丝状真菌Podospora anserina AA11家族裂解多糖单加氧酶基因的鉴定和功能研究

辅助活性蛋白家族(auxiliary activity family, AA family)中的裂解多糖单加氧酶(lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase, LPMO)能催化纤维素、几丁质和淀粉等多种难降解碳水化合物的氧化解聚。尽管目前对LPMO的酶学研究较多,但对LPMO基因失活的研究却鲜有报道。本研究利用同源重组方法定点敲除丝状真菌Podospora anserina中AA11家族的5个LPMO基因PaLPMO11A(Pa＿4＿4790)、PaLPMO11B(Pa＿1＿5310)、PaLPMO11C(Pa＿2＿7840)、 PaLPMO11D(Pa＿2＿8610)和PaLPMO11E(Pa＿3＿9420),分别构建了单突变体ΔPaLPMO11A (ΔA)、ΔPaLPMO11B (ΔB)、ΔPaLPMO11C (ΔC)、ΔPaLPMO11D (ΔD)和ΔPaLPMO11E (ΔE),然后通过遗传杂交构建所有多基因突变体。通过在不同碳源培养基上的表型分析、DAB和NBT染色以及纤维素酶活测定分析野生型菌株与突变型菌株在生长速率、有性生殖、氧化应激和纤维素降解...     

降解木质纤维素放线菌的功能组学分析及工业应用前景

放线菌是一种高GC含量的革兰氏阳性细菌,在陆生、高温的木质纤维素降解生境中占据十分重要的地位.降解木质纤维素菌株的功能基因组分析发现降解纤维素的酶种类和数目相对较多,而降解半纤维素以及果胶成分的酶相对真菌较少.其中,降解纤维素的酶类主要以GH6家族外切酶为主,部分含有GH9和GH48家族的纤维素酶,基因组中还含有AA10家族的多糖裂解氧化酶,因此放线菌可通过持续性水解与氧化双重机制高效降解结晶纤维素.放线菌可通过双精氨酸转运系统快速将已正确折叠的降解酶类分泌至胞外,这些酶分子常具有多个功能结构域,具有耐高温、耐碱性以及高活力等特征.放线菌在木质纤维素降解及次级代谢产物等方面的特点与优势使得其具有巨大的工业应用前景.     

溶解性多糖单加氧酶的研究进展

木质纤维素是地球上储藏量最为丰富的可再生生物资源。将木质纤维素酶解成寡糖或单糖是生物质利用的关键。然而,传统的糖苷水解酶很难对其进行有效降解。溶解性多糖单加氧酶是一种全新的生物质降解酶,丰富了生物质降解的模式。它以氧化方式作用于糖链,产生更多的还原端以便糖苷水解酶能进一步进行催化。本文综述了LPMO的发现历史、分类、作用机制与活性测定方法,并讨论了LPMO在饲料添加剂、功能性食品与生物能源等领域的应用前景。     

米曲霉裂解性多糖单加氧酶的异源表达与性质分析

【目的】裂解性多糖单加氧酶(lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases,LPMOs)是一类以氧化方式断裂多聚糖糖苷键的新型木质纤维素降解酶,本文旨在挖掘新型LPMOs并研究其性质。【方法】从米曲霉中克隆LPMO基因,利用毕赤酵母表达系统进行异源表达,研究其酶学性质和还原剂对其活性的影响,进一步探讨LPMO与糖苷水解酶协同作用时的底物结合现象。【结果】Ao LPMO2和Ao LPMO5序列分析显示,两种蛋白都为辅助酶类9家族的LPMOs;电击转化至真核毕赤酵母GS115中,获得双拷贝转化子GS/AO5-4,经1%甲醇诱导4 d后,上清液蛋白表达量为0.19±0.01 g/L。重组蛋白分子量约34 k Da,高于理论分子量,推测可能存在翻译后修饰。酶学性质分析表明,Ao LPMO5对刺槐豆胶的最适反应温度和p H分别为60°C和5.0,Km和Vmax分别为8.72±1.99 mg/m L和109.4±12.8μmol/(s·mg)。0.1 mmol/L Cu^2+促进酶活性提高(7.10±1.32)%(P<0.05),0.5、2.0和2.5 mmol/L H2O2分别促进酶活性提高(21.11±6.17)%(P<0.01)、(20.22±1.13)%(P<0.01)和(18.40±2.86)%(P<0.01),而没食子酸和维生素C对活性无明显作用。在反应前期,Ao LPMO5与刺槐豆胶底物结合从而影响甘露聚糖酶Bs MAN3的降解作用。而在反应后期,Ao LPMO5与Bs MAN3则表现出协同增效作用。【结论】Ao LPMO5是一种全新的生物质降解酶,阐明其酶学性质和底物作用方式,将为天然木质纤维素类底物的高效转化与生物炼制,如第二代生物乙醇、功能性低聚寡糖等生产建立基础。     

