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Caracterização biofísica da dinâmica catalítica de uma xilanase GH11 / Biophysical characterization of the catalytic dynamics of a GH11 xylanase

Molina, Gustavo Avelar 29 February 2016 (has links)
A dinâmica estrutural fundamentando a função das xilanases GH11 ainda não está clara. Novo conhecimento sobre a dinâmica catalítica dessas enzimas é crucial para a engenharia de novas enzimas melhoradas beneficiando, assim, diversas indústrias biotecnológicas e de química verde. Com base nesse fato, esse trabalho teve por objetivo obter novas informações acerca da dinâmica catalítica de uma xilanase GH11, através do uso de um conjunto de diversas técnicas avançadas de biofísica molecular em nível bulk e em nível de molécula única (inglês single molecule ou sm). Para isso, foram projetadas xilanases GH11 de Bacillus subtilis ssp. subtilis 168 (XynA) com mutações únicas de cisteína para a marcação dos resíduos D119 e R122 no domínio polegar, do resíduo N54 no domínio dedos, e do resíduo N151 na alfa-hélice, seguidas pela sua construção e produção por métodos de biologia molecular. Esses mutantes foram marcados em seus respectivos grupos tióis com a sonda fluorescente sensível à polaridade Acrylodan, com a sonda de spin MTSSL, e com a sonda fluorescente fotoestável AttoOxa11. A xilanase tipo selvagem for marcada em seu N-terminal com a sonda fotoestável Alexa Fluor® 488 5-SDP Ester. Foram utilizados ensaios de espectrofotometria de fluorescência em nível bulk e de espectroscopia de ressonância paramagnética eletrônica para investigar como a dinâmica do domínio polegar da xilanase GH11, temperatura, e ligação ao substrato se correlacionam um com o outro. Os resultados atestaram que um estado do domínio polegar controlado por temperatura, aberto, dinâmico e flexível tem mais chances de se ligar efetivamente ao substrato de uma maneira produtiva, o que está em completo acordo com estudos anteriores de simulação de dinâmica molecular, cristalografia, desnaturação térmica, e análise funcional por desenho racional de mutantes de domínio polegar de xilanases GH11. Com base nas evidências adquiridas e em estudos anteriores, nós propomos um conjunto de hipóteses e modelos para a dinâmica catalítica da xilanase, focando no papel do domínio polegar nesse processo. No intuito de determinar a constante de afinidade da xilanase por seu substrato e os tempos de relaxamento e constantes de velocidade dos movimentos do domínio polegar, foram feitas medidas de espectroscopia de correlação de fluorescência simples e combinada com transferência eletrônica fotoinduzida, usando as xilanases marcadas com as sondas fluorescentes fotoestáveis, na presença e na ausência de substrato. Os resultados mostraram tempos de difusão muito maiores para as xilanases na presença de substrato, como efeito da afinidade da enzima pelo mesmo. Entretanto, não foi verificada nenhuma curva de decaimento como efeito de supressão dinâmica da sonda por PET. Esses mesmos conjugados foram aplicados com sucesso em microscopia por imagem de tempo de vida de fluorescência, no intuito de analisar sistematicamente a afinidade da xilanase por partículas insolúveis e filmes de substrato, e por fragmentos insolúveis de frações de processos de deslignificação e desestruturação de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar, assim como para a análise da composição, estrutura e topologia desses materiais. Foi possível verificar a presença de xilano na maioria das frações desse bagaço tratado, mas em quantidades variáveis / The structural dynamics underlying the function of GH11 xylanases is still unclear. New insights into the catalytic dynamics of these enzymes are crucial for engineering novel improved enzymes benefiting biotechnological and green chemistry industries. The objective of this work was to obtain new information concerning the catalytic dynamics of a GH11 xylanase, by using a combination of advanced molecular biophysics techniques, both at the bulk level and at the single molecule level (sm). Mutant GH11 xylanases from Bacillus subtilis ssp. subtilis 168 (XynA) were designed with single point cysteine mutations for labeling the residues D119 and R122 on the thumb domain, N54 on the fingers domain, and N151 on the alpha helix, followed by their construction and production by molecular biology methods. These mutants were labeled at their respective thiol groups by the polarity sensitive fluorescent probe Acrylodan, by the electron spin probe MTSSL, and by the photostable fluorescent probe AttoOxa11. The wild-type xylanase was labeled at its N-terminus by the photostable fluorescent probe Alexa Fluor® 488 5-SDP Ester. Bulk fluorescence spectrophotometry and electron paramagnetic resonance