产碱性纤维素酶菌株的选育和酶合成基本特性

芽孢杆菌ｘ－６菌株经甲基磺酸乙酯（ＥＭＳ）和紫外线（ＵＶ）复合诱变,以其万古霉素抗性突变体中选育获得一突变株ＥＶ２３,所产生的纤维素酶碱性酶,且酶活力由原来的０．８４Ｕ／ｍｌ提高到３．５３Ｕ／ｍｌ,ＥＶ２３菌株基本上组成性地合成碱性羧甲基纤维素酶（ＣＭＣａｓｅ）酶合成明显表现出抗降解物阻遏的特点,以葡萄糖为碳源培养,４％浓度时酶合成水平达最高,酶合成与生长几乎同时发生,合成效率受菌体生长速率影响较     

梧宁霉素产生菌诱变选育的研究

以不吸水链霉菌（Ｓｉｒｅｐｔｏｍｙｃｅｓａｈｙｇｒｏｓｅｌｃｎｓ）ＮＳ—２３为出发菌株。菌种斜面孢子萌动后采用紫外线（ＵＶ）、硫酸二乙酯（ＤＥＳ）、秋水仙素及加底物等物理化学因子进行诱变处理,经两代连续处理,从ＵＶ、ＤＥＳ的复合处理中选育出一株产素较高的突变株ＵＤＡ２５７－Ｃ－２４,产素效价比出发菌株提高了２９１．７２％     

产谷氨酸棒杆菌B9和T6—13的原生质体融合

棒杆菌Ｂ９和Ｔ６—１３两菌株经ＵＶ变处理得到Ｂ９—２（ＳｍＲ）和Ｔ６—１３—３（ＲｉｆＲ）两菌株,以此两菌株做为出发菌株。将对数前期的培养细胞经青霉素予处理及酶解制备原生质体,用４０％ＰＥＧ６０００为助融剂,进行原生质体融合。用间接法检出具有Ｓｍ、Ｒｉｆ抗性的融合子。融合频率为６．５５×１０－６－１．６４×１０－５,融合子双抗性稳定,产谷氨酸,经摇瓶实验筛选出一株产谷氨酸明显高于亲本的融合子ｆｕ３６。     

缺氧诱导因子1和红细胞生成素3‘—增强子调节内皮细胞？…

目的和方法：将红细胞生成素（ＥＰＯ）３＇－增强子野生片断及点突变片断借脂质体主人脐静脉内皮细胞株ＥＣＶ－３０４,用半定量ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ测定正常秘缺氧诱导因子－１（ＨＩＦ－１）诱导剂氧化钴（ＣｏＣｌ２）作用下培养６ｈ的细胞环氧合酶２（ＣＯＸ－２）和血栓素合酶（ＴＸＳ）的ｍＲＮＡ。结果：ＨＩＦ－１诱导剂ＣｏＣｌ２可放ＣＯＸ－２和ＴＸＳ基因转明显增强２,向细胞导入野生ＥＰＯ３＇增强子片断可阻断ＣｏＣｌ２诱     

产胞外青霉素酰化酶菌株的选育

以短小杆菌（B．pumilus）B－97为出发菌株,经过连续两次紫外线诱变处理,分离得一突变株B－U－29。其酶活力为4．56U／ml,较出发菌株酶活力提高113．3％。对B－U－29菌株进行连续两次亚硝酸处理,分离得一正变稳定株B—H－29,酶活力为4．93u／ml,较出发菌株酶活力提高了20％。     

戊型肝炎病毒细胞分离株部分核苷酸序列分析

用抗原捕获／多聚酶链反应（ＡＣ／ＰＣＲ）对戊型肝炎病毒（ＨＥＶ）细胞分离株ＭＪ９０和Ｒ２５基因组的部分核苷酸序列进行扩增,获得了与ＨＥＶ缅甸株ＥＴ１·１相同的ｃＤＮＡ扩增带。该ｃＤＮＡ扩增带纯化后用双脱氧核苷酸ＤＮＡ链末端终止法测序,ＣＪ９０、Ｒ２５株的核苷酸和氨基酸序列与ＥＴ１·１克隆的同源性分别为９９．６％、１００％和９９％、９９％,从而证明ＭＪ９０和Ｒ２５毒株为ＨＥＶ．     

