化学-酶法制备L-高苯丙氨酸

以苯丙酸乙酯为原料,通过正交设计优化2-氧4-苯基丁酸盐的制备条件：苯丙酸乙酯与草酸二乙酯摩尔比为1：3,缩合反应时间为2．5h,H2SO4质量分数为20％,水解反应时间为15h,优化条件下2-氧-4-苯基丁酸盐的产率为68．24％。随后,利用E．coli A5所产的天冬氨酸转氨酶为生物催化剂制备L-高笨丙氨酸。酶转化反应的最适条件为：游离细胞体系pH、温度、底物质量浓度和细胞质量浓度分别为8．5、37℃、20g/L和30g／L;而固定化细胞体系则分别为7．0—9．0、40℃、10g／L和30g/L。采用廉价的L-谷氨酸（L—Glu）作为氨基供体,添加表面活性剂有利于提高L-HPA产率。通过研究固定化细胞转化反应进程,结果发现8h内90％的底物可转化为L—HPA。     

高产天冬氨酸酶的大肠杆菌细胞的固定化

用聚乙烯醇凝胶包埋具有高活力天冬氨酸酶的大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)No.1细胞。该酶的表现活力高达1638 00u／g湿细胞,酶活力的回收率为97．5％。固定化细胞和游离细胞天冬氨酸酶的最适pH均为8．0,最适温度分别为40—45℃和40—55℃。二价金属离子Mn2+、Mg2+、Ca2+和Fe2+对热钝化的天冬氨酸酶活力具有保护作用。在37—45℃下,两种细胞的热稳定性相同。二者在pH6．0的柠檬酸缓冲液中比较稳定。固定化细胞在1mol／L、pH8．0的底物溶液(内含Mn2+1mmol／L)中于4℃冰箱保存6个月,天冬氨酸酶的活力保持不变。用固定化细胞柱连续生产L-天冬氨酸,底物转化为产物的转化率达95％以上;产物的总 收率为91．1％。固定化细胞柱连续运转40天,天冬氨酸酶活力仍保持最初酶活力的90％。     

双酶偶联转化富马酸制备β-丙氨酸的工艺的建立与优化

酶转化法是生产β-丙氨酸的重要途径,但单一酶法转化存在底物价格较高的问题。通过构建双酶催化体系制备β-丙氨酸,即将来源于大肠杆菌的天冬氨酸酶(AspA)和来源于谷氨酸棒杆菌的L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶(PanD)偶联,以富马酸和氨为底物进行酶促反应合成β-丙氨酸。催化反应中AspA与PanD的最适加酶比例为1∶80,其中AspA的浓度为10μg/mL,转化温度为37℃,pH为7.0;浓度为100 mmol/L的富马酸可在8 h内被完全转化,转化率为100%,摩尔产率为90.9%,β-丙氨酸的产量为90 mmol/L,约为7 g/L;浓度为200 mmol/L的富马酸在反应8 h后,体系中β-丙氨酸的产量为126 mmol/L,约合9.8 g/L,继续延长反应时间,转化率并没有明显提高。根据该研究提出的双酶偶联转化工艺可将价格低廉的富马酸一步转化为具有高附加值的β-丙氨酸。     

双极膜电渗析分离发酵液中L-乳酸

采用三室型双极膜电渗析装置将发酵液中的L-乳酸钠转化为L-乳酸。探讨操作电压、流速、进料L-乳酸钠质量浓度等工艺参数对转化过程的影响,考察电渗析过程参数对转化率、物料损失率、电流效率和能耗等技术指标的影响。在最优操作条件下（流速40L／h,电压15V）对2L的100．25g／L乳酸钠发酵液进行分批重复电渗析处理。结果表明：整个过程的转化率为81．22％,损失率为1．5％,能耗为0．81kW·h／kg,电流效率为91．8％,得到的L-乳酸质量浓度可达144．31g／L．电渗析残液补糖后可回到发酵罐中用于发酵生产L-乳酸.     

