Regulation of cellulases and xylanases from a derepressed mutant of Cellulomonas flavigena growing on sugar-cane bagasse in continuous culture

When the wild type Cellulomonas flavigena was grown on glycerol, xylose or cellobiose, it produced basal levels of carboxymethyl-cellulase (CMCase), filter-paperase (FPase) and xylanase activities. By comparison, a catabolic derepressed mutant strain of the same organism produced markedly higher levels of these enzymes when grown on the same carbon sources. Sugar-cane bagasse induced both the wild type and the mutant strain to produce three- to eight-time higher levels of FPase and xylanase than was observed with xylose or cellobiose. Continuous culture was used to determine the minimal cellobiose or glucose concentrations that repress the enzyme synthesis in both strains. 2.5 g l(-1) glucose repressed FPase and xylanases from wild type, while 1.6 times more glucose was needed to repress the same activities in the PN-120 strain. In the same way, twofold more cellobiose was needed to reduce by 75% the CMCase and xylanase activities in the mutant compared to the wild type. The FPase in the presence of 4 g l(-1) cellobiose did not change in the same strain. Therefore, its derepressed and feedback resistant characters of PN-120 mutant are evident. On the other hand, isoelectrofocused crude extracts of mutant and wild strains induced by sugar-cane bagasse, did not show differences in protein patterns, however, the Schiffs staining was more intense in the PN-120 than in the wild strain. These results point out that the mutational treatment did not apparently change the extracellular proteins from mutant PN-120 and this could affect their regulation sites, since derepressed and feed-back resistant enzymes may be produced.     

Production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid by fermentation and bioconversion processes with Azohydromonas lata

Feasibility of producing (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid ((R)-3-HB) using wild type Azohydromonas lata and its mutants (derived by UV mutation) was investigated. A. lata mutant (M5) produced 780 mg/l in the culture broth when sucrose was used as the carbon source. M5 was further studied in terms of its specificity with various bioconversion substrates for production of (R)-3-HB. (R)-3-HB concentration produced in the culture broth by M5 mutant was 2.7-fold higher than that of the wild type strain when sucrose (3% w/v) and (R,S)-1,3-butanediol (3% v/v) were used as carbon source and bioconversion substrate, respectively. Bioconversion of resting cells (M5) with glucose (1% v/w), ethylacetoacetate (2% v/v), and (R,S)-1,3-butanediol (3% v/v), resulted in (R)-3-HB concentrations of 6.5 g/l, 7.3 g/l and 8.7 g/l, respectively.     

Metabolic flux distribution for γ-linolenic acid synthetic pathways in<Emphasis Type="Italic">Spirulina platensis</Emphasis>

Spirulina produces γ-linolenic acid (GLA), an important pharmaceutical substance, in a relatively low level compared with fungi and plants, prompting more research to improve its GLA yield. In this study, metabolic flux analysis was applied to determine the cellular metabolic flux distributions in the GLA synthetic pathways of twoSpirulina strains, wild type BP and a high-GLA producing mutant Z19/2. Simplified pathways involving the GLA synthesis ofS. platensis formulated comprise of photosynthesis, gluconeogenesis, the pentose phosphate pathway, the anaplerotic pathway, the tricarboxylic cycle, the GLA synthesis pathway, and the biomass synthesis pathway. A stoichiometric model reflecting these pathways contains 17 intermediates and 22 reactions. Three fluxes—the bicarbonate (C-source) uptake rate, the specific growth rate, and the GLA synthesis rate—were measured and the remaining fluxes were calculated using linear optimization. The calculation showed that the flux through the reaction converting acetyl-CoA into malonyl-CoA in the mutant strain was nearly three times higher than that in the wild-type strain. This finding implies that this reaction is rate controlling. This suggestion was supported by experiments, in which the stimulating factors for this reaction (NADPH and MgCl₂) were added into the culture medium, resulting in an increased GLA-synthesis rate in the wild type strain.     

