嗜热和嗜碱木聚糖酶研究进展

木聚糖酶是降解半纤维素主要成分木聚糖的关键酶,广泛应用在食品、饲料、制浆造纸、生物脱胶等行业。特别是在造纸工业中,木聚糖酶显示出巨大的应用潜力,已成为国内外研究的热点。纸浆漂白工艺中需要酶在高温碱性条件下发挥作用。目前,主要通过筛选野生型木聚糖酶资源和对现有中性中温木聚糖酶分子改造的方法获得嗜热碱木聚糖酶。文中就嗜热嗜碱木聚糖酶的筛选、嗜热嗜碱机制研究及分子改造进展进行了综述,并对其前景进行了展望。     

嗜热微生物

嗜热微生物任红妍（华中农业大学植保系武汉４３００７０）嗜热微生物是一类生活在高温环境中的微生物,如火山口及其周围区域、温泉、工厂高温废水排放区等。近３０年来,这一类微生物越来越广泛地引起了科学家们的重视和兴趣。特别是在水的沸点和沸点以上温度条件下能生...     

嗜热酶的结构特征与热稳定性

相对于嗜温酶,嗜热酶作为生物催化剂有许多优势而受到人们的广泛重视。嗜热酶的热稳定性机制历来是生物化学家们研究的重点。本文综述了嗜热酶的结构特征及其与热稳定性的关系。相对于嗜温酶,嗜热酶的结构比较僵硬,折叠紧密,廿螺旋更长,构象张力低,大多数为多聚体。了解嗜热酶的结构特征与热稳定性的关系,对于采用酶工程改造嗜温酶从而提高其热稳定性具有重要的指导意义。     

嗜酸乳杆菌与嗜热链球菌共发酵互生机理的研究

目的:对嗜酸乳杆菌和嗜热链球菌共发酵时两者的互生作用机理进行研究。方法:以质量浓度100gL脱脂乳为培养基,将嗜酸乳杆菌主要代谢产物—氨基酸,如赖氨酸、精氨酸、缬氨酸分别以0.0083mgml、0.0036mgml、0.0053mgml的量加入含嗜热链球菌脱脂乳培养基中,40℃培养,测定凝乳时间;将嗜热链球菌的代谢产物-乳酸、甲酸分别为0.1332mgml和0.075mgml的量加入含嗜酸乳杆菌脱脂乳培养基中,37℃培养,测定其发酵乳的凝乳时间。结果:嗜热链球菌发酵乳凝乳时间由12h缩短到4h,pH为4.52～4.62,吉尔涅尔度为54.23～64.74°T;嗜酸乳杆菌发酵乳的凝乳时间由16h缩短为5h,pH为4.61～4.65;且嗜酸乳杆菌在CO2环境中发酵时,发酵时间明显缩短。结论:嗜酸乳杆菌和嗜热链球菌共发酵时具有互生关系。     

嗜热放线菌类群分类的研究VI.嗜热吸水链霉菌类群的分类

农民肺病是一种#外源性、过敏性肺泡炎,多数学者认为是与发霉干草接触的农民吸人含有嗜热性放线菌孢子的霉变粉尘而发病。从江苏、湖北、上海等省市采集发病地区干革、霉草、病人痰样,分离出60株嗜热吸水链霉菌。本文报道农民肺病病原菌中的二个新种,讨论了嗜热吸水链霉菌与农民肺病的关系。     

嗜热四膜虫减数分裂研究进展

减数分裂是真核生物有性生殖过程的关键步骤,染色体的行为变化贯穿整个减数分裂的过程。近些年来,借助先进的分子生物学技术和细胞学实验手段,通过对突变细胞株的筛选和评价,单细胞真核模式生物原生动物嗜热四膜虫(Tetrahymena thermophila)减数分裂方面的研究取得了长足的进展。本文主要介绍嗜热四膜虫减数分裂的过程,以及在此过程中伴随染色体行为变化的相关基因的功能,从而为进一步探讨嗜热四膜虫减数分裂的分子机制提供有效信息。     

