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Efficient degradation of malathion in the presence of detergents using an engineered organophosphorus hydrolase highly expressed by Pichia pastoris without methanol induction Yun-Peng Bai, Xiao-Jing Luo, Yu-Lian Zhao, Chun-Xiu Li, Dian-sheng Xu, and Jian-He Xu J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03405 • Publication Date (Web): 26 Sep 2017 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on September 28, 2017

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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

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Efficient degradation of malathion in the presence of detergents

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using an engineered organophosphorus hydrolase highly expressed

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by Pichia pastoris without methanol induction

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Yun-Peng Bai, 1,* Xiao-Jing Luo,1 Yu-Lian Zhao,2 Chun-Xiu Li,1 Dian-Sheng Xu 2

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and Jian-He Xu1,*

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East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China.

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*Corresponding authors. Tel.: +86-21-6425-2498; Fax: +86-21-6425-0840; E-mails:

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State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, and

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School of Biotechnology,

[email protected] (Y.P. Bai); [email protected] (J.H. Xu).

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ACS Paragon Plus Environment


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Abstract

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The biodegradation of pesticides by organophosphorus hydrolases (OPHs) requires an

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efficient enzyme production technology in industry. Herein, a Pichia pastoris strain

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was constructed for the extracellular expression of PoOPHM9, an engineered

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malathion-degrading enzyme. After optimization, the maximum titer and yield of

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fermentation reached 50.8 kU/L and 4.1 gprotein/L after 3 days, with the highest

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space-time yield (STY) reported so far, 640 U·L-1·h-1. PoOPHM9 displayed its high

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activity and stability in the presence of 0.1% (w/w) plant-derived detergent. Only 0.04

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mg/mL enzyme could completely remove 0.15 mM malathion in aqueous solution

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within 20 min. Furthermore, 12 µmol malathion on apples and cucumbers surfaces

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was completely removed by 0.05 mg/mL PoOPHM9 in tap water after 35 min washing.

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The efficient production of the highly active PoOPHM9 has cleared a major barrier to

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biodegradation of pesticide residues in food industry.

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Keywords:

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extracellular expression; malathion

biodegradation;

Pichia

pastoris;

organophosphorus

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hydrolase;

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Introduction

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Organophosphates (OPs) are a class of synthetic chemicals that are widely used as the

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effective components in pesticides, plasticizers, flame retardants and chemical warfare

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agents. Malathion was first registered for use as an OP insecticide in the US in 1956

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by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is currently widely used for agricultural

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production, residential landscaping and mosquito eradication.1 It was estimated by the

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that over 30 million pounds of malathion were

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used in 1998.2 Some metabolites degraded or metabolized from malathion are toxic,

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e.g. malaoxon, and the accumulation of malathion and its metabolites on agricultural

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products has raised serious concerns regarding food safety and public health.3 Novel

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bacteria capable of degrading OP pesticides have been discovered for removal of

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toxic compounds from contaminated soil and water.4-6 However, enzyme-catalyzed

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biodegradation has been regarded as a safe, clean and efficient technology for

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removing residual OPs for decontamination in end-use applications in the food

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industry, for example in fruit and vegetable washing.7

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In

recent

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organophosphorus

hydrolases

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phosphotriesterase,8-13 OpdA,14 MPH15-16, and SsoPox17, and so on, have been

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engineered by directed evolution to improve their activity and thermal stability for

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biodegradation. In previous studies, we proposed a hierarchical iteration mutagenesis

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strategy to perform combinatorial evolution of a newly-discovered phosphotriesterase

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(PoOPH),10 resulting in a mutant named PoOPHM9 (V55I, L57G, K83G, T114A,

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L137I, M188F, H250I, V262A, I263W) that possesses good thermal stability and high 3



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activity toward malathion.18 However, the application of these evolved enzymes is

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still hindered by the lack of highly-productive host strains that can express enzymes

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with a cost low enough for large-scale industrial fermentation. For instance, the

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expression level of PoOPHM9 in Escherichia coli was very low, and autolysis

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occurred during high-density fermentation in our previous study. More importantly,

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the biodegradation effect of the enzyme developed in lab should be demonstrated

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under conditions where commercially available detergents are used together with the

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enzyme during a washing process. Recently, Manco and co-workers evolved an

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efficient OPH, SsoPox, and tested its performance together with two detergents for the

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cleaning of pesticide-contaminated surfaces,17 although large-scale production of this

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enzyme was not reported.

