台勾霉素生产菌指孢囊菌NRRL 18085遗传操作体系的建立

【目的】建立新型大环内酯类抗生素台勾霉素的生产菌指孢囊菌Dactylosporangium aurantiacum NRRL18085的遗传操作体系,实现台勾霉素相关生物合成基因的敲除突变。【方法】以整合型质粒pSET152为载体,建立了外源DNA通过接合转移进入指孢囊菌NRRL18085的操作方法和培养条件,利用PCR-targeting系统在体外构建了一个台勾霉素卤化酶基因敲除的cosmid质粒,通过接合转移转入到指孢囊菌NRRL18085野生菌中。【结果】获得了台勾霉素卤化酶基因敲除的指孢囊菌NRRL18085的双交换突变株,该突变株失去了产生台勾霉素的能力。【结论】成功建立和优化了指孢囊菌NRRL18085菌株的遗传操作体系,使得在体内分析和鉴定台勾霉素生物合成基因的功能成为可能,同时也为建立其他类似放线菌的遗传操作体系提供了参考。     

黄脂菌素生物合成基因簇中调控基因xanR3的功能

【目的】研究黄脂菌素产生菌灰黄链霉菌中编码ArsR家族转录调控蛋白(Arsenical resistance regulator)的xanR3基因的功能。【方法】利用大肠杆菌和链霉菌双亲本接合转移的方法,构建xanR3基因缺失突变株及回补突变株。利用cDNA在相邻同方向的基因间隔区进行PCR确定黄脂菌素生物合成基因簇中的转录单元。利用荧光定量RT-PCR方法进行突变株中黄脂菌素生物合成基因簇转录水平的检测。【结果】对得到的xanR3基因缺失突变株及回补突变株进行发酵,发现xanR3基因缺失突变株产黄脂菌素能力下降,回补菌株中黄脂菌素产量相比缺失突变株有一定程度的恢复,但仍未达到野生型水平。经鉴定,黄脂菌素生物合成基因簇中共有18个共转录单元,其中4个共转录单元在?xanR3突变株中转录水平明显下降。【结论】ArsR家族转录调控基因xanR3是黄脂菌素生物合成的正调控基因。     

趋磁螺菌遗传操作体系的建立及磁小体缺失突变株的筛选

由于MagnetospirillumgryphiswaldenseMSR 1缺少简便有效的遗传操作体系和对常见抗生素的抗性 ,致使对该菌磁小体生物合成的机制等研究工作进展缓慢。为此建立了一套比较简便有效的遗传操作体系 ,其中包括 :以平板封膜培养技术获得单菌落、在选择性培养液中进行接合转移遗传因子 ,以液体培养和磁铁吸附技术筛选突变子。利用此体系 ,通过接合转座诱变技术 ,获得了 2个磁小体缺失突变株 ,为研究该菌磁小体合成的分子遗传学提供了技术支撑     

子囊霉素产生菌吸水链霉菌FIM260840基因转移系统的建立

目的:建立子囊霉素产生菌吸水链霉菌FIM260840的接合基因转移体系,以便基因敲除和外源基因表达等遗传操作。方法:以整合型质粒p SET152为出发质粒,通过接合转移构建并子囊霉素产生菌FIM260840的基因转移系统。结果:12.5μg/m L安普霉素可有效筛选接合子。经PCR验证,质粒成功整合到菌株FIM260840基因组DNA中,所获接合子的安普霉素抗性高达400μg/m L以上。接合子经多次传代后,导入的质粒p SET152仍稳定整合于接合子基因组DNA上。结论:建立了高效、简便的吸水链霉菌FIM260840的基因转移系统,为该菌的生物合成基因改造奠定了基础。     

sco1135基因对天蓝色链霉菌M145孢子形成及次级代谢产物合成的调控研究

旨在研究sco1135基因缺失突变对天蓝色链霉菌M145菌株形态及次级代谢的影响。通过PCR-targeting方法获得重组质粒p SJ1135,通过接合转移将其导入天蓝色链霉菌M145,获得sco1135基因缺失突变菌株△sco1135,并以p MS82为载体构建回补菌株△sco1135com,同时以p MS82为空载对照;随后对野生型菌株、突变菌株和回补菌株进行表型分析和抗生素定量观察。结果显示,表型分析及抗生素定量测定发现,在YBP培养基上△sco1135产孢明显延迟于野生型M145,放线紫红素(ACT)产量明显增加,突变株培养基中ACT产量是野生菌株培养基中的2-3倍;转录分析结果表明,48 h时突变株部分与产孢相关基因的转录水平较野生型降低了50%-75%,72 h时突变株部分与产ACT相关基因的转录水平较野生型提高13-20倍。sco1135基因参与调控M145的孢子形成及次级代谢产物ACT的产生。     

