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ArticleNature communications2025

Deciphering the assembly process of PQQ dependent methanol dehydrogenase.

Haichuan Zhou, Junqing Sun, Jian Cheng, Min Wu, Jie Bai, Qian Li, Jie Shen, Manman Han, Chen Yang, Liangpo Li and 7 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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17 authors.

Haichuan ZhouState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Junqing SunInnovative Vaccine and Immunotherapy Research Center, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jian ChengState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Min WuState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Jie BaiState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-7169
Qian LiState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Jie ShenState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5841-3578
Manman HanState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Chen YangState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Liangpo LiState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Yuwan LiuState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.
Qichen CaoState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8157-5882
Weidong LiuState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7954-7700
Haixia XiaoLaboratory of Protein Engineering and Vaccines, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0032-5430
Hongjun DongState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. donghj@tib.cas.cn.
Feng GaoLaboratory of Protein Engineering and Vaccines, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. gaofeng@tib.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0670-010X
Huifeng JiangState Key Laboratory of Engineering Biology for Low-Carbon Manufacturing, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, China. jiang_hf@tib.cas.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-7896

Funding

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) XDC0120302Tianjin Science and Technology Committee (Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission) TSBICIP-CXRC-030Tianjin Science and Technology Committee (Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission) TSBICIP-KJGG-009-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)-dependent methanol dehydrogenases (MDHs), the periplasmic metalloenzymes in Gram-negative methylotrophic bacteria, play a pivotal role in methane and methanol bio-utilization. Although the structures of many PQQ-dependent MDHs have been resolved, including the canonical heterotetrameric enzymes composed of two MxaF and two MxaI subunits with a molecule of PQQ and a calcium ion in the active site in MxaF, the biogenesis of these enzymes remains elusive. Here, we characterize a chaperone, MxaJ, responsible for PQQ incorporation by reconstructing a PQQ-dependent MDH assembly system in Escherichia coli. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we capture the structures of the intermediate complexes formed by the chaperone MxaJ and catalytic subunit MxaF during PQQ-dependent MDH maturation, revealing a chaperone-mediated molecular mechanism of cofactor incorporation. These findings not only advance our understanding on the biogenesis of PQQ-dependent MDH, but also provide an alternative engineering way for methane and methanol bioconversion.

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Alcohol OxidoreductasesEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsPQQ CofactorCatalytic DomainCryoelectron MicroscopyMethaneMethanolModels, MolecularMolecular Chaperonesalcohol dehydrogenase (acceptor)Alcohol OxidoreductasesEscherichia coli ProteinsMethaneMethanolMolecular ChaperonesPQQ Cofactor

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PMCPMC12276312

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