基于纤维小体展示技术的酿酒酵母纤维素乙醇研究进展

利用联合生物加工工艺生产第二代燃料乙醇(纤维素乙醇)是国内外的研究热点.前期的研究结果表明,酿酒酵母分泌或展示非复合型纤维素酶体系的应用效果并不理想,而复合型纤维素酶体系(即纤维小体)因对纤维素的降解能力比非复合型纤维素酶体系更强,所以其在酿酒酵母细胞表面的组装研究受到越来越多的关注.目前,单支架和双支架纤维小体在酵母细胞表面的完全自组装以及多细胞协同参与的非完全自组装均已实现.纤维小体展示型酿酒酵母已能直接利用结晶型纤维素发酵生产乙醇,但由于降解模块的结构缺陷,纤维素乙醇的产量仍然偏低.本文对纤维小体的酵母展示技术及其在纤维素乙醇发酵中的应用研究进行了论述,并对该领域的发展方向进行了展望.     

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.     

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.     

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。     

纤维素酶降解纤维素机理的研究

纤维素是自然界中含量最多的一类碳水化合物,同时它也是地球上数量最大的可再生资源。纤维素酶是一种高活性生物催化剂,在纤维素类资源的利用方面发挥重要的作用。本文综述了纤维素、纤维素酶的分子结构和纤维素酶对纤维素的降解机理,影响酶解的主要因素以及提高酶解效率的主要措施,并对纤维素酶研究存在的问题以及今后的发展作了进一步展望。     

纤维素酶降解纤维素机理的研究进展

纤维素是自然界中含量最多的一类碳水化合物,同时它也是数量最大的可再生资源。纤维素酶是一种高活性生物催化剂,在纤维素类资源的利用方面发挥重要的作用。本文综述了纤维素、纤维素酶的分子结构和纤维素酶对纤维素的降解机理、影响酶解的主要因素以及提高酶解效率的主要措施,并对纤维素酶研究存在的问题以及今后的发展作了进一步展望。     

非离子型表面活性剂对木质纤维素酶催化水解的影响及机理

木质纤维素的酶解糖化过程是纤维素生物质转化中的关键步骤,也是限制纤维素生物转化生产燃料和化学品的主要瓶颈。大量的研究表明,非离子型表面活性剂能够强化木质纤维素酶解过程,显著提高纤维素的酶催化水解效率。本文综述了非离子型表面活性剂对纯纤维素和木质纤维素底物酶解的影响,分析了底物结构特性、水解条件、纤维素酶组成等诸多因素与表面活性剂作用效果之间的关联,并从纤维素酶的吸附特性、纤维素酶组分间的协同作用等方面对非离子表面活性剂的作用机理进行了总结。结合已有的研究进展和存在的问题,提出了今后表面活性剂对于木质纤维素酶催化水解影响的研究重点方向,即系统分析底物结构、水解条件等因素对表面活性剂作用的宏观影响,以及分析这种作用的热力学和动力学特性,而微观上需要从原子和分子层面上解析表面活性剂与底物和纤维素酶之间的相互作用特性。     

MnO2纳米粒子固载纤维素酶用于高效水解农业废弃物制备生物乙醇

纤维素酶是一种有效的纤维质类物质水解催化剂,工业应用时可通过固定化纤维素酶来降低其成本。本文将烟曲霉原变种JCF产生的纤维素酶固定在MnO2纳米颗粒上。 MnO2可提高纤维素酶的活性,并充当一个更好的载体。采用扫描电镜表征了所制MnO2纳米粒子及其负载纤维素酶的表面性质,以傅里叶变换红外光谱分析了固定在MnO2纳米粒子上纤维素酶的官能团性质。纤维素酶在MnO2纳米粒子上最大的固定化效率为75%。考察了固定化纤维素酶的活性、操作pH值、温度、热稳定性和重复使用性等性质。结果表明,所制固定化酶的稳定性比游离酶更高。固定于MnO2纳米粒子上的纤维素酶可用于纤维质类物质的水解反应,且能在较宽的温度和pH值范围内使用。表征结果证实了该催化剂具有非常高的催化纤维素类物质水解的活性。     

