Intracellular expression of Vitreoscilla hemoglobin improves production of Yarrowia lipolytica lipase LIP2 in a recombinant Pichia pastoris

The Yarrowia lipolytica lipase LIP2 (YlLIP2) gene lip2 and Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene vgb were co-expressed in Pichia pastoris, both under the control of AOX1 promoter, in order to alleviate respiration limitation under conditions of high cell-density fermentation and enhance YlLIP2 production. The results showed that recombinant P. pastoris strains harboring the lip2 and vgb genes (VHb⁺) displayed higher biomass and YlLIP2 activity than control strains (VHb⁻). Compared with VHb⁻ cells, the expression levels of YlLIP2 in VHb-expressing cells when oxygen was not a limiting factor were improved 31.5% in shake-flask culture and 22% in a 10-L fermentor. Under non-limiting dissolved oxygen (DO) conditions, the maximum YlLIP2 activity of VHb⁺ in a 10-L fermentor reached 33,000 U/mL. Oxygen limitation had a more negative effect on YlLIP2 productivity in VHb⁻ cells than in VHb⁺ cells. The highest YlLIP2 activity of VHb⁺ cells was approximately 1.84-fold higher than that of VHb⁻ cells at lower DO levels. Moreover, the recombinant strain VHb⁺ exhibited a higher specific oxygen uptake rate and achieved higher cell viability under oxygen limiting and non-limiting conditions compared with VHb⁻ cells. Therefore, the above results suggest that intracellular expression of VHb in recombinant P. pastoris has the potential to improve cell growth and industrial enzyme production.     

解脂耶氏酵母脂肪酶LIP4和LIP5在毕赤酵母中的异源表达及酶学性质

【目的】克隆解脂耶氏酵母(Yarrowia lipolytica)脂肪酶LIP4和LIP5的cDNA序列,研究其基因结构,并实现其在毕赤酵母中的功能表达,以探讨其酶学性质。【方法】利用反转录PCR首次扩增LIP4和LIP5的编码基因,用SignalP 3.0分析其基因序列,然后分别构建胞内表达载体pPIC3.5K-Lip4、pPIC3.5K-Lip5和胞外表达载体pPIC9K-Lip4、pPIC9K-Lip5,将其转入毕赤酵母GS115中表达,以NTA树脂纯化酶蛋白,研究其酶学性质。【结果】cDNA序列测序结果显示两者均不含内含子,酶蛋白的氨基酸序列中含有典型脂肪酶的活性三联体结构和五肽保守区;酶学性质研究表明,两者的最适底物均为癸酸(C8)对硝基苯酚酯,最适pH为7.0,最适温度为40℃,但LIP4对pH和温度更敏感;两者均能被Ca2+激活,且LIP5还能为Mg2+激活,但均被Hg2+、乙二胺四乙酸(EDTA)和苯甲基磺酰氟(PMSF)强烈抑制。【结论】首次克隆了解脂耶氏酵母脂肪酶LIP4和LIP5编码基因,实现了其在毕赤酵母中的活性表达,并初步研究了其酶学性质,为上述脂肪酶的应用及进一步深入研究解脂耶氏酵母脂肪酶家族奠定了基础。     

High-level expression of extracellular lipase Lip2 from Yarrowia lipolytica in Pichia pastoris and its purification and characterization

The extracellular lipase gene from Yarrowia lipolytica (YlLip2) was cloned into the pPICZalphaA and integrated into the genome of the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris X-33. The lipase was successfully expressed and secreted with an apparent molecular weight of 39kDa using Saccharomyces cerevisiae secretion signal peptide (alpha-factor) under the control of the methanol inducible promoter of the alcohol oxidase 1 gene (AOX1). The lipase activity of 12,500,000U/l (2.10g total protein and 0.63g lipase per liter) was obtained in a fed-batch cultivation, where methanol feeding was linked to the dissolved oxygen content after initial glycerol culture. After fermentation, the supernatant was concentrated by ultrafiltration with a 10kDa cut off membrane and purified with ion exchange chromatography using Q Sepharose FF. Deglycosylation showed that the recombinant lipase is a glycoprotein which contains the same content of sugar (about 12%) as the native lipase from Y. lipolytica. The optimum temperature and pH of the recombinant lipase was 40 degrees C and 8.0, respectively. The lipase showed high activity toward long-chain fatty acid methyl esters (C12-C16).     

