疏棉状嗜热丝孢菌脂肪酶基因的克隆及其在毕赤酵母中的高效表达

疏棉状嗜热丝孢菌Thermomyces lanuginosus可产生具有重要工业生产价值的脂肪酶。根据已报道的相应序列设计特异引物,综合运用PCR、RT-PCR技术克隆到脂肪酶基因的全长DNA和cDNA序列。其中DNA序列长1071bp,包含876bp的开放阅读框以及3段内含子;cDNA序列长885bp。结构基因编码蛋白包含292个氨基酸,前17个氨基酸构成信号肽。序列提交GenBank,登录号分别为EU022703和EU370914。将脂肪酶基因cDNA序列的开放阅读框克隆到酵母分泌型表达载体pPIC9K中,转化毕赤酵母GS115得到重组子且实现了分泌表达。将重组子诱导产酶,在培养温度30℃、甲醇添加量1%的情况下,小规模发酵量达0.93mg/mL,其分泌表达的最高酶活为7.2U/mL。重组酶最适反应温度和pH分别是60℃和8.0。表达蛋白在60℃保温1h后仍有完全酶活,具有较高的热稳定性。     

重组海栖热袍菌极耐热甘露聚糖酶的纯化和性质研究

研究了海栖热袍菌(Thermotoga maritima)MSB8甘露聚糖酶基因(TM_1227)的克隆、重组酶的纯化和性质.该基因全序列2010 bp,编码669个氨基酸,分子量为76.827 kD.根据氨基酸同源性分析,该β-甘露聚糖酶与Thermotoga sp.RQ2来源的β-甘露聚糖酶(GenBank登录号ACB09927.1)同源性最高,为99%.重组转化子经IPTG诱导酶比活可达39.7 U/mg蛋白.粗酶液经金属亲和层析,得到电泳纯甘露聚糖酶.以槐豆胶为底物时,该酶的最适反应温度和pH分别为95℃和pH 8.0,85℃处理30min酶活保存50%以上,很有潜力用于高温、偏碱性的造纸工业.对椰子甘露聚糖和槐豆胶的主要水解产物是不同聚合度的甘露寡糖,几乎没有单糖生成,适合生产低聚甘露糖.     

灰色链霉菌中乙酰木聚糖酯酶基因的克隆、表达及酶学性质研究

根据Gen Bank数据库中已报道的灰色链霉菌(Streptomyces griseus)全基因组序列,分析得到假定的乙酰木聚糖酯酶基因序列并设计引物;利用分子克隆的方法得到该菌株基因组中乙酰木聚糖酯酶基因,并构建原核表达载体p ET28a-Sgraxe,经IPTG诱导表达重组Sgr Axe,Ni-NTA亲和层析法纯化该蛋白。结果显示,克隆得到乙酰木聚糖酯酶基因axe,其序列全长1 008 bp,编码336个氨基酸。SDS-PAGE检测带有p ET28a-Sgraxe转化菌株诱导表达产物相对分子量约为37 k D,与理论值相符。纯化的重组Sgr Axe酶学性质表明,该酶最适反应温度为50℃,最适p H8.0,热稳定性较强,p H作用范围广;金属离子对酶均表现为抑制作用,尤其是Zn2+严重抑制酶活力;重组酶特征的分析揭示了其在工业中潜在的应用价值。     

内切葡聚糖酶基因在大肠杆菌与毕赤酵母中的表达

根据绿色木霉(Trichoderma viride)WL 0422菌株内切葡聚糖酶基因egⅡ的cDNA序列,设计特异引物,以重组质粒pTG19-T-egⅡ为模板,扩增得到全长1 194bp的egⅡ成熟肽cDNA片段.将该片段分别克隆到大肠杆菌(Escherichia coil)表达载体pET-28a( )和毕赤酵母(Pichia pastoris)表达载体pPIC9K中,并在大肠杆菌Rosset(DE3)和毕赤酵母GS115中进行了表达.重组大肠杆菌表达蛋白占菌体总蛋白的15%,表达产物无内切葡聚糖酶活性.重组毕赤酵母经甲醇诱导实现了分泌表达,在摇床水平上酶活性达到2 788U/ml.酶学性质分析表明,该酶作用的最适pH为4.5,pH 3.5～6.0范围内酶活性保留在80%以上;最适温度为50℃,55℃以下酶的稳定性在90%以上.     

