Conversion of levoglucosan into glucose by the coordination of four enzymes through oxidation, elimination, hydration, and reduction.

Scientific Reports
Yuya KuritaniNobuyuki Yoshida

Abstract

Levoglucosan (LG) is an anhydrosugar produced through glucan pyrolysis and is widely found in nature. We previously isolated an LG-utilizing thermophile, Bacillus smithii S-2701M, and suggested that this bacterium may have a metabolic pathway from LG to glucose, initiated by LG dehydrogenase (LGDH). Here, we completely elucidated the metabolic pathway of LG involving three novel enzymes in addition to LGDH. In the S-2701M genome, three genes expected to be involved in the LG metabolism were found in the vicinity of the LGDH gene locus. These four genes including LGDH gene (lgdA, lgdB1, lgdB2, and lgdC) were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to obtain functional recombinant proteins. Thin layer chromatography analyses of the reactions with the combination of the four enzymes elucidated the following metabolic pathway: LgdA (LGDH) catalyzes 3-dehydrogenation of LG to produce 3-keto-LG, which undergoes β-elimination of 3-keto-LG by LgdB1, followed by hydration to produce 3-keto-D-glucose by LgdB2; next, LgdC reduces 3-keto-D-glucose to glucose. This sequential reaction mechanism resembles that proposed for an enzyme belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 4, and results in the observational hydrolysis of LG into glucose w...Continue Reading

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Sep 30, 2021·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Takuto KumanoMichihiko Kobayashi

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
GAT87749.1
GAT89806.1

Methods Mentioned

BETA
ion-exchange chromatography
electrophoresis
nuclear magnetic resonance
PCR

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