粘红酵母产L-苯丙氨酸解氨酶发酵培养基的优化

通过单因子和正交试验 ,对粘红酵母产 L -苯丙氨酸解氨酶 ( PAL )培养基进行优化 ,L-苯丙氨酸的积累浓度可以从 2 .0 g/1 0 0 ml提高到 3 .3 g/1 0 0 ml,最终得到了 L-苯丙氨酸解氨酶发酵的最适条件     

谷氨酸棒杆菌L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶在大肠杆菌中的表达及酶转化生产β-丙氨酸

【目的】克隆谷氨酸棒杆菌来源L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶基因, 实现其在大肠杆菌中的异源表达, 并进行酶转化L-天冬氨酸合成β-丙氨酸的研究。【方法】PCR扩增谷氨酸棒杆菌L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶基因pand, 构建表达载体pET24a(+)-Pand, 转化宿主菌大肠杆菌BL21(DE3), 对重组菌进行诱导表达, 表达产物经DEAE离子交换层析和G-75 分子筛层析纯化后进行酶学性质研究, 然后进行酶转化实验, 说明底物和产物对酶转化的影响。【结果】重组菌SDS-PAGE分析表明Pand表达量可达菌体总蛋白的50%以上, AccQ·Tag法检测酶活达到94.16 U/mL。该重组酶最适反应温度为55 °C, 在低于37 °C时保持较好的稳定性, 最适pH为6.0, 在pH 4.0?7.0范围内有较好的稳定性。酶转化实验说明: 底物L-天冬氨酸和产物β-丙氨酸对转化反应均有抑制作用; 实验建立了较优的酶转化反应方式, 在加酶量为每克天冬氨酸3 000 U时, 以分批加入固体底物L-天冬氨酸的形式, 使100 g/L底物转化率达到97.8%。【结论】重组L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶在大肠杆菌中获得高效表达, 研究了酶转化生产β-丙氨酸的影响因素, 为其工业应用奠定了基础。     

重组青霉素G酰化酶拆分制备（S）-邻氯苯甘氨酸

对产青霉素G酰化酶的重组枯草芽胞杆菌发酵产酶条件进行优化,确定优化后的发酵条件：可溶性淀粉10g/L、蛋白胨12g/L、酵母粉3g/L、NaCl10g,／L;pH7．5、培养温度37℃、装液量80mL（500mL三角瓶）、培养28h,青霉素G酰化酶的表达水平由最初的7．34U／mL提高至18．23U／mL。以表达青霉素G酰化酶的枯草芽胞杆菌发酵液为酶源,在水相中对映选择性催化N-苯乙酰-（R,S）-邻氯苯甘氨酸制备（S）-邻氯苯甘氨酸,当底物浓度为100mol／L时转化4h,转化率达44．2％。对底物浓度为80mmoL／L反应液中的（S）-邻氯苯甘氨酸进行分离,达到理论收率的94．29％（以N-苯乙酰-（R,S）-邻氯苯甘氨酸的0．5倍摩尔量为理论产率）,e．e．值大于99．9％。170℃条件下,N-苯乙酰-（R）-邻氯苯甘氨酸与苯乙酸共熔消旋为N-苯乙酰-（R,S）-邻氯苯甘氨酸可用于循环拆分。     

L-苹果酸产生菌F-871变株合成延胡索酸酶的研究

温特曲霉Aspergillus wentii F-871是高效转化延胡索酸为L-苹果酸的变株,通过对其合成延胡索酸酶的因素进行研究,筛选了培养基主要营养元素有L-精氨酸、酪氨酸、丝氨酸、天冬氨酸、苏氨酸、赖氨酸及相应含量丰富的酵母粉、黄豆饼粉和玉米浆。该变株生长阶段条件为：pH6．0,温度2830℃,培养时间为24h,酶合成阶段最适条件：接种量15％,初始pH6．8,培养温度2830℃,装量8090ml／500ml,酶合成周期40h。在优化的培养条件下,F-871变株延胡索酸酶合成水平可达156．33u／g,100ml发酵液中的酶可将延胡索酸转化为L-苹果酸32．06g,比国内一步发酵法产酸88．5％提高约4倍,转化率由85％提高到106．87％,发酵周期由90h缩短至57h。     

手性拆分环氧氯丙烷菌株的筛选、鉴定及产酶条件研究

从土壤中筛选到5株环氧化物水解酶生产菌,并通过ITS序列鉴定了其中的C375菌,结果为黑曲霉（Aspergillus nigerZJB-09103）。考察了培养基不同碳源、氮源、金属离子和pH等对产酶的影响,得到了较佳的培养基条件：淀粉16g／L,豆饼粉3g／L,蛋白胨3g／L,KH2PO4 0．4g／L,K2HPO4 0．8g／L,MgSO4 0．2g／L,ZnSO4 0．03g／L,pH6．5。采用优化后的培养基条件,酶活力达到156．1U／L,比优化前初始发酵培养条件下的酶活提高了252％,当环氧化物水解酶催化时间为10h时,（s）-环氧氯丙烷的对映体过量值（e．e．）可达99．0％。产率为18．6％。     

