基于空腔填充效应构建伯克霍尔德菌脂肪酶LipA的热稳定性突变体

【目的】中温伯克霍尔德菌胞外脂肪酶LipA在工业领域具有重要的应用价值。利用蛋白质工程技术来提高其热稳定性,对开发脂肪酶LipA酶制剂及提高其应用范围及应用效果,具有重要的意义。【方法】利用生物信息学软件Castp、Voronoia和Cave分析LipA分子中存在的空腔及其组成氨基酸残基;利用FoldX软件构建上述氨基酸残基的突变体电子文库,并基于空腔效应(体积变小)、自由能变化值(降低)和空间结构特点等对前述突变体电子文库进行筛选。从突变体电子文库中选择具有代表性的突变体,通过基因工程技术,引入突变。经诱导表达后,实验验证并筛选出热稳定性的突变体。【结果】构建了一个由58个突变体组成的电子文库;并对其中17个代表性的突变体进行了实验验证;筛选到2个热稳定性有明显提高的突变体LipA-His15Pro和LipA-Ala210Val;其叠加突变体LipA-His~(15)Pro/Ala~(210)Val的T50~(12)较野生型LipA提高了8°C,在55°C下的半衰期较野生型脂肪酶LipA提高了23.1倍。【结论】基于空腔填充技术构建热稳定性伯克霍尔德菌胞外脂肪酶LipA突变体,是一种行之有效的策略。     

热稳定性伯克霍尔德菌脂肪酶A突变体的筛选

摘要:【目的】为更好地提高伯克霍尔德菌ZYB002脂肪酶LipA在TMP纸浆造纸工艺中的应用,有必要利用蛋白质工程技术,提高其热稳定性。【方法】基于B-factor值筛选LipA多肽链中潜在的突变位点,利用迭代饱和诱变技术,构建突变文库,筛选热稳定性提高的突变体。【结果】利用上述方法,从4个突变文库中分别筛选到在55℃下,半衰期较野生型脂肪酶LipA分别提高了1.8倍、3倍、2.2倍和1.7倍的脂肪酶突变体。【结论】基于B-factor值选择突变位点,利用迭代饱和突变技术,快速筛选到热稳定性有显著提高的突变体。     

理性设计二硫键提高华根霉脂肪酶热稳定性

【背景】华根霉脂肪酶的工业应用前景广泛,但是受到酶热稳定性较差的限制。【目的】对华根霉Rhizopus chinensis CCTCC M201021脂肪酶r27RCL分子结构进行理性设计,以提高该酶热稳定性。【方法】以Disulfide by design软件筛选r27RCL分子表面能够形成二硫键的突变位点,共得到7对二硫键突变。利用全质粒PCR进行定点突变,并在毕赤酵母中表达获得突变酶。【结果】最佳突变酶m9/10 (S85C-Q145C)与野生型酶r27RCL相比,60°C下的半衰期分别提高了4.5倍,T_m值提高了4.2°C,而催化活性保持不变。蛋白质晶体结构模拟显示,位于β2折叠上的85C和位于α4螺旋上的145C可形成二硫键,从而提高酶的热稳定性。【结论】酶分子中引入新增二硫键可以显著提升酶的热稳定性。     

理性设计提高酯合成催化反应脂肪酶的热稳定性

【背景】南极假丝酵母脂肪酶B (Candida antarctica lipase B,CALB)具有优异的酯合成活性,是在非水相催化中应用极为广泛的工业用酶。【目的】在保留CALB优秀催化性能的基础上,提高CALB的热稳定性。【方法】采用预测软件PoPMuSiC和FoldX计算CALB潜在热稳定性突变位点,并根据氨基酸残基的空间位置进一步筛选。利用重叠延伸PCR技术在基因calb中引入10个单点突变,于毕赤酵母GS115中表达。【结果】点突变A146G、A151P、L278M均能有效提高CALB的热稳定性。在单点突变的基础上,组合突变体A146G-L278M和A146G-L278M-A151P的热稳定性得到进一步提高。与野生型相比,突变体A146G-L278M和A146G-L278M-A151P的最适反应温度均提高了5°C,T_m值分别提高了3.3°C和4.2°C。此外,合成己酸乙酯的酶促反应动力学分析表明,相比于野生型,突变体A146G-L278M和A146G-L278M-A151P对己酸和乙醇均具有更高的亲和力,且对己酸的催化效率k_(catA)/K_(m A)是野生型的4.1倍。通过分子动力学模拟,从分子水平阐明了突变体A146G-L278M和A146G-L278M-A151P热稳定性提高的机制。【结论】本研究采用的理性设计策略对提高CALB的热稳定性是行之有效的,该策略可作为其他工业用酶提高热稳定性的参考。     