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Yeasts are single-celled eukaryotes used widely for expressing proteins that cannot

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be properly folded or correctly glycosylated in E. coli. Pichia pastoris is an attractive

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choice of host species because it allows simple genetic manipulation and strict

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transcription regulated by the promoter alcohol oxidase (AOX). P. pastoris can also

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constitutively express proteins using the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

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(GAP) promoter. In the GAP system, cell growth and protein expression are

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performed simultaneously without induction.19 Although P. pastoris has been

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successfully employed for expression of OPHs,20-21 the expression levels were not

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satisfactory for industrial requirements. Recently, Yan et al. reported a

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high-OPH-producing P. pastoris strain,22 but the productivity relied on multiple

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copies of plasmids assembled in the strain; plasmids may be lost during multi-batch 4


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fermentation. In addition, the induction of protein expression required methanol,

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which increases the fermentation cost and potential safety risks in industrial

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production.

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In this work, several recombinant P. pastoris strains were constructed bearing AOX

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or GAP promoters and their productivities were compared in high-density

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fermentation for the extracellular expression of PoOPHM9. The secretory protein

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PoOPHM9 was further used to degrade malathion in aqueous solution together with

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various commercially available detergents, and its degradation effects were

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systematically investigated in different conditions to mimic real application situations

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in decontamination processes. The high expression level and high tolerance of

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detergents demonstrate that PoOPHM9 is a promising candidate for the effective

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removal of residual organophosphates in end-use applications.

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Materials and methods

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Materials

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All chemicals of reagent grade were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO).

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Malathion (99% purity) was purchased from Shanghai Pesticide Research Center.

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Restriction enzymes, DNaseI, T4 DNA ligase, and Taq DNA polymerase were

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purchased from New England Biolabs (Beverley, MA). Exnase II ligase was

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purchased from Vazyme Biotech (Nanjing, China). P. pastoris strains X33 (Mut+His+)

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and GS115 (Mut+His-) were stored in our lab. Methanol of analytical grade was

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purchased from Titan (Shanghai, China). Glucose and glycerol of analytical grade

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were purchased from Lingfeng Chemicals (Shanghai, China). The expression vectors 5



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pPIC9k, pPICZαA and pGAPZαA were purchased from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA).

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The gene encoding the mutated phosphotriesterase (poophm9) was described

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previously.18 Recipes of all media used are described in the supporting information.

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Detergents containing coconut oil derivatives (COD, Komi, Lot 6907974981509),

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Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS, Mama Lemon, Lot 6903624600158) and alkyl

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polyglycoside (APG, Diaopai, Lot 6910019001841), apples, cucumbers and cotton

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tissue were purchased from a local supermarket without further treatment.

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Construction of plasmids

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pPIC9k-poophm9,

pPICZαA-poophm9

and

pGAPZαA-poophm9:

The

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poophm9 gene was inserted into plasmids pPIC9k, pPICZαA and pGAPZαA

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following the normal protocols for the molecular kits used.

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pPIC9k-∆poophm9: The ∆poophm9 gene (which lacks the nucleotides encoding

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a predicted N-terminal signal sequence of PoOPHM9) was directly linked after the

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α-signal peptide reading frame, replacing the poophm9 gene in pPIC9k-poophm9 via

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seamless cloning. First, the pPIC9k-poophm9 plasmid was linearized and amplified

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by PCR. The PCR mixture contained 1 µL pPIC9k-poophm9, 3.0 µL primers (Table

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S1), 1 µL KOD-plus-Neo polymerase, 5 µL 10× PCR buffer, 5 µL 2 mM dNTPs, 3 µL

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25 mM MgSO4 and 32 µL deionized (DI) water. The PCR procedure was: 94°C for 2

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min; followed by 30 cycles of 98°C for 10 s, 55°C for 30 s, and 68°C for 5 min; and a

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final extension at 68°C for 5 min. After PCR, 2 µL of DpnI was added to digest the

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template plasmid at 37°C for 2 h. After agarose gel electrophoresis, the linearized

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plasmid was recovered. Ligation was performed in 10 µL CE II buffer containing 90 6


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ng linearized plasmid, 20 ng ∆poophm9 fragment and Exnase II ligase at 37°C for 30

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min. After reaction, the mixture was cooled for 5 min in an ice bath. Then, the

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recombinant plasmid was transformed into E. coli Top 10, which were subsequently

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cultured at 37°C in 900 µL Luria-Bertani (LB) medium for 1 h. The culture was then

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streaked onto an agar plate containing 50 mg/L kanamycin and incubated at 37°C

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overnight. The plasmid pPIC9k-∆poophm9 was extracted from positive clones.

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pPICZαA-∆poophm9 and pGAPZαA-∆poophm9: The ∆poophm9 gene was

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directly linked after the α-signal peptide reading frame. The pPICZαA, pGAPZαA

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plasmids and the ∆poophm9 gene fragment were double digested with restriction

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enzymes at 37°C for 3 h as follows: 48 µL gene or empty plasmid, 6 µL 10× buffer,

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and 3 µL XhoI, 3 µL NotI. The fragments were recovered and ligated at 16°C for 2h as

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follows: 2 µL digested plasmid, 6.5 µL digested gene fragment, 1 µL buffer, 0.5 µL T4

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ligase. Recombinant plasmids were recovered as described above.

