Isolation and characteristics of immobilized aminoacylase from Streptoverticillium olivoreticuli

Immobilization of aminoacylase from Streptoverticillium olivoreticuli by incorporation into acrylamide gel has been investigated. The data showed that the process should be carried out at constant pH. Thermal inactivation of the immobilized enzyme under the reaction conditions was studied. The kinetics of enzymatic stereospecific deacylation of N-acetyl-DL-phenylalanine was analyzed. The results of this study may be used in the synthesis of amino acid enantiomers.     

Isolation,Characterization and Synthesis of Pimprinine,Pimprinethine and Pimprinaphine,Metabolites of Streptoverticillium olivoreticuli

The sulfated glycopeptides in ovomucin, chalazae and yolk membrane were isolated from the proteolytic digests by gel filtration on a Bio-Gel P-100 column and DEAE-Sephadex A-25 column chromatography. These sulfated glycopeptides contained N-acetylhexosamine (23.3-26.8%), hexose (23.6-24.4%), sialic acid (11.2-18.0%), sulfate (5-12.1%) and peptide (17.5-18.1%). The sulfate contents of glycopeptides in chalazae and yolk membrane were much higher than those in ovomucin, about two times in a molar ratio to hexosamine. The sedimentation patterns of each sulfated glycopeptide were single and the sedimentation constants were around 3 S, suggesting that these sulfated glycopeptides were macromolecular components. Thus, the presence of highly sulfated glycoproteins was confirmed in chalazae and yolk membrane, which were different from those in ovomucin.     

Immobilized Aminoacylase on Porous Glass Beads

The preparation and properties of immobilized aminoacylase on porous glass by covalent binding [Porous glass-CVB-aminoacylase] and the continuous enzymatic reactions using such preparations are described.

Two types of porous glass-CVB-aminoacylase were prepared. One was aminoacylase covalently bound to alkylaminosilane derivative of porous glass with glutaraldehyde as a coupling agent [Alkylamino-porous glass-CVB-aminoacylase], and the other was aminoacylase covalently bound to arylaminosilane derivative of porous glass with nitrous acid as a coupling agent [Arylamino-porous glass-CVB-aminoacylase]. The enzyme activities of such immobilized aminoacylases were 3.2~13.0 units/ml glass for the former and 1.9~6.8 units/ml glass for the latter. Especially, alkylamino porous glass-CVB-aminoacylase showed excellent stability at pH 6~9 and temperature below 50°C, and was able to be stored for more than six months without appreciable loss of the activity.

The continuous enzyme reaction using the alkylamino porous glass-CVB-aminoacylase packed in a column was operated for 54 days at 37°C, and the half-life of the immobilized enzyme was calculated to be 78 days. From these results, it was recognized that such an immobilized aminoacylase on porous glass would be applicable in an industrial preparation of various l-amino acids from their dl-forms.     

Thermostable Aminoacylase from Bacillus thermoglucosidius: Purification and Characterization

We studied the distribution of aminoacylase, an enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of N-acylamino acids, in thermophilic bacteria, and found Bacillus thermoglucosidius DSM 2542 to be the best producer of the enzyme. The enzyme, purified 13,400-fold to homogeneity in an overall yield of 34%, has a molecular weight of about 175,000, and is composed of four subunits identical in molecular weight (43,000). The enzyme contains 4g atoms of zinc per mol of enzyme protein. The enzyme catalyzes hydrolysis of various kinds of N-acyl-l-amino acids with very high molecular activity compared to those of fungal and mammalian enzymes: V_max and K_m for TV-acetyl-l-methionine are 3410 units/mg protein and 7.9 mm, respectively. Great stability at high temperatures and with organic solvents and protein denaturants is a characteristic of the enzyme.     

米曲霉氨基酰化酶的双水相萃取研究

本文利用聚乙二醇和磷酸盐组成的水溶液双相系统,从米曲霉(Aspergillus oryzae)中提取氨基酰化酶。通过实验对影响氨基酰化酶分配的各参数进行了研究,确定了最适体系:PEC-1540 10％(W/V),K_2HPO_418％(W/V),pH8.5;PEG-154010％(W/V),K_2HPO_412％(W/V),NaCl 0.5mol/L,pH8.5。二步萃取收率90％,纯化倍数9。为实验室和工业上采用双水相系统萃取氨基酰化酶提供了一个新方法。     

