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Overexpression and biochemical characterization of a recombinant psychrophilic endocellulase from Pseudoalteromonas sp. DY3. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 116:100-105. [PMID: 29733934 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Cold-active cellulases have received great attention for both industrial applications and fundamental research because of their high activity at low temperatures and their unique structural characters. In this study, the cold-active endoglucanase CelX from psychrotrophic Pseudoalteromonas sp. DY3 was successfully overexpressed in E. coli, partly purified and characterized in detail. CelX showed the highest activity at pH 5.5, and exhibited moderate activity and superior pH stability over a wide pH range (pH 5.0-pH 9.0). It displayed the highest activity at 45 °C, and kept 34.7% residual activity even at 5 °C. It was stable below 35 °C and lost activity very quickly above 45 °C, which is consistent with its cold adaptability. The apparent kinetic parameters CelX against CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose) were determined, with the Km and kcat values of 6.4 mg/ml and 4.2 s-1 respectively. Mn2+ and Co2+ enhanced the cellulolytic activity of CelX by 28.8% and 20.6% respectively, whereas Pb2+ and Cu2+ inhibited its activity by 14.9% and 6.5% separately. The cold adaptation of CelX is possibly due to the presence of the unusually long linker between the catalytic module and the cellulose-binding domain.
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Paspaliari DK, Loose JSM, Larsen MH, Vaaje-Kolstad G. Listeria monocytogeneshas a functional chitinolytic system and an active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase. FEBS J 2015; 282:921-36. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.13191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Dafni K. Paspaliari
- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry; Biotechnology and Food Science; Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Ås Norway
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry; Biotechnology and Food Science; Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Ås Norway
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Wonganu B, Pootanakit K, Boonyapakron K, Champreda V, Tanapongpipat S, Eurwilaichitr L. Cloning, expression and characterization of a thermotolerant endoglucanase from Syncephalastrum racemosum (BCC18080) in Pichia pastoris. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 58:78-86. [PMID: 18083533 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2007] [Revised: 10/18/2007] [Accepted: 10/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Endoglucanase is a major cellulolytic enzyme produced by Syncephalastrum racemosum (BCC18080). Preliminary results showed that this endoglucanase is thermotolerant as it retained more than 50% of its activity after incubation at 80 degrees C for an hour. As this property may be of industrial use, we have cloned the full-length BCC18080 endoglucanase gene of 1020 nucleotides. Sequence analysis suggested that it belonged to the glycosyl hydrolase family 45. N-terminal sequencing and analysis by SignalP program suggested that the first 32 amino acid residues encoded the signal peptide. Expression of the recombinant clones with and without its own signal peptide in Pichia pastoris demonstrated that P. pastoris produced active 55 and 30 kDa secreted proteins. N-terminal sequencing suggested that the 55 kDa band was the mature protein while the 30 kDa band was the truncated protein. Glycoprotein analysis showed that the 55 kDa protein was glycosylated; while the smaller protein was not. All recombinant endoglucanases showed optimal temperature of 70 degrees C and optimal pH of 5-6. They retained more than 50% activity for 4h at 70 degrees C. In addition, high k(cat) and low apparent K(m) of these recombinant proteins indicated good properties of this enzyme against carboxylmethylcellulose.
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- Benjamaporn Wonganu
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Mahidol University, Salaya Campus, Nakhorn-Pathom 73170, Thailand
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Itoh Y, Watanabe J, Fukada H, Mizuno R, Kezuka Y, Nonaka T, Watanabe T. Importance of Trp59 and Trp60 in chitin-binding, hydrolytic, and antifungal activities of Streptomyces griseus chitinase C. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 72:1176-84. [PMID: 16598448 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0405-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2006] [Revised: 02/27/2006] [Accepted: 03/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The chitin-binding domain of Streptomyces griseus chitinase C (ChBD(ChiC)) belongs to CBM family 5. Only two exposed aromatic residues, W59 and W60, were observed in ChBD(ChiC), in contrast to three such residues on CBD(Cel5) in the same CBM family. To study importance of these residues in binding activity and other functions of ChBD(ChiC), site-directed mutagenesis was carried out. Single (W59A and W60A) and double (W59A/W60A) mutations abolished the binding activity of ChiC to colloidal chitin and decreased the hydrolytic activity toward not only colloidal chitin but also a soluble high Mr substrate, glycol chitin. Interaction of ChBD(ChiC) with oligosaccharide was eliminated by these mutations. The hydrolytic activity toward oligosaccharide was increased by deletion of ChBD but not affected by these mutations, indicating that ChBD interferes with oligosaccharide hydrolysis but not through its binding activity. The antifungal activity was drastically decreased by all mutations and significant difference was observed between single and double mutants. Taken together with the structural information, these results suggest that ChBD(ChiC) binds to chitin via a mechanism significantly different from CBD(Cel5), where two aromatic residues play major role, and contributes to various functions of ChiC. Sequence comparison indicated that ChBD(ChiC)-type CBMs are dominant in CBM family 5.
