Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Title: Characterization of an extracellular lipase and its chaperone from Ralstonia eutropha H16 Running title: Identification and analysis of an extracellular lipase from Ralstonia eutropha H16 Jingnan Lu1, Christopher J. Brigham2, ChoKyun Rha3, Anthony J. Sinskey2, 4, 5* Department of Chemistry1, Department of Biology29 , Biomaterials Science & Engineering Laboratory3, Division of Health Sciences and Technology4, Engineering Systems Division5, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA * Corresponding author. Mailing address: Bldg. 68-370, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Phone: (617) 253-6721. Fax: (617) 253-8550. E-mail: asinskey@mit.edu Online Resources: Online Resource 1: List of primers used in this study. Name Sequencea ΔA3742 upstream F 5’-CATAGAGCTCTACCTGAAGGCCAGCGGC-3’ ΔA3742 upstream R 5’-AGACTTAATTAAGTTCACGGGCGCTCTCCCT-3’ ΔA3742 downstream F 5’-CACATTAATTAAGTAAATCCCCGCCGGCGCAA-3’ ΔA3742 downstream R 5’-AGTATCTAGATGCCGGTAGCCGGTCTCAGA-3’ ΔA3742 diagF 5’-CGGCAAGGATGAGTTCGA-3’ ΔA3742 diagR 5’-CGCGTTGATGAAATGGGTG-3’ ΔA1323 upstream F 5’-GCATTCTAGACGCTCAAGATCCTGACCACGCGTG-3’ ΔA1323 upstream R 5’-CTTTGGGCGATGCAGCGCGGCTACACCCGGCCGCCGCCGCGCCGGC-3’ ΔA1323 downstream F 5’-GCCGGCGCGGCGGCGGCCGCGGTGTAGCCGCGCTGCATCGCCCAAAG3’ ΔA1323 downstream R 5’-GCCGGGATCCGCAACCCGCCATGGACCATCCAC-3’ ΔA1323 diagF 5’-GGACCGGCTGGTGTACGACGATATC-3’ ΔA1323 diagR 5’-GCCTGCGCCAACGCCGCACCGATGTC-3’ A1323 F 5’-GCATGGATCCGTGTACTGGCTGACGATGCCG-3’ A1323 R 5’-GCATGAGCTCCTATCGTGCCTGCCGCCGCGC-3’ a Restriction sites are underlined Online Resource 2: Palm oil emulsification by H16, Re2313 (lipA deletion), and Re2318 (lipB deletion) after 24 h of growth. Online Resource 3: SDS-PAGE gel of extracellular protein in the concentrated supernatant of: H16 (WT, Lane 1); H16/pCJB201 (lipA overexpression, Lane 2); Re2313 (ΔlipA, Lane 3); Re2318 (ΔlipB, Lane 4). PL: BenchMarkTM Protein Ladder (Invitrogen). Supernatants (100 mL total volume) of R. eutropha strains, grown on 1% palm oil at a culture time of 24 h, were lyophilized and concentrated to 1 mL. Concentrations of proteins in the concentrated supernatant determined by Bradford assay were as follows: H16, 640 µg/ml; H16/CJB201, 850 µg/ml; Re2313, 425 µg/ml; Re2318, 385 µg/ml. The concentrated supernatants are stained with Coomassie brilliant blue. 15 µl of concentrated supernatant and protein ladder were individually loaded onto the gel. Protein ladder molecular weight indicated in kDa. LipA has molecular weight of 38.6 kDa. Online Resource 4: Palm oil emulsification by H16/pBBR1MCS-2 (WT) vs. H16/pCJB201 (lipA overexpression) 5 h