漆酶介体催化的研究进展

漆酶是一种含铜多酚氧化酶,可催化氧化酚型底物,不能氧化降解非酚型结构单元,但介体的加入可实现漆酶与非酚类底物间的电子传递,实现漆酶对非酚型底物的最终氧化。文章综述漆酶介体催化常用介体及其研究进展,并针对合成介体有毒价高、天然介体提取纯化复杂的特点,提出一种新型介体——木质素降解产物中的漆酶介体。     

刺芹侧耳栽培料及菌体中漆酶介体分子的挖掘

虽然真菌能够分泌漆酶从木质素中获取碳源,然而纯化后真菌漆酶降解木质素的能力却极低。本文利用萃取方法提取刺芹侧耳栽培料及菌体中可溶性化合物,通过快速漆酶介体体系（LMS）动力学实验确定其对漆酶催化氧化反应的促进或抑制能力,进一步利用HPLC-MS和代谢组学差异分析的方法从最高活性萃取液的柱层析组分中挖掘潜在的活性成分。研究结果表明栽培料中可能含有活性介体成分,生物信息学XCMS代谢产物组分析揭示了CTE05分离组分中富含的木质素代谢产物,涉及到软木脂单体合成、香豆素合成、丁香油酚或异丁香油酚合成、质体醌醇合成、由苯丙氨酸合成硫代葡萄糖苷和安息香酸合成等代谢途径。最后讨论了其中11种潜在的天然介体分子物理化学性质,其中4种为已有文献报道的天然介体小分子。本研究暗示木质素降解与合成代谢在分子机制上存在有某种联系,相关的代谢产物可能参与了真菌降解木质素的代谢过程。     

枯草芽胞杆菌降解木质纤维素能力及产酶研究

从农林废物堆肥中分离得到1株细菌经鉴定为枯草芽胞杆菌,将该细菌用于木质素类化合物利用.固态培养条件下考察其对木质纤维素的降解能力及产酶特性,另外对发酵前后的稻草结构进行了红外光谱分析.结果表明,枯草芽胞杆菌具有木质素降解能力,兼具低分子量木质素酚型、非酚型类物质的降解能力.其对木质素降解是木质素过氧化物酶、锰过氧化物酶、漆酶、纤维素酶和半纤维素酶共同作用的结果.在实验条件下,培养30 d使木质素降解率达9.47%,同时对纤维素、半纤维素也有较高程度的降解;降解率分别为38.8%、41.84%.红外光谱分析结果表明,稻草木质素结构被破坏,枯草芽胞杆菌对木质素各官能团的降解作用有所不同.     

木质纤维素原料中漆酶天然介体的研究进展

漆酶作为一种多功能金属氧化酶,被认为是未来工业生物催化中"可持续环境友好过程生物技术的工具"。但是由于典型漆酶催化体系中合成介体存在价格昂贵且有毒等问题而一直未能实现工业化。从木质素小分子前体物质或者中间体及降解产物中寻找稳定、高效、低毒和价廉的天然介体成为当前的研究热点和重点。本文从漆酶介体的类型与催化机理、木质纤维素原料炼制中间产物(如汽爆秸秆水洗液、造纸黑液、木质纤维素生物降解产物等)中天然介体的种类与分离等方面,论述从木质纤维素原料降解产物中分离漆酶天然介体并进行应用的可行性,为挖掘高反应活性的漆酶天然催化介体,构建漆酶多介体连续催化体系,实现木质纤维素原料降解产物的定向高值利用奠定基础。     

不同分子量壳聚糖对一些与植物防御反应相关生理生化指标的影响

经不同分子量壳聚糖处理的小麦幼苗中H2O2含量、过氧化物酶和苯丙氨酸解氨酶活性以及总酚含量均呈上升的趋势。低分子量壳聚糖处理的效应高于高分子量壳聚糖的。     

杂色云芝分泌的具有螯合铁离子活性的低分子量成分在木素生物降解中作用机制的研究

从杂色云芝（Coriolus versicolor）培养基中分离到一类低分子量组分,该组分具有螯合Fe^3＋的能力,并能够将Fe^3＋还原为Fe^2＋,推测该组分可能是Fenton反应中的一类电子传递体．将此组分与酶分离木素（cellulolytic enzyme lignin,CEL）作用,并用^1H-NMR,^13C-NMR：离子差光谱及碱性硝基苯氧化方法对作用后CEL的结构变化进行了表征．结果表明,该组分能够破坏非酚型木素中的B-O-4结构,并且能够在非酚型木素结构中添加酚羟基,从而导致木素中形成新的酚型亚结构,使木素更易于被漆酶和锰过氧化物酶降解．因此,该组分可以加速木素降解酶对木素的降解．     

