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Moracci M, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Perugino G, Antranikian G. In Memoriam: Mosè Rossi (1938-2023). Extremophiles 2024; 28:16. [PMID: 38308758 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-023-01331-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
Abstract
On August 26, 2023, we bid farewell to Professor Mosè Rossi, a distinguished figure in the field of enzymology and a beloved member of the International Society for Extremophiles since 1993. Born in Castellabate (Salerno) in 1938, Professor Rossi embarked on a remarkable journey in the world of science.
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- Marco Moracci
- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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Curci N, Iacono R, Segura DR, Cillo M, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Strazzulli A, Leonardi A, Giger L, Moracci M. Novel GH109 enzymes for bioconversion of group A red blood cells to the universal donor group O. N Biotechnol 2023; 77:130-138. [PMID: 37643666 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2023.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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Glycoside hydrolases (GHs) have been employed for industrial and biotechnological purposes and often play an important role in new applications. The red blood cell (RBC) antigen system depends on the composition of oligosaccharides on the surface of erythrocytes, thus defining the ABO blood type classification. Incorrect blood transfusions may lead to fatal consequences, making the availability of the correct blood group critical. In this regard, it has been demonstrated that some GHs may be helpful in the conversion of groups A and B blood types to produce group O universal donor blood. GHs belonging to the GH109 family are of particular interest for this application due to their ability to convert blood from group A to group O. This work describes the biochemical characterisation of three novel GH109 enzymes (NAg68, NAg69 and NAg71) and the exploration of their ability to produce enzymatically converted RBCs (ECO-RBC). The three enzymes showed superior specificity on pNP-α-N-acetylgalactosamine compared to previously reported GH109 enzymes. These novel enzymes were able to act on purified antigen-A trisaccharides and produce ECO-RBC from human donor blood. NAg71 converted type A RBC to group O with increased efficiency in the presence of dextran compared to a commercially available GH109, previously used for this application.
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- Nicola Curci
- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia 21, Naples 80126, Italy; Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia 21, Naples 80126, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples 80131, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia 21, Naples 80126, Italy; NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo 90133, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples 80131, Italy
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- Novozymes A/S, Biologiens vej 2, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia 21, Naples 80126, Italy; Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples 80131, Italy; NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, Palermo 90133, Italy.
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Iacono R, De Lise F, Moracci M, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Strazzulli A. Glycoside hydrolases from (hyper)thermophilic archaea: structure, function, and applications. Essays Biochem 2023; 67:731-751. [PMID: 37341134 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20220196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023]
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(Hyper)thermophilic archaeal glycosidases are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of glycosidic bonds to break down complex sugars and polysaccharides at high temperatures. These enzymes have an unique structure that allows them to remain stable and functional in extreme environments such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents. This review provides an overview of the current knowledge and milestones on the structures and functions of (hyper)thermophilic archaeal glycosidases and their potential applications in various fields. In particular, this review focuses on the structural characteristics of these enzymes and how these features relate to their catalytic activity by discussing different types of (hyper)thermophilic archaeal glycosidases, including β-glucosidases, chitinase, cellulases and α-amylases, describing their molecular structures, active sites, and mechanisms of action, including their role in the hydrolysis of carbohydrates. By providing a comprehensive overview of (hyper)thermophilic archaeal glycosidases, this review aims to stimulate further research into these fascinating enzymes.
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- Roberta Iacono
- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario Di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21, Naples, 80126, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario Di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, 80131, Italy
- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, 80100 Naples, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario Di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21, Naples, 80126, Italy
- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, 80100 Naples, Italy
- NBFC, National Biodiversity Future Center, 90133 Palermo, Italy
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Iacono R, Minopoli N, Ferrara MC, Tarallo A, Damiano C, Porto C, Strollo S, Roig-Zamboni V, Peluso G, Sulzenbacher G, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Parenti G, Moracci M. Carnitine is a pharmacological allosteric chaperone of the human lysosomal α-glucosidase. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2021; 36:2068-2079. [PMID: 34565280 PMCID: PMC8477953 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2021.1975694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pompe disease is an inherited metabolic disorder due to the deficiency of the lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA). The only approved treatment is enzyme replacement therapy with the recombinant enzyme (rhGAA). Further approaches like pharmacological chaperone therapy, based on the stabilising effect induced by small molecules on the target enzyme, could be a promising strategy. However, most known chaperones could be limited by their potential inhibitory effects on patient’s enzymes. Here we report on the discovery of novel chaperones for rhGAA, L- and D-carnitine, and the related compound acetyl-D-carnitine. These drugs stabilise the enzyme at pH and temperature without inhibiting the activity and acted synergistically with active-site directed pharmacological chaperones. Remarkably, they enhanced by 4-fold the acid α-glucosidase activity in fibroblasts from three Pompe patients with added rhGAA. This synergistic effect of L-carnitine and rhGAA has the potential to be translated into improved therapeutic efficacy of ERT in Pompe disease.
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- Roberta Iacono
- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources - CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics & Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics & Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics & Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics & Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille University, AFMB, Marseille, France
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- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, UOS Naples-CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille University, AFMB, Marseille, France
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- Telethon Institute of Genetics & Medicine, Pozzuoli, Italy.,Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources - CNR, Naples, Italy
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De Lise F, Strazzulli A, Iacono R, Curci N, Di Fenza M, Maurelli L, Moracci M, Cobucci-Ponzano B. Programmed Deviations of Ribosomes From Standard Decoding in Archaea. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:688061. [PMID: 34149676 PMCID: PMC8211752 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.688061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Genetic code decoding, initially considered to be universal and immutable, is now known to be flexible. In fact, in specific genes, ribosomes deviate from the standard translational rules in a programmed way, a phenomenon globally termed recoding. Translational recoding, which has been found in all domains of life, includes a group of events occurring during gene translation, namely stop codon readthrough, programmed ± 1 frameshifting, and ribosome bypassing. These events regulate protein expression at translational level and their mechanisms are well known and characterized in viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes. In this review we summarize the current state-of-the-art of recoding in the third domain of life. In Archaea, it was demonstrated and extensively studied that translational recoding regulates the decoding of the 21st and the 22nd amino acids selenocysteine and pyrrolysine, respectively, and only one case of programmed -1 frameshifting has been reported so far in Saccharolobus solfataricus P2. However, further putative events of translational recoding have been hypothesized in other archaeal species, but not extensively studied and confirmed yet. Although this phenomenon could have some implication for the physiology and adaptation of life in extreme environments, this field is still underexplored and genes whose expression could be regulated by recoding are still poorly characterized. The study of these recoding episodes in Archaea is urgently needed.
