Bacillus pumilus WL-11木聚糖酶A的纯化、鉴定及其底物降解方式

对一株Bacilluspumilus WL_11木聚糖酶的纯化、酶学性质及其底物降解模式进行了研究。经过硫酸铵盐析、CM_Sephadex及SephadexG_75层析分离纯化,获得一种纯化的WL_11木聚糖酶A ,其分子量为26.0kD ,pI值9.5 ,以燕麦木聚糖为底物时的表观Km 值为16.6mg mL ,Vmax值为12.63μmol (min·mg)。木聚糖酶A的pH稳定范围为6 0至10 4 ,最适作用pH范围则在7.2至8.0之间,是耐碱性木聚糖酶;最适作用温度为45℃～55℃,在37℃、45℃以下时该酶热稳定性均较好;50℃保温时,该酶活力的半衰期大约为2h ,在超过50℃的环境下,该酶的热稳定较差,55℃和60℃时的酶活半衰期分别为35min和15min。WL_11木聚糖酶A对来源于燕麦、桦木和榉木的可溶性木聚糖的酶解结果发现,木聚糖酶A对几种不同来源的木聚糖的降解过程并不一致。采用HPLC法分析上述底物的降解产物生成过程发现木聚糖酶A为内切型木聚糖酶,不同底物的降解产物中都无单糖的积累,且三糖的积累量都较高;与禾本科的燕麦木聚糖底物降解不同的是,木聚糖酶A对硬木木聚糖降解形成的五糖的继续降解能力较强。采用TLC法分析了WL-11粗木聚糖酶降解燕麦木聚糖的过程,结果表明燕麦木聚糖能够被WL-11粗木聚糖酶降解生成系列木寡糖,未检出木糖,这说明WL-11主要合成内切型木聚糖酶A,同时发酵液中不含木糖苷酶,适合用来酶法制备低聚木糖。     

Bacillus pumilus WL-11木聚糖酶A的纯化、鉴定及其底物降解方式

对一株BacilluspumilusWL_11木聚糖酶的纯化、酶学性质及其底物降解模式进行了研究。经过硫酸铵盐析、CM_Sephadex及SephadexG_75层析分离纯化,获得一种纯化的WL_11木聚糖酶A ,其分子量为2 6 0kD ,pI值9 5 ,以燕麦木聚糖为底物时的表观Km 值为16 6mg mL ,Vmax值为12 6 3μmol (min·mg)。木聚糖酶A的pH稳定范围为6 0至10 4 ,最适作用pH范围则在7 2至8 0之间,是耐碱性木聚糖酶;最适作用温度为4 5℃～5 5℃,在37℃、4 5℃以下时该酶热稳定性均较好;5 0℃保温时,该酶活力的半衰期大约为2h ,在超过5 0℃的环境下,该酶的热稳定较差,5 5℃和6 0℃时的酶活半衰期分别为35min和15min。WL_11木聚糖酶A对来源于燕麦、桦木和榉木的可溶性木聚糖的酶解结果发现,木聚糖酶A对几种不同来源的木聚糖的降解过程并不一致。采用HPLC法分析上述底物的降解产物生成过程发现木聚糖酶A为内切型木聚糖酶,不同底物的降解产物中都无单糖的积累,且三糖的积累量都较高;与禾本科的燕麦木聚糖底物降解不同的是,木聚糖酶A对硬木木聚糖降解形成的五糖的继续降解能力较强。采用TLC法分析了WL_11粗木聚糖酶降解燕麦木聚糖的过程,结果表明燕麦木聚糖能够被WL_11粗木聚糖酶降解生成系列木寡糖,未检出木糖,这说明WL_11主要合成内切型木聚     

微生物木聚糖酶的研究进展及其在食品领域的应用

木聚糖是半纤维素的主要组成成分,也是自然界第二丰富的可再生资源。木聚糖的结构稳定、组成复杂,很难在自然条件下自我降解,只有通过多种酶组成的木聚糖酶系的协同作用才可以更好地水解木聚糖或含有木聚糖的底物。木聚糖酶系主要由微生物产生,不同来源的木聚糖酶的性质存在较大差异。介绍了木聚糖水解酶系的组成和作用机理,木聚糖酶的分类和酶学性质,并对木聚糖酶在食品领域的应用进行了综述。     

