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Takahashi M, Yano S, Horaguchi Y, Otsuka Y, Suyotha W, Makabe K, Konno H, Kokeguchi S. α-1,3-Glucanase from the gram-negative bacterium Flavobacterium sp. EK-14 hydrolyzes fungal cell wall α-1,3-glucan. Sci Rep 2023; 13:21420. [PMID: 38049513 PMCID: PMC10696023 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48627-y] [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: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023] Open
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The glycoside hydrolase (GH) 87 α-1,3-glucanase (Agl-EK14) gene was cloned from the genomic DNA of the gram-negative bacterium Flavobacterium sp. EK14. The gene consisted of 2940 nucleotides and encoded 980 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of Agl-EK14 included a signal peptide, a catalytic domain, a first immunoglobulin-like domain, a second immunoglobulin-like domain, a ricin B-like lectin domain, and a carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD) involved in extracellular secretion. Phylogenetic analysis of the catalytic domain of GH87 enzymes suggested that Agl-EK14 is distinct from known clusters, such as clusters composed of α-1,3-glucanases from bacilli and mycodextranases from actinomycetes. Agl-EK14 without the signal peptide and CTD hydrolyzed α-1,3-glucan, and the reaction residues from 1 and 2% substrates were almost negligible after 1440 min reaction. Agl-EK14 hydrolyzed the cell wall preparation of Aspergillus oryzae and released glucose, nigerose, and nigero-triose from the cell wall preparation. After treatment of A. oryzae live mycelia with Agl-EK14 (at least 0.5 nmol/ml), mycelia were no longer stained by red fluorescent protein-fused α-1,3-glucan binding domains of α-1,3-glucanase Agl-KA from Bacillus circulans KA-304. Results suggested that Agl-EK14 can be applied to a fungal cell wall lytic enzyme.
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- Masaki Takahashi
- Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan
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- Enzyme Technology Laboratory, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, 90112, Thailand
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Sciences and Engineering, Yamagata University, Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, 992-8510, Japan
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- Department of Oral Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
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Structural and functional insights of the catalytic GH5 and Calx-β domains from the metagenome-derived endoglucanase CelE2. Enzyme Microb Technol 2023; 165:110206. [PMID: 36758494 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2023.110206] [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: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer on Earth, representing an attractive feedstock for bioproducts and biofuel production. Cellulases promote the depolymerization of cellulose, generating short oligosaccharides and glucose, which are useful in biotechnological applications. Among the classical cellulases, those from glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GH5) are one of the most abundant in Nature, displaying several modular architectures with other accessory domains attached to its catalytic core, such as carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs), Ig-like, FN3-like, and Calx-β domains, which can influence the enzyme activity. The metagenome-derived endoglucanase CelE2 has in its modular architecture an N-terminal domain belonging to the GH5 family and a C-terminal domain with a high identity to the Calx-β domain. In this study, the GH5 and the Calx-β domains were subcloned and heterologously expressed in E. coli, to evaluate the structural and functional properties of the individualized domains of CelE2. Thermostability analysis by circular dichroism (CD) revealed a decrease in the denaturation temperature values around 4.6 °C for the catalytic domain (CelE21-381) compared to CelE2 full-length. The CD analyses revealed that the Calx-β domain (CelE2382-477) was unfolded, suggesting that this domain requires to be attached to the catalytic core to become structurally stable. The three-dimensional structure of the catalytic domain CelE21-381 was determined at 2.1 Å resolution, showing a typical (α/β)8-barrel fold and a narrow active site compared to other cellulases from the same family. The biochemical characterization showed that the deletion of the Calx-β domain increased more than 3-fold the activity of the catalytic domain CelE21-381 towards the insoluble substrate Avicel. The main functional properties of CelE2, such as substrate specificity, optimal pH and temperature, thermal stability, and activation by CaCl2, were not altered after the deletion of the accessory domain. Furthermore, the Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) analyses showed that the addition of CaCl2 was beneficial CelE21-381 protein solvency. This work contributed to fundamental concepts about the structure and function of cellulases, which are useful in applications involving lignocellulosic materials degradation into food and feedstuffs and biofuel production.
