ABSTRACT
Fungi, being natural decomposers, are the most potent, ubiquitous and versatile sources of industrial enzymes. About 60% of market share of industrial enzymes is sourced from filamentous fungi and yeasts. Mycozymes (myco-fungus; zymes-enzymes) are playing a pivotal role in several industrial applications and a number of potential applications are in the offing. The field of mycozyme production, while maintaining the old traditional methods, has also witnessed a sea change due to advents in recombinant DNA technology, optimisation protocols, fermentation technology and systems biology. Consolidated bioprocessing of abundant lignocellulosic biomass and complex polysaccharides is being explored at an unprecedented pace and a number of mycozymes of diverse fungal origins are being explored using suitable platforms. The present review attempts to revisit the current status of various mycozymes, screening and production strategies and applications thereof.
Introduction
Modern biologists classify fungi as lower eukaryotes as they show absorptive mode of nutrition. Fungi being obligate heterotrophs secrete an array of extracellular mycozymes to hydrolyse complex polymeric substrates around. Many times, these mycozymes are resilient enough to survive harsh conditions including acidic pH, low water activity level and high temperature. Solid state fermentation (SSF) of complex substrates, particularly agro-industrial wastes such as sugarcane bagasse, palm kernel cake, copra meal, wheat bran, etc. is naturally suitable for the fact that molds thrive well in xerophilic conditions.
The first use of the mycozymes goes back to the beginning of the 19th century. The first mycozyme, diastase, was known in the year 1833 (Payen and Persoz Citation1833; Asimov Citation1982) and the term enzyme was first used in 1877, which meant “in leaven” in Greek (Kuhne Citation1877). The first reference to the successful application of mycozymes, however, was taka-diastase from Aspergillus oryzae in the year 1894 to produce koji cultivated on rice by Jokichi Takamine. In 1897, yeast extract, free of yeast cells was used for sucrose hydrolysis. J.M. Nelson and E.G. Griffin, in 1916, demonstrated the immobilisation of invertase from yeast on charcoal and alumina and showed that enzymes can be reused (Bennett and Frieden Citation1969). Since then, a number of enzymes of fungal origin have been discovered and are exploited commercially in various industries. Most enzymes used in industries belong to the hydrolase class, i.e. enzymes that degrade various complex polymeric natural substances e.g. cellulose, starch, xylan and protein. The advancement in the fermentation processes lead to the large-scale manufacturing of mycozymes. Post 1980, mycozyme production was further improved by the application of genetic engineering, heterologous expression and efforts were made to alter characteristics of the fungal enzymes by protein engineering to acquire desirable properties suitable for industrial applications.
Selection of commercially important strain for mycozyme production is a very significant step in ascertaining economic feasibility of the enzyme production and application. This further helps in selecting the substrate, reaction conditions and recovery methods, which are economically favourable. The global enzyme market size was estimated at USD 9.9 billion in 2019 and is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1% from 2020 to 2027 and among all, more than 50% enzymes will be of fungal origin (https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/enzymes-industry). Increasing demand from user industries such as food, beverage, biofuel, animal feed, and home cleaning, is expected to drive the market growth over the forecast period. Increasing health awareness among consumers has resulted in the growing consumption of functional food products, which is expected to propel the product demand soon. Role of mycozymes in generation of health promoting prebiotic oligosaccharides and nutraceuticals has been the recent spurt of interest (Jana et al. Citation2018; Choukade and Kango Citation2019; Khangwal et al. Citation2020).
Apart from the conventional approaches, mycozymes are being explored using modern tools such as gene cloning and editing, directed evolution, protein engineering, molecular dynamic simulation etc. As a result, interesting chimeric enzymes, overexpression systems and robust enzymes are being produced and their functional patterns are being unravelled. Recently, Gilmore et al. (Citation2020) reported preservation of the protein domain order from Piromyces finnis wherein, the chimeric enzymes retained catalytic activity at temperatures over 80°C and were able to associate with cellulosomes purified from this anaerobic fungus.
In this review, we explore the current status of mycozymes, and the mechanism involved in their extracellular secretion, their UpToDate relevance in different industries and the advents made in their production and applications. The recent advancements in genetic engineering of these industrial enzymes and its impact on the enzyme due to gene cloning and expression in different hosts are also being explored in this review.
1. Regulatory aspects of mycozyme secretion
Filamentous fungi are a well-known source of industrial enzymes because of their remarkable capability for their extracellular production (Jun et al. Citation2011). Extracellular enzymes are synthesised inside the fungal cell and are then secreted in the extracellular environment, where their function is to catalyse transformation of complex substrates into smaller molecules which would be later taken up by fungus for its growth and development. Their potential to secrete hydrolases for digesting most complex macromolecules has been exploited for various applications at large-scale (). Baker (Citation2018) hypothesised three different biological processes that contribute to secretion of inducible mycozymes by filamentous fungi, (1) nutrient sensing, (2) transcriptional regulation and (3) translation and secretion which is illustrated in . Alazi and Ram (Citation2018) suggested that due to variation in the composition of plant biomass, the mycozyme cocktail may also vary, therefore, it becomes even more important in industrial interest to produce desired mycozyme blends constitutively, independent of the substrate or the inducer used. Fungus must elaborate the significant amount of mycozymes to digest complex substrates and generate building block nutrients for absorption; the expense of secreting an enzyme must be balanced with the nutritional repay of the biosynthetic expenditure and growth rate. Fungi are capable of recognising the ligands available for nutrition. This is attained through the G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), which are located at the plasma membrane comprising seven transmembrane domains and are majorly involved in environmental sensing and cell-signalling. GPCRs are turned on, when nutritional ligands bind to GPCR and trigger the GDP-GTP exchange on the Gα protein coupled with dissociation of Gα and Gβγ followed initiation of downstream signal cascades by Gα (Gao et al. Citation2021), adenylate cyclase shoots up levels of cyclic AMP (cAMP), which in turn trigger protein kinase A (PKA) downstream signalling cascades resulting in carbon catabolite repression. The apparatus of transcription regulation that exquisitely regulates the carbon catabolite repression system and secretion of lignocellulosic deconstruction enzymes of fungi can differ; some of these regulatory genes encoding extracellular mycozymes are described by Aro et al. (Citation2005). Regulatory elements present in the promoter region have binding sites for the carbon catabolite repressor (CRE) gene, which encodes for plant cell wall degrading mycozymes. The inclusion of a deletion of the catabolite repressor gene, cre-1, in the triple β-glucosidase mutant of Neurospora crassa resulted in a strain that produced higher concentrations of extracellular active cellulases on cellobiose. Thus, the ability to induce cellulase gene expression using a common and soluble carbon source simplifies enzyme production and characterisation, which could be applied to other cellulolytic filamentous fungi (Znameroski et al. Citation2012). Following three measures have been suggested by Baker (Citation2018) for overproduction of mycozymes: (1) evading nutritional repressor cues, (2) stopping transcriptional repression and (3) enhancing protein translation and secretion.
