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Kataoka N. Ketogluconate production by Gluconobacter strains: enzymes and biotechnological applications. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2024; 88:499-508. [PMID: 38323387 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbae013] [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: 12/26/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Gluconobacter strains perform incomplete oxidation of various sugars and alcohols, employing regio- and stereoselective membrane-bound dehydrogenases oriented toward the periplasmic space. This oxidative fermentation process is utilized industrially. The ketogluconate production pathway, characteristic of these strains, begins with the conversion of d-glucose to d-gluconate, which then diverges and splits into 2 pathways producing 5-keto-d-gluconate and 2-keto-d-gluconate and subsequently 2,5-diketo-d-gluconate. These transformations are facilitated by membrane-bound d-glucose dehydrogenase, glycerol dehydrogenase, d-gluconate dehydrogenase, and 2-keto-d-gluconate dehydrogenase. The variance in end products across Gluconobacter strains stems from the diversity of enzymes and their activities. This review synthesizes biochemical and genetic knowledge with biotechnological applications, highlighting recent advances in metabolic engineering and the development of an efficient production process focusing on enzymes relevant to the ketogluconate production pathway in Gluconobacter strains.
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- Naoya Kataoka
- Organization for Research Initiatives, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Nguyen TM, Naoki K, Kataoka N, Matsutani M, Ano Y, Adachi O, Matsushita K, Yakushi T. Characterization of a cryptic, pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent dehydrogenase of Gluconobacter sp. strain CHM43. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2021; 85:998-1004. [PMID: 33686415 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbab005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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We characterized the pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent dehydrogenase 9 (PQQ-DH9) of Gluconobacter sp. strain CHM43, which is a homolog of PQQ-dependent glycerol dehydrogenase (GLDH). We used a plasmid construct to express PQQ-DH9. The expression host was a derivative strain of CHM43, which lacked the genes for GLDH and the membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase and consequently had minimal ability to oxidize primary and secondary alcohols. The membranes of the transformant exhibited considerable d-arabitol dehydrogenase activity, whereas the reference strain did not, even if it had PQQ-DH9-encoding genes in the chromosome and harbored the empty vector. This suggests that PQQ-DH9 is not expressed in the genome. The activities of the membranes containing PQQ-DH9 and GLDH suggested that similar to GLDH, PQQ-DH9 oxidized a wide variety of secondary alcohols but had higher Michaelis constants than GLDH with regard to linear substrates such as glycerol. Cyclic substrates such as cis-1,2-cyclohexanediol were readily oxidized by PQQ-DH9.
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- Thuy Minh Nguyen
- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.,Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.,Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.,Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.,Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Xu Y, Chi P, Lv J, Bilal M, Cheng H. L-Xylo-3-hexulose, a new rare sugar produced by the action of acetic acid bacteria on galactitol, an exception to Bertrand Hudson's rule. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1865:129740. [PMID: 32956752 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND In acetic acid bacteria such as Gluconobacter oxydans or Gluconobacter cerinus, pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) in the periplasm serves as the redox cofactor for several membrane-bound dehydrogenases that oxidize polyhydric alcohols to rare sugars, which can be used as a healthy alternative for traditional sugars and sweeteners. These oxidation reactions obey the generally accepted Bertrand Hudson's rule, in which only the polyhydric alcohols that possess cis d-erythro hydroxyl groups can be oxidized to 2-ketoses using PQQ as a cofactor, while the polyhydric alcohols excluding cis d-erythro hydroxyl groups ruled out oxidation by PQQ-dependent membrane-bound dehydrogenases. METHODS Membrane fractions of G. oxydans were prepared and used as a cell-free catalyst to oxidize galactitol, with or without PQQ as a cofactor. RESULTS In this study, we reported an interesting oxidation reaction that the polyhydric alcohols galactitol (dulcitol), which do not possess cis d-erythro hydroxyl groups, can be oxidized by PQQ-dependent membrane-bound dehydrogenase(s) of acetic acid bacteria at the C-3 and C-5 hydroxyl groups to produce rare sugars l-xylo-3-hexulose and d-tagatose. CONCLUSIONS This reaction may represent an exception to Bertrand Hudson's rule. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Bertrand Hudson's rule is a well-known theory in polyhydric alcohols oxidation by PQQ-dependent membrane-bound dehydrogenase in acetic acid bacteria. In this study, galactitol oxidation by a PQQ-dependent membrane-bound dehydrogenase represents an exception to the Bertrand Hudson's rule. Further identification of the associated enzymes and deciphering the explicit enzymatic mechanism will prove this theory.
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- Yirong Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
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L-Erythrulose production with a multideletion strain of Gluconobacter oxydans. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 103:4393-4404. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-09824-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Takeda K, Umezawa K, Várnai A, Eijsink VG, Igarashi K, Yoshida M, Nakamura N. Fungal PQQ-dependent dehydrogenases and their potential in biocatalysis. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 49:113-121. [PMID: 30580186 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In 2014, the first fungal pyrroloquinoline-quinone (PQQ)-dependent enzyme was discovered as a pyranose dehydrogenase from the basidiomycete Coprinopsis cinerea (CcPDH). This discovery laid the foundation for a new Auxiliary Activities (AA) family, AA12, in the Carbohydrate-Active enZymes (CAZy) database and revealed a novel enzymatic activity potentially involved in biomass conversion. This review summarizes recent progress made in research on this fungal oxidoreductase and related enzymes. CcPDH consists of the catalytic PQQ-binding AA12 domain, an N-terminal cytochrome b AA8 domain, and a C-terminal family 1 carbohydrate-binding module (CBM1). CcPDH oxidizes 2-keto-d-glucose (d-glucosone), l-fucose, and rare sugars such as d-arabinose and l-galactose, and can activate lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs). Bioinformatic studies suggest a widespread occurrence of quinoproteins in eukaryotes as well as prokaryotes.
