营养条件对光滑球拟酵母积累α-酮戊二酸的影响

以光滑拟球酵母为研究模型,研究α-酮戊二酸的浓度情况。通过单因素实验得到α-酮戊二酸积累最佳浓度的各单因素条件为：葡萄糖浓度140g／L,NH4Cl浓度5g／L。在碳源（30g/L葡萄糖初始浓度）匮乏条件下加入丙酮酸30g／L,在此条件下丙酮酸转化为α－酮戊二酸的转化率最高达53．7％。以30g／L丙酮酸为唯一碳源时在7L发酵罐中光滑拟球酵母可生成浓度为10．7g/Lα-酮戊二酸,外源丙酮酸的转化率可达66．9％。这一结果表明,T．glabrata具有将丙酮酸转化为α-KG的能力。     

Purification, characterization, cloning and expression of pyruvate decarboxylase from Torulopsis glabrata IFO005

In the production of pyruvate and optically active alpha-hydroxy ketones by Torulopsis glabrata, pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC, EC 4.1.1.1) plays an important role in pyruvate metabolism and in catalyzing the biotransformation of aromatic amino acid precursors to alpha-hydroxy ketones. In this paper, we have purified and characterized PDC from T. glabrata IFO005 and cloned the corresponding gene. A simple, rapid and efficient purification protocol was developed that provided PDC with high specific activity. Unlike other yeast or higher plant enzymes, known as homotetramers (alpha(4) or beta(4)) or heterotetramers (alpha(2)beta(2)), two active isoforms of PDC purified from T. glabrata IFO005 were homodimeric proteins with subunits of 58.7 kDa. We isolated the T. glabrata PDC gene encoding 563 amino acid residues and succeeded in overproducing the recombinant PDC protein in Escherichia coli, in which the product amounted to about 10-20% of the total protein of the cell extract. Recombinant PDC from E. coli was purified as a homotetramer. Targeted gene disruption of PDC confirmed that T. glabrata has only one gene of PDC. This PDC gene showed about 80% homology with the genes of other yeasts, and amino acid residues involved in the allosteric site for pyruvate in other yeast PDCs were conserved in T. glabrata PDC. Both native PDC and recombinant PDC were activated by pyruvate and exhibited sigmoidal kinetics similar to those of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and higher plants. They also exhibited the similar catalytic properties: low thermostability, similar pH stability and optimal pH, and complete inhibition by glyoxylate.     

Manipulating the pyruvate dehydrogenase bypass of a multi-vitamin auxotrophic yeast Torulopsis glabrata enhanced pyruvate production

AIMS: To investigate the relationship between the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) bypass and the production of pyruvate of a multi-vitamin auxotrophic yeast Torulopsis glabrata. METHODS AND RESULTS: Torulopsis glabrata CCTCC M202019, a multi-vitamin auxotrophic yeast that requires acetate for complete growth on glucose minimum medium, was selected after nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of the parent strain T. glabrata WSH-IP303 screened in previous study [Li et al. (2001) Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 55, 680-685]. Strain CCTCC M202019 produced 21% higher pyruvate than the parent strain and was genetically stable in flask cultures. The activities of the pyruvate metabolism-related enzymes in parent and mutant strains were measured. Compared with the parent strain, the activity of pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) of the mutant strain CCTCC M202019 decreased by roughly 40%, while the activity of acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) of the mutant increased by 103.5 or 57.4%, respectively, in the presence or absence of acetate. Pyruvate production by the mutant strain CCTCC M202019 reached 68.7 g l(-1) at 62 h (yield on glucose of 0.651 g g(-1)) in a 7-l jar fermentor. CONCLUSIONS: The increased pyruvate yield in T. glabrata CCTCC M202019 was due to a balanced manipulation of the PDH bypass, where the shortage of cytoplasmic acetyl-CoA caused by the decreased activity of PDC was properly compensated by the increased activity of ACS. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Manipulating the PDH bypass may provide an alternative approach to enhance the production of glycolysis-related metabolites.     

