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Deqiang Zhu Jianrong Wu Xiaobei Zhan Li Zhu Zhiyong Zheng Minjie Gao 《Biotechnology letters》2017,39(2):227-234
Objectives
N-Acetyl-d-neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) is often synthesized from exogenous N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) and excess pyruvate. We have previously constructed a recombinant Escherichia coli strain for Neu5Ac production using GlcNAc and intracellular phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) as substrates (Zhu et al. Biotechnol Lett 38:1–9, 2016).Results
PEP synthesis-related genes, pck and ppsA, were overexpressed within different modes to construct PEP-supply modules, and their effects on Neu5Ac production were investigated. All the PEP-supply modules enhanced Neu5Ac production. For the best module, pCDF-pck-ppsA increased Neu5Ac production to 8.6 ± 0.15 g l?1, compared with 3.6 ± 0.15 g l?1 of the original strain. Neu5Ac production was further increased to 15 ± 0.33 g l?1 in a 1 l fermenter.Conclusions
The PEP-supply module can improve the intracellular PEP supply and enhance Neu5Ac production, which benefited industrial Neu5Ac production.2.
We evaluated the effect of the antioxidant N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) on the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), DNA double strand breaks (DSB) and micronuclei (MN) induced by internal and external irradiation using a rat thyroid cell line PCCL3. In internal irradiation experiments, ROS and DSB levels increased immediately after 131I addition and then gradually declined, resulting in very high levels of MN at 24 and 48 h. NAC administration both pre- and also post-131I addition suppressed ROS, DSB and MN. In external irradiation experiments with a low dose (0.5 Gy), ROS and DSB increased shortly and could be prevented by NAC administration pre-, but not post-irradiation. In contrast, external irradiation with a high dose (5 Gy) increased ROS and DSB in a bimodal way: ROS and DSB levels increased immediately after irradiation, quickly returned to the basal levels and gradually rose again after >24 h. The second phase was in parallel with an increase in 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal. The number of MN induced by the second wave of ROS/DSB elevations was much higher than that by the first peak. In this situation, NAC administered pre- and post-irradiation comparably suppressed MN induced by a delayed ROS elevation. In conclusion, a prolonged ROS increase during internal irradiation and a delayed ROS increase after external irradiation with a high dose caused serious DNA damage, which were efficiently prevented by NAC. Thus, NAC administration even both after internal or external irradiation prevents ROS increase and eventual DNA damage. 相似文献
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Summary. Hydrogensquarates of dipeptide l-threonyl-l-serine (H-Thr-Ser-OH) and l-serine (HSq × Ser) have been synthesized, isolated and spectroscopic characterized by solid-state linear-polarized IR-spectroscopy, 1H- and 13C-NMR, ESI-MS and HPLC with tandem masspectrometry (MS-MS) methods. The structures of the salts and neutral dipeptide have
been predicted theoretically by ab initio calculations. In the case of H-Thr-Ser-OH the theoretical data are supported by IR-LD ones. The hydrogensquarates consist in positive charged dipeptide or amino acid
moiety and negative hydrogensquarate anion (HSq) stabilizing by strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds. The data about the l-serine hydrogensquarate are compared with known crystallographic data thus indicating a good correlation between the theoretical
predicted structures and experimentally obtained by single crystal X-ray diffraction. 相似文献
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M. Helanto K. Kiviharju T. Granström M. Leisola A. Nyyssölä 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2009,83(1):77-83
l-Ribose is a rare and expensive sugar that can be used as a precursor for the production of l-nucleoside analogues, which are used as antiviral drugs. In this work, we describe a novel way of producing l-ribose from the readily available raw material l-arabinose. This was achieved by introducing l-ribose isomerase activity into l-ribulokinase-deficient Escherichia coli UP1110 and Lactobacillus plantarum BPT197 strains. The process for l-ribose production by resting cells was investigated. The initial l-ribose production rates at 39°C and pH 8 were 0.46 ± 0.01 g g−1 h−1 (1.84 ± 0.03 g l−1 h−1) and 0.27 ± 0.01 g g−1 h−1 (1.91 ± 0.1 g l−1 h−1) for E. coli and for L. plantarum, respectively. Conversions were around 20% at their highest in the experiments. Also partially purified protein precipitates
having both l-arabinose isomerase and l-ribose isomerase activity were successfully used for converting l-arabinose to l-ribose. 相似文献
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An N-acetyl-d-lactosamine (LacNAc) specific lectin from tubers of Alocasia cucullata was purified by affinity chromatography on asialofetuin-linked amino activated silica. The pure lectin showed a single band
in SDS-PAGE at pH 8.8 and was a homotetramer with a subunit molecular mass of 13.5 kDa and native molecular mass of 53 kDa.
