香兰素生物合成的研究进展

香兰素是一种十分重要的香料,在较多行业中用途广泛.天然来源的香兰素受诸多因素的限制,不能满足市场需求,因此化学法合成的香兰素是主要原料来源.近年来,随着自然资源的不断枯竭以及人们对环境保护意识的增强,通过微生物转化适宜的底物生物合成香兰素逐渐变为研究热点.本文综述了以丁香酚、异丁香酚和阿魏酸为底物的细菌、真菌生产香兰素...     

微生物转化合成香兰素

香兰素是食品工艺中应用最广泛的香料之一。本文首先探讨了能够合成香兰素的微生物,其次讨论了可用于合成转化香兰素的底物,阐述了测定香兰素的方法,最后对生物合成香兰素的前景进行了展望。     

微生物发酵合成灵菌红素的研究进展

灵菌红素是一种天然的红色三吡咯色素,主要源自于微生物的次级代谢过程,其具有抗菌、抗肿瘤等功能,在医药、环境、染料等领域具有广阔的应用前景。随着合成生物学技术的不断发展,利用微生物发酵法合成灵菌红素是实现灵菌红素工业化生产的有效途径之一。目前,生产灵菌红素的微生物主要以粘质沙雷氏菌（Serratia marcescens）为主。本文系统介绍了灵菌红素的结构性质和应用潜力,重点阐述了粘质沙雷氏菌中灵菌红素的合成路径,总结了通过高产菌株选育与改造、发酵工艺优化和转录因子调控等策略提高灵菌红素合成的最新研究进展,分析了不同提取纯化工艺的效率,并对未来灵菌红素的高效合成进行了展望,以进一步提高灵菌红素的工业化生产效率。     

粘质沙雷氏菌氯霉素抗性基因的克隆及其性质分析

通过构建粘质沙雷氏菌KMR-3菌株的基因组DNA文库, 克隆到了与该菌的氯霉素抗性相关基因, 并对其部分特性进行了初步研究。结果表明: 克隆到的氯霉素抗性基因所编码的蛋白属于PRK10473蛋白, 由397个氨基酸编码, 与变形斑沙雷氏菌(Serratia proteamaculans 568) Bcr/CflA亚家族药物抗性转运蛋白同源性最高, 达到92%, 并对该基因的调控序列(启动子、终止子、SD序列及转录起始位点) 进行了分析。     

粘质沙雷氏菌的电镜观察

用扫描电镜和透射电镜对粘质沙雷氏菌(Serratia marcescens)的临界点干燥标本和负染标本作了观察,均可见到细胞表面常有一至二个直径为0.12～0.24μm的颗粒。在超薄切片中颗粒则有两种不同的结构:一种是外膜泡(Outer membrane vesicle);另一种是致密体(Dense body)。致密体可能是一种分泌性颗粒,它既不是内部的贮存物,也不似外部进来的异物。它们看来形成于细胞质内后分泌到细胞外。在细菌中这是一种罕见现象。有关致密体的化学性质和功能尚不清楚。文中指出粘质沙雷氏菌的纲胞表面也具有茂密的菌毛(Pili)。     

粘质沙雷氏菌产几丁质酶发酵条件的研究

目的：通过对粘质沙雷氏菌发酵条件的优化,提高其产几丁质酶的能力。方法：以实验室保存菌种粘质沙雷氏菌S418为对象,通过单因素试验和三因素三水平正交试验筛选出了菌株S418产几丁质酶的最佳培养基配方及培养条件。结果：该菌种产酶的最佳发酵条件：0.2%（w/v）胶体几丁质,1%蛋白胨,0.05%KH2PO4,在28℃、pH7.0、接种量6%,培养72h,酶活达到5.49U/mL。结论：优化后菌株S418产几丁质酶的条件。     

粘质沙雷氏菌氯霉素抗性基因的克隆及其性质分析

通过构建粘质沙雷氏菌KMR-3菌株的基因组DNA文库, 克隆到了与该菌的氯霉素抗性相关基因, 并对其部分特性进行了初步研究。结果表明: 克隆到的氯霉素抗性基因所编码的蛋白属于PRK10473蛋白, 由397个氨基酸编码, 与变形斑沙雷氏菌(Serratia proteamaculans 568) Bcr/CflA亚家族药物抗性转运蛋白同源性最高, 达到92%, 并对该基因的调控序列(启动子、终止子、SD序列及转录起始位点) 进行了分析。     

