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A novel method for L-methionine production catalyzed by the aminotransferase ARO8 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae Yiping Wu, Musu ZHA, Sheng Yin, Huaqing Yang, Julien Boutet, Robert Huet, Chengtao Wang, and Baoguo Sun J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01451 • Publication Date (Web): 28 May 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on May 28, 2018

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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

A novel method for L-methionine production catalyzed by the aminotransferase ARO8 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yiping Wu†§⊥, Musu Zha†§⊥, Sheng Yin†§*, Huaqing Yang†§, Julien Boutet‡, Robert Huet‡, Chengtao Wang†§*, Baoguo Sun†§

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Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing

Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China. §

Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center of Food Additives, Beijing

Technology & Business University, Beijing 100048, China. ‡

Adisseo France SAS, Antony Parc 2, 10 Place du Général de Gaulle, F-92160

Antony, France; Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing Co., LTD, 389 Changfenghe Road, Nanjing Chemical Industry Park, Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210047, China.

*Corresponding Author Phone: 86-10-68985252. Fax: 86-10-68985252. E-mail: [email protected] (Sheng Yin); [email protected] (Chengtao Wang)

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ABSTRACT

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The aminotransferase ARO8 was proved to play an efficient role in conversion of

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L-methionine into methionol via the Ehrlich pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in

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our previous work. In this work, the reversible transamination activity of ARO8 for

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conversion of α-keto-γ-(methylthio) butyric acid (KMBA) into methionine was

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confirmed in vitro. ARO8 was cloned from S. cerevisiae S288c and over-expressed

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in Escherichia coli BL21. A 2-fold higher aminotransferase activity was detected in

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the recombinant strain ARO8-BL21 and ARO8 was detected in the supernatant of

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ARO8-BL21 lysate with IPTG induction by SDS-PAGE analysis. The recombinant

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ARO8 was then purified and used for transforming KMBA into methionine. An

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approximately 100% conversion rate of KMBA into methionine was achieved by

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optimized enzymatic reaction catalyzed by ARO8. This work fulfilled L-methionine

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biosynthesis catalyzed by the aminotransferase ARO8 using glutamate and KMBA,

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which provided a novel method for L-methionine production by enzymatic catalysis

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with the potential application prospect in industry.

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KEYWORDS: Methionine, Aminotransferase, ARO8, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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INTRODUCTION

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Methionine is an important amino acid widely used in animal nutrition, food and

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medicine industry

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2016 and is expected to grow by 6% each year in the future. Currently, methionine is

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mainly produced by chemical synthesis 5, which normally generates the racemic

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mixture of L-methionine and undesirable D-methionine 6. In contrast, enzymatic

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catalysis can produce optical pure L-methionine. A well-known industrial-operated

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process for methionine production is the enzymatic conversion of N-acetyl

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DL-methionine to the pure L-form 4, and L-methionine could also be produced by

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microbial fermentation. But the main drawback is the very complex biosynthesis

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pathway of methionine with manifold feedback inhibitions 4. Hence, more efforts

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have been taken in developing new simple and efficient approaches for L-methionine

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production using cheap raw materials.

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. The market demand of methionine exceed 1 million tons in

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In yeast, methionine can be transformed into the fusel alcohol methionol via the

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Ehrlich pathway 7. The main steps involves transamination of methionine into

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4-methylthio-2-oxobutyric acid (KMBA), decarboxylation of KMBA into methional,

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and dehydrogenation of methional into methionol (Fig. 1) 7. If the aforesaid

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transamination and decarboxylation reactions were reversible, the industrial bulk

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chemical methional would be an alternative source for high-value L-methionine

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biosynthesis via enzymatic catalysis.

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Though dozens of transaminases and decarboxylases were reported to get

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involved in the Ehrlich pathway 8, in our previous work, over-expression of the 3



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transaminase ARO8 and decarboxylase ARO10 were proved to significantly enhance

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conversion of methionine into methional and methionol in S. cerevisiae S288c 9.

