Enhanced formation of laccase activity by the white-rot fungus Trametes pubescens in the presence of copper

The white-rot fungus Trametes pubescens MB 89 has been identified as an outstanding, although not-yet-described, producer of the industrially important enzyme laccase. Extracellular laccase formation could be greatly stimulated by the addition of Cu(II) to a simple, glucose-based culture medium. Using optimum Cu concentrations (1.5-2.0 mM), maximum values for laccase activity of approximately 65 U/ml were obtained. The synthesis of the laccase protein depended on the presence of Cu in the medium as shown by Western blot analysis. Copper had to be supplemented during the exponential phase of growth for its maximal effect; addition during the stationary phase, during which laccase activity is predominantly formed, resulted in markedly reduced laccase productivity. As was shown by X-ray microanalysis of T pubescens mycelia obtained from a laboratory fermentation, Cu was rapidly taken up by the fungal biomass. A possible explanation for this stimulatory effect of Cu on laccase biosynthesis could be a role for this enzyme activity in melanin synthesis. The stimulatory effect of Cu on laccase synthesis was also effective for several other basidiomycetes and hence could be used as a simple method to boost the production of this enzyme.     

蜜环菌胞外漆酶的合成、纯化及性质研究

研究了蜜环菌胞外漆酶合成条件和酶学性质。实验表明,培养基初始pH5.5、培养温度25℃有利于菌株产酶;与麦芽糖、山梨糖和半乳糖相比,纤维二糖和棉子糖作为碳源时漆酶产量更高;有机氮源比无机氮源有利于漆酶合成。泥炭提取液可显著诱导漆酶生成,当其含量为50%时,菌株漆酶最高产量是对照组的7倍。在蜜环菌发酵上清液中检测到3个漆酶同功酶组分,其主要活性（约占75%）组份漆酶A经 (NH₄)₂SO₄沉淀、制备级PAGE电泳和阴离子交换柱层析被分离纯化至电泳均一,SDSPAGE法测得酶亚基分子量59kD,凝胶过滤色谱法测定活性酶分子量58kD。纯化的漆酶A等电点pI为4.0,氧化愈创木酚的最适反应pH为5.6,最适温度为60℃,在60℃和65℃时半衰期分别为45min和36.8min,在pH5.2～7.2范围内稳定性较好。100mmol/L Cl^-对该酶有显著抑制作用,1mmol/L SO^2-₄ 对漆酶有激活作用,1mmol/L NaN₃可完全抑制酶活性,10 mmol/L EDTA对漆酶活没有明显影响,1mmol/L Cu²⁺对漆酶有激活作用。以愈创木酚为底物时,测得酶的K_m=1.026mmol/L,V_max=5μmol/(min·mg);以ABTS为底物时,测得其K_m=0.22mmol/L,V_max=69μmol/(min·mg)。     

稀土离子钇促进一株栓菌产漆酶及相关蛋白质组学分析

研究了稀土离子钇（Y³⁺）对栓菌Trametes sp. 菌株LS-10C发酵产漆酶的影响。结果表明,钇元素对该菌株发酵产漆酶有显著的促进作用,当培养基中Y³⁺浓度达到12mmol/L时,漆酶活力达到最高为70.25U/mL,是不添加Y³⁺发酵产漆酶活力的5.3倍。蛋白质组学研究结果表明,Y³⁺促进了细胞膜组分相关蛋白的表达上调,上调蛋白数占细胞组分富集上调蛋白总数的70.5%。此外在碳水化合物代谢,草酸代谢过程上调蛋白也有明显的富集。该研究明确了稀土元素Y³⁺对栓菌产漆酶的促进作用,并初步分析了稀土元素Y³⁺作用下栓菌Trametes sp. LS-10C的蛋白质组的变化规律,为研究稀土元素促进栓菌产漆酶的分子机理奠定了基础。     

Effect of Nutritional Parameters on Laccase Production by the Culinary and Medicinal Mushroom, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Grifola frondosa</Emphasis>

