酮基布洛芬拆分用酯酶产生菌的筛选及其催化特性

从土壤中筛选获得一株可以高对映选择性水解酮基布洛芬乙酯的酵母KET4,经鉴定为芸苔丝孢酵母（Trichosporon brassicae）。研究了该菌的生长和产酶过程,考察了其静息细胞对酮基布洛芬乙酯水解的催化特性。用该菌催化酯水解时,转化率为41%时,产物的对映体过量值为91%,对映选择率达到45。     

酮基布洛芬拆分用酯酶产生菌的筛选及其催化特性*

从土攘中筛选获得一株可以高对映选择性水解酮基布洛芬乙酯的酵母KET4,经鉴定为芸苔丝孢酵母（Trichosporon　brassicae）。研究了该菌的生长和产酶过程,考察了其静息细胞对酮基布洛芬乙酯水解的催化特性。用该菌催化酯水解时,转化率为41％时,产物的对映体过量值为91％,对映选择率达到45。     

离子束注入提高Trichosporon lactis T立体拆分布洛芬水平的研究

以从土壤中分离筛选到的可立体选择性水解布洛芬乙酯生成S-布洛芬的菌株Trichosporon lactisT为出发菌株,对其进行能量30KeV,剂量1×1015~5×1015ions/cm2的低能N 注入,筛选立体选择性水解布洛芬乙酯活性高的诱变株。菌株T.lactisT,在4×1015ions/cm2的诱变剂量下突变率最高,正向和负向突变率分别达32.9%和37.1%,因此选定该剂量为T.lactisT的最佳N 离子注入剂量。经离子束诱变,通过初筛和复筛,共筛选到7株水解布洛芬乙酯的高产菌株,其中诱变株K1培养24h时酶活力比出发菌株T高50%,且具有较好的遗传稳定性。将菌株K1和出发菌株T培养24h,分别加入布洛芬乙酯水解24h,二者水解布洛芬乙酯生成S-布洛芬旋光度均为 54.1°,对映体过量值ee%均为98%,K1菌株水解的产量达6.96g/L,而出发株仅为4.24g/L。     

用薄层色谱扫描法测定微生物酶反应液中的布洛芬

用薄层色谱扫描法(TLCS)测定由微生物酶立体选择性水解布洛芬消旋酯生成布洛芬的转化率。酶水解的反应液经酸化处理后用正己烷提取,在硅胶薄层板上用甲苯-乙酸乙酯-乙酸(70:30:1.5)上行展开,然后对布洛芬斑点进行原位吸光度扫描,测定波长212nm,以外标二点法面积校正定量。本法在测定布洛芬量2—6μg范围内,响应呈现良好的线性关系。测定水解反应液转化率的最大相对标准偏差小于4%,加量回收率为97.4—101.0%。     

离子束注入提高Trichosporon lactis T立体拆分布洛芬水平的研究

以从土壤中分离筛选到的可立体选择性水解布洛芬乙酯生成S布洛芬的菌株Trichosporon lactis Ｔ为出发菌株,对其进行能量30KeV,剂量1×1015～5×1015ions/cm2的低能N+注入,筛选立体选择性水解布洛芬乙酯活性高的诱变株。菌株T.lactis T,在4×1015 ions/cm2的诱变剂量下突变率最高,正向和负向突变率分别达32.9%和37.1%,因此选定该剂量为T. lactis T的最佳N+离子注入剂量。经离子束诱变,通过初筛和复筛,共筛选到7株水解布洛芬乙酯的高产菌株,其中诱变株K1培养24h时酶活力比出发菌株T高50%,且具有较好的遗传稳定性。将菌株K1和出发菌株T培养24h,分别加入布洛芬乙酯水解24h,二者水解布洛芬乙酯生成S布洛芬旋光度均为+54.1°,对映体过量值ee%均为98%,K1菌株水解的产量达6.96g/L,而出发株仅为4.24g/L。     

非水相脂肪酶催化合成L-抗坏血酸棕榈酸酯的研究Ⅰ

对催化合成L-抗坏血酸棕榈酸酯反应的脂肪酶(NOVO435、MML、LIPOLASE、PPL)和反应介质进行比较,得出最佳酶种为NOVO435,最佳介质为叔戊醇;同时对影响合成L抗坏血酸棕榈酸酯反应的初速度的因素(转速、温度、水分含量、酶浓度和底物浓度)进行了探讨,确定了最适反应条件：转速为200r/min,温度为55℃,水分含量为0,酶浓度为12.5%。     