橘园枯枝基质对生防菌深绿木霉的漆酶活性影响

漆酶是一种重要的木质素降解酶,并与木霉属种类Trichoderma spp.的重寄生等生防抑菌作用密切相关。本文利用含有丰富木质素含量的柑橘园枯枝为基质研究其对深绿木霉Trichoderma atroviride产漆酶活性的影响,并结合单因素方差分析研究了柑橘树枝粉末用量、碳源含量、环境pH值等变量与该菌株产漆酶能力的关系,为进一步探索柑橘园的枯枝在木霉重寄生过程中漆酶活性的变化与影响以及对柑橘园枝干病害的生物防治提供了理论基础。     

汽爆秸秆漆酶协同作用提取木质素

组分分离是秸秆炼制的关键技术。本文建立了汽爆耦合漆酶协同作用工艺,研究其对秸秆物理形态、化学组成以及木质素碱提取过程的影响。研究结果表明汽爆破坏秸秆表面致密结构,提高比表面积,促进漆酶对秸秆木质素的氧化作用;红外分析表明,漆酶破坏了汽爆秸秆中半纤维素酯键,且愈创木基吸收峰减弱,漆酶削弱了木质素与纤维素间相互作用;汽爆漆酶协同作用后的秸秆木质素提取率提高约20%(70℃,120 min)。Nuclei Growth模型分析温和条件下秸秆木质素提取过程,动力学结果表明,汽爆漆酶协同预处理增加了汽爆秸秆木质素碱提过程中反应起始作用位点,并提高了该过程对温度的敏感性。汽爆-漆酶协同预处理是一种有效的分离木质素的方法,将在木质纤维素原料的生物炼制中发挥重要作用。     

酚酮类对树干毕赤酵母乙醇发酵及脂肪酸组成的影响

木质素降解产物对微生物产生的抑制作用,是燃料乙醇生物炼制的主要瓶颈之一。本文以树干毕赤酵母为发酵菌株,研究木质素降解产物中3种酚酮类(4-羟基苯乙酮、4-羟基-3-甲氧基苯乙酮、4-羟基-3,5-二甲氧基苯乙酮)对其木糖乙醇发酵及酵母细胞脂肪酸组成的影响。采用高效液相色谱(HPLC)和气相色谱-质谱联用(GC/MS)技术对乙醇发酵性能和酵母细胞脂肪酸组成进行分析。研究结果表明,酚酮类物质对乙醇发酵呈现抑制作用且其分子量越低抑制作用越明显,当4-羟基苯乙酮浓度为1.50 g/L时,发酵24 h的木糖利用率、乙醇得率和乙醇浓度分别下降了42.47%、5.30%和9.76 g/L;培养基中存在酚酮类物质时,酵母细胞中的不饱和脂肪酸的比例上升,添加1.50 g/L的3种酚酮类物质后,树干毕赤酵母细胞不饱和脂肪酸和饱和脂肪酸的比例从原来的2.58分别上升到3.03、3.06和3.61,酵母细胞膜的流动性随之上升,不稳定性提高。因此,酚酮类物质能够降低酵母生长、提高不饱和脂肪酸的比例以及降低乙醇发酵能力,有效降低或去除木质素降解产物含量是提高木质纤维原料生物炼制的关键。     

云芝Trametes versicolor1126所产漆酶对靛蓝废水脱色的初步研究

考察了云芝Trametes versicolor1126发酵培养中漆酶酶活和pH的变化,同时研究了羧甲基纤维素钠及苯酚添加量对漆酶活力的影响。结果表明当培养基中加入0.8％羧甲基纤维素钠、100mg／L苯酚时,均能明显提高漆酶的活力。以漆酶／HBT介质体系对靛蓝废水进行脱色,反应100min后,脱色率达90．8％。使用漆酶处理靛蓝废水具有广阔的应用前景。     

Biodegradation of acidolysis lignins from Chilean hardwoods by the ascomycete Chrysonilia sitophila

The biodegradability of five lignins extracted from Chilean hardwoods in Chrysonilia sitophila cultures was evaluated. All lignins showed an increase in their molecular weight after 12 days of culture. Infrared analysis of the degraded lignins indicated the formation of new substructures containing carbonyl, as well as CO cleavage reactions. A random behaviour was observed between the methoxyl/phenolic hydroxyl ratio of lignins and the extent of biodegradation.     

