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Zwies C, Vargas Rodríguez ÁM, Naumann M, Seifert F, Pietzsch M. Alternative strategies for the recombinant synthesis, DOPA modification and analysis of mussel foot proteins - A case study for Mefp-3 from Mytilus edulis. Protein Expr Purif 2024; 219:106483. [PMID: 38609025 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2024.106483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
Abstract
Mussel foot proteins (Mfps) possess unique binding properties to various surfaces due to the presence of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA). Mytilus edulis foot protein-3 (Mefp-3) is one of several proteins in the byssal adhesive plaque. Its localization at the plaque-substrate interface approved that Mefp-3 plays a key role in adhesion. Therefore, the protein is suitable for the development of innovative bio-based binders. However, recombinant Mfp-3s are mainly purified from inclusion bodies under denaturing conditions. Here, we describe a robust and reproducible protocol for obtaining soluble and tag-free Mefp-3 using the SUMO-fusion technology. Additionally, a microbial tyrosinase from Verrucomicrobium spinosum was used for the in vitro hydroxylation of peptide-bound tyrosines in Mefp-3 for the first time. The highly hydroxylated Mefp-3, confirmed by MALDI-TOF-MS, exhibited excellent adhesive properties comparable to a commercial glue. These results demonstrate a concerted and simplified high yield production process for recombinant soluble and tag-free Mfp3-based proteins with on demand DOPA modification.
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- Constanze Zwies
- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Pharmacy, Weinbergweg 22, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Department of Drug Design and Target Validation, Weinbergweg 22, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Pharmacy, Weinbergweg 22, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Pharmacy, Weinbergweg 22, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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Zahoor AF, Hafeez F, Mansha A, Kamal S, Anjum MN, Raza Z, Khan SG, Javid J, Irfan A, Bhat MA. Bacterial Tyrosinase Inhibition, Hemolytic and Thrombolytic Screening, and In Silico Modeling of Rationally Designed Tosyl Piperazine-Engrafted Dithiocarbamate Derivatives. Biomedicines 2023; 11:2739. [PMID: 37893112 PMCID: PMC10603954 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11102739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Piperazine is a privileged moiety that is a structural part of many clinical drugs. Piperazine-based scaffolds have attracted the attention of pharmaceutical and medicinal scientists to develop novel, efficient therapeutic agents owing to their significant and promising biological profile. In the current study, an ecofriendly ultrasonic-assisted synthetic approach was applied to achieve a novel series of 1-tosyl piperazine dithiocarbamate acetamide hybrids 4a-4j, which was evaluated for in vitro tyrosinase inhibition and thrombolytic and hemolytic cytotoxic activities. Among all the piperazine-based dithiocarbamate acetamide target molecules 4a-4j, the structural analogs 4d displayed excellent tyrosinase inhibition efficacy (IC50 = 6.88 ± 0.11 µM) which was better than the reference standard drugs kojic acid (30.34 ± 0.75 µM) and ascorbic acid (11.5 ± 1.00 µM), respectively, which was further confirmed by in silico induced-fit docking (IFD) simulation Good tyrosinase activities were exhibited by 4g (IC50 = 7.24 ± 0.15 µM), 4b (IC50 = 8.01 ± 0.11 µM) and 4c (IC50 = 8.1 ± 0.30 µM) dithiocarbamate acetamides, which were also better tyrosinase inhibitors than the reference drugs but were less active than the 4d structural hybrid. All the derivatives are less toxic, having values in the 0.29 ± 0.01% to 15.6 ± 0.5% range. The scaffold 4b demonstrated better hemolytic potential (0.29 ± 0.01%), while a remarkably high thrombolytic chemotherapeutic potential was displayed by analog 4e (67.3 ± 0.2%).
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- Ameer Fawad Zahoor
- Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan; (A.F.Z.); (F.H.); (S.G.K.); (A.I.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan; (A.F.Z.); (F.H.); (S.G.K.); (A.I.)
- Department of Chemistry, Riphah International University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan; (A.F.Z.); (F.H.); (S.G.K.); (A.I.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan;
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia;
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan; (A.F.Z.); (F.H.); (S.G.K.); (A.I.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Sialkot, Sialkot 51310, Pakistan;
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- Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan; (A.F.Z.); (F.H.); (S.G.K.); (A.I.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Smith AD, Tschirhart T, Compton J, Hennessa TM, VanArsdale E, Wang Z. Rapid, high-titer biosynthesis of melanin using the marine bacterium Vibrio natriegens. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1239756. [PMID: 37781538 PMCID: PMC10534004 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1239756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Melanin is one of the most abundant natural biomolecules on Earth. These macromolecular biopolymers display several unique physical and chemical properties and have garnered interest as biomaterials for various commercial and industrial applications. To this end, extensive research has gone into refining methods for the synthesis and extraction of melanin from natural and recombinant sources. In this study, we developed and refined a procedure using a recombinant microbial system for the biosynthesis of melanin using the tyrosinase enzyme Tyr1 and tyrosine as a substrate. Using the emergent microbial chassis organisms Vibrio natriegens, we achieved maximal yields of 7.57 g/L, and one of the highest reported volumetric productivities of 473 mg L-1 h-1 with 100% conversion rates in an optimized, minimally defined medium. Additionally, we identified and investigated the use of a native copper responsive promoter in V. natriegens for stringent regulation of heterologous protein expression as a cost effective alternative to traditional IPTG-based induction. This research represents a promising advancement towards a green, rapid, and economical alternative for the biomanufacture of melanin.
