Orientador: Jose Augusto Rosario Rodrigues / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T19:55:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Zampieri_LuizArthur_M.pdf: 1219190 bytes, checksum: 50f1c90b246b806bd16bb30df4ecbbaf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Neste trabalho estudou-se a bioxidação do sesquiterpeno valenceno (C15H24), produzindo o bioflavorizante nootkatona (C15H22O), buscando as condições ótimas para obtenção do máximo rendimento. Esta reação foi realizada utilizando dois sistemas enzimáticos distintos: o sistema lacase/mediador (LMS) de Trametes versicolor com mediador HBT (hidroxibenzotriazol) ou TEMPO (tetrametilpiperidin-N-oxil) e o sistema utilizando o complexo enzimático do citocromo P-450 de Chaetomium globosum. Outros microorganismos testados foram Botrytis cinerea, Mortierella isabellina e Mortierella ramaniana. As diversas variáveis (pH, tempo de reação, concentrações de enzima, mediadores e indutores, condições de aeração, entre outras) envolvidas nas respectivas reações foram estudadas através de planejamento fatorial e modelagem de superfície de resposta. A utilização do sistema LMS de Trametes versicolor mostrou ser uma ferramenta viável para obtenção de nootkatona a partir de valenceno, embora tenhamos obtido rendimento inferior (17%, agitador orbital em pequena escala e 15 % em escala preparativa, sob aeração externa) descrito na literatura (25%, sob aeração, escala preparativa), o que torna nosso procedimento pouco viável para utilização em maior escala, apesar disso, os resultados foram condizentes com os obtidos em reações semelhantes descritos na literatura científica, onde o rendimento de sistemas LMS dificilmente ultrapassa os 15%. O sistema enzimático CYP-450 apresentou rendimento inferior ao sistema lacase/mediador e, este último sistema, HBT mostrou ser um mediador mais eficiente que TEMPO. / Abstract: In this work, we study the sesquiterpene valencene bioxidation (C15H24), which produces the nootkatona biological flavor substance (C15H22O), in an attempt to achieve the best conditions for optimum yield. This reaction was carried out using two different enzymatic systems: the Trametes versicolor laccase-mediator system with HBT mediators (hydroxybenzotriazol), or TEMPO (tetramethyl-piperidine-N-oxide), and the system using the Chaetomium globosum cythocrome P-450 enzymatic complex. Other microorganisms were tested, such as Botrytis cinerea, Mortierella isabellina and Mortierella ramaniana. The different variables involved in the respective reactions were studied by means of factorial planning and modeling the response system. The use of the Trametes versicolor LMS system proved to be a viable tool to obtain nootkatone from valencene, although we have obtained an inferior yield (17% with orbital agitator in small scale and 15% in preparatory scale, under external aeration) in comparison with the highest value described in literature (25% under aeration). Thus, our procedure presents little viability for large scale use, although results were in agreement with those obtained in similar reactions described in scientific literature, in which the yield produced by LMS systems rarely exceeds 15%. The CYP-450 enzymatic system presented lower yield in comparison with the laccase-mediator system and in the latter, HBT turned out to be more efficient than TEMPO. / Mestrado / Quimica Organica / Mestre em Química

Today’s most pressing problems would greatly benefit from an integrated production method for food, water, and energy. Biological fuel cells can offer such a production method, but current designs cannot be scaled to meet global demand. The ability of five different fungal strains to secrete laccase was evaluated under optimized culture conditions using three inducers. A specialized electrode was developed to increase the loading of laccase on the cathode. Trametes versicolor was then immobilized at the modified cathode and shown to secrete electrochemically active laccase. This hybrid design combines the power density of an enzymatic catalyst with the robustness of a microbial catalyst by facilitating biological renewal of the enzymatic catalyst laccase.