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- Kouta Takeda
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Current challenges facing one-step production of l-ascorbic acid. Biotechnol Adv 2018; 36:1882-1899. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zhu J, Xie J, Wei L, Lin J, Zhao L, Wei D. Identification of the enzymes responsible for 3-hydroxypropionic acid formation and their use in improving 3-hydroxypropionic acid production in Gluconobacter oxydans DSM 2003. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 265:328-333. [PMID: 29913287 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Gluconobacter oxydans can be efficiently used to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) from 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO). However, the enzymes involved remain unclear. In this study, transcription analysis of two mutants of strain DSM 2003, obtained by UV-mutagenesis, revealed that membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase (mADH) and membrane-bound aldehyde dehydrogenase (mALDH) might be the main enzymes involved. Through deletion and complementation of the genes adhA and aldh, mADH and mALDH were verified as the main enzymes responsible for 3-HP production. Then mALDH was verified as the rate-limiting enzyme in 3-HP production. Since that overexpression of mADH had no effect on 3-HP production, whereas overexpression of mALDH increased 23.6% 3-HP production. Finally, the 3-HP titer of 45.8 g/L and the highest productivity 1.86 g/L/h were achieved when the two mutants DSM 2003/adhAB and DSM 2003/aldh were mixed at a ratio of 1:2 (cell density) and used as whole cell catalysts for 3-HP production.
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- Jiawei Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, People's Republic of China.
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Kumar S, Stecher G, Li M, Knyaz C, Tamura K. MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms. Mol Biol Evol 2018; 35:1547-1549. [PMID: 29722887 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-30745-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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The Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (Mega) software implements many analytical methods and tools for phylogenomics and phylomedicine. Here, we report a transformation of Mega to enable cross-platform use on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Mega X does not require virtualization or emulation software and provides a uniform user experience across platforms. Mega X has additionally been upgraded to use multiple computing cores for many molecular evolutionary analyses. Mega X is available in two interfaces (graphical and command line) and can be downloaded from www.megasoftware.net free of charge.
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- Sudhir Kumar
- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Center for Excellence in Genome Medicine and Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Institute for Genomics and Evolutionary Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Research Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Japan
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Aldopentoses as new substrates for the membrane-bound, pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent glycerol (polyol) dehydrogenase of Gluconobacter sp. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:3159-3171. [PMID: 29468297 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8848-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Membrane-bound, pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent glycerol dehydrogenase (GLDH, or polyol dehydrogenase) of Gluconobacter sp. oxidizes various secondary alcohols to produce the corresponding ketones, such as oxidation of D-sorbitol to L-sorbose in vitamin C production. Substrate specificity of GLDH is considered limited to secondary alcohols in the D-erythro configuration at the next to the last carbon. Here, we suggest that L-ribose, D- and L-lyxoses, and L-tagatose are also substrates of GLDH, but these sugars do not meet the substrate specificity rule of GLDH. The oxygen consumption activity of wild-type Gluconobacter frateurii cell membranes depends on several kinds of sugars as compared with that of the membranes of a GLDH-negative variant. Biotransformation of those sugars with the membranes was examined to determine the reaction products. A time course measuring the pH in the reaction mixture and the increase or decrease in substrates and products on TLC suggested that oxidation products of L-lyxose and L-tagatose were ketones with unknown structures, but those of L-ribose and D-lyxose were acids. The oxidation product of L-ribose was purified and revealed to be L-ribonate by HRMS and NMR analysis. Biotransformation of L-ribose with the membranes and also with the whole cells produced L-ribonate in nearly stoichiometric amounts, indicating that the specific oxidation site in L-ribose is recognized by GLDH. Since purified GLDH produced L-ribonate without any intermediate-like compounds, we propose here a reaction model where the first carbon in the pyranose form of L-ribose is oxidized by GLDH to L-ribonolactone, which is further hydrolyzed spontaneously to produce L-ribonate.
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Regulation of a Glycerol-Induced Quinoprotein Alcohol Dehydrogenase by σ 54 and a LuxR-Type Regulator in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00035-17. [PMID: 28439037 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00035-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 uses glycerol as a carbon source for growth and nitrogen fixation. When grown in medium containing glycerol as a source of carbon, it upregulates the expression of a protein which was identified as quinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenase (ExaA). Inactivation of exaA adversely affects the growth of A. brasilense on glycerol. A determination of the transcription start site of exaA revealed an RpoN-dependent -12/-24 promoter consensus. The expression of an exaA::lacZ fusion was induced maximally by glycerol and was dependent on σ54 Bioinformatic analysis of the sequence flanking the -12/-24 promoter revealed a 17-bp sequence motif with a dyad symmetry of 6 nucleotides upstream of the promoter, the disruption of which caused a drastic reduction in promoter activity. The electrophoretic mobility of a DNA fragment containing the 17-bp sequence motif was retarded by purified EraR, a LuxR-type transcription regulator that is transcribed divergently from exaA EraR also showed a positive interaction with RpoN in two-hybrid and pulldown assays.IMPORTANCE Quinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenase (ExaA) plays an important role in the catabolism of alcohols in bacteria. Although exaA expression is thought to be regulated by a two-component system consisting of EraS and EraR, the mechanism of regulation was not known. This study shows the details of the regulation of expression of the exaA gene in A. brasilense We have shown here that exaA of A. brasilense is maximally induced by glycerol and harbors a σ54-dependent promoter. The response regulator EraR binds to an inverted repeat located upstream of the exaA promoter. This study shows that a LuxR-type response regulator (EraR) binds upstream of the exaA gene and physically interacts with σ54 The unique feature of this regulation is that EraR is a LuxR-type transcription regulator that lacks the GAFTGA motif, a characteristic feature of the enhancer binding proteins that are known to interact with σ54 in other bacteria.