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- Aaron D. Smith
- United States Naval Research Laboratory, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Washington, DC, United States
- College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
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- United States Naval Research Laboratory, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Washington, DC, United States
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- United States Naval Research Laboratory, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Washington, DC, United States
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- American Society for Engineering Education Postdoctoral Research Associate, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
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- National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
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- United States Naval Research Laboratory, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Washington, DC, United States
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Fekry M, Dave KK, Badgujar D, Hamnevik E, Aurelius O, Dobritzsch D, Danielson UH. The Crystal Structure of Tyrosinase from Verrucomicrobium spinosum Reveals It to Be an Atypical Bacterial Tyrosinase. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1360. [PMID: 37759761 PMCID: PMC10526336 DOI: 10.3390/biom13091360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Tyrosinases belong to the type-III copper enzyme family, which is involved in melanin production in a wide range of organisms. Despite similar overall characteristics and functions, their structures, activities, substrate specificities and regulation vary. The tyrosinase from the bacterium Verrucomicrobium spinosum (vsTyr) is produced as a pre-pro-enzyme in which a C-terminal extension serves as an inactivation domain. It does not require a caddie protein for copper ion incorporation, which makes it similar to eukaryotic tyrosinases. To gain an understanding of the catalytic machinery and regulation of vsTyr activity, we determined the structure of the catalytically active "core domain" of vsTyr by X-ray crystallography. The analysis showed that vsTyr is an atypical bacterial tyrosinase not only because it is independent of a caddie protein but also because it shows the highest structural (and sequence) similarity to plant-derived members of the type-III copper enzyme family and is more closely related to fungal tyrosinases regarding active site features. By modelling the structure of the pre-pro-enzyme using AlphaFold, we observed that Phe453, located in the C-terminal extension, is appropriately positioned to function as a "gatekeeper" residue. Our findings raise questions concerning the evolutionary origin of vsTyr.
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- Mostafa Fekry
- Department of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, SE 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden; (M.F.); (K.K.D.); (D.B.); (E.H.); (D.D.)
- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, SE 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden; (M.F.); (K.K.D.); (D.B.); (E.H.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, SE 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden; (M.F.); (K.K.D.); (D.B.); (E.H.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, SE 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden; (M.F.); (K.K.D.); (D.B.); (E.H.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, SE 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden; (M.F.); (K.K.D.); (D.B.); (E.H.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Chemistry—BMC, Uppsala University, SE 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden; (M.F.); (K.K.D.); (D.B.); (E.H.); (D.D.)
- Science for Life Laboratory, Drug Discovery & Development Platform, Uppsala University, SE 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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Modifying a bacterial tyrosinase zymogen for use in protease activity assays. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:8285-8294. [PMID: 36404357 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12284-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Current clinical laboratory assays are not sufficient for determining the activity of many specific human proteases yet. In this study, we developed a general approach that enables the determination of activities of caspase-3 based on the proteolytic activation of the engineered zymogen of the recombinant tyrosinase from Verrucomicrobium spinosum (Vs-tyrosinase) by detecting the diphenolase activity in an increase in absorbance at 475 nm. Here, we designed three different zymogen constructs of Vs-tyrosinase, including RSL-pre-pro-TYR, Pre-pro-TYR, and Pro-TYR. The active domain was fused to the reactive site loop (RSL) of α1-proteinase inhibitor and/or its own signal peptide (pre) and/or its own C-terminal domain (pro) via a linker containing a specific caspase-3 cleavage site. Further studies revealed that both RSL peptide and TAT signal peptide were able to inhibit tyrosinase diphenolase activity, in which RSL-pre-pro-TYR had the lowest background signals. Therefore, a specific protease activity such as caspase-3 could be detected when a suitable zymogen was established. Our results could provide a new way to directly detect the activities of key human proteases, for instance, to monitor the efficacy and safety of tumor therapy by determining the activity of apoptosis-related caspase-3 in patients. KEY POINTS: • RSL inhibited the activity of Verrucomicrobium spinosum tyrosinase. • N-pre and C-terminal domain exerted stronger dual inhibition on the Vs-tyrosinase. • The activity of caspase-3 could be measured by the zymogen activation system.