This study investigated the natural durability of 8 and 60 year old Eucalyptus bosistoana (coast grey box). The sample’s heartwood compounds were extracted with an optimised extraction process and then incorporated into agar. Trametes versicolor (white rot) and Gloeophyllum trabeum (brown rot) fungi were grown upon these agars and their growth rate was used to assess the fungicidal abilities of the extracts. The extraction method of cell wall compounds was optimised. An Accelerated Solvent Extraction system (ASE) was used with the following settings: • 2 cycles per sample • 70°C extraction temperature • 50% rinse • 5 minute static time Ethanol was found to extract the compounds of the highest fungicidal activity. Ethanol was found to extract similar amounts to water (~13% of dry weight for a 60 year old sample), however analysis of both water and ethanol extracts with a FTIR spectrometer, found that they were of different chemical composition. A difference in fungicidal activity of extracts was found between the 8 year old and 60 year old samples. There was a large difference in the percentage of extracts present between the samples as well as the type of compounds present, shown by FTIR.

Under cellulolytic conditions, the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor produces cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH), an enzyme with a number of biochemical properties that are potentially relevant to the degradation of lignin and cellulose. To clarify its biochemical properties, CDH was purified from cultures of T. versicolor. Two isoforms of CDH were found: a 97 kDa isoform with both heme and flavin cofactors, and an 81 kDa isoform with a flavin cofactor. Both isoforms of CDH were found to be quite non-specific in their reductive half reactions. The flavin enzyme catalyzed many of the same reactions as the heme/flavin enzyme, but less efficiently. The flavin isoform reduced Fe(III) and Cu(II) only at concentrations well above those found physiologically. Thus the heme/flavin enzyme, but not the flavin enzyme, could be involved in promoting and sustaining the generation of hydroxyl radicals (·OH) by Fenton's chemistry. / To characterize further the structural features of CDH, a genomic clone was isolated and sequenced. CDH was found to consist of 748 amino acids, without its predicted 19 amino acid signal peptide. Consistent with the domain structure of other CDHs, T. versicolor CDH appeared to be divided into an amino terminal heme domain and a carboxy terminal flavin domain, connected by a hydroxyamino acid-rich linker. Within the flavin domain, a putative cellulose-binding domain (CBD) was found by alignment to the hypothesized CBD of P. chrysosporium CDH. The CBD of CDH appeared to be structurally unrelated to other CBDs which have been reported. / A cDNA clone encoding T. versicolor CDH was isolated by RT-PCR. Using this clone, three vectors for the heterologous expression in Aspergillus oryzae of CDH were prepared. These vectors were built by performing in-frame fusions of the cDNA to control sequences from the highly expressed A. oryzae amylase gene. These vectors were transformed into A. oryzae and one strain was isolated which contained the expression construct DNA. / A rapid method for cloning cdh-like genes was developed. Using short stretches of amino acids completely conserved within T. versicolor and P. chrysosporium CDH, PCR primers were designed to amplify a homologous gene from other fungi. The primers were tested using genomic DNA of Pycnoporus cinnabarinus. A 1.8-kb fragment of P. cinnabarinus cdh was thereby amplified and cloned, and its sequence was determined. The three CDHs displayed very high homology at the amino acid level. / Finally, to probe the role of CDH in lignocellulose degradation by T. versicolor, a "knockout" vector was constructed consisting of a phleomycin-resistance cassette inserted into the protein coding sequence of cloned T. versicolor cdh. T. versicolor was transformed with the knockout vector and the transformants were analyzed for their CDH-producing phenotype. Three isolates were found that produced no detectable CDH. Biobleaching and delignification by the CDH(-) strains appeared to be unaffected, suggesting that CDH does not play an important role in these processes.

