Research Paper 研究报告. 提高光滑球拟酵母乙酰辅酶 A 水平促进 α- 酮戊二酸合成 梁楠 1,2, 王淼 2, 刘立明 1*, 堵国成 1 1* , 陈坚 mmol/(l g DCW) A (2) α-

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Research Paper 研究报告 Acta Microbiologica Sinica 48(7) 874~878; 4 July 2008 ISSN 0001-6209; CN11-1995/Q http://journals.im.ac.cn 提高光滑球拟酵母乙酰辅酶 A 水平促进 α- 酮戊二酸合成 梁楠 1,2, 王淼 2, 刘立明 1*, 堵国成 1 1*, 陈坚 ( 1 2 214122) 摘要 : A A ACS2 Torulopsis glabrata A 9.2 (1.20 U/mg protein) T. glabrata ACS2-1 WSH-IP303 T. glabrata ACS2-1 (1) 0.94 mmol/(l g DCW) A (2) A α- C α-kg /C pyr WSH-IP303 3.22 2.05 2.52 (3) 4 g/l A α- C α-kg /C pyr WSH-IP303 4.55 2.47 3.75 α- 17.8 g/l α- 关键词 A A 中图分类号 Q936 文献标识码 A 文章编号 0001-6209 (2008) 07-0874-05 A(CoA) A 100 [1, 2] [3] A A Rice San KY E. coli A A [4] [5] [6] A [7] (CAT2) A/ A A [8] A (ACS2) A [4] Akamatsu A A 3 ACS2 [9] A A (Torulopsis glabrata) A ( A ) B 1 [10] (TCA) A α- (α-kg) α- B 1 α-kg 基金项目 : (20625619); 863 (2006AA02Z201); (30670066, 20706025); 973 (2007CB71403) * Tel: +86-510-85918307; E-mail: mingll@jiangnan.edu.cn; jchen@jiangnan.edu.cn 作者简介 : (1985 ),,,, E-mail: xushishujun@163.com 收稿日期 : 2008-01-15; 修回日期 : 2008-03-31

A α-./ (2008) 48(7) 875 T. glabrata α-kg A ACS2 A T. glabrata α-kg A 图 1 光滑球拟酵母代谢流示意图 Fig. 1 Metabolic flux distribution in Torulopsis glabrata. EMP, Embden-Meyerhof pathway; TCA, tricarboxylic acid cycle. Key enzymatic reactions at the pyruvate branch point are catalyzed by the following enzymes: 1-3. pyruvate dehydrogenase bypass (PDH by-pass); 1. pyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1); 2. acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.4 or EC 1.2.1.5); 3. acetyl coenzyme A(CoA)aynthetase (EC 6.2.1.1); 4. acetyl shuttle from the cytosol to mitochondria; 5. pyruvate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.4.1). Enzymatic reactions involved in lactate and ethanol syntheses have been omitted. Black arrows indicate the metabilic pathway leading to the production of α-kg from glucose in T. glabrata WSH-IP303. Dash line represents the expression cassette [GAL1 promoter and S. cereviae ACS2 gene] on the plasmid pyes2-acs2. 1 材料和方法 1.1 材料 1.1.1 (Torulopsis glabrata) WSH-IP303 4 [10] JM109 pmd18-t Simple Vector TaKaRa pyes2 1.1.2 LB (g/l) 10 5 10 ph 7.0 L 100 μg/ml 20 (g/l) 30 10 KH 2 PO 4 1 MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.5 20( ) ph5.5 (g/l) 100 NH 4 Cl 7 KH 2 PO 4 5 MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.8 CaCO 3 40 ( ) 10 ml 10 ml ph5.0 1 L (CM g/l) 20 20 10 20 g (MM g/l) 20 10 KH 2 PO 4 1 MgSO 4 7H 2 O 0.5 10 ml 10 ml 60 mg (SM) SM 0.5 g 5- (5-FOA) 5-FOA (FOASM) CaCl 2 2H 2 O 2 g FeSO 4 7H 2 O 2 g ZnCl 2 0.5 g MnCl 2 4H 2 O 12 g CuSO 4 5H 2 O 0.05 g 2 mol/l HCl 1 L 80 mg 0.15 mg 40 mg 4 mg 10 mg 1 L 1.1.3 (50 ml/500 ml ) 30 200 r/min 24 h 10% (v/v) 500 ml 50 ml 30 200 r/min 48 h 1.2 DNA 操作 DNA DNA T. glabrata Invitrogen 1.3 目的片段的 PCR 扩增 NCBI S. cerevisiae S288C CoA ACS2 1 S. cerevisiae DNA ACS2 ACS2 PCR 1.4 尿嘧啶缺陷型菌株的构建 NCBI T. glabrata URA3 URA3-R URA3-L 1 T. glabrata WSH-IP303 DNA URA3 FusionPCR PCR 94 4 min 94 1 min 55 50 s 72 1 min 30 72 10 min T. glabratawsh-ip303 FOASM

