Optimized oxidoreductases for medium and large scale industrial biotransformations
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[ 2014 ] Levasseur A, Lomascolo A, Chabrol O, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ, [...] , Martínez AT, [...] , Record E The genome of the white-rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus: a basidiomycete model with a versatile arsenal for lignocellulosic biomass breakdown BMC Genomics, 15: 486
[ 2014 ] Linde D, Coscolín C, Liers C, Hofrichter M, Martínez AT, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ Heterologous expression and physicochemical characterization of a fungal dye-decolorizing peroxidase from Auricularia auricula-judae Protein Expr. Purif., 103: 28-37
[ 2014 ] Macellaro G, Baratto MC, Piscitelli A, Pezzella C, Fabrizi de Biani F, Palmese A, Piumi F, Record E, Basosi R, Sannia G Effective mutations in a high redox potential laccase from Pleurotus ostreatus Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., doi: 10.1007/s00253-013-5491-8
[ 2014 ] Macellaro G, Pezzella C, Cicatiello P, Sannia G, Piscitelli A Fungal Laccases Degradation of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds BioMed Research International, doi: 10.1155/2014/614038
[ 2014 ] Martínez AT, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ, Gutiérrez A, del Río JC, Alcalde M, Liers C, Ullrich R, Hofrichter M, Scheibner K, Kalum L, Vind J, Lund H Search, engineering, and applications of new oxidative biocatalysts Biofuels, Bioprod. Bioref., 8: 819-835
[ 2014 ] Molina-Espeja P, García-Ruiz E, González-Pérez D, Ullrich R, Hofrichter M, Alcalde M Directed evolution of Unspecific Peroxygenase from Agrocybe aegerita Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 80: 3496-3507
year2014
Search, engineering, and applications of new oxidative biocatalysts
Martínez AT, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ, Gutiérrez A, del Río JC, Alcalde M, Liers C, Ullrich R, Hofrichter M, Scheibner K, Kalum L, Vind J, Lund H
Biofuels, Bioprod. Bioref., 8: 819-835

Most industrial enzymes are hydrolases, such as glycosidases and esterases. However, oxidoreductases have an unexploited potential for substituting harsh (and scarcely selective) chemical processes. A group of basidiomycetes are the only organisms degrading the aromatic lignin polymer, enabling the subsequent use of plant polysaccharides. Therefore, these fungi and their ligninolytic peroxidases are the biocatalysts of choice for industrial delignification and oxidative biotransformations of aromatic and other organic compounds. The latter also include oxygenation reactions, which are catalyzed with high regio/stereo selectivity by fungal peroxygenases. In search for novel and more robust peroxidases/peroxygenases, basidiomycetes from unexplored habitats were screened, and hundreds of genes identified in basidiomycete genomes (in collaboration with the DOE JGI). The most interesting genes were heterologously expressed, and the corresponding enzymes structurally-functionally characterized. The information obtained enabled us to improve the enzyme operational and catalytic properties by directed mutagenesis. However, the structural-functional relationships explaining some desirable properties are not established yet and, therefore, their introduction was addressed by ‘non-rational’ directed evolution. Then, over 100 oxidative biotransformations were analyzed. Among them, it is noteworthy to mention the regio/stereo selective hydroxylation of long/short-chain alkanes (a chemically challenging reaction), epoxidation of alkenes, and production of hydroxy-fatty acids. Concerning aromatic oxygenations, the regioselective hydroxylation of flavonoids, and stereoselective hydroxylation/epoxidation of alkyl/alkenyl-benzenes were among the most remarkable reactions, together with enzymatic hydroxylation of benzene (as an alternative for harsh chemical process). Finally, peroxidases and peroxygenases also showed a potential as delignification biocatalysts and in the decolorization of contaminant dyes from textile industries.

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