TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification and characterization of two new 5-keto-4-deoxy-D-Glucarate Dehydratases/Decarboxylases
AU - Pick, André
AU - Beer, Barbara
AU - Hemmi, Risa
AU - Momma, Rena
AU - Schmid, Jochen
AU - Miyamoto, Kenji
AU - Sieber, Volker
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support for travelling was obtained from the German academic exchange service (DAAD) through project no. 54365152, “Discovery of novel biocatalysts from bacterial consortia”. This work was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Technical University of Munich within the funding programme Open Access Publishing.
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PY - 2016/11/17
Y1 - 2016/11/17
N2 - Background: Hexuronic acids such as D-galacturonic acid and D-glucuronic acid can be utilized via different pathways within the metabolism of microorganisms. One representative, the oxidative pathway, generates α-keto-glutarate as the direct link entering towards the citric acid cycle. The penultimate enzyme, keto-deoxy glucarate dehydratase/decarboxylase, catalyses the dehydration and decarboxylation of keto-deoxy glucarate to α-keto-glutarate semialdehyde. This enzymatic reaction can be tracked continuously by applying a pH-shift assay. Results: Two new keto-deoxy glucarate dehydratases/decarboxylases (EC 4.2.1.41) from Comamonas testosteroni KF-1 and Polaromonas naphthalenivorans CJ2 were identified and expressed in an active form using Escherichia coli ArcticExpress(DE3). Subsequent characterization concerning K m, k cat and thermal stability was conducted in comparison with the known keto-deoxy glucarate dehydratase/decarboxylase from Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. The kinetic constants determined for A. baylyi were K m 1.0 mM, k cat 4.5 s-1, for C. testosteroni K m 1.1 mM, k cat 3.1 s-1, and for P. naphthalenivorans K m 1.1 mM, k cat 1.7 s-1. The two new enzymes had a slightly lower catalytic activity (increased K m and a decreased k cat) but showed a higher thermal stability than that of A. baylyi. The developed pH-shift assay, using potassium phosphate and bromothymol blue as the pH indicator, enables a direct measurement. The use of crude extracts did not interfere with the assay and was tested for wild-type landscapes for all three enzymes. Conclusions: By establishing a pH-shift assay, an easy measurement method for keto-deoxy glucarate dehydratase/decarboxylase could be developed. It can be used for measurements of the purified enzymes or using crude extracts. Therefore, it is especially suitable as the method of choice within an engineering approach for further optimization of these enzymes.
AB - Background: Hexuronic acids such as D-galacturonic acid and D-glucuronic acid can be utilized via different pathways within the metabolism of microorganisms. One representative, the oxidative pathway, generates α-keto-glutarate as the direct link entering towards the citric acid cycle. The penultimate enzyme, keto-deoxy glucarate dehydratase/decarboxylase, catalyses the dehydration and decarboxylation of keto-deoxy glucarate to α-keto-glutarate semialdehyde. This enzymatic reaction can be tracked continuously by applying a pH-shift assay. Results: Two new keto-deoxy glucarate dehydratases/decarboxylases (EC 4.2.1.41) from Comamonas testosteroni KF-1 and Polaromonas naphthalenivorans CJ2 were identified and expressed in an active form using Escherichia coli ArcticExpress(DE3). Subsequent characterization concerning K m, k cat and thermal stability was conducted in comparison with the known keto-deoxy glucarate dehydratase/decarboxylase from Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1. The kinetic constants determined for A. baylyi were K m 1.0 mM, k cat 4.5 s-1, for C. testosteroni K m 1.1 mM, k cat 3.1 s-1, and for P. naphthalenivorans K m 1.1 mM, k cat 1.7 s-1. The two new enzymes had a slightly lower catalytic activity (increased K m and a decreased k cat) but showed a higher thermal stability than that of A. baylyi. The developed pH-shift assay, using potassium phosphate and bromothymol blue as the pH indicator, enables a direct measurement. The use of crude extracts did not interfere with the assay and was tested for wild-type landscapes for all three enzymes. Conclusions: By establishing a pH-shift assay, an easy measurement method for keto-deoxy glucarate dehydratase/decarboxylase could be developed. It can be used for measurements of the purified enzymes or using crude extracts. Therefore, it is especially suitable as the method of choice within an engineering approach for further optimization of these enzymes.
KW - Acinetobacter baylyi
KW - Comamonas testosteroni
KW - Dehydratase
KW - Keto-deoxy-D-Glucarate
KW - Polaromonas naphthalenivorans
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U2 - 10.1186/s12896-016-0308-3
DO - 10.1186/s12896-016-0308-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 27855668
AN - SCOPUS:84996618775
SN - 1472-6750
VL - 16
JO - BMC Biotechnology
JF - BMC Biotechnology
IS - 1
M1 - 80
ER -