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Construction of Fusion Protein with Carbohydrate-Binding Module and Leaf-Branch Compost Cutinase to Enhance the Degradation Efficiency of Polyethylene Terephthalate. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032780. [PMID: 36769118 PMCID: PMC9917269 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a manufactured plastic broadly available, whereas improper disposal of PET waste has become a serious burden on the environment. Leaf-branch compost cutinase (LCC) is one of the most powerful and promising PET hydrolases, and its mutant LCCICCG shows high catalytic activity and excellent thermal stability. However, low binding affinity with PET has been found to dramatically limit its further industrial application. Herein, TrCBM and CfCBM were rationally selected from the CAZy database to construct fusion proteins with LCCICCG, and mechanistic studies revealed that these two domains could bind with PET favorably via polar amino acids. The optimal temperatures of LCCICCG-TrCBM and CfCBM-LCCICCG were measured to be 70 and 80 °C, respectively. Moreover, these two fusion proteins exhibited favorable thermal stability, maintaining 53.1% and 48.8% of initial activity after the incubation at 90 °C for 300 min. Compared with LCCICCG, the binding affinity of LCCICCG-TrCBM and CfCBM-LCCICCG for PET has been improved by 1.4- and 1.3-fold, respectively, and meanwhile their degradation efficiency on PET films was enhanced by 3.7% and 24.2%. Overall, this study demonstrated that the strategy of constructing fusion proteins is practical and prospective to facilitate the enzymatic PET degradation ability.
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Zhang K, Pan T, Wang L, Wang H, Ren Y, Wei D. Screening and characterization of a nitrilase with significant nitrile hydratase activity. Biotechnol Lett 2022; 44:1163-1173. [PMID: 36050605 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-022-03291-6] [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: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE We screened nitrilases with significant nitrile hydratase activity to exploit their potential in benzylic amide biosynthesis. We also investigated the factors affecting their hydration activity to support further research on benzylic amide production by nitrilase. METHODS A sequence-based screening method using previously reported crucial positions identified to be essential for amide-forming capacity of nitrilase (referred to as "amide-formation hotspots") as molecular probes to identify putative amide-forming nitrilases. RESULTS Based on the previously reported "amide-formation hotspots," we identified a nitrilase NitPG from Paraburkholderia graminis DSM 17151 that could produce a significant amount of mandelamide toward mandelonitrile and exhibited general hydration activity toward various benzylic nitriles. The time-course experiment with NitPG demonstrated that amide was also a true reaction product of nitrilase, suggesting that the nitrile catalysis by amide-forming nitrilase could be a post-transition state bifurcation-mediated enzymatic reaction. Further research demonstrated that low temperature, metal ion addition, and specific substrate structure could profoundly improve the amide formation capability of nitrilase. CONCLUSIONS NitPG with broad hydration activity is a potential candidate for the enzymatic synthesis of benzylic amides for biotechnological applications. Studying the effect of nitrilase hydration activity could promote our understanding of the factors that influence amide and acid distribution.
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- Ke Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, People's Republic of China
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Feng J, Xu S, Feng R, Kovalevsky A, Zhang X, Liu D, Wan Q. Identification and structural analysis of a thermophilic β-1,3-glucanase from compost. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2021; 8:102. [PMID: 38650272 PMCID: PMC10992293 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-021-00449-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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β-1,3-glucanase can specifically hydrolyze glucans to oligosaccharides and has potential applications in biotechnology. We used the metatranscriptomic technology to discover a thermophilic β-1,3-glucanase from compost. The phylogenetic study shows that it belongs to the family 16 glycoside hydrolase (GH16) and is most homologous with an enzyme from Streptomyces sioyaensis, an actinobacterium. It has the activity of 146.9 U/mg in the optimal reaction condition (75 °C and pH 5.5). Its catalytic domain was crystallized and diffracted to 1.14 Å resolution. The crystal structure shows a sandwich-like β-jelly-roll fold with two disulfide bonds. After analyzing the occurring frequencies of these cysteine residues, we designed two mutants (C160G and C180I) to study the role of these disulfide bonds. Both mutants have decreased their optimal temperature from 75 to 70 °C, which indicate that the disulfide bonds are important to maintain thermostability. Interestingly, the activity of C160G has increased ~ 17% to reach 171.4 U/mg. We speculate that the increased activity of C160G mutant is due to increased dynamics near the active site. Our studies give a good example of balancing the rigidity and flexibility for enzyme activity, which is helpful for protein engineering.
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- Jianwei Feng
- College of Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- College of Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Qingdao Vland Biotech Group Inc., Qingdao, Shandong, 266000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China
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- College of Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China.
- Key Laboratory of Plant Immunity, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, People's Republic of China.
