黄色短杆菌变异株AN78的发酵生产L-精氨酸的研究

以黄色短杆菌(Brevibacterium flavum)AG77(AHVr,TA^r,SG^r)[1]为诱变出发菌株,经亚硝基胍(NTG)诱变处理和选育,获得一株能够积累大量L-精氨酸的菌株AN78(AHVr,TAr,SG,His-)。AN78菌株在20L发酵罐中,以葡萄糖为碳源,以玉米浆、硫酸铵等为氮源的培养基中培养4d,产效率可达61．1g／L,对糖转化率20．2％,与AG77菌株相比较,分别提高了95％和39．3％。发酵液中L—精氨酸的提取收率为71％。     

温度敏感突变株在病毒学研究中的应用

本文根据病毒温度敏感突变（ｔｓ）株的特征,介绍了该突变株在病毒学研究中的应用情况;并简要介绍应用于预防病毒性疾病中的状况。     

雅致枝霉高产γ-亚麻酸突变株的选育

以雅致枝霉ＡＳ３．３４５６为出发菌株发酵生产γ－亚麻酸,经过２次５－氟尿嘧啶、紫外线、氯化锂复合诱变处理,得到变异株ＴＥ７－１５,其菌体生物量提高了１０．１２％,产脂率提高了５８．８８％,γ－亚麻酸产量提高了１１７．２８％,达到１０７９．９５ｍｇ／Ｌ,已满足工业化生产的要求。     

L－异亮氨酸产生菌选育的研究

以黄色短杆菌（Ｂｒｅｖｉｂａｃｔｅｒｉｕｍｆｌａｖｕｍ）ＡＴＣＣ１４０６７为出发菌株,经硫酸二乙酯（ＤＥＳ）、紫外线（ＵＶ）和亚硝基胍（ＮＴＧ）逐级诱变处理,α－氨基－β－羟基戊酸（ＡＨＶ）、Ｓ－２－氨基乙基－Ｌ－半胱氨酸（ＡＥＣ）、磺胺胍（ＳＧ）、乙硫氨酸（Ｅｔｈ）、α－氨基丁酸（α－ＡＢ）、异亮氨酸氧肟酸（ＩｌｅＨｘ）等氨基酸结构类似物及琥珀酸为碳源平板定向筛选,获得一株Ｌ－异亮氨酸高产菌ＺＱ－４（ＡＨＶ~γ、ＡＥＣ~γ、ＳＡＭ~γ、ＳＧ~γ、Ｅｔｈ~γ、α－ＡＢ~γ、ＩｌｅＨｘ~γ）在含１３．５％葡萄糖培养基中,摇瓶发酵７２ｈ、Ｌ－异亮氨酸积累可达２．８－３．０％。     

L－异亮氨酸产生菌选育的研究

以黄色短杆菌（Ｂｒｅｖｉｂａｃｔｅｒｉｕｍｆｌａｖｕｍ）ＡＴＣＣ１４０６７为出发菌株,经硫酸二乙酯（ＤＥＳ）、紫外线（ＵＶ）和亚硝基胍（ＮＴＧ）逐级诱变处理,α－氨基－β－羟基戊酸（ＡＨＶ）、Ｓ－２－氨基乙基－Ｌ－半胱氨酸（ＡＥＣ）、磺胺胍（ＳＧ）、乙硫氨酸（Ｅｔｈ）、α－氨基丁酸（α－ＡＢ）、异亮氨酸氧肟酸（ＩｌｅＨｘ）等氨基酸结构类似物及琥珀酸为碳源平板定向筛选,获得一株Ｌ－异亮氨酸高产菌ＺＱ－４（ＡＨＶ~γ、ＡＥＣ~γ、ＳＡＭ~γ、ＳＧ~γ、Ｅｔｈ~γ、α－ＡＢ~γ、ＩｌｅＨｘ~γ）在含１３．５％葡萄糖培养基中,摇瓶发酵７２ｈ、Ｌ－异亮氨酸积累可达２．８－３．０％。     

特定营养物对L-谷氨酸发酵的影响及优化

目的：以黄色短杆菌GDK-9为供试菌株,分析柠檬酸钠、菌体水解液和产酸促进剂等特定营养物的添加对L-谷氨酸发酵的影响,并对其发酵条件进行优化研究。方法：在单因子实验确定添加时间的基础上,应用SAS软件中的响应面分析方法（RSM）对柠檬酸钠、菌体水解液和产酸促进剂等3个因素的添加量进行优化;采用多元二次回归方程拟合3种因素与L-谷氨酸产量的函数关系,并得到其最适添加量。结果与结论：当柠檬酸钠、菌体水解液和产酸促进剂的添加量分别为0.355%、0.297%和0.183%时,10L自控罐发酵产谷氨酸达到140g/L,比优化前（128g/L）提高了9.38%。     