绿色微囊藻的混合营养生长

研究绿色微囊藻(Microcystis viridis)在混合条件下的生长特性,以及葡萄糖,光照强度和pH对绿色微囊藻生长的影响。结果表明:绿色微囊藻混合营养生长与光能自养生长相比,生长速率明显提高,对数期延长,生物量显著提高;随着初始葡萄糖浓度在0~18.0g/l范围内增加,同一光照条件下明显提高了藻细胞的生长速率,但在初始葡萄糖浓度18.0~36.0g/l范围内,同一光照条件下葡萄糖浓度的高低对藻细胞的生长速率不再有更大的影响;在光照强度24~112μE·m^-2·s^-1范围内,初始葡萄糖浓度相同条件下藻细胞的生长速率及对葡萄糖的藻体得率都随光照强度的增强而增大,但当光照强度在112~200μE·m^-2·s^-1时,绿色微囊藻的生长速率增加幅度较小,出现了光饱和现象;当pH处于8.0~10.0间,明显促进了绿色微囊藻的生长,偏离该范围越大,越抑制绿色微囊藻的生长,甚至导致死亡。     

有机碳源对三角褐指藻生长、胞内物质和脂肪酸组分的影响

研究了3种有机碳对三角褐指藻生长、胞内物质和脂肪酸组分的影响。结果表明, 三角褐指藻具有利用有机碳进行兼养生长的能力, 生长速率加快, 倍增时间缩短, 生物量显著提高, 100 mmol/L甘油兼养的生物量最高(713 mg/L), 是自养(460 mg/L)的1.60倍, 乙酸钠和葡萄糖兼养的生物量分别是自养的1.28倍和1.21倍。兼养下蛋白质含量较自养明显下降, 碳水化合物和总脂含量高于自养, 乙酸钠和甘油兼养的总脂含量分别是自养的1.43倍和1.20倍, 葡萄糖兼养的总脂含量与自养无明显差异。3种有机碳兼养的饱和脂肪酸和单不饱和脂肪酸占总脂肪酸的比例增大, 多不饱和脂肪酸比例降低, EPA(eicosapentaenoic acid)比例降低, 乙酸钠兼养的胞内EPA含量(6.23%)和产量(36.59 mg/L)均高于自养, 分别是自养的1.10倍和1.40倍, 甘油和葡萄糖兼养的EPA含量和产量均低于自养。     

The production of polyhydroxyalkanoate by Bacillus licheniformis using sequential mutagenesis and optimization

The purpose of this study was to enhance the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) by sequential mutation of Bacillus licheniformis PHAs-007, using UV and N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (NTG). In addition, the effect of nutrient additions and environmental conditions were optimized to increase the production of PHA. Bacillus licheniformis PHAs-007 produced high amounts of PHA (64.09 ～ 68.80% of DCW) under both synthetic and renewable substrates. After mutagenesis treatment, mutant M2-12 was selected from 380 strains, based on its high biomass and PHA concentration. The mutant M2-12 gave the highest value of specific growth rate (0.09/h), biomass (22.24 g/L) and PHA content (19.55 g/L) under optimal conditions, consisting of 3% palm oil mill effluent, with no additional trace elements, at 45oC and pH 7. The mutant strain showed higher resistance to substrate concentrations, as well as pH and temperature, than the wild type. The accumulation of PHA was increased by 3.18-fold compared to the wild type, and the production of PHA by the mutant M2-12 was constantly retained over 12 times of cultivation. The mutation and optimization strategy appear to be suitable for producing high density PHA, reducing the medium cost and consequently lowering the production cost. Interestingly, the mutant strain could synthesize the novel PHA copolymers such as 3-hydroxyvalerate and 3-hydroxyhexanoate, which were not produced by the wild type.     

拉曼被孢霉F_5发酵生产γ—亚麻酸的研究

对拉曼被孢霉突变株F5发酵生产γ—亚麻酸的最适碳源、氮源、发酵时间及温度、无机盐离子添加、最适碳源浓度及补加碳源时间等发酵条件进行了研究探讨。最适发酵培养基组成为 (g/L) :葡萄糖 1 0 0 ,酵母浸出粉 4 ,蛋白胨 1 ,K2 HPO4 1 ,CaCl2 1× 1 0 - 2 ,MgSO4 5× 1 0 - 2 ,FeSO4 1× 1 0 - 2 ,ZnSO4 7.5× 1 0 - 3,CuSO4 0 .5× 1 0 - 3,MnSO4 2× 1 0 - 3,pH 6.0。培养温度为 2 5℃ ,1 4 0r/min振荡培养 1 0天 ,培养 8天后 (即收获前 2天 )补加 5 %葡萄糖。发酵结果为 :DC 2 4 .5 9g/L ,TL 1 0 .84g/L ,TL/DC 4 4.0 9% ,GLA/TL 1 0 .67% ,GLA产量为 1 1 5 6.63mg/L。GLA产量较初始结果提高 1 5 6.1 5 %。该菌株已达到工业化生产菌株要求     

