酵母细胞生物转化反式—肉桂酸生产L—苯丙氨酸的研究

据文献调查,搜集了国内可能相关的30株酵母,进行生物转化反式-肉桂酸(t-Ca) 生产L-苯丙氨酸 (L-Phe) 的微生物筛选研究,并对部分菌株生物转化能力,即苯丙氨酸解氨酶 (PAL,EC _(4、3、1、5) 活性水平进行了初步评估。筛选结果是:22株酵母具有转化 t-Ca 生成 L-Phe 的能力,转化率在2—67％范围。选出7株酵母研究在液体培养条件下细胞生长和PAL活性的时间过程关系,PAL 活性范围在 2.3—14.4x10~(-s)u/m g细胞干重。深红酵母 (Rhodotorularubra) AS2.166作为生物转化制备实经菌株,在静止细胞和固定化细胞批式反应条件下,结果获得L-Phe分离产率分别为42.0％,28.7％。     

氨基茚磷酸(AIP)和氨基氧乙酸(AOA)对茉莉酸甲酯诱导的烟草一些酶活性的影响

用茉莉酸甲酯(MJ,1mg ml^-1)处理培养在含0．1mmol／L AIP(水杨酸合成抑制剂)和／或1mmol／L AOA(乙烯合成抑制剂)的MS培养基上的烟草愈伤组织,测定某些酶的活性。结果表明：MJ明显提高过氧化物酶(POD)、β1,3-葡聚糖苷酶和几丁质外切酶的活性,略微促进苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)、多酚氧化酶(PPO)的活性,抑制几丁内切酶的活性,而AOA和AIP则明显抑制MJ对POD和β1,3-葡聚糖苷酶活性的诱导作用,但对MJ诱导的PAL和PPO的活性影响很小,AOA和AIP可能作为逆境因子促进PAL的活性。AOA能部分解除MJ对几丁内切酶的抑制作用,但对MJ诱导的几丁外切酶的影响较小,而AIP抑制几丁内切酶的活性,也抑制MJ对此酶的诱导作用。因此我们认为：MJ对POD、PPO和几丁内切酶的影响可能是通过乙烯途径,对β1,3-葡聚糖苷酶和几丁外切酶的影响可能是通过水杨酸(SA)途径,而对PAL的影响可能是通过其它途径。     

胡桐悬浮培养细胞中苯丙氨酸解氨酶活性与红厚壳素产量的关系

胡桐CR2细胞悬浮培养过程中,苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性上升后红厚壳素产量即增加.加入真菌诱导子后,PAL活性与红厚壳素产量呈一定的正相关.以PAL抑制物降低PAL活性后,红厚壳素产量也降低;诱导物与抑制物同时加入,PAL活性与红厚壳素产量均界于诱导物处理与未处理之间.     

诱抗处理对甜瓜叶片防卫酶活性的影响

以黄河蜜幼苗为材料,分析了化学诱导物处理后甜瓜叶片中几丁质酶(CHI)、β-1,3葡聚糖酶(GLU)、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)和多酚氧化酶(PPO)活性的变化.结果显示:经5种化学诱导物处理后,甜瓜叶片PAL活性快速增加,于处理后第6天出现活性高峰;苯丙噻二唑(BTH)、水杨酸(SA)、草酸(OAA)和硅酸钠(Na2SiO3)处理后GLU活性变化与PAL相似,PPO活性在测定期内持续升高;磷酸氢二钾(K2HPO4)处理对GLU和PPO活性无明显影响;SA处理后叶片CHI活性明显升高,其它诱导物处理对CHI活性无明显影响.结果表明,防卫酶(特别是GLU和PPO)活性表达增强是BTH、OAA、SA和Na2SiO3等诱导物处理系统诱导甜瓜幼苗白粉病抗性增强的重要生化机制.     

