大肠杆菌利用葡萄糖和木糖合成乙醇酸、乳酸和3-羟基丁酸共聚酯

以大肠杆菌为宿主,构建了以葡萄糖和木糖为底物获得乙醇酸、乳酸和3-羟基丁酸共聚酯的生物合成途径,包括过表达塔格糖-3-差向异构酶、核酮糖激酶、醛缩酶、醛脱氢酶、丙酰辅酶A转移酶、β-酮硫解酶、乙酰乙酰辅酶A还原酶和聚合酶等。在此基础上,表达聚羟基脂肪酸酯颗粒结合蛋白,提高了聚合物的合成,重组菌的细胞干重达到3.73g/L,含有38.72wt%的共聚酯。采用混菌共培养策略,实现以葡萄糖和木糖混合物为底物合成共聚酯,摇瓶实验中细胞干重达到4.01g/L,含有21.54wt%的聚合物。文中提供了一种以葡萄糖和木糖混合物为碳源合成聚合物的方法,为下一步纤维素水解物的有效利用提供了参考。     

短链硫酯酶缺失对大肠杆菌合成聚羟基丁酸乳酸酯的影响

聚羟基脂肪酸酯(Polyhydroxyalkanoates,PHAs)是一种具有优质生物相容性的可降解生物基材料,其理化性质优越,具备替代石油基塑料的潜力.P(3HB-co-LA)是PHAs的一种,融合了聚乳酸(Polylactic acid,PLA)和聚3-轻基丁酸(poly(3-hydroxybutyrate),P...     

短须嗜热单孢菌聚羟基脂肪酸酯解聚酶的表达、热稳定性改造及在PHB降解中的应用

聚羟基脂肪酸酯解聚酶(polyhydroxyalkanoate depolymerase,PHAD)可用于聚羟基脂肪酸酯(polyhydroxyalkanoate,PHA)的降解回收,为开发热稳定性好的PHAD,本研究在大肠杆菌(Escherichiacoli)BL21(DE3)中成功表达了来自短须嗜热单孢菌(Thermomonospora umbrina)的PHA解聚酶(TumPHAD),并通过二硫键理性设计获得了热稳定性提升的突变体A190C/V240C,其最适温度为60℃,比野生型提高20℃,50℃半衰期为7h,是野生型酶的21倍。将突变体A190C/V240C用于典型PHA之一的聚羟基丁酸酯(polyhydroxybutyrate,PHB)降解,在50℃条件下,PHB的2 h和12 h降解率较野生型分别提高了2.1倍和3.8倍。本研究获得的TumPHAD突变体A190C/V240C具有耐高温、热稳定性好和PHB降解能力强的特点,对PHB的降解回收具有重要意义。     

生产聚羟基脂肪酸酯的微生物细胞工厂

聚羟基脂肪酸酯(PHA)是一类由微生物合成的、生物可再生、生物可降解、具有多种材料学性能的高分子聚合物,在很多领域有着广泛的应用前景。以下从辅酶工程、代谢工程、微氧生产等方面综述了微生物法生产PHA的研究进展,并对利用PHA合成基因提高基因工程菌的代谢潜能进行了讨论。     

聚羟基烷酸酯 (PHA) 改性研究进展

本文简述了生物制造聚羟基烷酸酯(PHA),包括聚3-羟基丁酸酯(PHB)、聚(3-羟基丁酸酯-3-羟基戊酸酯)(PHBV)、聚(3-羟基丁酸酯-4-羟基丁酸酯)(P3/4HB)、聚(3-羟基丁酸酯-3-羟基己酸酯)(PHBH)的产业化现状,综述了针对PHA材料热稳定性差、加工窗口较窄等缺点而进行的一些改性研究。选用适当方法对PHA进行改性,可使其性能得到优化,应用领域得到拓展。     