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- Yoshikane Itoh
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Garsoux G, Lamotte J, Gerday C, Feller G. Kinetic and structural optimization to catalysis at low temperatures in a psychrophilic cellulase from the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis. Biochem J 2004; 384:247-53. [PMID: 15287848 PMCID: PMC1134107 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2004] [Revised: 07/23/2004] [Accepted: 08/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The cold-adapted cellulase CelG has been purified from the culture supernatant of the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis and the gene coding for this enzyme has been cloned, sequenced and expressed in Escherichia coli. This cellulase is composed of three structurally and functionally distinct regions: an N-terminal catalytic domain belonging to glycosidase family 5 and a C-terminal cellulose-binding domain belonging to carbohydrate-binding module family 5. The linker of 107 residues connecting both domains is one of the longest found in cellulases, and optimizes substrate accessibility to the catalytic domain by drastically increasing the surface of cellulose available to a bound enzyme molecule. The psychrophilic enzyme is closely related to the cellulase Cel5 from Erwinia chrysanthemi. Both kcat and kcat/K(m) values at 4 degrees C for the psychrophilic cellulase are similar to the values for Cel5 at 30-35 degrees C, suggesting temperature adaptation of the kinetic parameters. The thermodynamic parameters of activation of CelG suggest a heat-labile, relatively disordered active site with low substrate affinity, in agreement with the experimental data. The structure of CelG has been constructed by homology modelling with a molecule of cellotetraose docked into the active site. No structural alteration related to cold-activity can be found in the catalytic cleft, whereas several structural factors in the overall structure can explain the weak thermal stability, suggesting that the loss of stability provides the required active-site mobility at low temperatures.
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- Geneviève Garsoux
- *Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry B6a, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- †Center for Protein Engineering, Institute of Chemistry B6a, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- *Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry B6a, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- *Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry B6a, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Chapon V, Czjzek M, El Hassouni M, Py B, Juy M, Barras F. Type II protein secretion in gram-negative pathogenic bacteria: the study of the structure/secretion relationships of the cellulase Cel5 (formerly EGZ) from Erwinia chrysanthemi. J Mol Biol 2001; 310:1055-66. [PMID: 11501995 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Erwinia chrysanthemi, a Gram-negative plant pathogen, secretes the cellulase Cel5 (formerly EGZ) via the type II secretion pathway (referred to as Out). Cel5 is composed of two domains, a large N-terminal catalytic domain (390 amino acid residues) and a small C-terminal cellulose-binding domain (62 amino acid residues) separated by a linker region. A combination of mutagenesis and structural analysis permitted us to investigate the structure/secretion relationships with respect to the catalytic domain of Cel5. The 3D structure of the catalytic domain was solved by molecular replacement at 2.3 A resolution. Cel5 exhibits the (beta/alpha)8 structural fold and two extra-barrel features. Our previous genetic study based upon tRNA-mediated suppression allowed us to predict positions of importance in the molecule in relation to structure and catalysis. Remarkably, all of the predictions proved to be correct when compared with the present structural information. Mutations of Arg57, which is located at the heart of the catalytic domain, allowed us to test the consequences of structural modifications on the secretion efficiency. The results revealed that secretability imposes remarkably strong constraints upon folding. In particular, an Arg-to-His mutation yielded a species that folded to a stable conformation close to, but distinct from the wild-type, which however was not secretable. We discuss the relationships between folding of a protein in the periplasm, en route to the cell exterior, and presentation of secretion information. We propose that different solutions have been selected for type II secreted exoproteins in order to meet the constraints imposed by their interaction with their respective secretion machineries. We propose that evolutionary pressure has led to the adaptation of different secretion motifs for different type II exoproteins.