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / The degradation of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is a topic of high importance and one that research efforts are continually being focused on. These harmful chemicals are known to cause adverse health effects in humans and animals. In particular, bisphenol-A (BPA), a high volume chemical which is mainly used in the manufacturing of polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins have been shown to be implicated in the development of a variety of health problems. In this study, the ability of two fungal laccases [Trametes versicolor (TvL) and Trametes pubescens (TpL)], and two bacterial laccases [Streptomyces coelicolor (SLAC), and a mutant of SLAC (SLAC- VN)] to degrade or remove BPA from solution was investigated. The commercial preparation of TvL was used for the purposes of this study, while TpL was produced from the native strain. T. pubescens was cultured in shake-flasks, the supernatant harvested and subjected to ammonium sulphate precipitation. SLAC and SLAC-VN were produced from recombinant strains using a standard protocol and the enzymes purified by size-exclusion chromatography. The presence of the laccases were confirmed by the 2,6-dimethoxyphenol assay and sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE).The removal or degradation of BPA from solution was determined for the free enzymes, as well as the enzymes in immobilised form. For immobilisation, the enzymes were encapsulated in sodium alginate beads and cross-linked to form cross- linked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs).High levels of BPA removal was exhibited by the fungal laccase, TpL (100% removal)and the bacterial mutant laccase, SLAC-VN (96%) in their free form. When all four laccases were encapsulated in sodium alginate beads, a number of changes to the characteristics of the enzymes were observed. Overall, the level of BPA removal was reduced for all enzymes as when compared to the free laccases, while SLAC-VN removed more BPA than either of the fungal laccases (59% for SLAC-VN versus 57% TvL and 54% for TpL). The encapsulation of the laccases in alginate beads also led to changes in the optimal temperature for BPA removal, with all encapsulated laccase being able to remove BPA optimally at 40°C. The immobilisation of the laccases in CLEA form had the most significant effect on the BPA removal ability of the laccases. The pH range for both fungal laccases was extended beyond the acidic range [for TpL, optimal removal occurred at pH 8.5 compared to pH 4.5 (free) and pH 6.0 (encapsulated)]. Most remarkable, however, was that the formation of CLEAs greatly enhanced the BPA removal ability of SLAC (60% removal compared to 25% when encapsulated).

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Fungos basidiomicetos podem promover a descoloração de efluentes têxteis por meio de um complexo multienzimático inespecífico. Neste trabalho, a descoloração e a toxicidade de efluentes tratados por fungos (Peniophora cinerea, Pleuorotus ostreatus e Trametes villosa) imobilizados em bucha vegetal foram avaliadas em pequena escala e em biorreator. Em pequena escala, P. ostreatus foi o mais efetivo para o efluente azul e T. villosa foi o mais efetivo para o efluente amarelo, enquanto que ambos destacaram-se para o efluente vermelho. Substâncias presentes no banho de alvejamento interferiram no tratamento. Observou-se redução da toxicidade aguda e fitotoxicidade na maior parte dos tratamentos. Os tratamentos fúngicos não reduziram valores de DQO, COT, SST, turbidez e condutividade. O aumento de escala (biorreator de 5 L) mostrou-se eficiente quanto aos níveis de descoloração. A reutilização da biomassa fúngica garantiu bons níveis de descoloração, porém com aumento da toxicidade. O tratamento foi satisfatório por promover a redução da cor e toxicidade. / Basidiomycete fungi can promote the decolorization of textile effluents using a nonspecific multienzyme complex. In this study, the decolorization and toxicity of effluents treated by fungi (Peniophora cinerea, Pleuorotus ostreatus and Trametes villosa) immobilized in Luffa cylindrica were evaluated in a small scale and in bioreactor. In the small scale, P. ostreatus was the most effective for the blue effluent and T. villosa was the most effective for the yellow effluent, while both stood out for the red effluent. Substances in the bleaching bath interfered with the treatment. It was observed a reduction in the acute toxicity and phytotoxicity in most treatments. The fungal treatment did not reduce the values of COD, TOC, TSS, turbidity and conductivity. The increased scale (5L bioreactor) proved to be efficient in reducing the degree of decolorization. The reuse of fungal biomass attained a good level of decolorization but increased the toxicity. The treatment was satisfactory in promoting the reduction of color and toxicity.

