Optimized oxidoreductases for medium and large scale industrial biotransformations
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[ 2019 ] Linde D, Ayuso-Fernández I, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ, Martínez AT Different fungal peroxidases oxidize nitrophenols at a surface catalytic tryptophan Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 668: 23-28
[ 2019 ] Serrano A, Sancho F, Viña-Gonzalez J, Carro J, Alcalde M, Guallar V, Martínez AT Switching the substrate preference of fungal aryl-alcohol oxidase: towards stereoselective oxidation of secondary benzyl alcohols Catal. Sci. Technol., doi: 10.1039/C8CY02447B
[ 2019 ] Viña-Gonzalez J, Jimenez-Lalana D, Sancho F, Serrano A, Martínez AT, Guallar V, Alcalde M Structure‐Guided Evolution of Aryl Alcohol Oxidase from Pleurotus eryngii for the Selective Oxidation of Secondary Benzyl Alcohols Adv. Synth. Catal., 361: 2514-2525
[ 2018 ] Carro J, Fernandez-Fueyo E, Fernández-Alonso C, Cañada J, Ullrich R, Hofrichter M, Alcalde M, Ferreira P, Martínez AT Self-sustained enzymatic cascade for the production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from 5-methoxymethylfurfural Biotechnol. Biofuels, 11: 86-96
[ 2018 ] Carro J, Ferreira P, Martínez AT, Gadda G Stepwise Hydrogen Atom and Proton Transfers in Dioxygen Reduction by Aryl-Alcohol Oxidase Biochemistry, doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00106
[ 2018 ] Ewing TA, Kühn J, Segarra S, Tortajada M, Zuhse R, van Berkel WJ Multigram Scale Enzymatic Synthesis of (R)‐1‐(4′‐Hydroxyphenyl)ethanol Using Vanillyl Alcohol Oxidase Adv. Synth. Catal., 360: 2370-2376
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Experimental recreation of the evolution of lignin-degrading enzymes from the Jurassic to date
Ayuso-Fernández I, Martínez AT, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ
Biotechnol. Biofuels, 10: 67

Background

Floudas et al. (Science 336: 1715) established that lignin-degrading fungi appeared at the end of Carboniferous period associated with the production of the first ligninolytic peroxidases. Here, the subsequent evolution of these enzymes in Polyporales, where most wood-rotting fungi are included, is experimentally recreated using genomic information.

Results

With this purpose, we analyzed the evolutionary pathway leading to the most efficient lignin-degrading peroxidases characterizing Polyporales species. After sequence reconstruction from 113 genes of ten sequenced genomes, the main enzyme intermediates were resurrected and characterized. Biochemical changes were analyzed together with predicted sequences and structures, to understand how these enzymes acquired the ability to degrade lignin and how this ability changed with time. The most probable first peroxidase in Polyporales would be a manganese peroxidase (Mn3+ oxidizing phenolic lignin) that did not change substantially until the appearance of an exposed tryptophan (oxidizing nonphenolic lignin) originating an ancestral versatile peroxidase. Later, a quick evolution, with loss of the Mn2+-binding site, generated the first lignin peroxidase that evolved to the extant form by improving the catalytic efficiency. Increased stability at acidic pH, which strongly increases the oxidizing power of these enzymes, was observed paralleling the appearance of the exposed catalytic tryptophan.

Conclusions

We show how the change in peroxidase catalytic activities meant an evolutionary exploration for more efficient ways of lignin degradation by fungi, a key step for carbon recycling in land ecosystems. The study provides ancestral enzymes with a potential biotechnological interest for the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals in a biomass-based economy.

Official webpage of indox [ industrialoxidoreductases ]. Optimized oxidoreductases for medium and large scale industrial biotransformations. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under Grant Agreement nº: FP7-KBBE-2013-7-613549. © indox 2013. Developed by garcíarincón