Statistical optimization of critical medium components for lipase production from Yarrowia lipolytica (MTCC 35)

Statistical optimization is an effective technique for the investigation of complex processes with minimal number of experimental runs. In this study, statistical approach was used to study the optimization of media components for lipase production from Yarrowia lipolytica MTCC 35. Mahua cake, glucose, MnCl₂ and KH₂PO₄ were screened to be the most significant variables among the nine medium variables that were tested to determine influence on lipase production by Plackett–Burman design. Central Composite Design was used for further optimization of these screened variables for enhanced lipase production. The determination coefficient (R²) value of 0.922 showed that the regression models adequately explain the data variation and represent the actual relationships between the variables and response. The optimum values of investigated variables for the maximum lipase production were 6.0% Mahua cake, 2.0% glucose, 0.2% MnCl₂ and 0.2% KH₂PO₄. The maximum lipase production (9.40 U mL^?1) was obtained under optimal condition.     

带His-tag的解脂耶氏酵母脂肪酶Lip2在毕赤酵母中的表达及纯化

将去自身信号肽并且N-端带6×His标签的YlLip2基因克隆至表达载体pPIC9K中,电转化GS115获得高效表达脂肪酶His₆-YlLip2的基因工程菌。筛选到的阳性克隆子摇瓶发酵脂肪酶活力最高为400U/ml。对重组毕赤酵母在10 L发酵罐中表达His₆-YlLip2的分批补料发酵工艺进行了初步优化,探讨了培养基、pH、温度对生物量和重组蛋白表达量的影响。结果表明:采用FM22培养基,诱导温度为25℃,pH 5.0,甲醇诱导114 h后His₆-YlLip2的最高酶活力达到3160U/ml。SDS-PAGE分析表明,蛋白的分子量大约为38kDa。重组的His₆-YlLip2经镍柱一步纯化后的纯度达到95.43%,比酶活达到4250U/mg。     

基于基因的重新设计与高通量筛选策略选育解脂耶氏酵母脂肪酶高产菌株

脂肪酶（EC 3.1.1.3）是应用广泛的工业用酶。高效的脂肪酶产生菌是脂肪酶工业生产和应用的前提。通过基因的重新设计与合成技术优化了解脂耶氏酵母（Yarrowia lipolytica）脂肪酶YLL的密码子,并实现了其在毕赤酵母（Pichia pastoris）中的高效表达;通过高通量筛选策略获得了更高效的脂肪酶基因工程菌菌株SILVER。在14 L发酵罐条件下,菌株SILVER酶活达40 500 U/ml、蛋白质含量达2.52 g/L发酵液,为该类脂肪酶的产业化奠定了基础。     

Optimization of the high-level production of Rhizopus oryzae lipase in Pichia pastoris

The lipases of the Rhizopus species family are important and versatile enzymes that are mainly used in fat and oil modification due to their strong 1,3-regiospecificity. Inexpensive synthetic medium was used for the production of Rhizopus oryzae lipase in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Methanol accumulation inside the bioreactor has previously been shown to negatively influence the production level. Three different methanol fed-batch strategies for maintaining the methanol concentration within optimal limits have been assayed in high-density cultures. One methanol feeding strategy, which is based on the monitoring of the methanol concentration by gas chromatography, resulted in a 2.5-fold higher productivity compared to an initial cultivation, where the feeding rate was adjusted according to the dissolved oxygen concentration (DO) in the supernatant. Finally, productivity could be further increased by introducing a transition phase that involved the simultaneous feeding of glycerol and methanol followed by a single methanol feed. This optimized strategy resulted in the highest productivity (12888 U l(-1) h(-1)), which is 13.6-fold higher than the DO-based strategy.     

费希尔曲霉脂肪酶在毕赤酵母中的优化表达及高密度发酵

【背景】脂肪酶广泛应用于纺织、食品、药品、皮革等工业领域,其在微生物中的异源表达研究进一步促进了脂肪酶产品的生产和应用。【目的】实现来源于费希尔曲霉的脂肪酶在毕赤酵母中的高效异源表达,探究其合适的表达及发酵条件,提高产量,降低成本。【方法】对费希尔曲霉的脂肪酶编码基因进行密码子优化后,应用pPIC9k质粒整合到毕赤酵母GS115基因组上,构建高产脂肪酶Lip605的毕赤酵母工程菌;并通过响应面发酵条件优化、筛选最适伴侣蛋白和高密度发酵相结合的方法,综合提高脂肪酶表达量。【结果】确定高产脂肪酶毕赤酵母工程菌的最优摇瓶发酵产酶条件为:甲醇3.103%(体积比),生物素0.4 mg/L,酵母粉11.5 g/L,酵母基础氮源培养基(yeast nitrogen base,YNB) 13.4 g/L,初始pH 6.4,装液量50 mL/250 mL,转速220 r/min,温度24°C,培养时间40 h。优化后的胞外脂肪酶酶活达到72.34 U/mL,较优化前提高了5.8倍;进一步选择12个伴侣蛋白分别与脂肪酶Lip605进行共表达,其中共表达伴侣蛋白Rpl10(pPICZA-RPL10)效果最佳,可使Lip605表达量进一步提高46.8%;在此基础上,经过10 L发酵罐分批补料的高密度发酵,工程菌株发酵142 h,胞外脂肪酶酶活最高达到680 U/mL,蛋白浓度为15.89 g/L。【结论】应用复合策略有效提高了脂肪酶Lip605在毕赤酵母中的发酵产量,为其进一步工业化生产奠定了良好的基础。     

