大肠杆菌中从头合成白藜芦醇途径的设计及优化

白藜芦醇是一种极具药用价值的植物源芪类化合物。为了在E.coli实现白藜芦醇的从头合成,构建了由酪氨酸解氨酶(TAL),香豆酸-CoA合成酶(4CL)和白藜芦醇合成酶(STS)组成的非天然合成途径。经3天发酵后,白藜芦醇产量仅为2.67 mg/L,而其中间体香豆酸的积累达到了95.64 mg/L。为了进一步改善异源途径的效率,对4CL和STS模块采取融合表达、高拷贝表达及启动子工程改造的策略,最终使白藜芦醇产量提高到了9.6倍,达到了25.76 mg/L,同时香豆酸的积累减少到了20.38 mg/L。这些研究结果为更高效白藜芦醇从头合成工程菌的构建及最终实现白藜芦醇的微生物大规模生产奠定了基础。     

抗性砧木对赤霞珠葡萄叶片白藜芦醇合成过程及含量的影响

为了明确不同抗性砧木对赤霞珠葡萄叶片白藜芦醇含量及其合成过程中前体物质和相关代谢酶活性的影响,分析不同抗性砧木与白藜芦醇合成的关系,以获得提高接穗品种赤霞珠葡萄叶片白藜芦醇含量的抗性砧木。该研究选择弗卡(Fercal)、5C、140R、3309M、3309C、SO4、抗砧3号(Kangzhen3)、5BB为砧木与赤霞珠(CS)葡萄进行嫁接,以赤霞珠自根苗为对照(CK),采用高效液相色谱技术,测定成熟葡萄叶片白藜芦醇以及合成白藜芦醇前体物质苯丙氨酸、肉桂酸、香豆酸含量,并对合成白藜芦醇相关代谢酶苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL)、肉桂酸-4-羟化酶(C4H)、4-香豆-辅酶A连接酶(4CL)、过氧化物酶(POD)以及多酚氧化酶(PPO)的活性进行测定。结果表明:(1)不同砧木均能提高接穗赤霞珠葡萄叶片白藜芦醇含量11%~46%。(2)在各砧穗组合中,CS/140R嫁接苗叶片的白藜芦醇含量最高达到18.24μg/g,其合成白藜芦醇前体物质苯丙氨酸和香豆酸含量也最高,分别达到38.61和1.06μg/g。(3)在各砧穗组合中,白藜芦醇相关代谢酶PAL活性以CS/3309C嫁接苗叶片最高;嫁接苗叶片代谢酶C4H和4CL活性均高于赤霞珠自根苗;POD和PPO活性均以CS/Fercal的接穗赤霞珠叶片最强。研究发现,不同抗性砧木能显著提高赤霞珠葡萄叶片白藜芦醇含量,相关代谢酶C4H活性对葡萄白藜芦醇的合成至关重要,PPO活性与葡萄叶片白藜芦醇合成也密切相关,CS/140R是8个砧穗组合中提高赤霞珠葡萄叶片白藜芦醇含量最具优势的砧穗组合。     

大肠杆菌中从头合成白藜芦醇途径的设计及优化

白藜芦醇是一种极具药用价值的植物源芪类化合物。为了在E. coli实现白藜芦醇的从头合成,构建了由酪氨酸解氨酶（TAL）,香豆酸-CoA合成酶（4CL）和白藜芦醇合成酶（STS）组成的非天然合成途径。经3天发酵后,白藜芦醇产量仅为2.67 mg/L,而其中间体香豆酸的积累达到了95.64 mg/L。为了进一步改善异源途径的效率,对4CL和STS模块采取融合表达、高拷贝表达及启动子工程改造的策略,最终使白藜芦醇产量提高到了9.6倍,达到了25.76 mg/L,同时香豆酸的积累减少到了20.38 mg/L。这些研究结果为更高效白藜芦醇从头合成工程菌的构建及最终实现白藜芦醇的微生物大规模生产奠定了基础。     

RS基因的植物表达载体和酵母表达载体构建

白藜芦醇合酶(RS)是Res生物合成的关键酶之一,它催化1分子4-香豆酰辅酶A和3分子丙二酰辅酶A反应合成Res.以花生中克隆的RS基因为基础,成功构建了RS基因的以Ubi为启动子的单子叶植物表达栽体pBIL-RS,为以后的基因工程遗传转化果蔗和其他单子叶植物改良其品质提供条件.同时构建了酵母表达载体pVT102U-RS,为下一步研究真核表达蛋白的生物活性提供条件,并为利用酵母生产Res提供了可能.     

