Molecular characterization of a gene for aldose reductase (CbXYL1) from Candida boidinii and its expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Candida boidinii produces significant amounts of xylitol from xylose, and assays of crude homogenates for aldose (xylose) reductase (XYL1p) have been reported to show relatively high activity with NADH as a cofactor even though XYL1p purified from this yeast does not have such activity. A gene coding for XYL1p from C. boidinii (CbXYL1) was isolated by amplifying the central region using primers to conserved domains and by genome walking. CbXYL1 has an open reading frame of 966 bp encoding 321 amino acids. The C. boidinii XYL1p is highly similar to other known yeast aldose reductases and is most closely related to the NAD(P)H-linked XYL1p of Kluyveromyces lactis. Cell homogenates from C. boidinii and recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae were tested for XYL1p activity to confirm the previously reported high ratio of NADH:NADPH linked activity. C. boidinii grown under fully aerobic conditions showed an NADH:NADPH activity ratio of 0.76, which was similar to that observed with the XYL1p from Pichia stipitis XYL1, but which is much lower than what was previously reported. Cells grown under low aeration showed an NADH:NADPH activity ratio of 2.13. Recombinant S. cerevisiae expressing CbXYL1 showed only NADH-linked activity in cell homogenates. Southern hybridization did not reveal additional bands. These results imply that a second, unrelated gene for XYL1p is present in C. boidinii.     

丝瓜络炭磺酸的制备及其催化合成糠醛

以丝瓜络为炭源、浓硫酸为磺酸化试剂,制备了丝瓜络炭磺酸催化剂。利用中和滴定、X射线衍射、傅里叶变换红外光谱和热重-差热分析等手段对催化剂进行了表征。以表面酸密度为考察指标,确定了在300℃炭化3h、在80℃下磺化3h为优化的催化剂制备条件,此条件下丝瓜络炭磺酸催化剂表面酸密度可达1.119mmol/g。以木糠水解制备糠醛为探针反应,通过正交实验法考察了催化剂的实际催化活性。结果表明,在水解反应时间2h、水解反应温度200℃和催化剂用量占原料质量10%时,糠醛的平均收率达到78.69%,此时催化剂的催化活性最高。催化剂经第一次循环使用后性能有所下降,但随后的循环使用催化性能稳定。将使用过的催化剂经再磺化,可基本恢复到新制催化剂的催化活性。     

Structure of an anthocyanin-anthocyanin dimer molecule in anthocyanin-producing cells of a carrot suspension culture

A novel anthocyanin, an anthocyanin-anthocyanin dimer, was isolated from the cells of an anthocyanin-producing carrot cell-line culture, and its structure was elucidated using spectroscopic methods. It consists of two molecules of the anthocyanin, cyanidin 3-[xylosyl-(sinapoyl-glucosyl)-galactoside], with a CH-CH₃ linkage at the 8-8 position. This is the first report of the identification and isolation of an anthocyanin-anthocyanin dimer with a CH-CH₃ linkage from intact plant cells.     

Aspects of xylitol formation in sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate by Candida guillie rmondii in the presence of tetracycline

The biocon version of xylose intoxylitol using pH values of 4.0, 5.5 and 7.0 and tetracycline concentrations of 20 and 40 mg/L was carried out to verify the influence of these parameters on Candida guilliermondii metabolism for xylitol production. Experiments were performed with sugarcane bagasse hemicellulosi chydrolysate (48.5 g/L of xylose) in 125-mL Erlenmeyer flasks, at 30°C, 200 rpm, during 88 h. The results demostrated that the bioconversion of xylose into xylitol was significantly influenced by the pH. On the other hand, in media containing 20 or 40 mg/L of tetracycline, this bioconversion was not significantly affected. The best results of xylitol production were obtained in hemicellulosic hydrolysate without tetracycline, at pH 7.0 In these conditions, the maxim um specific growth rate was 0.014/h and the yield factor of xylitol and volumetric productivity were 0.85g/g and 0.70g/L/h respectively. Xylitol and cell growth occureed simultaneously.     

Purification and properties of xylitol dehydrogenase from the xylose-fermenting yeastCandida shehatae

Xylitol dehydrogenase (EC1.1.1.9) from xylose-grown cells ofCandida shehatae was purified 215-fold by sequential chromatography on NAD-C8 affinity, Superose-12, and Cibacron blue columns, and a single band was observed by SDS gel electrophoresis. The purified enzyme had a native molecular weight of 82 kDa and a denatured molecular weight of 40 kDa following SDS gel electrophoresis, indicating that it was composed of two subunits. Alcohol dehydrogenase copurified on the NAD-C8 but was substantially removed by Superose-12 and was not detected following Cibacron blue chromatography. The kinetic properties of the C.shehatae xylitol dehydrogenase differed considerably from those described previously for thePachysolen tannophilus enzyme. The K_m of the C.shehatae enzyme for xylitol was 3.8 times smaller, whereas the K_m for xylulose was 1.7-fold bigger. These factors could account for the lower xylitol production by C.shehatae.     

Characterization of heterologous and native enzyme activity profiles in metabolically engineered Zymomonas mobilis strains during batch fermentation of glucose and xylose mixtures

Zymomonas mobilis has been metabolically engineered to broaden its substrate utilization range to include d-xylose and l-arabinose. Both genomically integrated and plasmid-bearing Z. mobilis strains that are capable of fermenting the pentose d-xylose have been created by incorporating four genes: two genes encoding xylose utilization metabolic enzymes (xylA/xylB) and two genes encoding pentose phosphate pathway enzymes (talB/tktA). We have characterized the activities of the four newly introduced enzymes for xylose metabolism, along with those of three native glycolytic enzymes, in two different xylose-fermenting Z. mobilis strains. These strains were grown on glucose-xylose mixtures in computer-controlled fermentors. Samples were collected and analyzed to determine extracellular metabolite concentrations as well as the activities of several intracellular enzymes in the xylose and glucose uptake and catabolism pathways. These measurements provide new insights on the possible bottlenecks in the engineered metabolic pathways and suggest methods for further improving the efficiency of xylose fermentation.     

蜂蜜中葡萄糖、果糖和木糖的多元校正定量分析研究

根据单糖与邻甲苯胺加成缩合反应的显色特征,采用偏最小二乘法(PLS)辅助分光光度法对吸收光谱重叠较严重、加和性欠佳的葡萄糖、果糖和木糖三组分的模拟混合试样进行分析,对同时测定的条件进行了优化,建立了单糖多组分体系同时定量分析的多元校正方法,并用此方法对蜂蜜样品中上述单糖组分的含量进行了测定.时模拟混合试样,回收率分别为...