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Irina A. Rodionova Semen A. Leyn Michael D. Burkart Nathalie Boucher Kenneth M. Noll Andrei L. Osterman Dmitry A. Rodionov 《Environmental microbiology》2013,15(8):2254-2266
myo‐inositol (MI) is a key sugar alcohol component of various metabolites, e.g. phosphatidylinositol‐based phospholipids that are abundant in animal and plant cells. The seven‐step pathway of MI degradation was previously characterized in various soil bacteria including Bacillus subtilis. Through a combination of bioinformatics and experimental techniques we identified a novel variant of the MI catabolic pathway in the marine hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima. By using in vitro biochemical assays with purified recombinant proteins we characterized four inositol catabolic enzymes encoded in the TM0412–TM0416 chromosomal gene cluster. The novel catabolic pathway in T. maritima starts as the conventional route using the myo‐inositol dehydrogenase IolG followed by three novel reactions. The first 2‐keto‐myo‐inositol intermediate is oxidized by another, previously unknown NAD‐dependent dehydrogenase TM0412 (named IolM), and a yet unidentified product of this reaction is further hydrolysed by TM0413 (IolN) to form 5‐keto‐l ‐gluconate. The fourth step involves epimerization of 5‐keto‐l ‐gluconate to d ‐tagaturonate by TM0416 (IolO). T. maritima is unable to grow on myo‐inositol as a single carbon source. The determined in vitro specificity of the InoEFGK (TM0418–TM0421) transporter to myo‐inositol‐phosphate suggests that the novel pathway in Thermotoga utilizes a phosphorylated derivative of inositol. 相似文献
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Members of a novel glycerate-2-kinase (GK-II) family were tentatively identified in a broad range of species, including eukaryotes and archaea and many bacteria that lack a canonical enzyme of the GarK (GK-I) family. The recently reported three-dimensional structure of GK-II from Thermotoga maritima (TM1585; PDB code 2b8n) revealed a new fold distinct from other known kinase families. Here, we verified the enzymatic activity of TM1585, assessed its kinetic characteristics, and used directed mutagenesis to confirm the essential role of the two active-site residues Lys-47 and Arg-325. The main objective of this study was to apply comparative genomics for the reconstruction of metabolic pathways associated with GK-II in all bacteria and, in particular, in T. maritima. Comparative analyses of ~400 bacterial genomes revealed a remarkable variety of pathways that lead to GK-II-driven utilization of glycerate via a glycolysis/gluconeogenesis route. In the case of T. maritima, a three-step serine degradation pathway was inferred based on the tentative identification of two additional enzymes, serine-pyruvate aminotransferase and hydroxypyruvate reductase (TM1400 and TM1401, respectively), that convert serine to glycerate via hydroxypyruvate. Both enzymatic activities were experimentally verified, and the entire pathway was validated by its in vitro reconstitution. 相似文献
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D-galacturonic acid is the most abundant component of pectin, one of the major polysaccharide constituents of plant cell walls. Galacturonic acid potentially is an important carbon source for microorganisms living on (decaying) plant material. A catabolic pathway was proposed in filamentous fungi, comprising three enzymatic steps, involving D-galacturonate reductase, L-galactonate dehydratase, and 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-galactonate aldolase. We describe the functional, biochemical and genetic characterization of the entire D-galacturonate-specific catabolic pathway in the plant pathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. The B. cinerea genome contains two non-homologous galacturonate reductase genes (Bcgar1 and Bcgar2), a galactonate dehydratase gene (Bclgd1), and a 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-galactonate aldolase gene (Bclga1). Their expression levels were highly induced in cultures containing GalA, pectate, or pectin as the sole carbon source. The four proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli and their enzymatic activity was characterized. Targeted gene replacement of all four genes in B. cinerea, either separately or in combinations, yielded mutants that were affected in growth on D-galacturonic acid, pectate, or pectin as the sole carbon source. In Aspergillus nidulans and A. niger, the first catabolic conversion only involves the Bcgar2 ortholog, while in Hypocrea jecorina, it only involves the Bcgar1 ortholog. In B. cinerea, however, BcGAR1 and BcGAR2 jointly contribute to the first step of the catabolic pathway, albeit to different extent. The virulence of all B. cinerea mutants in the D-galacturonic acid catabolic pathway on tomato leaves, apple fruit and bell peppers was unaltered. 相似文献
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Remco Kort Wolfgang Liebl Bernard Labedan Patrick Forterre Rik I.L. Eggen Willem M. de Vos 《Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions》1997,1(1):53-61
The hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima, which grows at up to 90°C, contains an L-glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH). Activity of this enzyme could be detected in T. maritima crude extracts, and appeared to be associated with a 47-kDa protein which cross-reacted with antibodies against purified
GDH from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus woesei. The single-copy T. maritima gdh gene was cloned by complementation in a glutamate auxotrophic Escherichia coli strain. The nucleotide sequence of the gdh gene predicts a 416-residue protein with a calculated molecular weight of 45852. The gdh gene was inserted in an expression vector and expressed in E. coli as an active enzyme. The T. maritima GDH was purified to homogeneity. The NH2-terminal sequence of the purified enzyme was PEKSLYEMAVEQ, which is identical to positions 2–13 of the peptide sequence derived
from the gdh gene. The purified native enzyme has a size of 265 kDa and a subunit size of 47 kDa, indicating that GDH is a homohexamer.
