嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌基因组分泌蛋白的初步分析

利用信号肽预测软件SignalP v3.0、跨膜螺旋结构预测软件TMHMM v2.0和非经典分泌蛋白预测软件SecretomeP对嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌全基因组的3 218个氨基酸序列进行预测分析.结果表明在嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌中有507个蛋白为分泌蛋白,其中分泌型信号肽120个(其中有9个为RR-motif亚组型信号肽),脂蛋白信号肽3个,Prepilin-like信号肽4个,非经典分泌蛋白380个.并对分泌型信号肽的长度分布、氨基酸使用频率和酶切位点的氨基酸使用频率作了统计.得分最高的100个非经典分泌蛋白中,有36个具有功能分类,主要是参与细胞壁、能量代谢及转运和结合的蛋白质.嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌的这507个分泌蛋白所参与的生化过程可能发生在膜外的周质空间或是菌体外的场所,为该物种与矿物相互作用,以及对环境做出响应服务.     

稻瘟病菌含信号肽小蛋白的计算机分析

结合计算机技术和生物信息学的方法,采用组合的信号肽分析软件SignalPv3.0、TargetPv1.1、Big-PIpredictor、TMHMMv2.0和SecretomeP对已公布的1486个稻瘟菌(magnaporthegrisea)小蛋白基因的N-端氨基酸序列进行信号肽分析,同时系统分析了信号肽的类型及结构。分析结果表明,在1486个稻瘟病菌小蛋白中,119个具有N-端信号肽的典型分泌蛋白。其中116个具有分泌型信号肽,1个具RR-motif型信号肽,2个具信号肽酶II型信号肽。在稻瘟病菌基因组中,分泌型小蛋白的序列是高度趋异的,仅出现少数氨基酸组成完全一致的信号肽,为进一步确认具有相同信号肽的分泌蛋白是否具有同源性,分别用BLAST2SEQUENCES对具有相同信号肽的分泌蛋白进行了序列对比。结果表明,具有相同信号肽的分泌蛋白同源性非常高。同时还采用Sublocv1.0对1486个小蛋白的亚细胞位置进行了预测,结果显示小蛋白的可能功能场所包括细胞质、细胞外、线立体和细胞核,功能场所位于细胞核的小蛋白是最多的。     

全基因组预测多粘类芽孢杆菌SC2的分泌蛋白

为了解多粘类芽孢杆菌(Paenibacillus polymyxa)分泌蛋白的典型特征,本研究通过SignalP、ProtCompB、TMHMM、Phobius、LipoP、TatP、MEME和BLAST等多种分析程序对多粘类芽孢杆菌SC2菌株的全基因组共5 439条蛋白质序列进行生物信息的综合分析。结果表明,共获得146个具有典型信号肽的SPⅠ(Signal peptidase Ⅰ)分泌蛋白。信号肽序列中出现频率最高的氨基酸依次是亮氨酸、丙氨酸和丝氨酸。对信号肽的切割位点分析发现与枯草芽孢杆菌等一致,均为A-X-A型。通过MEME对信号肽序列进行分析发现存在一种保守基序。最后用BLAST分析发现,在146个分泌蛋白中,89个具有功能描述的分泌蛋白,主要是细胞生长代谢及生物降解酶类,其余57个皆为功能尚未明确的假定蛋白。本研究获得了多粘类芽孢杆菌SC2菌株分泌蛋白的信息,为进一步研究多粘类芽孢杆菌的蛋白功能奠定了基础。     

茎瘤固氮根瘤菌Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571基因组分泌蛋白的生物信息学分析

为了获取茎瘤固氮根瘤菌(Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571)的分泌蛋白,以便更深入地了解该菌的共生固氮作用,本研究采用SignalP、TMHMM、PSORTb、TargetP、LipoP、TatP和SecretomeP软件对该菌全部4717个蛋白序列进行分析预测。结果共识别了653个分泌蛋白,其中具有分泌型信号肽的蛋白54个,具有RR-motif型信号肽的蛋白1个,具有脂蛋白信号肽的蛋白2个和非经典分泌蛋白596个。该菌含信号肽分泌蛋白仅占全部蛋白的1.2%,低于其它固氮菌。在分泌蛋白中识别了核酸内切酶和核糖核酸酶等6个核酸酶。它们可能参与宿主植物遗传物质的降解,干扰宿主遗传代谢,进一步在宿主植物侵染过程中起到重要作用。此外还识别了超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶和谷胱甘肽S-转移酶等4个抗氧化酶。它们可能参与活性氧的清除以保护固氮酶,是该菌固氮过程的重要参与者。     

