肝醇脱氢酶催化乙醇氧化生成乙醛反应机理的理论研究

 采用 B3LYP 方法研究了肝醇脱氢酶催化烟酰胺腺嘌呤二核苷酸氧化乙醇生成乙醛的反应机理. 优化得到了反应物、过渡态、中间体和产物的几何构型, 并计算了在蛋白质或水环境下有或没有肝醇脱氢酶时的反应势垒. 结果表明, 没有催化剂时, 乙醇负离子的形成及其被氧化生成乙醛的反应势垒都很高, 常温下反应难以进行; 当肝醇脱氢酶存在时, 乙醇负离子可以与肝醇脱氢酶中的 Zn2+配位形成络合物, 从而极大地降低了这两步的反应势垒, 使得反应在常温下容易进行.     

从酵母细胞中分离纯化醇脱氢酶

醇脱氢酶(ADH)用于食品工业，还是酶法测定乙醇或乙醛含量的工具酶。沉淀法和层析法至今仍然广泛用于分离蛋白质和酶。用离子交换层析、亲和层析等方法经过4～5个纯化步骤后，分离纯化ADH和其它蛋白质，纯化倍数可达100多倍。我们从酵母细胞中分离出醇脱氢酶，并通过硫酸铵分段盐析、凝胶层析以及离子交换层析对该酶进行纯化，用较少的步骤得到了相对高的纯化倍数。     

CTAB透性化酵母细胞生物催化合成(S)-(+)-3-羟基丁酸乙酯

 利用十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)透性化啤酒酵母细胞中高活性的脱氢酶,借助于辅助底物乙醇和葡萄糖,对3-羰基丁酸乙酯(EOB)不对称还原合成(S)-(+)-3-羟基丁酸乙酯((S)-(+)-3-EHB)进行了研究. 结果表明,CTAB透性化酵母细胞中的醇脱氢酶和6-磷酸葡萄糖脱氢酶的活性分别比未经处理的酵母细胞高482倍和6.5倍. 在相同条件下,CTAB透性化细胞对EOB的还原比未经处理的酵母细胞快. 细胞浓度对反应有明显影响,当透性化酵母细胞浓度＜90 mg/ml时,(S)-(+)-3-EHB的产率和对映体过量值都较低; 当酵母细胞浓度≥90 mg/ml,在最佳进料速率、最适温度和pH条件下,振摇速度为125 r/min时, (S)-(+)-3-EHB的浓度达到最大值314 mmol/L. 在反应开始的6 h内,(S)-(+)-3-EHB的产率可达94%,对映体过量值≥98%,但24 h后产率和对映体过量值分别降低到85%和91%.     

基于标记法的福白菊精油抗真菌机理研究

以福白菊为原料, 通过有机溶剂萃取和水蒸气蒸馏相结合制备福白菊精油. 分别采用健那绿、 细胞膜荧光探针DiI、 碘化丙啶、 罗丹明123以及溴化乙锭等染料标记酵母细胞、 酵母细胞膜、 酵母线粒体和质粒DNA, 研究福白菊精油对酵母细胞、 酵母细胞膜、 线粒体以及质粒DNA的破坏作用, 探讨福白菊精油的抗真菌机理. 研究结果表明, 福白菊精油不仅能破坏真菌的细胞膜, 使其细胞内含物外泄, 还能够穿过细胞膜, 破坏其线粒体膜和DNA, 最终导致真菌细胞死亡.     

反胶束萃取醇脱氢酶的研究

本文报道了用反胶束体系萃取醇脱氢酶(ADH)的研究结果。在此萃取体系中,以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)作为表面活性剂,辛烷和己醇作为溶剂及助溶剂。考察了振荡时间、水相pH值和离子强度、表面活性剂及助溶剂浓度等因素对醇脱氢酶萃取率的影响,确定了最佳萃取条件。     

阿舒假囊酵母合成的精油及其抗真菌活性与机理

利用发酵法对阿舒假囊酵母进行发酵, 用萃取法和水蒸气蒸馏法从发酵液中提取精油; 通过气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)法确定其成分; 分别利用抑菌圈和二倍稀释法实验法测定了精油的抗真菌能力、 最小抑菌浓度和最小杀菌浓度; 利用荧光标记法、 精油处理酵母后细胞内容物检测法及透射电子显微镜研究了精油的抗菌机理. 结果表明, 阿舒假囊酵母发酵法得到的精油产率为0.54 g/L. 用GC-MS法鉴定了22种化学成分, 占精油总量的98.82%. 精油主要由单萜、 倍半萜、 芳香醇和倍半萜烃类物质组成. 精油对白色念珠菌、 光滑念珠菌、 热带念珠菌、 季也蒙念珠菌、 新型隐球菌和酿酒酵母具有良好的抗菌活性, 其最小抑菌浓度分别为31.25, 31.25, 62.5, 31.25, 15.625和15.625 μg/mL; 最小杀菌浓度分别为62.5, 62.5, 125.0, 62.5, 31.25和31.25 μg/mL. 结果表明, 精油的抗菌机理可能是破坏真菌的细胞壁、 细胞膜, 使胞内物质外泄, 最终导致真菌死亡. 该研究结果为发酵法合成精油及其应用提供了新思路.     