Sterol glucosyltransferases have different functional roles in Pichia pastoris and Yarrowia lipolytica

Mutants of the methanol-utilizing yeast Pichia pastoris and the alkane-utilizing yeast Yarrowia lipolytica defective in the orthologue of UGT51 (encoding sterol glucosyltransferase) were isolated and compared. These mutants do not contain the specific ergosterol derivate, ergosterol glucoside. We observed that the P. pastoris UGT51 gene is required for pexophagy, the process by which peroxisomes containing methanol-metabolizing enzymes are selectively shipped to and degraded in the vacuole upon shifting methanol-grown cells of this yeast to glucose or ethanol. PpUGT51 is also required for other vacuole related processes. In contrast, the Y. lipolytica UGT51 gene is required for utilization of decane, but not for pexophagy. Thus, sterol glucosyltransferases play different functional roles in P. pastoris and Y. lipolytica.     

Pichia Pastoris表达系统的启动子研究进展

Pichia Pastoris是近年迅速发展的一种真核表达宿主,具有高效和适于进行高密度发酵等优点,已广泛应用于生产重组蛋白.启动子是表达系统重要组成部分中表达载体的核心元件,它的特性直接影响着它所调控的外源基因的表达.本文简要介绍了P.pastoris表达系统启动子pAOX1,pFLD1,pGAP,pYPT1和pICL1研究进展.     

Codon optimization, expression, and characterization of an internalizing anti-ErbB2 single-chain antibody in Pichia pastoris

Anti-ErbB2 antibodies are used as convenient tools in exploration of ErbB2 functional mechanisms and in treatment of ErbB2-overexpressing tumors. When we employed the yeast Pichia pastoris to express an anti-ErbB2 single-chain antibody (scFv) derived from the tumor-inhibitory monoclonal antibody A21, the yield did not exceed 1-2 mg/L in shake flask cultures. As we considered that the poor codon usage bias may be one limiting factor leading to the inefficient translation and scFv production, we designed and synthesized the full-length scFv gene by choosing the P. pastoris preferred codons while keeping the G+C content at relatively low level. Codon optimization increased the scFv expression level 3- to 5-fold and up to 6-10 mg/L. Northern blotting further confirmed that the increase of scFv expression was mainly due to the enhancement of translation efficiency. Investigation of culture conditions revealed that the maximal cell growth and scFv expression were achieved at pH 6.5-7.0 with 2% casamino acids after 72 h methanol induction. Secreted scFv was easily purified (>95% homogeneous product) from culture supernatants in one step by using Ni2+ chelating affinity chromatography. The yield was approximately 10-15 mg/L. Functional studies showed that the A21 scFv could be internalized with high efficiency after binding to the ErbB2-overexpressing cells, suggesting this regent may prove especially useful for ErbB2-targeted immunotherapy.     

Cell surface display of functionally active lipases from Yarrowia lipolytica in Pichia pastoris

The lipase genes of Yarrowia lipolytica, LIPY7 and LIPY8, fused with FLO-flocculation domain sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae at their N-termini, were expressed in Pichia pastoris KM71. Following the induction with methanol, the recombinant proteins were displayed on the cell surface of P. pastoris, as confirmed by the confocal laser scanning microscopy. The LipY7p and LipY8p were anchored on P. pastoris via the flocculation functional domain of Flo1p. The surface-displayed lipases were characterized for their application as the whole-cell biocatalyst. These lipases can also be cleaved off from their anchor by enterokinase treatment to yield functionally active proteins in the supernatant offering an alternative purification method for LipY7p and LipY8p.     