It was heat stable up to 55 °C for 15 min and showed optimum hemagglutination activity from pH 2 to 11. The lectin was affected
by denaturing agents such as urea (2 m), thiourea (2 m) and guanidine–HCl (0.5 m) and did not require Ca2+ and Mn2+ for its activity. It was a potent mitogen at 10 μg/ml towards human peripheral blood mononuclear cells with 50% growth inhibitory
potential towards SiHa (human cervix ) cancer cell line at 100 μg/ml. 相似文献
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Desirèe Padilha Marchetti Luiza Steffens Carlos E. Jacques Gilian B. Guerreiro Caroline P. Mescka Marion Deon Daniella M. de Coelho Dinara J. Moura Alice G. Viario Fernanda Poletto Adriana S. Coitinho Laura B. Jardim Carmen R. Vargas 《Cellular and molecular neurobiology》2018,38(8):1505-1516
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is an inherited neurometabolic disorder caused by disfunction of the ABCD1 gene, which encodes a peroxisomal protein responsible for the transport of the very long-chain fatty acids from the cytosol into the peroxisome, to undergo β-oxidation. The mainly accumulated saturated fatty acids are hexacosanoic acid (C26:0) and tetracosanoic acid (C24:0) in tissues and body fluids. This peroxisomal disorder occurs in at least 1 out of 20,000 births. Considering that pathophysiology of this disease is not well characterized yet, and glial cells are widely used in studies of protective mechanisms against neuronal oxidative stress, we investigated oxidative damages and inflammatory effects of vesicles containing lecithin and C26:0, as well as the protection conferred by N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC), trolox (TRO), and rosuvastatin (RSV) was assessed. It was verified that glial cells exposed to C26:0 presented oxidative DNA damage (measured by comet assay and endonuclease III repair enzyme), enzymatic oxidative imbalance (high catalase activity), nitrative stress [increased nitric oxide (NO) levels], inflammation [high Interleukin-1beta (IL-1β) levels], and induced lipid peroxidation (increased isoprostane levels) compared to native glial cells without C26:0 exposure. Furthermore, NAC, TRO, and RSV were capable to mitigate some damages caused by the C26:0 in glial cells. The present work yields experimental evidence that inflammation, oxidative, and nitrative stress may be induced by hexacosanoic acid, the main accumulated metabolite in X-ALD, and that antioxidants might be considered as an adjuvant therapy for this severe neurometabolic disease. 相似文献
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Xinying Jia Kiyoshi Ozawa Karin Loscha Gottfried Otting 《Journal of biomolecular NMR》2009,44(2):59-67
Cell-free protein synthesis provides rapid and economical access to selectively 15N-labelled proteins, greatly facilitating the assignment of 15N-HSQC spectra. While the best yields are usually obtained with buffers containing high concentrations of potassium l-glutamate, preparation of selectively 15N-Glu labelled samples requires non-standard conditions. Among many compounds tested to replace the l-Glu buffer, potassium N-acetyl-l-glutamate and potassium glutarate were found to perform best, delivering high yields for all proteins tested, with preserved
selectivity of 15N-Glu labelling. Assessment of amino-transferase activity by combinatorial 15N-labelling revealed that glutarate and N-acetyl-l-glutamate suppress the transfer of the 15N-α-amino groups between amino acids less well than the conventional l-Glu buffer. On balance, the glutarate buffer appears most suitable for the preparation of samples containing 15N-l-Glu while the conventional l-Glu buffer is advantageous for all other samples.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Yoshinori Takagi Teruhide Sugisawa Tatsuo Hoshino 《Applied microbiology and biotechnology》2009,82(6):1049-1056
A single-stage continuous fermentation process for the production of 2-keto-l-gulonic acid (2KGA) from l-sorbose using Ketogulonigenium vulgare DSM 4025 was developed. The chemostat culture with the dilution rate that was calculated based on the relationship between
the 2KGA production rate and the 2KGA concentration was feasible for production with high concentration of 2KGA. In this system,
112.2 g/L of 2KGA on the average was continuously produced from 114 g/L of l-sorbose. A steady state of the fermentation was maintained for the duration of more than 110 h. The dilution rate was kept
in the range of 0.035 and 0.043 h−1, and the 2KGA productivity was 3.90 to 4.80 g/L/h. The average molar conversion yield of 2KGA from l-sorbose was 91.3%. Under the optimal conditions, l-sorbose concentration was kept at 0 g/L. Meanwhile, the dissolved oxygen level was changing in response to the dilution rate
and 2KGA concentration. In the dissolved oxygen (DO) range of 16% to 58%, it was revealed that the relationship between DO