assays were used to investigate how the thumb domain dynamics of the GH11 xylanase, temperature and substrate binding were correlated. These results demonstrated that a temperature controlled, open, dynamical and flexible thumb domain state is more likely to effectively bind the substrate in a productive way, which is in complete agreement with previous studies from molecular dynamics simulations, crystallography, thermal denaturation, and function analysis by the rational design of thumb mutants for GH11 xylanases. Based on this evidence and previous studies, we proposed a hypothesis for the xylanase catalytic dynamics, focusing on the role of the thumb domain. In order to determine the xylanase affinity constant for its substrate and the relaxation times and rate constants of the thumb domain movements, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements were performed. Both simple and combined measurements with photoinduced electron transfer were performed, using the xylanases labeled with photostable fluorescent probes, in the presence and absence of substrate. The results have shown longer diffusion times for the xylanases in the presence of substrate, as an effect of the enzyme affinity for it. However, it was not verified any decay curve as an effect of the dynamic suppression of the probe via PET. The same conjugates were successfully applied to fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy, aiming to systematically analyze the affinity for xylanase of substrates in the form of insoluble particles and films, and for water insoluble fractions from sugarcane bagasse delignification processes. In addition, the composition, structure and topology of these materials was examined. It was possible to verify the presence of xylan in most fractions of this treated bagasse, although in variable quantities
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Caracterização biofísica da dinâmica catalítica de uma xilanase GH11 / Biophysical characterization of the catalytic dynamics of a GH11 xylanase

Gustavo Avelar Molina 29 February 2016 (has links)
A dinâmica estrutural fundamentando a função das xilanases GH11 ainda não está clara. Novo conhecimento sobre a dinâmica catalítica dessas enzimas é crucial para a engenharia de novas enzimas melhoradas beneficiando, assim, diversas indústrias biotecnológicas e de química verde. Com base nesse fato, esse trabalho teve por objetivo obter novas informações acerca da dinâmica catalítica de uma xilanase GH11, através do uso de um conjunto de diversas técnicas avançadas de biofísica molecular em nível bulk e em nível de molécula única (inglês single molecule ou sm). Para isso, foram projetadas xilanases GH11 de Bacillus subtilis ssp. subtilis 168 (XynA) com mutações únicas de cisteína para a marcação dos resíduos D119 e R122 no domínio polegar, do resíduo N54 no domínio dedos, e do resíduo N151 na alfa-hélice, seguidas pela sua construção e produção por métodos de biologia molecular. Esses mutantes foram marcados em seus respectivos grupos tióis com a sonda fluorescente sensível à polaridade Acrylodan, com a sonda de spin MTSSL, e com a sonda fluorescente fotoestável AttoOxa11. A xilanase tipo selvagem for marcada em seu N-terminal com a sonda fotoestável Alexa Fluor® 488 5-SDP Ester. Foram utilizados ensaios de espectrofotometria de fluorescência em nível bulk e de espectroscopia de ressonância paramagnética eletrônica para investigar como a dinâmica do domínio polegar da xilanase GH11, temperatura, e ligação ao substrato se correlacionam um com o outro. Os resultados atestaram que um estado do domínio polegar controlado por temperatura, aberto, dinâmico e flexível tem mais chances de se ligar efetivamente ao substrato de uma maneira produtiva, o que está em completo acordo com estudos anteriores de simulação de dinâmica molecular, cristalografia, desnaturação térmica, e análise funcional por desenho racional de mutantes de domínio polegar de xilanases GH11. Com base nas evidências adquiridas e em estudos anteriores, nós propomos um conjunto de hipóteses e modelos para a dinâmica catalítica da xilanase, focando no papel do domínio polegar nesse processo. No intuito de determinar a constante de afinidade da xilanase por seu substrato e os tempos de relaxamento e constantes de velocidade dos movimentos do domínio polegar, foram feitas medidas de espectroscopia de correlação de fluorescência simples e combinada com transferência eletrônica fotoinduzida, usando as xilanases marcadas com as sondas fluorescentes fotoestáveis, na presença e na ausência de substrato. Os resultados mostraram tempos de difusão muito maiores para as xilanases na presença de substrato, como efeito da afinidade da enzima pelo mesmo. Entretanto, não foi verificada