四氢叶酸辅酶参与的酶催化一碳单元转移反应及其人工模拟进展

简要介绍了生物体系中酶催化的一碳单元转移反应以及四氢叶酸辅酶的结构和作用,综述了一碳单元转移反应的人工模拟进展,展望了上述反应的理论研究方法及前景。     

四氢叶酸辅酶参与的酶催化—碳单元转移反应及其人工模拟进展

简要介绍了生物体系中酶催化的一碳单元转移反应以及四氢叶酸辅酶的结构和作用,综述了一碳单元转移反应的人工模型进展,展望了上述反应的理论研究方法及前景。     

光催化NAD（P）H再生的研究进展

辅酶与酶催化反应紧密相关,是酶催化氧化还原反应过程中不可缺失的重要组成,其中,烟酰胺类辅酶NAD和NADP参与了大多数的酶催化氧化还原反应,是辅酶中最重要的一类。然而,辅酶的高成本限制了其实际应用。因此,烟酰胺辅酶的高效和低成本再生具有特别重要的意义。本文总结了还原型烟酰胺辅酶光催化再生方法的相关研究进展以及各种光敏剂的优缺点,提出了光催化NAD(P)H再生仍需要解决的问题。     

Baeyer-Villiger单加氧酶在有机合成中的应用

综述了Baeyer-Villiger单加氧酶在有机合成中的应用.较之传统的化学反应, 氧化酶催化剂反应有较好的选择性、可控性和经济性. 环己酮加氧酶是一种还原型辅酶I (NADPH)依赖型氧化酶, 是最早被报道能够催化Baeyer-Villiger氧化的酶. 这些重要反应产生了合成化学家很感兴趣的扩环产物. 环己酮加氧酶也是有用的生物催化剂, 由于辅酶再生的问题已被工程菌克服了, 所以能像全细胞催化剂那样使用. 对酮包括杂环酮进行Baeyer-Villiger氧化和动态动力学拆分, 放大这种反应作为合成路线是很有前途的.     

新型乳酸固定化酶荧光毛细生物传感器

对长45 mm、内径0.9 mm的医用毛细管进行γ-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷氨基化和戊二醛醛基化后,再将乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)的氨基与戊二醛的醛基结合,使其固定在毛细管内壁,构成一种新型固定化酶乳酸荧光毛细生物传感器(IE-LFCBS),实现了对乳酸的微量、快速测定.IE-LFCBS吸入辅酶Ⅰ与乳酸的混合液,在固定化酶催化下使乳酸与辅酶Ⅰ反应,生成荧光物质还原型辅酶Ⅰ;激发波长353 nm、发射波长466 nm.适用于IE-LFCBS的优化条件为:辅酶Ⅰ浓度4 mmol/L、用于固定化的LDH浓度60 kU/L、反应时间15 min、反应温度38 ℃、测定范围为1.0～5.0 mmol/L、回收率95%～98%,IE-LFCBS的相对标准偏差为RSD<1.5%(n=11),检出限为0.45 mmol/L.IE-LFCBS的试液用量极少(18 μL),并能重复使用,可望用于发酵食品、药品、血液标本等各类样品中乳酸的快速检测.     

光合细菌羰基还原酶不对称还原苯乙酮的研究

从本实验室筛选得到的类球红杆菌(Rhodobacter sphaeroides)中,通过超声破碎、硫胺沉淀、DEAE-Sepha-dexA-25阴离子交换层析分离得到一种较纯的依赖NADPH的羰基还原酶.对其进行SDS-PAGE电泳分析,显示一条带,测得其相对分子量约为37kD.建立了羰基还原酶催化苯乙酮反应体系并对其进行优化,得出该酶催化苯乙酮的最适反应pH值为8,最适温度为37℃,在pH值为7～9之间比较稳定,其热稳定性较低.该酶对苯乙酮的米氏常数Km和最大反应速率Vmax分别为0.26mmol·L-1和2.4μmol·min-1·mg-1,最佳反应时间为24h·催化苯乙酮的主要产物为(S)-苯乙醇,其产率为58.5%,ee值可达到99%以上,是很有前景的生物催化剂之一.对酶催化与辅酶再生体系相结合进行了初步的研究,提出了氢化酶再生辅酶与菌绿素再生辅酶体系,为今后的酶催化工业生产奠定了基础.     