利用含油培养基富集、分离和评估海洋产聚羟基脂肪酸酯细菌

【背景】细菌可通过脂肪酸代谢途径耦合聚羟基脂肪酸酯(Polyhydroxyalkanoate,PHA)合成途径实现合成中长链PHA;其拉伸强度、玻璃化温度等加工特性均优于短链PHA,是未来工业化PHA材料的发展方向。【目标】为了获得新的可代谢油类的产PHA细菌,使用3种分离策略从海洋沉积物中分离和鉴定细菌,并评估菌株产PHA的能力。【方法】采集深圳大鹏湾近海沉积物样品;样品通过直接分离,5周连续培养分离,或10周连续提高盐度(3.5%-12.5%)和含油量(1%-10%)富集培养分离,纯化得到菌株;通过16S rRNA基因相似性及系统进化分析鉴定细菌分类地位,利用PHA聚合酶(PhaC)基因鉴定细菌合成PHA的能力;通过测定基因组框架图,分析细菌的PhaC类型、代谢通路及系统进化关系;通过气相色谱分析细菌产PHA的含量及组成。【结果】从深圳大鹏湾近海底泥样品中分离得到96株细菌,phaC基因阳性率达38%,其中包含9个此前未通过产物证实可产PHA的属,包括尖球菌属(Acuticoccus)、海洋源菌属(Idiomarina)、盐芽孢杆菌属(Halobacillus)、微泡菌属(Micr...     

重组大肠杆菌转化甘油合成聚3-羟基丙酸-co-乳酸

聚羟基脂肪酸酯作为性质优良的生物塑料,引起了广泛的关注。由于聚羟基脂肪酸合成酶PhaC特异性较强,难以通过生物合成方法获得含乳酸单体聚合物。为了实现乳酸的聚合,PhaC的筛选至关重要。以甘油为底物,通过引入Klebsiella pneumoniae的甘油脱水酶DhaB123及其激活因子GdrAB以及Salmonella typhimurium LT2的丙醛脱氢酶基因PduP,获得3-羟基丙酰辅酶A;通过引入Megasphaera elsdenii DSM 20460的丙酰辅酶A转移酶PCT,获得乳酰辅酶A;并对3种不同聚羟基脂肪酸合成酶的作用进行考察。在Pseudomonas putida的原始酶PhaC1或者PhaC2的作用下,不能实现乳酸的聚合;而在双位点突变(Ser325Thr和Gln481Lys)的PhaC1(STQK)存在条件下,重组菌可以利用甘油合成聚3-羟基丙酸-co-乳酸。经过对溶氧、有机氮源等发酵条件的优化,聚3-羟基丙酸-co-乳酸的产量可以达到0.22g/L,占细胞干重的3.2%,是含乳酸单体聚合物生物合成研究的一次有益尝试。     

应用聚合酶链式反应快速特异鉴定假单胞菌和伯克霍尔德氏菌(R)-3-羟基酯酰载酯蛋白-辅酶A转酰基酶基因

聚羟基脂肪酸酯(PHA)是一类具有广泛应用前景的可降解生物塑料。因其可以以葡萄糖等廉价底物直接发酵生产PHA而日益受到重视。目前的研究表明在积累中长链PHA的假单胞菌中,由phaG基因编码的(R)-3-羟基酯酰载酯蛋白-辅酶A转酰基酶(PhaG)起关键作用,但目前为止对该蛋白还知之甚少。通过聚合酶链式反应(PCR)建立了一种快速、特异鉴定phaG基因的方法,应用该方法成功地从两株积累不同PHA的假单胞菌Pseudomonas stutzeri 1317和Pseudamanas nitroreducens 0802中分别克隆得到phaG基因,并在phaG基因突变株Pseudomonas putida PHAGx-21中表达成功。同时,还首次报道了从非假单胞菌菌株Burkholderia caryophylli AS 1．2741中鉴定得到phaG基因,提示PhaG介导的中长链PHA合成途径作为一种通用的代谢模式在细菌中广泛存在,为进一步实现从廉价的非相关底物合成中长链PHA提供了必要的分子生物学基础。     