糖化酶生产工艺的改进

在前面研究的基础上,仍采用黑曲霉突变株ＷＭＣ－１５为产酶菌株,对糖化生产和提取工艺进行了较大的改进,提高了菌株的产酶缩短了发酵时间,提高回收率,大幅度降离糖化酶的生产成本,按最佳的培养基配方和发酵工艺条件,采用突变株ＷＭＣ－１５仅发酵９６小时左右,酶活力可达２５,０００ｕ／ｍｌ以上,对提高我国的糖化酶活力及设备利用率都具有现实意义。     

球孢白僵菌的紫外诱变及几丁质酶高产菌株的筛选

以球孢白僵菌（Ｂｅａｕｖｅｒｉａｂａｓｓｉａｎａ）１３１６为出发菌株,通过２０ｍｉｎ和３０ｍｉｎ的紫外线交替诱变分生孢子,采用透明圈法初筛和摇瓶培养复筛的方法,得到一突变株ＣＨ－１３１６。和原始菌株相比,该突变株的几丁质酶活力提高了近３倍,经传代培养,该菌株的几丁质酶高产特性能稳定遗传。     

积累L-苹果酸的米根霉突变株酶活性初探

对富马酸产生菌株—米根霉ME-F10进行诱变育种的过程中, 得到一株性能稳定的高效积累L-苹果酸的突变株ME-M15。该菌株发酵96 h平均L-苹果酸产量达16.3 g/L, 较出发菌株L-苹果酸积累量平均提高3倍, 而富马酸和乙醇的积累量大幅下降。对突变株代谢途径关键酶活研究表明, 突变株富马酸酶胞质途径同功酶和乙醇脱氢酶活力较之出发菌株酶活力明显减弱, 而丙酮酸羧化酶活力无明显差别。     

金属硫蛋白产生菌的诱变育种*

采用亚硝基胍和紫外线诱变,自金属硫蛋白（ＭＴ）产生菌酿酒酵母（ｄｅｃｃｈａｒｏｍｙｃｅｓｃｅｒｅｖｉｓｉａｅ）ＢＤ１０１－２５单倍体中获得遗传稳定的高Ｃｕ^２＋、Ｃｄ^２＋抗性突变株ＢＤ１０１－６９和ＢＤ１０１－３０。并对其重金属解毒、桔抗ｕ．Ｖ．和６０Ｃｏ辐射效应、清除羟基自由基能力等生物学功能进行了研究。与出发菌株相比,上述生物学活性与酵母细胞对Ｃｉ^２＋抗性、ＭＴ表达量表现出正相关性。两个突变株类ＭＴ表达量与生物学活性皆有所提     

Mutagenesis of the glucoamylase signal peptide of Saccharomyces diastaticus and functional analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

To improve the efficiency of the glucoamylase signal peptide (GSP) of Saccharomyces diastaticus for the secretion of foreign proteins, hybrid plasmids containing one of four types of GSP mutant (m1, Pro(-18)-->Leu(-18); m2, Tyr(-13)-->Leu(-13); m3, Ser(-9)-->Leu(-9); m4, Asn(-5)-->Pro(-5)) were constructed and evaluated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae using Bacillus endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase (CMCase) as a reporter gene. CMCase secretion by m1, m2 and m3 GSP mutants was increased, likely resulting from a higher probability of the modified GSP to assume an alpha-helical structure. Especially in the case of m3, the substitution of Leu for a polar residue, Ser(-9), in the hydrophobic region resulted in approximately a twofold increase in extracellular CMCase activity. In mutant 4, which disrupts the alpha-helix of GSP, CMCase was less efficiently secreted.     

