角蛋白酶生产菌株的分离筛选与鉴定

【目的】分离筛选具有高效脱毛能力的野生角蛋白酶生产菌株,开发无硫制革生物脱毛剂。【方法】以贮备原料皮的特定环境中的污水样品为菌株源、在含诱导物脱脂羊毛粉的培养基中的富集、筛选与评估其发酵液脱毛能力的多相筛选方法分离选育高产角蛋白酶野生菌株。通过形态学、生理生化特征,Biolog全自动分析以及16SrDNA基因序列分析等方法多尺度地鉴定目的菌株。【结果】定向筛选得到了一株高活力,无硫脱毛效率高的菌株。鉴定结果表明,该菌株为地衣芽孢杆菌属,故命名为地衣芽孢杆菌(Bacillus licheniformis)X-47。【结论】应用多相定位选育技术筛选出的菌株地衣芽孢杆菌(Bacillus licheniformis)X-47,产角蛋白酶活力高,脱毛效率高,对胶原作用力弱的特点,具有开发无硫脱毛生物助剂的潜力。     

一株可高效降解羽毛的铜绿假单胞菌的分离、鉴定、产酶条件优化及其酶活研究

【目的】筛选海洋环境产角蛋白酶菌株,研究其发酵条件及酶学性质,为后续开发和利用海洋微生物降解废弃羽毛提供菌种资源和理论依据。【方法】采集广西北部湾某海鸭养殖场淤泥,用酪蛋白平板初筛和角蛋白酶活复筛获得羽毛降解效果好的菌株,并进行形态学和分子生物学鉴定;利用单因素和正交试验对菌株产酶条件进行优化,最后对酶学性质及羽毛降解产物的游离氨基酸组成进行研究。【结果】筛选到1株可高效降解羽毛的菌株,经鉴定为铜绿假单胞菌(Pseudomonas aeruginosa Gxun-7)。最佳产酶条件为：羽毛25 g/L,Zn2+0.10 g/L、初始pH 8.0、发酵温度32.5°C、发酵时间48 h,酶活力达124.03 U/mL,较优化前提高了2.3倍;酶学性质分析表明,该角蛋白酶最适作用温度和pH分别为70°C和8.0,化学试剂巯基乙醇可使酶活提高6.16倍,而苯甲基磺酰氟(PMSF)使相对酶活降至15.00%,该酶耐盐性较好(20%NaCl中相对酶活为74.29%);羽毛降解产物中检测到16种氨基酸,7种为必需氨基酸,总的游离氨基酸含量高达2 329.80 mg/L,其中缬氨酸含量最高为575....     

角蛋白酶kerC基因的克隆及序列分析

为克隆分析角蛋白酶ker C基因,本研究以羽毛为底物从11株实验室保存的芽孢杆菌中筛选角蛋白酶产生菌。得到了一株具有高效降解羽毛能力的枯草芽孢杆菌BS10,该菌株3 d即可降解一根完整的羽毛,以羽毛粉、天青角蛋白为底物测定其酶活力,分别达(1.88±0.10)U/mL、(1.79±0.49)U/mL。以同源克隆的方法克隆ker C基因,获得了一条全长1 149 bp的kerC基因(Gen Bank登录号:KX108888),编码383个氨基酸。利用BLAST、ProtParm、SOPMA和MEGA等生物信息学工具对其理化性质、二级结构及系统进化树等进行分析,发现其与NCBI中的角蛋白酶基因相似性达到85%;相对分子质量为39.095 kD,等电点为9.23;该基因蛋白为亲水性蛋白;系统进化树分析结果与菌株信息相吻合。羽毛降解菌的获得可促进废弃羽毛资源化利用;角蛋白酶基因的获得及其分子特征的分析,为进一步通过基因工程手段提高角蛋白酶活性提供了一定的理论依据。     

产壳聚糖酶菌株的分离筛选及其诱变育种

利用以壳聚糖为唯一碳源的选择性培养基,从自然界中筛选得到一株壳聚糖酶活较高的菌株 ,其壳聚糖酶活为0.59U/mL.经初步鉴定,该菌株为芽孢杆菌属,以A表示.以该芽孢杆菌为出发菌株,经硫酸二乙酯(DES)诱变处理50 min后,筛选得到壳聚糖酶活明显提高的突变株DES-4,其壳聚糖酶活为1.60U/mL,是出发菌株的2.7倍.该突变株经连续传代5次后仍稳定产酶.研究表明,突变株DES-4的壳聚糖酶产生与芽孢形成之间关系密切,当芽孢充分形成后发酵液的壳聚糖酶活力不再增大.     