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Ruthes AC, Cantu-Jungles TM, Cordeiro LMC, Iacomini M. Prebiotic potential of mushroom d-glucans: implications of physicochemical properties and structural features. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 262:117940. [PMID: 33838817 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.117940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Mushroom d-glucans are recognized as dietary fibers and as biologically active natural polysaccharides, with the advantages of being quite inexpensive for production, tolerable, and having a range of possible structures and physicochemical properties. The prebiotic potential of mushroom d-glucans has been explored in recent years, but the relationship between their various structural features and activity is poorly understood. This review focuses on comprehensively evaluating the prebiotic potential of mushroom d-glucans in face of their structural variations. Overall, mushroom d-glucans provide a unique set of different structures and physicochemical properties with prebiotic potential, where linkage type and solubility degree seem to be associated with prebiotic activity outcomes. The understanding of the effects of distinct structures and physicochemical properties in mushroom d-glucans on the gut microbiota contributes to the design and selection of new prebiotics in a more predictable way.
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- Andrea Caroline Ruthes
- Agroscope, Research Division, Plant Protection, Phytopathology and Zoology in Fruit and Vegetable Production, Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research and Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
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Sun X, Zhang J. Bacterial exopolysaccharides: Chemical structures, gene clusters and genetic engineering. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 173:481-490. [PMID: 33493567 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.01.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In recent decades, the composition, structure, biosynthesis, and function of bacterial extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) have been extensively studied. EPS are synthesized through different biosynthetic pathways. The genes responsible for EPS synthesis are usually clustered on the genome or large plasmids of bacteria. Generally, different EPS synthesis gene clusters direct the synthesis of EPS with different chemical structures and biological activities. A better understanding of the gene functions involved in EPS biosynthesis is critical for the production of EPS with special biological activities. Genetic engineering methods are usually used to study EPS synthesis related genes. This review organizes the available information on EPS, including their structures, synthesis of related genes, and highlights the research progress of modifying EPS gene clusters through gene-editing methods.
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- Xiaqing Sun
- Center for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China
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- Center for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China.
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Singh RP, Rajarammohan S, Thakur R, Hassan M. Linear and branched β-Glucans degrading enzymes from versatile Bacteroides uniformis JCM 13288 T and their roles in cooperation with gut bacteria. Gut Microbes 2020; 12:1-18. [PMID: 33043794 PMCID: PMC7553746 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2020.1826761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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β-glucans are the dietary nutrients present in oats, barley, algae, and mushrooms. The macromolecules are well known for their immune-modulatory activity; however, how the human gut bacteria digest them is vaguely understood. In this study, Bacteroides uniformis JCM 13288 T was found to grow on laminarin, pustulan, and porphyran. We sequenced the genome of the strain, which was about 5.05 megabase pairs and contained 4868 protein-coding genes. On the basis of growth patterns of the bacterium, two putative polysaccharide utilization loci for β-glucans were identified from the genome, and associated four putative genes were cloned, expressed, purified, and characterized. Three glycoside hydrolases (GHs) that were endo-acting enzymes (BuGH16, BuGH30, and BuGH158), and one which was an exo-acting (BuGH3) enzyme. The BuGH3, BuGH16, and BuGH158 can cleave linear exo/endo- β- 1-3 linkages while BuGH30 can digest endo- β- 1-6 linkages. BuGH30 and BuGH158 were further explored for their roles in digesting β- glucans and generation of oligosaccharides, respectively. The BuGH30 predominately found to cleave long chain β- 1-6 linked glucans, and obtained final product was gentiobiose. The BuGH158 used for producing oligosaccharides varying from degree of polymerization 2 to 7 from soluble curdlan. We demonstrated that these oligosaccharides can be utilized by gut bacteria, which either did not grow or poorly grew on laminarin. Thus, B. uniformis JCM 13288 T is not only capable of utilizing β-glucans but also shares these glycans with human gut bacteria for potentially maintaining the gut microbial homeostasis.