固定化酶微反应器的制备及应用

固定化酶微反应器是将生物分子固定技术与生化微反应相结合制备的一种固定化催化装置。这种微型化的反应系统由于兼具固定化酶的特异性催化、可重复利用及微分析的低消耗、易分离等优点,在生命科学如蛋白质组学、酶抑制剂的筛选、生物催化等领域具有非常重要的作用。固定化酶微反应器的性能与其制作方法关系密切。本文着重从酶与固定化载体结合方式的角度,对近年来固定化酶微反应器的各种制备方法和应用进行了较为详细的评述。重点讨论了各种方法的优缺点和最新的发展情况,并对其发展前景进行了展望。     

复合交联酶聚集体的制备及催化羰基不对称还原合成手性醇

尝试建立一种复合交联酶聚集体辅酶再生方法.以Corynebacterium sp.酮还原酶KRED 30和Bacillus subtilis D-葡萄糖脱氢酶GDH 1为模式酶,通过对沉淀剂类型、戊二醛浓度、交联温度和时间的优化,制备了高活力复合交联酶聚集体.酶学性质研究结果表明,与自由酶混合物相比,复合交联酶聚集体的稳定性和底物耐受性得到明显提升.催化性能研究结果表明,仅添加少量辅酶启动反应,在水相体系中复合交联酶聚集体可有效催化4-氯乙酰乙酸乙酯(COBE)和间氯苯乙酮(CPO)还原合成手性醇,连续催化10次,残余活性仍保留70%以上;在双相体系中,复合交联酶聚集体的催化性能更加优越,催化COBE的总转化数(TTN)达到6595,催化CPO的TTN达到7500.结果表明,复合交联酶聚集体是一种可行的辅酶再生方法.     

固定化扩展青霉脂肪酶的制备及其在玉米油转酯反应中的应用

采用吸附法对来源于扩展青霉Penicillium expansum的脂肪酶进行了固定化.从20种不同来源的树脂中筛选出固定化效率高且价格低廉的D4020树脂作为载体,系统研究了固定化条件对固定化效率及固定化酶转酯活力的影响.结果表明,最适加酶量、缓冲液pH和吸附时间分别为0.7 g/g、9.4和4 h.冻干时添加0.5%的半乳糖有助于提高固定化酶的转酯活力.在上述优化条件下,固定化酶的转酯活力为404.0 U/g,而所用的游离酶不能催化该转酯反应.利用该固定化酶催化玉米油转酯反应生产生物柴油时,叔戊醇为适宜的反应介质,其最适添加量为0.5 ml/g;适宜的酶量、加水量和反应温度分别为60.6 U/g、油重的1.2%和35℃.按醇/油摩尔比为1的比例分别在反应0、2和6 h时加入甲醇,在优化反应条件下,反应24 h后甲酯产率达85.0%;固定化脂肪酶具有较好的操作稳定性,反应10批次时,相对酶活力为62.8%.     

固定化多酶级联反应器

多酶级联反应在生命活动过程中发挥着重要作用。固定化多酶级联反应器是将不同功能的酶通过物理化学或生物手段固定于特定载体上,以之模拟生物体内多种酶协同作用方式促使底物发生降解和转化等反应的新型仿生催化技术。该技术具有固定化酶的稳定性、可重复利用以及酶级联的高效协同催化等优点,近年来在生物传感、模拟生物学以及生物转化等领域得到越来越多的关注。本文从多酶级联反应原理、反应器制备、级联反应的影响因素及应用等方面对近年来固定化多酶级联反应器的进展进行详细评述,并展望其发展前景。     

