丙酮酸脱羧酶基因和乙醇脱氢酶基因表达载体的构建

以运动发酵单胞菌(Zymomonas mobilis)的总DNA为模板,PCR扩增运动发酵单胞菌中的丙酮酸脱羧酶( Pyruvate decarboxylase,PDC)基因和乙醇脱氢酶Ⅱ(Alcohol dehydrogenaseⅡ,ADHⅡ)基因.将丙酮酸脱羧酶基因和含核糖体结合位点(RBS)的乙醇脱氢酶基因串联起来置于T7启动子控制下,构成多顺反子表达质粒pQR-PRA.经酶切和PCR验证,表达载体构建成功.将pQR-PRA转入大肠埃希菌(Escherichia coli)BL21中,转化子的定性检测表明有酶表达,并且初步测定了2种酶的表达量.     

红曲霉丙酮酸脱羧酶基因克隆及酶学性质分析

目的:研究生物乙醇发酵关键酶丙酮酸脱羧酶(Pyruvate decarboxylase,PDC)的性质和功能.方法:从SMART技术构建的红曲霉(Monascus anka CICC 5031 )cDNA文库中筛选pdc基因,亚克隆到表达载体pET-21b(+),原核表达、亲和层析纯化重组PDC.分析重组PDC和野生型PDC的酶学性质.结果:pdc基因的开放阅读框长1 713bp,编码一个570个氨基酸残基的蛋白质.重组PDC在E.coli BL21( DE3)中的表达量为菌体总蛋白的32.7％.重组PDC与野生型PDC比活分别为20.2U/mg和30.1U/mg.二者的最适反应条件均为pH6.0、30℃.重组PDC和野生型PDC的Km值分别为2.6mmol/L和0.56mmol/L.结论:红曲霉pdc基因可在大肠杆菌中高效表达,重组PDC稳定性较好,可用作生物乙醇生产的候选资源.     

缺乏维生素B1的人为什么会心跳加快、食欲不振、消化不良、容易发怒，甚至喜怒无常？

缺乏维生素Ｂ１的人为什么会心跳加快、食欲不振、消化不良、容易发怒,甚至喜怒无常？答：这是因为维生素Ｂ１在体内经硫胺素激酶催化,可与ＡＴＰ作用转变成焦磷酸硫胺素（ＴＰＰ）。ＴＰＰ是催化丙酮酸或ａ－酮戊二酸氧化脱羧反应的辅酶。丙酮酸在丙酮酸脱氢酶系催化下...     

双层面调控S. cerevisiae碳流促进L-乳酸积累

摘要：【目的】调控Sacchromyces cerevisiae丙酮酸节点碳流分布促进L-乳酸积累。【方法】利用同源重组方法,将来源于Bovine的乳酸脱氢酶基因LDH整合到S. cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1C基因组中,同时敲除丙酮酸脱羧酶基因PDC1,将碳流导向L-乳酸的积累,构建了基因工程菌S. cerevisiae CEN.PK2-1C[LDH]。在此基础上,通过分析丙酮酸节点处关键酶对NADH的Km值不同,而将来源于Streptococcus pneumoniae 的NADH氧化酶(n     

维生素B1与健康

维生素Ｂ１又称抗神经炎素、硫胺素或噻嘧胺。维生素Ｂ１有多种生理功能,与人类的健康有密切关系。１维生素Ｂ１的生理功能主要以辅酶方式参加糖的分解代谢。硫胺素的衍生物焦磷酸硫胺素（ＴＰＰ）是羧酶、丙酮酸脱氢酸和α－酮戊二酸脱氢酶的辅酶。在醇发酵过程中,它作...     

二氢硫辛酰转乙酰基酶通过乙酰化磷酸葡糖酸脱氢酶促进核酸合成

丙酮酸脱氢酶复合物(pyruvate dehydrogenase complex,PDC)是位于线粒体内的多酶复合物,催化丙酮酸不可逆地氧化脱羧转为乙酰辅酶A,二氢硫辛酰转乙酰基酶(dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase,DLAT)是PDC的1个亚基.PDC在细胞线粒体呼吸中发挥关键作用.但是D...     