内切葡聚糖酶高产菌株的诱变选育

【目的】建立里氏木霉(Trichoderma reesei)高产突变菌株的快速筛选方法,选育出高产内切葡聚糖酶的突变株。【方法】对里氏木霉T306菌株的初筛培养基进行优化,建立快速筛选方法;通过紫外诱变手段选育内切葡聚糖酶高产突变菌株,并对突变菌株的产酶培养基进行优化。【结果】在初筛培养基中添加浓度为0.1%(W/V)的乳糖、蛋白胨及脱氧胆酸钠有利于菌株的筛选。诱变后筛选出菌落形态发生明显变化的内切葡聚糖酶高产突变株0516,其羧甲基纤维素酶活力(CMC酶)较出发菌株提高了38.9%。其产酶培养基经优化后,得到最适碳、氮源分别为:乳糖1.50%、硫酸铵0.14%、尿素0.05%、蛋白胨0.10%,优化后CMC酶活力达64.2 U/mL,较优化前提高了2.3倍。【结论】建立了里氏木霉高产突变菌株的快速筛选方法,通过紫外诱变育种获得了产内切葡聚糖酶能力高且遗传稳定的突变株0516。     

Coupling of surface carboxyls of carboxymethylcellulase with aniline via chemical modification: extreme thermostabilization in aqueous and water-miscible organic mixtures

We wish to report the attainment of the highest ever T(opt) by introducing approximately two aromatic rings through chemical modification of surface carboxyl groups in carboxymethylcellulase from Scopulariopsis sp. with concomitant decrease in V(max), K(m), and optimum pH! This extraordinary enhancement in thermophilicity of aniline-coupled CMCase (T(opt) = 122 degrees C) by a margin of 73 degrees C as compared with the native enzyme (T(opt) = 49 degrees C) is the highest reported for any mesophilic enzyme that has been modified either through chemical modification or site-directed mutagenesis. It is also reported for the first time that aniline coupled CMCase (ACC) is simultaneously thermostable in aqueous as well as water-miscible organic solvents. The T(opt) of native CMCase and ACC were 25 and 90 degrees C, respectively, in 40% (v/v) aqueous dioxan. The modified enzyme was also stabilized against irreversible thermal denaturation. Therefore, at 55 degrees C, ACC had a half-life of 136 min as compared with native CMCase whose half-life was only 5 min. We believe that the reasons for this elevated thermostability and thermophilicity are surface aromatic-aromatic interactions and aromatic interactions with the sugar backbone of the substrate, respectively.     

Activity and thermostability of carboxymethylcellulase from Aspergillus niger is strongly influenced by noncovalently attached polysaccharides

Removal of non-covalently attached polysaccharides from carboxymethylcellulase (CMCase) of Aspergillus niger improved its activity but decreased its thermostability and protease resistance. The activation energy profile of the hydrolysis of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) was triphasic with increasing values of 17,-55 and-562 kJ/mol for polysaccharide-free and 19, -21 and -207 kJ/mol for polysaccharide-complexed CMCase. The specificity constant (V_max/K_m) of polysaccharide-free CMCase was 1.41 compared to polysaccharide-complexed CMCase which was only 0.68. The polysaccharide free CMCase had lower thermostability (melting point = 82°C) and higher protease susceptibility compared to polysaccharide-complexed CMCase (melting point>100°C).The authors are with the National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), P.O. Box 577, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan;     

Improving the catalytic efficiency of a meta-cleavage product hydrolase (CumD) from Pseudomonas fluorescens IP01

