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Makryniotis K, Nikolaivits E, Taxeidis G, Nikodinovic-Runic J, Topakas E. Exploring the substrate spectrum of phylogenetically distinct bacterial polyesterases. Biotechnol J 2024; 19:e2400053. [PMID: 38593303 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202400053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 03/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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The rapid escalation of plastic waste accumulation presents a significant threat of the modern world, demanding an immediate solution. Over the last years, utilization of the enzymatic machinery of various microorganisms has emerged as an environmentally friendly asset in tackling this pressing global challenge. Thus, various hydrolases have been demonstrated to effectively degrade polyesters. Plastic waste streams often consist of a variety of different polyesters, as impurities, mainly due to wrong disposal practices, rendering recycling process challenging. The elucidation of the selective degradation of polyesters by hydrolases could offer a proper solution to this problem, enhancing the recyclability performance. Towards this, our study focused on the investigation of four bacterial polyesterases, including DaPUase, IsPETase, PfPHOase, and Se1JFR, a novel PETase-like lipase. The enzymes, which were biochemically characterized and structurally analyzed, demonstrated degradation ability of synthetic plastics. While a consistent pattern of polyesters' degradation was observed across all enzymes, Se1JFR stood out in the degradation of PBS, PLA, and polyether PU. Additionally, it exhibited comparable results to IsPETase, a benchmark mesophilic PETase, in the degradation of PCL and semi-crystalline PET. Our results point out the wide substrate spectrum of bacterial hydrolases and underscore the significant potential of PETase-like enzymes in polyesters degradation.
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- Konstantinos Makryniotis
- Industrial Biotechnology & Biocatalysis Group, Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Industrial Biotechnology & Biocatalysis Group, Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Industrial Biotechnology & Biocatalysis Group, Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Eco-Biotechnology & Drug Development Group, Laboratory for Microbial Molecular Genetics and Ecology, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Industrial Biotechnology & Biocatalysis Group, Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Serrano‐Aguirre L, Prieto MA. Can bioplastics always offer a truly sustainable alternative to fossil-based plastics? Microb Biotechnol 2024; 17:e14458. [PMID: 38568795 PMCID: PMC10990045 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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Bioplastics, comprised of bio-based and/or biodegradable polymers, have the potential to play a crucial role in the transition towards a sustainable circular economy. The use of biodegradable polymers not only leads to reduced greenhouse gas emissions but also might address the problem of plastic waste persisting in the environment, especially when removal is challenging. Nevertheless, biodegradable plastics should not be considered as substitutes for proper waste management practices, given that their biodegradability strongly depends on environmental conditions. Among the challenges hindering the sustainable implementation of bioplastics in the market, the development of effective downstream recycling routes is imperative, given the increasing production volumes of these materials. Here, we discuss about the most advisable end-of-life scenarios for bioplastics. Various recycling strategies, including mechanical, chemical or biological (both enzymatic and microbial) approaches, should be considered. Employing enzymes as biocatalysts emerges as a more selective and environmentally friendly alternative to chemical recycling, allowing the production of new bioplastics and added value and high-quality products. Other pending concerns for industrial implementation of bioplastics include misinformation among end users, the lack of a standardised bioplastic labelling, unclear life cycle assessment guidelines and the need for higher financial investments. Although further research and development efforts are essential to foster the sustainable and widespread application of bioplastics, significant strides have already been made in this direction.
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- Lara Serrano‐Aguirre
- Polymer Biotechnology Group, Department of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biological Research Centre Margarita SalasSpanish National Research Council (CIB‐CSIC)MadridSpain
- Interdisciplinary Platform for Sustainable Plastics Towards a Circular Economy‐CSIC (SusPlast‐CSIC)MadridSpain
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- Polymer Biotechnology Group, Department of Plant and Microbial Biotechnology, Biological Research Centre Margarita SalasSpanish National Research Council (CIB‐CSIC)MadridSpain
- Interdisciplinary Platform for Sustainable Plastics Towards a Circular Economy‐CSIC (SusPlast‐CSIC)MadridSpain
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Derippe G, Philip L, Lemechko P, Eyheraguibel B, Meistertzheim AL, Pujo-Pay M, Conan P, Barbe V, Bruzaud S, Ghiglione JF. Marine biodegradation of tailor-made polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) influenced by the chemical structure and associated bacterial communities. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 462:132782. [PMID: 37856958 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Over recent years, biodegradable polymers have been proposed to reduce environmental impacts of plastics for specific applications. The production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) by using diverse carbon sources provides further benefits for the sustainable development of biodegradable plastics. Here, we present the first study evaluating the impact of physical, chemical and biological factors driving the biodegradability of various tailor-made PHAs in the marine environment. Our multidisciplinary approach demonstrated that the chemical structure of the polymer (i.e. the side chain size for short- vs. medium-chain PHA) which was intrinsically correlated to the physico-chemical properties, together with the specificity of the biofilm growing on plastic films (i.e., the associated 'plastisphere') were the main drivers of the PHA biodegradation in the marine environment.
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- Gabrielle Derippe
- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), 1 Avenue Fabre, F-66650 Banyuls sur mer, France; Université Bretagne Sud, Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL), UMR CNRS 6027, 56321 Lorient, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), 1 Avenue Fabre, F-66650 Banyuls sur mer, France; SAS Plastic@Sea, Observatoire Océanologique de Banyuls, France
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- Institut Régional des Matériaux Avancés (IRMA), 2 all. Copernic, 56270 Ploemeur, France
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont Auvergne INP, CNRS, Institut de Chimie (ICCF), Clermont- Ferrand, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), 1 Avenue Fabre, F-66650 Banyuls sur mer, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), 1 Avenue Fabre, F-66650 Banyuls sur mer, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Université Bretagne Sud, Institut de Recherche Dupuy de Lôme (IRDL), UMR CNRS 6027, 56321 Lorient, France
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- CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UMR 7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), 1 Avenue Fabre, F-66650 Banyuls sur mer, France.
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Millan F, Hanik N. Degradation kinetics of medium chain length Polyhydroxyalkanoate degrading enzyme: a quartz crystal microbalance study. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1303267. [PMID: 38162181 PMCID: PMC10756687 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1303267] [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: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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This study investigates the enzymatic degradation processes of different classes of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a group of biopolymers naturally synthesized by various microorganisms. Medium chain length PHAs (mcl-PHAs) are distinguished biopolymers due to their biodegradability and diverse material properties. Using quartz crystal microbalance measurements as a valuable tool for accurate real-time monitoring of the enzymatic degradation process, the research provides detailed kinetic data, describing the interaction between enzymes and substrates during the enzymatic degradation process. Thin films of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyhydroxyoctanoate copolymer (PHO), containing molar fractions of about 84% 3-hydroxyoctanoate and 16% 3-hydroxyhexanoate, were exposed to scl-depolymerases from Pseudomonas lemoignei LMG 2207 and recombinant mcl-depolymerase produced in Escherichia coli DH5α harboring the plasmid pMAD8, respectively. Analyses based on a heterogeneous kinetic model for the polymer degradation indicated a six-fold stronger adsorption equilibrium constant of mcl-depolymerase to PHO. Conversely, the degradation rate constant was approximately twice as high for scl-depolymerases acting on PHB. Finally, the study highlights the differences in enzyme-substrate interactions and degradation mechanisms between the investigated scl- and mcl-PHAs.