Coenzyme Regeneration in Hexanol Oxidation Catalyzed by Alcohol Dehydrogenase

The enzymatic ways of coenzyme regeneration include the addition of a second enzyme to the system or the addition of the co-substrate. In the present study, both methods of enzymatic coenzyme (NAD⁺) regeneration were studied and compared in the reaction of hexanol oxidation catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). As a source of ADH, commercial isolated enzyme and the whole baker??s yeast cells were used. First, coenzyme regeneration was employed in the reaction of acetaldehyde reduction catalyzed by the same enzyme that catalyzed the main reaction, and then NAD⁺ regeneration was applied in the reaction of pyruvate reduction catalyzed by l-lactate dehydrogenase (l-LDH). Hexanal was obtained as the product of hexanol oxidation catalyzed by isolated ADH while hexaonic acid was detected as a product of the same reaction catalyzed by baker??s yeast cells. All of the used biocatalysts were kinetically characterized. The mass reactions were described by the mathematical models. All models were validated in the batch reactor. One hundred percent hexanol conversion was obtained using permeabilized yeast cells using both methods of cofactor regeneration. By using isolated enzyme ADH, the higher conversion was achieved in a system with cofactor regeneration catalyzed by l-LDH.     

Catalytic electrooxidation of NADH for dehydrogenase amperometric biosensors

The developments in the techniques of NADH catalytic oxidation relevant for incorporation in amperometric biosensors with dehydrogenase enzymes are reviewed with special emphasis in the years following 1990. The review stresses the direct electro-catalytic methods of NAD⁺ recycling as opposed to enzymatic regeneration of the coenzyme. These developments are viewed and evaluated from a mechanistic perspective of recycling of NADH to enzymatically active NAD⁺, and from the point of view of development of technologically useful reagentless dehydrogenase biosensors. An effort is made to propose a method for the standardization of evaluation of new mediating and direct coenzyme recycling schemes. A perspective is given for the requirements that have to be met for successful biosensor development incorporating dehydrogenase enzymes that open the analytical possibilities to a number of new analytes. The intrinsic limitations of the system are finally discussed and a view of the future of the field is presented.     

Optimized carbon nanotube fiber microelectrodes as potential analytical tools

The preparation and interesting electrochemical properties of carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber microelectrodes are reported. By combining the advantages of CNT with those of fiber electrodes, this type of microelectrode differs from CNT-modified or CNT-containing composite electrodes, because they are made solely of CNT without other components, for example additives or binders. The performance of these electrodes has been characterized with regard to, among others, the electrocatalytic oxidation of analytes via dehydrogenase-mediated reactions. In this context the reversible regeneration of the coenzyme NAD(+) using a mediator is a key step in the development of new amperometric sensor devices and we have successfully immobilized mediator molecules that are very efficient for this purpose on the surface of the CNT fiber electrode. The microelectrodes thus obtained have been compared with classic carbon microelectrodes and have promising behavior in biosensing applications, especially after specific pretreatments such as CNT alignment inside the fiber or expansion of the specific surface by chemically induced swelling.     

NMR observations of 13C-enriched coenzyme B12 bound to the ribonucleotide reductase from Lactobacillus leichmannii

The 13C NMR resonance and one-bond 1H-13C coupling constants of coenzyme B12 enriched in 13C in the cobalt-bound carbon have been observed in the complex of the coenzyme with the B12-dependent ribonucleotide reductase from Lactobacillus leichmannii. Neither the 13C NMR chemical shift nor the 1H-13C coupling constants are significantly altered by binding of the coenzyme to the enzyme. The results suggest that ground-state Co-C bond distortion is not utilized by this enzyme to activate coenzyme B12 for C-Co bond homolysis.     

Synthesis of functional derivatives of flavo-coenzymes: 3-alkyl and 2-alkylimino-flavin-mononucleotides and flavin-adenine dinucleotides

Functional derivatives of flavo-coenzymes, altered in position 2 or 3, have been synthesized in order to check the coenzyme specificity of flavo-apoproteins. Phosphorylation and phosphate separation methods have been adapted to the synthesis of 2-imino-,2-thio- and 3-alkyl-flavin mono- and di-nucleotides.     

