Statistical coupling analysis of aspartic proteinases based on crystal structures of the Trichoderma reesei enzyme and its complex with pepstatin A

The crystal structures of an aspartic proteinase from Trichoderma reesei (TrAsP) and of its complex with a competitive inhibitor, pepstatin A, were solved and refined to crystallographic R-factors of 17.9% (R(free)=21.2%) at 1.70 angstrom resolution and 15.81% (R(free) = 19.2%) at 1.85 angstrom resolution, respectively. The three-dimensional structure of TrAsP is similar to structures of other members of the pepsin-like family of aspartic proteinases. Each molecule is folded in a predominantly beta-sheet bilobal structure with the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of about the same size. Structural comparison of the native structure and the TrAsP-pepstatin complex reveals that the enzyme undergoes an induced-fit, rigid-body movement upon inhibitor binding, with the N-terminal and C-terminal lobes tightly enclosing the inhibitor. Upon recognition and binding of pepstatin A, amino acid residues of the enzyme active site form a number of short hydrogen bonds to the inhibitor that may play an important role in the mechanism of catalysis and inhibition. The structures of TrAsP were used as a template for performing statistical coupling analysis of the aspartic protease family. This approach permitted, for the first time, the identification of a network of structurally linked residues putatively mediating conformational changes relevant to the function of this family of enzymes. Statistical coupling analysis reveals coevolved continuous clusters of amino acid residues that extend from the active site into the hydrophobic cores of each of the two domains and include amino acid residues from the flap regions, highlighting the importance of these parts of the protein for its enzymatic activity. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hidrólise de resíduos lignocelulósicos utilizando extrato enzimático celulolítico produzido por Trichoderma reesei atcc 2768

Cellulolytic enzymatic broth by Trichoderma reesei ATCC 2768 cultived in shaker using cashew apple bagasse and coconut shell bagasse, as substrate for fermentation, was used to investigate the enzymatic hydrolysis of these substrates after pre-treatment with 1 M NaOH, wet-oxidation as well as a combination of these treatments. Hydrolysis runs were carried at 125 rpm, 50ºC and initial pH of 4.8 for 108 hours. Enzymatic broth produced using cashew apple bagasse treated with 1M NaOH (1.337 UI/mL CMCase and 0.074 UI/mL FPase), showed after the hydrolysis an initial of 0.094 g of reducing sugar/g of substrate.h with 96% yield of total reducing sugars while for the coconut shell bagasse treated using the alkaline process (0.640 UI/mL CMCase and 0.070 UI/mL FPase) exhibited an initial hydrolysis velocity of 0.025 g of reducing sugar/g of substrate.h with 48% yield of total reducing sugars. For the treatment with wet-oxidation using cashew apple bagasse as substrate enzymatic broth (0.547 UI/mL CMCase) exhibited an initial hydrolysis velocity of 0.014 g of reducing sugars/g of substrate.h with a lower yield about 89% of total reducing sugars compared to the alkaline treatment. Enzymatic broth produced using coconut shell treated by wet-oxidation showed an initial hydrolysis velocity of 0.029 g of reducing sugar/g of substrate.h with 91% yield. However, when the combination of these two treatments were used it was obtained an enzymatic broth of 1.154 UI/mL CMCase and 0.107 FPase for the cashew apple bagasse as well as 0.538 UI/mL CMCase and 0,013 UI/mL de FPase for the coconut shell bagasse. After hydrolysis, initial velocity was 0.029 g of reducing sugar/g of substrate.h. with 94% yield for the cashew apple bagasse and 0.018 g de reducing sugar/g of substrate.h with 69% yield for coconut shell bagasse. Preliminary treatment improves residues digestibility showing good yields after hydrolysis. In this case, cellulose from the residue can be converted into glucose by cellulolytic enzymes that can be used for ethanol production

Produção de enzimas celulolíticas pelos fungos thermoascus aurantiacus CBMAI 756, thermomyces lanuginosus, Trichoderma reesei QM9414 e Penicillium viridicatum RFC3 e aplicação na sacarificação do bagaço de cana de açucar com diferentes pré-tratamentos

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Sacarificação da polpa cítrica por hidrólise ácida e cultivo pelo processo de batelada simples com reciclo de Trichoderma reesei ou Aspergillus niger com produção de celulases e poligalacturonases

Pós-graduação em Microbiologia - IBILCE

Utilização de enzimas produzidas por Trichoderma reesei E Aspergillus niger na extração de óleos essenciais

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Utilização de processos oxidativos avançados baseados em ozônio como pré-tratamento para bagaço de cana-de-açúcar, e hidrólise do bagaço pré-tratado com combinado enzimático dos fungos Penicillium viridicatum RFC3 e Trichoderma reesei QM9414

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Produção de β-glucanases por Trichoderma reesei e Trichoderma harzianum e aplicação na hidrólise de β-glucanas

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Microbiologia Aplicada) - IBRC