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Construction of the recombinant P. pastoris cells

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Preparation of linearized recombinant plasmids: pPIC9k-∆poophm9 and

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pPICZαA-∆poophm9 were digested by SalI, and pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 was digested

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by AvrII. The digestions were performed in a mixture of 6 µL 10× buffer, 1–10 µg

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plasmid, 3 µL restriction enzyme, and 51 µL DI water, at 37°C for 3 h. The digested

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products were collected, purified and dissolved in 30 µL DI water.

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Transformation of P. pastoris: Linearized plasmids (10 µL) were added to an

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80-µL suspension of competent P. pastoris cells and mixed in a precooled cup for 5

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min. After electroporation, the mixture was immediately transferred to 500 µL 7



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precooled 1 M sorbitol and 500 µL YPD medium. The suspension was placed at 30°C

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for 1 h, and then cultured in a shaker at 30°C and 220 rpm for 2 h. Cell culture (200

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µL) was streaked onto MD solid medium or YPD solid medium containing 300–2000

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mg/L zeocin and cultured at 30°C for 3 days to obtain positive clones.

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Screening of recombinant P. pastoris strains for high expression of PoOPHM9

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Screening of GS115/pPIC9k-∆poophm9 and X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9:

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Single clones were picked up from solid culture medium, inoculated into 25 mL

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BMGY medium and cultured at 30°C with shaking at 300 rpm for approximately 18 h

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until the OD600 reached 2–6. Afterwards, the cells were suspended in BMMY medium

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to OD600 = 1.0. The cell suspension was cultured at 30°C and 300 rpm for the

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induction of PoOPHM9, and methanol was added every 24 h to a final concentration of

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1% (v/v). Aliquots of the broth supernatant were withdrawn every 24 h to measure the

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enzyme activity.

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Screening of X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9: Single clones were picked up from

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solid culture medium, inoculated into 5 mL YPD medium, and cultured at 30°C and

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300 rpm overnight. Culture (50 µL) was taken and inoculated again into 25 mL YPD

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medium at 30°C and 300 rpm. The supernatant of the culture broth was sampled every

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24 h to measure the enzyme activity.

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Fermentation

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Strain X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 was employed for a three-step fermentation and

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enzyme expression was induced by the addition of methanol. In contrast, strain

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X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 was exploited to express enzymes via a two-step 8


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fermentation in a constitutive manner.

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In a typical three-step fermentation, seed culture was inoculated into the

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fermentation medium (BSM) added with 8.7 mL trace-element solution PTM1 (see SI

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for details), and the dissolved oxygen (DO) was maintained at >20% by adjusting the

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agitation speed. After fermentation was conducted for 18–24 h, glycerol was depleted

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and the DO level increased rapidly up to 100%. Then, a glycerol solution (50% v/v)

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containing 12 mL/L PTM1 was fed at a rate of 18 mL/h until the OD600 reached

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approximately 200 when the feeding was stopped. After 45 min, methanol containing

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12 mL/L of trace-element solution PTM1 was fed in at a rate increasing gradually

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from 3 to 12 mL/h. Aliquots of supernatant were taken at fixed time intervals to

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measure the enzyme titers of the culture broth. The fermentation was terminated when

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the enzyme production did not increase further.

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In a typical two-step fermentation process, seed culture was inoculated into BSM

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or FM22 medium, and the DO was kept above 20% by adjusting the agitation speed.

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After the fermentation was performed for 18–24 h, glycerol or glucose was depleted

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and the DO increased rapidly up to 100%. Then, a glycerol solution (50%, v/v)

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containing 12 mL/L PTM1 was fed at a rate of 18 mL/h until the enzyme titer of the

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broth supernatant did not increase further.

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Measurement of PoOPHM9 activity

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The production of PoOPHM9 in cell culture broth was monitored by determining

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the enzyme activity, i.e., the increase in absorbance at 412 nm caused by the reaction

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between

the

hydrolysis

product,

mercaptan,

and

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the

Ellman

reagent,


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5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DNTB).18 The assay was performed in 96-well

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half-area plates. Each reaction contained 1 mL of 45 mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 9.0)

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containing final concentrations of 1.8 mM DNTB, 0.5 mM malathion and 10% (v/v)

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cell culture. Absorbance readings were taken every min at 30°C using a PowerWave

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XS2 spectrophotometer (BioTek, USA). One unit of enzyme activity was defined as

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the amount of enzyme that catalyzed the hydrolysis of 1 µmol malathion per min in

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the above conditions.

