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ArticleMethods in enzymology2021

High-level synthesis and secretion of laccase, a metalloenzyme biocatalyst, by the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii.

Lakshmi Kasirajan, Zachary Adams, Ricardo L Couto-Rodriguez, Daniel Gal, Huiyong Jia, Paula Mondragon, Paul C Wassel, David Yu, Sivakumar Uthandi, Julie A Maupin-Furlow

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Article in Methods in enzymology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lakshmi KasirajanDivision of Crop Improvement, ICAR Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India; Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Zachary AdamsDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Ricardo L Couto-RodriguezDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Daniel GalDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Huiyong JiaDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Paula MondragonDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Paul C WasselDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States; Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
David YuDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States; Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Sivakumar UthandiBiocatalysts Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Julie A Maupin-FurlowDepartment of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States; Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States. Electronic address: jmaupin@ufl.edu.
University of Florida · USTamil Nadu Agricultural University · IN

Funding

Ubiquitin-like Small Archaeal Protein Modification (SAMPylation)R01GM057498 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MAUPIN-FURLOW, JULIE A · 2000 to 2024
$4.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM057498
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Haloarchaea and their enzymes have extremophilic properties desirable for use as platform organisms and biocatalysts in the bioindustry. These GRAS (generally regarded as safe) designated microbes thrive in hypersaline environments and use a salt-in strategy to maintain osmotic homeostasis. This unusual strategy has resulted in the evolution of most of the intracellular and extracellular enzymes of haloarchaea to be active and stable not only in high salt (2-5M) but also in low salt (0.2M). This salt tolerance is correlated with a resilience to low water activity, thus, rendering the haloarchaeal enzymes active and stable in organic solvent and temperatures of 50-60°C used in the enzymatic biodelignification and saccharification of lignocellulosic materials. High-level secretion of haloarchaeal enzymes to the extracellular milieu is useful for many applications, including enzymes that deconstruct biomass to allow for lignin depolymerization and simultaneous fermentation of sugars released from hemicellulose and cellulose fractions of lignocellulosics. Here we detail strategies and methods useful for high-level secretion of a laccase, HvLccA, that mediates oxidation of various phenolics by engineering a recombinant strain of the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii.

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Haloferax volcaniiMetalloproteinsLaccaseOxidation-ReductionLaccaseMetalloproteinsArchaeaHalophilicLaccaseMetalloenzymeOrganic solvent-tolerantSecretion

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PMID34752290
PMCPMC8867731
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