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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36908174

RESUMO

L-DOPA is an amino acid that is used as a treatment for Parkinson's disease. A simple enzymatic synthesis method of L-DOPA had been developed using bacterial L-tyrosine phenol-lyase (Tpl). This review describes research on screening of bacterial strains, culture conditions, properties of the enzyme, reaction mechanism of the enzyme, and the reaction conditions for the production of L-DOPA. Furthermore, molecular bleeding of constitutively Tpl-overproducing strains is described, which were developed based on mutations in a DNA binding protein, TyrR, which controls the induction of tpl gene expression.


Assuntos
Tirosina Fenol-Liase , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo , Levodopa , Bactérias
2.
Chembiochem ; 23(13): e202200028, 2022 07 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35577764

RESUMO

The M379A mutant of Citrobacter freundii tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL) has been prepared. M379A TPL is a robust catalyst to prepare a number of tyrosines substituted at the 3-position with bulky groups that cannot be made with wild type TPL. The three dimensional structures of M379A TPL complexed with L-methionine and 3-bromo-DL-phenylalanine have been determined by X-ray crystallography. Methionine is bound as a quinonoid complex in a closed active site in 3 of 4 chains of homotetrameric M379A TPL. M379A TPL reacts with L-methionine about 8-fold slower than wild type TPL. The temperature dependence shows that the slower reaction is due to less positive activation entropy. The structure of the M379A TPL complex of 3-bromo-DL-phenylalanine has a quinonoid complex in two subunits, with an open active site conformation. The effects of the M379A mutation on TPL suggest that the mutant enzyme has altered the conformational dynamics of the active site.


Assuntos
Tirosina Fenol-Liase , Domínio Catalítico , Citrobacter freundii/genética , Citrobacter freundii/metabolismo , Cinética , Metionina , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Fenilalanina/metabolismo , Tirosina/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo
3.
Biotechnol Lett ; 43(7): 1265-1276, 2021 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33830386

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: To solve the bottleneck of plasmid instability during microbial fermentation of L-DOPA with recombinant Escherichia coli expressing heterologous tyrosine phenol lyase. RESULTS: The tyrosine phenol lyase from Fusobacterium nucleatum was constitutively expressed in E. coli and a fed-batch fermentation process with temperature down-shift cultivation was performed. Efficient strategies including replacing the original ampicillin resistance gene, as well as inserting cer site that is active for resolving plasmid multimers were applied. As a result, the plasmid stability was increased. The co-use of cer site on plasmid and kanamycin in culture medium resulted in proportion of plasmid containing cells maintained at 100% after fermentation for 35 h. The specific activity of tyrosine phenol lyase reached 1493 U/g dcw, while the volumetric activity increased from 2943 to 14,408 U/L for L-DOPA biosynthesis. CONCLUSIONS: The established strategies for plasmid stability is not only promoted the applicability of the recombinant cells for L-DOPA production, but also provides important guidance for industrial fermentation with improved microbial productivity.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Fusobacterium nucleatum/enzimologia , Levodopa/metabolismo , Plasmídeos/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Técnicas de Cultura Celular por Lotes , Meios de Cultura/química , Escherichia coli/genética , Fermentação , Fusobacterium nucleatum/genética , Engenharia de Proteínas , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo
4.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol ; 104(23): 10005-10018, 2020 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33128613

RESUMO

L-Tyrosine is a versatile compound used in the fine chemical, pharmaceutical, and functional food industries. Here, we report a bi-enzymatic cascade involving alanine racemase (ALR) and D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) to produce pyruvate, as co-substrate for L-tyrosine production, from the cheap substrate L-alanine. The BpALR (ALR from Bacillus pseudofirmus) was used as a whole-cell biocatalyst, converting L-alanine to D, L-alanine. The FsDAAO (DAAO from Fusarium solani) was immobilized to oxidize the D-alanine generated in the first step to pyruvate. Both systems were combined as a continuous-flow reactor for maximized L-alanine-to-pyruvate conversion rates. The optimal parameters and appropriate conditions for FsDAAO immobilization were investigated. The pyruvate concentration of 86.6 g/L was achieved within 17 h. Subsequently, a whole-cell biocatalyst system for L-tyrosine production, catalyzed by the tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL) from Erwinia herbicola (EhTPL), was developed, and a fed-batch approach was applied with phenol and the pyruvate produced with the ALR/DAAO system mentioned above. The concentration of phenol and pyruvate in the reactor should not exceed 7.5 g/L and 10 g/L, respectively. Significantly, the L-tyrosine concentration of 152.5 g/L was achieved within 10 h, demonstrating the great potential for high-efficiency production of L-tyrosine through the approach we established in this paper. Graphical abstract KEY POINTS: • A specific bioreactor system for pyruvate produced from l-alanine was developed • The appropriate condition for immobilization of FsDAAO was investigated • A fed-batch process was established to produce l-tyrosine with recombinant E. coli • The bi-enzymatic cascade was successfully used for l-tyrosine production at low cost.