刺孢小克银汉霉菌体氨基酰化酶的性质研究

首次选育出有较高氨基酰化酶活性的菌株刺孢小克银汉霉（Cunninghamella echinulata）9980,并进行液体培养,比较了3种不同培养基中菌体细胞氨基酰化酶活性,考察了几种因素对菌体细胞酶活的影响。结果表明：蛋白胨培养基中菌体细胞酶活最高,达680u／g。菌体细胞酶活最适温度55％,最适pH7．0,最佳底物浓度为0．2mol／L,缓冲液中的无机离子对酶活有抑制作用,10^-3-10^-4mol／L的Co^2＋对酶活有激活作用。     

黄曲霉毒素解毒酶的固定化及其性质的研究

黄曲霉毒素是农作物常见的受污染的霉菌毒素,毒性大,稳定性高,是潜在的肝癌致癌物,对人的危害较大。该毒素的解毒与去毒一直是受到关注的问题。黄曲霉毒素解毒酶对黄曲霉毒素有特殊的去毒和降解作用,但是该酶的稳定性离解决实际问题尚有一段距离。报道了对黄曲霉毒素解毒酶的固定化,并对固定化处理后酶的稳定性、性质、催化活性、解毒活性进行了测定。结果表明,通过固定化操作酶的解毒活性被保留下来,酶的酸碱稳定性、热稳定性、放置稳定性等均得到显著的提高。     

Phospholipase C inhibitor from Streptoverticillium mycoheptinicum

Streptoverticillium mycoheptinicum, a producer of the antifungal antibiotic mycoheptin, was found to produce an inhibitor of Clostridium perfringens phospholipase C. Dynamics of the enzyme accumulation in the culture liquid filtrate was studied. A technique was developed for purification of the inhibitor, which includes adsorption, selective precipitation, ultrafiltration, gel chromatography and isoelectric focusing. The inhibitor was found to be of the peptide nature with the molecular weight of 3500-4000 and to exist in two isoforms with the isoelectric points of 8.15 and 8.50.     

Isolation and Characterization of Holocellulose from Alfalfa

Holocellulose isolated from the aerial parts of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) contains a polysaccharide complex of cellulose and hemicelluloses, the major structural components of cell walls. Holocellulose is highly hydrophilic and has a dense biopolymer packing. The carboxylic groups of hemicelluloses and cellulose determines the ability of holocellulose to adsorb polyvalent metal cations.     

番茄叶绿体DNA的分离纯化及某些性质的研究

分离纯化了番茄的叶绿体DNA(ct DNA)。热变性分析测得Tm=82.1℃,由此计算得(G+C)％=31.2％。热变性微分曲线表明,在番茄ct NDA分子上存在着碱基组成比例分布上的异质性。分析超离心测得沉降系数S_(20w)=62.4。据此计算出分子量为80×10~6d。用电子显微镜观索了制备的ctDNA.     

Isolation and Characterization of Cytotoxic Compounds from Corn

A host-vector system was constructed in Bacillus megaterium strain NK84–0128, an oxetanocin A producer. The replication origin of an endogeneous plasmid, P–4, was used to construct a potential plasmid vector, pSM5, which had a chloramphenicol resistance gene as a selective marker. Plasmid transformation by a protoplast method was used in B. megaterium strain NK84–0128. The maximum transformation frequency attained with the pSM5 plasmid was 2.0 x 10⁴cfu/µg DNA.     

Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages from Fermenting Sauerkraut

This paper presents the first report of bacteriophage isolated from commercial vegetable fermentations. Nine phages were isolated from two 90-ton commercial sauerkraut fermentations. These phages were active against fermentation isolates and selected Leuconostoc mesenteroides and Lactobacillus plantarum strains, including a starter culture. Phages were characterized as members of the Siphoviridae and Myoviridae families. All Leuconostoc phages reported previously, primarily of dairy origin, belonged to the Siphoviridae family.     