AA10家族裂解多糖单加氧酶的模块化组成及底物选择性的研究进展

AA10家族裂解多糖单加氧酶(lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases, LPMOs)主要分布于细菌中,因其具有催化纤维素和几丁质等结晶多糖氧化降解的特性,在工业生物质转化过程中具有极强的应用潜力,从而受到广泛关注。然而,AA10家族不同LPMOs作用的底物种类及氧化位点和氧化产物也不尽相同,LPMOs的结构与组成对其底物选择性的影响机制有待进一步探究。因此,本文综述了AA10家族LPMOs的模块化结构组成及其催化机制,梳理了AA10家族LPMOs的底物谱,系统总结了AA10家族LPMOs的结构、关键作用残基及多模块组合对底物选择性影响的最新进展,并展望了LPMOs在生物质转化和生物燃料工业中广阔的应用前景。     

Actinosynnema mirum DSM43827溶解性多糖单加氧酶的异源表达和酶学性质表征

溶解性多糖单加氧酶(lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases,LPMO)是近年来新发现的一类作用于结晶多糖(如纤维素和几丁质)的氧化酶;LPMO通过氧化的方式来裂解底物从而有利于水解酶系进一步作用,获得可溶性寡糖。为获得更多新酶资源,通过PCR方法从Actinosynnema mirum DSM 43827菌株中成功地克隆了编码LPMO的基因Amir_5334;将该基因构建到含麦芽糖结合蛋白(maltose binding protein,MBP)标签的pET-28a(+)载体(pET-28a-MBP)上,并转化至E.coli BL21(DE3)中进行诱导表达。利用镍柱亲和层析进行纯化,获得融合表达蛋白后,使用Factor Xa蛋白酶切除MBP标签,最终得到成熟的LPMO(Am5)。成熟Am5的预测分子量约为26 kDa,等电点为8.3。分析Am5序列发现,Am5与同家族中LPMO的序列一致性较低,具有良好的序列新颖性。酶学性质分析表明Am5是对几丁质有氧化活性而对纤维素无氧化活性的LPMO;与几丁质酶协同降解几丁质时可提高几丁质酶60%的水解效率;吸附实验显示,Am5对几丁质具有较强的吸附作用,而对纤维素吸附能力较弱。以上研究表明,Am5是一种针对几丁质底物具有高效选择性的新型氧化酶。     

CAZy-AA3家族酶及其在生物传感器中的应用研究进展

碳水化合物活性酶数据库（CAZy）中位于“辅助活性”（auxiliary activities,AA）3家族的酶属于葡萄糖-甲醇-胆碱氧化还原酶大家族。它们以黄素腺嘌呤二核苷酸（FAD）作为辅酶,通过反应产物（H₂O₂或对苯二酚）协助其他AA家族酶发挥作用,或辅助糖苷水解酶降解木质纤维素。根据结构序列相似性,AA3家族酶进一步细分为4个亚家族,包括 AA3_1（纤维二糖脱氢酶）、AA3_2（芳醇氧化酶、葡萄糖氧化还原酶）、AA3_3（醇氧化酶）、AA3_4（吡喃糖氧化还原酶）。AA3家族酶因其独特的结构、广泛的用途,近几十年来受到人们的广泛关注。本文系统综述了CAZy-AA3家族酶来源、分子结构及改造,对部分AA3家族酶在生物传感器中的最新研究进展进行了重点综述,并对未来研究方向进行了展望。     

