Bioengineered Polyhydroxyalkanoates as Immobilized Enzyme Scaffolds for Industrial Applications
Jin Xiang Wong
Kampachiro Ogura
Shuxiong Chen
Bernd H. A. Rehm- 1School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- 2MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- 3Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia
- 4Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MHIQ), Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, QLD, Australia
Enzymes function as biocatalysts and are extensively exploited in industrial applications. Immobilization of enzymes using support materials has been shown to improve enzyme properties, including stability and functionality in extreme conditions and recyclability in biocatalytic processing. This review focuses on the recent advances utilizing the design space of in vivo self-assembled polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) particles as biocatalyst immobilization scaffolds. Self-assembly of biologically active enzyme-coated PHA particles is a one-step in vivo production process, which avoids the costly and laborious in vitro chemical cross-linking of purified enzymes to separately produced support materials. The homogeneous orientation of enzymes densely coating PHA particles enhances the accessibility of catalytic sites, improving enzyme function. The PHA particle technology has been developed into a remarkable scaffolding platform for the design of cost-effective designer biocatalysts amenable toward robust industrial bioprocessing. In this review, the PHA particle technology will be compared to other biological supramolecular assembly-based technologies suitable for in vivo enzyme immobilization. Recent progress in the fabrication of biological particulate scaffolds using enzymes of industrial interest will be summarized. Additionally, we outline innovative approaches to overcome limitations of in vivo assembled PHA particles to enable fine-tuned immobilization of multiple enzymes to enhance performance in multi-step cascade reactions, such as those used in continuous flow bioprocessing.
Enzyme Immobilization for Industrial Applications
Enzymes are capable of accelerating chemical reactions with high substrate specificity, stereoselectivity, and energy-efficient conversion properties (Robinson, 2015). These enzyme properties attract interest from the biotechnology sector and are considered as a substitute to chemical catalysts in various applications, such as biomass conversion, food processing, and the production of pharmaceuticals (Chapman et al., 2018). Despite the excellent catalytic properties of enzymes, utilization of natural enzymes at industrial scales is often hampered by their general protein characteristics (Mohamad et al., 2015). For example, enzymes are prone to denaturation/unfolding when removed from their native environments. In particular, enzymes are sensitive to changes in their environments and are poorly stable in extreme conditions, such as high temperatures, high pressures, extreme pHs, detergents, and organic solvents (Robinson, 2015). Furthermore, the complex reaction mixture makes it challenging to separate soluble enzymes and their respective products. Hence, enzymes are often rendered inactive and removed after a single use (Robinson, 2015). From an economic point of view, the poor reusability and difficulty in the recovery of enzymes are drawbacks, which severely limit the use of enzymes in industrial processes.
To overcome the shortcomings mentioned above, various enzyme immobilization techniques, especially scaffolding-based approaches, have been developed in the past decades (Cipolatti et al., 2017; Ren et al., 2019). Immobilization of enzymes results in the confinement of enzymes to a particular space, such as either displayed on, or encapsulated within, solid support materials, creating a heterogeneous biocatalyst system while retaining enzyme specificity and activity (Hartmeier, 2012). Interestingly, densely localizing enzymes on the scaffolding carriers can significantly improve enzymes’ catalytic performance and structural stability in certain scenarios due to macromolecular crowding (Yang et al., 2017; Zaak et al., 2017). The non-specific interactions between the immobilized enzymes and solid support materials could also further enhance the overall function and stability of immobilized enzymes (Fu et al., 2012; Rodrigues et al., 2013; Jia et al., 2017). The crowding of globular proteins could also create an artificial environment that can improve protein stability against chaotropic agents and temperature stress (Minton, 2000).
Immobilized enzyme-based catalytic systems facilitate separation of the enzyme from the reaction mixture. This strategy enables the repeated use of the immobilized enzymes and rapid termination of a catalytic reaction by physically removing the immobilized enzyme-bearing carriers from the reaction mixture (Mohamad et al., 2015; Bernal et al., 2018). This approach also prevents contamination of the product by the carried-over enzyme, thus reducing downstream process complexity and operational costs. Moreover, immobilized enzyme-based biocatalysts allow the implementation of flow-through formats in continuous bioprocessing approaches (Homaei et al., 2013; Zdarta et al., 2018). Nevertheless, in some cases, enzyme immobilization can impair the functionality of enzymes, as a result of unfavorable conformational changes in enzymes and restricted substrate access in comparison to their soluble counterpart (Guisan, 2006; Cao et al., 2012; Fernandez-Lopez et al., 2017). However, the advantages of enzyme immobilization outweigh their unfavorable impact and enhance the efficient implementation of biocatalysts in industrial processes.
