香蕉凝集素BanLec基因转化毕赤酵母及转化子的鉴定

以pMD-BanLec质粒为模板扩增BanLec基因片段,该片段经EcoR I/XbaI双酶切后定向克隆到同样经EcoRI/XbaI双酶切的pPICZα表达载体上。将连接产物转化感受态DH5α,用低盐Zeocin抗性LB固体培养基筛选阳性克隆菌落。将重组质粒电转化毕赤酵母菌GS115后,通过PCR鉴定目的基因整合入酵母菌的基因组中,将有助于进一步研究BanLec蛋白的表达,为探讨香蕉凝集素的活性及生化功能等奠定基础。     

一株拮抗香蕉枯萎病的内生细菌的分离及其几丁质酶基因信号肽的分泌活性分析

目的：旨在分离并选择一株香蕉内生细菌作为内生基因工程生防菌,并克隆其几丁质酶基因的信号肽序列。方法：从香蕉植株杆下部分离并选择了一株拮抗香蕉枯萎病且具有分泌几丁质酶能力的内生细菌,对该菌株进行了形态观察、生理生化测定和16S rDNA序列分析,克隆了其几丁质酶基因的编码序列并预测了其信号肽,构建了含有信号肽和不含信号肽的几丁质酶的表达菌株BL-chi1和BL-chi2。结果：结合形态观察、生理生化特征和16S rDNA序列比对分析确定该菌株为Klebsiella属,将该菌株命名为KKWB 5;BL-chi1和BL-chi2经IPTG诱导后,均表达了与预期蛋白大小一致的蛋白,同时BL-chi1诱导后的培养基上清中出现一条约45kDa的条带,而BL-chi2和空载体的BL-pET22b诱导后的培养基上清中均无此条带;几丁质水解试验发现,BL-chi1诱导后的培养基上清中的蛋白经浓缩和纯化后都能在几丁质平板上形成透明水解圈。结论：该几丁质酶的信号肽能被BL21（DE3）所识别,将几丁质酶分泌到培养基中,并且分泌的几丁质酶具有水解几丁质的生物学活性。内生菌KKWB-5的分离及其几丁质酶分泌信号肽序列的克隆为进一步构建内生工程菌来防治香蕉枯萎病打下了基础。     

灰树花gpd-Gf启动子的功能分析

利用从灰树花菌丝体中克隆的gpd-Gf（615bp）启动子片段串联于报告基因gfp上游,构建启动子功能活性检测表达质粒pGg-gfp。采用PEG介导法把表达质粒pGg-gfp与辅助质粒pCc1001（含有trp1基因）共转化进色氨酸营养缺陷型的灰盖鬼伞粉孢子的原生质体中。经过选择培养基筛选、假定转化子的分子鉴定以及GFP荧光检测, 结果表明：灰树花gpd-Gf启动子在灰盖鬼伞菌丝中具有较强驱动gfp基因表达的活性,在荧光显微镜和共聚焦显微镜下可以观察到转化子菌丝发出的强烈荧光。     

原核表达载体pET28a-EGFP的构建与表达

以质粒PEGFP-N3中增强型绿色荧光蛋白（Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein,EGFP）基因片段为模板,利用PCR技术扩增得到EGFP基因片段,并设计引物在其2端引入酶切位点EcoRⅠ和HindⅢ,对引入酶切位点的EGFP片段和pET28a质粒进行双酶切处理后,利用T4连接酶连接得到了重组质粒pET28a-EGFP。利用热击法把得到的重组质粒pET28a-EGFP转化至E.coliBL21（Escherichia coliBL21）感受态细胞中,当大肠埃希菌LB（Luria-Bertani）培养液在600 nm下的光密度值OD600=0.4时,通过添加异丙基硫代β-D-半乳糖苷（IPTG）作为诱导剂诱导EGFP表达。结果表明：重组质粒酶切鉴定及测序结果正确。在自然光下,转化子在LB固体培养基（含1 mmol/L的IPTG和50μg/mL的卡那霉素（Kan））中菌落呈绿色。在荧光显微镜下受蓝光激发,可以清楚观察到发绿色荧光的转化子。成功构建的原核表达载体pET28a-EGFP在E.coliBL21中得到了高效表达,为以后作为荧光标记物标记食源性病原菌提供了一定的理论和技术支持。     

侧孢短芽孢杆菌X10启动子活性片段的克隆和序列分析

提取了侧孢短芽孢杆菌X10的基因组DNA,以绿色荧光蛋白基因(green fluorescent protein,gfp)为报告基因,以启动子探针pUC19-GFP为载体,通过鸟枪法在大肠杆菌DH5α中构建了X10的启动子文库,通过筛选获得了14个阳性克隆,编号为P1～P14.测定了阳性克隆子的荧光强度,结果表明P6中gfp基因的启动子活性最强,它的荧光强度达到了355.67,而P14中gfp基因的启动子活性最弱,它的荧光强度只有211.67.对P6克隆中的重组质粒的插入片段进行了测序和序列分析.     

