棒状链霉菌中隐性羊毛硫肽CLA 124的半体外生物合成

摘要:【目的】利用半体外生物合成方法获得棒状链霉菌中的隐性羊毛硫肽,为放线菌中羊毛硫肽资源的挖掘提供借鉴。【方法】利用nisin修饰系统,在大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)中对隐性羊毛硫肽的核心肽进行体内修饰。修饰后产物经亲和层析和高效液相色谱(HPLC)纯化后,体外酶切反应切除前导肽,利用MALDITOFMS检测核心肽的脱水情况,并结合二级质谱解析其成环结构。【结果】获得了新的羊毛硫肽CLA 124,其核心肽脱去了4分子水,并形成2个硫醚键和一个二硫键。【结论】半体外生物合成方法可用于放线菌来源隐性羊毛硫肽的资源挖掘。     

羊毛硫抗生素研究进展

羊毛硫抗生素(lantibiotics)是一类独特的肽抗生素,具有广泛的化学结构多样性,含有罕见的羊毛硫氨酸和甲基羊毛硫氨酸。羊毛硫抗生素前体肽需经过复杂的翻译后修饰、转运、引导肽切除等加工后才能形成具有活性的抗生素,其独特的作用方式,也是人们一直关注的焦点。对羊毛硫抗生素的结构特点、分类、生物合成、发挥生物活性时的作用方式等进行了综述。     

羊毛硫肽的高通量工程改造方法新进展

羊毛硫肽(lanthipeptide)是由核糖体合成并经翻译后修饰产生的肽类天然产物,具有丰富的分子结构和多样的生物活性.新型羊毛硫肽是活性药物的重要来源,可以通过基因组挖掘和工程改造获得.羊毛硫肽前体肽由基因编码,同时其合成酶具有较高的底物杂泛性.基于这些特征,可以对羊毛硫肽的生物合成过程开展高通量工程改造,从而快速...     

羊毛硫肽类化合物(Lanthipeptide)生物合成新进展

羊毛硫肽化合物(Lanthipeptides)是由核糖体合成并经过翻译后修饰得到的一大类肽类天然产物。这类化合物广泛的产生于不同种类的细菌,具有丰富的结构和生物活性多样性,为活性药物研究和开发提供重要的来源。本文综述了近几年来羊毛硫肽化合物生物合成进展,从其合成酶结构,进化机制,区域和立体选择性控制等方面进行了简要的讨论,展示了羊毛硫肽类化合物生物合成中特殊而迷人的酶学机制。     

羊毛硫细菌素变体及其生物活性研究进展

羊毛硫细菌素是由细菌核糖体上合成并经翻译后加工修饰而成的一类抗菌肽。已经在多种G+细菌中发现有羊毛硫细菌素,大多对G+细菌有抑菌作用。羊毛硫细菌素的基因工程无法从单一的表达羊毛硫细菌素结构基因获得高活性的成熟羊毛硫细菌素。本研究综述了羊毛硫细菌素前体分子定向位点突变后,由修饰酶重新识别和修饰可产生结构变异的可分泌的变体分子和无法分泌的变体分子,对羊毛硫细菌素分子突变位点进行了分类和归纳,并总结了羊毛硫细菌素分子突变位点与其生物活性的关系。在现有羊毛硫细菌素应用成果有限的条件下,对于工程改造羊毛硫细菌素和增强其抑菌活性具有重要意义。     

前导肽切割位点对Ⅱ类羊毛硫细菌素切割酶活性的影响

【背景】Ⅱ类羊毛硫细菌素大多是由革兰氏阳性菌的核糖体合成并经过翻译后修饰产生的小肽,其生物合成的最后一步是由转运蛋白LanTN端的肽酶结构域对前导肽进行切割,释放出有活性的羊毛硫细菌素,但目前关于该类羊毛硫细菌素前导肽的切割机制尚不清楚。【目的】考察前导肽切割位点对不同链球菌来源的肽酶结构域BovT150和SboT150酶切活性的影响。【方法】运用不依赖连接酶的定点突变技术构建前导肽切割位点突变的前体蛋白表达载体,在大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)中分别表达纯化野生型前体(Bov Am和Sbo Am)、突变型前体及对应的切割酶(Bov T150和Sbo T150),构建体外酶切体系,利用HPLC、抑菌活性分析和MALDI-TOF MS检测前导肽的切除情况。【结果】BovT150不仅能够切割Bov Am的GG和GA位点,也能切割Sbo Am的GG和GA位点,并且对切割位点为Gly的前体切割活性较高;Sbo T150仅能切割Sbo Am的GG和GA位点,而对切割位点为Ala的活性较高。【结论】II类羊毛硫细菌素前导肽切割位点氨基酸残基的改变不同程度地影响切割酶的切割效率。     

