生物法脱除木质纤维素水解液中抑制因子的最新研究进展

实现从木质纤维素原料到燃料和高附加值化学品的生物转化,预处理是一个非常重要的步骤.酸解或蒸汽爆破等热-化学预处理过程会在水解液中生成或释放有机酸类、糠醛类和酚类化合物等抑制因子.这些抑制因子对发酵微生物具有毒性,会显著降低发酵产品的产率和生产强度.生物法去除木质纤维素水解液中的抑制因子具有操作简便以及不产生废水、废物等优点.生物脱毒法可分为两类:一类是通过向木质纤维素水解液中添加微生物或酶制剂,在发酵前去除抑制因子;另一类方法是通过遗传改造或适应性进化提高发酵菌株对抑制因子的生物降解能力,从而提高木质纤维素水解液的发酵性能.将着重以乙醇生产为例,介绍如何通过生物脱毒的方法提高木质纤维素水解液发酵的得率和生产强度.     

微生物利用木质纤维素的研究进展

木质纤维素原料是世界上最为丰富的资源之一,可用作微生物发酵生产高附加值生物化学品的原料。与传统用于微生物发酵的可食用生物质原料相比,目前微生物利用木质纤维素还存在以下几个关键问题:开发经济有效的木质纤维素预处理工艺、提高微生物对木质纤维素水解液中第二大单糖木糖的有效利用水平、增强微生物对木质纤维素水解液中混糖的综合利用能力以及提高微生物对木质纤维素水解液中糠醛、乙酸等发酵抑制物的耐受能力。综述了近年来国内外针对这几个关键问题的最新研究成果。为今后微生物大规模利用木质纤维素进行商业生产提出了展望和建议。     

解脂耶氏酵母基于木质纤维素原料生产化学品研究进展*

解脂耶氏酵母具有遗传背景清晰、分子操作体系较为成熟、抗逆性强、底物谱广、有机酸和蛋白质分泌能力强等优点,在微生物发酵生产化学品领域极具应用潜力。木质纤维素是丰富的可再生生物质资源,以木质纤维素原料替代化石原料生产化学品对于缓解全球能源危机、保障粮食安全等意义重大。解脂耶氏酵母可以天然代谢木质纤维素水解产生的葡萄糖,但对其他水解产物(如木糖)的利用效率极低。综述解脂耶氏酵母利用木质纤维素原料的代谢途径及改造策略,以木质纤维素原料生产化学品为例,重点讨论该过程中的主要瓶颈问题及解决办法,为后续研究提供参考。     

基因组改组及其在木质纤维素水解液乙醇发酵菌种选育中的应用展望

能高效代谢木质纤维素水解液中的可发酵糖、同时可耐受/分解发酵抑制剂的菌种, 是利用木质纤维素为原料生产燃料乙醇技术的关键。基因组改组技术是近些年发展起来的一项新型育种技术, 该技术已运用于食品和医药行业菌种的改良。本文综述了基因组改组技术的原理、方法、特点、及其运用, 并对其在木质纤维素水解液乙醇发酵菌种选育方面的应用进行了展望。     

米根霉利用木糖与葡萄糖的代谢差异

[目的]木质纤维素是世界上储量最丰富、最廉价的可再生生物质资源,以米根霉为研究对象,探讨对木质纤维素中主要单糖成分--木糖和葡萄糖的代谢差异,为木质纤维素的高效利用提供科学依据.[方法]分别以木糖和葡萄糖为碳源,考察米根霉的生物量、细胞大分子组分、胞内还原力(NADH/NAD+)、ATP含量以及有机酸积累的差异.[结果...     

工业酵母抗逆机理研究进展

工业酵母利用木质纤维素等生物质资源发酵生产醇、酮、醛、酸等各种化合物,是解决人类面临的不可再生资源和能源危机的重要途径,这激发了人们对木质纤维素水解液为原料和环保节能型浓醪发酵技术的极度关注。然而高浓度底物、产物、渗透压、木质纤维素水解液中抑制性物质、发酵过程温度的提高均会抑制微生物生长代谢及发酵性能,这是发酵行业"瓶颈"问题。本文简述了渗透压、温度及抑制性物质对酵母细胞生长的危害,并从胞内稳态平衡、分子水平等方面着重叙述工业酵母对渗透压、温度及抑制性物质的抗逆机制研究进展。     

代谢木糖产乙醇的酿酒酵母工程菌研究进展

随着能源价格的持续上涨, 使用木质纤维素生产燃料乙醇已具有重要的实践意义。木糖是多数木质纤维素水解产物中含量仅次于葡萄糖的一种单糖, 传统乙醇生产菌株酿酒酵母不能利用木糖, 这为使用以木质纤维素为原料发酵生产乙醇带来了困难。多年以来人们试图通过基因工程和细胞融合等方法对其进行改造使其能够代谢木糖生产乙醇。本文主要介绍这方面的研究进展。     

