易错PCR技术提高黑曲霉N25植酸酶活力的研究

利用易错PCR技术对黑曲霉(Aspergillus niger)N25的植酸酶基因phyA进行定向进化研究,突变基因产物重组于表达载体pET32a(+)中,并导入大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)构建突变体文库,经筛选获得了最佳突变菌株pET32a-phyAep,其植酸酶活力比出发酶提高了41.8%。突变酶的酶学性质研究发现,与野生酶相比,它的热稳定性,最适温度和最适pH值无显著变化。     

F43Y及I354M,L358F定点突变对植酸酶热稳定性及酶活性的改善

对重组酵母PPNPm8的植酸酶phyAm基因进行PCR介导的定点突变,即将植酸酶43位的苯丙氨酸替换为酪氨酸(F43Y),将其354、358位的异亮氨酸、亮氨酸分别替换为甲硫氨酸和苯丙氨酸(I354M,L358F),得到了2个突变体PPNPm-1(F43Y)及PPNPm-2(I354M,L358F).含突变基因的重组表达载体pPIC9kphyAm-1,pPIC9kphyAm-2在毕赤酵母GS115中表达,对表达产物进行酶活性测定及热稳定性检测.结果表明:突变体PPNPm-1最适反应温度比未突变体PPNPm8上升了3℃,75℃处理10min,热稳定性提高15%,比活力提高11%;PPNPm-2最适反应温度未改变,热稳定性比PPNPm8仅提高3%,比活力降低6.5%.对突变前后的植酸酶空间结构进行比较预测,发现突变氨基酸Tyr43与空间位置相邻的Asn416之间形成氢键,增强了酶的热稳定性.     

易错PCR法提高土芽孢杆菌ZH1羧酸酯酶的热稳定性

摘要:【目的】对土芽孢杆菌(Geobacillus sp.) ZH1的羧酸酯酶基因进行定向进化,筛选得到酶热稳定性提高的突变酶。【方法】利用易错PCR技术向羧酸酯酶基因中随机引入突变,建立酶基因突变文库,筛选获得热稳定性提高的突变体,并对突变酶进行诱导表达、纯化及部分酶学性质研究。【结果】通过筛选,获得羧酸酯酶热稳定性提高的突变菌株65。序列分析表明,突变酯酶65有2个氨基酸发生了改变,包括T113S和M160K。突变酶的三维结构模拟显示,突变T113S位于酶分子的第5个β-折叠上;突变M160K处在酶分子第5个和第6个α-螺旋之间的环结构上,位于酶分子表面,突变后的Lys160与邻近的Thr162形成一个额外氢键。在90 ℃下,突变酶65和亲本酶的半衰期分别为3.1 h 和1.9 h,表明筛选到的突变酶65比亲本酶的热稳定性好。【结论】基于易错PCR技术对Geobacillus sp．ZH1羧酸酯酶的热稳定性进行了定向进化,对改善酶的性质、扩大酯酶的应用范围,以及研究酯酶的结构与功能的关系具有重要意义。     

黑曲霉Z6植酸酶基因phyA的克隆及表达

目的:克隆植酸酶基因phyA,构建毕赤酵母表达载体,转化毕赤酵母,并对重组工程菌的表达产物进行初步酶学性质研究.方法:以植酸酶高产菌株-黑曲霉Z6染色体DNA为模板,PCR扩增得到植酸酶基因phyA,序列鉴定后连接到毕赤酵母穿梭载体pPIC9K上,构建重组质粒pPIC9K-phyA,电击转化毕赤酵母KM71,筛选得到重组转化子.对重组工程菌表达产物进行SDS-PAGE分析和酶活性研究.结果:phyA序列分析表明该基因具有典型的植酸酶活性位点保守序列ArgHisGlyAlaArgTyrPro,与NC-BI已发表的植酸酶基因同源性较高,达到94%以上.该序列已提交GenBank,序列号为DQ318022.重组工程菌KM71-phyA7的PCR扩增证实了植酸酶基因已整合到酵母基因组中,植酸酶能有效分泌和表达,粗酶液酶活可达875U/mL.结论:植酸酶基因phyA在毕赤酵母中成功表达,为今后的定向改组奠定了基础.     