酵母细胞催化芳香酮的不对称还原反应

 研究了酵母细胞催化芳香酮的不对称还原反应,采用正交试验综合考察了反应温度、反应时间、底物浓度和酵母浓度等因素对底物苯乙酮转化率和产物(S)-1-苯基乙醇对映选择性的影响. 结果表明,影响苯乙酮转化率的因素依次为底物浓度、反应时间、反应温度和酵母浓度,影响(S)-1-苯基乙醇对映选择性的因素依次为反应温度、底物浓度、酵母浓度和反应时间. 同时考察了芳香酮结构对产物对映选择性的影响,发现对映选择性的变化规律符合Prelog规则,与羰基相连的两个基团体积差异越大,对映选择性越好,最高的对映体过量值达到了96.4%.     

姜黄素对酵母细胞影响的荧光分析

以最简单的真核生物——酿酒酵母为材料,利用姜黄素的荧光性质,借助荧光光谱法和荧光显微镜研究了姜黄素在酵母细胞中的定位及其对酵母生长的影响.结果表明,姜黄素可以进入酵母细胞中并抑制酵母生长,初步得到了姜黄素对酵母作用的量效关系和时间效应结果,证明了姜黄素可以与酵母细胞线粒体结合.本文结果为以酵母为模型研究姜黄素通过线粒体影响细胞代谢及其与细胞凋亡的关系奠定了基础.     

人肝中硒蛋白K相互作用蛋白的筛选与验证

以硒蛋白K(SelK)突变体为"诱饵", 采用酵母双杂交系统对人肝cDNA文库进行筛选, 得到一个与SelK相互作用的蛋白──环腺苷酸应答元件结合蛋白3(CREB3). 将SelK与CREB3共同转染酵母细胞, 验证了SelK与CREB3的相互作用; 并采用受体漂白、敏化发射和荧光寿命3种荧光共振能量转移方法进一步验证了二者间的相互作用, 发现其不受SelK中硒代半胱氨酸(Sec)的影响. 推测SelK可能通过其Sec之前的区域与CREB3发生作用, 参与CREB3介导的内质网相关降解过程, 影响相关癌症的转移和发展.     

吸附法和溶胶-凝胶法固定化醇脱氢酶比较研究

采用吸附法与溶胶-凝胶(sol-gel)包埋法固定化醇脱氢酶(ADH),对两种方法固定化的ADH的活性进行了比较.采用大孔硅胶为载体对ADH进行吸附,研究了吸附动力学和吸附平衡,得到了吸附动力学曲线和吸附等温线,ADH在硅胶上的吸附等温线可以用Langmuir方程拟合.并且考察了硅胶孔径对ADH吸附量的影响,发现大孔径的硅胶对ADH有着较大吸附量.同时采用sol-gel法对ADH进行包埋固定化.在PH 7.0、25℃下,对两种固定化酶催化甲醛转化为甲醇的反应活性进行比较.由实验测得的反应初速度及拟合得到的米氏常数表明吸附法固定化ADH表现出比sol-gel法固定化ADH高的催化活性.     

镍离子与酵母乙醇脱氢酶的相互作用

不同体系中, 金属离子与蛋白以不同的结合方式相互作用. 酵母乙醇脱氢酶是一个含锌金属酶, 它可催化乙醇脱氢为乙醛的反应. 本文应用紫外-可见光谱、荧光光谱、差示扫描量热法等技术研究了二价镍离子与酵母乙醇脱氢酶的相互作用. 镍离子与酶结合后在320 nm出现了紫外吸收带, 同时荧光光谱反映了酶的构象变化, 紫外与荧光光谱均展现了结合过程的双相动力学. 镍离子与酶的相互作用导致了酶由四聚体向二聚体的解离; 在酶热变性过程中, 镍离子增加了乙醇脱氢酶的变性温度和变性焓. 研究工作揭示了镍离子与酶相互作用复杂和深层的作用机制.     

