基于代谢通量分析的琥珀酸放线杆菌高产选育研究

在对产琥珀酸放线杆菌代谢分析的基础上选育出高产突变株对琥珀酸的工业生物转化有重要意义.在矩阵分析代谢通量基础上,围绕柔性节点下的副产物乙酸及乙醇的降低分别实施软X诱变及定点突变选育,并对比分析了突变株与出发株相关酶活及基因序列变化.针对出发株的流量分析显示产物琥珀酸的代谢通量为1.78(mmol/g/h),主要副产物乙酸与乙醇的代谢通量分别为(0.60mmol/g/h)和(1.04 mmol/g/h),并发现乙醇代谢加剧了琥珀酸合成中的H电子供体的不足;筛选出的氟乙酸抗性突变株S.JST1的乙酸代谢通量降低了96%,为0.024(mmol/g/h),酶活检测表明磷酸乙酰转移酶(Pta)的酶比活力从602降低到74,进一步的序列对比分析发现pta突变基因中产生了一个突变位点:adh定点复合突变株S.JST2的乙醇代谢通量降低了98%,为0.020(mmol/g/h),酶活检测表明Adh的酶比活力从585降低到62.最终突变株S.JST2琥珀酸累积产量达65.7 g/L.围绕产琥珀酸放线杆菌Pta及Adh酶活的降低实施定向选育,在降低副产物流量的同时,有助于改善细胞H供体代谢平衡进而提高琥珀酸的流量.所获突变株具有工业应用潜力.     

耐铵型产琥珀酸放线杆菌的选育

以Actinobacillus succinogenes NJ113为出发菌株,经硫酸二乙酯(DES)诱变,在含8～20 g/L硫酸铵平板中筛选到一株耐铵型突变株YZ25,该菌株在含8 g/L硫酸铵培养基中厌氧发酵,琥珀酸产量达32.68 g/L,比出发菌提高了180.5%,对葡萄糖收率达65.4%,副产物乙酸、甲酸产量分别下降3.5%、28.7%,琥珀酸/乙酸比值由0.63提高到2.5。在7.5 L发酵罐中,用氨水调节pH分批实验,发酵34 h琥珀酸产量达27.13 g/L,较出发菌株提高了85.3%。     

Kinetic characterization in batch and continuous culture of Escherichia coli mutants affected in phosphoenolpyruvate metabolism: differences in acetic acid production

The growth kinetics of an Escherichia coli wild type strain and two derivative mutants were examined in batch cultures and in glucose-limited chemostats. One mutant (PB12) had an inactive phosphotranferase transport system and the other (PB25) had interrupted pykA and pykF genes that code for the two pyruvate kinase isoenzymes. In both batch and continuous culture, important differences in acetic acid accumulation and other metabolic activities were found. Compared to the wild type strain, we observed a reduction in acetic acid accumulation of 25 and 80% in PB25 and PB12 strains respectively, in batch culture. Continuous culture experiments revealed that compared to the other two strains, PB25 accumulated less acetic acid as a function of dilution rate. In continuous cultures, oxidoreductase metabolic activities were substantially affected in the two mutant strains. These changes in turn were reflected in different levels of biomass and CO₂ production, and in oxygen consumption.     

Disruption of the acetate kinase (<Emphasis Type="Italic">ack</Emphasis>) gene of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Clostridium acetobutylicum</Emphasis> results in delayed acetate production

In microorganisms, the enzyme acetate kinase (AK) catalyses the formation of ATP from ADP by de-phosphorylation of acetyl phosphate into acetic acid. A mutant strain of Clostridium acetobutylicum lacking acetate kinase activity is expected to have reduced acetate and acetone production compared to the wild type. In this work, a C. acetobutylicum mutant strain with a selectively disrupted ack gene, encoding AK, was constructed and genetically and physiologically characterized. The ack (-) strain showed a reduction in acetate kinase activity of more than 97% compared to the wild type. The fermentation profiles of the ack (-) and wild-type strain were compared using two different fermentation media, CGM and CM1. The latter contains acetate and has a higher iron and magnesium content than CGM. In general, fermentations by the mutant strain showed a clear shift in the timing of peak acetate production relative to butyrate and had increased acid uptake after the onset of solvent formation. Specifically, in acetate containing CM1 medium, acetate production was reduced by more than 80% compared to the wild type under the same conditions, but both strains produced similar final amounts of solvents. Fermentations in CGM showed similar peak acetate and butyrate levels, but increased acetoin (60%), ethanol (63%) and butanol (16%) production and reduced lactate (-50%) formation by the mutant compared to the wild type. These findings are in agreement with the proposed regulatory function of butyryl phosphate as opposed to acetyl phosphate in the metabolic switch of solventogenic clostridia.     

