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<li><a href="#1"><strong>Summary</strong></a></li>
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==Cultivation and Purification of the different laccases==
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During our research we cultivated the following BioBricks and produced several laccase. To simplify the presentation of our results we named the produced laccase like the following system
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All BioBricks of the iGEM Team Bielefeld were screened to identify the best conditions for protein expression. The first trials were made by shaking flask cultivations with different parameters. These parameters were various shaking flask designs, different temperatures, different concentrations of chloramphenicol, various induction strategies, several cultivation times and some cultivations in absence or presence of CuCl<sub>2</sub>. To detect the produced laccases, different analysis methods were performed like SDS-PAGE analysis as well as MALDI-TOF. The iGEM Team successfully produced four active bacterial laccases and succeeded to purify four of them. Besides the successfully scale-up fermentation, these laccases could be purified in a high amount to characterize the optimal activity conditions regarding pH, temperature, buffer solutions and organic solvent resistance. Furthermore, the iGEM Team Bielefeld demonstrated that the produced laccases can be immobilized maintaining their activity and the degradation capacity was screened for several micro-contaminants. These tests indicate that all of our produced laccases are able to degrade estradiol and the two laccases TTHL and BPUL are able to degrade ethinyl-estradiol in combination with a mediator. At this moment, the self-designed shuttle-vector for the production of eukaryotic laccases in yeast is ready to go. This vector was tested to integrate by courtesy of homologous recombination genes of eukaryotic laccases into Pichia Pastoris and produce them in an active form. First experiments show a successful production of one laccase of ''Trametes versicolor''. A cheap alternative purification and immobilization method via a cellulose binding tag is also close at hand. During our research, we cultivated the following BioBricks and produced several laccase. To simplify the presentation of our results we named the produced laccase like the corresponding system.
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!colspan="5"|Produced and generated BioBricks with the source strain of the DNA-sequence, promoter, protein name and the names given by the iGEM Team Bielefeld
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All BioBricks of the iGEM Team Bielefeld were screened to identify the best conditions for protein expression. The first trials were made by shaking flask cultivations with different parameters. These parameters  were  various shaking flask designs , different temperatures, different concentrations of chloramphenicol, various induction strategies , several cultivation times and some cultivations in absence or presence of  CuCl<sub>2</sub>.  To detect the produced laccases different analysis methods were performed like SDS-PAGE analysis as well as MALDI-TOF.
 
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iGEM Team Bielefeld is developing a biological filter using immobilized laccases, enzymes able to radicalize and break down a broad range of aromatic substances. For the production of laccases from different bacteria, fungi and plants, two expression systems are used: ''Escherichia coli'' and the yeast ''Pichia pastoris''. Immobilization is carried out either by using CPC-silica beads or by fusing the enzymes to cellulose binding domains. The concept could be extended to other toxic pollutants in drinking and wastewater, as well as to industrial applications in paper and textile industries or even for bioremediation of contaminated soil.
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[https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Results/Datapage Read more.]
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==Data for our favorite new parts==
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# <partinfo>K863000</partinfo> - '''bpul (laccase from ''Bacillus pumilus'') with T7 promoter, RBS and HIS tag''':
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The iGEM Team successfully produced four active bacterial laccases and an eukaryotic laccase (click for the results):
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:* [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Results/coli ''Escherichia coli'' laccase ECOL]
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:* [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Results/pumi''Bacillus pumilus'' laccase BPUL]
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:* [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Results/halo''Bacillus halodurans'' laccase BHAL]
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:* [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Results/thermo ''Thermus thermophilus'' laccase TTHL]
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:* [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Results/tvel5 ''Trametes versicolor'' laccase TVEL5]
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:* [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Results/comparison Comparison of the different laccases]
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:* [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Results/trametis Purchased positive control ''Trametes versicolor'' laccase TVEL0]
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First some trials of shaking flask cultivations were made with different parameters to define the best conditions for the production of the His-tagged CotA aus ''Bacillus pumilus'' DSM 27 ([http://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-27.html ATCC7061]) named BPUL. Because of no activity in the cell lysate a purification method was established (using Ni-NTA-Histag resin). The purified BPUL could be detected by SDS-PAGE (molecular weight of 58.6&nbsp;kDa) as well as MALDI-TOF. To improve the purification strategies the length of the elution gradient was increased. The fractionated samples were also tested concerning their activity. A maximal activity of X was reached. After measuring activity of BPUL a scale up was made up to 3&nbsp;L and also up to 6&nbsp;L.
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[[File:Bielefeld2012_BPUL3LFermentation.jpg|450px|thumb|left|'''Figure 1:''' Fermentation of ''E.&nbsp;coli'' KRX with <partinfo>BBa_K863000</partinfo> (BPUL) in [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Protocols/Materials#Biostat_B_Bioreactor_.283_L.29_by_Braun Braun Biostat&nbsp;B], scale: 3&nbsp;L, [https://2012.igem.org/Team:Bielefeld-Germany/Protocols/Materials#Autoinduction_medium autoinduction medium] + 60&nbsp;µg/mL chloramphenicol, 37&nbsp;°C, pH&nbsp;7, agitation on cascade to hold a pO<sub>2</sub> of 50&nbsp;%, OD<sub>600</sub> measured every 30&nbsp;minutes.]]
 
