Subcellular distribution of enzymes in the yeast Saccharomycopsis lipolytica, grown on n-hexadecane,with special reference to the ω-hydroxylase

The subcellular localization of the ω-hydroxylase of Saccharomycopsis lipolytica was assessed by the analytical fractionation technique, originally described by de Duve C., Pressman, B.C., Gianetto, R., Wattiaux, R. and Appelmans, F., and hitherto little, if at all, applied to yeast. Protoplasts were separated in six fractions by differential centrifugation. Some of these fractions were further fractioned by density gradient centrifugation. The distribution of ω-hydroxylase and 15 other constituents chosen as possible markers of its subcellular membranes has been established. ω-Hydroxylase resulted in being bound to a membrane that containes also cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-cytochrome c reductase. This membrane clearly differs from five other subcellular entities. (1) Mitochondria were characterized by particulate malate dehydrogenase, particulate Antimycin A-insensitive NADH-cytochrome c reductase, oligomycin-sensitive and K⁺-stimulated ATPase pH 9. (2) Most if not all of the catalase and urate oxidase is peroxisomal. (3) Free ribosomes account for most RNA. (4) Nucleoside diphosphatase is for the first time reported in a yeast and appears to belong to an homogeneous population of small membranes. (5) The soluble compartment contains magnesium pyrophosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, 5′-nucleotidase and part of the NADH-cytochrome c reductase. Latent arylesterase and ATPase pH7 have an unspecific distribution. Alkaline phosphodiesterase I has not been detected.     

The pentafunctional FAS1 genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yarrowia lipolytica are co-linear and considerably longer than previously estimated

Summary The fatty acid synthetase (FAS) gene FAS1 of the alkane-utilizing yeast Yarrowia lipolytica was cloned and sequenced. The gene is represented by an intron-free reading frame of 6228 by encoding a protein of 2076 amino acids and 229980 Da molecular weight. This protein exhibits a 58% sequence similarity to the corresponding Saccharomyces cerevisiae FAS -subunit. The sequential order of the five FAS1-encoded enzyme domains, acetyl transferase, enoyl reductase, dehydratase and malonyl/palmityl-transferase, is co-linear in both organisms. This finding agrees with available evidence that the functional organization of FAS genes is similar in related organisms but differs considerably between unrelated species. In addition, previously reported conflicting data concerning the 3 end of S. cerevisiae FAS1 were re-examined by genomic and cDNA sequencing of the relevant portion of the gene. Thereby, the translational stop codon was shown to lie considerably downstream of both published termination sites. The S. cerevisiae FAS1 gene thus has a corrected length of 6153 by and encodes a protein of 2051 amino acids and 228667 Da molecular weight.     

引入新型异戊二烯醇利用途径促进解脂耶氏酵母中β-胡萝卜素的合成*

目的:微生物体内异戊二烯类化合物的前体物异戊烯焦磷酸酯的天然合成路径受到严格的代谢调控,因此限制了异戊二烯类化合物的高效生物合成,而新型异戊二烯醇利用途径独立于生物体内源性代谢路径,通过在微生物中引入IUP能够进行异戊烯焦磷酸酯的大量合成,从而促进异戊二烯类化合物的大量合成。方法:在油脂酵母解脂耶氏酵母中引入IUP,强化异戊烯焦磷酸酯生物合成,促进β-胡萝卜素的高效积累。结果:通过生物信息学的方法预测IUP中两个关键蛋白酿酒酵母来源的胆碱激酶ScCK和拟南芥来源的异戊烯磷酸激酶AtIPK,均为酸性亲水性蛋白,无跨膜区和信号肽,二者都具有疏松不稳定的结构特征,显著富集于磷酸类物质的合成通路中。在解脂耶氏酵母中利用同源重组技术引入外源β-胡萝卜素合成关键基因carRP和carB,强化甲羟戊酸途径的关键基因thmgR和ggs1,使工程菌株中积累2.68 mg/L β-胡萝卜素。通过Cre-loxP系统回收基因组上的ura标签,再将IUP进一步整合到工程菌株染色体上。当培养基中含有20 mM异戊二烯醇作为底物、碳氮比为4/3且发酵96 h后,重组解脂耶氏酵母中β-胡萝卜素的产量提高到410.2 mg/L,较原始工程菌的产量提高了近200倍。结论:IUP能够促进解脂耶氏酵母中β-胡萝卜素的高效积累,为利用IUP开展β-胡萝卜素和其他异戊二烯类化合物的高效生物合成提供新思路。     