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Panis F, Rompel A. The Novel Role of Tyrosinase Enzymes in the Storage of Globally Significant Amounts of Carbon in Wetland Ecosystems. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:11952-11968. [PMID: 35944157 PMCID: PMC9454253 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Over the last millennia, wetlands have been sequestering carbon from the atmosphere via photosynthesis at a higher rate than releasing it and, therefore, have globally accumulated 550 × 1015 g of carbon, which is equivalent to 73% of the atmospheric carbon pool. The accumulation of organic carbon in wetlands is effectuated by phenolic compounds, which suppress the degradation of soil organic matter by inhibiting the activity of organic-matter-degrading enzymes. The enzymatic removal of phenolic compounds by bacterial tyrosinases has historically been blocked by anoxic conditions in wetland soils, resulting from waterlogging. Bacterial tyrosinases are a subgroup of oxidoreductases that oxidatively remove phenolic compounds, coupled to the reduction of molecular oxygen to water. The biochemical properties of bacterial tyrosinases have been investigated thoroughly in vitro within recent decades, while investigations focused on carbon fluxes in wetlands on a macroscopic level have remained a thriving yet separated research area so far. In the wake of climate change, however, anoxic conditions in wetland soils are threatened by reduced rainfall and prolonged summer drought. This potentially allows tyrosinase enzymes to reduce the concentration of phenolic compounds, which in turn will increase the release of stored carbon back into the atmosphere. To offer compelling evidence for the novel concept that bacterial tyrosinases are among the key enzymes influencing carbon cycling in wetland ecosystems first, bacterial organisms indigenous to wetland ecosystems that harbor a TYR gene within their respective genome (tyr+) have been identified, which revealed a phylogenetically diverse community of tyr+ bacteria indigenous to wetlands based on genomic sequencing data. Bacterial TYR host organisms covering seven phyla (Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Nitrospirae, Planctomycetes, and Proteobacteria) have been identified within various wetland ecosystems (peatlands, marshes, mangrove forests, bogs, and alkaline soda lakes) which cover a climatic continuum ranging from high arctic to tropic ecosystems. Second, it is demonstrated that (in vitro) bacterial TYR activity is commonly observed at pH values characteristic for wetland ecosystems (ranging from pH 3.5 in peatlands and freshwater swamps to pH 9.0 in soda lakes and freshwater marshes) and toward phenolic compounds naturally present within wetland environments (p-coumaric acid, gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid, catechin, and epicatechin). Third, analyzing the available data confirmed that bacterial host organisms tend to exhibit in vitro growth optima at pH values similar to their respective wetland habitats. Based on these findings, it is concluded that, following increased aeration of previously anoxic wetland soils due to climate change, TYRs are among the enzymes capable of reducing the concentration of phenolic compounds present within wetland ecosystems, which will potentially destabilize vast amounts of carbon stored in these ecosystems. Finally, promising approaches to mitigate the detrimental effects of increased TYR activity in wetland ecosystems and the requirement of future investigations of the abundance and activity of TYRs in an environmental setting are presented.
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Orlandi VT, Martegani E, Giaroni C, Baj A, Bolognese F. Bacterial pigments: A colorful palette reservoir for biotechnological applications. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2022; 69:981-1001. [PMID: 33870552 PMCID: PMC9544673 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Synthetic derivatives are currently used instead of pigments in many applicative fields, from food to feed, from pharmaceutical to diagnostic, from agronomy to industry. Progress in organic chemistry allowed to obtain rather cheap compounds covering the whole color spectrum. However, several concerns arise from this chemical approach, as it is mainly based on nonrenewable resources such as fossil oil, and the toxicity or carcinogenic properties of products and/or precursors may be harmful for personnel involved in the productive processes. In this scenario, microorganisms and their pigments represent a colorful world to discover and reconsider. Each living bacterial strain may be a source of secondary metabolites with peculiar functions. The aim of this review is to link the physiological role of bacterial pigments with their potential use in different biotechnological fields. This enormous potential supports the big challenge for the development of strategies useful to identify, produce, and purify the right pigment for the desired application. At the end of this ideal journey through the world of bacterial pigments, the attention will be focused on melanin compounds, whose production relies upon different techniques ranging from natural producers, heterologous hosts, or isolated enzymes. In a green workflow, the microorganisms represent the starting and final point of pigment production.
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- Department of Biotechnologies and Life SciencesUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Department of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Department of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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- Department of Biotechnologies and Life SciencesUniversity of InsubriaVareseItaly
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Yao L, Wang X, Xue R, Xu H, Wang R, Zhang L, Li S. Comparative analysis of mussel foot protein 3B co-expressed with tyrosinases provides a potential adhesive biomaterial. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 195:229-236. [PMID: 34896153 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.11.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Revised: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mussel foot proteins (Mfps), which help mussels attach to various surfaces, are considered to be promising biomaterials due to their outstanding adhesive properties. However, limited production and lack of post-translational modifications of tyrosine residues into 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (Dopa) in bacterial expression systems have hampered their applications. In the present study, for the first time we established the expression of recombinant Mytilus galloprovincialis foot protein type 3 variant B (fp-3B) in Escherichia coli; and achieved its viable production (~51 mg/L). Additionally, the Dopa content and adhesive properties of fp-3B co-expressed using various types of tyrosinases were compared. Consequently, the co-expression of fp-3B construct together with tyrosinase from Verrucomicrobium spinosum (TyrVs) yielded up to 87 mg/L of modified fp-3B; hydroxylation of tyrosine residues accounted for 57.18% by acid-borate difference spectroscopy. The modified fp-3B also showed significant coating and adhesive ability, and its bulk-scale adhesive strength was 2.9-fold higher than that of unmodified fp-3B. Compared with other type 3 mussel foot proteins, the high-yield expression and extensive hydroxylation level of the recombinant protein indicate that fp-3B co-expressed with TyrVs (3B-Vs) has the potential to be widely used as bioglues.