Therefore, it is paramount to develop cost-effective and pragmatic enzyme immobilization approaches for potential industrial applications (Rehm et al., 2016, 2018; Nguyen and Kim, 2017). In general, scaffolding-based enzyme immobilization strategies can be categorized into in vitro and in vivo approaches. The in vitro approaches can offer excellent controllability by tuning the physicochemical properties of carriers (e.g., particle size and distribution, or surface charge) as well as by controlling the density of the immobilized enzymes (Faccio, 2018; Gonzalez-Miro et al., 2019). However, the in vitro methods often require harsh reaction conditions, such as the presence of toxic cross-linking agents, solvents, extreme temperatures, and pHs, for successful enzyme immobilization, and these conditions can potentially compromise enzyme function (Sletten and Bertozzi, 2009). Furthermore, most in vitro immobilization methods (e.g., chemical modifications and physical adsorption) are not able to control the enzyme orientation on the solid supports, which directly influences the accessibility of substrates to the catalytic sites of enzymes (Hess et al., 2012; Brune et al., 2016). Also, due to the inherent structural complexity of the enzymes, localizing them onto support materials using existing in vitro conjugation technologies often necessitates labor-intensive reactions and process optimization steps (Krauss et al., 2017; Rehm et al., 2018). In addition, multiple separate manufacturing schemes are necessary for large-scale manufacturing of biocatalysts using in vitro cross-linking technologies (e.g., manufacturing lines for both enzyme and support materials, and subsequent conjugation steps), which increases production cost (Krauss et al., 2017; Rehm et al., 2018; Zdarta et al., 2018).
Recently developed in vivo immobilization strategies offer an exciting new concept for enzyme immobilization that holds the promise for cost-effective production of improved industrial biocatalysts (Rehm et al., 2018). Recent progress in understanding the underlying self-assembly mechanism of a diverse range of naturally occurring supramolecular nanostructures has led to the possibility of constructing task-specific designer scaffolding platforms in vivo. Industrially relevant enzymes of interest can be covalently displayed on the surface and/or incorporated easily within a variety of bio-nanostructures in vivo by genetic engineering of the self-assembling subunits (Rehm et al., 2016; Wilkerson et al., 2018; Schmid-Dannert and López-Gallego, 2019). In contrast to the in vitro methods, the in vivo approaches can display enzymes in a homogeneous and oriented manner on solid supports. These in vivo approaches enable to bypass the harsh and time-consuming immobilization procedures that are often encountered in the in vitro methods. The in vivo formation of solid supports displaying enzymes is implemented intracellularly in bacterial cells by one-step production and, thus, additional cross-linking between the enzymes and solid materials is not needed. This one-pot approach is convenient, efficient, and ultimately enables the low-cost production of robust biocatalysts at a large scale (Rehm et al., 2016).
Several promising biological supramolecular assemblies, such as polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) particles (Hooks et al., 2014; Parlane et al., 2016b), virus-like particles (VLPs) (Schwarz et al., 2017; Wilkerson et al., 2018), enzyme-derived nanoparticles (EZPs) (Raeeszadeh-Sarmazdeh et al., 2016; Diaz et al., 2018; Schmid-Dannert and López-Gallego, 2019), membrane vesicles (Rehm et al., 2016; Sharma et al., 2018), and magnetosomes (Jacob and Suthindhiran, 2016; Yan et al., 2017) have been studied to immobilize a variety of functional proteins, including industrially relevant enzymes using recombinant fusion technology (Figure 1). Briefly, genetically amenable components of these scaffolds are translationally fused with proteins of interest, such as, e.g., enzymes, and are produced in a range of recombinant expression systems, like various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. These recombinant host cells allow simultaneous protein and scaffold synthesis and subsequent self-assembly of these components. These methods have shown their applicability in the production of immobilized enzymes with improved functionality, presenting a promising means for cost-effective and one-step in vivo enzyme immobilization. Here, we will first review the most promising supramolecular assemblies suitable for in vivo enzyme immobilization and their recent proof-of-concept demonstrations. Then, we will compare the advantages and limitations of PHA particle technology with other biological scaffold-based in vivo enzyme immobilization methods focusing on immobilization of industrially relevant enzymes. Finally, we will discuss innovative methods to expand the utility of the PHA particle technology, including its implementation into continuous-flow catalytic conversions.