Properties of Crystalline 3β-Hydroxysteroid Oxidase of Brevibacterium sterolicum

3β-Hydroxysteroid oxidase (3β-hydroxysteroid: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.3.6.) from the culture supernatant of Brevibacterium sterolicum ATCC 21387 has a molecular weight of 32,500 and an isoelectric point of 8.9. The enzyme contained 258 amino acid residues and the composition revealed a distinctive feature of a relatively high amount of proline and the absence of alanine and tryptophan. The crystalline enzyme exhibited an absorption spectrum characteristic of a flavoprotein with absorption maxima at 280, 390, and 470 nm with a shoulder at 490 nm. Anaerobic addition of dehydro-epi-androsterone as well as sodium dithionite to the enzyme produced a disappearance of the peaks at 390 and 470 nm. The flavin moiety of the enzyme was isolated and identified as flavin adenine dinucleotide, 1 mole of which was found per mole of protein. The enzyme is sulfhydryl dependent and was inactivated by silver and mercury compounds. Analysis of the enzyme protein by atomic absorption spectrophotometry failed to detect any significant quantity of heavy metals.

Various 3β-hydroxysteroids were oxidized and the relative rates of the oxidation were cholesterol, 100; dehydro-epi-androsterone, 41; pregnenolone, 22; and β-sitosterol, 20. The oxidation product of cholesterol by the enzyme was crystallized and identified as 4-cholesten-3-one by melting point, elementary analysis, optical rotation, UV, IR and NMR spectra. The oxidation of cholesterol proceeded as follows:

The enzyme would be used for some analytical and preparative purposes in the field of steroid chemistry, e.g., microdetermination of cholesterol in serum.     

Effect of acyl-CoA oxidase activity on the accumulation of gamma-decalactone by the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica: a factorial approach

beta-Oxidation is a cyclic pathway involved in the degradation of lipids. In yeast, it occurs in peroxisomes and the first step is catalyzed by an acyl-CoA oxidase (Aoxp). The yeast Yarrowia lipolytica possesses several genes (POX) coding for Aoxps. This study is based on the factorial analysis of results obtained with the many POX derivative strains that have been constructed previously. The effect of interactions between Aoxps on the acyl-CoA oxidase (Aox) activity was important even at the second order. We then investigated the effect of Aox activity on growth and lactone production. Aox activity was correlated with acidification of the medium by cells and with cellular growth but not with lactone production, although Aox activity on short chains was inversely correlated with lactone accumulation. Due to the poor correlation between Aox activity and lactone production, the modeling of this parameter gave no satisfactory results but growth depending on Aox activity was modeled.     

The regulatory subunit of protein kinase A promotes hyphal growth and plays an essential role in Yarrowia lipolytica

The gene encoding the regulatory subunit (RKA1) of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) of Yarrowia lipolytica was isolated to analyze the role of the PKA pathway in the dimorphic transition of the fungus. The gene encoded a protein of 397 amino acids that exhibits significant homology to fungal PKA regulatory subunits. Attempts to disrupt the gene by double homologous recombination, or the Pop-in Pop-out technique, were unsuccessful. The gene could be mutated only in merodiploids constructed with an autonomous replicating plasmid. Loss of the plasmid occurred with growth under nonselective conditions in the whole population of merodiploids carrying the mutation in the plasmid, but in merodiploids with the mutation at the chromosome, a resistant population prevailed. These data suggest that RKA1 is essential in Y. lipolytica. cAMP addition inhibited the dimorphic transition of the parental strain, but merodiploids carrying several copies of RKA1 were more resistant to cAMP. These results, and the observation that RKA1 was upregulated in mycelial cells, indicate that an active PKA pathway promotes yeast-like growth and opposes mycelial development. This behavior is in contrast to that of Candida albicans, where the PKA pathway favors hyphal growth.     