木质纤维素预处理抑制物产生及脱除方法的研究进展

利用纤维素酶将木质纤维素降解成可发酵性糖,然后发酵生产氢气、乙醇、丁醇等生物燃料及高附加值产品,是当今全球研究的热点。预处理是生物质转化过程中至关重要的步骤,而预处理过程中产生的抑制物对木质纤维素后续的酶解和发酵微生物有负面影响。因此了解预处理方法及其过程中产生的抑制物及脱除方法是能否高效转化生物质的基础。文中首先介绍了木质纤维素常用的两类预处理方法即化学法和物理化学法。随后阐述了不同抑制物的产生及其抑制机制,并重点介绍了多种脱毒方法。最后展望了脱除木质纤维素预处理抑制物的研究趋势:应用交联聚乙烯亚胺和金属有机骨架化合物等新型材料脱除抑制物或通过基因工程、代谢工程技术等构建抑制物耐受性菌株等。     

代谢木糖产乙醇的酿酒酵母工程菌研究进展

随着能源价格的持续上涨,使用木质纤维素生产燃料乙醇已具有重要的实践意义.木糖是多数木质纤维素水解产物中含量仅次于葡萄糖的一种单糖,传统乙醇生产菌株酿酒酵母不能利用木糖,这为使用以木质纤维素为原料发酵生产乙醇带来了困难.多年以来人们试图通过基因工程和细胞融合等方法对其进行改造使其能够代谢木糖生产乙醇.本文主要介绍这方面的研究进展.     

青霉生产木质纤维素降解酶系的研究进展

木质纤维素降解酶系的高效生产是实现植物生物质大规模生物炼制的重要支撑。就地生产木质纤维素降解酶,有助于降低其使用成本,提高技术经济效益。青霉是自然界常见的木质纤维素降解真菌,可以合成分泌种类多样、组分齐全的木质纤维素降解酶系,已被应用于纤维素酶制剂的工业生产。文中从就地生产降解酶,为木质纤维素生物炼制构建“糖平台”的角度,综述了青霉木质纤维素降解酶系的性质、菌株遗传改造及发酵工艺的研究进展。     

Metabolic engineering of Yarrowia lipolytica to produce chemicals and fuels from xylose

Yarrowia lipolytica is a biotechnological chassis for the production of a range of products, such as microbial oils and organic acids. However, it is unable to consume xylose, the major pentose in lignocellulosic hydrolysates, which are considered a preferred carbon source for bioprocesses due to their low cost, wide abundance and high sugar content.Here, we engineered Y. lipolytica to metabolize xylose to produce lipids or citric acid. The overexpression of xylose reductase and xylitol dehydrogenase from Scheffersomyces stipitis were necessary but not sufficient to permit growth. The additional overexpression of the endogenous xylulokinase enabled identical growth as the wild type strain in glucose. This mutant was able to produce up to 80 g/L of citric acid from xylose. Transferring these modifications to a lipid-overproducing strain boosted the production of lipids from xylose. This is the first step towards a consolidated bioprocess to produce chemicals and fuels from lignocellulosic materials.     

Efficiencies of acid catalysts in the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass over a range of combined severity factors

Dicarboxylic organic acids have properties that differ from those of sulfuric acid during hydrolysis of lignocellulose. To investigate the effects of different acid catalysts on the hydrolysis and degradation of biomass compounds over a range of thermochemical pretreatments, maleic, oxalic and sulfuric acids were each used at the same combined severity factor (CSF) values during hydrolysis. Xylose and glucose concentrations in hydrolysates were highest with maleic acid. Oxalic acid gave the next highest followed by sulfuric acid. This ranking was particularly true at low CSF values. The concentrations of glucose and xylose increased with oxalic and sulfuric acid pretreatments as the CSF increased, but they never attained the levels observed with maleic acid. Among sulfuric, oxalic and maleic acid treatments, the amount of xylose released as xylooligosaccharide was highest with sulfuric acid. The fraction of xylooligosaccharide was lowest with the maleic acid and the oligosaccharide fraction with oxalic acid fell in between. Furfural and hydroxymethyl furfural levels were also highest with maleic acid. In subsequent fermentations with pretreated biomass, the ethanol concentration was maximal at 19.2 g/l at CSF 1.9 when maleic acid was used as the pretreatment catalyst. This corresponded to an ethanol volumetric production rate of 0.27 g ethanol/l per h. This was the same condition showing the highest xylose production in following pretreatment with various acid catalysts. These findings suggest that maleic and oxalic dicarboxylic acids degrade hemicelluloses more efficiently than does sulfuric acid.     

