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Perillyl alcohol, [4-isopropylene-1-cyclohexene] methanol, is a monocyclic monoterpene alcohol with special odorous similar to that of linalool and terpineol. It has application potential in pharmaceutical, daily chemical and food industries. In this study, one method for the synthesis of perillyl alcohol through the MVA pathway was studied. First, the MVA metabolic pathway originated from Enterococcus faecalis was constructed in Escherichia coli to synthesize limonene. Limonene was further transformed to perillyl alcohol by the hydroxylation of cytochrome P450 alkane hydroxylase. Furthermore, the shake flask fermentation condition of the engineered E. coli strain was optimized. The results showed that the engineered E. coli could produce about 50.12 mg/L perillyl alcohol through MVA pathway using glucose as raw material. In this study, the method of the MVA pathway for perillyl alcohol synthesis was constructed successfully in engineered E. coli, which provides both theoretical and technical support for terpenoids biosynthesis.
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Objective To investigate the immune and pathological mechanism of the effect of monocyte chemotaxis protein -1 on the development of spinal tuberculosis.Methods A total of 1002 patients were enrolled in Tianjin Haihe Hospital from January 2011 to January 2016, which were included in the diagnostic criteria and exclusion criteria.Divided into 332 cases of spinal tuberculosis group(new spine tuberculosis subjects), 334 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis group( new pulmonary tuberculosis subjects), 336 cases of healthy group(healthy subjects), the serum concentration of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 ( MCP-1 ) was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ( ELISA ) .To investigate the factors influencing the expression of MCP-1 and to analyze the correlation between serum MCP-1 concentration and spinal tuberculosis.Results Serum MCP-1 concentration in the body with the tuberculosis pathogenicity and sowing was gradually increasing.The concentration of MCP-1 in the spine tuberculosis group was significantly higher than that in thepulmonary tuberculosis group and the healthy group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).There was no significant difference in serum MCP-1 concentrations between male and female patients in spine tuberculosis group , pulmonary tuberculosis group and healthy group.There was no significant difference in serum MCP-1 concentration between children and adults patients in spine tuberculosis group, pulmonary tuberculosis group and healthy group.Conclusion The serum concentration of MCP-1 in Spinal tuberculosis group is higher than pulmonary tuberculosis group and health group, and it shows an upward trend with the spread of tuberculosis.
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The extreme microorganisms Ferroplasma spp., play an important role in bioleaching of sulphide ores at low pH value and temperatures around 50 degrees C. Without cell wall, Ferroplasma spp. is sensitive to pulp density, shearing force and heavy metal ions. Thus it is difficult to obtain their high cell density cultures, which limits the large-scale industrial application. In this paper, the optimum culture conditions of Ferroplasma thermophilum were studied by shaking culture. The results showed that the optimum culture conditions are as follows: 50 degrees C, initial pH 0.5, 50 mL working volume in 250 mL shaking-flask, inorganic nitrogen source (NH4)2SO4. The optimum combination of FeSO4.7H2O, yeast extract and peptone was determined by orthogonal experiments, including FeSO4.7H2O 40 g/L, yeast extract 0.3 g/L, peptone 0.2 g/L. Under the optimum culture conditions, the cell density was up to 6.3 x 10(7) cell/mL, and the oxidation of 40 g/L ferrous sulfate heptahydrate was finished in less than 72 hours. The results might provide information for scale-up of archaeon culture as well as its industrial application.