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- Federica De Lise
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.,Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.,Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy.,Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Curci N, Strazzulli A, Iacono R, De Lise F, Maurelli L, Di Fenza M, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Moracci M. Xyloglucan Oligosaccharides Hydrolysis by Exo-Acting Glycoside Hydrolases from Hyperthermophilic Microorganism Saccharolobus solfataricus. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:3325. [PMID: 33805072 PMCID: PMC8037949 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
In the field of biocatalysis and the development of a bio-based economy, hemicellulases have attracted great interest for various applications in industrial processes. However, the study of the catalytic activity of the lignocellulose-degrading enzymes needs to be improved to achieve the efficient hydrolysis of plant biomasses. In this framework, hemicellulases from hyperthermophilic archaea show interesting features as biocatalysts and provide many advantages in industrial applications thanks to their stability in the harsh conditions encountered during the pretreatment process. However, the hemicellulases from archaea are less studied compared to their bacterial counterpart, and the activity of most of them has been barely tested on natural substrates. Here, we investigated the hydrolysis of xyloglucan oligosaccharides from two different plants by using, both synergistically and individually, three glycoside hydrolases from Saccharolobus solfataricus: a GH1 β-gluco-/β-galactosidase, a α-fucosidase belonging to GH29, and a α-xylosidase from GH31. The results showed that the three enzymes were able to release monosaccharides from xyloglucan oligosaccharides after incubation at 65 °C. The concerted actions of β-gluco-/β-galactosidase and the α-xylosidase on both xyloglucan oligosaccharides have been observed, while the α-fucosidase was capable of releasing all α-linked fucose units from xyloglucan from apple pomace, representing the first GH29 enzyme belonging to subfamily A that is active on xyloglucan.
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- Nicola Curci
- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy; (N.C.); (A.S.); (R.I.); (M.M.)
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources—National Research Council of Italy, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.D.L.); (L.M.); (M.D.F.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy; (N.C.); (A.S.); (R.I.); (M.M.)
- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, 80134 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy; (N.C.); (A.S.); (R.I.); (M.M.)
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources—National Research Council of Italy, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.D.L.); (L.M.); (M.D.F.)
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources—National Research Council of Italy, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.D.L.); (L.M.); (M.D.F.)
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources—National Research Council of Italy, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.D.L.); (L.M.); (M.D.F.)
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources—National Research Council of Italy, 80131 Naples, Italy; (F.D.L.); (L.M.); (M.D.F.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy; (N.C.); (A.S.); (R.I.); (M.M.)
- Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, 80134 Naples, Italy
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Onofri S, Balucani N, Barone V, Benedetti P, Billi D, Balbi A, Brucato JR, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Costanzo G, Rocca NL, Moracci M, Saladino R, Vladilo G. The Italian National Project of Astrobiology-Life in Space-Origin, Presence, Persistence of Life in Space, from Molecules to Extremophiles. Astrobiology 2020; 20:580-582. [PMID: 32364794 PMCID: PMC7232638 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2020.2247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Silvano Onofri
- Address correspondence to: Silvano Onofri, Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Largo dell'Università snc, Viterbo 01100, Italy
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Strazzulli A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Iacono R, Giglio R, Maurelli L, Curci N, Schiano-di-Cola C, Santangelo A, Contursi P, Lombard V, Henrissat B, Lauro FM, Fontes CMGA, Moracci M. Discovery of hyperstable carbohydrate-active enzymes through metagenomics of extreme environments. FEBS J 2019; 287:1116-1137. [PMID: 31595646 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The enzymes from hyperthermophilic microorganisms populating volcanic sites represent interesting cases of protein adaptation and biotransformations under conditions where conventional enzymes quickly denature. The difficulties in cultivating extremophiles severely limit access to this class of biocatalysts. To circumvent this problem, we embarked on the exploration of the biodiversity of the solfatara Pisciarelli, Agnano (Naples, Italy), to discover hyperthermophilic carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) and to characterize the entire set of such enzymes in this environment (CAZome). Here, we report the results of the metagenomic analysis of two mud/water pools that greatly differ in both temperature and pH (T = 85 °C and pH 5.5; T = 92 °C and pH 1.5, for Pool1 and Pool2, respectively). DNA deep sequencing and following in silico analysis led to 14 934 and 17 652 complete ORFs in Pool1 and Pool2, respectively. They exclusively belonged to archaeal cells and viruses with great genera variance within the phylum Crenarchaeota, which reflected the difference in temperature and pH of the two Pools. Surprisingly, 30% and 62% of all of the reads obtained from Pool1 and 2, respectively, had no match in nucleotide databanks. Genes associated with carbohydrate metabolism were 15% and 16% of the total in the two Pools, with 278 and 308 putative CAZymes in Pool1 and 2, corresponding to ~ 2.0% of all ORFs. Biochemical characterization of two CAZymes of a previously unknown archaeon revealed a novel subfamily GH5_19 β-mannanase/β-1,3-glucanase whose hemicellulose specificity correlates with the vegetation surrounding the sampling site, and a novel NAD+ -dependent GH109 with a previously unreported β-N-acetylglucosaminide/β-glucoside specificity. DATABASES: The sequencing reads are available in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database under the accession numbers SRR7545549 (Pool1) and SRR7545550 (Pool2). The sequences of GH5_Pool2 and GH109_Pool2 are available in GenBank database under the accession numbers MK869723 and MK86972, respectively. The environmental data relative to Pool1 and Pool2 (NCBI BioProject PRJNA481947) are available in the Biosamples database under the accession numbers SAMN09692669 (Pool1) and SAMN09692670 (Pool2).
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- Andrea Strazzulli
- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRA, AFMB, USC 1408, Aix Marseille Univ, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, INRA, AFMB, USC 1408, Aix Marseille Univ, France.,Department Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore.,Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore City, Singapore
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- NZYTech LDA, Estrada Do Paco Do Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal.,CIISA - Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy.,Task Force on Microbiome Studies, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.,Institute of Biosciences and BioResources - National Research Council of Italy, Naples, Italy
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Giangrieco I, Ricciardi T, Alessandri C, Farina L, Crescenzo R, Tuppo L, Ciancamerla M, Rafaiani C, Bernardi ML, Digilio AF, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Tamburrini M, Mari A, Ciardiello MA. ENEA, a peach and apricot IgE-binding protein cross-reacting with the latex major allergen Hev b 5. Mol Immunol 2019; 112:347-357. [PMID: 31254775 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Peach and apricot can cause allergic reactions with symptoms ranging from mild to very severe, including anaphylaxis. Sometimes subjects allergic to fruits of the Prunus genus have been reported to be also allergic to rubber latex products. The objective of this study is the characterization of a newly identified peach and apricot protein showing similarities with the allergens Hev b 5 from rubber latex and Man e 5 from manioc. This protein has been named ENEA on the basis of the single letter amino acid code of the first four N-terminal residues of the isolated molecule. It has been found in very variable amounts in different peach cultivars and batches. ENEA was isolated from peach pulp extracts by chromatographic separations and identified by direct protein sequencing. At that time, the full length sequence was available only for the homologous protein of the taxonomically closely related apricot, which was produced as a recombinant molecule in Escherichia coli. The following availability of the full length sequence of peach ENEA revealed a very high identity (97%) with the apricot homolog. Similarly to Hev b 5 and to Man e 5, the structural characterization indicated that ENEA is an intrinsically disordered protein. The immunological properties, investigated by dot blotting, the ABA system and the FABER test, showed that ENEA is recognized by specific IgE of allergic patients. In a selected population of 31 patients reporting allergic reactions to peach fruit and/or IgE positive to Hev b 5, 28 and 27 subjects resulted co-sensitized to rENEA and Hev b 5 in the ABA and ISAC test, respectively. In a random population of 3305 suspected allergic patients, analyzed with the FABER test, 17 of them were sensitized to rENEA and 10 of them were also positive to Hev b 5. In addition, both the natural molecule from peach and the recombinant protein of apricot partially inhibited the IgE binding to Hev b 5. In conclusion, a new peach and apricot IgE-binding protein, cross-reacting with the major latex allergen Hev b 5, has been identified. Its variable concentration in the fruit might explain some occasionally occurring allergic reactions. The apricot molecule has recently been registered by the WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Sub-Committee with the allergen name Pru ar 5. The recombinant form of apricot ENEA, now available, will contribute to allergy diagnosis.