Figure 1. Enzyme (shown in green) immobilization via various biological supramolecular assemblies.
Utilization of Various Supramolecular Assemblies as Enzyme Immobilization Supports
Polyhydroxyalkanoate
Polyhydroxyalkanoates are natural biopolyesters, composed of (R)-3-hydroxy fatty acids, and are produced by various bacteria in the presence of an excess carbon source, such as glucose (Gonzalez-Miro et al., 2019; Moradali and Rehm, 2020). PHAs are synthesized by PHA synthases and are deposited as spherical polyester inclusions, which serve as an energy and carbon source (Rehm, 2003, 2010). PHA particles vary in size and range between 100 and 500 nm (Steinmann et al., 2010; Parlane et al., 2016b; Gonzalez-Miro et al., 2019). Poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) was the first PHA polymer identified by Lemoigne in 1926 in Bacillus megaterium and is the most common form of PHA (Kikkawa et al., 2005; Campisano et al., 2008). Generally, each bacterial cell can produce 5–10 PHA particles, the mass of which can contribute up to 90% of cellular dry weight (Lee, 1996; Koller et al., 2010; Mathuriya and Yakhmi, 2017). The physicochemical properties of PHA particles are significantly influenced by the length and composition of the hydroxyl fatty acids (Mathuriya and Yakhmi, 2017; Gonzalez-Miro et al., 2019). Over 150 different PHA constituents are known (Rehm, 2007; Keshavarz and Roy, 2010; Gonzalez-Miro et al., 2019). The PHAs are classified into three main classes, dependent on the chemical structure and the chain length of the fatty acid monomers: short-chain length PHAs (three to five carbon atoms); medium-chain length PHAs (6–14 carbon atoms); and long-chain length PHAs (>14 carbon atoms) (Mathuriya and Yakhmi, 2017; Ross et al., 2017). Short-chain length PHAs generally have a high level of crystallinity and, thus, are hard and brittle. Medium-chain length PHAs usually have a low melting temperature and crystallinity and, therefore, they are more elastomeric (Philip et al., 2007; Parlane et al., 2016b; Mathuriya and Yakhmi, 2017).
Polyhydroxyalkanoate particles are comprised of an amorphous hydrophobic PHA core surrounded by PHA-associated proteins (PAPs), including PHA synthase (PhaC), phasins (e.g., PhaP and PhaF), structural proteins, PHA depolymerase, structural proteins, and other regulatory proteins (Figure 2A) (Parlane et al., 2016b). Numerous metabolic pathways can provide an array of (R)-3-hydroxy fatty acids for the production of PHAs with varying structures and properties as reviewed elsewhere (Meng et al., 2014). PhaC dimers can polymerize these monomer precursors to PHA chains while PhaC itself remains attached to nascent PHA chains via a covalent thioester bond involving the active site cysteine residue of the PhaC (Peoples and Sinskey, 1989a, b). The covalent link between these two components, namely, the growing hydrophobic PHA chains and the soluble PhaC, eventually leads to amphipathic molecules self-assembling into the spherical PHA particles as shown in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs (Figure 2B) (Taguchi and Doi, 2004; Rehm, 2007). Another interesting class of PAPs, the phasins, are a type of amphipathic proteins that have several roles in controlling the structure and surface properties of PHA particles (Pieper-Fürst et al., 1994; Wieczorek et al., 1995). Notably, phasins have a high binding affinity to the outer surface of PHA particles in vivo and in vitro mediated by physical adsorption (Tarazona et al., 2019).
Figure 2. (A) Schematic of a wild-type PHA particle coated by PAPs. (B) SEM and TEM micrographs of PHA particles. White scale bar, 1 μm; black scale bar, 100 nm. (C) Self-assembly and functionalization of PHA particles using a PhaC-based gene fusion approach. (D) Self-assembly and functionalization of PHA particles using a phasin-based translational fusion approach.