阿扎霉素F产生菌链霉菌211726基因转移系统的建立

旨在建立阿扎霉素F产生菌链霉菌211726的基因转移系统,以便基因敲除和外源基因表达等遗传操作。以整合型质粒pSET152和pIB139为出发质粒,通过接合转移构建了阿扎霉素F产生菌链霉菌211726的基因转移系统。结果显示25μg/mL阿泊拉霉素可有效筛选接合子。经PCR验证,质粒成功整合到菌株链霉菌211726基因组中,接合子经多次传代后,导入的质粒pSET152和pIB139仍稳定整合于接合子基因组上。     

杀念菌素/FR-008生物合成途径中转运基因fscTⅠ与fscTⅡ的功能

[目的]分析杀念菌素/FR-008生物合成途径中转运基因fscTⅠ和ficTⅡ的功能.[方法]构建转运基因fscTⅠ和fscTⅡ的敲除质粒pJTU4137,并通过接合转移和同源重组双交换的方法得到转运基因缺失突变株.转运基因fscTⅠ和ficTⅡ也被克隆到高拷贝质粒pJTU 1278上用于在链霉菌FR-008(Streptomyces sp.FR-008)的衍生菌株ZYJ-6中进行转运蛋白的过量表达.[结果]获得了转运蛋白缺失的双交换突变株LX10,发酵结果显示该突变株不再产生杀念菌素及其衍生物 ;过量表达转运蛋白的基因工程菌株LX11,其杀念菌素的产量约是对照菌株的1.5倍.[结论]体内遗传实验进一步证实FR-008生物合成途径中的fscTⅠ和fscTⅡ是ATP依赖的ABC转运基因,fscTⅠ与fscTⅡ的过量表达增加了杀念菌素的产量,为利用此方法提高其它多烯类抗生素的产量提供了例证.     

杀念菌素/FR-008生物合成途径中转运基因fscTI与fscTII的功能

摘要:【目的】分析杀念菌素/FR-008 生物合成途径中转运基因fscTI和fscTII的功能。【方法】构建转运基因fscTI和fscTII的敲除质粒pJTU4137,并通过接合转移和同源重组双交换的方法得到转运基因缺失突变株。转运基因fscTI和fscTII也被克隆到高拷贝质粒pJTU1278上用于在链霉菌FR-008(Streptomyces sp．FR-008)的衍生菌株ZYJ-6中进行转运蛋白的过量表达。【结果】获得了转运蛋白缺失的双交换突变株LX10,发酵结果显示该突变株不再产生杀念菌素及其衍生物;过量表达转运蛋白的基因工程菌株LX11,其杀念菌素的产量约是对照菌株的1.5倍。【结论】体内遗传实验进一步证实FR-008生物合成途径中的fscTI和fscTII是ATP依赖的ABC转运基因,fscTI与fscTII的过量表达增加了杀念菌素的产量,为利用此方法提高其它多烯类抗生素的产量提供了例证。     

血清7型胸膜肺炎放线杆菌apxⅡC-/apxⅠA+基因缺失重组菌株的构建与鉴定

通过接合转移和SacB负向筛选方法,成功构建了一株apxⅡC缺失的血清7型胸膜肺炎放线杆菌重组菌株。首先构建重组转移质粒pEHA1。将pEHA1转化供体菌大肠杆菌(E.coliβ2155),并将其与野生型APP血清7型亲本菌混合培养约5h,然后涂到含氯霉素抗性的培养基培养,挑取阳性克隆,接种到无抗性液体培养基,培养后涂于含有蔗糖的的固体培养基,培养一定时间后挑取蔗糖抗性的克隆,即可得到目的突变株。通过PCR、遗传稳定性、外毒素分泌、重组位点序列分析证明重组菌构建成功。通过对重组菌生物学特性进行初步研究,表明突变株生长能力未受影响,对小鼠毒力显著降低。该突变株构建体系的建立为猪传染性胸膜肺炎减毒活疫苗的开发及对胸膜肺炎放线杆菌新基因的功能研究奠定了良好基础。     