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- V Chapon
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne , Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie CNRS-Marseille, France
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Boraston AB, Chiu P, Warren RA, Kilburn DG. Specificity and affinity of substrate binding by a family 17 carbohydrate-binding module from Clostridium cellulovorans cellulase 5A. Biochemistry 2000; 39:11129-36. [PMID: 10998252 DOI: 10.1021/bi0007728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The C-terminal carbohydrate-binding module (CBM17) from Clostridium cellulovorans cellulase 5A is a beta-1,4-glucan binding module with a preference for soluble chains. CBM17 binds to phosphoric acid swollen Avicel (PASA) and Avicel with association constants of 2.9 (+/-0.2) x 10(5) and 1.6 (+/-0.2) x 10(5) M(-1), respectively. The capacity values for PASA and Avicel were 11.9 and 0.4 micromol/g of cellulose, respectively. CBM17 did not bind to crystalline cellulose. CBM17 bound tightly to soluble barley beta-glucan and the derivatized celluloses HEC, EHEC, and CMC. The association constants for binding to barley beta-glucan, HEC, and EHEC were approximately 2.0 x 10(5) M(-1). Significant binding affinities were found for cello-oligosaccharides greater than three glucose units in length. The affinities for cellotriose, cellotetraose, cellopentaose, and cellohexaose were 1.2 (+/-0.3) x 10(3), 4.3 (+/-0.4) x 10(3), 3.8 (+/-0.1) x 10(4), and 1.5 (+/-0.0) x 10(5) M(-1), respectively. Fluorescence quenching studies and N-bromosuccinimide modification indicate the participation of tryptophan residues in ligand binding. The possible architecture of the ligand-binding site is discussed in terms of its binding specificity, affinity, and the participation of tryptophan residues.
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- A B Boraston
- Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and The Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Simpson HD, Barras F. Functional analysis of the carbohydrate-binding domains of Erwinia chrysanthemi Cel5 (Endoglucanase Z) and an Escherichia coli putative chitinase. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:4611-6. [PMID: 10419961 PMCID: PMC103594 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4611-4616.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/1999] [Accepted: 05/26/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Cel5 cellulase (formerly known as endoglucanase Z) from Erwinia chrysanthemi is a multidomain enzyme consisting of a catalytic domain, a linker region, and a cellulose binding domain (CBD). A three-dimensional structure of the CBD(Cel5) has previously been obtained by nuclear magnetic resonance. In order to define the role of individual residues in cellulose binding, site-directed mutagenesis was performed. The role of three aromatic residues (Trp18, Trp43, and Tyr44) in cellulose binding was demonstrated. The exposed potential hydrogen bond donors, residues Gln22 and Glu27, appeared not to play a role in cellulose binding, whereas residue Asp17 was found to be important for the stability of Cel5. A deletion mutant lacking the residues Asp17 to Pro23 bound only weakly to cellulose. The sequence of CBD(Cel5) exhibits homology to a series of five repeating domains of a putative large protein, referred to as Yheb, from Escherichia coli. One of the repeating domains (Yheb1), consisting of 67 amino acids, was cloned from the E. coli chromosome and purified by metal chelating chromatography. While CBD(Cel5) bound to both cellulose and chitin, Yheb1 bound well to chitin, but only very poorly to cellulose. The Yheb protein contains a region that exhibits sequence homology with the catalytic domain of a chitinase, which is consistent with the hypothesis that the Yheb protein is a chitinase.