小鼠组蛋白H3K4甲基化酶Smyd3启动子荧光素酶报告载体的构建与活性分析

为研究小鼠(Mus musculus)组蛋白H3 K4甲基化酶基因Smyd3转录调控的分子机制,本研究首先通过PCR的方法克隆了5条不同长度的Smyd3启动子5’端缺失片段,与pMD19-T载体连接后,双酶切克隆入pGL3-Basic荧光素酶报告基因载体,构建Smyd3启动子-pGL3-Basic报告基因重组质粒,瞬时转染HEK293细胞48 h后采用双报告基因检测试剂盒检测Smyd3启动子各缺失片段的相对荧光活性.结果表明,本研究成功构建Smyd3启动子5’端缺失片段-pGL3-Basic荧光报告基因重组质粒,所构建的启动子重组子转染组与阳性对照组相比表现出荧光活性,并且pGL3-Smyd3-4的荧光活性最强,是其他的2至4倍左右,pGL3-Smyd3-5的荧光活性最弱.本研究初步确定Smyd3基因的启动子核心区域可能位于-533～-42bp之间,在-2026～-533 bp之间可能存在启动子负调控序列.     

香菇印gpd-Le和ras-Le启动子的功能分析

利用从香菇菌丝体中克隆的启动子片段gpd-Le(613bp)和ras-Le(715bp)分别连接于报告基因gfp(绿色荧光蛋白基因)的上游,构建了启动子功能活性检测表达质粒pLg-gfp和pLr-gfp。采用PEG介导法把表达质粒pLg-gfp和pLr-gfp分别与辅助质粒pCc1001(含有trp1基因)共转化进色氨酸营养缺陷型的灰盖鬼伞粉孢子的原生质体中。经过选择培养基筛选、假定转化子的分子鉴定以及GFP荧光检测。结果表明:香菇gpd-Le启动子在灰盖鬼伞的菌丝中具有较强驱动外源gfp基因表达的活性,在荧光显微镜和共聚焦显微镜下观察到gfp基因表达的绿色荧光。而香菇ras-Le启动子没有检测到有驱动外源gfp基因表达的活性。     

嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌启动子探针载体的构建

目的：为了研究嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌（Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans）启动子结构与功能。方法：以pSV-β-galactosidase质粒为骨架,通过定点突变的方法引入一个新的BstBⅠ单酶切位点,构建能在大肠杆菌（Escherichia coli）中正常复制的启动子探针载体。利用PCR的方法将A.ferrooxidans菌cycA2基因上游5＇段上游DNA片段克隆到探针载体β-半乳糖苷酶基因上游以替代其原有启动子（gpt启动子）,并将重组的质粒转化E.coliDH5α菌株。通过检测宿主细胞的β-半乳糖苷酶活性,来鉴定启动子片段,并分析了启动子探针质粒载体的功能及启动子的强度。结果：pSV-β-galactosidase质粒被正确突变,成功构建了启动子探针载体pSVB。来源于A. ferrooxidans菌的启动子片段可驱动β-半乳糖苷酶基因在E.coli细胞中表达,转化子酶活性约为gpt 启动子驱动下活性的70 %。结论：启动子探针载体（pSVB）可用于A. ferrooxidans菌或者其它原核生物启动子的分离及进一步的分析研究。酶活性分析结果表明,来源于A. ferrooxidans菌cycA2基因上游5＇段上游DNA片段具有显著启动子活性。     

