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Magwaza B, Amobonye A, Pillai S. Microbial β-glucosidases: Recent advances and applications. Biochimie 2024; 225:49-67. [PMID: 38734124 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2024.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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The global β-glucosidase market is currently estimated at ∼400 million USD, and it is expected to double in the next six years; a trend that is mainly ascribed to the demand for the enzyme for biofuel processing. Microbial β-glucosidase, particularly, has thus garnered significant attention due to its ease of production, catalytic efficiency, and versatility, which have all facilitated its biotechnological potential across different industries. Hence, there are continued efforts to screen, produce, purify, characterize and evaluate the industrial applicability of β-glucosidase from actinomycetes, bacteria, fungi, and yeasts. With this rising demand for β-glucosidase, various cost-effective and efficient approaches are being explored to discover, redesign, and enhance their production and functional properties. Thus, this present review provides an up-to-date overview of advancements in the utilization of microbial β-glucosidases as "Emerging Green Tools" in 21st-century industries. In this regard, focus was placed on the use of recombinant technology, protein engineering, and immobilization techniques targeted at improving the industrial applicability of the enzyme. Furthermore, insights were given into the recent progress made in conventional β-glucosidase production, their industrial applications, as well as the current commercial status-with a focus on the patents.
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- Buka Magwaza
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, P. O. Box 1334, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, P. O. Box 1334, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, P. O. Box 1334, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
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Sahoo A, Das PK, Dasu VV, Patra S. Insulin evolution: A holistic view of recombinant production advancements. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 277:133951. [PMID: 39032893 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.133951] [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: 04/23/2024] [Revised: 06/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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The increased prevalence of diabetes and the growing popularity of non-invasive methods of recombinant human insulin uptake, such as oral insulin, have increased insulin demand, further limiting the affordability of insulin. Over 40 years have passed since the development of engineered microorganisms that replaced the animal pancreas as the primary source of insulin. To stay ahead of the need for insulin in the present and the future, a few drawbacks with the existing expression systems need to be alleviated, including the inclusion body formation, the use of toxic inducers, and high process costs. To address these bottlenecks and improve insulin production, a variety of techniques are being used in bacteria, yeasts, transgenic plants and animals, mammalian cell lines, and cell-free expression systems. Different approaches for the production of insulin, including two-chain, proinsulin or mini-proinsulin, preproinsulin coupled with fusion protein, chaperone, signal peptide, and purification tags, are explored in upstream, whereas downstream processing takes into account the recovery of intact protein in its bioactive form and purity. This article focuses on the strategies used in the upstream and downstream phases of the bioprocess to produce recombinant human insulin. This review also covers a range of analytical methods and tools employed in investigating the genuity of recombinant human insulin.
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- Ansuman Sahoo
- Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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- Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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- Biochemical Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India.
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- Enzyme & Microbial Technology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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Bianchi G, Pessina A, Ami D, Signorelli S, de Divitiis M, Natalello A, Lotti M, Brambilla L, Brocca S, Mangiagalli M. Sustainable production of a biotechnologically relevant β-galactosidase in Escherichia coli cells using crude glycerol and cheese whey permeate. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 406:131063. [PMID: 38964512 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131063] [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: 04/05/2024] [Revised: 07/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Responsible use of natural resources and waste reduction are key concepts in bioeconomy. This study demonstrates that agro-food derived-biomasses from the Italian food industry, such as crude glycerol and cheese whey permeate (CWP), can be combined in a high-density fed-batch culture to produce a recombinant β-galactosidase from Marinomonas sp. ef1 (M-βGal). In a small-scale process (1.5 L) using 250 mL of crude glycerol and 300 mL of lactose-rich CWP, approximately 2000 kU of recombinant M-βGal were successfully produced along with 30 g of galactose accumulated in the culture medium. The purified M-βGal exhibited high hydrolysis efficiency in lactose-rich matrices, with hydrolysis yields of 82 % in skimmed milk at 4 °C and 94 % in CWP at 50 °C, highlighting its biotechnological potential. This approach demonstrates the effective use of crude glycerol and CWP in sustainable and cost-effective high-density Escherichia coli cultures, potentially applicable to recombinant production of various proteins.
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- Greta Bianchi
- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Milano 20126, Italy.
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Chaudhary S, Ali Z, Mahfouz M. Molecular farming for sustainable production of clinical-grade antimicrobial peptides. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2024; 22:2282-2300. [PMID: 38685599 PMCID: PMC11258990 DOI: 10.1111/pbi.14344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are emerging as next-generation therapeutics due to their broad-spectrum activity against drug-resistant bacterial strains and their ability to eradicate biofilms, modulate immune responses, exert anti-inflammatory effects and improve disease management. They are produced through solid-phase peptide synthesis or in bacterial or yeast cells. Molecular farming, i.e. the production of biologics in plants, offers a low-cost, non-toxic, scalable and simple alternative platform to produce AMPs at a sustainable cost. In this review, we discuss the advantages of molecular farming for producing clinical-grade AMPs, advances in expression and purification systems and the cost advantage for industrial-scale production. We further review how 'green' production is filling the sustainability gap, streamlining patent and regulatory approvals and enabling successful clinical translations that demonstrate the future potential of AMPs produced by molecular farming. Finally, we discuss the regulatory challenges that need to be addressed to fully realize the potential of molecular farming-based AMP production for therapeutics.
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- Shahid Chaudhary
- Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Division of Biological Sciences4700 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Division of Biological Sciences4700 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Division of Biological Sciences4700 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyThuwalSaudi Arabia
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Akmayan I, Ozturk AB, Ozbek T. Recombinant proteins production in Escherichia coli BL21 for vaccine applications: a cost estimation of potential industrial-scale production scenarios. Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2024; 54:932-945. [PMID: 38198230 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2023.2299495] [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] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic elevated research interest in microorganism-related diseases, and protective health application importance such as vaccination and immune promoter agents emerged. Among the production methods for proteins, recombinant technology is an efficient alternative and frequently preferred method. However, since the production and purification processes vary due to the protein nature, the effect of these differences on the cost remains ambiguous. In this study, brucellosis and its two important vaccine candidate proteins (rOmp25 and rEipB) with different properties were selected as models, and industrial-scale production processes were compared with the SuperPro Designer® for estimating the unit production cost. Simulation study showed raw material cost by roughly 60% was one of the barriers to lower-cost production and 52.5 and 559.8 $/g were estimated for rEipB and rOmp25, respectively.
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- Ilkgul Akmayan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye
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Pasin TM, Lucas RC, de Oliveira TB, McLeish MJ, Polizeli MDLTM. A new halotolerant xylanase from Aspergillus clavatus expressed in Escherichia coli with catalytic efficiency improved by site-directed mutagenesis. 3 Biotech 2024; 14:178. [PMID: 38855145 PMCID: PMC11156621 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-024-04021-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
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Daily agro-industrial waste, primarily cellulose, lignin, and hemicellulose, poses a significant environmental challenge. Harnessing lignocellulolytic enzymes, particularly endo-1,4-β-xylanases, for efficient saccharification is a cost-effective strategy, transforming biomass into high-value products. This study focuses on the cloning, expression, site-directed mutagenesis, purification, three-dimensional modeling, and characterization of the recombinant endo-1,4-β-xylanase (XlnA) from Aspergillus clavatus in Escherichia coli. This work includes evaluation of the stability at varied NaCl concentrations, determining kinetic constants, and presenting the heterologous expression of XlnAΔ36 using pET22b(+). The expression led to purified enzymes with robust stability across diverse pH levels, exceptional thermostability at 50 °C, and 96-100% relative stability after 24 h in 3.0 M NaCl. Three-dimensional modeling reveals a GH11 architecture with catalytic residues Glu 132 and 22. XlnAΔ36 demonstrates outstanding kinetic parameters compared to other endo-1,4-β-xylanases, indicating its potential for industrial enzymatic cocktails, enhancing saccharification. Moreover, its ability to yield high-value compounds, such as sugars, suggests a promising and ecologically positive alternative for the food and biotechnology industries.
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- Thiago M. Pasin
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14049-900 Brazil
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14049-900 Brazil
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, MG 37130-001 Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-901 Brazil
- Department of Systematics and Ecology, Center for Exact and Nature Sciences, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB 58051-900 Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14049-900 Brazil
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP 14040-901 Brazil
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Fan C, Xie Z, Zheng D, Zhang R, Li Y, Shi J, Cheng M, Wang Y, Zhou Y, Zhan Y, Yan Y. Overview of indigo biosynthesis by Flavin-containing Monooxygenases: History, industrialization challenges, and strategies. Biotechnol Adv 2024; 73:108374. [PMID: 38729229 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2024.108374] [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: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Indigo is a natural dye extensively used in the global textile industry. However, the conventional synthesis of indigo using toxic compounds like aniline, formaldehyde, and hydrogen cyanide has led to environmental pollution and health risks for workers. This method also faces growing economic, sustainability, and environmental challenges. To address these issues, the concept of bio-indigo or indigo biosynthesis has been proposed as an alternative to aniline-based indigo synthesis. Among various enzymes, Flavin-containing Monooxygenases (FMOs) have shown promise in achieving a high yield of bio-indigo. However, the industrialization of indigo biosynthesis still encounters several challenges. This review focuses on the historical development of indigo biosynthesis mediated by FMOs. It highlights several factors that have hindered industrialization, including the use of unsuitable chassis (Escherichia coli), the toxicity of indole, the high cost of the substrate L-tryptophan, the water-insolubility of the product indigo, the requirement of reducing reagents such as sodium dithionite, and the relatively low yield and high cost compared to chemical synthesis. Additionally, this paper summarizes various strategies to enhance the yield of indigo synthesized by FMOs, including redundant sequence deletion, semi-rational design, cheap precursor research, NADPH regeneration, large-scale fermentation, and enhancement of water solubility of indigo.
