大肠杆菌代谢工程改造合成L-高丝氨酸及其衍生物研究进展

l-高丝氨酸及其衍生物(O-琥珀酰-l-高丝氨酸和O-乙酰-l-高丝氨酸)是生物合成l-甲硫氨酸的前体,同时也是合成多种C4化合物(异丁醇、g-丁内酯、1,4-丁二醇、2,4-二羟基丁酸等)和l-草铵膦等的平台化合物。因此,发酵法生产l-高丝氨酸及其衍生物成为近年内研究的热点。然而,利用生物法合成l-高丝氨酸及其衍生物仍存在一些不足之处,如发酵产量不高或糖酸转化率过低等。此外,对l-高丝氨酸及其衍生物合成的总体代谢和调控机制鲜有报道。本文综述了大肠杆菌代谢工程改造合成l-高丝氨酸及其衍生物O-琥珀酰-l-高丝氨酸和O-乙酰-l-高丝氨酸的研究进展,从底物摄取、关键节点碳流分配改造、辅酶NADPH的循环供应以及目标产物的外运输出等方面,系统分析了大肠杆菌全发酵法生产l-高丝氨酸及其衍生物的代谢途径及改造策略,为其后续代谢改造及生物法生产提供一定的研究思路。     

产O-乙酰高丝氨酸的大肠杆菌构建与发酵测试

O-乙酰高丝氨酸(OAH)是具有潜在工业应用价值的前体化合物,可用于制备高丝氨酸与蛋氨酸等。以一株改造自苏氨酸产生菌的Escherichia coli Thr L为出发菌株,过表达OAH合成途径中的关键酶高丝氨酸脱氢酶基因thr A和高丝氨酸乙酰基转移酶基因met X,并利用不同强度的启动子组合优化这两个基因的表达水平,通过发酵培养基中的苏氨酸和酵母粉的浓度优化以提升OAH的产生菌株的生产性能。通过启动子组合优化结果发现,当thr A与met X均采用J23110启动子时,该重组菌株E.coliOAH4的OAH合成能力最强,摇瓶发酵50 h后,其OAH产量为1.54 g/L。当苏氨酸的浓度为2 g/L,酵母粉的浓度为6 g/L时,E.coli OAH4的发酵水平最高,摇瓶发酵50 h后,OAH的产量可进一步提升至1.98 g/L。本研究首次在E.coli中实现了OAH的合成,并通过发酵优化确定了OAH的最优发酵条件,为后续OAH生产应用研究奠定了基础。     

温度胁迫对白桦悬浮细胞中三萜积累及防御酶活性的影响

以白桦悬浮培养细胞为试材,悬浮培养第7d进行高温(50℃热处理1h)和低温(4℃冷胁迫3h)胁迫处理,此后不同时间(0h～7d)收获白桦细胞,研究细胞干重、三萜积累及防御酶活性的变化。研究结果表明,高温和低温胁迫后均表现在24h～3d收获细胞显著促进了白桦总三萜的合成,且以高温处理效果最佳,48h收获细胞时分别比对照(25℃)和冷胁迫处理提高36.4%和12.87%;而在冷胁迫处理后4d～7d表现显著刺激了总三萜的合成,其中在第7d总三萜的含量比对照增加了22.1%,且两温度胁迫处理后15h～4d显著促进了齐墩果酸三萜的积累,24h收获时,热处理和冷胁迫均比对照提高38.1%和39.65%。两温度胁迫后不同程度促进了超氧化物岐化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、苯丙氨酸裂解酶(PAL)、过氧化物酶(POD)活性提高及丙二醛的积累,但各酶活性出现高峰及变化规律存在差异,明确各酶相互协调、补充是保证细胞适应温度胁迫,减轻自由基伤害,并促进次生产物合成的原因。     

