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。     

裂解多糖单加氧酶高效催化的研究进展

裂解多糖单加氧酶(lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases,LPMOs)是一类新发现的铜离子依赖性的氧化酶,常具有多种模块化组合,能够高效氧化降解生物质多糖.LPMOs的催化结构域为β三明治结构,活性中心含有一个铜离子.该酶的催化反应过程相对于糖苷水解酶类更加复杂,LPMOs结合底物后,首先要接受电子供体提供的电子,通过电子传递链传递给活性中心的Cu[Ⅱ],将其还原为Cu[Ⅰ],Cu[Ⅰ]结合并活化分子氧后,再氧化降解多糖链的糖苷键,生成氧化产物和非氧化产物.近年来的研究表明,在木质纤维素降解酶系中加入LPMOs能显著提高其对结晶纤维素的转化效率,因此LPMOs相关研究的深入开展可以拓展人们对其高效降解机制的认识,从而为高效降解酶系的复配以降低工业规模的生产成本等提供理论指导.本文综述了该领域相关研究的最新进展,分析了LPMOs潜在的研究方向与工业化应用的前景.     

裂解性多糖单加氧酶HcLPMO与纤维素酶协同降解纤维素

【目的】为研究HcLPMO的活性测定方法及其与纤维素酶的协同降解特性。【方法】利用大肠杆菌表达系统进行HcLPMO异源表达,研究以AmplexTM Ultra Red为荧光底物的LPMOs活性检测条件;研究HcLPMO与纤维素酶最优配比协同降解微晶纤维素及其他多种生物质底物的能力。【结果】表达条件确定最适装液量为20%,最适诱导温度为20°C。活性测定研究结果表明HcLPMO需先与铜离子结合才具有活性,电子供体抗坏血酸钠(ASC)最适浓度为10–4 mol/L,并发现AmplexTM Ultra Red浓度以及辣根过氧化物酶浓度对酶活的检测影响较小。HcLPMO与纤维素酶协同降解微晶纤维素研究确定HcLPMO与纤维素酶最优配比为2:3,葡萄糖产量相较纤维素酶单独作用提高了99.48%。此外,针对多种生物质底物,发现该酶与纤维素酶的复配体系对汽爆玉米秸秆和微晶纤维素的协同降解效果较好,相较于单独用纤维素水解酶,葡萄糖产量分别提高了63.81%和59.43%,而对碱处理玉米芯和木薯渣降解效果次之,葡萄糖产量仅分别提高35.41%和11.06%。【结论】HcLPMO与纤维素酶复配能够有效提高酶法降解纤维素效率;而底物前处理如蒸汽爆破或碱处理对于HcLPMO与纤维素酶协同降解木质纤维素影响较大。     

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。     

影响真菌漆酶表达及其活性的因素

丝状真菌同一菌株中存在动力学、理化特性各异的多个漆酶同工酶。金属离子,碳、氮等培养基成分,培养条件,以及异生物质、热休克处理和共培养的菌株等多种生物和非生物的因素对真菌漆酶同工酶表现出选择性诱导效应。影响真菌漆酶表达及其调控因素的研究能指导漆酶的选择性合成,以满足不同的应用需求。主要阐述影响真菌漆酶表达及其活性的因素的相关研究进展。     

海洋链霉菌Streptomyces olivaceus FXJ7.023来源多功能几丁质酶的克隆、表达及鉴定(英文)

碳水化合物水解酶家族在自然界碳素循环及农业废弃物中几丁质、纤维素等碳水化合物的生物质转化利用中发挥了重要作用。通过PCR技术从海洋链霉菌Streptomyces olivaceus strain FXJ 7.023的fosmid基因组文库中成功克隆得到1个全长885bp的编码295个氨基酸残基的包含1个19个氨基酸残基的N-末端信号肽的壳聚糖酶完全编码区。系统进化分析表明该基因编码蛋白与已报道的Streptomyces sp.SirexAA-E来源壳聚糖酶csnA同源性为71%,与Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)来源的csn46A同源性为70%。将该编码区重组入原核表达质粒载体pET32a并转化大肠杆菌表达菌株BL21(DE3)plysS,添加IPTG在18℃条件下振荡诱导该蛋白表达,Ni2+-NTA亲和纯化获得分子量为50.3 kDa融合表达蛋白TrxA-SoCsn。该融合重组蛋白在最适反应条件下对底物胶体壳聚糖和羧甲基纤维素的最大酶活分别为3.673U/mg和1.302U/mg,最适反应温度分别为37℃和50℃,最适反应pH分别为pH5.0和pH6.0。TrxA-SoCsn相关的研究结果表明该酶在农业废弃物生物质转化等方面具有一定的应用潜力。     

