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ArticleScientific reports2015

Characterization of a novel N-acetylneuraminic acid lyase favoring industrial N-acetylneuraminic acid synthesis.

Wenyan Ji, Wujin Sun, Jinmei Feng, Tianshun Song, Dalu Zhang, Pingkai Ouyang, Zhen Gu, Jingjing Xie

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wenyan Ji1] State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing, PR China [2] College of Life Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China [3] National Engineering Technique Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing, PR China.
Wujin SunJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, United States.
Jinmei FengDepartment of Pathogenic Biology, School of Medicine, Jianghan University, Wuhan, China.
Tianshun SongCollege of Life Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China.
Dalu ZhangInternational Cooperation Division, China National Center for Biotechnology Development, Beijing, PR China.
Pingkai Ouyang1] State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing, PR China [2] College of Life Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China [3] National Engineering Technique Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing, PR China.
Zhen GuJoint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, United States.
Jingjing Xie1] State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing, PR China [2] College of Life Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, PR China [3] National Engineering Technique Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing, PR China.
China National Center for Biotechnology Development · CNJianghan University · CNNanjing Tech University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

N-Acetylneuraminic acid lyase (NAL, E.C. number 4.1.3.3) is a Class I aldolase that catalyzes the reversible aldol cleavage of N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) from pyruvate and N-acetyl-D-mannosamine (ManNAc). Due to the high Neu5Ac cleavage activity in most isozyme forms, the enzyme catalyzes the rate-limiting step of two biocatalytic reactions producing Neu5Ac in industry. We report the biochemical characterization of a novel NAL from a "GRAS" (General recognized as safe) strain C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 (CgNal). Compared to all previously reported NALs, CgNal exhibited the lowest kcat/Km value for Neu5Ac and highest kcat/Km values for ManNAc and pyruvate, which makes CgNal favor industrial Neu5Ac synthesis process in a non-equilibrium condition. The recombinant CgNal reached the highest expression level (480 mg/L culture), and the highest reported yield of Neu5Ac was achieved (194 g/L, 0.63 M). All these unique properties make CgNal a promising biocatalyst for industrial Neu5Ac biosynthesis. Additionally, although showing the best Neu5Ac synthesis activity among the NAL family, CgNal is more related to dihydrodipicolinate synthase (DHDPS) by phylogenetic analysis. The activities of CgNal towards both NAL's and DHDPS' substrates are fairly high, which indicates CgNal a bi-functional enzyme. The sequence analysis suggests that CgNal might have adopted a unique set of residues for substrates recognition.

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Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsBiocatalysisCloning, MolecularCorynebacterium glutamicumEscherichia coliGene ExpressionHexosaminesHydro-LyasesKineticsMolecular Sequence DataN-Acetylneuraminic AcidOxo-Acid-LyasesPhylogenyPyruvic AcidRecombinant Proteins4-hydroxy-tetrahydrodipicolinate synthaseBacterial ProteinsHexosaminesHydro-LyasesN-acetylmannosamineN-Acetylneuraminic AcidOxo-Acid-LyasesPyruvic AcidRecombinant Proteins

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