华癸中生根瘤菌2020三个内源质粒的功能及其与豌豆根瘤菌共生质粒之间的相互关系

2020是一株分离自中国南方水稻田里的华癸中生根瘤菌（Mesorhizobiumhuakuii）,有3个内源质粒,分别命名为p2020a,p2020b和p2020c．用Tn5-sacB插入突变的方法对2020进行质粒消除,得到了两株质粒缺失突变株20201）29和2020D8．缺失了第一大质粒p2020c的突变株2020D29的结瘤固氮能力有显著的提高;而缺失了第二大质粒p2020b的突变株2020D8失去了在紫云英（Astragalus sinicus）上结瘤的能力;第三大质粒很难被消除,原因可能是该质粒上含有菌株生长所必需的基因．然后将豌豆根瘤菌（Rhizobium leguminosarum）的共生质粒pJB5JI转入2020及其质粒缺失突变株中,盆栽结果显示,2020-137（pJB5JI）的竞争结瘤能力和固氮能力显著高于2020．但是pJB5JI不能恢复2020D8在紫云英上的结瘤能力．2020D8—8（pJB5JI）可以在豌豆（Pisum sativum Linn）上形成无效瘤,这说明pJB5JI的功能可以在2020的遗传背景下进行表达．对pJB5JI在受体菌中的稳定性进行检测,结果发现在人工传代的情况下pJB5JI可以稳定的存在,但经过与植物共生之后只能在部分根瘤分离物中检测到pJB5JI,对这些转移接合子和出发菌株及分离菌株进行Km基因的PCR扩增,除了出发的受体菌外其余的菌株都可以得到PCR产物．由此推断,在没有检测到pJB5JI的分离株中,pJB5JI可能部分或全部整合到了受体根瘤菌的染色体DNA中．     

Conjugative Transfer of theEscherichia coli–Clostridium perfringensShuttle Vector pJIR1457 toClostridium botulinumType A Strains

An RP4-oriT shuttle vector pJIR1457 originally developed forClostridium perfringenswas successfully transferred by conjugation fromEscherichia colitoClostridium botulinumtype A strains and to a nontoxigenicC. botulinumtype A–transposon Tn916mutant strain lacking the entire toxin gene cluster. The light chain (LC) of botulinum toxin was highly expressed in the toxin deletion mutant strain from a pJIR1457 construct containing the recombinant botulinal gene for LC. This shuttle vector system will be valuable for genetic analysis ofC. botulinumand will enable genetic manipulation and recombinant expression studies of botulinum neurotoxins as pharmaceutical agents.     

An integrative expression vector for <Emphasis Type="Italic">Actinosynnema pretiosum</Emphasis>

Background  

The Actinomycete Actinosynnema pretiosum ssp. auranticum has commercial importance due to its production of ansamitocin P-3 (AP-3), a potent antitumor agent. One way to increase AP-3 production would be to constitutively express selected genes so as to relieve bottlenecks in the biosynthetic pathway; however, an integrative expression vector for A. pretiosum is lacking. The aim of this study was to construct a vector for heterologous gene expression in A. pretiosum.     

A system for site-specific mutagenesis of the photosynthetic reaction center in Rhodopseudomonas viridis.

The purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis contains a photosynthetic reaction center which has been structurally resolved to 2.3 A providing a unique basis for the study of biological electron transfer processes by the method of site-specific mutagenesis. Here we report the construction of a puf operon deleted mutant strain incapable of photosynthetic growth. The deletion was introduced with the help of a newly constructed suicide vector by electroporation which is with conjugation another gene transfer system for R. viridis. The deletion strain was complemented by conjugational gene transfer with wild-type (WT) and mutated LM genes of the puf operon. The complemented WT and mutations YL162F and HL153F grew photosynthetically, expressed and assembled the four subunits L, M, H and Cyt c of the reaction center correctly. These first mutations already demonstrate the value of the R. viridis system for a detailed structure-function analysis of photosynthetic electron transfer.     

