木质素生物合成途径及调控的研究进展

木质素是植物体中仅次于纤维素的一种重要大分子有机物质,具重要生物学功能。木质素填充于纤维素构架中增强植物体的机械强度,利于疏导组织的水分运输和抵抗不良外界环境的侵袭。陆生植物的木质素合成是适应陆地环境的重要进化特征之一。然而,制浆造纸的中心环节是用大量化学品将原料中的木质素与纤维素分离,纤维素用于造纸,分离的木质素等成为造纸工业的主要废弃物,对江河湖海的污染触目惊心。脱木质素的化学品投入及废液的碱回收处理需大量耗能并增加造纸成本。饲草的木质素还影响牲畜的消化与营养吸收,木质素含量的高低是饲草优劣…     

对污染物有独特降解作用的白腐真菌

简述了白腐真菌对木质素的特殊降解过程,进而讨论了该真菌在降解污染物及造纸制浆方面可能的潜在用途。     

植物4香豆酸:辅酶A连接酶研究进展

4香豆酸:辅酶A连接酶(4-coumarate:coenzyme A ligase EC6.2.1.12,4CL)是木质素生物合成途径中的一个关键酶,催化肉桂酸及其衍生物生成相应的硫酯。同时也是苯丙烷类代谢途径中的第三个步骤,连接木质素前体和各个分支途径的纽带,在木质素合成过程中发挥了重要的调控作用。近年来利用基因工程手段调控木质素生物合成,降低木质素含量,减少制浆造纸过程中的污染已成为研究热点。结合国内外关于4CL的研究成果,对植物4CL基因家族、酶学性质、晶体结构以及4CL在调控木质素生物合成中的作用等方面进行综述,并对4CL的研究方向提出展望,旨为对该基因的研究提供参考。     

木质素合成研究进展

木质素是植物体内一类重要的大分子有机物,具有支持、保护和运输等生物学功能。然而,木质素的存在对植物资源的利用有一些不利影响,主要体现在导致造纸污染严重及影响牲畜对饲草的消化和吸收等。通过生物工程手段调控木质素的合成具有重要的环境保护价值和经济价值,已经成为国际上生命科学研究的热点之一。近年来,这一领域发展十分迅速。本文介绍了木质素生物合成途径,重点综述了调控木质素合成的手段及限速酶研究方面的最新进展,并提出存在的问题及展望。     

基于转录组测序的慈竹笋木质素基因筛选及其表达分析

慈竹（Bambusa emeiensis）纤维素含量丰富,是较好的造纸原料,但竹茎中木质素影响着制浆生产及纸浆质量。目前,对慈竹木质素生物合成机制所知甚少,这限制了遗传调控竹木质素的研究。本文以拟南芥、水稻等植物的已知木质素基因作为查询序列,通过BLASTp和系统进化分析,从10、50、100和150 cm慈竹笋转录组数据中筛选到351个木质素生物合成相关Unigenes,包括51个LAC,37个4CL、26个PAL、34个CCR和25个CAD相关转录子,其数量高于其他已报道的竹类植物。转录丰度和定量基因表达分析发现16个木质素基因,包括2个PAL、5个CCR、3个4CL、2个CADH2和4个LAC,随着笋发育而表达上调,表明其可能与发育性木质素积累相关。     

生物质精炼在造纸工业中的应用模式和发展趋势

本文对生物质精炼技术的概念和木材生物质精炼工厂(IFBR)的路线进行了阐述.对传统硫酸盐制浆造纸工厂如何转化为综合林业生物质精炼工厂的原理进行了分析,总结了三种转化类型.详细介绍了近中性预抽提/ 制浆模式、酸性预水解/ 制浆模式和碱预处理纤维素糖化发酵乙醇模式.保留制浆造纸生产的综合林业生物质精炼工厂将是近期主要的发展模式,可为传统造纸工厂带来额外的经济收益.在传统制浆之前进行预抽提,分离出的抽提液可以用来生产乙醇和乙酸及其他化学品,抽提后的木片进行制浆和漂白,对纸浆强度和光学指标没有不良影响,新增用于改造的投资回报率达到7.1% ～ 13%.根据我国造纸工业特点,木材造纸工厂转化IFBR 工厂也将走保留制浆的发展模式;草类原料造纸工厂转化为生物质精炼工厂具有一定的优势和可行性.     

