RESEARCH ARTICLE Hydrogen Peroxide-Resistant CotA and YjqC of Bacillus altitudinis Spores Are a Promising Biocatalyst for Catalyzing Reduction of Sinapic Acid and Sinapine in Rapeseed Meal Yanzhou Zhang1, Xunhang Li1,2, Zhikui Hao3, Ruchun Xi4, Yujie Cai1, Xiangru Liao1* 1 The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan a11111 University, 1800 Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, 214122, China, 2 The Bioscience and Engineering College, Jiangxi Agriculture University, Nanchang, 330045, China, 3 Institute of Applied Biotechnology, Taizhou Vocational & Technical College, Taizhou, 318000, China, 4 College of Forestry, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovative Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, Guangzhou, 510642, China *
[email protected] OPEN ACCESS Citation: Zhang Y, Li X, Hao Z, Xi R, Cai Y, Liao X Abstract (2016) Hydrogen Peroxide-Resistant CotA and YjqC of Bacillus altitudinis Spores Are a Promising For the more efficient detoxification of phenolic compounds, a promising avenue would be Biocatalyst for Catalyzing Reduction of Sinapic Acid to develop a multi-enzyme biocatalyst comprising peroxidase, laccase and other oxidases. and Sinapine in Rapeseed Meal. PLoS ONE 11(6): However, the development of this multi-enzyme biocatalyst is limited by the vulnerability of e0158351. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158351 fungal laccases and peroxidases to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced inactivation. There- Editor: Adam Driks, Loyola University Chicago, fore, H2O2-resistant peroxidase and laccase should be exploited. In this study, H2O2-stable UNITED STATES CotA and YjqC were isolated from the outer coat of Bacillus altitudinis SYBC hb4 spores. In Received: September 20, 2015 addition to the thermal and alkali stability of catalytic activity, CotA also exhibited a much Accepted: June 14, 2016 higher H2O2 tolerance than fungal laccases from Trametes versicolor and Trametes trogii.