The PHA-anchoring characteristics of these PAPs via both covalent interactions (PhaC) and physical adsorption (PhaF and PhaP) to the surface of PHA particles have been exploited to fabricate task-specific designer PHA particles using recombinant DNA technology (Hay et al., 2015; Hooks and Rehm, 2015; Jahns and Rehm, 2015; Bello-Gil et al., 2018a, b). PAPs can be translationally fused to target proteins, including industrially relevant enzymes, to enable the recombinant production of functionalized PHA particles in vivo (Figures 2C,D). This approach allows the cost-effective oriented display of immobilized enzymes on the polymeric particulate carrier in one step, ultimately avoiding the laborious chemical cross-linking between enzymes and particles in vitro after isolation (Grage et al., 2009; Hooks et al., 2014; Parlane et al., 2016b).
Virus-Like Particles (VLPs)
Virus-like particles consist of the viral capsid proteins (CPs; Charlton Hume et al., 2019). The formation of VLPs is a self-assembling process of the viral capsid, which potentially mimics the general structure of the parental virus. However, VLPs do not contain nucleic acids, and, thus, there is no risk of causing infection (Charlton Hume et al., 2019; Janitzek et al., 2019). The CP subunits can be genetically modified for bioconjugation, enabling molecules of interest to be densely displayed or encapsulated in homogeneous spatial orientation (Tan and Jiang, 2017; Charlton Hume et al., 2019). VLPs have made significant advances in various fields, from vaccinology to industrial uses due to their promising characteristics, including monodispersed particle size distribution, defined geometric surfaces, biosafety, and functional programmability (Mohsen et al., 2017; Janitzek et al., 2019). Additionally, the viral capsids are stable over a wide range of environmental conditions, such as temperatures and pHs, which make them suitable for different applications, including industrial biocatalysis (Stanley, 2014; Koch et al., 2015; Brasch et al., 2017; Torbensen et al., 2019). Nevertheless, VLPs are challenging to be abundantly produced at the industrial scale (Mohsen et al., 2017; Tan and Jiang, 2017). A significant drawback of the VLP platform is that the size of the protein attached to, or accommodated within, the particles is limited. This disadvantage precludes the presentation of large functional moieties (Charlton Hume et al., 2019).
Enzyme-Derived Nanoparticles (EZPs)
Enzyme-derived nanoparticles are highly organized cage-like nanostructures that can be found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. These naturally evolved protein assemblies can often comprise biomacromolecules such as, e.g., enzymes or inorganic moieties (e.g., iron) that are involved in a range of metabolic and biochemical pathways [peroxidase catalyzed processes (encapsulin), production of vitamin B2 (lumazine synthase), and iron homeostasis (ferritin)] (Arosio et al., 2009; Giessen and Silver, 2017; Azuma et al., 2018). These spherical nanostructures are highly attractive owing to their particle uniformity, biocompatibility, and precise controllability. Being able to fine-tune the morphological architecture and functions of these particulate scaffolds has made them excellent candidates for the design of biocatalytic nanoreactors (Raeeszadeh-Sarmazdeh et al., 2016; Lee, 2018; Schmid-Dannert and López-Gallego, 2019). EZPs can be reprogrammed to incorporate various foreign biological functions such as, e.g., enzymes of industrial interest. Both chemical and bioengineering methods can be utilized to modify the scaffold protein (SP) subunits of EZPs to enable spatial organization of enzymes within and/or on the surface of the EZPs. This design space enables the fabrication of various artificial multienzyme complexes for industrial uses (Schmid-Dannert and López-Gallego, 2019). Although these scaffolds have been manufactured in numerous recombinant expression systems (e.g., various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms), they have been mainly assembled in Escherichia coli strains (Diaz et al., 2018). Advances in protein engineering in recent years harnessed the unique structural assembly of EZPs to enable the de novo and in silico design of novel EZPs (King et al., 2014; Bale et al., 2016; Hsia et al., 2016; Jakobson et al., 2017; Xu et al., 2019).