Fungal protein secretion has been delved at all stages, from protein targeting to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to secretion and subsequent degradation by proteases with the goal of improving titre, rate and yield of target proteins. Generally, proteins secreted by fungi are glycosylated and many of them are associated with the cell envelope, the plasma membrane, and the cell wall. Deshpande et al. (Citation2008) studied the N-glycosylation pathway in the cytoplasm and ER and found that it was highly conserved evolutionarily across all the filamentous fungi considered. Finally, enzymes are secreted out from the surface of the plasma membrane into the periplasmic space, where they may be subsumed into the cell wall or, in many instances, may be discharged across the cell wall into the external medium. Before proteins are secreted, they undertake sundry of post-translational modifications. These start in the ER and perpetuate as the proteins travel through the Golgi apparatus. Presumably, three changes may happen to a protein molecule: (1) proteolytic cleavage of zymogenic form to remove the signal sequence from a propeptide sequence, if present; (2) a folding process involving the formation of disulphide bridges to develop the tertiary and quaternary structures of the protein; and (3) glycosylation (Peberdy Citation1994). After proper folding and glycosylation, enzymes are secreted extracellularly. On the other hand, the unfolded protein response (UPR) and ER-associated protein degradation (ERAD) are in-charge for managing the peptides with incorrect folding (Bernasconi and Molinari Citation2011; Wang et al. Citation2014). The UPR checks the presence of unfolded proteins in ER and initiates the biosynthesis of chaperones and folding enzymes, whereas the ERAD lyses the misfolded proteins. Lastly, the passage of the proper folded protein vesicles to the Golgi apparatus by fusion with target membrane and its secretion to the extracellular environment occurs (Wang et al. Citation2020b).
2. Screening strategies for mycozymes
The booming demand for environmentally benign industrial processes relies on the ability of finding a biocatalyst suitable to ideal process conditions. Detection of enzyme activity depends on a biochemical estimation that accounts for either the product formation or substrate depletion (Sheludko and Fessner Citation2020). Identification of native fungal isolates producing glycosyl hydrolases is extremely important, because of the increased demand for these mycozymes in many industries. Some of the classical methods of screening employ the polysaccharide (cellulose, xylan, mannan etc.) in solid medium and after the development of the fungal colony, Congo red or suitable polymer binding dye, is used to create a visible halo of the zone of hydrolysis. Prajapati et al. (Citation2018) screened cellulase production in Aspergillus tubingensis NKBP-55 by growing it on Czapek-Dox medium supplemented with (1%) carboxy-methyl cellulose as the sole C-source and observed clear zones of hydrolysis after staining with 1% (w/v) Congo red. Similarly, xylanase production in Aspergillus and Trichoderma and mannanase production in Malbranchea cinnamomea, Melanocarpus albomyces, Aspergillus terreus, Myceliophthora thermophila was detected using xylan and mannan supplemented medium followed by staining with Congo red and de-staining with 1% NaCl solution (Ramanjaneyulu et al. Citation2015; Ahirwar et al. Citation2017). Dye–polysaccharide inter-actions which provide a visual indication of polymer hydrolysis (clear zones or halos) have been used for decades. Screening of various mycozymes based on agar-plate assays has been listed in .
Addition of colour changing indicator dyes can enhance the visibility during screening process. Kruthi and Devarai (Citation2016) used modified Czapek–Dox (MCD) agar plates with L-asparagine (10 g/L) as a sole nitrogen source and used indicator dye, phenol red (0.009%) or bromothymol blue (0.007%), to observe colour change from yellow to pink or red and yellow to blue, respectively. Hydrolysis of synthetic substrates in the culture media, which is executed by the cleavage of the moiety attached to the substrate thus, producing a visible effect has also been used in detection of mycozymes. Panesar et al. (Citation2016) screened β-galactosidase from fungi like Aureobasidium pullulans NCIM 1050, Aspergillus oryzae NCIM 1212, A. niger NCIM 616, and A. flavus MTCC 9349 using 50 μL of X-gal (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indole-β-D galactopyranoside) in the solid medium with 20 mg/mL DMSO as inducer and observed the presence of β-galactosidase in fungal colonies appearing blue in colour. Use of modified synthetic substrates is a specific, precise and rapid method to detect desired mycozyme from among the consortia secreted by the fungus. In this, the substrate is modified by addition of synthetic signalogenic moiety and on enzymatic reaction, the signalophore conjugate is released from the synthetic substrate delivering a measurable signal. Allison et al. (Citation2018) used fluorogenic soluble synthetic substrates like 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (AMC) for detecting leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) and 4-methyumbelliferone (MUB) for ascertaining the presence of hydrolytic enzymes in the culture filtrate of Neurospora discrete. The fluorescence for hydrolytic enzymes was read at 365 nm/450 nm excitation/emission and for oxidative enzymes, absorbance was read at 410 nm. In recent years, there has been tremendous interest in the development of enzyme assays in connection with the high-throughput screening of enzymes for use in biocatalysis and drug discovery.
