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Modelling of the enzymatic kinetically controlled synthesis of cephalexin: influence of diffusion limitation.

In this study the influence of diffusion limitation on enzymatic kinetically controlled cephalexin synthesis from phenylglycine amide and 7-aminodeacetoxycephalosporinic acid (7-ADCA) was investigated systematically. It was found that if diffusion limitation occurred, both the synthesis/hydrolysis ratio (S/H ratio) and the yield decreased, resulting in lower product and higher by-product concentrations. The effect of pH, enzyme loading, and temperature was investigated, their influence on the course of the reaction was evaluated, and eventually diffusion limitation was minimised. It was found that at pH >or=7 the effect of diffusion limitation was eminent; the difference in S/H ratio and yield between free and immobilised enzyme was considerable. At lower pH, the influence of diffusion limitation was minimal. At low temperature, high yields and S/H ratios were found for all enzymes tested because the hydrolysis reactions were suppressed and the synthesis reaction was hardly influenced by temperature. The enzyme loading influenced the S/H ratio and yield, as expected for diffusion-limited particles. For Assemblase 3750 (the number refers to the degree of enzyme loading), it was proven that both cephalexin synthesis and hydrolysis were diffusion limited. For Assemblase 7500, which carries double the enzyme load of Assemblase 3750, these reactions were also proven to be diffusion limited, together with the binding-step of the substrate phenylglycine amide to the enzyme. For an actual process, the effects of diffusion limitation should preferably be minimised. This can be achieved at low temperature, low pH, and high substrate concentrations. An optimum in S/H ratio and yield was found at pH 7.5 and low temperature, where a relatively low reaction pH can be combined with a relatively high solubility of 7-ADCA. When comparing the different enzymes at these conditions, the free enzyme gave slightly better results than both immobilised biocatalysts, but the effect of diffusion limitation was minimal.

Catalysis↗

Enzymatic synthesis of amoxicillin: avoiding limitations of the mechanistic approach for reaction kinetics.

A recurrent doubt that occurs to the enzyme-kinetics modeler is, When should I stop adding parameters to my mechanistic model in order to fit a non-conventional behavior? This problem becomes more and more involving when the complexity of the reaction network increases. This work intends to show how the use of artificial neural networks may circumvent the need of including an overwhelming number of parameters in the rate equations obtained through the classical, mechanistic approach. We focus on the synthesis of amoxicillin by the reaction of p-OH-phenylglycine methyl ester and 6-aminopenicillanic acid, catalyzed by penicillin G acylase immobilized on glyoxyl-agarose, at 25 degrees C and pH 6.5. The reaction was carried on a batch reactor. Three kinetic models of this system were compared: a mechanistic, a semi-empiric, and a hybrid-neural network (NN). A semi-empiric, simplified model with a reasonable number of parameters was initially built-up. It was able to portray many typical process conditions. However, it either underestimated or overestimated the rate of synthesis of amoxicillin when substrates' concentrations were low. A more complex, full-scale mechanistic model that could span all operational conditions was intractable for all practical purposes. Finally, a hybrid model, that coupled artificial neural networks (NN) to mass-balance equations was established, that succeeded in representing all situations of interest. Particularly, the NN could predict with accuracy reaction rates for conditions where the semi-empiric model failed, namely, at low substrate concentrations, a situation that would occur, for instance, at the end of a fed-batch industrial process.

Amoxicillin↗

Highly efficient synthesis of ampicillin in an "aqueous solution-precipitate" system: repetitive addition of substrates in a semicontinuous process.

The synthesis of ampicillin catalyzed by Escherichia coli penicillin acylase was optimized in an aqueous system with partially dissolved antibiotic nucleus 6-aminopenicillanic acid (6-APA). The yields of both 6-APA and acyl donor could be improved by repetitively adding substrates to the reaction, allowing the concentration of 6-APA to remain saturated throughout. In this reaction concept, with four subsequent additions of substrates, 97% conversion of 6-APA and 72% of D-(-)-phenylglycine methyl ester (D-PGM) to ampicillin was achieved. The synthetic potential of this concept was estimated using a mathematical model which showed that by increasing the amount of added substrates a nearly quantitative conversion of 6-APA and 85% conversion of acyl donor into ampicillin could be achieved.

