不同碳源下毕赤酵母GS115蛋白组学分析

毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)表达系统是目前最为成功的外源蛋白表达系统之一。该表达系统不存在原核表达系统的内毒素难以除去的问题,也不存在哺乳动物细胞表达系统的病毒和支原体污染问题;并能够对目的蛋白进行类似于高等真核生物的信号肽剪切、二硫键形成、糖基化等蛋白翻译后加工。但是不论是胞内表达或是分泌表达,大多数外源蛋白均面临着被降解的问题,这也是影响目的蛋白表达量的一个重要因素,同时还增加了纯化目的蛋白的难度。目的:研究毕赤酵母GS115在不同碳源培养过程中胞内外蛋白质组学的差异,指导毕赤酵母表达系统的优化。方法:利用LC-ESI-MS/MS方法分析了不同碳源的四种培养基中毕赤酵母GS115的胞内和胞外蛋白种类,利用Griffin等的计算方法计算各个蛋白的含量。结果:利用LC-ESI-MS/MS结合Griffin等的归一化非标定量法SI_N得到GS115胞内胞外详尽的蛋白质种类及准确百分比含量。结论:分析不同培养基之间蛋白质组成的差异,从而为以后构建新的毕赤酵母表达体系,为外源蛋白表达系统的优化提供一定的指导意义。     

外源基因在大肠杆菌中表达的研究进展

大肠杆菌是外源基因表达的首选体系.大肠杆菌中外源蛋白可定位于胞内、周质或胞外培养基中.按照重组蛋白的可能命运,综述了最近几年大肠杆菌表达体系的研究进展.     

信号肽对酵母外源蛋白质分泌效率的影响

根据酵母表达系统在表达外源蛋白方面的独特优势,利用酵母表达系统高效分泌并纯化具有生物学活性的蛋白质,已受到广泛关注。信号肽在蛋白质的分泌中起着重要作用,可引导蛋白分泌至胞外,大大提高蛋白的表达量,在工业化生产外源蛋白的纯化工艺方面具有重要意义。该文将从酵母表达系统中对信号肽的选择、改造、偏爱密码子和增强子的应用等几个方面进行优化的探讨,以提高蛋白质在酵母系统中的分泌效率。     

新生肽链的折叠与重组蛋白可溶性表达

大肠杆菌表达系统是目前最常用的外源蛋白基因表达系统。因其遗传背景清楚,容易培养,能大规模发酵,并有大量可供选择利用的克隆和高效表达载体,而成为人们克隆和表达外源基因的首选菌株。但是,许多外源蛋白基因在大肠杆菌胞内表达时,往往不能自发折叠卷曲生成有一定空间结构和特定生物功能的蛋白质,而是以一种不溶性的沉淀即包涵体的形式     

外源蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达定位策略

外源基因在大肠杆菌中表达是对基因重组技术的成功应用。外源基因在不同的大肠杆菌表达系统中表达产物可能定位于大肠杆菌空间结构的不同位置:胞质,胞质膜,胞周质,胞外膜和胞外培养基,五种表达定位方式各有其特点和用途 。     

外源蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达定位策略

外源基因在大肠杆菌中表达是对基因重组技术的成功应用。外源基因在不同的大肠杆菌表达系统中表达产物可能定位于大肠杆菌空间结构的不同位置：胞质,胞质膜,胞周质,胞外膜和胞外培养基,五种表达定位方式各有其特点和途径。     

Kil蛋白介导的大肠杆菌外泌表达系统

利用大肠杆菌素释放基因（kil)能有效地增加细菌外膜通透性促进周质蛋白外源的原理构建了含kil基因的大肠杆菌外泌表达系统,将大肠杆菌本身的周质分泌蛋白β-内酰胺酶和异源周质分泌蛋白点状产气单胞菌脯氨酰内肽酶作为报告蛋白,观察Kil蛋白对这两种通常极少分泌到胞外的周质蛋白胞外分泌的促进作用,我们的研究显示：kil基因表达时,β-内酰胺酶的总活性较对照组提高1倍,胞外分泌活性较对照组提高近4倍,脯氨酰内肽酶的总活性较对照组提高0.8倍,胞外分泌活性较对照组提高3倍。     

改善大肠杆菌胞内氨基酰tRNA池提高外源基因表达水平

大肠杆菌是研究和高效表达异源蛋白的常用宿主细胞。由于大肠杆菌和真核生物及大部分古细菌在同义密码子上的使用有很大的差异,来源于真核或古细菌的外源基因在大肠杆菌中表达时,常常由于其带有稀有密码子而带来翻译方面的问题,如产生移码突变和表达量下降等,从而改变异源蛋白的表达质量和表达水平。在研究常见嗜热菌tRNA结构和组成的基础上,以古细菌α淀粉酶基因为例,采用增加有argU、ileY和leuWtRNA基因的大肠杆菌DE3为表达宿主,改善了胞内氨基酰tRNA池的大肠杆菌表达异源蛋白,表达量提高约9倍。     