nenhuma curva de decaimento como efeito de supressão dinâmica da sonda por PET. Esses mesmos conjugados foram aplicados com sucesso em microscopia por imagem de tempo de vida de fluorescência, no intuito de analisar sistematicamente a afinidade da xilanase por partículas insolúveis e filmes de substrato, e por fragmentos insolúveis de frações de processos de deslignificação e desestruturação de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar, assim como para a análise da composição, estrutura e topologia desses materiais. Foi possível verificar a presença de xilano na maioria das frações desse bagaço tratado, mas em quantidades variáveis / The structural dynamics underlying the function of GH11 xylanases is still unclear. New insights into the catalytic dynamics of these enzymes are crucial for engineering novel improved enzymes benefiting biotechnological and green chemistry industries. The objective of this work was to obtain new information concerning the catalytic dynamics of a GH11 xylanase, by using a combination of advanced molecular biophysics techniques, both at the bulk level and at the single molecule level (sm). Mutant GH11 xylanases from Bacillus subtilis ssp. subtilis 168 (XynA) were designed with single point cysteine mutations for labeling the residues D119 and R122 on the thumb domain, N54 on the fingers domain, and N151 on the alpha helix, followed by their construction and production by molecular biology methods. These mutants were labeled at their respective thiol groups by the polarity sensitive fluorescent probe Acrylodan, by the electron spin probe MTSSL, and by the photostable fluorescent probe AttoOxa11. The wild-type xylanase was labeled at its N-terminus by the photostable fluorescent probe Alexa Fluor® 488 5-SDP Ester. Bulk fluorescence spectrophotometry and electron paramagnetic resonance assays were used to investigate how the thumb domain dynamics of the GH11 xylanase, temperature and substrate binding were correlated. These results demonstrated that a temperature controlled, open, dynamical and flexible thumb domain state is more likely to effectively bind the substrate in a productive way, which is in complete agreement with previous studies from molecular dynamics simulations, crystallography, thermal denaturation, and function analysis by the rational design of thumb mutants for GH11 xylanases. Based on this evidence and previous studies, we proposed a hypothesis for the xylanase catalytic dynamics, focusing on the role of the thumb domain. In order to determine the xylanase affinity constant for its substrate and the relaxation times and rate constants of the thumb domain movements, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements were performed. Both simple and combined measurements with photoinduced electron transfer were performed, using the xylanases labeled with photostable fluorescent probes, in the presence and absence of substrate. The results have shown longer diffusion times for the xylanases in the presence of substrate, as an effect of the enzyme affinity for it. However, it was not verified any decay curve as an effect of the dynamic suppression of the probe via PET. The same conjugates were successfully applied to fluorescence-lifetime imaging microscopy, aiming to systematically analyze the affinity for xylanase of substrates in the form of insoluble particles and films, and for water insoluble fractions from sugarcane bagasse delignification processes. In addition, the composition, structure and topology of these materials was examined. It was possible to verify the presence of xylan in most fractions of this treated bagasse, although in variable quantities
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Study and Engineering of a GH11 endo-beta-xylanase, a biomass-degrading hemicellulase / Etude et ingénierie d’une endo-beta-1,4-xylanase de la famille GH11, une hémicellulase dégradant la biomasse lignocellulosique

Song, Letian 21 July 2011 (has links)
La création de nouvelles enzymes pour l’hydrolyse de la biomasse est une stratégie clé pour ledéveloppement du bioraffinage. Dans ce contexte, les xylanases de la famille GH11 sont déjàdéployées dans de nombreux procédés industriels et donc bien positionnées pour jouer un rôleimportant dans ces procédés. La cible de cette étude, la xylanase GH11 (Tx-Xyl) de la bactérieThermobacillus xylanilyticus, est une enzyme thermostable et donc une bonne candidate pour destravaux d’ingénierie visant l’amélioration de son activité sur des substrats ligno-cellulosiques.Dans cette étude, deux stratégies d’ingénierie des enzymes ont été employées afin d’obtenir denouvelles informations portants sur les relations structure-fonction au sein de Tx-Xyl. La premièrestratégie a consisté