蔗糖磷酸化酶的分离纯化及其催化合成α-熊果苷的研究

考察了肠膜明串珠菌(Leuconostoc mesenteroides)G123厌氧发酵产蔗糖磷酸化酶下游的分离纯化工艺.收集的菌体经超声破碎得到粗酶液,通过硫酸铵沉淀、透析、阴离子交换层析分离后获得了电泳纯的蔗糖磷酸化酶,酶活回收率为31.7%,酶的分子量约为55.7 kD,纯化后的蔗糖磷酸化酶比活为115.3 U/mg.该酶在中性及偏酸性(pH5.5-8.0)情况下,酶稳定性较好,较报道的肠膜明串珠菌(Leuconostoc mesenteroides)B-1149的pH稳定范围宽.同时该酶在37℃保存2 h,酶活几乎没有下降.利用获得的纯酶以氢醌和蔗糖为底物催化合成α-熊果苷,在23 U/mL的酶反应体系中,60%蔗糖、5%氢醌、pH7.5,37℃,反应12 h,氢醌转化率达到16.3%,α-熊果苷的产量为20g/L.     

蔗糖富集环境中蔗糖磷酸化酶的酶学性质研究与改造

【背景】蔗糖富集土壤是蔗糖磷酸化酶的重要来源之一。此酶能以较廉价的蔗糖为底物进行转葡萄糖基反应,改善受体底物的理化性质,因而具有重要的应用价值。【目的】研究蔗糖富集土壤中蔗糖磷酸化酶的酶学性质和转糖苷活性,为其更优质的改造提供材料和理论基础。【方法】将宏基因组中获得的蔗糖磷酸化酶基因克隆到表达载体上构建重组大肠杆菌,诱导表达并进行镍亲和层析纯化蛋白。以蔗糖为底物测量重组酶的基本酶学性质,研究其对糖类底物的转糖苷活性。通过底物通道分析,利用反向PCR技术对其第155位点进行饱和突变,并测定突变体基本酶学性质和转糖苷活性。【结果】纯化的酶蛋白分子量大小约为56 kD,活性状态时以三聚体形式存在。在以蔗糖为底物时,最适温度和最适pH值分别为55°C和6.5;Km和Vmax值分别为23.1±2.4 mmol/L和407.9±8.5μmol/(mg·min),对第155位点进行了定点饱和突变,获得了部分酶学性质或转糖苷活性改善的突变体。【结论】宏基因组中蔗糖磷酸化酶的研究丰富了酶学数据,并通过分子改造获得了部分性质更优的突变体,为转糖苷活性关键氨基酸的研究和该酶的工业应用奠定了基础。     

蔗糖磷酸化酶全细胞催化AA-2G的条件优化

目的:使用表达蔗糖磷酸化酶(EC 2.4.1.7,Sucrose phosphorylase,SPase)的大肠杆菌重组工程菌E.coli BL21/pET-spase,作为全细胞催化剂,合成2-O-D-吡喃葡糖基-L-抗坏血酸(Ascorbic acid 2-glucoside,AA-2G)。通过反应条件的优化研究,提高AA-2G的收率。方法:分别考察菌体量、缓冲液pH、蔗糖浓度、维生素C浓度、反应时间和温度对AA-2G合成反应的影响,再组合上述最佳条件进行反应。AA-2G的产量使用高效液相色谱法进行定量。结果:最佳反应条件为:菌体量15 mg/mL,缓冲液pH 4.5,蔗糖浓度100 g/L,维生素C浓度175 g/L,反应时间20 h,温度37℃。在此条件下,AA-2G产量达到了35.7 g/L。结论:以蔗糖为底物,使用SPase合成AA-2G的研究报道较少。本研究通过优化此方法的反应条件,让AA-2G的产量得到了大幅提高。同时本研究中成功地采用了大肠杆菌工程菌作为全细胞催化剂,这比传统的使用粗酶液的方法更省时省力,有良好的应用潜力。     