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Degradation of malathion and malaoxon by PoOPHM9 in the presence of

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detergents

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The degradation of malathion and malaoxon in aqueous solution was monitored

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by measuring absorbance of the reaction mixture at 412 nm. Typically, 980 µL of 50

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mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 9.0) containing 0.3 mM DNTB and 0.1% (w/w) of a

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detergent was mixed with 10 µL of 15 mM malathion or malaoxon and 10 µL of 4

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mg/mL PoOPHM9. The mixture was kept at 25°C for 20 min and absorbance readings

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were taken every minute. The absorbance of completely hydrolyzed product was used

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as the positive control. The hydrolysis percentage was calculated by comparing the

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absorbance at different times with the positive control. To confirm the degradation

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effect, the reaction mixture was immediately extracted with 1 mL ethyl acetate after

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the reaction, and the organic supernatant was subsequently subjected to GC-MS

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analysis. To determine the enzyme stability in detergent-containing solutions, the

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residual activity was measured at different times during a 60-min incubation in 50

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mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH 9.0) containing 0.5 mM malathion, 0.01 mg/mL pure 10


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enzyme, and 1 mg/mL DNTB.

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Decontamination of malathion and malaoxon on apples, cucumbers and cotton

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tissues in tap water by PoOPHM9

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Apples and cucumbers: Fresh apples (477 g) or cucumbers (300 g) were

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contaminated with 12 µmol malathion. The analytical method for evaluating the

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removal effect of malathion was modified and applied in a 2-L reaction system

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according to the previous study.17 After 30 min, apples or cucumbers were submerged

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in a 2-L solution of tap water (pH 7.5) containing 5 mM Tris-HCl, 50 µg/mL

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PoOPHM9 and 0.02 g DNTB. The solution was stirred for 30 min at 25°C, and

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aliquots of the washing solution were withdrawn at different times and analyzed at

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412 nm. For malaoxon, apples and cucumbers were contaminated with 3 µmol

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malaoxon and subsequently washed with 42 µg/mL PoOPHM9 in 250 mL tap water

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under the same condition described above.

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Cotton tissues: Cotton clothes were cut into squares (25×25 cm), and each

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surface of the tissues was contaminated with 7.5 µmol malathion. The tissues were

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stood for 30 min and then submerged in 2 L tap water (pH 7.5) containing 0.02 g

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DNTB, 5 mM Tris-HCl and 20 µg/mL of PoOPHM9. The solution was stirred for 30

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min at 25°C, and aliquots of the washing solution were withdrawn at different times

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and analyzed at 412 nm. The hydrolysis percentage was calculated as described above.

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For malaoxon, cotton clothes were contaminated with 3 µmol malaoxon and

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subsequently washed with 42 µg/mL PoOPHM9 in 250 mL tap water under the same

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GC-MS analysis: Before washing, one apple (300 g), one cucumber (197 g),

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and one piece of cotton tissue (25 × 25 cm) after contamination with malathion were

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selected and extracted with 6.0 mL ethyl acetate, and 1.0 mL of the extract solution

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was subjected to GC-MS analysis. After washing, the same apple, cucumber and

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tissue were dried and extracted with 6.0 mL ethyl acetate, and 1.0 mL of the solution

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was analyzed by GC-MS. Washing solution (1 mL) was also taken at 35 min and

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extracted with 1.0 mL ethyl acetate, which was then analyzed by GC-MS. GC-MS

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analysis was conducted using a Shimadzu GCMS-QP2010 SE equipped with a

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DB-5MS quartz capillary column (0.25 µm × 0.25 mm × 30m). High-purity helium of

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was used as the carrier gas (1.0 mL/min). The temperature of the inlet was set to

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270°C, and the column temperature started at 50°C, was held for 1 min, and then

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increased to 180°C at 20°C/min. 180°C was maintained for 2 min, and then increased

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to 240°C at the rate of 10°C/min. Electron ionization was used with an electron

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energy of 70 eV and temperature of 230°C. The temperatures at the quadrupole and

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the transmission line were set to 150°C and 280°C, respectively. Selected ion monitor

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was used as the detection mode and the characteristic peaks of malathion were

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compared and confirmed with the database in the software.

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Results and Discussion

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Strain construction and optimization of fermentation conditions. The codon

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usage of the PoOPHM9 coding gene was optimized. As Figure S1 shows, the gene

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contains no rare codon and has a codon adaptation index of 0.97 after optimization.

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The poophm9 gene encodes a putative signal peptide of 24 amino acids at the protein 12


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N-terminus. To avoid interference with enzyme secretion, this signal peptide was

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removed to yield a gene named ∆poophm9, which was linked directly after the

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reading frame of the α-signal peptide in the expression plasmids.

