响应面法优化产朊假丝酵母培养及干燥工艺

本研究旨在优化产朊假丝酵母液体培养参数及干燥保护剂配方,提高产朊假丝酵母液体培养数量,制备出高复苏率的活性干酵母。以装液量、转速、温度和培养时间为影响因素,设计单因素试验,并采用Box-Behnken试验设计及响应面分析法优化产朊假丝酵母液体培养方案。在此条件下培养酵母,以L-谷氨酸钠、乳糖、脱脂奶粉为影响因素进行单因素保护试验,并采用响应面分析法优化干燥保护剂的组合。结果表明,产朊假丝酵母最佳培养条件为装液量45 mL/250 m L,转速200 r/min,温度30℃,培养时间24 h。在此条件下,培养的产朊假丝酵母数量可以达到9.34×10~8CFU/mL;最佳保护剂组合1%L-谷氨酸钠、12%脱脂奶粉、6%乳糖,经干燥后,产朊假丝酵母复苏率达到81.9%。此时活菌数7.65×10~8CFU/g,比未加保护剂组提高了3.83倍。     

微胶囊固定化酵母培养的研究*

进行了NaCS-PDMDAAC微胶囊固定化酒精酵母和产朊假丝酵母的实验研究。考察了这两种酵母的培养规律,发现微胶囊固定化酒精酵母的产酒精情况与游离培养基本一致,在连续发酵16批后,仍具有良好的性能。同时固定化产谷胱甘肽(GSH)的产朊假丝酵母的研究也表明固定化培养GSH产量与游离细胞产量相近。     

微胶囊固定化酵母培养的研究

进行了ＮａＣＳＰＤＭＤＡＡＣ微胶囊固定化酒精酵母和产朊假丝酵母的实验研究。考察了这两种酵母的培养规律,发现微胶囊固定化酒精酵母的产酒精情况与游离培养基本一致,在连续发酵１６批后,仍具有良好的性能。同时固定化产谷胱甘肽（ＧＳＨ）的产朊假丝酵母的研究也表明固定化培养ＧＳＨ产量与游离细胞产量相近     

培养方式对富硒产朊假丝酵母性能的影响

在摇瓶和5 L发酵罐水平上分别考察亚硒酸钠浓度及其添加方式对高性能(高有机硒含量和高谷胱甘肽含量)富硒产朊假丝酵母制备的影响.结果表明:亚硒酸钠添加质量浓度为15 mg/L时,产朊假丝酵母具有较好的富硒效果,但一次性添加对酵母细胞有较大的毒害作用.采用分批次添加亚硒酸钠的方法获得了较好的制备高性能富硒产朊假丝酵母的培养方式:发酵起始添加L-蛋氨酸10 mmol/L,并在发酵过程的12和15 h分别添加亚硒酸钠10和5 mg/L.在此培养方式下,产朊假丝酵母胞内谷胱甘肽和有机硒含量分别达到172.3 mg/L和1194 μg/g.     

产朊假丝酵母细胞壁对铜离子吸附机理研究

比较了产朊假丝酵母细胞与分离纯化的细胞壁对铜离子吸附能力。观察铜离子浓度、温度和pH值对产朊假丝酵母吸附铜离子的影响,探讨细胞壁在酵母吸附重金属离子过程中的作用机理。结果表明,细胞壁是酵母吸附重金属离子的主要部位。细胞壁的蛋白酶酶解实验证明,对胰蛋白酶不敏感的细胞壁嵌合蛋白是铜离子吸附的主要位点。     

产朊假丝酵母整合表达载体的构建

[目的]构建一个产朊假丝酵母(Candida utilis,C.utilis)整合表达载体.[方法]该载体以质粒pBR322为骨架,包括3-磷酸甘油醛脱氢酶(GAP)启动子和终止子、放线菌酮(CYH)抗性基因和18S rDNA介导的同源整合区.再以木聚糖酶基因为目标基因,插入pGLR9K载体上,构建重组表达载体,电击转化C.utilis.对阳性转化子进行酶活测定,检测其表达情况.[结果]转化子的胞内外都可检测到木聚糖酶酶活,酶活可达60 U/mL.[结论]本实验构建了一个C.utilis载体,并用此载体表达了木聚糖酶基因,本研究将为产朊假丝酵母工程菌在饲料添加剂及食品行业中的应用提供又一个新的实验平台.     