嗜极性木聚糖酶

木聚糖酶内切水解木聚糖主链的1,4-β-D-糖苷键,木聚糖是植物细胞壁中一种主要的多糖。自然界中木聚糖是多种糖类的复合体,这就使得木聚糖酶呈现多态性和多域性,由此需将繁多的木聚糖酶进行归类。木聚糖酶的催化反应属于双置换机制。在已研究的真菌或细菌性木聚糖酶中,大多数在温和的条件下表现出最佳活性,但有很多在极端环境下生长的生物体,为了适应极端环境而产生嗜极性的酶,其中嗜酸的、嗜碱的、嗜热的木聚糖酶,现在已有广泛的研究。对嗜极性木聚糖酶的研究进展作了论述。     

草菇不同菌株木聚糖酶xyn基因的表达及其酶活性分析

木聚糖酶是半纤维素酶系的重要组成部分,能够分解水稻、小麦等农作物秸秆中的半纤维素。研究探讨木聚糖酶相关基因及其功能,为进一步探讨木聚糖酶与草菇生物转化率之间的关系提供理论依据。首先通过生物信息学手段构建了草菇2个木聚糖酶基因xyn1和xynII编码氨基酸序列的系统进化树,然后从生物转化率不同的草菇菌株分别提取各自的RNA,反转录为cDNA后,采用实时荧光定量PCR技术分析了xyn1和xynII基因的转录表达情况;最后应用DNS法对这些菌株中的木聚糖酶活性进行了测定。研究结果表明,xyn1编码的氨基酸序列与草腐菌相似性较高,而xynII编码的氨基酸序列与木腐菌遗传差异较小。在木聚糖酶活性测定和实时荧光定量PCR结果中,不同菌株的木聚糖酶活性趋势与xynII的转录表达趋势相似,均呈现依次递减。草菇的木聚糖酶活性与其生物转化率之间存在正相关性,推测草菇不同菌株木聚糖酶活性差异可能表现在转录水平上的差异。     

木聚糖酶异源表达的研究进展

木聚糖(xylan)在自然界中的含量极其丰富,在农作物和农林剩余物中大量存在。随着能源资源问题的日益凸显,对木聚糖的应用和研究越来越受到重视。木聚糖酶(xylanase)是可以将木聚糖降解为低聚木糖和木糖的一类水解酶,近年来,为了实现木聚糖酶的高产、高酶活表达,科研工作者做了大量的研究工作,就木聚糖酶异源表达(heterologous expression)的研究进展进行综述。     

耐热木聚糖酶研究进展

β1,4内切木聚糖酶(EC.3218)能够以内切方式作用于木聚糖主链产生不同长度的木寡糖和少量的木糖,因此是木聚糖降解酶系中最关键的酶。木聚糖酶具有很大的工业应用潜力和价值,由于许多工业应用木聚糖酶的单元操作都是在高温下进行的,寻求耐热木聚糖酶作为催化剂是非常重要的。重点介绍了耐热木聚糖酶的特性、分泌表达和结构区域的研究进展。     

高效木聚糖降解酶系定制的新进展与挑战

木聚糖是植物细胞壁中含量最丰富的非纤维素多糖,大约占陆地生物质资源的20%-35%。不同物种来源的木聚糖结构因取代方式不同而具有广泛的异质性,这对生物质资源向生物燃料和其他高值产品高效转化提出了重大挑战。因此,需要开发由不同类型酶组成的最佳混合物以有效糖化木聚糖类底物。但是针对特定类型的底物设计高效降解酶系十分困难,应考虑底物的类型、底物的组成和物理性质、多糖的聚合度以及不同降解酶组分的生化性质等。本文从不同植物木聚糖的结构异质性与合成复杂性方面展示了其抗降解屏障,同时介绍了木聚糖主链降解酶系及侧链降解酶系的多样性以及协同降解作用,综述了复杂生境中微生物种群产生的混合酶系、降解菌株产生的高效酶系,以及基于特定木聚糖底物改造并定制简化高效的酶系统。随着不同种类木聚糖精细结构和木聚糖降解酶底物特异性的深入研究,针对特定底物类型进行绿色高效木聚糖酶系定制,加速木聚糖类底物的降解,从而实现木质纤维素资源的绿色高值化利用。     