Assuntos
Tirosina Fenol-Liase , Tirosina , Bacillus , Escherichia coli/genética , Fusarium , Ácido Pirúvico , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
5.
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol ; 47(8): 563-571, 2020 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32737623

RESUMO

The formation of inclusion bodies (IBs) without enzyme activity in bacterial research is generally undesirable. Researchers have attempted to recovery the enzyme activities of IBs, which are commonly known as active IBs. Tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL) is an important enzyme that can convert pyruvate and phenol into 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA) and IBs of TPL can commonly occur. To induce the correct folding and recover the enzyme activity of the IBs, peptides, such as ELK16, DKL6, L6KD, ELP10, ELP20, L6K2, EAK16, 18A, and GFIL16, were fused to the carboxyl terminus of TPL. The results showed that aggregate particles of TPL-DKL6, TPL-ELP10, TPL-EAK16, TPL-18A, and TPL-GFIL16 improved the enzyme activity by 40.9%, 50.7%, 48.9%, 86.6%, and 97.9%, respectively. The peptides TPL-DKL6, TPL-EAK16, TPL-18A, and TPL-GFIL16 displayed significantly improved thermostability compared with TPL. L-DOPA titer of TPL-ELP10, TPL-EAK16, TPL-18A, and TPL-GFIL16, with cells reaching 37.8 g/L, 53.8 g/L, 37.5 g/L, and 29.1 g/L, had an improvement of 111%, 201%, 109%, and 63%, respectively. A higher activity and L-DOPA titer of the TPL-EAK16 could be valuable for its industrial application to biosynthesize L-DOPA.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Corpos de Inclusão/metabolismo , Levodopa/biossíntese , Peptídeos/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética , Engenharia Metabólica , Peptídeos/química , Dobramento de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusão/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
6.
J Biotechnol ; 321: 68-77, 2020 Sep 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32445779

RESUMO

Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) is an essential cofactor that participates in ∼4% enzymatic activities cataloged by the Enzyme Commission. The intracellular level of PLP is usually lower than that demanded in industrial catalysis. To realize the self-supply of PLP cofactor in whole-cell biotransformation, the de novo ribose 5-phosphate (R5P)-dependent PLP synthesis pathway was constructed. The pdxST genes from Bacillus subtilis 168 were introduced into the tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL)-overexpressing Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) strain. TPL and PdxST were co-expressed with a double-promoter or a compatible double-plasmid system. The 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate-L-alanine (L-DOPA) titer did not increase with the increase in the intracellular PLP concentration in these strains with TPL and PdxST co-expression. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the intracellular PLP metabolism level so as to achieve a higher L-DOPA titer and avoid the formation of L-DOPA-PLP cyclic adducts. The thi riboswitch binds to PLP and forms a complex such that the ribosome cannot have access to the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence. Therefore, this metabolite-sensing regulation system was applied to regulate the translation of pdxST mRNA. Riboswitch was introduced into pET-TPL-pdxST-2 to downregulate the expression of PdxST and biosynthesis of PLP at the translation level by sequestering the ribosome-binding site. As a result, the titer and productivity of L-DOPA using the strain BL21-TPLST-Ribo1 improved to 69.8 g/L and 13.96 g/L/h, respectively, with a catechol conversion of 95.9% and intracellular PLP accumulation of 24.8 µM.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli/genética , Levodopa , Fosfato de Piridoxal , Riboswitch/genética , Biotransformação , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Levodopa/análise , Levodopa/genética , Levodopa/metabolismo , Fosfato de Piridoxal/biossíntese , Fosfato de Piridoxal/química , Fosfato de Piridoxal/genética , Fosfato de Piridoxal/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo
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Sci Rep ; 10(1): 6091, 2020 04 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32269250

