Ordered Coimmobilization of Multimeric Enzyme Arrays with Enhanced Biocatalytic Cascade Performance

Multiple enzyme coimmobilizations mimicking nature cascade enzymatic pathways have potential applications in diverse fields. We have developed a strategy for orderly coimmobilizing multienzymes by combining hierarchically self-assembled multimeric enzymes with specifically abundant polyhistidine tag affinity-mediated immobilization. Using this strategy, an ordered coimmobilization of the glycosyltransferase UGT51 mutant and sucrose synthase was constructed to realize the regeneration of costly sugar donor UDP-glucose that was used in the biosynthesis of the rare ginsenoside Rh2. The ordered coimmobilization array not only significantly boosted the immobilization and catalysis efficiency but also improved UDP-glucose regeneration, storage stability, and reusability compared to those of random coimmobilization and free enzyme-assembly systems. This study provides a great promise for fabricating enzyme arrays and highlights the synergistic benefits of nanocomplexes in enhancing biocatalytic cascade performance.