生物预处理对甘蔗渣转化的影响

为了研究不同种类产纤维素酶的菌株降解甘蔗渣的效果,结合已得出的最佳化学预处理方法,利用枯草芽孢杆菌、绿色木霉和烟曲霉三种高产纤维素酶的菌株对甘蔗渣进行生物预处理,比较降解效果;并用腺嘌呤缺陷型和非缺陷型酵母进行发酵,比较乙醇产量。结果表明:分解10 g甘蔗渣,枯草芽孢杆菌组还原糖产量为427.56 mg,绿色木霉组还原糖产量为887.36 mg,烟曲霉组还原糖产量为982.84mg。相同还原糖含量的烟曲霉组和绿色木霉组滤液用腺嘌呤缺陷型酵母发酵时,在27℃发酵25.5 h,乙醇浓度达到最高值,绿色木霉组为5.4%,烟曲霉组为5.5%。在三种产纤维素酶菌株中,烟曲霉降解甘蔗渣的效果最好。     

提高纤维素酶水解效率和降低水解成本

在我国可大量转化乙醇的是纤维质材料.纤维质材料转化乙醇的关键问题是纤维质转化为糖的过程,提高纤维素酶转化效率的方法有:(1)对纤维质材料进行预处理;(2)研究纤维素酶的最适作用条件;(3)纤维素酶的重复利用;(4)合理的发酵工艺等.本文分析了纤维素的结构以及纤维素酶的作用方式,总结了目前研究较多的几种纤维质材料预处理方法,及其对纤维素酶水解率的影响,并对研究纤维素酶的最适作用条件、纤维素酶的重复利用以及合理的发酵工艺进行了综述和分析.     

提高纤维素酶水解效率和降低水解成本

在我国可大量转化乙醇的是纤维质材料.纤维质材料转化乙醇的关键问题是纤维质转化为糖的过程,提高纤维素酶转化效率的方法有:(1)对纤维质材料进行预处理;(2)研究纤维素酶的最适作用条件;(3)纤维素酶的重复利用;(4)合理的发酵工艺等.本文分析了纤维素的结构以及纤维素酶的作用方式,总结了目前研究较多的几种纤维质材料预处理方法,及其对纤维素酶水解率的影响,并对研究纤维素酶的最适作用条件、纤维素酶的重复利用以及合理的发酵工艺进行了综述和分析.     

丁二酸二异辛酯磺酸钠(AOT)/TritonX-100混合反胶束体系中纤维素酶降解纤维素的研究

对于底物不溶于水的纤维素降解反应而言,为了增强纤维素酶的活性,在丁二酸二异辛酯磺酸钠(AOT)/异辛烷反胶束体系中加入非离子表面活性剂TritonX-100进行纤维素降解实验.结果表明,在AOT中加入非离子表面活性剂TritonX-100可以使纤维素酶的活性提高,非离子表面活性剂TritonX-100与AOT的最佳物质的量之比是0.20.考察了水与表面活性剂的物质的量之比(Wo)、不同酸度(pH)和不同温度(T)等其他反应条件对纤维素降解反应的影响.研究结果表明,反应的最佳条件是:Wo为3.3,T为315.11K,pH为5.10.     

提高纤维素酶水解效率和降低水解成本

在我国可大量转化乙醇的是纤维质材料。纤维质材料转化乙醇的关键问题是纤维质转化为糖的过程,提高纤维素酶转化效率的方法有:(1)对纤维质材料进行预处理;(2)研究纤维素酶的最适作用条件;(3)纤维素酶的重复利用;(4)合理的发酵工艺等。本文分析了纤维素的结构以及纤维素酶的作用方式,总结了目前研究较多的几种纤维质材料预处理方法,及其对纤维素酶水解率的影响,并对研究纤维素酶的最适作用条件、纤维素酶的重复利用以及合理的发酵工艺进行了综述和分析。     