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- Institute of Life Technologies, School of Engineering, University of Applied Science and Arts Western Switzerland, Sion, Switzerland
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Mohanan N, Wong MCH, Budisa N, Levin DB. Polymer-Degrading Enzymes of Pseudomonas chloroaphis PA23 Display Broad Substrate Preferences. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054501. [PMID: 36901931 PMCID: PMC10003648 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054501] [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: 01/02/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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Although many bacterial lipases and PHA depolymerases have been identified, cloned, and characterized, there is very little information on the potential application of lipases and PHA depolymerases, especially intracellular enzymes, for the degradation of polyester polymers/plastics. We identified genes encoding an intracellular lipase (LIP3), an extracellular lipase (LIP4), and an intracellular PHA depolymerase (PhaZ) in the genome of the bacterium Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23. We cloned these genes into Escherichia coli and then expressed, purified, and characterized the biochemistry and substrate preferences of the enzymes they encode. Our data suggest that the LIP3, LIP4, and PhaZ enzymes differ significantly in their biochemical and biophysical properties, structural-folding characteristics, and the absence or presence of a lid domain. Despite their different properties, the enzymes exhibited broad substrate specificity and were able to hydrolyze both short- and medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), para-nitrophenyl (pNP) alkanoates, and polylactic acid (PLA). Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) analyses of the polymers treated with LIP3, LIP4, and PhaZ revealed significant degradation of both the biodegradable as well as the synthetic polymers poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and polyethylene succinate (PES).
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- Nisha Mohanan
- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, 144 Dysart Rd., Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, 144 Dysart Rd., Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
- Biocatalysis Group, Technical University of Berlin, Müller-Breslau-Str. 10, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
- Correspondence: or (N.B.); (D.B.L.); Tel.: +1-204-474-7429
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- Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
- Correspondence: or (N.B.); (D.B.L.); Tel.: +1-204-474-7429
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Díaz Rodríguez CA, Díaz-García L, Bunk B, Spröer C, Herrera K, Tarazona NA, Rodriguez-R LM, Overmann J, Jiménez DJ. Novel bacterial taxa in a minimal lignocellulolytic consortium and their potential for lignin and plastics transformation. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2022; 2:89. [PMID: 37938754 PMCID: PMC9723784 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-022-00176-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2023]
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The understanding and manipulation of microbial communities toward the conversion of lignocellulose and plastics are topics of interest in microbial ecology and biotechnology. In this study, the polymer-degrading capability of a minimal lignocellulolytic microbial consortium (MELMC) was explored by genome-resolved metagenomics. The MELMC was mostly composed (>90%) of three bacterial members (Pseudomonas protegens; Pristimantibacillus lignocellulolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov; and Ochrobactrum gambitense sp. nov) recognized by their high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). Functional annotation of these MAGs revealed that Pr. lignocellulolyticus could be involved in cellulose and xylan deconstruction, whereas Ps. protegens could catabolize lignin-derived chemical compounds. The capacity of the MELMC to transform synthetic plastics was assessed by two strategies: (i) annotation of MAGs against databases containing plastic-transforming enzymes; and (ii) predicting enzymatic activity based on chemical structural similarities between lignin- and plastics-derived chemical compounds, using Simplified Molecular-Input Line-Entry System and Tanimoto coefficients. Enzymes involved in the depolymerization of polyurethane and polybutylene adipate terephthalate were found to be encoded by Ps. protegens, which could catabolize phthalates and terephthalic acid. The axenic culture of Ps. protegens grew on polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) nanoparticles and might be a suitable species for the industrial production of PHAs in the context of lignin and plastic upcycling.
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- Carlos Andrés Díaz Rodríguez
- Microbiomes and Bioenergy Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Microbiomes and Bioenergy Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Advanced Biomanufacturing Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Microbiology and Digital Science Center (DiSC), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
- Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Microbiomes and Bioenergy Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Viljakainen VR, Hug LA. The phylogenetic and global distribution of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoate bioplastic-degrading genes. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:1717-1731. [PMID: 33496062 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a family of microbially made polyesters commercialized as biodegradable plastics. PHA production rates are predicted to increase as concerns around environmental plastic contamination and limited fossil fuel resources have increased the importance of biodegradable and bio-based plastic alternatives. Microbially produced PHA depolymerases are the key enzymes mediating PHA biodegradation, but only a few PHA depolymerases have been well-characterized and screens employing metagenomic sequence data are lacking. Here, we used 3078 metagenomes to analyse the distribution of PHA depolymerases in microbial communities from diverse aquatic, terrestrial and waste management systems. We significantly expand the recognized diversity of this protein family by screening 1914 Gb of sequence data and identifying 13 869 putative PHA depolymerases in 1295 metagenomes. Our results indicate that PHA depolymerases are unevenly distributed across environments. We predicted the highest frequency of PHA depolymerases in wastewater systems and the lowest in marine and thermal springs. In tandem, we screened 5290 metagenome-assembled genomes to describe the phylogenetic distribution of PHA depolymerases, which is substantially broader compared with current cultured representatives. The Proteobacteria and Bacteroidota are key lineages encoding PHA depolymerases, but PHA depolymerases were predicted from members of the Bdellovibrionota, Methylomirabilota, Actinobacteriota, Firmicutes, Spirochaetota, Desulfobacterota, Myxococcota and Planctomycetota.