Fungos basidiomicetos podem promover a descoloração de efluentes têxteis por meio de um complexo multienzimático inespecífico. Neste trabalho, a descoloração e a toxicidade de efluentes tratados por fungos (Peniophora cinerea, Pleuorotus ostreatus e Trametes villosa) imobilizados em bucha vegetal foram avaliadas em pequena escala e em biorreator. Em pequena escala, P. ostreatus foi o mais efetivo para o efluente azul e T. villosa foi o mais efetivo para o efluente amarelo, enquanto que ambos destacaram-se para o efluente vermelho. Substâncias presentes no banho de alvejamento interferiram no tratamento. Observou-se redução da toxicidade aguda e fitotoxicidade na maior parte dos tratamentos. Os tratamentos fúngicos não reduziram valores de DQO, COT, SST, turbidez e condutividade. O aumento de escala (biorreator de 5 L) mostrou-se eficiente quanto aos níveis de descoloração. A reutilização da biomassa fúngica garantiu bons níveis de descoloração, porém com aumento da toxicidade. O tratamento foi satisfatório por promover a redução da cor e toxicidade. / Basidiomycete fungi can promote the decolorization of textile effluents using a nonspecific multienzyme complex. In this study, the decolorization and toxicity of effluents treated by fungi (Peniophora cinerea, Pleuorotus ostreatus and Trametes villosa) immobilized in Luffa cylindrica were evaluated in a small scale and in bioreactor. In the small scale, P. ostreatus was the most effective for the blue effluent and T. villosa was the most effective for the yellow effluent, while both stood out for the red effluent. Substances in the bleaching bath interfered with the treatment. It was observed a reduction in the acute toxicity and phytotoxicity in most treatments. The fungal treatment did not reduce the values of COD, TOC, TSS, turbidity and conductivity. The increased scale (5L bioreactor) proved to be efficient in reducing the degree of decolorization. The reuse of fungal biomass attained a good level of decolorization but increased the toxicity. The treatment was satisfactory in promoting the reduction of color and toxicity.

Les champignons décomposeurs du bois jouent un rôle important dans le cycle du carbone en participant notamment au recyclage de la matière organique. Outre leur aptitude à minéraliser la biomasse lignocellulosique, ces organismes ont la capacité de dégrader des molécules potentiellement toxiques libérées lors de ce processus. Leur système de détoxication comprend différentes familles multigéniques dont les glutathion transférases. Ces enzymes ubiquitaires, sont regroupées en différentes classes dans le règne fongique, certaines d’entre elles étant étendues chez ces champignons. Dans ce contexte, l’objectif principal de cette thèse consistait à appréhender les fonctions des glutathion transférases de la classe Omega (GSTOs) étendue chez Trametes versicolor, un champignon de pourriture blanche. Une approche biochimique et structurale a été menée sur neuf protéines produites de façon recombinante. Dans un premier temps, une caractérisation enzymatique de ces isoformes a été réalisée à l’aide de substrats synthétiques montrant une similarité des propriétés catalytiques. Puis, à partir d’une banque de molécules pures et de mélanges complexes issus de différentes essences forestières, une méthode de screening à haut débit a permis d’identifier des ligands potentiels de ces enzymes. La résolution de la structure tridimensionnelle de trois isoformes a démontré l’état homodimérique de ces protéines et l’implication de deux sites de fixation dans la reconnaissance de ces ligands : le site H (présent dans chaque monomère) et le site L (à l’interface du dimère). Par exemple, l’isoforme TvGSTO3S est capable de fixer dans son site H plusieurs hydroxybenzophénones, mais également un flavonoïde, la dihydrowogonine. Dans ce dernier cas, cette interaction avec un ligand naturel issu d’extraits de bois de merisier a été démontré par une approche de cristallographie d’affinité. D’autre part, des expériences de co-cristallisation ont permis de détecter deux molécules d’un autre flavonoïde, la naringénine, dans le site L de l’isoforme TvGSTO6S. Enfin, une interaction spécifique impliquant les sites H et L de l’isoforme TvGSTO2S a été démontrée avec l’oxyresvératrol. L’analyse structurale a révélé que les deux configurations du stilbène étaient liées à la protéine : la configuration trans dans le site H et la configuration cis dans le site L. Ainsi, malgré une redondance fonctionnelle partielle, ces recherches ont démontré l’existence d’un spectre d’interactions spécifiques pour chaque isoforme testée. Le caractère étendu de la classe Omega indiquerait que ces enzymes seraient impliquées dans l’adaptation du champignon à son environnement. En effet, les ligands identifiés au cours de ces travaux suggèrent que les propriétés « ligandines » des TvGSTOs joueraient un rôle dans la détoxication des produits issus de dégradation du bois / Wood decaying fungi play an important role in the carbon cycle by participating in the recycling of organic matter. In addition to their ability to mineralize lignocellulosic biomass, these organisms have the ability to degrade potentially toxic molecules released during this process. Their