and D possessed high degree of positive correlation under the l-sorbose limiting condition (complete consumption of l-sorbose). Increasing D closer to the critical value for washing out point of the continuous fermentation, DO value tended to be gradually increased
up to 58%. In conclusion, an efficient and reproducible continuous fermentation process for 2KGA production by K. vulgare DSM 4025 could be developed using a medium containing baker’s yeast without using a second helper microorganism. 相似文献
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Joanna Saluk-Juszczak Beata Olas Barbara Wachowicz Rafal Glowacki Edward Bald 《Cell biology and toxicology》2010,26(4):355-365
The oxidative stress induced by acute exertion may interfere with blood platelet activation. The beneficial effect of l-carnitine (γ-trimethylamino-β-hydroxybutyric acid) on oxidative stress in blood platelets has not been fully investigated;
however, different studies indicate that this compound modulates platelet functions. The aim of our study was to assess the
effects of l-carnitine on platelet activation and oxidative/nitrative protein damage (determined by the levels of protein carbonyl groups,
thiol groups, and 3-nitrotyrosine residues) in resting blood platelets or platelets treated with peroxynitrite (ONOO−, a strong physiological oxidant) in vitro. We also investigated the effects of l-carnitine on the level of platelet glutathione and on the formation of superoxide anion radicals ( O2 - · ) \left( {{\hbox{O}}_2^{ - \bullet }} \right) , lipid peroxidation measured by thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in blood platelets stimulated by thrombin
(a strong physiological agonist), and platelet aggregation induced by adenosine diphosphate (a strong physiological stimulator).
We have observed that carnitine decreases platelet activation (measured by platelet aggregation, the generation of O2 - · {\hbox{O}}_2^{ - \bullet } , and TBARS production). Moreover, our results in vitro demonstrate that carnitine may protect against oxidation of thiol
groups induced by ONOO−. Thus, carnitine may have some protectory effects against oxidative changes induced in blood platelets. 相似文献
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Fekete E Karaffa L Sándor E Bányai I Seiboth B Gyémánt G Sepsi A Szentirmai A Kubicek CP 《Archives of microbiology》2004,181(1):35-44
The catabolism of d-galactose in yeast depends on the enzymes of the Leloir pathway. In contrast, Aspergillus nidulans mutants in galactokinase (galE) can still grow on d-galactose in the presence of ammonium—but not nitrate—ions as nitrogen source. A. nidulans galE mutants transiently accumulate high (400 mM) intracellular concentrations of galactitol, indicating that the alternative d-galactose degrading pathway may proceed via this intermediate. The enzyme degrading galactitol was identified as l-arabitol dehydrogenase, because an A. nidulans loss-of-function mutant in this enzyme (araA1) did not show NAD+-dependent galactitol dehydrogenase activity, still accumulated galactitol but was unable to catabolize it thereafter, and a double galE/araA1 mutant was unable to grow on d-galactose or galactitol. The product of galactitol oxidation was identified as l-sorbose, which is a substrate for hexokinase, as evidenced by a loss of l-sorbose phosphorylating activity in an A. nidulans hexokinase (frA1) mutant. l-Sorbose catabolism involves a hexokinase step, indicated by the inability of the frA1 mutant to grow on galactitol or l-sorbose, and by the fact that a galE/frA1 double mutant of A. nidulans was unable to grow on d-galactose. The results therefore provide evidence for an alternative pathway of d-galactose catabolism in A. nidulans that involves reduction of the d-galactose to galactitol and NAD+-dependent oxidation of galactitol by l-arabitol dehydrogenase to l-sorbose. 相似文献
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Ascorbate (AsA) plays a fundamental role in redox homeostasis in plants and animals, primarily by scavenging reactive oxygen
species. Three genes, representing diverse steps putatively involved in plant AsA biosynthesis pathways, were cloned and independently
expressed in Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter. Yeast-derived GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPase) and arabinono-1,4-lactone oxidase (ALO), as well as myo-inositol oxygenase 2 (MIOX2) from Arabidopsis thaliana, were targeted. Increases in GMPase activity were concomitant with increased AsA levels of up to 70% in leaves, 50% in green
fruit, and 35% in red fruit. Expression of ALO significantly pulled biosynthetic flux towards AsA in leaves and green fruit by up to 54 and 25%, respectively. Changes in
AsA content in plants transcribing the MIOX2 gene were inconsistent in different tissue. On the other hand, MIOX activity was strongly correlated with cell wall uronic
