have been adopted to unearth novel CAZymes and improve applicability of existing enzymes. In-Silico computational research and functional annotation of new CAZymes to synergy experiments are being carried out to devise cocktails of enzymes for use in biorefineries. Thus, with the establishment of these technologies, increased diversity of CAZymes with broad span of functions and applications is seen.
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Borshchevskaya LN, Gordeeva TL, Kalinina AN, Bulushova NV, Sineoky SP. Cloning and Expression of Bacillus pumilis Bg57 β-Glucanase Gene in Pichia pastoris: Purification and Characteristics of Recombinant Enzyme. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683819080039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Comparative Analysis and Biochemical Characterization of Two Endo-β-1,3-Glucanases from the Thermophilic Bacterium Fervidobacterium sp. Catalysts 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/catal9100830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Laminarinases exhibit potential in a wide range of industrial applications including the production of biofuels and pharmaceuticals. In this study, we present the genetic and biochemical characteristics of FLamA and FLamB, two laminarinases derived from a metagenomic sample from a hot spring in the Azores. Sequence comparison revealed that both genes had high similarities to genes from Fervidobacterium nodosum Rt17-B1. The two proteins showed sequence similarities of 62% to each other and belong to the glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 16. For biochemical characterization, both laminarinases were heterologously produced in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. FLamA and FLamB exhibited similar properties and both showed highest activity towards laminarin at 90 °C and pH 6.5. The two enzymes were thermostable but differed in their half-life at 80 °C with 5 h and 1 h for FLamA and FLamB, respectively. In contrast to other laminarinases, both enzymes prefer β-1,3-glucans and mixed-linked glucans as substrates. However, FLamA and FLamB differ in their catalytic efficiency towards laminarin. Structure predictions were made and showed minor differences particularly in a kink adjacent to the active site cleft. The high specific activities and resistance to elevated temperatures and various additives make both enzymes suitable candidates for application in biomass conversion.
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Ron EYC, Sardari RRR, Anthony R, van Niel EWJ, Hreggvidsson GO, Nordberg-Karlsson E. Cultivation technology development of Rhodothermus marinus DSM 16675. Extremophiles 2019; 23:735-745. [PMID: 31522265 PMCID: PMC6801211 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-019-01129-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This work presents an evaluation of batch, fed-batch, and sequential batch cultivation techniques for production of R. marinus DSM 16675 and its exopolysaccharides (EPSs) and carotenoids in a bioreactor, using lysogeny broth (LB) and marine broth (MB), respectively, in both cases supplemented with 10 g/L maltose. Batch cultivation using LB supplemented with maltose (LBmalt) resulted in higher cell density (OD620 = 6.6) than use of MBmalt (OD620 = 1.7). Sequential batch cultivation increased the cell density threefold (OD620 = 20) in LBmalt and eightfold (OD620 = 14) in MBmalt. In both single and sequential batches, the production of carotenoids and EPSs using LBmalt was detected in the exponential phase and stationary phase, respectively, while in MBmalt formation of both products was detectable in both the exponential and stationary phases of the culture. Heteropolymeric EPSs were produced with an overall volumetric productivity (QE) of 0.67 (mg/L h) in MBmalt and the polymer contained xylose. In LB, QE was lower (0.1 mg/L h) and xylose could not be detected in the composition of the produced EPSs. In conclusion, this study showed the importance of a process design and medium source for production of R. marinus DSM 16675 and its metabolites.
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- Emanuel Y C Ron
- Division of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Naturvetarvägen 14, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Naturvetarvägen 14, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
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- Division of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Naturvetarvägen 14, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Naturvetarvägen 14, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Naturvetarvägen 14, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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The features that distinguish lichenases from other polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzymes and the relevance of lichenases for biotechnological applications. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:3951-3965. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8904-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Functional Analysis of a Novel β-(1,3)-Glucanase from Corallococcus sp. Strain EGB Containing a Fascin-Like Module. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017. [PMID: 28625980 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01016-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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A novel β-(1,3)-glucanase gene designated lamC, cloned from Corallococcus sp. strain EGB, contains a fascin-like module and a glycoside hydrolase family 16 (GH16) catalytic module. LamC displays broad hydrolytic activity toward various polysaccharides. Analysis of the hydrolytic products revealed that LamC is an exo-acting enzyme on β-(1,3)(1,3)- and β-(1,6)-linked glucan substrates and an endo-acting enzyme on β-(1,4)-linked glucan and xylan substrates. Site-directed mutagenesis of conserved catalytic Glu residues (E304A and E309A) demonstrated that these activities were derived from the same active site. Excision of the fascin-like module resulted in decreased activity toward β-(1,3)(1,3)-linked glucans. The carbohydrate-binding assay showed that the fascin-like module was a novel β-(1,3)-linked glucan-binding module. The functional characterization of the fascin-like module and catalytic module will help us better understand these enzymes and modules.IMPORTANCE In this report of a bacterial β-(1,3)(1,3)-glucanase containing a fascin-like module, we reveal the β-(1,3)(1,3)-glucan-binding function of the fascin-like module present in the N terminus of LamC. LamC displays exo-β-(1,3)/(1,6)-glucanase and endo-β-(1,4)-glucanase/xylanase activities with a single catalytic domain. Thus, LamC was identified as a novel member of the GH16 family.
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Memarpoor-Yazdi M, Karbalaei-Heidari HR, Khajeh K. Production of the renewable extremophile lipase: Valuable biocatalyst with potential usage in food industry. FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2016.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Payne CM, Knott BC, Mayes HB, Hansson H, Himmel ME, Sandgren M, Ståhlberg J, Beckham GT. Fungal Cellulases. Chem Rev 2015; 115:1308-448. [DOI: 10.1021/cr500351c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 533] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Christina M. Payne
- Department
of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Center for Computational
Sciences, University of Kentucky, 177 F. Paul Anderson Tower, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, United States
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- National
Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver
West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Almas allé 5, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Biosciences
Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Almas allé 5, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Almas allé 5, SE-75651 Uppsala, Sweden
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- National
Bioenergy Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver
West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Jaito N, Saburi W, Odaka R, Kido Y, Hamura K, Nishimoto M, Kitaoka M, Matsui H, Mori H. Characterization of a thermophilic 4-O-β-D-mannosyl-D-glucose phosphorylase from Rhodothermus marinus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 78:263-70. [PMID: 25036679 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.882760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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4-O-β-D-Mannosyl-D-glucose phosphorylase (MGP), found in anaerobes, converts 4-O-β-D-mannosyl-D-glucose (Man-Glc) to α-D-mannosyl phosphate and D-glucose. It participates in mannan metabolism with cellobiose 2-epimerase (CE), which converts β-1,4-mannobiose to Man-Glc. A putative MGP gene is present in the genome of the thermophilic aerobe Rhodothermus marinus (Rm) upstream of the gene encoding CE. Konjac glucomannan enhanced production by R. marinus of MGP, CE, and extracellular mannan endo-1,4-β-mannosidase. Recombinant RmMGP catalyzed the phosphorolysis of Man-Glc through a sequential bi-bi mechanism involving ternary complex formation. Its molecular masses were 45 and 222 kDa under denaturing and nondenaturing conditions, respectively. Its pH and temperature optima were 6.5 and 75 °C, and it was stable between pH 5.5-8.3 and below 80 °C. In the reverse reaction, RmMGP had higher acceptor preferences for 6-deoxy-D-glucose and D-xylose than R. albus NE1 MGP. In contrast to R. albus NE1 MGP, RmMGP utilized methyl β-D-glucoside and 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol as acceptor substrates.