Characterization of lignin isolated from some nonwood available in Bangladesh

Lignins isolated from cotton stalks, jute stick and dhaincha by acidolytic dioxane were characterized using alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation, elemental analysis, methoxyl analysis and molecular weight analysis and UV, IR (1)H NMR spectroscopy. The C(9) formulas for cotton stalks, jute stick and dhaincha (Sesbania aculeata) lignin were C(9)H(9.36)O(4.50)(OCH(3))(1.23), C(9)H(9.02)O(4.57)(OCH(3))(1.35) and C(9)H(8.88)O(4.65)(OCH(3))(1.50), respectively. All three lignins were of the guaiacyl-syringyl type. Cotton stalks lignin contained more p-hydroxy phenyl unit than dhaincha and jute stick lignins as observed by alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation products. The beta-O-4 units in these nonwood lignins had predominately erythro stereochemistry type.     

Fractionation of three different lignins by thermal separation techniques—A comparative study

Separation of the heterogeneous lignin macromolecule in fractions with increased homogeneity, as well as different structural (molar mass) and functional (hydroxy groups, ‐OH) features is important in terms of its use as a chemical building block. For this purpose, three thermal separation techniques were investigated and compared: solvent extraction, successive precipitation and ultrafiltration. One important issue in this context is the utilization of organic solvents with low boiling points to ensure a simple and efficient recovery. In addition to a softwood Kraft lignin (Indulin AT) as reference lignin, two sulfur‐free Organosolv lignins from short rotation coppice (“poplar with bark”) and from the energy grass Miscanthus × gigantheus were investigated. The lignins were separated into low, medium and high molecular weight fractions. Due to the different initial structural features and the associated varying solubility properties in such lignins, different organic solvents were needed for dissolution and precipitation of the individual lignin fractions. The polarity of the used solvent is one key factor regarding the yield of the soluble fraction and the success of molecular sorting into low, medium, and high molecular weight. Further structural features, for example the aliphatic OH‐group content increased with rising molecular weight of poplar, miscanthus, and Kraft lignin from minimum 0.72, 0.3, and 1.6 mmol/g to maximum 2.4, 1.6, and 2.8 mmol/g, respectively. The number of phenolic OH‐groups decreased from maximum 3.8, 4.3, and 4.2 to minimum 1.4, 2.7, and 2.9, respectively. The presented work illustrate options regarding the molecular sorting of several lignin types with three thermal techniques into fractions differing in key properties (yield, molecular weight, polydispersity, functional groups) for material applications.     

Polymer properties of softwood organosolv lignins produced in two different reactor systems

Lignin, the second most abundant biopolymer on earth and with a predominantly aromatic structure, has the potential to be a raw material for valuable chemicals and other bio-based chemicals. In industry, lignin is underutilized by being used mostly as a fuel for producing thermal energy. Valorization of lignin requires knowledge of the structure and different linkages in the isolated lignin, making the study of structure of lignin important. In this article, lignin samples isolated from two types of reactors (autoclave reactor and displacement reactor) were analyzed by FT-IR, size exclusion chromatography, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and Py-GC-MS. The average molecular mass of the organosolv lignins isolated from the autoclave reactor decreased at higher severities, and FT-IR showed an increase in free phenolic content with increasing severity. Except for molecular mass and molecular mass dispersity, there were only minor differences between lignins isolated from the autoclave reactor and lignins isolated from the displacement reactor. Carbohydrate analysis, Py-GC–MS and TGA showed that the lignin isolated using either of the reactor systems is of high purity, suggesting that organosolv lignin is a good candidate for valorization.     

Degradation of non-phenolic lignin by the white-rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus

High-molecular-weight lignin was methylated with diazomethane. The lignin (i.e., phenolic lignin) and methylated lignin (i.e., non-phenolic lignin) were mixed with fully bleached softwood pulp. Degradation of the lignin preparations by the white rot fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus was studied. After a 3-month incubation with the fungus, over 40% of the non-phenolic lignin and about 70% the phenolic lignin were degraded. The presence of phenolic hydroxyl groups in lignin greatly enhanced the degradation rate of lignin. This study reveals that P. cinnabarinus, an exclusively laccase-producing fungus, is capable of oxidatively degrading both phenolic and non-phenolic lignins. The ability of the fungus to degrade non-phenolic lignin suggests that a laccase/mediator system is involved in the complete degradation of lignin. After the fungal degradation of lignins, the content of carboxylic acids substantially increased for both phenolic and non-phenolic lignins.     

Characterization of the radical scavenging activity of lignins--natural antioxidants

The present work is devoted to studies of the radical scavenging properties of lignins, which are recognized as efficient antioxidants of natural origin. Radical scavenging efficiency of a series of lignins isolated from deciduous and coniferous wood species and 10 lignin related monomeric compounds were examined against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH*) radical in homogeneous conditions using ESR and spectrophotometry methods. Some structure-activity relationships are proposed, pointing out the importance of the non-etherified OH phenolic groups, ortho-methoxy groups, hydroxyl groups and the double bond between the outermost carbon atoms in the side chain for increasing scavenger activity. Analysis of rate constants for the lignins-DPPH* interaction revealed the contribution of polymer molecular weight and pi-polyconjugation systems. The pi-conjugation systems of lignins operate as catalysts/activators of the interaction with DPPH*. Heterogeneity in terms of component composition (carbohydrate admixtures) and polydispersity is the factor which can decrease drastically the antioxidant efficiency of isolated lignins. The connection of the antibacterial effect of kraft lignin with radical scavenging activity of its soluble fraction was assumed.     

