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Production of ginsenoside F2 by using Lactococcus lactis with enhanced expression of #-glucosidase gene from Paenibacillus mucilaginosus Ling Li, So-Yeon Shin, Soo Jin Lee, Jin Seok Moon, Wan Taek Im, and Nam Soo Han J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b04098 • Publication Date (Web): 23 Oct 2015 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on October 27, 2015

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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

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Journal: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (ACS)

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Production of ginsenoside F2 by using Lactococcus lactis with enhanced

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expression of β-glucosidase gene from Paenibacillus mucilaginosus

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Ling Lia, So-Yeon Shina, Soo Jin Leea, Jin Seok Moona, Wan Taek Imb, and Nam Soo

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Hana*

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and Food Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea

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Brain Korea 21 Center for Bio-Resource Development, Division of Animal, Horticultural

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Department of Biotechnology, Hankyong National University, Kyonggi-do 456-749, Korea

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Running title: Production of minor ginsenoside F2 using Lactococcus lactis

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Corresponding author: Nam Soo Han

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Phone: 82-43-261-2567; Fax: 82-43-271-4412

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E-mail: [email protected]

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Abstract

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This study aimed to produce a pharmacologically active, minor ginsenoside F2 from the

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major ginsenosides Rb1 and Rd by using a recombinant Lactococcus lactis strain expressing

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a heterologous β-glucosidase gene. The nucleotide sequence of the gene (BglPm) was derived

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from Paenibacillus mucilaginosus and synthesized after codon-optimization, and the two

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genes (unoptimized and optimized) were expressed in L. lactis NZ9000. Codon optimization

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resulted in reduction of unfavorable codons by 50% and a considerable increase in the

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expression levels (total activities) of β-glucosidases (0.002 units/mL, unoptimized; 0.022

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units/mL, optimized). The molecular weight of the enzyme was 52 kDa, and the purified

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forms of the enzymes could successfully convert Rb1 and Rd into F2. The permeabilized L.

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lactis expressing BglPm resulted in a high conversion yield (74%) of F2 from the ginseng

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extract. Utilization of this microbial cell to produce F2 may provide an alternative method to

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increase the health benefits of Panax ginseng.

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Keywords: β-glucosidase, ginsenoside F2, Lactococcus lactis

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1. Introduction

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Ginseng, the root of Panax ginseng Meyer, is one of the most commonly consumed

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medicinal plants worldwide. According to the 2012 report, ginseng products topped the

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health functional foods produced in South Korea, with the production accounting to 49.2% of

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the total.1 Ginsenosides are the major active compounds of ginseng and these exhibit

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pharmacological activities such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, and neuro-

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protective activities.2-4 Ginsenosides are triterpene saponins, and most of these compounds

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consist of a dammarane skeleton with various sugar moieties at the C3 and C20 positions.5

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Most of the identified ginsenosides have been classified into three groups on the basis of the

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differences in the aglycone moiety: (1) 20(S)-protopananxadiol type (PPD) (Rb1, Rb2, Rb3,

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Rc, Rg3, Rh2, and Rd), (2) 20(S)-protopanaxatriol type (PPT) (Re, Rf, Rg1, Rg2, and Rh1),

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and (3) oleanolic acid.5 Rb1, Rb2, Rc, Rd, Re, Rf, and Rg1 are the major ginsenosides that

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constitute more than 80% of the total ginsenosides.6 In contrast, the minor ginsenosides (Rg3,

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Rh2, F2, C-K, Rg2, Rh1, and F1), which have significant pharmaceutical properties, are

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present in low concentrations in raw ginseng and are therefore difficult to extract. In

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particular, F2, which induces apoptosis of breast cancer cells,7 exists in raw ginseng and red

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ginseng at concentrations less than 0.01%.8

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Thus far, various methods have been developed for converting major ginsenosides into

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minor ginsenosides, such as acid or alkali treatment, heat treatment, and enzymatic or

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microbial bioconversion.9 The physical methods are not selective for the hydrolysis of

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glucose moieties; however, the enzymatic bioconversion method is highly selective and

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efficient in specifically hydrolyzing the glucose moieties of major ginsenosides and is

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therefore considered an optimal method. β-Glucosidases have been isolated and characterized

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from various organisms such as Paecilomyces sp.,10 Flavobacterium sp.,11 and 3



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Mucilaginibacter sp.12 and have been used to produce minor ginsenosides. However, the

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enzyme purification step and enzyme recycling system are critical to success of the

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enzymatic conversion method owing to the high cost of enzymes. Moreover, the microbial

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bioconversion methods employing β-glucosidase-producing microorganisms result in slow

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reaction rates due to low enzyme activities.13 Therefore, microbial cells with high β-

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glucosidase activity are necessary for use in the direct (in situ) production of minor

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ginsenosides from major ginsenosides via microbial fermentation.

