Screening of novel fungal Carbohydrate Esterase family 1 enzymes identifies three novel dual feruloyl/acetyl xylan esterases

Adiphol Dilokpimol, Bart Verkerk, Xinxin Li, Annie Bellemare, Mathieu Lavallee, Matthias Frommhagen, Emilie Nørmølle Underlin, Mirjam A. Kabel, Justin Powlowski, Adrian Tsang, Ronald P. de Vries*

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Abstract

Feruloyl esterases (FAEs) and acetyl xylan esterases (AXEs) are important enzymes for plant biomass degradation and are both present in Carbohydrate Esterase family 1 (CE1) of the Carbohydrate-Active enZymes database. In this study, ten novel fungal CE1 enzymes from different subfamilies were heterologously produced and screened for their activity towards model and complex plant biomass substrates. CE1_1 enzymes possess AXE activity, while CE1_5 enzymes showed FAE activity. Two enzymes from CE1_2 and one from CE1_5 possess dual feruloyl/acetyl xylan esterase (FXE) activity, showing expansion of substrate specificity. The new FXEs from CE1 can efficiently release both feruloyl and acetyl residues from feruloylated xylan, making them particularly interesting novel components of industrial enzyme cocktails for plant biomass degradation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1932-1943
Number of pages12
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume596
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2022

Keywords

  • acetyl xylan esterase
  • carbohydrate esterase family 1
  • feruloyl esterase
  • fungi
  • hydroxycinnamic acid
  • plant biomass

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