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- Ivana Giangrieco
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Naples, Italy; Allergy Data Laboratories (ADL), Latina, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Naples, Italy; Allergy Data Laboratories (ADL), Latina, Italy
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- Allergy Data Laboratories (ADL), Latina, Italy; Associated Centers for Molecular Allergology (CAAM), Rome, Italy; Center for Molecular Allergology, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), CNR, Naples, Italy; Allergy Data Laboratories (ADL), Latina, Italy
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- Associated Centers for Molecular Allergology (CAAM), Rome, Italy
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- Allergy Data Laboratories (ADL), Latina, Italy; Associated Centers for Molecular Allergology (CAAM), Rome, Italy; Center for Molecular Allergology, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Allergy Data Laboratories (ADL), Latina, Italy; Associated Centers for Molecular Allergology (CAAM), Rome, Italy; Center for Molecular Allergology, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Vecchio G, Parascandolo A, Allocca C, Ugolini C, Basolo F, Moracci M, Strazzulli A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Laukkanen MO, Castellone MD, Tsuchida N. Human a-L-fucosidase-1 attenuates the invasive properties of thyroid cancer. Oncotarget 2018; 8:27075-27092. [PMID: 28404918 PMCID: PMC5432319 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Glycans containing α-L-fucose participate in diverse interactions between cells and extracellular matrix. High glycan expression on cell surface is often associated with neoplastic progression. The lysosomal exoenzyme, α-L-fucosidase-1 (FUCA-1) removes fucose residues from glycans. The FUCA-1 gene is down-regulated in highly aggressive and metastatic human tumors. However, the role of FUCA-1 in tumor progression remains unclear. It is speculated that its inactivation perturbs glycosylation of proteins involved in cell adhesion and promotes cancer. FUCA-1 expression of various thyroid normal and cancer tissues assayed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining was high in normal thyroids and papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTC), whereas it progressively decreased in poorly differentiated, metastatic and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas (ATC). FUCA-1 mRNA expression from tissue samples and cell lines and protein expression levels and enzyme activity in thyroid cancer cell lines paralleled those of IHC staining. Furthermore, ATC-derived 8505C cells adhesion to human E-selectin and HUVEC cells was inhibited by bovine α-L-fucosidase or Lewis antigens, thus pointing to an essential role of fucose residues in the adhesive phenotype of this cancer cell line. Finally, 8505C cells transfected with a FUCA-1 containing plasmid displayed a less invasive phenotype versus the parental 8505C. These results demonstrate that FUCA-1 is down-regulated in ATC compared to PTC and normal thyroid tissues and cell lines. As shown for other human cancers, the down-regulation of FUCA-1 correlates with increased aggressiveness of the cancer type. This is the first report indicating that the down-regulation of FUCA-1 is related to the increased aggressiveness of thyroid cancer.
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- Giancarlo Vecchio
- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples, Italy.,Istituto Superiore di Oncologia, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples and Via Balbi 5, Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Via Sergio Pansini, 5, Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina di Laboratorio, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Patologia Chirurgica, Medica, Molecolare e dell'Area Critica, University of Pisa, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via P. Castellino, 111, Naples, Italy.,Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via P. Castellino, 111, Naples, Italy.,Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via P. Castellino, 111, Naples, Italy
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- Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Mattossovich R, Iacono R, Cangiano G, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Isticato R, Moracci M, Ricca E. Conversion of xylan by recyclable spores of Bacillus subtilis displaying thermophilic enzymes. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:218. [PMID: 29183330 PMCID: PMC5706412 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0833-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Bacillus subtilis spore has long been used to display antigens and enzymes. Spore display can be accomplished by a recombinant and a non-recombinant approach, with the latter proved more efficient than the recombinant one. We used the non-recombinant approach to independently adsorb two thermophilic enzymes, GH10-XA, an endo-1,4-β-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius, and GH3-XT, a β-xylosidase (EC 3.2.1.37) from Thermotoga thermarum. These enzymes catalyze, respectively, the endohydrolysis of (1-4)-β-D-xylosidic linkages of xylans and the hydrolysis of (1-4)-β-D-xylans to remove successive D-xylose residues from the non-reducing termini. RESULTS We report that both purified enzymes were independently adsorbed on purified spores of B. subtilis. The adsorption was tight and both enzymes retained part of their specific activity. When spores displaying either GH10-XA or GH3-XT were mixed together, xylan was hydrolysed more efficiently than by a mixture of the two free, not spore-adsorbed, enzymes. The high total activity of the spore-bound enzymes is most likely due to a stabilization of the enzymes that, upon adsorption on the spore, remained active at the reaction conditions for longer than the free enzymes. Spore-adsorbed enzymes, collected after the two-step reaction and incubated with fresh substrate, were still active and able to continue xylan degradation. The recycling of the mixed spore-bound enzymes allowed a strong increase of xylan degradation. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that the two-step degradation of xylans can be accomplished by mixing spores displaying either one of two required enzymes. The two-step process occurs more efficiently than with the two un-adsorbed, free enzymes and adsorbed spores can be reused for at least one other reaction round. The efficiency of the process, the reusability of the adsorbed enzymes, and the well documented robustness of spores of B. subtilis indicate the spore as a suitable platform to display enzymes for single as well as multi-step reactions.
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- Rosanna Mattossovich
- Department of Biology, Federico II University of Naples, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, MSA Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Federico II University of Naples, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, MSA Italy
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- Department of Biology, Federico II University of Naples, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, MSA Italy
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- Department of Biology, Federico II University of Naples, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, MSA Italy
- Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, CNR, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Federico II University of Naples, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, MSA Italy
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D'Alonzo D, De Fenza M, Porto C, Iacono R, Huebecker M, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Priestman DA, Platt F, Parenti G, Moracci M, Palumbo G, Guaragna A. N-Butyl-l-deoxynojirimycin (l-NBDNJ): Synthesis of an Allosteric Enhancer of α-Glucosidase Activity for the Treatment of Pompe Disease. J Med Chem 2017; 60:9462-9469. [PMID: 29112434 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The highly stereocontrolled de novo synthesis of l-NBDNJ (the unnatural enantiomer of the iminosugar drug Miglustat) and a preliminary evaluation of its chaperoning potential are herein reported. l-NBDNJ is able to enhance lysosomal α-glucosidase levels in Pompe disease fibroblasts, either when administered singularly or when coincubated with the recombinant human α-glucosidase. In addition, differently from its d-enantiomer, l-NBDNJ does not act as a glycosidase inhibitor.