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- Ravindra Pal Singh
- Food and Nutrition Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India,CONTACT Ravindra Pal Singh Food and Nutrition Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India
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- Food and Nutrition Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India
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- Food and Nutrition Biotechnology Division, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India
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Jaafar NR, Khoiri NM, Ismail NF, Mahmood NAN, Abdul Murad AM, Abu Bakar FD, Mat Yajit NL, Illias RM. Functional characterisation and product specificity of Endo-β-1,3-glucanase from alkalophilic bacterium, Bacillus lehensis G1. Enzyme Microb Technol 2020; 140:109625. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2020.109625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Characterization of an alkali-stable xyloglucanase/mixed-linkage β-glucanase Pgl5A from Paenibacillus sp. S09. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 140:1158-1166. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.08.210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2019] [Revised: 08/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Pazhang M, Younesi FS, Mehrnejad F, Najavand S, Tarinejad A, Haghi M, Rashno F, Khajeh K. Ig-like Domain in Endoglucanase Cel9A from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius Makes Dependent the Enzyme Stability on Calcium. Mol Biotechnol 2018; 60:698-711. [PMID: 30062637 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-018-0105-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Endoglucanase Cel9A from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius (AaCel9A) has an Ig-like domain and the enzyme stability is dependent to calcium. In this study the effect of calcium on the structure and stability of the wild-type enzyme and the truncated form (the wild-type enzyme without Ig-like domain, AaCel9AΔN) was investigated. Fluorescence quenching results indicated that calcium increased and decreased the rigidity of the wild-type and truncated enzymes, respectively. RMSF results indicated that AaCel9A has two flexible regions (regions A and B) and deleting the Ig-like domain increased the truncated enzyme stability by decreasing the flexibility of region B probably through increasing the hydrogen bonds. Calcium contact map analysis showed that deleting the Ig-like domain decreased the calcium contacting residues and their calcium binding affinities, especially, in region B which has a role in calcium binding site in AaCel9A. Metal depletion and activity recovering as well as stability results showed that the structure and stability of the wild-type and truncated enzymes are completely dependent on and independent of calcium, respectively. Finally, one can conclude that the deletion of Ig-like domain makes AaCel9AΔN independent of calcium via decreasing the flexibility of region B through increasing the hydrogen bonds. This suggests a new role for the Ig-like domain which makes AaCel9A structure dependent on calcium.
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- Mohammad Pazhang
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Mitsuya D, Sugiyama T, Zhang S, Takeuchi Y, Okai M, Urano N, Ishida M. Enzymatic properties and the gene structure of a cold-adapted laminarinase from Pseudoalteromonas species LA. J Biosci Bioeng 2018; 126:169-175. [PMID: 29627318 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 02/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We isolated a laminarin-degrading cold-adapted bacterium strain LA from coastal seawater in Sagami Bay, Japan and identified it as a Pseudoalteromonas species. We named the extracellular laminarinase LA-Lam, and purified and characterized it. LA-Lam showed high degradation activity for Laminaria digitata laminarin in the ranges of 15-50°C and pH 5.0-9.0. The major terminal products degraded from L. digitata laminarin with LA-Lam were glucose, laminaribiose, and laminaritriose. The degradation profile of laminarioligosaccharides with LA-Lam suggested that the enzyme has a high substrate binding ability toward tetrameric or larger saccharides. Our results of the gene sequence and the SDS-PAGE analyses revealed that the major part of mature LA-Lam is a catalytic domain that belongs to the GH16 family, although its precursor is composed of a signal peptide, the catalytic domain, and three-repeated unknown regions.
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- Daisuke Mitsuya
- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan
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- Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, 4-5-7 Konan, Minato, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan.
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Bartolo-Aguilar Y, Dendooven L, Chávez-Cabrera C, Flores-Cotera LB, Hidalgo-Lara ME, Villa-Tanaca L, Marsch R. Autolysis of Pichia pastoris induced by cold. AMB Express 2017; 7:95. [PMID: 28500590 PMCID: PMC5429318 DOI: 10.1186/s13568-017-0397-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The production of recombinant biopharmaceutical proteins is a multi-billion dollar market. Protein recovery represents a major part of the production costs. Pichia pastoris is one of the microbial systems most used for the production of heterologous proteins. The use of a cold-induced promoter to express lytic enzymes in the yeast after the growth stage could reduce protein recovery costs. This study shows that a cold-shock can be applied to induce lysis of the yeast cells. A strain of P. pastoris was constructed in which the endogenous eng gene encoding a putative endo-β-1,3-glucanase was overexpressed using the cold-shock induced promoter of the cctα gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the transgenic P. pastoris, the expression of eng increased 3.6-fold after chilling the cells from 30 to 4 °C (cold-shock stage) followed by incubation for 6 h (eng expression stage). The culture was heated to 30 °C for 6 h (ENG synthesis stage) and kept at 37 °C for 24 h (lysis stage). After this procedure the cell morphology changed, spheroplasts were obtained and cellular lysis was observed. Thus, a clone of P. pastoris was obtained, which undergoes autolysis after a cold-shock.