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- V R Viljakainen
- University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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Characterization of an intracellular poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) depolymerase from the soil bacterium, Pseudomonas putida LS46. Polym Degrad Stab 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Biochemical properties and biotechnological applications of microbial enzymes involved in the degradation of polyester-type plastics. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2020; 1868:140315. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.140315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Martínez V, de Santos PG, García-Hidalgo J, Hormigo D, Prieto MA, Arroyo M, de la Mata I. Novel extracellular medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase from Streptomyces exfoliatus K10 DSMZ 41693: a promising biocatalyst for the efficient degradation of natural and functionalized mcl-PHAs. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:9605-15. [PMID: 26156240 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6780-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cloning and biochemical characterization of a novel extracellular medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) depolymerase from Streptomyces exfoliatus K10 DSMZ 41693 are described. The primary structure of the depolymerase (PhaZSex2) includes the lipase consensus sequence (serine-histidine-aspartic acid) which is known for serine hydrolases. Secondary structure analysis shows 7.9 % α-helix, 43.9 % β-sheet, 19.4 % β-turns, and 31.2 % random coil, suggesting that this enzyme belongs to the α/β hydrolase fold family, in agreement with other PHA depolymerases and lipases. The enzyme was efficiently produced as an extracellular active form in Rhodococcus and purified by two consecutive hydrophobic chromatographic steps. Matrix-assisted laser desorption-time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) analysis of the purified enzyme revealed a monomer of 27.6 kDa with a midpoint transition temperature of 44.2 °C. Remarkably, the activity is significantly enhanced by low concentrations of nonionic and anionic detergents and thermal stability is improved by the presence of 10 % glycerol. PhaZSex2 is an endo-exohydrolase that cleaves both large and small PHA molecules, producing (R)-3-hydroxyoctanoic acid monomers as the main reaction product. Markedly, PhaZSex2 is able to degrade functionalized polymers containing thioester groups in the side chain (PHACOS), releasing functional thioester-based monomers and oligomers demonstrating the potentiality of this novel biocatalyst for the industrial production of enantiopure (R)-3-hydroxyalkanoic acids.
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- Virginia Martínez
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Hørsholm, Denmark
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Biocatalysis, Institute of Catalysis, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences Faculty, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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Prieto A, Escapa IF, Martínez V, Dinjaski N, Herencias C, de la Peña F, Tarazona N, Revelles O. A holistic view of polyhydroxyalkanoate metabolism inPseudomonas putida. Environ Microbiol 2015; 18:341-57. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Revised: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Auxiliadora Prieto
- Department of Environmental Biology; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC; Madrid 28040 Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC; Madrid 28040 Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC; Madrid 28040 Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC; Madrid 28040 Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC; Madrid 28040 Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC; Madrid 28040 Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC; Madrid 28040 Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC; Madrid 28040 Spain
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Martínez V, Jurkevitch E, García JL, Prieto MA. Reward forBdellovibrio bacteriovorusfor preying on a polyhydroxyalkanoate producer. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:1204-15. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 11/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Virginia Martínez
- Environmental Biology Department; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC, C/ Ramiro de Maeztu, 9; 28040; Madrid; Spain
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- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology; Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences; the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Rehovot; 76100; Israel
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- Environmental Biology Department; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC, C/ Ramiro de Maeztu, 9; 28040; Madrid; Spain
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- Environmental Biology Department; Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas; CSIC, C/ Ramiro de Maeztu, 9; 28040; Madrid; Spain
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Seo BS, Kim DY, Ni YY, Son KH, Park HY, Rhee YH. Non-ionic polysorbate surfactants: alternative inducers of medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (MCL-PHAs) for production of extracellular MCL-PHA depolymerases. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2012; 121:47-53. [PMID: 22858467 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.06.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2012] [Revised: 06/19/2012] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The potential of non-ionic polysorbate surfactants as alternative inducers of medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (MCL-PHAs) for the production of diverse bacterial MCL-PHA depolymerases was evaluated. When grown with corn oil as the sole carbon substrate, Pseudomonas alcaligenes LB19 preferentially produced lipolytic enzymes, but its MCL-PHA depolymerase was not induced by the substrate. However, the results of activity staining and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis clearly revealed that Tween 20 induced simultaneous production of lipolytic enzymes and the MCL-PHA depolymerase with the molecular mass (26.5 kDa) of P. alcaligenes LB19, which has been previously identified. Moreover, the co-production of two functionally distinct hydrolytic enzymes induced by Tween 20 was commonly observed in various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria that were fed the substrate. Thus, it is expected that non-ionic polysorbate surfactants including Tween 20 can be widely exploited as promising universal substrates for the facile and efficient production of diverse MCL-PHA depolymerases.
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- Bong Su Seo
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of Korea
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Characterization of a novel subgroup of extracellular medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerases from actinobacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:7229-37. [PMID: 22865072 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01707-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nineteen medium-chain-length (mcl) poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA)-degrading microorganisms were isolated from natural sources. From them, seven Gram-positive and three Gram-negative bacteria were identified. The ability of these microorganisms to hydrolyze other biodegradable plastics, such as short-chain-length (scl) PHA, poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), poly(ethylene succinate) (PES), and poly(l-lactide) (PLA), has been studied. On the basis of the great ability to degrade different polyesters, Streptomyces roseolus SL3 was selected, and its extracellular depolymerase was biochemically characterized. The enzyme consisted of one polypeptide chain of 28 kDa with a pI value of 5.2. Its maximum activity was observed at pH 9.5 with chromogenic substrates. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed mcl PHA and PCL but not scl PHA, PES, and PLA. Moreover, the mcl PHA depolymerase can hydrolyze various substrates for esterases, such as tributyrin and p-nitrophenyl (pNP)-alkanoates, with its maximum activity being measured with pNP-octanoate. Interestingly, when poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate [11%]) was used as the substrate, the main hydrolysis product was the monomer (R)-3-hydroxyoctanoate. In addition, the genes of several Actinobacteria strains, including S. roseolus SL3, were identified on the basis of the peptide de novo sequencing of the Streptomyces venezuelae SO1 mcl PHA depolymerase by tandem mass spectrometry. These enzymes did not show significant similarity to mcl PHA depolymerases characterized previously. Our results suggest that these distinct enzymes might represent a new subgroup of mcl PHA depolymerases.
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Identification and biochemical evidence of a medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase in the Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus predatory hydrolytic arsenal. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:6017-26. [PMID: 22706067 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01099-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The obligate predator Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 shows a large set of proteases and other hydrolases as part of its hydrolytic arsenal needed for its predatory life cycle. We present genetic and biochemical evidence that open reading frame (ORF) Bd3709 of B. bacteriovorus HD100 encodes a novel medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (mcl-PHA) depolymerase (PhaZ(Bd)). The primary structure of PhaZ(Bd) suggests that this enzyme belongs to the α/β-hydrolase fold family and has a typical serine hydrolase catalytic triad (serine-histidine-aspartic acid) in agreement with other PHA depolymerases and lipases. PhaZ(Bd) has been extracellularly produced using different hypersecretor Tol-pal mutants of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida as recombinant hosts. The recombinant PhaZ(Bd) has been characterized, and its biochemical properties have been compared to those of other PHA depolymerases. The enzyme behaves as a serine hydrolase that is inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride. It is also affected by the reducing agent dithiothreitol and nonionic detergents like Tween 80. PhaZ(Bd) is an endoexohydrolase that cleaves both large and small PHA molecules, producing mainly dimers but also monomers and trimers. The enzyme specifically degrades mcl-PHA and is inactive toward short-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (scl-PHA) like polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB). These studies shed light on the potentiality of these predators as sources of new biocatalysts, such as an mcl-PHA depolymerase, for the production of enantiopure hydroxyalkanoic acids and oligomers as building blocks for the synthesis of biobased polymers.