Effects of edd and pgi disruptions on inosine accumulation in Escherichia coli

Using an inosine-producing mutant of Escherichia coli, the contributions of the central carbon metabolism for overproducing inosine were investigated. Sodium gluconate instead of glucose was tested as a carbon source to increase the supply of ribose-5-phosphate through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway. The edd (6-phosphogluconate dehydrase gene)-disrupted mutant accumulated 2.5 g/l of inosine from 48 g/l of sodium gluconate, compared with 1.4 g/l of inosine in the edd wild strain. The rpe (ribulose phosphate 3-epimerase gene)-disrupted mutant resulted in low cell growth and low inosine production on glucose and on gluconate. The disruption of pgi (glucose-6-phosphate isomerase gene) was effective for increasing the accumulation of inosine from glucose but resulted in low cell growth. The pgi-disrupted mutant accumulated 3.7 g/l of inosine from 40 g/l of glucose when 8 g/l of yeast extract was added to the medium. Furthermore, to improve effective utilization of adenine, the yicP (adenine deaminase gene)-disrupted mutant was evaluated. It showed higher inosine accumulation, of 3.7 g/l, than that of 2.8 g/l in the yicP wild strain when 4 g/l of yeast extract was added to the medium.     

Citric acid production from cellobiose by 2-deoxyglucose-resistant mutant strains of Aspergillus niger in semi-solid culture

Citric acid production from cellobiose by Aspergillus niger was studied by a semi-solid culture method using bagasse as a carrier. From the parental strain Yang no. 2, mutant strains showing resistance to 2-deoxy-d-glucose (DG) on minimal medium containing glucose as a carbon source were induced. The representative mutant strain M155 was selected and subjected to further mutation. The new series of mutant strains showing resistance to DG on minimal medium containing cellobiose as a carbon source was induced, and among them the best mutant strain C192 showed higher citric acid productivity than Yang no. 2 in semi-solid culture when glucose was used as a carbon source. Moreover, in semi-solid culture, the strain C192 produced 49.6 g/l of citric acid, 1.6 times as much citric acid as Yang no. 2 produced, from 100 g cellobiose/l and showed enhanced -glucosidase production. In shake culture, the extracellular -glucosidase activity of C192 was higher than that of Yang no. 2 when not only cellobiose but also glucose and glycerol, catabolite repressors, were used as a carbon source. These results indicate that mutant strains such as C192 are insensitive to catabolite repression. Correspondence to: S. Usami     

Production of erythritol from glucose by an osmophilic mutant of Candida magnoliae

Candida magnoliae and its mutants were analyzed to produce erythritol from glucose with high yield and productivity. One mutant, M2, showed higher erythritol conversion yield and productivity than the wild strain. The osmophilic mutant produced 25 g erythritol l^–1 after 83 h of a flask culture in a medium containing 10% (w/v) glucose, corresponding to a 25% increase in erythritol and a 30% increase in erythritol productivity compared with the wild type. The fermentation properties were further improved by cultivating the osmophilic mutant in a fermenter containing 20% (w/v) glucose medium with 0.54 g l^–1 h^–1 of erythritol productivity and 43% of erythritol conversion yield based on glucose.     

Enhanced glutamic acid production by a H+-ATPase-defective mutant of Corynebacterium glutamicum

Previously we reported that a mutant of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC14067 with reduced H+-ATPase activity, F172-8, showed an approximately two times higher specific rate of glucose consumption than the parent, but no glutamic acid productivity under the standard biotin-limited culture conditions, where biotin concentration was set at 5.5 microg/l in the production medium (Sekine et al., Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 57, 534-540 (2001)). In this study, various culture conditions were tested to check the glutamic acid productivity of strain F172-8. The mutant was found to produce glutamic acid under exhaustive biotin limitation, where the biotin concentration of the medium was set at 2.5 microg/l with much smaller inoculum size. When strain F172-8 was cultured under the same biotin-limited conditions using a jar fermentor, 53.7 g/l of glutamic acid was produced from 100 g/l glucose, while the parent produced 34.9 g/l of glutamic acid in a medium with 5.5 microg/l biotin. The glutamic acid yield of strain F172-8 also increased under Tween 40-triggered production conditions (1.2-fold higher than the parent strain). The amounts of biotin-binding enzymes were investigated by Western blot analysis. As compared to the parent, the amount of pyruvate carboxylase was lower in the mutant; however, the amount of acetyl-CoA carboxylase did not significantly change under the glutamic acid production conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report showing that the H+-ATPase-defective mutant of C. glutamicum is useful in glutamic acid production.     

