海藻糖微生物酶法合成机制的研究*

来源于嗜酸热古菌芝田硫化叶菌 (Sulfolobusshibatae)B1 2的麦芽寡糖基海藻糖合酶(MTSase)和麦芽寡糖基海藻糖海藻糖水解酶 (MTHase)基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达。将获得纯化的两个酶 ,分别以麦芽寡糖和淀粉为转化底物 ,在pH5 5 ,6 0℃条件下合成海藻糖。从反应产物分析结果可知 ,两个酶合成海藻糖时能利用的最小底物是麦芽四糖 ,海藻糖产率与麦芽寡糖链长正相关。同时还发现两个酶都具有轻微的α 1 ,4 葡萄糖苷酶活性 ,能在麦芽寡糖还原末端水解α 1 ,4糖苷键     

胶样菌CB39产海藻糖的研究

从长白山天池水中筛选到一株低温条件下产糖的细菌。通过薄层层析、成脎反应、毛细管等速电泳以及红外光谱法确定该糖为海藻糖;经鉴定此菌株是胶样菌属中的一个新种(ColloidesSp.)定名为CB39;与已报道的产海藻糖菌株不同的是,菌株CB39能将产生的海藻糖分泌到细胞外,18℃时其培养液中海藻糖含量为2562mg/g干菌体;采用紫外诱变法筛选到一株在25℃条件下产海藻糖量为4167mg/g干菌体的高产突变株5,产糖量是同温度下野生菌的8倍。     

对一株藤黄微球菌合成海藻糖能力的鉴定

报道了一株藤黄微球菌 (Micrococcusluteus)具有产酶能力 ,可以淀粉糊精为底物合成海藻糖 ,从还原糖含量变化、纸层析和高效阴离子交换 脉冲安培法检测几方面对酶反应予以证实。     

海藻糖微生物酶法合成机制的研究

来源于嗜酸热古菌芝田硫化叶菌(Sulfolobus shibatae)B12的麦芽寡糖基海藻糖合酶(MTSase)和麦芽寡糖基海藻糖海藻糖水解酶(MTHase)基因在大肠杆菌中获得表达。将获得纯化的两个酶,分别以麦芽寡糖和淀粉为转化底物,在pH5.5,60℃条件下合成海藻糖。从反应产物分析结果可知,两个酶合成海藻糖时能利用的最小底物是麦芽四糖,海藻糖产率与麦芽寡糖链长正相关。同时还发现两个酶都具有轻微的α-1,4-葡萄糖苷酶活性,能在麦芽寡糖还原末端水解α-1,4糖苷键,生成葡萄糖分子,其反应最小底物分别是麦芽三糖和四糖。推测海藻糖合成酶可能有两个不同的催化活性中心。     

重组人卵透明带ZP3蛋白在毕赤酵母中的表达

利用P.pastoris表达人卵透明带ZP3蛋白。设计特定引物从全长hZP3 cDNA上扩增含跨膜区序列的人卵透明带ZP3基因片段,并在N末端接上串联组氨酸编码序列的重组基因序列;扩增片段插入表达载体pPIC9K中;线性化后的重组质粒转入P.pastoris中,用高浓度G418筛选高拷贝菌株,然后甲醇诱导目的蛋白表达。用SDS-PAGE和Western blot分析表达产物。结果发现P.pastoris表达的人ZP3蛋白可以分泌到培养液中,并且可溶性好。纯化前后的重组人ZP3蛋白均能与兔抗猪ZP3蛋白抗体发生交叉反应,证实表达的目的蛋白具有反应原性。     

人工合成的黑曲霉NRRL3135菌株植酸酶基因在毕赤酵母系统中的高效表达

本文以黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger)NRRL3135菌株植酸酶基因为对象,通过基因人工合成的方法去除了该基因的内含子与信号肽编码序列,换用在毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)中使用频率较高的密码子以优化其表达。该人工合成植酸酶基因(PhyA-as)以N端融合的方式正确插入到毕赤酵母表达载体pPICZαA。通过电击将重组表达载体整合入酵母染色体DNA中得到重组转化子。SDSPAGE结果与表达产物酶学性质研究表明植酸酶得到分泌表达,且与天然产物性质基本一致。筛选得若干株高产基因工程菌,其中SPANⅢ菌株达到了在摇床培养条件下,每毫升发酵液产生165000u植酸酶的水平,基本满足工业化生产的要求。     

编码1,3-丙二醇氧化还原酶基因的克隆和表达

采用PCR法克隆了巴氏梭菌（Clostridium pasteurianum）CpN86菌株编码1,3丙二醇氧化还原酶基因（dhaT基因）;完成了dhaT基因测序、表达载体构建和在大肠杆菌中表达;分离和纯化了dhaT基因表达的重组蛋白。实验结果：（1）PCR法克隆的dhaT基因和肺炎克雷伯氏菌Klebsiella pneumoniae菌株dhaT基因的序列同源性为829%;（2）dhaT基因表达蛋白的酶活为108U/mg;（3）dhaT基因表达的蛋白分子量为43kD;（4）Western blot确定了dhaT基因表达的蛋白和 CpN86菌株天然蛋白有相同的抗原反应。     

