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Tyrosinase and laccase-producing Bacillus aryabhattai TFG5 and its role in the polymerization of phenols

Abstract

Background

Tyrosinases and laccases are oxidoreductase enzymes that are used widely in the food, feed, textile, and biofuel industries. The rapidly growing industrial demand for bacterial oxido-reductases has encouraged research on this enzyme worldwide. These enzymes also play a key role in the formation of humic substances (HS) that are involved in controlling the biogeochemical carbon cycle, providing nutrients and bio-stimulants for plant growth, and interacting with inorganic and organic pollutants besides increasing carbon sequestration and mitigating greenhouse gas emission in the environment. The present study aimed to screen and characterize extracellular tyrosinase and laccase-producing soil bacteria that could be utilized in the polymerization of phenols.

Results

Twenty isolates from different soil samples collected from forest ecosystems were characterized through ARDRA using restriction digestion with AluI, HpaII, and HaeIII restriction enzymes. The results of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) revealed a 60 % similarity coefficient among 13 out of 20 isolates, of which, the isolate TFG5 exhibited only 10 % similarity when compared to all the other isolates. The isolate TFG5 exhibited both tyrosinase (1.34 U.mL− 1) and laccase (2.01 U.mL− 1) activity and was identified as Bacillus aryabhattai. The increased polymerization activity was observed when B. aryabhattai TFG5 was treated with phenols. The monomers such as catechol, p-Hydroxy benzoic acid, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid were polymerized efficiently, as evidenced by their FT-IR spectra depicting increased functional groups compared to the standard mushroom tyrosinase.

Conclusions

The polymerization ability of B. aryabhattai TFG5 could be applied to phenol-rich wastewater treatment for efficient precipitation of phenols. Furthermore, tyrosinases can be used for enhancing the synthesis of HS in soil.

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Background

Tyrosinase exhibits monophenol monooxygenase (EC 1.14.18.1) and o-diphenol: oxygen-oxidoreductase (EC1.10.3.1) activities. Laccase (EC 1.10.3.2) exhibits the ρ-diphenol:oxygen-oxidoreductase activity. Both the enzymes are grouped under oxidoreductases, which are present in most plants, fungi, bacteria, archaea, lichens and mammals [1,2,3]. Tyrosinase catalyzes the oxidation of L-tyrosine into melanin via dopaquinone and L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA); L-DOPA is administered in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease [4]. Laccase oxidizes a variety of phenols, non-phenolic substrates, and aromatic compounds and is the most suitable enzyme for industrial applications, such as oxidation of xenobiotic compounds and in the pulp and paper industry [5, 6]. In terms of oxidation activity, the main difference between laccase and tyrosinase is their substrate specificity. While laccase is capable of oxidizing syringaldizine and other phenolics as well as non-phenolic substrates, tyrosinase can oxidize only L-tyrosine. In addition, tyrosinase exhibits ceresolase activity, while laccase does not.

The commercial production of tyrosinase and laccase is limited to fungal sources. Agaricus bisporus mushroom is used for commercial tyrosinase production [7], while the white-rot basidiomycetes are well-known for the commercial production of laccase. Only a few bacterial tyrosinases are reported, predominantly from the Streptomyces sp. [8,9,10]. Tyrosinases are also known to occur in Rhizobium sp. [11], Vibrio tyrosinaticus, Thermomicrobium [12], Azospirillum lipoferum [13], CotE of Bacillus spore [14, 15], Bacillus megaterium [15] and Bacillus aryabhattai [16]. The presence of tyrosinase and laccase in soil microflora signifies the role of these enzymes in organic matter decomposition, and eventually, the formation of HS. The microbial oxidoreductases such as tyrosinases and laccases are reported to depolymerize the lignin present in the organic matter. Furthermore, the cross-linking of amino acids in the depolymerized lignin and the enhanced formation of the backbone structure of humic polymer in the decomposing soil are catalyzed by microbial tyrosinases [17,18,19]. In this manner, the microbial oxidoreductases contribute to soil carbon sequestration.

