大肠杆菌色氨酸生物合成途径关键酶的调控

为了通过基因工程手段提高大肠杆菌色氨酸产量, 对色氨酸生物合成途径中的关键基因trpR、tnaA、aroG和trpED进行了改造。首先通过敲除trpR基因解除了基因组上色氨酸合成和转运关键酶受到的反馈阻遏调控, 进而又敲除了tnaA基因, 阻断了色氨酸的分解代谢。然后, 将色氨酸合成途径的关键酶aroGfbr和trpEDfbr基因串联表达, 以去除色氨酸生物合成途径的瓶颈。与对照MG1655相比, trpR基因单敲菌色氨酸浓度提高了10倍, 双敲菌色氨酸浓度提高了约20倍。pZE12-trpEDfbr转入双敲菌后色氨酸浓度提高到168 mg/L, 而将aroGfbr和trpEDfbr转入双敲菌后, 色氨酸浓度提高到820 mg/L。为构建色氨酸高产菌奠定了基础。     

大肠杆菌色氨酸生物合成途径关键酶的调控

为了通过基因工程手段提高大肠杆菌色氨酸产量, 对色氨酸生物合成途径中的关键基因trpR、tnaA、aroG和trpED进行了改造.首先通过敲除trpR基因解除了基因组上色氨酸合成和转运关键酶受到的反馈阻遏调控, 进而又敲除了tnaA基因, 阻断了色氨酸的分解代谢.然后, 将色氨酸合成途径的关键酶aroGfbr和trpEDfbr基因串联表达, 以去除色氨酸生物合成途径的瓶颈.与对照MG1655相比, trpR基因单敲菌色氨酸浓度提高了10倍, 双敲菌色氨酸浓度提高了约20倍.pZE12-trpEDfbr转入双敲菌后色氨酸浓度提高到168 mg/L, 而将aroGfbr和trpEDfbr转入双敲菌后, 色氨酸浓度提高到820 mg/L.为构建色氨酸高产菌奠定了基础.     

L-色氨酸的生产方法

专利要求的范围 用节杆菌属(?一丈。,夕夕一)中对一种或二种以上的色氨酸类似物具有抗性的LO色氨酸产生菌,在培养液中积累色氨酸,并从该培养液中提取L一色氨酸的发酵生产法。 本发明详细池叙述了节杆菌属中的L一色氨酸生产菌,通过培养,从发酵液中分离、回收L一色氨酸的方法,由于采用了生成L一色氨酸能力高的菌株,所以使必须氨基酸中的L-色氨酸达到了兼价工业生产的要求。 过去发酵法生产L一色氨酸,采用的是在培养基中添加叫噪或邻氨基苯甲酸的方法,此法因必须采用高价的引噪或邻氨基苯甲酸作前休物质,使色氨酸的生产存在着成本高的缺点…     

响应面分析优化L-色氨酸清液发酵培养基

L-色氨酸是八种必需氨基酸之一,随着L-色氨酸应用市场的不断扩大,进行发酵法生产L-色氨酸的研究具有重要的现实意义。为了提高L-色氨酸产量,本文利用响应面分析法对L-色氨酸清液发酵培养基进行优化。利用优化培养基进行发酵,考察清液发酵对L-色氨酸发酵过程中生物量、L-色氨酸产量、副产物生成量的影响。结果表明:在优化条件下利用清液发酵培养基发酵,乙酸含量与原工艺相比降低了(6.75±1.26)%,L-色氨酸产量提高了(16.54±1.15)%,实验值与响应面分析预测值基本相符。     

响应面法优化色氨酸合成酶合成2-L-甲基色氨酸

本试验研究了色氨酸合成酶合成2-L-甲基色氨酸,验证色氨酸合成酶基因工程菌活性,用单因素实验及响应面分析法对色氨酸合成酶合成2-L-甲基色氨酸的合成条件进行优化。结果表明,最佳的合成条件:pH=8.06,温度为33.3℃,L-丝氨酸浓度为12.7 g/L,此条件下,手性药物2-L-甲基色氨酸的合成量为10.5 g/L。研究结果可为手性药物2-L-甲基色氨酸工业化生产提供参考价值。     