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。     

黑曲霉WY-6植酸酶的表达、纯化及性质研究

目的:表达黑曲霉WY-6植酸酶基因及研究重组酶的性质。方法:通过PCR方法从黑曲霉WY-6基因组中扩增出植酸酶基因,并将该基因表达在毕赤酵母中,再利用蛋白质分离纯化技术对重组酶进行纯化,并测定其性质。结果:黑曲霉WY-6植酸酶基因成功表达在毕赤酵母中,重组植酸酶经饱和硫酸铵分级沉淀、超滤和阴离子交换层析步骤后得以纯化,纯化后的植酸酶比活力为147U/mg,分子量为67kDa,两个最适pH分别为3.0和5.5,最适温度为55℃,与胃蛋白酶以0.01的比率(胃蛋白酶/植酸酶,wt/wt)混合作用2h后仍保留70.9%残余活力。结论:获得了具有商业应用潜能的基因工程植酸酶。     

扩展青霉脂肪酶K56R叠加突变对热稳定性的影响

目的:扩展青霉脂肪酶随机突变体ep8是一株热稳定性比野生型有所提高的突变体.获得热稳定性提高的优良菌株.方法:在ep8的基础上利用重叠延伸PCR构建叠加突变重组质粒pPIC3.5K-ep8一K56R,将该质粒电转毕赤酵母(Pichia paaoris)GS115进行异源表达.结果:该叠加突变脂肪酶在毕赤酵母中获得了活性表达.15%SDS-PACE结果分析表明突变脂肪酶PEL-ep8-K56R-GS分子量与野生型PEL-GS一致,约为28kDa.叠加突变脂肪酶在37℃时酶活为852U/mL、野生型为760u/mL、随机突变体为824u/mL,叠加突变体酶活相比野生型提高了21.1%,相比随机突变体提高了3.4%.热稳定性分析数据表明叠加突变脂肪酶Tm值为40.1℃、野生型为38.7℃、随机突变体为39.9℃,Tm值相比野生型提高了1.4℃,相比随机突变体提高了0.2℃.     

理性设计盐桥构建伯克霍尔德菌脂肪酶热稳定突变体

【目的】借助蛋白质工程技术提高伯克霍尔德菌ZYB002脂肪酶LipA的热稳定性,以期更好地将其应用于工业生产中。【方法】利用YASARA、Fold X、Rosetta、Gromacs等生物信息学软件,构建1个脂肪酶Lip A的热稳定性提高的微型突变体电子文库;通过对突变体的结构信息和自由能变化进行评估,筛选出潜在的有价值的突变体。继而利用基因定点突变技术,构建上述候选突变体的突变基因文库,通过实验筛选出热稳定性提高的脂肪酶LipA突变体。【结果】利用上述方法,从构建的20个脂肪酶LipA突变体中,筛选到热稳定性有显著提高的3个突变体LipA-Asn~(125)Asp、LipA-Asn~(125)Glu和LipA-Gln~(262)Glu。经55°C处理12 min后,上述3个突变体的T1250值较野生型分别提高4.0°C、5.5°C和4.4°C;在55°C下的半衰期较野生型分别提高了2.2倍、3.8倍和2.6倍。【结论】利用生物信息学软件,构建脂肪酶LipA突变体电子文库,结合蛋白质的结构信息,可以快速筛选到热稳定性提高的脂肪酶LipA突变体。     

亚硝酸钠体外随机突变枯草杆菌纤溶酶基因及其产物性质研究

通过对目的基因随机突变,希望获得纤溶酶活性提高的突变体。方法:采用一种简单方便的突变方法--亚硝酸钠直接突变含目的基因的质粒,然后转化受体菌获得突变体。在亚硝酸钠浓度为40mmol／L,温度为37℃,反应时间为1h条件下,突变带枯草杆菌纤溶酶基因的质粒pUBH,转化受体菌DB403,得到大量突变体。随机挑取约1600个转化子,用纤维平板法筛选。结果:获得酶活不同程度改变的突变体,其中有纤溶酶活性增加高达一倍的突变体;分离纯化了活性最高的突变酶,并证明其活性提高是与比活性提高相关的;序列分析该突变体发现碱基发生8处改变,而氨基酸只发生1处改变即V298A;和序列分析一致,SDS／PAGE和Westernblot检测结果显示其分子量和抗原性质没有改变。同时研究了诱变剂浓度、反应温度和作用时间对随机突变的影响。     