RESUMO

Genetic circuit-based biosensors have emerged as an effective analytical tool in synthetic biology; these biosensors can be applied to high-throughput screening of new biocatalysts and metabolic pathways. Sigma 54 (σ54)-dependent transcription factor (TF) can be a valuable component of these biosensors owing to its intrinsic silent property compared to most of the housekeeping sigma 70 (σ70) TFs. Here, we show that these unique characteristics of σ54-dependent TFs can be used to control the host cell state to be more appropriate for high-throughput screening. The acclimation of cell state was achieved by using guanosine (penta)tetraphosphate ((p)ppGpp)-related genes (relA, spoT) and nutrient conditions, to link the σ54 TF-based reporter expression with the target enzyme activity. By controlling stringent programmed responses and optimizing assay conditions, catalytically improved tyrosine phenol lyase (TPL) enzymes were successfully obtained using a σ54-dependent DmpR as the TF component, demonstrating the practical feasibility of this biosensor. This combinatorial strategy of biosensors using σ factor-dependent TFs will allow for more effective high-throughput enzyme engineering with broad applicability.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala/métodos , Engenharia de Proteínas/métodos , Transativadores/genética , Ativação Transcricional , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Aclimatação , Técnicas Biossensoriais/métodos , Escherichia coli , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , GTP Pirofosfoquinase/genética , GTP Pirofosfoquinase/metabolismo , Regiões Promotoras Genéticas , Pseudomonas putida , Pirofosfatases/genética , Pirofosfatases/metabolismo , Fator sigma/genética , Fator sigma/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo
8.
J Biotechnol ; 310: 6-12, 2020 Feb 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31926982

RESUMO

3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA) is the most important antiparkinsonian drug, and tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL)-based enzyme catalysis process is one of the most adopted methods on industrial scale production. TPL activity and stability represent the rate-limiting step in L-DOPA synthesis. Here, 25 TPL mutants were predicted, and two were confirmed as exhibiting the highest L-DOPA production and named E313W and E313M. The L-DOPA production from E313W and E313M was 47.5 g/L and 62.1 g/L, which was 110.2 % and 174.8 % higher, respectively, than that observed from wild-type (WT) TPL. The Km of E313W and E313M showed no apparent decrease, whereas the kcat of E313W and E313M improved by 45.5 % and 36.4 %, respectively, relative to WT TPL. Additionally, E313W and E313M displayed improved thermostability, a higher melting temperature, and enhanced affinity between for pyridoxal-5'-phosphate. Structural analysis of the mutants suggested increased stability of the N-terminal region via enhanced interactions between the mutated residues and H317. Application of these mutants in a substrate fed-batch strategy as whole-cell biocatalysts allows realization of a cost-efficient short fermentation period resulting in high L-DOPA yield.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Tirosina Fenol-Liase , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Citrobacter freundii/enzimologia , Citrobacter freundii/genética , Estabilidade Enzimática , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
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Appl Biochem Biotechnol ; 190(4): 1187-1200, 2020 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31729696

RESUMO

L-DOPA (L-dihydroxyphenylalanine) is a promising drug for Parkinson's disease and thereby has a growing annual demand. Tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL)-based catalysis is considered to be a low-cost yet efficient route for biosynthesis of L-DOPA. TPL is a tetrameric enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of L-DOPA from pyrocatechol, sodium pyruvate, and ammonium acetate. The implementation of TPL for L-DOPA production has been hampered and the need for the most efficient TPL source with higher L-DOPA production and substrate conversion rate is prevailing. This study involves identifying a novel TPL from Kluyvera intermedia (Ki-TPL) and displayed a robust expression in Escherichia coli. The recombinant strain YW000 carrying Ki-TPL proved strong catalytic activity with a highest L-DOPA yield compared with 16 other TPLs from different organisms. With a further aim to improve this efficiency, random mutagenesis of Ki-TPL was performed and a mutant namely YW021 was obtained. The whole cells of YW021 as biocatalyst yielded 150.4 g L-1 of L-DOPA with a 99.99 % of pyrocatechol conversion at the optimum condition of pH 8.0 at 25 °C, which is the highest level reported to date. Further, the homology modeling and structural analysis revealed the mutant residues responsible for the extensive L-DOPA biosynthesis.


