利用Sed1p锚定蛋白在毕赤酵母表面展示米黑根毛霉脂肪酶及其应用

通过PCR扩增米黑根毛霉脂肪酶基因,在米黑根毛霉脂肪酶N端加入Flag标签。将米黑根毛霉脂肪酶基因与酿酒酵母细胞壁蛋白Sed1p基因的N端融合构建质粒pPIC9K-Flag-RML-Sed1,转化毕赤酵母GS115获得重组菌GS115/pPIC9K-Flag-RML-Sed1。重组菌经过甲醇诱导表达后,显微镜免疫荧光分析与流式细胞仪检测结果均证实米黑根毛霉脂肪酶已经成功展示在毕赤酵母上。该重组菌水解活力达到169.6U/g(Dry cell weight),在非水相中催化脂肪酸甲酯的合成,72h后脂肪酸甲酯的产率达82.36%。     

白地霉脂肪酶在毕赤酵母表面展示

将白地霉脂肪酶基因N端与酿酒酵母FLO絮凝结构域序列融合,构建成脂肪酶毕赤酵母表面展示载体并转化毕赤酵母GS115。免疫荧光检测证实脂肪酶已展示于毕赤酵母细胞表面。甲醇诱导96 h后展示酶活性达到81 U/g干细胞,酶的热稳定性较游离酶有较大提高,50℃孵育4 h后酶活仍保持初始酶活70%以上。     

毕赤酵母展示表达南极假丝酵母脂肪酶B

将南极假丝脂肪酶B(CALB)基因N端和C端,分别与酿酒酵母絮凝蛋白(Flo1p)絮凝结构域序列的N端(FS)和C端(FL)融合,构建成脂肪酶毕赤酵母表面展示载体KFS和KFL,并转化毕赤酵母GS115后获得重组子KFS-CALB和KFL-CALB。免疫荧光检测证实脂肪酶已展示于毕赤酵母细胞表面。甲醇诱导120 h后展示酶活性分别达到286 U/g干细胞和182 U/g干细胞。酶的热稳定性较游离酶有较大提高,50℃孵育4 h后KFS-CALB菌株的残留酶活力仍保持初始酶活力70%以上;KFL-CALB在50℃孵育2 h后的酶活力也达到初始酶活力50%,远远高于游离态的CALB,其在50℃孵育0.5 h后仅残留18%的初始酶活力。     

解脂耶氏酵母脂肪酶Lip2的表面展示及其酶学性质

表面展示酶作为全细胞催化剂具备诸如能提高酶的稳定性、省去纯化过程、节约成本等优点。脂肪酶是应用最为广泛的工业酶之一。本研究利用酿酒酵母细胞壁蛋白Cwp2作为锚定蛋白,将解脂耶氏酵母脂肪酶Lip2展示在酿酒酵母细胞表面,以制备脂肪酶全细胞催化剂。Lip2被融合到Cwp2的N端,Cwp2通过其C端的GPI锚定信号共价结合到细胞壁上。表面展示的Lip2可以水解三丁酸甘油酯及对硝基苯酚辛酸酯(pNPC),其pNPC水解酶活达到4.6U/g干细胞。作为全细胞催化剂,表面展示的Lip2具备良好的催化特征,其最适温度为40°C,最适pH为8.0,同时还具备良好的有机溶剂稳定性。     

白地霉Y162脂肪酶基因克隆及其在毕赤酵母中的高效表达

借助生物信息学,对已克隆的地霉属脂肪酶全长基因序列进行同源比对,根据保守序列设计引物,在基因组DNA和cDNA水平上,于国内首次克隆了Geotrichum candidum Y162脂肪酶基因.Gcandidum Y162脂肪酶基因全长1692bp,不含内含子,编码包括19个氨基酸信号肽在内的563个氨基酸.与NCBI GenBank中已报道的地霉属脂肪酶氨基酸序列有86%的一致性.将该基因克隆到pPIC9K表达载体上,转化毕赤酵母GS115,摇瓶发酵96h后毕赤酵母分泌表达55 U/mL重组脂肪酶,实现了脂肪酶的高效表达.酶学性质研究表明,该重组脂肪酶对C9位顺式双键的甘油酯具有明显的底物特异性;对甲醇、甘油等有机溶剂呈现耐受性;最适温度和最适pH分别为50℃和8.0,在pH6.0～10.0及60℃以下能保持60%以上的酶活力.底物特异性、有机溶剂、温度及pH耐受性赋予该重组酶良好工业应用潜力.     