新的热带假丝酵母载体-宿主系统的建立

热带假丝酵母(Candida tropicalis)是一种可以利用多种非糖碳源代谢的微生物,在石油发酵、石油化工生产领域已得到长期应用^[1]。随着分子生物学研究技术的发展。通过代谢工程技术改变热带假丝酵母的代谢途径和流向．发展出能够把石油中的烃类物质发酵转化成各种重要化工原料、中间体的新型生产菌株,已普遍受到国内外研究机构的重视。另一方面,热带假丝酵母具有细胞生长密度高,分泌蛋白能力强等特点,可以发展成一个重要的异源蛋白表达体系。建立稳定高效的热带假丝酵母载体一宿主系统是实现上述构想的前提和关键。迄今为止,在热带假丝酵母细胞内尚未发现能游离于染色体外自主复制的天然质粒存在。目前已有20余种热带假丝酵母基因被克隆和鉴定。大部分与热带假丝酵母的氧化代谢过程有关,其中5个过氧物酶体蛋白基因的结构和2个细胞色素P450系统基因的表达调控规律巳被阐明^[2-5],与DNA复制过程有关的基因或功能序列均未见报道。本文研究和探索Candida属其他微生物基因元件在热带假酵母中的功能作用,选用热带假丝酵母细胞色素P450单加氧酶基因的启动子和侧翼调控序列^[3],构建了一套新的热带假丝酵母载体一宿主系统,并成功地表达了小鼠CYPlAl基因。     

一种新的食品酵母表达系统:产朊假丝酵母

由于其安全性及高效性,产朊假丝酵母表达系统受到越来越广泛的重视。该酵母具有以下特点：严格好气的条件下生长不会产生乙醇,发酵密度高,在廉价的糖蜜中能生长,本详细介绍了该系统的生物学特点,转化方法和应用前景。     

产朊假丝酵母利用不同有机酸作碳源的研究

分别通过不同有机酸为惟一碳源,研究了产朊假丝酵母（Candida utilis）能够利用的有机酸的种类,旨在为微生物的基础研究和应用基础研究提供部分依据。分别通过对培养时间和菌体在不同有机酸合成培养基中OD值进行统计分析,发现培养时间和柠檬酸、乳酸、琥珀酸、L-苹果酸培养基的OD值极显著相关（P〈0.01）;培养时间和乙酸、酒石酸、富马酸和草酸培养基的OD值无相关性。通过对比菌体培养前后有机酸合成培养基pH值的变化发现乙酸、酒石酸、富马酸和草酸合成培养基的pH值没有明显变化,而苹果酸、乳酸、琥珀酸和柠檬酸为碳源的合成培养基的pH值均明显增大。从而说明产朊假丝酵母能利用L-苹果酸、乳酸、琥珀酸、柠檬酸为碳源,而不能利用乙酸、酒石酸、草酸、富马酸为碳源。     

S-腺苷甲硫氨酸和谷胱甘肽联产发酵的环境条件

在5 L发酵罐中,研究pH、搅拌转速和温度等环境条件对产朊假丝酵母CCTCC M209298联产发酵合成S-腺苷甲硫氨酸(SAM)和谷胱甘肽(GSH)的影响,发现酵母细胞生长、SAM和GSH合成各自需要最适的pH、搅拌转速和培养温度。以SAM和GSH联产量最大化为目标,获得了较为合适的联产发酵条件:pH 5.0,搅拌转速350 r/min,温度30℃。在此环境条件下,结合不低于35%的溶氧体积分数,分批培养产朊假丝酵母24 h,最终SAM和GSH联产产量可达到579.6 mg/L。     

The ploidy determination of the biotechnologically important yeast Candida utilis

Yeast Candida utilis is considered to be a potentially advantageous expression system for production of recombinant proteins utilizable for industrial and pharmaceutical purposes. As the scientific...     

Production of ethyl acetate from dilute ethanol solutions by Candida utilis

The conversion of ethanol to ethyl acetate has an advantage as a method of ethanol recovery since ethyl acetate is amenable to simple solvent extraction. The potential of Candida utilis in this conversion was studied. The kinetics of accumulation of ethanol and ethyl acetate in glucose-grown C. utilis showed that ester formation resulted from ethanol utilization under appropriate aeration and was inhibited by Fe(3+) supplementation. Candida utilis converted ethanol to ethyl acetate optimally at pH 5.0-7.0. The five-hour rate of ester production increased as the ethanol concentration increased to 10 g/L, and rapidly declined to zero at concentrations exceeding 35 g/L. Thus, C. utilis has potential to recover dilute ethanol in the form of ethyl acetate.     

