基于稳健性设计优化L-赖氨酸发酵过程

目的:选择发酵系统中各可控因素的最佳水平组合,从而减少各种干扰的影响,以获得稳健的赖氨酸产量。方法:利用田口法的内外表与Box性能规则优化赖氨酸发酵条件。结果:通过实验得知,转速、硫酸铵和葡萄糖浓度对发酵影响较大;结果稳定的最优发酵条件为初始葡萄糖浓度为80g/L、硫酸铵浓度为42g/L、转速为225r/min、初始pH值为6.7、接种量为8%。经实验验证,最优化发酵条件是低灵敏度的,最优目标值比较稳健。在10L自动发酵罐上培养65h,L-赖氨酸盐酸盐的产量为165.68g/L,比优化前提高了12.4%。结论:基于稳健性设计所得的最优发酵条件参数,可使目的产物产量稳定,便于生产操作。     

链霉菌Streptomyces sp. M-Z18转化前体L-赖氨酸合成ε-聚赖氨酸的研究

目的:考察不同细胞培养方式对Streptomyces sp. M-Z18转化前体L-赖氨酸合成ε-聚赖氨酸过程的影响。方法:利用两阶段细胞培养和发酵过程流加方式,建立了两阶段细胞培养转化前体L-赖氨酸合成ε-聚赖氨酸以及转化前体L-赖氨酸耦合甘油发酵生产ε-聚赖氨酸的策略。结果:(1)两阶段细胞培养转化前体L-赖氨酸合成ε-聚赖氨酸策略实现ε-PL积累15 g/L, 转化L-赖氨酸3 g/L;(2)转化前体L-赖氨酸耦合甘油发酵生产ε-聚赖氨酸策略使得ε-PL产量达到33.76 g/L,单位菌体的合成能力提高37.8%,转化L-赖氨酸4 g/L。这表明,上述两种方式下前体L-赖氨酸都能够被Streptomyces sp. M-Z18转化合成ε-聚赖氨酸,但转化效率还有待进一步提高。意义:揭示了Streptomyces sp. M-Z18合成ε-聚赖氨酸的限速步骤在于初级代谢产物L-赖氨酸的合成,这为后续利用代谢工程手段改造菌株提供了方向。     

Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for cadaverine fermentation

Cadaverine, the expected raw material of polyamides, is produced by decarboxylation of L-lysine. If we could produce cadaverine from the cheapest sugar, and as a renewable resource, it would be an effective solution against global warming, but there has been no attempt to produce cadaverine from glucose by fermentation. We focused on Corynebacterium glutamicum, whose L-lysine fermentation ability is superior, and constructed a metabolically engineered C. glutamicum in which the L-homoserine dehydrogenase gene (hom) was replaced by the L-lysine decarboxylase gene (cadA) of Escherichia coli. In this recombinant strain, cadaverine was produced at a concentration of 2.6 g/l, equivalent to up to 9.1% (molecular yield) of the glucose transformed into cadaverine in neutralizing cultivation. This is the first report of cadaverine fermentation by C. glutamicum.     

Screen-printed enzyme sensors for l-lysine determination

Sensors for the determination of L-lysine in samples of fermentation broth have been developed. Low-cost screen-printed sensors comprising a platinum working electrode, an Ag/AgCl pseudo reference and a carbon counter electrode were used as transducers for the enzyme sensors. L-lysine-(alpha)-oxidase from Trichoderma viride has been immobilized by entrapment into a polyurethane hydrogel. Sensors were characterized for L-lysine with respect to pH value, linear range, reproducibility, repeatability, storage and working stability. The sensitivities to other amino acids were also determined. A batch system with two working electrodes, one with immobilized enzyme and one without was adapted for the determination of L-lysine by differential measurements. Good agreement was found between L-lysine concentrations measured by the enzyme sensors and by a conventional amino acid analyzer.     

Near infrared spectroscopy in fermentation and quality control for amino acid production

The application of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for in-process and quality control of fermentative production of L-lysine and L-threonine in industrial scale is presented. NIRS is a helpful tool for predicting optical density, ammonia, L-threonine and L-lysine in fermentation broth. For dry and solid product, Biolys^®60, NIRS is suitable to give a quick estimation of L-lysine and water content.     