寄生疫霉parA1基因的克隆及在大肠杆菌中的表达

根据已报道的寄生疫霉(Phytophthora parasitica)parA1基因的序列设计引物,从4株寄生疫霉中国菌株(3株来自烟草,1株来自刺槐)中克隆到此基因并进行了重组表达。序列分析表明4株寄生疫霉parA1基因序列高度保守。对表达载体pET30a(+)双酶切,构建表达Parasiticein蛋白的表达载体pETeli,用CaCl\-2法转化大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)BL21,通过诱导在大肠杆菌中进行非融合表达,表达产物在烟草上引起过敏性反应。性质测定表明,表达产物有一定的耐热性,并对蛋白酶K敏感。     

芽四糖淀粉酶产生菌的筛选与发酵条件的研究

从290个土样中分离到1380株细菌,加上本所其他课题组提供的细菌共1870株,其中有707株能分解淀粉,经过复筛、纸层析鉴定有3株菌的淀粉酶酶解液中主要产物是麦芽四糖,进一步用β－淀粉酶水解为麦芽糖,用萄葡糖淀粉酶水解为萄葡糖,确证为麦芽四糖。其中最优菌株为537．1,其酶解产物中麦芽四糖占90％,而其他两株菌的酶解产物中除麦芽四糖外,还有较多的麦芽糖及麦芽三糖,因此选择了537．1作为形成麦芽四糖淀粉酶的优良菌株,经鉴定,该菌属于产碱菌(Alcaligenessp．)。菌株537．1产酶的较好条件为t培养基中麦芽糖1．5％,蛋白胨0．5％,起始pH7—7．5,在27—28℃振荡培养48h。株537．1培养液可以酶解谷类、薯类和野生植物淀粉生成麦芽四糖。     

苯丙氨酸合成的关键酶基因aroG与pheA串联表达

aroG和pheA是与苯丙氨酸合成有关的两个重要基因。在大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)中,aroG基因编码脱氧阿拉伯糖型庚酮糖磷酸合酶(DS),该酶催化由糖代谢中心途径分流出来的磷酸烯醇丙酮酸(PEP)和赤鲜糖4磷酸(E4P)缩合形成脱氧阿拉伯糖型庚酮糖磷酸(DAHP)的反应;pheA基因编码一个双功能酶蛋白,它同时催化两步关键反应,即具有分枝酸变位酶(CM)和预苯酸脱水(PD)的两种功能。采用PCR技术分别从两个不同品系的大肠杆菌染色体DNA中扩增到aroG和pheA。当这两个基因串联在一个质粒上导入大肠杆菌P2392中进行表达时,它们编码的酶DS、CM和PD活性分别提高43、44和22倍;导入短杆菌(Brevibacterium)2731中表达时,相应的酶活性分别提高123、23和56倍。两基因的串联表达能大幅度地提高工程菌株的苯丙氨酸发酵产量。     

一株转化淀粉或麦芽寡糖生成海藻糖的菌株D-97鉴定

由东北大田采集的土样中筛选到菌株D-97,该菌株胞内酶可以利用淀粉或麦芽寡糖合成海藻糖。通过生理、形态、结构特征分析及16SrDNA基因全序列与参比菌株的序列比较,菌株D-97与食尼古丁节杆菌的16SrDNA序列同源性高达97．98％,故将该菌株命名为食尼古丁节杆菌D-97（Arthrobacter nicotinovorus D-97)。我们还将D-97菌株与日本林原公司的海藻糖生产苗——节杆菌Q36的有关生理生化特征进行了比较。     

Trehalose production with a new enzymatic system from Sulfolobus solfataricus KM1

An amylolytic activity that converts soluble starch to α,α-trehalose (trehalose) was found in the cell homogenate of the hyperthermophilic, acidophilic archaeum Sulfolobus solfataricus KM1. Two enzymes, a glycosyltransferase and an α-amylase, which are essential for this activity, were purified to homogeneity. A glycosyltransferase catalyzed the conversion of maltooligosaccharides to glycosyltrehaloses and an α-amylase catalyzed the hydrolysis of glycosyltrehaloses to trehalose. The glycosyltransferase transferred an oligomer segment of maltooligosaccharide to the C1–OH position of glucose, located at the reducing end of the maltooligosaccharide, to produce a glycosyltrehalose having an α-1,1 linkage. The α-amylase hydrolyzed only the α-1,4 glucosidic linkage adjacent to the trehalose unit of the glycosyltrehaloses. Their activities were maximal at 70–80°C and 70–85°C, with high thermostability, respectively. The genes encoding for both enzymes were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The regions highly conserved in α-amylase family exist in the amino acid sequences of these enzymes. A new process for trehalose production from starch was developed using the purified enzymes. The yield of trehalose from starch was 81.5% using these two enzymes. This review describes our efforts to reveal in detail the characters of these enzymes involved in practical trehalose production.     