Ampicillin↗

DegP-coexpression minimizes inclusion-body formation upon overproduction of recombinant penicillin acylase in Escherichia coli.

We demonstrated the enhancement of recombinant penicillin acylase (PAC) production in Escherichia coli by increasing the intracellular concentration of the periplasmic protease DegP. Using appropriate host/vector systems (e.g., HB101 harboring pTrcKnPAC2902 or MDDeltaP7 harboring pTrcKnPAC2902) in which the expression of the pac gene was regulated by the strong trc promoter, the overproduction of PAC was often limited by periplasmic processing and inclusion bodies composed of protein aggregates of PAC precursors were formed in the periplasm. The amount of these periplasmic inclusion bodies was significantly reduced and PAC activity was significantly increased upon coexpression of DegP. The specific PAC activity reached an extremely high level of 674 U/L/OD(600) for MDDeltaP7 harboring pTrcKnPAC2902 and pKS12 under optimum culture conditions. However, such improvement in the production of PAC was not observed for the expression systems (e.g., MDDeltaP7 harboring pCLL2902) in which the periplasmic processing was not the step limiting the production of PAC. The results suggest that DegP could in vivo assist the periplasmic processing though the enzyme is shown to be not absolutely required for the formation of active PAC in E. coli. In addition, the steps limiting the production of PAC are identified and the reasons for the formation of PAC inclusion bodies are discussed here.

Bacterial Proteins↗

Penicillin acylase-catalyzed synthesis of beta-lactam antibiotics in highly condensed aqueous systems: beneficial impact of kinetic substrate supersaturation.

Advantages of performing penicillin acylase-catalyzed synthesis of new penicillins and cephalosporins by enzymatic acyl transfer to the beta-lactam antibiotic nuclei in the supersaturated solutions of substrates have been demonstrated. It has been shown that the effective nucleophile reactivity of 6-aminopenicillanic (6-APA) and 7-aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic (7-ADCA) acids in their supersaturated solutions continue to grow proportionally to the nucleophile concentration. As a result, synthesis/hydrolysis ratio in the enzymatic synthesis can be significantly (up to three times) increased due to the nucleophile supersaturation. In the antibiotic nuclei conversion to the target antibiotic the remarkable improvement (up to 14%) has been gained. Methods of obtaining relatively stable supersaturated solutions of 6-APA, 7-ADCA, and D-p-hydroxyphenylglycine amide (D-HPGA) have been developed and syntheses of ampicillin, amoxicillin, and cephalexin starting from the supersaturated homogeneous solutions of substrates were performed. Higher synthetic efficiency and increased productivity of these reactions compared to the heterogeneous "aqueous solution-precipitate" systems were observed. The suggested approach seems to be an effective solution for the aqueous synthesis of the most widely requested beta-lactam antibiotics (i.e., amoxicillin, cephalexin, cephadroxil, cephaclor, etc.).

Amoxicillin↗

A chemostat culture as a tool for the improvement of a recombinant E. coli strain over-producing penicillin G acylase.

The recombinant strain RE3(pKA18) of Escherichia coli constitutively overproduces penicillin G acylase (PGA) from plasmid-borne gene pga. The host strain RE3 bears the same pga gene on its chromosome, the expression of which is controlled by the natural mechanism of induction with phenylacetic acid (PA). To evaluate the maximum biosynthetic capacity for PGA, induction of the chromosomal pga by PA was studied in a culture of the recombinant strain. PGA production by batch cultures of RE3(pKA18) and RE3 showed a different response to the addition of PA to the medium: while an addition of PA induces PGA in a culture of strain RE3 as expected, in recombinant cells it lowers the specific activity of PGA and a large amount of PGA is released into the culture medium. To improve the PGA production, the strain RE3(pKA18) was cultured in a carbon-limited chemostat and subjected to selection pressure in a medium supplemented with phenylacetic acid amide (PAA). Phenylacetic acid amide served as a source of nitrogen, an inducer of PGA and a factor exerting positive selection pressure on the maintenance of the recombinant plasmid. After 130 generations of growth in the presence of the inducer, no recombinant strain with constitutive expression of the chromosomal gene pga was detected in the prevailing P(+) subpopulation in the chemostat. Shake-flask experiments with the parent recombinant strain RE3(pKA18), host strain RE3, chemostat evolvant ERE3(epKA18), the cured host ERE3 alone, and its derivative after retransformation with ancestral plasmid ERE3(pKA18) showed that inactivation of the plasmid-borne pga by a frame-shift mutation (plasmid epKA18) occurred in the plasmid-bearing subpopulation accumulated in the chemostat. Marked adaptive changes evolved in the host ERE3 during a 130 generation culture: (1) the specific growth rate of the host increased by 30% in a medium without PA, (2) the copy number of plasmids pKA18 and epKA18 in the host cultured in PA-free medium dropped by about 40%, and (3) the leakage of PGA from the cell in the presence of PA found in strain RE3(pKA18) was not observed in strain ERE3(pKA18). This new recombinant strain with modified traits was constructed by means of retransformation of the evolved host ERE3 with ancestral plasmid pKA18.

