Syntheses, Characterization and Equilibrium between Mono-and Aqua-bridged Dicobalt(II) Complexes. A Structural Model for Methionine Aminopeptidase

IntroductionIthasbeenfoundfrequentlyinhydrolasesthattwoormoremetalionsareassembledinverycloseproximitytothecarboxylatesidechainsofaminoacidresiduesatenzymeac tivesitestocarryouttheirbiologicalfunctions.1Metalsem ployedinhydrolasesincludemagnesium ,manganese ,iron ,cobalt,nickelandzinc .1Onekindofhydrolases,themethio nineaminopeptidasefromE .coil (EcMAP) 2 andPyrococcusfuriosus (PfMAP) 3bothrequiretwoCo2 + ionsfortheiractiv ity ,whereastheirstructuresaredifferent.Thediversestructuresandmet…     

Catechin Reduces Blood Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats through Modulation of Arachidonic Acid Metabolism

(1) Background: hypertension affects approximately half of the adults in the United States (roughly 116 million). The cytochrome P450 (CYP)-mediated metabolism of arachidonic acid (AA) in the kidney has been found to play a major role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. This study examines the anti-hypertensive effect of the natural polyphenolic compound catechin (CAT) and investigates if it impacts the metabolism of AA in the kidney in comparison to captopril (CAP): a commonly used antihypertensive drug. (2) Methods: spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) were randomly divided into five groups. The treatment groups were administered CAT in drinking water at doses of 10 and 50 mg/kg. A positive control group received CAP at a dose of 10 mg/kg in the drinking water, and one group received both CAP and CAT at doses of 10 mg/kg and 50 mg/kg, respectively. Blood pressure was monitored weekly for five weeks. The activity of the two major enzymes involved in AA metabolism in the kidney, namely CYP4A and soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH), were analyzed. (3) Results: CAP monotherapy was found to reduce blood pressure compared to the control untreated rats but did not demonstrate any effect on AA metabolism. Low- and high-dose CAT resisted the rise in blood pressure observed in the untreated SHR and significantly lowered blood pressure compared to the control group, respectively. Only rats treated with high CAT doses demonstrated significant inhibition of CYP4A and sEH enzyme activities. The coadministration of CAP and a high dose of CAT resulted in more pronounced blood pressure-lowering effects, but no more significant effects on AA metabolism were found compared to a high dose of CAT alone. (4) Conclusion: the modulation of AA metabolism in the kidney contributes, at least partially, to the blood pressure-lowering effect of CAT in SHR rats.     

Chemical and Genetic Studies on the Formation of Pyrrolones During the Biosynthesis of Cytochalasans

A key step during the biosynthesis of cytochalasans is a proposed Knoevenagel condensation to form the pyrrolone core, enabling the subsequent 4+2 cycloaddition reaction that results in the characteristic octahydroisoindolone motif of all cytochalasans. In this work, we investigate the role of the highly conserved α,β-hydrolase enzymes PyiE and ORFZ during the biosynthesis of pyrichalasin H and the ACE1 metabolite, respectively, using gene knockout and complementation techniques. Using synthetic aldehyde models we demonstrate that the Knoevenagel condensation proceeds spontaneously but results in the 1,3-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-2-one tautomer, rather than the required 1,5-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-2-one tautomer. Taken together our results suggest that the α,β-hydrolase enzymes are essential for first ring cyclisation, but the precise nature of the intermediates remains to be determined.     

3种螺类来源的海藻解壁酶活力比较

分别从银口凹螺(Chlorostoma argyrostoma)、朝鲜花冠小月螺(Lunella coronata coreensis)及杂色鲍(Haliotis di versicolor)提取海藻解壁酶,利用3,5 二硝基水杨酸(DNS)法测定不同来源的海藻解壁酶中琼胶酶、木聚糖酶及纤维素酶的活力.实验结果显示,银口凹螺与朝鲜花冠小月螺的3种解壁酶成分的比活力除前者的琼胶酶比活力大于后者的(p<0.05),两种螺的木聚糖酶和纤维素酶的比活力无显著差异(p>0.05),并且这两种螺的 3 种解壁酶成分的比活力都大于杂色鲍的解壁酶(p<0.05).实验结果表明,银口凹螺和朝鲜花冠小月螺较之杂色鲍更适合作为制备坛紫菜单细胞和原生质体的酶源生物.     

固定化诺卡氏菌批次连续转化生产L(+)酒石酸

采用卡拉胶包埋具有环氧琥珀酸水解酶活性的诺卡氏菌用于生产L( )酒石酸。为了提高细胞固定化的效率,采用自制的固定化装置,将固定化细胞制成细条状,可以加快固定化细胞的制备,获得具有高活性和强度的固定化细胞颗粒,固定化细胞的最佳菌体浓度为100 g(湿细胞)/L。将固定化细胞用于填充床反应器进行反复批式反应,可以反复利用48次以上,将0.85 mol/L的环氧琥珀酸溶液转化为L( )酒石酸,酒石酸的得率不低于96%。     

Unraveling Synergism between Various GH Family Xylanases and Debranching Enzymes during Hetero-Xylan Degradation