Extracellular Membrane Vesicles (EMVs)
Extracellular membrane vesicles are lipid membrane-derived compartments and are found in all domains of life (Raposo and Stoorvogel, 2013; Gill et al., 2018; Lee, 2019). Their sizes are in the range of 20–1000 nm in diameter (van der Pol et al., 2012; Gill et al., 2018), and they mainly serve as carrier vehicles to mediate cell-to-cell communication by transporting biological cargo as, for example, DNA, RNA, and proteins (Burkova et al., 2018; Longatti et al., 2018). The classification of these functionally and structurally diverse EMVs, including the bacterial outer membrane vesicles, microvesicles, and exosomes, has been thoroughly reviewed (van der Pol et al., 2012; Cocucci and Meldolesi, 2015; Gill et al., 2018; Greening and Simpson, 2018). Although the exact underlying mechanism on how different EMVs are formed is still unknown, recent studies show that various recombinantly modified protein production cell lines, including well-established E. coli production strains, can produce task-specific EMVs. It was shown that foreign proteins of interest, such as enzymes, could be incorporated into the outer surface or within the inner surface of the EMVs via membrane-anchoring motifs, such as transmembrane domains, using genetic engineering to create respective translational fusions (Alves et al., 2015; Su et al., 2017). This approach led to numerous pharmaceutical and bioremediation applications (Ohno et al., 2013; Alves et al., 2016, 2018; Arrighetti et al., 2019). In addition, EMVs are relatively stable in ambient environments and can be manufactured cost-effectively (Collins, 2011). However, isolation and purification of EMVs still require expensive and laborious ultracentrifugation steps, which potentially impact the structural integrity of EMVs and which prohibit industrial scale production (Su et al., 2017; Longatti et al., 2018; Bruce et al., 2019).
Magnetosomes
Bacterial magnetosomes are inclusions (20–60 nm) present in magnetotactic bacteria comprised of magnetic mineral crystals (iron oxide or iron sulfide nanoparticle) surrounded by a phospholipid double-layered membrane (Dieudonné et al., 2019). The magnetosome membrane is derived from the cytoplasmic membrane and can protect the iron crystal from oxidation (Dieudonné et al., 2019). Many magnetosome membrane proteins (e.g., MamB, MamM, MamH, and MamZ) are involved in magnetosome formation and dictate the iron uptake into the vesicle (Lohße et al., 2014; Uebe and Schüler, 2016; Dieudonné et al., 2019). Meanwhile, the size and morphology of the magnetosomes are controlled by another set of magnetosome membrane proteins as, for example, MamC/Mms13, MamD, MamF, MamG, MamR, MamS, Mms6, and MmsF (Uebe and Schüler, 2016; Islam et al., 2018; Dieudonné et al., 2019). Interestingly, magnetosomes can be functionalized in vivo by fusing foreign proteins of interest to the magnetosome membrane proteins, such as MamC/Mms13, MagA, and Mms16 (Arakaki et al., 2008; Ren et al., 2018). The translational fusion of functional proteins to these transmembrane proteins of magnetosomes has led to numerous successful prototypes in a wide range of applications, including of industrial uses (Ginet et al., 2011; Sugamata et al., 2013; Honda et al., 2015a, b; Xiang et al., 2017; Mickoleit and Schüler, 2018). The inherent magnetic characteristics of magnetosomes make them very useful in some situations, especially for implementation in magnetic-field-related technologies, such as magneto-immunoassays and biomedical imaging (Ren et al., 2018). The implementation of magnetosomes also allows rapid magnetic separation of the functionalized particulate scaffolds from the bulk fluids (Rehm et al., 2018). However, several technical issues encountered in manipulating and cultivating magnetosomes represent some of the main hurdles in expanding the use of this exciting technology (Bakhshi et al., 2016).
Biological Supramolecular Assemblies as Biocatalyst Supports
Table 1 summarizes recent studies describing in vivo immobilization approaches for a range of industrially relevant enzymes, detailing their functional performance and robustness in various experimented conditions.
Table 1. Biological supramolecular assemblies engineered for in vivo immobilization of industrially relevant enzymes.
