Over-expression in Escherichia coli of a thermally stable and regio-selective nitrile hydratase from Comamonas testosteroni 5-MGAM-4D

Petrillo, Kelly L.; Wu, Shijin; Hann, Eugenia C.; Cooling, Frederick B.; Ben‐Bassat, Arie; Gavagan, John E.; DiCosimo, Robert; Payne, Mark S.

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“…[16] Consecutive batch reactions with catalyst recycle were initially performed at 35 8C to determine the effect of acrylonitrile concentration on NHase stability at a higher temperature than is typically employed for commercial production of acrylamide (5 -10 8C). [5] In consecutive batch reactions with catalyst recycle, the product mixture was decanted from the catalyst beads, leaving a reaction "heel" containing the catalyst beads and residual product mixture, and the reactor was recharged with acrylonitrile and 2 mM calcium chloride to produce the desired initial concentration of reactant.…”

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“…[14] Comamonas testosteroni 5-MGAM-4D expresses a thermally stable NHase and amidase, and has been used for conversion of a variety of nitriles to their corresponding carboxylic acids; [15] the NHase has recently been cloned and sequenced, and active NHase has been over-produced in Escherichia coli SW132. [16] We now report an examination of this transformant catalyst for the conversion of acrylonitrile to acrylamide, where the dependence of catalyst productivity on reaction temperature and concentration of acrylonitrile and acrylamide has been evaluated.…”

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Production of Acrylamide using Alginate‐Immobilized E. coli Expressing Comamonas testosteroni 5‐MGAM‐4D Nitrile Hydratase

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A thermally-stable nitrile hydratase produced by Comamonas testosteroni 5-MGAM-4D has been expressed in Escherichia coli, and the alginateimmobilized transformant evaluated as catalyst for the conversion of acrylonitrile to acrylamide. In batch reactions with catalyst recycle, the catalyst productivity decreased with increasing acrylonitrile concentration or reaction temperature, but was relatively insensitive to acrylamide concentration. A total of 206 consecutive batch reactions with catalyst recycle were run at 5 8C and produced 1035 g acrylamide/g dry cell weight and 95 g acrylamide/L; the initial and final volumetric productivities of this series of recycle reactions were 197 and 96 g acrylamide/L/h, respectively. A packed column reactor yielded lower catalyst productivity than consecutive batch recycle reactions, presumably due to contact of the fixed-bed catalyst with a constant high concentration of acrylonitrile.

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Production of Acrylamide using Alginate‐Immobilized E. coli Expressing Comamonas testosteroni 5‐MGAM‐4D Nitrile Hydratase

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“…NHases have attracted substantial interest as biocatalysts in preparative organic chemistry and are already used in several industrial applications such as the large scale production of acrylamide (1) and nicotinamide (2). For example, Mitsubishi Rayon Co. has developed a microbial process that produces ϳ95,000 tons of acrylamide annually using the NHase from Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1 (3).…”

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Identification of an Active Site-bound Nitrile Hydratase Intermediate through Single Turnover Stopped-flow Spectroscopy

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Hajnas

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Background:No direct evidence exists for the direct coordination of nitrile to the Fe 3ϩ active site in nitrile hydratases. Results: The first Fe 3ϩ -nitrile intermediate species is reported using stopped-flow spectroscopy. Conclusion: These data establish that the direct ligation of the nitrile substrate occurs during catalytic turnover. Significance: Understanding the catalytic mechanism of nitrile hydratases is critical to harness their bioremediation and industrial potential.

