The strategy of cell extract based metal organic frameworks (CE-MOF) for improved enzyme characteristics

A convenient cell extract based metal organic frameworks (CE-MOF) strategy was used to produce self-assembled hybrid microparticles of enzymes with improved characteristics. It was shown that many metal ions and enzymes could be used to construct catalytically active CE-MOF microparticles. As a proof-of-principle study, the β-xylosidase BH3683 was used to prepare FeSO₄-CE-MOF-BH3683 microparticles to explore the factors influencing preparation of the microparticles. As a result, DNA, RNA, polysaccharides and proteins were found to play important roles in the formation of the microparticles and affected enzyme activities through interaction with enzyme molecules. Compared with the free BH3683, the optimum temperature of FeSO₄-CE-MOF-BH3683 increased 5 °C, and the relative activity at 70 °C increased two times. Moreover, FeSO₄-CE-MOF-BH3683 have stronger tolerance to different concentrations of various organic solvents and high-concentration xylose than the free BH3683, and the CE-MOF microparticles prepared by BH3683 and xylanase XynII could catalyze high-concentration xylan more efficiently than their free counterparts. In addition, FeSO₄-CE-MOF-BH3683 exhibited about 40 % of its initial activity after reused for 10 times, showing satisfactory reusability. To sum up, this strategy might have wide application potential in the fields of biocatalysis, biofuel production, fertilizer industry, etc.