Comparative Analysis of In Vivo Immobilization Strategies
Advantages and Current Limitations of the Recombinant PHA Particle Technology
Genetic engineering of PAPs represents an interesting approach for enzyme immobilization on PHA particles. Foreign proteins of interest can be translationally fused to the N- or C-terminus, or both termini of PAPs. The broad applicability and versatility of this approach also allows for the attachment of more than one enzyme to the PHA particle surface (Chen S. et al., 2014; Hay et al., 2015; Parlane et al., 2016a). Assembly of immobilized multiprotein complexes enables multi-enzymatic cascade systems with superior catalytic performance as recently reviewed (Hwang and Lee, 2019). Flexible, rigid, and cleavable peptide linkers, such as intein peptide pairs (Du and Rehm, 2017) and LPXTG cleavage sites (sortase A-mediated hydrolysis/ligation) (Du and Rehm, 2018), can be incorporated between the protein functions and PAPs to mediate release of pure target protein (Hay et al., 2014; Rehm et al., 2018). However, underlying molecular mechanisms of PHA particle formation still remain unknown, which intrinsically limits control of their physicochemical properties. For example, a few studies reported that fusing different proteins to PhaC influences the PHA production yield over biomass, particle size distribution, surface charges, and purity of the target protein (Rubio-Reyes et al., 2016; Gonzalez-Miro et al., 2018a, b; Wong and Rehm, 2018). Decorating PHA particles with proteins using PhaC synthase as an anchoring domain can also cause varying distribution and density of respective proteins on the PHA particles (Hay et al., 2015; Wong and Rehm, 2018). Hooks et al. (2013) also pointed out that displaying N-acetylneuraminic acid aldolase (NanA) from E. coli on PHA particles through N- and C-terminal fusion of PhaC resulted in varying catalytic performance (Hooks et al., 2013). Moreover, similar findings were reported for phasins where fusion of different foreign polypeptides to the BioF tag (PHA-binding domain of PhaF) might have contributed to inconsistency of the physical adsorption function of the BioF-tagged enzyme to the PHA particle surface (Bello-Gil et al., 2018a). A brief comparison of the PHA particle technology with other biological assemblies, detailing their advantages and limitations, is provided in Table 2.
Table 2. Comparison of PHA particle technology with other biological supramolecular assemblies.
To circumvent these drawbacks regarding the utilization of the PHA particle technology, our group merged the PhaC fusion technology with the SpyTag/SpyCatcher chemistry (Zakeri et al., 2012), which enable better control over production yields and physicochemical properties (Figure 3A) (Wong and Rehm, 2018). We successfully showed that the SpyTagged proteins could ligate to the SpyCatcher-PhaC coated PHA particles in vitro, and controlled multifunctionality of PHA particles could be achieved using a sequential immobilization strategy. This approach requires separate and more laborious production of enzymes and scaffold but offers more control over surface coverage and orientation/ratios of the attached proteins. Consistency of the particle size and surface charge of functionalized SpyCatcher-coated PHA particles were observed. Function and conformational stability of the ligated proteins were retained or enhanced (Wong and Rehm, 2018). Recently this approach was expanded by developing streamlined processes exploiting the specificity of the SpyTag/SpyCatcher mediated ligation for efficient and cost-effective modular functionalization (Wong et al., 2020). Overall, PHA particles seem to provide a versatile platform for in vivo enzyme immobilization, providing competitive advantages over other biological scaffolds (Table 2). The recent crystal structures, 3D-reconstructed, and homology models of several key PAPs, including Cupriavidus necator PhaC and some PhaPs will further inform protein engineering for efficient immobilization of enzymes (Wittenborn et al., 2016; Zhao et al., 2016, 2017; Kim J. et al., 2017; Kim Y. J. et al., 2017).
Figure 3. (A) Schematic overview of biosynthesis and modular functionalization of SpyCatcher-coated PHA particles. (B) Schematic illustration of manufacturing of functionalized PHA particles and subsequent fabrication of alginate–PHA composite materials.
Use of Enzyme-Coated PHA Particles in Continuous-Flow Bioprocessing
Immobilized enzymes are widely considered for continuous flow processing toward the synthesis of high-value chemicals (Lee et al., 2015; Contente et al., 2017; Peschke et al., 2017; Döbber et al., 2018; van den Biggelaar et al., 2019). Continuous production of fine chemicals has the potential to accelerate biocatalytic transformations due to enhanced heat and mass transfer between immobilized enzymes and their substrates under flow conditions. The improvement in mass transfer allows the cost-effective miniaturized design of process equipment that ultimately could lead to precise process control and better production yield. Continuous bioprocessing could simplify downstream processing and permit the constant removal of products, such as processes limited by a thermodynamic equilibrium (Tamborini et al., 2018; Thompson et al., 2018). The physical format of the immobilized enzymes needs to be compatible with the continuous-flow process, such as tangential-flow filtration and packed bed/fluidized bed systems (Truppo, 2017).
