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Article: Common and distant structural characteristics of Feruloyl esterase families from Aspergillus oryzae

TitleCommon and distant structural characteristics of Feruloyl esterase families from Aspergillus oryzae
Authors
Issue Date2012
PublisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action
Citation
Plos One, 2012, v. 7 n. 6 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Feruloyl esterases (FAEs) are important biomass degrading accessory enzymes due to their capability of cleaving the ester links between hemicellulose and pectin to aromatic compounds of lignin, thus enhancing the accessibility of plant tissues to cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes. FAEs have gained increased attention in the area of biocatalytic transformations for the synthesis of value added compounds with medicinal and nutritional applications. Following the increasing attention on these enzymes, a novel descriptor based classification system has been proposed for FAEs resulting into 12 distinct families and pharmacophore models for three FAE sub-families have been developed. Methodology/Principal Findings: The feruloylome of Aspergillus oryzae contains 13 predicted FAEs belonging to six sub-families based on our recently developed descriptor-based classification system. The three-dimensional structures of the 13 FAEs were modeled for structural analysis of the feruloylome. The three genes coding for three enzymes, viz., A.O.2, A.O.8 and A.O.10 from the feruloylome of A. oryzae, representing sub-families with unknown functional features, were heterologously expressed in Pichia pastoris, characterized for substrate specificity and structural characterization through CD spectroscopy. Common feature-based pharamacophore models were developed according to substrate specificity characteristics of the three enzymes. The active site residues were identified for the three expressed FAEs by determining the titration curves of amino acid residues as a function of the pH by applying molecular simulations. Conclusions/Significance: Our findings on the structure-function relationships and substrate specificity of the FAEs of A. oryzae will be instrumental for further understanding of the FAE families in the novel classification system. The developed pharmacophore models could be applied for virtual screening of compound databases for short listing the putative substrates prior to docking studies or for post-processing docking results to remove false positives. Our study exemplifies how computational predictions can complement to the information obtained through experimental methods. © 2012 Udatha et al.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/181267
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.839
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dc.contributor.authorUdatha, DBRKGen_US
dc.contributor.authorMapelli, Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorPanagiotou, Gen_US
dc.contributor.authorOlsson, Len_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-21T02:03:37Z-
dc.date.available2013-02-21T02:03:37Z-
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifier.citationPlos One, 2012, v. 7 n. 6en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/181267-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Feruloyl esterases (FAEs) are important biomass degrading accessory enzymes due to their capability of cleaving the ester links between hemicellulose and pectin to aromatic compounds of lignin, thus enhancing the accessibility of plant tissues to cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic enzymes. FAEs have gained increased attention in the area of biocatalytic transformations for the synthesis of value added compounds with medicinal and nutritional applications. Following the increasing attention on these enzymes, a novel descriptor based classification system has been proposed for FAEs resulting into 12 distinct families and pharmacophore models for three FAE sub-families have been developed. Methodology/Principal Findings: The feruloylome of Aspergillus oryzae contains 13 predicted FAEs belonging to six sub-families based on our recently developed descriptor-based classification system. The three-dimensional structures of the 13 FAEs were modeled for structural analysis of the feruloylome. The three genes coding for three enzymes, viz., A.O.2, A.O.8 and A.O.10 from the feruloylome of A. oryzae, representing sub-families with unknown functional features, were heterologously expressed in Pichia pastoris, characterized for substrate specificity and structural characterization through CD spectroscopy. Common feature-based pharamacophore models were developed according to substrate specificity characteristics of the three enzymes. The active site residues were identified for the three expressed FAEs by determining the titration curves of amino acid residues as a function of the pH by applying molecular simulations. Conclusions/Significance: Our findings on the structure-function relationships and substrate specificity of the FAEs of A. oryzae will be instrumental for further understanding of the FAE families in the novel classification system. The developed pharmacophore models could be applied for virtual screening of compound databases for short listing the putative substrates prior to docking studies or for post-processing docking results to remove false positives. Our study exemplifies how computational predictions can complement to the information obtained through experimental methods. © 2012 Udatha et al.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.actionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS ONEen_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subject.meshAmino Acid Sequenceen_US
dc.subject.meshAspergillus Oryzae - Enzymologyen_US
dc.subject.meshCarboxylic Ester Hydrolases - Chemistryen_US
dc.subject.meshFungal Proteins - Chemistryen_US
dc.subject.meshMolecular Sequence Dataen_US
dc.subject.meshStructure-Activity Relationshipen_US
dc.subject.meshSubstrate Specificityen_US
dc.titleCommon and distant structural characteristics of Feruloyl esterase families from Aspergillus oryzaeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailPanagiotou, G: gipa@hku.hken_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0039473en_US
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dc.identifier.volume7en_US
dc.identifier.issue6en_US
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000305730900065-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Statesen_US
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dc.identifier.scopusauthoridOlsson, L=7203077540en_US
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