应用基因组工程构建新型大肠杆菌细胞工厂

基因组工程（genome engineering）是指为了实现某一目标对复制系统进行有意地、广泛地遗传修饰。大肠杆菌作为常用细胞工厂之一,在生物制造领域应用广泛,已成为合成生物学的主要研究对象。应用基因组工程改造大肠杆菌可以进一步拓展其应用范围。介绍了基因组工程最新技术发展,如基因组整合、染色体进化、多元自动化基因组工程、可寻迹多元重组工程等,及其在改造大肠杆菌提高其生产能力、稳定性及环境耐受能力等方面的研究进展。     

非天然氨基酸细胞工厂的构建与应用

非天然氨基酸在医药、农药、材料等领域得到广泛应用,其绿色、高效合成越来越受到关注.近年来,随着合成生物学的快速发展,微生物细胞工厂为非天然氨基酸的制造提供了重要手段.文中从合成途径的重构、关键酶的设计改造及与前体的协同调控、竞争性旁路途径的敲除、辅因子循环系统的构建等方面介绍了 一系列非天然氨基酸细胞工厂构建与应用的研...     

合成生物学在微生物细胞工厂构建中的应用

通过微生物发酵的方法生产大宗化学品和天然产物能够部分替代石油化工炼制和植物提取。合成生物学技术的发展极大地提高了构建微生物细胞工厂生产大宗化学品和天然产物的能力。一方面综述了合成生物学在构建细胞工厂时的关键技术,包括最优合成途径的设计、合成途径的创建与优化、细胞性能的优化;另一方面,介绍了应用这些技术构建细胞工厂生产燃料化学品、大宗化学品和天然产物的典型案例。     

辅因子在微生物细胞工厂中的代谢调控与应用*

生物体中大部分酶催化反应都需要辅因子参与,辅因子平衡对维持正常的细胞代谢至关重要,而辅因子失衡则会导致细胞生长和生产的紊乱。在微生物细胞工厂的构建中,通过调节辅因子代谢平衡来提高产物合成途径的效率,从而调控细胞生长与产物生产,使代谢流能够最大限度地流向目标产物,已经成为代谢调控的重要手段。目前常见的用于代谢调控的辅因子有NAD(P)H/NAD(P)⁺、辅酶、ATP/ADP等。围绕这几种辅因子的代谢途径及功能分类进行了综述,并总结了微生物中不同产物利用辅因子平衡策略进行合成调控的研究,以期为各类化合物的高效生物合成提供参考。     

基因编码型生物传感器在微生物细胞工厂中的应用进展

合成生物学的迅猛发展推动了微生物细胞工厂中多种复杂化学品的生物合成,但仍存在产量低、生产效率不高等诸多问题。基因编码型生物传感器可以感知细胞内外代谢物浓度及外界环境的波动,产生可测量的信号输出或调控通路中的基因表达水平,具有成本低、操作简单、可再生等优点。目前,基因编码型生物传感器已经成为合成生物学和代谢工程的重要组成部分,是微生物细胞工厂中代谢动态调控及理想表型进化/筛选的强大工具。概述了基因编码型生物传感器的组成及工作原理,重点介绍了基因编码型生物传感器在微生物代谢动态调控及高通量筛选中的最新研究进展,就基因编码型生物传感器设计与构建过程中面临的挑战进行探讨,并展望了其今后的发展方向。     

应用合成生物学构建蓝细菌细胞工厂的研究进展

蓝细菌是一类能进行放氧光合作用的原核微生物,具有生长速度快、光合效率高、易于基因遗传操作等特点。它们能够将捕获的光能和二氧化碳转化为生物能源分子,在解决当前社会面临的能源紧缺和环境污染等问题上有着重要的理论和应用研究价值。近年来,随着合成生物学的迅猛发展,构建以蓝细菌为底盘的“人工细胞工厂”用于合成各类生物能源和精细化学产品取得了令人瞩目的成绩。重点介绍了应用合成生物学构建蓝细菌细胞合成工厂的研究进展,并对“光合自养型细胞工厂”面临的两大问题——产物毒性问题以及细胞内氧化胁迫问题进行了重点讨论。     