3. Production strategies of mycozymes
Fungi have the natural capability of colonising complex organics at low water activity level (aw). Occurrence of fungi in litter, wood logs, tree barks clearly suggests that these are adapted to grow on solid surfaces. In recent times, solid-state fermentation (SSF) has become an alternative industrial production system to produce enzymes and some of these important industrial mycozymes are listed in . SSF is a type of industrial fermentation with any microbial cultures’ growth on the surface of substrate or interior of the solid matrix in the absence of free-flowing water. Besides the koji-type systems, SSF cultures are now routinely used by researchers on other solid natural substrates, generally, agro-waste residues composed of lignocellulosic materials, like soybean hulls, wheat bran, rice straw, orange peels, red gram husk, soybean husk, rice stalk, sugarcane bagasse etc. (Dong-sheng et al. Citation2017; Lópeza et al. Citation2018; Mandari et al. Citation2019; Bruno et al. Citation2019; Melnichuk et al. Citation2020), but sometimes industrial waste of dairy, brewery, paper, pulp, and wood processing industries is also used as substrate for mycozyme production. For example, chicken feather meal for keratinase production by Trichoderma harzianum (Bagewadi et al. Citation2018) and maize distillery dried grain solubles (DDGS) for phytase production from Trichoderma atroviride (Pradoa et al. Citation2019). Thus, SSF is a technique to utilise organic wastes as raw materials to produce mycozymes, which could further be used for various industrial processes and at the same time contributing to solve the environmental issues caused by their inadequate disposal.
Another type of SSF uses an inert support with absorbed liquid medium. The support can be of natural origin like sugarcane bagasse, or synthetics like polyurethane, amberlite or vermiculite etc. De la Cruz et al. (2015) carried out SSF using high-density polyurethane foam (PUF) impregnated with culture medium and spore solution to reach 70% moisture content. Fermentation was carried out at temperature 30°C with aeration rate 0.5 vKgm (air volume/kg material) for 36 h to produce 606.67 U/L of ellagitannase from A. niger. In this type of SSF, the product recovery from inert support is less cumbersome because of convenient extraction procedures and products are obtained with fewer impurities (Singhania et al. Citation2008), however, the costs of the inert support are higher than in the previous case.
Wang et al. (Citation2018) utilised textile wastes as substrate for cellulase production via submerged fungal fermentation and Trichoderma reesei ATCC 24449 was selected for highest cellulase activity (18.75 FPU/g). Abd El-Rahim et al. (2020) produced pectinase from fungi isolated from flax retting liquor using pectin mineral salt broth, at 30°C with shaking at 120 rpm for 120 h. Among various fungi, Aspergillus pulverulentus F23 produced 25.78 pectinase Unit/gram fungal biomass. Lately, issues with submerged fermentations (SmF), such as high-energy consumption, additional requirement of water and effluent generation are limiting its applications. Academic as well as industrial researchers are again taking notice of the advantages of SSF such as less water and energy consumption, low costs and high productivity. Ali et al. (2019) used 10 g of milled pistachio shell (particles size < 500 μM) and 2 mL liquid medium (yeast extract 0.2 g/L, glucose 2 g/L and CuSO4 0.625 g/L) to produce 172.0 U/mg of laccase from Lentinus tigrinus. Thus, mycozyme production using SSF is crucial in chemical, pharmaceutical and environmental industries, and also makes an important contribution in waste management and sustainable development (Chen Citation2013).
4. Some industrially relevant mycozymes
4.1 Proteases
Proteases (EC 3.4) catalyse hydrolytic reactions that degrade protein molecules down to peptides and eventually to free amino acids. They constitute another large and complex group of enzymes, which differ from each other in terms of substrate specificity, nature of active site and catalytic mechanism followed, as well as pH and temperature optima and heat stability. The specificity of proteases, in particular, is governed by the type of amino acid residue(s) in their catalytic site (Ramos and Malcata 2017). The physical and chemical parameters of protease from fungi have been widely studied and described. Due to its varied nature, proteases are used in food and feed, waste management, detergent and medical sectors.
