Autocloning and amplification of LIP2 in Yarrowia lipolytica

We synthesized a Yarrowia lipolytica strain overproducing lipase for industrial applications by using long terminal repeat (zeta) of the Y. lipolytica retrotransposon Ylt1 and an allele of URA3 with a promoter deletion to construct JMP3. JMP3 is a derivative of plasmid pHSS6 carrying a NotI-NotI cassette which contains a defective URA3 allele, a polylinker sequence, and the zeta region for targeting to multiple sites in the genome of the recipient. We inserted the LIP2 gene (encoding extracellular lipase) under the control of the strong POX2 promoter into JMP3 to generate JMP6. The pHSS6 region was removed by NotI digestion prior to transformation. Two Y. lipolytica strains transformed with the JMP6 LIP2 cassette had a mean of 10 integrated copies devoid of the Escherichia coli region, corresponding to an autocloning event. The copy number in the transformants was stable even after 120 generations in nonselective and lipase-inducing conditions. The resulting strains could produce 0.5 g of active lipase per liter in the supernatant, 40 times more than the single-copy strain with the LIP2 promoter. This work provides a new expression system in Y. lipolytica that results in strains devoid of bacterial DNA and in strains producing a high level of lipase for industrial uses, waste treatment, and pancreatic insufficiency therapy.     

Selection of new over-producing derivatives for the improvement of extracellular lipase production by the non-conventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

The non-conventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica produces an extracellular lipase encoded by the LIP2 gene. Mutant strains with enhanced productivity were previously obtained either by chemical mutagenesis or genetic engineering. In this work, we used one of these mutants, named LgX64.81 to select new overproducing strains following by amplification of the LIP2 gene. We also developed a process for lipase production in bioreactors and compared lipase production levels in batch and fed-batch cultures. Batch culture led to a lipase production of 26450 U ml(-1) in a media containing olive oil and tryptone as carbon and nitrogen sources. Feeding of a combination of tryptone and olive oil at the end of the exponential growth phase yielded to lipase activity of 158246 U ml(-1) after 80 h of cultivation. In addition this production system developed for the extracellular lipase could also be applied for other heterologous protein production since we have demonstrated that LgX64.81 is an interesting alternative host strain.     

解脂耶氏酵母新型表达载体构建及癌基因rho在其中的表达

为了简化解脂耶氏酵母表达载体构建过程、消除抗生素污染,将mel基因(编码酪氨酸酶)作为新型报告基因用于构建新型酵母表达载体,利用组装PCR人工合成基因mel,并用重叠PCR将其与同源组成型强启动子p TEF、分泌性信号肽XPR2pre及强终止区LIP2t融合,构建新型胞外及胞内表达载体,并利用其在解脂耶氏酵母野生菌株中表达人源癌基因rho.成功获得mel全基因并将其与启动子、信号肽和终止区融合,得到融合片段TXML,用其替换原有表达载体的筛选标记基因ura3d4,构建得到新型胞外及胞内表达载体pINA1297-M和pINA1297-a-M,转化后的酵母阳性转化子性状明显,随后利用此新型表达系统获得可溶性异源蛋白Rho.首次实现了将mel作为一种便捷、价廉、无污染的新型筛选标记基因运用于非常规酵母表达系统中,更为mel在其它真核表达系统中的运用奠定了技术基础;获得的可溶性Rho蛋白可为研究其性质、结构、功能及与Rho癌基因家族其它成员的相互作用提供条件.     

High-level production of extracellular lipase by Yarrowia lipolytica mutants from methyl oleate

