Microbial hydantoinases - industrial enzymes from the origin of life?

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Syldatk, C
May, O
Altenbuchner, J
Mattes, R
Siemann, M
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[1] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Biochem Engn, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
[2] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Ind Genet, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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10.1007/s002530051395
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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Hydantoinases are valuable enzymes for the production of optically pure D- and L-amino acids. They catalyse the reversible hydrolytic ring cleavage of hydantoin or 5'-monosubstituted hydantoins and are therefore classified in the EC nomenclature as cyclic amidases (EC 3.5.2.). In the EC nomenclature, four different hydantoin-cleaving enzymes are described: dihydropyrimidinase (3,5.2.2), allantoinase (EC 3.5.2.5), carboxymethylhydantoinase (EC 3.5.2.4), and N-methylhydantoinase (EC 3.5.2.14). Beside these, other hydantoinases with known metabolic functions, such as imidase and carboxyethylhydantoinase and enzymes with unknown metabolic function, are described in the literature and have not yet been classified. An important question is whether the distinct hydantoinases, which are frequently classified as L-, D-, and non-selective hydantoinases depending on their substrate specificity and stereoselectivity, are related to each other. In order to investigate the evolutionary relationship, amino acid sequence data can be used for a phylogenetic analysis. Although most of these enzymes only share limited sequence homology (identity <15%) and therefore are only distantly related, it can be shown (i) that most of them are members of a broad set of amidases with similarities to ureases and build a protein superfamily, whereas ATP-dependent hydantoinases are not related, (ii) that the urease-related amidases have evolved divergently from a common ancestor and (iii) that they share a metal-binding motif consisting of conserved histidine residues. The difference in enantioselectivity used for the classification of hydantoinases on the basis of their biotechnological value does not reflect their evolutionary relationship, which is to a more diverse group of enzymes than was assumed earlier. This protein superfamily probably has its origin in the prebiotic conditions of the primitive earth.
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