细胞工厂在轮状病毒基因重配株LD9培养中的应用初探

为了探索用细胞工厂代替转瓶培养轮状病毒基因重配株LD9及收获高滴度的LD9病毒原液和提高产量的可行性,分别在2层4、层细胞工厂和3L1、5L转瓶培养Vero细胞,比较两种容器内细胞的生长状态。结果显示,以相同活细胞数2.5×104/ml同时接种两种不同培养容器时,细胞工厂培养3d已长成单层,而转瓶培养需5d;对两种容器长满单层时的细胞经胰酶消化后通过细胞仪计数、分析,结果显示,两种容器培养细胞长成单层时的单位面积细胞密度相当;对长成致密单层细胞的两种容器以相同的MOI(MOI=0.1)接种LD9病毒,转瓶培养的病毒于第8d病毒滴度达到高峰,为6.0～6.5 lgCCID50/ml;细胞工厂第5d病毒滴度达高峰,为6.5 lgCCID50/ml,并于第9d病毒滴度再次达到峰值,为6.0～6.5 lgCCID50/ml,实现二次收获病毒。     

微生物细胞工厂中多基因表达的控制策略

微生物代谢工程和合成生物学是当今微生物技术领域研究的热点,微生物的生长速度快、容易进行大规模培养;遗传背景清楚、遗传操作简便可靠等性质使其在与人类生活相关的多个领域中起到重要的作用。微生物细胞工厂是指人工设计的能够进行物质生产的微生物代谢体系。许多微生物细胞工厂的构建由于引入多个基因或整条代谢途径,而可能导致代谢失衡、部分代谢中间产物积累等问题,需要使用一定的调控策略加以控制。以下对涉及多个基因作用的微生物细胞工厂中所使用的调控策略,分为若干层次进行了总结和探讨,并对今后多基因控制策略的发展方向进行了预测与展望。     

细胞工厂生产口服轮状病毒活疫苗的应用研究

为了确定用细胞工厂生产口服轮状病毒活疫苗的工艺参数和质控点,将原代牛肾细胞按20×104个/cm2接种到细胞工厂培养,待形成良好单层后按4×104个/cm2连续传代2次后接种轮状病毒,并与转瓶作对照.结果显示,用细胞工厂生产口服轮状病毒活疫苗与转瓶培养无差异,细胞工厂可用于改进口服轮状病毒活疫苗的生产.     

大肠杆菌细胞工厂的创建技术

大肠杆菌作为一种重要的模式工业微生物,在医药、化工、农业等方面具有广泛的应用.近30年来,多种代谢工程改造的新策略和新技术,被用于设计、构建和优化大肠杆菌化学品细胞工厂,极大地提高了生物法合成化学品的生产速率和产量.文中将从大肠杆菌途径设计、合成途径创建与优化和细胞全局优化三个方面,对大肠杆菌代谢改造起重要推动作用的技...     

The Fission Yeast php2 Mutant Displays a Lengthened Chronological Lifespan

The Schizosaccharomyces pombe php2 ⁺ gene encodes a subunit of the CCAAT-binding factor complex. We found that disruption of the php2 ⁺ gene extended the chronological lifespan of the fission yeast. Moreover, the lifespan of the Δphp2 mutant was barely extended under calorie restricted (CR) conditions. Many other phenotypes of the Δphp2 mutant resembled those of wild-type cells grown under CR conditions, suggesting that the Δphp2 mutant might undergo CR. The mutant also showed low respiratory activity concomitant with decreased expression of the cyc1 ⁺ and rip1 ⁺ genes, both of which are involved in mitochondrial electron transport. On the basis of a chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, we determined that Php2 binds to a DNA region upstream of cyc1 ⁺ and rip1 ⁺ in S. pombe. Here we discuss the possible mechanisms by which the chronological lifespan of Δphp2 mutant is extended.     

pH neutralization protects against reduction in replicative lifespan following chronological aging in yeast

Chronological and replicative aging have been studied in yeast as alternative paradigms for post-mitotic and mitotic aging, respectively. It has been known for more than a decade that cells of the S288C background aged chronologically in rich medium have reduced replicative lifespan relative to chronologically young cells. Here we report replication of this observation in the diploid BY4743 strain background. We further show that the reduction in replicative lifespan from chronological aging is accelerated when cells are chronologically aged under standard conditions in synthetic complete medium rather than rich medium. The loss of replicative potential with chronological age is attenuated by buffering the pH of the chronological aging medium to 6.0, an intervention that we have previously shown can extend chronological lifespan. These data demonstrate that extracellular acidification of the culture medium can cause intracellular damage in the chronologically aging population that is asymmetrically segregated by the mother cell to limit subsequent replicative lifespan.     