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Stasiak-Różańska L, Błażejak S, Gientka I, Bzducha-Wróbel A, Lipińska E. Utilization of a waste glycerol fraction using and reusing immobilized Gluconobacter oxydans ATCC 621 cell extract. ELECTRON J BIOTECHN 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejbt.2017.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Ano Y, Hours RA, Akakabe Y, Kataoka N, Yakushi T, Matsushita K, Adachi O. Membrane-bound glycerol dehydrogenase catalyzes oxidation of D-pentonates to 4-keto-D-pentonates, D-fructose to 5-keto-D-fructose, and D-psicose to 5-keto-D-psicose. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2016; 81:411-418. [PMID: 27849146 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2016.1254535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A novel oxidation of D-pentonates to 4-keto-D-pentonates was analyzed with Gluconobacter thailandicus NBRC 3258. D-Pentonate 4-dehydrogenase activity in the membrane fraction was readily inactivated by EDTA and it was reactivated by the addition of PQQ and Ca2+. D-Pentonate 4-dehydrogenase was purified to two different subunits, 80 and 14 kDa. The absorption spectrum of the purified enzyme showed no typical absorbance over the visible regions. The enzyme oxidized D-pentonates to 4-keto-D-pentonates at the optimum pH of 4.0. In addition, the enzyme oxidized D-fructose to 5-keto-D-fructose, D-psicose to 5-keto-D-psicose, including the other polyols such as, glycerol, D-ribitol, D-arabitol, and D-sorbitol. Thus, D-pentonate 4-dehydrogenase was found to be identical with glycerol dehydrogenase (GLDH), a major polyol dehydrogenase in Gluconobacter species. The reaction versatility of quinoprotein GLDH was notified in this study.
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- Yoshitaka Ano
- a Department of Bioscience , Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University , Matsuyama , Japan
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- b CINDEFI , School of Science, La Plata National University , La Plata , Argentina
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- c Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biological Chemistry , Yamaguchi University , Yamaguchi , Japan
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- c Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biological Chemistry , Yamaguchi University , Yamaguchi , Japan
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- c Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biological Chemistry , Yamaguchi University , Yamaguchi , Japan
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- c Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biological Chemistry , Yamaguchi University , Yamaguchi , Japan
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- c Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biological Chemistry , Yamaguchi University , Yamaguchi , Japan
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Qi XH, Zhu JF, Yun JH, Lin J, Qi YL, Guo Q, Xu H. Enhanced xylitol production: Expression of xylitol dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter oxydans and mixed culture of resting cell. J Biosci Bioeng 2016; 122:257-62. [PMID: 26975753 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2016.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Xylitol has numerous applications in food and pharmaceutical industry, and it can be biosynthesized by microorganisms. In the present study, xdh gene, encoding xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH), was cloned from the genome of Gluconobacter oxydans CGMCC 1.49 and overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21. Sequence analysis revealed that XDH has a TGXXGXXG NAD(H)-binding motif and a YXXXK active site motif, and belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase family. And then, the enzymatic properties and kinetic parameter of purified recombinant XDH were investigated. Subsequently, transformations of xylitol from d-xylulose and d-arabitol, respectively, were studied through mixed culture of resting cells of G. oxydans wild-type strain and recombinant strain BL21-xdh. We obtained 28.80 g/L xylitol by mixed culture from 30 g/L d-xylulose in 28 h. The production was increased by more than three times as compared with that of wild-type strain. Furthermore, 25.10 g/L xylitol was produced by the mixed culture from 30 g/L d-arabitol in 30 h with a yield of 0.837 g/g, and the max volumetric productivity of 0.990 g/L h was obtained at 22 h. These contrast to the fact that wild-type strain G. oxydans only produced 8.10 g/L xylitol in 30 h with a yield of 0.270 g/g. To our knowledge, these values are the highest among the reported yields and productivity efficiencies of xylitol from d-arabitol with engineering strains.
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- Xiang-Hui Qi
- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Hebei, Cangzhou 061100, China
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- School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
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- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
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Li S, Zhang J, Xu H, Feng X. Improved Xylitol Production from D-Arabitol by Enhancing the Coenzyme Regeneration Efficiency of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway in Gluconobacter oxydans. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2016; 64:1144-50. [PMID: 26727541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Gluconobacter oxydans is used to produce xylitol from D-arabitol. This study aims to improve xylitol production by increasing the coenzyme regeneration efficiency of the pentose phosphate pathway in G. oxydans. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGDH) were overexpressed in G. oxydans. Real-time PCR and enzyme activity assays revealed that G6PDH/6PGDH activity and coenzyme regeneration efficiency increased in the recombinant G. oxydans strains. Approximately 29.3 g/L xylitol was obtained, with a yield of 73.2%, from 40 g/L d-arabitol in the batch biotransformation with the G. oxydans PZ strain. Moreover, the xylitol productivity (0.62 g/L/h) was 3.26-fold of the wild type strain (0.19 g/L/h). In repetitive batch biotransformation, the G. oxydans PZ cells were used for five cycles without incurring a significant loss in productivity. These results indicate that the recombinant G. oxydans PZ strain is economically feasible for xylitol production in industrial bioconversion.
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- Sha Li
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology , Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing University of Technology , Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing University of Technology , Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology , Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing University of Technology , Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology , Nanjing 210009, People's Republic of China
- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing University of Technology , Nanjing 211816, People's Republic of China
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Saichana N, Matsushita K, Adachi O, Frébort I, Frebortova J. Acetic acid bacteria: A group of bacteria with versatile biotechnological applications. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:1260-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2014] [Revised: 11/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Development of a two-step process for production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid from glycerol using Klebsiella pneumoniae and Gluconobacter oxydans. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2015; 38:2487-95. [DOI: 10.1007/s00449-015-1486-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Keltjens JT, Pol A, Reimann J, Op den Camp HJM. PQQ-dependent methanol dehydrogenases: rare-earth elements make a difference. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:6163-83. [PMID: 24816778 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5766-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) catalyzes the first step in methanol use by methylotrophic bacteria and the second step in methane conversion by methanotrophs. Gram-negative bacteria possess an MDH with pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) as its catalytic center. This MDH belongs to the broad class of eight-bladed β propeller quinoproteins, which comprise a range of other alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases. A well-investigated MDH is the heterotetrameric MxaFI-MDH, which is composed of two large catalytic subunits (MxaF) and two small subunits (MxaI). MxaFI-MDHs bind calcium as a cofactor that assists PQQ in catalysis. Genomic analyses indicated the existence of another MDH distantly related to the MxaFI-MDHs. Recently, several of these so-called XoxF-MDHs have been isolated. XoxF-MDHs described thus far are homodimeric proteins lacking the small subunit and possess a rare-earth element (REE) instead of calcium. The presence of such REE may confer XoxF-MDHs a superior catalytic efficiency. Moreover, XoxF-MDHs are able to oxidize methanol to formate, rather than to formaldehyde as MxaFI-MDHs do. While structures of MxaFI- and XoxF-MDH are conserved, also regarding the binding of PQQ, the accommodation of a REE requires the presence of a specific aspartate residue near the catalytic site. XoxF-MDHs containing such REE-binding motif are abundantly present in genomes of methylotrophic and methanotrophic microorganisms and also in organisms that hitherto are not known for such lifestyle. Moreover, sequence analyses suggest that XoxF-MDHs represent only a small part of putative REE-containing quinoproteins, together covering an unexploited potential of metabolic functions.