L一精氨酸产生菌的选育及其发酵条件的研究

以黄色短杆菌（Brevibacterium flavum)AT174(AHV^r,TA^r)为诱变出发株,经亚硝基胍（NTG）诱变处理,获得一株能够积累大量L－O精氨酸的菌株AG77（AHV^r,TA^r,SG^r)。在20L发酵罐中,以葡萄为碳源,以硫酸铵等为氮源的培养基中培养4d,产酸率可达31.3g/L。     

Increased cyclic AMP content directly correlated with morphological transformation of cells infected with a temperature-sensitive mutant of mouse sarcoma virus

Summary Normal rat kidney cells infected with a cold-sensitive mutant of mouse sarcoma virus [NRK(MSV-1b)] morphologically transform when exposed to adenosine 3′∶5′ cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) at the restrictive temperature. The cAMP-induced morphological changes occur rapidly and are reversible. Agents capable of elevating endogenous levels of cAMP [prostaglandin E₁ (PGE₁) and cholera toxin (CT)] induced morphological transformation of NRK(MSV-1b) cells at the restrictive temperature that was concentration dependent, potentiated by cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitors, and not prevented by inhibitors of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis. Prostaglandin E₁ stimulated a transient increase in the intracellular level of cAMP with a concomitant morphological transformation and reversion of cells as cAMP levels decline. The maximum increase is reached by 10 min, followed by a decline to near basal level by 80 min. In contrast, incubation of cells with CT resulted in irreversible morphological transformation and increased levels of cAMP first detectable by 1 hr with maximum levels reached by 24 hr. Heated CT (100°C, 20 min) was without effect. Addition of CT to reverted PGE₁-treated cells resulted in morphological transformation suggesting the existence of discrete receptors in NRK (MSV-1b) cells. This research was supported by Grant BC-207 from the American Cancer Society and Cancer Research Emphasis Grant R01 CA 19714 within the Virus Cancer Program of the National Cancer Institute.     

Maximum glucoamylase production by a temperature-sensitive mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in batch culture

In order to maximize the glucoamylase production by recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae in batch culture, first a temperature-controlled expression system for a foreign gene in S. cerevisiae was constructed. A temperature-sensitive pho80 mutant of S. cerevisiae for the PHO regulatory system, YKU131, was used for this purpose. A DNA fragment bearing the promoter of the PHO84 gene, which encodes an inorganic phosphate (P_i) transporter of S. cerevisiae and is derepressed by P_i starvation, was used as promoter. The glucoamylase gene connected with the PHO84 promoter was ligated into a YEp13 vector, designated pKU122. When the temperature-sensitive pho80 ^ts mutant harboring the plasmid pKU122 is cultivated at a lower temperature, the expression of glucoamylase gene is repressed, but at a higher temperature it is expressed. Next the effect of temperature on the specific growth rate, μ, and specific production rate, ρ, was investigated. Maximum values of ρ and ρ at various temperatures were at 30°C and 34°C, respectively. The optimal cultivation temperature strategy for maximum production of glucoamylase by this recombinant strain in batch culture was then determined by the Maximum principle using the relationships of μ and ρ to the cultivation temperature. Finally, the optimal strategy was experimentally realized by changing the cultivation temperature from Tμ (30°C) to Tρ (34°C) at the switching time, t_s. Received 18 September 1997/ Accepted in revised form 07 January 1998     

甲基营养型L-丝氨酸产生菌的选育

以甲基营养型假单胞菌J-12为出发菌株,经硫酸二乙酯（DES）和亚硝基胍（NTG）诱变处理,D-丝氨酸结构类似物平板和高浓度甘氨酸平板定向筛选,获得1株三-丝氨酸高产菌N-13,其发酵液中L-丝氨酸产量较出发菌株提高97．9％。在含有20g/L甘氨酸和7mL／L甲醇的培养基中,L-丝氨酸积累可达4．81g／L。     

Modification of gap junctions in cells transformed by a temperature-sensitive mutant of Rous sarcoma virus

Summary Prompted by our observation that a reduction in junctional permeance is one of the earlier events in the process of neoplastic transformation of a cell line by Rous sarcoma virus, we analyzed the gap junctions, from these cells to determine if the basis of the reduction is a loss of junctional channels. The cells (normal rat kidney, or NRK) are infected with a temperature-sensitive mutant of Rous sarcoma virus, allowing one easily to manipulate the cells into and out of the transformed state, and hence also to manipulate the junctional permeance. Using freeze-fracture electron microscopy, we found that the number and size of the junctions did not change in parallel with the permeance changes we had previously characterized. There is, however, a significant rearrangement of the junctional particles to a more random configuration when the cells are transformed and a reversal to the more ordered pattern when the cells are shifted back to the normal phenotype. These changes do parallel the changes in junctional permeance. We conclude that the permeance of existing junctional channels is modified and that the change in permeance may involve a change in the interaction of the junctional channels with each other and/or the surrounding lipid domain.     

