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Microbiol Resour Announc ; 13(7): e0018824, 2024 Jul 18.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38860796

RESUMEN

To understand microbial metabolism in horticultural soils exposed to pesticides, genome sequencing of Bacillus subtilis sp. strain UAMC was performed. A total of 7,892 genes distributed across 40 contigs were identified. Among these, those related to the degradation of endosulfan such as FMNH2 monooxygenase, or cytochrome p450 stand out.

2.
Methods Mol Biol ; 1835: 109-117, 2018.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30109647

RESUMEN

Functional screens have been extensively used for searching native enzymes or mutant variants in clone libraries. Esterases and lipases are the most retrieved enzymes, because they are within the more demanded industrial enzymes and because a number of simple and generic screening methods can be applied for their screen. Here, we describe the use of a generic pH indicator assay protocol which unambiguously allows detecting in high-throughput manner esterase and lipase activity and quantifying specific activities using an ester concentration above 0.5 mM. The described method is simple and generic to allow the selection of esterases and lipases targeting desired esters.


Asunto(s)
Pruebas de Enzimas , Esterasas/metabolismo , Lipasa/metabolismo , Animales , Activación Enzimática , Pruebas de Enzimas/métodos , Esterasas/química , Esterasas/genética , Ensayos Analíticos de Alto Rendimiento , Humanos , Lipasa/química , Lipasa/genética , Especificidad por Sustrato
3.
Comb Chem High Throughput Screen ; 19(8): 605-615, 2016.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26552433

RESUMEN

Nowadays, enzymes can be efficiently identified and screened from metagenomic resources or mutant libraries. A set of a few hundred new enzymes can be found using a simple substrate within few months. Hence, the establishment of collections of enzymes is no longer a big hurdle. However, a key problem is the relatively low rate of positive hits and that a timeline of several years from the identification of a gene to the development of a process is the reality rather than the exception. Major problems are related to the time-consuming and cost-intensive screening process that only very few enzymes finally pass. Accessing to the highest possible enzyme and mutant diversity by different, but complementary approaches is increasingly important. The aim of this review is to deliver state-of-art status of traditional and novel screening protocols for targeting lipases, esterases and phospholipases of industrial relevance, and that can be applied at high throughput scale (HTS) for at least 200 distinct substrates, at a speed of more than 105 - 108 clones/day. We also review fine-tuning sequence analysis pipelines and in silico tools, which can further improve enzyme selection by an unprecedent speed (up to 1030 enzymes). If the hit rate in an enzyme collection could be increased by HTS approaches, it can be expected that also the very further expensive and time-consuming enzyme optimization phase could be significantly shortened, as the processes of enzyme-candidate selection by such methods can be adapted to conditions most likely similar to the ones needed at industrial scale.


Asunto(s)
Biblioteca Genómica , Ensayos Analíticos de Alto Rendimiento/métodos , Esterasas/genética , Ensayos Analíticos de Alto Rendimiento/tendencias , Industrias , Lipasa/genética , Metagenómica , Proteínas Mutantes/genética , Fosfolipasas/genética
4.
Microb Biotechnol ; 7(2): 184-91, 2014 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24418210