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- Changxin Fan
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Innovation Base of Life Science and Technology, Qiming College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Innovation Base of Life Science and Technology, Qiming College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Innovation Base of Life Science and Technology, Qiming College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Innovation Base of Life Science and Technology, Qiming College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Base of Life Science and Technology, Qiming College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Innovation Base of Life Science and Technology, Qiming College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Innovation Base of Life Science and Technology, Qiming College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- Innovation Base of Life Science and Technology, Qiming College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China.
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Nielsen MB, Meyer AS, Arnau J. The Next Food Revolution Is Here: Recombinant Microbial Production of Milk and Egg Proteins by Precision Fermentation. Annu Rev Food Sci Technol 2024; 15:173-187. [PMID: 38134386 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-food-072023-034256] [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] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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Animal-based agriculture and the production of protein-rich foods from animals, particularly from ruminants, are not sustainable and have serious climate effects. A new type of alternative proteins is now on the menu, namely animal proteins produced recombinantly by microbial fermentation. This new technology, precision fermentation, is projected to completely disrupt traditional animal-based agriculture. Certain milk and egg proteins along with specific meat substitute analog components produced by precision fermentation are already entering the market. This first wave of precision fermentation products targets the use of these proteins as protein additives, and several commercial players are already active in the field. The cost-efficiency requirements involve production titers above 50 g/L which are several orders of magnitude higher than those for pharmaceutical protein manufacture, making strain engineering, process optimization, and scale-up critical success factors. This new development within alternative proteins defines a new research direction integrating biotechnology, process engineering, and sustainable food protein production.
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- M B Nielsen
- Protein Chemistry and Enzyme Technology Section, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- 21st.BIO, Søborg, Denmark;
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- Protein Chemistry and Enzyme Technology Section, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Rywińska A, Tomaszewska-Hetman L, Juszczyk P, Rakicka-Pustułka M, Bogusz A, Rymowicz W. Enhanced Production of Erythritol from Glucose by the Newly Obtained UV Mutant Yarrowia lipolytica K1UV15. Molecules 2024; 29:2187. [PMID: 38792051 PMCID: PMC11124037 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29102187] [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: 04/11/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Erythritol is a polyol with a sweet taste but low energy value. Thanks to its valuable properties, as well as growing social awareness and nutritional trends, its popularity is growing rapidly. The aim of this study was to increase the effectiveness of erythritol production from glucose using new UV mutants of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica obtained in the Wratislavia K1 strain. The ability of the new strains to biosynthesize erythritol and utilize this polyol was examined in shake-flask cultures and fed-batch processes conducted in a stirred tank reactor with a total glucose concentration of 300 and 400 g/L. The Wratislavia K1 strain produced erythritol most efficiently (97.5 g/L; 192 h) at an initial glucose concentration of 250 g/L (total: 300 g/L). New strains were assessed under such conditions, and it was noted that the highest erythritol concentration (145 g/L; 183 h) was produced by the K1UV15 strain. A significant improvement in the erythritol biosynthesis efficiency (148 g/L; 150 h) was achieved upon the increase in (NH4)2SO4 to 3.6 g/L. Further, in the culture with such a concentration of the nitrogen source and increased total glucose level (400 g/L), the K1UV15 strain produced 226 g/L of erythritol within 281 h.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego Str. 37, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland; (A.R.); (P.J.); (M.R.-P.); (W.R.)
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Priyanka G, Singiri JR, Adler-Agmon Z, Sannidhi S, Daida S, Novoplansky N, Grafi G. Detailed analysis of agro-industrial byproducts/wastes to enable efficient sorting for various agro-industrial applications. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2024; 11:45. [PMID: 38703254 PMCID: PMC11069496 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-024-00763-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024] Open
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Agriculture-based industries generate huge amounts of byproducts/wastes every year, which are not exploited or disposed efficiently posing an environmental problem with implications to human and animal health. Finding strategies to increase the recycling of agro-industrial byproducts/wastes (AIBWs) is a primary objective of the current study. A thorough examination of AIBWs in conjunction with experimental research is proposed to facilitate sorting for various agro-industrial applications and consequently increasing byproduct/waste utilization. Accordingly, two sustainable, locally available sources of AIBWs, namely, wheat bran (WB) and garlic straw and peels (GSP) were studied in detail including content and composition of proteins, phytohormones and nutritional elements, as well as the effect of AIBW extracts on plant and microbial growth. Hundreds of proteins were recovered from AIBW mainly from WBs, including chaperons, metabolite and protein modifying enzymes, and antimicrobial proteins. In-gel assays showed that WB and GSP possess high protease and nuclease activities. Conspicuously, phytohormone analysis of AIBWs revealed the presence of high levels of strigolactones, stimulants of seed germination of root parasitic weeds, as well as indole acetic acid (IAA) and abscisic acid (ABA). Garlic straw extract strongly inhibited germination of the weed Amaranthus palmeri but not of Abutilon theophrasti and all examined AIBWs significantly affected post-germination growth. Bacterial growth was strongly inhibited by garlic straw, but enhanced by WBs, which can be used at least partly as a bacterial growth medium. Thus, an in-depth examination of AIBW characteristics will enable appropriate sorting for diverse agro-industrial applications, which will increase their utilization and consequently their economic value.
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- Govindegowda Priyanka
- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
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- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
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- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
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- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
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- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
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- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
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- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel.
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Hobusch M, Kırtel O, Meramo S, Sukumara S, Hededam Welner D. A life cycle assessment of early-stage enzyme manufacturing simulations from sustainable feedstocks. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2024; 400:130653. [PMID: 38575094 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130653] [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: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
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Enzyme-catalyzed reactions have relatively small environmental footprints. However, enzyme manufacturing significantly impacts the environment through dependence on traditional feedstocks. With the objective of determining the environmental impacts of enzyme production, the sustainability potential of six cradle-to-gate enzyme manufacturing systems focusing on glucose, sea lettuce, acetate, straw, and phototrophic growth, was thoroughly evaluated. Human and ecosystem toxicity categories dominated the overall impacts. Sea lettuce, straw, or phototrophic growth reduces fermentation-based emissions by 51.0, 63.7, and 79.7%, respectively. Substituting glucose-rich media demonstrated great potential to reduce marine eutrophication, land use, and ozone depletion. Replacing organic nitrogen sources with inorganic ones could further lower these impacts. Location-specific differences in electricity result in a 14% and a 27% reduction in the carbon footprint for operation in Denmark compared to the US and China. Low-impact feedstocks can be competitive if they manage to achieve substrate utilization rates and productivity levels of conventional enzyme production processes.
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- Mandy Hobusch
- The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, Kgs. Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, Kgs. Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, Kgs. Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, Kgs. Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, Kgs. Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark.
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Abbas Bukhari D, Bibi Z, Ullah A, Rehman A. Isolation, characterization, and cloning of thermostable pullulanase from Geobacillus stearothermophilus ADM-11. Saudi J Biol Sci 2024; 31:103901. [PMID: 38234990 PMCID: PMC10792974 DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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This study aimed to identify thermo-stable pullulanase-producing bacteria in soil samples of potato fields and food-producing companies. Pullulan agar medium was used to screen 17 bacterial strains, which were incubated at 65 °C. The isolate with the maximum activity (375U/ml) was selected and recognized as Geobacillus stearothermophilus ADM-11 by morphological, biochemical characterization, and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The pullulanase production required optimum pH of 7 and temperature of 75 °C, respectively. The electrophoresis of purified pullulanase on SDS-polyacrylamide gel revealed 83 kDa of a molecular weight that is active at 70 °C and pH 7.0. It was also stable at 90 °C but its activity was decreased by 10 % at 100 °C. The action of pullulanase was increased and stabilized by Ca+2 among the metal ions. Beta and gamma-cyclodextrins inhibited enzyme activity while ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) have no significant effect on pullulanase activity. A full-length pullulanase gene was amplified from G. stearothermophilus ADM-11 using genomic DNA 2.1 kb of PCR product which was then purified and ligated in the cloning vector pTZ57R using the TA cloning technique. Colony PCR confirmed cloning on the positive clones after the pullulanase gene had been ligated and subjected to restriction digestion. It revealed 74 % similarity with the reported pullulanase gene from Geobacillus sp. 44C. The thermostability of pullulanase and its ability to degrade raw pullulan may therefore have wide-scale applications in starch processing, the detergent business, and new biotechnological applications.