P197E与ep8叠加突变对扩展青霉脂肪酶热稳定性的影响

为提高脂肪酶的热稳定性,作者利用重叠延伸PCR对扩展青霉脂肪酶(PEL)基因进行了体外定点突变,构建了P197E(即将第197位的脯氨酸突变为谷氨酸)与随机突变体ep8叠加突变的重组质粒pPIC3.5K-ep8-P197E。将该质粒电转化至毕赤酵母Pichiapastoris GS115中,进行异源表达。与野生型酶和单点突变酶PEL-ep8的酶学性质比较,结果表明:叠加突变体PEL-ep8-P197E在40°C温育处理30min后,残余酶活分别比野生型PEL和随机突变体PEL-ep8提高了42.13%和37.3%。叠加突变体PEL-ep8-P197E的Tm值为41.51°C,比野生型酶PEL提高了2.81°C,比随机突变体脂肪酶PEL-ep8提高了2.25°C。通过对脂肪酶PEL的叠加突变,提高了该酶的热稳定性,并为结构与功能的进一步研究提供了材料。     

定向引入N-糖基化位点改进黑曲霉β-1,4-内切木聚糖酶热稳定性

【背景】木聚糖是生物圈中仅次于纤维素的第二大多糖,其结构复杂,完全降解需要多种木聚糖酶协同作用。β-1,4-内切木聚糖酶是木聚糖主链水解过程中最关键的酶,已广泛应用于饲料、造纸、能源、食品和医药等行业。但在实际应用中,由于真菌木聚糖酶的热稳定性较差,限制了其在工业中的应用。【目的】提高来源于黑曲霉(Aspergillusniger)的β-1,4-内切木聚糖酶(xynB)热稳定性。【方法】采用氨基酸虚拟突变技术对xynB定向引入一个N-糖基化位点,将虚拟突变后筛选获得的候选突变体和野生型在毕赤酵母SMD1168中表达,并对纯化后的野生型和突变体酶进行酶学性质和稳定性分析。【结果】经虚拟突变和筛选获得5个候选突变体,在毕赤酵母SMD1168中成功表达了4个突变体,其中3个突变体发生了糖基化。突变体和野生型酶均表现出宽范围的酸碱耐受性,且突变体xynB~(A92N/D94T)在pH4.0–11.0条件下的稳定性明显优于野生型;糖基化突变体xynB~(A92N/D94T)、xynB~(G66N/A68T)和xynB~(G66F/D67N/G69T)在温度为60–80°C时热稳定性明显高于野生型,xynB~(G66N/A68T)在80°C保温30 min后的残留酶活比野生型提高了约30%。【结论】本研究方法可为其他来源木聚糖酶和其他工业酶的热稳定分子改造提供参考。     

基于结构B因子分析指导的头孢菌素C酰化酶动力学稳定性改造

【目的】筛选Pseudomonas sp.SE83 acy Ⅱ定点饱和突变库,获得动力学稳定性提高的头孢菌素C(CPC)酰化酶突变体,并对突变酶进行初步的结构-功能关系分析。【方法】靶标酶Pseudomonas sp.SE83 acy Ⅱ与Pseudomonas diminuta N176具有较高的同源性,通过分析N176的结构B因子,构建CPC酰化酶SE83定点饱和突变库;基于pH指示剂显色法,采用Biomek FX~P自动工作站建立CPC酰化酶高通量筛选方法,获得优良突变酶,对其活性、稳定性等酶学性质进行表征;利用SWISS-MODEL对突变体进行同源建模,探讨突变体结构与功能的关系。【结果】通过B因子分析和同源结构比对,共找出9个靶标位点;经过3轮筛选,发现R218及K226位点突变显著提高酶的热稳定性,其中最显著的R218Q和K226V在40°C的半衰期分别为野生型的3.77和2.77倍,催化效率k_(cat)/K_m分别为野生型的1.8和3.1倍。同源建模分析表明氢键作用和疏水相互作用的增加可能是突变体稳定性提高的原因。【结论】B因子指导的酶分子改造是一种高效可靠的动力学稳定性改造策略,突变体R218Q和K226V均可提高CPC酰化酶的稳定性和催化效率,对进一步的CPC酰化酶分子改造具有一定的参考价值和指导意义。     

