斯氏油脂酵母基因组Fosmid文库的构建及降解百草枯氮次级代谢相关基因的筛选

斯氏油脂酵母在以百草枯作为唯一氮源的培养基中能降解百草枯,但其机制尚不清楚。为分离鉴定斯氏油脂酵母中降解百草枯的相关基因,本研究通过构建斯氏油脂酵母的Fosmid文库,用百草枯作为筛选标记,成功筛选到7个百草枯抗性的大肠杆菌克隆。对阳性克隆插入片段进行了测序分析,并对真核基因进行注释。结果在插入片段中发现了nmrA基因及氮代谢相关基因,nmrA是真菌在限氮的条件下才激活的氮代谢相关基因,能调控激活下游的次级氮代谢基因家族,分解那些不常见的氮源。这提示斯氏油脂酵母可能也具有氮的次级代谢调控机制,在百草枯作为唯一氮源的环境下斯氏油脂酵母能激活次级氮代谢相关基因,分解代谢百草枯。     

油脂酵母发酵木糖生产微生物油脂

目的用斯达油脂酵母(Lipomyces starkeyi)作为发酵菌株,以纯木糖溶液为油脂发酵原料,对L.starkeyi利用木糖积累油脂进行系统研究。方法 L.starkeyi于斜面培养基中活化后,接种于YPD液体培养基,于30℃、200 r/min摇床培养。在摇瓶中培养一段时间后,测定发酵液细胞浓度,离心发酵液收集细胞。将离心后得到的菌体加入木糖溶液重悬,并转接于含50 mL木糖溶液的250 mL摇瓶中进行发酵生产。结果相比一阶段法,两阶段发酵方法可以在更短的时间内达到较高的油脂含量,油脂含量能够达到细胞自身干重的60%以上。实验发现高菌龄酵母产油速度更快;并且初始木糖浓度高达120 g/L时,酵母细胞仍然能够高效合成油脂。结论 L.starkeyi能够有效利用木糖进行发酵产生油脂,是以木质纤维素为原料生产微生物油脂的优良菌种。     

色醇对斯达氏油脂酵母产油能力的影响

研究在发酵培养基中添加色醇对斯达氏油脂酵母发酵的影响。结果表明, 在接种后0 h或12 h时添加色醇, 能够明显抑制菌体生长和油脂积累; 而在培养24 h或36 h添加, 能够明显促进菌体生长, 并增强菌体对底物利用率。与对照组比较, 在36 h添加100 mmol/L色醇, 生物量、油脂量和脂肪系数分别增加7.4%、13.9%和14.2%, 发酵时间缩短13.3%, 明显提高了油脂生产效率。气相色谱分析表明, 添加色醇对菌油脂肪酸组成及其相对含量无显著影响。实验结果有助于建立调控油脂发酵的新策略, 具有重要的理论和工程应用意义。     

酵母微生物油脂的生物合成研究

摘要：目的 微生物油脂可作为制备绿色能源生物柴油的原料。对酵母微生物油脂的生物合成方法进行研究。方法 以斯达油脂酵母Lipomyces starkeyi AS 2.1560为菌种进行微生物油脂生物合成。首先获得大量细胞,将细胞收集后,转移至葡萄糖溶液中进行油脂合成。结果 斯达油脂酵母可在不含有其他营养成分的葡萄糖溶液中快速合成油脂,细胞油脂含量可达到细胞干重的60%以上。菌龄对油脂生成影响不明显,糖浓度过高抑制油脂生成,40 g/L葡萄糖溶液中60 h合成油脂最多,达到65.2%,并有进一步积累的可能,在（0.5～6）×108个/mL,接种细胞的密度越大,油脂合成能力越低。合成油脂成分主要为棕榈酸和油酸。结论 斯达油脂酵母细胞增殖与油脂生物合成可分开进行,其油脂成分与普通动植物油脂成分相似。     

斯达氏油脂酵母利用混合糖发酵产油脂

研究了斯达氏油脂酵母Lipomyces starkeyi2#利用葡萄糖-木糖混合糖为碳源生长和油脂积累特性。L.star-keyi2#利用70 g/L葡萄糖和70 g/L木糖作为碳源在30℃下摇瓶发酵96 h,糖利用率均达90%以上,菌体生物量分别为14.1 g/L和13.1 g/L,油脂质量分数分别为55.7%和52.6%。相同条件下该菌株利用混合糖(葡萄糖46 g/L,木糖24 g/L)为碳源时总糖利用率、生物量和油脂质量分数分别为75.1%,15.0 g/L和40.0%。借助于P lackett-Burm an设计法和单因子实验法对培养条件进行了优化,结果表明发酵96 h混合糖利用率可达到97.3%,发酵120 h后混合糖利用率、生物量和菌体油脂质量分数分别达99.5%、19.0 g/L和52.6%。生物量得率和油脂得率分别达到27%和14%。     

