Specific cephalosporin C production of Acremonium chrysogenum is independent of the culture density

Specific cephalosporin C production of Acremonium chrysogenum grown on a glucose-based minimal medium using conventional batch and dialysis membrane reactor systems was independent of the cell density in the range of 0.4 to 40 g biomass l^–1.     

发酵生产7-ACA基因工程菌的构建

头孢菌素类抗牛素是临床用途最广的抗感染药物,其工业生产的重要中间体7－氨基头孢烷酸（7－ACA）采用顶头孢霉发酵产物头孢菌素C为前体,通过化学合成或两步酶法狭得。介绍了在了解头孢菌素C生物合成的前提下,在建赢了顶头孢霉的遗传改造丛础上,运用合成生物学的知识,在头孢菌素C产生菌顶头孢霉中分别构建了三个头孢菌素C酰化酶的表达框架,通过发酵产物的分析并优选表达框架后,再采用传统发酵工艺的优化获得了一株可以直接发酵7-ACA的高产顶头孢霉工程菌。     

Production of cephalosporin C,and its intermediates,by raised-titre strains of Acremonium chrysogenum

Three different strains of Acremonium chrysogenum have been grown under identical fermentation conditions and their profiles with respect to cephalosporin C and its intermediates were compared. Clear differences were found between the strains; one notably accumulated a large pool of penicillin N, showing a reduced ability to convert this antibiotic to the later intermediates in the pathway, deacetoxycephalosporin C, deacetylcephalosporin C and cephalosporin C.     

Heterologous Protein Production in Acremonium chrysogenum: Expression of Bacterial Cephalosporin C Acylase and Human Thrombomodulin Genes

We have developed an efficient expression system for foreign genes in Acremonium chrysogenum. After inserting the foreign gene between the phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) promoter and a terminator derived from A. chrysogenum, multiple copies of this expression unit are tandemly ligated into cosmids and the resultant cosmids are introduced into A. chrysogenum.

We expressed Pseudomonas cephalosporin C acylase and a human thrombomodulin mutant protein containing the fourth, fifth, and sixth epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like structures (E456). The acylase activity in the transformants obtained using our system was several times higher than that in the transformants without the use of the system. The acylase proteins expressed had enzymatic and immunochemical properties identical to those of authentic acylase. The transformants with the expression plasmid for E456 secreted biologically active E456 protein into the culture medium. The amino terminal sequence of the purified E456 was identical to that of recombinant E456 obtained using mammalian cells.     

顶头孢霉遗传育种研究进展

顶头孢霉是一类重要的工业微生物,其发酵产物头孢菌素C可用来生产7-ACA,而后者是临床常用抗感染药物头孢类抗生素的重要中间体。头孢菌素C的发酵水平决定了其下游头孢类抗生素的生产水平、产品质量及价格,因此对顶头孢霉的菌种选育工作显得尤其迫切。随着分子生物学的发展,基因工程分子改造在遗传育种领域发挥着越来越重要的作用。文章综述了对头孢菌素C的生物合成以及调控的研究进展,并将国内外对顶头孢霉进行遗传育种的结果进行了归纳总结,提出了可以从提高头孢菌素C发酵水平、延伸代谢途径等不同方面对头孢菌素C生物合成及调控基因,包括外源基因的导入和表达进行改造优化,并对进一步的研究目标进行了展望,认为可以结合比较蛋白质组和基因组改组使遗传育种所获得的工程菌尽快进入产业化。     

Genetic engineering approach to reduce undesirable by-products in cephalosporin C fermentation