RESUMEN

Herein, we applied a community genomic approach using a naphthalene-enriched community (CN1) to isolate a versatile esterase (CN1E1) from the α/ß-hydrolase family. The protein shares low-to-medium identity (≤ 57%) with known esterase/lipase-like proteins. The enzyme is most active at 25-30°C and pH 8.5; it retains approximately 55% of its activity at 4°C and less than 8% at ≥ 55°C, which indicates that it is a cold-adapted enzyme. CN1E1 has a distinct substrate preference compared with other α/ß-hydrolases because it is catalytically most active for hydrolysing polyaromatic hydrocarbon (phenanthrene, anthracene, naphthalene, benzoyl, protocatechuate and phthalate) esters (7200-21 000 units g(-1) protein at 40°C and pH 8.0). The enzyme also accepts 44 structurally different common esters with different levels of enantio-selectivity (1.0-55 000 units g(-1) protein), including (±)-menthyl-acetate, (±)-neomenthyl acetate, (±)-pantolactone, (±)-methyl-mandelate, (±)-methyl-lactate and (±)-glycidyl 4-nitrobenzoate (in that order). The results provide the first biochemical evidence suggesting that such broad-spectrum esterases may be an ecological advantage for bacteria that mineralize recalcitrant pollutants (including oil refinery products, plasticizers and pesticides) as carbon sources under pollution pressure. They also offer a new tool for the stereo-assembly (i.e. through ester bonds) of multi-aromatic molecules with benzene rings that are useful for biology, chemistry and materials sciences for cases in which enzyme methods are not yet available.


Asunto(s)
Esterasas/metabolismo , Hidrocarburos Aromáticos/metabolismo , Poliésteres/metabolismo , Bacterias/enzimología , Bacterias/genética , Análisis por Conglomerados , Estabilidad de Enzimas , Esterasas/química , Esterasas/genética , Esterasas/aislamiento & purificación , Concentración de Iones de Hidrógeno , Filogenia , Homología de Secuencia , Especificidad por Sustrato , Temperatura
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Methods Mol Biol ; 861: 101-13, 2012.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22426714

RESUMEN

The use of metagenomic techniques for enzyme discovery constitutes a powerful approach. Functional screens, in contrast to sequence homology search, enable us to select enzymes based on their activity. It is noteworthy that they additionally guarantee the identification of genes coding for enzymes that exhibited no sequence similarity to known counterparts from public databases and that even do not match any putative catalytic residues, involved in the selected catalytic function. Therefore, this strategy not only provides new enzymes for new biotechnological applications, but also allows functional assignment of many proteins, found in abundance in the databases, currently designated as "hypothetical" or "conserved hypothetical" proteins. In the past decade, there has been an exponential increase in the design of functional screening programmes, the majority of them established for hydrolases and oxidoreductases. Here, functional screening methods that guarantee the greatest enzyme diversity, for mining esterases and lipases, are described.


Asunto(s)
Minería de Datos/métodos , Esterasas/genética , Ensayos Analíticos de Alto Rendimiento , Lipasa/genética , Metagenómica , Fosfolipasas/genética , Bacteriófagos , Escherichia coli , Esterasas/química , Esterasas/metabolismo , Vectores Genéticos , Biblioteca Genómica , Lipasa/metabolismo , Fosfolipasas/metabolismo , Especificidad por Sustrato
6.
Methods Mol Biol ; 861: 435-43, 2012.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22426732

RESUMEN

The chemical acylation of natural antioxidants may improve their oxidative and thermal stability, as well as modify their hydrophile-lipophile balance (HLB). These processes are generally carried out under harsh conditions using strongly corrosive acids. In contrast, lipase-catalyzed acylation is characterized by mild reaction conditions, low energy requirements, and a minimization of side reactions. We report the one-step enzymatic acylation of a phenolic antioxidant (α-tocopherol) and a polyphenol (resveratrol) by lipase-catalyzed transesterification. In particular, the regioselectivity of resveratrol acylation can be controlled by an adequate selection of the biocatalyst.


Asunto(s)
Antioxidantes/química , Proteínas Bacterianas/química , Proteínas Fúngicas/química , Lipasa/química , Estilbenos/química , alfa-Tocoferol/química , Acilación , Alcaligenes/química , Alcaligenes/enzimología , Biocatálisis , Candida/química , Candida/enzimología , Esterificación , Interacciones Hidrofóbicas e Hidrofílicas , Oxidación-Reducción , Resveratrol , Estereoisomerismo , Especificidad por Sustrato
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FEBS Lett ; 581(24): 4657-62, 2007 Oct 02.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17826771