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- Jan T Keltjens
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Wetland and Water Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Matsutani M, Suzuki H, Yakushi T, Matsushita K. Draft genome sequence of Gluconobacter thailandicus NBRC 3257. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:614-23. [PMID: 25197448 PMCID: PMC4149004 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4778605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gluconobacter thailandicus strain NBRC 3257, isolated from downy cherry (Prunus tomentosa), is a strict aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium. Here, we report the features of this organism, together with the draft genome sequence and annotation. The draft genome sequence is composed of 107 contigs for 3,446,046 bp with 56.17% G+C content and contains 3,360 protein-coding genes and 54 RNA genes.
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- Minenosuke Matsutani
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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Cheng H, Lv J, Wang H, Wang B, Li Z, Deng Z. Genetically engineered Pichia pastoris yeast for conversion of glucose to xylitol by a single-fermentation process. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 98:3539-52. [PMID: 24419799 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5501-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Revised: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 12/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Xylitol is industrially synthesized by chemical reduction of D-xylose, which is more expensive than glucose. Thus, there is a growing interest in the production of xylitol from a readily available and much cheaper substrate, such as glucose. The commonly used yeast Pichia pastoris strain GS115 was shown to produce D-arabitol from glucose, and the derivative strain GS225 was obtained to produce twice amount of D-arabitol than GS115 by adaptive evolution during repetitive growth in hyperosmotic medium. We cloned the D-xylulose-forming D-arabitol dehydrogenase (DalD) gene from Klebsiella pneumoniae and the xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) gene from Gluconobacter oxydans. Recombinant P. pastoris GS225 strains with the DalD gene only or with both DalD and XDH genes could produce xylitol from glucose in a single-fermentation process. Three-liter jar fermentation results showed that recombinant P. pastoris cells with both DalD and XDH converted glucose to xylitol with the highest yield of 0.078 g xylitol/g glucose and productivity of 0.29 g xylitol/L h. This was the first report to convert xylitol from glucose by the pathway of glucose-D-arabitol-D-xylulose-xylitol in a single process. The recombinant yeast could be used as a yeast cell factory and has the potential to produce xylitol from glucose.
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- Hairong Cheng
- The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China,
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Gao L, Du G, Zhou J, Chen J, Liu J. Characterization of a group of pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent dehydrogenases that are involved in the conversion of L-sorbose to 2-Keto-L-gulonic acid in Ketogulonicigenium vulgare WSH-001. Biotechnol Prog 2013; 29:1398-404. [PMID: 23970495 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2013] [Revised: 06/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ketogulonicigenium vulgare WSH-001 is an industrial strain used for vitamin C production. Based on genome sequencing and pathway analysis of the bacterium, some of its potential pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent dehydrogenases were predicted, including KVU_pmdA_0245, KVU_2142, KVU_2159, KVU_1366, KVU_0203, KVU_0095, and KVU_pmdB_0115. BLAST and function domain searches showed that enzymes encoded by these genes may act as putative PQQ-dependent L-sorbose dehydrogenases (SDH) or L-sorbosone dehydrogenases (SNDH). To validate whether these dehydrogenases are PQQ-dependent or not, these seven putative dehyrogenases were overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) and purified for characterization. Biochemical and kinetic characterization of the purified proteins have led to the identification of seven enzymes that possess the ability to oxidize L-sorbose or L-sorbosone to varying degrees. In addition, the dehydrogenation of sorbose in K. vulgare is validated to be PQQ dependent, identification of these PQQ-dependent dehydrogenases expanded the PQQ-dependent dehydrogenase family. Besides, the optimal combination of enzymes that could more efficiently catalyze the conversion of sorbose to gulonic acid was proposed. These are important in supporting the development of metabolic engineering strategies and engineering of efficient strains for one-step production of vitamin C in the future.
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- Lili Gao
- School of Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China
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Peters B, Mientus M, Kostner D, Junker A, Liebl W, Ehrenreich A. Characterization of membrane-bound dehydrogenases from Gluconobacter oxydans 621H via whole-cell activity assays using multideletion strains. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 97:6397-412. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4824-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zhang J, Li S, Xu H, Zhou P, Zhang L, Ouyang P. Purification of xylitol dehydrogenase and improved production of xylitol by increasing XDH activity and NADH supply in Gluconobacter oxydans. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2013; 61:2861-7. [PMID: 23432201 DOI: 10.1021/jf304983d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Gluconobacter oxydans is known to be a suitable candidate for producing xylitol from d-arabitol. In this study, the enzyme responsible for reducing d-xylulose to xylitol was purified from G. oxydans NH-10 and characterized as xylitol dehydrogenase. It has been reported that XDH depends exclusively on NAD(+)/NADH as cofactors with a relatively low activity, which was proposed to be the direct reason for its limiting the overall conversion process. To better produce xylitol, an engineered G. oxydans PXPG was constructed to coexpress the XDH gene and a cofactor regeneration enzyme (glucose dehydrogenase) gene from Bacillus subtilis. Activities for both enzymes were more than twofold higher in the G. oxydans PXPG than in the wild strain. Approximately 12.23 g/L xylitol was obtained from 30 g/L d-arabitol by resting cells of the engineered strain with a conversion yield of 40.8%, whereas only 7.56 g/L xylitol was produced by the wild strain with a yield of 25.2%. These results demonstrated that increasing the XDH activity and the cofactor NADH supply could improve the xylitol productivity notably.