Isolation and Characterization of Protoplasts from Saccharomyces rouxii

Cells of the osmotolerant yeast Saccharomyces rouxii were transformed to protoplasts in good yield (85%) by digesting cell walls with snail-gut enzyme in the presence of 10 mM dithioerythritol, 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.8), and 2.0 M KCl. The requirement for 2.0 M KCl compares with that for S. bisporus var. mellis (another osmotolerant species) and contrasts with the 0.3 to 0.8 M KCl concentrations used in the preparation of most yeast protoplasts. Short digestions (60 min or less) produced mostly spheroplasts; longer incubations (90 min or more) yielded mostly protoplasts as judged by electron micrographs. These protoplasts could be transferred to 1.0 M KCl or 2.0 M sorbitol without lysing, but lysis was pronounced in 0.5 M KCl or 1.0 M mannitol and complete in 0.02 M KCl. Protoplasts were separated from isolated cell wall remnants and debris by centrifugation on a linear gradient of Ficoll 400 (35 to 17.5%, wt/vol) containing 2.0 M KCl. Both crude and fractionated protoplast preparations contained vesicles which were identified with the periplasmic bodies of whole cells. Some of the periplasmic bodies were connected to protoplasts by fine pedicels; others appeared free. Independent degeneracy of periplasmic bodies was occasionally observed. beta-Fructofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.26) activity is cryptic (physically) in cells of S. rouxii in contrast to the expressed enzyme (periplasmic space) of other Saccharomyces species. This enzyme remains cryptic in protoplast preparations of S. rouxii but is expressed upon lysis. The same specific activities were found per unit cell or protoplast. The possible association of the cryptic enzyme with periplasmic bodies is discussed.     

Isolation and Characterization of Uracil-Degrading Clostridia from Soil

Five strains of uracil-degrading clostridia were isolated from soil using an enrichment medium containing uracil as the principal energy source. All the isolates resembled Clostridium glycolicum , although they lacked the characteristic ability to ferment ethylene glycol.
Both representative isolates and a reference strain of Cl. glycolicum degraded uracil and produced β-alanine when grown in a semi-defined medium. Thus, the uracil-degrading activity was similar to that described previously for Cl. uracilicum.     

石油污染土壤中植物根际促生菌的筛选及特性分析

以1-氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸(ACC)为唯一氮源,从黑龙江省大庆地区石油污染土壤的狼尾草根际土壤中分离筛选出2株产ACC脱氨酶的细菌,F4-1和F4-2。对分离的菌株进行生理生化和16S rDNA序列鉴定,确定F4-1为肠杆菌属(Enterobactersp.),F4-2为克雷伯菌属(Klebsiellasp.)。菌株F4-1的ACC脱氨酶活性为(1.40±0.17)μmolα-KA.(mg Pr.h)-1,高于F4-2的(1.03±0.03)μmolα-KA.(mg Pr.h)-1。随着L-Trp浓度的增加,菌株F4-1和F4-2的吲哚乙酸(IAA)合成量相应增加,总体上看F4-1的IAA合成能力高于F4-2。F4-1合成嗜铁素的能力也高于F4-2。     

Isolation and Characterization of Corynebacteria from Burned Children

A total of 221 strains of corynebacteria were isolated and characterized by methods which included tests encompassing five schemes proposed for grouping cutaneous diphtheroids. Seventy-one strains (group I) were isolated from the hospital air in patient areas and from the normal skins of children admitted for reconstructive surgery of old healed burns and from the normal skins of nursing personnel. One hundred and fifty strains (group II) were isolated from various clinical specimens and from normal skins of a population of acutely burned children. The majority of the strains in group I were lipophilic and contained the largest number of fluorescent strains. Among the group II strains, there was a subgroup which was nonsusceptible to oxacillin, lincomycin, erythromycin, and kanamycin and also had in common the fermentation of glucose and galactose, reduction of both nitrate and nitrite, and growth on 40% bile agar. These strains were the most commonly recognized types isolated from acutely burned patients and possibly originated from the patient's intestinal tract. Data indicated that the air was not a means of transmission for these corynebacteria among acute patients. Corynebacteria were isolated from 11% of the burn wound cultures by using a selective medium but were found in 66% of the acute patients. Over 90% of the strains in groups I and II did not conform sufficiently with described characteristics of common human indigenous corynebacteria to be accurately speciated.     

黄孢原毛平革菌基因启动子的分离与鉴定

利用启动子探针型载体pSUPV8直接在大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)中分离黄孢原毛平革菌(Phanerochaete chrysosporium)基因启动子片段,获得6个潮霉素抗性(Hyg-r)重组子。对重组子CH2、CH6进行序列分析,结果发现它们都存在真核生物基因启动子的保守序列;用原生质体转化法将其转化黄孢原毛平革菌,仅pCH6获得了潮霉素抗性转化子;PCR和斑点杂交分析表明,pCH6已成功导入黄孢原毛平革菌,并启动潮霉素抗性基因的表达。