Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol.104, No.12, 5347-5360, 2020
Enzymatic degradation of algal 1,3-xylan: from synergism of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases with beta-1,3-xylanases to their intelligent immobilization on biomimetic silica nanoparticles
Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) with synergistic effect on polysaccharide hydrolase represent a revolution in biotechnology, which may accelerate the conversion of biomass to the second-generation biofuels. Discovering more hydrolases that have synergism with LPMOs will considerably expand the knowledge and application of biomass degradation. The LPMOs named CgAA9 were verified to exhibit 1.52-fold synergism when incubated with beta-1,3-xylanase at a molar ratio of 3:1. The ion chromatography results proved that CgAA9 did not alter the endogenous hydrolysis mode of beta-1,3-xylanase. Meanwhile, to decrease the operational cost of enzymes, a novel strategy for immobilizing LPMOs and beta-1,3-xylanases based on the biomimetic silica nanoparticles was developed. It enabled preparation of immobilized enzymes directly from the cell lysate. The immobilization efficiency and activity recovery reached 84.6 and 81.4%. They showed excellent reusability for 12 cycles by retaining 68% of initial activity. The optimum temperature for both free and immobilized biocatalyst were 40 and 37 degrees C, indicating they were ideal candidates for typical simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) in ethanol production from algea biomass. This was the first report on the synergy between LPMOs and beta-1,3-xylanase, and the strategy for enzyme self-immobilization was simple, timesaving, and efficient, which might have great potentials in algae biomass hydrolysis.
Keywords:Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase;beta-1;3-Xylanase;Algae biomass;Enzyme immobilization;Nano-biocatalyst