人源多巴脱羧酶的表达、纯化以及高通量抑制剂筛选模型的建立

帕金森病是一种常见的神经系统退行性疾病。多巴脱羧酶（DDC）是帕金森病研究的靶点蛋白之一,但是目前没有高通量的测活模型。因此,需要构建一种高通量多巴脱羧酶抑制剂的筛选模型,用于发现新型抑制剂。采用克隆表达纯化得到多巴脱羧酶和用于酶偶联反应的磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶（PEPC）。基于一系列酶联反应将CO2固定,检测其含量,从而测定多巴脱羧酶的活性。结果得到人源多巴脱羧酶和磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶的体外纯酶,建立了一种高通量筛选模型,并且从70个天然化合物中,筛选得到2个多巴脱羧酶的抑制剂。成功构建了一种基于体外纯酶高通量多巴脱羧酶抑制剂的筛选模型。     

酿酒酵母产苹果酸的还原TCA路径构建及发酵调控

苹果酸广泛应用于食品、化工行业。文中通过在酿酒酵母内敲除丙酮酸脱羧酶PDC1,并通过构建胞质内还原TCA的路径,即超表达丙酮酸羧化酶和苹果酸脱氢酶,成功地实现了苹果酸的生产。在野生型菌株中基本检测不到苹果酸的生成,而在工程菌株,苹果酸发酵浓度达到了45 mmol /L,同时副产物乙醇的产量也降低了18%。进一步通过发酵调控提高第二信使Ca2+的浓度使苹果酸的产量提高了7 %,在此基础上提高丙酮酸羧化酶的辅酶生物素浓度,使苹果酸的产量达到52.5 mmol /L,较原始菌株提高了16%。     

比色法快速测定乳酸菌谷氨酸脱羧酶活力及其应用

基于Berthelot显色测定ω-氨基酸的反应 ,探讨了比色法快速测定谷氨酸脱羧酶活力的测定条件。结果表明 ,该方法灵敏度较高 ,重现性好 ,成本低 ,快捷 ,可替代氨基酸分析仪分析法。对乳酸菌谷氨酸脱羧酶提取液的适宜反应底物体系为 0.2mol LMacIlvaine ,pH4.7,内含 0.1mmol LPLP (5 磷酸吡哆醛 ) ,10mmol L底物L MSG (L 谷氨酸钠 )。 2 0 0 μL底物溶液和 1～ 1 0 0 μL酶液在 3 0℃反应 ,然后冰浴中加入 2 0 0 μ/L 0.     

高等植物脱落酸生物合成的酶调控

高等植物ABA的生物合成开始于细胞质内的甲瓦龙酸 (MVA)或位于叶绿体内的丙酮酸_硫胺素焦磷酸 (TPP) ,经一系列反应最后在质体或胞质中形成的。除胁迫或植物发育中生理变化引起的诱导外 ,ABA的合成还受到一系列酶的调控 ,其中 ,玉米黄质环氧化酶 (ZE) ,9_顺环氧类胡萝卜素双加氧酶(NCED)和醛氧化酶 (AO)可能起到重要的调节作用。本文介绍近年来ABA生物合成酶调控的研究进展。     

Suicidal dephosphorylation of thiamine pyrophosphate coupled with pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Earlier it was noted that purified pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) produced by "Sigma" usually contains almost saturating amounts of thiamine pyrophosphate (ThPP). In this communication we present the observation that the endogenous ThPP coupled to PDC is dephosphorylated while staying at -10 degrees C, because in the enzyme preparation thiamine monophosphate and un-phosphorylated thiamine appear (HPLC determination). Under the same conditions exogenous ThPP is not dephosphorylated despite contact with the PDC preparation. This may suggest that interactions of some active groups of the enzyme with molecules of endogenous ThPP leads to break-up of the phosphoesters bonds, and destruction of the coenzyme. Decrease of PDC activity during storage is not in proportion with the degree of ThPP dephosphorylation. However the observed instability of PDC activity may be a consequence of the spontaneous process of its coenzyme autodestruction.     

31P NMR investigations on free and enzyme bound thiamine pyrophosphate

Pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) contains thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) and Mg2+ as cofactors. 31P NMR studies with PDC in the presence of added Mn2+ reveal the pyrophosphate moiety of TPP to be a nonaccessible area for the external Mn2+ and thus proving the Mg-P-complex (taking part in the binding of the coenzyme to the protein) to be a nonaccessible area for the medium. Glyoxylic acid, acting as an inhibitor of PDC by forming a noncleavable bond with the catalytic center of TPP causes a steric immobilization of the coenzyme indicated by a line broadening of the pyrophosphate moiety.     

Purification and characterization of indolepyruvate decarboxylase. A novel enzyme for indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis in Enterobacter cloacae.