昆虫与生物质能源利用:一个新的交叉学科前沿

昆虫与生物质能源利用密切相关。这些昆虫包括白蚁类、甲虫类、树蜂类、食叶类水生昆虫、衣鱼类、大蚊类等。它们能在树木、枯枝以及落叶上生活,并具有了相当可观的降解和转化木质纤维素的能力,是自然界中协助进行碳循环的一类重要节肢动物。近几年来,这些昆虫独特的肠道消化能力以及它们的生物质催化转化系统已引起了科学家和研究人员的极大兴趣,希望能通过发现新的降解木质纤维素的酶及酶系统、掌握相关的这些酶的表达和其功能控制基因、并能解开昆虫肠道的消化及其相关机制的谜;更高效的降解和转化植物细胞壁中的碳水化合物并用来生产不同种类的生物能源或生物基材料。目前,对这类昆虫高效降解木质纤维素能力的认识和相关降解机制的研究已发展成为一个与生物质能源应用密切相关的新兴研究领域,成为新的交叉学科前沿。本文将简要讨论这类昆虫消化木质纤维素的几种不同作用机制、共生微生物与昆虫所产生的不同木质纤维素酶以及相互间的协同作用的基础上,还探讨了当前第二代生物质能源研究与开发中所面临的主要挑战、消化木质纤维素类昆虫,特别是白蚁所处的独特地位、潜在的科学和应用价值,以及今后的主要研究方向。     

微生物菌群发酵生产化学品的研究进展

廉价生物质资源的利用是工业生物技术领域研究的热点,复杂的成分和较多的杂质使传统的单菌发酵方式难以应对,成为产业化的关键问题。文中从微生物菌群的工业应用、微生物菌群发酵与纯种发酵的比较、微生物细胞间的相互作用等方面综述了微生物菌群发酵技术的最新研究进展,并对微生物菌群的设计和应用进行了展望。微生物菌群发酵可以充分利用廉价生物质基质、生产多个产品或减少副产物的生成,在生物基化学品和燃料的生产中将是一种有前景的发酵技术。     

真菌漆酶异源表达研究进展

由于漆酶能够氧化芳香类化合物和其它一些非芳香类有机物,具有广泛的底物特异性,因此在纸浆漂白、纺织品染料脱色、有毒废弃物的去除、生物修复和生物传感器等方面具有巨大的应用潜力。但是缺少大量廉价的酶源供应阻碍了漆酶商业化的应用,解决这个问题的一个主要方法就是通过漆酶的异源表达来获得大量的漆酶。综述了真菌漆酶在酵母表达系统和丝状真菌表达系统中表达的研究结果,着重总结了影响漆酶异源表达的因素和提高漆酶表达的策略。     

合成生物制造2022

本文对2022年《生物工程学报》发表的与合成生物制造相关的综述和研究论文进行了评述,重点讨论了DNA测序、DNA合成、DNA编辑、基因表达调控和数学细胞模型等底层技术,酶的设计、改造和应用技术,化学品生物催化、氨基酸及其衍生物、有机酸、天然化合物、抗生素与活性肽、功能多糖、功能蛋白质等重要产品的生物制造技术,一碳化合物和生物质原料利用技术以及合成微生物组技术,以帮助读者从一个侧面了解合成生物制造相关技术和产业的发展情况。     

Recalcitrant polysaccharide degradation by novel oxidative biocatalysts

The classical hydrolytic mechanism for the degradation of plant polysaccharides by saprophytic microorganisms has been reconsidered after the recent landmark discovery of a new class of oxidases termed lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs). LPMOs are of increased biotechnological interest due to their implication in lignocellulosic biomass decomposition for the production of biofuels and high-value chemicals. They act on recalcitrant polysaccharides by a combination of hydrolytic and oxidative function, generating oxidized and non-oxidized chain ends. They are copper-dependent and require molecular oxygen and an external electron donor for their proper function. In this review, we present the recent findings concerning the mechanism of action of these oxidative enzymes and identify issues and questions to be addressed in the future.     