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- H D Simpson
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bacterienne, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Brun E, Moriaud F, Gans P, Blackledge MJ, Barras F, Marion D. Solution structure of the cellulose-binding domain of the endoglucanase Z secreted by Erwinia chrysanthemi. Biochemistry 1997; 36:16074-86. [PMID: 9405041 DOI: 10.1021/bi9718494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Two-dimensional proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy has been used to determine the three-dimensional structure of the 62 amino acid C-terminal cellulose-binding domain (CBD) of the endoglucanase Z (CBDEGZ), secreted by Erwinia chrysanthemi. An experimental data set comprising 958 interproton nOe-derived restraints was used to calculate 23 structures. The calculated structures have an average root-mean-square deviation between Cys4 and Cys61 of 0.91 +/- 0.11 A for backbone atoms and 1.18 +/- 0.12 A for the heavy atoms. The CBDEGZ exhibits a skiboot shape based mainly on a triple antiparallel beta-sheet perpendicular to a less-ordered summital loop. Three aromatic rings (Trp18, Trp43, and Tyr44) are localized on one face of the protein and are exposed to the solvent in a conformation compatible with a cellulose-binding site. Based on its original folding, we have been able to relate the CBD sequence to those of several domains of unknown function occurring in several bacterial chitinases as well as other proteins. This study also provides a structural basis for analyzing the secretion-related information specific to the CBDEGZ.
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- E Brun
- Institut de Biologie Structurale "Jean-Pierre Ebel" (CEA-CNRS), 41 avenue des Martyrs, 38027 Grenoble Cedex, France
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Pagès S, Gal L, Bélaïch A, Gaudin C, Tardif C, Bélaïch JP. Role of scaffolding protein CipC of Clostridium cellulolyticum in cellulose degradation. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:2810-6. [PMID: 9139893 PMCID: PMC179039 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2810-2816.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The role of a miniscaffolding protein, miniCipC1, forming part of Clostridium cellulolyticum scaffolding protein CipC in insoluble cellulose degradation was investigated. The parameters of the binding of miniCipC1, which contains a family III cellulose-binding domain (CBD), a hydrophilic domain, and a cohesin domain, to four insoluble celluloses were determined. At saturating concentrations, about 8.2 micromol of protein was bound per g of bacterial microcrystalline cellulose, while Avicel, colloidal Avicel, and phosphoric acid-swollen cellulose bound 0.28, 0.38, and 0.55 micromol of miniCipC1 per g, respectively. The dissociation constants measured varied between 1.3 x 10(-7) and 1.5 x 10(-8) M. These results are discussed with regard to the properties of the various substrates. The synergistic action of miniCipC1 and two forms of endoglucanase CelA (with and without the dockerin domain [CelA2 and CelA3, respectively]) in cellulose degradation was also studied. Although only CelA2 interacted with miniCipC1 (K(d), 7 x 10(-9) M), nonhydrolytic miniCipC1 enhanced the activities of endoglucanases CelA2 and CelA3 with all of the insoluble substrates tested. This finding shows that miniCipC1 plays two roles: it increases the enzyme concentration on the cellulose surface and enhances the accessibility of the enzyme to the substrate by modifying the structure of the cellulose, leading to an increased available cellulose surface area. In addition, the data obtained with a hybrid protein, CelA3-CBD(CipC), which was more active towards all of the insoluble substrates tested confirm that the CBD of the scaffolding protein plays an essential role in cellulose degradation.
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- S Pagès
- Bioénérgetique et Ingéniérie des Protéines, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IBSM-IFR1, Marseille, France
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Kuhad RC, Singh A, Eriksson KE. Microorganisms and enzymes involved in the degradation of plant fiber cell walls. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 1997; 57:45-125. [PMID: 9204751 DOI: 10.1007/bfb0102072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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One of natures most important biological processes is the degradation of lignocellulosic materials to carbon dioxide, water and humic substances. This implies possibilities to use biotechnology in the pulp and paper industry and consequently, the use of microorganisms and their enzymes to replace or supplement chemical methods is gaining interest. This chapter describes the structure of wood and the main wood components, cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignins. The enzyme and enzyme mechanisms used by fungi and bacteria to modify and degrade these components are described in detail. Techniques for how to assay for these enzyme activities are also described. The possibilities for biotechnology in the pulp and paper industry and other fiber utilizing industries based on these enzymes are discussed.
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- R C Kuhad
- Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India
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