解脂耶氏酵母基于木质纤维素原料生产化学品研究进展*

解脂耶氏酵母具有遗传背景清晰、分子操作体系较为成熟、抗逆性强、底物谱广、有机酸和蛋白质分泌能力强等优点,在微生物发酵生产化学品领域极具应用潜力。木质纤维素是丰富的可再生生物质资源,以木质纤维素原料替代化石原料生产化学品对于缓解全球能源危机、保障粮食安全等意义重大。解脂耶氏酵母可以天然代谢木质纤维素水解产生的葡萄糖,但对其他水解产物(如木糖)的利用效率极低。综述解脂耶氏酵母利用木质纤维素原料的代谢途径及改造策略,以木质纤维素原料生产化学品为例,重点讨论该过程中的主要瓶颈问题及解决办法,为后续研究提供参考。     

Mathematical modeling of citric acid production by repeated batch culture

A mathematical model has been created for the process of citric acid biosynthesis by yeast (mutant strain Yarrowia lipolytica) cultivated by the repeated batch (RB) method on ethanol under conditions of nitrogen limitation. The model accounts for cell growth as a function of nitrogen concentration in the culture liquid; nitrogen uptake by growing cells; citric acid production; pH control in the fermentor by means of NaOH addition; and changes in system volume. The model represents a system of five nonlinear differential equations. Experimental measurements of cell concentration, citric acid concentration, and cultivation broth volume were used with the least squares method to determine the values of eight model parameters. The parameter values obtained were consistent with literature data and general concepts of cell growth and citric acid biosynthesis. The model has been used to predict optimum RB culture conditions.     

Disruption of fungal and bacterial biofilms by lauroyl glucose

Aim: The ability of enzymatically synthesized lauroyl glucose to disrupt fungal (Candida albicans, Candida lipolytica) and bacterial (Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, Pseudomonas aureofaciens) biofilms was investigated. Methods and Results: Preformed biofilms of C. albicans and C. lipolytica in polystyrene microtitre plates were disrupted upto 45% and 65%, respectively, while P. aeruginosa and P. aureofaciens biofilms were disrupted by 51% and 57%. Precoating of the microtitre wells with lauroyl glucose affected cell attachment and biofilm growth of all the cultures to a lesser extent. With C. albicans and C. lipolytica, there was 11% and 32% decrease in the development of biofilms, respectively. With P. aeruginosa and P. aureofaciens, the reduction was 21% and 12% after 48 h. Lauroyl glucose effectively inhibited the formation of biofilms on glass slide surfaces when added along with the inoculum. Analysis by confocal laser scanning microscopy showed that the growth of the biofilms was lesser as compared with the control experiments. Lauroyl glucose displayed minimum inhibitory concentration values >500 μg ml^?1 for the test cultures and was comparable to that obtained with acetyl salicylate. Conclusion: Lauroyl glucose reduces biofilm growth of all the four test cultures on polystyrene and glass surfaces. Significance and Impact of the Study: This report is a novel application of the enzymatically synthesized, environmental‐friendly nonionic surfactant.     

黑曲霉中内切菊粉酶基因及其全合成基因在解脂耶氏酵母中表达的比较

利用酵母密码子偏爱性将黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger)中的内切菊粉酶(Endoinu linase)基因通过基因全合成的方式合成为酵母密码子偏爱性的内切菊粉酶基因。然后将原始和全合成的内切菊粉酶基因克隆到解脂耶氏酵母表达载体PINA1296上,得重组解脂耶氏酵母表达载体pHBM2020、pHBM2021,将两种质粒分别转化解脂耶氏酵母(Yarrowia lipolytica)CLIB725,筛选得到重组解脂耶氏酵母CLIB725(pHBM2020)、CLIB725(pHBM2021),将两种重组酵母摇瓶培养,经SDS-PAGE、测酶活检测表明两种基因在解脂耶氏酵母中都有表达,全合成菊粉酶比原始菊粉酶酶活要高。