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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are used as starter cultures for the production of fermented

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foods prepared from milk, vegetables, and cereals.14 LAB have a “Generally Recognized As

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Safe” (GRAS) status and are potential candidates for the production of minor ginsenosides.

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LAB exhibited excellent probiotic characteristics such as modulation of the intestinal

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microflora, resistance to acid and bile, and production of antimicrobial substances.15

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Furthermore, couples of useful gene expression systems have been developed.16

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Therefore, the aim of this study was to express β-glucosidase gene in Lactococcus lactis

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subsp. cremoris NZ9000 (hereafter, L. lactis NZ9000) and to produce ginsenoside F2 from

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major ginsenosides Rb1 and Rd using the recombinant cells. For this purpose, we used the β-

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glucosidase gene (BglPm) amplified from the chromosome of Paenibacillus mucilaginosus

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KCTC 3870T to construct a plasmid using the pNZ8008 vector. We isolated P. mucilaginosus

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from ginseng soil and the enzyme showed strong ginsenoside-transformation ability,

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especially against major ginsenosides Rb1 and Rd.17 In addition, to increase transcription of

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BglPm in L. lactis, its codon sequence was optimized. Furthermore, after plasmid

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transformation and gene expression, β-glucosidase (BGL) enzyme activity was analyzed, and

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recombinant cells were used to produce the minor ginsenoside F2.

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2. Materials and Methods

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2.1 Bacterial strains, media, and plasmids

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Bacterial strains, plasmids, and oligonucleotides used in this study are listed in Table 1. L.

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lactis NZ9000 and plasmid pNZ8008 were used for gene expression. L. lactis NZ9000 was

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grown in M17 medium (Difco, Detroit, MI, USA) with 0.5% (w/v) glucose (GM17) at 30°C.

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Escherichia coli MC1061 (MoBiTec) was used as the cloning host; it was grown in Luria-

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Bertani (LB) medium at 37°C under shaking conditions. For selection of Lactococcus and E.

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coli transformants, chloramphenicol (10 µg/mL) was added to the LB medium. Gene

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expression was induced in L. lactis by using nisin, which was prepared as follows: 2.5% (w/v)

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nisin powder (Sigma) dissolved in 0.05% (v/v) acetic acid, for obtaining a final concentration

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of 1 mg/mL.

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2.2 Codon usage analysis and optimization

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For high expression of the recombinant protein, BglPm was synthesized at Bioneer

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(Daejeon, Korea) after codon optimization by using proprietary algorithms on the basis of

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codon usage, repeat sequence, GC content, and messenger RNA structure without

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substitution in amino acid sequences. The 6× His-tag sequence and restriction sites of PstI

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and EcoRI were introduced into the optimized sequence. The frequency of each codon (count

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per

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http://www.bioinformatics.org/sms2/codon_usage.html and http://www.kazusa.or.jp/codon/,

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respectively. The codon usage was defined as codon number in L. lactis divided by codon

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number in BglPm. A codon usage value below 20% is considered “unfavorable codon”.18

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2.3 Cloning of BglPm and transformation into L. lactis

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The unoptimized BglPm gene was amplified using Bgl-N and Bgl-C primers from pGEX-

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bglPm,17 whereas the optimized BglPm gene was digested with PstI and XhoI from pBHA-

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BglPm, which was synthesized by Bioneer (Daejeon, Korea). The two fragments were

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inserted into the corresponding sites of the expression plasmid pNZ8008, which was

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linearized by digesting with PstI and XhoI, resulting in pNZBgl-unopt and pNZBgl-opt,

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respectively (Table 1). The recombinant plasmids were transformed into E. coli MC1061 and

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transformants were selected on LB agar containing 10 µg/mL chloramphenicol. For

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transformation,

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electroporated into L. lactis NZ9000 as previously described.19 Transformation was

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performed using a Gene-Pulser unit combined with a Pulse Controller (Bio-Rad, Richmond,