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Subsequently, three plasmids (pPIC9k, pPICZαA and pGAPZαA) were

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constructed for transformation of P. pastoris (Figure S2; see Table S1 for the details

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of primers). After ligation, pPIC9k-∆poophm9 was transformed into P. pastoris strain

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GS115, whereas pPICZαA-∆poophm9 and pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 were transformed

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into strain X33 as suggested by the protocol of plasmids. Since the location and copy

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number of the recombinant gene may influence protein expression, transformed cells

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were screened for strains with the highest expression level before fermentation.

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The average malathion-degrading activity of X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 was

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higher than that of GS115/pPIC9k-∆poophm9 (Figure 1A). Since both strains have

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AOX promoters, a clone of X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 that displayed the highest

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activity, 2.39 kU/L, was selected for fermentation. Meanwhile, the activity of

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X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9, which has the GAP promoter, was screened (Figure 1B),

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and a clone with the highest activity (353 U/L) was selected.

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The selected strains were cultured in shaken-flasks for optimization of

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fermentation conditions (Figure 2). For X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 strain, the highest

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fermentation activity was found at pH 7.0 with 1.5% methanol as the inducer. The

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enzyme production in the culture increased with induction time and the maximum

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activity was observed after 4 days. For strain X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9, the

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optimum pH was 7.0, and the best carbon source was glucose, followed by glycerol,

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sorbitol and methanol.

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Fermentation for high extracellular expression of PoOPHM9. Firstly, we used

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recombinant E. coli BL21 (DE3) as the control for fermentation in a 5-L tank. The

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fermentation was short (18 h), (Figure S3A), and protein expression was quite low

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because most of the protein was in inclusion bodies (Figure S3B). The final enzyme

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titer was 3.6 kU/L with a protein concentration of only 0.1 g/L, indicating that E. coli

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is not suitable for PoOPHM9 production on a large scale.

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Then we selected the most productive clone of P. pastoris strain

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X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 for a three-step fermentation. The fermentation was

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performed in BSM at pH 5.0 and 6.0 with DO maintained above 20% during the

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process. As Figure 3 shows, the maximum titer was 38.7 kU/L at pH 5.0 and 47.6

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kU/L at pH 6.0. Higher activity at pH 6.0 than at pH 5.0 was consistent with the

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results of shaken-flask fermentations. At pH 7.0, protease was produced in

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high-cell-density fermentation and salts in the medium precipitated; thus, pH 6.0 was

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used in the following experiments. After purification, the specific activity of

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PoOPHM9 was 12.5 U/mg, and the protein yield was 3.8 g/L.

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Strain X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 was also employed for fermentation in FM22

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medium containing glucose and BSM containing glycerol (Figure 4). Fermentation

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with glycerol resulted in a slightly higher titer (50.8 kU/L) and an enzyme yield of 4.1

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g/L. Therefore, BSM containing glycerol is more suitable for the constitutive

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expression

of

∆poophm9.

Sodium

dodecyl

sulphate-polyacrylamide

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electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis showed that protein degradation did not occur

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in the constitutive expression, but it was observed at 72 h in induced-fermentation

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using strain X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 (Figure S4). PoOPHM9 was readily recovered

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from the fermentation broth and freeze-dried to give enzyme powder for convenient

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storage and further study.

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The fermentation productivities of PoOPHM9 in different recombinant strains are

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listed in Table 1. The space-time yields (STYs) of strains X33/pPICZαA and

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X33/pGAPZαA reached 850 and 640 U·L-1·h-1, respectively, which were much higher

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than the value 200 U·L-1·h-1 for E. coli. Because of the high fermentation titer and the

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short fermentation time, the STYs of the two strains investigated in detail in this work

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are also significantly better than that of 70 U·L-1·h-1 for recombinant P. pastoris for

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production of another OPH (OPHC2)16. Yp/x and Yp/s, the ratios of the protein mass

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divided by the dry cell weight and by the weight of consumed carbon source, were

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45.0 and 18.0 mg/g for strain X33/pGAPZαA, respectively. Of the two recombinant P.

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pastoris strains, X33/pGAPZαA showed higher titer and protein yield without enzyme

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degradation or the need for methanol induction. Therefore, it is a better candidate

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strain for PoOPHM9 production. The material cost of 100 kU enzyme produced by

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fermentation of X33/pGAPZαA with glucose as the carbon source was only 11.0

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RMB (approximately 1.63 US dollars) (Table S2), which seems cheap enough for

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large-scale production of PoOPHM9 in industry.