利用结构多样性的对硝基苯酚羧酸酯和脂肪醇乙酸酯评估7个枯草芽胞杆菌酯水解酶的指纹图谱

基于GenBank公布的枯草芽胞杆菌168基因组序列,克隆表达了30个预测的酯水解酶基因。结果发现:其中7个酶对对硝基苯酚酯表现出明显的酯水解活力。它们在α/β水解酶家族中分属5个不同的亚家族。通过显色底物和pH指示剂进行的高通量筛选,分别绘制了这7个酶的底物指纹谱。考察了酶催化手性酯水解反应的对映选择性,结果表明:对硝基苄基酯酶PnbA和S-脱乙酰化酶Cah对手性醇的乙酸酯具有较广的底物谱,而PnbA和羧酸酯酶Nap分别对DL-薄荷醇乙酸酯和2-氯-1-苯乙醇乙酸酯/2-萘乙醇乙酸酯有极好的对映选择性(E>200)。此外,发现酯酶YitV催化2-氯-1-苯乙醇乙酸酯水解的反应遵循反-Kazlauskas规则。     

微生物酶不对称水解合成S(+)-布洛芬的研究 Ⅱ.反应条件和产物提取

皮状丝孢酵母具有较强不对称水解底物专一性.在试验的五种布洛芬消旋酯中,水解甲酯和异丙酯生成s(+)-布洛芬ee可达97%,乙酯为93%以上;而水解活性以乙酯最强,转化率高于30%.不对称水解最适pH6.5—7.0;温度在28—37℃范围内拆分能力无明显差别.该酵母的水解酶为胞内酶,将酵母细胞制成两酮干粉进行水解可提高立体专一性.产物S(+)-布洛芬可借助于酸碱反应和有机溶剂提取得到,同时回收未水解的酯.     

离子液[Bmim]Br中β-葡萄糖醛酸苷酶催化甘草酸选择性水解

甘草酸可被β-葡萄糖醛酸苷酶选择性地催化水解为单葡萄糖醛酸甘草次酸(GAMG),GAMG具有较甘草酸更显著的抗癌、抗炎等药理作用。对5种不同溶剂体系中β-葡萄糖醛酸苷酶催化甘草酸的选择性水解反应进行考察,并对离子液的浓度、底物浓度、反应温度和反应时间对产率的影响进行探讨,旨在提高GAMG的产率,更好地应用于医药及工业生产。结果表明,在离子液([Bmim]Br)体系中,甘草酸水解生成GAMG的产率高达99.6%,比常用磷酸缓冲液体系中高10%,且副产物少。在离子液浓度为0.01 mol/L～0.06 mol/L范围内,GAMG产率与离子液浓度呈线性关系,当[Bmim]Br浓度为0.06 mol/L,反应温度为45℃时,反应5 h,甘草酸可被完全转化生成GAMG。离子液[Bmim]Br可提高β-葡萄糖醛酸苷酶的稳定性,可作为友好溶剂应用于甘草酸的选择性催化水解制备GAMG。     

反胶束体系中脂肪酶催化合成生物柴油

本文采用了实验室自制的Candida sp.99-125脂肪酶, 研究了其在丁二酸二酯磺酸钠(AOT)反胶束体系中, 催化大豆色拉油合成生物柴油的新方法。考察了溶剂极性、AOT浓度、W0(水与表面活性剂质量比)、缓冲溶液pH值、温度等因素对脂肪酶催化合成生物柴油的影响。研究结果表明: AOT/异辛烷反胶束体系为Candida sp.99-125脂肪酶催化提供了较为合适的微环境, 在W0为11, 表面活性剂浓度为50 mmol/L, 温度为40℃, 缓冲液pH值为7的AOT/异辛烷反胶束体系中, 醇油摩尔比为3∶1, 摇床转速为180 r/min, 采用12h3次流加1 mol当量的甲醇, 单批最高酯转化率可以达到90%。     

Aryl acylamidase activity of human serum albumin with o-nitrotrifluoroacetanilide as the substrate

