Bacterial Lactonases ZenA with Noncanonical Structural Features Hydrolyze the Mycotoxin Zearalenone

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FRUHAUF Sebastian PUHRINGER Dominic THAMHESL Michaela FAJTL Patricia KUNZ-VEKIRU Elisavet HOBARTNER-GUSSL Andreas SCHATZMAYR Gerd ADAM Gerhard DAMBORSKÝ Jiří DJINOVIC-CARUGO Kristina PROKOP Zbyněk MOLL Wulf-Dieter

Year of publication 2024
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source ACS Catalysis
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Faculty of Science

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Web https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.4c00271?ref=PDF
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c00271
Keywords zearalenone; mycotoxin; lactonase; carboxylesterase; hydrolase; kinetics; presteady-state; Rhodococcus erythropolis
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Description Zearalenone (ZEN) is a mycoestrogenic polyketide produced by Fusarium graminearum and other phytopathogenic members of the genus Fusarium. Contamination of cereals with ZEN is frequent, and hydrolytic detoxification with fungal lactonases has been explored. Here, we report the isolation of a bacterial strain, Rhodococcus erythropolis PFA D8-1, with ZEN hydrolyzing activity, cloning of the gene encoding alpha/beta hydrolase ZenA encoded on the linear megaplasmid pSFRL1, and biochemical characterization of nine homologues. Furthermore, we report site-directed mutagenesis as well as structural analysis of the dimeric ZenA(Re) of R. erythropolis and the more thermostable, tetrameric ZenA(Scfl) of Streptomyces coelicoflavus with and without bound ligands. The X-ray crystal structures not only revealed canonical features of alpha/beta hydrolases with a cap domain including a Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad but also unusual features including an uncommon oxyanion hole motif and a peripheral, short antiparallel beta-sheet involved in tetramer interactions. Presteady-state kinetic analyses for ZenA(Re) and ZenA(Scfl) identified balanced rate-limiting steps of the reaction cycle, which can change depending on temperature. Some new bacterial ZEN lactonases have lower K-M and higher k(cat) than the known fungal ZEN lactonases and may lend themselves to enzyme technology development for the degradation of ZEN in feed or food.
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