The meta-cleavage product hydrolase from Pseudomonas fluorescens IP01 (CumD) hydrolyzes 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-7-methylocta-2,4-dienoate (6-isopropyl HODA) in the cumene (isopropylbenzene) degradation pathway. To modulate the substrate specificity and catalytic efficiency of CumD toward substrates derived from monocyclic aromatic compounds, we constructed the CumD mutants, A129V, I199V, and V227I, as well as four types of double and triple mutants. Toward substrates with smaller side chains (e.g. 2-hydroxy-6-oxohepta-2,4-dienoate; 6-ethyl-HODA), the k(cat)/K(m) values of the single mutants were 4.2-11 fold higher than that of the wild type enzyme and 1.8-4.7 fold higher than that of the meta-cleavage product hydrolase from Pseudomonas putida F1 (TodF). The A129V mutant showed the highest k(cat)/K(m) value for 2-hydroxy-6-oxohepta-2,4-dienoate (6-ethyl-HODA). The crystal structure of the A129V mutant was determined at 1.65 A resolution, enabling location of the Ogamma atom of the Ser103 side chain. A chloride ion was bound to the oxyanion hole of the active site, and mutant enzymes at the residues forming this site were also examined. The k(cat) values of Ser34 mutants were decreased 2.9-65 fold, suggesting that the side chain of Ser34 supports catalysis by stabilizing the anionic oxygen of the proposed intermediate state (gem-diolate). This is the first crystal structure determination of CumD in an active form, with the Ser103 residue, one of the catalytically essential "triad", being intact.     

Statistical optimization for production of carboxymethylcellulase of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</Emphasis> DL-3 by a recombinant <Emphasis Type="Italic">Escherichia coli</Emphasis> JM109/DL-3 from rice bran using response surface method

The optimal conditions for production of carboxymethylcellulase (CMCase) of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens DL-3 by a recombinant Escherichia coli JM109/DL-3 were established at a flask scale using the response surface method (RSM). The optimal conditions of rice bran, tryptone, and initial pH of the medium for cell growth extracted by Design Expert Software were 66.1 g/L, 6.2 g/L, and 7.2, respectively, whereas those for production of CMCase were 58.0 g/L, 5.0 g/L, and 7.1. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) of results from central composite design (CCD) indicated that significant factor (“probe > F” less than 0.0500) for cell growth was rice bran, whereas those for production of CMCase were rice bran and initial pH of the medium. The optimal temperatures for cell growth and the production of CMCase by E. coli JM109/DL-3 were found to be 37°C. The optimal agitation speed and aeration rate of 7 L bioreactors for cell growth were 498 rpm and 1.4 vvm, whereas those for production of CMCase were 395 rpm and 1.1 vvm. The ANOVA of results indicated that the aeration rate was more significant factor (“probe > F” less than 0.0001) than the agitation speed for cell growth and production of CMCase. The optimal inner pressure for cell growth was 0.08 MPa, whereas that for the production of CMCase was 0.06 MPa. The maximal production of CMCase by E. coli JM109/DL-3 under optimized conditions was 871.0 U/mL, which was 3.0 times higher than the initial production of CMCase before optimization.     

Purification and Properties of Cellulases from an Alkalophilic Streptomyces Strain

An alkalophilic Streptomyces strain, KSM-9, producing extracellular cellulases was isolated from soil. Three kinds of cellulases that preferentially hydrolyzed carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) were purified from the strain and designated as CMCase I, II and III. The optimum pH of CMCase I (M_r, 32,000) is 8.5 while those of CMCase II (M_r, 32,500) and III (M_r, 92,000) are at around pH 6.0. CMCase I hydrolyzed CMC in a more random fashion than the other two enzymes.     