粘质沙雷氏菌几丁质酶基因ChiA克隆及生物信息学分析

通过生物信息学技术对Chi A基因序列进行分析预测,了解Chi A的基因结构及蛋白质性质。从自有菌株(粘质沙雷氏菌Serratia mareescens S68)中克隆到几丁质酶基因Chi A,利用相关软件对Chi A基因序列进行分析预测。Chi A基因全长1 714 bp,开放阅读框编码563个氨基酸,推测其编码的蛋白质分子量为60 983.8Da,等电点为6.35,是一种稳定的亲水性蛋白质。预测Chi A可能存在信号肽,切割位点在第23~24位氨基酸之间,1~23位氨基酸为其跨膜结构,其余肽链位于细胞外。Chi A主要存在3种二级结构元件,在二级、三级结构中都有体现。该Chi A是一种水溶性蛋白质,结构稳定且可以分泌到胞外。     

Biotransformation of isoeugenol catalyzed by growing cells of Pseudomonas putida

Abstract

Growing cells of Pseudomonas putida transformed isoeugenol after 5 days of incubation to give mainly vanillin, eugenol, 4-(E)-(3-hydroxyprop-1-enyl)-2-methoxyphenol and the dimeric molecule (+)-4-[2,3-dihydro-7-methoxy-3-methyl-5-(E)-(1-propenyl)-2-benzofuranyl]-2-methoxyphenol (licarin A). The formation of the latter compound from isoeugenol by biotransformation with P. putida is reported here for the first time.     

酶法转化异丁香酚制备香草醛的研究

研究了由大豆粗酶转化异丁香酚制备香草醛的方法,对转化条件进行了优化,并研究了H2O2、和吸附剂的影响,在优化后的条件下转化36h产物浓度达2．46g/L,摩尔转化率为13．27％。     

两相体系中微生物法转化异丁香酚生成香草醛的研究

从土壤中筛选获得一株能耐受高浓度异丁香酚并高效转化生成香草醛的纺锤芽孢杆菌Bacillus fusiformis菌株CGMCC1347,研究了微生物细胞在异丁香酚-水两相体系中转化异丁香酚制备香草醛的过程。在异丁香酚体积分数60％,初始pH 4．0,温度37℃,转速180 r/min的条件下,转化72h,湿细胞质量浓度迭60 g/L时,香草醛质量浓度高达46.10 g/L。     

生物技术方法生产香草醛研究进展

香草醛是重要的香味物质之一,广泛应用于食品、饮料和医药工业中。本文综述了生物技术方法生产香草醛常用的前体物质、所用微生物降解相应前体物质的代谢途径、对代谢途径中的酶进行的分子水平和基因水平的研究以及在转化工艺等方面的研究进展。     

Biotransformation of eugenol to vanillin by a novel strain Bacillus safensis SMS1003

Due to the extensive applications of vanillin as flavored compound and increasing consumers concern for its natural and environment friendly mode of production, present work was focused on the selection of bacterial isolate capable of producing vanillin using eugenol biotransformation. Bacterial strain SMS1003 is evidenced as the potential strain for vanillin production and identified as Bacillus safensis (GeneBank accession no. MG561863) using biochemical tests and molecular phylogenic analysis of its 16S rDNA gene sequence. Molar yield of vanillin reached up to 10.7% (0.055?g/L) at 96?h of biotransformation using growing culture of B. safensis SMS1003 in following culture conditions: eugenol concentration 500?mg/L; temperature 37?°C; initial pH 7.0; inoculum volume 4%; volume of culture media 10%; and shaking speed 180?rpm. Vanillin was detected as the single metabolite with a molar yield of 26% (0.12?g/L) at 96?h using resting cells of B. safensis SMS1003. Product confirmation was based on spectral scan using photodiode array detector, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, high-performance liquid chromatography, and mass spectroscopy.     

Biotransformation of isoeugenol to vanillin by a newly isolated Bacillus pumilus strain: identification of major metabolites

A bacterial strain S-1 capable of transforming isoeugenol to vanillin was isolated. The strain was identified as Bacillus pumilus based on biochemical tests, cellular fatty acid composition, riboprint pattern and 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses. In the biotransformation of isoeugenol, vanillin was the main product. With the growing culture of B. pumilus S-1, 10 g l⁻¹ isoeugenol was converted to 3.75 g l⁻¹ vanillin in 150 h, with a molar yield of 40.5% that is the highest up to now. Dehydrodiisoeugenol, a dimer of isoeugenol, was separated by preparative thin layer chromatography and identified by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Based on the accurate masses obtained from gas chromatography–high resolution mass spectrometry, two key intermediates, isoeugenol-epoxide (IE) and isoeugenol-diol (ID), were identified by mass spectra interpretations. The biotransformation with resting cells showed that vanillin was oxidized to vanillic acid and then to protocatechuic acid before the aromatic ring was broken. These findings suggest that isoeugenol is degraded through an epoxide-diol pathway.     

