十五碳二元酸发酵过程中β氧化的控制

目的：提高烃酸转化率,降低发酵法生产十五碳二元酸成本。方法：考察几种碳源和β氧化抑制剂丙烯酸对菌体生长、烃酸转化率及产酸的影响,并对乙酸钠的作用机制进行讨论。结果：发酵培养基加入的几种碳源中,乙酸钠对十五碳二元酸发酵影响最大。加入0．4（W／V）乙酸钠,转化率比对照组提高21％,产酸量比对照组提高22．5％;转入产酸期后加入0．1（WV）丙烯酸,产酸进一步提高16％。结论：乙酸钠和丙烯酸能够部分控制β氧化,可以有效降低发酵法生产十五碳二元酸成本。     

十三碳二元酸发酵过程产酸期拟均相动力学模型及其应用

分析了十三碳二元酸发酵过程中产酸期的代谢特点,对产酸期四相体系发酵动力学进行了研究。提出了菌体生长、产物形成及底物消耗的动力学模型,对模型参数进行了回归估值,并对产酸期进行了拟合,结果表明,模型的计算值和实测值较为吻合,平均相对偏差为3．6％。利用所建模型对产酸期进行了多种操作条件下的模拟计算,结果表明,提高进入产酸期的菌体浓度、缩短菌体生长期时间及降低发酵液中产物浓度具有提高产物形成速率的有效途径。     

烷烃发酵产生1，13-十三碳二元酸及其诱导作用的研究

从能利用正十二烷产生1,12-十二碳二元酸的热带假丝酵母突变株D28出发,经两次紫外线照射诱变,选育到一株从正十三烷产生1,13-十三碳二元酸较高的突变株2—23号菌。该突变株较出发菌株提高产酸率20％,达40．4g／L。突变株2—23也能将一定链长的长链烷烃以较高的产率转变成相应的单一二元酸。此外,在产酸摇瓶条件试验中观察到烷烃的诱导作用,使突变株产酸能力得以提高。用烷烃预培养的种子发酵正十三烷,其产生1,13一十三碳二元酸的量较糖质碳源培养的种子发酵时要提高30％。     

烷烃发酵产生1，13-十三碳二元酸及其诱导作用的研究

从能利用正十二烷产生1,12-十二碳二元酸的热带假丝酵母突变株D28出发,经两次紫外线照射诱变,选育到一株从正十三烷产生1,13-十三碳二元酸较高的突变株2—23号菌。该突变株较出发菌株提高产酸率20％,达40．4g／L。突变株2—23也能将一定链长的长链烷烃以较高的产率转变成相应的单一二元酸。此外,在产酸摇瓶条件试验中观察到烷烃的诱导作用,使突变株产酸能力得以提高。用烷烃预培养的种子发酵正十三烷,其产生1,13一十三碳二元酸的量较糖质碳源培养的种子发酵时要提高30％。     

高产十四碳二元酸的新菌株

中国科学院微生物研究所陈远童教授在石油微生物领域 ,微生物正烷烃代谢产物和代谢途径的基础理论研究以及微生物发酵正烷烃生产长链二元酸系列产品的应用开发研究中 ,取得优异成绩 ,尤其通过国家“八五”和“九五”科技攻关 ,先后培育出高产十五碳二元酸 (DC15)、十二碳二元酸 (DC12 )和十三碳二元酸 (DC13) 3株高产突变株 ,通过代谢调控和过程优化 ,在 2 5吨罐中试和 2 0吨罐规模工业生产试验研究中 ,把DC15、DC12 和DC13的发酵产酸水平稳定在 1 80～ 2 0 0g/L的国际领先水平。并率先在国内建成国际上首家千吨级规模的二元酸生产工…     

热带假丝酵母多倍体变种的细胞色素P450和尿素在烷烃代谢中的作用

建立了可行的细胞色素 P450测定方法。考察了以烷烃为单一碳源的酵母细胞色素P450的一氧化碳差示光谱,峰值约为455nm。观察了烷烃培养的酵母细胞色素 P450在生长期中的消长。比较了十四醇、十四醇添加苯巴比妥、以及正十四烷等三种不同培养条件下酵母细胞色素P450的含量和发酵产物的成份。结果表明,细胞色素 P450为烷烃转化成二元酸所必需。烷烃为单一碳源培养酵母时,培养基中过量尿素(0.2%以上)促进烷烃利用和酵母生长,降低细胞色素 P450生成和二元酸的积累。根据上述实验结果和本研究室以前报道,提出了烷烃代谢调控模式。     