Prominent fungal producers belong to the genera Aspergillus, Penicillium, Rhizopus, MucorandThermomyces. Peptidases of Kluyveromyces lactis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Debaryomyces hansenii and Pichia anomala accelerated cheese ripening (Klein et al. Citation2002). An aminopeptidase of Thermomyces lanuginosus expressed in A. niger strain HL-1 showed significant increase in the degree of hydrolysis of soy protein and removed more hydrophobic amino acids from the N-terminal region of the polypeptide to decrease the bitterness (Lin et al. Citation2019). Darío et al. (2018) reported production of 1000 U/mL aminopeptidase from A. niger using orange peels and soybean hulls as substrate for SSF. Boyce and Walsh (Citation2012) used protease of Schizophyllum commune for environment friendly clean-in-place of protein waste in dairy industry. Recently, Murthy et al. (Citation2020) reported cysteine proteases of A. oryzae for amelioration of cocoa organoleptics in biscuits, cookies and crackers. Kumara et al. (Citation2019) produced prolyl-endoprotease from A. niger and used it for cleaving proline and glutamine moieties present in gluten and making low immunogenic pasta for gluten sensitive population. Meat tenderisation, production of fish protein hydrolysate, viscosity reduction, skin removal and roe processing were carried out using aspartic proteases of Rhizomucor miehei (Sun et al. Citation2017). An acidic protease of Metschnikowia reukaufii SAP6 was expressed in E. coli and the purified enzyme had milk-clotting activity (Jing et al. Citation2010). Yang and Zhang (Citation2019) expressed transglutaminase in Pichia pastoris GS115 and used it to restructure pork and crosslinking of soy protein isolate with chicken myofibrillar protein which increased hardness and chewiness. Aspergillus flavipes produced 20.4 U/mL protease on wheat bran in SSF (Pradoa et al. Citation2019). A salt-tolerant glutaminase of A. oryzae expressed in E. coli was found suitable for brewing high quality soy sauce with a high L-glutamic acid concentration (Masuoa et al. Citation2004). Serine alkaline protease of Penicillium chrysogenum X5 was used for protein stain removal in textile industry (Omrane Benmrad et al. Citation2018). Alkaline protease of Neocosmospora sp. N1 was used for blood stain removal as it yields cleaner, whiter, smoother skin as compared to sulphide treatment (Matkawala et al. Citation2019). De Medeiros et al. (Citation2016) reported use of keratinase of Trichosporon loubieri RC-S6 in dehairing for leather production. The heterologous expression of SUB3 keratinase of Microsporum canis expressed in P. pastoris KM71 H provided a valuable tool for addressing investigations on the role of this keratinase in the specific cellular immune response and on its use in vaccination trials in cats (Descamps et al. Citation2003). L-asparaginase of A. terreus acted as an efficient anti-cancer drug against lung cancer cell lines A549 (Baskar et al. Citation2018). Saeed et al. (Citation2018) expressed L-asparaginase of A. terreus in E. coli for treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Katrolia et al. (Citation2019) expressed protease of Cordyceps militaris CmFE in P. pastoris GS115 and used recombinant fibrinolytic enzyme as therapeutic agent for thrombolysis.
4.2 Cellulases
Cellulose is the most abundant renewable carbohydrate on the earth and the major constituent of plant cell wall. Cellulose is naturally embedded with lignin – hemicellulose matrix within the plant cell wall. It is being explored widely for the generation of fermentable sugar for bio-ethanol generation. Biofuel generation from cellulosic biomass utilises three steps viz. pre-treatment, enzymatic saccharification and ethanolic fermentation. After pre-treatment, generation of monosugars from the complex lignocelluloses is catalysed by cellulases and hemicellulases. Fermentation of released sugars is carried out by yeast for bio-ethanol production. Cellulose is a homopolymer composed of glucose units linked by β- 1,4 -glycosidic bonds. α-1,6-glycosidic bonding between glucose moieties and hydrogen bonding among cellulose fibrils gives rise to a compact crystalline structure which is difficult to digest by a single hydrolase. Cellulases represent a complex group of synergistically acting enzymes. They principally contain endo-1,4-glucanase (EC 3.2.1.4), which cleave randomly at internal amorphous cellulose sites causing rapid reduction in the cellulose DP while liberating cello-oligomers in the process; cellobiohydrolases (EC 3.2.1.91) act progressively on crystalline cellulose and primarily attack the reducing ends of polymer to produce cellobiose or short chain oligosaccharides and later, β-glucosidase (E.C. 3.2.1.21) hydrolyses cellobiose to glucose monomers (Wahlström and Suurnäkki Citation2015). Cellulases have remarkable applications in various industries including pulp and paper, textile, laundry, biofuels and food and feed and brewing industry (Prajapati et al. Citation2018).
Among fungi, major industrially used production hosts for cellulase production include Trichoderma, Penicillium and Aspergillus. Recently, Darwesh et al. (Citation2020) reported cellulase of A. niger MK 543209 for fibre modification (improving softness), deinking and bioethanol production. Wang et al. (Citation2018) used cellulase of T. reesei ATCC 24449 for valorisation of textile waste in textile and laundry industries. Cellulases of Trichoderma viride were used for pitch control during pulping process in paper and pulp industries (Kumar et al. Citation2018). Recently, Tao et al. (Citation2019) reported simultaneous production of xylooligosaccharides (XOS) and cello-oligosaccharides (COS) by recombinant endoglucanase I of T. reesei expressed in P. pastoris, showing a novel application of genetically modified mycozyme for maximum utilisation of natural biomass and fortification of food and feed with functional food ingredients.
4.3 Hemicellulases
Hemicelluloses, comprising the second most abundant part of the plant biomass, are diverse group of structural and storage polysaccharides. Xylan, mannan and other hemicelluloses make up to 30% of the dry weight of the wood. Their enzymatic hydrolysis using fungal hemicellulases has led to several industrial applications, viz., biobleaching; wastepaper deinking; fruit juice maceration; upgradation of feed, fodder, and fibres; and saccharification of biomass.
4.3.1 Xylanases
Xylan is a structural polysaccharide of plant cell wall, with a high potential for conversion into useful end products using xylanases. It is a heteroglycan composed of a linear chain of xylopyranose residues bound by β (1 → 4) linkages, with a variety of substituents linked to the main chain by glycosidic or ester linkages. Endo-1,4-β-xylanases (EC 3.2.1.8) are most important for xylan hydrolysis as they initiate the degradation of xylan into XOS and xylose (Ramanjaneyulu et al. Citation2015). Due to the structural heterogeneity of xylan, complete hydrolysis of xylan requires combined action of endo-1, 4-β-xylanase, β-1,4-D-xylan-xylanohydrolase, β-xylosidase and some accessory enzymes (Kango et al. Citation2005).
