Advances in the structure and function of chitosanase / 生物工程学报

Chitosanases represent a class of glycoside hydrolases with high catalytic activity on chitosan but nearly no activity on chitin. Chitosanases can convert high molecular weight chitosan into functional chitooligosaccharides with low molecular weight. In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in the research on chitosanases. This review summarizes and discusses its biochemical properties, crystal structures, catalytic mechanisms, and protein engineering, highlighting the preparation of pure chitooligosaccharides by enzymatic hydrolysis. This review may advance the understandings on the mechanism of chitosanases and promote its industrial applications.

Efeito de bebidas à base de café em cápsula em enzimas do metabolismo glicídico e captação de glicose em células Caco-2 / Effect of capsule coffee beverages on enzymes of glucose metabolism and glucose uptake in Caco-2 cells

Introdução: A diabetes mellitus (DM) é uma doença crônica não transmissível importante e crescente problema de saúde pública no mundo. Mudanças no estilo de vida, como um hábito alimentar saudável, contribuem para redução da glicemia e controle do diabetes. O café é um alimento amplamente consumido e rico em compostos fenólicos com propriedades antioxidantes, com estudos sugerindo que seu maior consumo pode estar associado a um menor risco de mortalidade no diabetes. Objetivos: Analisar os efeitos das bebidas à base de café em cápsula em enzimas do metabolismo glicídico e captação de glicose em modelo de células intestinais Caco-2. Métodos: As amostras de bebidas foram preparadas com cápsulas de café espresso regular e descafeinado com ou sem adição de leite. Essas bebidas à base de café foram submetidas à digestão in vitro e seus compostos fenólicos foram quantificados e identificados. Foram realizados ensaios de permeação e quantificação de glicose nas células Caco-2, ensaios da inibição da α-glicosidase, inibição α-amilase e inibição de dipeptidil peptidase-IV (DPP-IV). Análises da capacidade antioxidante foram realizadas por meio de ensaio da capacidade de absorbância de radical oxigênio (ORAC), inibição da peroxidação lipídica (TBARS) e, também foram analisados kits comerciais o ensaio da catalase e atividade antioxidante total (TAC). Os resultados foram expressos como média e desvio padrão. Resultados Não houve diferença estatística (p>0,05) na permeação de glicose entre as diferentes bebidas de café nas células Caco-2. Na análise da capacidade de inibição da enzima α-amilase o café regular apresentou melhor inibição na fase oral, e na fase intestinal o café descafeinado apresentou melhor resultado. A inibição da e α-glicosidase os cafés descafeinado e puro foram mais efetivos. Quanto à atividade da enzima catalase na porção apical, as menores concentrações de café regular e descafeinado foram mais efetivas. A melhor capacidade antioxidante foi observada no café descafeinado. Leite e cafeína foram efetivos em estimular a enzima DPPIV. Conclusão: Todas as bebidas apresentaram capacidade antioxidante, onde se destaca a superior capacidade antioxidante do café descafeinado. As bebidas puras foram mais efetivas para inibição das enzimas α-amilase e α-glicosidase após digestão e nas células Caco-2, leite e cafeína foram melhor ativadores de DPPIV.

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important chronic non-communicable disease and a growing public health problem worldwide. Lifestyle changes, such as healthy eating habits, contribute to lowering blood glucose levels and controlling diabetes. Coffee is a widely consumed food rich in phenolic compounds with antioxidant properties, with studies suggesting that its higher consumption may be associated with a lower risk of mortality in diabetes. Aims: To analyze the effects of capsule coffee drinks on enzymes of glucose metabolism and glucose uptake in a Caco-2 intestinal cell model. Methods: The beverage samples were prepared with espresso and decaffeinated coffee capsules with or without added milk. These coffee drinks were subjected to in vitro digestion and their phenolic compounds were quantified and identified. Glucose permeation and quantification tests were carried out on Caco-2 cells, as well as α-glucosidase inhibition, α-amylase inhibition and dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) inhibition tests. Antioxidant capacity analyses were carried out using the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay, lipid peroxidation inhibition (TBARS), and the catalase assay and total antioxidant activity (TAC) were also analyzed using commercial kits. The results were expressed as mean and standard deviation. Results: There was no statistical difference (p>0.05) in glucose permeation between the different coffee drinks in Caco-2 cells. In the analysis of the ability to inhibit the α-amylase enzyme, regular coffee showed better inhibition in the oral phase, and decaffeinated coffee showed better results in the intestinal phase. Decaffeinated and pure coffees were more effective at inhibiting α-glucosidase. As for the activity of the enzyme catalase in the apical portion, the lower concentrations of normal and decaffeinated coffee were more effective. The best antioxidant capacity was observed in decaffeinated coffee. Milk and caffeine were effective in stimulating the DPPIV enzyme. Conclusion: All the beverages showed antioxidant capacity, with the superior antioxidant capacity of decaffeinated coffee standing out. The pure drinks were more effective in inhibiting the enzymes α-amylase and α-glucosidase after digestion and, in Caco-2 cells, milk and caffeine were better activators of DPPIV.

