敲除frdB基因对大肠杆菌厌氧混合酸发酵的影响

以SPUEC101(产琥珀酸)为出发菌,利用RED同源重组技术敲除延胡索酸还原酶基因frdB,得到重组菌株SPUEC103(△frdB),通过减少延胡索酸生成琥珀酸的通量,实现延胡索酸的积累。实验结果表明:敲除frdB基因后,缺陷菌株生长速率降低,利用葡萄糖的能力也有所降低,同时敲除frdB基因较大程度地改变琥珀酸、延胡索酸等的分布,在两阶段发酵中,当发酵培养基中添加30 g/L的葡萄糖时,琥珀酸和延胡索酸得率最高,对比SPUEC101,SPUEC103的琥珀酸产量产率由24.6%下降为15.4%,并有延胡索酸和少量的苹果酸生成,分别为0.182±0.002 g/L和0.023±0.002 g/L,同时丙酮酸和乙酸含量也略有升高,分别由1.87±0.02 g/L、0.012±0.002 g/L上升到2.36±0.03 g/L、0.862±0.012 g/L。     

普通变形杆菌转延胡索酸为L—苹果酸发酵的研究

据报导,普通变形杆菌(Proteas,vulgaris)具有高活性的天冬氨酸酶和延胡索酸酶。发酵培养基中若加入大量的(NH_4)_2HPO_4时,该菌可将延胡索酸转成天冬氨酸;氨浓度低时,则将延胡索酸转成L—苹果酸。我们对普通变形杆菌转延胡索酸为L—苹果酸发酵进行了研究。材料和方法一、菌种从中国科学院微生物所、卫生部药物生物制品检定所和山西省卫生防疫站收集有关细菌12株。二、培养基及培养条件     

敲除aceE基因对猪链球菌丙酮酸代谢的影响

【目的】探究缺失编码丙酮酸脱氢酶蛋白的aceE基因对猪链球菌生长特性、三羧酸循环和丙酮酸代谢的影响。【方法】通过测量菌液的OD600值,绘制野生型菌株与aceE基因缺失突变株的生长曲线;利用试剂盒测定三羧酸循环和丙酮酸代谢旁路中乙酰CoA、琥珀酸CoA、延胡索酸、草酰乙酸、丙酮酸、乳酸和ATP的含量,通过荧光定量qRT-PCR确定柠檬酸合酶基因、苹果酸脱氢酶基因、琥珀酸脱氢酶基因、异柠檬酸脱氢酶基因、丙酮酸脱羧酶基因、乳酸脱氢酶基因、乙醇脱氢酶基因和乙醛脱氢酶基因的表达水平。【结果】与野生株相比,菌株ΔaceE在平台期OD600值下降;添加1g/L乙酸盐能够显著提升菌株ΔaceE平台期OD600值。菌株ΔaceE的丙酮酸含量上升,ATP含量下降;三羧酸循环代谢中乙酰CoA、琥珀酸CoA、延胡索酸含量降低;柠檬酸合酶基因和苹果酸脱氢酶基因表达水平上升,琥珀酸脱氢酶基因和异柠檬酸脱氢酶基因表达水平下调;在丙酮酸代谢旁路中丙酮酸脱羧酶基因、乳酸脱氢酶基因、乙醇脱氢酶基因和乙醛脱氢酶基因表达水平上升。【结论】结果显示,菌株ΔaceE三羧酸循环活性降低,虽然能够通过PDH旁路将部分丙酮酸分解为乙...     

营养条件对光滑球拟酵母积累α-酮戊二酸的影响

以光滑拟球酵母为研究模型,研究α-酮戊二酸的浓度情况。通过单因素实验得到α-酮戊二酸积累最佳浓度的各单因素条件为：葡萄糖浓度140g／L,NH4Cl浓度5g／L。在碳源（30g/L葡萄糖初始浓度）匮乏条件下加入丙酮酸30g／L,在此条件下丙酮酸转化为α－酮戊二酸的转化率最高达53．7％。以30g／L丙酮酸为唯一碳源时在7L发酵罐中光滑拟球酵母可生成浓度为10．7g/Lα-酮戊二酸,外源丙酮酸的转化率可达66．9％。这一结果表明,T．glabrata具有将丙酮酸转化为α-KG的能力。     