Culture Media↗

A new, mild cross-linking methodology to prepare cross-linked enzyme aggregates.

Cross-linked enzyme aggregates (CLEAs) were prepared from several enzymes (penicillin G acylase, hydroxynitrile lyase, alcohol dehydrogenase, and two different nitrilases) by precipitation and subsequent cross-linking using dextran polyaldehyde. In most cases, higher immobilization yields were obtained using the latter cross-linker as compared with the commonly used glutaraldehyde. Active site titration of penicillin acylase CLEAs showed that the higher activity originated from a significantly lower loss in active sites using dextran polyaldehyde as a cross-linking agent. It is proposed that macromolecular cross-linkers are too large to penetrate the protein active site and react with catalytically essential amino acid residues.

Binding Sites↗

Encapsulation of crosslinked penicillin G acylase aggregates in lentikats: evaluation of a novel biocatalyst in organic media.

The encapsulation of crosslinked enzyme aggregates (CLEA) of penicillin G acylase into a very rigid polymeric matrix based on polyvinyl alcohol (LentiKats) has been used successfully to improve the inadequate mechanical properties of CLEA. This encapsulation decreased CLEA activity by only around 40%. As compensation, a significant improvement in the stability of the CLEA in the presence of organic solvents was detected. This could be related to the highly hydrophilic environment inside the LentiKats biocatalysts: Partition experiments showed that the concentration of dioxane inside LentiKats was lower than in the reaction medium. In fact, thermal stability was about the same as in the corresponding CLEA. This permitted great improvement in the reaction rate for thermodynamically controlled synthesis of a model antibiotic (using phenylacetic acid and 7-amino-deacetoxycefalosporanic acid). Even more importantly, yields could be improved by using LentiKats-encapsulated CLEA, very likely by a favorable product/substrate partition. Thus, this very simple technique not only provides an efficient technique for solving the mechanical stability problem associated with CLEA, but also greatly improves the behavior of CLEA in organic media.

Absorption↗

Novel approach to quantify immobilized-enzyme distributions.

The quantitative intraparticle enzyme distribution of Assemblase, an industrially employed polydisperse immobilized penicillin-G acylase, was measured. Because of strong autofluorescence of the carrier, the generally applied technique of confocal scanning microscopy could not be used; light microscopy was our method of choice. To do so, Assemblase particles of various sizes were sectioned, labeled with antibodies specifically against the enzyme, and analyzed light microscopically. Image analysis software was developed and used to determine the intraparticle enzyme distribution, which was found to be heterogeneous, with most enzyme located in the outer regions of the particles. Larger particles showed steeper gradients than smaller ones. A mathematical representation of the intraparticle profiles, based on in-stationary enzyme diffusion into the particles, was validated successfully for a broad range of particle sizes using data for volume-averaged particle size and enzyme loading. The enzyme gradients determined in this work will be used as input for a physical model that quantitatively describes the complex behavior of Assemblase. Such a physical model will lead to identification of the current bottlenecks in Assemblase and can serve as a starting point for the design of improved biocatalysts that also may be based on intelligent use of enzyme gradients.