光质对悬浮培养黄岑细胞生长及黄岑苷积累的影响

研究了不同光质、光强和光期对悬浮培养黄芩(Scutellaria baicalensis)细胞的生长、细胞中苯丙氨酸氨基裂解酶(PAL)活性及黄芩苷含量的影响。白光、紫外光、红光和蓝光对悬浮培养黄芩细胞PAL活性和黄芩苷含量有不同的影响。白光、紫外光和蓝光对PAL活性和黄芩苷的积累具有诱导促进作用,其中紫外光的促进作用最强,白光和蓝光的促进作用较弱,而红光照射对PAL活性和黄芩苷的积累有一定的抑制作用。在0-60μmolm-2s-1紫外光照射强度范围内,PAL活性和黄芩苷含量随着紫外光照射强度的增加而显著提高。实验结果同时表明,红光照射显著促进黄芩细胞的生长,紫外光抑制黄芩细胞的生长,而蓝光和白光对悬浮培养黄芩细胞生长的促进作用不明显。与黑暗(对照)相比,每天8h光照强度为60μmolm-2s-1的紫外光、16h光照强度为50μmolm-2s-1的红光交替处理,在培养12d后,细胞的鲜重和黄芩苷含量为对照的1.16和3.2倍,黄芩苷的产量达到439mgL-1,是对照的3.8倍。     

水杨酸诱发的NO介导了丹参悬浮培养细胞中丹酚酸B的生物合成

水杨酸(SA)可诱导丹参悬浮培养细胞中一氧化氮(NO)产生、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活化及丹酚酸B(Sal B)的生物合成。为了阐明NO对丹参悬浮培养细胞中Sal B生物合成的影响及作用机理,本实验利用NO供体硝普钠(SNP)、NO合成酶抑制剂L-NNA(Nω-nitro-L-arginine)、NO淬灭剂c PITO(carboxy-2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide)以及PAL抑制剂L-AOPP(L-2-aminooxygen-3-phenyl acrylic acid)分别处理丹参悬浮培养细胞,并对其胞内NO水平、PAL活性和Sal B积累量进行了检测。结果表明,硝普钠(SNP)处理显著促进了NO产生、PAL活性和Sal B的积累,而L-NNA和c PITO抑制上述过程,说明NO诱发PAL活性提高并参与了SA诱导的Sal B生物合成;L-AOPP显著抑制了PAL活性及Sal B积累,却对NO产生没有显著影响,揭示NO位于PAL的上游。这说明SA诱发的NO产生、PAL活化及Sal B合成之间存在因果关系,即NO通过激活PAL触发Sal B生物合成。     

质膜NADPH氧化酶的活化与H2O2的产生介导内源激发子诱导人参悬浮细胞中PAL活性的提高与人参皂甙的积累

利用纤维素酶降解人参(Panax ginseng C．A．Meyer)悬浮细胞的细胞壁制备了内源激发子(CDW)。CDW体外诱导了游离人参细胞质膜NADPH氧化酶的活性,激发了活体人参悬浮细胞产生H2O2。CDW还可以诱导提高苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性,促进人参鲨烯环氧酶基因(sqe)的转录与人参皂甙的积累。NADPH氧化酶的抑制剂不仅可以抑制CDW体外诱导的质膜NADPH活性而且还可以抑制CDW诱导人参细胞产生H2O2。进而,这些抑制剂还可以抑制CDW诱导PAL活性的提高,以及sqe的转录与人参皂甙的合成。过氧化氢酶与H2O2的粹灭剂也可以抑制CDW激发产生的这些诱导效应。上述结果表明CDW激发质膜NADPH氧化酶的活化与H2O2的产生在介导CDW诱导人参细胞抗性反应中,包括PAL活性的提高与人参皂甙的积累,起了重要的信号转导作用。     

与内生真菌共培养对葡萄果肉细胞生理生化影响的差异研究

根据与内生真菌共培养过程中对葡萄细胞生理生化的影响差异将内生真菌菌株归类,筛选出具有不同利用价值的内生真菌资源。以分离于玫瑰蜜、赤霞珠和夏黑葡萄叶片的18个属47株内生真菌和佳美葡萄(Vitis vinifera L. cultivar:Gamay)果肉愈伤组织为试验材料,构建内生真菌与葡萄细胞共培养体系,并探索这些内生真菌菌株对葡萄果肉细胞生长、花色苷含量、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性等的生理生化影响。结果表明,与不同内生真菌共培养对葡萄细胞生长、花色苷总量和PAL活性都有不同程度的影响。其中共筛选出20株对葡萄细胞伤害较小的内生真菌;6株显著促进葡萄细胞生长的内生真菌;11株显著促进葡萄细胞PAL活性的内生真菌;5株促进葡萄细胞花色苷总量的内生真菌。此次研究为发掘和利用内生真菌资源调控葡萄生化品质特征提供了技术参考和一定的物质基础。     