876 Nan Liang et al. /Acta Microbiologica Sinica (2008) 48(7) 表 1 Table 1 本文所用引物详细信息 Primers used in this study Name of Primer Sequence(5 3 ) Restriction enzyme cutting site ACS2 URA3-R URA3-L S: GGATTGGAATTCCGCGGTTAGTGATTGTTATAC A: GTTAGCGGCCGCTTTCCTAGCTGACCAGTAAAA S: GTCTTGAATTCTGTAAGTGTACTCTTGATGG A: TCGCGGATCCAACAATTCAACATTATACTTA S: TACTGCGGCCGCTAAAGTTGACTCTCGCTAC A: ACTTACAGAATTCAAGACATATCCAATAG Not BamH Not FOASM SM MM SM MM 1.5 表达载体的构建及鉴定 Not ACS2 pyes2 =6 1 16 PCR pyes2-acs2 1.6 T. glabrata 过量表达 ACS2 工程菌的构建 pyes2-acs2 T. glabrata ura3 1 mol/l 30 1 h 100 μl MM 30 2 d ( ) MM 30 2 d 3 1.7 分析与测定 (Dry Cell Weight, DCW) [11] CoA [12] Bradford BSA [13] HPLC CoA/acetyl-CoA [14] HPLC StableBond C18 20 254 nm A 0.2 mol/l (ph 5.0) B 800 ml 0.25 mol/l (ph5.0) 200 ml 70%A 30%B 1.0 ml/min 10 μl 2.2 过量表达 ACS2 的 T. glabrata 重组菌的筛选 1000 bp T. glabrata WSH-IP303 FOASM FOASM SM MM SM MM T. glabrata ura3 pyes2-acs2 T. glabrata ura3 MM PCR 2 kb T. glabrata ACS2-1 ACS2 1.20 U/mg protein 9.2 2.3 过量表达 ACS2 促进 T. glabrata 好氧生长性能 T. glabrata ACS2-1 ( 2) WSH-IP303 5.2 (0.5 g/l) 1.12(9.6 g/l) 1.52 (9.8 g/l) ACS2 (WSH-IP303) 5.73 9.2 ( 2) A T. glabrata 2 结果和讨论 2.1 目的基因 ACS2 扩增与表达质粒的构建 Saccharomyces cerevisiae PCR ACS2 (2 kb) pyes2 ACS2 pyes2-acs2 pyes2- ACS2 DNA SnaBI 1671 bp 6431 bp ACS2 图 2 重组菌 T. glabrata ACS2-1( 灰色 ) 和出发菌株 WSH-IP303 ( 白色 ) 利用不同碳源的生长情况 Fig. 2 The growth of T. glabrata ACS2-1 (gray) and WSH-IP303 (white) on different carbon sources. Ace: acetate, Glu: glucose, Ace+Glu: 4g/L acetate and 100 g/l glucose.

A α-./ (2008) 48(7) 877 2 T. glabrata ACS2-1 WSH-IP303 ACS Table 2 The ACS activity of strain T. glabrata ACS2-1 and WSH-IP303 on different carbon sources (Samples were draw after 24 h culture) Enzyme activity /U Specific enzyme activity/(u/mg protein) Carbon sources WSH-IP303 T. glabrata ACS2-1 WSH-IP303 T. glabrata ACS2-1 Glucose 0.02 0.08 0.11 0.63 Acetate ND ND ND ND Glucose + acetate 0.01 0.09 0.13 1.20 2.4 增加乙酰辅酶 A 含量促进 α- 酮戊二酸合成 T. glabrata ACS2-1 WSH-IP303 ( 3-A B C) (1) T. glabrata ACS2-1 5.4 mmol/l (0.8 g/l) α-kg (2) T. glabrata ACS2-1 80% α-kg C α-kg /C pyr WSH-IP303 105% 152% (3) 4 g/l T. glabrata ACS2-1 α-kg C α-kg /C pyr WSH-IP303 0.66 2.47 3.75 (4) 4 g/l T. glabrata ACS2-1 α-kg C α-kg /C pyr 27.1% 56.2% WSH-IP303 T. glabrata ACS2-1 WSH-IP303 A ( 3-D) (1) T. glabrata ACS2-1 0.94 mmol/(l g DEW) A WSH-IP303 A (2) T. glabrata ACS2-1 A WSH-IP303 3.22 (3) 4 g/l WSH-IP303 A T. glabrata ACS2-1 A 13.07 mmol/(l g DCW) WSH-IP303 4.55 A TCA A TCA α-kg 3 讨论 T. glabrata α- B 1 α-kg A T. glabrata A T. glabrata ACS2-1 ACS 9.2 A 13.07 mmol/(l g DCW) ( 35.6 g/l 23.6 g/l ) α-kg (18.7 g/l) ACS A (PDC) (ACDH) A 参考文献 图 3 重组菌 T. glabrata ACS2-1( 灰色 ) 和出发菌株 WSH-IP303 ( 白色 ) 在不同碳源上的代谢情况 Fig. 3 The metabolic behavior of T. glabrata WSH-IP303ACS2-1 (gray) and WSH-IP303 (white) on different carbon source. Ace: acetate, Glu: glucose, Ace+Glu: 4g/L acetate and 100 g/l glucose. [1] Chohnan S, Furukawa H, Fujio T, et al. Changes in the size and composition of intracellular pools of nonesterified coenzyme A and coenzyme A thioesters in aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol, 1997, 63 (2): 553 560.

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