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- Nongluck Jaito
- a Research Faculty of Agriculture , Hokkaido University , Sapporo , Japan
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Nolan M, Tindall BJ, Pomrenke H, Lapidus A, Copeland A, Glavina Del Rio T, Lucas S, Chen F, Tice H, Cheng JF, Saunders E, Han C, Bruce D, Goodwin L, Chain P, Pitluck S, Ovchinikova G, Pati A, Ivanova N, Mavromatis K, Chen A, Palaniappan K, Land M, Hauser L, Chang YJ, Jeffries CD, Brettin T, Göker M, Bristow J, Eisen JA, Markowitz V, Hugenholtz P, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Detter JC. Complete genome sequence of Rhodothermus marinus type strain (R-10). Stand Genomic Sci 2009; 1:283-90. [PMID: 21304669 PMCID: PMC3035238 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.46736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1995 is the type species of the genus and is of phylogenetic interest because the Rhodothermaceae represent the deepest lineage in the phylum Bacteroidetes. R. marinus R-10T is a Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacterium isolated from marine hot springs off the coast of Iceland. Strain R-10T is strictly aerobic and requires slightly halophilic conditions for growth. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation. This is the first complete genome sequence of the genus Rhodothermus, and only the second sequence from members of the family Rhodothermaceae. The 3,386,737 bp genome (including a 125 kb plasmid) with its 2914 protein-coding and 48 RNA genes is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.
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Zhu BW, Zhao JG, Yang JF, Mikiro T, Zhang ZS, Zhou DY. Purification and partial characterization of a novel β-1,3-glucanase from the gut of sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus. Process Biochem 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2008.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Giordano A, Andreotti G, Tramice A, Trincone A. Marine glycosyl hydrolases in the hydrolysis and synthesis of oligosaccharides. Biotechnol J 2006; 1:511-30. [PMID: 16892287 DOI: 10.1002/biot.200500036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The marine ecosystem can be considered a rather unexplored source of biological material (e.g. natural substances with therapeutic activity) and can also be a surprising source of enzymes carrying new and interesting catalytic activities to be applied in biocatalysis. The use of glycosyl hydrolases from marine environments dates back to the end of the 1960s and was mainly focused on the development of sensitive and reliable hydrolytic methods for the analysis of sugar chains. As a result not all the benefits of a particular enzymatic activity have been investigated, especially regarding the transglycosylation potential of these enzymes for the synthesis of glycosidic bonds. In this review, the potential of marine sources will be demonstrated reporting on the few examples found in literature for the synthesis and hydrolysis of biologically relevant oligosaccharides catalyzed by glycosyl hydrolases of marine origin. Particular emphasis is given to the synthesis of glycosidic bonds, which is easy by the use of glycosyl hydrolases. Further aspects considered in this review are applications of these biocatalysts for vegetal waste treatment in recovering useful materials, for structural identification and for preparation of target materials from new purified polysaccharides, for the synthesis or modification of food-related compounds and for glycobiology related studies.
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Ferrer P. Revisiting the Cellulosimicrobium cellulans yeast-lytic beta-1,3-glucanases toolbox: a review. Microb Cell Fact 2006; 5:10. [PMID: 16545129 PMCID: PMC1458353 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-5-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cellulosimicrobium cellulans (also known with the synonyms Cellulomonas cellulans, Oerskovia xanthineolytica, and Arthrobacter luteus) is an actinomycete that excretes yeast cell wall lytic enzyme complexes containing endo-beta-1,3-glucanases [EC 3.2.1.39 and 3.2.1.6] as key constituents. Three genes encoding endo-beta-1,3-glucanases from two C. cellulans strains have been cloned and characterised over the past years. The betaglII and betaglIIA genes from strain DSM 10297 (also known as O. xanthineolytica LL G109) encoded proteins of 40.8 and 28.6 kDa, respectively, whereas the beta-1,3-glucanase gene from strain ATCC 21606 (also known as A. luteus 73-14) encoded a 54.5 kDa protein. Alignment of their deduced amino acid sequences reveal that betaglII and betaglIIA have catalytic domains assigned to family 16 of glycosyl hydrolases, whereas the catalytic domain from the 54.5 kDa glucanase belongs to family 64. Notably, both betaglII and the 54.5 kDa beta-1,3-glucanase are multidomain proteins, having a lectin-like C-terminal domain that has been assigned to family 13 of carbohydrate binding modules, and that confers to beta-1,3-glucanases the ability to lyse viable yeast cells. Furthermore, betaglII may also undergo posttranslational proteolytic processing of its C-terminal domain, resulting in a truncated enzyme retaining its glucanase activity but with very low yeast-lytic activity. In this review, the diversity in terms of structural and functional characteristics of the C. cellulans beta-1,3-glucanases has been compiled and compared.
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- Pau Ferrer
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193- Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Spain.
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Crennell SJ, Cook D, Minns A, Svergun D, Andersen RL, Nordberg Karlsson E. Dimerisation and an Increase in Active Site Aromatic Groups as Adaptations to High Temperatures: X-ray Solution Scattering and Substrate-bound Crystal Structures of Rhodothermus marinus Endoglucanase Cel12A. J Mol Biol 2006; 356:57-71. [PMID: 16343530 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Revised: 10/25/2005] [Accepted: 11/02/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cellulose, a polysaccharide consisting of beta-1,4-linked glucose, is the major component of plant cell walls and consequently one of the most abundant biopolymers on earth. Carbohydrate polymers such as cellulose are molecules with vast diversity in structure and function, and a multiplicity of hydrolases operating in concert are required for depolymerisation. The bacterium Rhodothermus marinus, isolated from shallow water marine hot springs, produces a number of carbohydrate-degrading enzymes including a family 12 cellulase Cel12A. The structure of R.marinus Cel12A in the ligand-free form (at 1.54 angstroms) and structures of RmCel12A after crystals were soaked in cellopentaose for two different lengths of time, have been determined. The shorter soaked complex revealed the conformation of unhydrolysed cellotetraose, while cellopentaose had been degraded more completely during the longer soak. Comparison of these structures with those of mesophilic family 12 cellulases in complex with inhibitors and substrate revealed that RmCel12A has a more extensive aromatic network in the active site cleft which ejects products after hydrolysis. The substrate structure confirms that during hydrolysis by family 12 cellulases glucose does not pass through a (2,5)B conformation. Small-angle X-ray scattering analysis of RmCel12A showed that the enzyme forms a loosely associated antiparallel dimer in solution, which may target the enzyme to the antiparallel polymer strands in cellulose.