蔗糖磷酸化酶及其在糖基化反应中的应用

糖基化反应能有效改善化合物的水溶性、稳定性、生物利用度等性质,利用糖苷水解酶类和糖基转移酶类对生物活性化合物进行糖基化修饰已成为研究热点。相比于糖基转移酶类,糖苷水解酶类在大规模催化中具有来源丰富、成本低的优势。其中,蔗糖磷酸化酶因其卓越的糖基化活性和广泛的底物特异性,在化工领域受到人们的广泛关注。文中综述了蔗糖磷酸化酶的结构与催化特性,概述了蔗糖磷酸化酶的定向改造,同时系统性地总结了蔗糖磷酸化酶在糖基化反应中的应用及与其他酶的联合应用。并且,基于蔗糖磷酸化酶的研究现状,结合笔者研究团队的多年工作经验,探讨了该课题的未来发展方向。     

肠膜明串珠菌蔗糖磷酸化酶基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

以肠膜明串珠菌基因组DNA为模板,通过PCR扩增得到1 581 bp的蔗糖磷酸化酶(SPase)DNA片段.将该基因克隆到表达载体pET-22b(+)上,构建获得重组质粒pET-SPase.测序结果与GenBank上已公布的基因序列比较,有1个碱基发生变化,但该碱基的改变未引起氨基酸序列的改变.将pET-SPase转化到Escherichia coli Rosetta(DE3)感受态中,IPTG诱导表达后进行SDS-PAGE分析,目的蛋白条带约为55 kD,与预期大小一致,结果表明SPase基因在大肠杆菌中进行了表达.酶活分析,产物的比活为1.8 U/mg,证明了表达产物具有预期的酶活性.进一步考察了IPTG浓度、诱导温度和时间等因素对重组菌表达的蔗糖磷酸化酶的影响.在优化条件下,该蔗糖磷酸化酶的比活可以达到16.6 U/mg,比优化表达条件前的酶比活提高了9.2倍,比已报道的肠膜明串殊菌粗酶液比活(7.1 U/mg)提高了2.34倍.     

重组大肠杆菌产蔗糖磷酸化酶的酶学性质及其催化合成α-熊果苷

利用重组大肠杆菌Escherichia coli Rosetta(DE3)/pET-SPase发酵生产蔗糖磷酸化酶(EC 2.4.1.7,Sucrose phosphorylase,SPase)。收集的菌体经高压破碎后离心得到粗酶液,通过镍NTA亲和层析、超滤除盐后得到电泳纯的SPase,纯化后的SPase的比酶活是原来的2.1倍,酶活回收率达到82.7%。经SDS-PAGE电泳测定,重组SPase的分子量约为59 kDa。该酶在不高于37℃,pH 6.0~6.7的条件下比较稳定,最适催化温度与最适催化pH分别为37℃,pH 6.7,该酶对蔗糖的米氏常数(Km)为7.3 mmol/L,最大反应速率(Vmax)为0.2μmol/(min.mg)。此外文中还以蔗糖和氢醌为底物,利用重组SPase催化合成α-熊果苷。其最佳反应条件为:20%蔗糖,200 U/mL的酶液,1.6%氢醌,pH 6.0~6.5,25℃,反应21 h。α-熊果苷的摩尔产率为78.3%,α-熊果苷的产量为31 g/L。     

微生物葡聚糖蔗糖酶的研究进展

该文综述了葡聚糖蔗糖酶(Glucansucrase,EC 2. 4. 1. 5)研究的最新进展,包括微生物来源的GTF结构及催化机理,并概述了GTF在葡聚糖、低聚糖以及糖苷合成领域应用的新进展。在此基础上阐述了异源表达GTF提高其活力、产率及稳定性的相关研究。以期为GTF在相关领域开展研究提供参考。     