聚乳酸-聚己内酯复合纳米纤维支架的制备和表征

在二氧六环/乙醇溶剂体系中,采用凝胶抽提相分离法制备了聚乳酸-聚己内酯(PLLA-PCL)复合纳米纤维支架,研究了凝胶温度、聚合物比例、聚合物浓度、致孔剂及二氧六环/乙醇(溶剂/非溶剂)比例对复合纳米纤维支架结构与性能的影响.结果表明,当凝胶温度处于-20~-10℃,PCL含量为30%~50%,非溶剂含量不超过15%,致孔剂与溶质质量比不超过20∶1时,均能得到具有类似于天然细胞外基质的纳米纤维(50~500 nm)结构的PLLA-PCL复合纤维支架.随着PCL含量的增加,复合纤维支架的弹性模量减小;PCL含量为30%时,复合支架的相容性和结晶性最好.该复合纤维支架具有良好的生物活性和一定的降解性能.     

秸秆发酵燃料乙醇关键问题及其进展

利用木质纤维素原料生产燃料乙醇是国际公认的难题.本文从秸秆原料组分不均一性出发,分析了秸秆难以高值化原因;进一步分析了秸秆酶解发酵燃料乙醇的关键问题,介绍了有关秸秆原料预处理、纤维素酶生产、秸秆酶解发酵乙醇和产业化示范工程等的进展.秸秆酶解发酵燃料乙醇产业化示范工程具有自主知识产权,为实现我国秸秆转化燃料乙醇的规模化、产业化、低成本生产奠定了基础.     

秸秆发酵燃料乙醇关键问题及其进展

利用木质纤维素原料生产燃料乙醇是国际公认的难题.本文从秸秆原料组分不均一性出发,分析了秸秆难以高值化原因;进一步分析了秸秆酶解发酵燃料乙醇的关键问题,介绍了有关秸秆原料预处理、纤维素酶生产、秸秆酶解发酵乙醇和产业化示范工程等的进展.秸秆酶解发酵燃料乙醇产业化示范工程具有自主知识产权,为实现我国秸秆转化燃料乙醇的规模化、产业化、低成本生产奠定了基础.     

酵母对抑制剂耐受的系统分析

纤维素生产乙醇的关键问题之一是水解产生的抑制性物质对乙醇发酵具有明显的抑制效应,因而引起了国内外研究者的广泛关注.研究发现,在抑制剂存在下,酵母在基因表达水平,蛋白水平和代谢物水平都有相应的耐受响应,且这些响应错综复杂.从系统角度运用组学的方法研究这一体系将有助于全面深入了解酵母的耐受机制.本文综述了系统研究的思路和方法在酵母对抑制剂耐受方面的研究状况;对主要研究手段和成果进行了回顾;并对酵母发酵乙醇系统分析的前景进行了展望.     

酵母对抑制剂耐受的系统分析

纤维素生产乙醇的关键问题之一是水解产生的抑制性物质对乙醇发酵具有明显的抑制效应,因而引起了国内外研究者的广泛关注.研究发现,在抑制剂存在下,酵母在基因表达水平,蛋白水平和代谢物水平都有相应的耐受响应,且这些响应错综复杂.从系统角度运用组学的方法研究这一体系将有助于全面深入了解酵母的耐受机制.本文综述了系统研究的思路和方法在酵母对抑制剂耐受方面的研究状况;对主要研究手段和成果进行了回顾;并对酵母发酵乙醇系统分析的前景进行了展望.     

Correlation Between Size and Activity Enhancement of Recombinantly Assembled Cellulosomes

As multienzyme complexes, cellulosomes hydrolyze cellulosic biomass with high efficiency, which is believed to be attributed to either one or both factors: (1) synergy among the catalytic and substrate-binding entities and (2) the large size of cellulosome complexes. Although the former factor has been extensively documented, the correlation between size and specific activity of cellulosomes is still elusive to date. In this study, primary and secondary scaffoldins with 1, 3, or 5 copies of type I/II cohesin domains were recombinantly synthesized and various cellulosomes carrying 1, 3, 5, 9, 15, or 25 molecules of cellulase mixtures of family 5, 9, and 48 glycoside hydrolases were assembled. In addition, the assembled complex was annexed to cellulose with the aid of a family 3a carbohydrate-binding module (CBM3a). Measuring cellulolytic hydrolysis activities of assembled cellulosomes on crystalline Avicel revealed that higher degree of cellulosome complexity resulted in more efficient cellulose hydrolysis with plateaued synergic effects after the cellulosome size reaches certain degree.     