C．shehatae TZ8耐乙醇菌株的筛选及发酵性能研究

以C.shehataeTZ8为出发茵株,利用1％溶壁酶和1％蜗牛酶酶解1．5h,制备成C.shehataeTZ8原生质体,并对原生质体进行紫外诱变,以含不同浓度乙醇的木糖液体培养基培养进行初筛和复筛,获得一株遗传性能稳定、耐乙醇能力达5．5％（v／v）的蕾株C．shehataeTZ8-4,比初始菌株耐乙醇能力提高了2％。对突变株C．shehataeTZ8-4发酵性能的研究结果表明：C．shehataeTZ8-4发酵糖能力从80g/L（葡糖糖和木糖比为2：1）提高到120g／L,最大乙醇产量从27．41g／L提高到43．12g／L。     

The three-dimensional structure of mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase at 4.5 A resolution

An X-ray crystallographic study at 4.5 Å resolution has been carried out with triclinic crystals of chicken mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase.In the electron density map, the enzyme is clearly visible as an isologous α₂-dimer (105 Å × 60 Å × 50 Å) in which the subunits are associated about a molecular 2-fold axis. Each subunit of dimensions 70 Å × 50 Å × 40 Å contains at least seven helices, one of which is about 50 Å long.Difference maps have revealed the positions of the pyridoxyl and the phosphate moieties of the coenzyme as well as the general substrate binding area. The active sites are on opposite sides of the dimer, about 30 Å apart and close to the intersubunit boundary, so that probably both subunits contribute to each active site. An isolated chain segment, passing in front of the active site and ending in contact with the neighbouring subunit is interpreted as one of the chain termini.     

Pyridoxamine-alpha-keto acid transamination activity of aspartate apoaminotransferases

Pyridoxamine-α-keto acid transamination activities of homogeneous aspartate apoaminotransferases from various organisms were determined. Aspartate apoaminotransferases from pig heart cytosol and bakers' yeast utilized both oxalacetate and α-keto-glutarate as amino acceptors, while those from pig heart mitochondria and bacteria (Escherichiacoli B and Pseudomonas striata) showed reactivity only toward oxalacetate. Specific activities of bacterial aspartate apoaminotransferases were very high compared to those of the yeast and animal apoenzymes. Phosphate and various anions, including sulfate, raised the pyridoxamine-α-keto acid transamination activity of all the aspartate apoaminotransferases examined. However, a high concentration of phosphate inhibited the reaction.     

Role of aspartate aminotransferase and mitochondrial dicarboxylate transport for release of endogenously and exogenously supplied neurotransmitter in glutamatergic neurons

Evoked release of glutamate and aspartate from cultured cerebellar granule cells was studied after preincubation of the cells in tissue culture medium with glucose (6.5 mM), glutamine (1.0 mM),d[³H] aspartate and in some cases aminooxyacetate (5.0 mM) or phenylsuccinate (5.0 mM). The release of endogenous amino acids and ofd-[³H] aspartate was measured under physiological and depolarizing (56 mM KCl) conditions both in the presence and absence of calcium (1.0 mM), glutamine (1.0 mM), aminooxyacetate (5.0 mM) and phenylsuccinate (5.0 mM). The cellular content of glutamate and aspartate was also determined. Of the endogenous amino acids only glutamate was released in a transmitter fashion and newly synthesized glutamate was released preferentially to exogenously suppliedd-[³H] aspartate, a marker for exogenous glutamate. Evoked release of endogenous glutamate was reduced or completely abolished by respectively, aminooxyacetate and phenylsuccinate. In contrast, the release ofd-[³H] aspartate was increased reflecting an unaffected release of exogenous glutamate and an increased psuedospecific radioactivity of the glutamate transmitter pool. Since aminooxyacetate and phenylsuccinate inhibit respectively aspartate aminotransferase and mitochondrial keto-dicarboxylic acid transport it is concluded that replenishment of the glutamate transmitter pool from glutamine, formed in the mitochondrial compartment by the action of glutaminase requires the simultaneous operation of mitochondrial keto-dicarboxylic acid transport and aspartate aminotransferase which is localized both intra- and extra-mitochondrially. The purpose of the latter enzyme apparently is to catalyze both intra- and extra-mitochondrial transamination of -ketoglutarate which is formed intramitochondrially from the glutamate carbon skeleton and transferred across the mitochondrial membrane to the cytosol where transmitter glutamate is formed. This cytoplasmic origin of transmitter glutamate is in aggreement with the finding thatd-[³H] aspartate readily labels the transmitter pool even when synthesis of endogenous transmitter is impaired in the presence of AOAA or phenylsuccinate.Special issue dedicated to Dr Elling Kvamme     