Maximum activity of the enzyme was measured at 75°C and the pH optima are 8.3 and 8.8 for the anabolic and catabolic reaction,
respectively. The enzyme was found to be very stable at 80°C, but appeared to lose activity quickly at higher temperatures.
The T. maritima GDH shows the highest rate of activity with NADH (V
max
of 172U/mg protein), but also utilizes NADPH (V
max
of 12U/mg protein). Sequence comparisons showed that the T. maritima GDH is a member of the family II of hexameric GDHs which includes all the GDHs isolated so far from hyperthermophiles. Remarkably,
phylogenetic analysis positions all these hyperthermophilic GDHs in the middle of the GDH family II tree, with the bacterial
T. maritima GDH located between that of halophilic and thermophilic euryarchaeota.
Received: 15 July 1996 / Accepted: 12 October 1996 相似文献
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Raasch C Streit W Schanzer J Bibel M Gosslar U Liebl W 《Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions》2000,4(4):189-200
The gene for the α-glucosidase AglA of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima MSB8, which was identified by phenotypic screening of a T. maritima gene library, is located within a cluster of genes involved in the hydrolysis of starch and maltodextrins and the uptake
of maltooligosaccharides. According to its primary structure as deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the gene, AglA belongs
to family 4 of glycosyl hy-drolases. The enzyme was recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and characterized. The T. maritimaα-glucosidase has the unusual property of requiring NAD+ and Mn2+ for activity. Co2+ and Ni2+ also activated AglA, albeit less efficiently than Mn2+. T. maritima AglA represents the first example of a maltodextrin-degrading α-glucosidase with NAD+ and Mn2+ requirement. In addition, AglA activity depended on reducing conditions. This third requirement was met by the addition of
dithiothreitol (DTT) or β-mercaptoethanol to the assay. Using gel permeation chromatography, T. maritima AglA behaved as a dimer (two identical 55-kDa subunits), irrespective of metal depletion or metal addition, and irrespective
of the presence or absence of NAD+ or DTT. The enzyme hydrolyzes maltose and other small maltooligosaccharides but is inactive against the polymeric substrate
starch. AglA is not specific with respect to the configuration at the C-4 position of its substrates because glycosidic derivatives
of d-galactose are also hydrolyzed. In the presence of all cofactors, maximum activity was recorded at pH 7.5 and 90°C (4-min
assay). AglA is the most thermoactive and the most thermostable member of glycosyl hydrolase family 4. When incubated at 50°C
and 70°C, the recombinant enzyme suffered partial inactivation during the first hours of incubation, but thereafter the residual
activity did not drop below about 50% and 20% of the initial value, respectively, within a period of 48 h.