Moreover, in industrial applications, bacterial oxidoreductases are preferred over fungal ones as the former presents the advantages of faster multiplication rate, the convenience of commercialization, genome modifications, etc. Therefore, recent studies have focused on the screening and application of bacterial tyrosinases with significant secretory potential for industrial/soil applications. The present study involved the screening and characterization of laccase and tyrosinase-producing bacterial isolates from forest soils for use in the polymerization of the phenols in the soil or water environment. It was envisaged that the bacteria with dual enzyme secretion capability would be beneficial in the polymerization of phenolic molecules in wastewater. More importantly, research on such bacteria can unravel the mechanistic role of enzyme-mediated synthesis of HS in the soil so that the synthesis rate of humic substances could be increased, thereby increasing soil carbon sequestration. Previously, we attempted to understand the mechanism of formation and enhancement of HS from coir pith wastes using a tyrosinase produced by B. aryabhattai TFG5 [20]. The present study confirmed the identity of the potential soil bacteria that possess laccase and tyrosinase activity besides characterizing their role in the polymerization of phenols.

Results

Screening for tyrosinase and laccase-positive isolates

The preliminary screening of isolates for tyrosinase and laccase activity revealed that among the 20 isolates screened, the maximum tyrosinase activity was exhibited by PLD9N (5.61 U.mL− 1), followed by WD12 (5.5 U.mL− 1) and WD 7 (5.23 U.mL− 1). The lowest activity of 1.23 U.mL− 1 was exhibited by isolate PLD23N. The maximum specific activity (68.04 U.mg− 1 of protein) was obtained for PLD20N, followed by PLD7N, while the lowest specific activity (1.74 U.mg− 1 of protein) was observed for PLD17 (Fig. 1 and Figure S1).

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Screening of the isolates for tyrosinase production

Among 20 isolates screened, PLD14N, WD12, and TFG5 produced both laccase and tyrosinase when cultivated in Crawford and L-tyrosine media, respectively, as explained in the materials and methods section. Among these three, the isolate TFG5 exhibited the maximum laccase activity of 2.01 U.mL− 1 and maximum specific activity of 14.15 U.mg− 1 of protein. The isolate WD12 exhibited a specific activity of 30.86 U.mg− 1 of protein, while its laccase activity was 1.79 U.mL− 1 (Fig. 2).

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Screening of the isolates for laccase production

Characterization of the isolates using ARDRA

Amplified Ribosomal DNA Restriction Analysis (ARDRA) is an efficient molecular tool for the identification of bacterial communities isolated from different locations. In the present study, ARDRA was employed to characterize all the twenty isolates. Genomic DNA was isolated from the isolates, followed by the amplification of 16 S rDNA (1500 bp) gene. The amplicon was digested with restriction enzymes AluI, HpaII, and HaeIII. The patterns of restriction for AluI resulted in a clear and robust banding pattern between 100 and 600 bp (Figure S2). A strong banding pattern between 200 and 400 bp was observed for 14 among the 20 isolates, viz., lane 1–9, 12, 13, 15, 17, and 20. Such a banding pattern indicates that these 14 isolates belonged to a common group. Lanes 10, 11, 14, 15, and 19 presented distinct banding patterns between 100 and 800 bp, which suggested that these isolates belonged to a common group different from the one containing the other 14 isolates. A unique banding pattern between 100 and 600 bp was observed in lane 11 (Figure S2).

The overall restriction digestion patterns of HpaII produced a strong and identical band between 100 and 600 bp. Three different and predominant banding patterns were observed upon digestion with HpaII. Lanes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 17 presented a banding pattern between 100 and 400 bp, demonstrating a similar digestion pattern. Similarly, lanes 1, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15, and 20, which presented a banding pattern between 100 and 400 bp, demonstrated identical banding patterns. The banding patterns different from the above two were observed in lanes 12, 14, 18, and 19. Among the all, lane 11 was more distinct from the others, with a banding pattern between 100 and 700 bp (Figure S3).