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Moreover, it’s noteworthy that the transaminase reaction catalyzed by ARO8 seems

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to be bidirectional as the aminotransferase could act on not only the aromatic amino

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acids but also their oxo-acid analogues when the eligible amino donor is present 10.

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Therefore, in this work, the aminotransferase ARO8 was cloned from S. cerevisiae

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and over-expressed in E. coli. The recombinant ARO8 protein was purified for the

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reversible transamination activity assay, by which KMBA was transformed into

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L-methionine. An approximately 100% conversion rate of KMBA into L-methionine

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was achieved by optimizing the enzymatic reaction condition. The work provided a

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novel L-methionine production method by enzymatic catalysis with the potential

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application prospect in industry.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Strains, plasmids and culture conditions

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Strains and plasmids used in this work are listed in Table 1. E. coli strains were

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cultured in Luria-Bertain (LB) medium at 37℃ with vigorous shaking. S. cerevisiae

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strains were grown in yeast extract peptone dextrose (YPD) medium at 30℃ with

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vigorous shaking. When needed, antibiotics were added at the following

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concentration: 200 µg/mL ampicillin for E. coli, 200 µg/mL G418 for S. cerevisiae.

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Aminotransferase activity assay for methionine biosynthesis 4


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For aminotransferase activity assay, the fresh cultures of S. cerevisiae and E. coli

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were grown in YPD and LB media with vigorous shaking at 200 rpm for 24 h,

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respectively. Cells were harvested by centrifugation at 4℃ for 5 min at 1000 g. The

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cell pellet was resuspended in 2 mL of cold lysis buffer (50 mM potassium

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phosphate, 2 mM EDTA, 2 mM DTT, and 0.1 mM PLP, pH 7.5)

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were prepared by sonication at 0℃ for 10 min at 2 s intervals in a horn-type

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sonicator (225 W output, SL-650D, Nanjing, China) 12. Cell debris were removed by

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centrifugation at 4℃ for 5 min at 1000 g. The clear supernatant was used for

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enzymatic activity assay immediately.

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. Cell extracts

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The reaction system containing 100 µL of the clear supernatant, 700 µL of lysis

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buffer, 100 µL of KMBA (10 mM, CAS 51828-97-8, SIGMA, Saint Louis, USA)

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and 100 µL of glutamate (10 mM ) was incubated at 30℃ for 20 min. The protein

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concentration of each clear supernatant sample was determined using the BCA

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Protein Assay Kit (TIANGEN, Beijing, China). The amount of methionine was

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determined

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derivatization with 2, 4-dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB) as described by Li et al. 13 and

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one unit of aminotransferase activity was defined as formation of 1 µM methionine

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in 20 min. HPLC analysis conditions were as follows: Inertsil ODS-3 column

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(4.6×250 mm, 5 µm, SHIMADZU, Shanghai, China); injection volume 20 µL; oven

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temperature 23℃; flow rate 1 mL/min; the eluate was monitored at 360 nm. Mobile

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phase A (50 mM sodium acetate buffer containing 0.1% triethylamine, pH 6.4) and

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phase B (50% acetonitrile / 50% water solution) ran on an gradient elution program.

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DNA manipulation techniques

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Standard DNA manipulation techniques were performed as described by Sambrook

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& Russell (2001)

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genomic DNA Kit following the manufacturer's instructions (TIANGEN, Beijing,

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China). Plasmid DNA from E. coli was isolated using the High-purity Plasmid

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Miniprep Kit according to the manufacturer's instructions (TIANGEN, Beijing,

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China). Construction of recombinant DNA using restriction enzymes and ligase was

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conducted according to the supplier's instructions (TRANSGEN, Beijing, China).

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Standard heat shock transformation method was used to introduce plasmids DNA to

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E. coli BL21 (DE3) 14.