两种耐热磷酸化酶的构建及高效催化合成红景天苷

目的:使用表达耐热蔗糖磷酸化酶的大肠杆菌重组工程菌E. coli BL21/pET-Spase和耐热纤维二糖磷酸化酶的大肠杆菌重组工程菌E. coli BL21/pET-Cpase,发酵培养后粗酶液作为催化剂,以价格低廉的蔗糖为原料合成红景天苷。方法:分别构建耐热蔗糖磷酸化酶和耐热纤维二糖磷酸化酶大肠杆菌重组菌,然后将重组菌、蔗糖、酪醇和磷酸混合,得到反应混合物,使反应混合物在45℃下转化,而产生红景天苷。结果:在耐热蔗糖磷酸化酶酶液1200 U/L、耐热纤维二糖磷酸化酶酶液500 U/L、蔗糖110 g/L、酪醇30 g/L和磷酸50 m M的浓度下,反应条件为pH 7.0、温度45℃、转速50转/分、反应时间32小时后,红景天苷浓度达到23.7 g/L。结论:本研究使用蔗糖磷酸化酶和纤维二糖磷酸化酶联合催化的工艺,成功地高收率合成了红景天苷。同时,本研究构建的耐热磷酸化酶酶活高,处理简单,为拓展糖苷类似物的合成提供了一种新的方法。     

肠膜明串珠菌蔗糖磷酸化酶的酶学表征及在催化合成α-熊果苷中的应用

将来源于肠膜明串珠菌Leuconostoc mesenteroides ATCC 12291的蔗糖磷酸化酶(Sucrose phosphorylase,SPase)基因进行密码子优化后将其插入到pET-28a中构建表达载体pET-28a-spase,诱导大肠杆菌Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)/pET-28a-spase表达制得SPase粗酶液,将重组SPase纯化后进行酶学表征。结果表明,重组SPase的比酶活为213.98 U/mg,纯化倍数为1.47倍,酶活回收率达87.80%。该酶最适温度为45℃,最适pH为6.5,该酶对蔗糖的Km为128.8 mmol/L,Vmax为2.167μmol/(mL·min),kcat为39 237.86 min-1,利用重组SPase催化氢醌合成α-熊果苷,最优条件为:氢醌添加量为40 g/L,蔗糖/氢醌的摩尔比为5:1,重组SPase 250 U/mL。在25 mmol/L的吗啉乙磺酸(MES)缓冲液(pH 7.0)中,反应温度30℃,避光反应24 h后终止反应,再用500 U/mL的糖化酶40℃处理2.5 h。α-熊果苷产...     

A one-step enzymatic assay for sucrose with sucrose phosphorylase

A one-step, enzymatic assay for sucrose using sucrose phosphorylase is described. Sucrose phosphorylase, which is now commercially available, was isolated from Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain B-1200 and partially purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation. Samples containing 5 to 80 nmol of sucrose are mixed with potassium phosphate, NAD, sucrose phosphorylase, and two commercial enzymes, phosphoglucomutase and NAD-accepting glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. After 30 min incubation at room temperature, absorbance at 340 nm is proportional to initial sucrose content. A 20-fold molar excess of glucose or a twofold excess of fructose have no effect on the assay, while a fourfold excess of fructose interferes with the assay by decreasing absorbance ca. 20%. This assay was designed to provide a rapid method for determining sucrose in studies of sugar transport by plants. To test the assay, corn pedicel extracts were assayed enzymatically and by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Estimates of sucrose content made by the two methods were equivalent, and exogenous addition of sucrose to these samples resulted in the expected increase in apparent sucrose content.     

Expression of a bacterial sucrose phosphorylase in potato tubers results in a glucose-independent induction of glycolysis

Sugars are not only metabolic substrates: they also act as signals that regulate the metabolism of plants. Previously, we found that glycolysis is induced in transgenic tubers expressing a yeast invertase in the cytosol but not in those expressing invertase in the apoplast. This suggests that either the low level of sucrose, the increased formation of cytosolic glucose or the increased levels of metabolites downstream of the sucrose cleavage is responsible for the induction of glycolysis in storage organs. In order to discriminate between these possibilities, we cloned and expressed a bacterial sucrose phosphorylase gene from Pseudomonas saccharophila in potato tubers. Due to the phosphorolytic cleavage of sucrose, formation of glucose was circumvented, thus allowing assessment of the importance of cytosolic glucose – and, by implication, flux through hexokinase – in glycolytic induction. Expression of sucrose phosphorylase led to: (i) a decrease in sucrose content, but no decrease in glucose or fructose; (ii) a decrease in both starch accumulation and tuber yield; (iii) increased levels of glycolytic metabolites; (iv) an induction of the activities of key enzymes of glycolysis; and (v) increased respiratory activity. We conclude that the induction of glycolysis in heterotrophic tissues such as potato tubers occurs via a glucose‐independent mechanism.     