Many microbes such as bacteria, fungi and actinobacteria are known to produce xylanolytic enzymes, however, filamentous fungi are the preferred and most explored xylanase producers among all (Basu et al. Citation2018; Kumar et al. Citation2018; Aaa et al. Citation2018). Among these, Thermomyces, TrichodermaandAspergillus are the most exploited genera for xylanase production. Thermomyces lanuginosus (previously known as Humicola lanuginosa) has gained considerable interest due to its ability to produce high titres of thermostable endo-xylanase (Khangwal et al. Citation2020). Apart from being used in conjunction with cellulases for biofuel production, xylanases have numerous applications in various industries such as food and animal feed, paper and pulp processing, textiles etc. (Basu et al. Citation2018). Xylanase sourced from Trichoderma stromaticum improved the dough quality by reducing water content during pasta preparation (Almeida Carvalho et al. Citation2016). Similarly, Kumar et al. (Citation2018) reported xylanase of Fusarium equiseti MF-3 showing potential in pulp and paper industry for pitch control in pulping process. Xylanases of T. lanuginosus and T. reesei have been used for enzymatic hydrolysis of xylan rich agro-waste for production of 2 G-bioethanol (Juodeikiene et al. Citation2011). Xylanases of Talaromyces thermophilus showed enhanced pulp bleaching process efficiency and released chromophores and reduced sugars (Maalej-Achouri et al. Citation2012). Recently, Bhardwaj et al. (Citation2020) expressed xylanase gene, XynF1 of A. oryzae in E. coli. Cellulase-free xylanases are desirable for biobleaching where they replace chlorine based bleaching agents and thus, release of toxic organo-chloro compounds is avoided. Recently, Martínez-Pachecoa et al. (Citation2019) optimised the xylanase production with low cellulase titres in Fusarium solani by SSF. Nowadays, nutritional quality of food and feed is being enhanced by augmenting them with functional food ingredients like XOS. Hydrolysis of xylan rich agro-waste products, (e.g. corn cobs) using fungal xylanase generates XOS and also leads to value addition and proper disposal of agricultural waste. Recently, Zheng et al. (Citation2020a) provided a cost-effective method of producing XOS from corn cobs by expressing xylanase gene Taxy11 of Trichoderma asperellum ND-1 in P. pastoris.
4.3.2 Mannanases
Mannans, chiefly composed of mannose, are the plant storage and structural polysaccharides commonly known as gums. These being heteropolymeric require synergistic action of different enzymes for complete degradation including, β-mannanase (EC 3.2.1.78), β-mannosidase (EC 3.2.1.25), β-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.21), α-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.22) and acetyl esterase (EC 3.1.1.6). Several mannanolytic mycozymes are reported from the genera Aspergillus (Soni et al. Citation2016), Penicillium (Blibech et al. Citation2011) and Trichoderma (Elena et al. Citation2009). Aspergillus aculeatus endo-β-mannanase (Man1) and Talaromyces emersonii α-galactosidase (Agal) genes were co-expressed in S. cerevisiae Y294 and the maximum enzyme activity for Man1 (374 nkat/mL, pH 5.47) and Agal (135 nkat/mL, pH 2.37) were reported (Malherbe et al. Citation2014). β-Mannanases have extensive applications in industries such as food and feed processing. The N-glycosylation in the loop area intern improved thermal stability, pH stability and protease-resistance of the Armillariella tabescens β-mannanase (Hu et al. Citation2017). Rhizopus microsporus endo-β-mannanase was structurally characterised and it showed altered binding properties with different oligosaccharides (You et al. Citation2018). Mannanases from Malbranchea cinnamomea, A. oryzae and A. terreus that generate mannooligosaccharides (MOS) from locust bean gum, guar gum and konjac gum have been reported (Ahirwar et al. Citation2017; Li et al. Citation2017; Jana and Kango Citation2020).
4.3.3 Pectinases
Pectin is another structural polysaccharide that occurs in the primary cell wall and intracellular layer of fruits, such as apples, oranges, lemons etc. and is characterised by the presence of galacturonic acid residues (Mudgil Citation2017). Pectinases (EC 3.2.1.15) constitute a heterogeneous group of enzymes that break down complex polysaccharides of plant tissues into simpler molecules like galacturonic acids either by depolymerisation (hydrolases and lyases) or de-esterification (esterases) (Singh et al. Citation2019). Pectinases are produced predominantly by Aspergillus and Penicillium and are used to accelerate rates of clarification and filtration to remove pectin from fruit base prior to gel formation during jam manufacture. A. niger grown on fresh orange pomace in SSF produced exo-pectinases (55 U/g) and endo-pectinases (10 U/g) (Mahmoodi et al. Citation2019). Pectinase of A. tamarii was used for bioscouring and phytopigment processing in textile industry (Shanmugavel et al. Citation2018). Recently, Ahmed et al. (Citation2018) produced pectinase from Geotrichum candidum AA15 and used it for the degradation of pectin in fruits to decrease viscosity and clarify juice. Pectinase of Mucor sp. was used to breakdown pectin of brewer’s spent grain to accelerate pre-fermentation stage and enhance clarification during beer production (Hassan et al. Citation2019). The recombinant NfPG4 and NfPG5 genes of Neosartorya fischeri expressed in P. pastoris GS115 were shown to be exo- and endo-polygalacturonases, respectively. Both pectinases were tolerant towards a wide range of pH, temperature, metal ions, making them a suitable choice for industrial applications (Li et al. Citation2015).
