Biochemical and structural characterization of a sphingomonad diarylpropane lyase for cofactorless deformylation
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- University of Portsmouth (United Kingdom)
- University of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Nagoka University of Technology, Nilgata (Japan)
- Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Diamond Light Source, Ltd.
- University of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)5
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- University of Portsmouth (United Kingdom); World Plastics Association, Fontvielle (Monaco)
Lignin valorization is being intensely pursued via tandem catalytic depolymerization and biological funneling to produce single products. In many lignin depolymerization processes, aromatic dimers and oligomers linked by carbon–carbon bonds remain intact, necessitating the development of enzymes capable of cleaving these compounds to monomers. Recently, the catabolism of erythro-1,2-diguaiacylpropane-1,3-diol (erythro-DGPD), a ring-opened lignin-derived β-1 dimer, was reported in Novosphingobium aromaticivorans. The first enzyme in this pathway, LdpA (formerly LsdE), is a member of the nuclear transport factor 2 (NTF-2)-like structural superfamily that converts erythro-DGPD to lignostilbene through a heretofore unknown mechanism. In this study, we performed biochemical, structural, and mechanistic characterization of the N. aromaticivorans LdpA and another homolog identified in Sphingobium sp. SYK-6, for which activity was confirmed in vivo. For both enzymes, we first demonstrated that formaldehyde is the C1 reaction product, and we further demonstrated that both enantiomers of erythro-DGPD were transformed simultaneously, suggesting that LdpA, while diastereomerically specific, lacks enantioselectivity. We also show that LdpA is subject to a severe competitive product inhibition by lignostilbene. Three-dimensional structures of LdpA were determined using X-ray crystallography, including substrate-bound complexes, revealing several residues that were shown to be catalytically essential. We used density functional theory to validate a proposed mechanism that proceeds via dehydroxylation and formation of a quinone methide intermediate that serves as an electron sink for the ensuing deformylation. Overall, this study expands the range of chemistry catalyzed by the NTF-2-like protein family to a prevalent lignin dimer through a cofactorless deformylation reaction.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office; Research England; National Science Foundation (NSF); Noda Institute for Scientific Research, Japan; National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS); USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC36-08GO28308; CHE-1764328; ERKP971; OCI-1053575; GM124480; E3
- OSTI ID:
- 1909968
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1923195; OSTI ID: 1923872
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-2A00-84386; MainId:85159; UUID:188b6b34-2678-438d-969c-76393673a9c8; MainAdminID:68136
- Journal Information:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 120, Issue 4; ISSN 0027-8424
- Publisher:
- National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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