阿维莲霉菌中aveD基因缺失对阿维菌素合成的影响

利用aveD基因的缺失载体pCZ8(pKC1139::△aveD)对阿维菌素（Avermectin）的产生菌阿维链霉菌（Streptomyces avermitilis)76-9的aveD基因进行缺失获得aveD缺失突变株。经摇瓶发酵和HPLC检测,发现该突变株只产生阿链菌素B组分。说明将阿维链霉菌的aveD基因缺失,并不影响下游aveF的表达。缺失突变株的阿维菌素的总产量与出发菌株的总产量基本相同,突变株中B1的产量略有提高,阿维菌素B2的含量显著提高。     

阿维链霉菌中aveD基因缺失对阿维菌素合成的影响

利用aveD基因的缺失载体pCZ8(pKC1139∷△aveD)对阿维菌素(Avermectin)产生菌阿维链霉菌(Streptomyces avermitilis)76\|9的aveD基因进行缺失获得aveD缺失突变株。经摇瓶发酵和HPLC检测,发现该突变株只产生阿维菌素B组分。说明将阿维链霉菌的aveD基因缺失,并不影响下游aveF的表达。缺失突变株的阿维菌素的总产量与出发菌株的总产量基本相同,突变株中B1的产量略有提高,阿维菌素B2的含量显著提高。     

卡西霉素生物合成基因簇中调控基因calR1的功能

【背景】卡西霉素(calcimycin)是重要的离子载体抗生素,其生物合成基因簇已从教酒链霉菌NRRL3882的基因组DNA中成功克隆,但基因簇内的部分生物合成基因及调控基因的功能有待研究。【目的】研究卡西霉素产生菌教酒链霉菌NRRL3882中编码TylR家族同源转录调控蛋白的calR1基因的功能。【方法】通过PCR-targeting的方法,构建calR1基因敲除突变株及回补菌株,对突变菌株及回补菌株进行发酵,通过HPLC分析其代谢产物。利用荧光定量PCR检测ΔcalR1突变菌株和野生菌株的生物合成基因转录水平。【结果】calR1基因敲除突变株丧失产生卡西霉素的能力,但仍有中间产物噻唑霉素的积累,回补菌株中卡西霉素的产量有一定程度的恢复。RT-qPCR结果表明,卡西霉素合成相关的一些重要基因calC、calG、calU3等基因的表达量明显改变。【结论】TylR家族转录调控基因calR1是卡西霉素生物合成的调控基因。     

天蓝色链霉菌孢子形成的关键基因——whiG的诱导表达

与链霉菌分化有关的whiG结构基因已亚克隆到链霉菌表达载体pAK203的tipA启动子下游.该启动子能被硫链丝菌素诱导.whiG基因的诱导表达不仅可使天蓝色链霉菌孢子形成缺陷突变株C71恢复产生孢子的能力,而且也能使天蓝色链霉菌野生型菌株J1501和变铅青链霉菌TK54的孢子形成更为丰满.Western杂交也进一步证实了诱导表达后whiG基因产物——σ~(whiG)产量的增加.这为依赖于σ~(whiG)RNA多聚酶的发育调控启动子体外转录的研究提供了有利条件.     

黄脂菌素生物合成基因簇中调控基因xanR3的功能

【目的】研究黄脂菌素产生菌灰黄链霉菌中编码ArsR家族转录调控蛋白(Arsenical resistance regulator)的xanR3基因的功能。【方法】利用大肠杆菌和链霉菌双亲本接合转移的方法,构建xanR3基因缺失突变株及回补突变株。利用cDNA在相邻同方向的基因间隔区进行PCR确定黄脂菌素生物合成基因簇中的转录单元。利用荧光定量RT-PCR方法进行突变株中黄脂菌素生物合成基因簇转录水平的检测。【结果】对得到的xanR3基因缺失突变株及回补突变株进行发酵,发现xanR3基因缺失突变株产黄脂菌素能力下降,回补菌株中黄脂菌素产量相比缺失突变株有一定程度的恢复,但仍未达到野生型水平。经鉴定,黄脂菌素生物合成基因簇中共有18个共转录单元,其中4个共转录单元在?xanR3突变株中转录水平明显下降。【结论】ArsR家族转录调控基因xanR3是黄脂菌素生物合成的正调控基因。     

Bt4.0718 cry1Ac基因的克隆与表达分析

在基因库中比对14种cry1Ac基因序列,发现了同源性很高的上游启动子区域和下游终止子区域。根据这一同源序列设计引物,从B t4.0718中扩增出包含双启动子和终止子的4.2 kb片段,用PCR-RFLP检测确定其中含有cry1Ac基因。然后将此片段克隆到穿梭载体pHT304中,转化大肠杆菌DH5α和B t无晶体突变株XZM-101。同时,利用原子力显微镜观察发现重组菌株BXZM34能够产生菱形晶体。     