创新霉素产生菌吲哚丙酮酸甲基转移酶的研究

在创新霉素产生菌济南游动披线菌的无细胞提取物中检测到吲哚丙酮酸甲基转移酶活性,并进行了分离提取。该酶能利用S-腺苷-L-甲硫氨酸对吲哚丙酮酸进行甲基化,它可能作用于创新霉素中间体的甲基化。经过硫酸铵分部盐析和DEA F一纤维素柱层析,得到了纯化60倍的甲基转移酶,比活0．66mu／ms。酶的最适底物是吲哚丙酮酸,最适pH7．5,对于底物s一腺苷一L一甲硫氨酸和吲哚丙酮酸的米氏常数(KⅢ)分别是4×10-,mol／L和1．8×10-7moI／L。用Sephadcx G-150凝胶过滤测得分子量是55000士5000道尔顿。     

环境条件对丙酮酸分批发酵的影响

考察了搅拌转速、pH和温度对丙酮酸分批发酵的影响。高转速（500r／min）下,丙酮酸产率较高（71％）,但葡萄糖消耗速度较慢（1．23g／（L·h））;低转速（300r／min）下,细胞消耗葡萄糖的速度加快（1．95g/（L·h））,而丙酮酸产率（0．48％）却明显下降。将搅拌转速恒定在400r／min可在一定程度上获得较高的丙酮酸产率（0．62％）和葡萄糖消耗速度（1．66g／（L·h））。CaCO3调节pH时,较多碳流从丙酮酸节点转向α-酮戊二酸节点和细胞生长,最终丙酮酸产量比NaOH调节pH时的发酵结果低38．7％;NH3·H2O调节pH时最终细胞浓度和丙酮酸产量仅为NaOH调节时的77．8％和90．9％。pH5．5时最利于丙酮酸的合成。较高的发酵温度加速T.glabrata积累丙酮酸,但同时会导致α-酮戊二酸的提前积累;而较低的温度下甘油和α-酮戊二酸积累较少,丙酮酸发酵的最适温度为28～30℃。     

植物呼吸及代谢的研究 Ⅴ.水稻幼苗亚细胞颗粒的氧化途径

本文报导了关于4天水稻黄化幼苗地上部的亚细胞颗粒氧化丙酮酸的途径的研究。下述结果证明在其中有三羧酸循环运行:1.琥珀酸、α-酮基戊二酸能迅速地被氧化,柠檬酸、苹果酸、延胡索酸以顺序降低的速率为此颗粒制剂氧化。2.丙酮酸的氧化能为催化量的琥珀酸所引发,说明有缩合酶的活性存在。3.琥珀酸的氧化能为丙二酸所抑制。α-酮基戊二酸的氧化能为亚砷酸钠所抑制,并且此被抑制的耗氧可借加入琥珀酸而得到恢复。4.氧化产物的纸上层析鉴定表明:琥珀酸能转化为延胡索酸、苹果酸和异柠檬酸;α-酮基戊二酸能转化为琥珀酸、延胡索酸和苹果酸。对亚细胞制剂及组织匀浆所作异柠檬酸酶及苹果酸合成酶的活性鉴定指出,在水稻幼苗氧化丙酮酸的途径中,乙醛酸循环可能与三羧酸循环同时存在。     

无根根零R25和普通变形杆菌P1混合培养发酵L-苹果酸的研究

所筛的41株属于根霉属的菌株,均具有从葡萄糖产生延胡索酸的能力。其中,R25产延胡索酸能力最高,同时产生部分L-苹果酸。该菌株被鉴定为无根根霉(Rhizopus arrhizus)。普通变形杆菌(Protcus vulgaris) Pl具有强的延胡索酸酶活性：可将延胡索酸转化为L一苹果酸。     

日本血吸虫苹果酸脱氢酶的研究

本文报告了日本血吸虫存在苹果酸脱氢酶与延胡索酸酶。在采用的实验条件下(苹果酸钠,0.02M;细胞色素c,1×10~(-5)M;磷酸盐缓冲液,0.01M,pH 7.4)测定了血吸虫匀浆的酶活力。合抱成虫的酶活力为:氧耗量Q_o(?)=4.5微升氧/毫克氮量/小时;草酰乙酸产生量(以丙酮酸测定值表示)Q_p=O.26微克分子丙酮酸/毫克氮量/小时;延胡索酸产生量Q_F=2.5微克分子延胡索酸/毫克氮量/小时。当雌雄虫分别测定时,在等氮量基础上,雌虫酶活力较雄虫者为高。当苹果酸钠用作底物时,合抱成虫的氧耗量可因加入谷氨酸钠及NAD而增高110%。于此同时,用纸层析法证明血吸虫之苹果酸脱氢酶可与谷-草转氨酶相互联系而产生天门冬氨酸。加入NAD可使合抱成虫的氧耗量增高30%,同时发现有相当量乳酸产生(Q_L=0.44微克分子乳酸/毫克氮量/小时)。以上结果表明在血吸虫匀浆存在苹果酸脱氢酶与乳酸脱氢酶的交互作用。此外,研究了虫苹果酸脱氢酶的可逆作用。借助于虫自身的乳酸脱氢酶使加入的NAD还原为NADH,然后此NADH又可将底物草酰乙酸还原。在以上情况下,用纸层析法鉴定其产物为苹果酸及延胡索酸。二巯基丁二酸锑钠(Sb-58)在最后浓度为10~(-3)M及10~(-4)M时,分别抑制血吸虫苹果酸脱氢酶活力约65%及30%。甲状腺素及中酒石酸对该酶均呈抑制作用。酒石酸锑钾在10~(-3)M时对酶活力无显著影响。     