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[[File:Bielefeld2012_BPUL3LChromatogramm.jpg|450px|thumb|left|'''Figure 2:''' Chromatogram of wash and elution from FLPC Ni-NTA-Histag purification of BPUL produced by 3&nbsp;L fermentation of ''E.&nbsp;coli'' KRX with <partinfo>BBa_K863000</partinfo>. BPUL was eluted between a process volume of 460&nbsp;mL to 480&nbsp;mL with a maximal UV-detection signal of 69 mAU]]
 
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In the field of cheap protein-extraction cellulose binding domains (CBD) have made themselfes a name. A lot of publications have been made, concerning a cheap strategy to capture a protein from the cell-lysate with a CBD-tag. Also enhanced segregation with CBD-tagged proteins have been observed. At this project the idea is different, the binding of our self-produced proteins to cellulose via a protein-domain-tag is taking advantage of the binding capacity of binding domains not only for purification reasons (it is still a great benefit), but also as an immobilizing-protocol for our laccases.
 
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Accessible organisms were searched via NCBI for binding-domains, -proteins and -motifs and work-groups were asked if they could help out. The results of the database research were only two chitin/carbohydate binding modules within the ''Bacillus halodurans'' genome (That stain was ordered for it's laccase <partinfo>BBa_K863020</partinfo>). One is in the [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/289656506?report=genbank&log$=nuclalign&blast_rank=1&RID=0JPT9WMS01N Cochin chitinase gene] and the other in a [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein/BAB05022.1 chitin binding protein].
 
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Meanwhile the Fermentation group of our university group offered the use of two plasmids (p570 & p671), containing cellulose binding domains. The cellulose binding domain of the [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nucleotide/327179207?report=genbank&log$=nucltop&blast_rank=3&RID=152ZCN0E01N ''Cellulomonas fimi'' ATCC 484 exoglucanase gene] (CBDcex) and the cellulose binding domain of [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/M73817 ''Clostridium cellulovorans'' cellulose binding protein gene (cbp A)] (CBDclos). The decision was made to use these two domains. Staying within the cellulose binding domain-family and leave other protein domains like carbohydrate binding domains aside would keep the results comparable. Like changing to a different binding material would change the binding capacities of both domains in the same way. Also both are bacterial CBDs and no post-translational modification and glycosylation had to be dealt with.
 
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[[image:Bielefeld2012_GFP.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein in action]]
 
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Kavoosi ''et al.'' (2007) Strategy for selecting and characterizing linker peptides for CBM9-tagged fusion proteins expressed in Escherichia coli. ''Biotechnol Bioeng.'' Oct 15;98(3):599-610.
 
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Latest revision as of 00:15, 3 December 2012

Results

Summary

All BioBricks of the iGEM Team Bielefeld were screened to identify the best conditions for protein expression. The first trials were made by shaking flask cultivations with different parameters. These parameters were various shaking flask designs, different temperatures, different concentrations of chloramphenicol, various induction strategies, several cultivation times and some cultivations in absence or presence of CuCl2. To detect the produced laccases, different analysis methods were performed like SDS-PAGE analysis as well as MALDI-TOF. The iGEM Team successfully produced four active bacterial laccases and succeeded to purify four of them. Besides the successfully scale-up fermentation, these laccases could be purified in a high amount to characterize the optimal activity conditions regarding pH, temperature, buffer solutions and organic solvent resistance. Furthermore, the iGEM Team Bielefeld demonstrated that the produced laccases can be immobilized maintaining their activity and the degradation capacity was screened for several micro-contaminants. These tests indicate that all of our produced laccases are able to degrade estradiol and the two laccases TTHL and BPUL are able to degrade ethinyl-estradiol in combination with a mediator. At this moment, the self-designed shuttle-vector for the production of eukaryotic laccases in yeast is ready to go. This vector was tested to integrate by courtesy of homologous recombination genes of eukaryotic laccases into Pichia Pastoris and produce them in an active form. First experiments show a successful production of one laccase of Trametes versicolor. A cheap alternative purification and immobilization method via a cellulose binding tag is also close at hand. During our research, we cultivated the following BioBricks and produced several laccase. To simplify the presentation of our results we named the produced laccase like the corresponding system.

