hprK基因敲除及对其枯草芽孢杆菌核黄素发酵的影响

枯草芽孢杆菌在葡萄糖丰富的环境中,胞内糖分解代谢物浓度的提高将引起碳分解代谢物阻遏效应(CCR)及糖吸收的抑制,对核黄素等发酵过程产生不利影响。通过缺陷细胞的分解代谢物控制蛋白A(CcpA)可以解除CCR效应,但不能解除糖吸收的抑制。磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸-糖磷酸转移酶系统(PTS)是枯草芽孢杆菌主要的糖吸收方式,HPr蛋白和双功能的HPr激酶/HPr-Ser46-P磷酸酶(HprK/P)参与PTS系统的调控。在葡萄糖丰富的条件下,HprK/P的激酶活性受1,6-二磷酸果糖激活,催化HPr蛋白46位丝氨酸残基磷酸化,形成HPr-Ser46-P。HPr-Ser46-P抑制某些碳源透过酶基因的表达;同时HPr-Ser46-P难以被酶Ⅰ在His15磷酸化,不能在PTS系统中发挥转移磷酸基团的作用,使细胞的糖吸收受到抑制。在CcpA缺陷的背景下,敲除核黄素生产菌株B.subtilis24A1/pMX45的HprK/P编码基因hprK,构建了CcpA和HprK/P双缺陷的重组菌B.subtilisZHc/pMX45。摇瓶发酵显示,B.subtilisZHc/pMX45核黄素发酵的最适葡萄糖浓度由24A1/pMX45的8%提高到10%;核黄素产量达到4.374mg/mL,比24A1/pMX45提高了19.2%。结果表明,CcpA和HprK/P的双缺陷可有效解除高浓度葡萄糖所引起的CCR效应和糖吸收抑制,有助于提高细胞对葡萄糖的耐受力,并提高核黄素产量。

Knockout of the hprK Gene in B. subtilis CcpA Mutant and Its Influence on Riboflavin Fermentation

In Bacillus subtilis , raising the amount of carbon catabolite in vivo would lead to carbon catabolite repression (CCR) and restrain the absorption of glucose. By deleting CcpA the CCR effect could be relieved, but the absorption of glucose remains restrained. The phosphoenol-pyruvate-sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) is the main glucose transportation system in B. subtilis. HPr protein together with HprK/P participate in the glucose transportation. The HPr protein is phosphorylated at His-15 forming HPr-His-15-P transferring phosphate group from HPr to E II . While HprK/P phosphorylate HPr at Ser-46 forming HPr-Ser-46-P. HPr-Ser-46-P cannot participate in the transportation of glucose. The Knockout of ccpA gene increases the amount of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate(FBP) in vivo. And FBP could activate HPr kinase. So when CcpA is deleted, most part of the HPr will be phosphorylated at Ser-46. Absorpton of glucose is blocked. In this study, by disruption of hprk gene, the obtained B. subtilisZHc/pMX45 reaches the peak riboflavin production of 4.374mg/mL at the optimum glucose concentration of 10%, 19.2% higher than that of B. subtilis24 A1/pMX45 at the optimum glucose concentration of 8%.