acid levels, suggesting that MIOX may be a useful tool for the manipulation of cell wall composition. In conclusion, the Smirnoff–Wheeler
pathway showed great promise as a target for biotechnological manipulation of ascorbate levels in tomato. 相似文献
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Yukio Yoneda 《Neurochemical research》2017,42(10):2686-2697
l-Theanine (=γ-glutamylethylamide) is an amino acid ingredient in green tea with a structural analogy to l-glutamine (l-GLN) rather than l-glutamic acid (l-GLU), with regards to the absence of a free carboxylic acid moiety from the gamma carbon position. l-theanine markedly inhibits [3H]l-GLN uptake without affecting [3H]l-GLU uptake in cultured neurons and astroglia. In neural progenitor cells with sustained exposure to l-theanine, upregulation of the l-GLN transporter isoform Slc38a1 expression and promotion of both proliferation and neuronal commitment are seen along with marked acceleration of the phosphorylation of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and relevant downstream proteins. Stable overexpression of Slc38a1 leads to promotion of cellular growth with facilitated neuronal commitment in pluripotent embryonic carcinoma P19 cells. In P19 cells stably overexpressing Slc38a1, marked phosphorylation is seen with mTOR and downstream proteins in a fashion insensitive to the additional stimulation by l-theanine. The green tea amino acid l-theanine could thus elicit pharmacological actions to up-regulate Slc38a1 expression for activation of the mTOR signaling pathway required for cell growth together with accelerated neurogenesis after sustained exposure in undifferentiated neural progenitor cells. In this review, I summarize a novel pharmacological property of the green tea amino acid l-theanine for embryonic and adult neurogenesis with a focus on the endogenous amino acid analog l-GLN. A possible translational strategy is also discussed on the development of dietary supplements and nutraceuticals enriched of l-theanine for the prophylaxis of a variety of untoward impairments and malfunctions seen in patients with different neurodegenerative and/or neuropsychiatric disorders. 相似文献
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Rats subcutaneously implanted with AH109A hepatoma cells show hyperlipidemia with high concentrations of serum triglyceride
and nonesterified fatty acid, suppression of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), and elevation of hormone-sensitive lipase (HSL) activities
during the growth of the hepatoma. Supplementation of the diet with sulfur amino acids such as l-methionine (Met) and l-cystine (Cys) improved hyperlipidemia by restoring LPL and HSL activities. In the present study, we have attempted to examine
the effects of sulfur amino acids on the activity and mRNA level of LPL and the activity of HSL using 3T3-L1 cells, which
are known to differentiate to adipocytes. The adipocytes were incubated with various concentrations of Met, Cys or l-cysteine (CysH) in the absence or presence of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). LPL activity was suppressed by TNF-α. In the
absence of TNF-α, Met, Cys and CysH did not change the LPL activity. In the presence of TNF-α, Met and Cys significantly increased
the LPL activity, and Met also enhanced the LPL mRNA level. HSL activity was also suppressed by TNF-α. In the absence of TNF-α,
Met enhanced the HSL activity. In the presence of TNF-α, Met, Cys and CysH suppressed the HSL activity. Sulfur amino acids
such as Met, Cys and CysH affected the LPL activity, mRNA level, and HSL activity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Some of these effects
of sulfur amino acids were different between LPL and HSL, between the absence and the presence of TNF-α, and between 3T3-L1
adipocytes and the adipose tissue from rats. 相似文献
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Deutch CE 《Antonie van Leeuwenhoek》2011,99(4):781-793
Staphylococcus saprophyticus strains ATCC 15305, ATCC 35552, and ATCC 49907 were found to require l-proline but not l-arginine for growth in a defined culture medium. All three strains could utilize l-ornithine as a proline source and contained l-ornithine aminotransferase and Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase activities; strains ATCC 35552 and ATCC 49907 could use l-arginine as a proline source and had l-arginase activity. The proline requirement also could be met by l-prolinamide, l-proline methyl ester, and the dipeptides l-alanyl-l-proline and l-leucyl-l-proline. The bacteria exhibited l-proline degradative activity as measured by the formation of Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate. The specific activity of proline degradation was not affected by addition of l-proline or NaCl but was highest in strain ATCC 49907 after growth in Mueller–Hinton broth. A membrane fraction from this