Lignin degradation during softwood decaying by the ascomyceteChrysonilia sitophila

SoftwoodPinus radiata was degraded by the ascomyceteChrysonilia sitophila during 3 months. The total weight loss of the wood was 20% and the carbohydrate and lignin losses were 18% and 25%, respectively. Decayed wood was extracted with solvents of increasing polarity. Methanol and dioxane yielded extracts containing representative low molecular weight degraded lignins. The overall structure of the degraded lignins, as shown by U.V./visible, I.R.,¹H and¹³C NMR spectroscopy, GPC, functional group and elemental analyses, was compared with the structure of milled wood lignin extracted from undecayedP. radiata. The compilation of the data allows us to suggest oxidative C-C and -O-aryl cleavages for the mechanism of lignin degradation by this ascomycete. New saturated carbons on the side chain of the degraded lignins were detected. Based on these data a reductive ability of this microorganism was also suggested.     

NMR Characterization of C3H and HCT Down-Regulated Alfalfa Lignin

Independent down-regulation of genes encoding p-coumarate 3-hydroxylase (C3H) and hydroxycinnamoyl CoA:shikimate/quinate hydroxycinnamoyl transferase (HCT) has been previously shown to reduce the recalcitrance of alfalfa and thereby improve the release of fermentable sugars during enzymatic hydrolysis. In this study, ball-milled lignins were isolated from wild-type control, C3H, and HCT gene down-regulated alfalfa plants. One- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques were utilized to determine structural changes in the ball-milled alfalfa lignins resulting from this genetic engineering. After C3H and HCT gene down-regulation, significant structural changes had occurred to the alfalfa ball-milled lignins compared to the wild-type control. A substantial increase in p-hydroxyphenyl units was observed in the transgenic alfalfa ball-milled lignins as well as a concomitant decrease in guaiacyl and syringyl units. Two-dimensional ¹³C–¹H heteronuclear single quantum coherence correlation NMR, one-dimensional distortionless enhancement by polarization transfer-135, and ¹³C NMR measurement showed a noteworthy decrease in methoxyl group and β-O-4 linkage contents in these transgenic alfalfa lignins. ¹³C NMR analysis estimated that C3H gene down-regulation reduced the methoxyl content by ~55–58% in the ball-milled lignin, while HCT down-regulation decreased methoxyl content by ~73%. The gene down-regulated C3H and HCT transgenic alfalfa lignin was largely a p-hydroxyphenyl (H) rich type lignin. Compared to the wild-type plant, the C3H and HCT transgenic lines had an increase in relative abundance of phenylcoumaran and resinol in the ball-milled lignins.     

Synthesis and the Intestinal Glucosidase Inhibitory Activity of 2-Aminoresorcinol Derivatives toward an Investigation of Its Binding Site

2-Aminoresorcinol is a potent and selective intestinal glucosidase inhibitor. Unlike the majority of glucosidase inhibitors, it shows an uncompetitive mode of inhibition. In this study, we tested the intestinal glucosidase inhibitory activity of various 2-aminoresorcinol derivatives. We found that structural changes, in amino and two phenolic hydroxyl groups had a negative impact on inhibitory activity, but methylation of the phenolic hydroxyl group was found to maintain its activity and replacement of the aromatic ring with an acyl or alkoxy carbonyl group at the 4th position also retained its activity. This enable us to design a molecular probe for further study of the inhibition mechanism of 2-aminoresorcinol.     

Synthesis and the intestinal glucosidase inhibitory activity of 2-aminoresorcinol derivatives toward an investigation of its binding site

2-Aminoresorcinol is a potent and selective intestinal glucosidase inhibitor. Unlike the majority of glucosidase inhibitors, it shows an uncompetitive mode of inhibition. In this study, we tested the intestinal glucosidase inhibitory activity of various 2-aminoresorcinol derivatives. We found that structural changes, in amino and two phenolic hydroxyl groups had a negative impact on inhibitory activity, but methylation of the phenolic hydroxyl group was found to maintain its activity and replacement of the aromatic ring with an acyl or alkoxy carbonyl group at the 4th position also retained its activity. This enable us to design a molecular probe for further study of the inhibition mechanism of 2-aminoresorcinol.