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。     

纤维素酶的二步分离纯化新工艺

 以普通定性滤纸为底物 ,经碱处理后 ,研究其对纤维素酶的亲和吸附作用。结果表明 ,普通定性滤纸对纤维素酶具有比较强的特异性吸附作用 ,能够从粗酶液中分离出纤维素酶 ,再经POROS 2 0HQ阴离子交换柱纯化后即可得到电泳纯的纤维素酶。该法大大简化了传统的纤维素酶纯化工艺 ,所得的纤维素酶活力极高 ,比活达 35 0U/mg以上 ,滤纸一步吸附后纤维素酶的纯化倍数为 9 5 5 ,活性回收率在 10 %左右。纯化后的纤维素酶为内切 β 葡聚糖酶 ,相对分子质量为 6 0 0 0 0 ,最佳 pH为 4 0 ,最佳温度为 70℃。     

A Study of the Hydrolysis of Waste Paper Cellulose with a Vertically Hanging Immobilized Cellulase Reactor and the Reuse of the Immobilized Cellulase

A commercialized cellulase from Trichoderma reesei has been successfully immobilized by using calcium alginate gel in our laboratory. The waste paper cellulose was hydrolyzed with a special design of the reactor to form a vertically hanging immobilized cellulase under the optimum conditions of pH 4.0 and 45 °C. Glucose, cellobiose and xylose are the major hydrolysis products. The glucose production from the hydrolysis with the vertically hanging immobilized cellulase was about 1.73‐fold better than the freely suspended immobilized cellulase. The average diameter of the immobilized cellulase pellets was 4.190 ± 0.291 mm. UV light irradiation deactivates the activity of the immobilized cellulase. The advantage of the vertically hanging immobilized cellulase reactor is an easy recycle and reuse of the immobilized cellulase. Washing and soaking the recycled immobilized cellulase with distilled water for one day can restore its activity to a small extent. Overall, the application of the hanging immobilized cellulase reactor for waste paper cellulose hydrolysis is successful.     

Facile route to enzyme immobilization: core-shell nanoenzyme particles consisting of well-defined poly(methyl methacrylate) cores and cellulase shells

A one-step method for preparing cellulase-immobilized nanoparticles that consist of well-defined poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) cores and cellulase shells has been developed. The core-shell nanoparticles are synthesized from a direct graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) from cellulase in an aqueous medium. Particle formation strongly depends on the surface nature of the cellulase (e.g., pH of reaction media) and MMA to cellulase weight ratio. Under optimized conditions, high MMA conversions (>90%) were achieved, and the PMMA-cellulase nanoparticles produced were very stable with narrow size distributions ( Dv/Dn < 1.20). Particle sizes in the range between 80 and 124 nm (volume average diameter) could be tailored by a variation of cellulase concentration. Transmission electron microscopy micrographs revealed that the nanoparticle had a well-defined PMMA core which was evenly coated with cellulase shell. Study of cellulase activity of the PMMA-cellulase nanoparticles indicated that even though activity of immobilized cellulase on the nanoparticles was 41% less than that of the native cellulase after the polymerization, the immobilized cellulase showed improved properties such as broader working pH range and better thermal stability. Other important advantages of this approach include that the PMMA-cellulase nanoparticles could be produced in high concentrations (up to 18% w/w solids content) and the nanoparticles have thick and evenly distributed enzyme shells. Thus, this method may provide a new commercially viable route to the immobilization of thermally stable enzyme to form nanoenzyme particles.     

Immobilization of cellulase using acrylamide grafted acrylonitrile copolymer membranes

Immobilization of cellulase onto acrylamide grafted acrylonitrile copolymer (PAN) membranes by means of glutaraldehyde has been studied. The bound cellulase was verified by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The activities of free cellulase and immobilized cellulase are determined by measuring the amount of glucose made from carboxymethyl cellulase in the given conditions. Results show that immobilization conditions had some effects on the activity of immobilized cellulase. The immobilized cellulase had a higher K_m than free cellulase (0.02 mg/ml) did. The immobilized cellulase had better stability with respect to pH or temperature than free cellulase.     