定点突变提高苯丙氨酸羟化酶的热稳定性

嗜热菌中,蛋白质存在Ala替换Gly以及Arg替换Lys的趋势。为了提高紫色色杆菌来源的苯丙氨酸羟化酶的热稳定性,将该酶中所有Gly突变成Ala,Lys突变成Arg,筛选获得热稳定性提高的突变体,并进行组合突变,对突变酶的酶学性质进行研究。结果表明,突变酶K94R和G221A在50℃的半衰期分别为26.2 min、16.8 min,比原始酶(9.0 min)分别提高了1.9倍、0.9倍,同时组合突变酶K94R/G221A在50℃处理1 h后仍保留65.6%的酶活,比原始酶(8.6%)高出6.6倍。圆二色谱结果显示原始酶和突变酶K94R、G221A及K94R/G221A的T_m值分别为51.5℃、53.8℃、53.1℃和54.8℃。蛋白三维结构模拟推测突变体热稳定性提高机理为:突变体K94R中Arg94与Ile95之间形成额外氢键,稳定其所在的柔性区域;突变体G221A中Ala221与Leu281产生疏水作用,稳定酶分子C-端柔性区。该研究结果为蛋白质热稳定性改造提供了参考,也为苯丙氨酸羟化酶在功能性食品领域的应用奠定了基础。     

Improvement of Yersinia frederiksenii phytase performance by a single amino acid substitution

A new phytase (APPA) with optimum pH 2.5—substantially lower than that of most of microbial phytases (pH 4.5–6.0)—was cloned from Yersinia frederiksenii and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli. Containing the highly conserved motifs typical of histidine acid phosphatases, APPA has the highest identity (84%) to the Yersinia intermedia phytase (optimal pH 4.5), a member of histidine acid phosphatase family. Based on sequence alignment and molecular modeling of APPA and related phytases, APPA has only one divergent residue, Ser51, in close proximity to the catalytic site. To understand the acidic adaptation of APPA, five mutants (S51A, S51T, S51D, S51K, and S51I) were constructed by site‐directed mutagenesis, expressed in E. coli, purified, and characterized. Mutants S51T and S51I exhibited a shift in the optimal pH from 2.5 to 4.5 and 5.0, respectively, confirming the role of Ser51 in defining the optimal pH. Thus, a previously unrecognized factor other than electrostatics—presumably the side‐chain structure near the active site—contributes to the optimal pH for APPA activity. Compared with wild‐type APPA, mutant S51T showed higher specific activity, greater activity over pH 2.0–5.5, and increased thermal and acid stability. These properties make S51T a better candidate than the wild‐type APPA for use in animal feed. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2009;103: 857–864. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

蜂房哈夫尼菌植酸酶基因appA的克隆、表达及酶学性质研究

从蜂房哈夫尼菌(Hafniaalvei)中克隆获得一个植酸酶编码基因appA,该基因全长1335bp,编码444个氨基酸,其中前33个氨基酸为信号肽,成熟蛋白的理论分子量为45.2kD。将基因appA克隆到大肠杆菌E.coli表达载体pET-22b( ),并在大肠杆菌中表达,表达产物具有植酸酶活性。对表达的酶蛋白进行纯化,并初步研究了该酶的酶学性质,结果表明:酶的作用最适pH值为4.5;在pH2.0~10.0范围内,酶活性保留80%以上;酶的作用最适温度为60℃;酶的比活性为356.7U/mg,酶动力学分析表明其Km为0.49mmol/L,Vmax为238U/mg;该酶对胰蛋白酶和胃蛋白酶有一定的抗性。该研究为哈夫尼菌属来源植酸酶的首次报道。     

Enhancing the thermal tolerance and gastric performance of a microbial phytase for use as a phosphate-mobilizing monogastric-feed supplement