Construction of Lactobacillus plantarum strain with enhanced L-lysine yield

AIM: To enhance L-lysine secretion in Lactobacillus plantarum. METHODS AND RESULTS: An S-2-aminoethyl-L-cystein (AEC)-resistant mutant of L. plantarum was isolated, and it produced L-lysine at considerably higher level than the parent strain. Aspartokinase in the mutant has been desensitized to feedback inhibition by L-lysine. The nucleotide sequence analysis of thrA2 that codes for aspartokinase in the mutant predicted a substitution of glutamine to histidine at position 421. L-Lysine-insensitive aspartokinase, together with aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, dihydrodipicolinate synthase, and dihydrodipicolinate reductase genes, was cloned from L. plantarum DNA to a shuttle vector, pRN14, and the genes were then transformed individually into the AEC-resistant mutant and the parent strain. The overexpression of the genes led to the increase in the activity of enzymes they encode in vitro. However, only the strain overexpressing aspartokinase or dihydrodipicolinate synthase produced more L-lysine. CONCLUSIONS: The desensitization of aspartokinase to L-lysine in L. plantarum led to the overproduction of L-lysine. The overexpression of L-lysine-insensitive aspartokinase or dihydrodipicolinate synthase enhanced L-lysine secretion in L. plantarum. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The use of the L-lysine-overproducing strain of L. plantarum in food or feed fermentation may increase the L-lysine content of fermented products.     

Efficient 40°C fermentation of <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">l</Emphasis>-lysine by a new<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Corynebacterium glutamicum</Emphasis> mutant developed by genome breeding

We have recently developed a new L-lysine-producing mutant of Corynebacterium glutamicum by "genome breeding" consisting of characterization and reconstitution of a mutation set essential for high-level production. The strain AHP-3 was examined for L-lysine fermentation on glucose at temperatures above 35 degrees C, at which no examples of efficient L-lysine production have been reported for this organism. We found that the strain had inherited the thermotolerance that the original coryneform bacteria was endowed with, and thereby grew and produced L-lysine efficiently up to 41 degrees C. A final titer of 85 g/l after only 28 h was achieved at temperatures around 40 degrees C, indicating the superior performance of the strain developed by genome breeding. When compared with the traditional 30 degrees C fermentation, the 40 degrees C fermentation allowed an increase in yield of about 20% with a concomitant decrease in final growth level, suggesting a significant transition of carbon flux distribution in glucose metabolism. DNA array analysis of metabolic changes between the 30 degrees C and 40 degrees C fermentations identified several differentially expressed genes in central carbon metabolism although we could not find stringent control-like global induction of amino-acid-biosynthetic genes in the 40 degrees C fermentation. Among these changes, two candidates were picked out as the potential causes of the increased production at 40 degrees C; decreased expression of the citrate synthase gene gltA and increased expression of malE, the product of which involves regeneration of pyruvate and NADPH.     

Metabolic characterization of a L-lysine-producing strain by continuous culture

Continuous culture experiments with the L-producer, Corynebacterium glutamicum, were carried out to characterize the effect of specific growth rate on fermentation yields, specific rates, productivities, and fluxes through the primary metabolism. The specific productivity of L-lysine exhibited a maximum with respect to specific growth rate, with an initial growth-associated behavior up to specific growth rates of about 0.1 h(-1), and a constant specific productivity for specific growth rates in the range of about 0.1 to 0.2 h(-1). The productivity dropped at specific growth rates larger than about 0.2 h(-1). The yield of L-lysine on glucose increased approximately linearly with decreasing specific growth rate over the entire range studied, as did the respiratory quotient. A direct relationship was established between the culture respiratory quotient and the L-lysine yield. By explicitly accounting for glucose used for biomass synthesis, it was shown that the strain synthesizes L-lysine with an intrinsic yield, or efficiency, of about 0.41 mol L-lysine/mol glucose, compared with the theoretical yield of 0.75 mol/mol. Metabolic flux modeling based on the continuous culture data suggests that the production of ATP is not likely to be a limiting factor in L-lysine production, and that a high TCA cycle activity, coupled with a tightly controlled split of metabolite flow at the PEP node, is likely the cause of the large discrepancy between theoretical and actual yields in L-lysine fermentations.     

Effect of setpoint on L-lysine fermentation

In control of a bioprocess, setpoint of fed-batch fermentation processes has a great influence on both the cost and the operating efficiency. Determination of a setpoint depends on the system and objective function. This work investigates two operating conditions for a fed-batch culture of L-lysine production. One is to maintain the reducing sugar concentration (RSC) on a constant setpoint, whereas the other has a piecewise variation of the RSC setpoint. Productivity, yield, and a cost function are employed to evaluate the performance of different setpoints on the fermentation process. Constant setpoint which is commonly used in fed-batch culture is not the best approach in L-lysine fermentation. Piecewise variation of setpoint shows that the better policy is to set the RSC at a higher concentration in the early cell growth stage then to decrease the RSC to a lower level.     

