裂解性多糖单加氧酶及其应用研究进展北大核心

裂解多糖单加氧酶(lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases,LPMOs)是近几年新发现的氧化酶,该酶在生物质酶解方面发挥着重要的作用,因此,被描述为生物质解构助推器。LPMOs与底物的结合具有特异性,催化机理尚未完全阐明。虽然关于LPMOs的研究很多,但真正投入到工业生物质转化中的却很少,这对它们的表达、调控和应用都提出了挑战。本文首先系统综述了LPMOs的发现与分类、催化机制、构效关系,其次探讨了LPMOs的活性测定方法及重组表达技术,最后协同综述了LPMOs在不同领域的应用并对未来的研究方向进行了展望。本综述有助于加深对LPMOs的系统认识,推动LPMOs及其酶工程的研究,以期为LPMOs的研究和应用提供参考。     

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.     

来源于真菌AA9家族裂解性多糖单加氧酶的研究进展

AA9家族的裂解性多糖单加氧酶(lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase,LPMO)广泛存在于真菌中,由于其能作用于木质纤维素的结晶多糖,从而使其在生物转化生物质方面发挥重要的作用。本文首先综述了AA9家族LPMO的结构特点、催化机制、结构与功能之间的关系,其次阐述了AA9家族LPMO的微生物表达与调控,最后简单介绍了AA9家族LPMO在转化木质纤维素中的应用。     

CBM在多糖底物降解中的应用进展

碳水化合物结合模块(carbohydrate-binding module, CBM)是碳水化合物活性酶的重要组成部分，其功能是识别并结合到特定的多糖底物上以提高催化结构域在底物附近的浓度及催化效率，帮助其更好地降解如纤维素、木聚糖、几丁质和黄原胶等大分子化合物。不同家族的CBM因其来源或结构不同往往会具有不同的底物结合特性。本文从CBM的家族、结构和功能等方面对CBM近年来的研究进行了综述，特别是对其作为融合单元运用到多糖底物的降解和糖苷水解酶改造方面的应用进行了总结。     

海洋褐藻多糖的复杂结构、降解酶系以及生物学功能

海洋大型藻类(包括褐藻、红藻和绿藻)具有生物质资源产量高、生长过程中不占用耕地和淡水资源等优点,是未来生物炼制的优良原料。2021年,中国褐藻产量为190万吨,远高于其他经济藻类。但是与绿藻相比,褐藻所含的褐藻酸盐和红藻所含的3,6-脱水-L-半乳糖等多糖组分不容易发酵,极大地限制了其高值转化的进程。本文针对褐藻多糖的高效降解与高值转化这一研究热点,总结了褐藻的系统发育与褐藻多糖(褐藻胶、岩藻多糖以及昆布多糖)的复杂结构组成,分析了3类海洋多糖降解酶系的家族、空间结构及其特异性识别专一底物的活性架构等特征,并对褐藻多糖降解产物及其衍生寡糖的生物学功能进行了构效分析,以期揭示海洋多糖降解酶系的高效催化机制和特异性识别机理,推动褐藻的高效生物降解转化,为精准定制生物活性寡糖,构建绿色低碳工业化生产工艺提供参考。     

丝状真菌溶解性多糖单加氧酶的研究进展

溶解性多糖单加氧酶(lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases, LPMOs)是近些年才发现的一种蛋白,能够催化多糖葡萄糖苷键的氧化裂解,显著促进丝状真菌纤维素酶系对木质纤维素的降解作用。本综述对溶解性多糖单加氧酶发现过程、晶体结构、反应机制、活性位点和区域选择性、与纤维素酶的协同作用等方面分别进行了阐述,并对溶解性多糖单加氧酶对于木质纤维素降解方面的应用进行了论述。     

生物质多糖的高效降解与降解酶（系）的精确定制

自然界中多糖类生物质资源十分丰富,然而其复杂的抗降解屏障限制了生物转化的进程.近年来,随着生物质多糖结构的快速解析以及大量多糖降解酶的鉴定研究,针对不同底物结构或产物需求,仿制高效微生物多糖代谢途径,精确定制多糖降解酶系,促进生物质高效转化已成为可能.本文分析中性多糖(纤维素和木聚糖)、碱性多糖(几丁质和壳聚糖)以及酸性多糖(褐藻胶)的精细结构组成与基团性质,总结3类多糖主要降解酶的活性架构特征及其底物精确结合模式.文章还阐述蛋白质工程设计与定制策略,针对酶分子不同功能区的分析,可为酶分子的功能快速设计与改造提供靶点,以获得适宜于工业应用的高效酶分子,此外,根据微生物胞外降解酶系的降解次序与协同关系,可基于应用需求精确定制复杂多糖降解酶系,实现生物质的高效与高值降解转化.     