立枯丝核菌AG-3全基因组分泌蛋白的预测分析

[目的]预测、分析立枯丝核菌AG-3全基因组范围内的分泌蛋白，并明确其基本特征，筛选其效应蛋白。[方法]依据已经公布的立枯丝核菌AG-3全基因组数据库中的12 726个蛋白序列，利用信号肽预测软件SignalP-4.1,细胞器定位分析软件ProtComp 9.0,跨膜螺旋结构预测软件TMHMM 2.0, GPI-锚定位点预测软件big-PI Fungal Predictor和亚细胞器中蛋白定位分布预测软件TargetP-1.1进行典型分泌蛋白的预测分析，并用LipoP-1.0进行信号肽切割位点的预测分析，最后对预测得到的分泌蛋白通过EffectorP进行效应蛋白的预测。[结果]在立枯丝核菌AG-3中有401个蛋白被预测为分泌蛋白，其编码蛋白长度集中于100～600 aa。信号肽长度介于11～35 aa之间，-3至-1位置上的氨基酸相对保守，切割位点为A-X-A类型，可被SpⅠ型信号肽酶识别并切割。在预测得到的分泌蛋白中通过EffectorP筛选得到140个效应蛋白。[结论]通过全基因组预测得到401个具有典型分泌蛋白特征的蛋白，从预测的分泌蛋白中筛选得到140个效应蛋白。     

地衣芽孢杆菌DSM13分泌蛋白信号肽分析

地衣芽孢杆菌是重要的工业微生物,对于其分泌途径及信号肽进行预测和分析,有助于改善影响蛋白分泌的关键因素,高效生产异源蛋白。本研究首次在全基因范围内,利用SignalPv3.0等方法识别了地衣芽孢杆菌DSM13中各种分泌蛋白的信号肽。DSM13信号肽类型包括分泌型Sec信号肽、双精氨酸Tat信号肽、脂蛋白信号肽、IV型纤毛结构信号肽及生物信息素信号肽。同时分析了分泌途径组成,信号肽长度,氨基酸组成,各分泌信号肽特征,与枯草芽孢杆菌的异同以及重要工业酶制剂的分泌途径。该研究对使DSM13成为更有效分泌表达外源蛋白表达系统,具有重要的理论指导意义。     

里氏木霉(Trichoderma reesei)分泌组的预测及分析

[目的]里氏木霉是一种重要的产纤维素酶工业用菌种,研究其分泌组特性具有现实意义.[方法]应用生物信息学方法对里氏木霉基因组中9997个开放阅读框(ORF)所编码的氨基酸序列进行了分析,获得了294条可能的分泌蛋白序列,并且按功能对其进行了分类,同时用搜索模体的方法在未知功能的序列中找到具有关键模体的序列,初步确定其潜在的功能.对获得的分泌蛋白的信号肽序列进行了分析.[结果]里氏木霉分泌组中有188种水解酶,包括114种糖苷水解酶、42种蛋白水解酶和11种脂类水解酶等;在糖苷水解酶中包括已报道的22种纤维素酶和15种几丁质酶等,以及30条具有潜在纤维素酶功能的蛋白序列.信号肽序列分析结果表明其同源性较低,而在信号肽酶切位点附近则相对保守.[结论]通过该预测和分析开拓了里氏木霉的研究空间,为今后的研究奠定了理论基础.     