前导肽二级结构对bovicin HJ50修饰和加工的影响

[目的]阐明羊毛硫细菌素bovicin HJ50前导肽的二级结构对原肽修饰和加工的影响规律.[方法]采用半体外生物合成系统构建boviein HJ50前导肽突变体,然后利用MALDI-TOF质谱鉴定成熟肽的修饰情况.同时,结合HPLC和抑菌活性分析其对成熟肽加工效率的影响.[结果]我们构建了6个bovicin HJ50前导肽二级结构相关的突变体(F-16A,V-15E,E-14L,E-8P,L-7D,L-4K).F-16A,V-15E,L-4K几乎不影响修饰和加工;E-14L和E-8P的修饰则发生了变化;另发现L-7D导致加工过程受到强烈抑制.[结论]Bovicin HJ50前导序列中保守的螺旋结构区对修饰酶BovM和蛋白酶BovT150活性都有不同程度影响,其二级结构的维持对bovicin HJ50的修饰和加工具有重要作用.     

Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)中新颖Ⅰ型羊毛硫肽的挖掘及异源表达

【目的】Ⅰ型羊毛硫肽通常具有广泛的生物活性,且抑菌机制独特,较少产生耐药性,因而在临床上具有很好的应用前景。本文对Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)基因组上2个新颖的Ⅰ型羊毛硫肽生物合成基因簇进行研究,以实现目标羊毛硫肽的表达。【方法】首先,通过antiSMASH分析S. coelicolor A3(2)基因组序列,挖掘羊毛硫肽生物合成基因簇,使用BLAST进行基因功能注释,选择可能参与生物合成过程的基因;然后利用基因组装技术构建异源表达质粒,通过接合转移在链霉菌底盘细胞中进行异源表达;最后对发酵产物进行高效液相色谱、质谱及生物活性检测。【结果】通过添加启动子元件重构S. coelicolor A3(2)上基因簇3 (8.9 kb)和基因簇24 (9.0 kb),得到pYES-ColE1-SCO-cluster3和pYES-ColE1-SCO-cluster24。pYES-ColE1-SCO-cluster3在底盘细胞Streptomyces coelicolor M1152和Streptomycessp. A14中成功表达,得到潜在目标化合物coelin 3;pYES-ColE1-SCO-cluster24在底盘细胞Streptomyces sp. ZM13中成功表达,得到潜在目标化合物coelin 24。其中coelin 3对Bacillus subtilis 168和Escherichia coli ATCC 25922具有抑制作用,并且抑菌圈均达到28 mm。【结论】本研究成功使用启动子激活和异源表达策略实现了coelin 3和coelin 24的表达和活性测试,为后续新颖的羊毛硫肽结构解析和作用机制研究奠定了基础。     

解淀粉芽胞杆菌WS-8中LanM基因的克隆及生物信息学分析

克隆解淀粉芽胞杆菌WS-8 (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens WS-8)中的第二类羊毛硫肽合成酶LanM基因,并对LanM编码蛋白的理化性质及结构特征进行分析。设计LanM基因(登录号:APQ49580.1)扩增引物,提取解淀粉芽胞杆菌WS-8基因组DNA,以其作为模板进行PCR扩增。综合多种软件预测和分析LanM编码蛋白的理化性质、结构域和二级结构等。采用邻位连接法(Neighbor-Joining, NJ)构建系统发育树来分析LanM所编码蛋白与同源蛋白的亲缘关系,以及各蛋白结构域的亲缘关系。PCR扩增出的目的条带约为2 840 bp,通过测序鉴定,序列信息与基因组数据一致。LanM基因编码961个氨基酸,等电点为6.07,相对分子质量为111.485 1 kD。LanM编码的蛋白属于亲水性蛋白,无信号肽。该蛋白含有LANC_like结构域,其二级结构主要由螺旋结构和环状结构组成。系统发育树的分析结果表明LANC_like结构域和LanM同源蛋白的亲缘关系一致。解淀粉芽胞杆菌WS-8中存在第二类羊毛硫肽合成酶LanM基因。揭示了羊毛硫肽合成酶LanM发挥脱水和环化作用的理化性质和结构基础,以期为进一步阐明羊毛硫肽合成酶的生物学功能提供参考。     