Indolepyruvate decarboxylase, a key enzyme for indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis, was found in extracts of Enterobacter cloacae. The enzyme catalyzes the decarboxylation of indole-3-pyruvic acid to yield indole-3-acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide. The enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity from Escherichia coli cells harboring the genetic locus for this enzyme obtained from E. cloacae. The results of gel filtration experiments showed that indolepyruvate decarboxylase is a tetramer with an M(r) of 240,000. In the absence of thiamine pyrophosphate and Mg2+, the active tetramers dissociate into inactive monomers and dimers. However, the addition of thiamine pyrophosphate and Mg2+ to the inactive monomers and dimers results in the formation of active tetramers. These results indicate that the thiamine pyrophosphate-Mg2+ complex functions in the formation of the tetramer, which is the enzymatically active holoenzyme. The enzyme exhibited decarboxylase activity with indole-3-pyruvic acid and pyruvic acid as substrates, but no decarboxylase activity was apparent with L-tryptophan, indole-3-lactic acid, beta-phenylpyruvic acid, oxalic acid, oxaloacetic acid, and acetoacetic acid. The Km values for indole-3-pyruvic acid and pyruvic acid were 15 microM and 2.5 mM, respectively. These results indicate that indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis in E. cloacae is mediated by indolepyruvate decarboxylase, which has a high specificity and affinity for indole-3-pyruvic acid.     

Catalytically active filaments - pyruvate decarboxylase from Neurospora crassa. pH-controlled oligomer structure and catalytic function

Pyruvate decarboxylase is a key enzyme in organisms whose energy metabolism is based on alcoholic fermentation. The enzyme catalyses the nonoxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxo acids in the presence of the cofactors thiamine diphosphate and magnesium ions. Pyruvate decarboxylase species from yeasts and plant seeds studied to date are allosterically activated by their substrate pyruvate. However, detailed kinetic studies on the enzyme from Neurospora crassa demonstrate for the first time the lack of substrate activation for a yeast pyruvate decarboxylase species. The quaternary structure of this enzyme species is also peculiar because it forms filamentous structures. The complex enzyme structure was analysed using a number of methods, including small-angle X-ray solution scattering, transmission electron microscopy, analytical ultracentrifugation and size-exclusion chromatography. These measurements were complemented by detailed kinetic studies in dependence on the pH.     

The phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase from Bacteroides fragilis

The Bacteroides fragilis capsular polysaccharide complex is the major virulence factor for abscess formation in human hosts. Polysaccharide B of this complex contains a 2-aminoethylphosphonate functional group. This functional group is synthesized in three steps, one of which is catalyzed by phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase. In this paper, we report the cloning and overexpression of the B. fragilis phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase gene (aepY), purification of the phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase recombinant protein, and the extensive characterization of the reaction that it catalyzes. The homotrimeric (41,184-Da subunit) phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase catalyzes (kcat = 10.2 +/- 0.3 s-1) the decarboxylation of phosphonopyruvate (Km = 3.2 +/- 0.2 microm) to phosphonoacetaldehyde (Ki = 15 +/- 2 microm) and carbon dioxide at an optimal pH range of 7.0-7.5. Thiamine pyrophosphate (Km = 13 +/- 2 microm) and certain divalent metal ions (Mg(II) Km = 82 +/- 8 microm; Mn(II) Km = 13 +/- 1 microm; Ca(II) Km = 78 +/- 6 microm) serve as cofactors. Phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase is a member of the alpha-ketodecarboxylase family that includes sulfopyruvate decarboxylase, acetohydroxy acid synthase/acetolactate synthase, benzoylformate decarboxylase, glyoxylate carboligase, indole pyruvate decarboxylase, pyruvate decarboxylase, the acetyl phosphate-producing pyruvate oxidase, and the acetate-producing pyruvate oxidase. The Mg(II) binding residue Asp-260, which is located within the thiamine pyrophosphate binding motif of the alpha-ketodecarboxylase family, was shown by site-directed mutagenesis to play an important role in catalysis. Pyruvate (kcat = 0.05 s-1, Km = 25 mm) and sulfopyruvate (kcat approximately 0.05 s-1; Ki = 200 +/- 20 microm) are slow substrates for the phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase, indicating that this enzyme is promiscuous.     

Glycolytic metabolism in cultured cells of the nervous system IV. The effects of thiamine deficiency on thiamine levels,metabolites and thiamine-dependent enzymes of the C-6 glioma and C-1300 neuroblastoma cell lines.