Probing enzyme–substrate interactions at the catalytic subsite of Leuconostoc mesenteroides sucrose phosphorylase with site-directed mutagenesis: the roles of Asp49 and Arg395

Abstract

Sucrose phosphorylase is a bacterial α-transglucosidase that catalyses glucosyl transfer from sucrose to phosphate, releasing d-fructose and α-d-glucose 1-phosphate as the product of the first (enzyme glucosylation) and second (enzyme deglucosylation) step of the enzymatic reaction, respectively. The transferred glucosyl moiety of sucrose is accommodated at the catalytic subsite of the phosphorylase through a network of charged hydrogen bonds whereby a highly conserved residue pair of Asp and Arg points towards the equatorial hydroxyl at C₄. To examine the role of this ‘hyperpolar’ binding site for the substrate 4-OH, we have mutated Asp⁴⁹ and Arg³⁹⁵ of Leuconostoc mesenteroides sucrose phosphorylase individually to Ala (D49A) and Leu (R395L), respectively, and also prepared an ‘uncharged’ double mutant harbouring both site-directed substitutions. The efficiency for enzyme glucosylation from sucrose was massively decreased in purified preparations of D49A (10⁷-fold) and R395L (10⁵-fold) as compared to wild-type enzyme. The double mutant was not active above the detection limit. Enzyme deglucosylation to phosphate proceeded relatively efficient in D49A as well as R395L, about 500-fold less than in the wild-type phosphorylase. Substrate inhibition by phosphate and a loss in selectivity for reaction with phosphate as compared to water were new features in the two mutants. Asp⁴⁹ and Arg³⁹⁵ are both essential in the catalytic reaction of L. mesenteroides sucrose phosphorylase.     

Sucrose phosphorylase of the rumen bacterium Pseudobutyrivibrio ruminis strain A

Aims:  To verify the taxonomic affiliation of bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens strain A from our collection and to characterize its enzyme(s) responsible for digestion of sucrose.
Methods and Results:  Comparison of the 16S rRNA gene of the bacterium with GenBank showed over 99% sequence identity to the species Pseudobutyrivibrio ruminis . Molecular filtration, native electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel, zymography and thin layer chromatography were used to identify and characterize the relevant enzyme. An intracellular sucrose phosphorylase with an approximate molecular mass of 52 kDa exhibiting maximum activity at pH 6·0 and temperature 45°C was identified. The enzyme was of inducible character and catalysed the reversible conversion of sucrose to fructose and glucose-1-P. The reaction required inorganic phosphate. The K _m for glucose-1-P formation and fructose release were 3·88 × 10⁻³ and 5·56 × 10⁻³ mol l⁻¹ sucrose, respectively – while the V _max of the reactions were −0·579 and 0·9  μ mol mg protein⁻¹ min⁻¹. The enzyme also released free glucose from glucose phosphate.
Conclusion:  Pseudobutyrivibrio ruminis strain A utilized sucrose by phosphorolytic cleavage.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  Bacterium P. ruminis strain A probably participates in the transfer of energy from dietetary sucrose to the host animal.     

纤维二糖磷酸化酶和纤维寡糖磷酸化酶的研究与应用

自然界中一些厌氧的纤维素降解菌能够产生纤维二糖磷酸化酶(Cellobiose Phosphorylase,CBP)和纤维寡糖磷酸化酶(Cellodextrin Phosphorylase,CDP)磷酸化裂解纤维二糖和纤维寡糖.CBP和CDP属于糖苷水解酶94家族(Glycoside Hydrolase Family 9...     