Albumin is generally regarded as an inert protein with no enzyme activity. However, albumin has esterase activity as well as aryl acylamidase activity. A new acetanilide substrate, o-nitrotrifluoroacetanilide (o-NTFNAC), which is more reactive than the classical o-nitroacetanilide, made it possible to determine the catalytic parameters for hydrolysis by fatty-acid free human serum albumin. Owing to the low enzymatic activity of albumin, kinetic studies were performed at high albumin concentration (0.075 mM). The albumin behavior with this substrate was Michaelis-Menten like. Kinetic analysis was performed according to the formalism used for catalysis at high enzyme concentration. This approach provided values for the turnover and dissociation constant of the albumin-substrate complex: k_cat = 0.13 ± 0.02 min ? ¹ and K_s = 0.67 ± 0.04 mM. MALDI-TOF experiments showed that unlike the ester substrate p-nitrophenyl acetate, o-NTFNAC does not form a stable adduct (acetylated enzyme). Kinetic analysis and MALDI-TOF experiments demonstrated that hydrolysis of o-NTFNAC by albumin is fully rate-limited by the acylation step (k_cat = k₂). Though the aryl acylamidase activity of albumin is low (k_cat/K_s = 195 M^{? 1}min^{? 1}), because of its high concentration in human plasma (0.6–1 mM), albumin may participate in hydrolysis of aryl acylamides through second-order kinetics. This suggests that albumin may have a role in the metabolism of endogenous and exogenous aromatic amides, including drugs and xenobiotics.     

Metal-ion-catalyzed hydrolysis of monomethyl and dimethyl esters of 3-(2-imidazoleazo)phthalic acid: Bifunctional catalysis by carboxyl group and the metal ion in the hydrolysis of an alkyl ester

The Cu(II) or Ni(II) ion-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl 2-carboxy-6-(2-imidazoleazo)benzoate (1) and the corresponding dimethyl ester (2) was studied kinetically at various pH values. For 2, the ester group located at the o position to the azo substiuent was hydrolyzed. From the rate data obtained at various metal concentrations, the values of k_cat and K_f were estimated at each pH value. For the Ni(II)-catalyzed hydrolysis of 1 at pH < 4, k_cat increases as pH is lowered, indicating bifunctional catalysis by the carboxyl group and the metal ion. For most of the reactions investigated under other conditions, the ester hydrolysis was subjected to sole catalysis by the metal ions. Detailed analysis of kinetic data obtained for these reactions indicated that the metal-ion catalysis involves the rate-determining breakdown of the tetrahedral intermediates formed by the addition of a water molecule or hydroxide ion. The bifunctional catalysis by the carboxyl group and Ni(II) ion can be considered as a model for carboxypeptidase A. The kinetic data indicate that the bifunctional catalysis proceeds through the nucleophilic attack of the carboxylate ion at the Ni(II)-coordinated carbonyl group.     

Substrate activation of rat trypsins 1 and 2

Qualitative differences in the active center of rat trypsins 1 and 2 resulted in different ratios of K_cat for N¹-tosyl-l-arginine methyl ester vs K_cat for N¹-benzoyl-l-arginine ethyl ester. These ratios were 2.5 for trypsin 1 and 1.2 for trypsin 2.Substrate activation with N¹-tosyl-l-arginine methyl ester enhanced the catalytic rate constant of rat trypsin 1 2.5-fold and that of rat trypsin 2 only 1.5-fold. The increase in the catalytic rate constant found with N¹-benzoyl-l-arginine ethyl ester was the same (1.5-fold) for both trypsins. Consequently, at 20 mm substrate concentration, trypsin 1 catalyzed the esterolysis of N¹-tosyl-l-arginine methyl ester 4.5 times faster than that of N¹-benzoyl-l-arginine ethyl ester, while trypsin 2 was only 1.3 times more efficient with the first substrate.Furthermore, the activation of both rat enzymes by N-acetyl-l-tyrosine ethyl ester was even more effective than that obtained with the two cationic esters; the maximum rates of hydrolysis of this neutral substrate by trypsins 1 and 2 were enhanced 120- and 50-fold, respectively, by high concentrations of N-acetyl-l-tyrosine ethyl ester.     

Striking susceptibility of a kinin-yielding pentadeca-peptide to tryptic hydrolysis

Hydrolysis of Lys-Arg-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg-Ser-Val-Gln-Val-Ser by trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4) yields lysyl-bradykinin by rupture of the Arg-Ser bond. The k_cat/K_m value found for this hydrolysis was 1.4 × 10¹⁰ M^?1 × sec^?1, which is 10^?5-fold higher than that obtained for the hydrolysis of bradykinyl-Ser-Val-Gln-Val-Ser. This effect was abolished by acetylation of the lysine amino groups of the pentadecapeptide. Contrarywise, the esterolytic activity of trypsin on bradykinin methyl ester was the same as in lysyl-bradykinin methyl ester. The high susceptibility of Lys-bradykinyl-Ser-Val-Gln-Val-Ser to trypsin catalysis is striking because: a) it constitutes the first example that an amino acid residue distant from the bond split may enhance trypsin catalysis; b) this pentadecapeptide is the best synthetic substrate so far described for trypsin and c) the value of k_cat/K_m for its hydrolysis is unusually high for proteases.     