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. Genomic DNA from yeast was extracted using the Yeast

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Construction of the ARO8 expression vector

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Based on the ARO8 gene (GenBank accession no. NM_001181067.1), specific

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primers (F-ARO8: 5’-ATGACTTTACCTGAATCAAAAGAC-3’; R-ARO8: 5’-

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CTATTTGGAAATACCAAATTCTTC-3’) were designed for PCR. The ARO8 gene

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was amplified by PCR from the genomic DNA of S. cerevisiae S288c. Amplification

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reaction was performed using Takara PrimerSRTAR® MAX DNA Polymerase

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following the manufacture's recommendations (TAKARA, China). The amplicon

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was purified and recovered using the TaKaRa MiniBEST DNA Fragment

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Purification Kit following the manufacture's recommendations (TAKARA, China).

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The purified amplicon was linked to the expression vector pEASY-Blunt E1 using 6


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pEASY-Blunt E1 Expression Kit following the manufacture's recommendations

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(TRANSGEN, China), generating the recombinant vector pEASY-ARO8. The DNA

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ligation mixture was transformed into E. coli Trans-T1 and transformants were

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screened on LB agar plates containing 200 µg/mL ampicillin. The positive

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recombinant plasmid was then sequenced and further analyzed with DNAMAN

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software package and BLAST Program at NCBI against the GenBank database.

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Induced expression of the recombinant ARO8 in E. coli

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The recombinant plasmid pEASY-ARO8 was transformed into E. coli BL21 (DE3)

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(TIANGEN, Beijing, China) and transformants were screened on LB agar plates

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containing 200 µg/mL ampicillin. The recombinant strain BL21-ARO8 was

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cultivated in LB media containing ampicillin at 37℃ with vigorous shaking at 200

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rpm for overnight. 1% of the fresh culture was then inoculated into 20 mL of fresh

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LB media containing ampicillin and cultivated at 37℃ with vigorous shaking at 200

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rpm. When OD600 reached 0.5, isopropyl-β-d-thiogalactoside (IPTG) was added into

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the culture at the final concentration of 0.5 mM. The culture was then cultivated at

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20℃ with vigorous shaking at 200 rpm for 7 h. Cell extracts were prepared by

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sonication and cell debris were removed by centrifugation as described previously.

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The protein samples were then prepared for SDS-PAGE analysis in a 12%

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polyacrylamide gel 14. The gel was scanned by BioSpectrum Imaging System (USA).

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The content of the recombinant protein (CRP) was calculated according to O.D.

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Optimization of induced expression of the recombinant ARO8 in E. coli

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In order to obtain high-level expression of ARO8 in E.coli, culture conditions

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including incubation temperature (16℃, 20℃, 25℃, 30℃, and 35℃), incubation

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time (3 h, 5 h, 7 h, 9 h, and 11 h), and IPTG concentration (0 mM, 0.2 mM, 0.4 mM,

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0.6 mM, 0.8 mM, and 1.0 mM) were firstly selected by the single-factor test 16. The

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effects of three significant factors on protein expression were further evaluated using

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the orthogonal experimental design L9 (33) 17, resulting in the optimal conditions for

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expression of the recombinant ARO8.

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Purification of the recombinant ARO8

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The clear supernatant of cell debris were firstly filtered through a 0.22 µm pore

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membrane. The filtered supernatant was then added to Ni column containing

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Ni-NTA Resin (TRANSGEN, Beijing, China). Maltose was added to suppress

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nonspecific binding 18. The column was washed with lysis buffer to remove unbound

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proteins. The recombinant ARO8 attached to Ni2+-chelated beads in the Ni column

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via the 6×His tag was eluted from the column using the washing buffer (50 mM

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potassium phosphate solution, 2 mM EDTA, 2 mM DTT, 0.1 mM PLP, 200 mM

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imidazole, pH 7.5). The eluate was collected for SDS-PAGE analysis 15, 19, 20.