RESUMEN

An acetylxylan esterase (R.44), belonging to the carbohydrate esterase family 6 (CE6), retrieved from bovine rumen metagenome was analyzed. Molecular modelling and site-directed mutagenesis indicated that the enzyme possesses a catalytic triad formed by Ser(14), His(231) and Glu(152). The catalytic Ser and His have been identified in highly conserved sequences GQSX and DXXH in the CE6 family, respectively, and the active-site glutamate was part of a highly conserved sequence HQGE. This motif is situated near to the so-called Block III in the CE6 family and its role in catalysis has not been identified so far.


Asunto(s)
Metabolismo de los Hidratos de Carbono , Esterasas/química , Esterasas/metabolismo , Empalme Alternativo/genética , Secuencias de Aminoácidos , Animales , Ácido Aspártico/genética , Ácido Aspártico/metabolismo , Catálisis , Bovinos , Secuencia Conservada , Esterasas/clasificación , Esterasas/genética , Ácido Glutámico/genética , Ácido Glutámico/metabolismo , Cinética , Modelos Moleculares , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutación/genética , Filogenia , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Especificidad por Sustrato
9.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 356(2): 424-30, 2007 May 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17362879

RESUMEN

Capsaicin (Cap) and its analogs (CAPanalogs) have diverse effects in sensory neurons including analgesia, implying they modulate other cellular targets besides the TRPV1 Cap receptor. Since Cap and CAPanalogs are not largely available and their chemical synthesis is cumbersome, they have been obtained through a direct lipase-catalyzed reaction. Capsiate, the ester CAPanalog, was synthesized using a novel enzymatic transacylation one-pot strategy. Five different CAPanalogs were synthesized by amidation in 2-methyl-2-butanol with higher yields than previously reported. Voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels (Ca(v)s) are among the main Ca(2+) entry paths into cells. They are classified as high-voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels (HVA) and low-voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels (LVA) constituted only by T-type channels. Though HVA Ca(v)s are Cap sensitive, it is not known if capsaicinoids inhibit LVA Ca(v)s which participate in the primary sensory neuron pain pathway. Here we first report that Cap, dihydrocapsaicin, N-VAMC(8), N-VAMC(9), and N-VAMC(10) can directly and partially reversibly inhibit T-type Ca(v)s, whereas olvanil, capsiate, and vanillylamine cannot. The Cap inhibition of T-type Ca(v)s was independent of TRPV1 activation.


Asunto(s)
Canales de Calcio Tipo T/metabolismo , Capsaicina/análogos & derivados , Animales , Canales de Calcio Tipo T/efectos de los fármacos , Capsaicina/farmacología , Células Cultivadas , Ratones
10.
Environ Microbiol ; 7(12): 1996-2010, 2005 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16309396

RESUMEN

A metagenome expression library of bulk DNA extracted from the rumen content of a dairy cow was established in a phage lambda vector and activity-based screening employed to explore the functional diversity of the microbial flora. Twenty-two clones specifying distinct hydrolytic activities (12 esterases, nine endo-beta-1,4-glucanases and one cyclodextrinase) were identified in the library and characterized. Sequence analysis of the retrieved enzymes revealed that eight (36%) were entirely new and formed deep-branched phylogenetic lineages with no close relatives among known ester- and glycosyl-hydrolases. Bioinformatic analyses of the hydrolase gene sequences, and the sequences and contexts of neighbouring genes, suggested tentative phylogenetic assignments of the rumen organisms producing the retrieved enzymes. The phylogenetic novelty of the hydrolases suggests that some of them may have potential for new applications in biocatalysis.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Hidrolasas/genética , Rumen/microbiología , Animales , Biodiversidad , Bovinos , Femenino , Genes Bacterianos , Genes Fúngicos , Genes de Helminto , Proteínas del Helminto/genética , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Nueva Zelanda , Rumen/parasitología
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