Assuntos
Biocatálise , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Kluyvera/enzimologia , Levodopa/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Acetatos/química , Catecóis/química , Clonagem Molecular , Escherichia coli/genética , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Mutagênese , Mutação , Fosfato de Piridoxal/química , Ácido Pirúvico/química , Sódio/química , Temperatura
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Chem Commun (Camb) ; 55(100): 15133-15136, 2019 Dec 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31789331

RESUMO

Herein we report the development of an efficient cellular system for the in vivo biosynthesis of Tyr-analogs and their concurrent incorporation into target proteins by the residue-specific approach. This system makes use of common phenol derivatives and the tyrosine phenol lyase machinery to create various tyrosine analogues that impart desired properties on the target proteins. Biosynthesized 2-fluorotyrosine was incorporated into three industrially important enzymes which resulted in enhanced thermostability.


Assuntos
Engenharia de Proteínas , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo , Tirosina/biossíntese , Biocatálise , Fluorometria , Oxirredutases/genética , Oxirredutases/metabolismo , Transaminases/genética , Transaminases/metabolismo , Tirosina/análogos & derivados , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
11.
Enzyme Microb Technol ; 131: 109430, 2019 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31615664

RESUMO

L-tyrosine is an amino acid that has been widely used in the food, agriculture and pharmaceutical industries. In order to screen a tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL) with excellent catalytic performance for L-tyrosine production, TPL genes from Citrobacter freundii (CfTPL), Erwinia herbicola (EhTPL) and Rhodobacter capsulatus (TutA) were codon-optimized and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The results showed that EhTPL had the highest whole cell catalysis activity and tyrosine yield (3-fold that of CfTPL). The results of RT-qPCR and a stability analysis also revealed that EhTPL had a higher transcriptional level in whole cell catalysis, while CfTPL possessed greater stability. Conditions for the production by whole cell transformation were optimized in terms of reaction conditions and fed-batch strategy. Finally, the maximum production was obtained with a titer of 48.5 g·L-1 by intermittent feeding with a conversion ratio of 75%.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo , Tirosina/metabolismo , Biotransformação , Citrobacter freundii/enzimologia , Erwinia/enzimologia , Escherichia coli/genética , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Rhodobacter capsulatus/enzimologia , Transcrição Gênica , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
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J Biotechnol ; 300: 48-54, 2019 Jul 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31125578

RESUMO

D-danshensu (D-DSS), extracted from the plant Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen), is widely used to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Here we engineered Escherichia coli strains to produce D-DSS from catechol, pyruvate and ammonia by one-pot biotransformation. Tyrosin-phenol lyase (TPL), L-amino acid deaminase (aadL), D-lactate dehydrogenase (ldhD) and glucose dehydrogenase (gdh) genes were overexpressed in Escherichia coli strain. First, the expression of genes was regulated by different copy number plasmids combination, the result of E. coli TALG6, with strong overexpression of TPL, aadL, ldhD and moderate overexpression of gdh, exhibited 253.7% increase D-DSS production compared to E. coli TALG1. Second, the optimum concentration of catechol was found to be 50 mM. Finally, a fed-batch biotransformation strategy was proposed, namely the amount of catechol was added to 50 mM every 2 h. The total production of D-DSS reached 55.35 mM within 14 h, which was 1.7 times that without feeding.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Lactatos/metabolismo , Engenharia Metabólica , Amônia/metabolismo , Técnicas de Cultura Celular por Lotes , Biotransformação , Catecóis/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Glucose 1-Desidrogenase/genética , Glucose 1-Desidrogenase/metabolismo , L-Aminoácido Oxidase/genética , L-Aminoácido Oxidase/metabolismo , L-Lactato Desidrogenase/genética , L-Lactato Desidrogenase/metabolismo , Plasmídeos/genética , Ácido Pirúvico/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo
13.
Biochemistry ; 57(43): 6166-6179, 2018 10 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30260636