PEG胁迫及复水对不同抗旱性小麦幼苗脯氨酸代谢关键酶活性的影响

以两种不同抗旱性小麦品种幼苗为试验材料,采用PEG模拟干旱胁迫处理,探究干旱胁迫及复水对小麦幼苗叶片与根系脯氨酸累积及关键酶活性的影响。结果显示:(1)PEG胁迫下抗旱品种‘普冰143’根长和根干重下降不大,而水敏感品种‘郑引1号’根长和根干重下降显著;且于胁迫处理36h时‘普冰143’根系脯氨酸含量增加(75.0%)显著大于‘郑引1号’(37.7%),复水24h后均恢复至对照水平。(2)PEG胁迫下‘普冰143’叶片中谷氨酸合成途径关键酶P5CS和鸟氨酸合成途径关键酶δ-OAT活性均显著增加,且‘普冰143’叶片脯氨酸两条合成途径关键酶活性均得以加强;PEG胁迫处理36h时,‘郑引1号’叶片中P5CS活性增加显著,δ-OAT活性变化较小,且‘郑引1号’叶片脯氨酸合成可能以谷氨酸途径为主;但在PEG胁迫下两个不同抗旱性品种的根中P5CS、δ-OAT活性均变化较小。(3)PEG胁迫处理36h时‘普冰143’叶片脯氨酸降解酶PDH活性显著下降,而‘郑引1号’叶片PDH活性显著增加,复水后抗旱品种叶片该酶活性显著增加,水敏感品种恢复至对照水平;但PEG胁迫处理下两个不同抗旱性品种的根中PDH活性均显著下降。研究表明,PEG胁迫下小麦叶片是合成脯氨酸的主要部位,抗旱品种‘普冰143’根系脯氨酸持续积累与叶片中高的脯氨酸合成关键酶活性及脯氨酸转运有关。     

小麦幼苗叶片抗氰呼吸对轻度水分胁迫的响应

小麦幼苗经－０．５ＭＰa聚乙二醇（ＰＥＧ－６０００）溶液暗中渗透迫０、６、１２、１８、２４、３０、３６、４２、４８h,叶片的总呼吸速率（Ｖt)呈现先上升后降低的趋势,交替途径呼吸也表现出相同的变化模式。水分胁迫初期（０－１２h),交替途径容量（Ｖalt)、实际运行活性（ρValt)及运行系数（ρ值）均上升,此后（１８－４８h）逐渐下降,水分胁迫也影响了呼吸电子流在２条呼吸途径中的分配比例,胁迫初期的０－１２h内,流经交替途径的电子流增多,而流向细胞色素主路的电子流减少,但随着胁迫时间的延长,交替途径的贡献降低,而细胞色素主路的贡献增加,说明小麦叶片的抗氰呼吸在水分胁迫初期被诱导增加,而随着胁迫进行的延长又表现为下降。     

2,4-D和乙烯利对辣椒花柄离区DNA和蛋白合成的影响(简报)

乙烯利处理后0～4h，辣椒花柄离区DNA和蛋白质合成显著增加；250mg·L－1乙烯利处理后32h辣椒落花率达100％。2，4－D处理的离区DNA合成量降低；处理后0～4h促进离区蛋白质合成，4～24h蛋白质合成量逐渐降低；10mg·L－12，4D处理可抑制落花。     

高温胁迫诱导对白桦悬浮细胞三萜积累及防御酶活性的影响

通过研究不同高温胁迫下白桦细胞的细胞活力,防御酶活性和总三萜含量的变化,确定诱导白桦细胞合成三萜的最适高温胁迫条件。35℃、40℃、45℃、50℃和55℃胁迫白桦细胞1、2和4 h,测定其细胞活力,防御酶(SOD、CAT和PAL)活性和总三萜含量。结果显示,45-55℃高温胁迫下,细胞活力显著下降,以50℃2 h处理下降最显著,是对照细胞活力的6.8%;SOD和PAL活性显著增加,以55℃4 h处理后24 h时SOD和PAL活性最高,分别较对照提高164.9%和159.6%;CAT活性受到抑制,以55℃2 h和4 h处理在12 h后取样最低。50℃处理2 h后24 h取样,细胞总三萜含量最高,浓度为76.66 mg/g,比对照提高105.6%。最终确定50℃胁迫2 h后24 h取样为利用高温胁迫诱导白桦悬浮细胞合成三萜类物质的最适温度胁迫条件。     

产γ-氨基丁酸乳酸菌的发酵优化

为显著提高γ-氨基丁酸的产量,对发酵培养基的装液量、接种量、碳源、氮源、L-谷氨酸（L-Glu）的添加量进行了单因素优化,在单因素基础上进行响应面优化,利用 Plackett-Burman 得出对产γ-氨基丁酸影响最大的因素分别为：葡萄糖、玉米浆、接种量以及发酵时间,用最陡爬坡试验逼近关键因素的最大响应区域。在此基础上,采用 Box-Behnken 试验设计对培养基组分进行进一步优化,得出4种显著因子葡萄糖、玉米浆、接种量以及发酵时间的最佳结果分别为22．0 g·L－1、15．0 g·L－1、19％和48 h。采用优化培养基后,γ-氨基丁酸的产量可达到12．030 g·L－1,较原始培养基的产量增加了5．602 g·L－1。     