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- Lin Yao
- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China; College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
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Ilesanmi OS, Adedugbe OF, Adewale IO. Potentials of purified tyrosinase from yam ( Dioscorea spp) as a biocatalyst in the synthesis of cross-linked protein networks. Heliyon 2021; 7:e07831. [PMID: 34485728 PMCID: PMC8405987 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We report the usefulness of yam tyrosinase as a catalyst in the synthesis of cross-linked protein networks for biopolymers. The enzyme was purified using aqueous two-phase partitioning (ATPs) and peptide mapping on SDS-PAGE was carried out to ascertain degree of similarities of tyrosinase from the yam species. The mapping revealed distinct peptide bands of 3, 4, 4 and 2 for tyrosinase from D. praehensilis, D. alata, D. rotundata and C. esculenta respectively purified using conventional method. In contrast, continuous broad band was noticed for the ATPS-purified enzymes due to bound polyethylene glycol (PEG). Tyrosinase from D. praehensilis with overall better properties was used in the synthesis of cross-linked protein networks. The enzyme catalyzed conversion of soluble proteins from whey, moringa leaves, pumpkin leaves and cow blood into fibrous (cross-linked) protein networks for improved properties and functionalities. The purified tyrosinase from D. praehensilis was also covalently bonded to bovine serum albumin (BSA) forming tyrosinase-BSA adduct with molecular weight of 118 ± 2.0 kDa, revealing its potential as a reporter enzyme by reporting BSA. The overall result further reinforces yam tyrosinase as an enzyme of interest in various biotechnological applications.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
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Zhao J, Ran G, Xu M, Lu X, Tan D. Cost-Effective Production of L-DOPA by Tyrosinase-Immobilized Polyhydroxyalkanoate Nanogranules in Engineered Halomonas bluephagenesis TD01. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26133778. [PMID: 34206459 PMCID: PMC8270294 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26133778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA) is a preferred drug for Parkinson's disease, with an increasing demand worldwide that mainly relies on costly and environmentally problematic chemical synthesis. Yet, biological L-DOPA production is unfeasible at the industrial scale due to its low L-DOPA yield and high production cost. In this study, low-cost Halomonas bluephagenesis TD01 was engineered to produce tyrosinase TyrVs-immobilized polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) nanogranules in vivo, with the improved PHA content and increased immobilization efficiency of TyrVs accounting for 6.85% on the surface of PHA. A higher L-DOPA-forming monophenolase activity of 518.87 U/g PHA granules and an L-DOPA concentration of 974.36 mg/L in 3 h catalysis were achieved, compared to those of E. coli. Together with the result of L-DOPA production directly by cell lysates containing PHA-TyrVs nanogranules, our study demonstrated the robust and cost-effective production of L-DOPA by H. bluephagenesis, further contributing to its low-cost industrial production based on next-generation industrial biotechnology (NGIB).
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- Jiping Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biological Science and Bioengineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (J.Z.); (M.X.)
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- Institute of Bio-Agriculture of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an 710043, China;
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biological Science and Bioengineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (J.Z.); (M.X.)
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biological Science and Bioengineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (J.Z.); (M.X.)
- Correspondence: (X.L.); (D.T.)
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Department of Biological Science and Bioengineering, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; (J.Z.); (M.X.)
- Correspondence: (X.L.); (D.T.)
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Tat-Dependent Heterologous Secretion of Recombinant Tyrosinase by Pseudomonas fluorescens Is Aided by a Translationally Fused Caddie Protein. Appl Environ Microbiol 2019; 85:AEM.01350-19. [PMID: 31399411 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01350-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Tyrosinase is a monooxygenase that catalyzes both the hydroxylation of p-hydroxyphenyl moieties to o-catechols and the oxidation of o-catechols to o-quinones. Apart from its critical functionality in melanogenesis and the synthesis of various neurotransmitters, this enzyme is also used in a variety of biotechnological applications, most notably mediating covalent cross-linking between polymers containing p-hydroxyphenyl groups, forming a hydrogel. Tyrosinases from the genus Streptomyces are usually secreted as a complex with their caddie protein. In this study, we report an increased secretion efficiency observed when the Streptomyces antibioticus tyrosinase gene melC2 was introduced into Pseudomonas fluorescens along with its caddie protein gene melC1, which has the DNA sequence for the Tat (twin-arginine translocation) signal.IMPORTANCE We observed that the S. antibioticus extracellular tyrosinase secretion level was even higher in its nonnatural translationally conjugated fusion protein form than in the natural complex of two separated polypeptides. The results of this study demonstrate that tyrosinase-expressing P. fluorescens can be a stable source of bacterial tyrosinase through exploiting the secretory machinery of P. fluorescens.
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Kampatsikas I, Bijelic A, Pretzler M, Rompel A. A Peptide-Induced Self-Cleavage Reaction Initiates the Activation of Tyrosinase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:7475-7479. [PMID: 30825403 PMCID: PMC6563526 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The conversion of inactive pro-polyphenol oxidases (pro-PPOs) into the active enzyme results from the proteolytic cleavage of its C-terminal domain. Herein, a peptide-mediated cleavage process that activates pro-MdPPO1 (Malus domestica) is reported. Mass spectrometry, mutagenesis studies, and X-ray crystal-structure analysis of pro-MdPPO1 (1.35 Å) and two separated C-terminal domains, one obtained upon self-cleavage of pro-MdPPO1 and the other one produced independently, were applied to study the observed self-cleavage. The sequence Lys 355-Val 370 located in the linker between the active and the C-terminal domain is indispensable for the self-cleavage. Partial introduction (Lys 352-Ala 360) of this peptide into the sequence of two other PPOs, MdPPO2 and aurone synthase (CgAUS1), triggered self-cleavage in the resulting mutants. This is the first experimental proof of a self-cleavage-inducing peptide in PPOs, unveiling a new mode of activation for this enzyme class that is independent of any external protease.