Advances in heterologous expression, structural elucidation and molecular modification of pullulanase / 生物工程学报

Starch is composed of glucose units linked by α-1, 4-glucoside bond and α-1, 6-glucoside bond. It is the main component of foods and the primary raw material for starch processing industry. Pullulanase can effectively hydrolyze the α-1, 6-glucoside bond in starch molecules. Combined with other starch processing enzymes, it can effectively improve the starch utilization rate. Therefore, it has been widely used in the starch processing industry. This paper summarized the screening of pullulanase-producing strain and its encoding genes. In addition, the effects of expression elements and fermentation conditions on the production of pullulanase were summarized. Moreover, the progress in crystal structure elucidation and molecular modification of pullulanase was discussed. Lastly, future perspectives on pullulanase research were proposed.

In vivo self-aggregation and efficient preparation of recombinant lichenase based on ferritin / 生物工程学报

Enzyme separation, purification, immobilization, and catalytic performance improvement have been the research hotspots and frontiers as well as the challenges in the field of biocatalysis. Thus, the development of novel methods for enzyme purification, immobilization, and improvement of their catalytic performance and storage are of great significance. Herein, ferritin was fused with the lichenase gene to achieve the purpose. The results showed that the fused gene was highly expressed in the cells of host strains, and that the resulted fusion proteins could self-aggregate into carrier-free active immobilized enzymes in vivo. Through low-speed centrifugation, the purity of the enzymes was up to > 90%, and the activity recovery was 61.1%. The activity of the enzymes after storage for 608 h was higher than the initial activity. After being used for 10 cycles, it still maintained 50.0% of the original activity. The insoluble active lichenase aggregates could spontaneously dissolve back into the buffer and formed the soluble polymeric lichenases with the diameter of about 12 nm. The specific activity of them was 12.09 times that of the free lichenase, while the catalytic efficiency was 7.11 times and the half-life at 50 ℃ was improved 11.09 folds. The results prove that the ferritin can be a versatile tag to trigger target enzyme self-aggregation and oligomerization in vivo, which can simplify the preparation of the target enzymes, improve their catalysis performance, and facilitate their storage.

LXYL-P1-2 immobilized on magnetic nanoparticles and its potential application in paclitaxel production

BACKGROUND: LXYL-P1-2 is the first reported glycoside hydrolase that can catalyze the transformation of 7-b-xylosyl-10-deacetyltaxol (XDT) to 10-deacetyltaxol (DT) by removing the D-xylosyl group at the C7 position. Successful synthesis of paclitaxel by one-pot method combining the LXYL-P1-2 and 10- deacetylbaccatin III-10-b-O-acetyltransferase (DBAT) using XDT as a precursor, making LXYL-P1-2 a highly promising enzyme for the industrial production of paclitaxel. The aim of this study was to investigate the catalytic potential of LXYL-P1-2 stabilized on magnetic nanoparticles, the surface of which was modified by Ni2+-immobilized cross-linked Fe3O4@Histidine. RESULTS: The diameter of matrix was 20­40 nm. The Km value of the immobilized LXYL-P1-2 catalyzing XDT (0.145 mM) was lower than that of the free enzyme (0.452 mM), and the kcat/Km value of immobilized enzyme (12.952 mM s 1 ) was higher than the free form (8.622 mM s 1 ). The immobilized form maintained 50% of its original activity after 15 cycles of reuse. In addition, the stability of immobilized LXYL-P1-2, maintained 84.67% of its initial activity, improved in comparison with free form after 30 d storage at 4 C. CONCLUSIONS: This investigation not only provides an effective procedure for biocatalytic production of DT, but also gives an insight into the application of magnetic material immobilization technology.