菊粉酶产生菌的筛选及60Co诱变选育简

目的：从新疆石河子盐碱地菊芋生长根际土壤中分离筛选高产菊粉酶活力菌株。方法：通过稀释平板涂布法分离微生物;利用^60Co诱变选育,96孔板筛选突变菌株;采用3,5-二硝基水杨酸比色法测定菊粉酶酶活。结果：分离到12株具有菊粉酶活力的菌株,复筛得到1株高产菊粉酶活力菌株,将其命名为G-60;以此菌株为出发菌株进行^60Co诱变,利用96孔板对诱变菌株进行筛选,经摇瓶发酵酶活测定,得到1株高产菊粉酶酶活的突变株,酶活达46．62U/mL,是未诱变菌株酶活的2．72倍。结论：经诱变得到1株高产菊粉酶活力的突变菌株。     

UV与DES复合诱变选育高产脂肪酶菌株

以产脂肪酶菌株BaciUus sp CS-4为出发菌株,进行了UV与硫酸二乙酯(DES)复合诱变处理.筛选出一株高酶活的目的菌株,命名为Bacillus spDE-8.其酶活为每毫升14.85U,比出发菌株提高48.2%.传代实验证明,其遗传性能稳定.     

菊粉酶产生菌的筛选及~(60)Co诱变选育

目的:从新疆石河子盐碱地菊芋生长根际土壤中分离筛选高产菊粉酶活力菌株。方法:通过稀释平板涂布法分离微生物;利用60Co诱变选育,96孔板筛选突变菌株;采用3,5-二硝基水杨酸比色法测定菊粉酶酶活。结果:分离到12株具有菊粉酶活力的菌株,复筛得到1株高产菊粉酶活力菌株,将其命名为G-60;以此菌株为出发菌株进行60Co诱变,利用96孔板对诱变菌株进行筛选,经摇瓶发酵酶活测定,得到1株高产菊粉酶酶活的突变株,酶活达46.62 U/mL,是未诱变菌株酶活的2.72倍。结论:经诱变得到1株高产菊粉酶活力的突变菌株。     

亚麻纤维脱胶菌的筛选及脱胶效果研究

为筛选亚麻纤维脱胶菌株,从麻脱胶废水、废麻堆积物等7个含麻胶质样品中分离得到39株能分解果胶的菌株.采用水解圈法复筛选出8株果胶酶活性较高的菌株,经果胶酶、纤维素酶活性测定和菌体脱胶试验,最终确定8-1是优良的亚麻脱胶菌株,该菌株果胶酶活可达663.17 u/mL,而纤维素酶活仅为9.13 u/mL.菌株8-1经形态观察、Biolog菌种鉴定系统鉴定以及基于16S rDNA序列构建的系统进化树分析为一株芽孢杆菌.     

角质蛋白酶固态发酵工艺及酶解条件的研究

曲霉Ａ２８－８是一株优良的角蛋白酶分泌突变菌株。其最佳固体发酵培养基为：２０％羽毛粉,８０％麸皮和微量无机氮（每克培养基中加０．５ｍｇ）;最适产酶条件为：起始ｐＨ７．５～８．０,温度２８℃～３０℃,时间为６０～７０小时,酶活高达２５００ＫＵ／ｇ曲;最适酶解条件为ｐＨ７．０～９．０,温度４５℃～５０℃。     

真空微波诱变结合化学诱变选育酸性纤维素酶高产菌株

以酸性纤维素酶产生菌绿色木霉（Trichoderma viride）WL0512作为原始出发菌株,首先经自然分离筛选出一株产酶较稳定的菌株TVN-18,其羧甲基纤维素酶活（CMC酶活）达2765．8U／g,滤纸酶活（FPA酶活）达48．5U／g。再经真空微波和甲基磺酸乙酯（EMS）逐级诱变处理,获得了一株高产、稳产酸性纤维素酶的E6—1菌株,其CMC酶活达4396．6U／g,FPA酶活达126．0U／g,分别是菌株TVN-18的1．59倍和2．60倍。通过对固态发酵培养基麸皮和稻草比例、料水比以及初始pH值的优化,突变株的产酶能力进一步得到提高,其产的CIVIC酶活和FPA酶活分别提高了22．3％和22．4％。     