白地霉Y162脂肪酶基因克隆及其在毕赤酵母中的高效表达

借助生物信息学,对已克隆的地霉属脂肪酶全长基因序列进行同源比对,根据保守序列设计引物,在基因组DNA和cDNA水平上,于国内首次克隆了Geotrichum candidum Y162脂肪酶基因.Gcandidum Y162脂肪酶基因全长1692bp,不含内含子,编码包括19个氨基酸信号肽在内的563个氨基酸.与NCBI GenBank中已报道的地霉属脂肪酶氨基酸序列有86%的一致性.将该基因克隆到pPIC9K表达载体上,转化毕赤酵母GS115,摇瓶发酵96h后毕赤酵母分泌表达55 U/mL重组脂肪酶,实现了脂肪酶的高效表达.酶学性质研究表明,该重组脂肪酶对C9位顺式双键的甘油酯具有明显的底物特异性;对甲醇、甘油等有机溶剂呈现耐受性;最适温度和最适pH分别为50℃和8.0,在pH6.0～10.0及60℃以下能保持60%以上的酶活力.底物特异性、有机溶剂、温度及pH耐受性赋予该重组酶良好工业应用潜力.     

毛木耳漆酶基因的克隆、序列分析及其鉴定

本文利用PCR和RACE技术首次从毛木耳AP4菌株中获得编码漆酶基因的cDNA及其基因组全长序列,基因组大小为2514 bp.通过比较该漆酶基因的cDNA和基因组DNA的全长序列,发现该基因包含14个外显子和13个内含子.cDNA序列的全长为1972 bp,其包含一个完整的ORE长度为1860 bp,编码619氨基酸,推测的分子量大小为68 kD,等电点pI为5.15.在氨基酸序列的氨基末端存在一个信号肽序列,同时该基因还包括含铜氧化酶的三个功能结构域KOG1263、SufI和pfam00394.氨基酸序列与GenBank中登录的真菌漆酶蛋白序列比对表明:该氨基酸序列与其它真菌漆酶蛋白序列有较高的同源性,氨基酸序列相同性最高达41%,相似性为58%,并且含有真菌漆酶的四个保守的Cu-bind结构域.将获得的漆酶基因lacl与毕赤酵母表达载体pPIC9K连接,构建重组质粒pYH3660,将其转化到毕赤酵母中,经甲醇诱导该基因在第10天产酶高达123 IU/L,并通过Native SDS-PAGE电泳获得预期大小的漆酶蛋白条带.结构分析和功能验证均表明:本研究获得的基因lacl为漆酶基因.     

青霉菌聚半乳糖醛酸酶基因在毕赤酵母中的表达及酶学性质研究

筛选得到一株能分解果胶的青霉菌(Penicillium sp.),使用简并引物PCR和TAIL-PCR方法从该菌中克隆了一个聚半乳糖醛酸酶基因pgp1.pgp1基因全长1 225 bp,包含2个内含子,其cDNA全长1 104 bp,编码367个氨基酸和一个终止密码子,前18个氨基酸为信号肽序列.将pgp1基因连接pPIC9载体,在巴斯德毕赤酵母表达系统中进行了异源表达.在3L发酵罐水平,培养基中聚半乳糖醛酸酶活力达到700 U/mL.酶学性质测定表明,重组酶蛋白PGP1的最适pH为5.0,在pH4.0 -6.0下处理1h后,剩余酶活力超过90％;最适温度为38℃,以聚半乳糖醛酸为底物,PGP1的Km=(1.172±0.169)mg/mL,Vmax=(0.061±0.002) mg/min/mL.     

南极深海沉积物宏基因组DNA中低温脂肪酶基因的克隆、表达及性质分析

从南极普利兹湾深海900米深的沉积物中提取获得宏基因组DNA,并通过设计引物,从中克隆到全长为948bp的低温脂肪酶(lip3)开放阅读框完整序列,该基因编码一个由315个氨基酸残基组成、预计分子质量为34.557ku酶蛋白(Lip3);氨基酸序列上的GFGNS(GXGXS)和G-N-S-M-G(GXSXG)在许多脂肪酶中有很高的保守性,它们是水解机制所必需的序列,也是丝氨酸水解酶中最保守的序列.构建了lip3基因重组表达载体,并在大肠杆菌中获得表达,采用镍离子亲和层析柱对表达的酶蛋白Lip3进行纯化,得到约35ku蛋白条带,酶学性质的分析表明,该酶的最适作用温度为25℃,在0℃时表现为最高活力的22%,最适pH值为8.0,对热敏感,35℃热处理60min剩余酶活为10%,以硝基苯棕榈酸酯为底物,Lip3的酶促反应常数Km值随着反应温度的升高而升高,是典型的低温酶.     

