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. 2019 Jun 26;24(13):2362. doi: 10.3390/molecules24132362

Table 1.

Enzymes detoxifying mycotoxins and their properties. Molar weight (MW) of enzymes corresponds to the value issued in the article or presented in the UniProt database. Optimal or used conditions for determination of enzyme activity are listed. Catalytic characteristics of enzymes are shown towards specified mycotoxin, if not stated otherwise. Tolerable daily intake (TDI)* of mycotoxins is listed for referential purpose and could vary widely depending on the local legislations.

Enzyme (MW) Source, Ref. Conditions Catalytic Characteristics Comments
Aflatoxins (aflatoxin B1, TDI = 0.11–0.19 ng/d/kg)
AKR7A1
with N-His6
(37 kDa)
Rattusnorvegicus [19] pH 6.6,
25 °C,
0.2 mM NADPH
Km = 21 μM,
Vmax = 0.34 μM/min/mg,
6.4 mg/h/mg
AKR7A3
with N-His6
(37 kDa)
Homosapiens [19] pH 7.4,
25 °C,
0.2 mM NADPH
Km = 9 μM,
Vmax = 0.6 μM/min/mg,
11.2 mg/h/mg
AKR7A5
(38 kDa)
Musmusculus [20,21] pH 6.6,
25 °C,
0.2 mM NADPH
Km = 90 μM,
kcat = 34 min−1,
17 mg/h/mg
Km = 1.6 μM (NADPH)
Inhibition: valproic acid, ethacrynic acid, quercitin, indomethacin
Laccase
(56 kDa)
Trametesversicolor [22] pH 4.5,
35 °C
Km = 0.28 mM,
0.37 μg/h/mg
BADE (22 kDa) Bacillusshackletonii [23] pH 7–8,
37 °C
0.05 μg/h/mg Activation: Cu2+
Inhibition: Mn2+ < Li+ ≈ Zn2+ < Mg2+
MnP
(18–42 kDa)
Pleurotusostreatus [24] pH 4–5,
25 °C,
50 μM H2O2,
50 μM Mn2+
up to 2 mg/h/mg Inhibition: Cd2+, Hg2+; ≥1 mM H2O2, Cu2+
Peroxidase
(32–39 kDa)
Armoraciarusticana [25] pH 7.5,
30 °C,
2.4 mM H2O2
Km = 16 nM,
Vmax = 6.4 μM/min,
3–15 μg/h/mg **
AFO
(77 kDa)
Armillariella tabescens [26,27] pH 5.8–6.0,
30 °C,
Cu2+
Km = 0.334 μM,
kcat = 2.7 min−1,
0.66 mg/h/mg
ADTZ
(52 kDa)
Armillariella tabescens [28,29] pH 5–8,
35 °C
Km~ 3 μM **,
0.13 mg/h/mg
Activation: Ba2+
Inhibition: Ni2+ < Fe2+/3+ ≈ Cu2+ < Mn2+ < Cr3+ < Co2+ < Zn2+ ≈ EDTA
MADE
(32 kDa)
Myxococcusfulvus [30] pH 6.0, 35 °C, Mg2+ 12 μg/h/mg Activation: Mg2+
Inhibition: Li+ < Cu2+ < Zn2+
F420H2-dependent reductases with N-His6 (14–21 kDa) Actinomycetales [31] pH 7.5,
22 °C,
10 μM F420
up to Km = 47 μM,
kcat = 63 min−1,
11 mg/h/mg
Km = 0.1–0.3 μM (F420H2)
CYP1A2
with N-His6
(59 kDa)
Homosapiens [32] pH 7.4,
37 °C,
1 mM NADPH
Km = 30 μM,
kcat = 0.24 min−1,
0.08 mg/h/mg
Sterigmatocystin (TDI = 16 ng/d/kg)
AFO
(77 kDa)
Armillariella tabescens [27] pH 5.8–6.0,
30 °C,
Cu2+
Km = 0.106 μM,
kcat = 1.7 min−1,
0.44 mg/h/mg
Zearalenone (TDI = 0.5 μg/d/kg)
ZHD
(29 kDa)
Clonostachysrosea [33] pH 10.5,
30 °C
Km = 34 μM,
kcat = 0.51 s−1,
20 mg/h/mg
Inhibition:
PMSF, AEBSF
ZHD
with N-eGFP
(56 kDa)
Clonostachysrosea [33] pH 9.5,
30 °C
Km = 10 μM,
kcat = 0.53 s−1,