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Effect of detergents on PoOPHM9 activity. It has been reported that SDS can

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surfactants have not yet been tested. To clarify the effect of detergents on PoOPHM9

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activity, its kinetic parameters were measured in the presence of three different

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detergents, including a natural surfactant containing coconut oil derivatives (COD)

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extracted from plants, an anionic detergent containing SDS, and a non-ionic detergent

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containing alkyl polyglycoside (APG). In the absence of detergent, PoOPHM9

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displayed specific activity of 35.0 U/mg, but this decreased to 8.7, 3.8 and 3.0 U/mg

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in the presence of 0.1% (w/w) COD, APG and SDS, respectively (Table 2). The kcat

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decreased in all three cases (24.2 ± 0.32 s−1 for PoOPHM9), with the highest and the

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lowest values of 6.5 ± 0.17 s−1 and 1.8 ± 0.03 s−1 in the presence of COD and SDS,

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respectively. Interestingly, the Km value for PoOPHM9 (91.2 ± 5.3 µM) also decreased,

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to 40.2 µM, in the presence of SDS, consistent with a previous report.17 Although the

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Km value increased for PoOPHM9 in the presence of COD (197.1 µM) and APG

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(139.1 µM), these values were still lower than the Km values of ArPTES308L/Y309A (410

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µM)24 and PTEM7 (290 µM)25 reported previously, which is favored because

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hydrolysis of pesticides is usually conducted at low substrate concentration (0.1–10

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ppm). The catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) of PoOPHM9 in the presence of the three

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detergents decreased compared to that of free enzyme. Therefore, PoOPHM9 is not

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activated by detergents.

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Degradation of malathion and malaoxon by PoOPHM9 in the presence of

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detergents. In daily life or in the food industry, detergents are often used in washing

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fruits and vegetables. To remove the residual malathion in food that detergents cannot

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degrade, it is always expected that enzymes can be used together with detergents. 16


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Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate PoOPHM9 in the presence of commercially

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available detergents for degrading malathion in aqueous solution. First, the time

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course of enzymatic hydrolysis of malathion was investigated in the presence of the

336

above detergents. As Figure 5A shows, about 80% of 0.15 mM malathion was

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degraded by 0.04 mg/mL PoOPHM9 in only 5 min at room temperature without any

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detergents, and 100% of malathion was removed within 20 min. PoOPHM9 was able

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to remove 100% of malathion in the presence of COD in 20 min, but the initial

340

degradation rate was lower than that of the free enzyme. PoOPHM9 was less effective

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in the presence of APG because its initial degradation rate was lower, and the final

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hydrolysis percentage reached only 95%. Notably, the hydrolysis rate in the presence

343

of SDS was the lowest, with a final hydrolysis percentage of 89% at 20 min. Although

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PoOPHM9 was specially engineered to improve its activity toward malathion, it shows

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a moderate specific activity of 6.7 U/mg toward malaoxon which is 22 times more

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toxic than malathion (Malathion: Human Health Draft Risk Assessment for

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Registration Review, US-EPA, 2016). Thus, we also tested the degradation effect of

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malaoxon with 0.04 mg/mL PoOPHM9 (Figure 5B). Again, 0.15 mM malaoxon in 1

349

mL solution was completely degraded with free enzyme or in the presence of 0.1%

350

COD, but the degradation rate decreased significantly in the presence of 0.1% APG

351

and 0.1% SDS with 80% and 60% hydrolysis percentage of malaoxon at 20 min,

352

respectively. Interestingly, PoOPHM9 showed higher activity in COD than in APG

353

and SDS in degradation of malathion and malaoxon, indicating that COD is more

354

suitable to use together with the enzyme. To confirm the degrading effect, the reaction 17



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solutions of degrading malathion and malaoxon in the absence or in the presence of

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0.1% COD were analysed by GC-MS after reaction (Figure S5). Clearly, no residual

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malathion and malaoxon were detected in the samples, demonstrating the

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effectiveness of PoOPHM9 in removing malathion and malaoxon.

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Subsequently, we increased the concentration of detergent in the solution to 1%

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and 10% (w/w) to investigate the influence of detergent concentration on degradation

361

(Figure 5C). In the presence of 1.0% APG and SDS, the hydrolysis percentage

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decreased to 24% and 17% respectively after 20 min, and it dropped further to 6% and

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0% in the presence of 10% detergent. Notably, the hydrolysis of malathion by

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PoOPHM9 was less affected by the presence of COD, since it degraded 73% and 31%

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malathion in the presence of 1% and 10% COD, respectively. The stability of

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PoOPHM9 in detergents was tested by measuring the residual activity of the enzyme in

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solutions containing 0.1% detergent at different times during 1-h incubation of the

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aqueous solution (Figure 5D). PoOPHM9 maintained approximately 70% residual

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activity in 0.1% COD after 1 h, which was close to the activity of free enzyme in

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solution without added detergent. However, the activity of the enzyme in solutions

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containing 0.1% SDS and 0.1% APG decreased dramatically, to 25% after 1 h. These

372

results indicate that the plant-derived detergent COD has the best biocompatibility

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with PoOPHM9. The stability of OPH in the surfactant-containing solution is

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influenced by the interaction of the enzyme with the surfactant interface.26 The

375

structural parameters and the phase behaviour of the micelles formed in the solution

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can change the kinetic properties of OPH. Polymers that can associate with OPH to 18


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form different structures were used to enhance the activity and stability of OPH.27-28

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However, due to the complex composites in the natural extract of coconut oil

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derivatives and the various micelle structures, the mechanism of the interaction

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between OPH and COD is unclear to date, which will need more effort to reveal the

381

influence of COD on the stability of OPH.