CYP116B家族单加氧酶的发现、表征及分子改造研究进展

CYP116B家族单加氧酶属于细胞色素P450单加氧酶的第IV家族,能够催化包括羟化、硫醚氧化、O-脱烷基、N-脱烷基和环氧化等在内的多种类型反应,具有广阔的应用前景。近年来,多个CYP116B家族成员酶的发现、分子改造及底物谱拓展使人们对它的酶学性质有了更为深入的理解,为开发新型具有工业应用潜力的CYP116B家族成员酶提供了研究基础。本文中,笔者主要从CYP116B家族单加氧酶的发现、表征、分子改造及结构功能关系等方面综述CYP116B在生物催化领域的研究进展。     

Ru基催化剂选择性催化氧化5-羟甲基糠醛制备2,5-呋喃二甲酸研究进展

2,5-呋喃二甲酸(FDCA)是一种重要的生物质基单体,有望替代对苯二甲酸(PTA)生产可降解的生物质聚酯材料,缓解对化石资源的依赖以及环境的污染。如何经济、高效、绿色地合成FDCA是目前迫切需要解决的难题。5-羟甲基糠醛(HMF)作为典型的生物质平台化合物,来源广泛且绿色可持续,以其为原料催化氧化制备FDCA近年来备受关注。负载型Ru基催化剂由于其催化活性高、选择性好、成本相对合理,被认为是HMF催化氧化制备FDCA良好的催化材料。本文基于HMF不同氧化路线及反应机制,首先概述了不同活性组分Ru基催化剂的发展历程及其在HMF氧化反应中的应用,接着详细分析了碱添加剂、溶剂及载体对反应的影响,并阐释了相应的催化机制,最后对Ru基催化剂在HMF催化氧化制备FDCA中的工业化应用进行了总结和展望。     

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。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Origin of fungal biomass degrading enzymes: Evolution,diversity and function of enzymes of early lineage fungi

The aim of this study was to elucidate the evolution of enzyme secretome of early lineage fungi to contribute to resolving the basal part of Fungal Kingdom and pave the way for industrial evaluation of their unique enzymes. By combining results of advanced sequence analysis with secretome mass spectrometry and phylogenetic trees, we provide evidence for that plant cell wall degrading enzymes of higher fungi share a common ancestor with enzymes from aerobic ancient fungi. Sequence analysis (HotPep, confirmed by dbCAN-HMM models) enabled prediction of enzyme function directly from sequence. For the first time, oxidative enzymes are described here in early lineage fungi (Chytridiomycota & Cryptomycota), which supports the conceptually new understanding that fungal LPMOs were also present in the early evolution of the Fungal Kingdom. Phylogenetic analysis of fungal AA9 proteins suggests an LPMO-common-ancestor with Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes and describes a new clade of AA9s. We identified two very strong biomass degraders, Rhizophlyctis rosea (soil-inhabiting) and Neocallimastix californiae (rumen), with a rich spectrum of cellulolytic, xylanolytic and pectinolytic enzymes, characteristically including several different enzymes with the same function. Their secretome composition suggests horizontal gene transfer was involved in transition to terrestrial and rumen habitats. Methods developed for recombinant production and protein characterization of enzymes from zoosporic fungi pave the way for biotechnological exploitation of unique enzymes from early lineage fungi with potential to contribute to improved biomass conversion. The phyla of ancient fungi through evolution have developed to be very different and together they constitute a rich enzyme discovery pool.     

Overproduction and characterization of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase in Bacillus subtilis using an assay based on ascorbate consumption

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are copper ion-containing enzymes that degrade crystalline polysaccharides, such as cellulose or chitin, through an oxidative mechanism. To the best of our knowledge, there are no assay methods for the direct characterization of LPMOs that degrade substrates without coupled enzymes. As such, in this study, a coupled enzyme-free assay method for LPMOs was developed, which is based on measuring the consumption of ascorbic acid used as an external electron donor for LPMOs. To establish this new assay method, a chitin-active LPMO from Bacillus atrophaeus (BatLPMO10) was cloned as a model enzyme. An expression system using B. subtilis as the host cell yielded a simple purification process without complicated periplasmic fractionation, as well as improved productivity by 3.7-fold higher than that of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). At the optimum pH determined using a newly developed assay, BatLPMO10 showed the highest activity in terms of promoting chitin degradation by a chitinase. In addition, the assay method indicated that BatLPMO10 was inhibited by sodium ions, and BatLPMO10 and a chitinase mutually enhanced each other’s activities upon degrading chitin as the substrate. In conclusion, this hydrolase-free ascorbate assay allows quantitative analysis of BatLPMO10 without a coupled enzyme.