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- Jinliang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, ‡College of Food Science and Light Industry, and §College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology , Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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Lu L, Wei L, Zhu K, Wei D, Hua Q. Combining metabolic engineering and adaptive evolution to enhance the production of dihydroxyacetone from glycerol by Gluconobacter oxydans in a low-cost way. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2012; 117:317-24. [PMID: 22617040 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2011] [Revised: 03/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Gluconobacter oxydans can rapidly and effectively transform glycerol to dihydroxyacetone (DHA) by membrane-bound quinoprotein sorbitol dehydrogenase (mSLDH). Two mutant strains of GDHE Δadh pBBR-PtufBsldAB and GDHE Δadh pBBR-sldAB derived from the GDHE strain were constructed for the enhancement of DHA production. Growth performances of both strains were largely improved after adaptively growing in the medium with glucose as the sole carbon source. The resulting GAT and GAN strains exhibited better catalytic property than the GDHE strain in the presence of a high concentration of glycerol. All strains of GDHE, GAT and GAN cultivated on glucose showed enhanced catalytic capacity than those grown on sorbitol, indicating a favorable prospect of using glucose as carbon source to reduce the cost in industrial production. It was also the first time to reveal that the expression level of the sldAB gene in glucose-growing strains were higher than that of the strains cultivated on sorbitol.
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- Leifang Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Zhou P, Li S, Xu H, Feng X, Ouyang P. Construction and co-expression of plasmid encoding xylitol dehydrogenase and a cofactor regeneration enzyme for the production of xylitol from d-arabitol. Enzyme Microb Technol 2012; 51:119-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2012] [Revised: 04/03/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Properties of recombinant Strep-tagged and untagged hyperthermophilic D-arabitol dehydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 90:1285-93. [PMID: 21347726 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3187-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2010] [Revised: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The first hyperthermophilic D-arabitol dehydrogenase from Thermotoga maritima was heterologously purified from Escherichia coli. The protein was purified with and without a Strep-tag. The enzyme exclusively catalyzed the NAD(H)-dependent oxidoreduction of D-arabitol, D-xylitol, D-ribulose, or D-xylulose. A twofold increase of catalytic rates was observed upon addition of Mg(2+) or K(+). Interestingly, only the tag-less protein was thermostable, retaining 90% of its activity after 90 min at 85 °C. However, the tag-less form of D-arabitol dehydrogenase had similar kinetic parameters compared to the tagged enzyme, demonstrating that the Strep-tag was not deleterious to protein function but decreased protein stability. A single band at 27.6 kDa was observed on SDS-PAGE and native PAGE revealed that the protein formed a homohexamer and a homododecamer. The enzyme catalyzed oxidation of D-arabitol to D: -ribulose and therefore belongs to the class of D-arabitol 2-dehydrogenases, which are typically observed in yeast and not bacteria. The product D-ribulose is a rare ketopentose sugar that has numerous industrially applications. Given its thermostability and specificity, D-arabitol 2-dehydrogenase is a desirable biocatalyst for the production of rare sugar precursors.
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Screening of thermotolerant Gluconobacter strains for production of 5-keto-D-gluconic acid and disruption of flavin adenine dinucleotide-containing D-gluconate dehydrogenase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:4240-7. [PMID: 19411430 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00640-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We isolated thermotolerant Gluconobacter strains that are able to produce 5-keto-d-gluconic acid (5KGA) at 37 degrees C, a temperature at which regular mesophilic 5KGA-producing strains showed much less growth and 5KGA production. The thermotolerant strains produced 2KGA as the major product at both 30 and 37 degrees C. The amount of ketogluconates produced at 37 degrees C was slightly less than the amount produced at 30 degrees C. To improve the yield of 5KGA in these strains, we disrupted flavin adenine dinucleotide-gluconate dehydrogenase (FAD-GADH), which is responsible for 2KGA production. Genes for FAD-GADH were cloned by using inverse PCR and an in vitro cloning strategy. The sequences obtained for three thermotolerant strains were identical and showed high levels of identity to the FAD-GADH sequence reported for the genome of Gluconobacter oxydans 621 H. A kanamycin resistance gene cassette was used to disrupt the FAD-GADH genes in the thermotolerant strains. The mutant strains produced 5KGA exclusively, and the final yields were over 90% at 30 degrees C and 50% at 37 degrees C. We found that the activity of pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent glycerol dehydrogenase, which is responsible for 5KGA production, increased in response to addition of PQQ and CaCl(2) in vitro when cells were grown at 37 degrees C. Addition of 5 mM CaCl(2) to the culture medium of the mutant strains increased 5KGA production to the point where over 90% of the initial substrate was converted. The thermotolerant Gluconobacter strains that we isolated in this study provide a promising new option for industrial 5KGA production.
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De Muynck C, Pereira CSS, Naessens M, Parmentier S, Soetaert W, Vandamme EJ. The GenusGluconobacter Oxydans: Comprehensive Overview of Biochemistry and Biotechnological Applications. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2008; 27:147-71. [PMID: 17849259 DOI: 10.1080/07388550701503584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The genus Gluconobacter comprises some of the most frequently used microorganisms when it comes to biotechnological applications. Not only has it been involved in "historical" production processes, such as vinegar production, but in the last decades many bioconversion routes for special and rare sugars involving Gluconobacter have been developed. Among the most recent are the biotransformations involved in the production of L-ribose and miglitol, both very promising pharmaceutical lead molecules. Most of these processes make use of Gluconobacter's membrane-bound polyol dehydrogenases. However, recently other enzymes have also caught the eye of industrial biotechnology. Among them are dextran dextrinase, capable of transglucosylating substrate molecules, and intracellular NAD-dependent polyol dehydrogenases, of interest for co-enzyme regeneration. As such, Gluconobacter is an important industrial microbial strain, but it also finds use in other fields of biotechnology, such as biosensor-technology. This review aims to give an overview of the myriad of applications for Gluconobacter, with a special focus on some recent developments.
