马槟榔甜蛋白基因（MBL11）的剪切重组和结构分析

马槟榔甜蛋白（mabinlin II）是我国所特有且唯一的植物甜蛋白,在体外至今没有得到具有甜味的基因表达产物。本文采用基因工程手段对基因进行剪切重组,将重组基因构建成植物表达载体转入拟南芥中,通过RT-．PCR检测导入基因的表达,同时采用生物信息学方法对MBL II基因及其重组基因进行分析和甜味检测显示,转基因拟南芥不具有明显的甜味,但RT-PCR的结果显示,MBL II基因及其重组基因可在转基因的拟南芥中表达。根据生物信息学方法分析结果推测,导入拟南芥中的重组马槟榔甜蛋白可能是具有甜味的蛋白。     

甜蛋白Monellin基因在大肠杆菌中的高效表达

据已报道的单链monellin甜蛋白的氨基酸序列,采用细菌偏爱密码子,人工合成了全长 294bp的 monellin基因。插入到大肠杆菌表达载体Pet_22b中,构建重组分泌型表达载体Petmo。经IPTG诱导Petmo所含有的甜蛋白基因可在大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中高效表达,表达量占菌体可溶性蛋白的44.8％。且经纯化后测定其甜度是蔗糖的3000倍。得到的甜蛋白热稳性及耐酸性均比天然产物有所提高。     

甜味蛋白研究进展

甜味蛋白是一类具有高甜度、低热卡、多功能的天然甜味剂。但要从几种古老的植物中提取甜味蛋白较为困难 ,且难以开发和利用。随着生物技术的发展 ,尤其是利用基因工程技术将甜味蛋白基因克隆到微生物细胞中 ,构建产甜味蛋白的基因工程菌 ,为商品化生产甜味蛋白开辟了一条快速而有效的新途径。     

应乐果甜蛋白及其基因工程

应乐果甜蛋白（monellin)是一种分子量为10.7kD的超甜蛋白。由A,B两条链组成,其中A链44个氨基酸,B链50个氨基酸。分子内有5个反向平行的β折叠链和一个α螺旋。实验表明,Asp^B7可能是应乐果甜蛋白的甜味活性中心。此外,Cys^41,Ca^2 等对应乐果甜蛋白的甜味也会产生影响。研究人员把应乐果甜蛋白的单链类似物相断转入大肠杆菌,土豆,莴苣和酵母中,得到了具甜味,稳定性和耐受力强的表达产物。     

重组马槟榔甜蛋白MabinlinⅡ在大肠杆菌中的表达

Mabinlin Ⅱ是我国所特有且唯一的植物甜蛋白,在体外至今没有得到具有甜味的基因表达产物.本文根据已知马槟榔甜蛋白的序列设计引物克隆Mabinlin Ⅱ基因,对基因进行剪切重组.将重组基因克隆至大肠杆菌表达载体pET-30a(+)中,构建了3个重组表达载体,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),得到三株表达重组马槟榔甜蛋白的大肠杆菌工程菌.经IPTG诱导,3个重组MabinlinⅡ基因可在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中高效表达.     

甜味蛋白研究进展

甜味蛋白是一类具有高甜度,低热卡,多功能的天然甜味剂,但要从几种古老的植物中提取甜味蛋白较为困难,且难以开发利用,随着生物技术的发展,尤其是利用基因工程技术将甜味蛋白基因克隆到微生物细胞中,构建产甜味蛋白的基因工程菌,为商品化生长甜味蛋白开辟了一条快速而有效的新途径。     

外源甜蛋白THAUMATIN II基因转入烟草的研究

利用土壤农杆菌系统,将高甜度的外源甜蛋白ｔｈａｕｍａｔｉｎ Ｉｉ基因转入烟草细胞,并得到大量转基因植株及其后代,经分子杂交分析确证ｔｈａｕｍａｉｎ Ｉｉ 基因已整合到烟草植株的基因组中,并在转录水平检测到表达。标记基因胭脂合成酶基因及新霉素磷酸转移酶基因也在转基因植株中正常表达。     

单链莫内甜蛋白基因的合成及其植物表达载体的构建

目的:合成单链莫内甜蛋白基因,构建其植物表达载体。方法与结果:根据已报道的单链莫内甜蛋白的氨基酸序列及甜味机理,重新设计合成了全长294bp的莫内甜蛋白基因,其中单链莫内甜蛋白氨基酸序列中的Asp69(原AspA16)突变为Asn。利用DNA重组技术,将莫内甜蛋白基因克隆到植物表达载体pBl221中,构建了莫内甜蛋白基因的植物表达载体pBI221-monellin。结论:构建了莫内甜蛋白基因的植物表达载体,为转化园艺植物以改善其口感奠定了基础。     