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- Yaneth Bartolo-Aguilar
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cinvestav-IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Gustavo A. Madero, CDMX Mexico
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cinvestav-IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Gustavo A. Madero, CDMX Mexico
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cinvestav-IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Gustavo A. Madero, CDMX Mexico
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cinvestav-IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Gustavo A. Madero, CDMX Mexico
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cinvestav-IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Gustavo A. Madero, CDMX Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas del IPN, Prol. Carpio y Plan de Ayala S/N Col. Santo Tomás, 11340 Miguel Hidalgo, CDMX Mexico
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Cinvestav-IPN, Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional 2508, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360 Gustavo A. Madero, CDMX Mexico
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Qin Z, Yan Q, Yang S, Jiang Z. Modulating the function of a β-1,3-glucanosyltransferase to that of an endo-β-1,3-glucanase by structure-based protein engineering. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:1765-1776. [PMID: 26490553 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7057-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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A glycoside hydrolase (GH) family 17 β-1,3-glucanosyltransferase (RmBgt17A) from Rhizomucor miehei CAU432 (CGMCC No. 4967) shared very low sequence homology (∼20 % identity) with that of other β-1,3-glucanases,despite their similar structural folds. Structural comparison and sequence alignment between RmBgt17A and GH family 17 β-1,3-glucanases suggested important roles for three residues (Tyr102, Trp157, and Glu158) located in the substrate-binding cleft of RmBgt17A in transglycosylation activity. A series of site-directed mutagenesis studies indicated that a single Glu-to-Ala mutation (E158A) modulates the function of RmBgt17A to that of a β-1,3-glucanase. Mutant E158A exhibited high hydrolytic activity (39.95 U/mg) toward reduced laminarin, 348.5-fold higher than the wild type. Optimal pH and temperature of the purified RmBgt17A-E158A were 4.5 and 55 °C, respectively. TLC analysis suggested that RmBgt17A-E158A is an endo-β-1,3-glucanase. Our study provides novel insight into protein engineering of the substrate-binding cleft of glycoside hydrolases to modulate the function of transglycosylation and hydrolysis.
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- Zhen Qin
- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, China Agricultural University, No.17 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District, Post Box 294, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Bioresource Utilization Laboratory, College of Engineering, China Agricultural University, No.17 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District, Post Box 294, Beijing, 100083, China.
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, China Agricultural University, No.17 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District, Post Box 294, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, China Agricultural University, No.17 Qinghua Donglu, Haidian District, Post Box 294, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Deleting the Ig-Like Domain of Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius Endoglucanase Cel9A Causes a Simultaneous Increase in the Activity and Stability. Mol Biotechnol 2016; 58:12-21. [PMID: 26537871 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-015-9900-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Endoglucanase Cel9A from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius (AaCel9A) is a monomeric enzyme with 537 residues. This enzyme has an Ig-like domain in the N-terminus of the catalytic domain. In this study, the role of the Ig-like domain on the activity, stability, and structural rigidity of AaCel9A and the effect of calcium on enzyme activity and stability were examined by comparing a truncated enzyme with deletion of the Ig-like domain (AaCel9AΔN) to the wild-type enzyme. Our results showed that the deletion of the Ig-like domain increased the catalytic efficiency of the truncated enzyme up to threefold without any significant changes in the K m of the enzyme. Furthermore, pH and temperature optimum for activity were shifted from 6.5 to 7.5 and from 65 to 60 °C, respectively, by deletion of the Ig-like domain. The thermal stability and fluorescence quenching results indicated that the stability and rigidity of the truncated enzyme have been more than that of the wild-type enzyme. Calcium similarly increased the catalytic efficiency of the enzymes (up to 40 %) and remarkably raised the stability of the AaCel9A compared to the AaCel9AΔN. This shows that Ig-like domain has a role in the increase of the enzyme stability by calcium in the wild-type enzyme.
