{"title":"Formaldehyde dehydrogenase SzFaldDH: an indispensable bridge for relaying CO2 bioactivation and conversion†","authors":"Boxia Guo , Xiuling Ji , Yaju Xue , Yuhong Huang","doi":"10.1039/d4gc03745f","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Formaldehyde dehydrogenases (FaldDHs) are becoming attractive biocatalysts as an indispensable bridge for relaying CO<sub>2</sub> bioactivation and conversion by multi-enzyme cascade reactions (CO<sub>2</sub> → HCOOH → HCHO → C<sub><em>n</em></sub>) in a green process. This study has discovered four novel FaldDHs using the effective bioinformatics tool Peptide Pattern Recognition (PPR), among which SzFaldDH was shown to have outstanding reducing activity 10-fold greater than the commercial PFaldDH. This new FaldDH achieved the highest catalytic efficiency among all free enzyme systems of CO<sub>2</sub> → HCHO at 0.496 μmol g<sub>enzyme</sub><sup>−1</sup> min<sup>−1</sup>. The outstanding reducing capability was attributed to the enlarged substrate tunnel achieved by residue at the entrance and an extra loop, making it easier for the combination with the substrates. The Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Dynamic calculations revealed the facilitation of hydrogen transfer between formate and NADH as well as protonation of carbonyl oxygen also contributed to the high reducing activity. This discovery provided a novel effective biocatalyst for further promoting the conversion and utilization of CO<sub>2</sub>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":78,"journal":{"name":"Green Chemistry","volume":"26 23","pages":"Pages 11540-11547"},"PeriodicalIF":9.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Green Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1463926224008914","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Formaldehyde dehydrogenases (FaldDHs) are becoming attractive biocatalysts as an indispensable bridge for relaying CO2 bioactivation and conversion by multi-enzyme cascade reactions (CO2 → HCOOH → HCHO → Cn) in a green process. This study has discovered four novel FaldDHs using the effective bioinformatics tool Peptide Pattern Recognition (PPR), among which SzFaldDH was shown to have outstanding reducing activity 10-fold greater than the commercial PFaldDH. This new FaldDH achieved the highest catalytic efficiency among all free enzyme systems of CO2 → HCHO at 0.496 μmol genzyme−1 min−1. The outstanding reducing capability was attributed to the enlarged substrate tunnel achieved by residue at the entrance and an extra loop, making it easier for the combination with the substrates. The Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Dynamic calculations revealed the facilitation of hydrogen transfer between formate and NADH as well as protonation of carbonyl oxygen also contributed to the high reducing activity. This discovery provided a novel effective biocatalyst for further promoting the conversion and utilization of CO2.
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Green Chemistry is a journal that provides a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative green and sustainable technologies. The scope of Green Chemistry is based on the definition proposed by Anastas and Warner (Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, P T Anastas and J C Warner, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998), which defines green chemistry as the utilisation of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. Green Chemistry aims to reduce the environmental impact of the chemical enterprise by developing a technology base that is inherently non-toxic to living things and the environment. The journal welcomes submissions on all aspects of research relating to this endeavor and publishes original and significant cutting-edge research that is likely to be of wide general appeal. For a work to be published, it must present a significant advance in green chemistry, including a comparison with existing methods and a demonstration of advantages over those methods.