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- Department of Zoology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Institute of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Almalla A, Elomaa L, Bechtella L, Daneshgar A, Yavvari P, Mahfouz Z, Tang P, Koksch B, Sauer I, Pagel K, Hillebrandt KH, Weinhart M. Papain-Based Solubilization of Decellularized Extracellular Matrix for the Preparation of Bioactive, Thermosensitive Pregels. Biomacromolecules 2023; 24:5620-5637. [PMID: 38009757 PMCID: PMC10716854 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.3c00602] [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: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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Solubilized, gel-forming decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) is used in a wide range of basic and translational research and due to its inherent bioactivity can promote structural and functional tissue remodeling. The animal-derived protease pepsin has become the standard proteolytic enzyme for the solubilization of almost all types of collagen-based dECM. In this study, pepsin was compared with papain, α-amylase, and collagenase for their potential to solubilize porcine liver dECM. Maximum preservation of bioactive components and native dECM properties was used as a decisive criterion for further application of the enzymes, with emphasis on minimal destruction of the protein structure and maintained capacity for physical thermogelation at neutral pH. The solubilized dECM digests, and/or their physically gelled hydrogels were characterized for their rheological properties, gelation kinetics, GAG content, proteomic composition, and growth factor profile. This study highlights papain as a plant-derived enzyme that can serve as a cost-effective alternative to animal-derived pepsin for the efficient solubilization of dECM. The resulting homogeneous papain-digested dECM preserved its thermally triggered gelation properties similar to pepsin digests, and the corresponding dECM hydrogels demonstrated their enhanced bioadhesiveness in single-cell force spectroscopy experiments with fibroblasts. The viability and proliferation of human HepaRG cells on dECM gels were similar to those on pure rat tail collagen type I gels. Papain is not only highly effective and economically attractive for dECM solubilization but also particularly interesting when digesting human-tissue-derived dECM for regenerative applications, where animal-derived materials are to be avoided.
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- Ahed Almalla
- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental
Surgery, Department of Surgery, CCM|CVK, Charité − Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental
Surgery, Department of Surgery, CCM|CVK, Charité − Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental
Surgery, Department of Surgery, CCM|CVK, Charité − Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Fritz
Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental
Surgery, Department of Surgery, CCM|CVK, Charité − Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin
Institute of Health at Charité − Universitätsmedizin
Berlin, BIH Biomedical Innovation Academy, BIH Charité, Clinician
Scientist Program, Charitéplatz
1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Institute
of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Leibniz Universität
Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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Baradia H, Kumar SM, Chattopadhyay S. Techno-economic analysis of production and purification of lipase from Bacillus subtilis (NCIM 2193). Prep Biochem Biotechnol 2023; 53:1237-1242. [PMID: 36876858 DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2023.2185638] [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] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Lipase is one of the essential enzymes from the hydrolase family, which can be produced from multiple sources like bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. Due to the various industrial applications, it is necessary to produce and purify lipase cost-effectively. The present study is concerned with the techno-economic analysis of the production and purification of lipase using Bacillus subtilis. In the lab experiment, a purification fold of 1347.5 was achieved with 50% recovery upon purification. The experimental data fit into a model, simulate, and economically assess a more extensive industrial setup Using SuperPro designer. Annual production of 64 batches with 26.4 kg of lipase produced per batch, and a total yearly operating cost of $16,021,000, with a payback time of around 1.37 years, were retrieved upon simulating experimental data. This study indicates the potential of the used bacteria for industrial lipase production with its techno-economic feasibility.
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- Hrithik Baradia
- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
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González-Rodríguez S, Trueba-Santiso A, Lu-Chau TA, Moreira MT, Eibes G. Valorization of bioethanol by-products to produce unspecific peroxygenase with Agrocybe aegerita: technological and proteomic perspectives. N Biotechnol 2023; 76:63-71. [PMID: 37169331 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2023.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Unspecific peroxygenase (UPO) presents a wide range of biotechnological applications. This study targets the use of by-products from bioethanol synthesis to produce UPO by Agrocybe aegerita. Solid-state and submerged fermentations (SSF and SmF) were evaluated, achieving the highest titers of UPO and laccase in SmF using vinasse as nutrients source. Optimized UPO production of 331U/L was achieved in 50% (v:v) vinasse with an inoculum grown for 14 days. These conditions were scaled-up to a 4L reactor, achieving a UPO activity of 265U/L. Fungal proteome expression was analyzed before and after UPO activity appeared by shotgun mass spectrometry proteomics. Laccase, dye-decolorizing peroxidases (DyP), lectins and proteins involved in reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and control were detected (in addition to UPO). Interestingly, the metabolism of complex sugars and nitrogen sources had a different activity at the beginning and end of the submerged fermentation. DATA AVAILABILITY: The data used to support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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- Sandra González-Rodríguez
- CRETUS, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
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- CRETUS, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- CRETUS, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- CRETUS, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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- CRETUS, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
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Chaudhary S, Ali Z, Tehseen M, Haney EF, Pantoja-Angles A, Alshehri S, Wang T, Clancy GJ, Ayach M, Hauser C, Hong PY, Hamdan SM, Hancock REW, Mahfouz M. Efficient in planta production of amidated antimicrobial peptides that are active against drug-resistant ESKAPE pathogens. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1464. [PMID: 36928189 PMCID: PMC10020429 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37003-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising next-generation antibiotics that can be used to combat drug-resistant pathogens. However, the high cost involved in AMP synthesis and their short plasma half-life render their clinical translation a challenge. To address these shortcomings, we report efficient production of bioactive amidated AMPs by transient expression of glycine-extended AMPs in Nicotiana benthamiana line expressing the mammalian enzyme peptidylglycine α-amidating mono-oxygenase (PAM). Cationic AMPs accumulate to substantial levels in PAM transgenic plants compare to nontransgenic N. benthamiana. Moreover, AMPs purified from plants exhibit robust killing activity against six highly virulent and antibiotic resistant ESKAPE pathogens, prevent their biofilm formation, analogous to their synthetic counterparts and synergize with antibiotics. We also perform a base case techno-economic analysis of our platform, demonstrating the potential economic advantages and scalability for industrial use. Taken together, our experimental data and techno-economic analysis demonstrate the potential use of plant chassis for large-scale production of clinical-grade AMPs.
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- Shahid Chaudhary
- Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of DNA Replication and Recombination, Division of Biological Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, 21577, Saudi Arabia
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- Water Desalination and Reuse Center, Division of Biological Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Analytical Chemistry Core Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Imaging & Characterization Core Laboratory, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Nanomedicine, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Water Desalination and Reuse Center, Division of Biological Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of DNA Replication and Recombination, Division of Biological Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Microbial Diseases and Immunity Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Laboratory for Genome Engineering and Synthetic Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
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Construction of a constitutively active type III secretion system for heterologous protein secretion. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 107:1785-1800. [PMID: 36786917 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12411-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Proteins comprise a multibillion-dollar industry in enzymes and therapeutics, but bacterial protein production can be costly and inefficient. Proteins of interest (POIs) must be extracted from lysed cells and inclusion bodies, purified, and resolubilized, which adds significant time and cost to the protein-manufacturing process. The Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) type III secretion system (T3SS) has been engineered to address these problems by secreting soluble, active proteins directly into the culture media, reducing the number of purification steps. However, the current best practices method of T3SS pathway activation is not ideal for industrial scaleup. Previously, the T3SS was activated by plasmid-based overexpression of the T3SS transcriptional regulator, hilA, which requires the addition of a small molecule inducer (IPTG) to the culture media. IPTG adds significant cost to production and plasmid-based expression is subject to instability in large-scale fermentation. Here, we modulate the upstream transcriptional regulator, hilD, to activate the T3SS via three distinct methods. In doing so, we develop a toolbox of T3SS activation methods and construct constitutively active T3SS strains capable of secreting a range of heterologous proteins at titers comparable to plasmid-based hilA overexpression. We also explore how each activation method in our toolbox impacts the SPI-1 regulatory cascade and discover an epistatic relationship between T3SS regulators, hilE and the hilD 3' untranslated region (hilD 3'UTR). Together, these findings further our goal of making an industrially competitive protein production strain that reduces the challenges associated with plasmid induction and maintenance. KEY POINTS: • Characterized 3 new type III secretion system (T3SS) activation methods for heterologous protein secretion, including 2 constitutive activation methods. • Eliminated the need for a second plasmid and a small molecule inducer to activate the system, making it more suitable for industrial production. • Discovered new regulatory insights into the SPI-1 T3SS, including an epistatic relationship between regulators hilE and the hilD 3' untranslated region.