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- Cassandra De Muynck
- Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology and Biocatalysis, Department of Biochemical and Microbial Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
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A pyrroloquinoline quinine-dependent membrane-bound d-sorbitol dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter oxydans exhibits an ordered Bi Bi reaction mechanism. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 477:206-10. [PMID: 18407824 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2008] [Revised: 03/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A membrane-bound pyrroloquinoline quinine (PQQ)-dependent D-sorbitol dehydrogenase (mSLDH) in Gluconobacter oxydans participates in the oxidation of D-sorbitol to L-sorbose by transferring electrons to ubiquinone which links to the respiratory chain. To elucidate the kinetic mechanism, the enzyme purified was subjected to two-substrate steady-state kinetic analysis, product and substrate inhibition studies. These kinetic data indicate that the catalytic reaction follows an ordered Bi Bi mechanism, where the substrates bind to the enzyme in a defined order (first ubiquinone followed by D-sorbitol), while products are released in sequence (first L-sorbose followed by ubiquinol). From these findings, we proposed that the native mSLDH bears two different substrate-binding sites, one for ubiquinone and the other for D-sorbitol, in addition to PQQ-binding and Mg(2+)-binding sites in the catalytic center.
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Hölscher T, Görisch H. Knockout and overexpression of pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthetic genes in Gluconobacter oxydans 621H. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:7668-76. [PMID: 16936032 PMCID: PMC1636293 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01009-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In Gluconobacter oxydans, pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) serves as the cofactor for various membrane-bound dehydrogenases that oxidize sugars and alcohols in the periplasm. Proteins for the biosynthesis of PQQ are encoded by the pqqABCDE gene cluster. Our reverse transcription-PCR and promoter analysis data indicated that the pqqA promoter represents the only promoter within the pqqABCDE cluster of G. oxydans 621H. PQQ overproduction in G. oxydans was achieved by transformation with the plasmid-carried pqqA gene or the complete pqqABCDE cluster. A G. oxydans mutant unable to produce PQQ was obtained by site-directed disruption of the pqqA gene. In contrast to the wild-type strain, the pqqA mutant did not grow with d-mannitol, d-glucose, or glycerol as the sole energy source, showing that in G. oxydans 621H, PQQ is essential for growth with these substrates. Growth of the pqqA mutant, however, was found with d-gluconate as the energy source. The growth behavior of the pqqA mutant correlated with the presence or absence of the respective PQQ-dependent membrane-bound dehydrogenase activities, demonstrating the vital role of these enzymes in G. oxydans metabolism. A different PQQ-deficient mutant was generated by Tn5 transposon mutagenesis. This mutant showed a defect in a gene with high homology to the Escherichia coli tldD gene, which encodes a peptidase. Our results indicate that the tldD gene in G. oxydans 621H is involved in PQQ biosynthesis, possibly with a similar function to that of the pqqF genes found in other PQQ-synthesizing bacteria.
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- Tina Hölscher
- FG Technische Biochemie, Sekr. GG1, TU Berlin, Seestr. 13, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
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Cheng H, Jiang N, Shen A, Feng Y. Molecular cloning and functional expression of d-arabitol dehydrogenase gene from Gluconobacter oxydans in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 252:35-42. [PMID: 16165327 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2005] [Revised: 08/11/2005] [Accepted: 08/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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A NADP-dependent d-arabitol dehydrogenase gene was cloned from Gluconobacter oxydans CGMCC 1.110 and functionally expressed in Escherichia coli. With d-arabitol as sole carbon source, E. coli transformants grew rapidly in minimal medium, and produced d-xylulose. The enzymatic properties of the 29kDa enzyme were documented. The DNA sequence surrounding the gene suggested that it is part of an operon with several components of a sugar alcohol transporter system, and the d-arabitol dehydrogenase gene belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenase family.
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- Hairong Cheng
- Center for Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
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Salusjärvi T, Hvorslev N, Miasnikov AN. Characterisation of a secondary alcohol dehydrogenase from Xanthomonas campestris DSM 3586. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2004; 66:664-7. [PMID: 15565334 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1775-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2004] [Revised: 09/14/2004] [Accepted: 09/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The chromosomal locus NP_636946 of Xanthomonas campestris DSM 3586 (ATCC 33913) which was earlier presumed to encode a quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase has been cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli and the recombinant enzyme has been characterised. It was found to have no glucose dehydrogenase activity but to be active on many different polyols and diols, aliphatic alcohols, certain aldonic acids and amino-sugars. The product of D: -gluconic acid oxidation was 5-keto-D: -gluconic acid. The enzyme differs from polyol/gluconate dehydrogenases found in Gluconobacter by its single-chain architecture, different substrate specificity and much higher (20- to 30-fold) expression level in E.coli.
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Sugiyama M, Suzuki SI, Tonouchi N, Yokozeki K. Transaldolase/glucose-6-phosphate isomerase bifunctional enzyme and ribulokinase as factors to increase xylitol production from D-arabitol in Gluconobacter oxydans. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2004; 67:2524-32. [PMID: 14730129 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.2524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Xylitol production from D-arabitol by the membrane and soluble fractions of Gluconobacter oxydans was investigated. Two proteins in the soluble fraction were found to have the ability to increase xylitol production. Both of these xylitol-increasing factors were purified, and on the basis of their NH(2)-terminal amino acid sequences the genes encoding both of the factors were cloned. Expression of the cloned genes in Escherichia coli showed that one of the xylitol-increasing factors is the bifunctional enzyme transaldolase/glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, and the other is ribulokinase. Using membrane and soluble fractions of G. oxydans, 3.8 g/l of xylitol were produced from 10 g/l D-arabitol after incubation for 40 h, and addition of purified recombinant transaldolase/glucose-6-phosphate isomerase or ribulokinase increased xylitol to 5.4 g/l respectively, confirming the identity of the xylitol-increasing factors.