The yeast Yarrowia lipolytica degrades efficiently low-cost hydrophobic substrates for the production of various added-value products such as lipases. To obtain yeast strains producing high levels of extracellular lipase, Y. lipolytica DSM3286 was subjected to mutation using ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS) and ultraviolet (UV) light. Twenty mutants were selected out of 1600 mutants of Y. lipolytica treated with EMS and UV based on lipase production ability on selective medium. A new industrial medium containing methyl oleate was optimized for lipase production. In the 20 L bioreactor containing new industrial medium, one UV mutant (U6) produced 356 U/mL of lipase after 24h, which is about 10.5-fold higher than that produced by the wild type strain. The properties of the mutant lipase were the same as those of the wild type: molecular weight 38 kDa, optimum temperature 37°C and optimum pH 7. Furthermore, the nucleotide sequences of extracellular lipase gene (LIP2) in wild type and mutant strains were determined. Only two silent substitutions at 362 and 385 positions were observed in the ORF region of LIP2. Two single substitutions and two duplications of the T nucleotide were also detected in the promoter region. LIP2 sequence comparison of the Y. lipolytica DSM3286 and U6 strains shows good targets to effective DNA recombinant for extracellular lipase of Y. lipolytica.     

Heterologous Expression and Optimized Production of an <Emphasis Type="Italic">Aspergillus aculeatus</Emphasis> Endo-1,4-β-mannanase in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Yarrowia lipolytica</Emphasis>

The Aspergillus aculeatus MRC11624 man1 gene, encoding an endo-β-1,4-mannanase, was cloned and expressed in the promising heterologous enzyme producer, the ascomycetous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica. Both single- and multi-copy transformants were constructed, and the secretion of the enzyme was evaluated as an in-frame fusion with the LIP2 secretion signal, as well as with its natural secretion signal. In shake-flask analysis, the highest volumetric enzyme activity (13,073 nkat/ml) and specific enzyme activity (1,020 nkat/(mg dcw)) were obtained with a multi-copy integrant utilizing β-mannanase’s own secretion signal. The best β-mannanase-producing strain was subsequently evaluated in batch fermentation and resulted in a maximum volumetric enzyme activity of 6,719 nkat/ml. Fed batch fermentations resulted in a 3.9-fold increase in volumetric enzyme activity compared with batch fermentation, and a maximum titre of 26,139 nkat/ml was obtained. The results reported in this study indicate that Y. lipolytica is a promising producer of A. aculeatus β-mannanase, producing higher β-mannanase activity than that of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae or Aspergillus niger when cultivated in shake flasks, which is encouraging for the use of the enzyme in industrial processes such as extraction of vegetable oil from leguminous seeds and the reduction in viscosity of coffee extracts.     

Optimization of culture variables for improving glucoamylase production by alginate-entrapped Thermomucor indicae-seudaticae using statistical methods

Alginate-entrapped sporangiospores of Thermomucor indicae-seudaticae were used for the production of glucoamylase. The critical variables that affected glucoamylase production were identified by Plackett-Burman design (sucrose, yeast-extract, K(2)HPO(4) and asparagine) and further optimized by using a four factor central composite design (CCD) of response surface methodology (RSM). Immobilized sporangiospores secreted 41% and 60% higher glucoamylase titers in shake flasks and airlift fermenter, respectively, when the variables were used at their optimum levels (sucrose 3.0%, yeast-extract 0.2%, K(2)HPO(4) 0.1% and asparagine 0.35%). Glucoamylase production (26.3 U ml(-1)) in the optimized medium was in good agreement with the values predicted by the quadratic model (26.7 U ml(-1)), thereby confirming its validity. The enzyme production was sustainable in flasks of higher volume and also airlift fermenter, and attained a peak within 32 h in the fermenter as compared to that of 48 h in shake flasks.     

Investigation of the effect of different extracellular factors on the lipase production by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Yarrowia lipolityca</Emphasis> on the basis of a scale-down approach

The influence of three extracellular factors (namely, the methyl oleate dispersion in the broth, the dissolved oxygen variations, and the pH fluctuation) on the lipase production by Y. lipolytica in batch bioreactor has been investigated in different scale-down apparatus. These systems allow to reproduce the hydrodynamic phenomena encountered in large-scale equipments for the three specified factors. The effects of the extracellular factors have been observed at three distinct levels: the microbial growth, the extracellular lipase production, and the induction of the gene LIP2 encoding for the main lipase of Y. lipolytica. Among the set of environmental factors investigated, the dissolved oxygen fluctuations generated in a controlled scale-down reactor (C-SDR) have led to the more pronounced physiological effect by decreasing the LIP2 gene expression level. The other environmental factors observed in a partitioned scale-down reactor, i.e., the methyl oleate dispersion and the pH fluctuations, have led to a less severe stress traduced only by a decrease of the microbial yield and thus of the extracellular lipase specific production rate.     