The predominant group in the case of restriction with HaeIII included lanes 7, 8, 9, 15, and 20, with a banding pattern between 100 and 400 bp. Next to this, a banding pattern between 100 and 500 bp was present in lanes 2, 3, and 4. A 100–700 bp restriction band was observed in lanes 11, 14, and 19 (Figure S4).

ARDRA profiling of three restriction enzymes revealed restriction digestion by HpaII and HaeIII was relatively similar to the tested tyrosinase/laccase-positive isolates. The grouping and the number of dominant bands were similar for both the enzymes (Figure S3 and S4). On the other hand, AluI produced an entirely different banding pattern (Figure S2). Based on the restriction patterns, a dendrogram was constructed, and the phylogeny of the isolates was identified (Fig. 3). The similarity coefficient of 60 % was obtained for lanes 1, 10, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, and 18. Both lane 12 and lane 13 presented a similarity coefficient of 40 % and were identical isolates. Similarly, lanes 14 and 19 presented a similarity coefficient of 30 % and were identical isolates. Lane 11 was only 10 % similar to the other lanes, suggesting that this isolate was different from all the other isolates. The phylogenetic analysis of the tyrosinase/laccase-positive isolates revealed that the isolates having a similarity coefficient of over 60 % belonged to the Streptomyces sp. The distinct isolate of lane 11, with a similarity coefficient of 10 %, was identified as Bacillus aryabhattai possessing both tyrosinase and laccase activity (Fig. 4).

Fig. 3
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HCA dendrogram constructed using the ARDRA pattern of tyrosinase/laccase-positive isolates

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The phylogenetic tree constructed using the ARDRA pattern of tyrosinase/laccase-positive isolates

According to ARDRA profiling and phylogenetic relationship, a distinctively related bacterial isolate with a similarity coefficient of < 10 % was identified as Bacillus aryabhattai TFG5 based on the 16 S rRNA gene sequencing. The 16 S rRNA sequence of the isolate has been submitted to NCBI gene bank (GenBank accession number: KT956906). The literature on the bacteria, particularly Bacillus sp., with dual enzyme (tyrosinase and laccase) secretion capability, is scarce. Therefore, Bacillus aryabhattai TFG5 was selected for further analyses and characterization.

Polymerization of phenols using B. aryabhattai TFG5

Table 1 describes the presence of different functional groups in monomers used along with their corresponding wavenumbers as observed in the FTIR spectra. The presence of a greater number of functional groups were observed in the extracellular protein of TFG5-treated phenols compared to the control ones (Table 1 and Figure S5). All the monomers used had functional groups representing alcohol at wave number 3328 cm− 1, alkenes at 1637.3 cm− 1, and amine salts at 2331 cm− 1 (Table 1); these functional groups represent polymerization. The transformation of aldehydes into alkenes and amine salts was observed in catechol and benzoic acid. In contrast, no such change was observed in ferulic acid and salicylic acid, suggesting that the extracellular protein from TFG5 exerted a transforming effect on the concerned polymers. The reverse was true for salicylic acid, in which the alkenes C = C present at the wavenumber 1637.3 cm− 1 were transformed into aldehydes at wave number 1737.55 cm− 1 due to the action of the extracellular protein from TFG5. In ferulic acid, no such transformation of alkenes was observed.

Table 1 FT-IR absorbance spectra and the corresponding functional groups of the monomers observed during polymerization