构建链霉菌无细胞平台挖掘套索肽类天然产物

【目的】套索肽作为一类核糖体翻译后修饰肽(RiPPs)广泛分布于放线菌中,以其独特的修饰结构和多样的生理活性受到了广泛的关注。为了更好地研究未知的套索肽,期望开发基于链霉菌的无细胞转录翻译平台(下称“无细胞平台”)实现无细胞合成套索肽或其前体肽。【方法】首先尝试以不同的链霉菌构建无细胞合成平台,并以绿色荧光蛋白为报告蛋白对平台产率进行优化;在构建合适稳定的表达体系后,将包含有套索肽生物合成基因的质粒引入体系中以探索套索肽的无细胞合成。【结果】在对基于模式菌株Streptomyces lividans TK24的无细胞体系进行制备工艺、体系组分、反应条件等多个参数进行优化后,该体系最高能达到90μg/mL的荧光蛋白表达量;基于该体系成功表达了目标套索肽的前体肽,并通过融合SUMO标签增加前体肽在该体系中的稳定性。【结论】本研究成功构建了一类链霉菌无细胞平台,为丰富来源的基因表达提供了可能性。尽管该体系在对表达套索肽未知蛋白的适用性上仍有待进一步提升,但无细胞平台在天然产物的探索中将起到越来越重要的作用。     

Expanded Natural Product Diversity Revealed by Analysis of Lanthipeptide-Like Gene Clusters in Actinobacteria

Lanthionine-containing peptides (lanthipeptides) are a rapidly growing family of polycyclic peptide natural products belonging to the large class of ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs). Lanthipeptides are widely distributed in taxonomically distant species, and their currently known biosynthetic systems and biological activities are diverse. Building on the recent natural product gene cluster family (GCF) project, we report here large-scale analysis of lanthipeptide-like biosynthetic gene clusters from Actinobacteria. Our analysis suggests that lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways, and by extrapolation the natural products themselves, are much more diverse than currently appreciated and contain many different posttranslational modifications. Furthermore, lanthionine synthetases are much more diverse in sequence and domain topology than currently characterized systems, and they are used by the biosynthetic machineries for natural products other than lanthipeptides. The gene cluster families described here significantly expand the chemical diversity and biosynthetic repertoire of lanthionine-related natural products. Biosynthesis of these novel natural products likely involves unusual and unprecedented biochemistries, as illustrated by several examples discussed in this study. In addition, class IV lanthipeptide gene clusters are shown not to be silent, setting the stage to investigate their biological activities.     

Dissecting the catalytic and substrate binding activity of a class II lanthipeptide synthetase BovM

LanM proteins are the synthetases of the class II lanthipeptides, which are responsible for lanthionine or methyllanthionine formation in lanthipeptides. LanMs are bifunctional enzymes with N-terminal dehydratase and C-terminal cyclase domains. However, the catalytic and especially the substrate binding function of LanM are not fully investigated. In this study, we analyzed the function of conserved residues of BovM, which is the synthetase of lanthipeptide bovicin HJ50, with alanine substitution method. Mass spectrometry (MS) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) analyses showed six hydrophilic residues (e.g. Asp247) were involved in the dehydration activity of BovM and four hydrophobic residues (e.g. Ile254) were responsible for the substrate binding of BovM. In addition, a conserved Asp155 was proposed to be general base in the elimination of phosphates during the dehydration reactions. This research of BovM shed a light on the catalytic and substrate binding mechanism of LanM proteins.     

羊毛硫肽SapB类多肽促进链霉菌形态分化作用的研究

【目的】链霉菌属于革兰氏阳性菌,以复杂的形态分化过程和强大的次级代谢产物合成能力为主要特征。链霉菌的形态分化与次级代谢产物的产生密切相关。Ⅲ型羊毛硫肽SapB能够促进天蓝色链霉菌气生菌丝体形成,暗示这类多肽可以作为靶标用于形态分化改造工程开发。本研究表征了SapB类多肽对多种链霉菌形态分化的影响,为该类多肽的工程化应用提供理论基础。【方法】生物信息学分析多个链霉菌基因组中SapB类多肽的生物合成基因簇,构建SapB类多肽的异源表达载体,利用接合转移方法导入不同链霉菌中进行异源表达,探究SapB类多肽对链霉菌形态分化的影响。【结果】SapB类多肽在不同程度上促进了多个链霉菌由营养菌丝向气生菌丝分化,表现为气生菌丝体数量的增多和分化速度的加快,缩短了链霉菌形态分化周期。【结论】SapB类多肽的过表达有助于缩短链霉菌形态分化周期,可用于针对链霉菌形态分化的工程改造。     

链霉菌最新研究进展

链霉菌(streptomycetes)因其产生的抗生素广泛应用于医疗与制药领域而闻名,是放线菌门中最为庞大且极富物种多样性的分支。链霉菌经过多年来系统且深入的研究,在系统分类学、多样性以及天然产物资源勘探等领域都取得了巨大进展。本文综述了链霉菌3个主要方向的研究近况,阐述了目前研究面临的机遇与挑战,并对未来的研究工作进行了展望。     