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- Daniele D'Alonzo
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Section of Pediatrics, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U.K
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U.K
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford , Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, U.K
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- Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Section of Pediatrics, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy.,Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine , Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy.,Department of Biology, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II , via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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Strazzulli A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Carillo S, Bedini E, Corsaro MM, Pocsfalvi G, Withers SG, Rossi M, Moracci M. Introducing transgalactosylation activity into a family 42 β-galactosidase. Glycobiology 2017; 27:425-437. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwx013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Andrea Strazzulli
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
- Department of Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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Tshililo NO, Strazzulli A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Maurelli L, Iacono R, Bedini E, Corsaro MM, Strauss E, Moracci M. The α-Thioglycoligase Derived from a GH89 α-N-Acetylglucosaminidase Synthesises α-N-Acetylglucosamine-Based Glycosides of Biomedical Interest. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201601091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Ndivhuwo Olga Tshililo
- Department of Biochemistry; Stellenbosch University; Private Bag X1 7602 Matieland South Africa
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources - National Research Council of Italy; Via P. Castellino 111 80131 Naples Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources - National Research Council of Italy; Via P. Castellino 111 80131 Naples Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources - National Research Council of Italy; Via P. Castellino 111 80131 Naples Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources - National Research Council of Italy; Via P. Castellino 111 80131 Naples Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo; Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences; University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo; Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21 80126 Napoli Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry; Stellenbosch University; Private Bag X1 7602 Matieland South Africa
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources - National Research Council of Italy; Via P. Castellino 111 80131 Naples Italy
- Department of Biology; University of Naples “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo; Via Cupa Nuova Cinthia 21 80126 Napoli Italy
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Castiglia D, Sannino L, Marcolongo L, Ionata E, Tamburino R, De Stradis A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Moracci M, La Cara F, Scotti N. High-level expression of thermostable cellulolytic enzymes in tobacco transplastomic plants and their use in hydrolysis of an industrially pretreated Arundo donax L. biomass. Biotechnol Biofuels 2016; 9:154. [PMID: 27453729 PMCID: PMC4957871 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0569-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Biofuels production from plant biomasses is a complex multi-step process with important economic burdens. Several biotechnological approaches have been pursued to reduce biofuels production costs. The aim of the present study was to explore the production in tobacco plastome of three genes encoding (hemi)cellulolytic enzymes from thermophilic and hyperthermophilic bacterium and Archaea, respectively, and test their application in the bioconversion of an important industrially pretreated biomass feedstock (A. donax) for production of second-generation biofuels. RESULTS The selected enzymes, endoglucanase, endo-β-1,4-xylanase and β-glucosidase, were expressed in tobacco plastome with a protein yield range from 2 % to more than 75 % of total soluble proteins (TSP). The accumulation of endoglucanase (up to 2 % TSP) gave altered plant phenotypes whose severity was directly linked to the enzyme yield. The most severe seedling-lethal phenotype was due to the impairment of plastid development associated to the binding of endoglucanase protein to thylakoids. Endo-β-1,4-xylanase and β-glucosidase, produced at very high level without detrimental effects on plant development, were enriched (fourfold) by heat treatment (105.4 and 255.4 U/mg, respectively). Both plastid-derived biocatalysts retained the main features of the native or recombinantly expressed enzymes with interesting differences. Plastid-derived xylanase and β-glucosidase resulted more thermophilic than the E. coli recombinant and native counterpart, respectively. Bioconversion experiments, carried out at 50 and 60 °C, demonstrated that plastid-derived enzymes were able to hydrolyse an industrially pretreated giant reed biomass. In particular, the replacement of commercial enzyme with plastid-derived xylanase, at 60 °C, produced an increase of both xylose recovery and hydrolysis rate; whereas the replacement of both xylanase and β-glucosidase produced glucose levels similar to those observed with the commercial cocktails, and xylose yields always higher in the whole 24-72 h range. CONCLUSIONS The very high production level of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic enzymes, their stability and bioconversion efficiencies described in this study demonstrate that plastid transformation represents a real cost-effective production platform for cellulolytic enzymes.
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- Daniela Castiglia
- />CNR-IBBR UOS Portici, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Portici, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, NA Italy
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- />CNR-IBBR UOS Portici, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Portici, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, NA Italy
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- />CNR-IBBR UOS Naples, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
- />CNR-IBAF UOS Napoli, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Agro-environmental and Forest Biology, Research Division Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
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- />CNR-IBBR UOS Naples, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
- />CNR-IBAF UOS Napoli, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Agro-environmental and Forest Biology, Research Division Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
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- />CNR-IBBR UOS Portici, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Portici, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, NA Italy
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- />CNR-IPSP UOS Bari, National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Research Division Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
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- />CNR-IBBR UOS Naples, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
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- />CNR-IBBR UOS Naples, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
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- />CNR-IBBR UOS Naples, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
- />CNR-IBAF UOS Napoli, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Agro-environmental and Forest Biology, Research Division Naples, Via P. Castellino 111, Naples, Italy
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- />CNR-IBBR UOS Portici, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Portici, Via Università 133, 80055 Portici, NA Italy
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Strazzulli A, Iacono R, Masturzo G, Giglio R, Rossi M, Moracci M. Novel thermophilic hemicellulases for the conversion of lignocellulose for second generation biorefineries. Enzyme Microb Technol 2015. [PMID: 26215346 DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2015.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The biotransformation of lignocellulose biomasses into fermentable sugars is a very complex procedure including, as one of the most critical steps, the (hemi) cellulose hydrolysis by specific enzymatic cocktails. We explored here, the potential of stable glycoside hydrolases from thermophilic organisms, so far not used in commercial enzymatic preparations, for the conversion of glucuronoxylan, the major hemicellulose of several energy crops. Searches in the genomes of thermophilic bacteria led to the identification, efficient production, and detailed characterization of novel xylanase and α-glucuronidase from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius (GH10-XA and GH67-GA, respectively) and a α-glucuronidase from Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus (GH67-GC). Remarkably, GH10-XA, if compared to other thermophilic xylanases from this family, coupled good specificity on beechwood xylan and the best stability at 65 °C (3.5 days). In addition, GH67-GC was the most stable α-glucuronidases from this family and the first able to hydrolyse both aldouronic acid and aryl-α-glucuronic acid substrates. These enzymes, led to the very efficient hydrolysis of beechwood xylan by using 7- to 9-fold less protein (concentrations <0.3 μM) and in much less reaction time (2h vs 12h) if compared to other known biotransformations catalyzed by thermophilic enzymes. In addition, remarkably, together with a thermophilic β-xylosidase, they catalyzed the production of xylose from the smart cooking pre-treated biomass of one of the most promising energy crops for second generation biorefineries. We demonstrated that search by the CAZy Data Bank of currently available genomes and detailed enzymatic characterization of recombinant enzymes allow the identification of glycoside hydrolases with novel and interesting properties and applications.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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Ferrara MC, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Carpentieri A, Henrissat B, Rossi M, Amoresano A, Moracci M. The identification and molecular characterization of the first archaeal bifunctional exo-β-glucosidase/N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase demonstrate that family GH116 is made of three functionally distinct subfamilies. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2013; 1840:367-77. [PMID: 24060745 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Revised: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND β-N-acetylhexosaminidases, which are involved in a variety of biological processes including energy metabolism, cell proliferation, signal transduction and in pathogen-related inflammation and autoimmune diseases, are widely distributed in Bacteria and Eukaryotes, but only few examples have been found in Archaea so far. However, N-acetylgluco- and galactosamine are commonly found in the extracellular storage polymers and in the glycans decorating abundantly expressed glycoproteins from different Crenarchaeota Sulfolobus sp., suggesting that β-N-acetylglucosaminidase activities could be involved in the modification/recycling of these cellular components. METHODS A thermophilic β-N-acetylglucosaminidase was purified from cellular extracts of S. solfataricus, strain P2, identified by mass spectrometry, and cloned and expressed in E. coli. Glycosidase assays on different strains of S. solfataricus, steady state kinetic constants, substrate specificity analysis, and the sensitivity to two inhibitors of the recombinant enzyme were also reported. RESULTS A new β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from S. solfataricus was unequivocally identified as the product of gene sso3039. The detailed enzymatic characterization demonstrates that this enzyme is a bifunctional β-glucosidase/β-N-acetylglucosaminidase belonging to family GH116 of the carbohydrate active enzyme (CAZy) classification. CONCLUSIONS This study allowed us to propose that family GH116 is composed of three subfamilies, which show distinct substrate specificities and inhibitor sensitivities. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The characterization of SSO3039 allows, for the first time in Archaea, the identification of an enzyme involved in the metabolism β-N-acetylhexosaminide, an essential component of glycoproteins in this domain of life, and substantially increases our knowledge on the functional role and phylogenetic relationships amongst the GH116 CAZy family members.