Discussion

Tyrosinases and laccases are enzymes occurring naturally in plants, fungi, bacteria, and mammals, with potential applications in various fields such as medical, pharmaceutical, industrial, and wastewater treatment industries [21]. Tyrosinases from Agaricus bisporus are available commercially and are used widely for different applications. Tyrosinases from bacteria are being explored currently, most of them belonging to the Streptomyces sp. [13]. Laccases are another group of important industrial enzymes, with the bacterial laccases preferred over the fungal ones in the industry due to several advantages of the former, including convenient genetic modification to improve their function, better performance in biosensor applications, etc. [22]. The identification of novel bacterial strains producing tyrosinase and laccase is necessary to meet the growing demand for these enzymes in various industries [8]. Therefore, in the present study, ARDRA and tetra-cutter restriction endonucleases were used to screen and characterize isolates of soil microorganisms with both laccase and tyrosinase activity. ARDRA is a useful tool for the identification of microorganisms based on the restriction digestion patterns of the PCR-amplified products, because of its speed compared to phenotypic identification, reliability, practical applicability, flexibility, and the possibility of identifying most bacteria. It is a simple and rapid tool that does not require costly equipment and depends on the type of restriction enzymes in rapid follow-up for environmental microorganisms [23]. ARDRA has been successfully applied to characterize bacterial communities of the activated sludge in domestic and industrial wastewater [23]. The identification of the Lactobacillus bacterial community in poultry was successfully achieved in a previous study using ARDRA [24]. In the present study, ARDRA of soil bacterial communities revealed a novel bacterial strain B. aryabhattai TFG5 that possessed both tyrosinase and laccase activity. The yields of tyrosinase in this bacterial isolate were much higher than those reported for other Bacillus sp., such as Bacillus megatherium strain M36 with a tyrosinase activity of 0.522 IU [25].

The extracellular enzyme secreted by B. aryabhattai TFG5 was used for the polymerization of phenols. According to the results presented in Figure S5 and Table 1, new functional groups were observed due to the polymerization of catechol and benzoic acid. Aldehydes were polymerized into alkenes and amine salts. Such a transformation of phenols into additional functional groups confirms the superior efficiency of this bacterial tyrosinase over the standard tyrosinase (Figure S5 and Table 1). A similar kind of polymerization was observed in the study reported previously, in which phenol was treated with fungal laccase from Ustilago maydis; and FT- IR analysis of functional groups, revealed that new functional groups were formed upon treatment of flavonoids with laccase and tyrosinase [26]. The polymerization of phenolic molecules is vital for the removal of excess phenolic contaminants in wastewater [21], while the polymerization of degraded lignin with amino acids enhances the decomposition process and the formation of soil humic substances [17, 27]. In an earlier study, tyrosinase-mediated humification of coirpith wastes was successfully achieved by extracellular protein from B. aryabhattai TFG-5 [20]. The extracellular enzyme was characterized using homology modeling and confirmed as a tyrosinase. Besides transforming standard phenols, the extracellular enzyme also transformed free phenols in coirpith wash water. Coirpith wastes when treated with the enzyme synthesized humic substances in a short time [20]. The polymerization of phenols also assists in dye removal and the antioxidant activity of human cells [28]. Similarly, the reverse transformation of aldehydes into alkenes signifies that the aldehydes formed due to the polymerization of organic matter in the soil are transformed into alkenes by the extracellular enzyme from TFG5. Therefore, it can be envisaged from the results that the extracellular protein of TFG5 is superior to the standard tyrosinase and capable of transforming the degradative products of organic matter.

Conclusions

Therefore, the novel bacterial isolate B. aryabhattai TFG5 is a potential candidate that could be used in the polymerization of the phenols in wastewater and soil environments. The dual enzyme-positive nature of this bacterial strain may be utilized in the industries for the removal of phenol content and acceleration of humification in soils.

Methods

Screening of tyrosinase and laccase-positive isolates

Soil samples were collected from different locations, including termite fungal garden and decayed woods of the Forest College and Research Institute, Mettupalayam (Jakanari Forest Range) having Peelamedu soil series (latitude and longitude of 11.28910 N,76.9410oE). The collected samples were stored at 4 °C until use. The tyrosinase- and laccase-producing bacteria were isolated from the soil samples using the modified protocol of Dalford. Briefly, the soil samples were serially diluted up to 10-6, followed by plating on the medium, which contained (g.L− 1): casein broth hydrolysate (10), K2HPO4 (0.5), MgSO4 (0.25), and L-tyrosine (1) for tyrosinase-producing bacteria (Dalford et al. 2006). The laccase-positive colonies were screened by streaking the pure colonies on the soil extract agar medium containing (g.L− 1) glucose- (1.0), K2HPO4 (0.5), soil extract 100 mL, and agar (15.0) with a pH of 7.0. After culture growth, the colonies turning dark brown on the L-tyrosine plate (Fig. 1) were tyrosinase-positive. The laccase-positive colonies were identified based on the rapid appearance of pink coloration over the colony upon adding a drop of 0.1 M Syringaldazine (SGZ).