微生物发酵法生产L-色氨酸的代谢工程研究

L-色氨酸作为人体内的一种必需氨基酸,广泛应用于医药、食品与饲料等行业.工业上采用的色氨酸生产方法有化学合成法、转化法及微生物发酵法.近年来,随着代谢工程在色氨酸菌种选育中的成功运用,微生物发酵法逐渐成为主要的色氨酸生产方法.系统综述了微生物发酵法生产色氨酸所涉及的代谢工程策略,包括生物合成色氨酸的代谢调控机制以及途径...     

色氨酸操纵子研究进展

色氨酸只能由微生物和植物合成。催化色氨酸分支途径的酶由色氨酸操纵子编码。生物体内色氨酸合成受到严格调控,色氨酸操纵子发挥重要作用。本文综述色氨酸代谢途径及其调节,并对途径工程在色氨酸操纵子改造中的应用进行回顾。     

L—色氨酸的生产及其代谢控制育种

本综述了利用微生物生产Ｌ－色氨酸的各种方法和Ｌ－色氨酸的生物合成途径及其代谢调控机制,并介绍了利用重组ＤＮＡ技术选育Ｌ－色氨酸高产菌的研究现状。     

色氨酸残基在内切葡聚糖酶分子中的作用

内切葡聚糖酶的化学修饰研究表明：色氨酸残基可能位于活性位点,与底物结合有关．荧光光谱测定指出该酶的荧光几乎都来自色氨酸残基,酶分子中色氨酸微环境对ｐＨ变化非常敏感,降低ｐＨ导致了酶分子构象发生了较大变化,配基结合使酶分子色氨酸微环境产生了改变,引发了与ｐＨ诱导不同的构象变化．     

发酵液中色氨酸含量高通量快速测定

为了高通量筛选色氨酸工程菌,利用色氨酸与MAA在酸性条件下产生荧光物质(激发波长253 nm,发射波长450nm),荧光强度与色氨酸含量在一定范围内成正比的原理,建立了96孔微孔板中高通量测定发酵液色氨酸含量的方法。反应液80℃反应15 min后,测量荧光强度。线性范围为1 mg.L-1~100 mg.L-1,为大规模筛选色氨酸基因工程菌打下了基础。     

Direct plasma injection method for the analysis of tryptophan metabolites by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with precolumn deproteinization

Reversed-phase HPLC method by direct plasma injection has been developed for the analysis of major tryptophan metabolites (both metabolites in kynurenine pathways and in indole pathways). Two columns were used: one was a short precolumn of protein-coated octadecylsilane (ODS) for deproteinization and also for trapping of tryptophan metabolites, and the other was an analytical column of the usual ODS. By a column-switching method, the metabolites trapped in the precolumn were allowed to be eluted through the analytical column. The recovery of the spiked metabolites in plasma by the present method was almost quantitative (98-102%) with good reproducibility (CV less than 3%, within-run), and the method is determined to be simple and reproducible for the analysis of total (free + protein-bound) tryptophan metabolites in plasma. The analysis of rabbit plasma showed several peaks corresponding to kynurenine, kynurenic acid, 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid, indole-3-lactic acid, indole-3-acetic acid, indole-3-propionic acid, and 5-hydroxy-tryptamine in addition to tryptophan.     

Fluroescence of proteins in 6-M guanidine hydrochloride. A method for the quantitative determination of tryptophan.