The lack of uniformity and/or the non-porous properties may restrict the utility of enzyme-coated PHA particles for industrial continuous bioprocesses. Apart from the inherent inconsistency of the PHA particles as outlined above, particulate carriers (<1 μm) are often prone to aggregation under various environmental conditions (e.g., pH, temperature, and ionic strength), which impairs substrate access to the enzymes (Zhang, 2014; Thoniyot et al., 2015) and which could adversely affect their performance in continuous flow processes. The non-porous nature of PHA particles (Hooks et al., 2014) and their tendency to aggregate will cause extensive back-pressure in flow-through applications (Ogura and Rehm, 2019). One innovative solution to overcome these issues is to encapsulate the functionalized PHA particles into a porous hydrogel matrix for efficient integration of enzyme-coated PHA particles into continuous-flow bioprocesses. We recently described an innovative approach that encapsulates functionalized PHA particles within a highly amenable anionic polysaccharide, alginate. The particle–hydrogel composite material was fabricated using the ionotropic gelation method with calcium ion as the cross-linker (Figure 3B) (Ogura and Rehm, 2019). Interestingly, the porosity of the alginate microsphere encapsulating functional protein-coated PHA particles could be controlled by pH during the fabrication process, showing the flexibility of this approach. The various functional protein-coated PHA particles encapsulated within alginate microspheres showed either retained (e.g., organophosphorus hydrolase) or enhanced (e.g., immunoglobulin G-binding ZZ domain) activities in both batch and flow-through mode suggesting suitability for industrial applications (Ogura and Rehm, 2019).
Potential Industrial Applications of the PHA Particle Technology
There is a widespread agreement that enzyme mediated bioprocesses are environmentally benign as, for example, they reduce consumption of raw materials and energy, while generally able to maintain low levels of waste generation than the traditional non-enzymatic processes (DiCosimo et al., 2013). Implementation of enzymes in large-scale manufacturing could reduce the greenhouse gas emissions when compared to the traditional non-enzymatic processes (Jegannathan and Nielsen, 2013). Therefore, due to the disadvantages in using industrially relevant enzymes in soluble form as mentioned, direct attachment of these enzymes to solid scaffolds, including PHAs, emerged as one of the commercially viable solutions. The advent of PHA particle technology as a generic scaffolding platform for immobilization of enzymes has opened up new routes in developing next-generation catalytic materials for sustainable bioprocessing. We have summarized the recent proof-of-concept demonstrations of the PHA particle technology for industrial applications reported by our group and others (Table 1). Task-specific designer PHA particles can be biosynthesized to serve different industrial applications including the manufacture of commodity chemicals, food products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and cosmetic chemicals (Abdelraheem et al., 2019). Furthermore, the PHA particle technology can be implemented as a bioremediation tool for the treatment of industrial waste effluents and agricultural pollutants (Sharma et al., 2018).
Since bulk chemicals, such as, e.g., commodity chemicals and food products, are produced at ton scale, high catalytic turnover and ease of reusability of biocatalysts are required for economic feasibility (DiCosimo et al., 2013; Basso and Serban, 2019). Biocatalysts also need to be accessible at low cost and need to be highly stable (Basso and Serban, 2019). On the contrary, different factors need to be considered for production of fine chemicals, such as, e.g., active pharmaceutical ingredients, and cosmetic chemicals, as it is often associated with lower production volumes (e.g., hundreds of kilograms) but higher production yields (Basso and Serban, 2019). More expensive biocatalysts could be considered while the synthesis of these high-value products requires a certain degree of regioselectivity, enantioselectivity, and chemoselectivity (Goldsmith and Tawfik, 2012; Palomo and Guisan, 2012). In addition, the successful implementation of immobilized biocatalysts such as enzyme-coated PHA particles in continuous bioprocessing will be advantageous for production of fine chemicals due to the need for precise process control to achieve the required product quality (Thompson et al., 2018). For bioremediation application, the PHA particle technology offers advantages such as biodegradability of the non-toxic natural PHA scaffold (Ong et al., 2017; Koller, 2018). In recent years, the release of nanoparticles to the environment has sparked some concerns by the research community (Nguyen et al., 2011; Bundschuh et al., 2018).