4.3.4. Inulinase and Fructosyltransferase (FTase)
Inulins are made up of fructose units linked typically with a terminal glucose by glycosidic linkage. Inulin belongs to the fructan group of storage and transport polysaccharides and in many plant species it is synthesised from sucrose by adding a fructosyl unit (Choukade and Kango Citation2020). Commercially exploited prebiotic fructooligosaccarides, kestose (GF2), nystose (GF3), and β-fructofuranosylnystose (GF4) are produced from sucrose by fructosyltransferase (FTase) from plants, bacteria and fungi.
Inulinases (E.C. 3.2.1.7) are the key enzymes that take part in inulin metabolism in plants and microorganisms. They hydrolyse natural plant fructan inulin into fructose and inulooligosaccharides (IOS) upon acting on glycosidic linkages with terminal glucose (Kango and Jain Citation2011). Rawat et al. (Citation2015) reported inulinase and FTase activity in some Aspergilli and Penicillia. Fructosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.9) is known to hydrolyse sucrose and transfer fructosyl group to an acceptor molecule to generate fructooligosaccharides (FOS) along with glucose and fructose (Ganaie et al. Citation2014). FTase possesses transfructosylating activity, cleaves the β-1,2 linkage of sucrose and transfers fructosyl group to an acceptor molecule leading to formation of FOS and release of glucose.
Industrial production of FOS involves the action of enzymes with transfructosylating activity isolated from microbial sources like fungi such as Aspergillus japonicus, A. niger, A. sydowii, A. foetidus, A. oryzae, A. pullulans, Penicillium citrinum, P. frequentans, and Fusarium oxysporum (Bali et al. Citation2015). Jiang et al. (Citation2016) isolated a novel yeast, Aureobasidium sp. P6, from a mangrove ecosystem producing 30.98 U/mL inulinase. The inulinase also had transfructosylating activity at higher concentration of sucrose (30%) leading to FOS production. Wang et al. (Citation2016a) used an industrial strain, A. niger ATCC 20611, to enhance the production of FOS, wherein they have used polyethylene glycol (PEG)-mediated protoplast transformation system for strain improvement. The transformed A. niger ATCC 20611, exhibited a 58% increase in specific β-fructofuranosidase activity (up to 507 U/g), compared to the parental strain (320 U/g). Previously, Tanriseven and Aslan (Citation2005) have also immobilised commercially available A. aculeatus FTase (Pectinex Ultra SP-L) in Eupergit C with efficacy of 96% and maintained the recycling up to 20 days to obtain GF4, GF3 and GF2 in FOS mixture. Immobilised enzyme also showed a higher temperature optimum at 65°C. Wang et al. (Citation2016d) cloned an endo-inulinase in S. cerevisiae and deleted its sucrase gene which resulted into high content FOS production (~90%) from inulin in a single step. Recently, Bao et al. (Citation2019) expressed Lipomyces starkeyi NRRL Y-11557 inulinase gene (INU3B) in E. coli for the production of nutraceutical FOS.
Production of an extracellular, thermostable inulinase was carried out by a newly isolated strain of A. tubingensis CR16 using wheat bran and corn steep liquor (CSL) in SSF. After parametric optimisation, the fungus produced 1358.6 U/g inulinase, showing 5-fold enhancement (Trivedi et al. Citation2012). Similarly, Singh et al. (Citation2018) demonstrated the applicability of apple pomace as a potent substrate in SSF for inulinase production by Mucor circinelloides.
4.4 Amylases
Starch is the most abundant storage polysaccharide on the earth and major component of many staple crops such as, potato, wheat, corn and rice. Apart from being staple food such as bread or rice, it also finds use as a thickener and a gelling agent in food industry. Starch consists of linear insoluble amylose and branched soluble amylopectin. In amylose, glucose is linked by 1,4-glycosidic bonds in a linear fashion, while in amylopectin some of the chains are linked by α-1,6-linkages giving it a branched structure.
Amylases, including α-amylase and glucoamylase, are perhaps the most important enzymes in present day biotechnology due to their wide range of applications in numerous industrial processes, including food, fermentation, textiles, and paper industries (Parashar and Satyanarayana Citation2017). As mentioned earlier, α-amylase bears historical relevance from the point of view of industrial application of mycozymes. After the production of Taka-diastase in 1894 from A. oryzae, α-amylase was also used as a textile desizing agent in Japan in 1905. Later in 1959, Rhizopus sp. was used to produce glucoamylase. Amylolytic enzymes account for about 30% of total industrial enzymes (Vaidya et al. Citation2015).
4.4.1 α-Amylases
α-Amylases (EC 3.2.1.1) are extracellular endo-acting enzymes that randomly hydrolyse α-1,4 glycosidic bonds in starch to produce maltose and dextrins. Most industrial applications use α-amylases for saccharification or liquefaction purposes. Fungal sources of industrial α-amylases are mostly confined to Aspergillus, Penicillium and Rhizopus sp. (Li et al. Citation2011). Aspergillus being one of the prominent and notably the most explored genera for α-amylases, particularly, A. oryzae (Taka-diastase) and A. niger α-amylases have been used extensively in the starch industry. Aggarwal et al. (Citation2019) reported amylase of Aspergillus sp. for removal of starch coating (desizing) from textile. Recently, Wang et al. (Citation2020a) reported amylases from R. miehei CAU432 which can be used for increasing bread volume and softness, enhance colour and flavour and even in preventing staling of bread. Xu-Cong et al. (Citation2015) produced α-amylase from Monascus purpureus, R. oryzae, Pichia guilliermondii, Saccharomycopsis fibuligera and S. cerevisiae, which were used for hydrolysing starch during traditional brewing of Wuyi Hong Qu glutinous rice for wine production. Similarly, ethanol biosynthesis by fast hydrolysis of cassava bagasse by amylase sourced from Rhizopus oligosporus has been demonstrated by (Escarambonia et al. Citation2018). However, being mesophilic, the enzymes are not thermostable and thus bacterial α-amylases replace them in the very first step of gelatinisation (or cooking) at high temperature. Wang et al. (Citation2019a) expressed a thermostable α-amylase active at 80°C from Thermomyces dupontii (TdAmyA) in P. pastoris and have demonstrated its applicability in maltose syrup production.