碳源和氮源对毛栓菌菌丝体生长和漆酶分泌的影响

木质素是一种高度复杂的,由宋丙烷为基本结构单元构成的芳香族高分子化合物,是仅次于纤维素的第二大再生有机资源。木质素的结构使其难于降解,大多数生物不能直接利用,从而造成这一资源的巨大浪费,同时木质素的降解及其相关酶类在生物制浆和环境保护中具有重要意义。木质素生物降解酶主要有木素过氧化物酶。锰过氧化物酶、漆酶和多酚氧化酶等,国外已有黄泡原毛平革菌[1]和杂色云芝[2－6]的有关研究报道,但未见该菌的有关报道。国内周金燕[7]、秦小琼[8]等曾研究真菌漆酶。本文对毛栓菌产生漆酶的条件进行了探讨,以便为其在造纸和环…     

白桦反义CCoAOMT基因调控木质素生物合成

白桦是我国北方重要的造林树种,但其中的高木质素含量严重制约了它作为造纸资源植物的开发利用。本文利用RACE技术获得了白桦咖啡酰辅酶A-3-O-甲基转移酶（CCoAOMT）基因全长ORF序列,并构建了白桦CCoAOMT基因的反义表达载体,通过农杆菌介导法将其导入到白桦中。PCR检测表明反义CCoAOMT基因已整合到白桦的基因组中。对转化植株的半定量PCR检测显示转基因株系的CCoAOMT基因表达量下降;Wiesner染色发现,与野生型相比,转基因植株木质素含量有所下降。对七年生的转基因白桦和野生型对照进行了化学成分分析,结果表明转基因白桦的苯醇抽提物和Klason木质素显著减少,聚戊糖含量升高。上述结果暗示BpCCoAOMT基因参与白桦木质素的合成,反义表达该基因后木质素含量减少,更易于去除。白桦CCoAOMT基因对木质素的合成起重要作用,这为培育低木质素含量的制浆新品种白桦奠定了基础。     

生物技术在制浆造纸工业中的应用及其研究近况

长期以来,几乎所有的工业化制浆造纸都是先经高温、高压和强碱对植物纤维原料进行蒸煮得到纸浆,然后用Cl_2和/或ClO_2、次氯酸盐、漂白粉、连二亚硫酸盐等漂白剂来对纸浆进行漂白,再经打浆和抄纸而最终得到所需纸张。因此,不仅植物纤维被部分降解,造成纸浆得率较低,而且还排放大量色深、酸碱和有机物含量较高的造纸废液。既浪费资源和能源,又造成环境的严重污染。所以,制浆造纸工业的工艺改革已迫在眉睫。而生物技术对此却展     

木质素降解菌Bax的筛选及特性研究

为了高效降解造纸污水中木质素类化合物,采用苯胺兰和鞣酸平板法从腐木分离、筛选得到一株具有高降解木质素活性的丝状真菌,经鉴定为绿色木霉,命名为Bax.最适碳源为葡萄糖和蔗糖,最适氮源为蛋白胨和尿紊,最适酸碱度为pH 5.0,最适温度为30℃.通过对木质素氧化酶系分析,主要起作用的是漆酶和木质素酶,为造纸污水的处理奠定了基础.     

Improved Paper Pulp from Plants with Suppressed Cinnamoyl-CoA Reductase or Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase

Transgenic plants severely suppressed in the activity of cinnamoyl-CoA reductase were produced by introduction of a partial sense CCR transgene into tobacco. Five transgenic lines with CCR activities ranging from 2 to 48% of wild-type values were selected for further study. Some lines showed a range of aberrant phenotypes including reduced growth, and all had changes to lignin structure making the polymer more susceptible to alkali extraction. The most severely CCR-suppressed line also had significantly decreased lignin content and an increased proportion of free phenolic groups in non-condensed lignin. These changes are likely to make the lignin easier to extract during chemical pulping. Direct Kraft pulping trials confirmed this. More lignin could be removed from the transgenic wood than from wild-type wood at the same alkali charge. A similar improvement in pulping efficiency was recently shown for poplar trees expressing an antisense cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene. Pulping experiments performed here on CAD-antisense tobacco plants produced near-identical results – the modified lignin was more easily removed during pulping without any adverse effects on the quality of the pulp or paper produced. These results suggest that pulping experiments performed in tobacco can be predictive of the results that will be obtained in trees such as poplar, extending the utility of the tobacco model. On the basis of our results on CCR manipulation in tobacco, we predict that CCR-suppressed trees may show pulping benefits. However, it is likely that CCR-suppression will not be the optimal target for genetic manipulation of pulping character due to the potential associated growth defects.     