Deacetoxycephalosporin C (DAOC) is produced by Acremonium chrysogenum as an intermediate compound in the cephalosporin C biosynthetic pathway, and is present in small quantities in cephalosporin C fermentation broth. This compound forms an undesirable impurity, 7-aminodeacetoxycephalosporanic acid (7-ADCA), when the cephalosporin C is converted chemically or enzymatically to 7-aminocephalosporanic acid (7-ACA). In the cephalosporin C biosynthetic pathway of A. chrysogenum, the bifunctional expandase/hydroxylase enzyme catalyzes the conversion of penicillin N to DAOC and subsequently deacetylcephalosporin C (DAC). By genetically engineering strains for increased copy number of the expandase/hydroxylase gene, we were able to reduce the level of DAOC present in the fermentation broth to 50% of the control. CHEF gel electrophoresis and Southern analysis of DNA from two of the transformants revealed that one copy of the transforming plasmid had integrated into chromosome VIII (ie a heterologous site from the host expandase/hydroxylase gene situated on chromosome II). Northern analysis indicated that the amount of transcribed expandase/hydroxylase mRNA in one of the transformants is increased approximately two-fold over that in the untransformed host. Received 5 January 1998/ Accepted in revised form 29 May 1998     

Undefined xylose media extracted from biorefinery waste for enhanced and eco-friendly production of cephalosporin C by Acremonium chrysogenum M35

Xylose-rich undefined broth, extracted from the dilute acid pretreatment wastes of barley straw, serves as resourceful media for Acremonium chrysogenum M35 culture and production of cephalosporin C (CPC). Concentrating the extract with proper reprocessing enables to prepare various concentrations of xylose broth (2%–8%). The undefined xylose media were prepared for CPC production from A. chrysogenum M35 by the addition of other nutrients. Cell growth and CPC production were the most effective at 6% xylose and additional 2% glycerol, with maximum CPC production of 9.07 g/L after 6 days, which is higher production than that in defined media prepared with laboratory-level nutrients and reagents. Investigation of autotrophic and reverse trans-sulfuration pathways for cysteine synthesis, a limited element of three precursors for CPC synthesis, supports the enhanced CPC production in undefined media. Abundance of xylose ensures a maintained NADPH concentration required for sulfate reduction and synthesis of amino sulfide such as cysteine. Cystathionine-γ-lyase activity profiling indicated more efficient biosynthesis in undefined media than in other cultures use glycerol and glucose, and the biosynthesis pathway of CPC production by the cephalosporin gene cluster (i.e. pcbC and cefG genes) was investigated. The process using undefined xylose media was designed, and process simulation program confirmed our results.     

头孢菌素C生物合成调控研究进展北大核心CSCD

头孢菌素C由丝状真菌顶头孢霉产生,属于β-内酰胺类抗生素。其经改造后的7-氨基头孢烷酸是头孢类抗生素的重要中间体。头孢类抗生素在国内外抗生素市场中占有巨大的份额,是临床上的主要抗感染药物。随着分子生物学的发展,头孢菌素C的生物合成途径已基本阐明。为提高头孢菌素C的产量和降低生产成本,越来越多的研究者开始关注其较为精细、复杂的调控机制。本文重点对头孢菌素C生物合成及其调控机制的最新进展进行了简述,希望为今后头孢菌素C生产菌株的菌种改造和传统产业的升级换代提供一定的借鉴。     

Fatty acids reduce the tensile strength of fungal hyphae during cephalosporin C production in Acremonium chrysogenum

Fragmentation rate constants, which can be used to estimate the tensile strength of fungal hyphae, were used to elucidate relationships between morphological changes and addition of fatty acids during cephalosporin C production in Acremonium chrysogenum M35. The number of arthrospores increased gradually during fermentation, and, in particular, was higher in the presence of rice oil, oleic acid or linoleic acid than in their absence. Because supplementation of rice oil or fatty acids increased cephalosporin C, we concluded that differentiation to arthrospores is related to cephalosporin C production. To estimate the relative tensile strengths of fungal hyphae, fragmentation rate constants (k _frag) were measured. When rice oil, oleic acid, or linoleic acid were added into medium, fragmentation rate constants were higher than for the control, and hyphal tensile strengths reduced. The relative tensile strength of fungal hyphae, however was not constant presumably due to differences in physiological state.     

