One of the survival strategies adopted by microorganisms living in cold environments is their expression of cold-active enzymes that enable them to perform an efficient metabolic flux at low temperatures necessary to thrive and reproduce under those constraints. Cold-active enzymes are ideal biocatalysts that can reduce the need for heating procedures and improve industrial processes’ quality, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness.
| Organisms/Enzymes | Source | Host | Vector | Localization of Expressed Enzyme | Optimum Temp./Residual Activity | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkalibacterium sp. SL3/esterase | Uncultured | E. coli BL21 (DE3) | pET-28a (+) | Soluble | 30 °C and 68% at 0 °C | [84][37] |
| Chitinophaga pinensis-like/esterase | Uncultured | E. coli RosettaTM (Novagen) | pGEX-6P-2 | Insoluble inclusion body | 20 °C and NA | [66][19] |
| Lactobacillus plantarum/LpLp_2631/esterase | Microbiological Culture | E. coli BL21 (DE3) | pURI3TEV vector | Soluble | 20 °C and 90% at 5 °C | [85][38] |
| Burkholderia pyrrocinia/BpFae esterase | Microbiological Culture | E. coli BL21 (DE3) | pET28a pCold-TF and pGEX-4T-1. |
Insoluble/soluble non inactive form | NA | [86][39] |
| Candida parapsilosis/esterase | Cultured | S. cerevisiae | pYES2 | Soluble | NA and at 20 °C | [64][17] |
| Monascus ruber M7/esterase | Cultured | E. coli BL21(DE3) | pET-30a (+) | Soluble | 40 °C and 50% at 4–10 °C | [87][40] |
| Alcanivorax dieselolei/lipase | Cultured | E. coli BL21(DE3) | pGEX-6p-1 (GE) | Soluble | 20 °C and 95% at 10 °C | [88,89][41][42] |
| Pseudomonas fluorescens KE38/lipase | Uncultured | E. coli BL21(DE3) | pET28a | Insoluble inclusion body | 25 °C and NA | [90][43] |
| Aphanizomenon flos-aquae/esterase | Uncultured | E. coli BL21(DE3) | pET28a | Insoluble inclusion body | 5–15 °C | [91][44] |
| Bacillus halodurans/lipase | Uncultured | E. coli BL21 (DE3) | pET-28a (+) | Soluble | 30 °C | [92][45] |
| Bacillus licheniformis/esterase | Cultured | E. coli BL21 (DE3) | pET-28a (+) | Soluble | 30 °C and 35% at 0 °C | [63][16] |
| G. antarctica PI12/esterase | Expressed sequence tag | BL21 (DE3) | pET200_GaDlh | Soluble | 10 °C and 50% at 0–30 °C |
[93][46] |
| Paenibacillus sp. R4/esterase | Cultured | BL21 (DE3) | pET-22b (+) | Soluble | 35 °C and 45% at 10 °C | [94][47] |
| Pseudomonas sp./lipase | Uncultured | BL21(DE3) | pET32b (+) | Insoluble inclusion body | 35 °C and 50% at 15–40 °C | [27][48] |
| Yarrowia lipolytica(LIPY8)/lipase | Cultured | Insect (Sf9) | pFastBac1 | Soluble | 17 °C and 70% at 8–30 °C | [65][18] |
| Enzymes | Type of Purification | Purification Steps | Buffer | Column/Resin | Fold/Yield | Molecular Mass | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GaDlh | Complete | Single-step/Ni-affinity chromatography | Tris–HCl | Ni–NTA column | 1.9/7.7% | 28 kDa | [106][61] |
| AMBL-20 | Partial | Single step/ammonium sulfate precipitation | Tris–HCl | NA | NA | NA | [107][62] |
| HaSGNH1 | Complete | Single-step/Ni2+-affinity | Tris–HCl | HisTrap HP | 2.5/~5 mg/g | 24 kDa | [108][63] |
| LSK25 | Complete | Single-step/Ni-Sepharose affinity | Tris–HCl | Ni Sepharose® 6Fast Flow column | 1.3/44% | 65 kDa | [27][48] |
| AaSGNH1 | Complete | Single-step/Ni-Sepharose affinity | Tris–HCl | Ni-NTA agarose | 0.6–0.7 mg/mL | 43.9 kDa | [109][64] |
| B8W22 | Complete | Double-step/Ni-Sepharose affinityand ion-exchange | Tris–HCl | DEAE FF column/Octyl Sepharose FF column | 59.03/20% | 35 kDa | [110][65] |
| ERMR1:04 | Complete | Triple-step/ammonium sulfate precipitation, Size exclusion, and hydrophobic interaction | Tris–HCl | Sephadex G-100 column, Octyl-Sepharose fast flow column | 21.3/NA | 250 kDa (hexameric) 39.8 kD (monomeric) | [111][66] |
| estHIJ | Complete | Single-step/Ni-affinity | Phosphate buffer | Ni-NTA affinity column. | 3.5/47.5% | 29 kDa | [112][67] |
| ZY124 | Complete | Double step/ammonium sulfate precipitation and hydrophobic chromatography | Tris–HCl | Phenyl Sepharose FF column andmicrocolumn reversed-phase LC-1MS | 1.34/NA | 37.9 kDa. | [105][60] |
| AMS8 | Complete | Reverse Micelle Extraction | Sodium phosphate | NA | NA/58.84% | NA | [113][68] |
| KM12 | Complete | Double-step/ammonium sulfate precipitation and ion-exchange | Tris–HCl | Q-Sepharose FF column | 15.63/36.0% | 33 kDa | [114][69] |
| KCTC 22881 | Complete | Double-step/affinity chromatography and size-exclusion chromatography | Tris–HCl | HisTrap FF, PD-10 and Sephacryl S200 HR | NA | 31.0 kDa | [104][59] |
| EstN7 | Complete | Single-step/Ni-affinity | Potassium Phosphate | Ni–NTA affinity column | 5/94.5% | 37.0 kDa | [48][57] |
| GlaEst12-like | Complete | Single-step/Ni-sepharose affinity | Sodium Phosphate | Nickel-Sepharose HP | 1.7/40% | 63 kDa | [115][70] |
| RSAP17 | Complete | Double-step/ammonium sulfate precipitation and ion-exchange | Tris–HCl | DEAE-cellulose anion exchanger | NA | 103.8 kDa | [116][71] |
| PsEst3 | Complete | Double-step/nickel-affinity and size-exclusion chromatography | Tris–HCl | Ni-affinity and HiLoad 16/60 Superdex 200 column | NA | 29 kDa | [103][58] |