跨膜蛋白基因克隆载体pMBL的构建及验证

自行设计一对引物,从质粒pUC18上扩增一段无启动子和信号肽的β-内酰胺酶基因(△P△SP Amp),以作为最终构建的载体克隆到带跨膜信号基因片段的报告基因。所设计的上游引物中依次带有分别处于3个不同阅读框架、且形成匹配粘性末端的3个酶切位点BglⅡ、BclI、BamHI,以便最终构建的载体捕获基因时的对位融合和表达。pET-28经BglI、Bst1107I双酶切,去除约2．5kh的lac I等基因的冗余片段,保留Kan抗性基因、复制原点、多克隆位点等结构,并消除BglⅡ位点,获得作为最终构建载体的抗性基因和基本骨架的过渡质粒pKan。△p△SP Amp基因经pGEM-T-EASY载体,克隆到pKan的EcoRI和XbaI间,得到在Kan平板中生长而在Amp和Kan双抗平板中不能生长的转化子pMBL-E质粒;经部分酶切补平自连,筛选得到消除HindⅢ位点端EcoRI位点的质粒,即得到用于跨膜蛋白信号基因片段捕获克隆的目的载体pMBL,大小为3．46kb。经酶切鉴定和测序,证明构建的载体与预期设计的一致。应用四环素抗性基因(Tet)片段对构建的跨膜蛋白基因克隆载体pMBL．的有效性进行了验证,在克隆人EcoRI和BglⅡ双酶切(0位)的载体中,Kan和Amp双抗平板筛选到阳性克隆子,经酶切和测序均显示Tet基因已对位插人,并启动了β-内酰胺酶的表达和跨膜分泌。由此证明：构建的跨膜蛋白克隆载体pMBL能有效捕获含启动子和信号肽序列的跨膜蛋白基因。     

甲基营养菌MP688中启动子探针载体的构建

目的:以半乳糖苷酶基因作为报告基因,构建适于探测甲基营养菌MP688启动子的载体。方法:通过PCR扩增半乳糖苷酶基因片段,连入质粒pCM66构建启动子活性探针载体pMPlacZ。根据MP688的基因组序列设计引物,通过PCR扩增5个pqqA基因、核糖体亚基A基因(rpsA)、核糖体亚基B基因(rpsB)、伴侣分子groel基因和甲醇脱氢酶基因(mdh)等共9个基因的启动子序列,将这9个启动子片段连入pMPlacZ进行活性测定。结果:构建了一个适于探测甲基营养菌MP688的启动子活性的载体pMPlacZ;利用构建的报告系统对MP688中9个基因的启动子进行了活性比较,得到3个与吡咯喹啉醌合成相关的强启动子。结论:构建的启动子活性检测载体可以有效、灵敏地用于MP688强启动子的筛选和启动子活性检测。     

Isolation of a strong promoter fragment from endophytic Enterobacter cloacae and verification of its promoter activity when its host strain colonizes banana plants

To engineer endophytic Enterobacter cloacae as a biocontrol agent against banana fusarium wilt, a promoter-probe plasmid pUCK was constructed to identify a strong promoter to express disease resistance genes. Using a kanamycin resistance gene for selection, 10 fragments with strong promoter activity were identified from the genome of the E. cloacae KKWB-10 strain. The regions of these 10 fragments that were the primary contributors to the promoter function were identified, and their promoter activities were further evaluated using green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a reporter gene. Fragment 132a″ drove the highest level of GFP activity when the bacteria bearing the fragments were cultured in Luria–Bertani and banana stem extract media. The GFP-expressing strain harboring fragment 132a″ (K-pUCK7-132a″-GT) was then inoculated into banana plantlets (about 1 × 10⁷ CFU per plant) to verify the activity of fragment 132a″ in planta. Ten days after inoculation, tissue sections of these banana plantlets were observed by laser confocal scanning microscope. Green fluorescence was observed in the tissues of banana plantlets inoculated with K-pUCK7-132a″-GT but not in uninoculated controls. These results suggest that fragment 132a″ possesses strong promoter activity when its host strain colonizes the banana plants and can be used to engineer endophytic E. cloacae KKWB-10 for biocontrol.     