纤维素废弃物的生物转化

从纤维素酶法水解出发，叙述了纤维废弃物生物转化为葡萄糖和乙醇的研究现状和发展趋势，重点说明了加快反应速率、提高纤维素酶利用率的几种方法。     

Production of ethanol from cellulosic biomass hydrolysates using genetically engineered saccharomyces yeast capable of cofermenting glucose and xylose

Recent studies have proven ethanol to be the idael liquid fuel for transportation, and renewable ligno cellulosic materials to be the attractive feed stocks for ethanol fuel production by fermentation. The major fermentable sugars from hydrolysis of most cellulosic biomass are D-glucose and D-xylose. The naturally occurring Saccharomyces yeasts that are used by industry to produce ethanol from starches and cane sugar cannot metabolize xylose. Our group at Purdue University succeded in developing genetically engineered Saccharomyces yeasts capable of effectively cofermenting glucose and xylose to ethanol, which was accomplished by cloning three xylose-metabolizing genes into the yeast. In this study, we demonstrated that our stable recombinant Sacharomyces yeast, 424A (LNH-ST), which contains the cloned xylose-metabolizing genes stably integrated into the yeast chromosome in high copy numbers, can efficiently ferment glucose and xylose present in hydrolysates from different cellulosic biomass to ethanol.     

Thermophilic Bacillus coagulans Requires Less Cellulases for Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation of Cellulose to Products than Mesophilic Microbial Biocatalysts

Ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass depends on simultaneous saccharification of cellulose to glucose by fungal cellulases and fermentation of glucose to ethanol by microbial biocatalysts (SSF). The cost of cellulase enzymes represents a significant challenge for the commercial conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable chemicals such as ethanol and monomers for plastics. The cellulase concentration for optimum SSF of crystalline cellulose with fungal enzymes and a moderate thermophile, Bacillus coagulans, was determined to be about 7.5 FPU g^?1 cellulose. This is about three times lower than the amount of cellulase required for SSF with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Zymomonas mobilis, or Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis whose growth and fermentation temperature optimum is significantly lower than that of the fungal cellulase activity. In addition, B. coagulans also converted about 80% of the theoretical yield of products from 40 g/L of crystalline cellulose in about 48 h of SSF with 10 FPU g^?1 cellulose while yeast, during the same period, only produced about 50% of the highest yield produced at end of 7 days of SSF. These results show that a match in the temperature optima for cellulase activity and fermentation is essential for decreasing the cost of cellulase in cellulosic ethanol production.     

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of lignocellulose

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) processes for producing ethanol from lignocellulose are capable of improved hydrolysis rates, yields, and product concentrations compared to separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) systems, because the continuous removal of the sugars by the yeasts reduces the end-product inhibition of the enzyme complex. Recent experiments using Genencor 150L cellulase and mixed yeast cultures have produced yields and concentrations of ethanol from cellulose of 80% and 4.5%, respectively. The mixed culture was employed because B.clausenii has the ability to ferment cellobiose (further reducing end-product inhibition), while the brewing yeastS. cerevisiae provides a robust ability to ferment the monomeric sugars. These experimental results are combined with a process model to evaluate the economics of the process and to investigate the effect of alternative processes, conditions, and organisms.     