叶绿素合成缺陷型小球藻突变株的选育及其蛋白产能和品质评价

本研究旨在利用常压室温等离子体(atmospheric pressure room temperature plasma, ARTP)诱变技术构建叶绿素合成缺陷型凯式小球藻突变株,筛选出极低叶绿素、适用于发酵生产蛋白质的新藻种。首先经优化诱变处理时间后建立了野生型兼养细胞的致死率曲线,在高于95%致死率条件下处理对数早期兼养细胞,基于可视化藻落颜色变化初筛获得4株突变株。随后在摇瓶中异养培养突变株,系统评价了蛋白生产性能,发现在含有30 g/L葡萄糖和5 g/L NaNO₃的Basal培养基中,突变株P. ks4表现最优,蛋白含量及产率分别为39.25%干重及1.15g/(L·d),氨基酸评分达101.34,叶绿素a含量下降98.78%且不含叶绿素b,含有叶黄素0.62 mg/g而使藻体呈金黄色。本研究为微藻替代蛋白的发酵生产提供了高性能、高品质的新种质P. ks 4。     

Beta-fructofuranosidase production by 2-deoxyglucose resistant mutants of aspergillus niger in submerged and solid-state fermentation

Aspergillus niger produces extracellular beta-fructofuranosidase under submerged (SmF) and solid state fermentation (SSF) conditions. After UV mutagenesis of conidiospores of A. niger, 2-deoxyglucose (10 g/l) resistant mutants were isolated on Czapek's minimal medium containing glycerol as a carbon source and the mutants were examined for improved production of beta-fructofuranosidase in SmF and SSF conditions. One of such mutant DGRA-1 overproduced beta-fructofuranosidase in both SmF and SSF conditions. In SmF, the mutant DGRA-1 showed higher beta-fructofuranosidase productivity (110.8 U/l/hr) than the wild type (48.3 U/l/hr). While in SSF the same strain produced 322 U/l/hr of beta-fructofuranosidase, 2 times higher than that of wild type (154.2 U/l/hr). In SmF, both wild type and mutants produced relatively low level of beta-fructofuranosidase in medium containing sucrose with glucose than from the sucrose medium. However in SSF, the DGRA-1 mutant grown in sucrose and sucrose+ glucose did not show any difference with respect to beta-fructofuranosidase production. These results indicate that the catabolite repression of beta-fructofuranosidase synthesis is observed in SmF whereas in SSF such regulation was not prominent.     

Changes in photosynthesis and pigmentation in an agp deletion mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp

The agp gene encoding ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is involved in cyanobacterial glycogen synthesis. By in vitro DNA recombination technology, agp deletion mutant (agp ^–) of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 was constructed. This mutation led to a complete absence of glycogen biosynthesis. As compared with WT (wild type), a 60% decrease in ratio of the c-phycocyanine/chlorophyll a and no significant change in the carotenoid/chlorophyll a were observed in agp ^– cells. The agp ^– mutant had 38% less photosynthetic capacity when grown in light over 600 mol m^–2 s^–1. Under lower light intensity, the final biomass of the mutant strain was only 1.1 times of that of the WT strain under mixotrophic condition after 6 d culture. Under higher light intensity, however, the final biomass of the WT strain under mixotrophic conditions was 3 times that of the mutant strain after 6 d culture and 1.5 times under photoautotrophic conditions. The results indicate that there is a minimum requirement for glycogen synthesis for normal growth and development in cyanobacteria.     

Selection and study of a Candida molischiana mutant derepressed for β-glucosidase production

Abstract A mutant strain of Candida molischiana was selected. Analysis of the exocellular activity of Candida molischiana 35M5N grown on different carbon sources revealed that the biosynthesis of β-glucosidase is derepressed in this yeast strain. The strain is not a hyper-producer mutant. There were no observed differences in the endocellular and parietal activities of the wild and mutant strains. However, the mutant strain produced 35-fold more enzyme than the wild-type in the culture medium with glucose as carbon source. When glucose was used as carbon source, the mutant strain produced 90% more exocellular enzyme than when cellobiose was used as the carbon source.     

