A cephalosporin C acetylhydrolase is present in the cultures of Nocardia lactamdurans

A cephalosporin deacetylating acetyl xylan esterase was cloned from the genomic DNA of Bacillus subtilis CICC 20034 and functionally expressed in Escherichia coli. Its gene contained an open reading frame of 957 bp encoding 318 amino acids with a calculated mass of 35,607 Da, and it displayed significant identity to acetyl xylan esterases from Bacillus sp. 916, B. subtilis 168, and Bacillus pumilus Cect5072. The enzyme was a native homohexamer but a trimer under the condition of 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS); both forms were active and could transit to each other by incubating in or removing SDS. The enzyme belongs to carbohydrate esterase family 7 and had a double specificity on both the acetylated oligosaccharide and cephalosporin C (CPC) and 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA). The activity of this purified enzyme toward CPC and 7-ACA was highest among all the acetyl xylan esterase from CE family 7, which were 484 and 888 U/mg, respectively, and endowed itself with great industrial interest on semi-synthetic β-lactam antibiotics. The optimum pH of the purified enzyme was 8.0, and the optimum temperature was 50 °C, and the enzyme had high thermal stability, broad range of pH tolerance, and extremely organic solvent tolerance.

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The identification of a key gene highlights macrocyclic ring’s role in trichothecene toxicity

McCormick,

Cardoza,

Martínez-Reyes

et al. 2024

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol

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Trichothecenes are toxins produced by certain species from several fungal genera, including Aspergillus , Fusarium , Isaria , Paramyrothecium , Stachybotrys, Trichoderma , and Trichothecium . These toxins are of interest because they contribute to the toxigenicity, plant pathogenicity, and/or biological control activities of some fungi. All trichothecenes have the same core (12,13-epoxytrichothec-9-ene or EPT) structure but can differ from one another by the presence or absence of a macrocyclic ring formed from polyketide and isoprenoid substituents esterified to carbon atoms 4 and 15 of EPT, respectively. Genes required for formation and some modifications of EPT have been elucidated, but almost nothing is known about genes specific to the formation of the macrocyclic ring. Therefore, we used genomic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, and gene deletion analyses to identify genes that are required specifically for the formation of the macrocyclic ring. These analyses identified one gene, TRI24 , that is predicted to encode an acyltransferase and that is required for macrocyclic ring formation during biosynthesis of macrocyclic trichothecenes by the fungus Paramyrothecium roridum . In addition, a TRI24 deletion mutant of P. roridum caused less severe disease symptoms on common bean and had less antifungal activity than its wild-type progenitor strain. We propose that the reduced aggressiveness and antifungal activity of the mutant resulted from its inability to produce trichothecenes with a macrocyclic ring. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a gene required specifically for the formation of the macrocyclic ring of trichothecenes and that loss of the macrocyclic ring of trichothecenes can alter the biological activities of a fungus. Key points • TRI24 gene is found in all known macrocyclic trichothecene-producing fungi. • A tri24-deletion mutant exhibits a reduction in antifungal and plant disease activities. • TRI24 is the first described gene specific to macrocyclic trichothecene biosynthesis. Graphical abstract Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00253-024-13297-x.

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A cephalosporin C acetylhydrolase is present in the cultures of Nocardia lactamdurans

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A novel cephalosporin deacetylating acetyl xylan esterase from Bacillus subtilis with high activity toward cephalosporin C and 7-aminocephalosporanic acid

The identification of a key gene highlights macrocyclic ring’s role in trichothecene toxicity

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