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- Susan J Crennell
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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Bjornsdottir SH, Thorbjarnardottir SH, Eggertsson G. Establishment of a gene transfer system for Rhodothermus marinus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2005; 66:675-82. [PMID: 15351918 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1730-3] [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: 10/26/2022]
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Genetic manipulation of Rhodothermus marinus has been hampered by the lack of a selection system for gene transfer. We report construction of a Rhodothermus/Escherichia coli shuttle plasmid, containing the R. marinus trpB gene, based on pUC18 and the cryptic R. marinus plasmid pRM21. A plasmid-less R. marinus recipient strain was selected on the basis of growth characteristics and absence of restriction activity. The shuttle plasmid, pRM100, was successfully introduced into a TrpB- mutant of the recipient strain using electroporation and was found to transform it to prototrophy. No loss or rearrangement of pRM100 was observed after growth for 80 generations in non-selective medium. The relative copy numbers of pRM100 and of the parental plasmid, pRM21, were determined as 7+/-1 and 42+/-4, respectively. The shuttle plasmid was used to optimize an electroporation protocol, and the maximal number of transformants obtained was 4.3+/8-0.7x10(6) cfu/microg DNA at 22.5 kV/cm, 200 Omega and 25 microF. Transformation failed, however, after chemical preparation of cells according to several protocols. This is the first report of genetic transformation in the genus Rhodothermus.
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- S H Bjornsdottir
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Bjornsdottir SH, Blondal T, Hreggvidsson GO, Eggertsson G, Petursdottir S, Hjorleifsdottir S, Thorbjarnardottir SH, Kristjansson JK. Rhodothermus marinus: physiology and molecular biology. Extremophiles 2005; 10:1-16. [PMID: 16075163 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-005-0466-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2004] [Accepted: 06/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rhodothermus marinus has been the subject of many studies in recent years. It is a thermohalophilic bacterium and is the only validly described species in the genus Rhodothermus. It is not closely related to other well-known thermophiles and is the only thermophile within the family Crenotrichaceae. R. marinus has been isolated from several similar but distantly located geothermal habitats, many of which are subject to large fluctuations in environmental conditions. This presumably affects the physiology of R. marinus. Many of its enzymes show optimum activity at temperatures considerably higher than 65 degrees C, the optimum for growth, and some are active over a broad temperature range. Studies have found distinguishing components in the R. marinus electron transport chain as well as in its pool of intracellular solutes, which accumulate during osmotic stress. The species hosts both bacteriophages and plasmids and a functional intein has been isolated from its chromosome. Despite these interesting features and its unknown genetics, interest in R. marinus has been mostly stimulated by its thermostable enzymes, particularly polysaccharide hydrolysing enzymes and enzymes of DNA synthesis which may be useful in industry and in the laboratory. R. marinus has not been amenable to genetic analysis until recently when a system for gene transfer was established. Here, we review the current literature on R. marinus.
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Hobel CFV, Hreggvidsson GO, Marteinsson VT, Bahrani-Mougeot F, Einarsson JM, Kristjánsson JK. Cloning, expression, and characterization of a highly thermostable family 18 chitinase from Rhodothermus marinus. Extremophiles 2004; 9:53-64. [PMID: 15583965 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0422-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2004] [Accepted: 08/27/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A family 18 chitinase gene chiA from the thermophile Rhodothermus marinus was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene consisted of an open reading frame of 1,131 nucleotides encoding a protein of 377 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 42,341 Da. The deduced ChiA was a non-modular enzyme with one unique glycoside hydrolase family 18 catalytic domain. The catalytic domain exhibited 43% amino acid identity with Bacillus circulans chitinase C. Due to poor expression of ChiA, a signal peptide-lacking mutant, chiADeltasp, was designed and used subsequently. The optimal temperature and pH for chitinase activity of both ChiA and ChiADeltasp were 70 degrees C and 4.5-5, respectively. The enzyme maintained 100% activity after 16 h incubation at 70 degrees C, with half-lives of 3 h at 90 degrees C and 45 min at 95 degrees C. Results of activity measurements with chromogenic substrates, thin-layer chromatography, and viscosity measurements demonstrated that the chitinase is an endoacting enzyme releasing chitobiose as a major end product, although it acted as an exochitobiohydrolase with chitin oligomers shorter than five residues. The enzyme was fully inhibited by 5 mM HgCl2, but excess ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid relieved completely the inhibition. The enzyme hydrolyzed 73% deacetylated chitosan, offering an attractive alternative for enzymatic production of chitooligosaccharides at high temperature and low pH. Our results show that the R. marinus chitinase is the most thermostable family 18 chitinase isolated from Bacteria so far.
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Fuchs KP, Zverlov VV, Velikodvorskaya GA, Lottspeich F, Schwarz WH. Lic16A of Clostridium thermocellum, a non-cellulosomal, highly complex endo-beta-1,3-glucanase bound to the outer cell surface. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2003; 149:1021-1031. [PMID: 12686644 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26153-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Clostridium thermocellum produces one major beta-1,3-glucanase. Genomic DNA fragments containing the gene were cloned from two strains, DSM1237(T) (6848 bp) and F7 (9766 bp). Overlapping sequences were 99.9 % identical. The nucleotide sequences contained reading frames for a putative transposase, endo-beta-1,3-1,4-glucanase CelC, a putative transcription regulator of the LacI type, beta-1,3-glucanase Lic16A and a putative membrane protein. The licA genes of both strains encoded an identical protein of 1324 aa with a calculated molecular mass of 148 kDa. Lic16A is an unusually complex protein consisting of a leader peptide, a threefold repeat of an S-layer homologous module (SLH), an unknown module, a catalytic module of glycosyl hydrolase family 16 and a fourfold repeat of a carbohydrate-binding module of family CBM4a. The recombinant Lic16A protein was characterized as an endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase with a specific activity of 2680 and 340 U mg(-1) and a K(m) of 0.94 and 2.1 mg ml(-1) towards barley beta-glucan and laminarin, respectively. It was specific for beta-glucans containing beta-1,3-linkages with an optimum temperature of 70 degrees C at pH 6.0. The N-terminal SLH modules were cleaved from the protein as well in Escherichia coli as in C. thermocellum, but nevertheless bound tightly to the rest of the protein. Lic16A was located on the cell surface from which it could be purified after fractionated solubilization. Its inducible production allowed C. thermocellum to grow on beta-1,3- or beta-1,3-1,4-glucan.