人转化生长因子β1在大肠杆菌中的分泌表达研究

根据表达产物在大肠杆菌细胞中的定位,可将外源基因的表达分成胞内直接表达和分泌表达两种形式:其中分泌表达又可进一步分成周质分泌表达和胞外培养基外泌(excretion)表达两种方式。采用分泌表达可获得具有天然一级结构、正确折叠、组装的重组蛋白,但因表达水平低一直难以用于工程研究。近年来的研究表明,新生多肽链的跨内膜转运     

大肠杆菌外源蛋白表达载体稳定性的研究进展

构建高产、稳定、可靠的质粒载体成为基因重组表达技术的研究重点之一。宿主细胞代谢反应和质粒不稳定性相关信息的缺乏,仍然阻碍着质粒载体的优化,成为限制外源蛋白在大肠杆菌中高效表达的瓶颈之一。主要论述了大肠杆菌外源蛋白表达载体的稳定性,分别从质粒和外源基因的本身特性、重组质粒转化对宿主细胞造成的影响及其他因素等方面阐述了对质粒载体稳定性的影响,同时介绍了相关的解决办法,从而为大肠杆菌表达系统高效表达外源蛋白提供参考。     

Intracellular and extracellular production of proteins in Aspergillus under the control of expression signals of the highly expressed Aspergillus nidulans gpdA gene.

The expression in Aspergillus is described of genes, coding for intracellular and extracellular proteins controlled by the promoter region of the constitutively and efficiently expressed glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gpdA) of Aspergillus nidulans. Both the homologous gpdA and the heterologous Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (lacZ) and beta-glucuronidase (uidA) genes could be expressed intracellularly at levels as high as 10-25% of total soluble protein. Efficient extracellular production of A. niger glucoamylase could be achieved with a fusion-gene containing the region of the glucoamylase gene coding for the mature protein preceded by a synthetic fungal signal sequence. Extracellular production of a heterologous protein, E. coli beta-glucuronidase, with such a fusion was much less efficient. Only very low levels of beta-glucuronidase were detected in the culture fluid, whereas considerable enzyme activity was detected in the mycelium.     

Optimization of a heterologous signal peptide by site-directed mutagenesis for improved secretion of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli

A heterologous signal peptide (SP) from Bacillus sp. G1 was optimized for secretion of recombinant cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) to the periplasmic and, eventually, extracellular space of Escherichia coli. Eight mutant SPs were constructed using site-directed mutagenesis to improve the secretion of recombinant CGTase. M5 is a mutated SP in which replacement of an isoleucine residue in the h-region to glycine created a helix-breaking or G-turn motif with decreased hydrophobicity. The mutant SP resulted in 110 and 94% increases in periplasmic and extracellular recombinant CGTase, respectively, compared to the wild-type SP at a similar level of cell lysis. The formation of intracellular inclusion bodies was also reduced, as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamyde gel electrophoresis, when this mutated SP was used. The addition of as low as 0.08% glycine at the beginning of cell growth improved cell viability of the E. coli host. Secretory production of other proteins, such as mannosidase, also showed similar improvement, as demonstrated by CGTase production, suggesting that the combination of an optimized SP and a suitable chemical additive leads to significant improvements of extracellular recombinant protein production and cell viability. These findings will be valuable for the extracellular production of recombinant proteins in E. coli.     

Melanin-based high-throughput screen for L-tyrosine production in Escherichia coli

We present the development of a simple, high-throughput screen for identifying bacterial strains capable of L-tyrosine production. Through the introduction of a heterologous gene encoding a tyrosinase, we were able to link L-tyrosine production in Escherichia coli with the synthesis of the black and diffusible pigment melanin. Although melanin was initially produced only at low levels in morpholinepropanesulfonic acid (MOPS) minimal medium, phosphate supplementation was found to be sufficient for increasing both the rates of synthesis and the final titers of melanin. Furthermore, a strong linear correlation between extracellular L-tyrosine content and melanin formation was observed by use of this new medium formulation. A selection strategy that utilizes these findings has been developed and has been shown to be effective in screening large combinatorial libraries in the search for L-tyrosine-overproducing strains.     

Bioprocessing strategies to improve heterologous protein production in filamentous fungal fermentations

Filamentous fungi have long been used for the production of metabolites and enzymes. With developments in genetic engineering and molecular biology, filamentous fungi have also achieved increased attention as hosts for recombinant DNA. However, the production levels of non-fungal proteins are usually low. Despite the achievements obtained using molecular tools, the heterologous protein loss caused by extracellular fungal protease degradation persists. This review provides an overview of the potential bioprocessing strategies that can be applied to inhibit protease activity thereby enhancing heterologous protein production.     