Received: October 6, 1999 / Accepted: February 9, 2000 相似文献
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Clelia De-la-Peña Dayakar V. BadriJorge M. Vivanco 《Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/General Subjects》2008
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs, EC 3.2.2.22) are plant enzymes that can inhibit the translation process by removing single adenine residues of the large rRNA. These enzymes are known to function in defense against pathogens, but their biological role is unknown, partly due to the absence of work on RIPs in a model plant. In this study, we purified a protein showing RIP activity from Arabidopsis thaliana by employing chromatography separations coupled with an enzymatic activity. Based on N-terminal and internal amino acid sequencing, the RIP purified was identified as a mature form of pectin methylesterase (PME, At1g11580). The purified native protein showed both PME and RIP activity. PME catalyzes pectin deesterification, releasing acid pectin and methanol, which cause cell wall changes. We expressed the full-length and mature form of cDNA clones into an expression vector and transformed it in Escherichia coli for protein expression. The recombinant PME proteins (full-length and mature) expressed in E. coli did not show either PME or RIP activity, suggesting that post-translational modifications are important for these enzymatic activities. This study demonstrates a new function for an old enzyme identified in a model plant and discusses the possible role of a protein's conformational changes corresponding to its dual enzymatic activity. 相似文献
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Pretz MG Remigy H Swaving J Albers SV Garrido VG Chami M Engel A Driessen AJ 《Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions》2005,9(4):307-316
The genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima contains the genes that encode core subunits of the protein translocase, a complex consisting of the molecular motor SecA and the protein conducting pore SecYE. In addition, we identified an erroneous sequence in the genome encoding for a putative secG gene. The genes of the T. maritima translocase subunits were overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. T. maritima SecA showed a basal thermostable ATPase activity that was stimulated up to 4-fold by phospholipids with an optimum at 74°C. Membrane vesicles and proteoliposomes containing SecYE or SecYEG supported 2- to 4-fold stimulation of the precursor dependent SecA ATPase activity. Imaging of small two-dimensional crystals of the SecYE complex using electron microscopy showed square-shaped particles with a side-length of about 6 nm. These results demonstrate that in T. maritima a highly thermostable translocase complex is operational. 相似文献
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Arya R Gupta S Aslam S Kaur NJ Seth A Eapen MS Malik R Vijayakrishnan L Saini KS 《Protein expression and purification》2008,61(2):149-154
Phosphodiesterase plays an important role in regulating inflammatory pathways and T cell function. The development of phosphodiesterase 7 inhibitor may give better efficacy profile over phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors. However, the recombinant phosphodiesterase 7 is required in large quantity for high-throughput screening of new drugs by in vitro enzymatic assays. In the present study, recombinant human PDE7A1 was expressed in Dictyostelium discoideum under the control of constitutively active actin-15 promoter. The cytosolic localization of the expressed protein was confirmed by immunofluorescence studies. Upto 2 mg of recombinant protein was purified using His-Tag affinity column chromatography followed by ion-exchange Resource Q column purification. The recombinant protein expressed in D. discoideum followed Michaelis–Menten kinetics similar to the protein expressed in mammalian system and showed no major changes in affinity to substrate or inhibitors. Thus, our study clearly demonstrates a robust expression system for successful bulk production of pharmacologically active isoform of human PDE7A1 required for high-throughput assays. 相似文献
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Acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) is the key enzyme in branched chain amino acid biosynthesis pathway. The enzyme activity and properties of a highly thermostable AHAS from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima is being reported. The catalytic and regulatory subunits of AHAS from T. maritima were over-expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant subunits were purified using a simplified procedure including a heat-treatment step followed by chromatography. A discontinuous colorimetric assay method was optimized and used to determine the kinetic parameters. AHAS activity was determined to be present in several Thermotogales including T. maritima. The catalytic subunit of T. maritima AHAS was purified approximately 30-fold, with an AHAS activity of approximately 160±27 U/mg and native molecular mass of 156±6 kDa. The regulatory subunit was purified to homogeneity and showed no catalytic activity as expected. The optimum pH and temperature for AHAS activity were 7.0 and 85 °C, respectively. The apparent Km and Vmax for pyruvate were 16.4±2 mM and 246±7 U/mg, respectively. Reconstitution of the catalytic and regulatory subunits led to increased AHAS activity. This is the first report on characterization of an isoleucine, leucine, and valine operon (ilv operon) enzyme from a hyperthermophilic microorganism and may contribute to our understanding of the physiological pathways in Thermotogales. The enzyme represents the most active and thermostable AHAS reported so far. 相似文献