具有抗菌效应的聚羟基脂肪酸酯生物塑料的制备与功能表征

聚羟基脂肪酸酯(Polyhydroxyalkanoates,PHAs)作为一类新型的生物高分子材料,因其多样的材料性质与高度的生物可降解性日益受到关注。使用乳酸链球菌素(Nisin),一种被公认为安全的天然食品防腐剂,制备了具有高效、持久抗菌效应的PHA塑料。首先采用溶剂浇铸的方法将Nisin整合到正3-羟基丁酸-3羟基己酸共聚酯(PHBHHx),一种具备高度生物相容性的PHA中,从而获得了具有抗菌效应的PHBHHx薄膜。激光共聚焦显微镜观察表明Nisin在PHBHHx中呈颗粒状均匀分布。随后以条件致病菌藤黄微球菌Micrococcus luteus为测试菌株,通过琼脂扩散法,测定PHBHHx薄膜抗菌效应对Nisin含量的依赖关系;在液体培养条件下测量PHBHHx薄膜的Nisin释放效果与抗菌效应。结果表明Nisin可从PHBHHx薄膜顺利释放且Nisin的含量高于25μg/g时即表现出显著的抑菌效果且可长时间维持。该研究为工业化生产具有抗菌效应的PHA奠定了重要的技术基础,拓展了PHA在医学和食品领域的应用潜力。     

微生物合成塑料——聚羟基链烷酯

许多原核生物在非平衡生长条件下,在胞内合成并积累不同烷侧基的脂肪族聚-3-羟基脂类物质--聚羟基链烷酯(PHA),其中含甲基侧链的聚羟基丁酯(PHB)和含乙基侧链的聚羟基戊酯(PHV)是聚合物的主要成分,它们是高结晶热塑性物质,与化学合成的塑料一样能铸造成型、压制成型并能制成薄膜和纤维状材料。     

Tuning of electronic properties of one-dimensional cyano-bridged Cu-Ni, Cu-Pd, and Cu-Pt bimetallic assemblies by stereochemistry of ligands

Preparations, XPS and electronic spectroscopy, and magnetism of seven new one-dimensional cyano-bridged coordination polymers, chiral [Cu(RR-chxn)₂][Pd(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (1), [Cu(trans-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (2, 4, and 6 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt), and [Cu(cis-chxn)₂][M(CN)₄] · 2H₂O (3, 5, and 7 for M = Pd, Ni, and Pt) (RR-chxn = cyclohexane-(1R,2R)-diamine, trans-chxn = racemic trans-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine, and cis-chxn = racemic cis-cyclohexane-(1,2)-diamine) have been reported in view of tuning of their electronic properties by stereochemistry of chxn ligands and metal-substitution. Comparison of Cu 2p_1/2 and 2p_3/2 peaks of XPS and broad d-d bands around 18 000 cm⁻¹ of electronic spectra are described systematically for 1-7. Variable-temperature magnetic measurement shows that complexes 1-7 indicate weak antiferromagnetic interactions via cyano-bridges. Because of semi-coordination coupled with pseudo Jahn-Teller elongation and electrostatic interaction for 1, the axial Cu-N coordination bond distances of 2.330(7) and 3.092(8) Å are considerably longer than those of equatorial ones in the range from 2.016(6) to 2.030(6) Å. The former bond distances of 1 are intermediate values among the related Ni (2.324(6) and 3.120(8) Å) and Pt (2.34(1) and 3.09(1) Å) complexes.     

Influence of Fluoride on Rat Kidney Antioxidant System: Effects of Methionine and Vitamin E

The aim of the study has been to determine and compare the influence upon the kidney antioxidative system, exercised by administration of vitamin E, and vitamin E in combination with methionine, under conditions of oxidative stress induced by sodium fluoride. The experiment was carried out on Wistar FL rats (adult males) that, for 35 days, were administered water, NaF, NaF with vitamin E, or vitamin E with methionine (doses: 10 mg NaF/kg of body mass/24 h, 3 mg vitamin E per 10 μl per rat for 24 h, 2 mg methionine per rat for 24 h). The influence of administered sodium fluoride and antioxidants upon the antioxidative system in kidney was examined by analyzing the concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) and the activity of the most important antioxidative enzymes (SOD, total and both its isoenzymes, GPX, GST, GR, and CAT). The studies carried out confirmed the disadvantageous effect of the administered dose of NaF upon the antixodiative system in rats (increase in the concentration MDA, decrease activity of all antioxidative enzymes). The administration of vitamin E increased the activity of studied enzymes with the exception of glutathione reductase GR; it also reduced the procesess of lipid peroxidation. It has been found that combined doses of vitamin E and methionine were most effective in inhibiting lipid peroxidation processes. The results confirmed the antioxidative properties of methionine.     

