Lanthanides in Enzymology and Microbiology. Foundations and Frontiers in Enzymology

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
1. Lanthanide utilization by organisms: An Overview
2. Distribution and diversity of lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenase, XoxF, in natural environments
Ryoji Mitsui

Part II: Lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenases in methylotrophs
3. Discovery of the Xox system in Methylorubrum (Methylobacterium) extorquens AM1: a historical perspective
Ludmila Chistoserdova
4. XoxF5-type methanol dehydrogenase and lanthanide-dependent methylotrophy in Methylorubrum extorquens AM1
5. Lanthanide-dependent methanol and ethanol dehydrogenase isozymes in Methylorubrum extorquens AM1
Cecilia Martinez-Gomez
6. Lanthanide uptake and gene regulation of the xox1 operon in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1
Nathan Good
7. Lanthanide utilization in Methylobacterium aquaticum strain 22A
Patrick Juma

Part III: Lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenases and methanol metabolisms in methanotrophs
8. Genetic regulation by lanthanides in the Type I methanotroph Methylotuvimicrobium buryatense 5GB1C.
Joseph Groom
9. XoxF4, represented by two enzymes from Methylotenera mobilis JLW8
Ludmila Chistoserdova

Part IV: Lanthanide dependent methanol/alcohol dehydrogenases in non-methylotrophs and newly found methylotrophs
10. Lanthanide-dependent methanol dehydrogenases, XoxFs, in Rhizobia of a-Proteobacteria
11. Lanthanide utilization in the family Beijerinckiaceae
Carl-Eric Wegner
12. Lanthanide utilization in newly found methylotrophs
Haoxin Lv

Part V: Application of lanthanide-dependent biological processes
13. Recovery of rare earth elements using lanmodulin
Dan Park, Patrick Diep, Ziye Dong, Yongqin Jiao
14. Development of lanthanide ion binding peptide
Nobuhiro Ishida
15. Recovery of REEs using methylotrophic platforms
Cecilia Martinez-Gomez
16. Switching Between Methanol Accumulation and Cell Growth by Expression Control of Methanol Dehydrogenase in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b
Toshiaki Kamachi, Hidehiro Ito

Authors

Akio Tani Associate Professor, Okayama University, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama, Japan. Dr. Akio Tani is an Associate Professor (2014 - current) at the Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan. Dr. Tani was educated at Kyoto University (Ph.D 2001), and from there became an Assistant Professor at IPSR Okayama University (2001-2013). He was a Visiting Researcher at ETH Zurich (2012-2013). Dr. Tani's research focuses on lanthanide-dependent switching of methanol metabolism and taxonomy of Methylobacterium species, and the structure and function of the microbiome in barley-rice cropping. Ryoji Mitsui Professor, Okayama University of Science, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Japan. Dr. Mitsui is a Professor (2016-current) within the Faculty of Life Science, Department of Biochemistry, at Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan. He was educated at Kyoto University (Ph. D, 1998), and from there became an Assistant Professor at Okayama University of Science (1998-2008), as well as an Associate Professor at Okayama University of Science (2008-2016). He was also a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Dr. Mary E. Lidstrom Laboratory, at the University of Washington (2005-2006). His research interests include lanthanide-dependent chemical communication between plants and C1 bacteria. Tomoyuki Nakagawa Professor, Gifu University, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Japan. Dr. Nakagawa is a Professor (2012-) within the Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences at Gifu University, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He was educated at Kyoto University (Ph.D, 1999), and following this became an Assistant Professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture (1999-2007), and an Associate Professor at Gifu University (2007-2012). Dr. Nakagawa's research focuses on regulation of methanol metabolism in C1 yeasts and lanthanide-dependent C1 bacteria, as well as molecular mechanisms of alcohol fermentation in budding yeast.