Relationship between Aconitate Hydratase Activity and Citric Acid Productivity in Fluoroacetate-sensitive Mutant Strain of Candida lipolytica

Fluoroacetate-sensitive mutant strains, K–20 and S–22, of Candida lipolytica could not grow or could only slightly grow on agar media containing di- or tricarboxylic acid involved in the TCA-cycle as the sole source of carbon. Relative activities of aconitate hydratase in the cells of the mutant strains, K-20 and S-22, were approximately 1/10 and 1/100, against that of the parent strain, respectively. This facts support the statement that the mutant strains were extremely sensitive to monofiuoroacetate.

The aconitate hydratase activities of these mutant strains and the parent strain corresponded well to the citric to (+)-isocitric acid ratio in the final fermented broths.     

pH neutralization protects against reduction in replicative lifespan following chronological aging in yeast

Chronological and replicative aging have been studied in yeast as alternative paradigms for post-mitotic and mitotic aging, respectively. It has been known for more than a decade that cells of the S288C background aged chronologically in rich medium have reduced replicative lifespan relative to chronologically young cells. Here we report replication of this observation in the diploid BY4743 strain background. We further show that the reduction in replicative lifespan from chronological aging is accelerated when cells are chronologically aged under standard conditions in synthetic complete medium rather than rich medium. The loss of replicative potential with chronological age is attenuated by buffering the pH of the chronological aging medium to 6.0, an intervention that we have previously shown can extend chronological lifespan. These data demonstrate that extracellular acidification of the culture medium can cause intracellular damage in the chronologically aging population that is asymmetrically segregated by the mother cell to limit subsequent replicative lifespan.     

Modeling hexavalent chromium reduction in Escherichia coli 33456

A model based on te analysis of the mechanism of enzymatic reactions was developed to characterize the rate and extent of microbial reduction of hexavalent chromium in Escherichia coli 33456. A finite reduction capacity (R(c)) was proposed and incorporated into the enzymatic model to regulate the toxicity effect on cells due to the oxidizing power of Cr(VI). The parameter values were determined by nonlinear least-square analysis using experimental data of anaerobic cultures. The obtained parameters were then used to predict Cr(VI) reduction in aerobic cultures along with a modification term of uncompetitive inhibition from molecular oxygen. The applicability of the developed model was demonstrated through excellent prediction of the results of batch studies conducted over range of initial Cr(VI) concentrations, initial cell densities, and DO levels. A sensitivity analysis revealed that the parameters obtained using the experimental data were unique, and neither change in K(c), the half-velocity constant, at high initial Cr(VI) concentrations nor change in R(c), the reduction capacity, at low initial Cr(VI) concentrations was sensitive to model prediction. (c) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Characteristics of a New Catechol 1,2-Oxygenase from Trichosporon cutaneum WY 2-2

Successive feeding of phenol at concentrations of less than 5.5 mM into a thick suspension of Trichosporon cutaneum WY 2-2 precultured in MPY-medium resulted in a high yield (approximately 28.7 g wet cells/liter) of intact cells capable of decomposing phenol actively (3.7 μmol/min/g of wet cells).

The effects of pH and additions of ethanol and 2-mercaptoethanol were tested on the stability of crude extracts from the strain grown on phenol. The crude extracts were stable at a pH range of 7.6 and 8.3, and were stable for 35 days when 10% ethanol and 5 mM 2-mercaptoethanol were added.

A highly purified preparation of catechol 1,2-oxygenase was obtained from strain WY 2-2 grown on phenol. The purified enzyme was homogeneous on polyacrylamide disc-gel electrophoresis. The enzyme had a molecular weight of about 105,000 and gave rise to subunits of molecular weight of 35,000 by SDS gel electrophoresis. Therefore, the enzyme appears to be a trimer of subunits with identical molecular weight. The Michaelis constants were 9.0 μM for catechol and 6.8 μM for 4-methylcatechol. The enzyme exhibited higher activities towards 4-methylcatechol and hydroxyquinol than towards catechol, and had essentially the same substrate specificity as the crude extracts. 4-Methylcatechol completely inhibited the enzyme activity towards catechol.