RESUMO

Tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL; EC 4.1.99.2) is a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydrolytic cleavage of l-tyrosine to phenol and ammonium pyruvate. We have shown previously that F448A TPL has kcat and kcat/ Km values for l-tyrosine reduced by ∼104-fold [Phillips, R. S., Vita, A., Spivey, J. B., Rudloff, A. P., Driscoll, M. D., and Hay, S. (2016) ACS Catal. 6, 6770-6779]. We have now obtained crystal structures of F448A TPL and complexes with l-alanine, l-methionine, l-phenylalanine, and 3-F-l-tyrosine at 2.05-2.27 Å and the complex of wild-type TPL with l-phenylalanine at 1.8 Å. The small domain of F448A TPL, where Phe-448 is located, is more disordered in chain A than in wild-type TPL. The complexes of F448A TPL with l-alanine and l-phenylalanine are in an open conformation in both chains, while the complex with l-methionine is a 52:48 open:closed equilibrium mixture in chain A. Wild-type TPL with l-alanine is closed in chain A and open in chain B, and the complex with l-phenylalanine is a 56:44 open:closed mixture in chain A. Thus, the Phe-448 to alanine mutation affects the conformational equilibrium of open and closed active sites. The structure of the 3-F-l-tyrosine quinonoid complex of F448A TPL is unstrained and in an open conformation, with a hydrogen bond from the phenolic OH to Thr-124. These results support our previous conclusion that ground-state strain plays a critical role in the mechanism of TPL.


Assuntos
Citrobacter freundii/enzimologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/metabolismo , Proteínas Mutantes/química , Proteínas Mutantes/metabolismo , Mutação , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo , Alanina/metabolismo , Catálise , Cristalografia por Raios X , Cinética , Metionina/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Mutagênese Sítio-Dirigida , Proteínas Mutantes/genética , Fenilalanina/metabolismo , Conformação Proteica , Especificidade por Substrato , Tirosina/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
14.
Anal Biochem ; 560: 7-11, 2018 11 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30176231

RESUMO

Tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL) naturally catalyzes the reversible ß-elimination of l-tyrosine to phenol, pyruvate and ammonium. With its reverse reaction (synthetic activity), l-tyrosine and its derivatives could be synthesized with high atom economy, which are widely used in pharmaceutical industries. In this study, a high-throughput screening method for synthetic activity of TPL was developed. One of the substrate, sodium pyruvate was found to react with salicylaldehyde under alkali condition, forming a yellow color compound. The concentration of sodium pyruvate can be quantified according to the absorbance of the colorimetric compound at wavelength of 465 nm and the activity of TPL could be screened according to the decrease of the absorbance. After optimization of the colorimetric reaction conditions, the established high-throughput screening method was successfully used for screening of TPL with enhanced activity for l-DOPA synthesis. The confirmed sensitivity and accuracy demonstrated the feasibility and application potential of this screening method.


Assuntos
Colorimetria/métodos , Fusobacterium nucleatum/enzimologia , Ensaios de Triagem em Larga Escala/métodos , Tirosina Fenol-Liase , Cinética , Levodopa/química , Mutação , Especificidade por Substrato , Tirosina/análogos & derivados , Tirosina/biossíntese , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
15.
Bioprocess Biosyst Eng ; 41(9): 1347-1354, 2018 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29869726

RESUMO

The tyrosine phenol lyase (TPL) catalyzed synthesis of L-DOPA was regarded as one of the most economic route for L-DOPA synthesis. In our previous study, a novel TPL from Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn-TPL) was exploited for efficient biosynthesis of L-DOPA. However, the catalytic efficiency decreased when the reaction system expanded from 100 mL to 1 L. As such, the bioprocess for scale-up production of L-DOPA was developed in this study. To increase the stability of substrate and product, as well as decrease the by-product formation, the optimum temperature and pH were determined to be 15 °C and pH 8.0, respectively. The initial concentration of pyrocatechol, pyruvate and ammonium acetate was fixed at 8, 5 and 77 g/L and a fed-batch approach was applied with sodium pyruvate, pyrocatechol and ammonium acetate fed in a concentration of 5, 5 and 3.5 g/L, respectively. In addition, L-DOPA crystals were exogenously added to inhibit cell encapsulation by the precipitated product. The final L-DOPA concentration reached higher than 120 g/L with pyrocatechol conversion more than 96% in a 15-L stirred tank, demonstrating the great potential of Fn-TPL for industrial production of L-DOPA.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Fusobacterium nucleatum/genética , Levodopa/biossíntese , Tirosina Fenol-Liase , Proteínas de Bactérias/biossíntese , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Fusobacterium nucleatum/enzimologia , Levodopa/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/biossíntese , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/biossíntese , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
16.
Metab Eng ; 47: 121-133, 2018 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29548982