嗜热厌氧细菌Caldicellulosiruptor bescii降解木质纤维素研究进展

嗜热厌氧菌Caldicellulosiruptor bescii具有强大的木质纤维素降解能力,能以多种模式植物细胞壁多糖如微晶纤维素Avicel和木聚糖,甚至未经预处理的木质纤维素如柳枝稷作为唯一碳源快速生长,该菌还具有少见的厌氧降解木质素的能力。对基因组注释发现,该菌所编码的蛋白大多为多结构域双功能酶,即在多肽链的N端和C端分别是不同家族的糖苷水解酶,间隔以2-3个碳水化合物结合结构域。该菌降解纤维素相关的酶基因多集中于一个植物细胞壁多糖降解利用的基因簇,例如纤维素酶/木聚糖酶、纤维素酶/甘露聚糖酶和纤维素酶/木葡聚糖酶等。C.bescii的木聚糖酶主要属于GH10家族,该家族的酶底物特异性较为宽泛,氨基酸序列的同源性在18.7%-59.5%间。Caldicellulosiruptor属细菌进化出了一系列的机制使得糖苷水解酶和底物、细菌和木质纤维素能更好的吸附在一起,从而有利于木质纤维素的酶解。C.bescii有12个含SLH结构域的蛋白,以及新发现的黏附蛋白Tāpirin,可能参与了木质纤维素的吸附与利用。综述了近年来对C.bescii降解植物细胞壁的糖苷水解酶的基因资源挖掘方面和降解分子机制方面的研究进展,对高效、多功能高效木质纤维素降解酶的设计和优化具有积极的意义。     

一种几丁质裂解性多糖单加氧酶的活性评价及稳定性研究

【目的】裂解性多糖单加氧酶(LPMO)是一类铜离子依赖型的单加氧酶,能够通过氧化的方式断裂糖苷键,进而显著提高多糖的降解效率,受到广泛的关注。但是LPMO单加氧酶的性质使其容易被自身氧化而失活,且底物的聚合性质和释放产物的多样性使得对LPMO催化过程活性的评估变得十分困难。【方法】本研究以2,6-二甲氧基苯酚(2,6-DMP)和H2O2为底物,建立了测定几丁质裂解性多糖单加氧酶(BtLPMO10A)活性的评价体系,并研究该酶在降解几丁质底物过程中的稳定性。【结果】研究发现,在测定BtLPMO10A活性的过程中,较高的酶浓度,过氧化氢浓度和2,6-DMP浓度均使得反应过程脱离了线性范围,而抗坏血酸的加入能够提高灵敏度,但是对活性测定过程有较大影响。BtLPMO10A对2,6-DMP和H2O2的Km分别为0.53mmol/L和5.31 mmol/L,亲和性高于纤维素裂解活性的NcLPMO9C。BtLPMO10A在还原剂抗坏血酸存在的条件下容易失活,但底物几丁质的加入能够一定程度上稳定LPMO的活性,但是其在降解几丁质过程中活性依然会下降。【结论】本研究以2,6-二甲氧基苯酚为底物检测BtL...     