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- Masakazu Sugiyama
- AminoScience Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki-shi, Japan.
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Toyama H, Mathews FS, Adachi O, Matsushita K. Quinohemoprotein alcohol dehydrogenases: structure, function, and physiology. Arch Biochem Biophys 2004; 428:10-21. [PMID: 15234265 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2004] [Revised: 03/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Quino(hemo)protein alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) that have pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) as the prosthetic group are classified into 3 groups, types I, II, and III. Type I ADH is a simple quinoprotein having PQQ as the only prosthetic group, while type II and type III ADHs are quinohemoprotein having heme c as well as PQQ in the catalytic polypeptide. Type II ADH is a soluble periplasmic enzyme and is widely distributed in Proteobacteria such as Pseudomonas, Ralstonia, Comamonas, etc. In contrast, type III ADH is a membrane-bound enzyme working on the periplasmic surface solely in acetic acid bacteria. It consists of three subunits that comprise a quinohemoprotein catalytic subunit, a triheme cytochrome c subunit, and a third subunit of unknown function. The catalytic subunits of all the quino(hemo)protein ADHs have a common structural motif, a quinoprotein-specific superbarrel domain, where PQQ is deeply embedded in the center. In addition, in the type II and type III ADHs this subunit contains a unique heme c domain. Various type II ADHs each have a unique substrate specificity, accepting a wide variety of alcohols, as is discussed on the basis of recent X-ray crystallographic analyses. Electron transfer within both type II and III ADHs is discussed in terms of the intramolecular reaction from PQQ to heme c and also from heme to heme, and in terms of the intermolecular reaction with azurin and ubiquinone, respectively. Unique physiological functions of both types of quinohemoprotein ADHs are also discussed.
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- Hirohide Toyama
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan
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Yamada M, Elias MD, Matsushita K, Migita CT, Adachi O. Escherichia coli PQQ-containing quinoprotein glucose dehydrogenase: its structure comparison with other quinoproteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1647:185-92. [PMID: 12686131 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-9639(03)00100-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Membrane-bound glucose dehydrogenase (mGDH) in Escherichia coli is one of the pivotal pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-containing quinoproteins coupled with the respiratory chain in the periplasmic oxidation of alcohols and sugars in Gram-negative bacteria. We compared mGDH with other PQQ-dependent quinoproteins in molecular structure and attempted to trace their evolutionary process. We also review the role of residues crucial for the catalytic reaction or for interacting with PQQ and discuss the functions of two distinct domains, radical formation in PQQ, and the presumed existence of bound quinone in mGDH.
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- Mamoru Yamada
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
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Adachi O, Moonmangmee D, Shinagawa E, Toyama H, Yamada M, Matsushita K. New quinoproteins in oxidative fermentation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1647:10-7. [PMID: 12686101 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-9639(03)00040-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Several quinoproteins have been newly indicated in acetic acid bacteria, all of which can be applied to fermentative or enzymatic production of useful materials by means of oxidative fermentation. (1) D-Arabitol dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter suboxydans IFO 3257 was purified from the bacterial membrane and found to be a versatile enzyme for oxidation of various substrates to the corresponding oxidation products. It is worthy of notice that the enzyme catalyzes D-gluconate oxidation to 5-keto-D-gluconate, whereas 2-keto-D-gluconate is produced by a flavoprotein D-gluconate dehydrogenase. (2) Membrane-bound cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase was solubilized and purified for the first time from Gluconobacter frateurii CHM 9. When compared with the cytosolic NAD-dependent cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase crystallized from the same strain, the reaction rate in cyclic alcohol oxidation by the membrane enzyme was 100 times stronger than the cytosolic NAD-dependent enzyme. The NAD-dependent enzyme makes no contribution to cyclic alcohol oxidation but contributes to the reduction of cyclic ketones to cyclic alcohols. (3) Meso-erythritol dehydrogenase has been purified from the membrane fraction of G. frateurii CHM 43. The typical properties of quinoproteins were indicated in many respects with the enzyme. It was found that the enzyme, growing cells and also the resting cells of the organism are very effective in producing L-erythrulose. Dihydroxyacetone can be replaced by L-erythrulose for cosmetics for those who are sensitive to dihydroxyacetone. (4) Two different membrane-bound D-sorbitol dehydrogenases were indicated in acetic acid bacteria. One enzyme contributing to L-sorbose production has been identified to be a quinoprotein, while another FAD-containing D-sorbitol dehydrogenase catalyzes D-sorbitol oxidation to D-fructose. D-Fructose production by the oxidative fermentation would be possible by the latter enzyme and it is superior to the well-established D-glucose isomerase, because the oxidative fermentation catalyzes irreversible one-way oxidation of D-sorbitol to D-fructose without any reaction equilibrium, unlike D-glucose isomerase. (5) Quinate dehydrogenase was found in several Gluconobacter strains and other aerobic bacteria like Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter strains. It has become possible to produce dehydroquinate, dehydroshikimate, and shikimate by oxidative fermentation. Quinate dehydrogenase was readily solubilized from the membrane fraction by alkylglucoside in the presence of 0.1 M KCl. A simple purification by hydrophobic chromatography gave a highly purified quinate dehydrogenase that was monodispersed and showed sufficient purity. When quinate dehydrogenase purification was done with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus AC3, which is unable to synthesize PQQ, purified inactive apo-quinate dehydrogenase appeared to be a dimer and it was converted to the monomeric active holo-quinate dehydrogenase by the addition of PQQ.