Extracellular laccase in cultures of Grifola frondosa grown in liquid culture on a defined medium was first detectable in the early/middle stages of primary growth, and enzyme activity continued to increase even after fungal biomass production had peaked. Laccase production was significantly increased by supplementing cultures with 100–500 μM Cu over the basal level (1.6 μM Cu) and peak levels observed at 300 μM Cu were 7-fold higher than in unsupplemented controls. Decreased laccase activity similar to levels detected in unsupplemented controls, as well as an adverse effect on fungal growth, occurred with further supplementation up to and including 0.9 mM Cu, but higher enzyme titres (2- to 16-fold compared with controls) were induced in cultures supplemented with 1–2 mM Cu²⁺. SDS-PAGE combined with activity staining revealed the presence of a single protein band (M _r 70 kDa) exhibiting laccase activity in control culture fluids, whereas an additional distinct laccase protein band (M _r 45 kDa) was observed in cultures supplemented with 1–2 mM Cu. Increased levels of extracellular laccase activity, and both laccase isozymes, were also detected in cultures of G. frondosa supplemented with ferulic, vanillic, veratric and 4-hydroxybenzoic acids, and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde. Using 2,2′-azino-bis(ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) (ABTS) as substrate, the optimal temperature and pH values for laccase activity were 65°C and pH 2.2, respectively, and the enzyme was relatively heat stable. In solid-state cultures of G. frondosa grown under conditions adopted for industrial-scale mushroom production, extracellular laccase levels increased during the substrate colonization phase, peaked when the substrate was fully colonized, and then decreased sharply during fruit body development.     

Trametes sp.AH28-2漆酶A的诱导合成及其基因5''''-端调控区的克隆与分析

Trametes sp．AH28—2漆酶同工酶的合成需要铜离子的存在,较高浓度的Cu^2 有利于漆酶合成。在以葡萄糖为碳源补加0．5mmol／L Cu^2 的培养基中生长时,发酵液漆酶活性为44．3u／L,同时补加4．0mmol／L邻甲苯胺时,漆酶酶活提高到71．0u／L;而在补加Cu^2 和邻甲苯胺的纤维二糖培养基中,酶活上升至2584u／L,为葡萄糖培养基的36．4倍。邻甲苯胺和铜离子诱导产生的漆酶同工酶组分,均为漆酶A(LacA)。竞争性RT—PCR分析表明,漆酶A基因(lacA)转录本的累积伴随有发酵液漆酶活性的增加,邻甲苯胺对lacA的调控发生在转录水平。lacA结构基因长2110bp,含有10个内含子;lacA的cDNA序列为1560bp,编码520aa的漆酶蛋白,其氨基酸序列与其它真菌漆酶具有较高的相似性。采用改进的反向PCR技术,扩增得到的lacA 5’-端调控区长1881bp,分析表明,该区域上分布有1个TATA框、7个CAAT框和多个潜在的顺式作用元件序列位点,包括5个MRE元件、9个CreA结合位点、4个XRE元件、2个STRE元件和7个氮因子调控位点等。这些序列位点的存在部分地对应了菌株摇瓶发酵奈件下lacA的表达规律。     

Increased production of laccase by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cerrena unicolor</Emphasis> in submerged liquid cultures

The wood-degrading basidiomycete Cerrena unicolor C-139 has been suggested as a potential producer of the industrially important enzyme laccase. Basic culture parameters influencing the enzyme synthesis in shaken-flask and aerated bioreactor cultures were evaluated to improve the yields of the process. Production of extracellular laccase was considerably enhanced by the addition of Cu²⁺ in the micromolar range to a carbon-sufficient and nitrogen-sufficient culture medium (C/N = 16.69). When an optimised medium containing glucose (10 g/L) and l-asparagine (1.5 g/L) was used, and enzyme synthesis was stimulated by addition of 10 μM Cu²⁺ to the culture medium on days 3, 6 and 9, maximal laccase productivity obtained after 17 days’ cultivation in shaken flask cultures was above 100,000 nkat/L. In fermenter fungal cultures, the influence of stabilisation of medium pH on laccase activity was additionally studied. The use of a bioreactor with an automatic pH control set at pH 6.5 after 48-h incubation resulted in the enzyme activity of 65,000 nkat/L after 8 days’ cultivation.     