嘧啶核苷类物质乳清酸产生菌的选育

以谷氨酸棒杆菌JSIM-201菌株为出发菌株,通过紫外线和甲基磺酸乙酯诱变处理,得到了一株尿嘧啶营养缺陷型突变体U-12菌株,能以葡萄糖为碳源,硫酸铵为氮源,在发酵液中积累一种紫外吸收物质。对U-12菌株的发酵液分离提取结晶,经物理、化学分析鉴定,证明是乳清酸物质。发酵液中积累乳清酸8．6g/L。     

The effects of growth conditions on cell wall composition and cell morphology in a temperature-sensitive tag-B mutant of Bacillus subtilis

The relationship between wall anionic polymer synthesis and cell morphology has been studied in Bacillus subtilis 168 and its temperature-sensitive tagB mutant strain BR19-200B. The amount and type of anionic polymer synthesized varied under different growth conditions, as did the morphology of the bacteria. Anionic polymer synthesis was affected by the phosphate supply. It was also found that teichuronic acid synthesis was temperature-sensitive in wild-type bacteria. Teichuronic acid synthesis was affected by the tagB lesion, previously thought to affect only teichoic acid synthesis. A relationship was observed between synthesis of the alternative polymers, such that suppression of teichuronic acid synthesis is accompanied by an increase in the synthesis of teichoic acid. Variation in anionic polymer content was accompanied by variation in cell shape. Differences in shape were related to differences in total anionic polymer rather than to differences in individual polymer type.     

Distribution of muropeptides in walls of Bacillus subtilis and a temperature-sensitive mutant

Attempts to correlate differences in cell shape with aspects of peptidoglycan structure were investigated. The parent strain, Bacillus subtilis 168, and its temperature-sensitive tagB mutant were grown in the chemostat under different growth conditions. The composition of the peptidoglycan was similar in all samples, regardless of cellular shape and anionic polymer content. Muropeptides, released by digestion with muramidase, comprised mainly dimers and monomers with only small amounts of trimer and traces of tetramer muropeptide. Overall, cross-linking did not vary greatly and the cross-linking index was less than 38%. Reverse-phase HPLC separation showed a complex fine structure. The principal muropeptides in all samples appeared to be the tetra monomer, tetra-tetra dimer and tetra-tetra-tetra trimer. While the major components looked the same in all samples, two specific components, a monomer and a dimer, were seen exclusively in the samples that had coccal morphology.     

A temperature-sensitive DNA adenine methyltransferase mutant of Salmonella typhimurium

A temperature-sensitive mutant of Salmonella typhimurium was isolated earlier after transposon mutagenesis with Tn10d Tet. The mutant D220 grows well at 28 °C but has a lower growth rate and forms filaments at 37 °C. Transposon-flanking fragments of mutant D220 DNA were cloned and sequenced. The transposon was inserted in the dam gene between positions 803 and 804 (assigned allele number: dam-231 : : Tn10d Tet) and resulted in a predicted ten-amino-acid-shorter Dam protein. The insertion created a stop codon that led to a truncated Dam protein with a temperature-sensitive phenotype. The insertion dam-231 : : Tn10d Tet resulted in a dam“leaky” phenotype since methylated and unmethylated adenines in GATC sequences were present. In addition, the dam-231 : : Tn10d Tet insertion rendered dam mutants temperature-sensitive for growth depending upon the genetic background of the S. typhimurium strain. The wild-type dam gene of S. typhimurium exhibited 82% identity with the Escherichia coli dam gene.     

Effect of cycloheximide on nonpermissive temperature killing in tsH1 mutant cells

1. 1.|We investigated the mechanism of cycloheximide-induced heat protection. We proposed a hypothesis to account for the mechanism [Lee and Dewey (1986) Radiat. Res. 106, 98–110].

2. 2.|Cycloheximide protects cells from hyperthermic killing by means of protecting thermolabile proteins from denaturation.

3. 3.|For this study, we have employed temperature-sensitive mutant tsH1 which contains a thermolabile leucyl-tRNA synthetase.

4. 4.|By 15 h of incubation at the nonpermissive temperature of 39.5 or 40°C, 40 or 93% of mutant cells respectively, were killed. In contrast, wild type SC cells did not lose viability after this same incubation.

5. 5.|Although killing of tsH1 by incubation at the nonpermissive temperatures was mainly due to denaturation of a thermolabile leucyl-tRNA synthetase, cycloheximide did not protect mutant cells from killing. However, tsH1 and SC cells exhibited similar sensitivities to killing at 43°C and above. Furthermore, cycloheximide protected both cell types from hyperthermic killing.

6. 6.|There was a 200- or 700-fold increase in survival after 2.5 h at 43°C by treatment with cycloheximide in tsH1 or SC cell type, respectively. Thus, the cellular target(s) for hyperthermic killing at this temperature apparently are similar in both types of cells.

7. 7.|The data indicate that the mechanism behind cycloheximide-induced heat protection is probably not the prevention of protein denaturation.