To determine the tryptophan content in proteins,an analytical ultraviolet fluroescence method is proposed based on making uniform the environment of aromatic chromophores in 6-7 M guanidine hydrochloride. The fluorescence intensity scale is calibrated using standard solutions of free tryptophan. A correlation coefficient between the fluorescence of protein tryptophanyl residues and of free tryptophan was estimated in testing 17 well characterized proteins. This method is particularly suited to proteins carrying groups absorbing in the 290-370 nm region, such as flavin, heme and pyridoxal phosphate and in the presence of substances such as 2-mercaptoethanol which prohibit the use of the spectroscopic or magnetic circular dichroism methods. It is less time-consuming than techniques requiring hydrolysis or chemical reactions.     

Amino Acid Production by Submerged Cultivation ofPseudomonas fluorescens on Gasoline

During our screening program for hydrocarbon-degrading microorganismsPseudomonas fluorescens was isolated that grew on gasoline as the sole source of carbon and energy. During growth on gasoline it produced proline and tryptophan. Among the nitrogen salts tested, ammonium sodium hydrogen orthophosphate supported maximum amino acid production and growth. By optimizing the medium components a two-fold increase in proline and tryptophan production was achieved.     

The protein fluorescence and structural toolkit: Database and programs for the analysis of protein fluorescence and structural data

Protein fluorescence is a powerful tool for studying protein structure and dynamics if we have a means to interpret the spectral data in terms of protein structural properties. Our previous research successfully provided this support through the development of individual software modules implementing the algorithms for fluorescence and structural analyses. Now we have integrated the developed software modules, introduced a new program for the assignment of tryptophan residues to spectral-structural classes, and created a web-based toolkit PFAST: protein fluorescence and structural toolkit: http://pfast.phys.uri.edu/. PFAST contains three modules: (1) FCAT is a fluorescence-correlation analysis tool, which decomposes protein fluorescence spectra to reveal the spectral components of individual tryptophan residues or groups of tryptophan residues located close to each other, and assigns spectral components to one of five previously established spectral-structural classes. (2) SCAT is a structural-correlation analysis tool for the calculation of the structural parameters of the environment of tryptophan residues from the atomic structures of the proteins from the Protein Data Bank (PDB), and for the assignment of tryptophan residues to one of five spectral-structural classes. (3) The last module is a PFAST database that contains protein fluorescence and structural data obtained from results of the FCAT and SCAT analyses.     

Metal-enhanced fluorescence of tryptophan residues in proteins: Application toward label-free bioassays

The detection of submonolayers of proteins based on native fluorescence is a potentially valuable approach for label-free detection. We have examined the possibility of using silver nanostructures to increase the emission of tryptophan residues in proteins. Fluorescence spectra, intensities, and lifetimes of multilayers and submonolayers of proteins deposited on the surfaces of silver island films were measured. Increased fluorescence intensities from two- to three-fold and similar decreases in lifetimes were observed in the presence of the silver nanoparticles compared with the proteins on the surface of the bare quartz. The observed spectral effects of silver nanoparticles on tryptophan fluorescence indicates the possibility for the design of analytical tools for the detection of proteins without traditional labeling by extrinsic fluorophores.     

Separation of mAbs molecular variants by analytical hydrophobic interaction chromatography HPLC: overview and applications

Hydrophobic interaction chromatography-high performance liquid chromatography (HIC-HPLC) is a powerful analytical method used for the separation of molecular variants of therapeutic proteins. The method has been employed for monitoring various post-translational modifications, including proteolytic fragments and domain misfolding in etanercept (Enbrel®); tryptophan oxidation, aspartic acid isomerization, the formation of cyclic imide, and α amidated carboxy terminus in recombinant therapeutic monoclonal antibodies; and carboxy terminal heterogeneity and serine fucosylation in Fc and Fab fragments. HIC-HPLC is also a powerful analytical technique for the analysis of antibody-drug conjugates. Most current analytical columns, methods, and applications are described, and critical method parameters and suitability for operation in regulated environment are discussed, in this review.     