Trehalose synthesis by sequential reactions of recombinant maltooligosyltrehalose synthase and maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase from Brevibacterium helvolum

A DNA fragment encoding two enzymes leading to trehalose biosynthesis, maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (BvMTS) and maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (BvMTH), was cloned from the nonpathogenic bacterium Brevibacterium helvolum. The open reading frames for the two proteins are 2,331 and 1,770 bp long, respectively, and overlap by four nucleotides. Recombinant BvMTS, BvMTH, and fusion gene BvMTSH, constructed by insertion of an adenylate in the overlapping region, were expressed in Escherichia coli. Purified BvMTS protein catalyzed conversion of maltopentaose to maltotriosyltrehalose, which was further hydrolyzed by BvMTH protein to produce trehalose and maltotriose. The enzymes shortened maltooligosaccharides by two glucose units per cycle of sequential reactions and released trehalose. Maltotriose and maltose were not catalyzed further and thus remained in the reaction mixtures depending on whether the substrates had an odd or even number of glucose units. The bifunctional in-frame fusion enzyme, BvMTSH, catalyzed the sequential reactions more efficiently than an equimolar mixture of the two individual enzymes did, presumably due to a proximity effect on the catalytic sites of the enzymes. The recombinant enzymes produced trehalose from soluble starch, an abundant natural source for trehalose production. Addition of alpha-amylase to the enzyme reaction mixture dramatically increased trehalose production by partial hydrolysis of the starch to provide more reducing ends accessible to the BvMTS catalytic sites.     

Trehalose Synthesis by Sequential Reactions of Recombinant Maltooligosyltrehalose Synthase and Maltooligosyltrehalose Trehalohydrolase from Brevibacterium helvolum

A DNA fragment encoding two enzymes leading to trehalose biosynthesis, maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (BvMTS) and maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (BvMTH), was cloned from the nonpathogenic bacterium Brevibacterium helvolum. The open reading frames for the two proteins are 2,331 and 1,770 bp long, respectively, and overlap by four nucleotides. Recombinant BvMTS, BvMTH, and fusion gene BvMTSH, constructed by insertion of an adenylate in the overlapping region, were expressed in Escherichia coli. Purified BvMTS protein catalyzed conversion of maltopentaose to maltotriosyltrehalose, which was further hydrolyzed by BvMTH protein to produce trehalose and maltotriose. The enzymes shortened maltooligosaccharides by two glucose units per cycle of sequential reactions and released trehalose. Maltotriose and maltose were not catalyzed further and thus remained in the reaction mixtures depending on whether the substrates had an odd or even number of glucose units. The bifunctional in-frame fusion enzyme, BvMTSH, catalyzed the sequential reactions more efficiently than an equimolar mixture of the two individual enzymes did, presumably due to a proximity effect on the catalytic sites of the enzymes. The recombinant enzymes produced trehalose from soluble starch, an abundant natural source for trehalose production. Addition of α-amylase to the enzyme reaction mixture dramatically increased trehalose production by partial hydrolysis of the starch to provide more reducing ends accessible to the BvMTS catalytic sites.     

Regulation of expression of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase during cold shock in Arthrobacter strain A3

Trehalose is a chemical chaperone known to protect a variety of organisms against cold stress. Members of the genus Arthrobacter, which belongs to the Actinomycetales group, exhibit strong resistance to stress conditions, but exactly how trehalose synthesis is regulated in conditions of cold stress is still unknown. Here, we report that Arthrobacter strain A3, which was isolated from the alpine permafrost, has only two trehalose synthesis pathways (OtsA/B and TreS), while other Arthrobacter spp. have three. Mutants and immunoblot analyses indicate that trehalose is mainly synthesized via OtsA at low temperatures in Arthrobacter strain A3. Therefore, we have focused on the regulation of OtsA expression during cold shock. The results indicated that both low temperature and accumulation of trehalose can inhibit OtsA expression. The elongation factor Tu, which binds to OtsA, stabilizes the expression of OtsA in the cold.     

