PMID- 32087608 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210125 LR - 20210125 IS - 2045-8827 (Electronic) IS - 2045-8827 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Apr TI - Streamlined production, purification, and characterization of recombinant extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate depolymerases. PG - e1001 LID - 10.1002/mbo3.1001 [doi] LID - e1001 AB - Heterologous production of extracellular polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) depolymerases (PhaZs) has been of interest for over 30 years, but implementation is sometimes difficult and can limit the scope of research. With the constant development of tools to improve recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli, we propose a method that takes characteristics of PhaZs from different bacterial strains into account. Recombinant His-tagged versions of PhaZs (rPhaZ) from Comamonas testosteroni 31A, Cupriavidus sp. T1, Marinobacter algicola DG893, Pseudomonas stutzeri, and Ralstonia sp. were successfully produced with varying expression, solubility, and purity levels. PhaZs from C. testosteroni and P. stutzeri were more amenable to heterologous expression in all aspects; however, using the E. coli Rosetta-gami B(DE3) expression strain and establishing optimal conditions for expression and purification (variation of IPTG concentration and use of size exclusion columns) helped circumvent low expression and purity for the other PhaZs. Degradation activity of the rPhaZs was compared using a simple PHB plate-based method, adapted to test for various pH and temperatures. rPhaZ from M. algicola presented the highest activity at 15 degrees C, and rPhaZs from Cupriavidus sp. T1 and Ralstonia sp. had the highest activity at pH 5.4. The methods proposed herein can be used to test the production of soluble recombinant PhaZs and to perform preliminary evaluation for applications that require PHB degradation. CI - (c) 2020 The Authors. MicrobiologyOpen published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Martinez-Tobon, Diana I AU - Martinez-Tobon DI AD - Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. FAU - Waters, Brennan AU - Waters B AD - Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. FAU - Elias, Anastasia L AU - Elias AL AD - Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. FAU - Sauvageau, Dominic AU - Sauvageau D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1995-5523 AD - Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200222 PL - England TA - Microbiologyopen JT - MicrobiologyOpen JID - 101588314 RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - EC 3.1.1.- (Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases) RN - EC 3.1.1.- (poly(3-hydroxyalkanoic acid) depolymerase) RN - Marinobacter algicola SB - IM MH - Bacteria/*enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Bioreactors/microbiology MH - Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases/*genetics MH - Comamonas testosteroni/enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Cupriavidus/enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Escherichia coli/enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Marinobacter/enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Pseudomonas stutzeri/enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Ralstonia/enzymology/genetics/metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/genetics PMC - PMC7142370 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Escherichia coli vectors OT - extracellular PHB depolymerases (PhaZs) OT - poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) OT - polymer degradation activity OT - recombinant expression COIS- None declared. EDAT- 2020/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/26 06:00 PMCR- 2020/02/22 CRDT- 2020/02/23 06:00 PHST- 2019/10/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/01/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/02/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - MBO31001 [pii] AID - 10.1002/mbo3.1001 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Microbiologyopen. 2020 Apr;9(4):e1001. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.1001. Epub 2020 Feb 22.