Application of immobilized glycosidase in the synthesis of glycoside compounds / 生物工程学报

Glycoside compounds are widely used in medicine, food, surfactant, and cosmetics. The glycosidase-catalyzed synthesis of glycoside can be operated at mild reaction conditions with low material cost. The glycosidase-catalyzed processes include reverse hydrolysis and transglycosylation, appropriately reducing the water activity in both processes may effectively improve the catalytic efficiency of glucosidase. However, glucosidase is prone to be deactivated at low water activity. Thus, glucosidase was immobilized to maintain its activity in the low water activity environment, and even in neat organic solvent system. This article summarizes the advances in glycosidase immobilization in the past 30 years, including single or comprehensive immobilization techniques, and immobilization techniques combined with genetic engineering, with the aim to provide a reference for the synthesis of glycosides using immobilized glycosidases.

Enzymatic properties of α-L-rhamnosidase and the factors affecting its activity: a review / 生物工程学报

α-L-rhamnosidase is a very important industrial enzyme that is widely distributed in a variety of organisms. α-L-rhamnosidase of different origins show functional diversity. For example, the optimal pH of α-L-rhamnosidase from bacteria is close to neutral or alkaline, while the optimal pH of α-L-rhamnosidase from fungi is in the acidic range. Furthermore, the enzymatic properties of α-L-rhamnosidases of different origins differ in terms of the optimal temperature, the thermal stability, and the substrate specificity, which determine the different applications of these enzymes. In this connection, it is crucial to elucidate the similarities and differences in the catalytic mechanism and substrate specificity of α-L-rhamnosidase of different origins through analyzing its enzymatic properties. Moreover, it is important to explore and understand the effects of aglycon and metal cations on enzyme activity and the competitive inhibition of L-rhamnose and glucose on enzymes. These knowledge can help discover α-L-rhamnosidase of industrial significance and promote its industrial application.

Strategies for engineering the thermo-stability of glycosidase / 生物工程学报

Glycosidases are widely used in food and pharmaceutical industries due to its ability to hydrolyze the glycosidic bonds of various sugar-containing compounds including glycosides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides to generate derivatives with important physiological and pharmacological activity. While glycosidases often need to be used under high temperature to improve reaction efficiency and reduce contamination, most glycosidases are mesophilic enzymes with low activity under industrial production conditions. It is therefore critical to improve the thermo-stability of glycosidases. This review summarizes the recent advances achieved in engineering the thermo-stability of glycosidases using strategies such as directed evolution, rational design and semi-rational design. We also compared the pros and cons of various techniques and discussed the future prospects in this area.

Application of sucrose phosphorylase in glycosylation / 生物工程学报

Water solubility, stability, and bioavailability, can be substantially improved after glycosylation. Glycosylation of bioactive compounds catalyzed by glycoside hydrolases (GHs) and glycosyltransferases (GTs) has become a research hotspot. Thanks to their rich sources and use of cheap glycosyl donors, GHs are advantageous in terms of scaled catalysis compared to GTs. Among GHs, sucrose phosphorylase has attracted extensive attentions in chemical engineering due to its prominent glycosylation activity as well as its acceptor promiscuity. This paper reviews the structure, catalytic characteristics, and directional redesign of sucrose phosphorylase. Meanwhile, glycosylation of diverse chemicals with sucrose phosphorylase and its coupling applications with other biocatalysts are summarized. Future research directions were also discussed based on the current research progress combined with our working experience.

Valores energéticos e composição bromatológica do resíduo seco de fecularia associado a carboidrases para frangos de corte em fase de crescimento / [Energy value and bromatological composition of dry residue of cassava associated with carbohydrases for grower broilers]

Foram determinados os valores energéticos e a composição bromatológica do resíduo seco de fecularia (RSF) para frangos de corte, na fase de crescimento, utilizando ou não enzimas carboidrases. Os tratamentos foram distribuídos em esquema fatorial 2x4 + ração referência, sendo uma RR sem adição de RSF e quatro tratamentos experimentais com 10%, 20%, 30% e 40% de inclusão do RSF e a suplementação ou não com carboidrases. A composição química encontrada para o RSF, na MN, foi de 89,86% de matéria seca, 0,98% de proteína bruta, 3519kcal kg-1 de energia bruta, 0,19% de extrato etéreo, 27% de fibra em detergente neutro, 19,5% de fibra em detergente ácido, 0,33% de cálcio, 0,43% de fósforo, 0,46% de potássio e 0,12% de magnésio. O uso de carboidrases proporcionou um aumento de 173 e 213kcal kg-1 nos valores de EMA e EMAn, respectivamente, resultando em 1828kcal kg-1 EMA e 1840kcal kg-1 EMAn. Concluiu-se que os maiores níveis de EMA e EMAn foram encontrados para o nível de inclusão médio do RSF de 35% e que a suplementação enzimática pode promover aumento desses parâmetros em até 12% em dietas para frangos de corte na fase de crescimento.(AU)

