重组大肠杆菌利用蔗糖及糖蜜发酵生产丁二酸

富含蔗糖的甘蔗糖蜜可作为制备丁二酸的廉价原料。然而生产丁二酸的潜力菌株大肠杆菌Escherichia coli AFP111不能代谢蔗糖。为了使其具有蔗糖代谢能力,将E.coli W中非PTS蔗糖利用系统蔗糖通透酶的编码基因csc B,果糖激酶的编码基因csc K和蔗糖水解酶的编码基因csc A克隆并表达到AFP111中,获得重组菌株AFP111/p MD19T-csc BKA。经厌氧发酵验证,重组菌株72 h消耗20 g/L蔗糖,丁二酸产量达到12 g/L。在3L发酵罐中采用有氧阶段培养菌体、厌氧阶段发酵的两阶段发酵方式,厌氧发酵30 h,重组菌株以蔗糖和糖蜜为碳源丁二酸产量分别为34 g/L和30 g/L。结果表明,通过外源引入非PTS蔗糖利用系统,重组菌株具有较强的代谢蔗糖生长及合成丁二酸的能力,并且能够利用廉价糖蜜发酵制备丁二酸。     

共表达磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧激酶和烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶提高重组大肠杆菌发酵木糖产丁二酸

野生型E.coli K12能够在厌氧条件下代谢木糖生长,但是丁二酸不是其主要的代谢终产物。而在E.coli BA203(Δldh A,Δpfl B,Δppc)中,通过过量表达磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化激酶(PCK),即E.coli BA204,使其能够在厌氧条件下利用木糖发酵生产丁二酸。为了进一步提高生物量及丁二酸的产量,通过过量表达烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶(NAPRTase)提高NAD(H)的生成,从而提高木糖代谢速率。因此采用2种方法构建了共表达烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶和磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化激酶的基因工程菌,即E.coli BA208(BA203/p Trc99a-pnc B-pck)和E.coli BA209(BA203/p Trc99a-pck-trc-pnc B)。通过实验发现:厌氧发酵72 h,BA209消耗16.7 g/L木糖,生成15.8 g/L丁二酸,乙酸含量有所降低,而丙酮酸的量几乎不变。BA209中NAD(H)总量和ATP含量较BA208和BA204都有明显的提高。这为考察NAD(H)和ATP 2种辅因子对重组大肠杆菌利用木糖合成丁二酸的影响提供了研究平台。     

过量表达烟酸单核苷酸腺苷酰转移酶对大肠杆菌NZN111产丁二酸的影响

大肠杆菌NZN111是敲除了乳酸脱氢酶的编码基因(ldhA)和丙酮酸-甲酸裂解酶的编码基因(pflB)的发酵生产丁二酸的潜力菌株。厌氧条件下NADH不能及时再生为NAD+,引起胞内辅酶NAD(H)的不平衡,最终导致厌氧条件下菌株不能利用葡萄糖生长代谢。nadD为催化NAD(H)合成途径中烟酸单核苷酸(NaMN)生成烟酸腺嘌呤二核苷酸(NaAD)的烟酸单核苷酸腺苷酰转移酶(Nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase,NAMNAT)的编码基因,通过过量表达nadD基因能够提高NAD(H)总量与维持合适的NADH/NAD+比例。文中构建了重组菌E.coli NZN111/pTrc99a-nadD,在厌氧摇瓶发酵过程中通过添加终浓度为1.0 mmol/L的IPTG诱导表达,重组菌E.coli NZN111/pTrc99a-nadD中NAD+和NADH的浓度分别比宿主菌E.coli NZN111提高了3.21倍和1.67倍,NAD(H)总量提高了2.63倍,NADH/NAD+从0.64降低为0.41,使重组菌株恢复了厌氧条件下生长和代谢葡萄糖的能力。重组菌与对照菌相比,72 h内可以消耗14.0 g/L的葡萄糖产6.23 g/L的丁二酸,丁二酸产量增加了19倍。     