根癌土壤杆菌C58 Cereon中分泌蛋白信号肽分析

利用SignalP3．0、LipoP1．0、TMHMM2．0和TargetP1．014种蛋白分析软件预测了Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 Cereon菌株全部基因组的4554个ORF编码的蛋白信号肽,共发现203个信号肽,且它们的氨基酸残基相对保守。其中158条具分泌型信号肽,9条具RR-motif型信号肽,28条具信号肽酶Ⅱ型信号肽,8条具细菌素-信息素型信号肽,但只有分泌蛋白AGR-C-1878p和AGR-C-1880p的信号肽氨基酸残基完全相同,表明信号肽是高度变异的。     

利用短短小芽孢杆菌启动子和信号肽编码序列构建穿梭分泌表达载体

以短短小芽孢杆菌B15的总DNA为模板,利用PCR技术克隆到其细胞壁蛋白基因串联启动子和信号肽编码序列,测序分析后提交GenBank,登录号为AY956423。重新设计引物扩增该片段并在PCR产物两侧引入BamHⅠ和PstⅠ酶切位点,将PCR产物双酶切后克隆至穿梭载体pP43NMK的相应位点构建分泌表达载体pP15MK,插入片段置于该载体中mpd基因的上游,并使信号肽编码序列与去除了自身信号肽编码序列的mpd基因阅读框恰好融合。将pP15MK导入枯草杆菌构建表达菌株1A751(pP15MK),在短短小芽孢杆菌启动子和信号肽元件的带动下,mpd基因能够在表达菌株的对数生长期和稳定期持续性高效分泌表达,表达产物结合在细胞膜上;发酵液在48h酶活达到最高值7.79U/mL,是出发菌株邻单胞菌M6表达量的8.1倍。     

E．coli分泌表达载体的构建和人表皮生长因子在E．coli中的分泌性表达

采用ＰＣＲ技术从Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ基因组片段中克隆出碱性磷酸酯酶（ＰｈｏＡ）的启动子和信号肽序列．在ＰｈｏＡ启动予５＇端设计了ＥｃｏＲⅠ酶切位点,在信号肽编码序列３＇端设计了ＨｉｎｄⅢ酶切位点．将ＰＣＲ产物酶切后ＥｃｏＲⅠ－ＨｉｎｄⅢ片段克隆至ｐＢＲ３２２的ＥｃｏＲⅠ－ＨｉｎｄⅢ位点,组构出含有ＰｈｏＡ启动子和信号肽序列的分泌表达载体ｐＢＭ－Ｐｈｏ－１．之后将人表皮生长因子的成熟肽基因克隆至该载体,使之在Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ中获得分泌表达,另采用ｐＩＮⅢ载体系统以分泌方式表达了人表皮生长因子。     

大肠埃希氏杆菌UTI89分泌蛋白组的预测分析

目的：从大肠埃希氏杆菌UTI89基因组中筛选出全部潜在的分泌蛋白并进行初步研究。方法：使用SignalP3.0、TatP1.0、 SecretomeP2.0等蛋白分析软件对5211个ORF进行预测;对筛选出的信号肽及分泌蛋白的基本特征进行统计学分析;使用Blast 2 Sequences进行同源性分析。结果：共筛选出432个sec途径分泌蛋白,19个Tat途径分泌蛋白,386个非经典分泌蛋白;信号肽、分泌蛋白平均长度分别为25.5aa、282.8aa;信号肽中出现频率最高的3种氨基酸依次为L、A、S;仅有两个信号肽的氨基酸序列完全相同,相应的分泌蛋白高度同源。结论：大肠埃希氏杆菌UTI89基因组中有837个ORF可能编码分泌蛋白;分泌蛋白集中在500aa以下;组成信号肽的氨基酸相对保守,多数为疏水氨基酸;信号肽变异性较大,含相同信号肽的蛋白可能由同源基因编码。     

Purification and cDNA Cloning of Lysozyme II from Cabbage Butterfly, Artogeia rapae Larvae