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Ketsakhon P, Thammasittirong A, Thammasittirong SNR. Adding value to rice straw waste for high-level xylanase production using a new isolate of Bacillus altitudinis RS3025. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2023; 68:87-99. [PMID: 35945409 DOI: 10.1007/s12223-022-00998-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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An investigation was carried out using rice straw as a low-cost substrate to study the optimization of xylanase production using a newly identified endospore-forming bacterium, Bacillus altitudinis RS3025. The highest xylanase activity was achieved using 2% rice straw (pretreated with 2% NaOH at 100 °C) at pH 7.0, 37 °C temperature, and with 72-h incubation time. Under the optimized conditions, xylanase activity reached 2518.51 U/mL, which was 11.56-fold higher than the activity under the initial conditions using untreated rice straw as substrate. Enzymatic hydrolysis of the rice straw using crude xylanase of B. altitudinis RS3025 demonstrated the hydrolyzation efficiency of the rice straw waste, especially alkaline rice straw. The highest level of released reducing sugars was 149.78 mg/g substrate. The study demonstrated the successful utilization of rice straw waste for high-level xylanase production using B. altitudinis RS3025 and reducing sugar production using low-cost crude enzyme, which has the advantages of reducing the processing cost and environmental concerns associated with rice straw waste management.
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- Punpaporn Ketsakhon
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand.,Microbial Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand. .,Microbial Biotechnology Unit, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, 73140, Thailand.
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Microbial-Based Products to Control Soil-Borne Pathogens: Methods to Improve Efficacy and to Assess Impacts on Microbiome. Microorganisms 2023; 11:microorganisms11010224. [PMID: 36677516 PMCID: PMC9867489 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11010224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Microbial-based products (either as biopesticide or biofertilizers) have a long history of application, though their use is still limited, mainly due to a perceived low and inconsistent efficacy under field conditions. However, their efficacy has always been compared to chemical products, which have a completely different mechanism of action and production process, following the chemical paradigm of agricultural production. This paradigm has also been applied to regulatory processes, particularly for biopesticides, making the marketing of microbial-based formulations difficult. Increased knowledge about bioinocula behavior after application to the soil and their impact on soil microbiome should foster better exploitation of microbial-based products in a complex environment such as the soil. Moreover, the multifunctional capacity of microbial strains with regard to plant growth promotion and protection should also be considered in this respect. Therefore, the methods utilized for these studies are key to improving the knowledge and understanding of microbial-based product activity and improving their efficacy, which, from farmers' point of view, is the parameter to assess the usefulness of a treatment. In this review, we are thus addressing aspects related to the production and formulation process, highlighting the methods that can be used to evaluate the functioning and impact of microbial-based products on soil microbiome, as tools supporting their use and marketing.
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Masi C, Tebiso A, Selva Kumar K. Isolation and characterization of potential multiple extracellular enzyme-producing bacteria from waste dumping area in Addis Ababa. Heliyon 2023; 9:e12645. [PMID: 36793964 PMCID: PMC9922826 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Extremozymes are innovative and robust biocatalysts produced by various microorganisms from harsh environments. As thermophilic organisms can only develop in a few places, studying them in geothermal environments has provided new insights into the origins and evolution of early life and access to significant bio-resources with potential biotechnology applications. The work aimed to isolate and identify likely multiple extracellular enzyme-producing thermophilic bacteria from an Addis Ababa landfill (Qoshe). The streaking approach was used to purify 102 isolates acquired by serial dilution and spread plate method. The isolates were morphologically and biochemically characterized. Thirty-five cellulases, 22 amylase, 17 protease, and nine lipase-producing bacteria were identified using primary screening methods. Further secondary screening using Strain safety evaluation; two bacterial strains (TQ11 and TQ46) were identified. Based on morphological and biochemical tests, they were found to be gram-positive and rod-shaped. Furthermore, molecular identification and phylogenic analysis of selected promising isolates confirmed the identity of the isolates, Paenibacillus dendritiformis (TQ11) and Anoxybacillus flavithermus (TQ46). The results indicated that, multiple extracellular enzyme-producing thermophilic bacteria isolated from a waste dumping area in Addis Ababa offer useful features for environmental sustainability in a wide range of industrial applications due to their biodegradability and specialized stability under extreme conditions, increased raw material utilization, and decreased waste.
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- Chandran Masi
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, P.O. Box 16417, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,Bioprocess and Biotechnology Center of Excellence, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, P.O. Box 16417, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,Corresponding author. Department of Biotechnology, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, P.O. Box 16417, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, P.O. Box 16417, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- School of Chemical and Bioengineering, Dire Dawa University Institute of Technology, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
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Bujdoš D, Popelářová B, Volke DC, Nikel PI, Sonnenschein N, Dvořák P. Engineering of Pseudomonas putida for accelerated co-utilization of glucose and cellobiose yields aerobic overproduction of pyruvate explained by an upgraded metabolic model. Metab Eng 2023; 75:29-46. [PMID: 36343876 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2022.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is an attractive bacterial host for biotechnological production of valuable chemicals from renewable lignocellulosic feedstocks as it can valorize lignin-derived aromatics or glucose obtainable from cellulose. P. putida EM42, a genome-reduced variant of strain KT2440 endowed with advantageous physiological properties, was recently engineered for growth on cellobiose, a major cellooligosaccharide product of enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis. Co-utilization of cellobiose and glucose was achieved in a mutant lacking periplasmic glucose dehydrogenase Gcd (PP_1444). However, the cause of the co-utilization phenotype remained to be understood and the Δgcd strain had a significant growth defect. In this study, we investigated the basis of the simultaneous uptake of the two sugars and accelerated the growth of P. putida EM42 Δgcd mutant for the bioproduction of valuable compounds from glucose and cellobiose. We show that the gcd deletion lifted the inhibition of the exogenous β-glucosidase BglC from Thermobifida fusca exerted by the intermediates of the periplasmic glucose oxidation pathway. The additional deletion of hexR gene, which encodes a repressor of the upper glycolysis genes, failed to restore rapid growth on glucose. The reduced growth rate of the Δgcd mutant was partially compensated by the implantation of heterologous glucose and cellobiose transporters (Glf from Zymomonas mobilis and LacY from Escherichia coli, respectively). Remarkably, this intervention resulted in the accumulation of pyruvate in aerobic P. putida cultures. We demonstrated that the excess of this key metabolic intermediate can be redirected to the enhanced biosynthesis of ethanol and lactate. The pyruvate overproduction phenotype was then unveiled by an upgraded genome-scale metabolic model constrained with proteomic and kinetic data. The model pointed to the saturation of glucose catabolism enzymes due to unregulated substrate uptake and it predicted improved bioproduction of pyruvate-derived chemicals by the engineered strain. This work sheds light on the co-metabolism of cellulosic sugars in an attractive biotechnological host and introduces a novel strategy for pyruvate overproduction in bacterial cultures under aerobic conditions.
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- Dalimil Bujdoš
- Department of Experimental Biology (Section of Microbiology, Microbial Bioengineering Laboratory), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Experimental Biology (Section of Microbiology, Microbial Bioengineering Laboratory), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 220, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Experimental Biology (Section of Microbiology, Microbial Bioengineering Laboratory), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Rodrigues AF, da Silva AF, da Silva FL, dos Santos KM, de Oliveira MP, Nobre MM, Catumba BD, Sales MB, Silva AR, Braz AKS, Cavalcante AL, Alexandre JY, Junior PG, Valério RB, de Castro Bizerra V, do Santos JC. A scientometric analysis of research progress and trends in the design of laccase biocatalysts for the decolorization of synthetic dyes. Process Biochem 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2023.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Zhang J, Luo W, Wang Z, Chen Y, Fu J, Xu J, Lv P. High-Level Production of Recombinant Lipase by Fed-Batch Fermentation in Escherichia coli and Its Application in Biodiesel Synthesis from Waste Cooking Oils. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2023; 195:432-450. [PMID: 36087232 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-022-04146-6] [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] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The enzymatic production of biodiesel from waste cooking oils (WCOs) offers a green and sustainable solution for the liquid fuel manufacture as well as waste resource recovery. In present study, liquid lipase was used to simplify the catalysis process, thereby reducing biodiesel production costs. An engineered Escherichia coli expressing Geobacillus thermocatenulatus lipase 2 (GTL2) was screened at an enzyme activity of 6.96 U/mg, after evaluating the propagating stability of the recombinant plasmids exceeding 86.11%. Through the beneficial feeding strategy and effective pH control, high-level production of GTL2 by fed-batch fermentation was achieved with an enzyme activity of 434.32 U/mg, which was almost 62 times that of shake flask fermentation. In addition, liquid GTL2 was used to prepare fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) using WCOs. The effects of the reaction time, catalyst loading, temperature, and methanol-to-oil molar ratio on FAMEs production using WCOs were explored, and a maximum FAMEs yield of 96.62% was achieved under optimized conditions. These results indicate that liquid GTL2 is a promising biocatalyst for efficient utilization of WCOs in the synthesis of biodiesel and provide a novel enzymatic process for biodiesel reducing the cost of production.