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- Ioannis Kampatsikas
- Universität WienFakultät für ChemieInstitut für Biophysikalische ChemieAlthanstraße 141090WienAustria
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- Universität WienFakultät für ChemieInstitut für Biophysikalische ChemieAlthanstraße 141090WienAustria
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- Universität WienFakultät für ChemieInstitut für Biophysikalische ChemieAlthanstraße 141090WienAustria
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- Universität WienFakultät für ChemieInstitut für Biophysikalische ChemieAlthanstraße 141090WienAustria
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Kampatsikas I, Bijelic A, Pretzler M, Rompel A. Eine peptidvermittelte Selbstspaltungsreaktion initiiert die Tyrosinaseaktivierung. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201901332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Ioannis Kampatsikas
- Universität WienFakultät für ChemieInstitut für Biophysikalische Chemie Althanstraße 14 1090 Wien Österreich
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- Universität WienFakultät für ChemieInstitut für Biophysikalische Chemie Althanstraße 14 1090 Wien Österreich
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- Universität WienFakultät für ChemieInstitut für Biophysikalische Chemie Althanstraße 14 1090 Wien Österreich
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- Universität WienFakultät für ChemieInstitut für Biophysikalische Chemie Althanstraße 14 1090 Wien Österreich
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Tan D, Zhao JP, Ran GQ, Zhu XL, Ding Y, Lu XY. Highly efficient biocatalytic synthesis of L-DOPA using in situ immobilized Verrucomicrobium spinosum tyrosinase on polyhydroxyalkanoate nano-granules. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:5663-5678. [PMID: 31127354 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09851-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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L-DOPA (3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine) is a preferred drug for Parkinson's disease, and is currently in great demand every year worldwide. Biocatalytic conversion of L-tyrosine by tyrosinases is the most promising method for the low-cost production of L-DOPA in both research and industry. Yet, it has been hampered by low productivity, low conversion rate, and low stability of the biocatalyst, tyrosinase. An alternative tyrosinase TyrVs from Verrucomicrobium spinosum with more efficient expression in heterologous host and better stability than the commercially available Agaricus bisporus tyrosinase was identified in this study. Additionally, it was prepared as a novel nano-biocatalyst based on the distinct one-step in situ immobilization on the surface of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) nano-granules. The resulting PHA-TyrVs nano-granules demonstrated improved L-DOPA-forming monophenolase activity of 9155.88 U/g (Tyr protein), which was 3.19-fold higher than that of free TyrVs. The nano-granules also exhibited remarkable thermo-stability, with an optimal temperature of 50 °C, and maintained more than 70% of the initial activity after incubation at 55 °C for 24 h. And an enhanced affinity of copper ion was observed in the PHA-TyrVs nano-granules, making them even better biocatalysts for L-DOPA production. Therefore, a considerable productivity of L-DOPA, amounting to 148.70 mg/L h, with a conversion rate of L-tyrosine of 90.62% can be achieved by the PHA-TyrVs nano-granules after 3 h of biocatalysis under optimized conditions, without significant loss of enzyme activity or L-DOPA yield after 8 cycles of repeated use. Our study provides an excellent and robust nano-biocatalyst for the cost-effective production of L-DOPA.
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- Dan Tan
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049,, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049,, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049,, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049,, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049,, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049,, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
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Aksambayeva AS, Zhaparova LR, Shagyrova ZS, Zhiyenbay E, Nurgozhin TS, Ramankulov EM, Shustov AV. Recombinant Tyrosinase from Verrucomicrobium spinosum: Isolation, Characteristics, and Use for the Production of a Protein with Adhesive Properties. APPL BIOCHEM MICRO+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0003683818080021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Molecular optimization of autotransporter-based tyrosinase surface display. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:486-494. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Liu Y, Wu HC, Bhokisham N, Li J, Hong KL, Quan DN, Tsao CY, Bentley WE, Payne GF. Biofabricating Functional Soft Matter Using Protein Engineering to Enable Enzymatic Assembly. Bioconjug Chem 2018; 29:1809-1822. [PMID: 29745651 PMCID: PMC7045599 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Biology often provides the inspiration for functional soft matter, but biology can do more: it can provide the raw materials and mechanisms for hierarchical assembly. Biology uses polymers to perform various functions, and biologically derived polymers can serve as sustainable, self-assembling, and high-performance materials platforms for life-science applications. Biology employs enzymes for site-specific reactions that are used to both disassemble and assemble biopolymers both to and from component parts. By exploiting protein engineering methodologies, proteins can be modified to make them more susceptible to biology's native enzymatic activities. They can be engineered with fusion tags that provide (short sequences of amino acids at the C- and/or N- termini) that provide the accessible residues for the assembling enzymes to recognize and react with. This "biobased" fabrication not only allows biology's nanoscale components (i.e., proteins) to be engineered, but also provides the means to organize these components into the hierarchical structures that are prevalent in life.