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- Maria Carmina Ferrara
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Zorzetti C, Strazzulli A, Bedini E, Corsaro MM, Sulzenbacher G, Rossi M, Moracci M. Exploitation of β-glycosyl azides for the preparation of α-glycosynthases. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2012. [DOI: 10.3109/10242422.2012.679814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Zorzetti C, Strazzulli A, Carillo S, Bedini E, Corsaro MM, Comfort DA, Kelly RM, Rossi M, Moracci M. A novel α-d-galactosynthase from Thermotoga maritima converts β-d-galactopyranosyl azide to α-galacto-oligosaccharides. Glycobiology 2010; 21:448-56. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Glycosidases, the enzymes responsible in nature for the catabolism of carbohydrates, are well-studied catalysts widely used in industrial biotransformations and oligosaccharide synthesis, which are also attractive targets for drug development. Glycosidases from hyperthermophilic organisms (thriving at temperatures > 85 °C) are also interesting models to understand the molecular basis of protein stability and to produce robust tools for industrial applications. Here, we review the results obtained in the last two decades by our group on a β-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Our findings will be presented in the general context of the stability of proteins from hyperthermophiles and of the chemo-enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Guzzini L, Benelli D, Londei P, Perrodou E, Lecompte O, Tran D, Sun J, Wei J, Mathur EJ, Rossi M, Moracci M. Functional characterization and high-throughput proteomic analysis of interrupted genes in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:2496-507. [PMID: 20192274 DOI: 10.1021/pr901166q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sequenced genomes often reveal interrupted coding sequences that complicate the annotation process and the subsequent functional characterization of the genes. In the past, interrupted genes were generally considered to be the result of sequencing errors or pseudogenes, that is, gene remnants with little or no biological importance. However, recent lines of evidence support the hypothesis that these coding sequences can be functional; thus, it is crucial to understand whether interrupted genes are expressed in vivo. We addressed this issue by experimentally demonstrating the existence of functional disrupted genes in archaeal genomes. We discovered previously unknown disrupted genes that have interrupted homologues in distantly related species of archaea. The combination of a RT-PCR strategy with shotgun proteomics demonstrates that interrupted genes in the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus are expressed in vivo. In addition, the sequence of the peptides determined by LCMSMS and experiments of in vitro translation allows us to identify a gene expressed by programmed -1 frameshifting. Our findings will enable an accurate reinterpretation of archaeal interrupted genes shedding light on their function and on archaeal genome evolution.
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Conte F, Strazzulli A, Capasso C, Fiume I, Pocsfalvi G, Rossi M, Moracci M. The molecular characterization of a novel GH38 α-mannosidase from the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus revealed its ability in de-mannosylating glycoproteins. Biochimie 2010; 92:1895-907. [PMID: 20696204 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/29/2010] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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α-Mannosidases, important enzymes in the N-glycan processing and degradation in Eukaryotes, are frequently found in the genome of Bacteria and Archaea in which their function is still largely unknown. The α-mannosidase from the hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus has been identified and purified from cellular extracts and its gene has been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene, belonging to retaining GH38 mannosidases of the carbohydrate active enzyme classification, is abundantly expressed in this Archaeon. The purified α-mannosidase activity depends on a single Zn(2+) ion per subunit is inhibited by swainsonine with an IC(50) of 0.2 mM. The molecular characterization of the native and recombinant enzyme, named Ssα-man, showed that it is highly specific for α-mannosides and α(1,2), α(1,3), and α(1,6)-D-mannobioses. In addition, the enzyme is able to demannosylate Man(3)GlcNAc(2) and Man(7)GlcNAc(2) oligosaccharides commonly found in N-glycosylated proteins. More interestingly, Ssα-man removes mannose residues from the glycosidic moiety of the bovine pancreatic ribonuclease B, suggesting that it could process mannosylated proteins also in vivo. This is the first evidence that archaeal glycosidases are involved in the direct modification of glycoproteins.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Perugino G, Trincone A, Mazzone M, Di Lauro B, Giordano A, Rossi M, Moracci M. Applications in Biocatalysis of Glycosyl Hydrolases from the Hyperthermophilic ArchaeonSulfolobus solfataricus. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/10242420310001618555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Aurilia V, Riccio G, Henrissat B, Coutinho PM, Strazzulli A, Padula A, Corsaro MM, Pieretti G, Pocsfalvi G, Fiume I, Cannio R, Rossi M, Moracci M. A new archaeal beta-glycosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus: seeding a novel retaining beta-glycan-specific glycoside hydrolase family along with the human non-lysosomal glucosylceramidase GBA2. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:20691-703. [PMID: 20427274 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.086470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) are a large class of enzymes, which build and breakdown the complex carbohydrates of the cell. On the basis of their amino acid sequences they are classified in families and clans that show conserved catalytic mechanism, structure, and active site residues, but may vary in substrate specificity. We report here the identification and the detailed molecular characterization of a novel glycoside hydrolase encoded from the gene sso1353 of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. This enzyme hydrolyzes aryl beta-gluco- and beta-xylosides and the observation of transxylosylation reactions products demonstrates that SSO1353 operates via a retaining reaction mechanism. The catalytic nucleophile (Glu-335) was identified through trapping of the 2-deoxy-2-fluoroglucosyl enzyme intermediate and subsequent peptide mapping, while the general acid/base was identified as Asp-462 through detailed mechanistic analysis of a mutant at that position, including azide rescue experiments. SSO1353 has detectable homologs of unknown specificity among Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya and shows distant similarity to the non-lysosomal bile acid beta-glucosidase GBA2 also known as glucocerebrosidase. On the basis of our findings we propose that SSO1353 and its homologs are classified in a new CAZy family, named GH116, which so far includes beta-glucosidases (EC 3.2.1.21), beta-xylosidases (EC 3.2.1.37), and glucocerebrosidases (EC 3.2.1.45) as known enzyme activities.