丙酮酸发酵过程中光滑球拟酵母过程功能的强化

对不同葡萄糖浓度下光滑球拟酵母分批发酵生产丙酮酸的动力学模型分析发现, 葡萄糖浓度是影响光滑球拟酵母发酵生产丙酮酸过程功能的关键因素。在发酵初始阶段, 低浓度葡萄糖可维持较高的菌体比生长速率; 对数生长中前期, 葡萄糖快速进料使菌体浓度接近最大值, 并实现碳流从菌体生长转向丙酮酸积累; 对数生长后期葡萄糖浓度控制在33.4 g/L以维持高丙酮酸对葡萄糖产率系数 (0.71 g/g)。采用奇异控制的葡萄糖流加方式, 在7 L发酵罐上控制不同发酵阶段葡萄糖浓度处于最佳水平以强化光滑球拟酵母过程功能, 丙酮酸产量 (83.1 g/L)、产率 (0.621 g/g)、生产强度[1.00 g/(L·h)]与分批发酵对比, 分别提高了21.3%、21.6%和29.9%。     

Succinate transport in Rhizobium leguminosarum.

The transport of succinate was studied in an effective streptomycin-resistant strain of Rhizobium leguminosarum. High levels of succinate transport occurred when cells were grown on succinate, fumarate, or malate, whereas low activity was found when cells were grown on glucose, sucrose, arabinose, or pyruvate as the sole carbon source. Because of the rapid metabolism of succinate after transport into the cells, a succinate dehydrogenase-deficient mutant was isolated in which intracellular succinate accumulated to over 400 times the external concentration. Succinate transport was completely abolished in the presence of metabolic uncouplers but was relatively insensitive to sodium arsenate. Succinate transport was a saturable function of the succinate concentration, and the apparent Km and Vmax values for transport were determined in both the parent and the succinate dehydrogenase mutant. Malate and fumarate competitively inhibited succinate transport, whereas citrate and malonate had no effect. Succinate transport mutants were isolated by transposon (Tn5) mutagenesis. These mutants were unable to transport succinate or malate and were unable to grow on succinate, malate, or fumarate as the sole carbon source. The mutants grew normally on pyruvate, oxaloacetate, citrate, or arabinose, and revertants isolated on succinate minimal medium had regained the ability to grow on malate and fumarate. From these data, we conclude that R. leguminosarum possesses a C4-dicarboxylic acid transport system which is inducible and mediates the active transport of succinate, fumarate, and malate into the cell.     

Altered fermentative metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants lacking pyruvate formate lyase and both pyruvate formate lyase and alcohol dehydrogenase

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a unicellular green alga, often experiences hypoxic/anoxic soil conditions that activate fermentation metabolism. We isolated three Chlamydomonas mutants disrupted for the pyruvate formate lyase (PFL1) gene; the encoded PFL1 protein catalyzes a major fermentative pathway in wild-type Chlamydomonas cells. When the pfl1 mutants were subjected to dark fermentative conditions, they displayed an increased flux of pyruvate to lactate, elevated pyruvate decarboxylation, ethanol accumulation, diminished pyruvate oxidation by pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase, and lowered H(2) production. The pfl1-1 mutant also accumulated high intracellular levels of lactate, succinate, alanine, malate, and fumarate. To further probe the system, we generated a double mutant (pfl1-1 adh1) that is unable to synthesize both formate and ethanol. This strain, like the pfl1 mutants, secreted lactate, but it also exhibited a significant increase in the levels of extracellular glycerol, acetate, and intracellular reduced sugars and a decrease in dark, fermentative H(2) production. Whereas wild-type Chlamydomonas fermentation primarily produces formate and ethanol, the double mutant reroutes glycolytic carbon to lactate and glycerol. Although the metabolic adjustments observed in the mutants facilitate NADH reoxidation and sustained glycolysis under dark, anoxic conditions, the observed changes could not have been predicted given our current knowledge of the regulation of fermentation metabolism.     