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Santos M, Gangoiti J, Keul H, Möller M, Serra JL, Llama MJ. Polyester hydrolytic and synthetic activity catalyzed by the medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) depolymerase from Streptomyces venezuelae SO1. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 97:211-22. [PMID: 22695803 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4210-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The extracellular medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanote (MCL-PHA) depolymerase from an isolate identified as Streptomyces venezuelae SO1 was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity and characterized. The molecular mass and pI of the purified enzyme were approximately 27 kDa and 5.9, respectively. The depolymerase showed its maximum activity in the alkaline pH range and 50 °C and retained more than 70 % of its initial activity after 8 h at 40 °C. The MCL-PHA depolymerase hydrolyzes various p-nitrophenyl-alkanoates and polycaprolactone but not polylactide, poly-3-hydroxybutyrate, and polyethylene succinate. The enzymatic activity was markedly enhanced by the presence of low concentrations of detergents and organic solvents, being inhibited by dithiothreitol and EDTA. The potential of using the enzyme to produce (R)-3-hydroxyoctanoate in aqueous media or to catalyze ester-forming reactions in anhydrous media was investigated. In this sense, the MCL-PHA depolymerase catalyzes the hydrolysis of poly-3-hydroxyoctanoate to monomeric units and the ring-opening polymerization of β-butyrolactone and lactides, while ε-caprolactone and pentadecalactone were hardly polymerized.
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- Marta Santos
- Enzyme and Cell Technology Group, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), P.O. Box 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain
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Santos M, Gangoiti J, Llama MJ, Serra JL, Keul H, Möller M. Poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) depolymerase from Pseudomonas fluorescens GK13: Catalysis of ester-forming reactions in non-aqueous media. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2012.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Papaneophytou CP, Velali EE, Pantazaki AA. Purification and characterization of an extracellular medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase from Thermus thermophilus HB8. Polym Degrad Stab 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The improvement of fibroblast growth on hydrophobic biopolyesters by coating with polyhydroxyalkanoate granule binding protein PhaP fused with cell adhesion motif RGD. Biomaterials 2010; 31:8921-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Accepted: 08/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Arroyo M, García-Hidalgo J, Villalón M, de Eugenio L, Hormigo D, Acebal C, García JL, Prieto MA, de la Mata I. Characterization of a novel immobilized biocatalyst obtained by matrix-assisted refolding of recombinant polyhydroxyoctanoate depolymerase from Pseudomonas putida KT2442 isolated from inclusion bodies. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 38:1203-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-010-0898-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/30/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Production of chiral (R)-3-hydroxyoctanoic acid monomers, catalyzed by Pseudomonas fluorescens GK13 poly(3-hydroxyoctanoic acid) depolymerase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:3554-60. [PMID: 20400568 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00337-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The extracellular medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate (MCL-PHA) depolymerase of Pseudomonas fluorescens GK13 catalyzes the hydrolysis of poly(3-hydroxyoctanoic acid) [P(3HO)]. Based on the strong tendency of the enzyme to interact with hydrophobic materials, a low-cost method which allows the rapid and easy purification and immobilization of the enzyme has been developed. Thus, the extracellular P(3HO) depolymerase present in the culture broth of cells of P. fluorescens GK13 grown on mineral medium supplemented with P(3HO) as the sole carbon and energy source has been tightly adsorbed onto a commercially available polypropylene support (Accurel MP-1000) with high yield and specificity. The activity of the pure enzyme was enhanced by the presence of detergents and organic solvents, and it was retained after treatment with an SDS-denaturing cocktail under both reducing and nonreducing conditions. The time course of the P(3HO) hydrolysis catalyzed by the soluble and immobilized enzyme has been assessed, and the resulting products have been identified. After 24 h of hydrolysis, the dimeric ester of 3-HO [(R)-3-HO-HO] was obtained as the main product of the soluble enzyme. However, the immobilized enzyme catalyzes almost the complete hydrolysis of P(3HO) polymer to (R)-3-HO monomers under the same conditions.
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de Eugenio LI, Galán B, Escapa IF, Maestro B, Sanz JM, García JL, Prieto MA. The PhaD regulator controls the simultaneous expression of thephagenes involved in polyhydroxyalkanoate metabolism and turnover inPseudomonas putidaKT2442. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:1591-603. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02199.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Genetic and biochemical characterization of poly 3-hydroxybutyrate depolymerase from Diaphorobacter sp. PCA039. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0361-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are polyesters of hydroxyalkanoates (HAs) synthesized by numerous bacteria as intracellular carbon and energy storage compounds and accumulated as granules in the cytoplasm of cells. More than 80 HAs have been detected as constituents of PHAs, which allows these thermoplastic materials to have various mechanical properties resembling hard crystalline polymer or elastic rubber depending on the incorporated monomer units. Even though PHAs have been recognized as good candidates for biodegradable plastics, their high price compared with conventional plastics has limited their use in a wide range of applications. A number of bacteria including Alcaligenes eutrophus, Alcaligenes latus, Azotobacter vinelandii, methylotrophs, pseudomonads, and recombinant Escherichia coli have been employed for the production of PHAs, and the productivity of greater than 2 g PHA/L/h has been achieved. Recent advances in understanding metabolism, molecular biology, and genetics of the PHA-synthesizing bacteria and cloning of more than 20 different PHA biosynthesis genes allowed construction of various recombinant strains that were able to synthesize polyesters having different monomer units and/or to accumulate much more polymers. Also, genetically engineered plants harboring the bacterial PHA biosynthesis genes are being developed for the economical production of PHAs. Improvements in fermentation/separation technology and the development of bacterial strains or plants that more efficiently synthesize PHAs will bring the costs down to make PHAs competitive with the conventional plastics.
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- S Y Lee
- Department of Chemical Engineering and BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon 305-701, Korea. leesy@sorak. kaist.ac. kr
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Ihssen J, Magnani D, Thöny-Meyer L, Ren Q. Use of extracellular medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase for targeted binding of proteins to artificial poly[(3-hydroxyoctanoate)-co-(3-hydroxyhexanoate)] granules. Biomacromolecules 2009; 10:1854-64. [PMID: 19459673 DOI: 10.1021/bm9002859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), which are produced by many microorganisms, are promising polymers for biomedical applications due to their biodegradability and biocompatibility. In this study, we evaluated the suitability of medium chain length (mcl) PHA as surface materials for immobilizing proteins. Self-stabilized, artificial mcl-PHA beads with a size of 200-300 nm were fabricated. Five of six tested proteins adsorbed nonspecifically to mcl-PHA beads in amounts of 0.4-1.8 mg m(-2) bead surface area. The binding capacity was comparable to similar-sized polystyrene particles commonly used for antibody immobilization in clinical diagnostics. A targeted immobilization of fusion proteins was achieved by using inactive extracellular PHA depolymerase (ePHA(mcl)) from Pseudomonas fluorescens as the capture ligand. The N-terminal part of ePhaZ(MCL) preceding the catalytic domain was identified to comprise the substrate binding domain and was sufficient for mediating the binding of fusion proteins to mcl-PHA. We suggest mcl-PHA to be prime candidates for both nonspecific and targeted immobilization of proteins in applications such as drug delivery, protein microarrays, and protein purification.