多马胺能药物对鲇鱼促性腺激素（GtH）分泌活动的影响

以珠江流域鲇鱼（silurus asotus)为实验材料,研究了多巴胺（DA）能药物（DA及其D－2型受体拮抗物 ,DOM）对鲇鱼促性腺激素（GtH)释放的影响,结果表明,在性腺发育的各个时期,单独注射DOM（5ug/g)均不能显著提高鲇鱼血液基础GtH水平,当DOM与LHRH－A联合注射时能显著增强LHRH－A刺激GtH释放的作用;DA只能抑制GnRH诱导的GtH释放,对基础GtH释放无抑制作用,这种生殖内分泌调节方式与鲇形目的革胡子鲇（Clarias gariepinus)和大鳍Hu（Mystus macropterus)相似,而与鲤形目的鲁科（Cyrpindiae)鱼类不同。     

Reorientation of Microfibrils and Microtubules at the Outer Epidermal Wall of Maize Coleoptiles During Auxin-Mediated Growth

Auxin-mediated elongation growth of isolated subapical coleoptile segments of maize (Zea mays L.) is controlled by the extensibility of the outer cell wall of the outer epidermis (Kutschera et al., 1987). Here we investigate the hypothesis that auxin controls the extensibility of this wall by changing the orientation of newly deposited microfibrils through a corresponding change in the orientation of cortical microtubules. On the basis of electron micrographs it is shown that cessation of growth after removal of the endogenous source of auxin is correlated with a relative increase of longitudinally orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. Conversely, reinduction of growth by exogenous auxin is correlated with a relative increase of transversely orientated microfibrils and microtubules at the inner wall surface. These changes can be detected 30–60 min after the removal and addition of auxin, respectively. The functional significance of directional changes of newly desposited wall microfibrils for the control of elongation growth is discussed.     

Combination of dihydromyricetin and ondansetron strengthens antiproliferative efficiency of adriamycin in K562/ADR through downregulation of SORCIN: A new strategy of inhibiting P-glycoprotein

Though the advancement of chemotherapy drugs alleviates the progress of cancer, long-term therapy with anticancer agents gradually leads to acquired multidrug resistance (MDR), which limits the survival outcomes in patients. It was shown that dihydromyricetin (DMY) could partly reverse MDR by suppressing P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and soluble resistance-related calcium-binding protein (SORCIN) independently. To reverse MDR more effectively, a new strategy was raised, that is, circumventing MDR by the coadministration of DMY and ondansetron (OND), a common antiemetic drug, during cancer chemotherapy. Meanwhile, the interior relation between P-gp and SORCIN was also revealed. The combination of DMY and OND strongly enhanced antiproliferative efficiency of adriamycin (ADR) because of the increasing accumulation of ADR in K562/ADR-resistant cell line. DMY could downregulate the expression of SORCIN and P-gp via the ERK/Akt pathways, whereas OND could not. In addition, it was proved that SORCIN suppressed ERK and Akt to inhibit P-gp by the silence of SORCIN, however, not vice versa. Finally, the combination of DMY, OND, and ADR led to G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis via resuming P53 function and restraining relevant proteins expression. These fundamental findings provided a promising approach for further treatment of MDR.     

Structure and function of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

In mammals, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AdoHcyase) is the only known enzyme to catalyze the breakdown of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine and adenosine. AdoHcy is the product of all adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent biological transmethylations. These reactions have a wide range of products, and are common in all facets of biometabolism. As a product inhibitor, elevated levels of AdoHcy suppress AdoMet-dependent transmethylations. Thus, AdoHcyase is a regulator of biological transmethylation in general. The three-dimensional structure of AdoHcyase complexed with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADH) and the inhibitor (1′R, 2′S, 3′R)-9-(2′,3′-dihyroxycyclopenten-1-yl)adenine (DHCeA) was solved by a combination of the crystallographic direct methods program, SnB, to determine the selenium atom substructure and by treating the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction data as a special case of multiple isomorphous replacement. The enzyme architecture resembles that observed for NAD-dependent dehydrogenases, with the catalytic domain and the cofactor binding domain each containing a modified Rossmann fold. The two domains form a deep active site cleft containing the cofactor and bound inhibitor molecule. A comparison of the inhibitor complex of the human enzyme and the structure of the rat enzyme, solved without inhibitor, suggests that a 17° rigid body movement of the catalytic domain occurs upon inhibitor/substrate binding.     