Molecular orbital studies of enzyme mechanisms. II. Catalytic oxidation of alcohols by liver alcohol dehydrogenase

Semiempirical (AM1) molecular orbital theory has been used to investigate the oxidation of alcohols at the active site of liver alcohol dehydrogenase (LADH). The model active site consists of a zinc dication coordinated to two methyl-mercaptans (Cys-46, Cys-176), an imidazole (His-67), and a water. An imidazole (His-51) hydrogen bonded to a hydroxy-acetate (Ser-48) forms the remote base. AM1 calculations that address the two distinct steps in the catalytic mechanism of ethanol oxidation by LADH are reported. These two steps are: (1) the deprotonation of ethanol by imidazole (His-51) via hydrogen-bonded hydroxy-acetate (Ser-48), creating a proton relay system; and (2) the rate-limiting hydride transfer step from ethanol C1 to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD⁺), leading to product formation. Detailed calculations have been used to resolve the unsolved problems of mechanisms that have been suggested on the basis of kinetic data and crystal structures of several LADH complexes. We investigated two possible mechanisms for the deprotonation of ethanol, by zinc-bound OH^? and by direct deprotonation of zinc-bound ethanol by imidazole via hydroxyacetate (Ser-48). Our calculations show that there is no need for LADH to activate a water molecule at the active site as in many other zinc enzymes. This result agrees with experimental evidence. Our calculations also indicate that substrates are bound in an inner-sphere-pentacoordinated complex to the active site zincion. In this case, spectroscopic investigations agree with our results but crystallographic data do not. The highest activation energy is found for the hydride transfer, in agreement with the experiment. Finally, we proposed an alternative mechanism for the mode of action of LADH based upon our results. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Pyrene excimer fluorescence of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase: a sensitive probe to investigate ligand binding and unfolding pathway of the enzyme

The cysteine residues of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH) were covalently modified by N-(1-pyrenyl) maleimide (PM). A maximum of 3.4 cysteines per YADH monomer could be modified by PM. The secondary structure of PM-YADH was found to be similar to that of the native YADH using far-UV circular dichroism. The covalent modification of YADH by PM inhibited the enzymatic activity indicating that the active site of the enzyme was altered. PM-YADH displayed maximum excimer fluorescence at an incorporation ratio of 2.6 mol of PM per monomeric subunit of YADH. Nucleotide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) divalent zinc and ethanol reduced the excimer fluorescence of PM-YADH indicating that these agents induce conformational changes in the enzyme. Guanidinium hydrochloride (GdnHCl)-induced unfolding of YADH was analyzed using tryptophan fluorescence, pyrene excimer fluorescence and enzymatic activity. The unfolding of YADH was found to occur in a stepwise manner. The loss of enzymatic activity preceded the global unfolding of the protein. Further, changes in tryptophan fluorescence with increasing GdnHCl suggested that YADH was completely unfolded by 2.5 M GdnHCl. Interestingly, residual structures of YADH were detected even in the presence of 5 M GdnHCl using the excimer fluorescence of PM-YADH.     

PHOTOCHEMICAL LABELING OF YEAST ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE WITH AN AZIDE ANALOG OF NAD +

Abstract— 3-Azidopyridine adenine dinucleotide, an azide analog of NAD⁺, has been synthesized as a potentially general photochemical labeling reagent for the active sites of NAD-dependent dehydrogenases. The analog is a competitive inhibitor of NAD reduction by yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH). Upon photolysis of the ³H-analog in the presence of YADH, 7% of the label becomes covalently bound. The results are discussed in terms of desired properties of a photochemical labeling reagent.     

Effects of bile salts on percolation and size of AOT reversed micelles

The effects of two trihydroxy bile salts, sodium taurocholate (NaTC) and 3-[(3-cholamidylpropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propane sulfonate (CHAPS), on the size, shape and percolation temperature of reversed micelles formed by sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) in isooctane were studied. The percolation temperature of the reversed micelles decreased upon inclusion of bile salts, indicating increased water uptake. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements showed consistent enlargement of reversed micelles upon addition of the bile salts; the hydrodynamic radius increased sixfold in the presence of 10 mM CHAPS and doubled in the presence of 5 mM NaTC. Inclusion of the enzyme yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH) increased the percolation temperature and distorted the spherical structure of the AOT reversed micelles. The spherical structure was restored upon addition of bile salt. These results may help to explain the increase in activity of YADH in AOT reversed micelles upon addition of bile salts.     