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Various mutations in the pectin catabolic pathway of Erwinia chrysanthemi were isolated by selection of Mu-lac insertions, resulting in expression of the lac genes inducible by pectin degradation products. This approach allowed us to isolate lacZ fusions with the genes pelC, pelD, ogl and pem, encoding pectate lyases PLc and PLd, oligogalacturonate lyase and pectin methytesterase, respectively. Moreover, we obtained mutations affecting the regulation of pectinolytic enzymes; a locus called peel appeared to be involved in induction of pectate tyases and pectin methylesterase. A second locus, called pect, may encode an activator protein acting on pectate lyase production. Both peel and pecL expression are induced in the presence of pectic polymers. The expression of the pem gene was studied in more detail by analysis of the pem-lacZ fusions. The expression of pem appears to be controlled by the negative regulatory gene kdgR, which controls alt the genes involved in pectin degradation (pem, pel, ogl, kduD, kduf, kdgK, kdgA). This study confirmed that 2-keto-3-deoxy-gluconate is a key intermediate for the induction of the pectin catabolic pathway. The three genes pem, pelD and pecl were localized in the same region, near the ade-377 marker on the genetic map of the E. chrysanthemi strain 3937. The pem gene was located more precisely on an 18kb DNA fragment containing the pelADE cluster. However, this 18 kb DNA fragment did not complement the pecl mutation. The pecL mutations were located near the ile-2 marker on the genetic map of E. chrysanthemi strain 3937. 相似文献
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Yemin Xue Jinjin Yu Xiangfei Song 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》2009,36(11):1401-1408
A recombinant Thermotoga maritima β-glucosidase A (BglA) was purified to homogeneity for performing enzymatic hydrolysis of isoflavone glycosides from soy
flour. The kinetic properties K
m, k
cat, and k
cat/K
m of BglA towards isoflavone glycosides, determined using high-performance liquid chromatography, confirmed the higher efficiency
of BglA in hydrolyzing malonylglycosides than non-conjugated glycosides (daidzin and genistin). During hydrolysis of soy flour
by BglA at 80°C, the isoflavone glycosides (soluble form) were extracted from soy flour (solid state) into the solution (liquid
state) in thermal condition and converted to their aglycones (insoluble form), which mostly existed in the pellet to be separated
from BglA in the reaction solution. The enzymatic hydrolysis in one-step and two-step approaches yielded 0.38 and 0.35 mg
genistein and daidzein per gram of soy flour, respectively. The optimum conditions for conversion of isoflavone aglycones
were 100 U per gram of soy flour, substrate concentration 25% (w/v), and incubation time 3 h for 80°C. 相似文献
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Mauricio Chávez-Avilés Alma Laura Díaz-Pérez Jesús Campos-García 《Molecular biology reports》2010,37(4):1787-1791
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to utilize leucine/isovalerate and acyclic terpenes as sole carbon sources. Key enzymes which play an important role
in these catabolic pathways are 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (CoA) lyase (EC 4.1.3.4; HMG-CoA lyase) and the 3-hydroxy-3-isohexenylglutaryl-CoA
lyase (EC 4.1.2.26; HIHG-CoA lyase), respectively. HMG-CoA lyase is encoded by the liuE gene while the gene for HIHG-CoA lyase remains unidentified. A mutant in the liuE gene was unable to utilize both leucine/isovalerate and acyclic terpenes indicates an involvement of liuE in both catabolic pathways (Chávez-Avilés et al. 2009, FEMS Microbiol Lett 296:117–123). The LiuE protein was purified as
a His-tagged recombinant protein and in addition to show HMG-CoA lyase activity (Chávez-Avilés et al. 2009, FEMS Microbiol
Lett 296:117–123), also displays HIHG-CoA lyase activity, indicating a bifunctional role in both the leucine/isovalerate and
acyclic terpenes catabolic pathways. 相似文献
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Däschner Klaus Thalheim Christine Guha Conny Brennicke Axel Binder Stefan 《Plant molecular biology》1999,39(6):1275-1282
In plants the degradation pathways of branched-chain amino acids have remained somewhat unclear with respect to both their biochemistry and their intracellular location. While biochemical evidence has localized some of the catabolic enzymes in peroxisomes/glyoxysomes, others cofractionate with mitochondria. We have now identified a candidate protein and corresponding cDNA for an enzyme of the leucine catabolic pathway, the isovaleryl-CoA-dehydrogenase (IVD). This polypeptide is a member of the acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase (ACDH) family and is encoded in the nuclear genome of Arabidopsis thaliana. Expression of the putative IVD gene in pea seedlings is documented by western blot analyses with an antibody against the mammalian IVD. Subcellular fractionation identifies the putative IVD enzyme in the mitochondrion. This localization suggests that in plants mitochondria contain at least part of the branched-chain amino acid degradation pathway(s). 相似文献
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Stefan Heinl Doris Hartinger Michaela Thamhesl Gerd Schatzmayr Wulf-Dieter Moll Reingard Grabherr 《Biodegradation》2011,22(1):25-30
Previous research identified several microorganisms and pathways capable of degrading the mycotoxin fumonisin B1 (FB1). Degradation of FB1 by microorganisms seems to comprise two essential steps: hydrolysis to hydrolyzed fumonisin B1 (HFB1) and deamination of the hydrolysis product. One of the previously studied microorganisms was the Gram negative bacterium