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CA, USA). The electrocompetent cells (40 µL) were placed in a pre-chilled electroporation

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cuvette with 1 µL DNA and kept on ice for 5 min. A pulse was applied under the following

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conditions: 25 µF, 400 Ω, and 1300 V cm-1. Immediately thereafter, cells were resuspended

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in 1 mL GM17 broth containing 20 mM MgCl2 and 2 mM CaCl2, and incubated at 30°C for 1

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2.4 Expression and purification of recombinant pNZBgl-unopt and pNZBgl-opt

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The recombinant L. lactis harboring pNZBgl-unopt and pNZBgl-opt were grown in

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GM17 broth containing chloramphenicol until O.D600nm 0.4. Protein expression was induced

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by 1 ng/mL nisin and cells were further cultured for 3 h at 30°C. Cells were then collected by

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centrifugation at 10,000× g for 5 min, and the pellets were resuspended in 50 mM sodium

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phosphate buffer (pH 7.0). Cells were disrupted by sonication, and the supernatant fraction

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chromatography with a HisTrap-FF column (GE Healthcare, Uppsala, Sweden) and elution

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buffer (250 mM imidazole, 0.3 M sodium chloride, 50 mM sodium phosphate; pH 7.0).

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Expression and purification of β-glucosidase were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate

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polyarylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The relative intensity of SDS-PAGE bands

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was analyzed by Image Lab software (Bio-Rad).

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2.5 Enzyme activity assay

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Enzyme activities of crude and purified β-glucosidases were measured using ρ-

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nitrophenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside (PNPGlc) as substrate. Crude enzyme (50 µL) or purified

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enzyme (20 µL) was incubated in 300 µL 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0)

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containing 2 mM PNPGlc at 37°C. One unit activity was defined as the amount of enzyme

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required to produce 1 µmol ρ-nitrophenyl (PNP) per minute, which was measured using the

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microplate reader at 405 nm.

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2.6 Biotransformation activity of purified enzyme

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To determine the enzymatic biotransformation activity on ginsenoside compounds, the 6-

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histidine-tag purified β-glucosidase was reacted with the ginsenosides Rb1, Rd, and Rg3. Rb1,

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Rd, Rg3, Rh2, and F2 (≥98.0% purity) were used as standard compounds (Biopurify,

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Chengdu, China). The purified enzyme (100 µL) was incubated in 50 mM sodium phosphate

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buffer (300 µL, pH 7.0) containing 0.2% (w/v) of each ginsenoside, at 37°C for 12 h. It was

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analyzed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) using 60F254 silica gel plates (Merck, Germany)

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with CHCl3-CH3OH-H2O (65:35:10, lower phase) as the developing solvent. The spots on the

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TLC plate was detected by 10% (v/v) H2SO4 followed by heating at 110°C for 10 min. For

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analysis of transformation activity for PPD type ginsenosides mixture (PPDGM), the purified 7



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enzyme (150 µL) was incubated in 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (300 µL, pH 7.0)

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containing 0.5% (w/v) PPDGM, at 37°C for 8 h. Then, the change in the concentration of

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substrates and products were measured using Agilent 1260 Infinity HPLC (high-performance

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liquid chromatography; Young In Scientific Co, Seoul, Korea) system equipped with a

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ZORBAX SB-C18 column (4.6 × 150 mm). Acetonitrile (solvent A) and water (solvent B)

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were used as the mobile phases. Gradient elution was started with 32% solvent A and 68%

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solvent B, and 65% solvent A for 8 min, 100% A for 12 min, holding 100% A from 12 to 15

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min, 32% A for 30 s, and holding 32% A from 15.1 to 25 min. The flow rate of the mobile

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phase was 1.0 mL/min and it was monitored at an absorbance of 203 nm using a UV

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spectrophotometric detector.