Contact-active antimicrobial and potentially self-polishing coatings based on cellulose

A contact-active antimicrobial coating is described that is only degraded in the presence of cellulase, which is an extracellular enzyme of numerous microbial strains. Antimicrobial DDA was grafted to a cellulose backbone via a polymeric spacer. The antimicrobial activity of the coatings, their biodegradability and their self-polishing potential were investigated. It was found that all coatings were antimicrobially active against Staphylococcus aureus. Coatings with high DS and long polymeric spacers degraded in water, while coatings with low DS and short spacers were not hydrolyzed even in the presence of cellulase. One coating was found to be selectively degradable by cellulase and recovered most of its antimicrobial activity after overloading and subsequent treatment with cellulase.     

A Fractal-Like Kinetic Equation to Investigate Temperature Effect on Cellulose Hydrolysis by Free and Immobilized Cellulase

According to fractal-like theory in the heterogeneous system, a cellulase-catalyzed kinetic equation that contained two parameters (rate constant k and fractal dimension h) was deduced. The equation described directly the mathematical relationship between reducing sugar concentration and hydrolytic time, and accurately fitted the experimental data of free/immobilized cellulase at 37, 40, 44, 47, and 50?°C (R (2)?>?0.99). The fitted h value is estimated as a constant (0.6148) in these tested temperatures. The fitted k value increased with temperature increase, and the relationship agreed with Arrhenius equation (R (2)?>?0.98). The fractal-like equation could predict accurately the experimental data at low temperature 34?°C for free/immobilized cellulase and high temperature 53?°C for immobilized cellulase, but the prediction at 53?°C for free cellulase was not accurate enough due to its lower stability than immobilized cellulase. The application of fractal-like theory in cellulase kinetics is successful.     

Determination of cellulase colocalization on cellulose fiber with quantitative FRET measured by acceptor photobleaching and spectrally unmixing fluorescence microscopy

The determination of cellulase distribution on the surface of cellulose fiber is an important parameter to understand when determining the interaction between cellulase and cellulose and/or the cooperation of different types of cellulases during the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. In this communication, a strategy is presented to quantitatively determine the cellulase colocalization using the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) methodology, which is based on acceptor photobleaching and spectrally unmixing fluorescence microscopy. FRET monitoring of cellulase colocalization was achieved by labeling cellulases with an appropriate pair of FRET dyes and by adopting an appropriate FRET model. We describe here that the adapted acceptor photobleaching FRET method can be successfully used to quantify cellulase colocalization regarding their binding to a cellulose fiber at a resolution <10 nm. This developed quantitative FRET method is promising for further studying the interactions between cellulase and cellulose and between different types of cellulases.     

A Novel Stepwise Recovery Strategy of Cellulase Adsorbed to the Residual Substrate after Hydrolysis of Steam Exploded Wheat Straw

Cellulase distribution between residual substrate and supernatant in the process of enzymatic hydrolysis of steam-exploded wheat straw was investigated. Subsequently, a novel stepwise recovery strategy with three successive steps was adopted to recover cellulase adsorbed to the residual substrate. The results showed that cellulase protein in the supernatant increased as the hydrolysis time increased. When hydrolysis ended, the cellulase remaining on the residual substrate accounted for 33–42% of the original added cellulase according to the different cellulase loading. To obtain the maximum cellulase recovery rate, the residual substrate was dealt with in three successive steps: washed with sodium acetate buffer (step 1), shaken with sodium acetate buffer (step 2), and then treated with 0.0015 mol/L, pH 10 Ca(OH)₂ (step 3). The total cellulase protein recovered by the three steps reached 96.70–98.14%. The enzyme activity of cellulase recovered by the first two steps was kept well. The ratios of the specific activity between the recovered cellulase and the original were 89–96%, which was by far higher than that using step 3 (the value was 48% ∼ 56%).