ATCC 55552. The gene corresponding to the first step of FB1 degradation in this bacterium was identified, but the genetic basis for deamination of the hydrolyzed intermediate remained
unexplained (Duvick et al. 2000, PCT patent application WO200004158). Here we report the sequence and HFB1-deaminating activity of a novel aminotransferase encoded by the bacterium ATCC 55552. The corresponding gene was identified,
sequenced, and over-expressed in Escherichia coli. Cell lysates of the recombinant E. coli strain showed distinct HFB1-deaminating activity in the presence of pyridoxal phosphate and pyruvate, as was demonstrated by liquid chromatography–mass
spectrometry. Thus, we suggest the novel enzyme to be part of the fumonisin catabolic pathway of the bacterium ATCC 55552. 相似文献
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Aluminium (Al), in inorganic monomeric forms, has been recognised as a limiting factor for root growth in many acid soils. Plant tolerance to Al may be achieved by the detoxification (complexation) of Al by organic ligands present in the rhizosphere. The Al-complexing ability of seven organic ligands, citric, oxalic, gluconic, glucuronic, mucic, galacturonic and polygalacturonic (pectin) acids, was investigated. The proportion of organically-complexed Al was determined using colorimetric methods based on differences in reaction rate with pyrocatechol violet or aluminon. The colorimetric methods confirmed that citric acid forms a strong complex with Al at pH 4.2. In contrast, pectin and related organic ligands weakly complexed Al in acidic conditions. In an additional study, the Al-binding ability of pectin and Ca-pectate was compared at a biologically significant concentration of 32 µM Al. Only 29% of free Al remained in solution in the presence of Ca-pectate, while 54% remained when pectin was present. This suggests that Ca-pectate, rather than pectin, is responsible for binding Al in root cell walls and consequently plays an important role in Al toxicity to plants. Root growth of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) confirmed differences in the ability of citrate, oxalate and galacturonate to complex Al. 相似文献
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Gabriela Ecco Javier Vernal Guilherme Razzera Carolina Tavares Viviane Isabel Serpa Santiago Arias Fabricio Klerynton Marchini Marco Aurlio Krieger Samuel Goldenberg Hernn Terenzi 《Gene》2009,448(1):1-6
Kynureninase has been described in bacteria, fungi and animals as an enzyme involved in the catabolic degradation pathway of l-tryptophan. This pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of l-kynurenine and 3-hydroxy-l-kynurenine to yield l-alanine and either anthranilic or 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, respectively. We identified a putative kynureninase gene from a Trypanosoma cruzi project aiming at the structural and functional characterization of more than 100 proteins differentially expressed during metacyclogenesis. This gene encodes a protein similar in size and sequence to kynureninases from other sources. This open reading frame was cloned and the recombinant enzyme was overexpressed. Recombinant T. cruzi kynureninase was purified to homogeneity and its identity was confirmed by mass spectrometry. The apparent molecular mass of the native T. cruzi kynureninase was estimated by gel filtration, suggesting that the protein is a homodimer. Circular dichroism spectrum indicated a mixture of α-helix and β-sheet structure, expected for an aminotransferase fold. l-kynurenine, preferentially hydrolyzed by prokaryotic inducible kynureninases, and 3-hydroxy-l-kynurenine, the preferred substrate in fungi and vertebrates, are both catabolized equally well by T. cruzi kynureninase. Further experimental assays will be performed to fully understand the importance of this enzyme for T. cruzi metabolism. 相似文献
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<Emphasis Type="Italic">Thermotoga maritima</Emphasis> TM0298 is a highly thermostable mannitol dehydrogenase 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Song SH Ahluwalia N Leduc Y Delbaere LT Vieille C 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2008,81(3):485-495
Thermotoga maritima TM0298 is annotated as an alcohol dehydrogenase, yet it shows high identity and similarity to mesophilic mannitol dehydrogenases.
To investigate this enzyme further, its gene was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified recombinant enzyme was most active on fructose and mannitol, making it the first known hyperthermophilic mannitol
dehydrogenase. T. maritima mannitol dehydrogenase (TmMtDH) is optimally active between 90 and 100 °C and retains 63% of its activity at 120 °C but shows
no detectable activity at room temperature. Its kinetic inactivation follows a first-order mechanism, with half-lives of 57 min
at 80 °C and 6 min at 95 °C. Although TmMtDH has a higher V
max with NADPH than with NADH, its catalytic efficiency is 2.2 times higher with NADH than with NADPH and 33 times higher with
NAD+ than with NADP+. This cofactor specificity can be explained by the high density of negatively charged residues (Glu193, Asp195, and Glu196)
downstream of the NAD(P) interaction site, the glycine motif. We demonstrate that TmMtDH contains a single catalytic zinc
per subunit. Finally, we provide the first proof of concept that mannitol can be produced directly from glucose in a two-step
enzymatic process, using a Thermotoga neapolitana xylose isomerase mutant and TmMtDH at 60 °C. 相似文献