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Degradation of malathion and malaoxon from contaminated apples,

383

cucumbers and cotton tissue by PoOPHM9. To further demonstrate the

384

decontamination efficiency of PoOPHM9, fresh apples, cucumbers and clean cotton

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tissues were contaminated with 12 or 7.5 µmol malathion and then washed in 2 L tap

386

water (pH 7.5) with a dosage of 50 or 20 µg/mL enzyme (Figure 6A–C). With

387

malathion-contaminated apples and cucumbers, tap water containing PoOPHM9

388

hydrolyzed 80% and 100% of the malathion after 10 and 35 min, respectively (Figure

389

6D). The hydrolysis rate of contaminated cotton tissues was slower, and ~80% of the

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malathion was removed after 20 min. Extending the washing time helped with

391

decontamination of malathion from tissues as 96.7% of the malathion was removed

392

after 35 min. To confirm if the residual malathion was completely removed, samples

393

from the surfaces and the washing solutions before and after decontamination were

394

analyzed by GC-MS (Figure S5). At the beginning (t = 0 min), malathion was

395

detected in all the samples extracted by ethyl acetate from the surfaces of apples,

396

cucumbers and cotton tissues. At 35 min, the corresponding malathion peak

397

disappeared from samples from the surfaces and the washing solutions, demonstrating

398

malathion was completely hydrolyzed by PoOPHM9. Again, these results indicate that 19



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PoOPHM9 secreted from P. pastoris has high activity in detoxifying malathion from

400

contaminated fruits and vegetables in conditions similar to everyday washing.

401

Furthermore, we also used 42 µg/mL PoOPHM9 to decontaminating 3 µmol malaxon

402

on apples, cucumbers and cotton tissues in 250 mL tap water (Figure 6E). 100%, 93%

403

and 87% malaoxon on cucumbers, cotton tissues and apples had been removed after

404

35 min, respectively. Compared with the degradation of malathion, malaoxon is more

405

difficult to degrade because PoOPHM9 is intrinsically engineered to improve its

406

activity toward malathion. Although the catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) of degrading

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malaoxon is one magnitude lower than that of malathion (1.3×104 vs. 2.6×105 M-1S-1),

408

the application of PoOPHM9 in a washing process could still effectively remove the

409

majority of residual malaoxon on fruits and clothes.

410

In this study, P. pastoris strain X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 was constructed for

411

constitutive secretory expression of the phosphotriesterase PoOPHM9. Titer of 50.8

412

kU/L was achieved, higher than reported for other constructed recombinant strains.

413

This strain also shows the highest space-time yield for the constitutive expression of

414

an OPH in the literature, 640 U·L-1·h-1. Moreover, the fermentation requires no

415

addition of inducers such as methanol, which facilitates the operation process in

416

industrial production. The secretory enzyme shows good activity and stability in

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degrading malathion in aqueous solution. In the presence of 0.1% (w/w) of the

418

plant-derived detergent COD, 0.04 mg/mL PoOPHM9 could hydrolyze 100% of 0.15

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mM malathion within 20 min, and the enzyme could hydrolyze 31% of the malathion

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in the presence of 10% (w/w) COD. Notably, PoOPHM9 dissolved in tap water could 20


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also effectively degrade the residual malathion on the surfaces of apples, cucumbers

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and cotton tissues (depending on the concentrations of malathion and enzyme used).

423

Herein,

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biodegradation clears a major hurdle on the way to real application of phosphorous

425

hydrolases in detoxification/decontamination, e.g. for fruit and vegetable washing in

426

the food industry.

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Supporting information

the

combination

of

highly-productive

fermentation

and

efficient

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Additional experimental results including the construction of plasmids,

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SDS-PAGE analysis of the protein production in fermentation and other data are

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available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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Acknowledgements

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This work was financially sponsored by the National Key Research and

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Development Program of China (2016YFA0204300), National Natural Science

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Foundation of China (Nos. 21505044, 21506055 & 21536004) and Shanghai Pujiang

435

Program (15PJ1401200).

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Scheme and figure legends Figure 1. Screening of recombinant P. pastoris strains containing plasmids pPIC9K or pPICZαA (A) and pGAPZαA (B) for high protein expression. Figure 2. Optimization of fermentation conditions of recombinant P. pastoris in shaken flasks. The pH (A), methanol concentration (B) and induction time (C) were optimized for strain X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 (red), while the pH (A) and carbon source (D) were optimized for strain X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 (blue). Figure

3.