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2.7 Bioconversion of major ginsenosides to minor ginsenosides using recombinant L. lactis

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To produce the minor ginsenoside F2, the recombinant L. lactis harboring pNZBgl-opt

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that showed higher expression level and activity was used. After cultivation, whole cells were

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harvested by centrifugation at 7,000× g for 10 min at 4°C and suspended in 50 mM sodium

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phosphate buffer (pH 7.0). In case of cell lysates, the whole cells were disrupted via

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sonication and the supernatant fraction was recovered after centrifugation. In addition, the

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permeabilized cells were prepared by mixing whole cells with 0.5% (v/v) xylene in reaction

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buffer.20 Subsequently, the three types of cells (whole cells, cell lysates, and permeabilized

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cells, at a final concentration of 50 mg/mL) were reacted in 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer

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(pH 7.0) with 1% (w/v) of PPDGM for 24 h. Samples were taken at intervals (0, 4, 8, 12, and

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24 h) and centrifuged (10,000× g, 2 min, 4°C) after boiling for 5 min. Both the supernatant

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and residual fractions were extracted with 50% (v/v) ethanol and the two fractions were

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pooled for analysis. Major ginsenosides (Rb1 and Rd) and minor ginsenoside (F2) were 8


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quantified using HPLC. The bioconversion yield of ginsenoside F2 (%) was calculated as

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follows: conversion yield (%) = ∆F2 / (∆Rb1 + ∆Rd) × 100

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2.8 Bioconversion of major ginsenosides to F2 during milk fermentation

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Three replicate experiments were performed using fermented milk as follows: skim milk

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(15 g) and PPDGM (1%) were added to 85 mL water. After inoculation with starter cultures

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(6.5 log colony-forming units [CFU]/mL) of recombinant L. lactis, the mixture was incubated

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at 37°C for 48 h. L. lactis population density was measured in terms of CFUs per milliliter by

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using the culture-pouring method. Samples were serially diluted (10-1, 10-3, 10-5, and 10-7)

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with sterile physiological saline (0.85% NaCl) and spiral-plated on MRS agar medium. MRS

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plates were then incubated anaerobically in gas pack jars at 37°C for 48 h. The pH of the

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samples was determined with a pH meter (IQ240; IQ Scientific Instruments, San Diego, CA,

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USA). Finally, the concentrations of Rb1, Rd, and F2 were measured using the method

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described in the previous section.

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3. Results

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3.1 Analysis of codon usage and construction of recombinant L. lactis

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To increase the expression level of β-glucosidases in L. lactis, BglPm codons were

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optimized without amino acid substitution. Results of the comparison between two sequences

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are presented as supporting information (Fig. S1). As shown, the optimized sequence had

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83.9% homology with the unoptimized (native) one. In addition, because L. lactis NZ9000

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has low GC content (35.8%), the GC content of BglPm was reduced from 57% to 47%.

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Furthermore, we compared the percentage of “unfavorable codons” per 50 bases (calculated 9



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of the total unoptimized and optimized BglPm sequences), and it decreased by half in the

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optimized gene (Fig. 1).

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3.2 Comparison of expression and purification levels of two recombinant enzymes

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The plasmids bearing the BglPm genes were expressed in L. lactis with C-terminal 6×

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His-tag and their products were confirmed by SDS-PAGE analysis. As shown in Fig. 2A, 52-

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kDa BGL recombinant proteins were expressed in L. lactis and they were purified to

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homogeneity using a Ni-NTA affinity procedure. The expression level of L. lactis harboring

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pNZBgl-opt was higher than that of pNZBgl-unopt and the relative intensity of the protein

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was increased by about 1.5 fold (Fig. 2B). These results suggested that the reduction of

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unfavorable codons in BglPm gene sequence affects its expression level.

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The activities of β-glucosidase in cell-free extracts of recombinant L. lactis harboring

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pNZBgl-unopt and pNZBgl-opt were found to be 0.002 units/mL and 0.022 units/mL,

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respectively (Table 2), which indicated a significant increase in protein translation via gene

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optimization; the optimization factor was 11.

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3.3 Biotransformation of Rb1, Rd, and Rg3 by purified enzyme

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The biotransformation activity of purified β-glucosidase was confirmed by TLC using the

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major ginsenosides Rb1 and Rd, and the minor ginsenoside Rg3 (Fig. 3(A)). The BGL

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enzyme hydrolyzed the outer glucose moiety of C3 and C20 positions of the major

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ginsenosides (Rb1 and Rd) and produced the minor ginsenoside F2: Rb1→ Rd → F2.

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Furthermore, the enzyme could transform the minor ginsenoside Rg3 to Rh2: Rg3 → Rh2.

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These bioconversion reactions and the relative structures of ginsenosides are shown in Fig. 4.