Comparative studies of chitinases A,B and C from Serratia marcescens

Serratia marcescens produces three chitinases, ChiA, ChiB and ChiC which together enable the bacterium to efficiently degrade the insoluble chitin polymer. We present an overview of the structural properties of these enzymes, as well as an analysis of their activities towards artificial chromogenic chito-oligosaccharide-based substrates, chito-oligosaccharides, chitin and chitosan. We also present comparative inhibition data for the pseudotrisaccharide allosamidin (an analogue of the reaction intermediate) and the cyclic pentapeptide argadin. The results show that the enzymes differ in terms of their subsite architecture and their efficiency towards chitinous substrates. The idea that the three chitinases play different roles during chitin degradation was confirmed by the synergistic effects that were observed for certain combinations of the enzymes. Studies of the degradation of the soluble heteropolymer chitosan provided insight into processivity. Taken together, the available data for Serratia chitinases show that the chitinolytic machinery of this bacterium consists of two processive exo-enzymes that degrade the chitin chains in opposite directions (ChiA and ChiB) and a non-processive endo-enzyme, ChiC.     

Optimization of media composition for improving conversion of isoeugenol into vanillin with Pseudomonas sp. strain KOB10 using the Taguchi method

Abstract

The popular demand for natural food additives has resulted in a number of processes for producing natural vanillin. Although there are chemical procedures and plant sources for vanillin production, microbial bioconversions are being sought as a suitable ‘natural’ alternative. The present paper describes the conversion of isoeugenol to vanillin by a novel bacterial strain isolated from soil. The strain was identified as Pseudomonas sp. strain KOB10 based on morphological and physiochemical characteristics and its 16S rDNA gene sequence. We optimized medium composition for vanillin production using a Taguchi experimental design. Eight factors, i.e. isoeugenol, glycerol, tryptone, K₂HPO₄, KH₂PO₄, Cu²⁺, Mg²⁺ and Ca²⁺ concentrations, were selected and experiments based on an orthogonal array layout of L₁₈ (2² × 3⁶) were performed. Analysis of the experimental data using the Taguchi method indicated that Cu²⁺ and glycerol concentrations had the highest impact on isoeugenol conversion into vanillin at a substrate concentration of 0.9 g L^?1. Under the optimized conditions, growing cells of Pseudomonas sp. strain KOB10 produced 0.153 g vanillin L^?1 from 0.9 g isoeugenol L^?1, with a molar yield of 18.3% after incubation for 48 h. To improve the vanillin yield, the effect of other bioconversion parameters including time of isoeugenol addition, initial isoeugenol concentration and conversion time was studied; the results showed a maximum concentration of 3.14 g vanillin L^?1 after a total incubation time of 88 h with 15 g isoeugenol L^?1, which corresponded to a molar yield of 22.5%. Further standardization and optimization for vanillin production was challenging.     

A major outer membrane protein of Serratia marcescens which was easily solubilized and had a capacity to bind to calcium

Easily solubilized major outer membrane protein was found in Serratia marcescens. The protein was originally obtained as a membrane-associated, insoluble protein in the outer membrane when the cells were slightly disrupted. However, the amount of this protein in the outer membrane gradually decreased with the time of sonication. The decrease was not due to decomposition of the protein but to solubilization into a soluble fraction after a long period of disruption. The molecular weight of this protein was 47 kDa and it bound calcium. Another 40 kDa calcium binding protein was also found in the outer membrane of S. marcescens.     

Comparative studies of chitinases A, B and C from Serratia marcescens

Serratia marcescens produces three chitinases, ChiA, ChiB and ChiC which together enable the bacterium to efficiently degrade the insoluble chitin polymer. We present an overview of the structural properties of these enzymes, as well as an analysis of their activities towards artificial chromogenic chito-oligosaccharide-based substrates, chito-oligosaccharides, chitin and chitosan. We also present comparative inhibition data for the pseudotrisaccharide allosamidin (an analogue of the reaction intermediate) and the cyclic pentapeptide argadin. The results show that the enzymes differ in terms of their subsite architecture and their efficiency towards chitinous substrates. The idea that the three chitinases play different roles during chitin degradation was confirmed by the synergistic effects that were observed for certain combinations of the enzymes. Studies of the degradation of the soluble heteropolymer chitosan provided insight into processivity. Taken together, the available data for Serratia chitinases show that the chitinolytic machinery of this bacterium consists of two processive exo-enzymes that degrade the chitin chains in opposite directions (ChiA and ChiB) and a non-processive endo-enzyme, ChiC.