极端嗜热古菌的热休克蛋白

随着生物工程产业对于耐高温酶和菌体的需求, 极端嗜热古菌热休克蛋白(heat shock proteins, HSPs)的研究更受重视, 其热休克蛋白体系非常简洁, 不含HSP100s和HSP90s, 就是HSP70(DnaK)、HSP40、(DnaJ)和GrpE等嗜温古菌可能含有的在极端嗜热古菌中几乎不含有, 即仅包括HSP60, sHSP, prefoldin和AAA+蛋白四大类, 因此对其结构、功能和作用机制的研究在理论和实践上都特别有意义。系统地介绍了这四大类组分的结构、功能和作用机制和协同作用的研究进展, 论述了极端嗜热古菌热休克蛋白的系列研究难点和困惑, 展望了进一步的研究方向和重点。     

四种嗜热真菌的分离与鉴定

目的:在对嗜热真菌的资源调查中,分离到嗜热真菌20株。方法:通过形态学比较研究并结合分子分析方法。结果:鉴定出嗜热真菌4种,即杜邦青霉Penicillium dupontii、疏绵状嗜热丝孢菌Thermomyceslanuginosus、嗜热子囊菌Thermoascus aurantiacus、嗜热革节孢Scytalidium thermophilum。此外,还分离到耐热真菌1种,鉴定为不规则头梗霉Cephaliophora irregularis,为中国新记录种。结论:这些研究结果新增了嗜热真菌在中国的分布记载,丰富了我国西南地区嗜热真菌的菌种资源库,另外对分离获得的嗜热真菌进行木聚糖酶活性测试,发现嗜热子囊菌为高产木聚糖酶活力的菌株。     

嗜热酶的耐热机理

酶蛋白在高温下的不稳定性是影响其广泛应用的主要瓶颈,嗜热酶因为独特的性质而被作为热稳定研究的极好材料。了解嗜热酶的热稳定性机制,对于采用酶工程定向设计、改造酶具有重要的意义。嗜热酶的热稳定性并不是由单一因素决定的,氨基酸组成、氢键、离子对、二硫键等都是影响嗜热酶热稳定性的重要因素。相对于嗜温酶,嗜热酶更多地采用寡聚体的形式。     

嗜热放线菌多肽电泳图谱的研究

嗜热放线菌是引起农民肺的主要病因,但其致病菌株可有多种。我们应用ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ技术对引起农民肺的三株嗜热放线菌的电泳图谱进行了对比分析,发现这三种嗜热放线菌多肽的电泳图谱各不相同,都具有特征性的主要带型。实验结果表明ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＣＥ技术有助于快速鉴定嗜热放线菌菌种。     

In vitro metabolic engineering for the salvage synthesis of NAD+

Excellent thermal and operational stabilities of thermophilic enzymes can greatly increase the applicability of biocatalysis in various industrial fields. However, thermophilic enzymes are generally incompatible with thermo-labile substrates, products, and cofactors, since they show the maximal activities at high temperatures. Despite their pivotal roles in a wide range of enzymatic redox reactions, NAD(P)⁺ and NAD(P)H exhibit relatively low stabilities at high temperatures, tending to be a major obstacle in the long-term operation of biocatalytic chemical manufacturing with thermophilic enzymes. In this study, we constructed an in vitro artificial metabolic pathway for the salvage synthesis of NAD⁺ from its degradation products by the combination of eight thermophilic enzymes. The enzymes were heterologously produced in recombinant Escherichia coli and the heat-treated crude extracts of the recombinant cells were directly used as enzyme solutions. When incubated with experimentally optimized concentrations of the enzymes at 60 °C, the NAD⁺ concentration could be kept almost constant for 15 h.     

Thermophilic anaerobic digestion: the best option for waste treatment

After introducing thermophilic anaerobic digestion (AD), characteristics of thermophilic methanogens are provided. Accordingly, (a) site of occurrence, (b) morphological characteristics (shape and motility), (c) biochemical characteristics (Gram character and % G+C profile), (d) nutritional characteristics (NaCl requirement and substrate specificity), and (e) growth characteristics (pH and temperature) of thermophilic methanogens are described. Some studies of the thermophilic AD are cited with their operational management problems. Subsequently, strategies to maximize net energy production are given, including mode of heating the bioreactors, role of agitation to promote AD performance and mode/intensity of mixing. Finally, advantages as well as drawbacks of AD under thermophilic conditions are given, concluding with its applications.     