The inclusion of phytase in monogastric animal feed has the benefit of hydrolyzing indigestible plant phytate (myo-inositol 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakis dihydrogen phosphate) to provide poultry and swine with dietary phosphorus. An ideal phytase supplement should have a high temperature tolerance, allowing it to survive the feed pelleting process, a high specific activity at low pHs, and adequate gastric performance. For this study, the performance of a bacterial phytase was optimized by the use of gene site saturation mutagenesis technology. Beginning with the appA gene from Escherichia coli, a library of clones incorporating all 19 possible amino acid changes and 32 possible codon variations in 431 residues of the sequence was generated and screened for mutants exhibiting improved thermal tolerance. Fourteen single site variants were discovered that retained as much as 10 times the residual activity of the wild-type enzyme after a heated incubation regimen. The addition of eight individual mutations into a single construct (Phy9X) resulted in a protein of maximal fitness, i.e., a highly active phytase with no loss of activity after heating at 62 degrees C for 1 h and 27% of its initial activity after 10 min at 85 degrees C, which was a significant improvement over the appA parental phytase. Phy9X also showed a 3.5-fold enhancement in gastric stability.     

Thermoadaptation of alpha-galactosidase AgaB1 in Thermus thermophilus

The evolutionary potential of a thermostable alpha-galactosidase, with regard to improved catalytic activity at high temperatures, was investigated by employing an in vivo selection system based on thermophilic bacteria. For this purpose, hybrid alpha-galactosidase genes of agaA and agaB from Bacillus stearothermophilus KVE39, designated agaA1 and agaB1, were cloned into an autonomously replicating Thermus vector and introduced into Thermus thermophilus OF1053GD (DeltaagaT) by transformation. This selector strain is unable to metabolize melibiose (alpha-galactoside) without recombinant alpha-galactosidases, because the native alpha-galactosidase gene, agaT, has been deleted. Growth conditions were established under which the strain was able to utilize melibiose as a single carbohydrate source when harboring a plasmid-encoded agaA1 gene but unable when harboring a plasmid-encoded agaB1 gene. With incubation of the agaB1 plasmid-harboring strain under selective pressure at a restrictive temperature (67 degrees C) in a minimal melibiose medium, spontaneous mutants as well as N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine-induced mutants able to grow on the selective medium were isolated. The mutant alpha-galactosidase genes were amplified by PCR, cloned in Escherichia coli, and sequenced. A single-base substitution that replaces glutamic acid residue 355 with glycine or valine was found in the mutant agaB1 genes. The mutant enzymes displayed the optimum hydrolyzing activity at higher temperatures together with improved catalytic capacity compared to the wild-type enzyme and furthermore showed an enhanced thermal stability. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an in vivo evolution of glycoside-hydrolyzing enzyme and selection within a thermophilic host cell.     

Cold adaptation of xylose isomerase from Thermus thermophilus through random PCR mutagenesis. Gene cloning and protein characterization.

Random PCR mutagenesis was applied to the Thermus thermophilus xylA gene encoding xylose isomerase. Three cold-adapted mutants were isolated with the following amino-acid substitutions: E372G, V379A (M-1021), E372G, F163L (M-1024) and E372G (M-1026). The wild-type and mutated xylA genes were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli HB101 using the vector pGEM-T Easy, and their physicochemical and catalytic properties were determined. The optimum pH for xylose isomerization activity for the mutants was approximately 7.0, which is similar to the wild-type enzyme. Compared with the wild-type, the mutants were active over a broader pH range. The mutants exhibited up to nine times higher catalytic rate constants (k(cat)) for d-xylose compared with the wild-type enzyme at 60 degrees C, but they did not show any increase in catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)). For d-glucose, both the k(cat) and the k(cat)/K(m) values for the mutants were increased compared with the wild-type enzyme. Furthermore, the mutant enzymes exhibited up to 255 times higher inhibition constants (K(i)) for xylitol than the wild-type, indicating that they are less inhibited by xylitol. The thermal stability of the mutated enzymes was poorer than that of the wild-type enzyme. The results are discussed in terms of increased molecular flexibility of the mutant enzymes at low temperatures.     