长枝木霉eg1基因的克隆及表达

从长枝木霉3.1029基因组中克隆了内切葡聚糖酶EGI基因,该基因全长1 566 bp,由3个外显子2个内含子组成,编码461个氨基酸,编码蛋白的N端为22aa组成的信号肽。采用重叠PCR法获得无内含子的内切葡聚糖酶基因eg1,构建成pYE-Leg1重组质粒;同时将其成熟肽编码序列插入酿酒酵母分泌型表达载体pYEα中,构建成pYEα-Leg1重组质粒;分别转化酿酒酵母。重组转化子经β-半乳糖诱导,检测表达产物的酶活,结果表明,pYE-Leg1转化子无明显胞外酶活;而pYEα-Leg1转化子在刚果红平板上可产生明显的水解圈,酶活检测显示pYEα载体可有效地将该基因在酿酒酵母中表达并分泌到胞外,发酵液中的酶活在培养96 h达到最高1.16 U/mL,最适酶解温度为50℃,最适pH值为5.6。以上研究将为利用酿酒酵母生产胞外纤维素酶提供依据。     

苦荞谷胱甘肽转移酶(FtGST)基因的克隆与序列分析

采用RACE技术,从苦荞(Fagopyrum tatarium)中克隆得到一个谷胱甘肽转移酶(Glutathione S-transferase protein,FtGST)基因。序列分析表明,FtGST基因全长DNA序列和cDNA序列编码区分别为746 bp和666 bp,DNA序列含有一个长度为80 bp(342-421 bp)的内含子;开放阅读框(ORF)长666 bp,编码221个氨基酸。生物信息学分析表明,FtGST基因推导的蛋白质含有Tau家族典型的底物结合口袋、谷胱甘肽结合位点(G-site)和疏水性底物结合位点(H-site)氨基酸残基,表明FtGST为Tau家族蛋白。     

Novel cold-adaptive Penicillium strain FS010 secreting thermo-labile xylanase isolated from Yellow Sea

A novel cold-adaptive xylanolytic Penicillium strain FS010 was isolated from Yellow Sea sediments. The marine fungus grew well from 4 to 20 ℃; a lower （0 ℃） or higher （37 ℃） temperature limits its growth. The strain was identified as Penicillium chrysogenum. Compared with mesophilic P. chrysogenum, the cold-adaptive fungus secreted the cold-active xylanase （XYL） showing high hydrolytic activities at low temperature （2-15 ℃） and high sensitivity to high temperature （〉50 ℃）. The XYL gene was isolated from the cold-adaptive P. chrysogenum FS010 and designated as xyl. The deduced amino acid sequence of the protein encoded by xyl showed high homology with the sequence of glycoside hydrolase family 10. The gene was subcloned into an expression vector pGEX-4T- 1 and the encoded protein was overexpressed as a fusion protein with glutathione-S-transferase in Escherichia coli BL21. The expression product was purified and subjected to enzymatic characterization. The optimal temperature and pH for recombinant XYL was 25 ℃ and 5.5, respectively. Recombinant XYL showed nearly 80% of its maximal activity at 4 ℃ and was active in the pH range 3.0-9.5.     

Cloning, disruption, and expression of two endo-beta 1, 4-xylanase genes, XYL2 and XYL3, from Cochliobolus carbonum.

In culture, the filamentous fungus Cochliobolus carbonum, a pathogen of maize, makes three cationic xylanases, XYL1, which encodes the major endoxylanase (Xyl1), was earlier cloned and shown by gene disruption to encode the first and second peaks of xylanase activity (P. C. Apel, D. G. Panaccione, F. R. Holden, and J. D. Walton, Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 6:467-473, 1993). Two additional xylanase genes, XYL2 and XYL3, have now been cloned from C. carbonum. XYL2 and XYL3 are predicted to encode 22-kDa family G xylanases similar to Xyl1. Xyl2 and Xyl3 are 60% and 42% identical, respectively, to Xyl1, and Xyl2 and Xyl3 are 39% identical. XYL1 and XYL2 but not XYL3 mRNAs are present in C. carbonum grown in culture, and XYL1 and XYL3 but not XYL2 mRNAs are present in infected plants. Transformation-mediated gene disruption was used to construct strains mutated in XYL1, XYL2, and XYL3. Xyl1 accounts for most of the total xylanase activity in culture, and disruption of XYL2 or XYL3 does not result in the further loss of any xylanase activity. In particular, the third peak of cationic xylanase activity is still present in a xyl1 xyl2 xyl3 triple mutant, and therefore this xylanase must be encoded by yet a fourth xylanase gene. A minor protein of 22 kDa that can be detected immunologically in the xyl1 mutant disappears in the xyl2 mutant and is therefore proposed to be the product of XYL2. The single xylanase mutants were crossed with each other to obtain multiple xylanase disruptions within the same strain. Strains disrupted in combinations of two and in all three xylanases were obtained. The triple mutant grows at the same rate as the wild type on xylan and on maize cell walls. The triple mutant is still fully pathogenic on maize with regard to lesion size, morphology, and rate of lesion development.     