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- Julian Ihssen
- Laboratory of Biomaterials, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland
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Knoll M, Hamm TM, Wagner F, Martinez V, Pleiss J. The PHA Depolymerase Engineering Database: A systematic analysis tool for the diverse family of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) depolymerases. BMC Bioinformatics 2009; 10:89. [PMID: 19296857 PMCID: PMC2666664 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Background Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) can be degraded by many microorganisms using intra- or extracellular PHA depolymerases. PHA depolymerases are very diverse in sequence and substrate specificity, but share a common α/β-hydrolase fold and a catalytic triad, which is also found in other α/β-hydrolases. Results The PHA Depolymerase Engineering Database (DED, ) has been established as a tool for systematic analysis of this enzyme family. The DED contains sequence entries of 587 PHA depolymerases, which were assigned to 8 superfamilies and 38 homologous families based on their sequence similarity. For each family, multiple sequence alignments and profile hidden Markov models are provided, and functionally relevant residues are annotated. Conclusion The DED is a valuable tool which can be applied to identify new PHA depolymerase sequences from complete genomes in silico, to classify PHA depolymerases, to predict their biochemical properties, and to design enzyme variants with improved properties.
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- Michael Knoll
- Institute of Technical Biochemistry, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring, Germany.
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Manos J, Arthur J, Rose B, Tingpej P, Fung C, Curtis M, Webb JS, Hu H, Kjelleberg S, Gorrell MD, Bye P, Harbour C. Transcriptome analyses and biofilm-forming characteristics of a clonal Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the cystic fibrosis lung. J Med Microbiol 2009; 57:1454-1465. [PMID: 19018014 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/005009-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Transmissible Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones potentially pose a serious threat to cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The AES-1 clone has been found to infect up to 40 % of patients in five CF centres in eastern Australia. Studies were carried out on clonal and non-clonal (NC) isolates from chronically infected CF patients, and the reference strain PAO1, to gain insight into the properties of AES-1. The transcriptomes of AES-1 and NC isolates, and of PAO1, grown planktonically and as a 72 h biofilm were compared using PAO1 microarrays. Microarray data were validated using real-time PCR. Overall, most differentially expressed genes were downregulated. AES-1 differentially expressed bacteriophage genes, novel motility genes, and virulence and quorum-sensing-related genes, compared with both PAO1 and NC. AES-1 but not NC biofilms significantly downregulated aerobic respiration genes compared with planktonic growth, suggesting enhanced anaerobic/microaerophilic growth by AES-1. Biofilm measurement showed that AES-1 formed significantly larger and thicker biofilms than NC or PAO1 isolates. This may be related to expression of the gene PA0729, encoding a biofilm-enhancing bacteriophage, identified by PCR in all AES-1 but few NC isolates (n=42). Links with the Liverpool epidemic strain included the presence of PA0729 and the absence of the bacteriophage gene cluster PA0632-PA0639. No common markers were found with the Manchester strain. No particular differentially expressed gene in AES-1 could definitively be ascribed a role in its infectivity, thus increasing the likelihood that AES-1 infectivity is multi-factorial and possibly involves novel genes. This study extends our understanding of the transcriptomic and genetic differences between clonal and NC strains of P. aeruginosa from CF lung.
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- Jim Manos
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Sydney Bioinformatics, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.,School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- A. W. Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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de Eugenio L, García J, García P, Prieto M, Sanz J. Comparative Analysis of the Physiological and Structural Properties of a Medium Chain Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate Depolymerase from Pseudomonas putida KT2442. Eng Life Sci 2008. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200700057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Jendrossek D. Peculiarities of PHA granules preparation and PHA depolymerase activity determination. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 74:1186-96. [PMID: 17318541 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-0860-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 01/22/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An extensive amount of knowledge on biochemistry of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) (PHA) synthesis and on its biodegradation has accumulated during the last two decades. Numerous genes encoding enzymes involved in the formation of PHA and in PHA degradation (PHA depolymerases) were cloned and characterized from many microorganisms. A large variety of methods exists for determination of PHA depolymerase activity and for preparation of the polymeric substrate (PHA). Unfortunately, results obtained with these different methods cannot be compared directly because they highly depend on the assay method applied and on the history of PHA granules preparation. In this contribution, the peculiarities, advantages, disadvantages and limitations of existing PHA depolymerase assay methods are described.
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- Dieter Jendrossek
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
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de Eugenio LI, Garci A P, Luengo JM, Sanz JSM, Roma N JS, Garci A JL, Prieto MAA. Biochemical Evidence That phaZ Gene Encodes a Specific Intracellular Medium Chain Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate Depolymerase in Pseudomonas putida KT2442. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:4951-4962. [PMID: 17170116 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608119200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) can be catabolized by many microorganisms using intra- or extracellular PHA depolymerases. Most of our current knowledge of these intracellular enzyme-coding genes comes from the analysis of short chain length PHA depolymerases, whereas medium chain length PHA (mcl-PHA) intracellular depolymerization systems still remained to be characterized. The phaZ gene of some Pseudomonas putida strains has been identified only by mutagenesis and complementation techniques as putative intracellular mcl-PHA depolymerase. However, none of their corresponding encoded PhaZ enzymes have been characterized in depth. In this study the PhaZ depolymerase from P. putida KT2442 has been purified and biochemically characterized after its overexpression in Escherichia coli. To facilitate these studies we have developed a new and very sensitive radioactive method for detecting PHA hydrolysis in vitro. We have demonstrated that PhaZ is an intracellular depolymerase that is located in PHA granules and that hydrolyzes specifically mcl-PHAs containing aliphatic and aromatic monomers. The enzyme behaves as a serine hydrolase that is inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride. We have modeled the three-dimensional structure of PhaZ complexed with a 3-hydroxyoctanoate dimer. Using this model, we found that the enzyme appears to be built up from a corealpha/beta hydrolase-type domain capped with a lid structure with an active site containing a catalytic triad buried near the connection between domains. All these data constitute the first biochemical characterization of PhaZ and allow us to propose this enzyme as the paradigmatic representative of intracellular endo/exo-mcl-PHA depolymerases.