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- Jun Zhang
- College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Marine Biological Products, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Seafood, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Product of Guangdong Higher Education Institution, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China
- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Seafood Deep Processing, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
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Richter Ł, Stevens CA, Silva PJ, Julià LR, Malinverni C, Wei L, Łoś M, Stellacci F. Peptide-Grafted Nontoxic Cyclodextrins and Nanoparticles against Bacteriophage Infections. ACS NANO 2022; 16:18990-19001. [PMID: 36259638 PMCID: PMC9706661 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c07896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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One of the biggest threats for bacteria-based bioreactors in the biotechnology industry is infections caused by bacterial viruses called bacteriophages. More than 70% of companies admitted to encountering this problem. Despite phage infections being such a dangerous and widespread risk, to date, there are no effective methods to avoid them. Here we present a peptide-grafted compounds that irreversibly deactivate bacteriophages and remain safe for bacteria and mammalian cells. The active compounds consist of a core (cyclodextrin or gold nanoparticle) coated with a hydrophobic chain terminated with a peptide selective for bacteriophages. Such peptides were selected via a phage display technique. This approach enables irreversible deactivation of the wide range of T-like phages (including the most dangerous in phage infections, phage T1) at 37 °C in 1 h. We show that our compounds can be used directly inside the environment of the bioreactor, but they are also a safe additive to stocks of antibiotics and expression inducers (such as isopropyl β-d-1-thiogalactopyranoside, i.e., IPTG) that cannot be autoclaved and are a common source of phage infections.
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- Łukasz Richter
- Institute
of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute
of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department
of Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
- Phage
Consultants, 80-254 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Institute
of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute
of Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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NGUYEN K, ILIUTA I, BOUGIE F, PASQUIER LC, ILIUTA MC. Techno-economic assessment of enzymatic CO2 capture in hollow fiber membrane contactors with immobilized carbonic anhydrase. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mohammadi SA, Najafi H, Zolgharnian S, Sharifian S, Asasian-Kolur N. Biological oxidation methods for the removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from wastewater: A comprehensive review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 843:157026. [PMID: 35772531 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Enzyme-based bioremediation is a simple, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly method for isolating and removing a wide range of environmental pollutants. This study is a comprehensive review of recent studies on the oxidation of pollutants by biological oxidation methods, performed individually or in combination with other methods. The main bio-oxidants capable of removing all types of pollutants, such as organic and inorganic molecules, from fungi, bacteria, algae, and plants, and different types of enzymes, as well as the removal mechanisms, were investigated. The use of mediators and modification methods to improve the performance of microorganisms and their resistance under harsh real wastewater conditions was discussed, and numerous case studies were presented and compared. The advantages and disadvantages of conventional and novel immobilization methods, and the development of enzyme engineering to adjust the content and properties of the desired enzymes, were also explained. The optimal operating parameters such as temperature and pH, which usually lead to the best performance, were presented. A detailed overview of the different combination processes was also given, including bio-oxidation in coincident or consecutive combination with adsorption, advanced oxidation processes, and membrane separation. One of the most important issues that this study has addressed is the removal of both organic and inorganic contaminants, taking into account the actual wastewaters and the economic aspect.
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- Seyed Amin Mohammadi
- Fouman Faculty of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Fouman 43581-39115, Iran
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- Fouman Faculty of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Fouman 43581-39115, Iran
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- TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Technical University of Munich, Schulgasse 16, 94315 Straubing, Germany
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- Fouman Faculty of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Fouman 43581-39115, Iran
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- Fouman Faculty of Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Fouman 43581-39115, Iran.
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Wu L, Wei W, Liu X, Wang D, Ni BJ. Potentiality of recovering bioresource from food waste through multi-stage Co-digestion with enzymatic pretreatment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2022; 319:115777. [PMID: 35982572 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115777] [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: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Food waste (FW) is not only a major social, nutritional and environmental issue, but also an underutilized resource with significant energy, which has not been fully explored currently. Considering co-digestion can adjust carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N) of the feedstock and improve the synergetic interactions among microorganisms, anaerobic co-digestion (AnCoD) is then becoming an emerging approach to achieve higher energy recovery from FW while ensuring the stability of the system. To obtain higher economic gain from such biodegradable wastes, increasing attention has been paid on optimizing the system configuration or applying enzymatic hydrolysis before digesting FW. A better understanding on the potentiality of correlating enzymatic pretreatment and AnCoD operated in various system configuration would enhance the bioresource recovery from FW and increase revenue through treating this organic waste. Specifically, the biobased chemicals outputs from FW-related co-digestion system with different configuration were firstly compared in this review. A deep discussion concerning the challenges for achieving bioresources recovery from FW co-digestion systems with enzymatic pretreatment was then given. Recommendations for future studies regarding FW co-digestion were then proposed at last.
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- Lan Wu
- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2007, Australia.
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Chiang CJ, Hu MC, Ta T, Chao YP. Glutamate as a non-conventional substrate for high production of the recombinant protein in Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:991963. [PMID: 36187956 PMCID: PMC9515452 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.991963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The economic viability of the biomass-based biorefinery is readily acknowledged by implementation of a cascade process that produces value-added products such as enzymes prior to biofuels. Proteins from the waste stream of biorefinery processes generally contain glutamate (Glu) in abundance. Accordingly, this study was initiated to explore the potential of Glu for production of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli. The approach was first adopted by expression of D-hydantoinase (HDT) in commercially-available BL21(DE3) strain. Equipped with the mutant gltS (gltS*), the strain grown on Glu produced the maximum HDT as compared to the counterpart on glucose, glycerol, or acetate. The Glu-based production scheme was subsequently reprogrammed based on the L-arabinose-regulated T7 expression system. The strain with gltS* was further engineered by rewiring metabolic pathways. With low ammonium, the resulting strain produced 1.63-fold more HDT. The result indicates that Glu can serve as a carbon and nitrogen source. Overall, our proposed approach may open up a new avenue for the enzyme biorefinery platform based on Glu.
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- Chung-Jen Chiang
- Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
- Department of Food Nutrition and Health Biotechnology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Yun-Peng Chao,
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Rasouli H, Nguyen K, Iliuta MC. Recent advancements in carbonic anhydrase immobilization and its implementation in CO2 capture technologies: A review. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Effect of Fermentation Response on Biosynthesis of Endopolygalacturonase from a Potent Strain of Bacillus by Utilizing Polymeric Substrates of Agricultural Origin. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12080875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Endopolygalacturonase (EndoPGase), EC: 3.2.1.15. is one of the crucial pectinases belonging to the class of carbohydrase. The catalytic action of EndoPGase captivates the attention of the production of this extremely valuable catalyst in the industrial sector. The main focus was to ascertain a potential bacterial candidate for endoPGase production. The isolated bacterial strain was further identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The parameters for enzyme biosynthesis were optimized by a single and multiple factor approach at a time. The results of our investigation led to the identification of a potent strain of Bacillus subtilis NR2 [strain 168]. The sequence of 16S rRNA amplified from the isolated bacterium has been submitted to GenBank under accession number ON738697. The strain was found active for pectic enzyme activity under shaking- flask fermentation at pH 5.0 and 50 °C temperature of incubation. Among all monomeric and polymeric substrates (inducer-substrates), citrus pectin, followed by potato starch and pectin (Sigma) were considered the best enzyme inducers at 1% concentration. In comparison, an increased wheat bran concentration at 5% was proved to be ideal for EndoPGase biosynthesis Moreover, an increasing trend in enzyme activity was observed with the increasing concentration of inducer. The combined effect of three variables (pH, inducer-substrates, and inducer-substrate concentration) was explored by response surface methodology (RSM) involving a Box–Behnken design (BBD). Based on the results, we concluded that the soil-isolated B. subtilis can be effectively utilized for commercial-scale pectinase enzyme biosynthesis.
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Taiwo AE, Tom-James A, Falowo OA, Okoji A, Adeyi O, Olalere AO, Eloka-Eboka A. Techno-economic analysis of Cellulase Production by Trichoderma reesei in Submerged Fermentation Processes using a Process Simulator. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sajce.2022.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022] Open
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Liao YC, Saengsawang B, Chen JW, Zhuo XZ, Li SY. Construction of an Antibiotic-Free Vector and its Application in the Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia Coli for Polyhydroxybutyrate Production. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 10:837944. [PMID: 35721860 PMCID: PMC9204107 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.837944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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An antibiotic- and inducer-free culture condition was proposed for polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production in recombinant Escherichia coli. First, antibiotic-free vectors were constructed by installing the plasmid maintenance system, alp7, hok/sok, and the hok/sok and alp7 combination into the pUC19 vector. The plasmid stability test showed that pVEC02, the pUC19 vector containing the hok/sok system, was the most effective in achieving antibiotic-free cultivation in the E. coli B strain but not in the K strain. Second, the putative phaCAB operon derived from Caldimonas manganoxidans was inserted into pVEC02 to yield pPHB01 for PHB production in E. coli BL21 (DE3). The putative phaCAB operon was first shown function properly for PHB production and thus, inducer-free conditions were achieved. However, the maintenance of pPHB01 in E. coli requires antibiotics supplementation. Finally, an efficient E. coli ρ factor-independent terminator, thrLABC (ECK120033737), was inserted between the phaCAB operon and the hok/sok system to avoid possible transcriptional carry-over. The newly constructed plasmid pPHB01-1 facilitates an antibiotic- and inducer-free culture condition and induces the production of PHB with a concentration of 3.0 on0.2 g/L, yield of 0.26 /L0.07 g/g-glucose, and content of 44 /g3%. The PHB production using E. coli BL21 (DE3)/pPHB01-1 has been shown to last 84 and 96 h in the liquid and solid cultures.