含硫、硒化合物在油菜中的积累及其对硫甙水平的影响

温室条件下,对硫胁迫与供硫充足的油菜植株,分别用Ｌ－甲硫氨酸和硒酸盐（ＳｅＯ＾２－４）代替营养液中的硫酸协以及增加ＳＯ＾２－４供应浓度的方法,探讨了不同处理对油菜植株硫甙合成积累的影响,结果说明,增加供硫浓度可明显促进硫甙的合成速率,且在４８ｈ内以两个供硫水平的植株皆呈密切的二次回归递增趋势,ＳｅＯ＾２－４对植株甙的合成积累具有强烈的阻抑效应,并对供硫充足的植株影响更大,４８ｈ内呈直线下降,Ｌ－甲     

外源甜菜碱对低温胁迫下香蕉内源甜菜碱合成的影响

以巴西香蕉(MusaAAA Giant Cavendish cv.Brazil)幼苗为试验材料,用不同浓度外源甜菜碱(BT)预处理香蕉幼苗后,置于人工气候箱中模拟低温(7℃)胁迫,分别测定香蕉叶片和根系内源甜菜碱的含量和甜菜碱合成关键酶甜菜碱醛脱氢酶(BADH)活性,以探讨外源甜菜碱对香蕉叶片和根系内源甜菜碱合成的影响.结果显示:7℃低温胁迫16 h后,10 mg/L外源甜菜碱即可极显著提高香蕉幼苗叶片BADH活性,叶片内源BT含量也同步极显著增加,低温胁迫24h后根系内源甜菜碱的含量虽显著高于常温对照,其BADH活性却无显著提升.同时,香蕉幼苗叶片内源BT含量的积累与叶片BADH活性的提高具有显著正相关关系,与根系内源BT含量的增加呈极显著正相关关系,与外源BT浓度无显著相关性.研究表明,外源甜菜碱可促进低温胁迫下香蕉内源甜菜碱的合成和积累,叶片和根系均具有合成内源BT的能力.     

In Vitro Enzymological Studies on Anabolism of 2,4-diaminobutyric Acid in Lathyrus sylvestris

An in vitro synthetic reaction system was established with 2,3-3H-aspartic acid (Asp) as a substrate and the homogenate of fiatpea ( Lathyrus sylvestris L. ) leaves as the crude enzyme extract. The results showed that 3H-Asp was incorporated into 2,4-diaminobutyric acid (DABA). The incorporation was inhibited by the addition of glutamic acid (Glu). 3H-Asp was also incorporated into DABA after the cmde enzyme was dialyzed, indicating that Asp as a substrate for DABA synthesis was catalyzed by a group of enzymes which converted Asp to DABA in flatpea. From the in vitro reactions it was proved that DABA and γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) could not be mutually substituted as substrates.     

林生山黧豆中2,4—二氨基丁酸合成代谢的体外酶学研究

用~3H-天门冬氨酸为底物,林生山黧豆(Lathyrus sylvestris L.)叶片匀浆上清液为粗酶液,进行体外反应。结果表明,天门冬氨酸的放射性掺入到2,4-二氨基丁酸,加入谷氨酸则能抑制这种掺入。将上述粗酶液透析,加入可能的辅助因子,天门冬氨酸的放射性也掺入到2,4-二氨基丁酸。研究证实在体外天门冬氨酸可以作为2,4-二基丁酸合成的底物,在林生山黧豆体内存在催化天门冬氨酸转变为2,4-二氨基丁酸的合成酶(系)。以2,4-二氨基丁酸和γ-氨基丁酸为底物,用氨基酸自动分析仪测定产物含量,结果表明,2,4-二氨基丁酸和γ-氨基丁酸不互相转变。     

Modulation by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate of arachidonic acid release from rat basophilic leukemia cells stimulated with A23187

Rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells were cultured in medium containing [3H]arachidonic acid and labelling of the different lipid fractions was followed with time. After up to 4 h of culture, the label was found mostly in phosphatidylcholine. After 8 h, labelling of phosphatidylethanolamine gradually exceeded that of phosphatidylcholine, until at 24 h, approximate equilibrium labelling of the lipid fractions was attained and 45% of the label was found in phosphatidylethanolamine, 35% in phosphatidylcholine, 18% in the phosphatidylserine/inositide fraction and the remainder in the neutral lipid fraction. Stimulation of cells with A23187 after 30 min of labelling caused release of [3H]arachidonic acid which was accountable by a decrease in radioactivity of phosphatidylcholine, whereas stimulation of cells after 24 h of labelling caused the release of radioactive arachidonic acid, which was accompanied by a decrease of label in both phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. Incubation of the labelled cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate prior to ionophore addition enhanced both the release of [3H]arachidonic acid and its metabolites and the decrease in label of the same phospholipids as those affected by ionophore alone. Under our conditions, the enhancement effects of phorbol ester were greatest after 2-5 min of preincubation, prior to ionophore addition. The results suggest that in basophilic leukemia cells, arachidonic acid release proceeds from several pools of phospholipids and that the activity of the phospholipase(s) involved is modulated by protein kinase C.     