The energetic values and the bromatological composition of the dry residue of cassava (DRC) were determined for growing broilers with or without carbohydrase enzymes. The treatments were distributed in a 2x4 + reference diet factorial scheme, with one RD without addition of DRC and four experimental treatments with 10, 20, 30 and 40% inclusion levels of RSF and supplementation or not with carbohydrases. The chemical composition found for DRC in natural matter was 89.86% dry matter, 0.98% crude protein, 3519kcal kg-1 gross energy, 0.19% ether extract, 27% neutral detergent fiber, 19.5% of acid detergent fiber, 0.33% of calcium, 0.43% of phosphorus, 0.46% of potassium and 0.12% of magnesium. The use of carbohydrase resulted in an increase of 173 and 213kcal kg-1 in EMA and EMAn values, respectively, resulting in 1828kcal kg-1 EMA and 1840kcal kg-1 EMAn. It was concluded that the highest levels of AME and AMEn were found for the mean inclusion level of the DRC of 35% and that enzymatic supplementation may promote the increase of these parameters by up to 12% in broiler diets in the growth phase.(AU)

Soil microbiological properties and enzyme activity in agroforestry systems compared with monoculture, natural regeneration, and native Caatinga / Propriedades microbiológicas e atividade enzimática do solo sob sistemas agroflorestais comparado com monocultura, regeneração natural e caatinga nativa

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of agroforestry systems of different ages (AFS1: one-year old; AFS5: five-years old) on the biological attributes of soil; the following systems were used for comparison: a slash-and-burn (SBF) farming area, Caatinga which has been undergoing regeneration for 6 years (CaR6), and native Caatinga (NCa) in Brazil. Enzyme activity, abundance and composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and production of glomalin-related soil proteins (GRSP) were evaluated at soil depths of 0­0.05 m. AMF species composition in the AFS was more similar to that in the NCa than in the SBF and CaR6 systems. In the rainy season, sporulation was most abundant in the AFS-1, CaR6, and SBF systems, whereas GRSP concentrations were highest in the AFS5 during the dry season. Acid phosphatase and arylsulfatase enzyme activity was lower in the AFS1 soils than in the NCa and SBF soils (rainy period), and levels of ß-glucosidase and fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis in the AFS were equal to or higher than those in the NCa in the dry season but lower in the rainy season. AFS thus appear to promote the maintenance of soil biological quality, and may be more sustainable than SBF farming systems in the Brazilian Caatinga over the long term.

O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a influência de sistemas agroflorestais (AFS1: um ano de idade; AFS5: cinco anos de idade), nos atributos biológicos do solo usando como referência, uma área de agricultura de corte e queima (SBF), Caatinga em regeneração há 6 anos (CaR6), e Caatinga nativa (NCa), in Brasil. A atividade enzimática, a abundância e composição dos fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (AMF), e a produção de proteína do solo relacionada à glomalina (GRSP) foram avaliados, na profundidade de 0-5 cm do solo. A composição das espécies de AMF nos AFS foi mais semelhante a observada na NCa, do que os sistemas SBF e CaR6. Na estação chuvosa, a esporulação foi mais abundante em AFS-1, CaR6 and SBF quando comparada as outras áreas, enquanto a GRSP apresentou maiores teores no AFS5 no período seco. AFS1 apresentou atividade da fosfatase ácida e arilsulfatase inferiores tanto a NCa quanto a SBF, no período chuvoso. No período seco, a atividade de ß-glicosidase e a hidrólise do diacetato de fluoresceína (FDA) na AFS foram iguais ou superiores a Nca, mas menor no período chuvoso. Verifica-se que os AFS são potenciais para a manutenção da qualidade biológica do solo, podendo, em longo prazo, serem mais sustentáveis que a SBF, em ambiente de Caatinga.