CefR modulates transporters of beta-lactam intermediates preventing the loss of penicillins to the broth and increases cephalosporin production in Acremonium chrysogenum

The Acremonium chrysogenum cephalosporin biosynthetic genes are divided in two different clusters. The central step of the biosynthetic pathway (epimerization of isopenicillin N to penicillin N) occurs in peroxisomes. We found in the “early” cephalosporin cluster a new ORF encoding a regulatory protein (CefR), containing a nuclear targeting signal and a “Fungal_trans” domain. Targeted inactivation of cefR delays expression of the cefEF gene, increases penicillin N secretion and decreases cephalosporin production. Overexpression of the cefR gene decreased (up to 60%) penicillin N secretion, saving precursors and resulting in increased cephalosporin C production. Northern blot analysis revealed that the CefR protein acts as a repressor of the exporter cefT and exerts a small stimulatory effect over the expression level of cefEF that explains the increased cephalosporin yields observed in transformants overexpressing cefR. In summary, we describe for the first time a modulator of beta-lactam intermediate transporters in A. chrysogenum.     

Water content and water activity for the production of cyclodepsipeptides in solid-state fermentation by Metarhizium anisopliae

Metarhizium anisopliae was grown by solid-state fermentation on a series of compositions of rice, rice bran, or rice husk media for the production of cyclodepsipeptides, destruxins A and B. The best yield for destruxin A and destruxin B were 2.9 mg kg^–1 substrate and 227 mg kg^–1 substrate, respectively, after 14 days cultivation with rice/bran/husk medium at 71% water content together with water activity of 0.921.     

Performance improvement of cephalosporin C fermentation by Acremonium chrysogenum with DO-Stat based strategy of co-feeding soybean oil and glucose

Cephalosporin C (CPC) fermentation by Acremonium chrysogenum featured with two major problems: (1) high raw materials cost (low CPC yield from soybean oil) and (2) low oxygen transfer rate between gaseous/aqueous phases leading to low CPC productivity and quality instability of CPC fermentation product due to the accumulation of deacetoxycephalosporin C (DAOC). To solve the problems, in this study, we proposed a novel DO-Stat based co-substrates feeding strategy by simultaneously supplementing soybean oil and glucose, and testified the effectiveness of the strategy in a 7 L bioreactor. The CPC fermentation performance were significantly improved when co-feeding soybean oil and glucose at a weight ratio of 1:0.7, as compared with those when feeding pure soybean oil: (1) final CPC concentration and yield reached higher levels of 37 g/L and 23.5%, the increments were 46% and 82%, respectively; (2) oxygen transfer rate was largely improved, oil consumption rate and CPC productivity were enhanced by 31% and 136%, respectively; and (3) DO could be controlled at adequately high levels so that DAOC accumulation could be minimized and the quality of CPC fermentation product be ensured. The proposed strategy showed application potential in improving the economics of industrial CPC productions.     

调控pH提高分批发酵赤霉素GA3产量

为高效率发酵生产GA₃,对藤仓赤霉菌发酵过程pH进行优化调控研究。采用5L全自动发酵罐,在pH 3.0-5.0条件下,对藤仓赤霉菌菌丝生长及GA₃产量的影响进行了考察,实验数据表明：在pH 4.0条件下,菌比生长速率可获最大值,为0.395/h;而pH 3.0条件下,GA₃比生成速率最大,达到4.43mg/(g?h)。基于不同pH条件下,对菌比生长速率、得率、GA₃比生成速率的影响,提出GA₃分批发酵过程中的pH调控策略,即：0-20h,pH自然;20-50h,pH 4.0;50-80h,pH 3.0-3.5;80h后控制pH为3.5-4.0。在此控制模式下,经过196h发酵GA₃的终产量达到2 224mg/L,GA₃产率44.5mg/g,GA₃生产强度0.242mg/(L?h),分别比不控制pH条件下发酵的数值增长了7.75%、7.74%、8.04%,表明该pH控制策略能增进GA₃发酵生产效率。     

Application of ammonium bicarbonate buffer as a smart microenvironmental pH regulator of immobilized cephalosporin C acylase catalysis in different reactors