Quantification of hydrolyzed peptides and proteins by amino acid fluorescence

Reliable quantification of peptides and proteins is essential for drug discovery. We report the successful development and validation of an accurate and broadly applicable high performance liquid chromatography hyphenated to fluorescence detector procedure for the quantitative determination of the aromatic amino acids tyrosine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan, without relying on derivatization chemistry. Using ion‐pair chromatography, fluorescent amino acids were clearly separated within 10 minutes. The hydrolysis of peptides was performed under acidic and heated conditions to yield the monomeric building blocks. Various protecting agents were tested to ensure tryptophan stability. The presented analytical method accurately (>95%) quantifies all fluorescent residues. The power of the method was confirmed by correct quantification of protein reference standard to 98.6% over all fluorescence traces. The method allowed us to identify pre‐analytical differences between the nominal and actual concentrations of 12 peptide solutions. Salt formation, weighing errors, and other pre‐analytical pitfalls resulted in noteworthy differences of up to 85% between the indicated and actual concentration of peptide solutions, subsequently leading to false positive or negative interpretation of activity data. Finally, only one solution is needed to perform quantification as well as UV‐purity tests and can further be used as stock solution for activity testing.     

Ligand-induced formation of a transient tryptophan synthase complex with αββ subunit stoichiometry

The prototypical tryptophan synthases form a stable heterotetrameric αββα complex in which the constituting TrpA and TrpB1 subunits activate each other in a bidirectional manner. The hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus does not contain a TrpB1 protein but instead two members of the phylogenetically distinct family of TrpB2 proteins, which are encoded within (sTrpB2i) and outside (sTrpB2a) the tryptophan operon. It has previously been shown that sTrpB2a does not functionally or structurally interact with sTrpA, whereas sTrpB2i substantially activates sTrpA in a unidirectional manner. However, in the absence of catalysis, no physical complex between sTrpB2i and sTrpA could be detected. In order to elucidate the structural requirements for complex formation, we have analyzed the interaction between sTrpA (α-monomer) and sTrpB2i (ββ-dimer) by means of spectroscopy, analytical gel filtration, and analytical ultracentrifugation, as well as isothermal titration calorimetry. In the presence of the TrpA ligand glycerol 3-phosphate (GP) and the TrpB substrate l-serine, sTrpA and sTrpB2i formed a physical complex with a thermodynamic dissociation constant of about 1 μM, indicating that the affinity between the α- and ββ-subunits is weaker by at least 1 order of magnitude than the affinity between the corresponding subunits of prototypical tryptophan synthases. The observed stoichiometry of the complex was 1 subunit of sTrpA per 2 subunits of sTrpB2i, which corresponds to a αββ quaternary structure and testifies to a strong negative cooperativity for the binding of the α-monomers to the ββ-dimer. The analysis of the interaction between sTrpB2i and sTrpA in the presence of several substrate, transition state, and product analogues suggests that the αββ complex remains stable during the whole catalytic cycle and disintegrates into α- and ββ-subunits upon the release of the reaction product tryptophan. The formation of a transient tryptophan synthase complex, together with the observed low affinity of sTrpB2i for l-serine, couples the rate of tryptophan biosynthesis in S. solfataricus to the cytosolic availability of l-serine.     

Separation of mAbs molecular variants by analytical hydrophobic interaction chromatography HPLC: overview and applications

Hydrophobic interaction chromatography-high performance liquid chromatography (HIC-HPLC) is a powerful analytical method used for the separation of molecular variants of therapeutic proteins. The method has been employed for monitoring various post-translational modifications, including proteolytic fragments and domain misfolding in etanercept (Enbrel®); tryptophan oxidation, aspartic acid isomerization, the formation of cyclic imide, and α amidated carboxy terminus in recombinant therapeutic monoclonal antibodies; and carboxy terminal heterogeneity and serine fucosylation in Fc and Fab fragments. HIC-HPLC is also a powerful analytical technique for the analysis of antibody-drug conjugates. Most current analytical columns, methods, and applications are described, and critical method parameters and suitability for operation in regulated environment are discussed, in this review.