4.4.2 Glucoamylases
Glucoamylase (EC 3.2.1.3) is an exo-acting enzyme that cleaves α-1,4 linkages from the non-reducing ends but can also cleave α-1,6 linkages at the branching point of amylopectin, thus leading to successive and complete degradation of starch into glucose. Most commercial glucoamylases are sourced from Aspergillus spp. (Carrasco et al. Citation2017). Recently, Fabiane et al. (2020) produced ethanol from rice by-products using amylases secreted by Rhizopus microsporus var. oligosporus. Melikoglu et al. (Citation2015) used waste bread pieces for solid-state production of glucoamylase from Aspergillus awamori. Glucoamylase of A. niger was used for developing starch-based nanocrystals as natural carriers for nutraceutical delivery (Hao et al. Citation2010). GA2 gene of Aspergillus flavus glucoamylase was expressed in P. pastoris GS115 and the mycozyme generated larger, deeper, holes on the starch granules of raw sago starch, indicating rGA2 is an excellent candidate for industrial starch processing applications (Karima et al. Citation2019).
4.5 Laccases
After cellulose and hemicelluloses, lignin is the most abundant component of plant residues, and is relatively recalcitrant. Also, the degradation rates of lignocellulosic materials are negatively correlated to their lignin content or to their lignin-to-N ratio. Lignin is an aromatic biomolecule that is degraded at a much slower rate than cellulosic and non-cellulosic polysaccharides and proteins. Laccases (EC 1.10.3.2) are multicopper biocatalysts that catalyse the oxidation of mainly phenolic compounds by one electron transfer with the concurrent reduction of oxygen to water. Laccase is prominently used in wastewater management, textile, pulp and paper industries. Among fungi, laccases are particularly abundant in the white-rot fungi, which are the only organisms which have ability to decompose the whole wood components (i.e. cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin) so far (Daljit and Rakesh Citation2009). The most studied fungus for laccase production is the white-rot fungus, Trametes versicolor (Rodrıguez-Couto Citation2018). Recently, laccase of T. versicolor was used for increasing the oxidative stability of edible vegetable oil (Guerberoff and Camusso Citation2019). Ortiz-Monsalve et al. (Citation2017) utilised lignolytic mycozymes of Trametes villosa SCS-10 for the removal of unwanted fats and dyes during soaking and liming process and treatment of wastewater. Recently, Navada and Kulal (Citation2019) reported laccase of Phomopsis sp. for bleaching, deinking and biotransformation of aniline blue in textile industry. Digestion of lignin waste using laccase of Ganoderma lucidum MDU-7 for production of bioethanol is relevant for management of waste from pulp and paper industry (Saini et al. Citation2020). Improved activity, stability at alkaline pH and its role in the improved dye decolourisation suggested the application potential of the recombinant laccase of Coprinopsis cinerea expressed in P. pastoris GS115 for wastewater treatment (Xu et al. Citation2018).
4.6 Chitinases
Chitin, found as ordered crystalline microfibrils in the structural component of crustaceans and insects, is the most abundant biopolymer in nature after cellulose (Verma and Fortunati Citation2019). Chitinases (EC 3.2.1.14) hydrolyse chitin, a β-(1→4) linked N-acetyl glucosamine structural polysaccharide (Pérez and Tvaroška Citation2014). Chitinases are produced by plants as part of their defence mechanism against the invading fungal pathogens; whereas, microbial chitinases, produced by bacteria (Streptomyces and Bacillus spp.) are secreted to assist in the breakdown and assimilation of fungal cell walls, whereas fungal chitinases assist fungal cell-wall morphogenesis; only in species of mycoparasitic fungi, such as Trichoderma harzianum, Aphanocladium album and Gliocladium virens to attack and degrade hyphae of other molds (Ramos and Malcata 2017). Metarhizium anisopliae produced 12.07 U/g chitinase on sugarcane bagasse in SSF (Bruno et al. Citation2019). Chitinases have wide-ranging applications including the preparation of pharmaceutically important chito-oligosaccharides and N-acetyl,D-glucosamine, preparation of single-cell protein, isolation of protoplasts from fungi, control of pathogenic fungi, treatment of chitinous waste, mosquito control and morphogenesis etc. (Hamid et al. Citation2013). Recently, Liu et al. (Citation2020b) expressed chitosanase of Beauveria bassiana in P. pastoris GS115 and demonstrated its use in the production of chitosan oligosaccharides. Chitinase gene of T. harzianum, Chit46 expressed in P. pastoris GS115, proved to be a good candidate for the green recycling of chitinous waste and inhibiting the growth of the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea (Jun-Jin et al. Citation2019). Seven chitinases from different bacteria and fungi were produced, characterised and their biocontrol abilities against graminaceous stem borers Eldana saccharina, Chilo partellus and Sesamia calamistis were assessed; out of which chitinase from the thermophilic T. lanuginosus SSBP (Chit1) was found to be more acid-stable than the bacterial counterparts and caused 70% mortality in star larvae of E. saccharina (Okongo et al. Citation2019). A potent chitin-hydrolysing enzyme from Myrothecium verrucaria (rMvEChi) has been shown to affect the growth and development of Helicoverpa armigera and control plant fungal pathogens (Ustilago maydis and Bipolaris sorokiniana) (Vidhate et al. Citation2019).