糖化过程中阿拉伯木聚糖溶解及内切木聚糖酶随机进攻预测模型的建立

建立了糖化过程中阿拉伯木聚糖溶解及内切木聚糖酶随机进攻的预测模型,希望通过此模型能预测在不同初始条件和参数设置下糖化过程中阿拉伯木聚糖的浓度,以减少其在酿造过程中的负面作用。结果显示,此模型预测麦汁中阿拉伯木聚糖浓度的误差在-9.5%到+13.6%之间。工业验证模型的误差要大于实验室条件下的误差,分别为16.8%和17.9%。仿真结果表明,麦汁中阿拉伯木聚糖的浓度随糖化初始温度的升高而增加,而延长糖化初始时间能降低阿拉伯木聚糖的含量。并且麦芽中内切木聚糖酶活对麦汁中阿拉伯木聚糖的浓度的影响要远远小于麦芽中阿拉伯木聚糖的初始值。     

微生物发酵产木聚糖酶研究进展

木聚糖是植物半纤维素的主要成分,是自然界中仅次于纤维素的可再生资源。木聚糖酶是一类重要的木糖苷键水解酶酶系,可将木聚糖逐次降解为低聚木糖及木糖,在饲料、造纸、食品和生物转化等行业应用广泛。目前利用微生物发酵生产木聚糖酶的研究很多,菌种涉及到细菌、真菌等,其发酵生产木聚糖酶的工艺、产量及特性也各有不同,对此进行了综述,并展望了木聚糖酶发酵生产的研究方向。     

Purification of TAXI-like Endoxylanase Inhibitors from Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Whole Meal Reveals a Family of Iso-forms

An affinity chromatography method has been developed for purification of endoxylanase inhibitors concentrated by cation exchange chromatography from wheat whole meal and is based on immobilisation of a Bacillus subtilis family 11 endoxylanase on N -hydroxysuccinimide activated Sepharose 4 Fast Flow. When followed by high-resolution cation exchange chromatography, the purification of seven TAXIs, Triticum aestivum L. endoxylanase inhibitors was achieved so extending the number of such proteins known to date (TAXI I and II). Based on their inhibition activities against a B. subtilis family 11 and an Aspergillus niger family 11 endoxylanase, six TAXI I- and only one TAXI II-like inhibitor could be distinguished. The first type of endoxylanase inhibitor is active against both endoxylanases and the second type only has significant activity against the B. subtilis endoxylanase.     

Proteinaceous inhibitors of microbial xylanases

At the end of 1990s two structurally different proteinaceous inhibitors of xylanases were discovered in the grain of wheat (Triticum aestivum). They were named TAXI (T. aestivum xylanase inhibitor) and XIP (xylanase-inhibiting protein). Later it was shown that TAXI and XIP in wheat are present in several isoforms encoded by different genes. TAXI- and XIP-like inhibitors have also been found in other cereals-barley, rye, rice, maize, etc. All these proteins can specifically inhibit activity of fungal and bacterial xylanases belonging to families 10 and 11 of glycoside hydrolases, but they do not affect endogenous enzymes produced by plants. A common viewpoint is that the presence of proteinaceous inhibitors in cereals is a response of plants to pathogenic attack by microorganisms. A few years ago, an inhibitor of a third type was discovered in wheat. It was named TLXI (thaumatin-like xylanase inhibitor) because of its similarity to the thaumatin family of plant proteins. In this review, the occurrence of proteinaceous inhibitors of xylanases in different cereals, their specificity towards fungal and bacterial enzymes, as well as structural features responsible for enzyme sensitivity to various types of inhibitors are discussed.     