Ammonia cometabolism and product inhibition vary considerably among species of methanotrophic bacteria

The structural gene for 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase ( acdS ) from the endophytic plant growth-promoting bacterium Burkholderia phytofirmans PsJN was isolated and used to construct a mutant strain B. phytofirmans YS2 ( B. phytofirmans PsJN/Δ acdS ), in which an internal segment of the acdS gene was deleted. The mutant YS2 lost ACC deaminase activity as well as the ability to promote the elongation of the roots of canola seedlings. Concomitant with the creation of this deletion mutant, a number of physiological changes were observed in the bacterium, including an increase in indole acetic acid synthesis, a decrease in the production of siderophores and an increase in the cellular level of the stationary-phase σ factor, RpoS. Introduction of the wild-type acdS gene into the mutant YS2 to construct strain B. phytofirmans YS3 ( B. phytofirmans YS2/pRK-AcdS) restored both ACC deaminase activity and plant growth-promotion activity in strain YS3. However, the complemented mutant still showed the above-mentioned physiological changes.     

Improvement of Lactobacillus brevis NM101-1 grown on sugarcane molasses for mannitol,lactic and acetic acid production

The conversion of sugarcane molasses for the production of lactic acid, acetic acid, and mannitol was enhanced by subjecting Lactobacillus brevis NM101-1 wild strain to various doses of gamma irradiation. Four mutants (LM-1-LM-4) obtained at gamma ray doses of 30, 60, 90, and 120 Gy produced higher levels of lactic acid, acetic acid, and mannitol than the wild-type. Among all the mutants tested, LM-3 strain showed the highest mannitol and acetic acid production which reached 198.95 and 96.86 g/l, respectively. On the other hand, mutant LM-1strain exhibited the best performance with respect to lactic acid production (143.73 g/l). Random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction technique (RAPD-PCR) using three primers (RP, R5, and M13) was used in order to detect the variation in DNA profile in response to gamma irradiation treatments. RAPD analysis indicated the appearance and disappearance of DNA polymorphic bands at different gamma ray doses. The results showed the potential of these mutants to be potential candidates for economical production of mannitol, lactic and acetic acids from molasses on a commercial scale.     

Improvement of ethanol production of themophilic Clostridium sp. by Mutation

Three thermophilic Clostridium strains were isolated from soil as cellulose-fermenting bacteria wich produced ethanol, lactic acid, and acetic acid from cellulose at 60°C. To increase ethanol productivity, strains no. 187 was mutated with N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosguanidine. The resultant mutant, no 187-102-27, was superior to the original strain in ethanol production, and produced less lactic and acetic acid. The activities of some enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of the lactic and acetic acid of mutant no. 187-102-27 were lower than those of the original strain. These results are highly consistent with the acid production of the mutant strain being low.     

乙酸渗漏型丙酮酸高产菌的选育

对Torulopsis glabrata WSH-IP303进行NTG诱变,挑选以乙酸为补充碳源的平板上透明圈较大的菌落,经初筛和复筛,发现T.glabrataWSH-LQ307生产丙酮酸能力强且稳定。以乙酸为补充碳源摇瓶培养48h,其丙酮酸产量（46.2g/L)比出发菌株（38.3g/L)提高21%,采用该菌株在5L发酵罐上进行4批发酵实验,丙酮酸产量在64h最高可达68.7g/L,对葡萄糖的转化率为0.651g/g。     

Actinobacillus succinogenes抗氟乙酸突变株的选育及其代谢流量分析

琥珀酸是一种用于合成树脂、可降解塑料及许多化学中间体的重要绿色化工原料。为了提高琥珀酸的发酵产率, 基于Actinobacillus succinogenes的代谢流量分布情况对其育种机制进行了研究。以Actinobacillus succinogenes CGMCC1593为原始菌株进行NTG诱变, 挑选在含有50~100 mmol/L氟乙酸平板生长较快的菌落, 经过初筛和复筛, 发现SF-9菌株产生更多琥珀酸且积累乙酸较少。以50 g/L的葡萄糖为碳源, 在5 L发酵罐上进行分批发酵, 该菌株发酵32 h时琥珀酸产量(34.8 g/L)提高了23.4%, 琥珀酸/乙酸比率为9:1, 副产物乙酸量比原始菌株降低了约50%。代谢流量分析(MFA)结果表明, PEP是影响琥珀酸合成的关键节点, PYR是影响乙酸等杂酸生成比例的关键节点, 并且这两个节点均非刚性节点。通过氟乙酸抗性诱变, 成功地筛选出了流向乙酸、甲酸和乳酸等杂酸的流量相对减少, 而流向琥珀酸的流量明显增强的突变菌株SF-9。     