Codon optimization through a two-step gene synthesis leads to a high-level expression of Aspergillus niger lip2 gene in Pichia pastoris

Aspergillus niger lipases are important biocatalysts for a broad range of industrial applications. To enhance the expression level of a newly cloned lipase gene lip2 of A. niger in Pichia pastoris, we applied codon optimization and synthesized the full length codon-optimized gene by a two-step gene synthesis strategy. This strategy consists of an assembly PCR for several small DNA fragments and enzymatic digestion and ligation steps to ligate these fragments into the full-length gene. First, the full-length lip2 gene was divided into three fragments F1 (237 bp), F2 (238 bp) and F3 (422 bp) with the additions of proper restriction sites, and separately amplified by assembly PCR reactions. Second, three PCR amplified fragments were digested and ligated into the full-length lip2 gene. In the two-step gene synthesis, synthesis of smaller DNA fragments resulted in a significant lower level of nonspecific mismatching among oligonucleotides and a very low mutational rate of the PCR products, demonstrating the superiority of the method. When compared with the originally cloned lip2 gene of A. niger, the new codon optimized lip2 gene expressed at a significantly higher level in yeasts after methanol induction for 72 h, and both the enzyme activity and protein content reached maximal levels of 191 U/ml and 154 mg/1, with 11.6- and 5.3-fold increases, respectively.     

Codon optimization, expression, purification, and functional characterization of recombinant human IL-25 in Pichia pastoris

Interleukin (IL)-25 (also known as IL-17E) is a distinct member of the IL-17 cytokine family which induces IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13 expression and promotes pathogenic T helper (Th)-2 cell responses in various organs. IL-25 has been shown to have crucial role between innate and adaptive immunity and also a key component of the protection of gastrointestinal helminthes. In this study, to produce bioactive recombinant human IL-25 (rhIL-25), the cDNA of mature IL-25 was performed codon optimization based on methylotropic yeast Pichia pastoris codon bias and cloned into the expression vector pPICZαA. The recombinant vector was transformed into P. pichia strain X-33 and selected by zeocin resistance. Benchtop fermentation and simple purification strategy were established to purify the rhIL-25 with about 17 kDa molecular mass. Functional analysis showed that purified rhIL-25 specifically bond to receptor IL-17BR and induce G-CSF production in vitro. Further annexin V-FITC/PI staining assay indicated that rhIL-25 induced apoptosis in two breast cancer cells, MDA-MB-231 and HBL-100. This study provides a new strategy for the large-scale production of bioactive IL-25 for biological and therapeutic applications.     

Combined strategies for improving the heterologous expression of an alkaline lipase from Acinetobacter radioresistens CMC-1 in Pichia pastoris

In this study, a series of strategies was developed to enhance the expression of an alkaline lipase from Acinetobacter radioresistens (ARL) in Pichia pastoris. Activity of the lipase from recombinant strain carrying a single copy of codon-optimized ARL gene was 65 U/mL in shake flask culture with p-nitrophenyl caprylate as the substrate. The lipase yield was increased to 104 U/mL by introducing a short N-extension spacer peptide coding for the 10 amino acids (EEAEAEAEPK) between α-factor signal peptide and ARL. The N-terminal extension spacer did not affect the pH or temperature properties of the recombinant ARL. After the multi-copy constructs were identified by Q-PCR assay, a higher lipase activity of 180 U/mL was obtained. Further introduction of the spliced HAC1 gene into multi-copy integrants (>6 copies) extensively enhanced the ARL yield by 30–40%. As a result, the ARL yield reached 1.06 × 10⁴ U/mL in a 10-L scaled-up fed-batch fermenter as well as the lipase showed some better properties compared to that wild one from A. radioresistens.     

米根霉脂肪酶基因pro-ROL和m-ROL在毕赤酵母中的密码子优化、表达和酶学性质的比较分析

米根霉Rhizopus oryzae脂肪酶不仅在众多工业领域中具有良好的应用价值,其典型的分子内伴侣结构(Intramolecular chaperon)也是研究蛋白质翻译后加工和成熟的理想材料.以尼oryzae HU3005为材料,克隆了其脂肪酶前体基因(pro-ROL)和成熟脂肪酶基因(m-ROL),并实现了其在巴斯德毕赤酵母Pichia pastoris GS 115中的分泌表达.酶学性质比较分析表明:m-ROL对中等链长底物(Cl0和C12)具有更高的水解活性,而pro-ROL更倾向于短链底物(C4),且在pH 8.0时活性最高.再者,pro-ROL具有比m-ROL更好的温度稳定性.推测m-ROL和pro-ROL脂肪酶酶学性质的差异可能是由前序列对脂肪酶的折叠和修饰的影响而导致.为提高m-ROL的表达水平,采用重叠延伸PCR技术将基因中8个低频密码子替换为高频密码子.在摇瓶条件下,发酵72 h后,经密码子优化后的m-ROL酶活和蛋白质含量分别达到132.7 U/mL和50.4 U/mL,而初始m-ROL和pro-ROL酶活和蛋白质含量分别仅为28.7 U/mL和14.4 mg/L、29.6 U/mL和14.1 mg/L.     