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4.8 min, and 6.9 min retention times, respectively. Using the PPDGM as the substrate, the

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enzyme could transform Rb1 and Rd into F2 (Fig. 3(B)). In 0.5% (w/v) PPDGM solution,

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Rb1 and Rd were present at concentrations of 1.97 mM and 1.61 mM, respectively. After 8

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hrs reaction, 2.11 mM F2 was synthesized from the major ginsenosides Rb1 and Rd, and 1.45

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mM Rd still remained in the reaction solution. These results are consistent with a previous

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report that showed expression of the same gene in E. coli.17

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3.4 Production of the minor ginsenoside F2 using various forms of recombinant cells

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To increase the bioconversion rate of PPDGM to F2, we tested three forms of

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recombinant cells (L. lactis harboring pNZBgl-opt), including whole cells, cell lysates, and

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permeabilized cells. The whole cells of L. lactis harboring pNZ8008 were used as the control.

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Rb1 and Rd were present at concentrations of approximately 3.3 mM and 2.9 mM,

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respectively, in 1% of PPDGM solution (Table 3). All three forms of recombinant cells

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completely converted the major ginsenoside Rb1 into Rd or F2 within 24 h, whereas the

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control fraction did not. On the other hand, small amounts of Rd, which is also a major

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component of PPDGM, remained after the 24 h reaction (Fig. 5). The bioconversion yields of

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whole cells, cell lysates, and permeabilized cells were 50%, 91%, and 74%, respectively

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(Table 3).

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3.5 Bioconversion of major ginsenosides to F2 during milk fermentation To explore whether F2 can be produced by the starter culture during milk fermentation, 1%

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(w/v) of PPDGM dissolved in skim milk was fermented after inoculation of recombinant L.

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lactis. The inoculated cell densities (6.5 log CFU/mL) of L. lactis reached a maximum level

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(8.8 log CFU/mL) after 24 h and decreased slowly thereafter, suggesting that the 11



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transformant grew well in skim milk including PPDGM. The initial pH of medium was

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approximately 7.3, and it was dropped consistently during the fermentation process. The pH

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at the end of the fermentation was 4.8 ± 0.15, which was higher than that of other forms of

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yogurt reported previousy.21,22 During the fermentation period, the concentration of

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ginsenosides (Rb1, Rd, and F2) and the bioconversion rate was measured. In all, 0.5 mM of

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F2 was synthesized from the major ginsenosides Rb1 and Rd (initial concentrations were 2.0

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mM and 1.3 mM, respectively). The conversion ratio was 15%, which is lower than that

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observed in the cellular conversions under buffer conditions. This low ration may be

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attributed to the decrease in β-glucosidase activity at low pH conditions generated during the

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milk fermentation. In summary, this experiment provides a possible application of L. lactis

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developed in this study for manufacturing a ginseng-based yogurt, which serves as a health

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functional food.

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4. Discussion

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Recent studies have focused on the various pharmacological effects of the minor

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ginsenoside F2. For instance, Mai et al. reported that F2 suppresses the proliferation of breast

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cancer stem cells by modulating apoptotic and autophagic fluxes.7 Shin et al. reported that F2

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represses glioblastoma multiforme, a common malignant brain tumor, by inducing apoptosis

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of golima cells and inhibiting angiogenesis.23 In addition, F2 promoted hair growth and

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anagen induction24 and reduced obesity via the inhibition of adipogenesis in the 3T3-L1 cell

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line.25 Furthermore, application of F2 to the skin could improve skin conditions, skin

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moisture content, skin complexion, and result in skin whitening.26 Therefore, F2 has immense

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potential for use as a chemotherapeutic agent, cosmetic ingredient, and a functional food

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additive. Despite these potential applications, the production of the ginsenoside F2 has not

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been intensely studied.

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E. coli is the most widely used host microbe for heterologous enzyme production,

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because of its well-characterized expression system, fast growth-rate, well-known genetic

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information, and various high cell-density culture techniques.27 On the other hand, LAB

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system will likely compete with E. coli in the food industry because it is suitable for food-

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grade expression of enzymes. LAB are useful for the production of a variety of raw materials

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for foods and feeds, and these are added as starter or adjunct cultures in different food

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products.28,29 These cultures are known to influenced the texture, flavor, and shelf life of food.

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Furthermore, the growth media required for LAB (e.g., MRS used for LAB culture costs ~9

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€/L) is only three times costlier than media used for E. coli.30 Although further improvements

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are needed, such as food grade selection makers, utilizing broad host microbes, and high cell-

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density culture techniques, the LAB system has tremendous potential for protein production

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in the food industry.31

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In this study, to increase the expression of BglPm gene in L. lactis, we optimized the

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codon sequence of the gene, and the expression level increased by about 11 fold. Teng et al.