大肠杆菌AFP111利用玉米粉全水解液厌氧发酵合成丁二酸

利用双酶法制得的玉米粉糖液及制糖过程中玉米糖渣酶解后含氮水解液作为发酵培养基,考察在不添加其他营养物质条件下大肠杆菌(E.coli)AFP111专一厌氧发酵产丁二酸的可能性。结果表明:E.coli AFP111厌氧发酵48 h后,丁二酸质量浓度达到15.24 g/L,丁二酸的得率为0.76 g/g。与在LB培养基中发酵相比,产量提高了14.41%。对关键酶酶活和辅因子NAD(H)含量的测定结果显示,能利用玉米粉全水解液的苹果酸脱氢酶(MDH)、磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸(PEP)羧化酶(PPC)、PEP羧化激酶(PCK)酶活及辅因子NAD(H)含量分别为0.88 U、0.29 U、0.31 U和15.09μmol/g,均比LB培养基中关键酶酶活和辅因子NAD(H)含量高。由此推测,玉米粉全水解液中关键生长因子(D-生物素、VB1和烟酸)的含量影响了关键酶酶活和辅因子NAD(H)的含量,从而影响丁二酸的产量。在5 L罐中厌氧发酵120 h,利用玉米粉全水解液,丁二酸的得率为0.84 g/g,比利用LB培养基发酵得到的丁二酸得率提高了21.74%。     

过量表达Bacillus subtilis磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化激酶对大肠杆菌产琥珀酸的影响

在大肠杆菌厌氧混合酸发酵途径中,磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶(PPC)和磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化激酶(PCK)皆可催化由磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸(PEP)到草酰乙酸(OAA)的反应。鉴于经由PCK催化的反应伴有ATP的生成,理论上更有利于菌体生长和产酸,本研究以大肠杆菌W3110(△pfl,△ldh)为出发菌株,利用λ-Red同源重组系统构建了其ppc缺陷菌株并在此基础上过量表达了Bacillus subtilispck基因。初步的厌氧发酵实验表明:过量表达pck可在一定程度上恢复初始菌株厌氧代谢葡萄糖的能力。其中又以ppc缺陷株更为明显,其耗糖能力和产酸能力分别为对照菌株的4.2和15.3倍。     

基于辅因子调控对大肠杆菌两阶段发酵产丁二酸的影响

考察了E.coli NZN111及其重组菌株E.coli NZN111/pTrc99a-pncB发酵生产丁二酸的性能。E.coli NZN111两阶段发酵丁二酸的同时,会造成丙酮酸的大量积累。研究发现:通过过量表达烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶,两阶段发酵重组菌株E.coli NZN111/pTrc99a-pncB,减少丙酮酸的积累且无副产物乙酸生成,提高丁二酸的产量,丁二酸得率和耗糖速率分别提高了139%和20%。     

过量表达烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶对大肠杆菌NZN111产丁二酸的影响

大肠杆菌NZN111厌氧发酵的主要产物为丁二酸,是发酵生产丁二酸的潜力菌株。但是由于敲除了乳酸脱氢酶的编码基因 (ldhA) 和丙酮酸甲酸裂解酶的编码基因 (pflB),导致辅酶NADH/NAD+不平衡,厌氧条件下不能利用葡萄糖生长代谢。构建烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶的重组菌Escherichia coli NZN111/pTrc99a-pncB,在厌氧摇瓶发酵过程中通过添加0.5 mmol/L的烟酸、0.3 mmol/L的IPTG诱导后重组菌的烟酸转磷酸核糖激酶 (Nicotinic acid phosphor     