提高花生壳可消化率的尝试

每年大量出产的农副产品中,大多数富含木质纤维素。其中,只有少量作为工业生产的原料,其余大部分作燃料烧掉或让其自然腐烂,造成极大的浪费。木质纤维素是由复杂的芳族杂聚物木素、多糖纤维素和半纤维素所组成,木质纤维素只有反刍动物才能稍微消化一点。人们普遍认为纤维素内部的晶状排列是造成木质纤维素难以消化的主要原因,而木素的成分则是妨碍木质纤维素难以发生微生物降解的主要因素。由于木素具有抗酶反应能力并能与半纤维素一起形成酯键合,因此降低了纤维素和半纤维素的被     

Activation of bacterial lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with cellobiose dehydrogenase

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) represent a recent addition to the carbohydrate‐active enzymes and are classified as auxiliary activity (AA) families 9, 10, 11, and 13. LPMOs are crucial for effective degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides like cellulose or chitin. These enzymes are copper‐dependent and utilize a redox mechanism to cleave glycosidic bonds that is dependent on molecular oxygen and an external electron donor. The electrons can be provided by various sources, such as chemical compounds (e.g., ascorbate) or by enzymes (e.g., cellobiose dehydrogenases, CDHs, from fungi). Here, we demonstrate that a fungal CDH from Myriococcum thermophilum (MtCDH), can act as an electron donor for bacterial family AA10 LPMOs. We show that employing an enzyme as electron donor is advantageous since this enables a kinetically controlled supply of electrons to the LPMO. The rate of chitin oxidation by CBP21 was equal to that of cosubstrate (lactose) oxidation by MtCDH, verifying the usage of two electrons in the LPMO catalytic mechanism. Furthermore, since lactose oxidation correlates directly with the rate of LPMO catalysis, a method for indirect determination of LPMO activity is implicated. Finally, the one electron reduction of the CBP21 active site copper by MtCDH was determined to be substantially faster than chitin oxidation by the LPMO. Overall, MtCDH seems to be a universal electron donor for both bacterial and fungal LPMOs, indicating that their electron transfer mechanisms are similar.     

Structural and Functional Characterization of a Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase with Broad Substrate Specificity

The recently discovered lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) carry out oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides and are of major importance for efficient processing of biomass. NcLPMO9C from Neurospora crassa acts both on cellulose and on non-cellulose β-glucans, including cellodextrins and xyloglucan. The crystal structure of the catalytic domain of NcLPMO9C revealed an extended, highly polar substrate-binding surface well suited to interact with a variety of sugar substrates. The ability of NcLPMO9C to act on soluble substrates was exploited to study enzyme-substrate interactions. EPR studies demonstrated that the Cu²⁺ center environment is altered upon substrate binding, whereas isothermal titration calorimetry studies revealed binding affinities in the low micromolar range for polymeric substrates that are due in part to the presence of a carbohydrate-binding module (CBM1). Importantly, the novel structure of NcLPMO9C enabled a comparative study, revealing that the oxidative regioselectivity of LPMO9s (C1, C4, or both) correlates with distinct structural features of the copper coordination sphere. In strictly C1-oxidizing LPMO9s, access to the solvent-facing axial coordination position is restricted by a conserved tyrosine residue, whereas access to this same position seems unrestricted in C4-oxidizing LPMO9s. LPMO9s known to produce a mixture of C1- and C4-oxidized products show an intermediate situation.     

The Contribution of Non-catalytic Carbohydrate Binding Modules to the Activity of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases

Lignocellulosic biomass is a sustainable industrial substrate. Copper-dependent lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) contribute to the degradation of lignocellulose and increase the efficiency of biofuel production. LPMOs can contain non-catalytic carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs), but their role in the activity of these enzymes is poorly understood. Here we explored the importance of CBMs in LPMO function. The family 2a CBMs of two monooxygenases, CfLPMO10 and TbLPMO10 from Cellulomonas fimi and Thermobispora bispora, respectively, were deleted and/or replaced with CBMs from other proteins. The data showed that the CBMs could potentiate and, surprisingly, inhibit LPMO activity, and that these effects were both enzyme-specific and substrate-specific. Removing the natural CBM or introducing CtCBM3a, from the Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome scaffoldin CipA, almost abolished the catalytic activity of the LPMOs against the cellulosic substrates. The deleterious effect of CBM removal likely reflects the importance of prolonged presentation of the enzyme on the surface of the substrate for efficient catalytic activity, as only LPMOs appended to CBMs bound tightly to cellulose. The negative impact of CtCBM3a is in sharp contrast with the capacity of this binding module to potentiate the activity of a range of glycoside hydrolases including cellulases. The deletion of the endogenous CBM from CfLPMO10 or the introduction of a family 10 CBM from Cellvibrio japonicus LPMO10B into TbLPMO10 influenced the quantity of non-oxidized products generated, demonstrating that CBMs can modulate the mode of action of LPMOs. This study demonstrates that engineered LPMO-CBM hybrids can display enhanced industrially relevant oxygenations.     