Thermostable amylase production by immobilized thermophilic Bacillus sp.

Agar, agarose and alginate immobilized cells of thermophilic Bacillus sp. WN11 produced 7.0, 6.2, and 10.5 U/ml of thermostable amylase in shake flasks, respectively. Alginate entrapped cells released high level of amylase (10.5 U/ml) than freely suspended cells (8.0 U/ml). Amylase production was stable in five successive batches with productivity of 9-12 U/ml for alginate, 5.5-8.8 U/ml for agar, and 4.8-8.0 for agarose immobilized cells.     

Genetic selection for reciprocal translocation at chosen chromosomal sites in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

We have constructed viable Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains containing a reciprocal translocation between the URA2 site of chromosome X and the HIS3 site of chromosome XV. Our methodology is an extension of the method originally developed to introduce an altered cloned sequence at the chromosomal location from which the parent sequence was derived (S. Scherer and R.W. Davis, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76:4951-4955, 1979). It comprises three essential steps. First, a nonreverting ura2- strain was constructed by deleting a 3.7-kilobase fragment from the coding sequence of the wild-type URA2 gene. Second, part of the coding sequence of the wild-type URA2 gene (without promotor) was inserted at the HIS3 locus of the ura2- strain. Third, after several generations of growth on uracil-supplemented medium, ura2+ colonies were selected which resulted from mitotic recombination between the nonoverlapping deletions of URA2 located on chromosomes X and XV.     

Improving production of hyperthermostable and high maltose-forming alpha-amylase by an extreme thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans using response surface methodology and its applications

By cultivating Geobacillus thermoleovorans in shake flasks containing cane molasses medium at 70 degrees C, the fermentation variables were optimized by 'one variable at a time' approach followed by response surface methodology (RSM). The statistical model was obtained by central composite design (CCD) using three variables (cane-molasses, urea and inoculum density). An overall 1.6- and 2.1-fold increase in enzyme production was achieved in the optimized medium in shake flasks and fermenter, respectively. The alpha-amylase titre increased significantly in cane-molasses medium (60 U ml(-1)) as compared to that in the synthetic medium (26 U ml(-1)). Thus the cost of enzyme produced in cane molasses medium (0.823 euros per million U) was much lower than that produced in the synthetic starch-yeast extract-tryptone medium (18.52 euros per million U). The shelf life of bread was improved by supplementing dough with alpha-amylase, and thus, the enzyme was found to be useful in preventing the staling of bread. Reducing sugars liberated from 20% and 30% raw pearl millet starch were fermented to ethanol; ethanol production levels attained were 35.40 and 28.0 g l(-1), respectively.     

Development of an integrative DNA transformation system for the yeast Candida tropicalis.

We developed the alkane and fatty-acid utilizing yeast Candida tropicalis as a host for DNA transformations. The system is based on an auxotrophic mutant host of C. tropicalis which is defective in orotidine monophosphate decarboxylase (ura3). The ura3 host was isolated by mutagenesis and a double-selection procedure that combined nystatin enrichment selection and 5-fluoro-orotic acid resistance selection. As a selectable marker, we isolated and characterized the C. tropicalis URA3 gene. Plasmid vectors that contained the C. tropicalis URA3 gene transformed the C. tropicalis mutant host at a frequency of 10(3) to 10(4) transformants per micrograms of plasmid DNA. Vectors that contained the Saccharomyces cerevisiae URA3 gene could not transform C. tropicalis. DNA transfer was accomplished by modified versions of either spheroplast generation (CaCl2-polyethylene glycol)-fusion or cation (LiCl) procedures developed for S. cerevisiae. Plasmid vectors that had been cut within the C. tropicalis URA3 fragment integrated by homologous recombination at the URA3 locus.     

