Ethylphenol formation by Lactobacillus plantarum: Identification of the enzyme involved in the reduction of vinylphenols
Ethylphenols are strong odorants produced by microbial activity that are described as off flavors in several foods. Lactobacillus plantarum is a lactic acid bacterial species able to produce ethylphenols by the reduction of vinylphenols during the metabolism of hydroxycinnamic acids. However, the reductase involved has not been yet uncovered. In this study, the involvement in vinylphenol reduction of a gene encoding a putative reductase (lp_3125) was confirmed by the absence of reduction activity in the Δlp_3125 knockout mutant. The protein encoded by lp_3125, VprA, was recombinantly produced in Escherichia coli. VprA was assayed against vinylphenols (4-vinylphenol, 4-vinylcatechol, and 4-vinylguaiacol), and all were reduced to their corresponding ethylphenols (4-ethylphenol, 4-ethylcatechol, and 4-ethylguaiacol). PCR and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) detection methods revealed that the VprA reductase is not widely distributed among the lactic acid bacteria studied and that only the bacteria possessing the vprA gene were able to produce ethylphenol from vinylphenol. However, all the species belonging to the L. plantarum group were ethylphenol producers. The identification of the L. plantarum VprA protein involved in hydroxycinnamate degradation completes the route ofdegradation of these compounds in lactic acid bacteria.
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/241853 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100010198 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 |
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| Summary: | Ethylphenols are strong odorants produced by microbial activity that are described as off flavors in several foods. Lactobacillus plantarum is a lactic acid bacterial species able to produce ethylphenols by the reduction of vinylphenols during the metabolism of hydroxycinnamic acids. However, the reductase involved has not been yet uncovered. In this study, the involvement in vinylphenol reduction of a gene encoding a putative reductase (lp_3125) was confirmed by the absence of reduction activity in the Δlp_3125 knockout mutant. The protein encoded by lp_3125, VprA, was recombinantly produced in Escherichia coli. VprA was assayed against vinylphenols (4-vinylphenol, 4-vinylcatechol, and 4-vinylguaiacol), and all were reduced to their corresponding ethylphenols (4-ethylphenol, 4-ethylcatechol, and 4-ethylguaiacol). PCR and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) detection methods revealed that the VprA reductase is not widely distributed among the lactic acid bacteria studied and that only the bacteria possessing the vprA gene were able to produce ethylphenol from vinylphenol. However, all the species belonging to the L. plantarum group were ethylphenol producers. The identification of the L. plantarum VprA protein involved in hydroxycinnamate degradation completes the route ofdegradation of these compounds in lactic acid bacteria. |
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