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- Laura I de Eugenio
- Departamento de Microbiologi´a Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biolo´gicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cienti´ficas (CSIC), C. Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040 Madrid
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- Departamento de Microbiologi´a Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biolo´gicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cienti´ficas (CSIC), C. Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040 Madrid
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- Departamento de Bioqui´mica y Biologi´a Molecular, Universidad de Leo´n, 24007 Leo´n
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- Instituto de Biologi´a Molecular y Celular, Universidad Miguel Herna´ndez, Av. Universidad, s/n. 03202 Elche (Alicante), and the
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologi´a de Poli´meros, CSIC, C. Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Microbiologi´a Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biolo´gicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cienti´ficas (CSIC), C. Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040 Madrid
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- Departamento de Microbiologi´a Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biolo´gicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cienti´ficas (CSIC), C. Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040 Madrid.
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Rhee YH, Kim YH, Shin KS. Characterization of an extracellular poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) depolymerase from the marine isolate, Pseudomonas luteola M13-4. Enzyme Microb Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Pruneda-Paz JL, Linares M, Cabrera JE, Genti-Raimondi S. Identification of a novel steroid inducible gene associated with the beta hsd locus of Comamonas testosteroni. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2004; 88:91-100. [PMID: 15026087 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2003.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Comamonas testosteroni is a soil bacterium, which can use a variety of steroids as carbon and energy source. Even if it can be estimated that the complete degradation of the steroid nucleus requires more than 20 enzymatic reactions, the complete molecular characterization of the genes encoding these steroid degradative enzymes as well as the genetic organization of them remain to be elucidated. We have previously reported the cloning and nucleotide sequence of two steroid-inducible genes, beta hsd and stdC encoding 3 beta-17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and a hypothetical protein respectively, located in both ends of a 3.2kb HindIII fragment. Herein, we report the cloning and characterization of another steroid-inducible gene, called sip48 (steroid inducible protein), located between these two genes. The analysis of Sip48 amino acid sequence predicts a protein of 438 amino acids with a molecular mass of 48.5 kDa. This protein bears high homology with conserved hypothetical proteins of unknown function described in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas syringae, Pseudomonas putida, Burkholderia fungorum, Shewanella oneidensis, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Thauera aromatica. The predicted protein shows a typical structure of a leader peptide at its N-terminus. A 48.5 kDa protein encoded by the recombinant plasmid was detected by SDS-PAGE analysis of in vitro [35S]-methionine labeled polypeptides. Analysis of gene expression indicates that Sip48 is tightly controlled at the transcriptional level by several steroid compounds. In addition, transcriptional analysis of sip48 and beta hsd in a sip48 mutant strain, indicates that both genes are transcribed as a polycistronic mRNA. lacZ transcriptional fusions integrated into the chromosome of C. testosteroni demonstrate that a steroid-inducible promoter located upstream of sip48 regulates the expression of both genes.
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- José Luis Pruneda-Paz
- Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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Kim DY, Rhee YH. Biodegradation of microbial and synthetic polyesters by fungi. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2003; 61:300-8. [PMID: 12743758 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-002-1205-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2002] [Revised: 11/22/2002] [Accepted: 11/22/2002] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A variety of biodegradable polyesters have been developed in order to obtain useful biomaterials and to reduce the impact of environmental pollution caused by the large-scale accumulation of non-degradable waste plastics. Polyhydroxyalkanoates, poly(epsilon-caprolactone), poly( l-lactide), and both aliphatic and aromatic polyalkylene dicarboxylic acids are examples of biodegradable polyesters. In general, most aliphatic polyesters are readily mineralized by a number of aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms that are widely distributed in nature. However, aromatic polyesters are more resistant to microbial attack than aliphatic polyesters. The fungal biomass in soils generally exceeds the bacterial biomass and thus it is likely that fungi may play a considerable role in degrading polyesters, just as they predominantly perform the decomposition of organic matter in the soil ecosystem. However, in contrast to bacterial polyester degradation, which has been extensively investigated, the microbiological and environmental aspects of fungal degradation of polyesters are unclear. This review reports recent advances in our knowledge of the fungal degradation of microbial and synthetic polyesters and discusses the ecological importance and contribution of fungi in the biological recycling of waste polymeric materials in the biosphere.
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- D Y Kim
- Department of Microbiology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 305-764 Korea
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Polyesters such as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) or other polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) have attracted commercial and academic interest as new biodegradable materials. The ability to degrade PHA is widely distributed among bacteria and fungi and depends on the secretion of specific extracellular PHA depolymerases (e-PHA depolymerases), which are carboxyesterases (EC 3.1.1.75 and EC 3.1.1.76), and on the physical state of the polymer (amorphous or crystalline). This contribution provides a summary of the biochemical and molecular biological characteristics of e-PHA depolymerases and focuses on the intracellular mobilization of storage PHA by intracellular PHA depolymerases (i-PHA depolymerases) of PHA-accumulating bacteria. The importance of different assay systems for PHA depolymerase activity is also discussed.
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- Dieter Jendrossek
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Allmandring 31, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Kim DY, Nam JS, Rhee YH. Characterization of an extracellular medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) depolymerase from Pseudomonas alcaligenes LB19. Biomacromolecules 2002; 3:291-6. [PMID: 11888314 DOI: 10.1021/bm010113q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An extracellular medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (MCL-PHA) depolymerase from an isolate, Pseudomonas alcaligenes LB19, was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity by hydrophobic interaction chromatography using Octyl-Sepharose CL-4B and gel permeation chromatography using Sephadex G-150. The molecular mass of the enzyme, which consisted of a single polypeptide chain, was approximately 27.6 kDa. The pI value of the enzyme was estimated to be 5.7, and its maximum activity was observed at pH 9.0 and 45 degreesC. The enzyme was significantly inactivated by EDTA and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) but insensitive to dithiothreitol. It was also markedly inhibited by 0.1% Tween 80 and 0.05% Triton X-100. The purified enzyme could hydrolyze various types of bacterial aliphatic and aromatic MCL-PHAs but not poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), polycaprolactone, and poly(L-lactide). Biodegradation rates of the aromatic MCL-PHAs were significantly lower than those of the aliphatic MCL-PHAs, regardless of the compositions and types of aromatic substituents. It was able to hydrolyze medium-chain-length p-nitrophenylalkanoates more efficiently than the shorter-chain forms. The main hydrolysis products of poly(3-hydroxynonanoate) were identified as monomer units. The results demonstrated in this study suggest that the MCL-PHA depolymerase from P. alcaligenes LB19 is a distinct enzyme, which are different from those of other MCL-PHA degrading bacteria in its quaternary structure, pI value, sensitivity to EDTA and PMSF, and hydrolysis products of MCL-PHA.