Accelerating glycolytic flux of Torulopsis glabrata CCTCC M202019 at high oxidoreduction potential created using potassium ferricyanide

This study aimed to increase the glycolytic flux of the multivitamin auxotrophic yeast Torulopsis glabrata by redirecting NADH oxidation from oxidative phosphorylation to membrane-bound ferric reductase. We added potassium ferricyanide as electron acceptor to T. glabrata culture broth at 20% dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration, which resulted in: (1) decreases in the NADH content, NADH/NAD(+) ratio, and ATP level of 45.3%, 60.3%, and 15.2%, respectively; (2) high activities of the key glycolytic enzymes hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, and pyruvate kinase, as well as high expression levels of the genes encoding these enzymes; and (3) increases in the specific glucose consumption rate and pyruvate yield of T. glabrata was by 45.5% and 23.1%, respectively. Our results showed that membrane-bound ferric reductase offers an alternative and efficient NADH oxidation pathway at lower DO concentration, which increases the glycolytic flux of T. glabrata.     

一种基于途径分析提高丙酮酸产量的育种策略

为进一步提高光滑球拟酵母发酵生产丙酮酸的水平 ,在途径分析的基础上提出了一种组成型降低丙酮酸脱酸酶、但增强乙酰辅酶A合成酶活性的育种策略。通过亚硝基胍诱变 ,获得 1株乙酸需求型突变株CCTCCM2 0 2 0 19,在外加乙酸的培养基中表现出高于出发株 2 1%的丙酮酸生产能力和良好的遗传稳定性。检测突变株CCTCCM2 0 2 0 19中丙酮酸代谢相关酶的活性发现 :(1)丙酮酸脱羧酶活性降低了 4 0 % ;(2 )外加乙酸与否的条件下 ,乙酰辅酶A合成酶的活性分别提高了 10 3 5 %和 5 7 4 % ;(3)添加乙酸和突变对丙酮酸羧化酶、丙酮酸脱氢酶系、乙醇脱氢酶和乙醛脱氢酶的活性没有显著影响。在含有乙酸的培养基中突变株细胞干重比出发株高 2 1 7% ,可能是因为乙酰辅酶A合成酶活性的提高 ,补充了因丙酮酸脱羧酶活性降低而引起的胞质乙酰辅酶A短缺。在 7L罐中含有 6g L乙酸钠的培养基中发酵 6 2h ,丙酮酸产量达到 6 8 7g L ,对葡萄糖的产率为 0 6 5 1g g。     

Enhancement of pyruvate productivity in Torulopsis glabrata: Increase of NAD+ availability

This study aimed at increasing the pyruvate productivity from a multi-vitamin auxotrophic yeast Torulopsis glabrata, by increasing the availability of NAD+. We examined two strategies for increasing availability of NAD+. To supplement nicotinic acid (NA), the precursor of NAD+; and to increase the activity of alcohol dehydrogenase integrating with addition acetaldehyde as exterior electron acceptor. The addition of 8 mg l(-1) NA to the fermentation medium resulted in a significant increase in the glucose consumption rate (48.4%) and the pyruvate concentration (29%). An ethanol-utilizing mutant WSH-13 was screened and selected after nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of the parent strain T. glabrata CCTCC M202019. Compared with the parent strain, the alcohol dehydrogenase activity of the mutant WSH-13 increased about 110% and the mutant could utilize ethanol as the sole carbon source for growth (1.8 g l(-1) dry cell weight). When growing with glucose, the addition of 4 mg l(-1) acetaldehyde to the mutant WSH-13 culture broth led to a significant increase in the glucose consumption rate (26.3%) and pyruvate production (22.5%), but the ratio of NADH/NAD+ decreased to 0.22. Acetaldehyde did not affect the glucose and energy metabolism at high dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration. However, at lower DO concentration (20%), maintaining the acetaldehyde concentration in the mutant culture broth at 4 mg l(-1) caused an increased NAD+ concentration but a decreased NADH concentration. As a consequence, the pyruvate production rate, the pyruvate yield on glucose and the pyruvate concentration were 68, 44 and 45% higher, respectively, than the corresponding values of the control (without acetaldehyde). The strategy for increasing the glycolytic flux and the pyruvate productivity in T. glabrata by increasing the availability of NAD+ may provide an alternative approach to enhance the metabolites productivity in yeast.     