Three‐Enzyme Phosphorylase Cascade for Integrated Production of Short‐Chain Cellodextrins

Cellodextrins are linear β‐1,4‐gluco‐oligosaccharides that are soluble in water up to a degree of polymerization (DP) of ≈6. Soluble cellodextrins have promising applications as nutritional ingredients. A DP‐controlled, bottom‐up synthesis from expedient substrates is desired for their bulk production. Here, a three‐enzyme glycoside phosphorylase cascade is developed for the conversion of sucrose and glucose into short‐chain (soluble) cellodextrins (DP range 3–6). The cascade reaction involves iterative β‐1,4‐glucosylation of glucose from α‐glucose 1‐phosphate (αGlc1‐P) donor that is formed in situ from sucrose and phosphate. With final concentration and yield of the soluble cellodextrins set as targets for biocatalytic synthesis, three major factors of reaction efficiency are identified and partly optimized: the ratio of enzyme activity, the ratio of sucrose and glucose, and the phosphate concentration used. The efficient use of the phosphate/αGlc1‐P shuttle for cellodextrin production is demonstrated and the soluble product at 40 g L^?1 is obtained under near‐complete utilization of the donor substrate offered (88 mol% from 200 mm sucrose). The productivity is 16 g (L h)^?1. Through a simple two‐step route, the soluble cellodextrins are recovered from the reaction mixture in ≥95% purity and ≈92% yield. Overall, this study provides the basis for their integrated production.     

On the donor substrate dependence of group-transfer reactions by hydrolytic enzymes: Insight from kinetic analysis of sucrose phosphorylase-catalyzed transglycosylation

Chemical group-transfer reactions by hydrolytic enzymes have considerable importance in biocatalytic synthesis and are exploited broadly in commercial-scale chemical production. Mechanistically, these reactions have in common the involvement of a covalent enzyme intermediate which is formed upon enzyme reaction with the donor substrate and is subsequently intercepted by a suitable acceptor. Here, we studied the glycosylation of glycerol from sucrose by sucrose phosphorylase (SucP) to clarify a peculiar, yet generally important characteristic of this reaction: partitioning between glycosylation of glycerol and hydrolysis depends on the type and the concentration of the donor substrate used (here: sucrose, α-d -glucose 1-phosphate (G1P)). We develop a kinetic framework to analyze the effect and provide evidence that, when G1P is used as donor substrate, hydrolysis occurs not only from the β-glucosyl-enzyme intermediate (E-Glc), but additionally from a noncovalent complex of E-Glc and substrate which unlike E-Glc is unreactive to glycerol. Depending on the relative rates of hydrolysis of free and substrate-bound E-Glc, inhibition (Leuconostoc mesenteroides SucP) or apparent activation (Bifidobacterium adolescentis SucP) is observed at high donor substrate concentration. At a G1P concentration that excludes the substrate-bound E-Glc, the transfer/hydrolysis ratio changes to a value consistent with reaction exclusively through E-Glc, independent of the donor substrate used. Collectively, these results give explanation for a kinetic behavior of SucP not previously accounted for, provide essential basis for design and optimization of the synthetic reaction, and establish a theoretical framework for the analysis of kinetically analogous group-transfer reactions by hydrolytic enzymes.     

Dietary sucrose and oligosaccharide synthesis in relation to osmoregulation in the pea aphid, Acyrthoslphon pisum

Abstract. A major problem for aphids is the avoidance of dehydration due to a high dietary osmotic pressure. Their adaptations include a high osmotic pressure in the haemolymph and polymerization of dietary sugars to oligosaccharides. The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), was fed on an artificial diet containing Relabelled sucrose, and the fate of dietary sucrose was studied using quantitative paper chromatography. The haemolymph of A. pisum , feeding on artificial diet containing 25% w/v (730 mM) sucrose, contained two main sugars: trehalose (255 nw) and fructose (129 mM). No sucrose was found in the haemolymph. The honeydew sugars (350 mM) of aphids fed the same diet were mainly oligosaccharides (220 mM). The polymerization of sucrose was responsible for a 34% reduction in molarity of sugars in the honeydew. At low dietary sucrose concentrations, the honeydew contained mainly mono- and disaccharides. At dietary sucrose concentrations of 15% or more, oligosaccharides were predominant. This is consistent with the idea that osmoregulation is carried out by oligosaccharide synthesis. Analysis of the stomach contents revealed that oligosaccharide synthesis occurs there, and tissue incubation showed that die gut is much more active in oligosaccharide synthesis than the eviscerated body tissues. The function of the filter chamber, found in some aphid species, is considered and it is suggested that this is a mechanism for reducing the osmotic pressure of the ingested diet.