L-异亮氨酸分批发酵动力学模型的研究

对黄色短杆菌L－异亮氨酸高产菌XQ－4（AHV^rAEC^rSuc^gSG^rEth^rα－AB^rIleHx^r）分批发酵动力学模型进行了研究。建立了比较合理的L－异亮氨酸分批发酵动力学模型,为L－异亮氨酸补料分批发酵最优化的研究奠定基础。     

生产L——异亮氨酸的新方法

<正> 前言现在,已有许多生产L-异亮氨酸的报导,但是,由于菌株生长过程中需要大量消耗碳源,而且转化率很低,所以,这些方法的效果很差。本文描述了一种具有高产潜力的L-异亮氨酸的新生产方法。     

1株能利用高粱汁产L-乳酸的菌株鉴定及培养基优化

以产L-乳酸的菌株A2为对象,采用16S rRNA基因测序法结合菌株的表型特征进行鉴定,以甜高粱汁为主要培养基质,采用响应面设计软件对该菌种的发酵培养基进行优化。结果表明,A2菌株为Lactobacillus plantarum S4,优化得到的甜高粱汁培养基配比为甜高粱汁327. 83 g/L,蛋白胨1. 67 g/L,磷酸氢二钾4. 7 g/L,硫酸锰0. 17 g/L,在此培养基配比下,Lactobacillus plantarum S4厌氧发酵68 h后,L-乳酸产量达(61. 20±1. 36) g/L,L-乳酸/葡萄糖转化率(90. 74±2. 28)%,L-乳酸/蔗糖转化率(47. 20±1. 81)%。     

L-异亮氨酸高产菌选育及其培养基优化

旨在诱变选育L-异亮氨酸高产菌,并探索突变株最佳发酵条件。利用传统化学诱变结合常压室温等离子体生物诱变体系对实验室保藏的Brevibacterium flavum I-12进行逐级诱变,选育2-噻唑丙氨酸(2-TA)和磺胺胍(SG)高抗性和在琥珀酸平板上能快速生长的突变菌株。随后,在单因素实验的基础上,利用响应面设计优化出目的突变株摇瓶发酵培养基组分的最佳参数水平。结果显示,经过一系列诱变和筛选,成功选育出一株在40 g/L的2-TA和5 g/L的SG,且以琥珀酸为唯一碳源的培养基上快速生长突变株,命名为B. flavum TA-6,该菌株产酸达26.2±0.5 g/L,比出发菌株提高了44.75%,而副产物L-缬氨酸和L-亮氨酸积累量明显降低。经响应面法优化发酵条件后,突变株产酸可达27.8±0.5 g/L,比优化前提高了6.1%。通过传统化学诱变结合ARTP生物诱变体系,成功选育出一株杂酸降低的L-异亮氨酸高产菌TA-6,该菌株具有潜在生产应用价值。     

阿维菌素高产菌株的选育Ⅰ

目的：全面了解阿维菌产生菌S.avermitilis的生长特性并获得阿维菌素的高产菌株。方法：以S.avermitilis Y20为出发菌株,考察该菌株的菌落特征和发酵特性,分别利用紫外线（UV）、亚硝酸（HNO3）及亚硝基胍（NTG）并结合L－异亮氨酸（L－Ⅱe）诱导等手段对出发菌株Y20进行诱变处理。结果：获得高产阿维菌素变异株H336,发酵单位达到852μg/ml。结论：与出发菌株相比,突变株阿维菌素的产量稳定,发酵单位提高了10倍以上。     

L-异亮氨酸产生菌黄色短杆菌的选育

以黄色短杆菌BF420为出发菌株,经过紫外线和亚硝基胍(NTG)复合诱变处理后,获得一株甲硫氨酸缺陷(Met-)及抗α-氨基丁酸(α-AB)的L-异亮氨酸产生菌BM2610,该菌株在未进行优化的发酵条件下能够积累L-异亮氨酸的量为7.12g.L-1,比出发菌株BF420提高了122.5%。     