油脂降解菌种的鉴定及降解条件优化

从学校食堂排放的废水中筛选出1株油脂降解菌株,经形态特征、生理生化特征、16S rDNA同源性序列分析,鉴定为克雷伯氏菌属,暂命名为Klebsiella sp.X-1。并利用正交实验进一步考察了pH、培养温度、摇床转速对油脂降解率的影响。实验结果表明,在高含油废水培养基中,pH 7.0、转速为140 r/min、培养温度为30 ℃时,72 h内该菌的油脂降解率最高达68.2%。     

不同营养元素限制对圆红冬胞酵母油脂生产的影响

以产油酵母圆红冬胞酵母（Rhodosporidium toruloides）作为研究对象,系统地研究了氮、磷、硫限制对其油脂积累的影响,并在3L生物反应器上考察了R.toruloides在C/P摩尔比为1 133.3时初始葡萄糖浓度对油脂生产的影响。结果表明：氮、磷、硫中任意一种营养元素受限,均能促使R.toruloides在胞内积累高于自身干重60%的油脂;通过改变培养基的组成,可以调节油脂中脂肪酸的构成,使油脂中饱和脂肪酸比例高于70%或不饱和脂肪酸比例高于60%。就油脂生产强度及转化效率而言,磷限制优于氮限制或硫限制。当C/P摩尔比相同时,初始葡萄糖浓度越低越有利于油脂生产。对采用不同原料生产微生物油脂的技术有一定指导意义。     

斯达油脂酵母中自噬与油脂积累的关联性分析

旨在证明斯达油脂酵母中自噬参与油脂积累过程。在不同油脂积累水平下,检测相关自噬基因的表达,观察自噬与油脂积累是否有潜在相关性;用自噬促进剂促进自噬后,观察酵母油脂积累水平是否有差异。结果表明,与油脂低积累水平相比,在油脂高积累条件下,斯达油脂酵母自噬水平较低;用自噬促进剂处理后,酵母油脂积累降低。在斯达油脂酵母中,自噬与油脂积累成负相关性,自噬水平的提高会使酵母中油脂积累降低。     

斯达氏油脂酵母肌动蛋白基因克隆及序列分析

以产油真菌斯达氏油脂酵母(Lipomyces starkeyi AS 2.1560)为材料,提取总KNA,反转录成cDNA.根据真菌肌动蛋白(actin)保守核酸序列设计引物,PCR扩增后获得部分序列,再采用cDNA末端快速扩增技术获得了开放阅读框全长为1128 bP的cDNA序列,该序列编码蛋白质含375个氨基酸残基,等电点为5.49.同源性比较发现该基因(Accession No.EU258762)与其它已知真菌的actin基因相似性在75%以上,氨基酸序列相似性在90%以上.通过不同物种肌动蛋白进化树分析发现L.srarkeyi与亚罗解脂酵母(Yarrowia lipolytica)有较近的亲缘关系.该研究对探索L.starkeyi产油机制有一定的参考价值.     

色醇对斯达氏油脂酵母产油能力的影响

研究在发酵培养基中添加色醇对斯达氏油脂酵母发酵的影响.结果表明,在接种后0 h或12 h时添加色醇,能够明显抑制菌体生长和油脂积累;而在培养24 h或36 h添加,能够明显促进菌体生长,并增强菌体对底物利用率.与对照组比较,在36 h添加100 μmol/L色醇,生物量、油脂量和脂肪系数分别增加7.4%、13.9%和14.2%,发酵时间缩短13.3%,明显提高了油脂生产效率.气相色谱分析表明,添加色醇对菌油脂肪酸组成及其相对含量无显著影响.实验结果有助于建立调控油脂发酵的新策略,具有重要的理论和工程应用意义.     

Microbial lipid extraction from Lipomyces starkeyi using irreversible electroporation

The aim of the study was to investigate the feasibility of using irreversible electroporation (EP) as a microbial cell disruption technique to extract intracellular lipid within short time and in an eco‐friendly manner. An EP circuit was designed and fabricated to obtain 4 kV with frequency of 100 Hz of square waves. The yeast cells of Lipomyces starkeyi (L. starkeyi) were treated by EP for 2‐10 min where the distance between electrodes was maintained at 2, 4, and 6 cm. Colony forming units (CFU) were counted to observe the cell viability under the high voltage electric field. The forces of the pulsing electric field caused significant damage to the cell wall of L. starkeyi and the disruption of microbial cells was visualized by field emission scanning electron microscopic (FESEM) image. After breaking the cell wall, lipid was extracted and measured to assess the efficiency of EP over other techniques. The extent of cell inactivation was up to 95% when the electrodes were placed at the distance of 2 cm, which provided high treatment intensity (36.7 kWh m^?3). At this condition, maximum lipid (63 mg g^?1) was extracted when the biomass was treated for 10 min. During the comparison, EP could extract 31.88% lipid while the amount was 11.89% for ultrasonic and 16.8% for Fenton's reagent. The results recommend that the EP is a promising technique for lowering the time and solvent usage for lipid extraction from microbial biomass. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 34:838–845, 2018     

Cloning and expression of Lipomyces starkeyi alpha-amylase in Escherichia coli and determination of some of its properties