疏棉状嗜热丝孢菌脂肪酶在毕赤酵母中的表面展示及酶学性质

【目的】构建疏棉状嗜热丝孢菌脂肪酶(Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase,TLL)在毕赤酵母GS115中的细胞表面展示体系,筛选展示成功且酶活力及展示率较高的重组子作为全细胞催化剂,并研究其酶学性质。【方法】克隆TLL基因tll,以酿酒酵母细胞壁蛋白Sed1p为锚定蛋白,构建表面展示载体pPICZαA-TLS。重组载体经SacⅠ线性化后转入毕赤酵母GS115中,经三丁酸甘油酯平板检测及摇甁发酵筛选获得高酶活力的毕赤酵母重组子,采用抗FLAG标签一抗和R-PE荧光素标记的二抗处理细胞后,进行荧光显微镜检测和流式细胞仪分析,并考察全细胞催化剂的最适反应温度和pH、金属离子耐受性等酶学性质。【结果】成功构建TLL毕赤酵母细胞表面展示体系,筛选到1株具有三丁酸甘油酯和橄榄油水解活力的克隆子,经1%的甲醇诱导发酵120 h后,水解橄榄油酶活力达257.8 U/g干细胞。经抗体处理后的重组菌发酵细胞在荧光显微镜下呈现强烈的红色荧光,流式细胞仪分析结果也证实脂肪酶被成功展示在酵母细胞表面,展示率达98.36%。展示的TLL作为全细胞催化剂水解对硝基苯酚丁酸酯(pNPB)的最适温度为30℃,最适pH为8.0,且具备良好的热稳定性和有机溶剂耐受性;K+、Ca2+、Mg2+对其有微弱的激活作用,Mn2+、Ni2+则有微弱的抑制作用,Cu2+的抑制作用较强,而EDTA、SDS、Tween 20对酶活力影响不明显。【结论】首次将TLL脂肪酶成功展示在毕赤酵母细胞表面,获得具有较高水解活力和良好酶学特性的全细胞催化剂,为表面展示TLL脂肪酶的规模化应用奠定了技术基础。     

酵母表面展示脂肪酶合成己二酸二异辛酯

展示酶的酵母细胞既具有固定化酶的优点,又有制备简单、成本较低的特点.采用表面展示南极假丝酵母脂肪酶B (Candida antarctica lipase B,CALB)的毕赤酵母细胞催化合成己二酸二异辛酯(Diisooctyl adipate,DIOA),对该反应体系进行优化,并实现了初步工艺放大制备.经条件优化后,在10mL反应体系中,DIOA的产率可达85.0％.该工艺放大到200mL反应体系时,DIOA产率可达97.8％.经减压蒸馏,DIOA纯度可达到98.2％.该酵母表面展示脂肪酶在合成绿色润滑油己二酸二异辛酯中具有良好应用前景.     

功能性新型冠状病毒RBD结构域在毕赤酵母表面的展示*

目的:设计并构建新型冠状病毒(SARS-CoV-2)受体结合结构域(receptor binding domain,RBD)在毕赤酵母表面的展示体系,并对表面展示的RBD进行功能性评价,从而为以RBD为靶点的高通量药物筛选平台奠定基础。方法:将四种锚定分子与新冠病毒RBD融合,电转化至毕赤酵母中;通过细胞免疫荧光分析,筛选能够成功展示RBD的锚定系统;进一步分析其与血管紧张素转化酶2(angiotensin-converting enzyme 2,ACE2)受体的亲和力,证明展示在细胞表面RBD分子的功能。结果:仅Sed1p锚定分子能够有效呈递RBD至毕赤酵母细胞表面,展示效率约为70%;亲和力分析结果表明,ACE2受体和表面展示RBD的亲和力(K_D = 30.42 nmol/L)与溶液中RBD的亲和力(K_D = 16.00 nmol/L)较为接近。结论:这一体系能够在毕赤酵母表面高效地展示具有生物学功能的RBD,可用于抗新冠病毒RBD药物的高通量筛选和评价。     