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- Ying-Cheng Liao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
- *Correspondence: Si-Yu Li,
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Dharma Patria R, Rehman S, Vuppaladadiyam AK, Wang H, Lin CSK, Antunes E, Leu SY. Bioconversion of food and lignocellulosic wastes employing sugar platform: A review of enzymatic hydrolysis and kinetics. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 352:127083. [PMID: 35364238 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Bioenergy and biochemicals can be sustainably produced through fermentation and anaerobic digestion (AD). However, this bioconversion processes could be more economical if the hydrolysis rates of substrates in bioreactors can be accelerated. In this review, the feasibilities of including enzymatic hydrolysis (EH) in various bioconversion systems were studied to facilitate the biological synergy. The reaction kinetics of EH in bioconversion systems comparing pretreated lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) and food waste (FW) substrates were reviewed. Possible strategies to improve the hydrolysis efficiency were explored, including co-cultivation during enzyme production and replacement of pure enzyme with on-site produced fungal mash during EH. Key insights into improvement of current AD and fermentation technologies were summarized and further formed into suggestions of future directions in techno-economic feasibility of biorefinery using mixture of the first-generation food crop feedstock with FW; and/or co-digestion of FW with LCB.
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- Raffel Dharma Patria
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Australia
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Research Institute for Future Food, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; Research Institute for Smart Energy, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
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Modelling and Environmental Profile Associated with the Valorization of Wheat Straw as Carbon Source in the Biotechnological Production of Manganese Peroxidase. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14084842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Interest in the development of biorefineries and biotechnological processes based on renewable resources has multiplied in recent years. This driving force is the result of the availability of lignocellulosic biomass and the range of applications that arise from its use and valorization. The approach of second-generation sugars from lignocellulosic biomass opens up the possibility of producing biotechnological products such as enzymes as a feasible alternative in the framework of biorefineries. It is in this context that this manuscript is framed, focusing on the modelling of a large-scale fermentative biotechnological process to produce the enzyme manganese peroxidase (MnP) by the fungus Irpex lacteus using wheat straw as a carbon source. The production scheme is based on the sequence of four stages: pretreatment of wheat straw, seed fermenters, enzyme production and downstream processes. For its environmental assessment, the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, which allows the identification and quantification of environmental impacts associated with the process, was utilized. As the main finding, the stages of the process with the highest environmental burdens are those of pretreatment and fermentation, mainly due to energy requirements. With the aim of proposing improvement scenarios, sensitivity analyses were developed around the identified hotspots. An improvement in the efficiency of steam consumption leads to a reduction of environmental damage of up to 30%.
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Industrially Relevant Enzyme Cascades for Drug Synthesis and Their Ecological Assessment. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073605. [PMID: 35408960 PMCID: PMC8998672 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Environmentally friendly and sustainable processes for the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) gain increasing attention. Biocatalytic synthesis routes with enzyme cascades support many stated green production principles, for example, the reduced need for solvents or the biodegradability of enzymes. Multi-enzyme reactions have even more advantages such as the shift of the equilibrium towards the product side, no intermediate isolation, and the synthesis of complex molecules in one reaction pot. Despite the intriguing benefits, only a few enzyme cascades have been applied in the pharmaceutical industry so far. However, several new enzyme cascades are currently being developed in research that could be of great importance to the pharmaceutical industry. Here, we present multi-enzymatic reactions for API synthesis that are close to an industrial application. Their performances are comparable or exceed their chemical counterparts. A few enzyme cascades that are still in development are also introduced in this review. Economic and ecological considerations are made for some example cascades to assess their environmental friendliness and applicability.
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ClearColi as a platform for untagged pneumococcal surface protein A production: cultivation strategy, bioreactor culture, and purification. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 106:1011-1029. [PMID: 35024919 PMCID: PMC8755982 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-11758-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 12/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Several studies have searched for new antigens to produce pneumococcal vaccines that are more effective and could provide broader coverage, given the great number of serotypes causing pneumococcal diseases. One of the promising subunit vaccine candidates is untagged recombinant pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA4Pro), obtainable in high quantities using recombinant Escherichia coli as a microbial factory. However, lipopolysaccharides (LPS) present in E. coli cell extracts must be removed, in order to obtain the target protein at the required purity, which makes the downstream process more complex and expensive. Endotoxin-free E. coli strains, which synthesize a nontoxic mutant LPS, may offer a cost-effective alternative way to produce recombinant proteins for application as therapeutics. This paper presents an investigation of PspA4Pro production employing the endotoxin-free recombinant strain ClearColi® BL21(DE3) with different media (defined, auto-induction, and other complex media), temperatures (27, 32, and 37 °C), and inducers. In comparison to conventional E. coli cells in a defined medium, ClearColi presented similar PspA4Pro yields, with lower productivities. Complex medium formulations supplemented with salts favored PspA4Pro yields, titers, and ClearColi growth rates. Induction with isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactopyranoside (0.5 mM) and lactose (2.5 g/L) together in a defined medium at 32 °C, which appeared to be a promising cultivation strategy, was reproduced in 5 L bioreactor culture, leading to a yield of 146.0 mg PspA4Pro/g dry cell weight. After purification, the cell extract generated from ClearColi led to 98% purity PspA4Pro, which maintained secondary structure and biological function. ClearColi is a potential host for industrial recombinant protein production. Key points • ClearColi can produce as much PspA4Pro as conventional E. coli BL21(DE3) cells. • 10.5 g PspA4Pro produced in ClearColi bioreactor culture using a defined medium. • Functional PspA4Pro (98% of purity) was obtained in ClearColi bioreactor culture.Graphical abstract ![]() Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00253-022-11758-9.
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Chmelová D, Legerská B, Kunstová J, Ondrejovič M, Miertuš S. The production of laccases by white-rot fungi under solid-state fermentation conditions. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2022; 38:21. [PMID: 34989891 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-021-03207-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Laccases (E.C. 1.10.3.2) produced by white-rot fungi (WRF) can be widely used, but the high cost prevents their use in large-scale industrial processes. Finding a solution to the problem could involve laccase production by solid-state fermentation (SSF) simulating the natural growth conditions for WRF. SSF offers several advantages over conventional submerged fermentation (SmF), such as higher efficiency and productivity of the process and pollution reduction. The aim of this review is therefore to provide an overview of the current state of knowledge about the laccase production by WRF under SSF conditions. The focus is on variations in the up-stream process, fermentation and down-stream process and their impact on laccase activity. The variations of up-stream processing involve inoculum preparation, inoculation of the medium and formulation of the propagation and production media. According to the studies, the production process can be shortened to 5-7 days by the selection of a suitable combination of lignocellulosic material and laccase producer without the need for any additional components of the culture medium. Efficient laccase production was achieved by valorisation of wastes as agro-food, municipal wastes or waste generated from wood processing industries. This leads to a reduction of costs and an increase in competitiveness compared to other commonly used methods and/or procedures. There will be significant challenges and opportunities in the future, where SSF could become more efficient and bring the enzyme production to a higher level, especially in new biorefineries, bioreactors and biomolecular/genetic engineering.
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- Daniela Chmelová
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01, Trnava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01, Trnava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01, Trnava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01, Trnava, Slovak Republic.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius, J. Herdu 2, 917 01, Trnava, Slovak Republic
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Yupanqui-Mendoza SL, Vaz de Arruda P, Castelo da Silva GM. Statistical sequential optimization of process parameters for inulinase production by Kluyveromyces marxianus ATCC 36907 in solid-state fermentation using beer residue. BIOCATALYSIS AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2021.102252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Anisha GS. Microbial α-galactosidases: Efficient biocatalysts for bioprocess technology. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 344:126293. [PMID: 34752888 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Galactomannans, abundantly present in plant biomass, can be used as renewable fermentation feedstock for biorefineries working for the production of bioethanol and other value-added products. The complete and efficient bioconversion of biomass to fermentable sugars for the generation of biofuels and other value-added products require the concerted action of accessory enzymes like α-galactosidases, which can work in cohesion with other carbohydrases in an enzyme cocktail. In the paper industry, α-galactosidases enhance the bleaching effect of endo-β-1,4-mannanases on softwood kraft pulp. Microbial α-galactosidases also find applications in the treatment of legume foods, recovery of sucrose from sugar beet syrup, improving the rheological properties of galactomannans, and synthesis of α-galactooligosaccharides to be used as functional food ingredients. Owing to their industrial applications, there is a surge in the research focused on α-galactosidases. The current review illustrates the diverse industrial applications of microbial α-galactosidases and their challenges and prospects.