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- Department of Biochemical Science and Technology , National Taiwan University , Taipei City , Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemical Science and Technology , National Taiwan University , Taipei City , Taiwan
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Axambayeva AS, Zhaparova LR, Shagyrova ZS, Ramankulov EM, Shustov AV. Unusual Stability of a Recombinant Verrucomicrobium spinosum Tyrosinase to Denaturing Agents and Its Use for a Production of a Protein with Adhesive Properties. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2018; 185:736-754. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-017-2686-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Gustavsson M, Hörnström D, Lundh S, Belotserkovsky J, Larsson G. Biocatalysis on the surface of Escherichia coli: melanin pigmentation of the cell exterior. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36117. [PMID: 27782179 PMCID: PMC5080590 DOI: 10.1038/srep36117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Today, it is considered state-of-the-art to engineer living organisms for various biotechnology applications. Even though this has led to numerous scientific breakthroughs, the enclosed interior of bacterial cells still restricts interactions with enzymes, pathways and products due to the mass-transfer barrier formed by the cell envelope. To promote accessibility, we propose engineering of biocatalytic reactions and subsequent product deposition directly on the bacterial surface. As a proof-of-concept, we used the AIDA autotransporter vehicle for Escherichia coli surface expression of tyrosinase and fully oxidized externally added tyrosine to the biopolymer melanin. This resulted in a color change and creation of a black cell exterior. The capture of ninety percent of a pharmaceutical wastewater pollutant followed by regeneration of the cell bound melanin matrix through a simple pH change, shows the superior function and facilitated processing provided by the surface methodology. The broad adsorption spectrum of melanin could also allow removal of other micropollutants.
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- Martin Gustavsson
- Division of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Albanova University Center, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Albanova University Center, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Albanova University Center, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Albanova University Center, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Albanova University Center, SE 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Kanteev M, Goldfeder M, Fishman A. Structure-function correlations in tyrosinases. Protein Sci 2015; 24:1360-9. [PMID: 26104241 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tyrosinases are metalloenzymes belonging to the type-3 copper protein family which contain two copper ions in the active site. They are found in various prokaryotes as well as in plants, fungi, arthropods, and mammals and are responsible for pigmentation, wound healing, radiation protection, and primary immune response. Tyrosinases perform two sequential enzymatic reactions: hydroxylation of monophenols and oxidation of diphenols to form quinones which polymerize spontaneously to melanin. Two other members of this family are catechol oxidases, which are prevalent mainly in plants and perform only the second oxidation step, and hemocyanins, which lack enzymatic activity and are oxygen carriers. In the last decade, several structures of plant and bacterial tyrosinases were determined, some with substrates or inhibitors, highlighting features and residues which are important for copper uptake and catalysis. This review summarizes the updated information on structure-function correlations in tyrosinases along with comparison to other type-3 copper proteins.
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- Margarita Kanteev
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
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Ihssen J, Braun A, Faccio G, Gajda-Schrantz K, Thöny-Meyer L. Light harvesting proteins for solar fuel generation in bioengineered photoelectrochemical cells. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2015; 15:374-84. [PMID: 24678669 PMCID: PMC4030624 DOI: 10.2174/1389203715666140327105530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2013] [Revised: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The sun is the primary energy source of our planet and potentially can supply
all societies with more than just their basic energy needs. Demand of electric
energy can be satisfied with photovoltaics, however the global demand for fuels
is even higher. The direct way to produce the solar fuel hydrogen is by water
splitting in photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells, an artificial mimic of
photosynthesis. There is currently strong resurging interest for solar fuels
produced by PEC cells, but some fundamental technological problems need to be
solved to make PEC water splitting an economic, competitive alternative. One of
the problems is to provide a low cost, high performing water oxidizing and
oxygen evolving photoanode in an environmentally benign setting. Hematite, α-Fe2O3,
satisfies many requirements for a good PEC photoanode, but its efficiency is
insufficient in its pristine form. A promising strategy for enhancing
photocurrent density takes advantage of photosynthetic proteins. In this paper
we give an overview of how electrode surfaces in general and hematite
photoanodes in particular can be functionalized with light harvesting proteins.
Specifically, we demonstrate how low-cost biomaterials such as cyanobacterial
phycocyanin and enzymatically produced melanin increase the overall performance
of virtually no-cost metal oxide photoanodes in a PEC system. The implementation
of biomaterials changes the overall nature of the photoanode assembly in a way
that aggressive alkaline electrolytes such as concentrated KOH are not required
anymore. Rather, a more environmentally benign and pH neutral electrolyte can be
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- Empa, Laboratory for Biomaterials, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Tyrosinase-catalyzed site-specific immobilization of engineered C-phycocyanin to surface. Sci Rep 2014; 4:5370. [PMID: 24947668 PMCID: PMC4064347 DOI: 10.1038/srep05370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Enzymatic crosslinking of proteins is often limited by the steric availability of the target residues, as of tyrosyl side chains in the case of tyrosinase. Carrying an N-terminal peptide-tag containing two tyrosine residues, the fluorescent protein C-phycocyanin HisCPC from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 was crosslinked to fluorescent high-molecular weight forms with tyrosinase. Crosslinking with tyrosinase in the presence of L-tyrosine produced non fluorescent high-molecular weight products. Incubated in the presence of tyrosinase, HisCPC could also be immobilized to amino-modified polystyrene beads thus conferring a blue fluorescence. Crosslinking and immobilization were site-specific as both processes required the presence of the N-terminal peptide in HisCPC.