定点突变引入二硫键提高华根霉脂肪酶热稳定性的研究

拟对来源于华根霉(Rhizopus chinensis)的脂肪酶r27RCL进行二硫键的构建,从而提高该酶的热稳定性。利用二硫键构建软件Disulfide by Design 2. 0预测突变位点(T201),对野生型脂肪酶r27RCL进行定点突变。借助于毕赤酵母表达系统,对脂肪酶野生型r27RCL及突变体r27RCLT201C进行异源表达,并对其酶学性质进行研究和比较。热稳定性实验显示突变体r27RCL-T201C在60℃处理25 min后剩余酶活较野生型提高了17. 6%。此外,突变体的pH稳定性也较野生型有所提高。对脂肪酶r27RCL进行二硫键的构建有助于提高该酶热稳定性,使其能更有效地应用于工业生产。     

Construction of a Pichia pastoris cell-surface display system using Flo1p anchor system

A Pichia pastoris cell-surface display system was constructed using a Flo1p anchor system, which was developed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The lipase from Rhizopus oryzae with a pro sequence (ProROL) was used as the model protein and was genetically fused to the anchor consisting of amino acids 1-1099 of Flo1p (FS anchor). The resulting fusion protein FSProROL was expressed under the control of the alcohol oxidase 1 promoter (pAOX1). The fluorescence microscopy of immunolabeled P. pastoris cells revealed that ProROL was displayed on the cell surface, and Western blot analysis revealed that the fusion protein FSProROL was noncovalently attached to the cell wall and highly glycosylated. The lipase activity of P. pastoris cells was affected by the methanol concentration for the induction phase. Surprisingly, the activity of lipase displayed on the cells incubated at 60 degrees C was not only stable but also increased to about 6.5 times the initial value after 4 h incubation.     

Improvement in organophosphorus hydrolase activity of cell surface-engineered yeast strain using Flo1p anchor system

Organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) hydrolyzes organophosphorus esters. We constructed the yeast-displayed OPH using Flo1p anchor system. In this system, the N-terminal region of the protein was fused to Flo1p and the fusion protein was displayed on the cell surface. Hydrolytic reactions with paraoxon were carried out during 24 h of incubation of OPH-displaying cells at 30°C. p-Nitrophenol produced in the reaction mixture was detected by HPLC. The strain with highest activity showed 8-fold greater OPH activity compared with cells engineered using glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor system, and showed 20-fold greater activity than Escherichia coli using the ice nucleation protein anchor system. These results indicate that Flo1p anchor system is suitable for display of OPH in the cell surface-expression systems.     

Cell surface display of functionally active lipases from Yarrowia lipolytica in Pichia pastoris

The lipase genes of Yarrowia lipolytica, LIPY7 and LIPY8, fused with FLO-flocculation domain sequence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae at their N-termini, were expressed in Pichia pastoris KM71. Following the induction with methanol, the recombinant proteins were displayed on the cell surface of P. pastoris, as confirmed by the confocal laser scanning microscopy. The LipY7p and LipY8p were anchored on P. pastoris via the flocculation functional domain of Flo1p. The surface-displayed lipases were characterized for their application as the whole-cell biocatalyst. These lipases can also be cleaved off from their anchor by enterokinase treatment to yield functionally active proteins in the supernatant offering an alternative purification method for LipY7p and LipY8p.     

Organophosphorus compound detection on a cell chip with yeast coexpressing hydrolase and eGFP

Organophosphorus compounds (OPs) such as pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides are highly toxic but are nevertheless extensively used worldwide. To detect OPs, we constructed a yeast strain that co-displays organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) on the cell surface using a Flo1p anchor system. OP degradation releases protons and causes a change in pH. This pH change results in structural deformation of EGFP, which triggers quenching of its fluorescence, thereby making this cell useful for visual detection of OPs. Fluorescence microscopy confirmed the high-intensity fluorescence displayed by EGFP on the cell surface. The yeast strain possessed sufficient OPH hydrolytic activities for degrading OPs, as measured by incubation with 1 mM paraoxon for 24 h at 30°C. In addition, with 20 mM paraoxon at 30°C, fluorescence quenching of EGFP on the single yeast cell was observed within 40 s in a microchamber chip. These observations suggest that engineered yeast cells are suitable for simultaneous degradation and visual detection of OPs.     