Enzymes classified with the same Enzyme Commission (EC) that are allotted in different glycoside hydrolase (GH) families can display different mechanisms of action and substrate specificities. Therefore, the combination of different enzyme classes may not yield synergism during biomass hydrolysis, as the GH family allocation of the enzymes influences their behavior. As a result, it is important to understand which GH family combinations are compatible to gain knowledge on how to efficiently depolymerize biomass into fermentable sugars. We evaluated GH10 (Xyn10D and XT6) and GH11 (XynA and Xyn2A) β-xylanase performance alone and in combination with various GH family α-l-arabinofuranosidases (GH43 AXH-d and GH51 Abf51A) and α-d-glucuronidases (GH4 Agu4B and GH67 AguA) during xylan depolymerization. No synergistic enhancement in reducing sugar, xylose and glucuronic acid released from beechwood xylan was observed when xylanases were supplemented with either one of the glucuronidases, except between Xyn2A and AguA (1.1-fold reducing sugar increase). However, overall sugar release was significantly improved (≥1.1-fold reducing sugar increase) when xylanases were supplemented with either one of the arabinofuranosidases during wheat arabinoxylan degradation. Synergism appeared to result from the xylanases liberating xylo-oligomers, which are the preferred substrates of the terminal arabinofuranosyl-substituent debranching enzyme, Abf51A, allowing the exolytic β-xylosidase, SXA, to have access to the generated unbranched xylo-oligomers. Here, it was shown that arabinofuranosidases are key enzymes in the efficient saccharification of hetero-xylan into xylose. This study demonstrated that consideration of GH family affiliations of the carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) used to formulate synergistic enzyme cocktails is crucial for achieving efficient biomass saccharification.     

用新分离的巨大芽孢杆菌对映选择性水解缩水甘油苯基醚

Microbial epoxide hydrolases from bacterial and fungal sources?1? are hi ghly versatile catalysts for the asymmetric hydrolysis of chiral epoxides which are extensively employed as useful building blocks for the synthesis of various biologically active products in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries. Microorganism means allows an unlimited supply of these enzymes for preparative -scale applications. Phenyl glycidyl ether (PGE), an aryl epoxide, is a potenti ally useful compound in the synthesis of chiral amino alcohols and bioactive com pounds such as ?blockers. No suitable biocatalyst with sufficiently high enan tioselectivity (E?20) for the kinetic resolution of this compound was previ ously found among bacteria and fungi. This prompted us to screen epoxide hydrola se-producing microorganisms with higher enantioselectivity toward phenyl glycid yl ether from soil samples.     

Catalytic Reaction Mechanism of Bacterial GH92 α-1,2-Mannosidase: A QM/MM Metadynamics Study

The catalytic mechanism of a -dependent family 92 -mannosidase, which is abundantly present in human gut flora and malfunctions leading to the lysosomal storage disease α-mannosidosis, has been investigated using quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics and metadynamics methods. Computational efforts show that the enzyme follows a conformational itinerary of and the ion serves a dual purpose, as it not only distorts the sugar ring but also plays a crucial role in orchestrating the arrangement of catalytic residues. This orchestration, in turn, contributes to the facilitation of conformers for the ensuing reaction. This mechanistic insight is well-aligned with the experimental predictions of the catalytic pathway, and the computed energies are of the same order of magnitude as the experimental estimations. Hence, our results extend the mechanistic understanding of glycosidases.     

A Direct Spectrophotometric Assay for Pyruvic Oxime Hydrolase

Abstract

A sensitive spectrophotometric method, which directly measures the formation of pyruvic oxime from pyruvate and NH₂OH in the UV, is described for the detection of pyruvic oxime hydrolase activity in biochemical systems. The method was used in an attempt to detect pyruvic oxime hydrolase activity in cell-free extracts from an Alcaligenes sp. which can grow on pyruvic oxime. Although substantial pyruvic oxime + nitrite oxidative activity was detected in cells and cell-free extract of this bacterium, catalysis of pyruvic oxime formation was not observed within the error of the method (～20% of the uncatalyzed rate constant of 1.9x10^?3 s^?1 at pH 7, 22°C). The rate of pyruvic oxime oxidation by cells and cell-free extract was at least 10⁵?10⁶ times greater than the rate of its hydrolysis, thus implying that oxidation of pyruvic oxime need not require prior hydrolysis. The method would appear to be applicable to hydrolases directed toward a variety of oximes.     

Catalytic Diversity of GH30 Xylanases

Catalytic properties of GH30 xylanases belonging to subfamilies 7 and 8 were compared on glucuronoxylan, modified glucuronoxylans, arabinoxylan, rhodymenan, and xylotetraose. Most of the tested bacterial GH30-8 enzymes are specific glucuronoxylanases (EC 3.2.1.136) requiring for action the presence of free carboxyl group of MeGlcA side residues. These enzymes were not active on arabinoxylan, rhodymenan and xylotetraose, and conversion of MeGlcA to its methyl ester or its reduction to MeGlc led to a remarkable drop in their specific activity. However, some GH30-8 members are nonspecific xylanases effectively hydrolyzing all tested substrates. In terms of catalytic activities, the GH30-7 subfamily is much more diverse. In addition to specific glucuronoxylanases, the GH30-7 subfamily contains nonspecific endoxylanases and predominantly exo-acting enzymes. The activity of GH30-7 specific glucuronoxylanases also depend on the presence of the MeGlcA carboxyl, but not so strictly as in bacterial enzymes. The modification of the carboxyl group of glucuronoxylan had only weak effect on the action of predominantly exo-acting enzymes, as well as nonspecific xylanases. Rhodymenan and xylotetraose were the best substrates for exo-acting enzymes, while arabinoxylan represented hardly degradable substrate for almost all tested GH30-7 enzymes. The results expand current knowledge on the catalytic properties of this relatively novel group of xylanases.