Enhancement of cellulosome-mediated deconstruction of cellulose by improving enzyme thermostability
| Autor: | Melina Shamshoum, Johanna Stern, Frances H. Arnold, Matthew A. Smith, Edward A. Bayer, Shahar Yoav, Sarah Moraïs, Amaranta Kahn, Anastasia P. Galanopoulou, Dimitris G. Hatzinikolaou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
030106 microbiology Cellulosomes Cellulase Management Monitoring Policy and Law Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Clostridium thermocellum Cellulosome 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Thermostable cellulases Cellulose Thermostability chemistry.chemical_classification biology Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Research biology.organism_classification General Energy Enzyme chemistry Biochemistry Cellulosic ethanol Designer cellulosomes biology.protein Multi-enzyme complex Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Biotechnology for Biofuels |
| ISSN: | 1754-6834 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13068-016-0577-z |
| Popis: | Background The concerted action of three complementary cellulases from Clostridium thermocellum, engineered to be stable at elevated temperatures, was examined on a cellulosic substrate and compared to that of the wild-type enzymes. Exoglucanase Cel48S and endoglucanase Cel8A, both key elements of the natural cellulosome from this bacterium, were engineered previously for increased thermostability, either by SCHEMA, a structure-guided, site-directed protein recombination method, or by consensus-guided mutagenesis combined with random mutagenesis using error-prone PCR, respectively. A thermostable β-glucosidase BglA mutant was also selected from a library generated by error-prone PCR that will assist the two cellulases in their methodic deconstruction of crystalline cellulose. The effects of a thermostable scaffoldin versus those of a largely mesophilic scaffoldin were also examined. By improving the stability of the enzyme subunits and the structural component, we aimed to improve cellulosome-mediated deconstruction of cellulosic substrates. Results The results demonstrate that the combination of thermostable enzymes as free enzymes and a thermostable scaffoldin was more active on the cellulosic substrate than the wild-type enzymes. Significantly, “thermostable” designer cellulosomes exhibited a 1.7-fold enhancement in cellulose degradation compared to the action of conventional designer cellulosomes that contain the respective wild-type enzymes. For designer cellulosome formats, the use of the thermostabilized scaffoldin proved critical for enhanced enzymatic performance under conditions of high temperatures. Conclusions Simple improvement in the activity of a given enzyme does not guarantee its suitability for use in an enzyme cocktail or as a designer cellulosome component. The true merit of improvement resides in its ultimate contribution to synergistic action, which can only be determined experimentally. The relevance of the mutated thermostable enzymes employed in this study as components in multienzyme systems has thus been confirmed using designer cellulosome technology. Enzyme integration via a thermostable scaffoldin is critical to the ultimate stability of the complex at higher temperatures. Engineering of thermostable cellulases and additional lignocellulosic enzymes may prove a determinant parameter for development of state-of-the-art designer cellulosomes for their employment in the conversion of cellulosic biomass to soluble sugars.Graphical abstractConversion of conventional designer cellulosomes into thermophilic designer cellulosomes Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13068-016-0577-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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