Long anchor using Flo1 protein enhances reactivity of cell surface-displayed glucoamylase to polymer substrates

We investigated the influence of anchor length on the reactivity to polymer substrate of enzyme displayed on yeast cell surfaces. Using various lengths [42, 102, 146, 318, 428, and 1,326 amino acids (aa)] of the C-terminal region of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Flo1 protein (Flo1p), which plays a major role in yeast flocculation, six display systems with various anchor lengths were constructed. In these systems, the target protein was displayed on the yeast cell surface under the control of the 5'-upstream region of the isocitrate lyase gene of Candida tropicalis ( UPR-ICL). Cell-surface display of Rhizopus oryzae glucoamylase by these systems was induced and confirmed in all systems by immunofluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting. Flow-cytometer measurement of the fluorescence intensity of immunofluorescence-labeled yeast cells displaying glucoamylase indicated that glucoamylase displayed with longer anchors, especially those of 428 and 1,326 aa in length, had higher reactivity to antibodies. The reactivity of starch to displayed glucoamylase, which was evaluated by plate assay, increased with anchor length, as did the cell growth-rate in starch-containing medium. These results indicate that cell-surface display systems using 428- and 1,326-aa length anchors of Flo1p are effective for the display of enzymes on the outer surface of yeast cells.     

Construction of yeast strains with high cell surface lipase activity by using novel display systems based on the Flo1p flocculation functional domain

We constructed a novel cell-surface display system, using as a new type of cell-wall anchor 3,297 or 4,341 bp of the 3' region of the FLO1 gene (FS or FL gene, respectively), which encodes the flocculation functional domain of Flo1p. In this system, the N terminus of the target protein was fused to the FS or FL protein and the fusion proteins were expressed under the control of the inducible promoter UPR-ICL (5' upstream region of the isocitrate lyase of Candida tropicalis). Using this new system, recombinant lipase with a pro sequence from Rhizopus oryzae (rProROL), which has its active site near the C terminus, was displayed on the cell surface. Cell-surface display of the FSProROL and FLProROL fusion proteins was confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting. Lipase activity reached 145 IU/liter (61.3 IU/g [dry cell weight]) on the surface of the yeast cells, which successfully catalyzed the methanolysis reaction. Using these whole-cell biocatalysts, methylesters synthesized from triglyceride and methanol reached 78.3% after 72 h of reaction. To our knowledge, this is the first example of cell-surface display of lipase with high activity. Interestingly, the yeast cells displaying the FLProROL protein showed strong flocculation, even though the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor attachment signal and cell-membrane-anchoring region of Flo1p had been deleted from this gene. The cell-surface display system based on FL thus endows the yeast strain with both novel enzyme display and strong flocculation ability.     

The N-terminal domain of the Flo11 protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an adhesin without mannose-binding activity

The expression of the Flo11 flocculin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae offers the cell a wide range of phenotypes, depending on the strain and the environmental conditions. The most important are pseudohyphae development, invasive growth and flocculation. The mechanism of cellular adhesion mediated by Flo11p is not well understood. Therefore, the N-terminal domain of Flo11p was purified and studied. Although its amino acid sequence shows less similarity with the other flocculins, Flo11p belongs to the flocculin family. However, the N-terminal domain contains the 'Flo11-domain' (PF10181), but not the mannose-binding PA14 domain, which is present in the other flocculins (Flo1p, Flo5p, Flo9p and Flo10p). Structural and binding properties of the N-terminal domain of Flo11p were studied. It is shown that this domain is O-glycosylated and is structurally composed mainly of β-sheets, which is typical for the members of the flocculin family. Furthermore, fluorescence spectroscopy binding studies revealed that N-Flo11p does not bind mannose, which is in contrast to the other Flo proteins. However, surface plasmon resonance analysis showed that N-Flo11p self-interacts and explains the cell-cell interaction capacity of FLO11-expressing cells.     