Evolution of different oligomeric glycyl-tRNA synthetases

There are two oligomeric types of glycyl-tRNA synthetases (GlyRSs) in genome, the alpha2beta2 tetramer and alpha2 dimer. Here, we showed that the anticodon-binding domains (ABDs) of dimeric and tetrameric GlyRSs are non-homologous, although their catalytic central domains (CCDs) are homologous. The dimeric GlyRS_ABD is fused to the C-terminal of CCD in alpha-subunit, but the tetrameric GlyRS_ABD is to the C-terminal in beta-subunit during evolution. Generally, one species only contains one oligomeric type of GlyRS, but the both oligomeric GlyRSs with the multiple homologous domains can be observed in Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum genome, nevertheless, these homologous domains are probably from different genomes.     

Plasmodium berghei: lack of antimalarial activity of an analogue of folate precursor, 2,4-diamino-6-hydroxymethylpteridine in a mouse model

It was earlier hypothesized that the malarial parasite may convert precursors of folate analogues to synthesize de novo inhibitors toxic to itself, but not to the mammalian cell. It was suggested that one such analogue, 2,4-diamino-6-hydroxymethylpteridine (DAP) may be converted to aminopterin (AMP), a known dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor. In the present study, we evaluated the ability of DAP to inhibit proliferation of Plasmodium berghei NK65 in mice, with(out) folinic acid rescue. Cumulative dosages of DAP ranging from 0.1 to 20 mg/kg bw. administered either orally or intraperitoneally showed no suppression of parasite growth, or gave mild activities that were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). Our findings do not seem to support the hypothesis of selective de novo metabolism of DAP to AMP by the malarial parasite.     

In vitro studies of the rabbit immune system. IV. Differential mitogen responses of isolated T and B cells.

The mitogenic responses of separated rabbit lymphocyte populations functionally analogous to mouse T and B cells have been tested in vitro. Purified T cells were prepared by passage over nylon wool (NW) and purified B cells prepared by treatment with antithymocyte serum and complement (ATS + C). ATS + C kills 70% of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL's) and 50% of the spleen cells while passage over NW yields 40% of the applied PBL's and 5–23% of the applied spleen cells. NW-purified T cells from the spleen or PBL's respond fully to concanavalin A (Con A) but have a reduced response to phytohemaglutinin (PHA) and little or no response to goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin (anti-Ig). PBL's that survive ATS + C (B cells) are stimulated by anti-Ig but not by Con A or PHA. B cells purified from spleen do not respond to Con A or PHA but will respond to anti-Ig under appropriate conditions. A full spleen B-cell response to anti-Ig required removal of Ig produced by the cultures that blocked anti-Ig stimulation. It is concluded that, for rabbit lymphocytes, Con A and PHA are primarily T-cell mitogens and that anti-Ig is primarily a B-cell mitogen. However, the mitogen response of unfractionated PBL or spleen cell populations indicates an overlap in reactivity. This could be due to cells sharing T and B properties, alteration of cell populations by the fractionation procedures used, or recruitment of one population in the presence of a mitogenic response of the other population.     

围隔藻类水华演替过程中二甲基硫化物的含量动态

于2005年6月至7月,研究了海洋围隔不同藻类水华演替过程中二甲基硫化物的含量动态,并考察了相关环境参数对二甲基硫化物含量的影响。2个围隔实验组均出现未知藻水华-硅藻水华-甲藻水华的演替过程,这3次不同藻类水华分别对应了二甲基硫化物含量的3次高峰,表明藻类水华对二甲基硫化物含量有重要贡献。不同藻类水华的贡献有较大差异,甲藻水华的贡献最大,硅藻次之,未知藻类水华的贡献最小。实验结果还表明PO4^3-、NO2^-和NH4^＋主要通过影响藻类生长状态,进而影响DMSP和DMSO的含量;NO2^-和NH4^＋亦可能通过调节DMSP和DMSO在藻细胞内的生理功能,影响DMSP和DMSO的含量;PO4^3-、NO2^-和NH4^＋与DMS含量无显著相关。