Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Shuangxi Chen.
Sodium citrate, added to culture medium at 2 g l-1, increased inosine production by B. subtilis by 18% to 16 g l-1. The phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) pool was increased by 2.3-fold, while the pyruvate and acetate pools were decreased by 78% and 57%, respectively. Pyruvate kinase might thus be a regulatory site for inosine synthesis.
The characteristic of Bacillus subtilis fermentation process of guanosine on 50 L fermentor was analyzed. Based on determination of on-line and off-line parameter, using correlation analysis, the technology study of physiologic regulation was combined with the metabolic flux distribution of synthesis process. The metabolic flux shift from HMP to EMP and TCA cycle during fermentation was found. The reason of the flux shift was preliminary analyzed, based on which the procedure was optimized to increase the yield of guanosine to 30 g/L.