Cloning,expression and characterization of a novel acidic xylanase,XYL11B,from the acidophilic fungus Bispora sp. MEY-1

A xylanase gene (xyl11B) was cloned from Bispora sp. MEY-1 and expressed in Pichia pastoris. xyl11B, with a 66-bp intron, encodes a mature protein of 219 residues with highest identity (57.1%) to the Trichoderma reesei xylanase of glycoside hydrolase family 11. The purified recombinant XYL11B was acidophilic, exhibiting maximum activity at pH 2.6 and 65 °C. The enzyme was also thermostable, pH stable, and was highly resistant to both pepsin and trypsin, suggesting good performance in the digestive tract as a feed supplement to improve animal nutrition. The activity of XYL11B was enhanced by most metal ions but was inhibited weakly by Hg²⁺, Pb²⁺and Cu²⁺, which strongly inhibit many other xylanases. The specific activity of XYL11B for oat spelt xylan substrate was 2049 U mg^?1. The main hydrolysis products of xylan were xylose and xylobiose.     

Cloning, expression, and characterization of a new xylanase from alkalophilic Paenibacillus sp. 12-11

A xylanase gene, xyn7c, was cloned from Paenibacillus sp. 12-11, an alkalophilic strain isolated from the alkaline wastewater sludge of a paper mill, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The full-length gene consists of 1,296 bp and encodes a mature protein of 400 residues (excluding the putative signal peptide) that belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family 10. The optimal pH of the purified recombinant XYN7C was found to be 8.0, and the enzyme had good pH adaptability at 6.5-8.5 and stability over a broad pH range of 5.0-11.0. XYN7C exhibited maximum activity at 55 degrees C and was thermostable at 50 degrees C and below. Using wheat arabinoxylan as the substrate, XYN7C had a high specific activity of 1,886 U/mg, and the apparent Km and Vmax values were 1.18 mg/ml and 1,961 μmol/mg/min, respectively. XYN7C also had substrate specificity towards various xylans, and was highly resistant to neutral proteases. The main hydrolysis products of xylans were xylose and xylobiose. These properties make XYN7C a promising candidate to be used in biobleaching, baking, and cotton scouring processes.     

桔青霉木聚糖酶基因克隆及其在毕赤酵母中的表达及活性分析

通过同源序列PCR克隆的方法,获得桔青霉(Penicillium citrinum)CR-2菌株的木聚糖酶编码基因xyl,该基因全长984 bp,编码327个氨基酸,无内含子序列,具有完整开放阅读框。其编码的氨基酸序列N端具有一段包含19个氨基酸的信号肽序列,并具有糖基水解酶第10家族(GH10)的保守催化域特征,推测该酶属于第10家族成员。将该基因与毕赤酵母表达载体pPIC9相连接构建重组载体pPIC9-XYL,电击转化至毕赤酵母GS115菌株中。挑选阳性重组子经测序、酶活性以及SDS电泳分析表明,xyl基因成功在毕赤酵母中分泌表达,重组酶活性可达214.15 IU/mL。该重组酶最适温度与最适pH分别为50℃和4.5,且具有良好的pH和热稳定性。     

A thermophilic and acid stable family-10 xylanase from the acidophilic fungus Bispora sp. MEY-1

A complete gene, xyl10C, encoding a thermophilic endo-1,4-β-xylanase (XYL10C), was cloned from the acidophilic fungus Bispora sp. MEY-1 and expressed in Pichia pastoris. XYL10C shares highest nucleotide and amino acid sequence identities of 57.3 and 49.7%, respectively, with a putative xylanase from Aspergillus fumigatus Af293 of glycoside hydrolase family 10. A high expression level in P. pastoris (73,400 U ml⁻¹) was achieved in a 3.7–l fermenter. The purified recombinant XYL10C was thermophilic, exhibiting maximum activity at 85°C, which is higher than that reported from any fungal xylanase. The enzyme was also highly thermostable, exhibiting ~100% of the initial activity after incubation at 80°C for 60 min and >87% of activity at 90°C for 10 min. The half lives of XYL10C at 80 and 85°C were approximately 45 and 3 h, respectively. It had two activity peaks at pH 3.0 and 4.5–5.0 (maximum), respectively, and was very acid stable, retaining more than 80% activity after incubation at pH 1.5−6.0 for 1 h. The enzyme was resistant to Co²⁺, Mn²⁺, Cr³⁺ and Ag⁺. The specific activity of XYL10C for oat spelt xylan was 18,831 U mg⁻¹. It also had wide substrate specificity and produced simple products (65.1% xylose, 25.0% xylobiose and 9.9% xylan polymer) from oat spelt xylan.     