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Methionine production catalyzed by purified recombinant ARO8

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KMBA, and 100 µL of 10 mM amino donor were mixed and incubated at 30℃ for

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20 min. The enzymatic reaction solution was then diluted 10 times and used for

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reversed phase HPLC (SHIMADZU, Shanghai, China) determination of D- and

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L-methionine. HPLC analysis conditions were as follows: Inertsil ODS-SP column

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(4.6×250 mm, 5 µm, SHIMADZU, Shanghai, China); injection volume 20 µL; oven

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temperature 35℃; flow rate 0.5 mL/min; the eluate was monitored at 254 nm.

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Mobile phase A (2 mM sodium acetate buffer containing 1 mM CuSO4, pH 4.0) and

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phase B (acetonitrile) ran on an isocratic elution program (95% phase A buffer, 5%

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phase B buffer).

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The optimal amino donor was screened from 19 different amino acids by adding

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them into the enzymatic reaction system, respectively, and evaluate their effects on

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methionine production. The amount of methionine was determined by HPLC as

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described previously and one unit of aminotransferase activity was defined as

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formation of 1 µM methionine in 20 min. The molar ratio of the optimal amino

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donor to KMBA was further optimized to improve the yield of methionine.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Methionine biosynthesis in the S. cerevisiae strain with ARO8 expression

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The wild type strain S288c, the recombinant strains S0 harboring the empty vector

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and S8 harboring the ARO8 expression vector pYES-pgk-ARO8 were cultivated for

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24 h to determine the aminotransferase activity for methionine biosynthesis. As 9



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shown in Fig. 2, S8 exhibited the strongest aminotransferase activity, which was

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more than 2-fold higher compared to S0 and S288c, indicating that expression of

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ARO8 significantly increased the enzymatic activity and correspondingly enhanced

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the generation of methionine using the substrate KMBA. As our previous work

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proved that ARO8 played an effective role in methionine transamination 9, it

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revealed that the aminotransferase ARO8 not only transformed methionine into the

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corresponding α-keto acids via the Ehrlich pathway 9, but also reversibly acted on

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KMBA to generate methionine when glutamate served as the amino donor.

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Obviously, the transamination reaction between amino acids and α-keto acids

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catalyzed by ARO8 was reversible. Karsten et al.

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α-aminoadipate

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dicarboxylic acid substrates such as L-tyrosine, L-phenylalanine, α-ketoadipate, and

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L-α-aminoadipate. And it’s demonstrated that ARO8 could transform α-ketoglutarate,

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α-ketoadipate, α-aminoadipate, phenylpyruvate, and 2-oxoglutarate into the

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corresponding amino acids

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seem to have been well characterized and investigated, this work gives evidences for

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the reversible catalysis of ARO8 in transformation between L-methionine and

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KMBA for the first time, contributing to comprehensive understanding of the

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important aminotransferase ARO8 from yeast.

aminotransferase, which could

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utilize both aromatic and

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. Though ARO8 and its broad substrates range

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categorized ARO8 as a

Induced expression of recombinant ARO8 in E. coli

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Sequence analysis showed that the 1503-bp ARO8 amplified from S. cerevisiae

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S288c shared a 100% identity with the 2-aminoadipate transaminase gene (GenBank

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accession no. NM_001181067.1). The recombinant expression vector pEASY-ARO8

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constructed by inserting ARO8 into pEASY Blunt E1 was transformed into E. coli

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BL21 (DE3), generating the recombinant strain BL21-ARO8. The protein samples of

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BL21-ARO8 and BL21 cultivated with and without IPTG induction were analyzed

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by SDS-PAGE. As shown in Fig. 3, a large number of the recombinant ARO8

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proteins with the molecular mass of 57 kDa were observed in the supernatant of

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ARO8-BL21 lysate with IPTG induction (Lane 1). In sharp contrast, the

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recombinant ARO8 was almost hardly detected in the precipitate of ARO8-BL21