Characterization of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from Aspergillus fumigatus shows functional variation among family AA11 fungal LPMOs

The discovery of oxidative cleavage of recalcitrant polysaccharides by lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) has affected the study and industrial application of enzymatic biomass processing. Despite being widespread in fungi, LPMOs belonging to the auxiliary activity (AA) family AA11 have been understudied. While these LPMOs are considered chitin active, some family members have little or no activity toward chitin, and the only available crystal structure of an AA11 LPMO lacks features found in bacterial chitin-active AA10 LPMOs. Here, we report structural and functional characteristics of a single-domain AA11 LPMO from Aspergillus fumigatus, AfAA11A. The crystal structure shows a substrate-binding surface with features resembling those of known chitin-active LPMOs. Indeed, despite the absence of a carbohydrate-binding module, AfAA11A has considerable affinity for α-chitin and, more so, β-chitin. AfAA11A is active toward both these chitin allomorphs and enhances chitin degradation by an endoacting chitinase, in particular for α-chitin. The catalytic activity of AfAA11A on chitin increases when supplying reactions with hydrogen peroxide, showing that, like LPMOs from other families, AfAA11A has peroxygenase activity. These results show that, in stark contrast to the previously characterized AfAA11B from the same organism, AfAA11A likely plays a role in fungal chitin turnover. Thus, members of the hitherto rather enigmatic family of AA11 LPMOs show considerable structural and functional differences and may have multiple roles in fungal physiology.     

Cellulose Surface Degradation by a Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase and Its Effect on Cellulase Hydrolytic Efficiency

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) represents a unique principle of oxidative degradation of recalcitrant insoluble polysaccharides. Used in combination with hydrolytic enzymes, LPMO appears to constitute a significant factor of the efficiency of enzymatic biomass depolymerization. LPMO activity on different cellulose substrates has been shown from the slow release of oxidized oligosaccharides into solution, but an immediate and direct demonstration of the enzyme action on the cellulose surface is lacking. Specificity of LPMO for degrading ordered crystalline and unordered amorphous cellulose material of the substrate surface is also unknown. We show by fluorescence dye adsorption analyzed with confocal laser scanning microscopy that a LPMO (from Neurospora crassa) introduces carboxyl groups primarily in surface-exposed crystalline areas of the cellulosic substrate. Using time-resolved in situ atomic force microscopy we further demonstrate that cellulose nano-fibrils exposed on the surface are degraded into shorter and thinner insoluble fragments. Also using atomic force microscopy, we show that prior action of LPMO enables cellulases to attack otherwise highly resistant crystalline substrate areas and that it promotes an overall faster and more complete surface degradation. Overall, this study reveals key characteristics of LPMO action on the cellulose surface and suggests the effects of substrate morphology on the synergy between LPMO and hydrolytic enzymes in cellulose depolymerization.     