Enhancement of L-lysine production in methylotroph Methylophilus methylotrophus by introducing a mutant LysE exporter

The obligate methylotroph Methylophilus methylotrophus AS1 expressing a mutant form of dapA (dapA24) encoding a dihydrodipicolinate synthase desensitized from feedback inhibition by L-lysine could secrete L-lysine into the medium, but also maintained a high concentration of intracellular L-lysine. To improve the yield from excretion, we attempted to introduce an L-lysine/L-arginine exporter (LysE) from Corynebacterium glutamicum 2256 into M. methylotrophus. We were unable to stably transform M. methylotrophus with a plasmid expressing the wild type lysE gene, but happened to obtain a transformant carrying a spontaneously mutated lysE gene (designated lysE24) which could induce L-lysine production even in the wild type strain. The transformant also possessed increased tolerance to S-(2-aminoethyl)-L-cysteine (an L-lysine analog). lysE24 has a single-base insertion mutation in the middle of the lysE gene, and its product is presumably quite different in structure from wild-type LysE. When lysE24 was introduced into an L-lysine producer of M. methylotrophus carrying dapA24, the level of intracellular L-lysine fell. During fermentation, M. methylotrophus carrying both lysE24 and dapA24 produced 10-fold more L-lysine (11.3 gl(-1) in jar-fermentation) than the parent producer carrying only dapA24 or lysE24. These results show the importance of the factor (lysE24) involved in the excretion of L-lysine on its overproduction in M. methylotrophus.     

Impact of osmotic stress on volume regulation,cytoplasmic solute composition and lysine production in Corynebacterium glutamicum MH20-22B

The response of the L-lysine producing Corynebacterium glutamicum strain MH20-22B to osmotic stress was studied in batch cultures. To mimic the conditions during a fermentation process the long term adaptation of cells subjected to a constant osmotic stress between 1.0 and 2.5 osM was investigated. Cytoplasmic water content and volume of C. glutamicum cells were found to depend on growth phase, extent of osmotic stress and availability of betaine. The maximal cytoplasmic volumes, which were highest at maximal growth rate, were linearily related to osmotic stress, whereas in stationary cells no active volume regulation was observed. Under severe osmotic stress proline was the prominent compatible solute in growing cells. Uptake of betaine, if available in the medium, reduced the concentration of proline from 750 to 300 mM, indicating that uptake of compatible solutes is preferred to synthesis. Furthermore, betaine was shown to have a higher efficiency to counteract osmotic stress, since the overall concentration of compatible solutes was lower in the presence of betaine. Under severe osmotic stress, the addition of betaine shifted L-lysine production in MH20-22B to earlier fermentation times and increased both product concentration and yield in these phases, but did not improve the final L-lysine yield.     

l-Lysine repression of penicillin biosynthesis and the expression of penicillin biosynthesis genes acvA and ipnA in Aspergillus nidulans

The addition of 0.1 M L-lysine to the fermentation medium reduced the production of penicillin by about 50% in Aspergillus nidulans. To analyse this effect at the molecular level, the expression of the penicillin biosynthesis genes acvA and ipnA, encoding delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase and isopenicillin N synthetase, was studied by using translational fusions with different reporter genes (strain AXB4A, acvA-uidA, ipnA-lacZ fusions; AXB4B, acvA-lacZ, ipnA-uidA fusions) integrated in single copy at the chromosomal argB locus of Aspergillus nidulans. Irrespective of the reporter genes used the expression of acvA and ipnA fusion genes was repressed in L-lysine grown cultures. The expression of a fusion gene of an A. nidulans primary metabolism gene (oliC-lacZ) was not affected by L-lysine.     

Improved production of L-lysine by disruption of stationary phase-specific rmf gene in Escherichia coli

Growth and rate, at which fermentation products are formed in cells, generally decreases during the stationary phase as a result of changes in gene expression. We focused on the rmf gene, which encodes the ribosome modulation factor protein, as a target for strain modification in order to improve the rate of L-lysine production in Escherichia coli. Increased expression of the rmf gene during the stationary phase was confirmed under various cultivation conditions using DNA macroarray analysis. Mutants with disrupted rmf were then generated from an L-lysine-producing E. coli strain. The rates of L-lysine accumulation and production were significantly increased in disruptants that were cultivated with excess phosphate. By contrast, a higher biomass was generated in disruptants that were grown under limited phosphate conditions. These results demonstrate that disruption of the rmf gene significantly affects L-lysine production and growth in E. coli.     

A general method for biological parameter estimation

Summary A general observer-based estimator method is developed and applied for process modelling and monitoring. This parameter estimation technique was successfully applied to a L-lysine fermentation process. It was a useful tool to detect the effect of major culture conditions on cell growth and product synthesis. It can also be used for the development of adaptive optimal control schemes.     