Sugar signalling is involved in the sex expression response of monoecious cucumber to low temperature

This study aimed to investigate how low temperature alters the sex expression of monoecious cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.). Plants were grown under different day/night temperature regimes, 28?°C/18?°C (12?h/12?h), 18?°C/12?°C, 28?°C/12?°C, and 28?°C/(6?h 18?°C+6?h 12?°C). It was found that plant femaleness is highest in the 28?°C/(6?h 18?°C+6?h 12?°C) treatment. Analysis of endogenous phytohormones and sugars in the shoot apex revealed that plant femaleness is positively correlated with the levels of ethylene, abscisic acid (ABA), glucose, and sucrose. Exogenous application experiments suggest that ABA and ethylene biosynthesis, as well as plant femaleness, was enhanced by glucose, sucrose, and mannose, but not by 3-O-methylglucose. Exogenous ABA had no significant effect on ethylene biosynthesis and plant femaleness. Both low temperature- and sugar-induced ABA biosynthesis, ethylene evolution, and plant femaleness can be antagonized by the hexokinase inhibitor glucosamine and the ABA biosynthesis inhibitor nordihydroguaiaretic acid. It is concluded that the enhancement of cucumber femaleness under various temperature regimes is induced by elevated levels of glucose and sucrose in the shoot apex through a sugar signalling pathway involving hexokinase.     

RNA metabolism in the cortex of newly weaned rats following first exposure to light

Newly weaned rats which had been kept in the darl from birth were injected intraventricularly with (6-¹⁴C) orotic acid. Experimental rats were exposed to light for 2 h and dark controls were returned to the dark environment for 2 h. It was found that after this period the relative specific activity of the RNA in the visual cortex of the former was significantly (p<0.001) higher than that of the RNA in the visual cortex of the latter. There was no significant difference in the labelling of the frontal cortex.In a second group of experiments light deprived newly weaned rats were exposed to light for periods ranging from 0–15 h prior to being given a 1 h pulse of (6-¹⁴C) orotic acid. After 1–2 h after first exposure to light the labelling of the RNA in the visual cortex was significantly increased (p<0.001) but after 3 h the labelling was not significantly different from the dark control value. This transient increase in RNA labelling after first exposure to light was not found in the frontal cortex.     

The effect of cadmium on lipid and fatty acid biosynthesis in tomato leaves

This research aims to examine the effect of cadmium uptake on lipid composition and fatty acid biosynthesis, in young leaves of tomato treated seedlings (Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Ibiza F1). Results in membrane lipids investigations revealed that high cadmium concentrations affect the main lipid classes, leading to strong changes in their composition and fatty acid content. Thus, the exposure of tomato plants to cadmium caused a concentration-related decrease in the unsaturated fatty acid content, resulting in a lower degree of fatty acid unsaturation. The level of lipid peroxides was significantly enhanced at high Cd concentrations. Studies of the lipid metabolism using radioactive labelling with [1-¹⁴C]acetate as a major precursor of lipid biosynthesis, showed that levels of radioactivity incorporation in total lipids as well as in all lipid classes were lowered by Cd doses. In total lipid fatty acids, [1-¹⁴C]acetate incorporation was reduced in tri-unsaturated fatty acids (C16:3 and C18:3); While it was enhanced in the palmitic (C16:0), palmitoleic (C16:1), stearic (C18:0) and linoleic (C18:2) acids. [1-¹⁴C]acetate incorporation into C16:3 and C18:3 of galactolipids [monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG)] and some phospholipids [phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG)] was inhibited by Cd stress. Our results showed that in tomato plants, cadmium stress provoked an inhibition of polar lipid biosynthesis and reduced fatty acid desaturation process.     