Enzymatic methods for the determination of ethanol based on linear and cyclif flow-injection systems

Linear and cyclic systems are described for the determination of ethanol (ca. 0.17–30×10^?3 M). In the linear system, the solution passes either through a minicolumn of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH) immobilized on controlled-pore glass or through minicolumns of the immobilized YADH and of yeast aldehyde dehydrogenase immobilized on cyanogen bromide-activated Sepharose-4B. The NADH formed is monitored either spectrophotometrically or spectrofluorimetrically. In the cyclic system, the solution passes through the same enzyme columns, and the NADH produced is monitored similarly before reconversion to NAD⁺ in a minicolumn of glutamate dehydrogenase immobilized on cyanogen bromie-activated Sepharose-4B in the presence of α-ketoglutarate and ammonium ions also present in the flow system. the sample throughout for both systems is ca. 40 h^?1 and 50 h^?1 for spectrophotometric and spectrofluorimetric detection, respectively. An on-line double-injection technique is described as an alternative to the cyclic system for limiting the consumption of NAD⁺.     

A regenerable immobilized NADH model. II. Reduction of α,α,α-trifluoroacetophenone by immobilized 1,4-dihydronicotinamide in aprotic solvent

A regenerable dihydronicotinamide, immobilized on a macroreticular polystyrene resin was used for the reduction of trifluoroacetophenone (TFA) in acetonitrile. Practical reutilization of the polymeric reagent (91% per cycle) was obtained when magnesium perchlorate was added to the reaction of the immobilized dihydropyridine with TFA. A possible explanation of the role of Mg ion in the reaction of benzyldihydronicotinamide and its polymeric analog is presented. This explanation also accounts for the results of other NADH model reactions, described in the literature, and for the role of the Zn ion in the enzyme liver alcohol dehydrogenase (LADH).     

Heuristic molecular lipophilicity potential (HMLP): a 2D-QSAR study to LADH of molecular family pyrazole and derivatives

The quantum chemical and structure-based technique heuristic molecular lipophilicity potential (HMLP) is used in the liver alcohol dehydrogenase (LADH) study of molecular family pyrazole and derivatives. The molecular lipophilic index LM, molecular hydrophilic index HM, lipophilic indices lss, and hydrophilic indices hss of the substitutes (fragments), and atomic lipophilicity indices las are constructed and used in QSAR study. The HMLP indices are correlated with bioactivities of 18 pyrazole derivatives according to the 2D QSAR procedure. The multiple linear regression equation between the bioactivities of pyrazole derivatives and HMLP indices are built using partial least square (PLS) with the optimal statistical quantity (r=0.987, s=0.479, F=47.19). The inhibition mechanism of LADH of the pyrazole derivatives is explained according to the physical meaning of HMLP indices. During the HMLP calculations for the 2D QSAR, the only input parameters are the atomic van der Waals radius without the need to resort to any empirical parameters. Accordingly, HMLP can provide a rigorous theoretical approach with a crystal clear physical meaning for the 2D QSAR.     

Activity and Conformation of Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase (YADH) Entrapped in Reverse Micelles

Yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH) solubilized in reverse micelles of aerosol OT (i.e., AOT or sodium bis (2-ethyl hexyl) sulfosuccinate) in isooctane has been shown to be catalytically more active than that in aqueous buffer under optimum conditions of pH, temperature, and water content in reverse micelles. Studies of the secondary structure conformational changes of the enzyme in reverse micelles have been made from circular dichroism spectroscopy. It has been seen that the conformation of YADH in reverse micelles is extremely sensitive to pH, temperature, and water content. A comparison has been made between the catalytic activity of the enzyme and the α-helix content in the conformation and it has been observed that the enzyme is most active at the maximum α-helix content. While the β-sheet content in the conformation of the entrapped enzyme was found to be dependent on the enzyme–micelle interface interaction, the α-helix and random coil conformations are governed by the degree of entrapment and the extent of rigidity provided by the micelle core to the enzyme structure.     

Activity and kinetics studies of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase in a reverse micelle formulated from functional surfactants

Yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH) showed substantial decrease in its catalytic activity due to the strong electrostatic interaction between the head groups of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) and YADH in AOT reverse micelles. However, the catalytic activity of YADH in a nonionic reverse micellar interface (GGDE/TX-100) obtained from a functional nonionic surfactant N-gluconyl glutamic acid didecyl ester (GGDE) and Triton X-100 (TX-100) was higher than that in AOT reverse micelle under the respective optimum conditions. A comparison of the kinetic parameters showed that the turnover number k_cat in GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle was 1.4 times as large as that in AOT reverse micelle, but the Michaelis constants in AOT reverse micelle for ethanol K_m^B was twice and for coenzyme NAD⁺ K_m^A was 5 times higher than their counterparts in GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle. For the conversion of ethanol, the smaller K_m^B and larger k_cat in GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle resulted in higher catalytic efficiency k_cat/K_m^B. The stability of YADH in GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle was also found to be better than that in AOT reverse micelle. They were mainly attributed to the absence of electric charge on the head groups of GGDE and TX-100 in the GGDE/TX-100 reverse micelle.