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- Klaus-Peter Fuchs
- Research Group Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Muenchen, Am Hochanger 4, D-85350 Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Kurchatov Sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Kurchatov Sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Group Microbial Biotechnology, Technical University of Muenchen, Am Hochanger 4, D-85350 Freising, Germany
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Miyanishi N, Hamada N, Kobayashi T, Imada C, Watanabe E. Purification and characterization of a novel extracellular β-1,3-glucanase produced byBacillus clausii NM-1 isolated from ezo abaloneHaliotis discus hannai. J Biosci Bioeng 2003; 95:45-51. [PMID: 16233365 DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(03)80147-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2002] [Accepted: 09/09/2002] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A novel extracellular alkaline stable beta-1,3-glucanase produced by Bacillus clausii NM-1 isolated from the ezo abalone Haliotis discus hannai was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-Sepharose FF ion exchange chromatography and Sephacryl S-200HR gel filtration. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be 71 kDa from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The enzyme was very stable at pH 5.3 to 11.5 but unstable at pH 4.0 to 4.5. The optimum temperature and thermostability of the enzyme increased in the presence of CaC1, The enzyme hydrolyzed R-1,3-glucan from marine organisms, but did not show activity against any other beta-1,3-glucans. The major hydrolysis products of beta-1,3-glucan from Laminaria digitata and Eisenia bicyclis were laminaritriose and laminaritetraose, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme was similar to that of several beta-1,3-glucanases in the glycoside hydrolase family 16.
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- Nobumitsu Miyanishi
- Department of Food Science and Technolog, Tokyo University of Fisheries, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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Crennell SJ, Hreggvidsson GO, Nordberg Karlsson E. The structure of Rhodothermus marinus Cel12A, a highly thermostable family 12 endoglucanase, at 1.8 A resolution. J Mol Biol 2002; 320:883-97. [PMID: 12095262 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00446-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cellulose is one of the most abundant polysaccharides in nature and microorganisms have developed a comprehensive system for enzymatic breakdown of this ubiquitous carbon source, a subject of much interest in the biotechnology industry. Rhodothermus marinus produces a hyperthermostable cellulase, with a temperature optimum of more than 90 degrees C, the structure of which is presented here to 1.8 A resolution. The enzyme has been classified into glycoside hydrolase family 12; this is the first structure of a thermophilic member of this family to have been solved. The beta-jelly roll fold observed has identical topology to those of the two mesophilic members of the family whose structures have been elucidated previously. A Hepes buffer molecule bound in the active site may have triggered a conformational change to an active configuration as the two catalytic residues Glu124 and Glu207, together with dependent residues, are observed in a conformation similar to that seen in the structure of Streptomyces lividans CelB2 complexed with an inhibitor. The structural similarity between this cellulase and the mesophilic enzymes serves to highlight features that may be responsible for its thermostability, chiefly an increase in ion pair number and the considerable stabilisation of a mobile region seen in S. lividans CelB2. Additional aromatic residues in the active site region may also contribute to the difference in thermophilicity.
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- Susan J Crennell
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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Hong TY, Cheng CW, Huang JW, Meng M. Isolation and biochemical characterization of an endo-1,3-beta-glucanase from Streptomyces sioyaensis containing a C-terminal family 6 carbohydrate-binding module that binds to 1,3-beta-glucan. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2002; 148:1151-1159. [PMID: 11932459 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-4-1151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A gene encoding 1,3-beta-glucanase was isolated from Streptomyces sioyaensis based on an activity plate assay. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence of the gene revealed that the matured 1,3-beta-glucanase has two functional domains separated by a stretch of nine glycine residues. The N-terminal domain shares sequence similarity with bacterial endo-1,3-beta-glucanases classified in glycosyl hydrolase family 16 (GHF 16), while the C-terminal domain is a putative carbohydrate-binding module (CBM) grouped into CBM family 6. To characterize the function of each domain, both the full-length and the CBM-truncated versions of the protein were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. Biochemical data suggest that the glycosyl hydrolase domain preferentially catalyses the hydrolysis of glucans with 1,3-beta linkage, and has an endolytic mode of action. Binding assay indicated that the C-terminal CBM binds to various insoluble beta-glucans (1,3-, 1,3-1,4- and 1,4- linkages) but not to xylan, a primary binding target for most members of CBM family 6. The full-length and the CBM-truncated proteins had similar specific activity (units per mol of hydrolase domain) on soluble 1,3-beta-glucan, whereas the former had much stronger specific activity on insoluble 1,3-beta-glucans, suggesting that the C-terminal CBM enhances the activity of the S. sioyaensis 1,3-beta-glucanase against insoluble substrates, presumably by increasing the frequency of encounter events between the hydrolase domain and the substrate.
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- Tang-Yao Hong
- Graduate Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology1, and Department of Plant Pathology2, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Rd, Taichung, Taiwan40227
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- Graduate Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology1, and Department of Plant Pathology2, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Rd, Taichung, Taiwan40227
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- Graduate Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology1, and Department of Plant Pathology2, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Rd, Taichung, Taiwan40227
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- Graduate Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology1, and Department of Plant Pathology2, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Rd, Taichung, Taiwan40227
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Chen JL, Tsai LC, Wen TN, Tang JB, Yuan HS, Shyur LF. Directed mutagenesis of apecific active site residues on Fibrobacter succinogenes 1,3-1,4-beta -D-glucanase significantly affects catalysis and enzyme structural stability. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:17895-901. [PMID: 11279139 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100843200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The functional and structural significance of amino acid residues Met(39), Glu(56), Asp(58), Glu(60), and Gly(63) of Fibrobacter succinogenes 1,3-1,4-beta-d-glucanase was explored by the approach of site-directed mutagenesis, initial rate kinetics, fluorescence spectroscopy, and CD spectrometry. Glu(56), Asp(58), Glu(60), and Gly(63) residues are conserved among known primary sequences of the bacterial and fungal enzymes. Kinetic analyses revealed that 240-, 540-, 570-, and 880-fold decreases in k(cat) were observed for the E56D, E60D, D58N, and D58E mutant enzymes, respectively, with a similar substrate affinity relative to the wild type enzyme. In contrast, no detectable enzymatic activity was observed for the E56A, E56Q, D58A, E60A, and E60Q mutants. These results indicated that the carboxyl side chain at positions 56 and 60 is mandatory for enzyme catalysis. M39F, unlike the other mutants, exhibited a 5-fold increase in K(m) value. Lower thermostability was found with the G63A mutant when compared with wild type or other mutant forms of F. succinogenes 1,3-1,4-beta-d-glucanase. Denatured wild type and mutant enzymes were, however, recoverable as active enzymes when 8 m urea was employed as the denaturant. Structural modeling and kinetic studies suggest that Glu(56), Asp(58), and Glu(60) residues apparently play important role(s) in the catalysis of F. succinogenes 1,3-1,4-beta-d-glucanase.