Lignin from rice straw Kraft pulping: effects on soil aggregation and chemical properties

Lignin contained in pulping liquor that is generated during the pulping process for papermaking is a disposal problem for the pulp and paper industry. Separating lignin and other organic components from pulping liquor with inorganic acids may improve its applicability to fields as a beneficial soil amendment while offering a potential disposal alternative. Sulfuric acid-precipitated lignin from rice straw pulping liquor applied at rates of 1.67 and 3.34 g C kg(-1) soil was incubated to evaluate its effects on soil properties over 8 weeks of incubation. Addition of this acid-precipitated lignin at these rates decreased soil pH by 0.24-0.53 units over 8 weeks of incubation, suggesting that this sulfuric acid-precipitated lignin from pulping liquor may have potential as a soil acidifying agent. Soil electrical conductivity (EC) only increased by up to 0.36 d Sm(-1), but highest EC levels were less than 4 d Sm(-1), indicating that lignin applied at both rates would not cause salinity problems. Application of this lignin increased soil organic C by 1.46 and 3.13 g C kg(-1), and total soil N by 0.07 and 0.17 g N kg(-1) over the incubation period. Lignin improved the macroaggregation of >2mm size fraction, and increased wet microaggregate stability of >2mm and 0.5-0.25 mm aggregates compared to a nonamended control. The results of this study suggest that this acid-precipitated lignin from pulping liquor may have potential as a beneficial soil amendment.     

Recovery of kraft lignin from pulping wastewater via emulsion liquid membrane process

Kraft lignin (KL) is a renewable source of many valuable intermediate biochemical products currently derived from petroleum. An excessive of lignin comes from pulping wastewater caused an adverse pollution problems hence affecting human and aquatic life. A comprehensive study pertaining to emulsion liquid membrane (ELM) extraction of lignin from pulping wastewater was presented. ELM formulation contains Aliquat 336 as carrier, kerosene as diluent, sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO₃) as stripping agent and Span 80 as surfactant. The emulsion stability was investigated at different surfactant concentrations, homogenizer speed and emulsification time. Modifier (2‐ethyl‐1‐hexanol) was added to avoid segregation of third phase while improving the emulsion stability. At optimum conditions, 95% and 56% of lignin were extracted and recovered, respectively at 10 min of extraction time, 0.007 M of Aliquat 336, 0.1 M of NaHCO₃ and 1:5 of treat ratio. Additional of modifier was contributed to highest recovery up to 98%. The ELM process was found to be equally feasible and quite effective in the recovery of KL from real pulping wastewater. Therefore, ELM process provides a promising alternative technology to recover KL from pulping wastewater while solving the environmental problems simultaneously. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 31:1305–1314, 2015     

Influence of process variables in the ethanol pulping of olive tree trimmings

A central composition design was developed to study the influence of process variables (temperature, pulping time and ethanol concentration) on the properties of the pulp produced (yield and holocellulose, alpha-cellulose and lignin contents) and the pH of the resulting wastewater, in the ethanol pulping of olive tree trimmings. The proposed equations reproduce the experimental results for the dependent variables with errors less than 5% for the holocellulose and alpha-cellulose contents, yield and wastewater pH, and less than 15% for the lignin content. Obtaining pulp with acceptably high yield (37.6%), high holocellulose and alpha-cellulose contents (above 88.8% and 46.9%, respectively), and low lignin contents (below 7.2%), entails operating at a pulping temperature of 200 degrees C, using an ethanol concentration of 75% and a pulping time of 60 min.     

Methods for Facilitating Microbial Growth on Pulp Mill Waste Streams and Characterization of the Biodegradation Potential of Cultured Microbes

The kraft process is applied to wood chips for separation of lignin from the polysaccharides within lignocellulose for pulp that will produce a high quality paper. Black liquor is a pulping waste generated by the kraft process that has potential for downstream bioconversion. However, the recalcitrant nature of the lignocellulose resources, its chemical derivatives that constitute the majority of available organic carbon within black liquor, and its basic pH present challenges to microbial biodegradation of this waste material. Methods for the collection and modification of black liquor for microbial growth are aimed at utilization of this pulp waste to convert the lignin, organic acids, and polysaccharide degradation byproducts into valuable chemicals. The lignocellulose extraction techniques presented provide a reproducible method for preparation of lignocellulose growth substrates for understanding metabolic capacities of cultured microorganisms. Use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry enables the identification and quantification of the fermentation products resulting from the growth of microorganisms on pulping waste. These methods when used together can facilitate the determination of the metabolic activity of microorganisms with potential to produce fermentation products that would provide greater value to the pulping system and reduce effluent waste, thereby increasing potential paper milling profits and offering additional uses for black liquor.     