炭疽芽胞杆菌mntA基因缺失突变株的构建及鉴定

目的:通过同源重组的方法敲除炭疽芽胞杆菌减毒AP422株的mntA基因,使菌株进一步减毒,用于构建新的疫苗候选株。方法:利用PCR方法扩增mntA基因上下游同源臂后与温敏质粒连接,构建打靶载体,并转化炭疽芽胞杆菌减毒AP422株;利用抗生素和温度2种选择压力实现同源重组,敲除目标基因mntA,然后利用Cre-LoxP系统去除抗性筛选标记,得到无抗性标记的缺失突变株,并利用PCR和Western印迹等方法对重组菌进行系统鉴定,最后分析突变株的生物学性状。结果:敲除了AP422株的mntA基因,获得了无抗性标记的缺失突变株,突变株的生存竞争能力比原始菌株明显减弱。结论:突变株获得了进一步减毒,可用于构建新的疫苗候选株。     

猪霍乱沙门氏菌C500株△crp△asd缺失株平衡致死载体系统的构建及鉴定

猪霍乱沙门氏菌C500株是用化学方法致弱、用于预防仔猪副伤寒的弱毒疫苗株,虽具有较好的免疫原性,但仍有一定的残余毒力。为了研制更加安全并保持C500株良好免疫原性的弱毒株,及将C500开发为适于粘膜免疫的疫苗活载体,本文构建了猪霍乱沙门氏菌C500株△crp△asd双缺失株平衡致死载体系统。首先构建含缺失320bp的crp(cAMP受体蛋白)基因与蔗糖敏感基因(sacB)的重组自杀性质粒,与C500接合转移,两步法筛选无抗性的△crp缺失株,用PCR证实基因组crp基因的缺失突变。用同样方法在crp缺失株基础上构建asd(天冬氨酸β-半乳糖脱氢酶)基因缺失株。该缺失株生长必需外源DAP(二氨基庚二酸)。进一步鉴定△crp缺失株的表型、生长特性、毒力等,结果表明△crp△asd缺失株构建成功。△crp△asd缺失株可以用来作为宿主载体平衡致死系统来高效表达外源基因,为深入研究以C500株为载体的口服多价疫苗奠定了基础。     

Enhancing plasmid transformation efficiency and enabling CRISPR-Cas9/Cpf1-based genome editing in Clostridium tyrobutyricum

Clostridium tyrobutyricum ATCC 25755 is known as a natural hyper-butyrate producer with great potentials as an excellent platform to be engineered for valuable biochemical production from renewable resources. However, limited transformation efficiency and the lack of genetic manipulation tools have hampered the broader applications of this micro-organism. In this study, the effects of Type I restriction-modification system and native plasmid on conjugation efficiency of C. tyrobutyricum were investigated through gene deletion. The deletion of Type I restriction endonuclease resulted in a 3.7-fold increase in conjugation efficiency, while the additional elimination of the native plasmid further enhanced conjugation efficiency to 6.05 ± 0.75 × 10³ CFU/ml-donor, which was 15.3-fold higher than the wild-type strain. Fermentation results indicated that the deletion of those two genetic elements did not significantly influence the end-products production in the resultant mutant ΔRMIΔNP. Thanks to the increased conjugation efficiency, the CRISPR-Cas9/Cpf1 systems, which previously could not be implemented in C. tyrobutyricum, were successfully employed for genome editing in ΔRMIΔNP with an efficiency of 12.5–25%. Altogether, approaches we developed herein offer valuable guidance for establishing efficient DNA transformation methods in nonmodel micro-organisms. The ΔRMIΔNP mutant can serve as a great chassis to be engineered for diverse valuable biofuel and biochemical production.     

伪狂犬病病毒上海株（PRV—SH）gE^—／gI^—／GFP^＋缺失株的构建

在构建了含伪狂犬病病毒（Pseudorabies Virus,PRV）上海株gI基因和gE基因克隆鉴定的基础上,采用酶切的方法构建了载体pgEI。然后用限制性内切酶BamHI和BstPI缺失掉gE基因5‘端363bp,同时把绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）基因表达盒插入到缺失部分,并在下游 引入一个多克隆位点,构建了缺失转移载体pgEI-GFP。用DOTAP转染试剂盒将pgEI-GFP转染了感染PRV-SH的BHK-21细胞,待出现80％病变后收获病毒,并以蚀斑法得到纯化的缺失了gE/gI重组病毒株。小鼠试验证实了缺失株的毒力有所下降。     