In a stirred tank reactor, during catalysis with immobilized cephalosporin C acylase (CCA), the microenvironmental pH dropped to 7.2 in a nonbuffered system (with the pH maintained at 8.5 by adding alkali) due to the existence of diffusional resistance. Moreover, the immobilized CCA only catalyzed five batch reactions, suggesting that the sharp pH gradient impaired the enzyme stability. To buffer the protons produced in the hydrolysis of cephalosporin C by CCA, phosphate and bicarbonate buffers were introduced. When CCA was catalyzed with 0.1 M ammonium bicarbonate buffer, no obvious gradient between the bulk solution and intraparticle pH was detected, and the catalysis of 15 batch reactions was achieved. Accordingly, with 0.2 M ammonium bicarbonate buffer in a packed bed reactor, the immobilized CCA exhibited continuous catalysis with high conversion rates (≥95%) for 21 days. Reactions with ammonium bicarbonate buffer showed significant increases in the stability and catalytic efficiency of the immobilized CCA in different reactors compared to those in nonbuffered systems.     

有机溶剂对HPLC测定头孢菌素C含量的影响

考察了10种水溶性有机溶剂对HPLC测定头孢菌素C含量的影响,采用C_(18)色谱柱,流动相为磷酸二氢钠-甲醇(90:10),波长254 nm。发现不同的有机溶剂有不同程度的影响,其中乙醇的影响最大;乙醇浓度越高,峰面积就越小。将含有乙醇的头孢菌素C溶液稀释到一定程度,能够有效消除乙醇的影响。稀释法具有较好的精密度、重复性和回收率,为在工业生产中准确测定头孢菌素C的含量提供了依据。     

Polyurethane foam as an inert carrier for the production of L(+)-lactic acid by Lactobacillus casei under solid-state fermentation

AIM: Production of L-lactic acid in solid-state fermentation (SSF) using polyurethane foam (PUF) as inert support moistened with cassava bagasse starch hydrolysate. METHODS AND RESULTS: PUF impregnated with cassava bagasse starch hydrolysate as major carbon source was used for the production of L-lactic acid using Lactobacillus casei in solid-state condition. The key parameters such as reducing sugar, inoculum size and nutrient mixture were optimized by statistical approach using response surface methodology. More than 95% conversion of sugars to lactic acid from 4 g reducing sugar per gram dry support was attained after 72 h when the inert substrate was moistened with 6.5 ml of nutrient solution and inoculated with 1.5 x 10(9) CFU of L. casei. While considering the lactate yield based on the solid support used, a very high yield of 3.88 g lactic acid per gram PUF was achieved. CONCLUSION: PUF acted as an excellent inert support for L. casei and provided a platform for the utilization of starchy waste hydrolysate in a lower reactor volume. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This is a cost effective cultivation of lactic acid bacteria for producing lactic acid from agro based waste products such as cassava bagasse. This is the first report on the exploitation of PUF as an inert support for lactate production under SSF.     

Invertase production by Aspergillus niger in submerged and solid-state fermentation

Three Aspergillus nigerstrains were grown in submerged and solid state fermentation systems with sucrose at 100 g l^–1. Average measurements of all strains, liquid vs solid were: final biomass (g l^–1), 11 ± 0.3 vs 34 ± 5; maximal enzyme titres (U l^–1) 1180 ± 138 vs 3663 ± 732; enzyme productivity (U l^–1h^–1) 20 ± 2 vs 87 ± 33 and enzyme yields (U/gX) 128 ± 24 vs 138 ± 72. Hence, better productivity in solid-state was due to a better mould growth.     

Trametes sp. LS-10C固态发酵产漆酶培养基优化及其对双酚A的降解

漆酶是一种绿色高效的多酚氧化酶,在降解双酚A方面具有巨大潜力。为降低发酵产漆酶的成本及考察漆酶在双酚A降解中的能力,本研究以麸皮和柚皮为主要基质,优化了栓菌固态发酵产漆酶条件,对优化后获得的漆酶在双酚A降解中的应用进行了研究。结果表明,在培养基组分为：麸皮和柚皮粉比例为6:4（W/W）、固液比1:2.5（W/V）、铜离子2%（W/W）、蔗糖3%（W/W）、硝酸钾2%（W/W）、稻壳20%（W/W）的条件下,栓菌发酵产漆酶的酶活最高,发酵11d后,酶活可达到38.4U/gds。当双酚A初始浓度为10μg/mL时,在55℃条件下酶解140min后,双酚A基本降解完全。