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- J L Chen
- Institutes of BioAgricultural Sciences, Molecular Biology, and Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Planas A. Bacterial 1,3-1,4-beta-glucanases: structure, function and protein engineering. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1543:361-382. [PMID: 11150614 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00231-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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1,3-1,4-beta-Glucanases (or lichenases, EC 3.2.1.73) hydrolyse linear beta-glucans containing beta-1,3 and beta-1,4 linkages such as cereal beta-glucans and lichenan, with a strict cleavage specificity for beta-1,4 glycosidic bonds on 3-O-substituted glucosyl residues. The bacterial enzymes are retaining glycosyl hydrolases of family 16 with a jellyroll beta-sandwich fold and a substrate binding cleft composed of six subsites. The present paper reviews the structure-function aspects of the enzymatic action including mechanistic enzymology, protein engineering and X-ray crystallographic studies.
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- A Planas
- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull, Via Augusta, 390, 08017, Barcelona, Spain.
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Sun L, Gurnon JR, Adams BJ, Graves MV, Van Etten JL. Characterization of a beta-1,3-glucanase encoded by chlorella virus PBCV-1. Virology 2000; 276:27-36. [PMID: 11021991 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sequence analysis of the 330-kb chlorella virus PBCV-1 genome revealed an open-reading frame, A94L, that encodes a protein with significant amino acid identity to Glycoside Hydrolase Family 16 beta-1,3-glucanases. The a94l gene was cloned and the protein was expressed as a GST-A94L fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The recombinant A94L protein hydrolyzed the beta-1,3-glucose polymer laminarin and had slightly less hydrolytic activity on beta-1,3-1, 4-glucose polymers, lichenan and barley beta-glucan. The recombinant enzyme had the highest activity at 65 degrees C and pH 8. We predicted that the a94l-encoded beta-1,3-glucanase is involved in degrading the host cell wall either during virus release and/or is packaged in the virion particle and involved in virus entry. Therefore, we expected a94l to be expressed late in virus infection. However, contrary to expectations, both the a94l mRNA and the A94L protein appeared 15 min after PBCV-1 infection and disappeared 60- and 120-min p.i. postinfection, respectively, indicating that a94l is an early gene. Twenty-seven of 42 chlorella viruses contained the a94l gene. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a virus-encoded beta-1,3-glucanase.
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- L Sun
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68583-0722, USA
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Ogawa H, Muramatsu H, Kobayashi T, Morozumi K, Yokoyama I, Kurosawa N, Nakao A, Muramatsu T. Molecular cloning of endo-beta -galactosidase C and its application in removing alpha -galactosyl xenoantigen from blood vessels in the pig kidney. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:19368-74. [PMID: 10858461 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001888200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Galalpha1-3Gal is the major xenoantigenic epitope responsible for hyperacute rejection upon pig to human xenotransplantation. Endo-beta-galactosidase C from Clostridium perfringens destroys the antigenic epitope by cleaving the beta-galactosidic linkage in the Galalpha1-3Galbeta1-4GlcNAc structure. Based on partial peptide sequences of the enzyme, we molecularly cloned the enzyme gene, which encodes a protein with a predicted molecular mass of about 93 kDa. The deduced protein sequence of the enzyme has limited homology in the C-terminal half with endo-beta-galactosidase from Flavobacterium keratolyticus and beta-1,3-glucanases. The enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli removed the alpha-galactosyl epitope nearly completely from pig erythrocytes and from pig aortic endothelial cells. The enzyme-treated endothelial cells in culture were greatly reduced in cell surface antigens, which were recognized by IgM, IgG, or IgA in human sera, and became much less susceptible to complement-mediated cytotoxicity caused by human sera. When the pig kidney was perfused with the enzyme, the vascular endothelial cells became virtually devoid of the alpha-galactosyl epitope, with concomitant decrease in binding to IgM in human plasma. These results demonstrated that the recombinant endo-beta-galactosidase C is a valuable aid in xenotransplantation.
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- H Ogawa
- Department of Biochemistry and Department of Surgery II, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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beta-1,6-Glucan is an essential fungal-specific component of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall that interconnects all other wall components into a lattice. Considerable biochemical and genetic effort has been directed at the identification and characterization of the steps involved in its biosynthesis. Structural studies show that the polymer plays a central role in wall structure, attaching mannoproteins via their glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) glycan remnant to beta-1,3-glucan and chitin. Genetic approaches have identified genes that upon disruption result in beta-1,6-glucan defects of varying severity, often with reduced growth or lethality. These gene products have been localized throughout the secretory pathway and at the cell surface, suggesting a possible biosynthetic route. Current structural and genetic data have therefore allowed the development of models to predict biosynthetic events. Based on knowledge of beta-1,3-glucan and chitin synthesis, it is likely that the bulk of beta-1,6-glucan polymer synthesis occurs at the cell surface, but requires key prior intracellular events. However, the activity of most of the identified gene products remain unknown, making it unclear to what extent and how directly they contribute to the synthesis of this polymer. With the recent availability of new tools, reagents and methods (including genomics), the field is poised for a convergence of biochemical and genetic methods to identify and characterize the biochemical steps in the synthesis of this polymer.