A Genetic System for Clostridium ljungdahlii: a Chassis for Autotrophic Production of Biocommodities and a Model Homoacetogen

Methods for genetic manipulation of Clostridium ljungdahlii are of interest because of the potential for production of fuels and other biocommodities from carbon dioxide via microbial electrosynthesis or more traditional modes of autotrophy with hydrogen or carbon monoxide as the electron donor. Furthermore, acetogenesis plays an important role in the global carbon cycle. Gene deletion strategies required for physiological studies of C. ljungdahlii have not previously been demonstrated. An electroporation procedure for introducing plasmids was optimized, and four different replicative origins for plasmid propagation in C. ljungdahlii were identified. Chromosomal gene deletion via double-crossover homologous recombination with a suicide vector was demonstrated initially with deletion of the gene for FliA, a putative sigma factor involved in flagellar biogenesis and motility in C. ljungdahlii. Deletion of fliA yielded a strain that lacked flagella and was not motile. To evaluate the potential utility of gene deletions for functional genomic studies and to redirect carbon and electron flow, the genes for the putative bifunctional aldehyde/alcohol dehydrogenases, adhE1 and adhE2, were deleted individually or together. Deletion of adhE1, but not adhE2, diminished ethanol production with a corresponding carbon recovery in acetate. The double deletion mutant had a phenotype similar to that of the adhE1-deficient strain. Expression of adhE1 in trans partially restored the capacity for ethanol production. These results demonstrate the feasibility of genetic investigations of acetogen physiology and the potential for genetic manipulation of C. ljungdahlii to optimize autotrophic biocommodity production.     

利用可重复使用的URA3标记基因建立热带假丝酵母基因敲除系统

热带假丝酵母(Candida tropicalis)在发酵工业中具有重要的应用潜力,但二倍体遗传结构和较低的遗传转化效率限制了其代谢工程育种技术的应用。建立可靠的遗传转化技术并高效的删除目的基因是代谢工程改造热带假丝酵母的重要前提。文章以C. tropicalis ATCC 20336为出发菌株,通过化学诱变筛选获得了尿嘧啶缺陷型突变株C. tropicalis XZX(ura3/ura3)。以丙酮酸脱羧酶(Pyruvate decarboxylase,PDC)基因作为靶基因构建了两端包含同源臂并在选择性标记C. tropicalis URA3(Orotidine-5′-phosphate decarboxylase,乳清酸核苷-5-磷酸脱羧酶)基因两侧同向插入源于沙门氏菌(Salmonella typhimurium)的hisG序列的基因敲除盒PDC1-hisG-URA3-hisG- PDC1(PHUHP),并转化宿主菌株C. tropicalis XZX,筛选获得PHUHP片段正确整合到染色体的PDC基因位点的转化子XZX02。在此基础上,将转化子XZX02涂布于5-FOA(5-氟乳清酸)选择培养基上,筛选得到URA3基因从PHUHP片段中丢失的营养缺陷型菌株XZX03。进一步构建了第2个PDC等位基因的删除表达盒PDCm- URA3-PDCm,并转化C. tropicalis XZX03菌株,获得转化子C. tropicalis XZX04。经PCR和DNA测序确认转化子C. tropicalis XZX04细胞染色体上的两个PDC等位基因被成功敲除。文章建立了一种营养缺陷型标记可重复使用的热带假丝酵母遗传转化技术,利用该技术成功敲除了细胞的PDC基因,为进一步利用代谢工程改造热带假丝酵母奠定了基础。     

A complementation analysis of mobilization deficient mutants of the plasmid colE1

Summary Hydroxylamine was used to induce mutants of the ColE1 derived plamid pML2 that are inefficiently mobilized (Mob^-) during conjugation by an Hfr donor. The ability of those mutants to be complemented by deletion mutants and Tn3 insertion mutants of ColE1 was examined. Three complementation groups were identified and localized on the ColE1 genetic map (Mob1, Mob2, and Mob3). One hydroxylamine mutant was not complemented by any mobilization deficient mutant but was complemented by mobilizable ColE1 mutants. Two hydroxylamine mutants were not complemented by any ColE1 derivatives. A mutant that had its relaxation nick site deleted had a markedly reduced mobilizability. The relationship between DNA relaxation, replication and mobilization is considered.