Structural Alterations of Lignins in Transgenic Poplars with Depressed Cinnamyl Alcohol Dehydrogenase or Caffeic Acid O-Methyltransferase Activity Have an Opposite Impact on the Efficiency of Industrial Kraft Pulping

We evaluated lignin profiles and pulping performances of 2-year-old transgenic poplar (Populus tremula × Populus alba) lines severely altered in the expression of caffeic acid/5-hydroxyferulic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) or cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD). Transgenic poplars with CAD or COMT antisense constructs showed growth similar to control trees. CAD down-regulated poplars displayed a red coloration mainly in the outer xylem. A 90% lower COMT activity did not change lignin content but dramatically increased the frequency of guaiacyl units and resistant biphenyl linkages in lignin. This alteration severely lowered the efficiency of kraft pulping. The Klason lignin level of CAD-transformed poplars was slightly lower than that of the control. Whereas CAD down-regulation did not change the frequency of labile ether bonds or guaiacyl units in lignin, it increased the proportion of syringaldehyde and diarylpropane structures and, more importantly with regard to kraft pulping, of free phenolic groups in lignin. In the most depressed line, ASCAD21, a substantially higher content in free phenolic units facilitated lignin solubilization and fragmentation during kraft pulping. These results point the way to genetic modification of lignin structure to improve wood quality for the pulp industry.     

木质素生物合成及其基因工程研究进展

木质素是维管植物的一种主要组成成分,是植物适应陆地环境的重要特征之一.然而,它的存在严重影响植物材料在造纸工业与畜牧业生产中的应用,因此其生物合成调控的研究引起人们极大关注.随着各种分析技术和手段的提高,该领域研究取得了突破性的进展.该文重点阐述这些新进展,同时较系统地介绍利用基因工程技术调控木质素生物合成的研究成果,并提出一些关于更有效地利用生物技术手段改良造纸资源植物品质的建议.     

Biopulping of lignocellulosic material using different fungal species: a review

Biopulping can be an alternative to the traditional methods of pulping. Biopulping use fungi that are known to be able to degrade wood as well as lignin constituent of wood. Amongst these white rot fungi are the most proficient biodegrader. The fungus is non sporulating and is a selective lignin degrader. It colonizes either on living or dead wood and decomposes all wood polymers including lignin and extractives making it to be extremely potential to be used in biopulping. The process of biopulping reduces the utilization of chemical in pulping industry and help in decreasing the environmental hazard caused by normal pulping. The present review deals with diverse aspects of biopulping and their ecological as well as economic significances.     

Lignin: genetic engineering and impact on pulping

Lignin is a major component of wood, the most widely used raw material for the production of pulp and paper. Although the biochemistry and molecular biology underpinning lignin production are better understood than they are for the other wood components, recent work has prompted a number of re-evaluations of the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Some of the work on which these revisions have been based involved the investigation of transgenic plants with modified lignin biosynthesis. In addition to their value in elucidating the lignin biosynthetic pathway, such transgenic plants are also being produced with the aim of improving plant raw materials for pulp and paper production. This review describes how genetic engineering has yielded new insights into how the lignin biosynthetic pathway operates and demonstrates that lignin can be improved to facilitate pulping. The current technologies used to produce paper are presented in this review, followed by a discussion of the impact of lignin modification on pulp production. Fine-tuned modification of lignin content, composition, or both is now achievable and could have important economic and environmental benefits.     

Lignin: Genetic Engineering and Impact on Pulping

Lignin is a major component of wood, the most widely used raw material for the production of pulp and paper. Although the biochemistry and molecular biology underpinning lignin production are better understood than they are for the other wood components, recent work has prompted a number of re-evaluations of the lignin biosynthetic pathway. Some of the work on which these revisions have been based involved the investigation of transgenic plants with modified lignin biosynthesis. In addition to their value in elucidating the lignin biosynthetic pathway, such transgenic plants are also being produced with the aim of improving plant raw materials for pulp and paper production. This review describes how genetic engineering has yielded new insights into how the lignin biosynthetic pathway operates and demonstrates that lignin can be improved to facilitate pulping. The current technologies used to produce paper are presented in this review, followed by a discussion of the impact of lignin modification on pulp production. Fine-tuned modification of lignin content, composition, or both is now achievable and could have important economic and environmental benefits.