丙酮酸高产菌株的选育及中试研究

对T.glabrata WSH-IP12进行EMS诱变,挑选以NH4Cl为唯一氮源的平板上透明圈较大的菌株,经初筛和复筛后,发现T.glabrata WSH-IP303生产丙酮酸的能力强且稳定。以NH4Cl为唯一氮源摇瓶培养48h,其丙酮酸产量（35．1g/L）比出发菌株（21．4g/L)提高了64％。采用该菌株在300L罐上进行了4批发酵试验,丙酮酸产量最高可达58．4g/L,对葡萄糖产率0．562g/g。     

环境条件对丙酮酸分批发酵的影响

考察了搅拌转速、pH和温度对丙酮酸分批发酵的影响。高转速（500r／min）下,丙酮酸产率较高（71％）,但葡萄糖消耗速度较慢（1．23g／（L·h））;低转速（300r／min）下,细胞消耗葡萄糖的速度加快（1．95g/（L·h））,而丙酮酸产率（0．48％）却明显下降。将搅拌转速恒定在400r／min可在一定程度上获得较高的丙酮酸产率（0．62％）和葡萄糖消耗速度（1．66g／（L·h））。CaCO3调节pH时,较多碳流从丙酮酸节点转向α-酮戊二酸节点和细胞生长,最终丙酮酸产量比NaOH调节pH时的发酵结果低38．7％;NH3·H2O调节pH时最终细胞浓度和丙酮酸产量仅为NaOH调节时的77．8％和90．9％。pH5．5时最利于丙酮酸的合成。较高的发酵温度加速T.glabrata积累丙酮酸,但同时会导致α-酮戊二酸的提前积累;而较低的温度下甘油和α-酮戊二酸积累较少,丙酮酸发酵的最适温度为28～30℃。     

异源表达NADH选择性氧化酶提高光滑球拟酵母酵解速率及丙酮酸生产强度

摘要：【目的】为进一步提高光滑球拟酵母(Torulopsis glabrata)葡萄糖代谢速率及丙酮酸生产强度。【方法】将源于荚膜胞浆菌(Histoplasma capsulatum)的编码选择性氧化酶的AOX1基因过量表达于T. glabrata中,获得了一株线粒体内NADH氧化途径发生改变且胞内总NADH 氧化酶活性提高1.8倍的重组菌株AOX。【结果】与出发菌株CON比较,细胞浓度以及发酵周期降低了20.3%和10.7%,而平均比葡萄糖消耗速率和丙酮酸合成速率分别提高了34.7%和54.1%。其原因     

乙酸渗漏型丙酮酸高产菌的选育

对Torulopsis glabrata WSH-IP303进行NTG诱变,挑选以乙酸为补充碳源的平板上透明圈较大的菌落,经初筛和复筛,发现T.glabrataWSH-LQ307生产丙酮酸能力强且稳定。以乙酸为补充碳源摇瓶培养48h,其丙酮酸产量（46.2g/L)比出发菌株（38.3g/L)提高21%,采用该菌株在5L发酵罐上进行4批发酵实验,丙酮酸产量在64h最高可达68.7g/L,对葡萄糖的转化率为0.651g/g。     

Increasing glycolytic flux in Torulopsis glabrata by redirecting ATP production from oxidative phosphorylation to substrate-level phosphorylation