人β防御素3和植物des-pGLu1-brazzein融合蛋白表达菌的诱导条件优化及其活性分析

对人β防御素3和植物甜蛋白des-pGlu1-Brazzein嵌合基因的工程菌株BL-pET-hBD3-Bra的IPTG诱导表达条件进行了研究,同时对所表达的目的蛋白进行了纯化和活性分析.IPTG浓度、诱导时间和诱导温度对菌株生长和目的蛋白表达的试验结果显示:所取的IPTG浓度(0.2～1.0 mmol/L)对菌株生长和目的蛋白的表达无显著影响(P>0.05);菌株的生物量随着诱导时间的延长而增加,6 h优于4 h(P<0.01),但是蛋白的表达量无明显增加(P>0.05);其中温度是重要的影响因素,在30℃诱导时,目的蛋白的表达量占总蛋白的35%左右.进一步的研究表明,菌株在30℃-32℃生长,在30℃诱导最优.对目的蛋白的活性分析表明,所得到的hBD3-Bra融合蛋白有甜味,其甜度大约是蔗糖的200倍,但是其杀菌活性很弱,经凝血酶切割后,des-pGlu1-Brazzein的甜度大大提高,大约为蔗糖甜度的600倍,重组hBD3对大肠杆菌和金黄色葡萄球菌有明显的抑菌活性.     

外源甜蛋白thaumatin II基因转入烟草的研究

利用土壤农杆菌系统,将高甜度的外源甜蛋白thaumatin II基因转入烟草细胞,并得到大量转基因植株及其后代。经分子杂交分析确证thaumatin II基因已整合到烟草植株的基因组中,并在转录水平检测到表达。标记基因胭脂碱合成酶(NOS)基因及新霉素磷酸转移酶(NPT II)基因也在转基因植株中正常表达。     

Cloning, expression and characterization of recombinant sweet-protein thaumatin II using the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

Thaumatin, an intensely sweet-tasting protein, was secreted by the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. The mature thaumatin II gene was directly cloned from Taq polymerase-amplified PCR products by using TA cloning methods and fused the pPIC9K expression vector that contains Saccharomyces cerevisiae prepro alpha-mating factor secretion signal. Several additional amino acid residues were introduced at both the N- and C-terminal ends by genetic modification to investigate the role of the terminal end region for elicitation of sweetness in the thaumatin molecule. The secondary and tertiary structures of purified recombinant thaumatin were almost identical to those of the plant thaumatin molecule. Recombinant thaumatin II elicited a sweet taste as native plant thaumatin II; its threshold value of sweetness to humans was around 50 nM, which is the same as that of plant thaumatin II. These results demonstrate that the functional expression of thaumatin II was attained by Pichia pastoris systems and that the N- and C-terminal regions of the thaumatin II molecule do not -play an important role in eliciting the sweet taste of thaumatin.     

Transgenic tomato plants as supersweet protein thaumatin II producers

Yalf tomato plants have been transformed with a gene for thaumatin II from Thaumatococcus daniellii Benth. The nucleotide sequence for thaumatin II cDNA was cloned in the pBI121 vector under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter of cauliflower mosaic virus. Expression of the thaumatin II gene was detected in all of the studied transgenic lines. A quantitative estimation of the thaumatin II accumulation in fruits was performed by ELISA. The highest content of thaumatin in transgenic tomato fruits (line 91) was 46.4 ± 10.5 μg/mg of total soluble protein (4.6%). In the other studied lines, the thaumatin content ranged from 17.6 ± 6.1 to 41.3 ± 12.3 μg/mg of total soluble protein (1.8–4.1%). The fruits of transgenic plants had a well-defined sweet taste with a long aftertaste typical of thaumatin II. Transgenic tomato lines with high expression levels can be potentially used as producers of thaumatin for the food and pharmaceutical industries.     

A cherry protein and its gene, abundantly expressed in ripening fruit, have been identified as thaumatin-like.

A 29-kD polypeptide is the most abundant soluble protein in ripe cherry fruit (Prunus avium L); accumulation begins at the onset of ripening as the fruit turns from yellow to red. This protein was extracted from ripe cherries and purified by size-exclusion and ion-exchange chromatography. Antibodies to the purified protein were used to screen a cDNA library from ripe cherries. Numerous recombinant plaques reacted positively with the antibodies; the DNA sequence of representative clones encoded a polypeptide of 245 amino acid residues. A signal peptide was indicated, and the predicted mature protein corresponded to the purified protein in size (23.3 kD, by mass spectrometry) and isoelectric point (4.2). A search of known protein sequences revealed a strong similarity between this polypeptide and the thaumatin family of pathogenesis-related proteins. The cherry thaumatin-like protein does not have a sweet taste, and no antifungal activity was seen in preliminary assays. Expression of the protein appears to be regulated at the gene level, with mRNA levels at their highest in the ripe fruit.     