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.     

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.     

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases promote oxidative cleavage of lignin and lignin–carbohydrate complexes during fungal degradation of lignocellulose

Overcoming lignocellulosic biomass recalcitrance, especially the cleavage of cross-linkages in lignin–carbohydrate complexes (LCCs) and lignin, is essential for both the carbon cycle and industrial biorefinery. Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are copper-containing enzymes that play a key role in fungal polysaccharide oxidative degradation. Nevertheless, comprehensive analysis showed that LPMOs from a white-rot fungus, Pleurotus ostreatus, correlated well with the Fenton reaction and were involved in the degradation of recalcitrant nonpolysaccharide fractions in this research. Thus, LPMOs participated in the extracellular Fenton reaction by enhancing iron reduction in quinone redox cycling. A Fenton reaction system consisting of LPMOs, hydroquinone, and ferric iron can efficiently produce hydroxy radicals and then cleave LCCs or lignin linkages. This finding indicates that LPMOs are underestimated auxiliary enzymes in eliminating biomass recalcitrance.     

A rapid quantitative activity assay shows that the Vibrio cholerae colonization factor GbpA is an active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase

The discovery of the copper-dependent lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) has revealed new territory for chemical and biochemical analysis. These unique mononuclear copper enzymes are abundant, suggesting functional diversity beyond their established roles in the depolymerization of biomass polysaccharides. At the same time basic biochemical methods for characterizing LPMOs, such as activity assays are not well developed. Here we describe a method for quantification of C1-oxidized chitooligosaccharides (aldonic acids), and hence LPMO activity. The method was used to quantify the activity of a four-domain LPMO from Vibriocholerae, GbpA, which is a virulence factor with no obvious role in biomass processing.     

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.     

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.     

生物质催化转化制备呋喃基化学品和酚类化合物

生物质转化制备精细化学品是解决石油能源危机的重要途径之一。其中,纤维素及半纤维素转化合成呋喃基化学品与木质素转化制酚类化合物是主要的反应路线,特别是借助催化技术加速生物质转化更是当今化学领域的研究重点;依据催化反应体系的不同,对近年来用于生物质催化转化的反应媒介以及催化剂研究进展进行了综述,并对未来生物质催化转化研究方向的发展前景进行了展望。     

Structural and functional variation of chitin-binding domains of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase from Cellvibrio japonicus

Among the extensive repertoire of carbohydrate-active enzymes, lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) have a key role in recalcitrant biomass degradation. LPMOs are copper-dependent enzymes that catalyze oxidative cleavage of glycosidic bonds in polysaccharides such as cellulose and chitin. Several LPMOs contain carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) that are known to promote LPMO efficiency. However, structural and functional properties of some CBMs remain unknown, and it is not clear why some LPMOs, like CjLPMO10A from the soil bacterium Cellvibrio japonicus, have multiple CBMs (CjCBM5 and CjCBM73). Here, we studied substrate binding by these two CBMs to shine light on their functional variation and determined the solution structures of both by NMR, which constitutes the first structure of a member of the CBM73 family. Chitin-binding experiments and molecular dynamics simulations showed that, while both CBMs bind crystalline chitin with K_d values in the micromolar range, CjCBM73 has higher affinity for chitin than CjCBM5. Furthermore, NMR titration experiments showed that CjCBM5 binds soluble chitohexaose, whereas no binding of CjCBM73 to this chitooligosaccharide was detected. These functional differences correlate with distinctly different arrangements of three conserved aromatic amino acids involved in substrate binding. In CjCBM5, these residues show a linear arrangement that seems compatible with the experimentally observed affinity for single chitin chains. On the other hand, the arrangement of these residues in CjCBM73 suggests a wider binding surface that may interact with several chitin chains. Taken together, these results provide insight into natural variation among related chitin-binding CBMs and the possible functional implications of such variation.