Breeding of a Cyclic Imide-Assimilating Bacterium,Pseudomonas putida s52, for High Efficiency Production of Pyruvate

A succinimide-assimilating bacterium, Pseudomonas putida s52, was found to be a potent producer of pyruvate from fumarate. Using washed cells from P. putida s52 as catalyst, 400 mM pyruvate was produced from 500 mM fumarate in a 36-h reaction. Bromopyruvate, a malic enzyme inhibitor, was used for the selection of mutants with higher pyruvate productivity. A bromopyruvate-resistant mutant, P. putida 15160, was found to be an effective catalyst for pyruvate production. Moreover, under batch bioreactor conditions, 767 mM of pyruvate was successfully produced from 1,000 mM fumarate in a 72-h reaction with washed cells from P. putida 15160 as catalyst.     

一种基于途径分析提高丙酮酸产量的育种策略

为进一步提高光滑球拟酵母发酵生产丙酮酸的水平 ,在途径分析的基础上提出了一种组成型降低丙酮酸脱酸酶、但增强乙酰辅酶A合成酶活性的育种策略。通过亚硝基胍诱变 ,获得 1株乙酸需求型突变株CCTCCM2 0 2 0 19,在外加乙酸的培养基中表现出高于出发株 2 1%的丙酮酸生产能力和良好的遗传稳定性。检测突变株CCTCCM2 0 2 0 19中丙酮酸代谢相关酶的活性发现 :(1)丙酮酸脱羧酶活性降低了 4 0 % ;(2 )外加乙酸与否的条件下 ,乙酰辅酶A合成酶的活性分别提高了 10 3 5 %和 5 7 4 % ;(3)添加乙酸和突变对丙酮酸羧化酶、丙酮酸脱氢酶系、乙醇脱氢酶和乙醛脱氢酶的活性没有显著影响。在含有乙酸的培养基中突变株细胞干重比出发株高 2 1 7% ,可能是因为乙酰辅酶A合成酶活性的提高 ,补充了因丙酮酸脱羧酶活性降低而引起的胞质乙酰辅酶A短缺。在 7L罐中含有 6g L乙酸钠的培养基中发酵 6 2h ,丙酮酸产量达到 6 8 7g L ,对葡萄糖的产率为 0 6 5 1g g。     

Properties of a Bacillus subtilis mutant able to sporulate continually during growth in synthetic medium

Several mutants of Bacillus subtilis were isolated which sporulate continually during exponential growth in glucose medium. The spdA1 mutation, responsible for the continual sporulation of one of the mutants, mapped near thr. When an exponentially growing culture of a strain containing spdA1 was maintained at essentially constant turbidity, 5% of the viable cells contained heat-resistant spores. The continual sporulation depended on the stringent response since it was absent in spdA relA double mutants. Genetic and biochemical analysis indicated that the continual sporulation of spdA1 strains was associated with a lower specific activity of pyruvate carboxylase, which limited the rate of oxaloacetate synthesis from glucose via pyruvate and thereby the supply of compounds depending on the citrate cycle, especially aspartate. Therefore, the mild stringent response caused by the spdA1 mutation seems to result from a partial deficiency of aspartyl-tRNA which may exert its sporulation-initiating effect during a limited time interval in each growth cycle. A mutant blocked in fumarase activity (citG) behaved similarly. It grew only slowly in glucose medium because much of the limiting oxaloacetate was wasted for the excretion of fumarate. The mutant produced little aspartate and sporulated at a high frequency in glucose medium, even in the presence of glutamate; the sporulation was again prevented by aspartate or malate or by introduction of the relA marker into the strain.     

Enzymatic production of pyruvate from fumarate — an application of microbial cyclic-imide-transforming pathway

For the purpose of producing pyruvate from fumarate through microbial cyclic-imide-transforming pathway, various cyclic-imide-utilizing microorganisms were isolated from soil. Among them, strain g31 was the best producer and was identified as Pseudomonas sp. With the resting cells of the strain, the conditions were optimized for pyruvate production from fumarate. The cells cultivated in the medium containing 2% (w/v) of fumarate showed the highest production with sufficient yield. The optimized wet-cell concentration, pH and temperature of the reaction were 1% (w/v), pH 6 to 7, and 30°C, respectively. Aeration was found to be an effective factor, and vigorous shaking during the reaction mixture resulted in higher production. Under the optimized reaction conditions, 100 mM of fumarate was almost stoichiometrically converted into pyruvate (94 mM) in 24 h.     