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- S Shahinian
- Department of Biology, McGill University, 1205 Dr Penfield Avenue, Montréal, Québec H3A 1B1, Canada
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Petersen BO, Krah M, Duus JO, Thomsen KK. A transglycosylating 1,3(4)-beta-glucanase from rhodothermus marinus NMR analysis of enzyme reactions. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:361-9. [PMID: 10632706 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01008.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The enzymatic hydrolysis of polysaccharides by the 1, 3(4)-beta-glucanase (LamR) from Rhodothermus marinus has been explored. The enzyme cleaves the 1,3-beta-linkages of 3-O-substituted glucose units in 1,3-beta-glucans such as laminarin and curdlan, and also the 1,4-beta-linkages of 3-O-substituted beta-glucose in beta-glucans such as lichenin and 1,3-1, 4-beta-glucan from the cell walls of barley endosperm. The polysaccharide substrates (laminarin, curdlan and barley beta-glucan) were characterised using NMR spectroscopy. The reaction of LamR with its substrates was followed by recording one-dimensional and two-dimensional 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectra at suitable time intervals after addition of the enzyme. It is shown that hydrolysis occurs with retention of the anomeric configuration and that LamR performs transglycosylation to generate both 1, 3-beta-glycosidic and 1,4-beta glycosidic linkages. The transglycosylation results in, e.g. formation of the trisaccharide 4-O-glucosyl-laminaribiose from exclusively 1,3-beta-oligoglucosides. When barley 1,3-1,4-beta-glucan was incubated with LamR the beta-1, 4-linkages of 3-O-substituted beta-glycosyl residues were rapidly hydrolysed. Simultaneously de novo formation of 1,3-beta-glycosidic linkages was observed which, however, were cleaved during prolonged incubations. It is shown that a laminaribiosyl unit is the minimum requirement for formation of an enzyme-substrate complex and subsequent hydrolysis/transglycosylation.
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- B O Petersen
- Department of Chemistry, Carlsberg Laboratory, Valby, Denmark
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Leng L, Zhu A, Zhang Z, Hurst R, Goldstein J. Cloning, functional expression and purification of endo-beta-galactosidase from Flavobacterium keratolyticus. Gene X 1998; 222:187-94. [PMID: 9831650 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00496-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Endo-beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.103) is an enzyme that hydrolyzes internal endo-beta-galactosyl linkages in keratan sulfate, and glycoconjugates with N-acetyl-lactosamine repeating units. Here, we report the cloning of the endo-beta-galactosidase-encoding gene from Flavobacterium keratolyticus, its expression in Escherichia coli and the purification of the enzyme. The enzyme was purified over 15000-fold to apparent homogeneity. The purified endo-beta-galactosidase consists of a single band of about 43kDa on SDS-PAGE and has a specific activity of 148micro/mg. Based on peptide sequences derived from the purified enzyme, a full-length clone encoding endo-beta-galactosidase was isolated from F. keratolyticus genomic DNA. The gene contains a single open reading frame coding for a protein of 422 amino acid residues with a putative N-terminal signal peptide. Its authenticity was confirmed by colinearity of deduced amino acid sequences with the peptide sequences, and synthesis of enzyme in E. coli.
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- L Leng
- Cell Biochemistry Laboratory, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67 Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Yamamoto M, Ezure T, Watanabe T, Tanaka H, Aono R. C-terminal domain of beta-1,3-glucanase H in Bacillus circulans IAM1165 has a role in binding to insoluble beta-1,3-glucan. FEBS Lett 1998; 433:41-3. [PMID: 9738929 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)00881-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The deduced amino acid sequences of 72-kDa beta-1,3-glucanase from Bacillus circulans WL-12 (GIcA) and 91-kDa enzyme from B. circulans IAM1165 (BglH) are highly homologous, except that the latter has an additional long C-terminal region composed of 192 amino acid residues. Two mutant enzymes (BgIH deprived of the C-terminal region and GIcA with the C-terminal region added) were constructed. The enzymes possessing the C-terminal region bound more abundantly to pachyman (insoluble beta-1,3-glucan) and A.spergillus oryzae cell wall than those not possessing the region. This indicates that the C-terminal region participated in binding of the enzymes to insoluble beta-1,3-glucan.
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- M Yamamoto
- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
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Görlach JM, Van Der Knaap E, Walton JD. Cloning and targeted disruption of MLG1, a gene encoding two of three extracellular mixed-linked glucanases of Cochliobolus carbonum. Appl Environ Microbiol 1998; 64:385-91. [PMID: 9464371 PMCID: PMC106055 DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.2.385-391.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mixed-linked glucanases (MLGases), which are extracellular enzymes able to hydrolyze beta 1,3-1,4-glucans (also known as mixed-linked glucans or cereal beta-glucans), were identified in culture filtrates of the plant-pathogenic fungus Cochliobolus carbonum. Three peaks of MLGase activity, designated Mlg1a, Mlg1b, and Mlg2, were resolved by cation-exchange and hydrophobic-interaction high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Mlg1a and Mlg1b also hydrolyze beta 1,3-glucan (laminarin), whereas Mlg2 does not degrade beta 1,3-glucan but does degrade beta 1,4-glucan to a slight extent. Mlg1a, Mlg1b, and Mlg2 have monomer molecular masses of 33.5, 31, and 29.5 kDa, respectively. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of Mlg1a and Mlg1b are identical (AAYNLI). Mlg1a is glycosylated, whereas Mlg1b is not. The gene encoding Mlg1b, MLG1, was isolated by using PCR primers based on amino acid sequences of Mlg1b. The product of MLG1 has no close similarity to any known protein but does contain a motif (EIDI) that occurs at the active site of MLGases from several prokaryotes. An internal fragment of MLG1 was used to create mlg1 mutants by transformation-mediated gene disruption. The total MLGase and beta 1,3-glucanase activities in culture filtrates of the mutants were reduced by approximately 50 and 40%, respectively. When analyzed by cation-exchange HPLC, the mutants were missing the two peaks of MLGase activity corresponding to Mlg1a and Mlg1b. Together, the data indicate that Mlg1a and Mlg1b are products of the same gene, MLG1. The growth of mlg1 mutants in culture medium supplemented with macerated maize cell walls or maize bran and the disease symptoms on maize were identical to the growth and disease symptoms of the wild type.
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- J M Görlach
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
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Gueguen Y, Voorhorst WG, van der Oost J, de Vos WM. Molecular and biochemical characterization of an endo-beta-1,3- glucanase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:31258-64. [PMID: 9395451 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.50.31258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We report here the first molecular characterization of an endo-beta-1,3-glucanase from an archaeon. Pyrococcus furiosus is a hyperthermophilic archaeon that is capable of saccharolytic growth. The isolated lamA gene encodes an extracellular enzyme that shares homology with both endo-beta-1,3- and endo-beta-1,3-1,4-glucanases of the glycosyl hydrolase family 16. After deletion of the N-terminal leader sequence, a lamA fragment encoding an active endo-beta-1,3-glucanase was overexpressed in Escherichia coli using the T7-expression system. The purified P. furiosus endoglucanase has highest hydrolytic activity on the beta-1,3-glucose polymer laminarin and has some hydrolytic activity on the beta-1,3-1,4 glucose polymers lichenan and barley beta-glucan. The enzyme is the most thermostable endo-beta-1,3-glucanase described up to now; it has optimal activity at 100-105 degrees C. In the predicted active site of glycosyl hydrolases of family 16 that show predominantly endo-beta-1,3-glucanase activity, an additional methionine residue is present. Deletion of this methionine did not change the substrate specificity of the endoglucanase, but it did cause a severe reduction in its catalytic activity, suggesting a structural role of this residue in constituting the active site. High performance liquid chromatography analysis showed in vitro hydrolysis of laminarin by the endo-beta-1,3-glucanase proceeds more efficiently in combination with an exo-beta-glycosidase from P. furiosus (CelB). This most probably reflects the physiological role of these enzymes: cooperation during growth of P. furiosus on beta-glucans.