Effect of different carbon sources on the production of succinic acid using metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

Succinic acid (SA) is an important platform molecule in the synthesis of a number of commodity and specialty chemicals. In the present work, dual-phase batch fermentations with the E. coli strain AFP184 were performed using a medium suited for large-scale industrial production of SA. The ability of the strain to ferment different sugars was investigated. The sugars studied were sucrose, glucose, fructose, xylose, and equal mixtures of glucose and fructose and glucose and xylose at a total initial sugar concentration of 100 g L-1. AFP184 was able to utilize all sugars and sugar combinations except sucrose for biomass generation and succinate production. For sucrose as a substrate no succinic acid was produced and none of the sucrose was metabolized. The succinic acid yield from glucose (0.83 g succinic acid per gram glucose consumed anaerobically) was higher than the yield from fructose (0.66 g g-1). When using xylose as a carbon source, a yield of 0.50 g g-1 was obtained. In the mixed-sugar fermentations no catabolite repression was detected. Mixtures of glucose and xylose resulted in higher yields (0.60 g g-1) than use of xylose alone. Fermenting glucose mixed with fructose gave a lower yield (0.58 g g-1) than fructose used as the sole carbon source. The reason is an increased pyruvate production. The pyruvate concentration decreased later in the fermentation. Final succinic acid concentrations were in the range of 25-40 g L-1. Acetic and pyruvic acid were the only other products detected and accumulated to concentrations of 2.7-6.7 and 0-2.7 g L-1. Production of succinic acid decreased when organic acid concentrations reached approximately 30 g L-1. This study demonstrates that E. coli strain AFP184 is able to produce succinic acid in a low cost medium from a variety of sugars with only small amounts of byproducts formed.     

Hydrolysis of Miscanthus for bioethanol production using dilute acid presoaking combined with wet explosion pre-treatment and enzymatic treatment

Miscanthus is a high yielding bioenergy crop. In this study we used acid presoaking, wet explosion, and enzymatic hydrolysis to evaluate the combination of the different pre-treatment methods for bioethanol production with Miscanthus. Acid presoaking is primarily carried out in order to remove xylose prior to wet explosion. The acid presoaking extracted 63.2% xylose and 5.2% glucose. Direct enzymatic hydrolysis of the presoaked biomass was found to give only low sugar yields of 24-26% glucose. Wet explosion is a pre-treatment method that combines wet-oxidation and steam explosion. The effect of wet explosion on non-presoaked and presoaked Miscanthus was investigated using both atmospheric air and hydrogen peroxide as the oxidizing agent. All wet explosion pre-treatments showed to have a disrupting effect on the lignocellulosic biomass, making the sugars accessible for enzymatic hydrolysis. The combination of presoaking, wet explosion, and enzymatic hydrolysis was found to give the highest sugar yields. The use of atmospheric air gave the highest xylose yield (94.9% xylose, 61.3% glucose), while hydrogen peroxide gave the highest glucose yield (82.4% xylose, 63.7% glucose).     

Characterization of recombinantE. coli ATCC 11303 (pLOI 297) in the conversion of cellulose and xylose to ethanol

This work describes the characterization of recombinantEsherichia coli ATCC 11303 (pLOI 297) in the production of ethanol from cellulose and xylose. We have examined the fermentation of glucose and xylose, both individually and in mixtures, and the selectivity of ethanol production under various conditions of operation. Xylose metabolism was strongly inhibited by the presence of glucose. Ethanol was a strong inhibitor of both glucose and xylose fermentations; the maximum ethanol levels achieved at 37°C and 42°C were about 50 g/l and 25 g/l respectively. Simmultaneous sacharification and fermentation of cellulose with recombinantE. coli and exogenous cellulose showed a high ethanol yield (84% of theoretical) in the hydrolysis regime of pH 5.0 and 37°C. The selectivity of organic acid formation relative to that of ethanol increased at extreme levels of initial glucose concentration; production of succinic and acetic acids increased at low levels of glucose ( <1 g/l), and lactic acid production increased when initial glucose was higher than 100 g/l.     

Optimization studies on acid hydrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber for production of xylose

Oil palm empty fruit bunch fiber is a lignocellulosic waste from palm oil mills. It is a potential source of xylose which can be used as a raw material for production of xylitol, a high value product. The increasing interest on use of lignocellulosic waste for bioconversion to fuels and chemicals is justifiable as these materials are low cost, renewable and widespread sources of sugars. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of H(2)SO(4) concentration, reaction temperature and reaction time for production of xylose. Batch reactions were carried out under various reaction temperature, reaction time and acid concentrations and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was followed to optimize the hydrolysis process in order to obtain high xylose yield. The optimum reaction temperature, reaction time and acid concentration found were 119 degrees C, 60 min and 2%, respectively. Under these conditions xylose yield and selectivity were found to be 91.27% and 17.97 g/g, respectively.     