Steroidal carbonitriles as potential aromatase inhibitors

Estrogens, responsible for the growth of hormone-dependant breast cancer are biosynthesized from androgens involving aromatase enzyme in the last rate limiting step. Inhibition of aromatase is an efficient approach for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. Novel 4-phenylthia derivatives (2, 3 and 7) have been synthesized as aromatase inhibitors. The synthesized compounds (2, 3 and 7) exhibited noticeable enzyme inhibiting activity. Kinetics study of these compounds (2, 3, and 7) showed negligible inhibition of the enzyme under conditions conducive for irreversible inhibition of the enzyme. Introduction of unsaturation at C-4, C-1 & 4 or C-4 & 6 (compounds 5, 9 and 11) was observed to not be an effective strategy for entrancing aromatase inhibiting activity in 17-oxo-16β-carbonitrile derivatives. The D-seco derivatives (13-15 and 17) having unsaturation at C-4, C-1 & 4 or C-4 & 6 along with carbonitrile function in ring-D showed complete loss of aromatase inhibiting activity.     

Purification and characterization of two alkaline, thermotolerant alpha-amylases from Bacillus halodurans 38C-2-1 and expression of the cloned gene in Escherichia coli

A newly isolated strain, 38C-2-1, produced alkaline and thermotolerant alpha-amylases and was identified as Bacillus halodurans. The enzymes were purified to homogeneity and named alpha-amylase I and II. These showed molecular masses of 105 and 75 kDa respectively and showed maximal activities at 50-60 degrees C and pH 10-11, and 42 and 38% relative activities at 30 degrees C. These results indicate that the enzymes are thermotolerant. The enzyme activity was not inhibited by a surfactant or a bleaching reagent used in detergents. A gene encoding alpha-amylase I was cloned and named amyI. Production of AmyI with a signal peptide repressed the growth of an Escherichia coli transformant. When enzyme production was induced by the addition of isopropyl beta-D(-)-thiogalactopyranoside in the late exponential growth phase, the highest enzyme yield was observed. It was 45-fold that of the parent strain 38C-2-1.     

The pathway of L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis in the colourless microalga Prototheca moriformis

When mutant strain UV77-247 of Prototheca moriformis Kruger was fed d-[1-13C]Glc, it synthesized l-ascorbic acid (AA) with approximately three-quarters of the label at the C-1 position and the remaining label at the C-6 position, showing that AA is made by a non-inversion (retention) pathway, i.e. C-1 of Glc becomes C-1 of AA. The label present at C-6 is consistent with the glycolytic conversion of Glc to 3-carbon intermediates and subsequent gluconeogenesis. Compounds suggested as intermediates in inversion-type pathways were not converted to AA. Most strains converted Man to AA at a rate greater than they did Glc. Enzyme activities leading from Fru-6-P to the formation of GDP-Man were identified in all strains, but none of these activities correlated with the mutants' abilities to accumulate AA. However, there was a strong correlation between GDP-Man-3,5-epimerase activity and AA accumulation. Wild-type P. moriformis ATCC 75669 and mutant strains of varying AA-synthesizing abilities rapidly converted l-Gal or l-galactono-1,4-lactone to AA. Based on this data, a biosynthetic pathway from Glc to AA is proposed in which the epimerase is the rate-limiting activity in AA synthesis.     

Fermentation conditions and properties of a chitosanase from Acinetobacter sp. C-17

A species of bacterium with high chitosanase activity was isolated from soil samples in Haiyan City, China, and identified as an Acinetobacter species. This strain, named Acinetobacter sp. strain C-17, produced a chitosanase that was inducible and secreted into the medium. The optimal conditions for enzyme production were cells used to inoculate a medium containing 1% chitosan (pH 7.0) followed by culture at 30 degrees C. The chitosanase activity reached 1.7 U/ml when strain C-17 was incubated in a 250-ml flask under the optimal conditions for 24 h, and reached 2.8 U/ml when cells were incubated in a 3-l fermentor. The optimal pH and temperature for hydrolysis of chitosanase were 7.0 and 36 degrees C, respectively. The chitosanase activity was stable in the pH range of 5-8 and temperature range of 30-40 degrees C. The chitosanase of the strain was extracted by zinc acetate and ammonium sulfate precipitation. The molecular mass was estimated to be 35.4 kDa by SDS-PAGE.     