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- Do Young Kim
- Department of Microbiology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
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Jendrossek D. Microbial degradation of polyesters. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2001; 71:293-325. [PMID: 11217416 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-40021-4_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Polyesters, such as microbially produced poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] [poly(3HB)], other poly[(R)-hydroxyalkanoic acids] [poly(HA)] and related biosynthetic or chemosynthetic polyesters are a class of polymers that have potential applications as thermoplastic elastomers. In contrast to poly(ethylene) and similar polymers with saturated, non-functionalized carbon backbones, poly(HA) can be biodegraded to water, methane, and/or carbon dioxide. This review provides an overview of the microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of poly(HA) biodegradation. In particular, the properties of extracellular and intracellular poly(HA) hydrolyzing enzymes [poly(HA) depolymerases] are described.
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- D Jendrossek
- Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Shimao M, Tamogami T, Kishida S, Harayama S. The gene pvaB encodes oxidized polyvinyl alcohol hydrolase of Pseudomonas sp. strain VM15C and forms an operon with the polyvinyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene pvaA. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2000; 146 ( Pt 3):649-657. [PMID: 10746768 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-3-649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A 5.7 kbp SphI fragment containing the polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) dehydrogenase gene pvaA and its 1.9 kbp 5'-flanking region was cloned from the PVA-degrading bacterium Pseudomonas sp. VM15C. The pvaB gene, encoding oxidized PVA hydrolase, was found in the region upstream of pvaA. Sequence data and expression studies indicated that pvaA and B constitute an operon in the order pvaBA. The pvaB gene encoded a protein of 379 amino acid residues (40610 Da), and a lipoprotein signal sequence and the lipase consensus sequence, Gly-X-Ser-X-Gly, characteristic of the active-site serine region in serine hydrolases, were detected in the deduced amino acid sequence. The pvaB product with the pvaA product constituted an enzyme system for the cleavage of PVA molecules. The pvaA product introduced beta-diketone groups into the PVA molecule, and the pvaB product hydrolysed these beta-diketone groups in oxidized PVA. The pvaB product also hydrolysed 4,6-nonanedione at a low rate, but not acetylacetone or 5-nonanone. It was completely inhibited by PMSF and was concluded to be a serine hydrolase. There were no proteins showing high similarity to the pvaB product in the databases, but minor similarity to a number of serine hydrolases including polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerases was apparent.
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- Masayuki Shimao
- Department of Biotechnology, Tottori University, Tottori, Tottori 680-8552, Japan1
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- Department of Biotechnology, Tottori University, Tottori, Tottori 680-8552, Japan1
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- Department of Biotechnology, Tottori University, Tottori, Tottori 680-8552, Japan1
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- Marine Biotechnology Institute, Kamaishi Laboratory, Kamaishi, Iwate 026-0001, Japan2
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Quinteros R, Goodwin S, Lenz RW, Park WH. Extracellular degradation of medium chain length poly(beta-hydroxyalkanoates) by Comamonas sp. Int J Biol Macromol 1999; 25:135-43. [PMID: 10416660 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(99)00027-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The PHA-degrading isolate, strain P37C, was enriched from residential compost for its ability to hydrolyze the medium chain length PHA, poly(beta-hydroxyoctanoate) (PHO). It was subsequently found to grow on a wide range of PHAs, including both short chain length and medium chain length PHAs. The isolate was identified as belonging to the genus Comamonas. Strain P37C formed clear zones on poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), (PHO) and poly(beta-hydroxyphenylvalerate) (PHPV) overlay plates. PHA clear zone tubes were prepared using seven different kinds of PHAs, ranging from PHB with four-carbon repeating units, to poly(beta-hydroxyoctanoate-co-beta-hydroxyundecanoate) (PHOU) with 8- and 11-carbon repeating units. There was a direct correlation between PHA side chain length and rate of hydrolysis of the PHAs. A series of PHOUs containing varying percentages of unsaturated bonds were used to make a series of epoxidized PHOUs (PHOEs) with varying percentages of epoxy functions. Results of clear zone tube assays showed that these functionalized PHAs were all biodegradable by strain P37C, and there was no apparent correlation between rate of biodegradation and the proportion of functional groups in the PHAs. Biodegradability of these PHAs was verified using respirometry and enzyme assays. Cell-free supernatants containing activity toward PHAs were prepared, and strain P37C was shown to synthesize at least two distinct PHA depolymerases for the hydrolysis of SCL and MCL PHAs.
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- R Quinteros
- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 01003, USA
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Braunegg G, Lefebvre G, Genser KF. Polyhydroxyalkanoates, biopolyesters from renewable resources: physiological and engineering aspects. J Biotechnol 1998; 65:127-61. [PMID: 9828458 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(98)00126-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 376] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Polyhdroxyalkanoates (PHAs), stored as bacterial reserve materials for carbon and energy, are biodegradable substitutes to fossil fuel plastics that can be produced from renewable raw materials. PHAs can be produced under controlled conditions by biotechnological processes. By varying the producing strains, substrates and cosubstrates, a number of polyesters can be synthesized which differ in monomer composition. By this means, PHAs with tailored interesting physical features can be produced. All of them are completely degradable to carbon dioxide and water through natural microbiological mineralization. Consequently, neither their production nor their use or degradation have a negative ecological impact. After a historical review, possibilities for the synthesis of novel PHAs applying different micro-organisms are discussed, and pathways of PHA synthesis and degradation are shown in detail for important PHA producers. This is followed by a discussion of the physiological role of the accumulation product in different micro-organisms. Detection, analysis, and extraction methods of PHAs from microbial biomass are shown, in addition to methods for polyester characterization. Strategies for PHA production under discontinuous and continuous regimes are discussed in detail in addition to the use of different cheap carbon sources from the point of view of different PHA producing strains. An outlook on PHA production by transgenic plants closes the review.
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- G Braunegg
- Institut für Biotechnologie, TU Graz, Austria
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Jendrossek D. Microbial degradation of polyesters: a review on extracellular poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) depolymerases. Polym Degrad Stab 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0141-3910(97)00190-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rathbone DA, Holt PJ, Lowe CR, Bruce NC. Molecular analysis of the Rhodococcus sp. strain H1 her gene and characterization of its product, a heroin esterase, expressed in Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:2062-6. [PMID: 9143135 PMCID: PMC168495 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.2062-2066.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The structural gene for heroin esterase was cloned from Rhodococcus sp. strain H1 and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). The purified enzyme was found to be a tetramer with an M(r) of 137,000 and an apparent K(m) of 0.88 mM for 6-acetylmorphine. The G-x-S-x-G motif was observed in the deduced amino acid sequence, suggesting that the enzyme is a serin esterase.
