生物法合成β-丙氨酸的分离纯化工艺研究

依据天冬氨酸和β-丙氨酸等电点的差异,采用静态吸附和动态吸附法,筛选适于分离β-丙氨酸的最佳树脂,并研究最佳树脂的吸附动力学和料液pH值、上样液流速,洗脱剂浓度等对β-丙氨酸分离的影响。结果表明:β-丙氨酸吸附的最佳树脂为HZ014,HZ014的静态吸附70 min达到动态平衡,吸附容量为72.92 g.kg-1,吸附率高于90%,最佳料液流速是2 ml.min-1,料液最佳pH为5.0,洗脱剂氨水浓度为4%。     

利用大孔吸附树脂提取蜀葵花色素的研究

研究利用大孔树脂吸附和分离蜀葵(Althaearosea(L．)Cavan)花红色素,比较了D-072、D-401、D-301-G、D-101、NKA-9、D-290、D-110七种树脂对该色素的静态吸附情况以及不同极性解吸剂对吸附色素的树脂洗脱的效果,从中选择出吸附和解吸效果最佳的树脂以及较适的解吸剂。结果表明：用D-401大孔吸附树脂作吸附剂,色素吸附率达91％;解吸剂用含0．1％HCl的60％酸化乙醇,色素可被充分洗脱下来,解吸效果较好;树脂通过回收再生后可重复利用。大孔吸附树脂法精制蜀葵花色素工艺相对简单,原料、试剂利用率较高。     

发酵液中L-色氨酸分离纯化工艺研究

通过静态吸附实验,考察了温度、pH值对001×7阳离子交换树脂平衡吸附量的影响,并测定了吸附动力学曲线。通过动态实验,测定了动态吸附曲线和洗脱曲线。最后确定了001×7阳离子交换树脂分离纯化L-色氨酸的最佳工艺条件:用001×7阳离子交换树脂吸附L-色氨酸,以浓度为2 mol.L-1氨水进行洗脱,收集的流份经D315阴离子交换树脂脱色,浓缩结晶后得L-色氨酸成品,总提取率为73.0%。     

产L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶细菌的分离、鉴定及发酵条件优化

【目的】从葡萄园土壤中分离L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶的产生菌株,对其进行分类鉴定,优化其产生L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶的发酵条件,为β-丙氨酸的生物合成提供基础。【方法】采用变色圈法和液体复筛培养基分离筛选具有L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶活力的菌株,对菌株进行形态、生理生化特征试验及16S r RNA序列同源性分析鉴定菌株的系统发育学地位,采用单因素及正交设计试验优化培养基及发酵条件。【结果】筛选到一株L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶高产菌株Pan D37,其亲缘关系和特基拉芽孢杆菌(Bacillus tequilensis)较近,且形态与培养特征、生理生化特性与特基拉芽孢杆菌基本相符。研究表明其最佳发酵配方和培养条件为:蔗糖22.5 g/L、富马酸7.5 g/L、蛋白胨20 g/L、L-天冬氨酸6 g/L、Triton X-100 2g/L,起始p H为7.0,装液量50 m L/500 m L,摇床转速220 r/min,种子液接种量为5%(V/V),35°C培养28h。在最优条件下L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶活力可达44.57 U/m L,比初筛时提高2.57倍。【结论】分离并获得一株特基拉芽孢杆菌(Bacillus tequilensis)Pan D37,经条件优化后具有较高的L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶产生能力,有望应用于β-丙氨酸的工业生产。     

基于微生物同化作用的D-丙氨酸生产工艺研究

以L-丙氨酸为唯一碳氮源,从采集的若干土壤中初筛出能够降解L-丙氨酸的菌株;再以D-丙氨酸为唯一碳氮源,复筛出降解L-丙氨酸而不降解D-丙氨酸的菌株。依据菌种对DL-丙氨酸的不对称降解活性,筛选出具有最高的L-丙氨酸降解活性的菌株,并对菌株同化L-丙氨酸的反应条件进行了研究。结果表明:编号为ALA-D82的菌株具有最高的降解L-丙氨酸的能力,经鉴定为酵母菌属。在30℃,控制pH6.0,通气比1:1(V/V)和转速900 r.min-1的条件下,L-丙氨酸降解的速度最大。在最适条件下,1500 g DL-丙氨酸分两部分添加入7 L的反应液中。反应72 h后溶液中的L-丙氨酸被完全降解,提取得到D-丙氨酸晶体,产率和光学纯度分别达到92.13%和99%。     