Kinetics of <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">l</Emphasis>-lysine fermentation: a continuous culture model incorporating oxygen uptake rate

For process design and optimization, it is essential to have a mathematical model that represents the system well. Many past studies do not go beyond empirically fitting experimental data. In the present study, an unstructured model incorporating oxygen uptake and dissolved oxygen concentration was developed for a continuous culture of L-lysine. Specific rate expressions of cell growth, substrate consumption, product formation, and oxygen uptake were developed and incorporated in the model. The model predicts very well the effects of operational parameters, such as the dilution rate and the feed substrate concentration. It is also able to predict the unsteady-state dynamics of continuous L-lysine fermentation.     

诱导蜂房哈夫尼菌产L-赖氨酸脱羧酶条件的研究

用响应面法对蜂房哈夫尼菌（Hafnia alvei）L-赖氨酸脱羧酶产酶诱导条件进行优化。首先通过单因素实验对产酶体系的pH、震荡培养时间、静置培养时间、诱导物添加量和Ⅷ添加量进行优化。在此基础上,用部分因子重复试验筛选出对酶活影响显著的3个因素（静置培养时间,诱导物添加量,VB6添加量）,再通过Box-behnken实验对这三个因素进行优化,得出最优值。最终得到产酶最佳诱导条件为：震荡培养阶段培养基pH6．5,静置培养阶段pH5．5;摇床震荡培养11h后静置培养7．5h,诱导物L一赖氨酸加入量为5．18dL,维生素B6加入量为1．38g／L时酶活最高,达到71．2U／mL,为优化前（1．74u／mL）的41．8倍,在单因素的基础上提高了19％。     

Amino acid accumulation by an analogue sensitive mutant ofCorynebacterium glutamicum

Summary A fluoroacetate/fluoropyruvate-sensitive mutant was derived from the parent strainCorynebacterium glutamicum ATCC 21513. Accumulation of various amino acids in the fermentation broth using the two strains was compared. The FA/FP-sensitive mutant accumulated about 26.5 g/L L-lysine and 2.2 g/L aspartic acid which was about 3-fold and 10-fold respectively, more than the amount produced by the parent strain.     

Culture instability of auxotrophic amino acid producers

The long-term dynamic characteristics of the L-lysine producer Corynebcterium glutamicum in continuous culture were studied over a range of specific growth rates. The double-auxotroph parent strain was found to be susceptible to a back mutation, or reversion, which negated the regulatory bypass that allows this strain to accumulate L-lysine in culture but also gives rise to a L-threonine auxotrophic requirement. Consequently, the revertant cells no longer over-produced L-lysine, nor were they limited in their growth by the low levels of L-threonine in the medium. All continuous culture experiments were enventually taken over by these revertants. The instability of the culture was found to be primarily due to the growth rate differential between the two competing populations, the (productive) parent auxotrophs and the (nonproductive) revertants. A deterministic mathematical model of the culture dynamics, incoroporating two limiting-substrate balances, satisfactorily described the takeover profiles. A linear stability analysis of the model equations identified that although long-term culture demise is inevitable, the dimensionless ratio of the two limiting substrates controls the rate of takeover by nonproductive cells. The anslysis further demonstrated the importance of proper medium design in delaying the onset of takeover in cultures of this double-auxotroph strain. The theoretical medium design criterion was then confirmed experimentally by the stabilization of a fed-batch culture against revertant takeover for an extended fermentation time.     

A novel methodology employing Corynebacterium glutamicum genome information to generate a new L-lysine-producing mutant

Classical whole-cell mutagenesis has achieved great success in development of many industrial fermentation strains, but has the serious disadvantage of accumulation of uncharacterized secondary mutations that are detrimental to their performance. In the post-genomic era, a novel methodology which avoids this drawback presents itself. This "genome-based strain reconstruction" involves identifying mutations by comparative genomic analysis, defining mutations beneficial for production, and assembling them in a single wild-type background. Described herein is an initial challenge involving reconstruction of classically derived L-lysine-producing Corynebacterium glutamicum. Comparative genomic analysis for the relevant terminal pathways, the efflux step, and the anaplerotic reactions between the wild-type and production strains identified a Val-59-->Ala mutation in the homoserine dehydrogenase gene (hom), a Thr-311-->Ile mutation in the aspartokinase gene (lysC), and a Pro-458-->Ser mutation in the pyruvate carboxylase gene (pyc). Introduction of the hom and lysC mutations into the wild-type strain by allelic replacement resulted in accumulation of 8 g and 55 g of L-lysine/l, respectively, indicating that both these specific mutations are relevant to production. The two mutations were then reconstituted in the wild-type genome, which led to a synergistic effect on production (75 g/l). Further introduction of the pyc mutation resulted in an additional contribution and accumulation of 80 g/l after only 27 h. This high-speed fermentation achieved the highest productivity (3.0 g l(-1) h(-1)) so far reported for microbes producing L-lysine in fed-batch fermentation.