PMID- 27770795 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170623 LR - 20181113 IS - 1472-6750 (Electronic) IS - 1472-6750 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Oct 22 TI - Replacement of carbohydrate binding modules improves acetyl xylan esterase activity and its synergistic hydrolysis of different substrates with xylanase. PG - 73 LID - 73 AB - BACKGROUND: Acetylation of the xylan backbone was a major obstacle to enzymatic decomposition. Removal of acetyl groups by acetyl xylan esterases (AXEs) is essential for completely enzymatic hydrolysis of xylan. Appended carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs) can promote the enzymatic deconstruction of plant cell walls by targeting and proximity effects. Fungal acetyl xylan esterases are strictly appended to cellulose-specific CBM1. It is still unclear whether xylan-specific CBMs have a greater advantage than CBM1 in potentiating the activity of fungal deacetylating enzymes and its synergistic hydrolysis of different substrates with xylanase. RESULTS: Three recombinant AXE1s fused with different xylan-specific CBMs, together with wild-type AXE1 with CBM1 and CBM1-deleted mutant AXE1dC, were constructed in this study. The optimal temperature and pH of recombinant AXE1s was 50 degrees C and 8.0 (except AXE1dC-CBM6), respectively. Cellulose-specific CBM1 in AXE1 obviously contributed to its catalytic action against substrates compared with AXE1dC. However, replacement of CBM1 with xylan-specific CBM4-2 significantly enhanced AXE1 thermostability and catalytic activity against soluble substrate 4-methylumbelliferyl acetate. Whereas replacements with xylan-specific CBM6 and CBM22-2 were more effective in enzymatic release of acetic acid from destarched wheat bran, NaClO(2)-treated wheat straw, and water-insoluble wheat arabinoxylan compared to AXE1. Moreover, replacement with CBM6 and CBM22-2 also resulted in higher degree releases of reducing sugar and acetic acid from different substrates when simultaneous hydrolysis with xylanase. A good linear relationship exists between the acetic acid and reducing sugar release. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggested that the replacement with CBM6 and CBM22-2 not only significantly improved the catalysis efficiency of AXE1, but also increased its synergistic hydrolysis of different substrates with xylanase, indicating the significance of targeting effect in AXE1 catalysis mediated by xylan-specific CBMs. FAU - Liu, Shiping AU - Liu S AD - College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China. FAU - Ding, Shaojun AU - Ding S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8359-9252 AD - College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, Jiangsu, China. dshaojun@hotmail.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20161022 PL - England TA - BMC Biotechnol JT - BMC biotechnology JID - 101088663 RN - 0 (Carbohydrates) RN - 0 (Multienzyme Complexes) RN - 0 (Xylans) RN - EC 3.1.1.6 (Acetylesterase) RN - EC 3.1.1.72 (acetylxylan esterase) RN - EC 3.2.1.8 (Endo-1,4-beta Xylanases) SB - IM MH - Acetylation MH - Acetylesterase/*chemistry/*genetics MH - Carbohydrates/genetics MH - Endo-1,4-beta Xylanases/*chemistry/*genetics MH - Enzyme Activation/genetics MH - Enzyme Stability MH - Gene Regulatory Networks/genetics MH - Hydrolysis MH - Multienzyme Complexes MH - Protein Engineering/*methods MH - Substrate Specificity MH - Xylans/*chemistry PMC - PMC5075172 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acetyl xylan esterase OT - Carbohydrate-binding module OT - Fusion enzyme OT - Synergism OT - Xylan OT - Xylan-specific EDAT- 2016/10/25 06:00 MHDA- 2017/06/24 06:00 PMCR- 2016/10/22 CRDT- 2016/10/25 06:00 PHST- 2016/06/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/10/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/06/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/10/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12896-016-0305-6 [pii] AID - 305 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12896-016-0305-6 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Biotechnol. 2016 Oct 22;16(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s12896-016-0305-6.