Development of yeast cells displaying <Emphasis Type="Italic">Candida antarctica</Emphasis> lipase B and their application to ester synthesis reaction

We isolated the lipase B from Candida antarctica CBS 6678 (CALB CBS6678) and successfully constructed CALB-displaying yeast whole-cell biocatalysts using the Flo1p short (FS) anchor system. For the display of CALB on a yeast cell surface, the newly isolated CALB CBS6678 exhibited higher hydrolytic and ester synthesis activities than the well-known CALB, which is registered in GenBank (Z30645). A protease accessibility assay using papain as a protease showed that a large part of CALB, approximately 75%, was localized on an easily accessible part of the yeast cell surface. A comparison of the lipase hydrolytic activities of yeast whole cells displaying only mature CALB (CALB) and those displaying mature CALB with a Pro region (ProCALB) revealed that mature CALB is preferable for yeast cell surface display using the Flo1p anchor system. Lyophilized yeast whole cells displaying CALB were applied to an ester synthesis reaction at 60°C using adipic acid and n-butanol as substrates. The amount of dibutyl adipate (DBA) produced increased with the reaction time until 144 h. This indicated that CALB displayed on the yeast cell surface retained activity under the reaction conditions.     

Localization and cell surface anchoring of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae flocculation protein Flo1p.

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae FLO1 gene encodes a large 1,536-amino-acid serine- and threonine-rich protein involved in flocculation. We have assessed the localization of Flo1p by immunoelectron microscopy, and in this study we show that this protein is located in the external mannoprotein layer of the cell wall, at the plasma membrane level and in the periplasm. The protein was also visualized in the endoplasmic reticulum and in the nuclear envelope, indicating that it was secreted through the secretory pathway. The protein was detected by Western blotting in cell wall extracts as a high-molecular-mass (>200 kDa) polydisperse material obviously as a result of extensive N and probably O glycosylation. Flo1p was extracted from cell walls in large amounts by boiling in sodium dodecyl sulfate, suggesting that it is noncovalently anchored to the cell wall network. The membranous forms of Flo1p were shown to be solubilized by phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase C treatment, suggesting that Flo1p is glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored to this organelle. The expression of truncated forms with the hydrophobic C-terminal domain deleted led to the secretion of the protein in the culture medium. The hydrophobic C terminus, which is a putative GPI anchoring domain, is therefore necessary for the attachment of Flo1p in the cell wall. Deletion analysis also revealed that the N-terminal domain of Flo1p was essential for cellular aggregation. On the whole, our data indicate that Flo1p is a true cell wall protein which plays a direct role in cell-cell interaction.     

Construction of Yeast Strains with High Cell Surface Lipase Activity by Using Novel Display Systems Based on the Flo1p Flocculation Functional Domain

We constructed a novel cell-surface display system, using as a new type of cell-wall anchor 3,297 or 4,341 bp of the 3′ region of the FLO1 gene (FS or FL gene, respectively), which encodes the flocculation functional domain of Flo1p. In this system, the N terminus of the target protein was fused to the FS or FL protein and the fusion proteins were expressed under the control of the inducible promoter UPR-ICL (5′ upstream region of the isocitrate lyase of Candida tropicalis). Using this new system, recombinant lipase with a pro sequence from Rhizopus oryzae (rProROL), which has its active site near the C terminus, was displayed on the cell surface. Cell-surface display of the FSProROL and FLProROL fusion proteins was confirmed by immunofluorescence microscopy and immunoblotting. Lipase activity reached 145 IU/liter (61.3 IU/g [dry cell weight]) on the surface of the yeast cells, which successfully catalyzed the methanolysis reaction. Using these whole-cell biocatalysts, methylesters synthesized from triglyceride and methanol reached 78.3% after 72 h of reaction. To our knowledge, this is the first example of cell-surface display of lipase with high activity. Interestingly, the yeast cells displaying the FLProROL protein showed strong flocculation, even though the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor attachment signal and cell-membrane-anchoring region of Flo1p had been deleted from this gene. The cell-surface display system based on FL thus endows the yeast strain with both novel enzyme display and strong flocculation ability.