Produced and generated BioBricks with the source strain of the DNA-sequence, promoter, protein name and the names given by the iGEM Team Bielefeld
BioBrick code strain promoter name of protein name given by the iGEM Team
<partinfo>K863000</partinfo> Bacillus pumilus DSM 27 T7 promoter CotA BPUL
<partinfo>K863005</partinfo> E. coli BL21(DE3) T7 promoter CueO ECOL
<partinfo>K863010</partinfo> Thermus thermophilus HB27 T7 promoter tthL TTHL
<partinfo>K863012</partinfo> Thermus thermophilus HB27 constitutive promoter (<partinfo>BBa_J23100</partinfo>) tthL TTHL
<partinfo>K863015</partinfo> Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris B100 T7 CopA XCCL
<partinfo>K863020</partinfo> Bacillus halodurans C-125 T7 Lbh1 BHAL
<partinfo>K863022</partinfo> Bacillus halodurans C-125 constitutive promoter (<partinfo>BBa_J23100</partinfo>) Lbh1 BHAL
<partinfo>K863030</partinfo> Trametes versicolor AOX1 promoter TVL5 TVEL5

Datapage

iGEM Team Bielefeld is developing a biological filter using immobilized laccases, enzymes able to radicalize and break down a broad range of aromatic substances. For the production of laccases from different bacteria, fungi and plants, two expression systems are used: Escherichia coli and the yeast Pichia pastoris. Immobilization is carried out either by using CPC-silica beads or by fusing the enzymes to cellulose binding domains. The concept could be extended to other toxic pollutants in drinking and wastewater, as well as to industrial applications in paper and textile industries or even for bioremediation of contaminated soil.

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Laccases

The iGEM Team successfully produced four active bacterial laccases and an eukaryotic laccase (click for the results):

All bacterial laccases (ECOL, BHAL, TTHL and BPUL) we accomplished to purify. Besides the successfully scale-up fermentation these laccases could be purified in a high amount to characterize the optimal activity conditions regarding pH, temperature, buffer solutions and organic solvent resistance. Furthermore the iGEM Team Bielefeld demonstrated that the produced laccases can be immobilized maintaining their activity and the degradation capacity was screened for several micro-contaminants. These tests indicate that they are able to degrade estradiol and ethinyl-estradiol.

Immobilization

Using commercially acquired laccases from Trametes versicolor (named TVEL0) as a standard, it was possible to optimize an immobilization method of the purified laccases from

  • [http://openwetware.org/wiki/E._coli_genotypes#BL21.28DE3.29 E. coli BL21 (DE3)] (named ECOL)
  • [http://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-27.html Bacillus pumilus DSM 27 (ATCC7061)] (named BPUL)
  • [http://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-18197.html?tx_dsmzresources_pi5 Bacillus halodurans C-125 ] (named BHAL) and from
  • [http://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-7039.html?tx_dsmzreso Thermus thermophilus HB27] (named TTHL)

on CPC-silica beads. All four purified laccases were successfully immobilized, with ECOL and BPUL showing the highest binding ability to beads. Moreover, all four immobilized laccases showed activity. Whereas immobilized BPUL showed a relatively high activity, the results couldn't be compared to BHAL und TTHL due to the low concentration of the latters. For immobilization results see here

Substrate Analysis

To establish the methods for degradation analysis of different substrates TVEL0 was used as positive control. After that the four produced bacterial laccases were analyzed. The HPLC results showed that estradiol and ethinyl estradiol ( with addition of ABTS) are degradable with our laccases.To determine degradation products of estradiol and ethinyl estradiol after laccase treatment LCMS-MS analysis were done. For more informations click here.

Cellulose binding domain

A cheap alternative purification method combined with a powerful immobilization tool could be the solution to prevail over other more expensive water cleaning methods like oxidization with ozone or using tons of activated carbon which just capture microcontaminates, but does not dismantle them. A promising solution to this could be cellulose binding domains (CBDs). Cellulose is ubiquitous and sustainable. Following this idea fusion-protein-constructs with cellulose binding domains have been made. To characterize a GFP has been introduced as a C or N-terminal domain of the cellulose binding protein. After delays in cloning the constructs for two fusion proteins with a T7-promoter could be finished, but did not express the protein in E. coli KRX and BL21. An alternative construct with a constitutive promoter could also be finished, but gave the same results. Changing the order of CBD and GFP was carried out, but was hampered by a base deletion in the GFP gene causing a frame shift and could not be redone in time.

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Shuttle vector

A shuttle vector for site-directed recombination into the yeast P. pastoris does not exist in the parts registry and could be developed by our team. With this system it is possible to recombine a protein of interest with a N-terminal mating factor alpha 1 for secretion the protein into the media. This protein of interest could be cloned in frame with one restriction ligate cloning step. The selection depends not on an antibiotic resistance like zeocine, but on a complementation of histidine auxotrophy. This system is for us important because some of our laccases can not be expressed in the prokaryotic expression system E. coli, because the protein needs glycosylation. Read more.

Collaboration with UCL

The BioBrick [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K729006 BBa_K729006] from the University College London was characterized by us. Therefore E. coli KRX containing [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K729006 BBa_K729006] and E. coli KRX as a negative control were cultivated in shaking flasks and a growth kinetic was determined. The harvested cells were lysed via sonication and substances with a low molecular weight were seperated out of the supernatant. After purification the sample was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF. For a comparison E. coli KRX containing [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K863005 BBa_K7863005] was cultivated and analysed by SDS-PAGE as well as tested with a laccase activity assay. [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K729006 BBa_K729006] and [http://partsregistry.org/wiki/index.php?title=Part:BBa_K863005 BBa_K7863005] showed a similar behaviour in oxidizing ABTS. Read more.


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