AIMS: This study aimed at further increasing the pyruvate productivity of a multi-vitamin auxotrophic yeast Torulopsis glabrata by redirecting ATP production from oxidative phosphorylation to substrate-level phosphorylation. METHODS AND RESULTS: We examined two strategies to decrease the activity of F0F1-ATPase. The strategies were to inhibit F0F1-ATPase activity by addition of oligomycin, or to disrupt F0F1-ATPase by screening neomycin-resistant mutant. The addition of 0.05 mmol l(-1) oligomycin to the culture broth of T. glabrata CCTCC M202019 resulted in a significantly decreased intracellular ATP level (35.7%) and a significantly increased glucose consumption rate (49.7%). A neomycin-resistant mutant N07 was screened and selected after nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of the parent strain T. glabrata CCTCC M202019. Compared with the parent strain, the F0F1-ATPase activity of the mutant N07 decreased about 65%. As a consequence, intracellular ATP level of the mutant N07 decreased by 24%, which resulted in a decreased growth rate and growth yield. As expected, glucose consumption rate and pyruvate productivity of the mutant N07 increased by 34% and 42.9%, respectively. Consistently, the activities of key glycolytic enzymes of the mutant N07, including phosphofructokinase, pyruvate kinase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, increased by 63.7%, 28.8% and 14.4%, respectively. In addition, activities of the key enzymes involved in electron transfer chain of the mutant N07 also increased. CONCLUSIONS: Impaired oxidative phosphorylation in T. glabrata leads to a decreased intracellular ATP production, thereby increasing the glycolytic flux. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The strategy of redirecting ATP production from oxidative phosphorylation to substrate-level phosphorylation provides an alternative approach to enhance the glycolytic flux in eukaryotic micro-organisms.     

Biotechnological production of pyruvic acid

Pyruvic acid is an important organic acid widely used in the chemical and drug, as well as agrochemical, industries. Compared with the chemical method, biotechnological production of pyruvic acid is an alternative approach because of the low cost. An overview of biotechnological production of pyruvate, including direct fermentative production employing eukaryotic and prokaryotic microorganisms, production by a resting cell method and an enzymatic method as well as the recovery of pyruvate, is discussed. A multi-vitamin auxotrophic yeast strain, Torulopsis glabrata. has been used in the commercial production of pyruvate; emphasis is therefore placed on the mechanism and characteristics of pyruvate production by this strain.     

氧化磷酸化抑制剂对光滑球拟酵母糖酵解速度的影响

研究了不同浓度电子传递链抑制剂 ( 鱼藤酮和抗霉素 A) 和 F_OF₁-ATPase 抑制剂 ( 寡霉素 ) 对光滑球拟酵母胞内 ATP 水平、葡萄糖消耗速度、糖酵解途径关键酶的影响 . 在培养液中添加 10 mg/L 鱼藤酮和抗霉素 A ,相对于对照组,胞内 ATP 分别下降了 43% 和 27.7% ,使糖酵解关键酶磷酸果糖激酶 (PFK) 的活性分别提高 340% 和 230% ,从而导致葡萄糖消耗速度增加 360% 和 240% ,丙酮酸生成速度提高了 17% 和 8.5%. 改变胞内 ATP 水平并不影响糖酵解途径其他关键酶 HK 、 PK 活性 . 微量的寡霉素 (0.05 mg/L) 可使胞内 ATP 含量下降 64.3% ,当培养液中寡霉素浓度达到 0.4 mg/L 时,细胞不能继续生长,葡萄糖消耗速度和丙酮酸的生成速度却随着寡霉素浓度 ( 小于 0.6 mg/L) 的增加而增加 . 表明氧化磷酸化途径中, ATPase 决定着 ATP 的生成 . 降低胞内 ATP 含量能显著提高 PFK 活性 (r²=0.9971) ,葡萄糖消耗速度 (r²= 0.9967) 以及丙酮酸生产速度 (r²= 0.965) ,葡萄糖消耗速度的增加是糖酵解途径中关键酶 PFK 活性 (r² = 0.9958) 和 PK 活性 (r²= 0.8706) 增加所导致的 . 这一结果有利于揭示真核微生物细胞中氧化磷酸化与中心代谢途径 ( 酵解 ) 的关系 .     