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Microbial tyrosinases: promising enzymes for pharmaceutical, food bioprocessing, and environmental industry. Biochem Res Int 2014; 2014:854687. [PMID: 24895537 PMCID: PMC4033337 DOI: 10.1155/2014/854687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Tyrosinase is a natural enzyme and is often purified to only a low degree and it is involved in a variety of functions which mainly catalyse the o-hydroxylation of monophenols into their corresponding o-diphenols and the oxidation of o-diphenols to o-quinones using molecular oxygen, which then polymerizes to form brown or black pigments. The synthesis of o-diphenols is a potentially valuable catalytic ability and thus tyrosinase has attracted a lot of attention with respect to industrial applications. In environmental technology it is used for the detoxification of phenol-containing wastewaters and contaminated soils, as biosensors for phenol monitoring, and for the production of L-DOPA in pharmaceutical industries, and is also used in cosmetic and food industries as important catalytic enzyme. Melanin pigment synthesized by tyrosinase has found applications for protection against radiation cation exchangers, drug carriers, antioxidants, antiviral agents, or immunogen. The recombinant V. spinosum tryosinase protein can be used to produce tailor-made melanin and other polyphenolic materials using various phenols and catechols as starting materials. This review compiles the recent data on biochemical and molecular properties of microbial tyrosinases, underlining their importance in the industrial use of these enzymes. After that, their most promising applications in pharmaceutical, food processing, and environmental fields are presented.
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Ren Q, Henes B, Fairhead M, Thöny-Meyer L. High level production of tyrosinase in recombinant Escherichia coli. BMC Biotechnol 2013; 13:18. [PMID: 23442796 PMCID: PMC3598836 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-13-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tyrosinase is a bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes both the hydroxylation of monophenols to o-diphenols (monophenolase activity) and the subsequent oxidation of the diphenols to o-quinones (diphenolase activity). Due to the potential applications of tyrosinase in biotechnology, in particular in biocatalysis and for biosensors, it is desirable to develop a suitable low-cost process for efficient production of this enzyme. So far, the best production yield reported for tyrosinase was about 1 g L(-1), which was achieved by cultivating the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei for 6 days. RESULTS In this work, tyrosinase from Verrucomicrobium spinosum was expressed in Escherichia coli and its production was studied in both batch and fed-batch cultivations. Effects of various key cultivation parameters on tyrosinase production were first examined in batch cultures to identify optimal conditions. It was found that a culture temperature of 32 °C and induction at the late growth stage were favorable, leading to a highest tyrosinase activity of 0.76 U mL(-1). The fed-batch process was performed by using an exponential feeding strategy to achieve high cell density. With the fed-batch process, a final biomass concentration of 37 g L(-1) (based on optical density) and a tyrosinase activity of 13 U mL(-1) were obtained in 28 hours, leading to a yield of active tyrosinase of about 3 g L(-1). The highest overall volumetric productivity of 103 mg of active tyrosinase per liter and hour (corresponding to 464 mU L(-1) h(-1)) was determined, which is approximately 15 times higher than that obtained in batch cultures. CONCLUSIONS We have successfully expressed and produced gram quantities per liter of active tyrosinase in recombinant E. coli by optimizing the expression conditions and fed-batch cultivation strategy. Exponential feed of substrate helped to prolong the exponential phase of growth, to reduce the fermentation time and thus the cost. A specific tyrosinase production rate of 103 mg L(-1) h(-1) and a maximum volumetric activity of 464 mU L(-1) h(-1) were achieved in this study. These levels have not been reported previously.
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- Qun Ren
- Laboratory for Biomaterials, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St, Gallen, Switzerland.
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Mass spectrometry based N- and C-terminal sequence determination of a hepatopancreas-type prophenoloxidase from the kuruma prawn, Marsupenaeus japonicus. Anal Bioanal Chem 2013; 405:2333-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6653-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2012] [Revised: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Faccio G, Arvas M, Thöny-Meyer L, Saloheimo M. Experimental and bioinformatic investigation of the proteolytic degradation of the C-terminal domain of a fungal tyrosinase. J Inorg Biochem 2012; 121:37-45. [PMID: 23333757 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Revised: 12/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Proteolytic processing is a key step in the production of polyphenol oxidases such as tyrosinases, converting the inactive proenzyme to an active form. In general, the fungal tyrosinase gene codes for a ~60 kDa protein that is, however, isolated as an active enzyme of ~40 kDa, lacking the C-terminal domain. Using the secreted tyrosinase 2 from Trichoderma reesei as a model protein, we performed a mutagenesis study of the residues in proximity of the experimentally determined cleavage site which are possibly involved in the proteolytic process. However, the mutant forms of tyrosinase 2 were not secreted in a full-length form retaining the C-terminal domain, but they were processed to give a ~45 kDa active form. Aiming at explaining this phenomenon, we analysed in silico the properties of the C-terminal domain of tyrosinase 2, of 23 previously retrieved homologous tyrosinase sequences from fungi (C. Gasparetti, G. Faccio, M. Arvas, J. Buchert, M. Saloheimo, K. Kruus, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 86 (2010) 213-226) and of nine well-characterised polyphenol oxidases. Based on the results of our study, we exclude the key role of specific amino acids at the cleavage site in the proteolytic process and report an overall higher sensitivity to proteolysis of the linker region and of the whole C-terminal domain of fungal tyrosinases.