大孔吸附树脂分离纯化香叶木苷

比较了D-101、D-140、AB-8、XAB-8、D312、聚酰胺等6种吸附树脂对蓬子菜中活性成分香叶木苷diosmin的吸附和洗脱条件,在静态吸附研究的基础上,进行了动态实验,并且利用二次吸附对该成分进行了纯化。结果表明AB-8树脂对diosmin的吸附量大、吸附速度快、解吸容易、富集分离效果好。利用聚酰胺进行二次纯化,得到纯度95%以上的diosmin。     

用阴阳离子交换树脂分离提纯D-蛋氨酸的比较

应用阴阳离子交换树脂分离、提纯D-蛋氨酸,通过不同的树脂对比实验,初步确定了水解液通过阳离子NH4+型柱吸附,再用0.15 mol.L-1的氨水解析的工艺流程,解析液对水解液的D-蛋氨酸收率为87%。     

D-氨基酰化酶拆分D,L-苯丙氨酸制备D-苯丙氨酸

进行了以D,L-苯丙氨酸为原料经D-氨基酰化酶制备D-苯丙氨酸的研究。乙酰-D,L-苯丙氨酸浓度为0.5mol.L-1,给酶量为3×104U.L-1时,24 h拆分率可达到97%。采用阳离子交换树脂进行了拆分液中的D-苯丙氨酸的分离,D-苯丙氨酸的收率为95.4%。采用醋酸酐作为催化剂,在145℃的条件下,乙酰-L-苯丙氨酸可以消旋成乙酰-D,L-苯丙氨酸继续拆分。     

大孔吸附树脂对金银花叶茎藤总黄酮的吸附性能

从金银花叶茎藤中提取总黄酮并用D-101大孔吸附树脂进行纯化,研究了D-101大孔吸附树脂对总黄酮的吸附及解吸附特性。结果表明,D-101树脂对金银花叶茎藤总黄酮分离纯化的最佳工艺参数为:上样液黄酮浓度0.538 mg/mL,静置吸附时间80 min,料液比1∶5(g∶mL),pH 2,流速为2 mL/min,以60 mL 75%的乙醇溶液洗脱,黄酮解吸率为94.5%,纯化后黄酮纯度为84.5%,是粗提液黄酮含量(16.8%)的5倍。金银花叶茎藤总黄酮在D-101树脂上的吸附等温线符合Langmuir等温吸附方程。吸附热力学参数表明吸附过程为自发、放热过程,吸附动力学可用Pseudo-second-order模型较好地拟合,30℃时其表观吸附速率常数为1.034×10-2g/mg.min。     

大孔吸附树脂分离纯化番石榴叶总黄酮的研究

考察大孔吸附树脂吸附分离番石榴叶总黄酮的工艺条件.以静态饱和吸附量、静态洗脱率、动态饱和吸附量、动态洗脱率为考察指标,比较了D101、AB-8两种大孔树脂分离纯化番石榴叶总黄酮的优劣.又以总黄酮回收率为指标,对最佳树脂吸附工艺参数进行了研究.在考察的2种树脂中,AB-8型树脂最适于番石榴叶总黄酮的分离纯化,其工艺条件为:4倍树脂体积50%乙醇洗脱,速度2mL/min.树脂可重复使用4次.其平均总黄酮回收率为87.47%.所得总黄酮纯度为74.03%     

D-Aspartic acid and L-amino acids in the neural system of the amphioxus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Branchiostoma lanceolatum</Emphasis>

Summary. The lancelet (amphioxus), a cephalochordate, is the closest invertebrate relative to vertebrates, with a simple vertebrate-like body plan and a prototypical genome. We have determined D-aspartic acid (D-Asp) and major free L-amino acids (L-AAs) content in the nervous system (neural tube) of the European amphioxus Branchiostoma lanceolatum, and have compared these values with those of molluscs and human brain. The B. lanceolatum neural tube contains relatively high amounts of L-Glu, L-Asp, L-Ala and L-Gly. Thus, the amphioxus neural tube has in common with the molluscan and human nervous systems the presence of appreciable amounts of L-Glu and L-Asp, which suggests that they are the most common neurotransmitters among these phylogenetically distant animal groups. The relatively high concentration of L-Ala in amphioxus is consistent with that found in molluscs and the low concentration of taurine is consistent with that described in the human brain. The D-Asp concentration, very high in the molluscan nervous system, was rather low in amphioxus, although a little higher than the extremely low amounts observed in the human brain. Our data on free amino acids composition is in agreement with the intermediate phylogenetic position of cephalochordates, in terms of the evolutionary transition from simple to complex neural systems.     