Stereoselective reduction of keto esters: thermophilic bacteria and microalgae as new biocatalysts

This review covers the possibility of aerobic thermophilic bacteria (Bacillus strains and thermophilic actinomycetes) and microalgae (Chlorella strains and marine algae) as new biocatalysts for the stereoselective reduction of - and β-keto esters. The mechanistic interpretation of the reduction by a thermophilic actinomycete is also delineated.     

Thermophilic xylanases: from bench to bottle

Lignocellulosic biomass is a valuable raw material. As technology has evolved, industrial interest in new ways to take advantage of this raw material has grown. Biomass is treated with different microbial cells or enzymes under ideal industrial conditions to produce the desired products. Xylanases are the key enzymes that degrade the xylosidic linkages in the xylan backbone of the biomass, and commercial enzymes are categorized into different glycoside hydrolase families. Thermophilic microorganisms are excellent sources of industrially relevant thermostable enzymes that can withstand the harsh conditions of industrial processing. Thermostable xylanases display high-specific activity at elevated temperatures and distinguish themselves in biochemical properties, structures, and modes of action from their mesophilic counterparts. Natural xylanases can be further improved through genetic engineering. Rapid progress with genome editing, writing, and synthetic biological techniques have provided unlimited potential to produce thermophilic xylanases in their natural hosts or cell factories including bacteria, yeasts, and filamentous fungi. This review will discuss the biotechnological potential of xylanases from thermophilic microorganisms and the ways they are being optimized and produced for various industrial applications.     

Dissecting and engineering metabolic and regulatory networks of thermophilic bacteria for biofuel production

Interest in thermophilic bacteria as live-cell catalysts in biofuel and biochemical industry has surged in recent years, due to their tolerance of high temperature and wide spectrum of carbon-sources that include cellulose. However their direct employment as microbial cellular factories in the highly demanding industrial conditions has been hindered by uncompetitive biofuel productivity, relatively low tolerance to solvent and osmic stresses, and limitation in genome engineering tools. In this work we review recent advances in dissecting and engineering the metabolic and regulatory networks of thermophilic bacteria for improving the traits of key interest in biofuel industry: cellulose degradation, pentose–hexose co-utilization, and tolerance of thermal, osmotic, and solvent stresses. Moreover, new technologies enabling more efficient genetic engineering of thermophiles were discussed, such as improved electroporation, ultrasound-mediated DNA delivery, as well as thermo-stable plasmids and functional selection systems. Expanded applications of such technological advancements in thermophilic microbes promise to substantiate a synthetic biology perspective, where functional parts, module, chassis, cells and consortia were modularly designed and rationally assembled for the many missions at industry and nature that demand the extraordinary talents of these extremophiles.     

高温菌生物学特性的应用

高温菌是一个热点研究领域。这一领域不断发现新的苗种及特性。高温菌广泛地存在于自然界中,它与常温菌相比有着许多不同的特性。例如,其酶在高温下的稳定性,为化工应用提供了便利。简要介绍了高温微生物已有的应用领域,为进一步的研究工作提供参考。     

Thermophilic l-fucose isomerase from Thermanaeromonas toyohensis for l-fucose synthesis from l-fuculose

The beneficial biological properties of l-fucose have extended its commercial application potential in pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. Enzymatic production of l-fucose with l-fucose isomerase (l-FucI) is considered a selective, green, and efficient strategy. Efficient sugar production requires thermophilic enzymes with increased reaction rate, reduced risk of microbial contamination, and high sugar solubility. No study has evaluated the applicability of thermophilic l-FucI for l-fucose production. In this study, we explored the biochemical properties of a thermostable l-FucI from Thermanaeromonas toyohensis (TtFucI) using l-fuculose as a substrate. The recombinant TtFucI exhibited thermophilicity and optimum activity at 70 °C. The specific activity, K_m, and k_cat toward l-fuculose were 199.8 U/mg, 33.4 mM, and 901.7 s⁻¹, respectively. Mn²⁺ ions increased the activity of the enzyme by ∼10 times and enhanced its thermal stability. Our study, on l-fucose synthesis by thermostable l-FucI, suggests the potential application of this enzyme for the industrial production of l-fucose.     