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also reported that differences in codon usage between the sequence and the expression host

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would considerably affect the expression level of recombinant protein.32 In addition, the GC

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content of BglPm was reduced from 57% to 47% because L. lactis NZ9000 has low GC

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content (35.8%). This change might affect the increase of BglPm expression level in L. lactis.

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Sinclair and Choy reported a consistent result that reduction of GC content would lead to 7.5%

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increase in the expression of human glucocerebrosidase in Pichia pastoris cells.33 Therefore,

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enhanced expression of BglPm can be interpreted to occur due to (i) improved translational

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efficiency by codon optimization and (ii) increased mRNA transcription by reduced GC 13



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content. The bioconversion yield of cell lysates was the highest among the three types of

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recombinant cells used, which indicated the highest accumulation of β-glucosidase in the

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cytoplasm. Therefore, secretion of β-glucosidase via the cell membrane would be helpful in

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various aspects, such as to increase the target enzyme’s production yield, simplify enzyme

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purification process, and convert ginsenosides directly during microbial fermentation.

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Furthermore, the secretion system of L. lactis would also provide merit because of the

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absence of lipopolysaccharide and protease, compared to the well-known protein secretion

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hosts such as Bacillus subtilis and E. coli.

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In conclusion, we produced the minor ginsenoside F2 from the major ginsenosides Rb1

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and Rd, by cloning BglPm from P. mucilaginosus and expressing it in L. lactis. After codon

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optimization, the percentage of unfavorable codons decreased by half and the expression

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levels of β-glucosidases significantly increased. SDS-PAGE analysis of the purified protein

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resulted in a single band with a molecular weight comparable to that of β-glucosidase (52

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kDa). The whole cells of L. lactis harboring pNZBgl-opt were reacted with PPDGM for 24 h,

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and Rb1 and Rd were converted into F2, resulting in a conversion yield of 50%. Moreover,

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when the harvested cells were permeabilized with xylene, the conversion yield sharply

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increased up to 74%. Thus, our study findings demonstrate that the permeabilized L. lactis

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expressing the β-glucosidase gene can be used to produce F2 in ginseng extract. To our

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knowledge, this is the first report of heterologous expression of β-glucosidase in an LAB

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system. We believe that the application of this cell factory system to produce F2 will provide

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an alternative approach to increase the health functions of Panax ginseng.

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Acknowledgement

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This study was supported by the Intelligent Synthetic Biology Center of Global Frontier 14


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Project, funded by the Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning

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(2013M3A6A8073553) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant

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(2015R1A2A2A01007156) funded by the Korea Government (MEST).

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Supporting information

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Comparision of sequences of unoptimized and optimized BglPm gene. The alignment of two

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sequences was performed using Vector NTI and displayed using GeneDoc software.

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The supporting information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at

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http://pubs.acs.org.

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Figure legends

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Fig. 1 Percentage of “unfavorable” codons per 50 bases calculated over the entire genes for

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unoptimized and optimized beta-glycosidase from Paenibacillus sp.

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Fig. 2 SDS-PAGE analysis of the recombinant L. lactis harboring pNZBgl-unopt and

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pNZBgl-opt (A) and the relative band intensity (B) analyzed using Image Lab software.

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Control, no induction; M, molecular markers; T, total fraction; S, soluble fraction; I, insoluble

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fraction; E, elusion fraction.

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Fig. 3 Biotransformation of standard compounds (Rb1, Rd, and Rg3(S)) and PPDGM using

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purified enzyme of recombinant L. lactis harboring pNZBgl-opt, they were analyzed using

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TLC (A) and HPLC (B), respectively. St, ginsenoside standards; 1, Rb1; 2, reaction mixture

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of Rb1; 3, Rd; 4, reaction mixture of Rd; 5, Rg3(S); 6, reaction mixture of Rg3(S); (a), before

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enzyme reaction; (b), after enzyme reaction.

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Fig. 4 Schematic view of transformation pathways for F2 production and the relative

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structures of ginsenosides.

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Fig. 5 Production of minor ginsenoside F2 using various forms of recombinant L. lactis

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(pNZBgl-opt) cells. Whole cells without nisin induction (A) used as control; whole cells (B),

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whole cell lysates (C), and permeabilized cells (D) with nisin induction. Rb1 (◆); Rd (▲);

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F2 (●).