RESUMO

Aromatic chemicals are important building blocks for the production of a multitude of everyday commodities. Currently, aromatics production relies almost exclusively on petrochemical processes. To achieve sustainability, alternative synthesis methods need to be developed. Here, we strived for an efficient production of phenol, a model aromatic compound of industrial relevance, from renewable carbon sources using the solvent-tolerant biocatalyst Pseudomonas taiwanensis VLB120. First, multiple catabolic routes for the degradation of aromatics and related compounds were inactivated, thereby obtaining the chassis strain P. taiwanensis VLB120Δ5 incapable of growing on 4-hydroxybenzoate (ΔpobA), tyrosine (Δhpd), and quinate (ΔquiC, ΔquiC1, ΔquiC2). In this context, a novel gene contributing to the quinate catabolism was identified (quiC2). Second, we employed a combination of reverse- and forward engineering to increase metabolic flux towards the product, using leads obtained from the analysis of aromatics producing Pseudomonas putida strains previously generated by mutagenesis. Phenol production was enabled by the heterologous expression of a codon-optimized and chromosomally integrated tyrosine phenol-lyase encoding gene from Pantoea agglomerans AJ2985 (PaTPL2). The genomic modification of endogenous genes encoding TrpEP290S, AroF-1P148L, and PheAT310I, and the deletion of pykA improved phenol production 17-fold, while also minimizing the burden caused by plasmids and auxotrophies. The additional overexpression of known bottleneck enzymes (AroGfbr, TyrAfbr) derived from Escherichia coli further enhanced phenol titers. The best producing strain P. taiwanensis VLB120Δ5-TPL36 reached yields of 15.8% and 18.5% (Cmol/Cmol) phenol from glucose and glycerol, respectively, in a mineral medium without addition of complex nutrients. This is the highest yield ever reported for microbially produced phenol.


Assuntos
Genoma Bacteriano , Engenharia Metabólica , Mutagênese , Fenol/metabolismo , Pseudomonas , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Pantoea/enzimologia , Pantoea/genética , Pseudomonas/genética , Pseudomonas/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo
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Enzyme Microb Technol ; 112: 88-93, 2018 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29499786

RESUMO

Tyrosine phenol-lyase (TPL) catalyzes the reversible cleavage of l-tyrosine to phenol, pyruvate and ammonia. When pyrocatechol is substituted for phenol, l-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA) is produced. The TPL-catalyzed route was regarded as the most economic process for l-DOPA production. In this study, a novel TPL from Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn-TPL) was successfully overexpressed in Escherichia coli and screened for l-DOPA synthesis with a specific activity of 2.69Umg-1. Fn-TPL was found to be a tetramer, and the optimal temperature and pH for α, ß-elimination of l-tyrosine was 60°C and pH 8.5, respectively. The enzyme showed broad substrate specificity toward natural and synthetic l-amino acids. Kinetic analysis suggested that the kcat/Km value for l-tyrosine decomposition was much higher than that for l-DOPA decomposition, while Fn-TPL exhibited similar catalytic efficiency for synthesis of l-tyrosine and l-DOPA. With whole cells of recombinant E. coli as biocatalyst, l-DOPA yield reached 110gL-1 with a pyrocatechol conversion of 95%, which was comparable to the reported highest level. The results demonstrated the great potential of Fn-TPL for industrial production of l-DOPA.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Fusobacterium nucleatum/enzimologia , Levodopa/biossíntese , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Biocatálise , Biotecnologia , Escherichia coli/enzimologia , Escherichia coli/genética , Fusobacterium nucleatum/genética , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Microbiologia Industrial , Cinética , Estrutura Quaternária de Proteína , Fosfato de Piridoxal/metabolismo , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Especificidade por Substrato , Temperatura , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
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Biochimie ; 147: 63-69, 2018 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29183854