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- Y Gueguen
- Bacterial Genetics Group, Department of Microbiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Hesselink van Suchtelenweg 4, NL-6703 CT Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Nordberg Karlsson E, Bartonek-Roxå E, Holst O. Cloning and sequence of a thermostable multidomain xylanase from the bacterium Rhodothermus marinus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1353:118-24. [PMID: 9294005 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(97)00093-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The gene (xyn1) encoding a Rhodothermus marinus xylanase has been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene comprises 5 different domains in an unusual combination. The cellulose binding domains (CBDs) encoded by xyn1 are repeated in tandem at the N-terminus and show similarity with the CBD family IV. The xyn1-gene is the first example encoding a CBD family IV in combination with a xylan hydrolyzing catalytic domain of the glycosyl hydrolase family 10.
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- E Nordberg Karlsson
- Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Sweden.
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Zverlov VV, Volkov IY, Velikodvorskaya TV, Schwarz WH. Highly thermostable endo-1,3-beta-glucanase (laminarinase) LamA from Thermotoga neapolitana: nucleotide sequence of the gene and characterization of the recombinant gene product. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1997; 143 ( Pt 5):1701-1708. [PMID: 9168619 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The nucleotide sequence of clone pTT26 (3786 bp), containing the gene for 1,3-beta-glucanase LamA (laminarinase) from Thermotoga neapolitana, was determined. It contains an ORF encoding a protein of 646 aa (73328 Da). The central part of the protein is homologous to the complete catalytic domain of bacterial and some eukaryotic endo-1,3-beta-D-glucanases and belongs to family 16 of glycosyl hydrolases. This domain is flanked on both sides by one copy on each side of a substrate binding domain homologue (family II). The recombinant laminarinase protein was purified from Escherichia coli host cells in two forms, a 73 kDa and a processed 52 kDa protein, both having high specific activity towards laminarin (3100 and 2600 U mg-1, respectively) and K(m) values of 2.8 and 2.2 mg ml-1, respectively. Limited activity on 1,3-1,4-beta-glucan (lichenan) was detected (90 U mg-1). Laminarin was degraded in an endoglucanase modus, yielding glucose, laminaribiose and -triose as end products. Thus LamA classifies as an endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.6). The optimum temperature of the enzymes was 95 degrees C (73 kDa) and 85 degrees C (52 kDa) at an optimum pH of 6.2. The superior thermostability of the 73 kDa enzyme is demonstrated by incubation without substrate at 100 degrees C, where 57% of the initial activity remained after 30 min (82% at 95 degrees C). Thus, LamA is the most thermostable 1,3-beta-glucanase described to date.
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- Vladimir V Zverlov
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Kurchatov Sq. 46, 123 182 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Kurchatov Sq. 46, 123 182 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Science, Kurchatov Sq. 46, 123 182 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute for Microbiology, Technical University of München, Arcisstr. 21, D-80290 München, Germany
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Parrado J, Escuredo PR, Conejero-Lara F, Kotik M, Ponting CP, Asenjo JA, Dobson CM. Molecular characterisation of a thermoactive beta-1,3-glucanase from Oerskovia xanthineolytica. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1296:145-51. [PMID: 8814220 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(96)00062-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Molecular characterisation of a lytic thermoactive beta-1,3-glucanase from Oerskovia xanthineolytica LL-G109 has been performed. A molecular mass of 27 195.6 +/- 1.3 Da and an isoelectric point of 4.85 were determined by electrospray mass spectrometry and from its titration curve, respectively. Its thermoactivity profile shows it to be a heat-stable enzyme with a temperature optimum of 65 degrees C. The secondary structure content of the protein was estimated by circular dichroism to be approx. 25% alpha-helix, 7% random coil, and 68% beta-sheet and beta-turn structure. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra confirm the high content of beta-structure. Furthermore, the presence of a compact hydrophobic core is indicated by the presence of slowly exchanging amide hydrogens and the enzyme's relatively high resistance to proteolysis. The N-terminal sequences of the intact protein and of a tryptic peptide each exhibit significant similarity to family 16 of glycosyl hydrolases whose overall fold is known to contain almost exclusively beta-sheets and surface loops. Moreover, the sequenced tryptic peptide appears to encompass residues of the Oerskovia xanthineolytica glucanase active site, since it contains a portion of the family 16 active-site motif E-[L/I/V]-D-[L/I/V]-E.
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- J Parrado
- New Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK
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An Extremely Thermostable Cellulase from the Thermophilic Eubacterium Rhodothermus marinus. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996. [DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.3047-3049.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ferrer P, Halkier T, Hedegaard L, Savva D, Diers I, Asenjo JA. Nucleotide sequence of a beta-1,3-glucanase isoenzyme IIA gene of Oerskovia xanthineolytica LL G109 (Cellulomonas cellulans) and initial characterization of the recombinant enzyme expressed in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:4751-7. [PMID: 8755914 PMCID: PMC178253 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4751-4757.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The nucleotide sequence of the betaglIIA gene, encoding the extracellular beta-1,3-glucanase IIA (betaglIIA) of the yeast-lytic actinomycete Oerskovia xanthineolytica LL G109, was determined. Sequence comparison shows that the betaglIIA enzyme has over 80% identity to the betaglII isoenzyme, an endo-beta-1,3-glucanase having low yeast-lytic activity secreted by the same bacterium. The betaglIIA enzyme lacks a glucan- or mannan-binding domain, such as those observed in beta-1,3-glucanases and proteases having high yeast/fungus-lytic activity. It can be included in the glycosyl hydrolase family 16. Gene fusion expression in Bacillus subtilis DN1885 followed by preliminary characterization of the recombinant gene product indicates that betaglIIA has a pI of 3.8 to 4.0 and is active on both laminarin and curdlan, having an acid optimum pH activity (ca. 4.0).