Given the encouraging proof-of-concept results adapting the PHA particle technology for development of immobilized enzymes for uses in the food industry (Moldes et al., 2004; Rasiah and Rehm, 2009; Ran et al., 2017, 2019), production of commodity chemicals (Jahns and Rehm, 2015; Yang et al., 2015; Seo et al., 2016), production of fine chemicals (Hooks et al., 2013; Chen S. Y. et al., 2014; Tan et al., 2019), and bioremediation (Robins et al., 2013; Hooks and Rehm, 2015; Li et al., 2019), it is anticipated that research prototypes will be developed into industrial products.
Conclusion and Future Perspectives
Here, we reviewed the advances in the development of several promising biological supramolecular assemblies suitable for in vivo enzyme immobilization. We then compared the PHA particle technology with the other scaffolding platforms and discussed innovative strategies to address the challenges associated with developing enzyme-coated PHA particles for industrial applications. Immobilized enzymes exhibit distinct advantages over soluble enzymes, including enhanced stability, improved catalytic performance, reusability, and facilitated product purification. The emergence of biologically inspired particulate carriers has offered promising scaffolding platforms for one-pot in vivo enzyme immobilization. Though significant progress has been made to date, numerous challenges, such as high production costs and lack of control over a range of physicochemical properties, need to be tackled to advance these immobilization technologies beyond the proof-of-concept.
As the field of synthetic biology continues to expand rapidly, a more profound understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms of particle assembly in vivo will further inform the rational design of assembled enzyme-carrier systems. The elucidation of these biological processes in vivo informs strategies to control several aspects as, for instance, simultaneous PHA particle production and functionalization rational molecular engineering approaches. Such customizable features would allow the creation of, for example, application-specific designer PHA particles for a variety of operating environments. We expect that these remarkable advances can also lay the foundation for the development of monodisperse PHA particles of controllable and reproducible structure and size with programmable surface properties, such as enzyme density/exposure and surface charge. Furthermore, implementing innovative strategies, such as the concept of modularity, fabrication of particle–hydrogel composite materials, and integrated multifunctionality, should increasingly enable implementation in industrial flow-through processes. The development of robust enzyme-carrier systems with porous structures will be critical to ensure implementation for cost-effective continuous biocatalytic conversion and synthesis reactions.
The versatile PHA particle technology offers avenues to immobilize a range of industrially relevant enzymes for development of the next-generation biocatalytic processes. However, the successful “bench-to-factory” translation still requires rigorous optimization and validation to meet industry standards. Additionally, perception barriers as, for instance, the traditional way of thinking and the limited knowledge on sustainable bioprocessing, especially among the manufacturers and regulatory authorities, could hinder the application of these new catalytic materials. Therefore, bridging interdisciplinary boundaries between researchers from the field of molecular biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, and material science should be encouraged. It is critical to integrate diverse methodologies and strategies to further advance in vivo enzyme immobilization technologies such as the PHA particle technology.
Author Contributions
KO wrote section “Enzyme Immobilization for Industrial Applications” of the manuscript. SC wrote section “Utilization of Various Supramolecular Assemblies as Enzyme Immobilization Supports” of the manuscript. JW wrote sections “Biological Supramolecular Assemblies as Biocatalyst Supports” and “Comparative Analysis of in vivo Immobilization Strategies” of the manuscript. BR provided critical input in regard to structure, content, and language of the manuscript. All authors provided critical feedback and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Funding
This work was supported by the MacDiarmid Institute of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (New Zealand), the School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University (New Zealand), the School of Environment and Science, Griffith University (Australia), and the Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers, Griffith University (Australia).
Conflict of Interest
BR is the co-founder and shareholder of PolyBatics Ltd., that commercializes veterinary TB diagnostic products related to the PHA particle technology.
The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Keywords: polyhydroxyalkanoate, enzyme immobilization, synthetic biology, industrial biotechnology, polymers
Citation: Wong JX, Ogura K, Chen S and Rehm BHA (2020) Bioengineered Polyhydroxyalkanoates as Immobilized Enzyme Scaffolds for Industrial Applications. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 8:156. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00156
Received: 20 September 2019; Accepted: 14 February 2020;
Published: 04 March 2020.
Edited by:
Spiros Nicolas Agathos, Catholic University of Louvain, BelgiumReviewed by:
Abdelmageed M. Othman, National Research Centre (Egypt), EgyptElena Dimitrova Vassileva, Sofia University, Bulgaria
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*Correspondence: Bernd H. A. Rehm, b.rehm@griffith.edu.au