Effects of glucose, vitamins, and DO concentrations on pyruvate fermentation using Torulopsis glabrata IFO 0005 with metabolic flux analysis

The effects of glucose, vitamins, and DO concentrations on efficient pyruvic acid fermentation were investigated using Torulopsis glabrata IFO 0005, and a novel biphasic culture method was developed on the basis of the metabolic flux analysis. T. glabrata requires the four vitamins nicotinic acid (NA), thiamine hydrochloride (B(1)), pyridoxine hydrochloride, and biotin for cell growth. The deficiency of these vitamins plays an essential role in pyruvate fermentation. In the present study, we considered the effects of the first two vitamins on the pyruvate fermentation. On the basis of several batch and fed-batch experiments, it was found that, as a result of glucose inhibition of cell growth, the initial glucose concentration should be around 30-40 g/L, and the glucose concentration during fermentation should be controlled at high level around 30 g/L. On the basis of an analysis of carbon flux distribution, a biphasic fermentation method was developed where the cultivation started with a high DO (at 40-50% of air saturation) for efficient cell growth and then was reduced to 5-10% for efficient pyruvate production. Since a fair amount of ethanol was formed when the DO concentration was decreased, the addition of NA turned out to be effective in reducing the ethanol formation. This may be due to a relaxing of the requirement for NADH oxidation by the alcohol dehydrogenase pathway. Since B(1) affects both the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex and pyruvate decarboxylase, its initial concentration must be carefully determined by considering both the cell growth and pyruvate production phases.     

温度对丙酮酸生物合成动力学、能荷和氧化-还原度的影响

在光滑球拟酵母(Torulopsis glabrata620)生产丙酮酸的过程中,温度对丙酮酸生物合成有着重要的影响。考察了不同发酵温度下基质消耗、细胞生长、丙酮酸合成及能荷水平和氧化-还原度等方面的差异。在恒温发酵中,维持较高的发酵温度可以增强糖耗,促进菌体生长,加速丙酮酸积累,但前期胞内能荷水平较高,菌体消耗较多葡萄糖合成菌体,后续产酸能力不足,导致丙酮酸得率降低;维持较低的发酵温度可以在发酵后期提供稳定的产酸能力,但菌体代谢缓慢,后期胞内NADH/NAD 水平较高,丙酮酸生产强度降低。因此仅仅采取单一的温度控制策略很难达到丙酮酸高产量、高产率和高生产强度的统一。     

丙酮酸发酵过程中光滑球拟酵母过程功能的强化

对不同葡萄糖浓度下光滑球拟酵母分批发酵生产丙酮酸的动力学模型分析发现, 葡萄糖浓度是影响光滑球拟酵母发酵生产丙酮酸过程功能的关键因素。在发酵初始阶段, 低浓度葡萄糖可维持较高的菌体比生长速率; 对数生长中前期, 葡萄糖快速进料使菌体浓度接近最大值, 并实现碳流从菌体生长转向丙酮酸积累; 对数生长后期葡萄糖浓度控制在33.4 g/L以维持高丙酮酸对葡萄糖产率系数 (0.71 g/g)。采用奇异控制的葡萄糖流加方式, 在7 L发酵罐上控制不同发酵阶段葡萄糖浓度处于最佳水平以强化光滑球拟酵母过程功能, 丙酮酸产量 (83.1 g/L)、产率 (0.621 g/g)、生产强度[1.00 g/(L·h)]与分批发酵对比, 分别提高了21.3%、21.6%和29.9%。     