Comparison of heat- and pressure-induced unfolding of ribonuclease a: the critical role of Phe46 which appears to belong to a new hydrophobic chain-folding initiation site

To clarify the structural role of Phe46 inside the hydrophobic core of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A), thermal and pressure unfolding of wild-type RNase A and three mutant forms (F46V, F46E, and F46K) were analyzed by fourth-derivative UV absorbance spectroscopy. All the mutants, as well as the wild type, exhibited a two-state transition during both thermal and pressure unfolding, and both T(m) and P(m) decreased markedly when Phe46 was replaced with valine, glutamic acid, or lysine. The strongest effect was on the F46K mutant and the weakest on F46V. Both unfolding processes produced identical blue shifts in the fourth-derivative spectra, indicating that the tyrosine residues are similarly exposed in the temperature- and pressure-induced unfolded states. A comparison of Gibbs free energies determined from the pressure and temperature unfoldings, however, gave DeltaG(p)/DeltaG(t) ratios (r) of 1.7 for the wild type and 0.92 +/- 0.03 for the mutants. Furthermore, the DeltaV value for each mutant was larger than that for the wild type. CD spectra and activity measurements showed no obvious major structural differences in the folded state, indicating that the structures of the Phe46 mutants and wild type differ in the unfolded state. We propose a model in which Phe46 stabilizes the hydrophobic core at the boundary between two structural domains. Mutation of Phe46 decreases protein stability by weakening the unfolding cooperativity between these domains. This essential function of Phe46 in RNase A stability indicates that it belongs to a chain-folding initiation site.     

Increased surface binding sites of insulin in ML236B (compactin)-resistant mutants of Chinese hamster cell line

Mutants resistant to ML236B (compactin) were isolated from the Chinese hamster lung V79 cell line (1). Three ML236B-resistant mutants, MF-1, MF-2 and MF-3, were enhanced in insulin-specific binding activity about 2 to 3 times over the parental V79 cell lines. Compared to V79, endocytosis of insulin was also increased 2 to 3-fold in ML236B-resistant mutants than V79. Scatchard analysis showed that 5,000 insulin binding sites per cell in V79 and 16,000 in a NL236B-resistant clone, MF-2. Insulin receptors in mutant and parental strains are down-regulated to a similar extent in the parental V79 treated with an excess insulin. This is the first somatic cell mutant with increased surface binding sites for insulin.     

Key NAD+-binding residues in human 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase

NAD(+)-dependent 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH), a member of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family, catalyzes the first step in the catabolic pathways of prostaglandins and lipoxins, and is believed to be the key enzyme responsible for the biological inactivation of these biologically potent eicosanoids. The enzyme utilizes NAD(+) specifically as a coenzyme. Potential amino acid residues involved in binding NAD(+) and facilitating enzyme catalysis have been partially identified. In this report, we propose that three more residues in 15-PGDH, Ile-17, Asn-91, and Val-186, are also involved in the interaction with NAD(+). Site-directed mutagenesis was used to examine their roles in binding NAD(+). Several mutants (I17A, I17V, I17L, I17E, I17K, N91A, N91D, N91K, V186A, V186I, V186D, and V186K) were prepared, expressed as glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion enzymes in Escherichia coli, and purified by GSH-agarose affinity chromatography. Mutants I17E, I17K, N91L, N91K, and V186D were found to be inactive. Mutants N91A, N91D, V186A, and V186K exhibited comparable activities to the wild type enzyme. However, mutants I17A, I17V, I17L, and V186I had higher activity than the wild type. Especially, the activities of I17L and V186I were increased nearly 4- and 5-fold, respectively. The k(cat)/K(m) ratios of all active mutants for PGE(2) were similar to that of the wild type enzyme. However, the k(cat)/K(m) ratios of mutants I17A and N91A for NAD(+) were decreased 5- and 10-fold, respectively, whereas the k(cat)/K(m) ratios of mutants I17V, N91D, V186I, and V186K for NAD(+) were comparable to that of the wild type enzyme. The k(cat)/K(m) ratios of mutants I17L and V186A for NAD(+) were increased over nearly 2-fold. These results suggest that Ile-17, Asn-91, and Val-186 are involved in the interaction with NAD(+) and contribute to the full catalytic activity of 15-PGDH.