重组具有改良特性的D-氨基酸氧化酶

在大肠杆菌细胞中表达三角酵母D-氨基酸氧化酶, 并对重组酶的性质进行了研究。制备的单一突变体与野生型酶相比, 具有2.4倍的热稳定性或底物特异性变化光谱。结果显示突变的TvDAAO在氧化头孢菌素中催化效果优于野生型酶。并将一个突变的重组TvDAAO制备成结晶, 并解析了2.8 ?分辨率下的晶体结构。     

Overexpression of the phytase from Escherichia coli and its extracellular production in bioreactors

The gene for phytase from Escherichia coli was sequenced and compared with the appA gene. It was found to be a mutant derivative of the appA gene. After fusion with a C-terminal His-tag, phytase was purified by affinity chromatography and the enzymatic properties were analyzed. To develop a system for overexpression and extracellular production of phytase in E. coli, factors affecting the expression and secretion such as promoter type, host strain and selection pressure were analyzed. Using a secretion system based on the controlled expression of the kil gene, the expression of phytase was improved and the enzyme was released into the culture medium at a high level. An effective fermentation strategy based on fed-batch operation was developed.     

Improving the activity and stability of GL-7-ACA acylase CA130 by site-directed mutagenesis

In the present study, glutaryl-7-amino cephalosporanic acid acylase from Pseudomonas sp. strain 130 (CA130) was mutated to improve its enzymatic activity and stability. Based on the crystal structure of CA130, two series of amino acid residues, one from those directly involved in catalytic function and another from those putatively involved in surface charge, were selected as targets for site-directed mutagenesis. In the first series of experiments, several key residues in the substrate-binding pocket were substituted, and the genes were expressed in Escherichia coli for activity screening. Two of the mutants constructed, Y151alphaF and Q50betaN, showed two- to threefold-increased catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)) compared to wild-type CA130. Their K(m) values were decreased by ca. 50%, and the k(cat) values increased to 14.4 and 16.9 s(-1), respectively. The ability of these mutants to hydrolyze adipoyl 6-amino penicillinic acid was also improved. In the second series of mutagenesis, several mutants with enhanced stabilities were identified. Among them, R121betaA and K198betaA had a 30 to 58% longer half-life than wild-type CA130, and K198betaA and D286betaA showed an alkaline shift of optimal pH by about 1.0 to 2.0 pH units. To construct an engineered enzyme with the properties of both increased activity and stability, the double mutant Q50betaN/K198betaA was expressed. This enzyme was purified and immobilized for catalytic analysis. The immobilized mutant enzyme showed a 34.2% increase in specific activity compared to the immobilized wild-type CA130.     

Resistance of Escherichia coli to penicillins: identification of the structural gene for the chromosomal penicillinase

A screening procedure was used to isolate a number of mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 with low penicillinase activity. By co-transduction with purA, three of the mutants were found to map near 82 min. Penicillinase was purified from one mutant and from a transductant with a temperature-sensitive enzyme. Comparison with wild-type penicillinase revealed similarities in the Ouchterlony immunodiffusion test but differences in the catalytic properties. It is concluded that the mutations have occurred in the structural gene of the chromosomal penicillinase (designated ampC). Purified enzyme and a temperature-sensitive mutant were used to investigate whether the penicillinase has a physiological function related to biosynthesis or breakdown of murein. No positive evidence for any such function was obtained.     

Conformational stability and activity of ribonuclease T1 and mutants. Gln25----Lys, Glu58----Ala, and the double mutant

Ribonuclease T1 (RNase T1) and mutants Gln25----Lys, Glu58----Ala, and the double mutant were prepared from a chemically synthesized gene, cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The wild-type RNase T1 prepared from the cloned gene was identical in every functional and physical property examined to RNase T1 prepared from Aspergillus oryzae. Urea and thermal unfolding experiments show that Gln25----Lys is 0.9 kcal/mol more stable and Glu58----Ala is 0.8 kcal/mol less stable than wild-type RNase T1. In the double mutant, these contributions cancel and the stability does not differ significantly from that of wild-type RNase T1. For the double mutant, the dependence of delta G on urea concentration is significantly greater than for wild-type RNase T1 or the single mutants. This suggests that the double mutant unfolds more completely in urea than the other proteins. The activity of Gln25----Lys is identical with that of wild-type RNase T1. The activities of Glu58----Ala and the double mutant are 7% of wild-type when GpC hydrolysis is measured (due to a 35-fold decrease in kcat), and 37% of wild-type when RNA hydrolysis is measured. Thus, Glu58 is important, but not essential to the activity of RNase T1.