Coenzyme analogs: excellent substitutes (not poor imitations) for electrochemical regeneration

For the first time, employment of nicotinamide coenzyme NAD analogs has overcome the limitations of NAD in electrochemical regeneration. It has been shown that NAD analogs, APAD and PAAD, were electrochemically reduced more efficiently than original NAD and that the stability of their reduced products was also much higher than NADH.     

Modular synthesis of pantetheine and phosphopantetheine

[structure: see text] D-Pantetheine and D-phosphopantetheine, precursors to coenzyme A, have been synthesized though a linear sequence from three modules (M1-M3) in 9 and 10 steps, respectively. These routes provide access to analogues of coenzyme A containing modified cystamines, beta-alanines, and pantoic acid residues. All three modules were joined using conventional methods of peptide synthesis. The chiral component, M3, was derived from D-pantolactone.     

光控光合菌生物催化苯乙酮不对称还原的反应机理

以苯乙酮作为模型底物,通过制备类球红杆菌(Rhodobacter sphaeroides)的载色体和分离纯化的胞内氧化还原酶混合液,构建了以类球红杆菌全细胞为催化剂、氧化还原酶为催化剂以及载色体与氧化还原酶偶合三种不对称还原反应体系,并通过向反应体系中加入最适氢供体乙酸钠和电子供体硫代硫酸钠提高产物的转化收率.通过检测目标产物的收率、对映体过量(ee)值和光学构型,分析了光控不对称还原的生物催化机理,发现光照可以改变胞内(S)-氧化还原酶和(R)-氧化还原酶的活性,从而产生不同构型的产物,加入电子供体和氢供体后,反应收率和ee值提高的原因是由于分别补充了细菌叶绿素分子Bchl失去的电子和NADPH再生所需的活性氢.     

Redox chemistry of coenzyme Q—a short overview of the voltammetric features

Quinones constitute a big family of organic redox active compounds that are overwhelmingly involved in important physiological processes. The most important members in the class of quinones are, indeed, the plastoquinones and the coenzyme Q (CoQ) derivatives. Voltammetry of coenzyme Q family members attracts significant attention since 50 years ago. In this work, we refer to some of the most important voltammetric features of coenzyme Qs studied in aprotic and in aqueous media. While the redox chemistry of coenzyme Q members in non-aqueous aprotic organic solvents can be described by two consecutive one-electron transfer steps, more complex situation exists in the voltammetry of coenzyme Qs performed in aqueous media. Although it has been claimed for a while that the voltammetric processes of coenzyme Qs in aqueous solutions proceed via formation of semiquinone radical intermediate species, it has been recently proven that this can be not completely true. Intensive voltammetric and spectroscopic studies of coenzyme Q systems in buffered and non-buffered aqueous media revealed that hydrogen bonding between electrochemically created CoQ species and the water molecules plays an important role in stabilizing electrochemically generated species of these systems. We also pay attention to the amazing redox chemistry of coenzyme Qs in strong alkaline media, while we refer to the chemical features of novel coenzyme Q derivatives obtained under such conditions. Hints are presented about the antioxidant capacity of some of the novel hydroxylated coenzyme Q systems. Also, the possibility of these systems to bind and transfer earth-alkaline cations across biomimetic membranes is shortly elaborated. In the end, we refer to some relevant theoretical works that describe closely the voltammetric behavior of various coenzyme Q systems. We believe that this short review will contribute towards better understanding of the amazing chemistry of coenzyme Q derivatives.     

Regeneration of nicotinamide cofactors for use in organic synthesis

The high cost of nicotinamide cofactors requires that they be regenerated in situ when used in preparative enzymatic synthesis. Numerous strategies have been tested for in situ regeneration of reduced and oxidized cofactors. Regeneration of reduced cofactors is relatively straightforward; regeneration of oxidized cofactors is more difficult. This review summarizes methods for preparation of the cofactors, factors influencing their stability and lifetime in solution, methods for their in situ regeneration, and process considerations relevant to their use in synthesis.