Biochemical and structural characterization of TLXI, the Triticum aestivum L. thaumatin-like xylanase inhibitor

Thaumatin-like xylanase inhibitors (TLXI) are recently discovered wheat proteins. They belong to the family of the thaumatin-like proteins and inhibit glycoside hydrolase family 11 endoxylanases commonly used in different cereal based (bio)technological processes. We here report on the biochemical characterisation of TLXI. Its inhibition activity is temperature- and pH-dependent and shows a maximum at approximately 40 degrees C and pH 5.0. The TLXI structure model, generated with the crystal structure of thaumatin as template, shows the occurrence of five disulfide bridges and three beta-sheets. Much as in the structures of other short-chain thaumatin-like proteins, no alpha-helix is present. The circular dichroism spectrum of TLXI confirms the absence of alpha-helices and the presence of antiparallel beta-sheets. All ten cysteine residues in TLXI are involved in disulfide bridges. TLXI is stable for at least 120 min between pH 1-12 and for at least 2 hours at 100 degrees C, making it much more stable than the other two xylanase inhibitors from wheat, i.e. Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitor (TAXI) and xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP). This high stability can probably be ascribed to the high number of disulfide bridges, much as seen for other thaumatin-like proteins.     

Biochemical and structural characterization of TLXI,the Triticum aestivum L. thaumatin-like xylanase inhibitor

Thaumatin-like xylanase inhibitors (TLXI) are recently discovered wheat proteins. They belong to the family of the thaumatin-like proteins and inhibit glycoside hydrolase family 11 endoxylanases commonly used in different cereal based (bio)technological processes. We here report on the biochemical characterisation of TLXI. Its inhibition activity is temperature- and pH-dependent and shows a maximum at approximately 40°C and pH 5.0. The TLXI structure model, generated with the crystal structure of thaumatin as template, shows the occurrence of five disulfide bridges and three β-sheets. Much as in the structures of other short-chain thaumatin-like proteins, no α-helix is present. The circular dichroism spectrum of TLXI confirms the absence of α-helices and the presence of antiparallel β-sheets. All ten cysteine residues in TLXI are involved in disulfide bridges. TLXI is stable for at least 120 min between pH 1–12 and for at least 2 hours at 100°C, making it much more stable than the other two xylanase inhibitors from wheat, i.e. Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitor (TAXI) and xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP). This high stability can probably be ascribed to the high number of disulfide bridges, much as seen for other thaumatin-like proteins.     

2‐D DIGE reveals changes in wheat xylanase inhibitor protein families due to Fusarium graminearum ΔTri5 infection and grain development

Wheat contains three different classes of proteinaceous xylanase inhibitors (XIs), i.e. Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitors (TAXIs) xylanase‐inhibiting proteins (XIPs), and thaumatin‐like xylanase inhibitors (TLXIs) which are believed to act as a defensive barrier against phytopathogenic attack. In the absence of relevant data in wheat kernels, we here examined the response of the different members of the XI protein population to infection with a ΔTri5 mutant of Fusarium graminearum, the wild type of which is one of the most important wheat ear pathogens, in early developing wheat grain. Wheat ears were inoculated at anthesis, analyzed using 2‐D DIGE and multivariate analysis at 5, 15, and 25 days post anthesis (DPA), and compared with control samples. Distinct abundance patterns could be distinguished for different XI forms in response to infection with F. graminearum ΔTri5. Some (iso)forms were up‐regulated, whereas others were down‐regulated. This pathogen‐specific regulation of proteins was mostly visible at five DPA and levelled off in the samples situated further from the inoculation point. Furthermore, it was shown that most identified TAXI‐ and XIP‐type XI (iso)forms significantly increased in abundance from the milky (15 DPA) to the soft dough stages (25 DPA) on a per kernel basis, although the extent of increase differed greatly. Non‐glycosylated XIP forms increased more strongly than their glycosylated counterparts.     