Purification and some properties of a beta-glucosidase from Trichoderma harzianum type C-4.

Type C-4 strain of Trichoderma harzianum was isolated as a microorganism with high cellulolytic activity. Beta-glucosidase is involved in the last step of cellulose saccharification by degrading cellobiose to glucose, and plays an important role in the cellulase enzyme system with a synergic action with endoglucanase and cellobiohydrolase for cellulose degradation. Beta-glucosidase from T. harzianum type C-4 was purified to homogeneity through Sephacryl S-300, DEAE-Sephadex A-50, and Mono P column chromatographies. It was a single polypeptide with the molecular mass of 75,000 by SDS-PAGE. The enzyme was very active at pH 5.0 and 45 degrees C. No significant inhibition was observed in the presence of metal ions, thiol reagents, or EDTA. The enzyme was stable in the presence of 5% ox gall and digestive enzymes. p-Nitrophenyl-beta-D-cellobioside worked as a substrate for the enzyme as much as p-nitrophenyl-beta-glucopyranoside. Glucose and gluconolactone showed competitive inhibition with a Ki of 1 mM and 1.8 microM, respectively, while galactose, mannose, and xylose did not inhibit the enzyme significantly.     

Requirement for a second sterol biosynthetic mutation for viability of a sterol C-14 demethylation defect in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Genetic analysis of a nystatin-resistant sterol mutant (strain JR4) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae defective in C-14 demethylation revealed the presence of a second mutation in 5,6-desaturation. It appeared from complementation tests that a defect in delta 5-desaturase enzyme activity was required for the viability of the C-14 demethylation mutant. Growth studies with a sterol auxotrophic strain indicated that the major sterol of strain JR4, 14 alpha-methyl-ergosta-8,24(28)-dien-3 beta-ol, could satisfy "bulk" membrane requirements but not the second, structurally specific, sterol function that we defined previously (Rodriguez et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 106:435-441, 1982). Leakiness in the sterol mutations in strain JR4 provided a small amount of ergosterol which could satisfy this second function.     

L-methionine decarboxylase from Dryopteris filix-mas: purification, characterization, substrate specificity, abortive transamination of the coenzyme, and stereochemical courses of substrate decarboxylation and coenzyme transamination

L-Methionine decarboxylase from the male fern Dryopteris filix-mas has been purified 256-fold from acetone powder extracts to very near homogeneity. The enzyme is membrane-associated and requires detergent for solubilization during the initial extraction. The enzyme is a homodimer of subunit Mr 57,000 and shows a pH optimum at approximately 5.0 with 20 mM (2S)-methionine as substrate. The specific activity, kcat, for methionine is approximately 50 mol s(-1) (mol of active site)(-1) at pH 4.5 and below. A wide range of straight- and branched-chain (2S)-alkylamino acids are substrates for the enzyme. The values for the rate of decarboxylation, Vmax, and for the apparent Michaelis constant, Km, however, vary with structure and with the chirality at C-3. The pH dependence of V and V/K has been examined for three substrates: (2S)-methionine, valine, and leucine. Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) is required for activity, and in the absence of excess PLP, the activity of the enzyme in incubations reduced with respect to time. The addition of PLP fully restores the activity, indicating that an abortive decarboxylation-transamination accompanies the normal decarboxylation reaction. The occurrence of the abortive reaction was confirmed by showing that [35S]methionine is converted to labeled 3-(methylthio)propionaldehyde while [4'-3H]PLP is converted to labeled pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate (PMP). The decarboxylation of (2S)-methionine gave 3-(methylthio)-1-aminopropane. Preparation of the N-camphanamide derivative of the amine allowed the C-1 methylene protons to be distinguished by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Synthetic samples of the camphanamide were prepared in which each of the C-1 methylene protons was replaced by deuterium. When (2S)-methionine and the C-2 deuteriated isotopomer were incubated with the enzyme in deuterium oxide and protium oxide, respectively, and the products were converted to their camphanamide derivatives and analyzed by 1H NMR spectroscopy, it was evident that decarboxylation occurred with retention of configuration at C-2. When the decarboxylation of six other substrates was studied, examination of the N-camphanamide derivatives of the amines indicated that decarboxylation occurred stereospecifically and, by analogy, with retention of configuration at C-2. When tritiated pyridoxal phosphate was incubated with the enzyme, tritiated pyridoxamine phosphate was formed. Analysis of the chirality of the methylene group at C-4' indicated that, during abortive transamination, protonation occurred from the 4'-si face of the coenzyme, the same stereochemical result as that obtained for several bona fide transaminase enzymes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Determination of mycelial steroids with the aid of polyene antibiotics. II. Quantitative determination of the mycelial steroids of Mucor hiemalis.