ABSTRACT Last instar larvae of cabbage butterfly Artogeia rapae respond to injection of bacteria with a set of inducible antibacterial peptides/proteins. The inducible peptides/proteins are related to the known hinnavins (I and II) and lysozymes (I and II). The lysozyme II has been isolated by heat treatment, cation exchange, and reversed-phase chromatography from immunized hemolymph of last instar larvae. The lysozyme II gene of A. rapae was isolated and its nucleotide sequence was determined by the RACE-PCR from immunized fat body with E. coli. It has an open reading frame of 414 bp nucleotide corresponding to 138 amino acids including an 18 amino acid signal sequence. The molecular weight and the isoelectric point of Artogeia lysozyme II without a signal peptide were 13,649.38 Da and 9.11, respectively. It is great similarity with Manduca lysozyme among other lepidopteran.     

Archaeal signal peptides--a comparative survey at the genome level

The correct delivery of noncytoplasmic proteins to locations both within and outside the cell depends on the appropriate targeting signals. Protein translocation across the bacterial plasma membrane and the eukaryal endoplasmic reticulum membrane relies on cleavable N-terminal signal peptides. Although the signal peptides of secreted proteins in Bacteria and Eukarya have been extensively studied at the sequence, structure, and functional levels, little is known of the nature of archaeal signal peptides. In this report, genome-based analysis was performed in an attempt to define the amino acid composition, length, and cleavage sites of various signal peptide classes in a wide range of archaeal species. The results serve to present a picture of the archaeal signal peptide, revealing the incorporation of bacterial, eukaryal, and archaeal traits.     

Evolutionary pressures on apicoplast transit peptides

Malaria parasites (species of the genus Plasmodium) harbor a relict chloroplast (the apicoplast) that is the target of novel antimalarials. Numerous nuclear-encoded proteins are translocated into the apicoplast courtesy of a bipartite N-terminal extension. The first component of the bipartite leader resembles a standard signal peptide present at the N-terminus of secreted proteins that enter the endomembrane system. Analysis of the second portion of the bipartite leaders of P. falciparum, the so-called transit peptide, indicates similarities to plant transit peptides, although the amino acid composition of P. falciparum transit peptides shows a strong bias, which we rationalize by the extraordinarily high AT content of P. falciparum DNA. 786 plastid transit peptides were also examined from several other apicomplexan parasites, as well as from angiosperm plants. In each case, amino acid biases were correlated with nucleotide AT content. A comparison of a spectrum of organisms containing primary and secondary plastids also revealed features unique to secondary plastid transit peptides. These unusual features are explained in the context of secondary plastid trafficking via the endomembrane system.     

Cloning and characterization of cDNA encoding canine alpha-L-iduronidase. mRNA deficiency in mucopolysaccharidosis I dog.

alpha-L-Iduronidase is a lysosomal enzyme, the deficiency of which causes mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I); a canine MPS I colony has been bred to test therapeutic intervention. The enzyme was purified to apparent homogeneity from canine testis and found to consist of two electrophoretically separable proteins that had common internal peptides but differed at their amino termini. A 57-base oligonucleotide, corresponding to the most probable codons of the longest peptide, was used to screen a canine testis cDNA library. Three cDNAs were isolated, two of which lacked the 5'-end whereas the third was full-length except for a small internal deletion. The composite sequence encodes an open reading frame of 655 amino acids that includes all sequenced peptides. The amino terminus of the larger protein, glutamic acid 26, is at the predicted signal peptide cleavage site, whereas the amino terminus of the smaller protein is leucine 106. There are six potential N-glycosylation sites and a non-canonical polyadenylation signal, CTTAAA. A search of GenBank showed that the amino acid sequence of alpha-L-iduronidase has similarity to that of a bacterial beta-xylosidase. A full-length cDNA corresponding to the composite sequence was constructed (pcIdu) and inserted into the pSVL expression vector (pSVcIdu). Two days after Cos-1 cells were transfected with pSVcIdu, their intracellular and secreted level of alpha-L-iduronidase activity has increased 8- and 22-fold, respectively, over the endogenous activity. Fibroblasts of MPS I dogs, which have no alpha-L-iduronidase activity, lacked the normal alpha-L-iduronidase mRNA of 2.2 kilobases and contained instead a trace amount of a 2.8-kilobase species. Isolation and characterization of an expressible alpha-L-iduronidase cDNA represents the first step toward mutation analysis and replacement therapy.     