一株产木聚糖酶嗜热菌的鉴定及酶学性质

从云南腾冲热泉水样中分离筛选得到一株产木聚糖酶的菌株。通过细菌形态观察、生理生化特性并结合16S rDNA序列分析,经鉴定,该菌为地芽孢杆菌(Geobacillus sp.),命名为Geobacillus sp.PZH1。对该菌株所产嗜热木聚糖酶及酶学特性进行了初步研究。SDS-PAGE和酶谱分析测得该酶分子量约为69 kD;酶的最适反应pH和最适反应温度分别为7.0和70°C,在pH 5.0-11.0和40°C-100°C范围内均有较高酶活;该酶在pH 5.0-12.0范围内和70°C以内具有较高的稳定性;40°C-100°C范围内,该木聚糖酶没有被检测到纤维素酶活性。     

Thermophilic denitrifying bacteria: A survey of hot springs in Southwestern Iceland

Abstract Samples of water, sediment and bacterial mat from hot springs in Grændalur and Hveragerdi areas in southwestern Iceland were screened at 70°C and 80°C for thermophilic denitrifying bacteria by culturing in anaerobic media containing nitrate or N₂O as the terminal oxidant. The springs ranged in temperature from 65–100°C and included both neutral (pH 7–8.5) and acidic (pH 2.5–4) types. Nitrate reducing bacteria (nitrate → nitrite) and denitrifiers (nitrate → N₂) were found that grew at 70°C but not at 80°C in nutrient media at pH 8. Samples from neutral springs that were cultured at pH 8 failed to yield a chemolithotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing and nitrate-reducing bacterium, and samples from acidic springs that were cultured at pH 3.5 seemed entirely to lack dissimilatory, nitrate-utilizing bacteria. No sample yielded an organism capable of growth solely by N₂O respiration. The denitrifiers appeared to be Bacillus . Two such Bacillus strains were examined in pure culture and found to exhibit the unusual denitrification phenotype described previously for the mesophile, Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and one other strain of thermophilic Bacillus . The phenotype is characterized by the ability to grow by reduction of nitrate to N₂ with N₂O as an intermediate but a virtual inability to reduce N₂O when N₂O was the sole oxidant.     

Thermophilic denitrifying bacteria: A survey of hot springs in Southwestern Iceland

Abstract Samples of water, sediment and bacterial mat from hot springs in Grændalur and Hveragerdi areas in southwestern Iceland were screened at 70°C and 80°C for thermophilic denitrifying bacteria by culturing in anaerobic media containing nitrate or N₂O as the terminal oxidant. The s springs ranged in temperature from 65–100°C and included both neutral (pH 7–8.5) and acidic (pH 2.5–4) types. Nitrate reducing bacteria (nitrate → nitrite) and denitrifiers (nitrate → N₂) were found that grew at 70°C but not at 80°C in nutrient media at pH 8. Samples from neutral springs that were cultured at pH 8 failed to yield a chemolithotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing and nitrate-reducing bacterium, and samples from acidic springs that were cultured at pH 3.5 seemed entirely to lack dissimilatory, nitrate-utilizing bacteria. No sample yielded an organism capable of growth solely by N₂O respiration. The denitrifiers appeared to be Bacillus . Two such Bacillus strains were examined in pure culture and found to exhibit the unusual denitrification phenotype described previously for the mesophile, Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and one other strain of thermophilic Bacillus . The phenotype is characterized by the ability to grow by reduction of nitrate to N₂ with N₂O as an intermediate but a virtual inability to reduce N₂O when N₂O was the sole oxidant.