代谢工程改造大肠杆菌合成丁二酸及发酵罐放大工艺

【背景】Escherichia coli AFP111发酵生产丁二酸时大量副产乙酸,丁二酸得率低。【目的】代谢工程改造EscherichiacoliAFP111,提高丁二酸得率,降低副产物乙酸的生成,建立100 L规模的丁二酸发酵工艺。【方法】一步同源重组敲除乙酸合成途径关键酶基因,改造丁二酸合成途径关键酶启动子实现过表达;单因素优化5L发酵罐培养条件。【结果】敲除乙酸产生途径编码乙酸激酶和磷酸转乙酰酶的基因ackA-pta、苏氨酸脱羧酶和2-酮丁酸甲酸裂解酶的基因tdcDE获得SX02菌株,摇瓶发酵条件下其乙酸产量下降了53.42%,丁二酸得率提高9.85%。在SX02菌株基础上,经启动子改造过表达编码葡萄糖激酶的基因glk后获得菌株SX03,其Glk酶活性提高3.66倍,乙酸产量下降了31.62%,丁二酸得率提高8.28%。SX03菌株发酵生产丁二酸在5 L发酵罐进行放大,其乙酸产量为3.97 g/L,丁二酸得率为1.62 mol/mol葡萄糖,相比出发菌株的乙酸产量下降了75.76%,丁二酸得率提高19.12%。在5L发酵罐上对比研究了中和剂Na2CO3和NaOH混合液替换碱式MgCO3的发酵效果,并优化了发酵pH、搅拌转速和葡萄糖浓度,获得如下最适发酵条件:pH6.8,搅拌转速250r/min,葡萄糖100g/L,发酵结束时乙酸产量为2.24 g/L,丁二酸得率为1.66 mol/mol葡萄糖。中和剂替换优化后乙酸产量下降了20.65%,丁二酸得率提高2.47%。菌株SX03发酵工艺进一步在100 L发酵罐上实现放大,其乙酸产量为1.91 g/L,丁二酸得率为1.30 mol/mol葡萄糖。【结论】通过代谢工程改造的大肠杆菌,其副产物乙酸含量显著下降,丁二酸得率提高,并在5 L和100 L发酵罐上实现了工艺放大,展现出较大的工业化利用潜力。     

碳源对重组大肠杆菌两阶段发酵产丁二酸的影响

研究了在好氧培养基中分别添加不同碳源对两阶段发酵菌体生长、酶活及代谢产物分布的影响,结果表明添加4mmol/L葡萄糖和12,54,80mmol/L乙酸钠均可以提高好氧阶段的菌体密度和相关酶活。将不同条件下培养的菌体转接厌氧发酵后,厌氧阶段的酶活和代谢产物分布也发生改变。进一步对酶活及代谢产物分析表明：Escherichia coli NZN111(sfcA)厌氧发酵过程中,磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化激酶(PCK)是产丁二酸的关键酶,丙酮酸激酶(PYK)主要和副产物丙酮酸的积累有关,异柠檬酸裂解酶(ICL)对丁二酸产量也有一定影响。好氧培养基中添加80mmol/L乙酸钠,厌氧发酵结束时丁二酸的质量收率可达89.0%,相比对照提高了16.6%。     

产D-乳酸重组大肠杆菌ptsG基因的敲除及其混合糖同步发酵

为构建能够同时高效利用五碳糖和六碳糖发酵产D-乳酸的重组大肠杆菌工程菌,以能高效利用五碳糖发酵产D-乳酸的大肠杆菌工程菌E.coli JH13为出发菌株,通过Red同源重组技术敲除葡萄糖跨膜转运基因pts G。实验结果表明,pts G缺陷菌株E.coli JH15在10%混合糖(5%葡萄糖和5%木糖)培养基中发酵,可同时利用五碳糖和六碳糖以完成发酵;而对照菌葡萄糖消耗完才利用木糖,发酵结束还有18 g/L木糖残留;JH15乳酸产量为83.04 g/L,相比于对照菌株提高了25.86%;在稻草秸秆水解液中发酵,JH15同时利用葡萄糖、木糖和L-阿拉伯糖,乳酸产量为25.15 g/L,转化率为86.42%。JH15作为能利用混合糖同步发酵产D-乳酸的大肠杆菌工程菌,它的成功构建为利用廉价的木质纤维素水解物为原料发酵生产D-乳酸提供参考依据。     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒研究进展

传染性法氏囊病(Infection bursal disease, IBD)是由鸡传染性法氏囊病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV)引起的鸡和火鸡的一种高度接触性传染病,给世界各国的禽养殖业带来了巨大损失.自IBDV发现至今新的变异株不断出现,分子结构的改变导致病毒致病力的改变及宿主对疫苗应答的改变,使得传统的疫苗已不能控制其流行,因此各国学者对其基因组结构和功能进行了广泛深入的研究,并积极研制新型有效的疫苗以达到防治的目的.     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.