Improved homo <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">l</Emphasis>-lactic acid fermentation from xylose by abolishment of the phosphoketolase pathway and enhancement of the pentose phosphate pathway in genetically modified xylose-assimilating <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lactococcus lactis</Emphasis>

In order to achieve efficient homo L-lactic acid fermentation from xylose, we first carried out addition of xylose assimilation ability to Lactococcus lactis IL 1403 by introducing a plasmid carrying the xylRAB genes from L. lactis IO-1 (pXylRAB). Then modification of xylose assimilation pathway was carried out. L. lactis has two pathways for xylose assimilation called the phosphoketolase pathway (PK pathway) that produces both lactic acid and acetic acid and the pentose phosphate pathway (PP pathway) that produces only lactic acid as a final product. Thus a mutant strain that disrupted its phosphokeolase gene (ptk) was constructed. The Δptk mutant harboring pXylRAB lacked the PK pathway and produced predominantly lactic acid from xylose via the PP pathway, although its fermentation rate slightly decreased. Further introduction of the transketolase gene (tkt) to disrupted ptk locus led restoration of fermentation rate and this was attributed to enhancement of the PP pathway. As a result, ptk::tkt strain harboring pXylRAB produced 50.1 g/l of L-lactic acid from xylose with a high optical purity of 99.6% and a high yield of 1.58 (moles per mole xylose consumed) that is close to theoretical value of 1.67 from xylose.     

Production of xylose-containing fermentation media by enzymatic post-hydrolysis of oligomers produced by corn cob autohydrolysis

Xylooligomer solutions from autohydrolysis of corn cobs were subjected to an enzymatic post-hydrolysis using commercial enzymes with xylanolytic activity. The effect of temperature and pH on the conversion of xylooligomers into xylose was assessed at low enzyme to substrate ratio. Further experiments to evaluate the influence of enzyme loading were carried out. Balanced mixtures of selected formulations were also used. The xylose solutions obtained by coupling autohydrolysis and enzymatic post-hydrolysis stages contained up to 24 g xylose/l, were free of sugar-dehydration products and, by selecting the enzyme dosage and activities, the acetic acid concentration could be reduced, thus improving their potential fermentability. Regardless of the endo- and exo-activity loadings, the maximum conversion achieved either with single or with mixed commercial formulations, was 80% of the theoretical. This fact suggests the existence of a remaining fraction of substituted xylooligomers accounting for 20% of the initial xylan. A close relationship between deacetylation and xylose generation was also observed.     

Fermentation of Xylose Causes Inefficient Metabolic State Due to Carbon/Energy Starvation and Reduced Glycolytic Flux in Recombinant Industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae

In the present study, comprehensive, quantitative metabolome analysis was carried out on the recombinant glucose/xylose-cofermenting S. cerevisiae strain MA-R4 during fermentation with different carbon sources, including glucose, xylose, or glucose/xylose mixtures. Capillary electrophoresis time-of-flight mass spectrometry was used to determine the intracellular pools of metabolites from the central carbon pathways, energy metabolism pathways, and the levels of twenty amino acids. When xylose instead of glucose was metabolized by MA-R4, glycolytic metabolites including 3- phosphoglycerate, 2- phosphoglycerate, phosphoenolpyruvate, and pyruvate were dramatically reduced, while conversely, most pentose phosphate pathway metabolites such as sedoheptulose 7- phosphate and ribulose 5-phosphate were greatly increased. These results suggest that the low metabolic activity of glycolysis and the pool of pentose phosphate pathway intermediates are potential limiting factors in xylose utilization. It was further demonstrated that during xylose fermentation, about half of the twenty amino acids declined, and the adenylate/guanylate energy charge was impacted due to markedly decreased adenosine triphosphate/adenosine monophosphate and guanosine triphosphate/guanosine monophosphate ratios, implying that the fermentation of xylose leads to an inefficient metabolic state where the biosynthetic capabilities and energy balance are severely impaired. In addition, fermentation with xylose alone drastically increased the level of citrate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle and increased the aromatic amino acids tryptophan and tyrosine, strongly supporting the view that carbon starvation was induced. Interestingly, fermentation with xylose alone also increased the synthesis of the polyamine spermidine and its precursor S-adenosylmethionine. Thus, differences in carbon substrates, including glucose and xylose in the fermentation medium, strongly influenced the dynamic metabolism of MA-R4. These results provide a metabolic explanation for the low ethanol productivity on xylose compared to glucose.