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- Grace Sathyanesan Anisha
- Post-Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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Culaba AB, Mayol AP, San Juan JLG, Vinoya CL, Concepcion RS, Bandala AA, Vicerra RRP, Ubando AT, Chen WH, Chang JS. Smart sustainable biorefineries for lignocellulosic biomass. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 344:126215. [PMID: 34728355 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) is considered as a sustainable feedstock for a biorefinery to generate biofuels and other bio-chemicals. However, commercialization is one of the challenges that limits cost-effective operation of conventional LCB biorefinery. This article highlights some studies on the sustainability of LCB in terms of cost-competitiveness and environmental impact reduction. In addition, the development of computational intelligence methods such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a tool to aid the improvement of LCB biorefinery in terms of optimization, prediction, classification, and decision support systems. Lastly, this review examines the possible research gaps on the production and valorization in a smart sustainable biorefinery towards circular economy.
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- Alvin B Culaba
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; Center for Engineering Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines.
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- Center for Engineering Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines
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- Center for Engineering Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; School of Sciences and Engineering, University of Asia and the Pacific, Pearl Dr, Ortigas Center, Pasig, 1605 Metro Manila, Philippines
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- Center for Engineering Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines
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- Center for Engineering Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines
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- Center for Engineering Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Management, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; Center for Engineering Sustainable Development Research, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines; Thermomechanical Analysis Laboratory, De La Salle University, Laguna Campus, LTI Spine Road, Laguna Blvd, Biñan, Laguna 4024, Philippines
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
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Balakrishnan A, Kanchinadham SBK, Kalyanaraman C. Studies on the Effect of Bacterial Tannase Supplementation to Biodegradation of Tannins in Tannery Wastewater. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Abirami Balakrishnan
- Environmental Engineering Department, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) − Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Adyar, Chennai 600 020, India
- Anna University, Chennai − 600 020, India
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- Environmental Engineering Department, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) − Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Adyar, Chennai 600 020, India
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- Environmental Engineering Department, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) − Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Adyar, Chennai 600 020, India
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Al-Maqdi KA, Elmerhi N, Athamneh K, Bilal M, Alzamly A, Ashraf SS, Shah I. Challenges and Recent Advances in Enzyme-Mediated Wastewater Remediation-A Review. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 11:3124. [PMID: 34835887 PMCID: PMC8625148 DOI: 10.3390/nano11113124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Different classes of artificial pollutants, collectively called emerging pollutants, are detected in various water bodies, including lakes, rivers, and seas. Multiple studies have shown the devastating effects these emerging pollutants can have on human and aquatic life. The main reason for these emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment is their incomplete removal in the existing wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Several additional treatments that could potentially supplement existing WWTPs to eliminate these pollutants include a range of physicochemical and biological methods. The use of enzymes, specifically, oxidoreductases, are increasingly being studied for their ability to degrade different classes of organic compounds. These enzymes have been immobilized on different supports to promote their adoption as a cost-effective and recyclable remediation approach. Unfortunately, some of these techniques have shown a negative effect on the enzyme, including denaturation and loss of catalytic activity. This review focuses on the major challenges facing researchers working on the immobilization of peroxidases and the recent progress that has been made in this area. It focuses on four major areas: (1) stability of enzymes upon immobilization, enzyme engineering, and evolution; (2) recyclability and reusability, including immobilization on membranes and solid supports; (3) cost associated with enzyme-based remediation; and (4) scaling-up and bioreactors.
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- Khadega A. Al-Maqdi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates; (K.A.A.-M.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates; (N.E.); (K.A.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates; (N.E.); (K.A.)
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- Huaiyin Institute of Technology, School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaian 223003, China;
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates; (K.A.A.-M.); (A.A.)
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- Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates; (N.E.); (K.A.)
- Center for Biotechnology (BTC), Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi P.O. Box 127788, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain P.O. Box 15551, United Arab Emirates; (K.A.A.-M.); (A.A.)
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Richter Ł, Paszkowska K, Cendrowska U, Olgiati F, Silva PJ, Gasbarri M, Guven ZP, Paczesny J, Stellacci F. Broad-spectrum nanoparticles against bacteriophage infections. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:18684-18694. [PMID: 34738613 PMCID: PMC8601202 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr04936d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Viral infections caused by bacteriophages, i.e., viruses that kill bacteria are one of the most dangerous and common threats for bacteria-based bioreactors. More than 70% of biotechnology companies have admitted to encountering this problem. Despite phage infections being such a dangerous and widespread risk, there are no effective methods to avoid them to date. Herein, we present a novel technology based on nanoparticles that irreversibly deactivates bacteriophages and is safe for bacteria. Our method allows for the unsupervised protection of bacterial processes in the biotechnology industry. Gold nanoparticles coated with a mixture of negatively charged 11-mercapto 1-undecanesulfonic acid (MUS) and hydrophobic 1-octanethiol (OT) ligands are effective at deactivating various types of Escherichia coli-selective phages: T1, T4, and T7. The nanoparticles can lower the titer of phages up to 2 and 5 logs in 6 and 24 h at 50 °C, respectively. A comparative analysis of nanoparticles with different ligand shells illustrates the importance of the combination of negatively charged and hydrophobic ligands that is the key to achieving a good inhibitory concentration (EC50 ≤ 1 μg mL-1) for all tested phages. We show that the nanoparticles are harmless for the commonly used bacteria in industry Escherichia coli and are effective under conditions simulating the environment of bioreactors.
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- Łukasz Richter
- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ahmed T, Rana MR, Zzaman W, Ara R, Aziz MG. Optimization of substrate composition for pectinase production from Satkara ( Citrus macroptera) peel using Aspergillus niger-ATCC 1640 in solid-state fermentation. Heliyon 2021; 7:e08133. [PMID: 34693058 PMCID: PMC8517159 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2021] [Revised: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Pectinase is an enzyme having a broad industrial and commercial application. However, higher production costs may be the major constraint for the wide-scale application of pectinase. Therefore, researchers are trying to reduce the pectinase production cost for subsequent application in the industrial processes by using a unique substrate and optimizing the fermentation medium components and process conditions. The main purpose of the current study was to optimize medium composition for pectinase production using Aspergillus niger-ATCC 1640 in the solid-state fermentation. The Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was performed to evaluate the effects of variables, specifically the concentrations of Satkara peel, urea, (NH4)2PO4, NH4NO3, KH2PO4, ZnSO4, and MgSO4.7H2O on pectinase production in the solid substrate. Firstly, a two-factorial design, Plackett-Burman design (PBD) was applied to screen the variables that significantly influenced the pectinase production. After finding the critical variables, 15 experimental runs were carried out using a Box-Behnken design (BBD) to derive a statistical model for optimizing the concentrations of the selected variables. The PBD model revealed that Satkara peel, urea, and (NH4)2SO4 significantly affected the pectinase production. RSM results indicated that the predicted response for pectinase production was in good agreement with experimental data (R2 = 0.9836). Under the optimized condition of Satkara peel (8.4 g/L), urea (0.5 g/L), and (NH4)2SO4 (2.7 g/L), the pectinase activity was predicted to be 0.6178 μmol/mL. In the present study, the experimental pectinase production achieved 0.6045 μmol/mL. The study revealed that optimization through RSM could improve the pectinase production from Satkara peel.
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- Tanvir Ahmed
- Department of Food Engineering and Tea Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Food Engineering and Tea Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Food Engineering and Tea Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Food Engineering and Tea Technology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Food Technology and Rural Industries, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh
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Bhardwaj N, Kumar B, Agrawal K, Verma P. Current perspective on production and applications of microbial cellulases: a review. BIORESOUR BIOPROCESS 2021; 8:95. [PMID: 38650192 PMCID: PMC10992179 DOI: 10.1186/s40643-021-00447-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The potential of cellulolytic enzymes has been widely studied and explored for bioconversion processes and plays a key role in various industrial applications. Cellulase, a key enzyme for cellulose-rich waste feedstock-based biorefinery, has increasing demand in various industries, e.g., paper and pulp, juice clarification, etc. Also, there has been constant progress in developing new strategies to enhance its production, such as the application of waste feedstock as the substrate for the production of individual or enzyme cocktails, process parameters control, and genetic manipulations for enzyme production with enhanced yield, efficiency, and specificity. Further, an insight into immobilization techniques has also been presented for improved reusability of cellulase, a critical factor that controls the cost of the enzyme at an industrial scale. In addition, the review also gives an insight into the status of the significant application of cellulase in the industrial sector, with its techno-economic analysis for future applications. The present review gives a complete overview of current perspectives on the production of microbial cellulases as a promising tool to develop a sustainable and greener concept for industrial applications.