以淀粉为碳源衣康酸高产菌株的筛选

对土曲霉出发菌株进行紫外线诱变、LiCl诱变以及代谢终产物抗性菌株选育。代谢终产物抗性菌株选育是一种有效的遗传育种方法,能显著提高产酸量。得到一株代号为At394的菌株,以玉米淀粉部分水解糖为碳源,产酸量为53.9g/L,比出发菌株提高了42.6%。糖酸转化率为61.5%,为所有筛选菌株最高。用红外光谱进行结构分析证实所得产物为衣康酸。     

十三碳二元酸发酵过程菌体生长期动力学模型及其应用

介绍了由十三碳烷烃生产十三碳二元酸的发酵过程,对其中的菌体生长期的代谢过程进行了分析。提出了以CO₂释放率判断菌体生长状况的方法,据此可确定进入产酸期的最佳时间．建立了菌体生长期底物消耗及菌体生长的动力学模型,对模型参数进行了回归估值。并对菌体生长期进行了拟合。结果表明,模型的计算值和实测值吻合得较好,平均相对偏差为2．4％。利用所建模型对菌体生长期进行多种操作条件下的模拟计算,结果表明,提高蔗糖浓度及初始菌体浓度均能显著地提高菌体生长期结束时的菌体浓度。     

热带假丝酵母代谢烷烃过程中的β-氧化和代谢调控

热带假丝酵母(Candida tropicalis)能利用烷烃作唯一碳源和能源.当以烷烃或脂肪酸为碳源时,在细胞内可形成大量的过氧化物酶体(peroxisome),同时诱导生成脂肪酸β-氧化酶系,当以葡萄糖为碳源时,则极少有过氧化物酶体形成[1],一些C.tropicalis能氧化烷烃生成长链二元酸(long chain dicarboxylicacid,DCA).由于这些特征,人们从酶学、分子生物学和实际应用等方面对这种酵母进行了深入研究,并阐述了C.tropicalis代谢烷烃的途径、脂肪酸β-氧化酶系的生理功能及其几种重要酶的基因结构和酶活性的调控,阐明了它与哺乳动物细胞在脂肪酸代谢及调控方面上的差异;通过C.tropicalis突变株的筛选和发酵工艺的优化,使长链二元酸发酵技术实现了产业化[2,3].     

解脂假丝酵母(Candida lipolytica)B74利用正烷烃产生柠檬酸的研究

解脂假丝酵母(Candida lipolytica)B14以正烷烃为碳源可以形成柠檬酸和异柠檬酸。在正烷烃、(NH4)2SO4 过磷酸钙、玉米浆和NaCl等组成的培养基上,发酵4天,发酵液中柠檬酸含量达6．95％。用吡啶显色,总酸(以柠檬酸计)含量达13.78％。将异柠檬酸转化为柠檬酸,发酵液中柠檬酸含量上升到12—13％,柠檬酸占总酸的比例从40一50％提高到80—90％。原料转化率(产酸量与正烷烃量之比)按柠檬酸计达1I 2％,总醛转化率达132．5％,最高达184．1％。     

Engineering the acetyl-CoA transportation system of candida tropicalis enhances the production of dicarboxylic acid

