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ArticleMicrobiologyOpen2020

Streamlined production, purification, and characterization of recombinant extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate depolymerases.

Diana I Martínez-Tobón, Brennan Waters, Anastasia L Elias, Dominic Sauvageau

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Article in MicrobiologyOpen, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Diana I Martínez-TobónDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Brennan WatersDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Anastasia L EliasDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Dominic SauvageauDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1995-5523

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterologous production of extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) depolymerases (PhaZs) has been of interest for over 30 years, but implementation is sometimes difficult and can limit the scope of research. With the constant development of tools to improve recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli, we propose a method that takes characteristics of PhaZs from different bacterial strains into account. Recombinant His-tagged versions of PhaZs (rPhaZ) from Comamonas testosteroni 31A, Cupriavidus sp. T1, Marinobacter algicola DG893, Pseudomonas stutzeri, and Ralstonia sp. were successfully produced with varying expression, solubility, and purity levels. PhaZs from C. testosteroni and P. stutzeri were more amenable to heterologous expression in all aspects; however, using the E. coli Rosetta-gami B(DE3) expression strain and establishing optimal conditions for expression and purification (variation of IPTG concentration and use of size exclusion columns) helped circumvent low expression and purity for the other PhaZs. Degradation activity of the rPhaZs was compared using a simple PHB plate-based method, adapted to test for various pH and temperatures. rPhaZ from M. algicola presented the highest activity at 15°C, and rPhaZs from Cupriavidus sp. T1 and Ralstonia sp. had the highest activity at pH 5.4. The methods proposed herein can be used to test the production of soluble recombinant PhaZs and to perform preliminary evaluation for applications that require PHB degradation.

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BacteriaBioreactorsCarboxylic Ester HydrolasesComamonas testosteroniCupriavidusEscherichia coliMarinobacterPseudomonas stutzeriRalstoniaRecombinant ProteinsCarboxylic Ester Hydrolasespoly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) depolymeraseRecombinant ProteinsEscherichia coli vectorsextracellular PHB depolymerases (PhaZs)poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB)polymer degradation activityrecombinant expression

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PMID32087608
PMCPMC7142370

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