UV absorption spectrum of polyene antibiotics was dramatically altered in the presence of steroids. The introduction of a steroid to an aqueous solution of polyene antibiotics resulted in a change in the ratio of absorbance of peak 3 (with shorter wavelength) to peak 1 (with longer wavelength), E3/E1. Interactions between 28 steroids and 4 polyene antibiotics were studied and the results revealed that the structures of steroids essential for the optimal interaction with polyene antibiotics were C-17 side chain, substitution C-3 hydroxyl group, intact steroid nucleus and aromatic A-ring. The ratio of E3/E1 was used for the determination of steroids in mycelium of Mucor hiemalis and the result was in good agreement with that obtained from gas chromatograph. The (-) strain had a greater change in the ratio of absorbance, E3/E1, than that of the (+) strain. The ratio of absorbance, E3/E1, decreased in the following order: the (-) strain, the (-) strain with the addition of the filtrate of (+) strains, the mated strains, the (+) with the addition of the filtrate of (-) strain and the (+) strain.     

Mechanistic studies of the biosynthesis of 3,6-dideoxyhexoses in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Purification and stereochemical analysis of CDP-D-glucose oxidoreductase.

An NAD(+)-dependent CDP-D-glucose oxidoreductase which catalyzes the first step of the biosynthesis of CDP-ascarylose (CDP-3,6-dideoxy-L-arabino-hexose), converting CDP-D-glucose to CDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-glucose, was isolated from Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. A protocol consisting of DEAE-cellulose, Matrex Blue-A, hydroxylapatite, DEAE-Sephadex, Sephadex G-100, and NAD(+)-agarose column chromatography was used to purify this enzyme 6000-fold to homogeneity. This enzyme consists of two identical subunits, each with a molecular weight of 42,500. Using CDP-D-glucose as the substrate, the Km and Vmax of this catalysis were determined to be 222 microM and 8.3 mumols mg-1 min-1, respectively. Unlike most other oxidoreductases of its class which have a tightly bound NAD+, this highly purified CDP-D-glucose oxidoreductase showed an absolute requirement of NAD+ for its activity. Using chemically synthesized (6S)- and (6R)-CDP-D-[4-2H,6-3H]glucose as substrates, a stereochemical analysis showed this enzymatic reaction involves an intramolecular hydrogen migration from C-4 to C-6, and the displacement of C-6 hydroxyl group by the C-4 hydrogen occurs with inversion. Thus, despite the low cofactor affinity, this enzyme undergoes a mechanism consistent with that followed by other members of its type. Such a mechanistic and stereochemical convergency found for all sugar oxidoreductases so far characterized suggests the presence of a common progenitor of this class of enzyme.     

Superinfection of a chimpanzee with a second strain of human immunodeficiency virus.

Two chimpanzees, one (C-499) infected with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated retrovirus type 2 (ARV-2) strain of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and one (C-560) infected with the lymphadenopathy-associated virus type 1 (LAV-1) strain of HIV, were inoculated with approximately 10(4) tissue culture infective doses of the reciprocal strain. At the time of the second inoculation, both chimpanzees had high titers of HIV-specific antibodies, including antibodies that neutralized both virus strains. After inoculation of the second strain of HIV, the antibody titers in both chimpanzees increased 4- to 10-fold, and in one chimpanzee (C-499), the numbers of infectious peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) increased 1,000-fold to levels that are comparable with those observed after primary HIV infections. By restriction enzyme analysis of virus recovered from PBMC, both ARV-2 and LAV-1 were identified in C-499, thus demonstrating that superinfection had occurred.