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。     

定向进化提高灰盖鬼伞过氧化物酶染织废水脱色效率

【目的】获得染织废水脱色能力增强的灰盖鬼伞过氧化物酶。【方法】使用基因合成及定点突变平台合成突变灰盖鬼伞过氧化物酶基因CIPmt4(I49S、V53A、M166F和M242I),并调整密码子至毕赤酵母偏好性。以CIPmt4为模板进行定向进化,经过三轮易错PCR和高通量筛选得到一个酶学性质显著改善的突变体(CIPmt5)。通过3D建模和分子动力学模拟分析蛋白的结构及热稳定性,并进一步研究CIPmt5和野生型CIP对刚果红、氨基黑、甲基橙、次甲基蓝、苯胺蓝、结晶紫、溴酚蓝共7种染料的脱色能力。【结果】序列分析显示该突变体积累了I49S、V53A、T121A、M166F和Y272F共5个氨基酸突变,与野生型灰盖鬼伞过氧化物酶相比,以ABTS为底物酶活性是野生型的2.01倍(24.44 U/mg),最适反应p H由5.0提高到6.5,最适反应温度由25°C提高到45°C。除次甲基蓝外对其它染料脱色的最适p H都往中、碱性方向偏移,脱色率普遍高于野生型。模型分析显示CIPmt5活性中心更开放,热稳定性增强。【结论】突变体酶CIPmt5能够更好地替代野生型灰盖鬼伞过氧化物酶应用于染织业染料脱色、化工废水和染织废水的生物修复。     

毕赤酵母表达的嗜热蓝状菌β-葡萄糖苷酶N-糖基化修饰的作用与功能

【目的】研究N-糖基化对来源于嗜热蓝状菌β-葡萄糖苷酶(β-glucosidase,Bgl3A)的酶学性质影响。【方法】采用定点突变技术构建了3个去N-糖基化的突变体T44A、S228A、S299A,并分别在毕赤酵母GS115中表达纯化。【结果】与野生型Bgl3A相比,突变体S228A分泌蛋白产量极低,仅能微量检测到p NPG活性;突变体T44A和S299A的最适pH和最适温度没有改变,分别为4.0和75°C,但二者的T_m值和70°C下的热稳定性都明显优于野生型。以p NPG为底物时,突变体S299A和T44A的催化效率分别降低了14.5%和70.0%;以纤维二糖为底物时,T44A的催化效率基本不变,而S299A的催化效率提高了1.1倍。【结论】Bgl3A不同位点的N-糖基化修饰对酶的分泌和酶学性质的影响具有明显差异。其中,N226位的N-糖基化在维持酶的表达和功能方面至关重要,而去除N297位点的N-糖基化可以提高酶的热稳定性及对纤维二糖的催化效率。     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Structural Peculiarities of Na+,K+-ATPase Isozymes from the Calf Brain

Functionally active preparations of Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase isozymes from calf brain that contain catalytic subunits of three types (1, 2, and 3) were obtained using two approaches: a selective removal of contaminating proteins by the Jorgensen method and a selective solubilization of the enzyme with subsequent reconstitution of their membrane structure by the Esmann method. The ouabain inhibition constants were determined for the isozymes. The real isozyme composition of the Na⁺ pump from the grey matter containing glial cells and the brain stem containing neurons was determined. The plasma membranes of glial cells were shown to contain mainly Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase of the 11 type and minor amounts of isozymes of the 22(1) and the 31(2) type. The axolemma contains 21 and 31 isozymes. A carbohydrate analysis indicated that 11 enzyme preparations from the brain grey matter substantially differ from the renal enzymes of the same composition in the glycosylation of the 1 isoform. An enhanced sensitivity of the 3 catalytic subunit of Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase from neurons to endogenous proteolysis was found. A point of specific proteolysis in the amino acid sequence PNDNR⁴⁹² Y⁴⁹³ was localized (residue numbering is that of the human 3 subunit). This sequence corresponds to one of the regions of the greatest variability in 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-subunits, but at the same time, it is characteristic of the 3 isoforms of various species. The presence of the 3 isoform of tubulin (cytoskeletal protein) was found for the first time in the high-molecular-mass Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase 31 isozyme complex isolated from the axolemma of brain stem neurons, and its binding to the 3 catalytic subunit was shown.     