Single cell oil (SCO) production by Mortierella isabellina grown on high-sugar content media

Mortierella isabellina cultivated in nitrogen-limited media presented remarkable cell growth (up to 35.9 g/l) and high glucose uptake even with high initial sugar concentrations (e.g. 100 g/l) in media. After nitrogen depletion, significant fat quantities were accumulated inside the fungal mycelia (50-55%, wt/wt oil in dry biomass), resulting in a notable single cell oil production of 18.1 g/l of culture medium. Total dry biomass and lipid yields presented greatly increased values (0.34 and 0.17 g respectively per gram of glucose consumed). The microbial lipid produced contained gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) at a concentration of 3.5+/-1.0%, wt/wt, which corresponded to 16-19 mg GLA per gram of dry microbial mass and a maximum concentration of 0.801 g GLA per liter of culture medium.     

Effects of edd and pgi Disruptions on Inosine Accumulation in Escherichia coli

Using an inosine-producing mutant of Escherichia coli, the contributions of the central carbon metabolism for overproducing inosine were investigated. Sodium gluconate instead of glucose was tested as a carbon source to increase the supply of ribose-5-phosphate through the oxidative pentose phosphate pathway. The edd (6-phosphogluconate dehydrase gene)-disrupted mutant accumulated 2.5 g/l of inosine from 48 g/l of sodium gluconate, compared with 1.4 g/l of inosine in the edd wild strain. The rpe (ribulose phosphate 3-epimerase gene)-disrupted mutant resulted in low cell growth and low inosine production on glucose and on gluconate. The disruption of pgi (glucose-6-phosphate isomerase gene) was effective for increasing the accumulation of inosine from glucose but resulted in low cell growth. The pgi-disrupted mutant accumulated 3.7 g/l of inosine from 40 g/l of glucose when 8 g/l of yeast extract was added to the medium. Furthermore, to improve effective utilization of adenine, the yicP (adenine deaminase gene)-disrupted mutant was evaluated. It showed higher inosine accumulation, of 3.7 g/l, than that of 2.8 g/l in the yicP wild strain when 4 g/l of yeast extract was added to the medium.     

被孢霉W_（A－90）发酵生产γ－亚麻酸的研究

本文研究了由被抱霉变株ＭＡ－９０生产了γ－亚麻酸的发酵条件．确定了最适碳源、复源及Ｃ／Ｎ．初步建立了生产γ－亚麻酸的工艺条件。葡萄糖、蔗糖及天冬酰胺和尿素为最适碳、氮源。在Ｃ／Ｎ为２０／１,葡萄糖浓度为８０ｇ／Ｌ的条件下．油脂产量和油脂中γ－亚麻酸的含量分别为８．２ｇ／Ｌ和１４．１３％,γ－亚麻酸产量及生物量分别为１．１５７ｇ／Ｌ和３１．２ｇ／Ｌ。后期适当降低培养温度和良好的通气条件均有利于γ－亚麻酸的积累。     

用抗性筛选法选育γ—亚麻酸（GLA）高产菌株

以深黄被孢霉（Mortierella isabellina）为出发菌株,经紫外线诱变处理,采用抗性筛选法,直接在梯度平板上挑选取抗脂肪酸脱氢酶抑制物抑芽丹（maleic hydrazide）的菌株进行初筛,然后经摇瓶发酵法测定相关性能指标进行得筛,获得一株生产性能比出发菌株显提高的突变株M80,其菌体收率达25.10g/L、油脂产率达12.35g/L、γ-亚麻酸（GLA）产率达771.88mg/L。     

过量表达NADH氧化酶加速光滑球拟酵母合成丙酮酸

[目的]进一步提高光滑球拟酵母(Torulopsis glabrata)发酵生产丙酮酸的生产强度.[方法]将来源于乳酸乳球菌(Lactococcus lactis)中编码形成水的NADH氧化酶noxE基因过量表达于丙酮酸工业生产菌株T. glabrata CCTCC M202019中,获得了一株NADH氧化酶活性为34.8 U/mg蛋白的重组菌T. glabrata-PDnoxE.[结果]与出发菌株T. glabrata CCTCC M202019相比,细胞浓度、葡萄糖消耗速率和丙酮酸生产强度分别提高了168%、44.9%和12%,发酵进行到36 h葡萄糖消耗完毕.补加50 g/L葡萄糖继续发酵20 h,则使丙酮酸浓度提高到67.2 g/L.葡萄糖消耗速度和丙酮酸生产强度增加的原因在于形成水的NADH氧化酶过量表达,导致NADH和ATP含量分别降低了18.1%和15.8%.而NAD<' 增加了11.1%.[结论]增加细胞内NAD<' 含量能有效地提高酵母细胞葡萄糖的代谢速度及目标代谢产物的生产强度.