4.7 Lipases
Lipases (EC 3.1.1.3) catalyse the hydrolysis of long-chain triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids. Lipases sourced from bacteria and fungi are relatively stable and are capable of catalysing a variety of reactions and thus, are potentially important for diverse industrial applications (Hou and Shimada Citation2009). A. niger when grown on Prosopis juliflorapods, red gram husk and cotton seed cake mixture in the ratio of (6.66:1.66:1.66) produced 269 U/gds lipase (Mandari et al. Citation2019). Multifarious industrial applications of fungal lipases in the detergent, bioremediation, food, flavour industries, biocatalytic resolution of pharmaceuticals, esters and amino acid synthesis, making of fine agrochemicals, biosensor, cosmetics and perfumery make them a very important enzyme (Hasan et al. Citation2006). Lipase from Candida rugosa was used for the conversion of non-polyunsaturated fatty acids to polyunsaturated fatty acids by removing glycerol backbone of triglycerol in kilka fish oil (Hosseini et al. Citation2018). Sahay and Chouhan (Citation2018) demonstrated lipid stain removal by facilitating cold-washing as a step towards mitigation of climate change using cold-active lipases of Penicillium canescens BPF4 and Pseudogymnoascus roseus BPF6. Lipase of Rhizopus chinensis expressed in P. pastoris GS115 showed esterification of short-chain fatty acids with ethanol (Yu et al. Citation2009). Recently, Spiropulos Gonçalves et al. (Citation2020) reported lipases of B. bassiana expressed in Aspergillus nidulans A773 and applied it for production of biodiesel by transesterification of triglycerides.
5. Cloning and expression of mycozymes
Although mycozymes have diverse potential applications and prominent presence, there are some limitations associated with them. First, it is difficult to obtain in-depth understanding of the biocatalytic action of the mycozyme in a mixture. Second, an accountable production economy can be challenging to obtain, as it may be difficult to optimise the production of a specific mycozyme without knowing the target gene. Third, the mixture may consist of proteases which can hamper the activity of the specific mycozyme in need. The recombinant mycozymes can be produced in high yields thus providing new tools for functional studies through careful selection of the expression system in the substantially higher purity. Wang et al. (Citation2019a) expressed α-amylase gene of Thermomyces dupontii, TdAmyA in P. pastoris GS115 with AOX1 promoter and it produced the highest maltose content of 51.8% after 8 h hydrolysis indicating application in maltose syrup production. The expression system allowed high level α-galactosidase production in medium with glucose as the sole carbon source and without a requirement for an inducer with a yield of 2.45 U/mL, which is nearly 3-fold higher than the yield obtained from A. fumigatus grown in locust bean gum containing medium (Gürköka et al. 2009). During the last few years expression cloning has been applied to several fungal enzymes and has proven very efficient in cloning of mycozyme genes. Recently, Bhardwaj et al. (Citation2020) expressed xylanase of A. oryzae in E. coli BL21 which exhibited a wide range of activity at different pH (3.0–10.0) range and temperature (30–70°C) with an optimum pH and temperature as 5.0 and at 30°C, respectively, making it useful for a variety of industrial applications. The superior properties of mannanase of Aspergillus kawachii expressed in P. pastoris X33, strongly facilitates MOS preparation and application in food and feed area (Liu et al. Citation2019). Some of the industrially relevant mycozymes which are cloned and expressed in a heterologous hosts are listed in . Fatimi et al. (Citation2018) expressed cellobiohydrolase of Trichoderma virens in A. niger strain PY11 with GlaPr as the promoter gene which enhanced the CbhI activity towards Avicel (0.011 U/mg), which could be useful in complex biomass degradation. Penicillium griseoroseum PG63 efficiently expressed phytase of P. chrysogenum with an increase of up to 5.1 times in the enzymatic activity and stability profiles. The ability to release inorganic phosphate from cereals which are commonly used for pig feed suggested the potential application of phytase produced by P. griseoroseum T73 in the animal nutrition industry (Ribeiro Corrêa et al. Citation2014). Furthermore, the new enzyme backbones may contribute significantly to a better understanding and determination of amino acid residues that may be of importance for the enzymatic characteristics.
6. Conclusion and future prospects
Fungi produce myriad biocatalysts which find diverse applications in a range of industrial processes. On account of their ability to utilise low-value substrates, amenability to manipulation, and ability to generate enzymes in copious titres, they are preferred choice for production of industrial biocatalysts. Among industrial enzymes, 60% are sourced from about 25 fungal genera. Pertaining to rising number of applications, rapid growth in demand of mycozymes is indicative of their suitability in biofuel, food, detergent, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. To overcome the bottle-neck of cost-effectiveness, a multi-pronged approach is required. Firstly, a more comprehensive understanding of dynamics of fungal growth and enzyme biosynthesis should be developed followed by development of state-of-the-art modules for submerged and solid-state cultures. Further, development of strains expressing robust and multifunctional (chimeric) enzymes using recombinant DNA technology, high-throughput screening of novel isolates, metagenomic screening, in silico enzyme engineering, site-directed mutagenesis, and directed evolution will pave a way to cater future demands. Recent advents such as CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, number of available fungal genome sequences and knowledge of omics hold promises for development of robust fungal strains in near future.
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