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Journal Article
Characterization of Two Streptomyces Enzymes That Convert Ferulic Acid to Vanillin
2013
Overview
Production of flavors from natural substrates by microbial transformation has become a growing and expanding field of study over the past decades. Vanillin, a major component of vanilla flavor, is a principal flavoring compound used worldwide. Streptomyces sp. strain V-1 is known to be one of the most promising microbial producers of natural vanillin from ferulic acid. Although identification of the microbial genes involved in the biotransformation of ferulic acid to vanillin has been previously reported, purification and detailed characterization of the corresponding enzymes with important functions have rarely been studied. In this study, we isolated and identified 2 critical genes, fcs and ech, encoding feruloyl-CoA synthetase and enoyl-CoA hydratase/aldolase, respectively, which are involved in the vanillin production from ferulic acid. Both genes were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, and the resting cell reactions for converting ferulic acid to vanillin were performed. The corresponding crucial enzymes, Fcs and Ech, were purified for the first time and the enzymatic activity of each purified protein was studied. Furthermore, Fcs was comprehensively characterized, at an optimal pH of 7.0 and temperature of 30°C. Kinetic constants for Fcs revealed the apparent Km, kcat, and Vmax values to be 0.35 mM, 67.7 s(-1), and 78.2 U mg(-1), respectively. The catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) value of Fcs was 193.4 mM(-1) s(-1) for ferulic acid. The characterization of Fcs and Ech may be helpful for further research in the field of enzymatic engineering and metabolic regulation.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
/ Aldolase
/ Bacterial Proteins - biosynthesis
/ Bacterial Proteins - chemistry
/ Bacterial Proteins - genetics
/ Biology
/ Cloning
/ Coenzyme A Ligases - biosynthesis
/ Coenzyme A Ligases - chemistry
/ Coenzyme A Ligases - genetics
/ DNA
/ E coli
/ Enoyl-CoA Hydratase - biosynthesis
/ Enoyl-CoA Hydratase - chemistry
/ Enoyl-CoA Hydratase - genetics
/ Enzymes
/ Flavor
/ Flavors
/ Genes
/ Genomics
/ Kinetics
/ Plasmids
/ Proteins
/ Vanillin