Characterization of a protein containing D-aspartic acid in aged mouse lens

A protein containing D-aspartic acid (D-Asp) was isolated from water insoluble (WI) fraction of naturally aged mice lens. The molecular weight of this protein was estimated to be about 10000 by gel permeation chromatography. High content of serine and glycine was noteworthy and the two amino acids occupy about 50 % of the total amino acids in the protein containing D-Asp.     

Involvement of D-Asp in P450 aromatase activity and estrogen receptors in boar testis

Summary. Mammalian testis contains D-aspartic acid (D-Asp), which enhances testosterone production. D-Asp, on other hand, also stimulates 17β-estradiol synthesis in the ovary of some lower vertebrates. We studied boar testis in order to determine if D-Asp intervenes in 17β-estradiol synthesis in the testis of those mammals which produce significant amounts of estrogens as well as testosterone. The boar testis contains D-Asp (40 ± 3.6 nmol/g tissue) which, according to immunohistological techniques, is localized mainly in Leydig cells, and, to a lesser extent, in sustentacular (Sertoli), peritubular and some germ cells. The enzyme P450aromatase is present in Leydig cells and few germ cells. In vitro experiments showed that the addition of D-Asp to testicular tissue extracts induced a significant increase of aromatase activity, as evaluated by testosterone conversion into 17β-estradiol. The enzyme’s K_m was not affected by D-Asp (about 25 nM in both control and D-Asp added tests). On the basis of these results we suggest that, as in the ovary, D-Asp is involved in the local control of aromatase activity of boar testis and, therefore, it intervenes in the 17β-estradiol production. In the testis, the D-Asp targets are presumably the Leydig cells, which having also a nuclear estrogen receptor are, in turn, one of the putative targets of the 17β-estradiol that they produce (autocrine effect).     

D-aspartic acid protects against gingival fibroblasts inflammation by suppressing pyroptosis

Molecular Biology Reports - Peri-implantitis is the main cause of dental implant failure, which is associated with pyroptosis. The roles of D-aspartic acid (D-Asp) on pyroptosis and the mechanism...     

Aslfm, the D-aspartate ligase responsible for the addition of D-aspartic acid onto the peptidoglycan precursor of Enterococcus faecium

D-aspartate ligase has remained the last unidentified peptide bond-forming enzyme in the peptidoglycan assembly pathway of Gram-positive bacteria. Here we show that a two-gene cluster of Enterococcus faecium encodes aspartate racemase (Racfm) and ligase (Aslfm) for incorporation of D-Asp into the side chain of the peptidoglycan precursor. Aslfm was identified as a new member of the ATP-grasp protein superfamily, which includes a diverse set of enzymes catalyzing ATP-dependent carboxylate-amine ligation reactions. Aslfm specifically ligated the beta-carboxylate of D-Asp to the epsilon-amino group of L-Lys in the nucleotide precursor UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-pentapeptide. D-iso-asparagine was not a substrate of Aslfm, indicating that the presence of this amino acid in the peptidoglycan of E. faecium results from amidation of the alpha-carboxyl of D-Asp after its addition to the precursor. Heterospecific expression of the genes encoding Racfm and Aslfm in Enterococcus faecalis led to production of stem peptides substituted by D-Asp instead of L-Ala2, providing evidence for the in vivo specificity and function of these enzymes. Strikingly, sequencing of the cross-bridges revealed that substitution of L-Ala2 by D-Asp is tolerated by the d,d-transpeptidase activity of the penicillin-binding proteins both in the acceptor and in the donor substrates. The Aslfm ligase appears as an attractive target for the development of narrow spectrum antibiotics active against multiresistant E. faecium.     

D-aspartic acid in the nervous system of Aplysia limacina: possible role in neurotransmission

In the marine mollusk Aplysia limacina, a substantial amount of endogenous D-aspartic acid (D-Asp) was found following its synthesis from L-aspartate by an aspartate racemase. Concentrations of D-Asp between 3.9 and 4.6 micromol/g tissue were found in the cerebral, abdominal, buccal, pleural, and pedal ganglia. In non nervous tissues, D-Asp occurred at a very low concentration compared to the nervous system. Immunohistochemical studies conducted on cultured Aplysia neurons using an anti-D-aspartate antibody demonstrated that D-Asp occurs in the soma, dendrites, and in synaptic varicosities. Synaptosomes and synaptic vesicles from cerebral ganglia were prepared and characterized by electron microscopy. HPLC analysis revealed high concentrations of D-Asp together with L-aspartate and L-glutamate in isolated synaptosomes In addition, D-Asp was released from synaptosomes by K+ depolarization or by ionomycin. D-Asp was one of the principal amino acids present in synaptic vesicles representing about the 25% of total amino acids present in these cellular organelles. Injection of D-Asp into live animals or addition to the incubation media of cultured neurons, caused an increase in cAMP content. Taken as a whole, these findings suggest a possible role of D-Asp in neurotransmission in the nervous system of Aplysia limacina.     