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lysate with IPTG induction (Lane 2), the empty control strain BL-21 lysate with

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IPTG induction (Lane 5, 6), and all the strains lysate without induction (Lane 3, 4, 7,

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8). Furthermore, aminotransferase activity assay indicated that the supernatant of

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BL21-ARO8 with IPTG induction exhibited the strongest activity, which was more

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than 2-fold higher than that of all the strains without induction (Fig. 4). Heterologous

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expression of eukaryotic genes in E. coli commonly generates inclusion body

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formation and proteolytic degradation issues

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recombinant protein without activity. However, in this work, the recombinant ARO8

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was almost all expressed in the soluble form and showed a strong activity for

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methionine biosynthesis, revealing that the recombinant ARO8 was efficiently

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expressed and correctly folded in E. coli BL21. And obviously it’s much more

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, and consequently leads to the

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convenient to purify the soluble recombinant ARO8 from the supernatant of cell

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lysate.

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Optimization of induced expression and purification of recombinant ARO8 in E.

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coli

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In order to obtain a high yield of ARO8, the single-factor test and orthogonal

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experimental design were performed to optimize the induced protein expression.

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According to the single-factor test results (Fig. S1-S3), incubation temperature (20℃,

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25℃, and 30℃), incubation time (5 h, 7 h, and 9 h), and IPTG concentration (0.5

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mM, 0.6 mM, and 0.7 mM) were selected as the significant effect factors and further

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evaluated using the orthogonal experimental design L9 (33) (Table 2 & 3).

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Expression of ARO8 under 9 combined conditions were quantitatively analyzed and

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shown in Table 3. Based on the range analysis result, the optimal condition for

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protein expression was determined as the combination of A2B2C3, under which the

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content of the recombinant protein (CRP) ARO8 reached 15.81%. Consequently, the

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recombinant ARO8 was prepared by cell culture at 25℃ for 9 h with 0.7 mM IPTG

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induction.

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The recombinant ARO8 was eluted from the Ni column with the washing buffer

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containing 200 mM imidazole and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. The electrophoresis

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result showed that the highly concentrated 57 kDa ARO8 was detected in the eluted

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sample and nonspecific protein was hardly observed in the same lane (Fig. 5). The

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sample reached 6.16 g/L, which was 6-fold higher than that in the sample without

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purification, demonstrating the recombinant ARO8 was successfully purified. The

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purified ARO8 was then used for methionine production.

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Methionine production catalyzed by purified recombinant ARO8

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The purified ARO8, KMBA, and amino donor were mixed and incubated for

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methionine production assay. HPLC analysis results showed that the isomers D- and

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L-methionine in the standard sample were detected and successfully separated, the

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retention times of which were 11.9 min and 13.0 min (Fig. 6A) , respectively. In

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sharp contrast, only L-methionine was detected in the sample of the reaction solution

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catalyzed by ARO8 (Fig. 6B), indicating the distinct advantage of enzymatic

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catalysis in L-methionine production.

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Nineteen proteinogenic amino acids were selected as the amino donors to test their

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influence on L-methionine production catalyzed by ARO8 using KMBA as the

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amino receptor. A significant difference was observed among 19 amino acids. As is

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shown in Fig. 7, higher yields of L-methionine were achieved when leucine,

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glutamate, tryptophan, phenylalanine, aspartate, and tyrosine were used as amino

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donor, respectively, demonstrating the broad-substrate transaminase activity of

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ARO8 7. But other amino acids such as threonine, proline, glycine, serine, lysine,

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and arginine as amino donor hardly resulted in methionine production, revealing the

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substrate selectivity of ARO8. Considering the availability and market price, the

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industrial bulk chemical glutamate was chosen as the optimal amino donor for 13



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L-methionine production. Furthermore, the molar ratio of glutamate to KMBA was

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further optimized for higher L-methionine yield. It’s indicated that more

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L-methionine was produced as the molar ratio of glutamate to KMBA increased (Fig.