Yeast pyruvate decarboxylases: variation in biocatalytic characteristics for (R)-phenylacetylcarbinol production

Based on previous studies, Candida utilis pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) proved to be a stable and high productivity enzyme for the production (R)-phenylacetylcarbinol (PAC), a pharmaceutical precursor. However, a portion of the substrate pyruvate was lost to by-product formation. To identify a source of PDC which might overcome this problem, strains of four yeasts -- C. utilis, Candida tropicalis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces marxianus -- were investigated for their PDC biocatalytic properties. Biotransformations were conducted with benzaldehyde and pyruvate as substrates and three experimental systems were employed (in the order of increasing benzaldehyde concentrations): (I) aqueous (soluble benzaldehyde), (II) aqueous/benzaldehyde emulsion, and (III) aqueous/octanol-benzaldehyde emulsion. Although C. utilis PDC resulted in the highest concentrations of PAC and was the most stable enzyme, C. tropicalis PDC was associated with the lowest acetoin formation. For example, in system (III) the ratio of PAC over acetoin was 35 g g(-1) for C. tropicalis PDC and 9.2 g g(-1) for C. utilis PDC. The study thereby opens up the potential to design a PDC with both high productivity and high yield characteristics.     

A transformation system for the yeast Candida utilis: use of a modified endogenous ribosomal protein gene as a drug-resistant marker and ribosomal DNA as an integration target for vector DNA.

We have developed a transformation system for the yeast Candida utilis. A novel strategy was applied to construct the transformation system, since auxotrophic mutants which could be used as hosts for transformation are not available. A gene encoding the ribosomal protein L41 was cloned from C. utilis, which is sensitive to cycloheximide, and used as a marker gene conferring cycloheximide resistance after modification of its amino acid sequence. The marker gene was constructed by substitution of the proline codon at position 56 with the glutamine codon by in vitro mutagenesis, as it had been reported previously that the 56th amino acid residue of L41 is responsible for the cycloheximide sensitivity of various organisms (S. Kawai, S. Murao, M. Mochizuki, I. Shibuya, K. Yano, and M. Takagi, J. Bacteriol. 174:254-262 1992). The ribosomal DNA (i.e., DNA coding for rRNA) of C. utilis was also cloned and used as a multiple-copy target for the integration of vector DNA into the genome, which resulted in a high transformation efficiency. Transformants were obtained by electroporation with a maximum efficiency of approximately 1,400 transformants per 1 microgram of linearized DNA carrying the gene for cycloheximide resistance and part of the ribosomal DNA. No transformants were obtained with intact plasmids. Multiple copies of the linearized plasmid were integrated into the host chromosome by homologous recombination. Southern analysis of the transformants in which vector DNA was integrated at the L41 gene locus indicated that there are two copies of gene for the L41 protein per cell, suggesting that C. utilis is diploid. Transformants were obtained from a variety of C. utilis strains, indicating that this method is applicable to the transformation of other C. utilis strains, even though there is significant heterogeneity in chromosomal karyotypes among these strains.     

Interrelationships between Lactobacilli and Streptococci in Plaque Formation on a Tooth in an Artificial Mouth

Attempts to grow mixed cultures of Endomycopsis fibuligera and Candida utilis on waste material obtained from a potato processing plant were only partially successful; poor amylase production by Endomycopsis resulted in slow growth of the Candida. There was extensive conversion of starch to glucose when waste, which had been treated with a high speed shear/disintegrator, was hydrolyzed by industrial amylases derived from Aspergillus niger and Bacillus licheniformis. Growth of C. utilis on the separated liquid phase of the hydrolysate, supplemented with inorganic nitrogen, proceeded normally; the yields and growth rates were similar to those obtained with conventional substrates.     

Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene of Candida utilis

A 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (3-IMDH, EC 1.1.1.85) gene was cloned from a gene library of Candida utilis. One of the plasmids, pYKL30, could complement Escherichia coli leuB and Saccharomyces cerevisiae leu2 auxotrophs; a 2.2 kb HindIII fragment subcloned in pBR322 could still complement the leuB mutation. Southern hybridization confirmed that this fragment was derived from C. utilis. An open reading frame of 1089 bp that corresponded to a polypeptide of 363 amino acids, one residue shorter than the 3-IMDH of S. cerevisiae, was found in the cloned fragment. The homology between the 3-IMDHs of C. utilis and S. cerevisiae was 76.2% in nucleotides and 85.4% in amino acids. In contrast, the homology between the 3-IMDHs of C. utilis and Thermus thermophilus was much smaller and was restricted to some regions of the gene.