Directed evolution of mandelate racemase by a novel high-throughput screening method

Optically pure methyl (R)-o-chloromandelate and (R)-acetyl-o-mandelic acid are key intermediates for the synthesis of (S)-clopidogrel, which could be prepared with 100 % theoretical yield by sequential hydrolysis and racemization. At the moment, efficient sequential hydrolysis and racemization are hindered by the low catalytic activity of mandelate racemase (MR) toward (S)-o-chloromandelic acid ((S)-2-CMA). In the present work, we proposed to improve the catalytic performance of MR toward (S)-2-CMA by directed evolution and developed an enantioselective oxidation system for high-throughput screening (HTS) of MR libraries. Based on this HTS method, a triple mutant V22I/V29I/Y54F (MRDE1) with 3.5-fold greater relative activity as compared to the native MR was obtained. Kinetic analysis indicated that the enhanced catalytic efficiency mainly arose from the elevated k _cat. Further insight into the source of improved catalytic activity was gained by molecular simulations, finding that substrate binding and product release were possibly made easier by decreased steric bulk and increased hydrophobicity of substrate binding sites. In addition, the substrate (S)-2-CMA in the enzyme-substrate complex of MRDE1 seemed to have a lower binding free energy comparing with the complex of wild-type MR. The HTS method developed in this work and the successful directed evolution of MR based on this method provide an example for racemase engineering and may inspire directed evolution of other racemases toward enhanced catalytic performance on non-natural substrates.

     

Microemulsion System with Improved Loading of Piroxicam: A Study of Microstructure

Formulation of a new oil-in-water (o/w) microemulsion composed of castor oil/Tween 80/ethanol/phosphate buffer for enhancing the loading capacity of an anti-inflammatory drug piroxicam has been accomplished. The pseudo-ternary phase diagram has been delineated at constant surfactant/cosurfactant ratio (1:2). The internal structure of so created four-component system was elucidated by means of an analysis of isotropic area magnitudes in the phase diagram. Conductivity (σ), kinematic viscosity (k _η ), and surface tension (γ) studies with the variation in Φ _w (weight fraction of aqueous phase) show the occurrence of structural changes from water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsion to oil-in-water (o/w). Along with the solubility and partition studies of piroxicam in microemulsion components, the changes in the microstructure of the microemulsion after incorporation of drug have been evaluated using pH, σ, γ, k _η , and density studies. Piroxicam, a poorly water-soluble drug displayed high solubility (1.0%) in an optimum microemulsion formulation using ethanol (55.0%), Tween 80 (26.5%), castor oil (7.5%), and phosphate buffer (11.0%). The results have shown that the microemulsion remained stable after the incorporation of piroxicam. Fluorescence spectra analysis taking pyrene as fluorescent probe was performed, and the results showed that pyrene was completely solubilized in the oil phases of the bicontinuous microemulsions. The fluorescence spectrum of the model drug piroxicam was used to probe the intramicellar region of nonionic microemulsion. The results showed that the piroxicam was localized in the interfacial film of microemulsion systems more deeply in the palisade layer with ethanol as the cosurfactant.     

Simultaneous determination of Rubisco carboxylase and oxygenase kinetic parameters in Triticum aestivum and Zea mays using membrane inlet mass spectrometry

The lack of complete Rubisco kinetic data for numerous species is partly because of the time consuming nature of the multiple methods needed to assay all of the Rubisco parameters. We have developed a membrane inlet mass spectrometer method that simultaneously determines the rate of Rubisco carboxylation (v_c) and oxygenation (v_o), and the CO₂ and O₂ concentrations. Using the collected data, the Michaels‐Menten equations for v_c and v_o in response to changing CO₂ and O₂ concentrations were simultaneously solved for the CO₂ (K_c) and O₂ (K_o) constants, the maximum turnover rates of the enzyme for CO₂ (kcat_CO2) and O₂ (kcat_O2) and the specificity for CO₂ relative to O₂ (S_c/o). In the C₄ species Zea mays K_c was higher but K_o was lower compared with the C₃ species Triticum aestivum. The kcat_CO2 was higher and the kcat_O2 lower in Z. mays compared with T. aestivum and S_c/o was similar in the two species. The V_omax/V_cmax was lower in Z. mays and thus did not correlate with changes in S_c/o. In conclusion, this mass spectrometer system provides a means of simultaneously determining the important Rubisco kinetic parameters, K_c, K_o, kcat_CO2,kcat_O2 and S_c/o from the same set of assays.     