Catalysis↗

Stabilization of enzymes by multipoint immobilization of thiolated proteins on new epoxy-thiol supports.

The controlled and partial modification of epoxy groups of Eupergit C and EP-Sepabeads with sodium sulfide has permitted the preparation of thiol-epoxy supports. Their use allowed not only the specific immobilization of enzymes through their thiol groups via thiol-disulfide interchange, but also enzyme stabilization via multipoint covalent attachment. Penicillin G acylase (PGA) from Escherichia coli and lipase from Rhizomucor miehei were used as model enzymes. Both enzymes lacked exposed cysteine residues, but were introduced via chemical modification under very mild conditions. In the first moments of the immobilization, a certain percentage of immobilized protein could be released from the support by incubation with DTT; this confirms that the first step was via a thiol-disulfide interchange. Moreover, the promotion of some further epoxy-enzyme bonds was confirmed because no enzyme release was detected after some immobilization time by incubation with DTT. In the case of the heterodimeric PGA, it was possible to demonstrate the formation of at least one epoxy bond per enzyme subunit by analyzing with SDS-PAGE the supernatants obtained after boiling the enzyme derivatives in the presence of mercaptoethanol and SDS. Thermal inactivation studies showed that these multipoint enzyme-support attachments promoted an increase in the stability of the immobilized enzymes. In both cases, the stabilization factor was around 12-15-fold comparing optimal derivatives with their just-thiol immobilized counterparts.

Binding Sites↗

Novel reactive perstraction system applied to the hydrolysis of penicillin G.

The activity of penicillin acylase has been studied in aqueous and organic solvents, as free enzyme as well as immobilized within the membrane of liquid-core capsules. The activity of the enzyme is inhibited by the accumulation of the products of the hydrolysis reaction, namely phenyl acetic acid (PAA). In order to overcome this inhibition a range of organic solvents were tested for use in in situ product recovery. Of these solvents dibutyl sebacate (DBS) was chosen due to the rapid extraction rate, the high logP and to facilitate capsule production. The extraction efficiency at pH 3.5 for PAA was >80% for phase ratios of >50% free solvent with partition coefficients of 8 and 0.7 for PAA and penicillin G (PenG), respectively, thereby showing that PAA could be selectively extracted at pH 3.5 and 25 degrees C. Liquid-core capsules containing DBS were shown to efficiently remove PAA selectively and the PAA could be effectively back-extracted and the capsules re-used in a three-stage process resulting in high product separation. Immobilization of penicillin acylase onto the capsule membranes resulted in increased operational stability of the enzyme and a very high enzyme activity. Over 53.3% of the PAA formed could be recovered in the capsule core with a concentration over sevenfold higher than in the aqueous phase. Higher extraction efficiencies could be obtained by varying the substrate concentration and number of capsules. The enzyme immobilized on capsules could be stored for over 4 months at pH 8 and 4 degrees C with no loss of activity. Over 80% of the initial activity could be recovered over five repeated batch cycles of the bioconversion process. The importance of capsular perstraction and reactive capsular perstraction has been clearly demonstrated.

Dicarboxylic Acids↗

High-level production and covalent immobilization of Providencia rettgeri penicillin G acylase (PAC) from recombinant Pichia pastoris for the development of a novel and stable biocatalyst of industrial applicability.

A complete, integrated process for the production of an innovative formulation of penicillin G acylase from Providencia rettgeri(rPAC(P.rett))of industrial applicability is reported. In order to improve the yield of rPAC, the clone LN5.5, carrying four copies of pac gene integrated into the genome of Pichia pastoris, was constructed. The proteinase activity of the recombinant strain was reduced by knockout of the PEP4 gene encoding for proteinase A, resulting in an increased rPAC(P.rett) activity of approximately 40% (3.8 U/mL vs. 2.7 U/mL produced by LN5.5 in flask). A high cell density fermentation process was established with a 5-day methanol induction phase and a final PAC activity of up to 27 U/mL. A single step rPAC(P.rett) purification was also developed with an enzyme activity yield of approximately 95%. The novel features of the rPAC(P.rett) expressed in P.pastoris were fully exploited and emphasized through the covalent immobilization of rPAC(P.rett). The enzyme was immobilized on a series of structurally correlated methacrylic polymers, specifically designed and produced for optimizing rPAC(P.rett) performances in both hydrolytic and synthetic processes. Polymers presenting aminic functionalities were the most efficient, leading to formulations with higher activity and stability (half time stability >3 years and specific activity ranging from 237 to 477 U/g (dry) based on benzylpenicillin hydrolysis). The efficiency of the immobilized rPAC(P.rett) was finally evaluated by studying the kinetically controlled synthesis of beta-lactam antibiotics (cephalexin) and estimating the synthesis/hydrolysis ratio (S/H), which is a crucial parameter for the feasibility of the process.

Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases↗

Effect of heat-shock proteins for relieving physiological stress and enhancing the production of penicillin acylase in Escherichia coli.

High-level expression of recombinant penicillin acylase (PAC) using the strong trc promoter system in Escherichia coli is frequently limited by the processing and folding of PAC precursors (proPAC) in the periplasm, resulting in physiological stress and inclusion body formation in this compartment. Periplasmic heat-shock proteins with protease or chaperone activity potentially offer a promise for overcoming this technical hurdle. In this study, the effect of the two genes encoding periplasmic heat-shock proteins, that is degP and fkpA, on pac overexpression was investigated and manipulation of the two genes to enhance the production of recombinant PAC was demonstrated. Both DeltadegP and DeltafkpA mutants showed defective culture performance primarily due to growth arrest. However, pac expression level was not seriously affected by the mutations, indicating that the two proteins were not directly involved in the pathway for periplasmic processing of proPAC. The growth defect caused by the two mutations (i.e., DeltadegP and DeltafkpA) was complemented by either one of the wild-type proteins, implying that the function of the two proteins could partially overlap in cells overexpressing pac. The possible role that the two heat-shock proteins played for suppression of physiological stress caused by pac overexpression is discussed.

Escherichia coli↗

The penicillin G acylase production by B. megaterium is amino acid consumption dependent.

Aiming at to enhance the production of penicillin G acylase (PGA) by Bacillus megaterium, we have performed flasks experiments using different medium composition. Using 51 g/L of casein hydrolyzed with Alcalase and 2.7 g/L of phenylacetic acid (PhAc), the following carbon substrates were tested, individually and combined: glucose, glycerol, and lactose (present in cheese whey). Glycerol and glucose showed to be effective nutrients for the microorganism growth but delayed the PGA production. Cheese whey always increased enzyme production and cell mass. However, lactose (present in cheese whey) was not a significant carbon source for B. megaterium. PhAc, amino acids, and small peptides present in the hydrolyzed casein were the actual carbon sources for enzyme production. Replacement of hydrolyzed casein by free amino acids, 10.0 g/L, led to a significant increase in enzyme production (app. 150%), with a preferential consumption of alanine, aspartic acid, glycine, serine, arginine, threonine, lysine, and glutamic acid. A decrease of the enzyme production was observed when 20.0 g/L of amino acids were used. Using the single omission technique, it was shown that none of the 18 tested amino acids was essential for enzyme production. The use of a medium containing eight of the preferentially consumed amino acids lead to similar enzyme production level obtained when using 18 amino acids. PhAc, up to 2.7 g/L, did not inhibit enzyme production, even if added at the beginning of the cultivation.

Amino Acids↗

Deglycosylation of ovalbumin prohibits formation of a heat-stable conformer.

To study the influence of the carbohydrate-moiety of ovalbumin on the formation of the heat-stable conformer S-ovalbumin, ovalbumin is deglycosylated with PNGase-F under native conditions. Although the enzymatic deglycosylation procedure resulted in a complete loss of the ability to bind to Concavalin A column-material, only in about 50% the proteins lost their complete carbohydrate moiety, as demonstrated by mass spectrometry and size exclusion chromatography. Thermal stability and conformational changes were determined using circular dichroism and differential scanning calorimetry and demonstrated at ambient temperature no conformational changes due to the deglycosylation. Also the denaturation temperature of the processed proteins remained the same (77.4 +/- 0.4 degrees C). After heat treatment of the processed protein at 55 degrees C and pH 9.9 for 72 h, the condition that converts native ovalbumin into the heat-stable conformer (S-ovalbumin), only the material with the intact carbohydrate moiety forms this heat-stable conformer. The material that effectively lost its carbohydrate moiety appeared fully denatured and aggregated due to these processing conditions. These results indicate that the PNGase-F treatment of ovalbumin prohibits the formation and stabilization of the heat-stable conformer S-ovalbumin. Since S-ovalbumin in egg protein samples is known to affect functional properties, this work illustrates a potential route to control the quality of egg protein ingredients.