following inoculation. Online Resource 5: Nucleotide sequence and amino acid sequences of LipA. The conserved catalytic triad Ser, His, and Asp residues were bolded in red. The cysteine residues were in italicized green. ATGGAGCACAGCGGACACCACGCGTGCGGACGACGCACGCCCGCGCTACGCGAGCAGAAGGCCGGCAAGGCCTTGCGCAGGCTCGCAGGCACAGCCACGC M E H S G H H A C G R R T P A L R E Q K A G K A L R R L A G T A T L 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 < 100 TGGTCGCAGCGGCCATGCTGGCGCAGCCAGCACCAGCCCTGGCCGCGAGCGGCGACTACGCGAAGACGCGTTACCCGATCGTGCTGGTCCACGGACTGAC V A A A M L A Q P A P A L A A S G D Y A K T R Y P I V L V H G L T 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 < 200 CGGCGCGGCCAGGATGGGTGGTGTGCTCGACTACTGGTATGGCATCCCCGAAGTGCTGCGGGCCAACGGCGCGCAAGTCTATGTGGCCACGGTGCCGTCG G A A R M G G V L D Y W Y G I P E V L R A N G A Q V Y V A T V P S 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 < 300 TTCAACAGCGACGAAGAGCGCGCCCTGGCGCTGCAGGCCTATGTGCGCGCGGTCAAGCTGGAAAGCGGCGCAGACAAGGTCAACCTGATCGGCCACAGCC F N S D E E R A L A L Q A Y V R A V K L E S G A D K V N L I G H S Q 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 < 400 AGGGCGGGCCGACCTCGCGCATGCTGGCGGCGATGTCGCCGCAGGACGTGGCCTCGGTCACCACCATCGGCAGCCCGCATCGCGGCAGCGAAGTGGCCGA G G P T S R M L A A M S P Q D V A S V T T I G S P H R G S E V A D 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 < 500 CACCGTGCTGGACCTGATCAATGGCGTCAACAGTATTCCGATCGCCGGGCCGGTACTCGTCGGCATCATCCAGGGCGTGCTCGATACAGTGGGCTGGTTC T V L D L I N G V N S I P I A G P V L V G I I Q G V L D T V G W F 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580 590 < 600 AACGGCATCGGCAACGGGCAGGCGCTGGACCAGGATGCGCTGGCCTCGCTCAAGATCCTGACCACGCGTGGCGCCGCCGAGCAGAATGCGCGCCTCGATG N G I G N G Q A L D Q D A L A S L K I L T T R G A A E Q N A R L D A 610 620 630 640 650 660 670 680 690 < 700 CCACGCTGGTGCCCGGCACGAAATCGGCACTGGGGCCGGATTGCAATACTGCTGGCGCGGTGTCCGAGCAACGGCAGGCGCGCGATGCCGCGGGCAACTT T L V P G T K S A L G P D C N T A G A V S E Q R Q A R D A A G N F 710 720 730 740 750 760 770 780 790 < 800 CGTCACCCATACCCAGGCCGCGTATTCCTGGACCGGGCAGGGTGGGCCGTTCAGCCTGCTGCGCTCCAACCTGCTGGATCCGACCACGGTGATGATGTCG V T H T Q A A Y S W T G Q G G P F S L L R S N L L D P T T V M M S 810 820 830 840 850 860 870 880 890 < 900 GCGTCGGCCGGGCTGATGGACCTGAAGGGCGCCGGCCCCAATGACGGGCTGGTCTCGGTCTGCAGCAGCAAGTGGGGCCGGGTGCTGGCCACGGGCTACT A S A G L M D L K G A G P N D G L V S V C S S K W G R V L A T G Y Y 910 920 930 940 950 960 970 980 990 < 1000 ACTGGAACCATCTCGACGAGGTGAACCAGATGGCCGGCCTGTACCAGGACGTCGATCCGCGCACGGTCATTCTCAGCCACGCCAACCGGCTGCGCAATGA W N H L D E V N Q M A G L Y Q D V D P R T V I L S H A N R L R N D 1010 1020 1030 1040 1050 1060 1070 1080 1090 < 1100 CCAGCTCTGA Q L * < 1110