解脂耶氏酵母表达系统研究进展

解脂耶氏酵母（Yarrowia lipolytica）是非常规酵母中具代表性的一种,它底物广泛,尤其能利用有机酸（柠檬酸、异柠檬酸）,蛋白类（蛋白酶、脂肪酸、酯酶、磷酸酶、α-甘露糖苷酶、RNase）。烷烃类廉价物质作为底物分泌大量的代谢产物,自上世纪40年代被发现以来,越来越受到研究者的重视,并于上世纪90年代被开发成为一种新的酵母表达系统,用于42种异源蛋白的高效表达。综述了解脂耶氏酵母表达系统及其特点,有利于研究者从转录和翻译的水平研究异源蛋白在此菌中的表达分泌路径以及寻找到调控型启动子。     

疏棉状嗜热丝孢菌脂肪酶基因在毕赤酵母工程菌中的遗传稳定性

【背景】重组工程菌的传代稳定性是保证外源蛋白高效稳定表达的前提,是决定工业化生产能力的关键因素之一。【目的】对异源的疏棉状嗜热丝孢菌脂肪酶基因在毕赤酵母重组工程菌中的遗传稳定性进行研究。【方法】将工程菌连续传代15次,取第1、5、10、15代作为受检代次,结合重组菌的菌落及菌体形态、水解酶活、目的基因片段、外源基因拷贝数等指标综合评价其遗传稳定性。【结果】传代过程中重组菌的菌落和菌体形态、目的蛋白分子量、目的基因序列均保持一致。目的基因的整合拷贝数经5次传代后发生一定损失,但随后稳定为7左右,而脂肪酶的相对酶活则提高至90%以上。【结论】适量的整合拷贝数更有利于该脂肪酶基因在毕赤酵母重组菌中的表达,经综合评价此工程菌的遗传稳定性良好,应用于工业化大规模生产是可行的。     

High-level expression and characterization of Galactomyces geotrichum (BT107) lipase I in Pichia pastoris

The mature lipI gene, encoding the lipase I from Galactomyces geotrichum BT107, was obtained by PCR from genomic DNA, sequenced and cloned into a Pichia pastoris expression vector. Clones containing multiple copies of lipI integrated in their genome were analyzed to achieve high-level expression of the recombinant lipase I. One strain with four or more copies of the expression cassette was able to produce more than 200mg/L of extracellular heterologous protein. The lipase I was partially purified using anion exchange chromatography and its activity on monounsaturated (triolein) and polyunsaturated (triEPA) triglycerides was analyzed by a novel HPLC-MS assay.     

Improving the activity and stability of Yarrowia lipolytica lipase Lip2 by immobilization on polyethyleneimine-coated polyurethane foam

In this study, polyurethane foam (PUF) was used for immobilization of Yarrowia lipolytica lipase Lip2 via polyethyleneimine (PEI) coating and glutaraldehyde (GA) coupling. The activity of immobilized lipases was found to depend upon the size of the PEI polymers and the way of GA treatment, with best results obtained for covalent-bind enzyme on glutaraldehyde activated PEI-PUF (MW 70,000 Da), which was 1.7 time greater activity compared to the same enzyme immobilized without PEI and GA. Kinetic analysis shows the hydrolytic activity of both free and immobilized lipases on triolein substrate can be described by Michaelis–Menten model. The K_m for the immobilized and free lipases on PEI-coated PUF was 58.9 and 9.73 mM, respectively. The V_max values of free and immobilized enzymes on PEI-coated PUF were calculated as 102 and 48.6 U/mg enzyme, respectively. Thermal stability for the immobilization preparations was enhanced compared with that for free preparations. At 50 °C, the free enzyme lost most of its initial activity after a 30 min of heat treatment, while the immobilized enzymes showed significant resistance to thermal inactivation (retaining about 70% of its initial activity). Finally, the immobilized lipase was used for the production of lauryl laurate in hexane medium. Lipase immobilization on the PEI support exhibited a significantly improved operational stability in esterification system. After re-use in 30 successive batches, a high ester yield (88%) was maintained. These results indicate that PEI, a polymeric bed, could not only bridge support and immobilized enzymes but also create a favorable micro-environment for lipase. This study provides a simple, efficient protocol for the immobilization of Y. lipolytica lipase Lip2 using PUF as a cheap and effective material.