Redistribution of carbon flux in Torulopsis glabrata by altering vitamin and calcium level

Manipulation of cofactor (thiamine, biotin and Ca(2+)) levels as a potential tool to redistribute carbon flux was studied in Torulopsis glabrata. With sub-optimization of vitamin in fermentation medium, the carbon flux was blocked at the key node of pyruvate, and 69 g/L pyruvate was accumulated. Increasing the concentrations of thiamine and biotin could selectively open the valve of carbon flux from pyruvate to pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, the pyruvate carboxylase (PC) pathway and the channel into the TCA cycle, leading to the over-production of alpha-ketoglutarate. In addition, the activity of PC was enhanced with Ca(2+) present in fermentation medium. By combining high concentration's vitamins and CaCO(3) as the pH buffer, a batch culture was conducted in a 7-L fermentor, with the pyruvate concentration decreased to 21.8 g/L while alpha-ketoglutarate concentration increased to 43.7 g/L. Our study indicated that the metabolic flux could be redistributed to overproduce desired metabolites with manipulating the cofactor levels. Furthermore, the manipulation of vitamin level provided an alternative tool to realize metabolic engineering goals.     

Efficient pyruvate production by a multi-vitamin auxotroph of Torulopsis glabrata: key role and optimization of vitamin levels

A multi-vitamin auxotroph, Torulopsis glabrata strain WSH-IP303, which can use ammonium chloride as a sole nitrogen source for pyruvate production, was selected. To optimize pyruvate yield and productivity, a simple but useful, orthogonal design method, was used to investigate the relationship between thiamine, nicotinic acid, pyridoxine, biotin, and riboflavin. Thiamine was confirmed to be the most important factor affecting pyruvate production. When the concentration of thiamine was 0.01 mg/l or 0.015 mg/l, glucose consumption was improved by increasing the nicotinic acid concentration. When the concentrations of nicotinic acid, thiamine, pyridoxine, biotin, and riboflavin were 8.0, 0.015, 0.4, 0.04, and 0.1 mg/l, respectively, pyruvate concentration and yield reached 52 g/l and 0.52 g/g, respectively, in a 48-h flask culture. By employing a combination of the optimum vitamin concentrations, a batch culture was conducted in a 2.5-l fermentor with an initial glucose concentration of 112 g/l; and the pyruvate concentration reached 69 g/l after 56 h (yielding 0.62 g/g).     

光滑球拟酵母中α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶系生理作用解析

[目的]研究α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶系在光滑球拟酵母碳代谢流、能量代谢和氨基酸代谢中的生理作用.[方法]通过敲除光滑球拟酵母中编码α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶系中E1酶的基因kgd1,构建α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶活性缺失菌株T.glabrata kgd1::kan,并考察KGDH缺失引起TCA循环关键酶活性,碳代谢流量以及胞内氨基酸和能荷水平等方面的变化.[结果]光滑球拟酵母中α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶活性的缺失导致:(1)细胞启动乙醛酸途径,通过形成TCA-乙醛酸循环实现TCA循环的正常代谢;(2)胞内NADH/NAD+水平下降33.7%,ATP/ADP水平下降31.8%,而与NADH代谢相关的丙酮酸脱氢酶、异柠檬酸脱氢酶和苹果酸脱氢酶的活性分别提高58.1%、33.3%和32.5%;(3)胞内丙酮酸含量下降50.1%,而胞内琥珀酸、苹果酸和α-酮戊二酸含量则分别增加了172.7%、66.1%和41.1%;(4)丙酮酸族氨基酸含量下降29.3%,而胞内谷氨酸族氨基酸和天冬氨酸族氨基酸含量则提高了34.7%和26.8%.[结论]上述研究结果表明,α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶系在微生物细胞中心碳代谢、能量代谢和氨基酸代谢中发挥着重要作用.     

生物技术法生产丙酮酸的研究进展

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