Genetic analysis of T-DNA insertions into the tobacco genome

A genetic test was performed on seeds from 283 transgenic tobacco plants obtained by T-DNA transformation. Seeds from self-fertilized transgenic plants were germinated on kanamycin-containing medium, and the percentage of seeds which germinated, as well as the ratio of kanamycin-resistant to kanamycin-sensitive seedlings were scored. Nine categories of transformants could be distinguished according to the number of loci into which T-DNA had inserted, and according to the effects of T-DNA integration on seed or seedling development. In most of the plants, T-DNA was inserted into a single site; others contained multiple independent copies of T-DNA. The number of T-DNA integration sites was found to be independent of whether a binary vector system or a cointegrate Ti plasmid had been used to obtain the transgenic plant. Loss of marker genes or marker gene expression from generation to generation appeared to be a quite frequent event. Plants which appeared to be insertional recessive embryo-lethal mutants did not exhibit this trait in the next generation.Abbreviations Kan^R kanamycin resistant - Kan^S kanamycin sensitive - NOP nopaline - NOS nopaline synthase - NPT II neomycin phosphotransferase II     

Monohybrid and dihybrid segregations in the progenies of tobacco transformed for kanamycin resistance with a Ti-vector system

A chimeric DNA construction having nopaline synthase promoter, coding sequences of neomycin phosphotransferase gene conferring resistance to antibiotic kanamycin and OCS (octopine synthase) polyadenylation sequences bracketed by T-DNA ends was transferred to tobacco. Leaf discs were infected withA. tumefaciens containing disarmed, cointegrate plasmid pGV3850:: 1103 and allowed to form a callus in the presence of kanamycin. Shoots regenerated from infected leaf discs either through the callus or arising directly were further selected for their ability to root in kanamycin-containing media. Among the nine transgenic plants that were progeny tested, the transferred bacterial gene segregated as monohybrid ratio (3 Kan^R: 1 Kan^s) in seven. Segregation data of two plant progenies indicated the presence of two independent loci of Kan^R DNA insertion (15 Kan^R: 1 Kan ^s ). Back-cross segregation data were consistent with the monohybrid or independent assortment of duplicate factors. Thus in the two cases, a minimum independent integration of two copies of T-DNA each with a Kan^R marker is inferred.     

Gene interactions and epigenetic variation in transgenic plants

Unusual gene interactions were observed in several doubly transformed tobacco plants which were obtained following sequential transformation steps using two T-DNAs encoding different selection and screening markers. The expression of T-DNA-I, which encoded kanamycin resistance (Kan^r) and nopaline synthase (NOS), was suppressed in some, but not all, of the double transformants after the introduction of T-DNA-II, which encoded hygromycin resistance (Hyg^r) and octopine synthase (OCS). Double transformants in which T-DNA-I had been inactivated could produce Kan^rNOS⁺ progeny, but these were shown to lack T-DNA-II, thus establishing the role of this T-DNA in the suppression of T-DNA-I. Reversible cytosine methylation of the promoters of T-DNA-I genes was shown to correlate with their activation/inactivation cycle. In this paper we pursue further the questions of the mechanism of suppression of T-DNA-I genes by T-DNA-II, and also the timing and extent of demethylation of T-DNA-I promoters in Kan^r progeny following the loss of T-DNA-II. We propose that the suppression is due to the competition between homologous regions on each T-DNA for binding to nuclear sites with fixed locations. We further suggest that incomplete demethylation patterns of T-DNA-I promoters in Kan^r progeny reflect the existence in the shoot apex meristem of two cell populations, which have either methylated or unmethylated T-DNA-I promoters, respectively. Thus, Kan^r progeny are epigenetic chimeras with respect to the expression of T-DNA-I genes.     

Efficient targeted mutagenesis in Borrelia burgdorferi

Genetic studies in Borrelia burgdorferi have been hindered by the lack of a nonborrelial selectable marker. Currently, the only selectable marker is gyrB(r), a mutated form of the chromosomal gyrB gene that encodes the B subunit of DNA gyrase and confers resistance to the antibiotic coumermycin A(1). The utility of the coumermycin-resistant gyrB(r) gene for targeted gene disruption is limited by a high frequency of recombination with the endogenous gyrB gene. A kanamycin resistance gene (kan) was introduced into B. burgdorferi, and its use as a selectable marker was explored in an effort to improve the genetic manipulation of this pathogen. B. burgdorferi transformants with the kan gene expressed from its native promoter were susceptible to kanamycin. In striking contrast, transformants with the kan gene expressed from either the B. burgdorferi flaB or flgB promoter were resistant to high levels of kanamycin. The kanamycin resistance marker allows efficient direct selection of mutants in B. burgdorferi and hence is a significant improvement in the ability to construct isogenic mutant strains in this pathogen.     