Enzymatic preparation of fructooligosaccharides-rich burdock syrup with enhanced antioxidative properties

Background: Burdock (Arctium lappa L.) is a fructan-rich plant with prebiotic potential. The aim of this study was to develop an efficient enzymatic route to prepare fructooligosaccharides (FOS)-rich and highly antioxidative syrup using burdock root as a raw material. Results: Endo-inulinase significantly improved the yield of FOS 2.4-fold while tannase pretreatment further increased the yield of FOS 2.8-fold. Other enzymes, including endo-polygalacturonase, endo-glucanase and endo-xylanase, were able to increase the yield of total soluble sugar by 11.1% (w/w). By this process, a new enzymatic process for burdock syrup was developed and the yield of burdock syrup increased by 25% (w/w), whereas with FOS, total soluble sugars, total soluble protein and total soluble polyphenols were enhanced to 28.8%, 53.3%, 8.9% and 3.3% (w/w), respectively. Additionally, the scavenging abilities of DPPH and hydroxyl radicals, and total antioxidant capacity of the syrup were increased by 23.7%, 51.8% and 35.4%, respectively. Conclusions: Our results could be applied to the development of efficient extraction of valuable products from agricultural materials using enzyme-mediated methods.

Research progresses in microbial 1,3-1,4-β-glucanase: protein engineering and industrial applications / 生物工程学报

1,3-1,4-β-glucanase (E.C.3.2.1.73) is an important industrial enzyme which cleave β-glucans into oligosaccharides through strictly cutting the β-1,4 glycosidic bonds in 3-O-substituted glucopyranose units. Microbial 1,3-1,4-β-glucanase belongs to retaining glycosyl hydrolases of family 16 with a jellyroll β-sandwich fold structure. The present paper reviews the industrial application and protein engineering of microbial β-glucanases in the last decades and forecasts the research prospects of microbial β-glucanases.

Biocatalytic strategies in producing ginsenoside by glycosidase-a review / 生物工程学报

Panax ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine with significant pharmaceutical effects and wide application. Through orientational modification and transformation of ginsenoside glycosyl, rare ginsenosides with high antitumor activities can be generated. Traditional chemical methods cannot be applied in clinic. because of extremely complex preparation technologies and very high cost Transformations using microorganisms and their enzymatic systems provide the most feasible methods for solving the main problems. At present, the key problems in enzymatic synthesis of ginsenosides include low specific enzyme activities, identity of enzymes involved in the enzymatic synthesis, and their catalytic mechanisms, as well as nonsystematic studies on structural bioinformatics; specificity of enzymatic hydrolysis for saponin glycosyl has been rarely studied. Many reviews have been reported on glycosidase molecular recognition, immobilization, and biotransformation in ionic liquids (ILs), whereas ginsenoside transformation and application have not been systematically studied. To evaluate theoretical and applied studies on ginsenoside-oriented biotransformation, by reviewing the latest developments in related fields and evaluating the widely applied biocatalytic strategy, this review aims to evaluate the ginsenoside-oriented transformation method with improved product specificity, increased biocatalytic efficiency, and industrial application prospect based on the designed transformations of enzyme and solvent engineering of ILs. Therefore, useful theoretical and experimental evidence can be obtained for the development of ginsenoside anticancer drugs, large-scale preparation, and clinical applications in cancer therapy.

A simplified and miniaturized glucometer-based assay for the detection of β-glucosidase activity / 浙江大学学报（英文版）（B辑：生物医学和生物技术）

β-Glucosidase activity assays constitute an important indicator for the early diagnosis of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis and qualitative changes in medicinal plants. The drawbacks of the existing methods are high consumption of both time and reagents, complexity in operation, and requirement of expensive instruments and highly trained personnel. The present study provides a simplified, highly selective, and miniaturized glucometer-based strategy for the detection of β-glucosidase activity. Single-factor experiments showed that optimum β-glucosidase activity was exhibited at 50 °C and pH 5.0 in a citric acid-sodium citrate buffer when reacting with 0.03 g/mL salicin for 30 min. The procedure for detection was simplified without the need of a chromogenic reaction. Validation of the analytical method demonstrated that the accuracy, precision, repeatability, stability, and durability were good. The linear ranges of β-glucosidase in a buffer solution and rat serum were 0.0873-1.5498 U/mL and 0.4076-2.9019 U/mL, respectively. The proposed method was free from interference from β-dextranase, snailase, β-galactosidase, hemicellulase, and glucuronic acid released by baicalin. This demonstrated that the proposed assay had a higher selectivity than the conventional dinitrosalicylic acid (DNS) assay because of the specificity for salicin and unique recognition of glucose by a personal glucose meter. Miniaturization of the method resulted in a microassay for β-glucosidase activity. The easy-to-operate method was successfully used to detect a series of β-glucosidases extracted from bitter almonds and cultured by Aspergillus niger. In addition, the simplified and miniaturized glucometer-based assay has potential application in the point-of-care testing of β-glucosidase in many fields, including medical diagnostics, food safety, and environmental monitoring.