Tyrosinase and laccase production under submerged fermentation

All the twenty isolates were pre-cultured in a nutrient broth containing (w/v) glucose (0.8 %), meat extract (1 %), peptone from casein (1 %), tryptone (1 %), and NaCl (0.05 %) at 37 °C inside an incubated shaker at 200 rpm. After 18 h of incubation, the culture was transferred to the production medium containing (g.L− 1) casein broth hydrolysate (10), K2HPO4 (0.5), MgSO4 (0.25), and L-tyrosine, followed by incubation at 37 °C under 200 rpm shaking conditions [25]. Laccase production was monitored for all the isolates cultured in Crawford’s broth supplemented with 0.01 % CuSO4 and incubated as described above [5].

Enzyme assay

All the cultures grown in respective growth medium induced with either L-tyrosine or CuSO4 were centrifuged at 11,200 ×g for 10 min in a refrigerated centrifuge (ThermoFisher, India) at 4 °C to obtain a clear supernatant without cells. The cell-free culture supernatant was used as the enzyme source. Tyrosinase activity in the supernatant was determined based on the oxidation of 1 mM L-DOPA (3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine) in 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) into dopachrome in the presence of 5 mM MBTH, which was quantified by the increase in the absorption at 475 nm (ε475 = 3.6 mM− 1 cm− 1) [29]. The laccase activity in the supernatant collected from Crawford’s broth was determined based on the oxidation of syringaldizine (0.1 M), which was quantified spectrophotometrically by measuring the change in the absorbance at 530 nm with a molar extinction coefficient (€ max = 3.6 × 104 M− 1 cm− 1) [25, 30]. One unit (U) of enzyme activity was defined as the amount of enzyme required to oxidize 1 µmol of the substrate minute− 1.mL− 1 of the reaction mixture under standard assay conditions. The protein concentration of the enzyme sample was determined using Bradford’s reagent (Bio-Rad, California, USA) in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and with bovine serum albumin (BSA) as the standard [31].

Genomic DNA extraction and amplification of 16SrDNA gene

In order to characterize the 20 isolates obtained from the forest soil using ARDRA, genomic DNA was extracted from the actively-growing cultures grown in LB broth, followed by total DNA extraction using the CTAB method. The DNA concentration was estimated, and the purity was determined using agarose gel electrophoresis. Appropriately diluted (20 ng.µL− 1) DNA was used for the amplification of the 16 S rDNA gene. The forward and reverse primers used were: 27f AGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAG and 1492r ACGGYTACCTTGTTACGACTT. The PCR reactions were performed in 20 µL PCR mixture, including 1X Taq buffer, 2.5 mM MgCl2, 0.5 µM of forward and reverse primers each, 0.25 mM dNTP mixture, and 3 U of Pfu DNA Polymerase (all from Fermentas, USA). The PCR conditions were: initial denaturation at 95 °C for 5 min; 35 cycles of denaturation at 95 °C, each for 1 min; annealing at 55 °C for 1 min; primer extension at 72 °C for 1 min followed by the final extension at 72 °C for 10 min. Amplification was performed in BioRad T100 PCR. The presence of the 1.5-kb PCR product size was visualized using 1.2 % agarose gel electrophoresis.

Restriction digestion analysis

The amplified PCR products were characterized by digestion with three restriction endonucleases, namely, AluI, HpaII, and HaeIII [32]. The restriction digestion was performed at 37 °C for 8 h in thin-wall tubes with a reaction volume of 20 µL containing 10 µL of the amplified PCR product, 10 U of restriction enzymes, and appropriate buffer. The restriction digestion reaction was stopped by the thermal inactivation of the enzymes at 65 °C. The restricted fragment patterns were run on 1.2 % polyacrylamide gels containing ethidium bromide solution (5 ŋg.µL− 1).