Co-expression and inheritance of foreign genes in transformants obtained by direct DNA transformation of tobacco protoplasts

Summary A plasmid containing two marker genes for expression in plants was constructed. This 16 kb vector, pCT1T3, contains an intact nopaline synthase gene and a chimaeric gene consisting of the promoter and terminator regions from cauliflower mosaic virus gene VI and a structural gene, aminoglycoside phosphotransferase (APH(3′)II), from the bacterial transposon Tn5. After transformation of tobacco mesophyll protoplasts with this plasmid, several kanamycin-resistant transformants were obtained. Intensive studies on the drug tolerance of growth and differentiation of the transformants showed that the chimaeric gene was stably expressed. Of 17 independent transformants, 3 (about 18%) expressed the two marker genes, regardless of the state of differentiation, as did individual plants regenerated from the same callus. Multiple copies of the inserted DNA were found in some transformants. Viable seeds were produced by 12 out of 15 independent transformants. Seeds obtained by self-pollination were germinated on medium containing kanamycin sulphate. With the exception of one clone, resistant seedlings with green leaves and sensitive seedlings with white leaves were found to segregate in a 3:1 ratio. This suggests that the inheritance of the inserted gene is Mendelian. A reciprocal cross between the transformants and wild-type tobacco also showed nuclear transmission of the APH(3′)II gene. This was consistently maintained in a subclone of the same transformant derived from the same callus line. Stable inheritance of the single dominant character was also seen among seeds formed in several different flower pods of the same individual plants. Two clones were also found to synthesize nopaline in addition to expressing APH(3′)II. Analysis of the progeny obtained by self-crosses of such transformants revealed the simultaneous expression of these two enzymes, indicating that the two marker genes are linked on the same chromosome.     

Stable Transformation of the Intact Cells of Chlorella Kessleri with High Velocity Microprojectiles

A transgenic expression system of Chlorella kessleri using the gene for β-glucuronidase (GUS) was developed. Cells of this unicellular green alga were bombarded with the plasmid pBI 121, which bears β-glucuronidase under the control of CaMV 35S promoter and the kanamycin resistant gene. Maximum GUS activity was obtained after 48 h of bombardment using a helium pressure of 900 kPa; GUS activity was then assayed for many generations. The stable transformants were able to grow on kanamycin containing medium after repeated passages between selective and nonselective medium and exhibited GUS activity comparable to that of control cells. Stable transformed cells were confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Southern hybridization of GUS probe with the genomic DNA of C. kessleri. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Genetic tools for selective labeling of proteins with α-15N-amino acids

Summary A collection of genetic tools that can be used to manipulate amino acid metabolism in Escherichia coli is described. The set comprises 21 strains of bacteria, each containing a different genetic defect that is closely linked to a selectable transposon marker. These tools can be used to construct strains of E. coli with ideal genotypes for residue-specific, selective labeling of proteins with nearly any ¹⁵N-amino acid. By using strains which have been modified to contain the appropriate genetic lesions to control amino acid biosynthesis, dilution of the isotope by endogenous amino acid biosynthesis and scrambling of the label to other types of residues can be avoided.Abbreviations ¹⁵N-amino acid -¹⁵N-amino acid - Cam^R chloramphenicol-resistant - DPA diaminopimelic acid - Hfr high-frequency recombinant - LB Luria broth - Kan^R kanamycin resistant - P1 bacteriophage P1 - pfu plaque-forming units - Str^R streptomycin-resistant - Tet^R tetracycline-resistant     

带内含子卡那霉素抗性基因双元载体构建及烟草转化

农杆菌介导法是植物基因转化的常用方法,然而由于筛选培养基中常用的抗生素头孢霉素和羧苄青霉素具有类植物激素活性,影响外植体的再生和转化频率。将一个植物的内含子插入卡那霉素抗性基因编码区的N端,合成了一个带内含子的卡那霉素抗性基因。构建带该基因的植物双元表达栽体pYP1202并转化烟草,受侵外植体在含卡那霉素50～200mg/L的选择培养基中抗性芽分化频率不受卡那霉素浓度影响,然而具有GUS活性的转化子占分化芽的比例却随着卡那霉素浓度的增加而升高。当培养基中加入500mg/L羧苄青霉素后受侵外植体产生的抗性芽频率比单一的卡那霉素筛选提高近1倍,高达91.4％,然而具GUS活性的转化子占抗性芽的比例仅有26.7％,在200m/L的卡那霉素筛选下,比例升至93.3％。用带内含子卡那霉素抗性基因构建的植物表达载体转化植物可以减少假抗性芽的产生。