Production optimization, purification, expression, and characterization of a novel α-L-arabinofuranosidase from Paenibacillus polymyxa

Background: α-L-Arabinofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.55) catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal α-L-1,2-, -1,3-, and -1,5- arabinofuranosyl residues in arabinose-containing polymers, and hence, it plays an important role in hemicellulose degradation. Herein, the bacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa, which secretes arabinofuranosidase with high activity, was selected for enzyme production, purification, and characterization. Results: Medium components and cultural conditions were optimized by the response surface method using shake flask cultures. Arabinofuranosidase production reached 25.2 U/mL under optimized conditions, which were pH 7.5, 28°C, and a basic medium supplemented with 1.5 g/L mannitol and 3.5 g/L soymeal. Furthermore, the arabinofuranosidase secreted by P. polymyxa, named as PpAFase-1, was partially purified from the supernatant using a DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow column and a hydroxyapatite column. The approximate molecular mass of the purified PpAFase-1 was determined as 56.8 kDa by SDS-PAGE. Protein identification by mass spectrometry analysis showed that the deduced amino acid sequence had significant similarity to the glycosyl hydrolase family 51. The deduced gene of 1515 bp was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) cells. Purified recombinant PpAFase-1 was active toward p-nitrophenyl-α-L-arabinofuranoside (pNPAraf). The Km and kcat values toward pNPAraf were 0.81 mM and 53.2 s−1 , respectively. When wheat arabinoxylan and oat spelt xylan were used as substrates, PpAFase-1 showed poor efficiency. However, a synergistic effect was observed when PpAFase-1 was combined with xylanase from Thermomyces lanuginosus. Conclusion: A novel GH51 enzyme PpAFase-1 was cloned from the genome of P. polymyxa and expressed in E. coli. This enzyme may be suitable for hemicellulose degradation on an industrial scale.

Assessments on the catalytic and kinetic properties of beta-glucosidase isolated from a highly efficient antagonistic fungus Trichoderma harzianum / Avaliações das propriedades catalíticas e cinéticas da beta-glucosidase isoladas de um fungo antagonísta altamente eficiente Trichoderma harzianum

Due to the toxicity and inefficiency of chemical fungicides to control infestation of Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid which causes charcoal rot in plants, a biotechnological approach using - glucosidase (EC.3.2.1) as the alternative bioactive ingredient in fungicide is hereby, proposed. The extracellular enzyme was isolated from a highly efficient fungal antagonist, Trichoderma harzianum T12. The highly similar molecular masses obtained using SDS-PAGE (96 kDa) and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (98.3 kDa) affirmed that the -glucosidase was purified to homogeneity. Consequently, optimum catalytic parameters that rendered the highest enzyme activity were found to be: 45°C, pH 7, inoculum size of 10 % (w/v), supplementation with metal ions Zn2+ and Mn2+ ions, and Tween 80. Addition of wheat bran and (NH4)2SO4 as carbon and nitrogen sources also improved enzyme activity. BLASTn showed the sequence of -glucosidase T12 was highly identical to other -glucosidases viz. T. harzianum strain IOC-3844 (99%), T. gamsii and T. virens bgl1 (86 %) as well as T. reesei strain SJVTR and T. viride strain AS 3.3711 (84 %). Kinetic assessment showed that -glucosidase T12 catalyzes hydrolytic activity is characterized by a Km of 0.79 mM and Vmax of 8.45 mM min-1 mg-1 protein, with a corresponding kcat of 10.69 s-1.