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- Nisha Bhardwaj
- Bioprocess and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Central University of Rajasthan, NH-8, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 305817, India
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, Nathalal Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400019, India
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- Bioprocess and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Central University of Rajasthan, NH-8, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 305817, India
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- Bioprocess and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Central University of Rajasthan, NH-8, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 305817, India
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- Bioprocess and Bioenergy Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Central University of Rajasthan, NH-8, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh, Ajmer, Rajasthan, 305817, India.
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Correa T, Presciliano R, Abreu F. Why Does Not Nanotechnology Go Green? Bioprocess Simulation and Economics for Bacterial-Origin Magnetite Nanoparticles. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:718232. [PMID: 34489907 PMCID: PMC8418543 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.718232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Nanotechnological developments, including fabrication and use of magnetic nanomaterials, are growing at a fast pace. Magnetic nanoparticles are exciting tools for use in healthcare, biological sensors, and environmental remediation. Due to better control over final-product characteristics and cleaner production, biogenic nanomagnets are preferable over synthetic ones for technological use. In this sense, the technical requirements and economic factors for setting up industrial production of magnetotactic bacteria (MTB)-derived nanomagnets were studied in the present work. Magnetite fabrication costs in a single-stage fed-batch and a semicontinuous process were US$ 10,372 and US$ 11,169 per kilogram, respectively. Depending on the variations of the production process, the minimum selling price for biogenic nanomagnets ranged between US$ 21 and US$ 120 per gram. Because these prices are consistently below commercial values for synthetic nanoparticles, we suggest that microbial production is competitive and constitutes an attractive alternative for a greener manufacturing of magnetic nanoparticles nanotools with versatile applicability.
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- Tarcisio Correa
- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Magnetotaxia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Magnetotaxia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Magnetotaxia, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Zhang J, Chen H, Wang Z, Xu H, Luo W, Xu J, Lv P. Heat-induced overexpression of the thermophilic lipase from Bacillus thermocatenulatus in Escherichia coli by fermentation and its application in preparation biodiesel using rapeseed oil. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2021; 69:1812-1820. [PMID: 34486738 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Due to its simple, less by-product and environment friendly properties, enzymatic transesterification of oil with short-chain alcohol to biodiesel, fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) is considered to be a promising way of green production and has attracted much attention. In this study, FAMEs were synthesized by an enzymatic method with recombinant lipase as catalysts. A thermophilic Bacillus thermocatenulatus lipase 2 (BTL2) was overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) through relative and quantitative analysis using real-time quantitative PCR. The results suggested that the BTL2 gene was overexpressed in E. coli at the mRNA level, and the recombinant strain harboring a high-copy number vectors was selected and applied to fermentation to produce BTL2 with enzyme activity of 35.54 U/mg cells. The recombinant BTL2 solution exhibited excellent resistance to neutral pH, high temperature, and organic solvents after a certain treatment. Finally, the effects of enzymatic transesterification for preparing biodiesel were studied, using rapeseed oil as raw material, as well as BTL2 solution as catalysts, which resulted in 86.04% yield of FAMEs under 50°C for 36 h. The liquid BTL2 was directly used to prepare FAMEs at a higher temperature efficiently, making the thermophilic BTL2 had the potential application value in biodiesel reproduction subsequently.
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- Jun Zhang
- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, China.,College of Food Science and Technology, Guangdong Ocean University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Aquatic Product Processing and Safety, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Marine Biological Products, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Seafood, Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing of Aquatic Product of Guangdong Higher Education Institution, Zhanjiang, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, China.,School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Renewable Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy Research and Development, Guangzhou, China
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Schmuck B, Chen G, Pelcman J, Kronqvist N, Rising A, Johansson J. Expression of the human molecular chaperone domain Bri2 BRICHOS on a gram per liter scale with an E. coli fed-batch culture. Microb Cell Fact 2021; 20:150. [PMID: 34330289 PMCID: PMC8325310 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-021-01638-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background The human Bri2 BRICHOS domain inhibits amyloid formation and toxicity and could be used as a therapeutic agent against amyloid diseases. For translation into clinical use, large quantities of correctly folded recombinant human (rh) Bri2 BRICHOS are required. To increase the expression and solubility levels of rh Bri2 BRICHOS it was fused to NT*, a solubility tag derived from the N-terminal domain of a spider silk protein, which significantly increases expression levels and solubility of target proteins. To increase the expression levels even further and reach the g/L range, which is a prerequisite for an economical production on an industrial scale, we developed a fed-batch expression protocol for Escherichia coli. Results A fed-batch production method for NT*-Bri2 BRICHOS was set up and systematically optimized. This gradual improvement resulted in expression levels of up to 18.8 g/L. Following expression, NT*-Bri2 BRICHOS was purified by chromatographic methods to a final yield of up to 6.5 g/L. After removal of the NT*-tag and separation into different oligomeric species, activity assays verified that different assembly states of the fed-batch produced rh Bri2 BRICHOS have the same ability to inhibit fibrillar and non-fibrillar protein aggregation as the reference protein isolated from shake flask cultures. Conclusions The protocol developed in this work allows the production of large quantities of rh Bri2 BRICHOS using the solubility enhancing NT*-tag as a fusion partner, which is required to effectively conduct pre-clinical research. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12934-021-01638-8.
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- Benjamin Schmuck
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden. .,Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden.,Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Neo, 141 86, Huddinge, Sweden
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Siebert D, Altenbuchner J, Blombach B. A Timed Off-Switch for Dynamic Control of Gene Expression in Corynebacterium Glutamicum. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:704681. [PMID: 34395409 PMCID: PMC8358305 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.704681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dynamic control of gene expression mainly relies on inducible systems, which require supplementation of (costly) inducer molecules. In contrast, synthetic regulatory circuits, which allow the timed shutdown of gene expression, are rarely available and therefore represent highly attractive tools for metabolic engineering. To achieve this, we utilized the VanR/P vanABK * regulatory system of Corynebacterium glutamicum, which consists of the transcriptional repressor VanR and a modified promoter of the vanABK operon (P vanABK *). VanR activity is modulated by one of the phenolic compounds ferulic acid, vanillin or vanillic acid, which are co-metabolized with d-glucose. Thus, gene expression in the presence of d-glucose is turned off if one of the effector molecules is depleted from the medium. To dynamically control the expression of the aceE gene, encoding the E1 subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex that is essential for growth on d-glucose, we replaced the native promoter by vanR/P vanABK * yielding C. glutamicum ΔP aceE ::vanR-P vanABK *. The biomass yield of this strain increased linearly with the supplemented amount of effector. After consumption of the phenolic compounds growth ceased, however, C. glutamicumΔP aceE ::vanR-P vanABK * continued to utilize the residual d-glucose to produce significant amounts of pyruvate, l-alanine, and l-valine. Interestingly, equimolar concentrations of the three phenolic compounds resulted in different biomass yields; and with increasing effector concentration, the product spectrum shifted from pyruvate over l-alanine to l-valine. To further test the suitability of the VanR/P vanABK * system, we overexpressed the l-valine biosynthesis genes ilvBNCE in C. glutamicum ΔP aceE ::vanR-P vanABK *, which resulted in efficient l-valine production with a yield of about 0.36 mol l-valine per mol d-glucose. These results demonstrate that the VanR/P vanABK * system is a valuable tool to control gene expression in C. glutamicum in a timed manner by the cheap and abundant phenolic compounds ferulic acid, vanillin, and vanillic acid.
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- Daniel Siebert
- Microbial Biotechnology, Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Technical University of Munich, Straubing, Germany
- SynBiofoundry@TUM, Technical University of Munich, Straubing, Germany
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- Institute of Industrial Genetics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Microbial Biotechnology, Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Technical University of Munich, Straubing, Germany
- SynBiofoundry@TUM, Technical University of Munich, Straubing, Germany
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Potential Role of Sequential Solid-State and Submerged-Liquid Fermentations in a Circular Bioeconomy. FERMENTATION 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation7020076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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An efficient processing of organic solid residues will be pivotal in the development of the circular bioeconomy. Due to their composition, such residues comprise a great biochemical conversion potential through fermentations. Generally, the carbohydrates and proteins present in the organic wastes cannot be directly metabolized by microorganisms. Thus, before fermentation, enzymes are used in a hydrolysis step to release digestible sugars and nitrogen. Although enzymes can be efficiently produced from organic solid residues in solid-state fermentations (SsF), challenges in the development and scale-up of SsF technologies, especially bioreactors, have hindered a wider application of such systems. Therefore, most of the commercial enzymes are produced in submerged-liquid fermentations (SmF) from expensive simple sugars. Instead of independently evaluating SsF and SmF, the review covers the option of combining them in a sequential process in which, enzymes are firstly produced in SsF and then used for hydrolysis, yielding a suitable medium for SmF. The article reviews experimental work that has demonstrated the feasibility of the process and underlines the benefits that such combination has. Finally, a discussion is included which highlights that, unlike typically perceived, SsF should not be considered a counterpart of SmF but, in contrast, the main advantages of each type of fermentation are accentuated in a synergistic sequential SsF-SmF.
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