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“…Nitrile hydratase (NHase 2 ; EC 4.2.1.84), one of the enzymes in the nitrile degradation pathway, catalyzes the hydrolysis of nitriles to their corresponding higher value amides in a chemo-, regio-, and/or enatioselective manner at ambient pressures and temperatures at physiological pH (Scheme 1) (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6). NHases have attracted substantial interest as biocatalysts for industrial applications such as the large-scale production of acrylamide (3,(7)(8)(9) and nicotinamide (10).…”

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Unraveling the Catalytic Mechanism of Nitrile Hydratases

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Holz

2007

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To elucidate a detailed catalytic mechanism for nitrile hydratases (NHases), the pH and temperature dependence of the kinetic constants k cat and K m for the cobalt-type NHase from Pseudonocardia thermophila JCM 3095 (PtNHase) were examined. PtNHase was found to exhibit a bell-shaped curve for plots of relative activity versus pH at pH 3.2-11 and was found to display maximal activity between pH 7.2 and 7.8. Fits of these data provided pK ES1 and pK ES2 values of 5.9 ؎ 0.1 and 9.2 ؎ 0.1 (k cat ‫؍‬ 130 ؎ 1 s ؊1 ), respectively, and pK E1 and pK E2 values of 5.8 ؎ 0.1 and 9.1 ؎ 0.1 (k cat /K m ‫؍‬ (6.5 ؎ 0.1) ؋ 10 3 s ؊1 mM ؊1 ), respectively. Proton inventory studies indicated that two protons are transferred in the rate-limiting step of the reaction at pH 7.6. Because PtNHase is stable at 60°C, an Arrhenius plot was constructed by plotting ln(k cat ) versus 1/T, providing E a ‫؍‬ 23.0 ؎ 1.2 kJ/mol. The thermal stability of PtNHase also allowed ⌬H 0 ionization values to be determined, thus helping to identify the ionizing groups exhibiting the pK ES1 and pK ES2 values. Based on ⌬H ion 0 data, pK ES1 is assigned to ␤Tyr 68 , whereas pK ES2 is assigned to ␤Arg 52 , ␤Arg 157 , or ␣Ser 112 (NHases are ␣ 2 ␤ 2 -heterotetramers). A combination of these data with those previously reported for NHases and synthetic model complexes, along with sequence comparisons of both iron-and cobalt-type NHases, allowed a novel catalytic mechanism for NHases to be proposed.Nitrile hydratase (NHase 2 ; EC 4.2.1.84), one of the enzymes in the nitrile degradation pathway, catalyzes the hydrolysis of nitriles to their corresponding higher value amides in a chemo-, regio-, and/or enatioselective manner at ambient pressures and temperatures at physiological pH (Scheme 1) (1-6). NHases have attracted substantial interest as biocatalysts for industrial applications such as the large-scale production of acrylamide (3, 7-9) and nicotinamide (10). Acrylamide production utilizing the bacterium Rhodococcus rhodochrous J1 has increased to Ͼ30,000 tons/year (3), whereas Ͼ3500 tons of nicotinamide are produced per year (11). Yields of Ͼ99% are achieved, and the formation of by-products such as acrylic acid, which plagues traditional methodology, is completely avoided. However, one of the most attractive features of nitrile-metabolizing enzymes is their ability to selectively hydrolyze one cyano group of a dinitrile to its corresponding amine, something that is virtually impossible using conventional chemical methods (12-14). Therefore, the potential use of nitrile-hydrolyzing enzymes for the production of several fine chemicals is increasingly recognized.NHases are metalloenzymes that contain either a non-heme Fe(III) ion (iron-type) or a non-corrin Co(III) ion (cobalt-type) in their active site and are typically ␣ 2 ␤ 2 -heterotetramers (5, 6, 15, 16). In all known NHases, each ␣-subunit has a highly homologous amino acid sequence (CXYCSCX) that forms the metal-binding site. Cobalt-type NHases contain threonine and tyrosine in the -C(T/S)YCSC(Y/T)-se...

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Over-expression in Escherichia coli of a thermally stable and regio-selective nitrile hydratase from Comamonas testosteroni 5-MGAM-4D

Cited by 41 publications

References 12 publications

Production of Acrylamide using Alginate‐Immobilized E. coli Expressing Comamonas testosteroni 5‐MGAM‐4D Nitrile Hydratase

Production of Acrylamide using Alginate‐Immobilized E. coli Expressing Comamonas testosteroni 5‐MGAM‐4D Nitrile Hydratase

Identification of an Active Site-bound Nitrile Hydratase Intermediate through Single Turnover Stopped-flow Spectroscopy

Unraveling the Catalytic Mechanism of Nitrile Hydratases

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