en l’utilisation d’une approche de mutagenèse aléatoire, couplée à l’emploi deméthodes de recombinaison in vitro. Ces travaux avaient pour objectif d’améliorer la capacitéhydrolytique de Tx-Xyl sur la paille de blé. La deuxième stratégie mise en oeuvre s’est appuyée surune approche semi-rationnelle visant la création d’une enzyme chimérique, qui bénéficierait d’uneamélioration des interactions enzyme-substrat au niveau du sous-site -3.Le premier résultat majeur de cette thèse concerne le développement d’une méthode de criblagequi permet l’analyse à haut débit de banques de mutants pour la détection de variants quiprésentent une activité hydrolytique accrue directement sur paille de blé. A l’aide de ce crible, nousavons pu analyser plusieurs banques de mutants, représentant un total de six générations demutants, et identifier une série de combinaisons de mutations différentes. D’un côté, un variant,comportant deux mutations silencieuses, permet une meilleure expression de Tx-Xyl, alors qued’autres enzymes mutées présentent des modifications intrinsèques de leurs aptitudes catalytiques.Comparés à l’enzyme parentale Tx-Xyl, certains mutants solubilisent davantage les arabinoxylanes dela paille et, lorsqu’ils sont déployés avec un cocktail de cellulases, participent à une réactionsynergique qui permet un accroissement du rendement des pentoses et du glucose libérés.A l’aide d’une approche semi-rationnelle, une séquence de 17 acides aminés en provenance d’unexylanase GH11 fongique a été ajoutée à l’extrémité N-terminale de Tx-Xyl, afin de créer de nouveauxbrins β. L’enzyme chimérique a pu être exprimée avec succès et caractérisée. Néanmoins, l’analysede ses propriétés catalytiques a révélé que celle-ci ne présente pas davantage d’interactions avec sonsubstrat dans le sous-site -3, mais les résultats obtenus fournissent de nombreux renseignements surles relations structure-fonction au sein de l’enzyme. De plus, ces travaux nous permettent depostuler que Tx-Xyl posséderait un site de fixation secondaire pour les xylanes, un élement jusqu’iciinsoupçonné dans cette enzyme. Par ailleurs, l’analyse de nos résultats nous permet de proposer uneexplication rationnelle pour l’échec de notre stratégie initiale / Engineering new and powerful enzymes for biomass hydrolysis is one area that will facilitate thefuture development of biorefining. In this respect, xylanases from family GH11 are already importantindustrial biocatalysts that can contribute to 2nd generation biorefining. The target of this study, theGH11 xylanase (Tx-Xyl) from Thermobacillus xylanilyticus is thermostable, and is thus an interestingtarget for enzyme engineering, aiming at increasing its specific activity on lignocellulosic biomass,such as wheat straw. Nevertheless, the action of xylanases on complex biomass is not yet wellunderstood, and thus the use of a rational engineering approach is not really feasible.In this doctoral study, to gain new insight into structure-function relationships, two enzymeengineering strategies have been deployed. The first concerns the development of a randommutagenesis and in vitro DNA shuffling approach, which was used in order to improve the hydrolyticpotency of Tx-Xyl on wheat straw, while the second strategy consisted in the creation of a chimericenzyme, with the aim of probing and improving -3 subsite binding, and ultimately improvinghydrolytic activity.The first key results that has been obtained is the development of a novel high-throughputscreening method, which was devised in order to reliably pinpoint mutants that can better hydrolyzewheat straw. Using this screening method, several generations of mutant libraries have beenanalyzed and a series of improved enzyme variants have been identified. One mutant, bearing silentmutations, actually leads to higher gene expression, while others have intrinsically altered catalyticproperties. Testing of mutants has shown that some of the enzyme variants can improve thesolubilization of wheat straw arabinoxylans and can work in synergy with cellulose cocktails torelease both pentose sugars and glucose.Using a semi-rational approach, 17 amino acids have been added to the N-terminal of Tx-Xyl, withthe aim of adding two extra β-strands coming from a GH11 fungal xylanase. A chimeric enzyme hasbeen successfully expressed and purified and its catalytic properties have been investigated.Although this approach has failed to create increased -3 subsite binding, the data presented revealsimportant information on structure-function relationships and suggest that Tx-Xyl may possess ahitherto unknown secondary substrate binding site. Moreover, a rational explanation for the failureof the original strategy is proposed.

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