Actinobacillus succinogenes抗氟乙酸突变株的选育及其代谢流量分析

琥珀酸是一种用于合成树脂、可降解塑料及许多化学中间体的重要绿色化工原料。为了提高琥珀酸的发酵产率, 基于Actinobacillus succinogenes的代谢流量分布情况对其育种机制进行了研究。以Actinobacillus succinogenes CGMCC1593为原始菌株进行NTG诱变, 挑选在含有50~100 mmol/L氟乙酸平板生长较快的菌落, 经过初筛和复筛, 发现SF-9菌株产生更多琥珀酸且积累乙酸较少。以50 g/L的葡萄糖为碳源, 在5 L发酵罐上进行分批发酵, 该菌株发酵32 h时琥珀酸产量(34.8 g/L)提高了23.4%, 琥珀酸/乙酸比率为9:1, 副产物乙酸量比原始菌株降低了约50%。代谢流量分析(MFA)结果表明, PEP是影响琥珀酸合成的关键节点, PYR是影响乙酸等杂酸生成比例的关键节点, 并且这两个节点均非刚性节点。通过氟乙酸抗性诱变, 成功地筛选出了流向乙酸、甲酸和乳酸等杂酸的流量相对减少, 而流向琥珀酸的流量明显增强的突变菌株SF-9。     

Alterations of glucose metabolism in Escherichia coli mutants defective in respiratory-chain enzymes

The effects of reduced efficiency of proton-motive force (pmf) generation on glucose metabolism were investigated in Escherichia coli respiratory-chain mutants. The respiratory chain of E. coli consists of two NADH dehydrogenases and three terminal oxidases, all with different abilities to generate a pmf. The genes for isozymes with the highest pmf-generating capacity (NADH dehydrogenase-1 and cytochrome bo? oxidase) were knocked out singly or in combination, using a wild-type strain as the parent. Analyses of glucose metabolism by jar-fermentation revealed that the glucose consumption rate per cell increased with decreasing efficiency of pmf generation, as determined from the growth parameters of the mutants. The highest rate of glucose metabolism was observed in the double mutant, and the lowest was observed in the wild-type strain. The respiration rates of the single-knockout mutants were comparable to that of the wild-type strain, and that of the double mutant was higher, apparently as a result of the upregulation of the remaining respiratory chain enzymes. All of the strains excreted 2-oxoglutaric acid as a product of glucose metabolism. Additionally, all of the mutants excreted pyruvic acid and/or acetic acid. Interestingly, the double mutant excreted L-glutamic acid. Alterations of the fermentation profiles provide clues regarding the metabolic regulation in each mutant.     

Engineering efficient xylose metabolism into an acetic acid-tolerant Zymomonas mobilis strain by introducing adaptation-induced mutations

The impact of the two adaptation-induced mutations in an improved xylose-fermenting Zymomonas mobilis strain was investigated. The chromosomal mutation at the xylose reductase gene was critical to xylose metabolism by reducing xylitol formation. Together with the plasmid-borne mutation impacting xylose isomerase activity, these two mutations accounted for 80?% of the improvement achieved by adaptation. To generate a strain fermenting xylose in the presence of high acetic acid concentrations, we transferred the two mutations to an acetic acid-tolerant strain. The resulting strain fermented glucose?+?xylose (each at 5?% w/v) with 1?% (w/v) acetic acid at pH 5.8 to completion with an ethanol yield of 93.4?%, outperforming other reported strains. This work demonstrated the power of applying molecular understanding in strain improvement.     

Hydrogen peroxide resistance of Acetobacter pasteurianus NBRC3283 and its relationship to acetic acid fermentation

The bacterium Acetobacter pasteurianus can ferment acetic acid, a process that proceeds at the risk of oxidative stress. To understand the stress response, we investigated catalase and OxyR in A. pasteurianus NBRC3283. This strain expresses only a KatE homolog as catalase, which is monofunctional and growth dependent. Disruption of the oxyR gene increased KatE activity, but both the katE and oxyR mutant strains showed greater sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide as compared to the parental strain. These mutant strains showed growth similar to the parental strain in the ethanol oxidizing phase, but their growth was delayed when cultured in the presence of acetic acid and of glycerol and during the acetic acid peroxidation phase. The results suggest that A. pasteurianus cells show different oxidative stress responses between the metabolism via the membrane oxidizing pathway and that via the general aerobic pathway during acetic acid fermentation.     