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Table 1 Strains, plasmids, and primers used in this study Strains, plasmids,

Relevant characteristics

Source

MG1363 derivated, pepN::nisRK, expression host

MoBiTec

araD139, ∆(ara, leu)7697, ∆lacX74, galU-, galK-, hsr-,

MoBiTec

and primers Strains Lactococcus lactis NZ9000 Escherichia MC1061

coli

+

hsm , strA, cloning host

Plasmids pNZ8008

PnisA, gus A, CmR, replicon of rolling circle plasmid

MoBiTec

pSH71 pNZBgl-unopt

pNZ8008 carrying unoptimized Bgl gene

This study

pNZBgl-opt

pNZ8008 carrying optimized Bgl gene

This study

Bgl-N

5′-TACTGCAGATGGAATATATTTTTCCACAG-3′

This study

Bgl-C

5′-TACTCGAGTTAGTGGTGATGATGGTGATGCA

This study

Primers

GCACTTTCGTGGATGC-3′

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Table 2 Total activities of β-glucosidase in cell-free extracts of induced and uninduced culture of recombinant L. lactis harboring pNZBgl-unopt and pNZBgl-opt

L. lactis (pNZBgl)

Step

Total Volume Activity activity (mL) (units/mL) (units)

Yield Induction Optimization (%) factor factora

unoptimized Crude enzyme + uninduced

100

0.001

0.1

Crude enzyme

100

0.002

0.2

100

Ni-NTA purification

100

0.001

0.1

50

Crude enzyme

100

0.022

2.2

100

Ni-NTA purification

100

0.017

1.7

77

unoptimized + induced

optimized + induced a

1 2

1

11

Optimization factor = total activity of optimized BGL/total activity of unoptimized BGL

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Table 3 Concentration of ginsenosides Rb1, Rd, and F2 and bioconversion yields in each sample using various recombinant cells

Ginsenoside Rb1 (mM)

Ginsenoside Rd (mM)

Ginsenoside F2 (mM) Conversion yield (%)a

Samples 0h

24 h

0h

24 h

0h

24 h

Control

3.37 ± 0.07

3.35 ± 0.01

2.89 ± 0.05

2.89 ± 0.11

0.05 ± 0.00

0.05 ± 0.00

0

Whole cells

3.25 ± 0.07

0.09 ± 0.00

3.00 ± 0.06

1.42 ± 0.04

0.09 ± 0.00

2.46 ± 0.06

50

Cell lysates

3.27 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.00

2.88 ± 0.01

1.93 ± 0.00

0.09 ± 0.00

3.90 ± 0.03

91

Permeabilized cells

3.36 ± 0.03

0.02 ± 0.00

2.94 ± 0.01

0.95 ± 0.03

0.06 ± 0.00

4.01 ± 0.18

74

a

Conversion yield (%) = ∆F2/(∆Rb1 + ∆Rd)×100 The values in the table are average determined from three independent experiments and standard errors are shown.

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30 pNZBgl-unopt pNZBgl-opt

25

20

15

10

5

Codon number Fig. 1

25


42 0 40 0-

40 0 35 0-

35 0 30 0-

30 0 25 0-

25 0 20 0-

20 0 15 0-

15 0 10 0-

50 -

10 0

0 150

Percentage "unfavorable" codons (%)

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(B) 2500

Relative intensity

2000

1500

1000

500

0

T

S 10*I control

Fig. 2

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T S 10*I pNZBgl-unopt

T

S 10*I pNZBgl-opt

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(B) 2000

Rb1

(a)

Peak Area (mAU*s)

1500

1000

Rd

500

0 2000

(b) F2

1500

1000

500

0 0

2

4

6

8

Retention time (min)

Fig. 3

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Glc

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Glc

Rb1

Rd

F2

Glc

Rg3

Rh2

Fig. 4

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(B) 0.5

0.4

0.4

Concentration (%)

Concentration (%)

(A) 0.5

0.3

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0 0

5

10

15

20

0

25

5

10

(C)

20

25

20

25

(D)

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

Concentration (%)

Concentration (%)

15

Time (h)

Time (h)

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0

5

10

15

20

25

0

5

Time (h)

10

15

Time (h)

Fig. 5

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Table of contents PPD type ginsenoside mixture xylene Lactococcus lactis

Glc Β-glucosidase

Rb1

Rd Β-glucosidase

Glc

F2 F2

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