NO对银杏悬浮细胞生长及黄酮类物质合成的影响

以硝普钠(sodium nitroprusside,SNP)为一氧化氮(NO)的供体,向银杏悬浮细胞培养液中加入不同浓度的SNP,研究外源NO对银杏悬浮细胞生长状况、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性、苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)活性和黄酮类物质生物合成的影响.结果表明,低浓度SNP有利于银杏悬浮细胞生长,而高浓度SNP可以促进黄酮类物质的合成.银杏悬浮细胞在添加0.5和10 mmol/L SNP的培养基中培养16 d时,细胞干重分别为对照组的134%和73%;在添加10 mmol/L SNP的培养基中培养20 d时,细胞中黄酮类物质的含量为对照组的136%.同时,10 mmol/L SNP促进银杏悬浮细胞PAL和CAT活性显著升高.NO专一性淬灭剂c-PITO(carboxyl phenyltetramethylimidazoleoxide)抑制SNP对银杏悬浮细胞生长、CAT活性、PAL活性和黄酮类物质含量的促进作用,说明SNP是通过其分解产物NO影响细胞生长和黄酮类物质的合成.根据这些结果推测,NO可能通过触发银杏悬浮细胞的防卫反应,激活了细胞中黄酮类物质的生物合成途径.     

胞外ATP对壳聚糖诱导的ROS和PAL活性变化的影响

以烟草BY-2悬浮细胞为材料,探讨了胞外ATP对壳聚糖引起的活性氧(reactive oxygen species,ROS)水平和苯丙氨酸解氨酶(phenylalanine ammonia-lyase,PAL)活性变化的影响。结果表明,5~20μg·mL^-1壳聚糖处理导致了烟草悬浮细胞细胞内ROS水平逐渐增加;壳聚糖也导致了PAL活性的增加,其活性在15μg·mL^-1壳聚糖处理下达到峰值,此后有所降低。10~40μmol·L^-1外源ATP处理未引起烟草悬浮细胞内ROS水平和PAL活性的显著变化。细胞外ATP水平则随壳聚糖浓度的增加而逐渐下降。本文进一步分析了细胞外ATP对壳聚糖引起的ROS水平和PAL活性变化的影响。结果显示,外源施加20μmol·L^-1ATP可以有效降低壳聚糖诱导的烟草悬浮细胞ROS水平上升,同时外源ATP也明显减缓了壳聚糖所诱导的PAL活性的上升。上述结果表明,细胞外ATP水平能够影响壳聚糖引起的ROS水平和PAL活性的变化。     

Purification of Phosphomannanase and Its Action on the Yeast Cell Wall

An improved assay for phosphomannanase (an enzyme required for the preparation of yeast protoplasts) has been developed based on the release of mannan from yeast cell walls. A procedure for the growth of Bacillus circulans on a large scale for maximal production of the enzyme is described. The culture medium containing the secreted enzyme was concentrated, and the enzyme was purified by protamine sulfate treatment, ammonium sulfate fractionation, gel filtration on P-100, and isoelectric density gradient electrophoresis. Although the enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity, it still contained laminarinase activity which could not be separated by size or charge. The two enzymatic activities also exhibited two isoelectric points (pH 5.9 and 6.8) on ampholine electrophoresis. The laminarinase was not active on yeast glucan. The enzyme preparation was shown to remove mannan from yeast without removing glucan. Electron microscopic observation supports the idea that this mannan is the outer layer of the yeast wall. Phosphomannanase will produce protoplasts from yeast when supplemented with relatively low amounts of snail enzyme. This activity is present in snail enzyme but appeares to be rate-limiting when snail enzyme alone is used. Phosphomannanase has proven useful for studying the macromolecular organization of polymers in the yeast cell wall.     

A simple phase-extraction assay for chloramphenicol acyltransferase activity

A simple and convenient phase extraction assay for chloramphenicol (Cm) acetyltransferase (CAT) activity has been developed, based on the enzymatic butyrylation of radiolabelled Cm. The assay is linear over two to three orders of magnitude of enzyme concentration, is highly sensitive, and substantially less expensive than all presently available alternatives. Methods for convenient CAT assay, adapted for mammalian cells, plant protoplasts, and mammalian cell culture supernatants, are described. These methods should also simplify measurement of CAT activity in other organisms, such as yeast and bacteria. In addition, a simple pre-extraction procedure is presented for purifying radiolabelled Cm which allows a 25-fold increase in sensitivity using tritiated substrates.     