Cu(II)对一株镰刀菌形态发育及木质素酶系活性的影响

本试验采用室内摇瓶培养,通过添加不同浓度的Cu(II),研究了Cu(II)对降解菌Fusarium sp. ZH-H2形态发育及木质素酶系活性的影响,以期诱导提高木质素酶系的活性。结果表明,当Cu(II)浓度为0.50mmol/L时,菌丝生物量最高达0.38g,菌丝团呈洁白平滑球状且数量最多,此浓度下木质素过氧化物酶（lignin peroxidase,LiP）活性峰值也达到最高,为28 315.41U/L,当Cu(II)浓度为2.00mmol/L时,有利于诱导锰过氧化物酶（manganese peroxidase,MnP）和漆酶（laccase,Lac）的代谢,最高峰值分别为1 612.90U/L、7 829.12U/L,并且明显缩短了峰值的形成时间,浓度过高或过低则对3种木质素酶系活性产生抑制效应,为下一步分子生物学研究奠定了基础。     

Effect of nutritional parameters on laccase production by the culinary and medicinal mushroom, Grifola frondosa

Summary Extracellular laccase in cultures of Grifola frondosa grown in liquid culture on a defined medium was first detectable in the early/middle stages of primary growth, and enzyme activity continued to increase even after fungal biomass production had peaked. Laccase production was significantly increased by supplementing cultures with 100–500 (M Cu over the basal level (1.6 mM Cu) and peak levels observed at 300 mM Cu were ∼ ∼7-fold higher than in unsupplemented controls. Decreased laccase activity similar to levels detected in unsupplemented controls, as well as an adverse effect on fungal growth, occurred with further supplementation up to and including 0.9 mM Cu, but higher enzyme titres (2- to 16-fold compared with controls) were induced in cultures supplemented with 1–2 mM Cu²⁺. SDS-PAGE combined with activity staining revealed the presence of a single protein band (M _r ∼ ∼70 kDa) exhibiting laccase activity in control culture fluids, whereas an additional distinct second laccase protein band (M _r␣∼ ∼45 kDa) was observed in cultures supplemented with 1–2 mM Cu. Increased levels of extracellular laccase activity, and both laccase isozymes, were also detected in cultures of G. frondosa supplemented with ferulic, vanillic, veratric and 4-hydroxybenzoic acids, and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde. The optimal temperature and pH values for laccase activity were 65 °C and pH 2.2 (using 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate) {ABTS} as substrate), respectively, and the enzyme was relatively heat stable. In solid-state cultures of G. frondosa grown under conditions adopted for industrial-scale mushroom production, extracellular laccase levels increased during the substrate colonization phase, peaked when the substrate was fully colonized, and then decreased sharply during fruit body development.     

黄孢原毛平革菌产漆酶优化培养及其对刚果红的脱色降解

以白腐真菌模式菌株黄孢原毛平革菌Phanerochaete chrysosporium为研究对象,探讨培养条件、重金属和芳香族化合物对产漆酶的影响,并进一步研究漆酶对刚果红的降解效果。结果表明,P. chrysosporium产漆酶最适培养条件：葡萄糖为碳源,蛋白胨为氮源,碳氮比为90。培养8d后,漆酶酶活为911.1U/L;Mn²⁺严格地控制着P.chrysosporium产漆酶,而Cu²⁺对其影响不大,在添加4.0mmol/L Mn²⁺时,漆酶酶活为2 001.7U/L;芳香族化合物中藜芦醇（veratryl alcohol,VA）、4-香豆酸、香草醛和香草酸对菌体产漆酶能力均有促进作用,最高可提升至1 459.1U/L,而咖啡酸对菌体产漆酶稍有抑制。100U/L漆酶粗酶液可降解40mg/L刚果红,降解率为24.0%;而当介体物质VA存在时,该降解效率可提升至87.7%。