甜味蛋白研究的新进展

甜味蛋白(thaumatin)是世界上已知最甜的物质,具有很大的应用前景.Thaumatin的基因核苷酸和蛋白质氨基酸序列都已测定.晶体分析表明它具有高稳定的四级结构.在味蕾小孔中发现了介导thaumatin发生作用的物质.Thaumatin自身的功能仍不清楚.在多种生物中发现了thaumatin类似蛋白质,具有不同的生物活性.用基因工程手段实现了thaumatin在多种原核和真核生物中的表达,但迄今仍未得到理想的基因工程产品.     

Intensity/time relationships in sweetness: evidence for a queue hypothesis in taste chemoreception

Details of reaction time, total persistence time and time ofprotracted maximum intensity of sweetness in relation to concentrationof sucrose and thaumatin are presented. Reaction time approachesa constant value at an early concentration for both sweetenersand maximum times for maximum intensity occur at lower concentrationsthan total maximum persistence. These observations seem bestexplained by a two-stage model of taste chemoreception, thefirst consisting of an orderly queue of stimulus molecules approachingthe ionophor and the second being the depolarisation at theionophor itself. The orderly queue model is capable of explainingall the temporal phenomena of sweet taste including the plateauof maximum time at maximum intensity which is observed at allconcentrations. It also offers a novel view of the way in whichintense sweeteners such as thaumatin may achieve their effectsand broadens the scope for taste modifier research in the future.     

Enhancement of the perceived sucrose sweetness in the rat by thaumatin

After conditioned aversion to a 0.18 mol/l sucrose solutionrats do not reject a solution of 0.03 mol sucrose per l (nearthreshold) or a solution of thaumatin (0.2 g/l), which elicitsno response in the rats' taste nerves. However, a mixture ofthe latter two solutions is rejected just as the 0.18 mol/lsucrose solution. This means that for the rat the mixture hasa sucrose-like taste. So, thaumatin enhances sucrose-like sweetnessin this animal. Electrophysiological measurements in the chordatympani indeed show an enhancement of the sucrose response ofalmost 20 percent by the addition of thaumatin (0.2 g/l) toa sucrose solution of 0.5 mol/l.     

The taste responses in primates to the proteins thaumatin and monellin and their phylogenetic implications.

Electrophysiological and behavioural methods have been applied to 34 species of the primates and, for comparison, to the Madagascan hedgehog to determine their responses to the proteins thaumatin and monellin. These substances elicit an intensely sweet taste sensation in man. All Catarrhina prefer monellin to water. The responses of the Prosimii as well as those of the South American primates to monellin are different, some species show a reaction, other species are not sensitive. In the case of thaumatin neither the Prosimii--including Tupaia and Tarsius--nor the South American primates show any response to this protein. Only the Cercopithecidae, the Hylobatidae and the Pongidae respond to this protein like man and prefer this substance to water. This physiological aspect of taste constitutes a clear dichotomy within the order Primates. This capability to taste thaumatin probably developed as long as 38 million years ago.     

Photoaffinity labeling of thaumatin-binding protein in monkey circumvallate papillae

Thaumatin I is an intensely sweet-tasting protein. It was photo-crosslinked with taste papillae of crab-eating monkey by using a conjugated photo-affinity reagent [3H]azidobenzoylthaumatin I. Serial sections of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer-soluble fraction from taste papillae had a large peak of radioactivity at the Mr region of approx. 70,000; fractions from non-taste papillae did not. Excess unlabeled thaumatin I reduced the photo-crosslinking at the 70 kDa region; acetylated thaumatin I (which is not sweet) did not. The results show that taste papillae of the monkey contain a protein of Mr approx. 50,000, which binds to thaumatin I (Mr 22,209) but not to completely acetylated thaumatin I. The possibility that the thaumatin-binding protein is a sweet receptor protein is discussed.     

Crystal structure of the sweet-tasting protein thaumatin II at 1.27Å

Thaumatin, an intensely sweet-tasting protein, elicits a sweet taste sensation at 50 nM. Here the X-ray crystallographic structure of one of its variants, thaumatin II, was determined at a resolution of 1.27 ?. Overall structure of thaumatin II is similar to thaumatin I, but a slight shift of the Cα atom of G96 in thaumatin II was observed. Furthermore, the side chain of residue 67 in thaumatin II is highly disordered. Since residue 67 is one of two residues critical to the sweetness of thaumatin, the present results suggested that the critical positive charges at positions 67 and 82 are disordered and the flexibility and fluctuation of these side chains would be suitable for interaction of thaumatin molecules with sweet receptors.