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- Greta Faccio
- Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Laboratory for Biomaterials, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
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Jus S, Stachel I, Fairhead M, Meyer M, Thöny-meyer L, Guebitz GM. Enzymatic cross-linking of gelatine with laccase and tyrosinase. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2012. [DOI: 10.3109/10242422.2012.646036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Fujieda N, Murata M, Yabuta S, Ikeda T, Shimokawa C, Nakamura Y, Hata Y, Itoh S. Multifunctions of MelB, a fungal tyrosinase from Aspergillus oryzae. Chembiochem 2011; 13:193-201. [PMID: 22213164 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201100609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The pro form of melB tyrosinase from the melB gene of Aspergillus oryzae was over-produced from E. coli and formed a homodimer that exhibited the spectral features of met-tyrosinase. In the presence of NH(2)OH (reductant), the proenzyme bound dioxygen to give a stable (μ-η(2):η(2) -peroxo)dicopper(II) species (oxy form), thus indicating that the pro form tyrosinase can function as an oxygen carrier or storage protein like hemocyanin. The pro form tyrosinase itself showed no catalytic activity toward external substrates, but proteolytic digestion with trypsin activated it to induce tyrosinase activity. Mass spectroscopy analyses, mutagenesis experiments, and colorimetry assays have demonstrated that the tryptic digestion induced cleavage of the C-terminal domain (Glu458-Ala616), although the dimeric structure of the enzyme was retained. The structural changes induced by proteolytic digestion might open the entrance to the enzyme active site for substrate incorporation.
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- Nobutaka Fujieda
- Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Dutta S, Choudhury D, Dattagupta JK, Biswas S. C-Terminal extension of a plant cysteine protease modulates proteolytic activity through a partial inhibitory mechanism. FEBS J 2011; 278:3012-24. [PMID: 21707922 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08221.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The amino acid sequence of ervatamin-C, a thermostable cysteine protease from a tropical plant, revealed an additional 24-amino-acid extension at its C-terminus (CT). The role of this extension peptide in zymogen activation, catalytic activity, folding and stability of the protease is reported. For this study, we expressed two recombinant forms of the protease in Escherichia coli, one retaining the CT-extension and the other with it truncated. The enzyme with the extension shows autocatalytic zymogen activation at a higher pH of 8.0, whereas deletion of the extension results in a more active form of the enzyme. This CT-extension was not found to be cleaved during autocatalysis or by limited proteolysis by different external proteases. Molecular modeling and simulation studies revealed that the CT-extension blocks some of the substrate-binding unprimed subsites including the specificity-determining subsite (S2) of the enzyme and thereby partially occludes accessibility of the substrates to the active site, which also corroborates the experimental observations. The CT-extension in the model structure shows tight packing with the catalytic domain of the enzyme, mediated by strong hydrophobic and H-bond interactions, thus restricting accessibility of its cleavage sites to the protease itself or to the external proteases. Kinetic stability analyses (T(50) and t(1/2) ) and refolding experiments show similar thermal stability and refolding efficiency for both forms. These data suggest that the CT-extension has an inhibitory role in the proteolytic activity of ervatamin-C but does not have a major role either in stabilizing the enzyme or in its folding mechanism.
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- Sruti Dutta
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
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Cross-linking of collagen with laccases and tyrosinases. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2011.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Fairhead M, Thöny-Meyer L. Bacterial tyrosinases: old enzymes with new relevance to biotechnology. N Biotechnol 2011; 29:183-91. [PMID: 21664502 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2011.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Revised: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/20/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tyrosinases are copper-containing dioxygen activating enzymes found in many species of bacteria and are usually associated with melanin production. These proteins have a strong preference for phenolic and diphenolic substrates and are somewhat limited in their reaction scope, always producing an activated quinone as product. Despite this fact they have potential in several biotechnological applications, including the production of novel mixed melanins, protein cross-linking, phenolic biosensors, production of l-DOPA, phenol and dye removal and biocatalysis. Although most studies have used Streptomyces sp. enzymes, there are several other examples of these proteins that are also of potential interest. For instance a solvent tolerant enzyme has been described, as well as an enzyme with both tyrosinase and laccase activities, enzymes with altered substrate preferences, an enzyme produced as an inactive zymogen as well as examples which do not require auxiliary proteins for copper insertion (unlike the Streptomyces sp. enzymes which do require such a protein). This article will summarise the reports on the biotechnological applications of bacterial tyrosinases as well as the current information available on the different types of this enzyme.
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- Michael Fairhead
- EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Biomaterials, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, St. Gallen, CH-9014, Switzerland
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Fairhead M, Thöny-Meyer L. Cross-linking and immobilisation of different proteins with recombinant Verrucomicrobium spinosum tyrosinase. J Biotechnol 2010; 150:546-51. [PMID: 20969899 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.10.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2010] [Revised: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 10/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This paper reports on the cross-linking and immobilisation of various proteins by the recombinant tyrosinase from Verrucomicrobium spinosum (Vs-tyrosinase). In general it is found that Vs-tyrosinase can readily cross-link proteins with a low degree of complexity, such as casein, but that the enzyme cannot readily cross-link well folded protein substrates such as lysozyme, myoglobin, cytochrome c or Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB). However, the inclusion of phenolic compounds (phenol or caffeic acid) to reaction mixtures of these proteins can greatly enhance the levels of cross-linking. For example it is possible to prepare cross-linked aggregates of industrially applicable enzymes such as CALB by simply incubating it with Vs-tyrosinase and phenol. The resulting aggregates can be collected by centrifugation and retain high levels of activity and may find applications in biocatalysis.
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- Michael Fairhead
- EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Laboratory for Biomaterials, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, St. Gallen, CH-9014, Switzerland
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