Time

course

of

high-cell-density

fermentation

using

strain

using

strain

X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 in BSM at pH 5.0 (A) or pH 6.0 (B). Figure

4.

Time

course

of

high-cell-density

fermentation

X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 in BSM + glycerol (A) and FM22 medium + glucose (B). Figure 5. Malathion (A) or malaoxon (B) was degraded by PoOPHM9 in the presence of 0.1% (w/w) coconut oil derivatives (COD), Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), and alkyl polyglycoside (APG). (C) The hydrolysis of malathion in the aqueous phase with different concentrations of detergents was measured after 20-min incubation. (D) The residual activity of PoOPHM9 was measured at different time intervals during a 1-h incubation of the aqueous solution containing PoOPHM9 and different detergents. Figure 6. Degradation of 12 µmol malathion from contaminated cucumbers (A, 300 g), apples (B, 477 g), and 7.5 µmol malathion on cotton tissue (C, 25 × 25 cm) in 2 L tap water using 50 (A, B) or 20 (C) µg/mL PoOPHM9. DNTB (0.02 g) was added to measure the hydrolysis percentage of malathion or malaoxon during the washing process at room temperature. (D) Malathion hydrolysis was measured during the 26


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washing process. (E) Degradation of 3 µmol malaoxon from contaminated cucumbers, apples and cotton tissue was measured during the washing processs.

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Table 1. Comparison of fermentation profiles of different recombinant strains. Yield (g/L)

Yp/x

Yp/s

(mg/g)

(mg/g)

0.1

11.0

3.0

This work

850

3.8

53.0

24.0

This work

50.8

640

4.1

45.0

18.0

This work

10.1

70

5.5

n.d.

n.d.

16

Strains

Time (h)

Titer (kU/L)

STY

BL21/pET28a

18

3.6

(U·L ·h ) 200

X33/pPICZαA

56

47.6

X33/pGAPZαA

72

GS115/pPIC9k

150

-1

-1

28


References

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Table 2. Kinetic parameters of PoOPHM9 in the absence or presence of detergents. Enzyme+detergents PoOPHM9 PoOPHM9+0.1% COD PoOPHM9+0.1% APG PoOPHM9+0.1% SDS

Specific activity (U/mg)

kcat (S-1)

Km (µM)

kcat/Km (M-1S-1) 5

35.0

24.2 ± 0.32

91.2 ± 5.3

(2.6 ± 0.20) × 10

8.7 ± 0.28 3.8 ± 0.06 3.0 ± 0.09

6.5 ± 0.17 2.5 ± 0.04 1.8 ± 0.03

197.1 ± 5.0 139.1 ± 1.0 40.2 ± 0.6

(2.3 ± 0.32) × 104 (1.8 ± 0.03) × 104 (4.4 ± 0.10) × 104

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References 18 This work This work This work


Figure 1. Screening of recombinant P. pastoris strains containing plasmids pPIC9K or pPICZαA (A) and pGAPZαA (B) for high protein expression.

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Figure 2. Optimization of fermentation conditions of recombinant P. pastoris in shaken flasks. The pH (A), methanol concentration (B) and induction time (C) were optimized for strain X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 (red), while the pH (A) and carbon source (D) were optimized for strain X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 (blue).

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Figure

3.

Time

course

of

high-cell-density

fermentation

X33/pPICZαA-∆poophm9 in BSM at pH 5.0 (A) or pH 6.0 (B).

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using

strain

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Figure

4.

Time

course

of

high-cell-density

fermentation

using

strain

X33/pGAPZαA-∆poophm9 in BSM + glycerol (A) and FM22 medium + glucose (B).

33



Figure 5. Malathion (A) or malaoxon (B) was degraded by PoOPHM9 in the presence of 0.1% (w/w) coconut oil derivatives (COD), Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), and alkyl polyglycoside (APG). (C) The hydrolysis of malathion in the aqueous phase with different concentrations of detergents was measured after 20-min incubation. (D) The residual activity of PoOPHM9 was measured at different time intervals during a 1-h incubation of the aqueous solution containing PoOPHM9 and different detergents.

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Figure 6. Degradation of 12 µmol malathion from contaminated cucumbers (A, 300 g), apples (B, 477 g), and 7.5 µmol malathion on cotton tissue (C, 25 × 25 cm) in 2 L tap water using 50 (A, B) or 20 (C) µg/mL PoOPHM9. DNTB (0.02 g) was added to measure the hydrolysis percentage of malathion or malaoxon during the washing process at room temperature. (D) Malathion hydrolysis was measured during the washing process. (E) Degradation of 3 µmol malaoxon from contaminated cucumbers, apples and cotton tissue was measured during the washing processs.

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