Improvement of glidobactin A production byPolyangium brachysporum

Summary Glidobactins A, B and C are lipopeptide antitumor antibiotics produced by the gliding bacteriumPolyangium brachysporum sp. nov. No. K481-B101. The production of glidobactin A was examined in shake flasks and laboratory fermentors. Medium screening and optimization led to approximately five fold increases in glidobactin A titers in shake flasks and a ten fold increase in titers in 40-1 batch fermentations. Utilization of a stepped glucose feeding protocol resulted in glidobactin A titers of 1860 g/ml after 144 h of fermentation.     

Bioreactor production of human alpha(1)-antitrypsin using metabolically regulated plant cell cultures

Transgenic rice cell cultures, capable of producing recombinant human alpha(1)-antitrypsin (rAAT), were scaled up from shake flasks to a 5-L bioreactor. The maximum specific growth rates (mu(max)) observed from two bioreactor runs were 0.40 day(-1) (doubling time of 1.7 days) and 0.47 day(-1) (doubling time of 1.5 days), and the maximum specific oxygen uptake rates were 0.78 and 0.84 mmol O(2)/(g dw h). Using a metabolically regulated rice alpha-amylase (RAmy3D) promoter, signal peptide, and terminator, sugar deprivation turned on rAAT expression, and rAAT was secreted into the culture medium. After 1 day of culture in sugar-free medium, there was still continued biomass growth, oxygen consumption, and viability. Extracellular concentrations of 51 and 40 mg active rAAT/L were reached 1.7 and 2.5 days, respectively, after induction in a sugar-free medium. Volumetric productivities for two batch cultures were 7.3 and 4.6 mg rAAT/(L day), and specific productivities were 3.2 and 1.6 mg rAAT/(g dw day). Several different molecular weight bands of immunoreactive rAAT were observed on immunoblots.     

Statistical medium optimization and production of a hyperthermostable lipase from Burkholderia cepacia in a bioreactor

AIM: Statistical medium optimization for maximum production of a hyperthermostable lipase from Burkholderia cepacia and its validation in a bioreactor. METHODS AND RESULTS: Burkholderia cepacia was grown in shake flasks containing 1% glucose, 0.1% KH2PO4, 0.5% NH4Cl, 0.24% (NH4)2HPO4, 0.01% MgSO4.7H2O and 1% emulsified palm oil, at 45 degrees C and pH 7.0, agitated at 250 rev min(-1) with 6-h-old inoculum (2% v/v) for 20 h. A fourfold enhancement in lipase production (50 U ml(-1)) and an approximately three fold increase in specific activity (160 U mg(-1)) by B. cepacia was obtained in a 14 litre bioreactor within 15 h after statistical optimization following shake flask culture. The statistical model was obtained using face centred central composite design (FCCCD) with five variables: glucose, palm oil, incubation time, inoculum density and agitation. The model suggested no interactive effect of the five factors, although incubation period, inoculum and carbon concentration were the important variables. CONCLUSIONS: The maximum lipase production was 50 U ml(-1), with specific activity 160 U mg(-1) protein, in a 14 litre bioreactor after 15 h in a medium obtained after statistical optimization in shake flasks. Further, the model predicted reduction in time for lipase production with reduction in total carbon supply. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Statistical optimization allows quick optimization of a large number of variables. It also provides a deep insight into the regulatory role of various parameters involved in enzyme production.     

固定化桔青霉产生核酸酶P_1的研究

利用吸附固定在多孔聚酯载体上的桔青霉(Penicillium citrinum)菌丝细胞,在摇瓶中以分批发酵方式合成核酸酶P_1.试验结果表明:在固定化细胞产酶的条件下,培养液中葡萄糖和蛋白胨的最适浓度分别为10g/L和1g/L,摇瓶转速以180~200r/min为宜.固定化细胞经过48h的产酶周期,培养液中的核酸酶P_1活力可高达513.3U/ml,其产酶效率是游离菌丝的3.6倍,而葡萄糖和蛋白胨的用量仅为游离菌丝产酶的五分之一.在重复分批发酵试验中,固定化菌丝细胞形状稳定,连续28批(共56d)的产酶结果基本一致,每批的平均酶活力为507.4U/ml,在经济上和工艺上均显示了明显的优越性.     