detoxification system involves several multigenic families including glutathione transferases. These ubiquitous enzymes are grouped into several classes in the fungal kingdom, some of them are widespread in these fungi. In this context, the main objective of this thesis was to understand the functions of glutathione transferases of the Omega class (GSTOs) extended in Trametes versicolor, a white rot fungus. A biochemical and structural approach was led using nine recombinant proteins. Firstly, enzymatic characterization of these isoforms was performed using synthetic substrates, the obtained results demonstrating a similarity of catalytic properties. Then, using a library of pure molecules and another one of complex mixtures from different forest species, a high throughput screening method was applied to identify potential ligands for these enzymes. The resolution of the three-dimensional structure of three isoforms demonstrated the homodimeric state of these proteins and the involvement of two binding sites in the recognition of these ligands: the H site (present in each monomer) and the L site (at the dimer interface). For example, the isoform TvGSTO3S is able to bind several hydroxybenzophenones in its H site, but also a flavonoid, dihydrowogonin. In this case, this interaction with a natural ligand derived from wild-cherry tree extract was demonstrated by an affinity crystallography approach. On the other hand, co-crystallization experiments detected two molecules of another flavonoid, naringenin, in the L site of the isoform TvGSTO6S. Finally, a specific interaction involving the H and L sites of the isoform TvGSTO2S was demonstrated with oxyresveratrol. Structural analysis revealed that the presence of both configurations of the stilbene in the protein: the trans configuration in the H site and the cis configuration in the L site. Thus, despite partial functional redundancy, this research demonstrated the existence of a specific pattern of interactions for each tested isoform. The expansion of the Omega class could indicate that these enzymes are involved in the adaptation of the fungus in its environment. Indeed, the ligands identified during this work suggest that the "ligandin" properties of TvGSTOs play a role in detoxifying wood degradation products

Le bois représente une des ressources en polymères les plus abondantes de l’écosystème terrestre. Les champignons dégradant la matière lignocellulosique jouent un rôle important dans le cycle du carbone. Ils présentent un fort intérêt au niveau biotechnologique en particulier pour la production d’enzymes. Parmi les champignons saprophytes, ceux de la classe des Agaricomycota sont particulièrement intéressants puisqu’ils possèdent la capacité de dégrader les différents composés du bois : cellulose, hémicelloloses et lignine. De plus, ces champignons ont développé un système de détoxication impliquant des enzymes telles que les glutathion transférases (GST). Celles-ci sont impliquées dans la dégradation de composés potentiellement toxiques générés lors de la dégradation du bois mais également la dégradation de xénobiotiques. L’étude des systèmes extracellulaires et intracellulaires de Trametes versicolor impliqués dans les processus de décomposition du bois, décrite dans ce manuscrit, avait pour objectif d’identifier les facteurs moléculaires impliqués dans l’adaptation des champignons à leur environnement. Les approches pluridiciplinaires mises en œuvre lors de cette thèse ont permis d’identifier une variabilité phénotypique intraspécifique chez une dizaine de souches de T. versicolor, cette variabilité semblant être liée à la nature de l’essence ligneuse d’origine de ces souches. De plus, les travaux réalisés sur les GSTs apparteant aux classes oméga et GHR ont contribué à améliorer nos connaissances sur l’implication de cette famille multigénique dans l’adaptation des champignons xylophages à leur mode de vie / Wood is one of the most abundant polymer resources of the Earth’s ecosystem. Wood decaying fungi play an important role in the carbon cycle. They have a strong interest in biotechnology level in particular for the production of enzymes. Among the saprophytic fungi, those of the class of agaricomycota are particularly studied since they possess the ability to degrade varous compounds from wood : cellulose, hemicelluloses dand lignin. In addition, these fungi have developed a detoxification system involving enzymes such as glutathione transferases (GST). These latter are involved in degradation of wood but also in the degradation of xenobiotics. In this manuscript, the study of extracellular and intracellular system from Trametes versicolor, involved in wood decay process is described, the main goal being to identify the molecular factors involved in adaptation of the to their environment. Multidisciplinary approaches used in this PhD led to identification of an intraspecific phenotypic variability among ten strains of T. versicolor, this variability appearing to be related to the tree species where these strains have been isolated. Moreover, the work done on GSTs belonging to GHR and omega classes have improved our knowledge of the involvement of this gene family in adaptating the wood decayers to thrit lifestyle