Construction of dendrogram and phylogenetic tree

The number and position of the bands obtained from the 16 S rDNA restriction of tyrosinase/laccase-positive isolates were used for constructing a dendrogram. The similarity coefficient of 60 % was used as the threshold to discriminate the different species. The phylogenetic analysis and the construction of an unrooted tree were performed using the MEGA software version 3.0.

Polymerization of phenols by tyrosinase

Solutions of monomeric phenols (2 mM) were prepared in 100 mM sodium phosphate buffer at pH 6.5 by following the prescribed method [33]. The monomers used were catechol, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid. Separately, a standard tyrosinase (10 U.mL− 1) from mushroom and an extracellular protein from B. aryabhattai TFG5 were compared. A negative control without the tyrosinase enzyme was also used. The pH was adjusted to 6.5 by adding NaOH. The steps were performed in sequence, and one among 1 mL of buffer, 3.5 mL of the buffered monomer solution, and 0.5 mL of the buffered tyrosinase solution was added to a 15 mL tube to reach a final volume of 5 mL, followed by incubation in the dark for one week. After mixing the solution, 1 mL aliquot was retrieved and centrifuged at 11,200 ×g for 10 min in a refrigerated centrifuge (Thermo Fisher, India) at 4 °C. The FT-IR spectra were obtained by scanning the liquid samples in ATR- FTIR (FTIR–6800 JASCO, Japan). The transmittance spectra were recorded in the wavenumber range of 4000–400 cm− 1 with a spectral resolution of 4 cm− 1 and 32 scans per sample [34].

Availability of data and materials

All data of this manuscript are included in the manuscript. The genebank accession number of laccase and tyrosinse positive isolate Bacillus aryabhattai TFG5 is KT956906 which has been submitted to and released by NCBI. No separate external data source is required. Any additional information required will be provided by communicating with the corresponding author via the official mail: usiva@tnau.ac.in.

Abbreviations

ARDRA:

Amplified Ribosomal DNA restriction analysis

AluI:

Arthrobacter luteus

HpaII:

Haemophilus parainfluenza

HaeIII:

Haemophilus aegyptius

HCA:

Hierarchical cluster analysis

TFG5:

Termite fungal Garden 5

L-DOPA:

L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine

PLD:

Pine leaves decomposed soil

WD:

Wood degraded soil

FT-IR:

Fourier Transformation Infrared Spectroscopy

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We acknowledge the Metabolomic and Proteomic Analytical Facility (MPAF) at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India, for sharing their equipment for various analyses carried out in the present study.

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A plate depicting the brown coloration representing the oxidation of L-tyrosine by the isolate TFG5. Brown color colonies (a) indicates the isolate TFG5 oxidizes L- tyrosine and no color formation (b) indicates medium supplemented without L-tyrosine. Figure S2. ARDRA profiling of tyrosinase/laccase-positive isolates using AluI restriction enzyme. Figure S3. ARDRA profiling of tyrosinase/laccase-positive isolates using HpaII restriction enzyme. Figure S4. ARDRA profiling of tyrosinase/laccase-positive isolates using HaeIII restriction enzyme. Figure S5. A. Polymerization of p-hydroxybenzoic acid (a) control b) tyrosinase from mushroom c) tyrosinase from TFT-5. B. Polymerization of catechol (a) control b) tyrosinase from mushroom c) tyrosinase from TFT-5. C. Polymerization of ferulic acid (a) control b) tyrosinase from mushroom c) tyrosinase from TFT-5. D. Polymerization of salicylic acid (a) control b) tyrosinase from mushroom c) tyrosinase from TFT-5

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Muniraj, I., Shameer, S. & Uthandi, S. Tyrosinase and laccase-producing Bacillus aryabhattai TFG5 and its role in the polymerization of phenols. BMC Microbiol 21, 187 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02258-3

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