Making recombinant extracellular matrix proteins

A variety of approaches to understand extracellular matrix protein structure and function require production of recombinant proteins. Moreover, the expression of heterologous extracellular matrix proteins, in particular collagens, using the recombinant technology is of major interest to the biomedical industry. Although extracellular matrix proteins are large, modular and often multimeric, most of them have been successfully produced in various expression systems. This review provides important factors, including the design of the construct, the cloning strategies, the expression vectors, the transfection method and the host cell systems, to consider in choosing a reliable and cost-effective way to make recombinant extracellular matrix proteins. Advantages and drawbacks of each system have been appraised. Protocols that may ease efficient recombinant production of extracellular matrix are described. Emphasis is placed on the recombinant collagen production. Members of the collagen superfamily exhibit specific structural features and generally require complex post-translational modifications to retain full biological activity that make more arduous their recombinant production.     

Development of PLEX, a plasmid-based expression system for production of heterologous gene products by the gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus gordonii

While Escherichia coli expression systems have been widely utilized for the production of heterologous proteins, these systems have limitations with regard to the production of particular protein products, including poor expression, expression of insoluble proteins into inclusion bodies, and/or expression of a truncated product. Using the surface protein expression (SPEX) system, chromosomally integrated heterologous genes are expressed and secreted into media by the naturally competent gram-positive organism Streptococcus gordonii. After E. coli turned out to be an inappropriate expression system to produce sufficient quantities of intact product, we successfully utilized SPEX to produce the heterologous antigen BH4XCRR that is designed from sequences homologous to the S. pyogenes M-protein C-repeat region. To further enhance production of this product by S. gordonii, we sought to develop a novel system for the production and secretion of heterologous proteins. We observed that under various growth conditions, S. gordonii secreted high levels of a 172 kDa protein, which was identified by N-terminal sequence analysis as the glucosyltransferase GTF. Here we report on the development of a plasmid-based expression system, designated as PLEX, which we used to enhance production of BH4XCRR by S. gordonii. A region from the S. gordonii chromosome that contains the positive regulatory gene rgg, putative gtfG promoter, and gtfG secretion-signal sequence was cloned into the E. coli/Streptococcus shuttle plasmid pVA838. Additionally, the bh4xcrr structural gene was cloned into the same plasmid downstream and in-frame with rgg and gtfG. This plasmid construct was transformed into S. gordonii and BH4XCRR was detected in culture supernatants from transformants at greater concentrations than in supernatants from a SPEX strain expressing the same product. BH4XCRR was easily purified from culture supernatant using a scalable two-step purification process involving hydrophobic-interaction and gel-filtration chromatography.     

Translocation of proteins across the cell envelope of Gram-positive bacteria

In contrast to Gram-negative bacteria, secretory proteins of Gram-positive bacteria only need to traverse a single membrane to enter the extracellular environment. For this reason, Gram-positive bacteria (e.g. various Bacillus species) are often used in industry for the commercial production of extracellular proteins that can be produced in yields of several grams per liter culture medium. The central components of the main protein translocation system (Sec system) of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria show a high degree of conservation, suggesting similar functions and working mechanisms. Despite this fact, several differences can be identified such as the absence of a clear homolog of the secretion-specific chaperone SecB in Gram-positive bacteria. The now available detailed insight into the organization of the Gram-positive protein secretion system and how it differs from the well-characterized system of Escherichia coli may in the future facilitate the exploitation of these organisms in the high level production of heterologous proteins which, so far, is sometimes very inefficient due to one or more bottlenecks in the secretion pathway. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the various steps of the protein secretion pathway of Gram-positive bacteria with emphasis on Bacillus subtilis, which during the last decade, has arisen as a model system for the study of protein secretion in this industrially important class of microorganisms.     

Cloning and characterization of recA genes froM Proteus vulgaris, Erwinia carotovora, Shigella flexneri, and Escherichia coli B/r

The recA genes of Proteus vulgaris, Erwinia carotovora, Shigella flexneri and Escherichia coli B/r have been isolated and introduced into Escherichia coli K-12. All the heterologous genes restore resistance to killing by UV irradiation and the mutagen 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide in RecA- E. coli K-12 hosts. Recombination proficiency is also restored as measured by formation of Lac+ recombinants from duplicated mutant lacZ genes and the ability to propagate phage lambda derivatives requiring host recombination functions for growth (Fec-). The cloned heterologous genes increase the spontaneous induction of lambda prophage in lysogens of a recA strain. Addition of mitomycin C stimulates phage production in cells carrying the E. coli B/r and S. flexneri recA genes, but little or no stimulation is seen in cells carrying the E. carotovora and P. vulgaris recA genes. After treatment with nalidixic acid, the heterologous RecA proteins are synthesized at elevated levels, a result consistent with their regulation by the E. coli K-12 LexA repressor. Southern hybridization and preliminary restriction analysis indicate divergence among the coding sequences, but antibodies prepared against the E. coli K-12 RecA protein cross-react with the heterologous enzymes, indicating structural conservation among these proteins.