The Lipomyces starkeyi alpha-amylase (LSA) gene encoding soluble starch-degrading alpha-amylase was cloned and characterized from a derepressed and partially constitutive mutant for both dextranase and amylase activities. The nucleotide (nt) sequence of the cDNA fragment reveals an open reading frame of 1944 bp encoding a 619 amino acid (aa) mature protein (LSA) with a calculated molecular weight of 68.709 kDa that was estimated to be about 73 kDa, including His tag (4 kDa) based on SDS-PAGE (10% acrylamide gel), activity staining, and the Western blotting, using anti-amylase-Ab. LSA had a sequence similar to other alpha-amylases in four conserved regions of the alpha-amylase family: (I) (287)DIVVNH(292), (II) (372)GLRIDTVKH(380), (III) (399)GEVFD(403), (IV) (462)FLENQD(467). Polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis showed one intron of 60 nucleotides in the genomic lsa at positions between 966 and 967 of cDNA. The cloned LSA amylase showed a maximum activity at pH 6 and optimum temperature of 40 (o)C, with greater than 90% stability between pH 5 and pH 8 for 16 h. It was inhibited by Cu(2+) and stimulated by Ca(2+) and Mg(2+). Enzyme activity was not affected by 1 mM EGTA but was inhibited by 1 mM EDTA. LSA did not hydrolyze maltodextrins of G2 to G4, yet formed G2+G3 from G5, G2+G4 or G3+G3 from G6, and G3+G4 from G7. LSA did not hydrolyze soluble starch in the present of 2% (w/v) of acarbose. Kinetics of LSA was carried out by using starch as a substrate and the inhibition type of acarbose was the mixed non-competitive type (ki = 3.4 microM).     

Mechanism of biodegradation of paraquat by Lipomyces starkeyi

The biodegradation of ring-14C- and methyl-14C-labeled paraquat by the soil yeast Lipomyces starkeyi was studied in vitro. It was found that the degradation of paraquat (acting as a sole source of culture nitrogen) resulted in the accumulation in the extracellular medium of radiolabeled acetic acid. The culture also evolved radiolabeled CO2. The results suggest that the degradation of paraquat by L. starkeyi is associated with the integrity of the cell wall and that disruption or removal of the wall results in a complete loss of degradative capability. A mechanism for the degradation of paraquat by this organism is postulated.     

Mechanism of biodegradation of paraquat by Lipomyces starkeyi.

The biodegradation of ring-14C- and methyl-14C-labeled paraquat by the soil yeast Lipomyces starkeyi was studied in vitro. It was found that the degradation of paraquat (acting as a sole source of culture nitrogen) resulted in the accumulation in the extracellular medium of radiolabeled acetic acid. The culture also evolved radiolabeled CO2. The results suggest that the degradation of paraquat by L. starkeyi is associated with the integrity of the cell wall and that disruption or removal of the wall results in a complete loss of degradative capability. A mechanism for the degradation of paraquat by this organism is postulated.     

Overexpression of ACC gene from oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi enhanced the lipid accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with increased levels of glycerol 3-phosphate substrates

The conversion of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA by acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is the rate-limiting step in fatty acid biosynthesis. In this study, a gene coding for ACC was isolated and characterized from an oleaginous yeast, Lipomyces starkeyi. Real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis of L. starkeyi acetyl-CoA carboxylase gene (LsACC1) showed that the expression levels were upregulated with the fast accumulation of lipids. The LsACC1 was co-overexpressed with the glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (GPD1), which regulates lipids biosynthesis by supplying another substrates glycerol 3-phosphate for storage lipid assembly, in the non-oleaginous yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Further, the S. cerevisiae acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ScACC1) was transferred with GPD1 and its function was analyzed in comparison with LsACC1. The results showed that overexpressed LsACC1 and GPD1 resulted in a 63% increase in S. cerevisiae. This study gives new data in understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of fatty acids and lipid biosynthesis in yeasts.     

Lipid production by Lipomyces starkeyi cells in glucose solution without auxiliary nutrients

Two-stage fermentation process was used for lipid production by Lipomyces starkeyi AS 2.1560 in glucose solution without auxiliary nutrients. In the first stage, cells were cultivated in a nutrient-rich medium for propagation. In the second stage, cells were resuspended in glucose solution to achieve high cellular lipid contents. The effects of the inocula age, cell density and initial glucose concentration on lipid production were briefly studied. When high cell density fermentation was performed in a 7-L stirred-tank bioreactor for 40 h using non-sterile glucose solution as carbon source, the biomass, lipid and lipid content reached 104.6 g/L, 67.9 g/L and 64.9%, respectively. More significantly, lipid productivity reached 2.0 g/L h during the initial 16 h-period and 1.6 g/L h for the entire culture. Our results demonstrated that cell propagation and lipid accumulation processes can be spatially separated, allowing further optimization to improve both processes. The two-stage fermentation method should have a great potential to develop more efficient processes to convert renewable materials into biofuel and related products.