Monokaryotic pleurotus sapidus strains with intraspecific variability of an alkene cleaving dyp-type peroxidase activity as a result of gene mutation and differential gene expression

The basidiomycete Pleurotus sapidus produced a dye-decolorizing peroxidase (PsaPOX) with alkene cleavage activity, implying potential as a biocatalyst for the fragrance and flavor industry. To increase the activity, a daughter-generation of 101 basidiospore-derived monokaryons (MK) was used. After a...

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Authors: Krahe, NinaKatharina, Berger, Ralf G., Witt, Martin, Zorn, Holger, Omarini, Alejandra Beatriz, Ersoy, Franziska
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repository:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/183442
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/183442
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:ALKENE CLEAVAGE
BASIDIOMYCOTA
BIOCATALYSIS
DIKARYON
DYE-DECOLORIZING PEROXIDASE (DYP)
GENE EXPRESSION
GENE MUTATION
INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY
MONOKARYON
PLEUROTUS SAPIDUS
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Summary:The basidiomycete Pleurotus sapidus produced a dye-decolorizing peroxidase (PsaPOX) with alkene cleavage activity, implying potential as a biocatalyst for the fragrance and flavor industry. To increase the activity, a daughter-generation of 101 basidiospore-derived monokaryons (MK) was used. After a pre-selection according to the growth rate, the activity analysis revealed a stable intraspecific variability of the strains regarding peroxidase and alkene cleavage activity of PsaPOX. Ten monokaryons reached activities up to 2.6-fold higher than the dikaryon, with MK16 showing the highest activity. Analysis of the PsaPOX gene identified three different enzyme variants. These were co-responsible for the observed differences in activities between strains as verified by heterologous expression in Komagataella phaffii. The mutation S371H in enzyme variant PsaPOX_high caused an activity increase alongside a higher protein stability, while the eleven mutations in variant PsaPOX_low resulted in an activity decrease, which was partially based on a shift of the pH optimum from 3.5 to 3.0. Transcriptional analysis revealed the increased expression of PsaPOX in MK16 as reason for the higher PsaPOX activity in comparison to other strains producing the same PsaPOX variant. Thus, different expression profiles, as well as enzyme variants, were identified as crucial factors for the intraspecific variability of the PsaPOX activity in the monokaryons.