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Conte F, Mazzone M, Bedini E, Corsaro MM, Rossi M, Moracci M. Design of new reaction conditions for characterization of a mutant thermophilicα-l-fucosidase. BIOCATAL BIOTRANSFOR 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10242420701792209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Extremophilic Archaea populate biotopes previously considered inaccessible for life. This feature, and the possibility that they are the extant forms of life closest to the last common ancestor, make these organisms excellent candidates for the study of evolution on Earth and stimulate the exobiological research in planets previously considered totally inhospitable. Among the other aspects of the physiology of these organisms, the study of the molecular genetics of extremophilic Archaea can give hints on how the genetic information is transmitted and propagated in ancient forms of life. We review here the expression of interrupted genes in a recently discovered nanoarchaeon and the mechanisms of reprogrammed genetic decoding in Archaea.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Glycoside hydrolases form hyperthermophilic archaea are interesting model systems for the study of catalysis at high temperatures and, at the moment, their detailed enzymological characterization is the only approach to define their role in vivo. Family 29 of glycoside hydrolases classification groups alpha-L-fucosidases involved in a variety of biological events in Bacteria and Eukarya. In Archaea the first alpha-L-fucosidase was identified in Sulfolobus solfataricus as interrupted gene expressed by programmed -1 frameshifting. In this review, we describe the identification of the catalytic residues of the archaeal enzyme, by means of the chemical rescue strategy. The intrinsic stability of the hyperthermophilic enzyme allowed the use of this method, which resulted of general applicability for beta and alpha glycoside hydrolases. In addition, the presence in the active site of the archaeal enzyme of a triad of catalytic residues is a rather uncommon feature among the glycoside hydrolases and suggested that in family 29 slightly different catalytic machineries coexist.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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Ausili A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Di Lauro B, D'Avino R, Perugino G, Bertoli E, Scirè A, Rossi M, Tanfani F, Moracci M. A comparative infrared spectroscopic study of glycoside hydrolases from extremophilic archaea revealed different molecular mechanisms of adaptation to high temperatures. Proteins 2007; 67:991-1001. [PMID: 17357157 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The identification of the determinants of protein thermal stabilization is often pursued by comparing enzymes from hyperthermophiles with their mesophilic counterparts while direct structural comparisons among proteins and enzymes from hyperthermophiles are rather uncommon. Here, oligomeric beta-glycosidases from the hyperthermophilic archaea Sulfolobus solfataricus (Ss beta-gly), Thermosphaera aggregans (Ta beta-gly), and Pyrococcus furiosus (Pf beta-gly), have been compared. Studies of FTIR spectroscopy and kinetics of thermal inactivation showed that the three enzymes had similar secondary structure composition, but Ss beta-gly and Ta beta-gly (temperatures of melting 98.1 and 98.4 degrees C, respectively) were less stable than Pf beta-gly, which maintained its secondary structure even at 99.5 degrees C. The thermal denaturation of Pf beta-gly, followed in the presence of SDS, suggested that this enzyme is stabilized by hydrophobic interactions. A detailed inspection of the 3D-structures of these enzymes supported the experimental results: Ss beta-gly and Ta beta-gly are stabilized by a combination of ion-pairs networks and intrasubunit S-S bridges while the increased stability of Pf beta-gly resides in a more compact protein core. The different strategies of protein stabilization give experimental support to recent theories on thermophilic adaptation and suggest that different stabilization strategies could have been adopted among archaea.
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- Alessio Ausili
- Institute of Biochemistry, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Conte F, Benelli D, Londei P, Flagiello A, Monti M, Pucci P, Rossi M, Moracci M. The gene of an archaeal alpha-L-fucosidase is expressed by translational frameshifting. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:4258-68. [PMID: 16920738 PMCID: PMC1616953 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2006] [Revised: 07/21/2006] [Accepted: 07/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The standard rules of genetic translational decoding are altered in specific genes by different events that are globally termed recoding. In Archaea recoding has been unequivocally determined so far only for termination codon readthrough events. We study here the mechanism of expression of a gene encoding for a alpha-l-fucosidase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus (fucA1), which is split in two open reading frames separated by a -1 frameshifting. The expression in Escherichia coli of the wild-type split gene led to the production by frameshifting of full-length polypeptides with an efficiency of 5%. Mutations in the regulatory site where the shift takes place demonstrate that the expression in vivo occurs in a programmed way. Further, we identify a full-length product of fucA1 in S.solfataricus extracts, which translate this gene in vitro by following programmed -1 frameshifting. This is the first experimental demonstration that this kind of recoding is present in Archaea.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry—Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheVia P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry—Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheVia P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biochimica Medica e Biologia Medica (DIBIM), Università di Bari—Piazzale Giulio Cesare70124 Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biochimica Medica e Biologia Medica (DIBIM), Università di Bari—Piazzale Giulio Cesare70124 Bari, Italy
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- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e BiochimicaUniversità di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e BiochimicaUniversità di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate s.c.a r.l., Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e BiochimicaUniversità di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, via Cinthia 4, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry—Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheVia P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia Strutturale e Funzionale, Università di Napoli ‘Federico II’Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia 4, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Protein Biochemistry—Consiglio Nazionale delle RicercheVia P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Ausili A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Di Lauro B, D'Avino R, Scirè A, Rossi M, Tanfani F, Moracci M. Structural basis of the destabilization produced by an amino-terminal tag in the β-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic archeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Biochimie 2006; 88:807-17. [PMID: 16494988 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2005] [Accepted: 01/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We have previously shown that the major ion-pairs network of the tetrameric beta-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic archeon Sulfolobus solfataricus involves more than 16 ion-pairs and hydrogen bonds between several residues from the four subunits and protects the protein from thermal unfolding by sewing the carboxy-termini of the enzyme. We show here that the amino-terminal of the enzyme also plays a relevant role in the thermostabilization of the protein. In fact, the addition of four extra amino acids at the amino-terminal of the beta-glycosidase, though not affecting the catalytic machinery of the enzyme and its thermophilicity, produced a faster enzyme inactivation in the temperature range 85-95 degrees C and decreased the Tm of the protein of 6 degrees C, measured by infrared spectroscopy. In addition, detailed two-dimensional IR correlation analysis revealed that the quaternary structure of the tagged enzyme is destabilized at 85 degrees C whilst that of the wild type enzyme is stable up to 98 degrees C. Molecular models allowed the rationalization of the experimental data indicating that the longer amino-terminal tail may destabilize the beta-glycosidase by enhancing the molecular fraying of the polypeptide and loosening the dimeric interfaces. The data support the hypothesis that fraying of the polypeptide chain termini is a relevant event in protein unfolding.