大肠杆菌高密度发酵表达4-羟基苯乙酸酯3-羟化酶及咖啡酸的高效生物合成

来源于大肠杆菌的4-羟基苯乙酸酯3-羟化酶(4-hydroxyphenylacetate 3-hydroxylase,4HPA3H)可以催化对香豆酸生物合成咖啡酸。为了实现4HPA3H的扩大生产和咖啡酸的高效生物合成,首先构建过表达4HPA3H的大肠杆菌工程菌,其次使用5 L发酵罐进行高密度发酵生产4HPA3H,再而优化采用工程菌株进行全细胞催化产咖啡酸的条件。最终实现了在5 L发酵罐中发酵,工程菌株生物量达到干重34.80 g/L。通过使用5 L发酵罐作为生物反应器进行全细胞催化,经过6 h的催化可产生18.74 g/L (0.85 g/(L·OD₆₀₀))咖啡酸,摩尔转化率为78.81%,是目前文献报道4HPA3H以对香豆酸为底物合成咖啡酸的最高水平。初步实现了高密度培养大肠杆菌表达4HPA3H并高效生物合成咖啡酸,为工业化生产奠定了基础。     

白藜芦醇合酶的研究进展

白藜芦醇是一种重要的植物抗毒素,具有多种医疗保健作用,因此其应用前景 非常广泛,已引起多方关注。白藜芦醇合酶是白藜芦醇生物合成途径中的关键酶之一,它催化1分子4-香豆酰辅酶A和3分子丙二酰辅酶A反应合成白藜芦醇,它是白藜芦醇生物合成中惟一必需的酶,关于它的研究已广泛开展起来。本文综述了白藜芦醇的药理活性、白藜芦醇合 酶的酶学性质、诱导途径和机制以及分子生物学方面的研究进展。     

3-(4-羟基苯基)丙酸在酿酒酵母中的生物合成

3-(4-羟基苯基)丙酸(HPPA)是一种芳香类化合物,作为中间体主要应用于医药、食品、化学领域,具有重要的经济价值。旨在实现HPPA在酿酒酵母中的从头合成,通过在酿酒酵母中过表达约氏黄杆菌来源的酪氨酸转移酶(Fj TAL)、拟南芥来源的对香豆酰辅酶A连接酶(At4CL),同时利用酿酒酵母BY4742自身来源的超长链烯酰辅酶A还原酶(Sc TSC13)、硫酯水解酶,实现了在酿酒酵母中从头合成HPPA,产量约为70 mg/L左右。在以4 mmol/L酪氨酸为前体、半乳糖诱导Fj TAL过表达、30℃发酵培养72 h的条件下,约36%的酪氨酸转化生成对香豆酸;在以4 mmol/L对香豆酸或咖啡酸为前体,半乳糖诱导At4CL过表达,同时利用酵母内源Sc TSC13、硫酯水解酶,30℃发酵培养72 h的条件下,约94%的对香豆酸被还原成HPPA,约91%的咖啡酸被还原成3,4-二羟基苯丙酸(DHPPA),为进一步生物合成HPPA及其衍生物奠定了基础。     

烟草Nt4CL与虎杖PcSTS基因的融合表达与功能分析

4-香豆酰辅酶A连接酶(4-coumarate-Co A ligase,4CL)和芪合酶(stilbene synthase,STS)是白藜芦醇苯丙氨酸代谢合成的最后两个关键酶。运用悬挂PCR(overlap PCR)的方法将烟草4CL基因(Nt4CL)和虎杖STS基因(Pc PKS5)用3个中性氨基酸链连接,得到融合基因Nt4CL-Pc PKS5,将其插入原核表达载体中,构建p ET30a-Nt4CL-Pc PKS5重组质粒,表达Nt4CL-Pc PKS5融合蛋白。经Ni2+纯化和PD-10柱脱盐后,得到可溶性纯化蛋白。体外酶促反应结果表明该融合酶具有4CL和STS的双重活性,其催化产物为白藜芦醇。酶促反应最适条件为:p H 6.5,反应温度为45℃。研究结果获得了有效催化白藜芦醇生物合成的双功能融合酶,为进一步利用融合酶基因转化工程菌株实现白藜芦醇工业化生产奠定了基础。     