In Vivo Biosynthesis of 35S-Substance P from [35S]Methionine in the Rat Striatum and Its Transport to the Substantia Nigra

Rats with a push-pull cannula implanted in the right striatum were used to study the biosynthesis of 35S-substance P (SP) from [35S]methionine and its transport to the ipsilateral substantia nigra. [35S]Methionine was delivered for 2, 3 or 5 h to the push-pull cannula. 35S-SP in striatal and nigral tissues was estimated after immunoadsorption and HPLC. Higher levels of 35S-SP in striatal homogenates were found after a 5-h labelling period. 35S-P biosynthesis was inhibited when cycloheximide was superfused together with [35S]methionine. The identity of 35S-SP was further checked by its conversion into 35S-SP sulphoxide. After a 5-h labelling period, 35S-SP was also recovered in the substantia nigra. This was not the case after hemisection of striato-nigral fibers. When rats were killed 15 or 24 h after the 5-h labelling period, 35S-SP levels in the substantia nigra were higher than those found just after 5-h labelling period, while the reverse was observed in the striatum.     

3-Hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoic acid is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of benzoic acid and salicylic acid but benzaldehyde is not

Stable-isotope-labelled (²H₆,¹⁸O) 3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoic acid, a putative intermediate in the biosynthesis of benzoic acid (BA) and salicylic acid (SA) from cinnamic acid, has been synthesized and administered to cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and Nicotiana attenuata (Torrey). Analysis of the products by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry revealed incorporation of labelling into BA and SA, but not into benzaldehyde. In a separate experiment, 3-hydroxy- 3-phenylpropanoic acid was found to be a metabolite of phenylalanine, itself the primary metabolic precursor of BA and SA. These data suggest that cinnamic acid chain shortening is probably achieved by β-oxidation, and that the proposed “non-oxidative” pathway of side-chain degradation does not function in the biosynthesis of BA and SA, in cucumber and N. attenuata. Received: 10 February 2000 / Accepted: 18 April 2000     

Lipid metabolism in the moss Dicranum scoparium: effect of light conditions and heavy metals on the accumulation of acetylenic triacylglycerols

Lipid metabolism in the moss Dicranum scoparium Hedw. was studied using radiolabelling from [1-¹⁴C]acetate. The effect of two environmental parameters, light and heavy metals, on such metabolism was examined. Radiolabelling was approximately linear for 48 h after which the radioactivity in the total and polar lipid fractions remained constant in the light, whereas it declined in the dark. Pulse-chase experiments confirmed that lipid labelling was influenced by light exposure. Light exposure altered the pattern of polar lipid labelling, especially of those lipids associated with chloroplast membranes. Within the neutral lipids, diacylglycerols and triacylglycerols (TAGs) were the major classes labelled. D. scoparium contained up to 45% of total acyl moieties as 9,12,15-octadecatrien-6-ynoic (18:3A) acid and this was found in a TAG subfraction which could be separated by TLC. Although TAGs always represented 65–75% of total neutral lipid labelling, the proportion of TAGs containing 18:3A was increased with time and by light but reduced by exposure to environmentally relevant levels of Cu²⁺ and Pb²⁺. The data suggest that 18:3A is produced in D. scoparium by the action of a bi-functional Δ6-desaturase on α -linolenate. Furthermore, important environmental factors (such as light and heavy metals) significantly change the metabolism of TAGs containing 18:3A.     

De novo biosynthesis of arachidonic acid and 5,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus

The de novo biosynthesis of 5,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid (5,11,14-20:3), arachidonic acid (20:4(n - 6] and eicosadienoic acid (20:2(n - 6] and the elongation/desaturation of linoleic acid (18:2(n - 6] to 20:4(n - 6) and alpha-linolenic acid (18:3(n - 3] to eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5(n - 3] were demonstrated in adult males of the field cricket Teleogryllus commodus. Sodium [1-14C]acetate, [1-14C]18:2(n - 6) and [1-14C]18:3(n - 3) were injected into adult male crickets and after an incubation period, the testes and remaining tissues were extracted and the methyl esters obtained from the phospholipid and triacylglycerol fractions were analyzed. After 5 days of daily injections of [1-14C]acetate, the methyl esters of the triene and tetraene fatty acids from the testicular phospholipid fraction were purified by AgNO3-TLC and HPLC and analyzed by GLC, radio-HPLC, and radio-GLC of ozonolysis products. The results demonstrate the de novo biosynthesis of 20:2(n - 6), 20:4(n - 6) and an isomer of 20:3(n - 6) with double bonds in the 5,11,14 positions. the elongation/desaturation of 18:2(n - 6) to 20:4(n - 6) and 18:3(n - 3) to 20:5(n - 3) was demonstrated by analysis of the methyl esters derived from the testicular phospholipid fraction by radio-HPLC after injecting crickets with radiolabeled substrates.