Animals↗

Enzymatic biosynthesis of cephalexin.

The reaction kinetics of the enzymatic synthesis of cephalexin from 7-aminodeacetoxy cephalosporanic acid and phenylglycine methylester was studied using the synthesizing enzyme obtained from Xanthomonas citri. The activation energy, Km values for 7-aminodeacetoxy cephalosporanic acid and phenylglycine methylester, and Ki value for phenylglycine methylester were determined as 8.63 kcal/mol, 3.7mM, 14.5mM, and 70mM, respectively. The enzyme was found to be constitutive and susceptible to deactivation.

Amidohydrolases↗

A homology model of penicillin acylase from Alcaligenes faecalis and in silico evaluation of its selectivity.

A three-dimensional model of the relatively unknown penicillin acylase from Alcaligenes faecalis (PA-AF) was built up by means of homology modeling based on three different crystal structures of penicillin acylase from various sources. An in silico selectivity study was performed to compare this homology model to the structure of the Escherichia coli enzyme (PA-EC) in order to find any selectivity differences between the two enzymes. The program GRID was applied in combination with the principal component analysis technique to identify the regions of the active sites where the PAs potentially engage different interactions with ligands. These differences were further analyzed and confirmed by molecular docking simulations. The PA-AF homology model provided the structural basis for the explanation of the different enantioselectivities of the enzymes previously demonstrated experimentally and reported in the literature. Different substrate selectivities were also predicted for PA-AF compared to PA-EC. Since no crystallographic data are available for PA-AF to date, the three-dimensional homology model represents a useful and efficient tool for fully exploiting this attractive and efficient biocatalyst, particularly in enantioselective acylations of amines.

Alcaligenes faecalis↗

Mutational analysis of a key residue in the substrate specificity of a cephalosporin acylase.

beta-Lactam acylases are crucial for the synthesis of semisynthetic cephalosporins and penicillins. Unfortunately, there are no cephalosporin acylases known that can efficiently hydrolyse the amino-adipic side chain of Cephalosporin C. In a previous directed evolution experiment, residue Asn266 of the glutaryl acylase from Pseudomonas SY-77 was identified as being important for substrate specificity. In order to explore the function of this residue in substrate specificity, we performed a complete mutational analysis of position 266. Codons for all amino acids were introduced in the gene, 16 proteins that could be functionally expressed in Escherichia coli were purified to homogeneity and their catalytic parameters were determined. The mutant enzymes displayed a broad spectrum of affinities and activities, pointing to the flexibility of the enzyme at this position. Mutants in which Asn266 was changed into Phe, Gln, Trp and Tyr displayed up to twofold better catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m))than the wild-type enzyme when adipyl-7-aminodesacetoxycephalosporanic acid (adipyl-7-ADCA) was used as substrate, due to a decreased K(m). Only mutants SY-77(N266H) and SY-77(N266M) showed an improvement of both catalytic parameters, resulting in 10- and 15-times higher catalytic efficiency with adipyl-7-ADCA, respectively. Remarkably, the catalytic activity (k(cat)) of SY-77(N266M) when using adipyl-7-ADCA as substrate was as high as when glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid (glutaryl-7-ACA) was used, and approaches commercially interesting activity. SY-77(N266Q), SY-77(N266H) and SY-77(N266M) mutants showed a modest improvement in hydrolysing Cephalosporin C. Since these mutants also have a good catalytic efficiency when adipyl-7-ADCA is used and are still active towards glutaryl-7-ACA, they can be regarded as broad substrate acylases. These results demonstrate that the combination of directed evolution for the identification of important positions, together with saturation mutagenesis for finding the optimal amino acid, is a very effective method for finding improved biocatalysts.

Adipates↗