Analogue of aspartate and glutamate active at synapses are attractants forEscherichia coli

Summary 1. This research was carried out to compareEscherichia coli bacteria with animals in their response tol-aspartate andl-glutamate and their analogues.2. Various analogues of aspartate and glutamate known to be neurotransmitters at synapses were shown to be attractants forE. coli.3. The amino acid sequences of the animal receptors and the bacterial receptor, however, have no detectable relationship. Based on the amino acid sequence, evolutionarily the two systems appear not to be related.     

Clinal variation at aspartate aminotransferase-2 in spotted seatrout,Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier), inhabiting the north-western Gulf of Mexico

Clinal variation was observed at the aspartate aminotransferase-2 (AAT-2) locus in the marine fish Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier) inhabiting the bays and estuaries of the Texas and northern Mexico Gulf coasts. Frequency of the AAT-2(80) allele increased from 0.9% at Sabine Lake, Texas to 17.1% at Rio Soto La Marina, Mexico. A statistically significant correlation existed in the frequency of this allele with degrees north latitude and west longitude. This information, if properly incorporated into a comprehensive enhancement programme, could facilitate supplemental stocking success.     

Inhibition of C4 photosynthesis by (benzamidooxy)acetic acid

(Benzamidooxy)acetic acid (common name benzadox) which has herbicidal properties was evaluated as a potential inhibitor of photosynthesis in C₄ plants. Among enzymes of the C₄ pathway, it was a relatively strong inhibitor of alanine aminotransferase in in vitro experiments at concentrations of 5mM. In benzadox treated leaves of Panicum miliaceum, a NAD-malic enzyme type C₄ species, there was strong inhibition of both alanine and aspartate aminotransferase and of photosynthetic O₂ evolution within one hour. Consistent with the inhibition of these enzymes of the C₄ cycle, the pool sizes of metabolites of the cycle was altered: the aspartate level was increased two fold, while the levels of other metabolites such as pyruvate, alanine, oxalacetate and malate were decreased. Kinetic studies with partially purified alanine aminotransferase showed that benzadox is a competitive inhibitor with respect to alanine and a noncompetitive inhibitor with respect to 2-oxoglutarate. Comparisons between the structures and inhibitory actions of benzadox and (aminooxy)acetic acid, the latter a potent inhibitor of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases, suggest that in vivo, benzadox may exert its effect through metabolism to (aminooxy)acetic acid.Abbreviations benzadox (benzamidooxy)acetic acid - DTE dithioerythritol This research was supported in part by gift funds from Monsanto Agricultural Products Company. St. Louis, Missouri, and by NSF Grant PCM-8107953.     

微透析测试刺激皮肤和肌肉神经引起的天门冬氨酸和谷氨酸在脊髓的释放

为分析ＮＭＤＡ和非ＮＭＤＡ受体在介导脊髓不同性质疼痛的机能分化,应用微透析技术,测量刺激皮肤和肌肉神经引起的天门冬氨酸（Ａｓｐ）和谷氨酸（Ｇｌｕ）在脊髓背角的释放。电刺激皮肤神经兴奋Ｃ纤维诱发的Ａｓｐ和Ｇｌｕ的释放分别是基础值的（３２３±５５）％（Ｐ＜００１）和（１６９±１６）％（Ｐ＜００５）;电刺激肌肉神经兴奋Ｃ纤维诱发的Ａｓｐ和Ｇｌｕ的释放分别是基础值的（１５０±１６）％（Ｐ＜００１）和（２１８±４２）％（Ｐ＜００５）。兴奋皮肤传入引起的Ａｓｐ释放明显高于Ｇｌｕ的释放（约３倍）;而兴奋肌肉传入引起的Ｇｌｕ释放明显高于Ａｓｐ的释放（约２倍）。从而提示,皮肤伤害性传入主要引起Ａｓｐ的释放增加,而肌肉的伤害性传入则主要引起Ｇｌｕ的释放增加,它们分别主要作用于ＮＭＤＡ和非ＮＭＤＡ受体而介导不同的痛传入信息。