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- D A Rathbone
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Zhang K, Shiraki M, Saito T. Purification of an extracellular D-(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate oligomer hydrolase from Pseudomonas sp. strain A1 and cloning and sequencing of its gene. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:72-7. [PMID: 8981982 PMCID: PMC178663 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.1.72-77.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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An extracellular D-(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate oligomer hydrolase was purified from a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-degrading bacterium, Pseudomonas sp. strain A1. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed the D-(-)-3-hydroxybutyrate dimer and trimer at similar rates. The enzyme activity was inhibited by a low concentration of diisopropylfluorophosphate. The molecular weight of the hydrolase was estimated to be about 70,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A 10-kbp DNA fragment of A1 was detected by hybridization with the gene (2 kbp) of an extracellular poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase from Alcaligenes faecalis. Subsequent subcloning showed that a SmaI-KpnI fragment (2.8 kbp) was responsible for expression of the hydrolase in Escherichia coli and an in vitro transcription-translation system. The expressed protein detected by immunostaining had the same molecular weight as the purified enzyme from A1. The protein band detected in the in vitro transcription-translation system had a molecular size of 72 kDa. The nucleotide sequence of the SmaI-KpnI fragment was determined, and one open reading frame (2,112 nucleotides) was found. It specifies a protein with a deduced molecular weight of 72,876 (704 amino acids). In this sequence, the consensus sequence of serine-dependent hydrolysis, G-X-S-X-G, did not exist.
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- K Zhang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Hiratsuka, Japan
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Koning G, Kellerhals M, Meurs C, Witholt B. Poly(hydroxyalkanoates) from fluorescent pseudomonads in retrospect and prospect. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02070693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Klingbeil B, Kroppenstedt RM, Jendrossek D. Taxonomic identification of Streptomyces exfoliatus K10 and characterization of its poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase gene. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1996; 142:215-21. [PMID: 8810505 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08433.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA) degrading isolate K10 was identified as Streptomyces exfoliatus. This bacterium is distinguished from other PHA-degrading strains by its ability to utilize both poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) and poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) (PHO). A PHA depolymerase structural gene of S. exfoliatus (phaZ(Sex) was cloned, expressed and partially purified from recombinant Escherichia coli. The depolymerase was specific for PHB and did not hydrolyze PHO. This indicated the presence of at least one additional gene in S. exfoliatus which encodes a PHO depolymerase. 3-Hydroxybutyrate was identified as the only product of PHB hydrolysis. Comparison of the DNA-deduced amino acid sequence revealed high homology to the PHB depolymerase of Comamonas sp. and low to medium homologies to other PHA depolymerases. The PHB depolymerases of S. exfoliatus and Comamonas sp. represent a subgroup within the family of PHA(SCL) depolymerases. To our knowledge, the S. exfoliatus PHB depolymerase is the first briefly characterized PHA depolymerase of a Gram-positive.
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- B Klingbeil
- Institut für Mikrobiologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Shinohe T, Nojiri M, Saito T, Stanislawski T, Jendrossek D. Determination of the active sites serine of the poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerases of Pseudomonas lemoignei (PhaZ5) and of Alcaligenes faecalis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1996; 141:103-9. [PMID: 8764515 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08370.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Mutational analysis of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) depolymerase A of Pseudomonas lemoignei and of the poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase of Alcaligenes faecalis revealed that S138 (P. lemoignei) and S139 (A. faecalis) are essential for activity. Both serines are part of a strictly conserved pentapeptide sequence which is present in all poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerases analyzed so far (G-L-S-S(A)-G) and which resembles the lipase box of lipases and other serine hydrolases (G-X-S-X-G). Mutation of another conserved serine, namely S195 (P. lemoignei) and S196 (A. faecalis), resulted in mutant proteins with almost full activity and proved that S195 and S196 are not essential for activity. The results indicate the structural and functional relationship of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerases to the family of serine hydrolases.
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- T Shinohe
- Department of Biological Sciences, Kanagawa University, Japan
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Tomasi G, Scandola M, Briese BH, Jendrossek D. Enzymatic Degradation of Bacterial Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) by a Depolymerase from Pseudomonas lemoignei. Macromolecules 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/ma951067n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Schirmer A, Matz C, Jendrossek D. Substrate specificities of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)-degrading bacteria and active site studies on the extracellular poly(3-hydroxyoctanoic acid) depolymerase of Pseudomonas fluorescens GK13. Can J Microbiol 1995; 41 Suppl 1:170-9. [PMID: 7606661 DOI: 10.1139/m95-184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The isolation of poly(3-hydroxyoctanoic acid)- and poly(6-hydroxyhexanoic acid)-degrading bacteria yielded 28 strains with abilities to degrade various polymers. The most versatile strains hydrolyzed five different polyesters comprising short chain length and medium chain length poly(hydroxyalkanoates). The new isolates together with previously isolated poly(hydroxyalkanoate)-degrading bacteria were classified into 11 groups with respect to their polymer-degrading specificities. All PHA depolymerases studied so far have been characterized by the lipase consensus sequence Gly-X-Ser-X-Gly in their amino acid sequence, which is a known sequence for serine hydrolases. When we replaced the central residue, Ser-172, in the corresponding sequence Gly-Ile-Ser-Ser-Gly of the extracellular poly(3-hydroxyoctanoic acid) depolymerase of Pseudomonas fluorescens GK13, with alanine the enzyme lost its activity completely. This result of the mutational experiment indicates that the poly(3-hydroxyoctanoic acid) depolymerase belongs to the family of serine hydrolases.
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- A Schirmer
- Institut für Mikrobiologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Jendrossek D, Backhaus M, Andermann M. Characterization of the extracellular poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerase of Comamonas sp. and of its structural gene. Can J Microbiol 1995; 41 Suppl 1:160-9. [PMID: 7606660 DOI: 10.1139/m95-183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) depolymerase structural gene of Comamonas sp. (phaZCsp) was cloned in Escherichia coli and identified by halo formation on PHB-containing solid medium. The nucleotide sequence of a 1719 base pair MboI fragment was determined and contained one large open reading frame (ORF1, 1542 base pairs). This open reading frame encoded the precursor of the PHB depolymerase (514 amino acids; Mr, 53,095), and the deduced amino acid sequence was in agreement with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified PHB depolymerase from amino acid 26 onwards. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed a domain structure of the protein: a signal peptide that was 25 amino acids long was followed by a catalytic domain of about 300 amino acids, a fibronectin type III (Fn3) modul sequence, and a putative PHB-specific substrate-binding site. By comparison of the primary structure with that of other polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) depolymerases, the catalytic domain apparently contained a catalytic triad of serine, histidine, and aspartate. In addition, a conserved region resembling the oxyanion hole of lipases was present. The catalytic domain was linked to a C-terminal putative substrate-binding site by a sequence about 90 amino acids long resembling the Fn3 modul of fibronectin and other eukaryotic extracellular matrix proteins. A threonine-rich region, which was found in four of five PHA depolymerases of Pseudomonas lemoignei, was not present in the Comamonas sp. depolymerase. The similarities with and differences from other PHA depolymerases are discussed.
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- D Jendrossek
- Institut für Mikrobiologie der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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