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- O Adachi
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
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Matsushita K, Fujii Y, Ano Y, Toyama H, Shinjoh M, Tomiyama N, Miyazaki T, Sugisawa T, Hoshino T, Adachi O. 5-keto-D-gluconate production is catalyzed by a quinoprotein glycerol dehydrogenase, major polyol dehydrogenase, in gluconobacter species. Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:1959-66. [PMID: 12676670 PMCID: PMC154820 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.4.1959-1966.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Acetic acid bacteria, especially Gluconobacter species, have been known to catalyze the extensive oxidation of sugar alcohols (polyols) such as D-mannitol, glycerol, D-sorbitol, and so on. Gluconobacter species also oxidize sugars and sugar acids and uniquely accumulate two different keto-D-gluconates, 2-keto-D-gluconate and 5-keto-D-gluconate, in the culture medium by the oxidation of D-gluconate. However, there are still many controversies regarding their enzyme systems, especially on D-sorbitol and also D-gluconate oxidations. Recently, pyrroloquinoline quinone-dependent quinoprotein D-arabitol dehydrogenase and D-sorbitol dehydrogenase have been purified from G. suboxydans, both of which have similar and broad substrate specificity towards several different polyols. In this study, both quinoproteins were shown to be identical based on their immuno-cross-reactivity and also on gene disruption and were suggested to be the same as the previously isolated glycerol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.22). Thus, glycerol dehydrogenase is the major polyol dehydrogenase involved in the oxidation of almost all sugar alcohols in Gluconobacter sp. In addition, the so-called quinoprotein glycerol dehydrogenase was also uniquely shown to oxidize D-gluconate, which was completely different from flavoprotein D-gluconate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.3), which is involved in the production of 2-keto-D-gluconate. The gene disruption experiment and the reconstitution system of the purified enzyme in this study clearly showed that the production of 5-keto-D-gluconate in G. suboxydans is solely dependent on the quinoprotein glycerol dehydrogenase.
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- Kazunobu Matsushita
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Japan.
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Sugiyama M, Suzuki SI, Tonouchi N, Yokozeki K. Cloning of the xylitol dehydrogenase gene from Gluconobacter oxydans and improved production of xylitol from D-arabitol. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2003; 67:584-91. [PMID: 12723607 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Xylitol dehydrogenase (XDH) was purified from the cytoplasmic fraction of Gluconobacter oxydans ATCC 621. The purified enzyme reduced D-xylulose to xylitol in the presence of NADH with an optimum pH of around 5.0. Based on the determined NH2-terminal amino acid sequence, the gene encoding xdh was cloned, and its identity was confirmed by expression in Escherichia coli. The xdh gene encodes a polypeptide composed of 262 amino acid residues, with an estimated molecular mass of 27.8 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence suggested that the enzyme belongs to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase family. Expression plasmids for the xdh gene were constructed and used to produce recombinant strains of G. oxydans that had up to 11-fold greater XDH activity than the wild-type strain. When used in the production of xylitol from D-arabitol under controlled aeration and pH conditions, the strain harboring the xdh expression plasmids produced 57 g/l xylitol from 225 g/l D-arabitol, whereas the control strain produced 27 g/l xylitol. These results demonstrated that increasing XDH activity in G. oxydans improved xylitol productivity.
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- Masakazu Sugiyama
- AminoScience Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi 210-8681, Japan.
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Suzuki SI, Sugiyama M, Mihara Y, Hashiguchi KI, Yokozeki K. Novel enzymatic method for the production of xylitol from D-arabitol by Gluconobacter oxydans. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2002; 66:2614-20. [PMID: 12596856 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Microorganisms capable of producing xylitol from D-arabitol were screened for. Of the 420 strains tested, three bacteria, belonging to the genera Acetobacter and Gluconobacter, produced xylitol from D-arabitol when intact cells were used as the enzyme source. Among them, Gluconobacter oxydans ATCC 621 produced 29.2 g/l xylitol from 52.4 g/l D-arabitol after incubation for 27 h. The production of xylitol was increased by the addition of 5% (v/v) ethanol and 5 g/l D-glucose to the reaction mixture. Under these conditions, 51.4 g/l xylitol was obtained from 52.4 g/l D-arabitol, a yield of 98%, after incubation for 27 h. This conversion consisted of two successive reactions, conversion of D-arabitol to D-xylulose by a membrane-bound D-arabitol dehydrogenase, and conversion of D-xylulose to xylitol by a soluble NAD-dependent xylitol dehydrogenase. Use of disruptants of the membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase genes suggested that NADH was generated via NAD-dependent soluble alcohol dehydrogenase.
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- Shun-ichi Suzuki
- AminoScience Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi 210-8681, Japan
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Shinjoh M, Tomiyama N, Miyazaki T, Hoshino T. Main polyol dehydrogenase of Gluconobacter suboxydans IFO 3255, membrane-bound D-sorbitol dehydrogenase, that needs product of upstream gene, sldB, for activity. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2002; 66:2314-22. [PMID: 12506966 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.2314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The D-sorbitol dehydrogenase gene, sldA, and an upstream gene, sldB, encoding a hydrophobic polypeptide, SldB, of Gluconobacter suboxydans IFO 3255 were disrupted in a check of their biological functions. The bacterial cells with the sldA gene disrupted did not produce L-sorbose by oxidation of D-sorbitol in resting-cell reactions at pHs 4.5 and 7.0, indicating that the dehydrogenase was the main D-sorbitol-oxidizing enzyme in this bacterium. The cells did not produce D-fructose from D-mannitol or dihydroxyacetone from glycerol. The disruption of the sldB gene resulted in undetectable oxidation of D-sorbitol, D-mannitol, or glycerol, although the cells produced the dehydrogenase. The cells with the sldB gene disrupted produced more of what might be signal-unprocessed SldA than the wild-type cells did. SldB may be a chaperone-like component that assists signal processing and folding of the SldA polypeptide to form active D-sorbitol dehydrogenase.
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- Masako Shinjoh
- Department of Applied Microbiology, Nippon Roche Research Center, 200 Kajiwara, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-8530, Japan.
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