薏苡糠壳的化学成分及其种子萌发活性研究

为了解薏苡(Coix lachryma-jobi)糠壳的化学成分,利用多种柱色谱技术对其乙醇提取物乙酸乙酯萃取部位进行分离,经波谱数据分析鉴定了15个化合物,分别为香豆酸(1)、香豆酸甲酯(2)、2-羟乙基-香豆酸酯(3)、咖啡酸甲酯(4)、阿魏酸甲酯(5)、(E)-3-(4-甲氧基苯基)丙烯酸(6)、2,3-二羟基-...     

白黎芦醇和香青兰总黄酮抑制哮喘小鼠TNF-α和IL-6的释放

为研究白藜芦醇和香青兰总黄酮对哮喘小鼠肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)和白细胞介素-6 (IL-6)水平的影响,本研究采用卵清蛋白致敏来建立小鼠哮喘模型,给予白藜芦醇和香青兰总黄酮干预后,采用ELISA法检测小鼠BALF中TNF-α和IL-6的含量。结果显示,95 mg·kg^-1·d^-1的白藜芦醇和香青兰总黄酮均可降低哮喘小鼠BALF中的TNF-α和IL-6;95 mg·kg^-1·d^-1的白藜芦醇和香青兰总黄酮对小鼠体重有影响。本研究表明,白藜芦醇和香青兰总黄酮对哮喘炎症因子TNF-α和IL-6的释放具有一定抑制作用。     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Biological control of three floating water weeds,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Eichhornia crassipes,Pistia stratiotes</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salviniamolesta</Emphasis> in the Republic of Congo

Since 1999, four specific weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) were released in the Republic of Congo against three exotic floating water weeds: Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache against water hyacinth, Neohydronomus affinis Hustache against water lettuce, and Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands against water fern. Recoveries of exotic weevils were made from all 24 release sites except one, and all four species have established and spread (up to 800 km for water hyacinth weevils). Within a few years of releases, control of water fern and water lettuce was such that fishing and navigation could be resumed, while reductions of water hyacinth populations were only beginning.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Die GattungKarschia — Bindeglied zwischen bitunicaten Ascomyceten und lecanoralen Flechtenpilzen?

The genusKarschia, in the earlier sense, including saprophytes and parasites on lichens, has been thought to be a non-lichenized parallel genus of the lichen genusBuellia. Modern workers included it on the one hand inBuellia, on the other hand combined it with bitunicate ascomycetes. It is now proved thatKarschia is heterogeneous and contains but superficially similar members both of the genusBuellia of theLecanorales and of typical or masked bitunicateAscomycetes. Therefore, it can not be regarded as a link betweenLecanorales andDothideales. The type species ofKarschia belongs to theDothideales.

     

Demographic characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Synopsis In a fourteen month study (May 1976 – June 1977) I examined the following characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) in Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.: annual and seasonal patterns of abundance, age composition and growth rates, survivorship and mortality patterns, and the reproductive cycle for female gobies. Fishes were collected with the aid of quinaldine and otoliths and ovaries removed. Age and growth rates were estimated from otolith annuli using a back calculation formula and a Brody-Bertalanffy growth curve. Mortality rates were derived using the methods of Heincke (1913), Robson & Chapman (1960), mean age, and a catch curve (Ricker 1975). A gonad index was used to describe the annual reproductive cycle. Results indicated that abundance fluctuated seasonally and that these fluctuations appeared to be caused by reproductive emigrations. Bay gobies reached an age of 7+ and a standard length of 87 mm. Growth was relatively constant (6 mm yr⁻¹) until age 5, at which point it began to decline. The mean rates of survivorship, mortality, and instantaneous mortality were 0.75, 0.25, and 0.29 respectively. Mortality rates for individual age classes ranged from 0.13 to 0.51 and increased with age. This stock appears to reproduce mainly during the winter.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.