Regulation of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity and growth in lettuce by light and gibberellic acid

Abstract The effects of light and gibberellic acid (GA3) on growth and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activity were studied in seedlings of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.). Using an in vivo assay for PAL it was shown that wounding caused by excising hypocotyls results in an increase in PAL activity with time that can mask the effect of light on the activity of this enzyme. When hypocotyl sections were excised from light-treated seedlings immediately prior to the in vivo assay of PAL, light was shown to cause a marked increase in PAL activity. Experiments with an inhibitor of PAL activity, α-aminooxy-β-phenylpropionic acid (AOPP), confirmed that the volatile radioactive products measured in the in vivo assay resulted from the activity of PAL. Gibberellic acid suppresses the light-induced increase in PAL activity and there is an inverse relationship between GA₃-induced growth and the activity of PAL. Over a wide range of GA₃ concentrations, the activity of PAL is also inversely correlated with growth rate along the length of the hypocotyl section; the upper halves of sections elongate more rapidly and have lower levels of PAL than the lower halves. Despite the strong correlation between growth and PAL activity, experiments with AOPP and t-cinnamic acid show that it is unlikely that elongation is regulated directly by products of PAL activity.     

Identification by high-performance liquid chromatography of tyrosine ammonia-lyase activity in purified fractions of Phaseolus vulgaris phenylalanine ammonia-lyase

Activities of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) and tyrosine ammonia-lyase (TAL) were assessed at each stage of a three-step purification of PAL. Assays were performed by high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) separation and ultraviolet detection of reaction products. Use of HPLC permitted assay of low activities of PAL and TAL for periods up to approximately four and two days, respectively. HPLC also facilitated the accurate quantitation of the product of the TAL reaction, trans-p-coumaric acid, which was observed to isomerize readily under experimental conditions. PAL and TAL were associated throughout the purification procedure, with TAL activity at 0.6–1.3% of PAL activity. It was concluded that, contrary to previous reports, TAL and PAL activities are mediated by the same enzyme, or else by chromatographically very similar enzymes.     

Responses of anthocyanin-producing and non-producing cells of Glehnia littoralis to radical generators.

The responses of anthocyanin-producing (violet) and non-producing (white) cells of Glehnia littoralis to radical generators were compared. Cell growth, anthocyanin content, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activity and furanocoumarin production were determined after treatment with H(2)O(2), 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH), X-ray and yeast extract, independently. AAPH and H(2)O(2) repressed the growth of both violet and white cells, but violet cells grew better than white cells. On the other hand, the anthocyanin content in violet cells decreased. Neither X-ray nor yeast extract affected cell growth or pigment production. Treatment with H(2)O(2), yeast extract, and X-ray, but not AAPH, induced PAL activity and furanocoumarin production in white cell cultures, whereas violet cell cultures did not produce furanocoumarin following any of the treatment employed.     

GFP-reporter for a high throughput assay to monitor estrogenic compounds

In vitro test systems using yeast cells are a useful tool for the determination of the estrogenic activity of estrogens, phyto- and xeno-estrogens and can be used for monitoring large sample numbers in a routine analysis procedure. Our conventional transactivation assay functions with an expression plasmid expressing estrogen receptor α (ERα) under the control of a copper-inducible CUP1 promoter and a reporter plasmid expressing β-galactosidase under the control of the vitellogenin estrogen response element (ERE). In the novel yeast screen system the lacZ gene in the reporter plasmid was substituted by a gene for green fluorescent protein (GFP). Incubation of yeast with various concentrations of estrogenically active substances led to expression of the reporter gene product GFP in a dose dependent manner. The yeast transactivation assay was further down-scaled to be performed in a microplate scale, which is an important step to facilitate handling of large sample numbers. The sensitivity and reproducibility of the novel test system could be confirmed by analysis of the potencies of various estrogenically active substances. Thus, the newly developed yeast estrogen screen using GFP as a reporter can substitute the assay that has been used for a period of several years.     

酵母菌中超氧化物歧化酶的研究

首次提出了用甲苯破壁提取酵母菌中SOD的方法,此法提取SOD的含量分别为氯仿-乙醇法、酶裂解法和细胞自溶法的1.29、1.08和2.01倍.通过对5种酵母菌的测定,发现酵母菌对氧的抗性与其SOD含量密切相关;同时对一株SOD含量较高的卡尔酵母(Saccharomyces carlsbergensis)BY2菌株进行了营养和培养条件的研究,结果表明它们对该菌株SOD含量和SOD同功酶的影响较大.