1H and13C-NMR analysis of four pentasaccharides from urine of blood-group A and B,Leb adults. Confirmation of the structure of two new oligosaccharides: Fuc(α1–2)[GalNAc(α1–3)]Gal(β1–3)[Fuc(α1–4)]Glc and Fuc(α1–2)[Gal(α1–3)]Gal(β1–3)[Fuc(α1–4)]Glc

The major pentasaccharides Fuc(1-2)[GalNAc(1-3)]Gal(1-4)[Fuc(1-3)]Glc and Fuc(1-2) [Gal(1-3)]Gal(1-4)[Fuc(1-3)]Glc, which are normally present in the urine of bloodgroup A Le^b and B Le^b healthy subjects, were each found to be contaminated by a minor component when analysed by¹H-NMR. The determination of these structures, Fuc(1-2) [GalNAc(1-3)]Gal(1-3)[Fuc(1-4)]Glc and Fuc(1-2) [Gal(1-3)]Gal(1-3)[Fuc(1-4)]Glc, was based on the results of methylation analysis and¹H/¹³C-NMR spectroscopy.Abbreviations HPLC high performance liquid chromatography - GLC gas liquid chromatography - NMR nuclear magnetic resonance - COSY correlation spectroscopy - Gal d-galactopyranose - GalNAc 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galactopyranose - Glc d-glucopyranose - Fuc l-fucopyranose - LNDFH I lacto-N-difucohexaose I (Le^b determinant     

Characterization of SSEA-1 glycolipids from the brain of a patient with fucosidosis

Neutral glycolipids from the brain of a patient with Fucosidosis were analyzed and two complex glycolipids containing five and eight sugars were isolated from the cortical grey matter. These two glycolipids reacted with antibodies recognizing the SSEA-1 [Le^x(X)] carbohydrate determinant. SSEA-1 glycolipids are normally expressed in human embryonic brain but are found in only small amounts in postnatal human brain. The accumulation of the two SSEA-1 glycolipids in Fucosidosis brain thus represents a defect which affects the normal developmentally regulated decrease in postnatal, expression of these glycolipids, and may be a contributing factor in the abnormal brain development associated with the disease. Chemical characterization of the two isolated glycolipids by gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric analyses has identified the two glycolipids as lacto-N-fucopentaosylceramide (III) and difucosyl-neolactonorhexaosylceramide.Abbreviations DCl direct chemical ionization - FAB tastatiom bombardment - GC gas chromatography - GSLs glycosphingolipids - MS mass spectrometry - SSEA-1 stage specific embryonic antigen-1 - TLC thin layer chromatographys     

The evolution of the Hox cluster: insights from outgroups

Two burgeoning research trends are helping to reconstruct the evolution of the Hox cluster with greater detail and clarity. First, Hox genes are being studied in a broader phylogenetic sampling of taxa: the past year has witnessed important new data from teleost fishes, onychophorans, myriapods, polychaetes, glossiphoniid leeches, ribbon worms, and sea anemones. Second, commonly accepted notions of animal relationships are being challenged by alternative phylogenetic hypotheses that are causing us to rethink the evolutionary relationships of important metazoan lineages, especially arthropods, annelids, nematodes, and platyhelminthes.     

N-andO-glycosylation of glycoprotein C synthesized by Herpes simplex virus type 1-infected ricin resistant cells

The progeny of Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) grown in ricin-resistant 14 cells (Ric^R14) lackingN-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I was released in the extracellular medium at a very low rate. By using a monoclonal antibody immobilized on Sepharose we purified from HSV-1-infected Ric^R14 cells a viral glycoprotein (gC), which carries bothN-andO-linked oligosaccharides. Glycopeptides obtained from [³H]mannoselabeled gC by Pronase digestion were entirely susceptible to endo--N-acetylglucosaminidase H, and the major oligosaccharide released was Man₄GlcNAc. The accumulation of this high-mannose species was related to the enzymic defect of the host cells and to the long retention of the viral glycoprotein within the cells. The extent ofO-glycosylation evaluated in [¹⁴C]glucosamine-labeled gC from Ric^R14 cells as compared to that of gC from wild type cells did not appear to be significantly modified.Abbreviations Con A concanavalin A - BHK cells baby hamster kidney cells - HSV Herpes simplex virus     

Elucidation of Structure of Lipid A from the Marine Gram-Negative Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis ATCC 14393T

The chemical structure of lipid A, from the marine -proteobacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis 14393, a main product of lipopolysaccharide hydrolysis (1% AcOH), was determined using chemical methods and NMR spectroscopy. The lipid A was shown to be -1,6-glucosaminobiose 1,4-diphosphate acylated with two (R)-3-hydroxyalkanoic acid residues at C3 and C3 and amidated with one (R)-3-hydroxydodecanoyl and one (R)-3-dodecanoyloxydodecanoyl residue at N2 and N2, respectively.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.