Effect of C-terminal truncation on enzyme properties of recombinant amylopullulanase from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus</Emphasis>

The smallest and enzymatically active molecule, TetApuQ818, was localized within the C-terminal Q818 amino acid residue after serial C-terminal truncation analysis of the recombinant amylopullulanase molecule (TetApuM955) from Thermoanaerobacter pseudoethanolicus. Kinetic analyses indicated that the overall catalytic efficiency, k _cat/K _m, of TetApuQ818 was 8–32% decreased for the pullulan and the soluble starch substrate, respectively. Changes to the substrate affinity, K _m, and the turnover rate, k _cat, were decreased significantly in both enzymatic activities of TetApuQ818. TetApuQ818 exhibited less thermostability than TetApuM955 when the temperature was raised above 85°C, but it had similar substrate-binding ability and hydrolysis products toward various substrates as TetApuM955 did. Both enzymes showed similar spectroscopies of fluorescence and circular dichroism, suggesting the active folding conformation was maintained after this C-terminal Q818 deletion. This study suggested that the binding ability of insoluble starch by TetApuM955 did not rely on the putative C-terminal carbohydrate binding module family 20 (CBM20) and two FnIII regions of TetApu, though the integrity of the AamyC module of TetApuQ818 was required for the enzyme activity.     

Promoting α‐secretase cleavage of beta‐amyloid with engineered proteolytic antibody fragments

Deposition of beta‐amyloid (Aβ) is considered as an important early event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and reduction of Aβ levels by various therapeutic approaches is actively being pursued. A potentially non‐inflammatory approach to facilitate clearance and reduce toxicity is to hydrolyze Aβ at its α‐secretase site. We have previously identified a light chain fragment, mk18, with α‐secretase‐like catalytic activity, producing the 1–16 and 17–40 amino acid fragments of Aβ40 as primary products, although hydrolysis is also observed following other lysine and arginine residues. To improve the specific activity of the recombinant antibody by affinity maturation, we constructed a single chain variable fragment (scFv) library containing a randomized CDR3 heavy chain region. A biotinylated covalently reactive analog mimicking α‐secretase site cleavage was synthesized, immobilized on streptavidin beads, and used to select yeast surface expressed scFvs with increased specificity for Aβ. After two rounds of selection against the analog, yeast cells were individually screened for proteolytic activity towards an internally quenched fluorogenic substrate that contains the α‐secretase site of Aβ. From 750 clones screened, the two clones with the highest increase in proteolytic activity compared to the parent mk18 were selected for further study. Kinetic analyses using purified soluble scFvs showed a 3‐ and 6‐fold increase in catalytic activity (k_cat/K_M) toward the synthetic Aβ substrate compared to the original scFv primarily due to an expected decrease in K_M rather than an increase in k_cat. This affinity maturation strategy can be used to select for scFvs with increased catalytic specificity for Aβ. These proteolytic scFvs have potential therapeutic applications for AD by decreasing soluble Aβ levels in vivo. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Biotechnol. Prog., 2009     

The Purification of Soybean 11S Globulin with ConA-Sepharose 4B and Sepharose 6B

Kinetics of the acyl transfer catalyzed by Xanthomonas α-amino acid ester hydrolase was studied. The enzyme hydrolyzed d-α-phenylglycine methyl ester (d-PG-OMe) to give equimolar amounts of d-α-phenylglycine and methanol. With d-PG-OMe as an acyl donor and 7-amino-3-deacetoxy-cephalosporanic acid (7-ADCA) as an acyl acceptor, the enzyme transferred the acyl group from d-PG-OMe to 7-ADCA in competition with water. The addition of amine nucleophiles (7-ADCA and 6-aminopenicillanic acid) decreased the molecular activity (k_o) of the enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of d-PG-OMe, whereas it did not alter the Michaelis constant (K_M), and plots of l/k_o against the initial concentration of a nucleophile (n_o) gave a straight line. These results support the assumptions that the overall process for hydrolysis and acyl transfer proceeds through a common acyl-enzyme intermediate, that the acylation step of the enzyme is rate-limiting, and that the transfer competes with the hydrolysis of the acyl donor.