Summary C-6 glioma and C-1300 neuroblastoma cells were cultured in thiamine deficient and control media. Thiamine levels, transketolase and pyruvate decarboxylase activities, and high energy phosphate metabolites were all measured in deficient and control cells. Thiamine levels in the deficient cells were found to be below the level of detectability. Pyruvate decarboxylase activity was more susceptible to thiamine deficiency in both cell lines than transketolase. In spite of the large decrease in pyruvate decarboxylase activity, high energy phosphate metabolites were not decreased in either cell line. These data indicate that C-6 glioma and C-1300 neuroblastoma cells have the capacity to maintain normal energy metabolites in the presence of large changes in thiamine levels and thiamine dependent enzyme activity.Supported in part by USPHS grant AA 01391.     

Cyclopropylglyoxylate as a mechanistic probe of thiamine pyrophosphate dependent pyruvate-metabolizing enzymes

Four pyruvate-decarboxylating enzymes with thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) cofactors catalyze the decarboxylation of the cyclopropyl substrate analog cyclopropylglyoxylate. Pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase, an archaebacterial enzyme which catalyzes oxidation of the hydroxyethyl-TPP (HETPP) intermediate by two one-electron transfers to an iron-sulfur center, generates the coenzyme A thioester of cyclopropylcarboxylic acid. A long-lived free radical, HETPP is thought to be an intermediate in the pyruvate to acetyl-CoA conversion; however, cleavage of the cyclopropyl ring was not detected. Pyruvate decarboxylase, pyruvate oxidase, and pyruvate dehydrogenase also generate the corresponding cyclopropyl products. The applicability of cyclopropyl substrate analogs as indicators of free-radical enzyme mechanisms is discussed in light of these results.     

Pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis. Isolation and partial characterization

Pyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) from the ethanol producing bacterium Zymomonas mobilis was purified to homogeneity. This enzyme is an acidic protein with an isoelectric point of 4.87 and has an apparent molecular weight of 200,000±10,000. The enzyme showed a single band in sodium dodecylsulfate gel electrophoresis with a molecular weight of 56,500±4,000 which indicated that the enzyme consists of four probably identical subunits. The dissociation of the cofactors Mg²⁺ and thiamine pyrophosphate at pH 8.9 resulted in a total loss of enzyme activity which could be restored to 99.5% at pH 6.0 in the presence of both cofactors. For the apoenzyme the apparent K _m values for Mg²⁺ and thiamine pyrophosphate were determined to be 24 M and 1.28 M. The apparent K _m value for the substrate pyruvate was 0.4 mM. Antiserum prepared against this purified pyruvate decarboxylase failed to crossreact with cell extracts of the reportedly pyruvate decarboxylase positive bacteria Sarcina ventriculi, Erwinia amylovora, or Gluconobacter oxydans, or with cell extracts of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.Abbreviations Tris-buffer 0,01 M tris-HCl buffer, containing 1 mM MgCl₂ 0.1 mM EDTA, 1.0 mM thiamine pyrophosphate, 2 mM mercaptopropanediol, pH 7.0     

Identification and reconstitution of the yeast mitochondrial transporter for thiamine pyrophosphate

The genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains 35 members of a family of transport proteins that, with a single exception, are found in the inner membranes of mitochondria. The transport functions of the 15 biochemically identified mitochondrial carriers are concerned with shuttling substrates, biosynthetic intermediates and cofactors across the inner membrane. Here the identification of the mitochondrial carrier for the essential cofactor thiamine pyrophosphate (ThPP) is described. The protein has been overexpressed in bacteria, reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles and identified by its transport properties. In confirmation of its identity, cells lacking the gene for this carrier had reduced levels of ThPP in their mitochondria, and decreased activity of acetolactate synthase, a ThPP-requiring enzyme found in the organellar matrix. They also required thiamine for growth on fermentative carbon sources.     

Purification, characterisation and cDNA sequencing of pyruvate decarboxylase from Zygosaccharomyces bisporus

Cells of the wild-type yeast strain Zygosaccharomyces bisporus CBS 702 form alpha-hydroxy ketones from aromatic amino acid precursors during fermentation. Pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC, E.C. 4.1.1.1), the key enzyme of this biotransformation catalysing the non-oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate and other 2-oxo-acids, was purified and characterised. The active enzyme is homotetrameric (alpha4) with a molecular mass of about 244 kDa. Activation of PDC by its substrate pyruvate results in a sigmoidal dependence of the reaction rate from substrate concentration (apparent Km value 1.73 mM; Hill coefficient 2.10). A cDNA library was screened using a PCR-based procedure, and a 1856 bp cDNA of PDC was identified and sequenced. The cDNA encodes a polypeptide of 563 amino acid residues (monomeric unit). Sequence alignments demonstrate high homologies (> 80%) to PDC genes from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Kluyveromyces lactis and Kluyveromyces marxianus.