Dicarboxylic acids (DCAs) can be obtained by oxidizing alkanes by Candida tropicalis. Through alpha-monocarboxylic acids (MCAs), alpha- and omega-oxidation yield alpha- or omega-DCAs, respectively. However, both MCAs and DCAs may be degraded to acetyl-CoA by beta-oxidation, resulting in a limited DCA yield. Acetyl-CoA can be transported into the mitochondrion for the TCA cycle by carnitine acetyltransferase (CAT), by which the energy generation and beta-oxidation are connected. In this paper, we present a method to reconstruct the metabolic pathway by inhibiting the acetyl-CoA transportation system. Metabolic engineering is applied on the acetyl-CoA transportation system, but not the key enzymes in beta-oxidation. Starting with the original strain W10-1, cat heterozygote CZ-15 and cat homozygote CKC-11 were obtained by gene knockout. The CAT specific activity in CZ-15 was about 50% lower than that in W10-1, resulting in a 21.0% increase of the DCA concentration, and a 12% increase of the molar conversion of alkane, reaching 61.6%. However, no CAT activity was detected in CKC-11, and CKC-11 could not grow on alkane. These results indicate that inhibition of beta-oxidation via reconstruction of the transportation process between organelles can facilitate DCA production, but that totally blocking the & betagr;-oxidation would be harmful for energy supply. We thus provide a novel insight into regulation of the beta-oxidation system and metabolic flux. Further understanding of beta-oxidation and the acetyl-CoA transportation system in Candida tropicalis is reached through examination of fermentation data by metabolic flux analysis.     

Isolation and enzyme determination of Candida tropicalis mutants for DCA production

Techniques, named two-step enrichment and double-time replica-plating method (TEDR), are described that allow a mutated population of Candida tropicalis to be enriched efficiently for mutants deficient in the alkane degradation pathway (Alk(-)) and to be selected easily for mutants increasing in the DCA (dicarboxylic acids) excretion pathway. After C. tropicalis was mutated with ethyl methane sulphonate and ultraviolet, the Alk(-) mutants were enriched (the first step enrichment, up to eightfold in one round of enrichment) by treatment with nystatin in medium SEL1-1. The mutagen-treated cells were then cultured in medium YPD containing chlorpromazine for further enriching (the second-step enrichment, up to threefold in one round) the mutants with an increasing capacity of alpha- and omega-oxidation. On the other hand, the Alk(-) mutants were readily isolated by the SEL1 replica-plating method by using alkane or glucose as the sole carbon source. A total of 43 Alk(-) mutants were isolated from 2x10(8) mutagen-treated cells. In the following steps, by using SEL2 replica plating, the screening studies showed that of the 43 Alk(-) mutants, 11 strains could accumulate DCA greatly from alkane, and strains 1-12 and 1-3, especially, could produce nearly three times as much DCA as the wild-type organism could. The results showed that the strains had more cytochrome P450 activity and a higher converting capacity of alkane.     

热带假丝酵母转化烷烃过程中P450酶活的研究

a-、ω-长链二元酸(α-、ω-Long Chin Dicarboxylic Acid,DCA)是一种重要的化工原料,是合成工程塑料、香料、耐寒性增塑剂、涂料和液晶等物质的主要原料.目前,人们主要通过热带假丝酵母(Candidatropicalis)代谢烷烃来生产从DCA11到DCA18等不同碳链长的二元酸[1,2].多年来在各种微生物,尤其是假丝酵母的烷烃氧化途径方面有大量的研究[3,4].在假丝酵母转化烷烃生成长链二元酸的代谢过程中[5-7],烷烃被吸引进入细胞后,首先经过细胞色素P450酶(Cy-tochrome P450)氧化生成a-一元醇,再进一步被氧化生成a-一元酸,引过程称为a-氧化.     

葡萄糖和麦芽糖碳源底物对粪产碱杆菌合成凝胶多糖的胞内代谢流影响*

麦芽糖和葡萄糖对粪产碱杆菌发酵合成凝胶多糖有着显著的影响,为了详细分析两种底物对凝胶多糖合成的影响机制,利用恒化培养实验及稳态碳平衡代谢分析,研究发现在稀释速率为0.1h^-1时,利用麦芽糖和葡萄糖为碳源底物的条件下粪产碱杆菌的微观代谢途径通量有较大的差异。以麦芽糖为底物时凝胶多糖的摩尔得率为53.8%,比葡萄糖为碳源时的摩尔得率(36.9%)高出了45.8%以上。同时以麦芽糖为碳源时HMP途径的绝对代谢通量比葡萄糖时的通量提升了40%以上。这条途径通量的增加,提升了NADPH还原力供给速率,促进了依赖于还原力NADPH的凝胶多糖合成途径通量,提升了碳源底物向产物的摩尔转化速率。而且代谢流分析结果显示ED途径通量和能量提供也是影响粪产碱杆菌凝胶多糖合成效率的关键因素。麦芽糖作为碳源底物过程中维持的较低的残留葡萄糖浓度解除了高葡萄糖浓度条件下对凝胶多糖合成的抑制,能够实现更高通量的ATP能量提供效率,更加促进了凝胶多糖合成通量。     