Site-Directed Mutations in the Lanthipeptide Mutacin 1140

The oral bacterium Streptococcus mutans, strain JH1140, produces the antibiotic mutacin 1140. Mutacin 1140 belongs to a group of antibiotics called lanthipeptides. More specifically, mutacin 1140 is related to the epidermin type A(I) lanthipeptides. Mutagenesis experiments of this group of lanthipeptides have been primarily restricted to the posttranslationally modified meso-lanthionine and 3-methyllanthionine residues. Site-directed mutagenesis of the core peptide of mutacin 1140 was performed using the suicide vector pVA891. Substitutions of the N-terminal residue, the charged residue in the hinge region, and residues in ring A and intertwined rings C and D were investigated. A truncation and insertion of residues in ring A and intertwined rings C and D were also performed to determine whether or not they would alter the antimicrobial activity of the producing strain. Bioassays revealed that five of 14 mutants studied had improved antimicrobial activity against the indicator strain Micrococcus luteus ATCC 10240. MICs against Streptococcus mutans UA159, Streptococcus pneumoniae ATCC 27336, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Clostridium difficile UK1, and Micrococcus luteus ATCC 10240 were determined for three mutacin 1140 variants that had the most significant increases in bioactivity in the M. luteus bioassay. This mutagenesis study of the epidermin group of lanthipeptides shows that antimicrobial activity can be significantly improved.     

Roseocin,a novel two-component lantibiotic from an actinomycete

Lantibiotics are lanthionine ring containing natural products that belong to the class of ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptides (RiPPs). Recent expansion in the availability of microbial genome data and in silico analysis tools have accelerated the discovery of these promising alternatives to antibiotics. Following the genome-mining approach, a biosynthetic gene cluster for a putative two-component lantibiotic, roseocin, was identified in the genome of an Actinomycete, Streptomyces roseosporus NRRL 11379. Posttranslationally modified lanthipeptides of this cluster were obtained by heterologous expression of the genes in Escherichia coli, and were in vitro reconstituted to their bioactive form by exploiting commercial proteases like endoproteinase GluC, and proteinase K. The two peptides displayed synergistic antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria including the WHO high-priority pathogens, MRSA and VRE. Structural characterization confirmed the installation of four (methyl)lanthionine rings with an indispensable disulfide bond in the α-peptide, and six (methyl)lanthionine rings in the β-peptide, by a single promiscuous lanthionine synthetase, RosM. Roseocin is the first two-component lantibiotic from a non-Firmicute, with extensive lanthionine bridging.     

青藏高原极端生境细菌多样性差异及影响因素

土壤微生物组对于生态系统的可持续性至关重要,青藏高原独特的地理环境孕育了多样的极端环境,其土壤细菌组成差异及其驱动因素尚不清楚。【目的】探究不同极端生境土壤细菌多样性及其影响因素。【方法】对7种典型的青藏高原极端生境土壤DNA进行16SrRNA基因高通量测序,通过生物信息分析,找出不同生境细菌群落组成、功能差异;结合土壤理化因子,进一步分析细菌组成差异的潜在影响因素。【结果】通过高通量测序,从7个不同生境的36个土壤样品中共获得16 323 712高质量reads,26 504个可操作分类单元(operational taxonomic units, OTUs)。在门分类水平上,各生境中注释到的放线菌门(Actinomycetota)与假单胞菌门(Pseudomonadota)相对丰度均最高;在属分类水平上,芽孢杆菌属(Bacillus)、Ambiguous＿taxa、土壤红杆菌属(Solirubrobacter)、假节杆菌属(Pseudarthrobacter)等为优势属。另外,不同生境中的细菌α多样性无显著差异,但是β多样性差异显著,并且通过LEfSe分析进一步说明了不同生境细菌群...     

Metapopulation genetic structure of two coexisting parasitoids of the Glanville fritillary butterfly

We investigated the metapopulation genetic structure of two specialist parasitoids, Cotesia melitaearum and Hyposoter horticola, attacking the Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) in the Åland Islands south-western Finland. The host butterfly persists as a classic metapopulation in a network of 4,000 small habitat patches within an area of 50 by 70 km . The two parasitoids are known to differ greatly in their population dynamics and spatial pattern of occupancy in local host populations. Analysis of genetic population structure using F_ST and clustering of multilocus genotypes revealed a distinct large-scale spatial structure in C. melitaearum but a very weak pattern in H. horticola. This result is consistent with the known difference in the dispersal range (much longer in H. horticola) and population size (much greater in H. horticola) of the two parasitoids.