絮凝基因FLO1及FLO1c高表达提高工业酿酒酵母乙酸耐受性及发酵性能

乙酸是生物质乙醇发酵过程中酵母细胞面临的重要抑制剂之一,对细胞生长及发酵性能有强烈的抑制作用。增强酵母菌对乙酸胁迫的耐受性对提高乙醇产率具有重要意义。用分别带有完整絮凝基因FLO1及其重复序列单元C发生缺失的衍生基因FLO1c的重组表达质粒分别转化非絮凝型工业酿酒酵母CE6,获得絮凝型重组酵母菌株6-AF1和6-AF1c。同时以空载体p YCPGA1转化CE6的菌株CE6-V为对照菌株。与CE6-V相比,絮凝酵母明显提高了对乙酸胁迫的耐受性。在0.6%(V/V)乙酸胁迫下,6-AF1和6-AF1c的乙醇产率分别为对照菌株CE6-V的1.56倍和1.62倍;在1.0%(V/V)乙酸胁迫下,6-AF1和6-AF1c的乙醇产率分别为对照菌株CE6-V的1.21倍和1.78倍。可见絮凝能力改造能明显提高工业酿酒酵母的乙酸胁迫耐受性及发酵性能,而且FLO1内重复序列单元C缺失具有更加明显的效果。     

Development of xylose-fermenting yeast Pichia stipitis for ethanol production through adaptation on hardwood hemicellulose acid prehydrolysate

AIMS: The objective of this study was to develop a mutant from Pichia stipitis NRRL Y-7124, tolerant of high concentrations of acetic acid and other inhibitory components present in acid hydrolysates, to improve ethanol yield and productivity. METHODS AND RESULTS: The mutant was developed through adaptation in acid hydrolysate supplemented with nutrients and minerals at 30 +/- 0.5 degrees C. When it was tested for its ability to ferment acid hydrolysate, it showed shorter fermentation time, better tolerance to acid and could ferment at lower pH. The ethanol yield (Yp/s) and productivity (Qp) were increased 1.6- and 2.1-fold, respectively. CONCLUSION: The development of a mutant and its tolerance to acetic acid present in hydrolysates is described. The selected mutant is capable of fermenting both hexoses and pentoses present in hydrolysate at lower pH in comparison with the parent strain. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The mutant could play a significant role in reducing environmental pollution by using sugars present in pulp mill effluent and, at the same time, could produce a marketable liquid fuel ethanol.     

Construction and characterization of pta gene-deleted mutant of Clostridium tyrobutyricum for enhanced butyric acid fermentation

Clostridium tyrobutyricum ATCC 25755 is an acidogenic bacterium, producing butyrate and acetate as its main fermentation products. In order to decrease acetate and increase butyrate production, integrational mutagenesis was used to disrupt the gene associated with the acetate formation pathway in C. tyrobutyricum. A nonreplicative integrational plasmid containing the phosphotransacetylase gene (pta) fragment cloned from C. tyrobutyricum by using degenerate primers and an erythromycin resistance cassette were constructed and introduced into C. tyrobutyricum by electroporation. Integration of the plasmid into the homologous region on the chromosome inactivated the target pta gene and produced the pta-deleted mutant (PTA-Em), which was confirmed by Southern hybridization. SDS-PAGE and two-dimensional protein electrophoresis results indicated that protein expression was changed in the mutant. Enzyme activity assays using the cell lysate showed that the activities of PTA and acetate kinase (AK) in the mutant were reduced by more than 60% for PTA and 80% for AK. The mutant grew more slowly in batch fermentation with glucose as the substrate but produced 15% more butyrate and 14% less acetate as compared to the wild-type strain. Its butyrate productivity was approximately 2-fold higher than the wild-type strain. Moreover, the mutant showed much higher tolerance to butyrate inhibition, and the final butyrate concentration was improved by 68%. However, inactivation of pta gene did not completely eliminate acetate production in the fermentation, suggesting the existence of other enzymes (or pathways) also leading to acetate formation. This is the first-reported genetic engineering study demonstrating the feasibility of using a gene-inactivation technique to manipulate the acetic acid formation pathway in C. tyrobutyricum in order to improve butyric acid production from glucose.     

Enhanced 2,3-butanediol production by altering the mixed acid fermentation pathway in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Klebsiella oxytoca</Emphasis>

Klebsiella oxytoca mutants were isolated from the wild type strain ME-303 after mutagenesis with UV coupled with diethyl sulfate and the following modified proton suicide method. By analyzing the activities of lactate dehydrogenase and phosphotransacetylase involved in lactic and acetic acid formation pathways and batch fermentation, one mutant, ME-UD-3, was isolated that produced 7.8% more 2,3-butanediol than ME-303 with the corresponding byproducts of lactic and acetic acid decreased by 88% and 92%, respectively.