木质纤维素酶解糖化*

纤维素水解转化为可发酵糖工艺是纤维素乙醇炼制过程中至关重要的环节。酶法水解工艺具有条件温和、副产物少、环境友好等特点,因而受到广泛重视。目前许多学者已针对如何提高木质纤维素酶解效率、降低纤维素酶成本等问题,开展了多种化学、生物技术及工艺耦合的研究。本文综述了近几年木质纤维素酶解领域取得的最新工艺进展和理论研究成果,对原料预处理、多酶复配优化、酶脱附与重复利用、工艺耦合、高固液比反应等方面的研究情况进行了总结,同时展望了木质纤维素酶解工艺的未来发展方向。     

Chemo-enzymatic production of fuel ethanol from cellulosic materials utilizing yeast expressing β-glucosidases

Ethanol was produced in a considerably high yield by fermenting hydrolyzates from cellulosic materials by means of a recombinant laboratory yeast expressing β-glucosidases. Tissue paper, cotton, and sawdust were hydrolyzed by two-step sulfuric acid hydrolysis to give mixtures containing glucose, cellobiose, and higher cello-oligosacc arides. After the cellulosic material was partially hydrolyzed with 80% sulfuric acid, the hydrolysis was continued with 5% sulfuric acid. Except for non-carbohydrate components, all constitutents in the hydrolyzates were fermented by the yeast that was preincubated in the medium that the plasmid encoded by the β-glucosidases gene was kept in the muliplicated yeast. A solution containing 4% hydrolyzates from paper was fermented to give as high as 1.9% maximum ethanol concentration and 70% ethanol conversion. Cotton also gave a similar result. Sawdust was converted into ethanol in approx 22% conversion. Accordingly, it was revealed that the β-glucosidases-expressing yeast can ferment the cello-oligosaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of cellulosic materials into ethanol. In addition, a hydrolyzate containing a high glucose proportion gave a high ethanol concentration in a short time.     

Effect of pH on cellulase production of Trichoderma ressei RUT C30

Currently, the high market price of cellulases prohibits commercialization of the lignocellulosics-to-fuel ethanol process, which utilizes enzymes for saccharification of cellulose. For this reason research aimed at understanding and improving cellulase production is still a hot topic in cellulase research. Trichoderma reesei RUT C30 is known to be one of the best hyper producing cellulolytic fungi, which makes it an ideal test organism for research. New findings could be adopted for industrial strains in the hope of improving enzyme yields, which in turn may result in lower market price of cellulases, thus making fuel ethanol more cost competitive with fossil fuels. Being one of the factors affecting the growth and cellulase production of T. reesei, the pH of cultivation is of major interest. In the present work, numerous pH-controlling strategies were compared both in shake-flask cultures and in a fermentor. Application of various buffer systems in shake-flask experiments was also tested. Although application of buffers resulted in slightly lower cellulase activity than that obtained in non-buffered medium, β-glucosidase production was increased greatly.     

Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of pretreated wheat straw to ethanol with selected yeast strains and β-glucosidase supplementation

Previous shake flask and stirred tank evaluations of temperature tolerant (37–43°C) yeasts in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) on Sigmacell-50 cellulose substrates to ethanol have identified several good microorganisms for further SSF studies (27). Of these, the glucose fermenting yeastCandida acidothermophilum, C. brassicae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, S. uvarum, and a mixed culture of the cellobiose fermenting yeastBrettanomyces clausenii withS. cerevisiae as a control were chosen for shake flask SSF screening experiments with pretreated wheat straw. This study indicates that theSaccharomyces strainscerevisiae anduvarum, give very good performance at high cellulase loadings or when supplemented with Novo-188 β-glucosidase. In fact, with the higher enzyme loadings these yeast will give complete conversion of cellulose to ethanol. Yet at the lower, more economical enzyme loadings, the mixed culture ofBrettanomyces clausenii andS. cerevisiae performs better than any single yeast.

     

Cellulase Ss (CelS) is synonymous with the major cellobiohydrolase (subunit S8) from the cellulosome ofClostridium thermocellum

The controversy regarding the identity of a major cellulosomal component type from two different strains ofClostridium thermocellum has been resolved. The principal cellobiohydrolase, subunit S8, from the cellulosome of strain YS has been demonstrated to be synonymous with cellulase component S_s (CelS) from the cellulosome of ATCC strain 27405. This component is not related to any other cellulosomal subunit or cloned endoglucanase in this organism.