11 mg/h/mg
CbZHD
with N-His6
(30 kDa)
Cladophialophora bantiana [34] pH 8.0,
35 °C
13 mg/h/mg
Zhd518
with N-His6
(29 kDa)
Rhinocladiella mackenziei [35] pH 8.0,
40 °C
12.4 mg/h/mg Activation: Ca2+
Inhibition: Li+ < Mn2+ = Ni2+ < Co2+ < Cu2+ < Hg2+
ZENC
(30 kDa)
Neurosporacrassa [36] pH 8.0,
45 °C;
Na+, Ca2+, or Mg2+
Km = 39 μM,
31.8 mg/h/mg
Inhibition: Zn2+ < Mn2+ < EDTA < SDS ≈ Cu2+
Peroxiredoxin
(21 kDa)
Acinetobacter sp.,
Saccharomyces cerevisiae [37,38]
pH 9.0,
70 °C,
20 mM H2O2
Km = 7.55 mM,
0.14 mg/h/mg
Peroxidase
(32–36 kDa)
Armoraciarusticana,
Oryza sativa [39]
pH 5–6,
25 °C,
2.4 mM H2O2
Km = 9–40 μM,
Vmax = 11–170 nM/min,
up to 1.5 mg/h/mg
HvUGT14077
(97 kDa)
Hordeumvulgare [40] pH 7.5,
37 °C,
10 mM UDP-G
Km = 3 μM,
kcat = 0.54 s−1,
6.4 mg/h/mg
Km = 78 μM (UDP-G)
Inhibition: UDP
Ochratoxins (ochratoxin A, TDI = 16 ng/d/kg)
OTase
(47–51 kDa)
Aspergillusniger [41,42] pH 7.0,
40 °C,
Zn2+
Km = 13 μM,
Vmax = 0.29 μM/min,
21.8 mg/h/mg
Inhibition: 1,10- phenanthroline
OTA hydrolase
(MW is unknown)
Aspergillusniger [43] pH 7.5,
37 °C
Km = 0.5 mM,
Vmax = 0.44 μM/min,
2.16 mg/h/mg
Inhibition: EDTA
Patulin (TDI = 0.4 μg/d/kg)
PGUG
(27 kDa)
Meyerozyma guilliermondii [44] pH 5.0,
28 °C
0.3 μg/h/mg
Lipase
(25–64 kDa)
porcine pancreas [45,46] pH 6.0,
40 °C
0.3 μg/h/mg
Putative orotate phosphoribosyl- transferase
(25 kDa)
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa [47] pH 4.0,
25 °C
Km = 16 μM,
kcat = 3.4 × 10−5 s−1,
0.76 mg/h/mg
Fumonisins (fumonisin B1, TDI = 2 μg/d/kg)
FumD
(57 kDa)
Sphingopyxis sp. [48] pH 8.0,
30 °C
3 μg/h/mg
Ergot alkaloids (ergotamine, TDI = 0.6 μg/d/kg)
ErgA
(35 kDa)
Rhodococcus erythropolis [49] pH 8–9,
35 °C
13 mg/h/mg
Trichothecenes (deoxynivalenol, TDI = 1 μg/d/kg)
OsUGT79
(51 kDa)
Oryzasativa [50] pH 8.0,
23 °C,
0.5 mM UDP-G
Km = 61 μM,
kcat = 1.07 s−1,
22.4 mg/h/mg
OsUGT79
with N-His6-MBP
(95 kDa)
Oryzasativa [51] pH 7.0,
37 °C,
10 mM UDP-G
Km = 0.23 mM,
kcat = 0.57 s−1,
6.4 mg/h/mg
Km = 2.2 mM (UDP-G)
Activation: Ca2+ < Fe2+ ≈ Mg2+ < Mn2+
Inhibition: UDP, DON, Cu2+, Zn2+
HvUGT13248 with C-His6
(53 kDa)
Hordeumvulgare [52] pH 7.0,
25 °C,
1 mM UDP-G
Km = 1.5 mM,
Vmax = 0.22 μmol/min/mg,
3.91 mg/h/mg
Bradi5g03300 with N-MBP and C-His6
(96 kDa)
Brachypodium distachyon [52] pH 7.0,
25 °C,
1 mM UDP-G
Km = 0.37 mM,
Vmax = 19 nmol/min/mg,
0.34 mg/h/mg
TRI101
(50 kDa)
Fusarium sporotrichioides, Fusarium graminearum [53] pH 8.0,
25 °C,
1.5 mM acetyl-CoA
Km = 11.7 μM,
kcat = 13.5 s−1,
288 mg/h/mg
Lipase
(41 kDa)
Aspergillusniger [54] pH 8.5,
40 °C
4.3 μg/h/mg Activation: Ca2+ < Fe2+ ≈ Mg2+
Inhibition: EDTA << Zn2+ ≈ Cu2+
AKR18A1
with His6
(37 kDa)
Sphingomonas sp. [55] pH 9.5,
55 °C,
2 mM NADP+
Km = 1.2 mM,