Produção, isolamento e caracterização de 'beta'-galactosidades de Trichoderma reesei: interação de íons metálicos na atividade enzimática

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Seleção de micro-organismos celulolíticos comparados com o Trichoderma reesei CCT 2768

As celulases atualmente são enzimas extensivamente estudadas para a hidrólise de resíduos lignocelulósicos para obtenção de açúcares fermentescíveis utilizáveis em diferentes processos biotecnológicos, como a produção de bioetanol. O objetivo deste trabalho foi encontrar fungos celulolíticos que sejam eficientes nos processos de degradação da biomassa lignocelulósica. No presente trabalho foram selecionados 4 fungos celulolíticos previamente isolados pelo Laboratório de Biotecnologia Industrial (UNESP – Assis). Estes fungos foram cultivados em bagaço de cana-de-açúcar como substrato e para seus extratos enzimáticos foram testados suas atividades para celulases (FPase) e endoglucanases (CMCase). Os fungos FS09 (0,054 FPU/mL e 1,79 FPU/g de substrato, 0,874 U/mL e 29,1 U/g de substrato) e M51 (0,049 FPU/mL e 1,62 FPU/g de substrato, 1,094 U/mL e 36,46 U/g de substrato), mostrando valores superiores ao fungo T.reesei CCT 2768 que é referência em estudos e produção de celulases.

Produção de enzimas celulolíticas pelos fungos Trichoderma reesei e Myceliophthora thermophila e aplicação na sacarificação do bagaço de cana-de-açucar

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Conformational stability of recombinant manganese superoxide dismutase from the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei

Superoxide dismutases (SODS; EC 1.15.1.1) are part of the antioxidant system of aerobic organisms and are used as a defense against oxidative injury caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS). The cloning and sequencing of the 788-bp genomic DNA from Trichoderma reesei strain QM9414 (anamorph of Hypocrea jecorina) revealed an open reading frame encoding a protein of 212 amino acid residues, with 65-90% similarity to manganese superoxide dismutase from other filamentous fungi. The TrMnSOD was purified and shown to be stable from 20 to 90 degrees C for 1 h at pH from 8 to 11.5, while maintaining its biological activity. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The cellulose-binding domain of the major cellobiohydrolase of Trichoderma reesei exhibits true reversibility and a high exchange rate on crystalline cellulose.

Cellulose-binding domains (CBDs) bind specifically to cellulose, and form distinct domains of most cellulose degrading enzymes. The CBD-mediated binding of the enzyme has a fundamental role in the hydrolysis of the solid cellulose substrate. In this work we have investigated the reversibility and kinetics of the binding of the CBD from Trichoderma reesei cellobiohydrolase I on microcrystalline cellulose. The CBD was produced in Escherichia coli, purified, and radioactively labeled by reductive alkylation with 3H. Sensitive detection of the labeled CBD allowed more detailed analysis of its behavior than has been possible before, and important novel features were resolved. Binding of the CBD was found to be temperature sensitive, with an increased affinity at lower temperatures. The interaction of the CBD with cellulose was shown to be fully reversible and the CBD could be eluted from cellulose by simple dilution. The rate of exchange measured for the CBD-cellulose interaction compares well with the hydrolysis rate of cellobiohydrolase I, which is consistent with its proposed mode of action as a processive exoglucanase.

Molecular evidence that the asexual industrial fungus Trichoderma reesei is a clonal derivative of the ascomycete Hypocrea jecorina.

The relationship of the important cellulase producing asexual fungus Trichoderma reesei to its putative teleomorphic (sexual) ancestor Hypocrea jecorina and other species of the Trichoderma sect. Longibrachiatum was studied by PCR-fingerprinting and sequence analyses of the nuclear ribosomal DNA region containing the internal transcribed spacers (ITS-1 and ITS-2) and the 5.8S rRNA gene. The differences in the corresponding ITS sequences allowed a grouping of anamorphic (asexual) species of Trichoderma sect. Longibrachiatum into Trichoderma longibrachiatum, Trichoderma pseudokoningii, and Trichoderma reesei. The sexual species Hypocrea schweinitzii and H. jecorina were also clearly separated from each other. H. jecorina and T. reesei exhibited identical sequences, suggesting close relatedness or even species identity. Intraspecific and interspecific variation in the PCR-fingerprinting patterns supported the differentiation of species based on ITS sequences, the grouping of the strains, and the assignment of these strains to individual species. The variations between T. reesei and H. jecorina were at the same order of magnitude as found between all strains of H. jecorina, but much lower than the observed interspecific variations. Identical ITS sequences and the high similarity of PCR-fingerprinting patterns indicate a very close relationship between T. reesei and H. jecorina, whereas differences of the ITS sequences and the PCR-fingerprinting patterns show a clear phylogenetic distance between T. reesei/H. jecorina and T. longibrachiatum. T. reesei is considered to be an asexual, clonal line derived from a population of the tropical ascomycete H. jecorina.