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- A Ausili
- Institute of Biochemistry, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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Perugino G, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Rossi M, Moracci M. Recent Advances in the Oligosaccharide Synthesis Promoted by Catalytically Engineered Glycosidases. Adv Synth Catal 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.200505070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Mazzone M, Rossi M, Moracci M. Probing the catalytically essential residues of the alpha-L-fucosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Biochemistry 2005; 44:6331-42. [PMID: 15835922 DOI: 10.1021/bi047495f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Retaining glycosidases promote the hydrolysis of the substrate by following a double-displacement mechanism involving a covalent intermediate. The catalytic residues are a general acid/base catalyst and the nucleophile. Experimental identification of these residues in a specific glycosidase allows for the assigning of the corresponding residues in all of the other enzymes belonging to the same family. By means of sequence alignment, mutagenesis, and detailed kinetic studies of the alpha-fucosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus (Ssalpha-fuc) (family 29), we show here that the residues, invariant in this family, have the function inferred from the analysis of the 3D structure of the enzyme from Thermotoga maritima (Tmalpha-fuc). These include in Ssalpha-fuc the substrate-binding residues His46 and His123 and the nucleophile of the reaction, previously described. The acid/base catalyst could be assigned less easily. The k(cat) of the Ssalpha-fucGlu292Gly mutant, corresponding to the acid/base catalyst of Tmalpha-fuc, is reduced by 154-fold but could not be chemically rescued. Instead, the Ssalpha-fucGlu58Gly mutant revealed a 4000-fold reduction of k(cat)/K(M) if compared to the wild-type and showed the rescue of the k(cat) by sodium azide at wild-type levels. Thus, our data suggest that a catalytic triad, namely, Glu58, Glu292, and Asp242, is involved in catalysis. Glu58 and Glu292 cooperate in the role of acid/base catalyst, while Asp242 is the nucleophile of the reaction. Our data suggest that in glycosidase family 29 alpha-fucosidases promoting the retaining mechanism with slightly different catalytic machineries coexist.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy
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Ausili A, Di Lauro B, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Bertoli E, Scirè A, Rossi M, Tanfani F, Moracci M. Two-dimensional IR correlation spectroscopy of mutants of the beta-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus identifies the mechanism of quaternary structure stabilization and unravels the sequence of thermal unfolding events. Biochem J 2005; 384:69-78. [PMID: 15283674 PMCID: PMC1134089 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Beta-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is a homotetramer with a higher number of ion pairs compared with mesophilic glycoside hydrolases. The ion pairs are arranged in large networks located mainly at the tetrameric interface of the molecule. In the present study, the structure and thermal stability of the wild-type beta-glycosidase and of three mutants in residues R488 and H489 involved in the C-terminal ionic network were examined by FTIR (Fourier-transform IR) spectroscopy. The FTIR data revealed small differences in the secondary structure of the proteins and showed a lower thermostability of the mutant proteins with respect to the wild-type. Generalized 2D-IR (two-dimensional IR correlation spectroscopy) at different temperatures showed different sequences of thermal unfolding events in the mutants with respect to the wild-type, indicating that punctual mutations affect the unfolding and aggregation process of the protein. A detailed 2D-IR analysis of synchronous maps of the proteins allowed us to identify the temperatures at which the ionic network that stabilizes the quaternary structure of the native and mutant enzymes at the C-terminal breaks down. This evidence gives support to the current theories on the mechanism of ion-pair stabilization in proteins from hyperthermophilic organisms.
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- Alessio Ausili
- *Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- †Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- *Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
- ‡Faculty of Medicine, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- *Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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- †Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
- §Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Mezzocannone 16, 80134 Naples, Italy
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- *Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Ranieri, 60131 Ancona, Italy
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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- †Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Standard decoding of the genetic information into polypeptides is performed by one of the most sophisticated cell machineries, the translating ribosome, which, by following the genetic code, ensures the correspondence between the mature mRNA and the protein sequence. However, the expression of a minority of genes requires programmed deviations from the standard decoding rules, globally named recoding. This includes ribosome programmed -/+1 frameshifting, ribosome hopping, and stop codon readthrough. Recoding in Archaea was unequivocally demonstrated only for the translation of the UGA stop codon into the amino acid selenocysteine. However, a new recoding event leading to the 22nd amino acid pyrrolysine and the preliminary reports on a gene regulated by programmed -1 frameshifting have been recently described in Archaea. Therefore, it appears that the study of this phenomenon in Archaea is still at its dawn and that most of the genes whose expression is regulated by recoding are still uncharacterized.
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Rosano C, Zuccotti S, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Mazzone M, Rossi M, Moracci M, Petoukhov MV, Svergun DI, Bolognesi M. Structural characterization of the nonameric assembly of an Archaeal alpha-L-fucosidase by synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 320:176-82. [PMID: 15207718 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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alpha-l-Fucosidase is a lysosomal enzyme responsible for hydrolyzing the alpha-1,6-linked fucose joined to the reducing-end N-acetylglucosamine of carbohydrate moieties in glycoproteins. The first alpha-l-fucosidase from Archaea was recently identified in the genome of the hyperthermophile Sulfolobus solfataricus; the enzyme is encoded by two open reading frames separated by a -1 frameshift. A preliminary biochemical and biophysical characterization of this extremophile enzyme has been carried out both in solution, through small angle X-ray scattering experiments, and in the crystalline state, showing an unusual oligomeric assembly resulting from the association of nine subunits, endowed with 3-fold molecular symmetry.
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- Camillo Rosano
- X-ray Structural Biology Unit--National Institute for Cancer Research (IST), Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Trincone A, Giordano A, Rossi M, Moracci M. Identification of an archaeal α-l-fucosidase encoded by an interrupted gene. Production of a functional enzyme by mutations micking programmed -1 frameshifting. Vol. 278 (2003) 14622–14631. J Biol Chem 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)76030-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Trincone A, Giordano A, Rossi M, Moracci M. Identification of the catalytic nucleophile of the family 29 alpha-L-fucosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus via chemical rescue of an inactive mutant. Biochemistry 2003; 42:9525-31. [PMID: 12911294 DOI: 10.1021/bi035036t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have recently reported that a functional alpha-L-fucosidase could be expressed by a single insertional mutation in the region of overlap between the ORFs SSO11867 and SSO3060 of the hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus [Cobucci-Ponzano et al. J. Biol. Chem. (2003) 278, 14622-14631]. This enzyme, belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 29 (GH29), showed micromolar specificity for p-nitrophenyl-alpha-L-fucoside (pNp-Fuc) and promoted transfucosylation reactions by following a reaction mechanism in which the products retained the anomeric configuration of the substrate. The active site residues in GH29 enzymes are still unknown. We describe here the identification of the catalytic nucleophile of the reaction in the alpha-L-fucosidase from S. solfataricus by reactivation with sodium azide of the mutant Asp242Gly that shows a 10(3)-fold activity reduction on pNp-Fuc. The detailed stereochemical analysis of the fucosyl-azide produced by the mutant reactivated on pNp-Fuc revealed its inverted (beta-fucosyl azide) configuration compared with the substrate. This allows for the first time the unambiguous assignment of Asp242, and its homologous residues, as the nucleophilic catalytic residues of GH29 alpha-L-fucosidases. This is the first time that this approach is used for alpha-L-glycosidases, widening the applicability of this method.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131, Naples, Italy
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Trincone A, Giordano A, Rossi M, Moracci M. Identification of an archaeal alpha-L-fucosidase encoded by an interrupted gene. Production of a functional enzyme by mutations mimicking programmed -1 frameshifting. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:14622-31. [PMID: 12569098 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211834200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The analysis of the complete genome of the thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus revealed two open reading frames (ORF), named SSO11867 and SSO3060, interrupted by a -1 frameshift and encoding for the N- and the C-terminal fragments, respectively, of an alpha-l-fucosidase. We report here that these ORFs are actively transcribed in vivo, and we confirm the presence of the -1 frameshift between them at the cDNA level, explaining why we could not find alpha-fucosidase activity in S. solfataricus extracts. Detailed analysis of the region of overlap between the two ORFs revealed the presence of the consensus sequence for a programmed -1 frameshifting. Two specific mutations, mimicking this regulative frameshifting event, allow the expression, in Escherichia coli, of a fully active thermophilic and thermostable alpha-l-fucosidase (EC ) with micromolar substrate specificity and showing transfucosylating activity. The analysis of the fucosylated products of this enzyme allows, for the first time, assigning a retaining reaction mechanism to family 29 of glycosyl hydrolases. The presence of an alpha-fucosidase putatively regulated by programmed -1 frameshifting is intriguing both with respect to the regulation of gene expression and, in post-genomic era, for the definition of gene function in Archaea.