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8). When the molar ratio of glutamate to KMBA reached 3:1, 0.99 mM L-methionine

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was detected in the reaction system using 1 mM KMBA as the substrate. And

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approximatively 100% KMBA was transformed into L-methionine when the molar

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ratio of glutamate to KMBA was higher than 3:1 (Fig. 8). Consequently, an

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approximatively 100% conversion rate of KMBA into L-methionine was achieved

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under the optimal condition that a 3:1 molar ratio of glutamate / KMBA were

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catalyzed by ARO8.

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Continuous attempts have been made to produce biologically active L-methionine

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by enzymatic catalysis. Tokuyama and Hatano

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DL-methionine could be converted into L-methionine by catalysis of N-acylamino

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acid racemase and L-aminoacylase with a conversion rate of 90%. Though the

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conversion rate is not extremely high, the price advantage of the substrate N-acetyl

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DL-methionine makes it easier to fulfill the industrial-operated process for

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L-methionine production. Ishikawa et al. 25 reported a remarkable conversion rate of

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98% from DL-5-(2-methylthioethyl)-hydantoin into L-methionine. However, the

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high market price of the substrate DL-5-(2-methylthioethyl)-hydantoin and the

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complex reaction process catalyzed by multiple enzymes including hydantoin

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racemase, hydantoinase, and N-carbamyl-L-amino acid amidohydrolase bring

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challenges for industrialized production. In contrast, the L-methionine production

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methods using KMBA and glutamate by ARO8 catalysis reported in this work has its

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unique strength that it is a highly efficient production method without complex

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reaction process. And this is an asymmetric synthesis mode to produce the

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L-methionine, as one reaction mode for transaminases.

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In conclusion, the aminotransferase ARO8 involved in fusel alcohol

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biosynthesis via the Ehrlich pathway was cloned from S. cerevisiae and

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over-expressed in E. coli. The recombinant 57 kDa ARO8 protein was successfully

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purifed and its reversible transamination activity for conversion of KMBA into

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L-methionine was confirmed by enzymatic catalysis assay in vitro for the first time.

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The conversion rate of KMBA into L-methionine reached approximately 100% by

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screening the amino donor and optimizing the molar ratio of the amino donor and

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receptor, providing a new highly efficient method for L-methionine production. The

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substrate KMBA for L-methionine production used in this work is not easily

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accessible, which seems to be a barrier for industrial process. However, van der

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Heijden et al. 26 developed an efficient one-pot oxidation/Passerini/hydrolysis

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sequence procedure for the formal α-carboxylation of primary alcohols, by which

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methional possibly could be converted into KMBA by enzymatic catalysis or

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chemical synthesis, providing the precursor for L-methionine biosynthesis by

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transamination. Consequently, it might be reasonable to propose a possible novel

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route for industrial production of L-methionine using methional as the substrate by a

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combination of chemical synthesis and enzymatic catalysis.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION ⊥

Yiping Wu and Musu Zha contribute to this work equally.

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*Corresponding Author. Phone: 86-10-68985252.

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[email protected] (Sheng Yin); [email protected] (Chengtao Wang)

Fax: 86-10-68985252.

Email:

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FUNDING SOURCES

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC

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31401669 & 31571801), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (5154027), National

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Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0400802), Beijing

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Municipal Science and Technology Project (Z171100002217019), Support Project of

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High-level Teachers in Beijing Municipal Universities (IDHT20180506), and

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SUPPORTING INFORMATION

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Figure S1. Effect of different incubation temperature on the content of the

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recombinant ARO8 in the strain BL21-ARO8

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Figure S2. Effect of different incubation time on the content of the recombinant

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ARO8 in the strain BL21-ARO8

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Figure S3. Effect of different IPTG concentrations on the content of the recombinant

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ARO8 in the strain BL21-ARO8