D-aspartate and reproductive activity in sheep

D-aspartic acid (D-Asp) has been isolated from neuroendocrine tissues of many invertebrates and vertebrates. Recently, it has been demonstrated that this D-amino acid may be converted to N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA), a neuromodulator associated with sexual activity. In this study, we determined D-Asp and NMDA concentrations in endocrine glands and other tissues in ewes after D-Asp administration and in controls. We also evaluated the effects of d-Asp administration on the reproductive activity of ewes by determining either progesterone concentrations or LH pulses in the presence or absence of estradiol benzoate. The pineal gland showed the highest natural content of D-Asp (1.47+/-0.22 micromol/g tissue), whereas the pituitary gland had the highest capability to store d-Asp, with a peak value (9.7+/-0.81 micromol/g tissue) 6 h after its administration. NMDA increased sharply 12 h following D-Asp administration, reaching values three times higher than the baseline in both the pituitary and brain. D-Asp was quickly adsorbed after subcutaneous administration, with a peak in plasma levels 2 h after administration and a return to baseline values after 6 h. D-Asp administration achieved a significant (P < 0.001) increase in LH values with respect to estradiol or estradiol + D-Asp treatments. d-Asp treatment once or twice a week did not successfully drive acyclic ewes into reproductive activity. In conclusion, the results obtained in this study demonstrated that D-Asp is endogenously present in sheep tissues and electively stored in endocrine glands and brain after its administration. NMDA and LH increase following D-Asp administration suggesting a role of this D-amino acid in the reproductive activity of sheep.     

Characterization of D-Aspartic Acid Uptake by Rat Hippocampal Slices and Effect of Ischemic Conditions

The cellular uptake of D-aspartic acid (D-Asp) as a model compound for glutamic acid transport was studied in rat hippocampal slices. D-Asp is accumulated by both Na(+)-dependent and Na(+)-independent processes in hippocampal slices, and both processes are dependent on temperature. The Na(+)-dependent uptake is assumed to be high in affinity (apparent Km = 0.17 mM), but low in capacity, whereas the Na(+)-independent uptake is much lower in affinity (Km = 2.86 mM), but higher in capacity. L-Aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, dihydrokainic acid, and threo-3-hydroxy-DL-aspartic acid markedly inhibited the uptake of D-Asp with Na+ in the medium, whereas D-glutamic acid, glycine, and L-lysine had no significant effect. The Na(+)-dependent uptake of D-Asp was significantly reduced under "hypoglycemic," "anoxic," and "ischemic" conditions, whereas the Na(+)-independent uptake was unaffected. Metabolic inhibitors such as NaCN and ICH2COOH significantly inhibited the Na(+)-dependent uptake, but not the Na(+)-independent uptake. These results suggest that the Na(+)-dependent component of D-Asp transport in rat hippocampal cells is inactivated under ischemic conditions, whereas the Na(+)-independent component is unaffected.     

Acidic amino acid transport characteristics of a newly developed conditionally immortalized rat type 2 astrocyte cell line (TR-AST).

To characterize acidic amino acid transport in type 2 astrocytes, we established conditionally immortalized rat astrocyte cell lines (TR-AST) from newly developed transgenic rats harboring temperature-sensitive SV40 large T-antigen gene. TR-AST exhibited positive immunostaining for anti-GFAP antibody and A2B5 antibody, characteristics associated with type 2 astrocytes, and expressed glutamine synthetase. Acidic amino acid transporters, GLT-1 and system xc-, which consists of xCT and 4F2hc, were expressed in all TR-ASTs by RT-PCR. On the other hand, GLAST expression was found in TR-AST3 and 5. The characteristics of [3H]L-glutamic acid (L-Glu) uptake by TR-AST5 include an Na+-dependent and Na+-independent manner, concentration-dependence, and inhibition by L-aspartic acid (L-Asp) and D-aspartic acid (D-Asp). The corresponding Michaelis-Menten constants for the Na+-dependent and Na+-independent process were 36.3 microM and 155 microM, respectively. [3H]L-Asp and [3H]D-Asp uptake by TR-AST5 had an Na+-dependent and Na+-independent manner. This study demonstrated that GLT-1, system xc-, and GLAST were expressed in TR-AST, which has the characteristics of type 2 astrocytes and is able to transport acidic amino acids.