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- Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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Cobucci-Ponzano B, Moracci M, Di Lauro B, Ciaramella M, D'Avino R, Rossi M. Ionic network at the C-terminus of the beta-glycosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus: Functional role in the quaternary structure thermal stabilization. Proteins 2002; 48:98-106. [PMID: 12012341 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Biochemical, crystallographic, and computational data support the hypothesis that electrostatic interactions are among the dominant forces in stabilizing hyperthermophilic proteins. The thermostable beta-glycosidase from the hyperthermophile Sulfolobus solfataricus (Ssbeta-gly) is an interesting model system for the study of protein adaptation to high temperatures. The largest ion-pair network of Ssbeta-gly is located at the tetrameric interface of the molecule; in this paper, key residues in this region were modified by site-directed mutagenesis and the stability of the mutants was analyzed by kinetics of thermal denaturation. All mutations produced faster enzyme inactivation, suggesting that the C-terminal ionic network prevents the dissociation into monomers, which is the limiting step in the mechanism of Ssbeta-gly inactivation. Moreover, the calculated reaction order showed that the mechanism of inactivation depends on the mutation introduced, suggesting that intermediates maintaining enzymatic activity are produced during the inactivation transition of some, but not all, mutants. Molecular models of each mutant allow us to rationalize the experimental evidence and give support to the current theories on the mechanism of ion pair stabilization in proteins from hyperthermophiles.
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Trincone A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Di Lauro B, Rossi M, Mitsuishi Y, Moracci M. Enzymatic synthesis and hydrolysis of xylogluco-oligosaccharides using the first archaeal alpha-xylosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus. Extremophiles 2001; 5:277-82. [PMID: 11523897 DOI: 10.1007/s007920100204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The first, recently identified, archaeal alpha-xylosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus (XylS) shows high specificity for hydrolysis of isoprimeverose [alpha-D-xylopyranosyl-(1,6)-D-glucopyranose, (X)], the p-nitrophenyl-beta derivative of isoprimeverose, and xyloglucan oligosaccharides and has transxylosidic activity, forming, in a retaining mode, interesting alpha-xylosides. This article describes the synthesis of isoprimeverose, the disaccharidic repeating unit of xyloglucan, of the p-nitrophenyl-beta derivative of isoprimeverose, and of a trisaccharide based on isoprimeverose that is one of the trisaccharidic building blocks of xyloglucan. A substrate structure-activity relationship is recognized for both the hydrolysis and the synthesis reactions of XylS, it being a biocatalyst (i) active hydrolytically only on X-ending substrates liberating a xylose molecule and (ii) capable of transferring xylose only on the nonreducing end glucose of p-nitrophenyl-(PNP)-beta-D-cellobioside. The compounds synthesized by this enzyme are a starting point for enzymological studies of other new enzymes (i.e., xyloglucanases) for which suitable substrates are difficult to synthesize. This study also allows us to define the chemical characteristics of the xylose-transferring activity of this new archaeal enzyme, contributing to building up a library of different glycosidases with high specific selectivity for oligosaccharide synthesis.
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- A Trincone
- Istituto per la Chimica di Molecole di Interesse Biologico, C.N.R., Arco Felice Naples, Italy.
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Moracci M, Trincone A, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Perugino G, Ciaramella M, Rossi M. Enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides by two glycosyl hydrolases of Sulfolobus solfataricus. Extremophiles 2001; 5:145-52. [PMID: 11453457 DOI: 10.1007/s007920100186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The importance of carbohydrates in a variety of biological functions is the reason that interest has recently increased in these compounds as possible components of therapeutic agents. Thus, the need for a technique allowing the easy synthesis of carbohydrates and glucoconjugates is an emerging challenge for chemists and biologists involved in this field. At present, enzymatic synthesis has resulted in the most promising approach for the production of complex oligosaccharides. In this respect, the enzymological characteristics of the catalysts, in term of regioselectivity, substrate specificity, and operational stability, are of fundamental importance to improve the yields of the process and to widen the repertoire of the available products. Here, two methods of oligosaccharide synthesis performed by a glycosynthase and by an alpha-xylosidase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus are briefly reviewed. The approaches used and the biodiversity of the catalysts together are key features for their possible utilization in the synthesis of oligosaccharides.
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- M Moracci
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry and Enzymology-CNR, Naples, Italy.
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Pouwels J, Moracci M, Cobucci-Ponzano B, Perugino G, van der Oost J, Kaper T, Lebbink JH, de Vos WM, Ciaramella M, Rossi M. Activity and stability of hyperthermophilic enzymes: a comparative study on two archaeal beta-glycosidases. Extremophiles 2000; 4:157-64. [PMID: 10879560 DOI: 10.1007/s007920070030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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S beta gly and CelB are well-studied hyperthermophilic glycosyl hydrolases, isolated from the Archaea Sulfolobus solfataricus and Pyrococcus furiosus, respectively. Previous studies revealed that the two enzymes are phylogenetically related; they are very active and stable at high temperatures, and their overall three-dimensional structure is very well conserved. To acquire insight in the molecular determinants of thermostability and thermoactivity of these enzymes, we have performed a detailed comparison, under identical conditions, of enzymological and biochemical parameters of S beta gly and CelB, and we have probed the basis of their stability by perturbations induced by temperature, pH, ionic strength, and detergents. The major result of the present study is that, although the two enzymes are remarkably similar with respect to kinetic parameters, substrate specificity, and reaction mechanism, they are strikingly different in stability to the different physical or chemical perturbations induced. These results provide useful information for the design of further experiments aimed at understanding the structure-function relationships in these enzymes.
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- J Pouwels
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
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