Devido à toxicidade e ineficiência dos fungicidas químicos para controlar a infestação de Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid que causa o apodrecimento das plantas, uma abordagem biotecnológica usando - glicosidase (EC.3.2.1) como o ingrediente bioativo alternativo do fungicida é por este meio, proposto. A enzima extracelular foi isolada de um antagonista fúngico altamente eficiente, o Trichoderma harzianum T12. As massas moleculares altamente similares obtidas usando SDS-PAGE (96 kDa) e espectrometria de massa MALDI-TOF (98,3 kDa) afirmaram que a -glicosidase foi purificada até a homogeneidade. Consequentemente, os parâmetros catalíticos ótimos que apresentaram a maior atividade enzimática foram: 45°C, pH 7, tamanho do inóculo de 10% (p / v), suplementação com íons de metais Zn2+ e Mn2+, e Tween 80. Adição de farelo de trigo e (NH4) 2SO4 como fontes de carbono e nitrogênio também melhoraram a atividade enzimática. O BLASTn mostrou que a sequência da -glicosidase T12 era altamente idêntica a outras -glicosidase viz. A estirpe T. harzianum IOC-3844 (99%), T. gamsii e T. virens bgl1 (86%) assim como a estirpe T. reesei SJVTR e a estirpe T. viride AS 3.3711 (84%). A avaliação cinética mostrou que -glicosidase T12 catalisa a actividade hidrolítica caracterizada por um Km de 0,79 mM e Vmax de 8,45 mM min-1 mg-1 de proteína, com um correspondente kcat de 10,69 s-1.

Fermentation optimization and enzyme characterization of a new ι-Carrageenase from Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora ASY5

Background: A new ι-carrageenase-producing strain was screened from mangroves and authenticated as Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora ASY5 in our laboratory. The potential application of this new strain was evaluated. Results: Medium compositions and culturing conditions in shaking flask fermentation were firstly optimized by single-factor experiment. ι-Carrageenase activity increased from 0.34 U/mL to 1.08 U/mL after test optimization. Optimal fermentation conditions were 20°C, pH 7.0, incubation time of 40 h, 15 g/L NaCl, 1.5% (w/v) yeast extract as nitrogen source, and 0.9% (w/v) ι-carrageenan as carbon source. Then, the crude ι-carrageenase was characterized. The optimum temperature and pH of the ι-carrageenase were 40°C and 8.0, respectively. The enzymatic activity at 35­40°C for 45 min retained more than 40% of the maximum activity. Meanwhile, The ι-carrageenase was inhibited by the addition of 1 mmol/L Cd2+ and Fe3+ but increased by the addition of 1 mmol/L Ag+, Ba2+, Ca2+, Co2+, Mn2+, Zn2+, Fe2+, and Al3+. The structure of oligosaccharides derived from ι-carrageenan was detected using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). The ι-carrageenase degraded ι-carrageenan, yielding disaccharides and tetrasaccharides as main products. Conclusions: The discovery and study of new ι-carrageenases are beneficial not only for the production of ι-carrageenan oligosaccharides but also for the further utilization in industrial production.

Genome-Wide Comparison of Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes (CAZymes) Repertoire of Flammulina ononidis

Whole-genome sequencing of Flammulina ononidis, a wood-rotting basidiomycete, was performed to identify genes associated with carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes). A total of 12,586 gene structures with an average length of 2009 bp were predicted by the AUGUSTUS tool from a total 35,524,258 bp length of de novo genome assembly (49.76% GC). Orthologous analysis with other fungal species revealed that 7051 groups contained at least one F. ononidis gene. In addition, 11,252 (89.5%) of 12,586 genes for F. ononidis proteins had orthologs among the Dikarya, and F. ononidis contained 8 species-specific genes, of which 5 genes were paralogous. CAZyme prediction revealed 524 CAZyme genes, including 228 for glycoside hydrolases, 21 for polysaccharide lyases, 87 for glycosyltransferases, 61 for carbohydrate esterases, 87 with auxiliary activities, and 40 for carbohydrate-binding modules in the F. ononidis genome. This genome information including CAZyme repertoire will be useful to understand lignocellulolytic machinery of this white rot fungus F. ononidis.

Draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. strain F1, a potential source for glycoside hydrolases isolated from Brazilian soil

ABSTRACT Here, we show the draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. F1, a strain isolated from soil with great potential for secretion of hydrolytic enzymes used to deconstruct cellulosic biomass. The draft genome assembly of Streptomyces sp. strain F1 has 69 contigs with a total genome size of 8,142,296 bp and G + C 72.65%. Preliminary genome analysis identified 175 proteins as Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes, being 85 glycoside hydrolases organized in 33 distinct families. This draft genome information provides new insights on the key genes encoding hydrolytic enzymes involved in biomass deconstruction employed by soil bacteria.