降低光滑球拟酵母电子传递链活性加速丙酮酸合成

光滑球拟酵母CCTCCM2 0 2 0 19经溴化乙锭诱变 ,挑选假阳性呼吸缺陷型菌株共 4 0株。对其中 7株丙酮酸产量提高的突变株进行发酵性底物 (葡萄糖 )和非发酵性底物 (甘油、乙酸 )的利用能力测试 ,鉴定得到 3株呼吸缺陷型突变株RD 16、RD 17和RD 18。相对于出发菌株 ,呼吸缺陷型突变株生长速率下降 ,最终菌体浓度降低 2 1%～2 9% ,胞内ATP含量下降 15 %～ 2 1% ,但单位细胞耗葡萄糖能力和单位细胞产丙酮酸能力分别提高了 2 0 7%～30 7%和 30 7%～ 5 5 5 %。进一步研究发现 ,呼吸缺陷型突变株线粒体复合体Ⅰ、Ⅰ Ⅲ、Ⅱ Ⅲ和Ⅳ的活性分别下降了 34%～ 4 1%、38 6 %～ 5 2 6 %、2 1%～ 2 5 %、15 0 %～ 6 30 % ,表明线粒体电子传递链氧化NADH的功能受到抑制。为使酵解产生的NADH正常氧化 ,在RD 18菌株的对数生长期流加 2 1mmol L外源电子受体乙醛。发现细胞合成丙酮酸能力提高 2 1 6 % ,且葡萄糖消耗速度明显加快 ,发酵周期缩短 14h。结果表明适当削弱能量代谢能够提高真核微生物中心代谢途径的速度     

Inhibition of colicin synthesis by the antibiotic globomycin

Wolinella succinogenes can grow by anaerobic respiration with fumarate or polysulfide as the terminal electron acceptor, and H₂ or formate as the electron donor. A ΔhydABC mutant lacking the hydrogenase structural genes did not grow with H₂ and either fumarate or polysulfide. In contrast to the wild-type strain, the mutant grown with fumarate and with formate instead of H₂ did not catalyze the reduction of fumarate, polysulfide, dimethylnaphthoquinone, or benzyl viologen by H₂. Growth and enzymic activities were restored upon integration of a plasmid carrying hydABC into the genome of the ΔhydABC mutant. The ΔhydABC mutant was complemented with hydABC operons modified by artificial stop codons in hydA (StopA) or at the 5′-end of hydC (StopC). The StopC mutant lacked HydC, and the hydrophobic C-terminus of HydA was missing in the hydrogenase of the StopA mutant. The two mutants catalyzed benzyl viologen reduction by H₂. The enzyme activity was located in the membrane of the mutants. A mutant with both modifications (StopAC) contained the activity in the periplasm. The three mutants did not grow with H₂ and either fumarate or polysulfide, and did not catalyze dimethylnaphthoquinone reduction by H₂. We conclude that the same hydrogenase serves in the anaerobic respiration with fumarate and with polysulfide. HydC and the C-terminus of HydA appear to be required for both routes of electron transport and for dimethylnaphthoquinone reduction by H₂. The hydrogenase is anchored in the membrane by HydC and by the C-terminus of HydA. The catalytic subunit HydB is oriented towards the periplasmic side of the membrane. Received: 29 December 1997 / Accepted: 6 March 1998     

Enhancement of pyruvate production by osmotic-tolerant mutant of Torulopsis glabrata

Pyruvate production by Torulopsis glabrata was used as a model to study the mechanism of product inhibition and the strategy for enhancing pyruvate production. It was found that the concentration of cell growth and pyruvate deceased with the increase of NaCl and sorbitol concentrations. To enhance the osmotic stress resistance of the strain, an NaCl-tolerant mutant RS23 was screened and selected through a pH-controlled continuous culture with 70 g/L NaCl as the selective criterion. Compared with the parent strain, mutant RS23 could grow well on the medium containing 70 g/L NaCl or 0.6 mol/L sorbitol. Pyruvate concentration by the mutant strain RS23 reached 94.3 g/L at 82 h (yield on glucose 0.635 g/g) in a 7-l fermentor with 150 g/L glucose as carbon source. Pyruvate concentration and yield of mutant RS23 were 41.1% and 11.1% higher than those of the parent strain, respectively. The strategy for enhancing pyruvate production by increasing osmotic stress resistance may provide an alternative approach to enhance organic acids production with yeast.