A family 11 xylanase from Penicillium funiculosum is strongly inhibited by three wheat xylanase inhibitors

Steady-state kinetic approaches were used to investigate the binding of a novel Penicillium funiculosum xylanase, XYNC, with three known xylanase inhibitor proteins from wheat (Triticum aestivum). The xylanase gene (xynC) was cloned from a P. funiculosum genomic library and the deduced amino acid sequence of XYNC exhibited high sequence similarity with fungal family 11 xylanases. xynC was overexpressed in P. funiculosum and the product (XYNC: M(r)=23.6 kDa; pI=3.7) purified and shown to efficiently degrade birchwood xylan [K(m)=0.47% w/v, Vmax=2540 micromol xylose min(-1) (mg protein)(-1) at pH 5.5 and 30 degrees C] and soluble wheat arabinoxylans [K(m)=1.45% w/v, Vmax=7190 micromol xylose min(-1) mg protein)(-1) at pH 5.5 and 30 degrees C]. The xylanase activity of XYNC was inhibited strongly by three xylanase inhibitor proteins from wheat; XIP-I, TAXI I and TAXI II. The inhibition for each was competitive, with very tight binding (K(i)=3.4, 16 and 17 nM, respectively) equivalent to free energy changes (deltaG degrees ) of -49, -45 and -45 kJ mol(-1). This is the first report describing a xylanase that is inhibited by all three wheat xylanase inhibitor proteins described to date.     

Engineering molecular recognition of endoxylanase enzymes and their inhibitors through phage display

Specific binding of interacting proteins generally depends on a limited set of amino acid residues located at the contact interface. We have applied a phage-display-based screening method to simultaneously evaluate the role of multiple residues of endo-beta-1,4-xylanase enzymes in conferring binding specificity towards two different endoxylanase inhibitors. Seven residues of the two beta-strand 'thumb' region of Trichoderma longibrachiatum endo-beta-1,4-xylanase XynII were targeted for randomization. The generated combinatorial library representing 62,208 site-directed variants was displayed on the surface of filamentous phage and selected against xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP) and Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitor (TAXI). DNA sequence analysis of phagemid panning isolates provided information on the occurrence of particular amino acids at distinct positions. In particular, residues at positions 124 (Asn) and 131 (Thr) were found to be critical for specific inhibitor binding. These residue predictions derived from the combinatorial exploration of the thumb region and accompanying sequence analyses were experimentally confirmed by testing the inhibitor sensitivity of a limited set of recombinantly expressed XynII mutants. In addition, we successfully altered the inhibition susceptibility of the bacterial Bacillus subtilis endoxylanase XynA from XIP-insensitive to XIP-sensitive.     

XIP-I, a xylanase inhibitor protein from wheat: a novel protein function

Endo-(1,4)-beta-xylanases of plant and fungal origin play an important role in the degradation of arabinoxylans. Two distinct classes of proteinaceous endoxylanase inhibitors, the Triticum aestivum xylanase inhibitor (TAXI) and the xylanase inhibitor protein (XIP), have been identified in cereals. Engineering of proteins in conjunction with enzyme kinetics, thermodynamic, real-time interaction, and X-ray crystallographic studies has provided knowledge on the mechanism of inhibition of XIP-I towards endoxylanases. XIP-I is a 30 kDa protein which belongs to glycoside hydrolase family 18, and folds as a typical (beta/alpha)8 barrel. Although the inhibitor shows highest homology with plant chitinases, XIP-I does not hydrolyse chitin; probably due to structural differences in the XIP-I binding cleft. The inhibitor is specific for fungal xylanases from glycoside hydrolases families 10 and 11, but does not inhibit bacterial enzymes. The inhibition is competitive and, depending on the xylanase, the Ki value can be as low as 3.4 nM. Site-directed mutagenesis of a xylanase from Aspergillus niger suggested that the XIP-I binding site was the conserved hairpin loop "thumb" region of family 11 xylanases. Furthermore, XIP-I shows the ability to inhibit barley alpha-amylases of glycoside hydrolase family 13, providing the first example of a protein able to inhibit members of different glycoside hydrolase families (10, 11, and 13), and additionally a novel function for a protein of glycoside hydrolase family 18.