strain had l-proline dehydrogenase activity as detected both by reaction of Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate with 2-aminobenzaldehyde (0.79 nmol min−1 mg−1) and by the proline-dependent reduction of p-iodonitrotetrazolium (20.1 nmol min−1 mg−1). A soluble fraction from this strain had Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate dehydrogenase activity (88.8 nmol min−1 mg−1) as determined by the NAD+-dependent oxidation of dl-Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate. Addition of l-proline to several culture media did not increase the growth rate or final yield of bacteria but did stimulate growth during
osmotic stress. When grown with l-ornithine as the proline source, S. saprophyticus was most susceptible to the proline analogues L-azetidine-2-carboylate, 3,4-dehydro-dl-proline, dl-thiazolidine-2-carboxylate, and l-thiazolidine-4-carboxylate. These results indicate that proline uptake and metabolism may be a potential target of antimicrobial
therapy for this organism. 相似文献
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l-arabinose isomerase (EC5.3.1.4. AI) mediates the isomerization of d-galactose into d-tagatose as well as the conversion of l-arabinose into l-ribulose. The AI from Lactobacillus plantarum SK-2 was purified to an apparent homogeneity giving a single band on SDS–PAGE with a molecular mass of 59.6 kDa. Optimum
activity was observed at 50°C and pH 7.0. The enzyme was stable at 50°C for 2 h and held between pH 4.5 and 8.5 for 1 h. AI
activity was stimulated by Mn2+, Fe3+, Fe2+, Ca2+ and inhibited by Cu2+, Ag+, Hg2+, Pb2+. d-galactose and l-arabinose as substrates were isomerized with high activity. l-arabitol was the strongest competitive inhibitor of AI. The apparent Michaelis–Menten constant (K
m), for galactose, was 119 mM. The first ten N-terminal amino acids of the enzyme were determined as MLSVPDYEFW, which is identical to L. plantarum (Q88S84). Using the purified AI, 390 mg tagatose could be converted from 1,000 mg galactose in 96 h, and this production
corresponds to a 39% equilibrium. 相似文献
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A major limitation on the expression of some foreign proteins in transgenic plants is the toxic effect of such proteins on
the host plant resulting in inhibition of normal growth and development. A solution to this problem is to control the expression
of genes for such proteins by means of inducible promoters, as is frequently done in microbial systems. A cDNA clone was obtained
from subtractive hybridization of non-harvested and harvested alfalfa leaf tissue, named hi12. The hi12 cDNA was identified as part of the S-adenosyl-l-methionine: trans-caffeoyl-CoA3-O-methyltransferase gene of alfalfa, a gene encoding an essential key enzyme in lignin synthesis. The hi12 gene was strongly induced by harvesting and wounding but not by heat shock. The promoter of the hi12 gene, isolated by genomic walking, contained several stress response cis-elements. Transgenic plants of tobacco and Medicago truncatula containing the GUS gene driven by the promoter showed GUS expression following harvesting, demonstrating the activity of
these regulatory regions in other plant species. 相似文献
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The present study investigated the effects of three constituent amino acids on glutathione production in flask culture of
Candida utilis. Although l-glutamic acid and glycine had little impact on cell growth and glutathione biosynthesis, l-cysteine positively influenced glutathione production, despite inhibiting cell growth when it was added prior to stationary
phase. Adding 8 mmol/L of l-cysteine to the culture broth at 16 h boosted glutathione production by 91%, increasing the intracellular glutathione content
by 106% compared to untreated controls. A temperature-shift strategy, in which we shifted batch and fed-batch cultures of
C. utilis from 30 to 26°C, also significantly enhanced glutathione production. Applying both strategies (i.e. adding 20 mmol/L l-cysteine and shifting the temperature from 30 to 26°C) at 33 h enhanced the glutathione concentration and the intracellular
glutathione content to 1,312 mg/L and 3.75%, respectively, during fed-batch cultivation (glucose feeding at a constant rate
of 18.3 g/h). The average specific glutathione production rate under this condition was 129% higher than that of the control
without strategy. 相似文献
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Muñoz AJ Hernández-Chávez G de Anda R Martínez A Bolívar F Gosset G 《Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology》2011,38(11):1845-1852
l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA) is an aromatic compound employed for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Metabolic engineering was applied to generate
Escherichia coli strains for the production of l-DOPA from glucose by modifying the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) and aromatic biosynthetic pathways.