5-fluoro-orotic acid induces chromosome alterations in genetically manipulated strains of Candida albicans

We previously reported the occurrence of chromosome alterations in a Candida albicans prototrophic strain 3153A treated with 5-fluoro-orotic acid (5-FOA). In this study we investigated the mutagenic properties of 5-FOA with two derivatives of C. albicans strain CAF4-2 (ura3/ura3), each containing an ectopic copy of URA3 gene (ura3/ ura3 URA3) on a different chromosome. As expected, after the ura3/ura3 URA3 constructs were applied to 5-FOA containing solid medium, the "pop-outs" that lost URA3 appeared. However most of the "pop-outs" acquired various chromosome alterations. Thus constructs exposed to 5-FOA should be examined for chromosome alterations or the use of 5-FOA should be avoided.     

Modeling of growth and laccase production by Pycnoporus sanguineus

Production of extracellular laccase by the white-rot fungus Pycnoporus sanguineus was examined in batch submerged cultures in shake flasks, baffled shake flasks and a stirred tank bioreactor. The biomass growth in the various culture systems closely followed a logistic growth model. The production of laccase followed a Luedeking-Piret model. A modified Luedeking-Piret model incorporating logistic growth effectively described the consumption of glucose. Biomass productivity, enzyme productivity and substrate consumption were enhanced in baffled shake flasks relative to the cases for the conventional shake flasks. This was associated with improved oxygen transfer in the presence of the baffles. The best results were obtained in the stirred tank bioreactor. At 28 °C, pH 4.5, an agitation speed of 600 rpm and a dissolved oxygen concentration of ~25 % of air saturation, the laccase productivity in the bioreactor exceeded 19 U L^?1 days^?1, or 1.5-fold better than the best case for the baffled shake flask. The final concentration of the enzyme was about 325 U L^?1.     

Over-expression of active Candida rugosa lip1 in Pichia pastoris via high cell-density fermentation and its application to resolve racemic ibuprofen

To improve the productivity of Candida rugosa lipase (CRL) and alleviate respiration limitations during high cell-density fermentation, codon-optimized CRL LIP1, and Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb) were co-expressed in Pichia pastoris. The activity of the recombinant strain that expressed LIP1 and VHb from dual promoters, named GS115/9Klip1FZvgb-lip1 ^#1, toward olive oil reached 620?U/mL, which was 1.69-fold greater than that of the recombinant strain GS115/9Klip1 ^#139 (365?U/mL) which only expressed LIP1 from a single promoter, and 1.37-fold greater than that of the recombinant strain GS115/9Klip1FZlip1 ^#39 (450?U/mL), which only expressed LIP1 from two promoters, in shaking flasks. With FM22 as the basic medium and methanol/D-sorbitol (1:1, v/v) as an inducer, the maximum activity of GS115/9Klip1FZvgb-lip1 ^#1 reached 7490?±?379.5?U/mL, which was 2.65-fold greater than that of GS115/9Klip1 ^#139 (2820?±?112?U/mL) and 1.82-fold greater than that of GS115/9Klip1FZlip1 ^#39 (4100?±?205?U/mL) in 10?L fermenters. The conversion ratio (C) and enantiomeric excess (ee_s) of racemic ibuprofen by immobilized CRL LIP1 reached 35.10 and 31.63%, respectively.     

High-level heterologous expression of Bacillus halodurans putative xylanase xyn11a (BH0899) in Kluyveromyces lactis

The putative xyn11A structural gene (BH0899) encoding a family-11 xylanase from alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans strain C-125 was heterologously expressed in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis CBS 1065 and secreted to a level of 156 microg/ml under selective culture conditions in shake flasks. The Xyn11A production level in shake flask cultures of K. lactis CBS 1065 was higher than that reported for other xylanase genes placed under the control of the regulated LAC4 promoter on a plasmid containing an entire sequence of pKD1 from Kluyveromyces drosophilarium. Recombinant Xyn11A was highly active over pH range from 3 to 10, with maximal activity around pH 7. The enzyme showed a specific activity of 628 U/mg-protein on birchwood xylan as substrate, but no cellulase or beta-xylosidase activity.