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Figure captions

Figure 1. The metabolism of methionine via the Ehrlich pathway in S. cerevisiae (black arrow) and the route for methionine production proposed in this work (red arrow)

Figure 2. Aminotransferase activity assay in S. cerevisiae strains

Figure 3. SDS-PAGE analysis of protein samples from E. coli strains M, protein marker; Lane 1, supernatant of ARO8-BL21 lysate with IPTG induction; Lane 2, precipitate of ARO8-BL21 lysate with IPTG induction; Lane 3, supernatant of ARO8-BL21 lysate without induction; Lane 4, precipitate of ARO8-BL21 lysate without induction; Lane 5, supernatant of BL21 lysate with IPTG induction; Lane 6, precipitate of BL21 lysate with IPTG induction; Lane 7, supernatant of BL21 lysate without induction; Lane 8, precipitate of BL21 lysate without induction; recombinant ARO8 was indicated by red arrow.

Figure 4. Aminotransferase activity assay in E. coli strains

Figure 5. SDS-PAGE analysis of purified recombinant ARO8 M, protein marker; Lane 1, the protein sample containing ARO8 without purification; 21



Lane 2, the protein sample of purified ARO8

Figure 6. Reversed phase HPLC analysis of the mixed standard sample of Dand L-methionine (A) and the sample of methionine catalyzed by purified recombinant ARO8 (B)

Figure 7. Effect of different amino acid donors on L-methionine production catalyzed by purified recombinant ARO8

Figure 8. Effect of different molar ratios of KMBA to glutamate on L-methionine production catalyzed by purified recombinant ARO8

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Tables

Table 1 Strains and plasmids used in this work Strains or plasmids

Relevant features

Reference or source

Vector for protein expression, Amp R

TRANSGEN Inc., Beijing, China

Plasmids

pEASY-Blunt E1 Strains

E. coli Trans-T1

Host for cloning

TRANSGEN Inc., Beijing, China

E. coli BL21 (DE3)

Host for protein expression

TIANGEN Inc., Beijing, China

MATα SUC2 gal2 mal mel flo1 flo8-1 hap1 ho bio1 bio6; donor of ARO8

Laboratory collection

S. cerevisiae S288c harboring empty expression vector pYES-pgk, G418 R

Yin S et al., 2014

S. cerevisiae S288c (ATCC 204508)

S. cerevisiae S0

S. cerevisiae S288c harboring pYES-pgk-ARO8, G418 R

S. cerevisiae S8

Yin S et al., 2014

Table 2 Factors and levels for L9 (33) orthogonal experimental design Levels

Factors A (℃)

a

B (h) b

C (mM) c

1

20

7

0.5

2

25

9

0.6

3

30

11

0.7

a, incubation temperature; b, incubation time; c, IPTG concentration.

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Table 3 The design matrix and experimental data for optimizing induced expression of ARO8 Run A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 K1 a K2 a K3 a Rb Qc

CRP（（%））

Factors d

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 11.21 14.47 7.96 6.52 A2

B

e

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 10.71 11.78 11.15 1.07 B2

C

f

1 2 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 10.01 11.25 12.38 2.38 C3

9.10 10.94 13.60 15.29 15.81 12.32 7.74 8.60 7.53

a, the average value of each level; b, the range value for each factor; c, the best group; d, incubation temperature; e, incubation time; f, IPTG concentration.

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Figures

Aminotransferase activity (U/mg)

Figure 1

1.8 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.3 0 S8

S0 S288c S. cerevisiae strains

Figure 2 25



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15 12 9 6 3 0 ARO8-BL21(induction)

ARO8-BL21 E.coli strains

Figure 4

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BL21

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Figure 5

Figure 6

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120 100

80 60

40

20 0 Lys Trp Phe Leu Ile Thr Val Asn Gly Ala Pro Ser Tyr Cys Gln His Asp Glu Arg Amino acid

Figure 7

Figure 8

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