The role of signal sequence proximal residues in the mature region of bacterial secreted proteins in E. coli

Secreted proteins contain an N-terminal signal peptide to guide them through the secretion pathway. Once the protein is translocated, the signal peptide is removed by a signal peptidase, such as signal peptidase I. The signal peptide has been extensively studied and reviewed; however, the mature region has not been the focus of review. Here we cover the experimental evidence that highlights the important role of the mature region amino acid residues in both the efficiency and the ability of secreted proteins to be successfully exported via secretion pathways and cleaved by signal peptidase I.     

Deduced protein sequence of bone small proteoglycan I (biglycan) shows homology with proteoglycan II (decorin) and several nonconnective tissue proteins in a variety of species

The small proteoglycans (PG) of bone consist of two different molecular species: one containing one chondroitin sulfate chain (PG II) and the other, two chains (PG I). These two proteoglycans are found in many connective tissues and have Mr = 45,000 core proteins with clear differences in their NH2-terminal sequences. Using antisera produced against synthetic peptides derived from the human PG I and PG II NH2 termini, we have isolated several cDNA clones from a lambda gt11 expression library made against mRNA isolated from human bone-derived cells. The clones, which reacted with antisera to the PG II peptide, were sequenced and found to be identical with the PG II class of proteoglycan from human fibroblasts known as PG-40 or decorin. The clones reacting to the PG I antisera, however, had a unique sequence. The derived protein sequence of PG I showed sufficient homology with the PG II sequence (55% of the amino acids are identical, with most others involving chemically similar amino acid substitutions) to strongly suggest that the two proteins were the result of a gene duplication. PG II (decorin) contains one attached glycosaminoglycan chain, while PG I probably contains two chains. For this reason, we suggest that PG I be called biglycan. The biglycan protein sequence contains 368 residues (Mr = 42,510 for the complete sequence and Mr = 37,983 for the secreted form) that appears to consist predominantly of a series of 12 tandem repeats of 24 residues. The repeats are recognized by their conserved leucines (and leucine-like amino acids) in positions previously reported for a diverse collection of proteins (none of which is thought to be proteoglycans) including: two morphogenic proteins (toll and chaoptin) in the fruit fly; a yeast adenylate cyclase; and two human proteins, the von Willebrand Factor-binding platelet membrane protein, GPIb, and a rare serum protein, leucine-rich glycoprotein.     

Signal peptide amino acid sequences in Escherichia coli contain information related to final protein localization. A multivariate data analysis

With few exceptions, the signal peptides from proteins inserted into, or translocated through, the membranes of gram-negative bacteria or the endoplasmic reticulum of eukaryotes have no sequence homologies. Therefore these signal peptides have not been considered to contain information related to the different final localizations of the proteins. In this study, 43 signal peptide amino acid sequences from proteins with different final localizations in Escherichia coli have been subjected to a multivariate data analysis. Each amino acid residue was characterized by 20 physico-chemical properties, yielding a multivariate property profile for each peptide. The similarities/dissimilarities in the property profiles for the signal peptides from different classes were compared with each other by generating few-dimensional partial least squares (PLS) discriminant plots. With this approach, signal peptides from proteins localized to the periplasmic space (PS), the outer membrane (OM), and the extracellular surroundings (excreted proteins), were separated into distinct groups. Signal peptides from pili proteins were not separated from the OM signal peptides and only partly from the PS signal peptides, but were clearly different from the signal peptides of the excreted proteins. Signal peptides from inner membrane proteins were similar to those of the PS peptides. The size and the hydrophobicity of different peptide segments were responsible for the separation of the signal peptide classes. For example, the hydrophobicity of the N-terminal segment of the signal peptides increased with an increased distance from the cytoplasm of the final localization for the corresponding proteins. Thus, many signal peptides from proteins with different final localizations in E. coli have different discernible physico-chemical profiles.