Carbon flow was directed to the biosynthesis of l-tyrosine (l-Tyr), an l-DOPA precursor, by transforming strains with compatible plasmids carrying genes encoding a feedback-inhibition resistant
version of 3-deoxy-d-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate synthase, transketolase, the chorismate mutase domain from chorismate mutase-prephenate dehydratase
from E. coli and cyclohexadienyl dehydrogenase from Zymomonas mobilis. The effects on l-Tyr production of PTS inactivation (PTS− gluc+ phenotype), as well as inactivation of the regulatory protein TyrR, were evaluated. PTS inactivation caused a threefold increase
in the specific rate of l-Tyr production (q
l-Tyr), whereas inactivation of TyrR caused 1.7- and 1.9-fold increases in q
l-Tyr in the PTS+ and the PTS− gluc+ strains, respectively. An 8.6-fold increase in l-Tyr yield from glucose was observed in the PTS− gluc+
tyrR
− strain. Expression of hpaBC genes encoding the enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylacetate 3-hydroxylase from E. coli W in the strains modified for l-Tyr production caused the synthesis of l-DOPA. One of such strains, having the PTS− gluc+
tyrR
− phenotype, displayed the best production parameters in minimal medium, with a specific rate of l-DOPA production of 13.6 mg/g/h, l-DOPA yield from glucose of 51.7 mg/g and a final l-DOPA titer of 320 mg/l. In a batch fermentor culture in rich medium this strain produced 1.51 g/l of l-DOPA in 50 h. 相似文献
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In this study, the requirements for growth factors of Ketogulonigenium vulgare LMP P-20356, a 2-keto-l-gulonic acid-producing strain of particular interest for the manufacture of vitamin C, were assessed. Various growth factors were studied in order to obtain improved growth of the strain when cultured in an l-sorbose/corn steep liquor medium. Cultures grown in the presence of reduced mono- and polyglutamated folate derivatives showed a 15- to 20-fold higher biomass content than control cultures lacking these supplements, indicating that the strain has a requirement for folate. Although most folate derivatives used in this study promoted growth, the amplitude of the response varied depending on the compound used. Dihydrofolic acid was found to be the most active form, followed by 5-formyltetrahydrofolic acid, 5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid and tetrahydrofolic acid. Folic acid had no effect. The effectiveness of polyglutamated derivatives was inversely proportional to the polyglutamated chain-length of the derivative used. Our results suggest that the rate-limiting step in the utilisation of monoglutamated folates is most probably related to their transport and/or their intracellular interconversion rather than their polymerisation into polyglutamated forms (physiological forms). The industrial production of 2-keto-l-gulonic acid by K. vulgare LMP P-20356 could be improved by using media in which low-molecular-weight reduced folates are present. 相似文献
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l-Aspartyl l-amino acid methyl ester was synthesized using a mutant of a thermostable leucine aminopeptidase from Streptomyces cinnamoneus, D198 K SSAP, obtained in previously. A peptide of high-intensity sweetener, l-aspartyl-l-phenylalanine methyl ester, was selected as a model for demonstrating the synthesis of l-aspartyl l-amino acid methyl ester. The hydrolytic activities of D198 K SSAP toward l-aspartyl-l-phenylalanine and its methyl ester were, respectively, 74-fold and fourfold higher than those of wild type. Similarly, the
initial rate of the enzyme for l-aspartyl-l-phenylalanine methyl ester synthesis was over fivefold higher than that of wild-type SSAP in 90% methanol (v/v) in a one-pot
reaction. Furthermore, other l-aspartyl l-amino acid methyl esters were synthesized efficiently using D198 K SSAP. Results show that the substitution of Asp198 of
SSAP with Lys is effective for synthesizing l-aspartyl l-amino acid methyl ester. 相似文献