Several Genes Encoding Enzymes with the Same Activity Are Necessary for Aerobic Fungal Degradation of Cellulose in Nature

The cellulose-degrading fungal enzymes are glycoside hydrolases of the GH families and lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. The entanglement of glycoside hydrolase families and functions makes it difficult to predict the enzymatic activity of glycoside hydrolases based on their sequence. In the present study we further developed the method Peptide Pattern Recognition to an automatic approach not only to find all genes encoding glycoside hydrolases and lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases in fungal genomes but also to predict the function of the genes. The functional annotation is an important feature as it provides a direct route to predict function from primary sequence. Furthermore, we used Peptide Pattern Recognition to compare the cellulose-degrading enzyme activities encoded by 39 fungal genomes. The results indicated that cellobiohydrolases and AA9 lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases are hallmarks of cellulose-degrading fungi except brown rot fungi. Furthermore, a high number of AA9, endocellulase and β-glucosidase genes were identified, not in what are known to be the strongest, specialized lignocellulose degraders but in saprophytic fungi that can use a wide variety of substrates whereas only few of these genes were found in fungi that have a limited number of natural, lignocellulotic substrates. This correlation suggests that enzymes with different properties are necessary for degradation of cellulose in different complex substrates. Interestingly, clustering of the fungi based on their predicted enzymes indicated that Ascomycota and Basidiomycota use the same enzymatic activities to degrade plant cell walls.     

Structural and Electronic Snapshots during the Transition from a Cu(II) to Cu(I) Metal Center of a Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase by X-ray Photoreduction

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are a recently discovered class of enzymes that employ a copper-mediated, oxidative mechanism to cleave glycosidic bonds. The LPMO catalytic mechanism likely requires that molecular oxygen first binds to Cu(I), but the oxidation state in many reported LPMO structures is ambiguous, and the changes in the LPMO active site required to accommodate both oxidation states of copper have not been fully elucidated. Here, a diffraction data collection strategy minimizing the deposited x-ray dose was used to solve the crystal structure of a chitin-specific LPMO from Enterococcus faecalis (EfaCBM33A) in the Cu(II)-bound form. Subsequently, the crystalline protein was photoreduced in the x-ray beam, which revealed structural changes associated with the conversion from the initial Cu(II)-oxidized form with two coordinated water molecules, which adopts a trigonal bipyramidal geometry, to a reduced Cu(I) form in a T-shaped geometry with no coordinated water molecules. A comprehensive survey of Cu(II) and Cu(I) structures in the Cambridge Structural Database unambiguously shows that the geometries observed in the least and most reduced structures reflect binding of Cu(II) and Cu(I), respectively. Quantum mechanical calculations of the oxidized and reduced active sites reveal little change in the electronic structure of the active site measured by the active site partial charges. Together with a previous theoretical investigation of a fungal LPMO, this suggests significant functional plasticity in LPMO active sites. Overall, this study provides molecular snapshots along the reduction process to activate the LPMO catalytic machinery and provides a general method for solving LPMO structures in both copper oxidation states.     

A C4-oxidizing Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase Cleaving Both Cellulose and Cello-oligosaccharides

Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable resource that significantly can substitute fossil resources for the production of fuels, chemicals, and materials. Efficient saccharification of this biomass to fermentable sugars will be a key technology in future biorefineries. Traditionally, saccharification was thought to be accomplished by mixtures of hydrolytic enzymes. However, recently it has been shown that lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) contribute to this process by catalyzing oxidative cleavage of insoluble polysaccharides utilizing a mechanism involving molecular oxygen and an electron donor. These enzymes thus represent novel tools for the saccharification of plant biomass. Most characterized LPMOs, including all reported bacterial LPMOs, form aldonic acids, i.e., products oxidized in the C1 position of the terminal sugar. Oxidation at other positions has been observed, and there has been some debate concerning the nature of this position (C4 or C6). In this study, we have characterized an LPMO from Neurospora crassa (NcLPMO9C; also known as NCU02916 and NcGH61–3). Remarkably, and in contrast to all previously characterized LPMOs, which are active only on polysaccharides, NcLPMO9C is able to cleave soluble cello-oligosaccharides as short as a tetramer, a property that allowed detailed product analysis. Using mass spectrometry and NMR, we show that the cello-oligosaccharide products released by this enzyme contain a C4 gemdiol/keto group at the nonreducing end.