双组份转运系统BrnFE的过表达和表面活性剂的添加对谷氨酸棒杆菌发酵生产L-异亮氨酸的影响

为了提高L-异亮氨酸生产菌株Corynebacterium glutamicum LD320的产酸水平,通过改善其分泌系统,在C. glutamicum LD320中分别过表达突变型和野生型的双组份转运系统BrnFE操纵子,构建了重组菌LD320/pXMJ19-brnFE和LD320/pXMJ19-brnFE1。通过对两株重组菌的L-异亮氨酸生产分析比较,发现突变型比野生型能更有效地提高 L-异亮氨酸产量。同时对 LD320/pXMJ19-brnFE1进行表面活性剂添加实验,发现Tween-80为最佳选择,其最佳添加量为0.5 g/L,最佳添加时间为对数期的16 h。最后通过7 L发酵罐放大实验,LD320/pXMJ19-brnFE1的L-异亮氨酸产量由18.53 g/L提高到25.45 g/L,比对照组提高了37%。     

丙氨酸转氨酶修饰对大肠杆菌L-色氨酸合成的影响

探究大肠杆菌细胞内负责L-丙氨酸合成的转氨酶对菌株代谢及L-色氨酸合成的影响。运用Red重组技术分别对编码L-丙氨酸转氨酶的基因alaA、alaC和avtA进行敲除。通过摇瓶和50 L罐中探究其对L-色氨酸积累、L-丙氨酸代谢及菌体生长变化情况。结果显示,除3种L-丙氨酸转氨酶全部缺失的工程菌L-丙氨酸合成受阻、菌体生长受到较强抑制外,其它各任意一种或两种丙氨酸转氨酶缺失菌株的生长并未有较大差异,但色氨酸的合成变化显著。其中alaA和alaC双基因缺失的E.coli FS-T4工程菌,摇瓶发酵L-色氨酸产量达6.08 g/L,L-丙氨酸含量仅0.16 g/L,较出发菌株分别提高了26.7%和降低了91.0%。在50 L罐中E.coli FS-T4工程菌L-色氨酸产量最高可达41.9 g/L,糖酸转化率达20.5%,分别较出发菌株提高了13.8%和5.1%。转氨酶AlaA和AlaC的同时缺失,既可以满足细胞整体氨基酸池的需要,而且有利于减少杂酸的积累,使得更多的碳源流向L-色氨酸的合成。     

酿酒酵母POS5基因过表达对L-异亮氨酸合成的促进作用

L-异亮氨酸是人体必需氨基酸之一,具有很大的商业价值。在谷氨酸棒杆菌中,合成一分子L-异亮氨酸需要消耗四分子NADPH。因此,提高胞内NADPH浓度是提高L-异亮氨酸产量的重要手段之一。在乳糖发酵短杆菌JHI3-156中过量表达酿酒酵母的NADH激酶编码基因POS5△MTS,发酵48 h表达菌株JHI3-156/pDXW-10-POS5△MTS的胞内NADP~+浓度增加了27μmol/L(17%),NADPH浓度增加了36μmol/L(96%);发酵72 h后L-异亮氨酸产量是(3.02±0.52)g/L,比对照菌(1.96±0.04)g/L提高了54%。本研究表明,过表达POS5△MTS基因能提高NADPH的供应,促进了L-异亮氨酸的生物合成。     

L-苏氨酸工业生产发酵条件优化研究

发酵法生产L-苏氨酸是目前广泛采用的方法,因此研究工业生产发酵条件优化具有重要意义。试验以高产L-苏氨酸菌作为出发菌株,结合本公司的实际工业生产条件对发酵各条件进行了一系列优化研究,结果表明：添加0.2%的工业级生长促进剂,以复合糖代替葡萄糖为初糖,并控制初糖浓度在60g/L,除生长高峰期外,发酵过程中溶解氧（DO）控制在10%~20%之间;最终发酵放罐湿菌体在45g/L左右,L-苏氨酸含量可达110g/L左右。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.