RESUMO

In the spatial structure of tyrosine phenol-lyase, the Ser51 residue is located in the active site of the enzyme. The replacement of Ser51 with Ala by site-directed mutagenesis led to a decrease of the kcat/Km parameter for reactions with l-tyrosine and 3-fluoro-l-tyrosine by three orders of magnitude, compared to wild type enzyme. For the elimination reactions of S-alkylcysteines, the values of kcat/Km decreased by an average of two orders of magnitude. The results of spectral studies of the mutant enzyme gave evidence for a considerable change of the chiral properties of the active site as a result of the replacement. Fast kinetic studies for the complexes of the mutant form with competitive inhibitors allowed us to conclude that the Ser51 residue interacts with the side chain amino group of Lys257 at the stage of C-α-proton abstraction. This interaction ensures the correct orientation of the side chain of Lys257 accepting the C-α-proton of the external aldimine and stabilizes its ammonium form. Also, it is probable that Ser51 takes part in formation of a chain of hydrogen bonds which is necessary to perform the transfer of the C-α-proton to the C-4'-position of the leaving phenol group in the reaction with the natural substrate.


Assuntos
Citrobacter freundii/enzimologia , Serina , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo , Substituição de Aminoácidos , Cinética , Metionina/metabolismo , Fenilalanina/metabolismo , Domínios Proteicos , Multimerização Proteica , Prótons , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
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Amino Acids ; 48(9): 2243-51, 2016 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27229336

RESUMO

We have designed, synthesized, and evaluated tyrosine homologues and their O-methyl derivatives as potential inhibitors for tyrosine phenol lyase (TPL, E.C. 4.1.99.2). Recently, we reported that homologues of tryptophan are potent inhibitors of tryptophan indole-lyase (tryptophanase, TIL, E.C. 4.1.99.1), with K i values in the low µM range (Do et al. Arch Biochem Biophys 560:20-26, 2014). As the structure and mechanism for TPL is very similar to that of TIL, we postulated that tyrosine homologues could also be potent inhibitors of TPL. However, we have found that homotyrosine, bishomotyrosine, and their corresponding O-methyl derivatives are competitive inhibitors of TPL, which exhibit K i values in the range of 0.8-1.5 mM. Thus, these compounds are not potent inhibitors, but instead bind with affinities similar to common amino acids, such as phenylalanine or methionine. Pre-steady-state kinetic data were very similar for all compounds tested and demonstrated the formation of an equilibrating mixture of aldimine and quinonoid intermediates upon binding. Interestingly, we also observed a blue-shift for the absorbance peak of external aldimine complexes of all tyrosine homologues, suggesting possible strain at the active site due to accommodating the elongated side chains.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Citrobacter freundii/enzimologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/química , Tirosina , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Citrobacter freundii/genética , Tirosina/análogos & derivados , Tirosina/química , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética
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Biotechnol Bioeng ; 113(8): 1745-54, 2016 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26804162

RESUMO

The non-renewable petrochemical phenol is used as a precursor to produce numerous fine and commodity chemicals, including various pharmaceuticals and phenolic resins. Microbial phenol biosynthesis has previously been established, stemming from endogenous tyrosine via tyrosine phenol lyase (TPL). TPL, however, suffers from feedback inhibition and equilibrium limitations, both of which contribute to reduced flux through the overall pathway. To address these limitations, two novel and non-natural phenol biosynthesis pathways, both stemming instead from chorismate, were constructed and comparatively evaluated. The first proceeds to phenol in one heterologous step via the intermediate p-hydroxybenzoic acid, while the second involves two heterologous steps and the associated intermediates isochorismate and salicylate. Maximum phenol titers achieved via these two alternative pathways reached as high as 377 ± 14 and 259 ± 31 mg/L in batch shake flask cultures, respectively. In contrast, under analogous conditions, phenol production via the established TPL-dependent route reached 377 ± 23 mg/L, which approaches the maximum achievable output reported to date under batch conditions. Additional strain development and optimization of relevant culture conditions with respect to each individual pathway is ultimately expected to result in further improved phenol production. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2016;113: 1745-1754. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.


Assuntos
Bactérias/enzimologia , Bactérias/genética , Engenharia Metabólica/métodos , Fenol/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Técnicas de Cultura Celular por Lotes , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Glucose/metabolismo , Redes e Vias Metabólicas , Tirosina/metabolismo , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/genética , Tirosina Fenol-Liase/metabolismo
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