肉毒碱乙酰转移酶基因敲除对长链二元酸生产代谢过程的影响

在利用热带假丝酵母发酵生产长链二元酸的过程中 ,脂肪酸将进入 β 氧化途径 ,代谢产生能量 ,从而降低产物收率。首次以负责运输的肉毒碱乙酰转移酶为改造目标 ,在肉毒碱乙酰转移酶基因中插入潮霉素B抗性基因 ,构建DNA转化质粒 ,并进行一次同源重组 ,得到肉毒碱乙酰转移酶基因单拷贝敲除的基因工程菌。根据摇瓶实验结果 ,该基因工程菌与原始菌株相比 ,十三碳二元酸的产量与摩尔转化率分别提高了 13 0 %和 11 8%。     

Biosynthesis of alkanes by particulate and solubilized enzyme preparations from pea leaves (Pisum sativum)

Enzymatic activity responsible for the conversion of fatty acids to alkanes catalyzed by pea leaf homogenate was found to be mainly in the microsomal fraction. This particulate preparation catalyzed alkane formation from n-C18, n-C22, and n-C24 acids at rates comparable to that observed with n-C32 acid with O2 and ascorbate as required cofactors. In each case the major alkane contained two carbon atoms less than the precursor acid. Since the preparation also catalyzed alpha-oxidation, it was suspected that some alpha-oxidation intermediate, with one less carbon atom than the substrate acid, might lose another carbon to generate the alkane. Thin-layer and radio-gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of the products generated from [U-14C]stearic acid by the particulate preparation after different periods of incubation showed that, at all time periods, alpha-hydroxy C18 acid, C17 aldehyde, and C17 acid were the major products. Since C16 alkane was the major product even after short periods of reaction, the C17 aldehyde might have been the immediate precursor of the alkane. Exogenous labeled C18 and C24 aldehyde were converted to alkanes. The alkane-synthesizing activity was solubilized from the microsomal preparation using Triton X-100. The solubilized preparation was retarded in a Sepharose 6-B column, but the hydrocarbon-forming activity was not resolved from alpha-oxidation. The solubilized preparation produced alkane with two carbon atoms less than the parent acid in a time- and protein-dependent manner. The soluble preparation also required O2 and ascorbate and, like the microsomal preparation, was inhibited by dithioerythritol and metal ion chelating agents.     

Alkane biosynthesis by decarbonylation of aldehyde catalyzed by a microsomal preparation from Botryococcus braunii

The final step in the synthesis of n-hydrocarbons in an animal and a higher plant involves enzymatic decarbonylation of aldehydes to the corresponding alkanes by loss of the carbonyl carbon. Whether such a novel reaction is involved in hydrocarbon synthesis in the colonial microalga, Botryococcus braunii, which is known to produce unusually high levels (up to 32% of dry weight) of n-C27, C29, and C31 alka-dienes and -trienes, was investigated. Dithioerythritol severely inhibited the incorporation of [1-14C]acetate into these hydrocarbons with accumulation of the label in the aldehyde fraction in the B. braunii cells. Microsomal preparations of the alga synthesized alkane from fatty acid and aldehyde in the absence of O2. Conversion of fatty acid to alkane required CoA, ATP, and NADH, whereas conversion of aldehyde to alkane did not require the addition of cofactors. That the alkane synthesis involves a decarbonylation was shown by the production of CO and heptadecane from octadecanal. CO was identified by adsorption to RhCl[(C6H6)3P]3. The decarbonylase had a pH optimum at 7.0, an apparent Km of 65 microM, a Vmax of 1.36 nmol/min/mg and was inhibited by the metal chelators EDTA, O-phenanthroline and 8-hydroxyquinoline. It was stimulated nearly threefold by 2 mM ascorbate and inhibited by the presence of O2. A partial (28%) retention of the aldehydic hydrogen of [1-3H]octadecanal in the heptadecane was observed; the remaining 3H was lost to H2O. The microsomal preparation also catalyzed the oxidation of 14CO to 14CO2, with a pH optimum of 7.0. This accounts for the nonstoichiometry of CO to heptadecane observed. In vivo studies with 14CO showed that the label was incorporated into metabolic products. This metabolic conversion of CO, not found in the previously examined hydrocarbon synthesizing systems, may be necessary for organisms that produce large amounts of hydrocarbons such as the present alga. The mechanism of the decarbonylation and the nature of the decarbonylase remain to be elucidated.     

