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- Cerullo, Gabriella, et al.
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Directed evolution of the type C feruloyl esterase from Fusarium oxysporum FoFaeC and molecular docking analysis of its improved variants
- 2019
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Ingår i: New Biotechnology. - : Elsevier. - 1871-6784 .- 1876-4347. ; 51, s. 14-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The need to develop competitive and eco-friendly processes in the cosmetic industry leads to the search for new enzymes with improved properties for industrial bioconversions in this sector. In the present study, a complete methodology to generate, express and screen diversity for the type C feruloyl esterase from Fusarium oxysporium FoFaeC was set up in a high-throughput fashion. A library of around 30,000 random mutants of FoFaeC was generated by error prone PCR of fofaec cDNA and expressed in Yarrowia lipolytica. Screening for enzymatic activity towards the substrates 5-bromo-4-chloroindol-3-yl and 4-nitrocatechol-1-yl ferulates allowed the selection of 96 enzyme variants endowed with improved enzymatic activity that were then characterized for thermo- and solvent- tolerance. The five best mutants in terms of higher activity, thermo- and solvent- tolerance were selected for analysis of substrate specificity. Variant L432I was shown to be able to hydrolyze all the tested substrates, except methyl sinapate, with higher activity than wild type FoFaeC towards methyl p-coumarate, methyl ferulate and methyl caffeate. Moreover, the E455D variant was found to maintain completely its hydrolytic activity after two hour incubation at 55 °C, whereas the L284Q/V405I variant showed both higher thermo- and solvent- tolerance than wild type FoFaeC. Small molecule docking simulations were applied to the five novel selected variants in order to examine the binding pattern of substrates used for enzyme characterization of wild type FoFaeC and the evolved variants.
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- Christakopoulos, Paul, et al.
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Synthesis of biological active compounds using carbohydrate esterases as biocatalysts
- 2014
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Ingår i: New Biotechnology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1871-6784 .- 1876-4347. ; 31:Supplement, s. S90-S91
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Various fungal and bacterial carbohydrate esterases represent appealing biocatalysts that have the ability not only to deconstruct plant biomass but also to modify compounds with a potential use in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Feruloyl esterases (FAEs, E.C. 3.1.1.73) have been proved promising candidates for the enzymatic synthesis of antioxidants allowing more flexible process configurations. Among the advantages they provide are use of lower temperatures (50-60 °C) comparing to the counterpart chemical process (150οC), one step production of one product instead of mixtures and no need of by-product and catalyst residues removal in order to produce clean and high quality substances. Glucuronoyl esterase (GE) synthetic ability needs to be explored towards the production of alkyl branched glucuronic acid derivatives which are non-ionic surfactants and have good surface properties, including biodegradability. In addition, due to their tastelessness, non skin-irritation and non toxicity, these bioactive compounds find diverse uses in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.Aim of this work is the development of competitive and eco-friendly bioconversions based on transesterification reactions catalyzed by FAEs and GEs, for the production of molecules with antioxidant activity, such as phenolic fatty and sugar esters. The synthesis of four biological active compounds (prenyl ferulate, prenyl caffeate, 5-O-(trans-feruloyl)-arabinofuranose, and glyceryl ferulate) was evaluated using recombinant FAEs from Myceliopthora thermophila and Fusarium oxysporum, while the synthesis of benzyl D-glucuronate and prenyl-D-glucuronate was evaluated using recombinant GEs from M. thermophila. All reactions were carried out in ternary systems of n-hexane/alcohol/water forming surfactantless microemulsions.
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- Moukouli, Maria, et al.
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Cloning and optimized expression of a GH-11 xylanase from Fusarium oxysporum in Pichia pastoris
- 2011
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Ingår i: New Biotechnology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1871-6784 .- 1876-4347. ; 28:4, s. 369-374
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The endo-1,4-beta-xylanase gene xyn11a from Fusarium oxysporum, member of the fungal glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 11, was cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris. The mature xylanase gene, which generates after the excision of one intron and the secreting signal peptide, was placed under the control of an alcohol oxidase promoter (AOX1) in the plasmid pPICZ alpha C. The final construction was integrated into the genome of the methylotrophic yeast P. pastoris X33 and the ability to produce xylanase activity was evaluated in flask cultures. Recombinant P. pastoris efficiently secreted xylanase into the medium and produced high level of enzymatic activity (110 U/ml) after 216 hours of growth, under methanol induction. To achieve higher enzyme production, the influence of initial pH, methanol concentration, agitation and flask design was evaluated. Under optimum culture conditions, production of the recombinant xylanase increased by 50%, reaching a final yield of 170 U/ml, underpinning aeration as the most important factor in improving enzyme production.
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