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- P Ferrer
- Department of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of reading, United Kingdom
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Bachman ES, McClay DR. Molecular cloning of the first metazoan beta-1,3 glucanase from eggs of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:6808-13. [PMID: 8692900 PMCID: PMC39109 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.13.6808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We report the molecular cloning of the first beta-1,3 glucanase from animal tissue. Three peptide sequences were obtained from beta-1,3 glucanase that had been purified from eggs of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and the gene was cloned by PCR using oligonucleotides deduced from the peptide sequences. The full-length cDNA shows a predicted enzyme structure of 499 aa with a hydrophobic signal sequence. A 3.2-kb message is present in eggs, during early embryogenesis, and in adult gut tissue. A polyclonal antibody to the native 68-kDa enzyme recognizes a single band during early embryogenesis that reappears in the adult gut, and recognizes a 57-kDa fusion protein made from a full-length cDNA clone for beta-1,3 glucanase. The identity of this molecule as beta-1,3 glucanase is confirmed by sequence homology, by the presence of all three peptide sequences in the deduced amino acid sequence, and by the recognition of the bacterial fusion protein by the antibody directed against the native enzyme. Data base searches show significant homology at the amino acid level to beta-1,3 glucanases from two species of bacteria and a clotting factor from the horseshoe crab. The homology with the bacteria is centered in a 304-aa region in which there are seven scattered regions of high homology between the four divergent species. These four species were also found to have two homologous regions in common with more distantly related plant, fungal, and bacterial proteins. A global phylogeny based on these regions strongly suggests that the glucanases are a very ancient family of genes. In particular, there is an especially deep split within genes taken from the bacterial genus Bacillus.
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- E S Bachman
- Developmental Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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Ferrer P, Hedegaard L, Halkier T, Diers I, Savva D, Asenjo JA. Molecular cloning of a lytic beta-1,3-glucanase gene from Oerskovia xanthineolytica LLG109. A beta-1,3-glucanase able to selectively permeabilize the yeast cell wall. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996; 782:555-65. [PMID: 8659924 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb40593.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Molecular cloning of the beta gIII gene encoding for an endo-beta-1,3-glucanase (beta gl II) from Oerskovia xanthineolytica LLG109, a yeast-lytic gram-positive bacterium, has been conducted in order to elucidate its primary sequence and subsequently express it into B. subtilis. This endo-beta-1,3-glucanase exhibits low yeast-lytic activity toward viable S. cerevisiae cells, and it has shown ability to selectively permeabilize the yeast cell wall and release intracellular proteins produced by yeast. Highly degenerate oligonucleotides have been used to PCR-amplify a region of the beta-1,3-glucanase II encoding gene from O. xanthineolytica LLG109. The amplified fragment has been cloned and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence contains regions identical to the amino acid sequences previously determined by direct sequencing of the purified enzyme from O. xanthineolytica LLG109. By using the 180-bp PCR product as a homologous probe, we have been able to isolate four positive clones harboring plasmids pPF1A, pPF1B, pPF8A, and pPF9A, respectively, from a partial genomic library from O. xanthineolytica LLG109. All four plasmids contained a 2.7-kb BamHI insert that hybridized to the PCR probe under high stringency conditions. The 2.7-kb fragment seemed to be identical in all four cases regarding preliminary partial restriction mapping analysis done on the four plasmids. The 1.5-kb BamHI/KpnI restriction fragment from pPF8A and pPF9A hybridizing with the 180-bp PCR probe is presently being sequenced. The cloning of the lytic beta-1,3-glucanase from O. xanthineolytica LLG109 expands the number of yeast lytic beta-glucanases so far cloned. The availability of the nucleotide sequences of such a family of genes will allow further understanding of the role and mode of action of these enzymes in yeast cell wall degradation. In addition, a more extensive study on the structure and functional relationships of these enzymes will allow us to engineer "tailor-made" lytic beta-1,3-glucanases for use in new and improved large-scale selective cell permeabilization (SCP) and selective protein recovery (SPR) from yeast cells, not only from S. cerevisiae but also from alternative yeast expression systems such as Hansenula polymorpha, Pichia pastoris, and others, which are becoming of increasing importance in biotechnology.
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- P Ferrer
- Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, University of Reading, England
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Thorbjarnardóttir SH, Jónsson ZO, Andrésson OS, Kristjánsson JK, Eggertsson G, Palsdottir A. Cloning and sequence analysis of the DNA ligase-encoding gene of Rhodothermus marinus, and overproduction, purification and characterization of two thermophilic DNA ligases. Gene X 1995; 161:1-6. [PMID: 7642120 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00286-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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In this paper we describe the cloning and sequence analysis of a gene encoding DNA ligase (Lig; EC 6.5.1.2) from the thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus marinus (Rm). We also describe the overexpression of the Lig-encoding genes of Rm and the thermophile, Thermus scotoductus (Ts), in Escherichia coli, and the purification and characterization of the overproduced Lig. The Rm lig gene encodes a protein of 712 amino acids (aa) with a calculated molecular mass of 79,487 Da. Comparison with published sequences of bacterial Lig revealed significant homology between the NAD(+)-utilizing Lig, and alignment of their aa sequences revealed several blocks of conserved residues. Both of the purified Lig exhibit nick-closing activity over a wide range of temperatures. Under our assay conditions the Rm Lig was active at 5-75 degrees C with apparent optimal activity above 55 degrees C. The Ts enzyme showed activity at 15-75 degrees C with optimal activity above 65 degrees C. The half-life of the Lig at 91 degrees C was estimated to be 7 min for the Rm Lig and 26 min for the Ts Lig.
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Hahn M, Olsen O, Politz O, Borriss R, Heinemann U. Crystal structure and site-directed mutagenesis of Bacillus macerans endo-1,3-1,4-beta-glucanase. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:3081-8. [PMID: 7852389 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.7.3081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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In beta-glucans those beta-1,4 glycosidic bonds which are adjacent to beta-1,3 bonds are cleaved by endo-1,3-1,4-beta-glucanases (beta-glucanases). Here, the relationship between structure and activity of the beta-glucanase of Bacillus macerans is studied by x-ray crystallography and site-directed mutagenesis of active site residues. Crystal structure analysis at 2.3-A resolution reveals a jelly-roll protein structure with a deep active site channel harboring the amino acid residues Trp101, Glu103, Asp105, and Glu107 as in the hybrid Bacillus beta-glucanase H(A16-M) (Keitel, T., Simon, O., Borriss, R., and Heinemann, U. (1993) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90, 5287-5291). Different mutant proteins with substitutions in these residues are generated by site-directed mutagenesis, isolated, and characterized. Compared with the wild-type enzyme their activity is reduced to less than 1%. Several mutants with isosteric substitutions in Glu103 and Glu107 are completely inactive, suggesting a direct role of these residues in glycosyl bond hydrolysis. The kinetic properties of mutant beta-glucanases and the crystal structure of the wild-type enzyme are consistent with a mechanism where Glu103 and Glu107 are the catalytic amino acid residues responsible for cleavage of the beta-1,4 glycosidic bond within the substrate molecule.
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- M Hahn
- Forschungsgruppe Kristallographie, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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