High Level Expression of a Novel Family 3 Neutral β-Xylosidase from Humicola insolens Y1 with High Tolerance to D-Xylose

A novel β-xylosidase gene of glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 3, xyl3A, was identified from the thermophilic fungus Humicola insolens Y1, which is an innocuous and non-toxic fungus that produces a wide variety of GHs. The cDNA of xyl3A, 2334 bp in length, encodes a 777-residue polypeptide containing a putative signal peptide of 19 residues. The gene fragment without the signal peptide-coding sequence was cloned and overexpressed in Pichia pastoris GS115 at a high level of 100 mg/L in 1-L Erlenmeyer flasks without fermentation optimization. Recombinant Xyl3A showed both β-xylosidase and α-arabinfuranosidase activities, but had no hydrolysis capacity towards polysaccharides. It was optimally active at pH 6.0 and 60°C with a specific activity of 11.6 U/mg. It exhibited good stability over pH 4.0–9.0 (incubated at 37°C for 1 h) and at temperatures of 60°C and below, retaining over 80% maximum activity. The enzyme had stronger tolerance to xylose than most fungal GH3 β-xylosidases with a high K_i value of 29 mM, which makes Xyl3A more efficient to produce xylose in fermentation process. Sequential combination of Xyl3A following endoxylanase Xyn11A of the same microbial source showed significant synergistic effects on the degradation of various xylans and deconstructed xylo-oligosaccharides to xylose with high efficiency. Moreover, using pNPX as both the donor and acceptor, Xyl3A exhibited a transxylosylation activity to synthesize pNPX₂. All these favorable properties suggest that Xyl3A has good potential applications in the bioconversion of hemicelluloses to biofuels.     

Engineering a high-performance,metagenomic-derived novel xylanase with improved soluble protein yield and thermostability

The novel termite gut metagenomic-derived GH11 xylanase gene xyl7 was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21, and the purified XYL7 enzyme exhibited high specific activity (6340 U/mg) and broad pH active range of 5.5–10.0. Directed evolution was employed to enhance the thermostability of XYL7; two mutants (XYL7-TC and XYL7-TS) showed a 250-fold increase in half-life at 55 °C, with a 10 °C increase in optimal temperature compared to that of wild-type XYL7. A truncated enzyme (XYL7-Tr3) acquired by protein engineering showed similar catalytic properties as the wild-type, with a tenfold increase in soluble protein yield by the mutant. The reducing sugar produced by XYL7-TC was about fourfold greater than that produced by their parents when incubated with xylan at 60 °C for 4 h. The engineered novel xylanase exhibited superior enzymatic performance and showed promise as an excellent candidate for industrial application due to its high specific activity, stability and soluble protein yield.     

Sequence, overproduction and purification of the family 11 endo-beta-1,4-xylanase encoded by the xyl1 gene of Streptomyces sp. S38.

The xyl1 gene encoding the Xyl1 xylanase of Streptomyces sp. strain S38 was cloned by screening an enriched DNA library with a specific DNA probe and sequenced. Three short 5 bp -CGAAA- sequences are located upstream of the Streptomyces sp. S38 xyl1 gene 105, 115 and 250 bp before the start codon. These sequences, named boxes 1, 2 and 3, are conserved upstream of the Actinomycetales xylanase genes and are specifically recognized by a DNA-binding protein (Giannotta et al., 1994. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 142, 91-97) and could be probably involved in the regulation of xylanase production. The Xyl1 ORF encodes a 228 residue polypeptide and the Xyl1 preprotein contains a 38 residue signal peptide whose cleavage yields a 190 residue mature protein of calculated M(r) = 20,585 and basic pI value of 9.12. The molecular mass of the produced and purified mature protein determined by mass spectrometry (20,586 +/- 1 Da) and its pI (9.8) agree with these calculated values. Its N-terminal amino-acid sequence confirmed the proposed cleavage site between the signal peptide and the mature protein. Comparisons between Xyl1 and the 62 other xylanases belonging to family 11 allowed the construction of a phylogenetic tree and revealed its close relationship with Actinomycetales enzymes. Moreover, nine residues were found to be strictly conserved among the 63 xylanases.