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Alvarez TM, Liberato MV, Cairo JPLF, Paixão DAA, Campos BM, Ferreira MR, Almeida RF, Pereira IO, Bernardes A, Ematsu GCG, Chinaglia M, Polikarpov I, de Oliveira Neto M, Squina FM. A Novel Member of GH16 Family Derived from Sugarcane Soil Metagenome. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2015; 177:304-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1743-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Takeda T, Nakano Y, Takahashi M, Konno N, Sakamoto Y, Arashida R, Marukawa Y, Yoshida E, Ishikawa T, Suzuki K. Identification and enzymatic characterization of an endo-1,3-β-glucanase from Euglena gracilis. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2015; 116:21-27. [PMID: 26028521 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Euglena produces paramylon as a storage polysaccharide, and is thought to require β-1,3-glucan degrading enzymes to release and utilize the accumulated carbohydrate. To investigate β-1,3-glucan degradation in Euglena, endo-1,3-β-glucanases were partially purified from Euglena gracilis by hydrophobic, gel filtration and anion-exchange chromatography. Tryptic digests and mass-spectrometric analysis identified three proteins in the purified fraction as a member of glycoside hydrolase family (GH) 17 and two members of GH81. These genes were cloned from an Euglena cDNA pool by PCR. EgCel17A fused with a histidine-tag at the carboxy terminus was heterologously produced by Aspergillus oryzae and purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography. Purified EgCel17A had a molecular weight of about 40kDa by SDS-PAGE, which was identical to that deduced from its amino acid sequence. The enzyme showed hydrolytic activity towards β-1,3-glucans such as laminarin and paramylon. Maximum activity of laminarin degradation by EgCel17A was attained at pH 4.0-5.5 and 60°C after 1h incubation or 50°C after 20h incubation. The enzyme had a Km of 0.21mg/ml and a Vmax of 40.5units/mg protein for laminarin degradation at pH 5.0 and 50°C. Furthermore, EgCel17A catalyzed a transglycosylation reaction by which reaction products with a higher molecular weight than the supplied substrates were initially generated; however, ultimately the substrates were degraded into glucose, laminaribiose and laminaritriose. EgCel17A effectively produced soluble β-1,3-glucans from alkaline-treated Euglena freeze-dried powder containing paramylon. Thus, EgCel17 is the first functional endo-1,3-β-glucanase to be identified from E. gracilis.
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- Takumi Takeda
- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, 22-174-4 Narita, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003, Japan.
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, 22-174-4 Narita, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, 22-174-4 Narita, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, 22-174-4 Narita, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, 22-174-4 Narita, Kitakami, Iwate 024-0003, Japan
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- euglena Co., Ltd., 2-6-1, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004, Japan
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- euglena Co., Ltd., 2-6-1, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004, Japan
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- euglena Co., Ltd., 2-6-1, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
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- euglena Co., Ltd., 2-6-1, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004, Japan
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Shi Y, Jian L, Han D, Ren Y. Isolation of an Antifungal Pathogenesis-Related Protein from Naked Oat ( Avena nuda) Seeds. Cereal Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1094/cchem-12-13-0251-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Yawei Shi
- Corresponding author. Phone: +86-0351-7018268
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
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Bennur T, Kumar AR, Zinjarde S, Javdekar V. Nocardiopsis species as potential sources of diverse and novel extracellular enzymes. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:9173-85. [PMID: 25269602 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6111-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Revised: 09/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Members of the genus Nocardiopsis are generally encountered in locations that are inherently extreme. They are present in frozen soils, desert sand, compost, saline or hypersaline habitats (marine systems, salterns and soils) and alkaline places (slag dumps, lake soils and sediments). In order to survive under these severe conditions, they produce novel and diverse enzymes that allow them to utilize the available nutrients and to thrive. The members of this genus are multifaceted and release an assortment of extracellular hydrolytic enzymes. They produce enzymes that are cold-adapted (α-amylases), thermotolerant (α-amylases and xylanases), thermoalkalotolerant (cellulases, β-1,3-glucanases), alkali-tolerant thermostable (inulinases), acid-stable (keratinase) and alkalophilic (serine proteases). Some of the enzymes derived from Nocardiopsis species act on insoluble polymers such as glucans (pachyman and curdlan), keratin (feathers and prion proteins) and polyhydroxyalkanoates. Extreme tolerance exhibited by proteases has been attributed to the presence of some amino acids (Asn and Pro) in loop structures, relocation of multiple salt bridges to outer regions of the protein or the presence of a distinct polyproline II helix. The range of novel enzymes is projected to increase in the forthcoming years, as new isolates are being continually reported, and the development of processes involving such enzymes is envisaged in the future.
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- Tahsin Bennur
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune, 411007, India
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