Cloning and expression of a trehalose synthase from Pseudomonas stutzeri CJ38 in Escherichia coli for the production of trehalose

A novel strain was isolated, Pseudomonas stutzeri CJ38, that enabled direct transformation of maltose to trehalose. In comparison with others reported to date, CJ38 provided a novel trehalose synthase (TSase) without any byproduct, including glucose. Activity analysis, using either maltose or trehalose as a substrate, showed a reversible reaction. There was also no detectable activity of related enzymes with liquid starch and maltooligosaccharides as substrates. Using a malPQ-negative host and MacConkey medium, the TSase gene was cloned in Escherichia coli from CJ38. The resulting sequence contained an open reading frame consisted of 689 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 76 kDa. A search for related sequences in various gene and protein data banks revealed a novel family of enzymes that was predicted putatively as a glycosidase or TSase family, with no biochemical evidence. The recombinant enzyme exhibited a high activity toward the substrate maltose, about 50-fold higher than the parent strain and resulted in a high conversion yield (72%) at a relatively high substrate concentration (20%). These results provided the possibility that the strain was effectively used as a potential biocatalyst for the production of trehalose from maltose in a one-step reaction.     

定向进化提高来源于Arthrobacter ramosus的MTHase的热稳定性

麦芽寡糖基海藻糖水解酶(mahosyhrehalose hydrolase,MTHase)是以淀粉或麦芽糊精为底物制备海藻糖的关键酶之一.来源于Arthrobacter ramosus的MTHase,表达量好,比活高,但热稳定性差,限制了其工业化应用.采用定向进化技术,筛选得到L137M和A216T两个突变体,在60℃...     

Novel glucoamylase-type enzymes from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris and Methanococcus jannaschii whose genes are found in the flanking region of the alpha-amylase genes

A region downstream of the gene for pullulan-hydrolyzing alpha-amylase, TVA II, of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris R-47 was sequenced, and an open reading frame encoding an enzyme homologous to glucoamylase was found. The nucleotide sequence of this enzyme, designated TGA, consists of 1,953 base pairs corresponding to a protein of 651 amino acid residues. The TGA gene was subcloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Enzymatic analyses showed that, like other glucoamylases, TGA produced beta-D-glucose from its substrate. However, TGA hydrolyzed maltooligosaccharides such as maltotetraose and maltose more efficiently than starch, while fungal glucoamylases preferred starch to maltooligosaccharides. The primary structure of TGA resembled a putative glucoamylase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii (MGA), while homologies between TGA and the fungal glucoamylases were low. The enzymatic properties of recombinant MGA produced in E. coli cells were similar to those of TGA. These findings indicate that TGA and MGA are novel glucoamy-lase-type enzymes with oligosaccaharide-metabolizing activity.     

Biosynthesis of trehalose from maltooligosaccharides in Rhizobia.

Previously, the enzymes for trehalose synthesis that are present in Escherichia coli were demonstrated in Bradyrhizobium japonicum and B. elkanii. An alternative mechanism recently reported for the synthesis of trehalose from maltooligosaccharides was considered based on the fact that high concentrations of sugars in liquid culture stimulated the accumulation of trehalose. An assay for the synthesis of trehalose from maltooligosaccharides using crude, gel-filtered protein preparations was developed. Analysis of a variety of the Rhizobiaceae indicates that the "maltooligosaccharide mechanism" is present in B. japonicum, B. elkanii, Rhizobium sp. NGR234, Sinorhizobium meliloti, R. tropici A, R. leguminosarum bv viciae, R. I. bv trifolii, and Azorhizobium caulinodans. Synthesis of trehalose from maltooligosaccharide could not be detected in R. tropici B or R. etli.     

Molecular cloning and characterization of trehalose biosynthesis genes from hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Metallosphaera hakonesis

The trehalose (alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-[1,1]-alpha-D-glucopyranose) biosynthesis genes MhMTS and MhMTH, encoding a maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (MhMTS) and a maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (MhMTH), respectively, have been cloned from the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Metallosphaera hakonesis. The ORF of MhMTS is 2,142 bp long, and encodes 713 amino acid residues constituting a 83.8 kDa protein. MhMTH is 1,677 bp long, and encodes 558 amino acid residues constituting a 63.7 kDa protein. The deduced amino acid sequences of MhMTS and MhMTH contain four regions highly conserved for MTSs and three for MTHs that are known to constitute substrate-binding sites of starch-hydrolyzing enzymes. Recombinant proteins obtained by expressing the MhMTS and MhMTH genes in E. coli catalyzed a sequential reaction converting maltooligosaccharides to produce trehalose. Optimum pH of the MhMTS/MhMTH enzyme reaction was around 5.0 and optimum temperature was around 70 degrees C. Trehalose-producing activity of the MhMTS/ MhMTH was notably stable, retaining 80% of the activity after preincubation of the enzyme mixture at 70 degrees C for 48 h, but was gradually abolished by incubating at above 85 degrees C. Addition of thermostable 4-alpha-glucanotransferase increased the yield of trehalose production from maltopentaose by 10%. The substrate specificity of the MhMTS/MhMTH-catalyzed reaction was extended to soluble starch, the most abundant maltodextrin in nature.