亚热带森林转换对土壤微生物呼吸及其熵值的影响

土壤微生物呼吸及其熵值是表征土壤质量变化的敏感性指标,不仅能衡量土壤微生物碳利用效率,还能揭示土壤有机碳的变化。通过比较亚热带米槠天然林转换为马尾松人工林和杉木人工林后土壤微生物呼吸速率、土壤微生物生物量碳以及微生物熵、代谢熵的差异,研究亚热带森林转换对土壤微生物碳利用效率的影响。研究结果显示:(1)与天然林相比,马尾松人工林0—10 cm土壤微生物呼吸速率上升32%(P0.05),马尾松人工林和杉木人工林10—20 cm土壤微生物呼吸速率分别下降26%和24%(P0.05);但在20—40 cm土层和40—60 cm土层,天然林土壤微生物呼吸速率比马尾松人工林分别高50%和43%;(2)马尾松人工林和杉木人工林0—10 cm土层土壤微生物生物量碳(MBC)比天然林分别下降19%和40%(P0.05),但马尾松人工林10—20 cm土壤MBC上升29%(P0.05);(3)人工林表层土壤微生物熵与天然林没有显著差异,但与天然林相比,杉木人工林和马尾松人工林20—40 cm土层土壤微生物熵分别下降51%和71%(P0.05),40—60 cm分别下降52%、66%(P0.05)。土壤微生物代谢熵的变化主要发生在0—10 cm土层,马尾松人工林和杉木人工林分别比天然林增加38%和29%(P0.05),在深层土壤,3种林分微生物代谢熵没有显著差异。亚热带森林转换导致表层土壤微生物碳利用效率下降,深层土壤易分解碳在总有机碳库中占比下降,有机碳可利用程度降低。     

通过改变代谢途径选育谷氨酸生产菌株

经化学诱变,通过改变谷氨酸棒杆菌B1的代谢途径,筛选出以甘油,琥珀酰CoA和乙醛酸为碳源的营养缺陷型,该突变菌株B4的产酸率和转化率分别比出发菌株高18.1%和12.7%。     

GSTZ1 expression and chloride concentrations modulate sensitivity of cancer cells to dichloroacetate

Dichloroacetate (DCA), commonly used to treat metabolic disorders, is under investigation as an anti-cancer therapy due to its ability to reverse the Warburg effect and induce apoptosis in tumor cells. While DCA's mechanism of action is well-studied, other factors that influence its potential as a cancer treatment have not been thoroughly investigated. Here we show that expression of glutathione transferase zeta 1 (GSTZ1), the enzyme responsible for conversion of DCA to its inactive metabolite, glyoxylate, is downregulated in liver cancer and upregulated in some breast cancers, leading to abnormal expression of the protein. The cellular concentration of chloride, an ion that influences the stability of GSTZ1 in the presence of DCA, was also found to be abnormal in tumors, with consistently higher concentrations in hepatocellular carcinoma than in surrounding non-tumor tissue. Finally, results from experiments employing two- and three-dimensional cultures of HepG2 cells, parental and transduced to express GSTZ1, demonstrate that high levels of GSTZ1 expression confers resistance to the effect of high concentrations of DCA on cell viability. These results may have important clinical implications in determining intratumoral metabolism of DCA and, consequently, appropriate oral dosing.