Vmax = 26 nmol/min/mg,
0.46 mg/h/mg
Km = 0.48 mM (NADP+)
DepA
(62 kDa)
Devosiamutans [56,57] pH 7.5,
Ca2+,
0.1 mM PQQ
Km = 32 μM,
kcat = 4.2 s−1,
72 mg/h/mg
Inhibition:
Co2+ < Cu2+ < Fe2+
BdCXE29
(38 kDa)
Brachypodium distachyon [58] pH 7.5,
25 °C
Km = 0.42 mM (15-ADON),
Vmax = 3.4 μmol/min/mg,
69 mg/h/mg
Inhibition:
3-ADON

* Approved TDI or provisional maximal TDI are listed according to Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (http://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/), if not stated otherwise. As being a genotoxicant and carcinogen, aflatoxin B1 cannot have an established TDI, so the value is an estimated TDI at a cancer risk level of 10−5 (10 per million) in countries where peoples may in addition be exposed to Hepatitis B infection [14]. Sterigmatocystin being carcinogenic too has only provisional dose of low health concern [17] that was specified in the Table. The limit of ergotamine was proposed by European Food Safety Authority [18] and has not been approved yet (as to 2019). Aflatoxin B1—(3S,7R)-11-methoxy-6,8,19-trioxapentacyclo [10.7.0.02,9.03,7.013,17]nonadeca-1,4,9,11,13(17)-pentaene-16,18-dione; sterigmatocystin—(3aR,12cS)- 8-hydroxy-6-methoxy-3a,12c-dihydro-7H-furo[3′,2′:4,5]furo[2,3-c]xanthen-7-one; zearalenone—(4S,12E)-16,18-dihydroxy-4-methyl-3-oxabicyclo[12.4.0]octadeca-1(18),12,14,16-tetraene-2,8-dione; ochratoxin A—(2S)-2-[[(3R)-5-chloro-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-oxo-3,4-dihydroisochromene- 7-carbonyl]amino]-3-phenylpropanoic acid; patulin—4-hydroxy-4,6-dihydrofuro[3,2-c]pyran-2-one; fumonisin B1—(2R)-2-[2-[(5R,6R,7S,9S,11R,16R,18S,19S)-19-amino-6-[(3R)-3,4-dicarboxybutanoyl] oxy-11,16,18-trihydroxy-5,9-dimethylicosan-7-yl]oxy-2-oxoethyl]butanedioic acid; ergotamine—(6aR,9R)-N-[(1S,2S,4R,7S)-7-benzyl-2-hydroxy-4-methyl-5,8-dioxo-3-oxa-6,9-diazatricyclo[7.3.0.02,6]dodecan-4-yl]-7-methyl-6,6a,8,9-tetrahydro-4H-indolo[4,3-fg]quinoline-9-carboxamide; deoxynivalenol—(1R,2R,3S,7R,9R,10R,12S)-3,10-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,5-dimethylspiro [8-oxatricyclo[7.2.1.02,7]dodec-5-ene-12,2′-oxirane]-4-one. ** The value was calculated using data of referenced authors. Abbreviations: PMSF—phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride; AEBSF—4-(2-aminoethyl)-benzenesulfonyl fluoride; UDP-G—uridine diphosphate glucose; N-His6-MBP—hexahistidine tag and maltose-binding protein on the N-terminus of enzyme molecule; C-His6—hexahistidine tag on the C-terminus of enzyme molecule; N-MBP—maltose-binding protein on the N-terminus of enzyme molecule; PQQ—pyrroloquinoline quinone; 3-ADON—3-acetyl deoxynivalenol, 15-ADON—15-acetyl deoxynivalenol.