阿维菌素生产菌的常压室温等离子体诱变育种及培养基优化

【目的】通过诱变筛选技术选育阿维菌素高产突变株,对其发酵培养基进行响应面优化,提高阿维菌素产量。【方法】采用常压室温等离子体(ARTP)诱变技术,结合链霉抗性和卡那霉素抗性筛选法及96深孔板高通量筛选法,筛选阿维菌素高产株。在单因素实验的基础上,应用响应面分析法对其发酵培养基进行优化,最后确定最佳培养基配方。【结果】获得一株遗传性状稳定的阿维菌素高产株K-1A6,其阿维菌素产量达到4.22 g/L,比出发菌株9-39提高了23.4%,在最佳培养基中阿维菌素产量达到5.36 g/L,较优化前提高了27.01%。【结论】通过对阿维链霉菌9-39菌株进行ARTP诱变筛选及发酵培养基优化研究能显著提高阿维菌素的产量。     

阿维链霉菌的诱变育种

以阿维链霉菌(Streptomyces avermitilis)76-12为出发菌株,采用亚硝基胍、吖啶橙、紫外线和氯化锂分别对其孢子和原生质体进行诱变,经抗代谢物理性筛选,获得一系列高产突变株,其中N-1-2高产突变株的发酵单位是出发菌株的2.47倍。实验中同时获得了只产阿维菌素a组分的突变株G-32、Bla组分含量高的Ave8菌株和产蓝绿色孢子的突变株UA-G等。     

除虫链霉菌10个聚酮类抗生素生物合成基因簇的敲除对阿维菌素产量的影响

【目的】考察除虫链霉菌基因组中其它聚酮合成酶类(Polyketide synthase,PKS)抗生素生物合成基因簇的敲除突变对于阿维菌素产量的影响。【方法】构建了11个PKS基因簇的打靶Cosmid和质粒载体,导入除虫链霉菌中筛选突变株。【结果】在工业菌株MMR630中成功敲除了10个PKS基因簇。发酵结果显示7个PKS基因簇敲除突变株中阿维菌素的产量均有不同程度的提高,而2个突变株不能产生阿维菌素。然而,在3个连续敲除2个PKS基因簇的突变株中阿维菌素产量没有能够超过单个PKS敲除突变株的提升幅度。【结论】除虫链霉菌基因组的一些PKS基因簇的敲除可以提高阿维菌素的产量,同时暗示同一类次生代谢产物的代谢流之间存在复杂的相互作用关系。     

铜绿假单胞菌水解弹性蛋白能力相关基因的筛选与鉴定

【目的】研究铜绿假单胞菌弹性蛋白水解能力相关基因。【方法】应用人工Mu转座技术构建铜绿假单胞菌野生型菌株PA68的转座突变文库,从2000多个突变子中筛选得到4株弹性蛋白水解能力改变的突变子,并通过克隆及测序获得转座子插入位点侧翼的序列。将铜绿假单胞菌弹性蛋白酶结构基因lasB的转录启始区序列整合入载体pDN19lacΩ并将该重组质粒电转化入野生型菌株PA68及4个突变株中,对报告基因在不同菌株中的表达水平进行测定。【结果】发现4个突变株中Mu转座子分别插入lasA、galU、xcpZ和ptsP 4个基因。ptsP基因失活的突变株中,lasB基因的转录水平是野生型菌株的7%,xcpZ和lasA基因的失活使lasB基因的转录水平分别降低为野生株的54%和75%,galU基因的插入失活使lasB基因的转录上升了1倍。【结论】推测ptsP和galU基因很可能直接或间接地调控着弹性蛋白酶的生物合成。     

The use of an improved transposon mutagenesis system for DNA sequencing leads to the characterization of a new insertion sequence of Streptomyces lividans 66

A DNA sequencing strategy was developed based on the tetracycline resistance transposon Tn1721. A universal M13 primer binding site (UP) for DNA sequencing and restriction sites for mapping were inserted near one end of Tn1721 and the new derivative, Tn5491, introduced onto a conjugative F' plasmid. The target sequence is inserted between two inverted resolution sites (res) of Tn1721 present on the high-copy plasmid pJOE2114. Due to the inviability of long palindromic sequences in Escherichia coli insertions between the inversely orientated res sites of pJOE2114 are positively selected. Transposition of Tn5491 into the target sequence is selected by cointegrate formation of Tn5491 during transposition, mating and transfer of the nonconjugative sequencing vector. After cointegrate resolution, the additional res sites in the vector result in a second site-specific recombination removing most of the transposon (except of 136 bp) and part of the target sequence. The reduced plasmid sizes and the use of the universal primer improved the quality of the sequencing results obtained on an automated fluorescent sequencer. A 3.35-kb EcoRI fragment from the 30-kb terminal inverted repeats (TIR) of the Streptomyces lividans chromosome was sequenced by this method. A 1304-bp sequence was found on this fragment with the features of insertion elements. The element called IS1372 had 27-bp IR and two potential open reading frames. The predicted gene products had similar sizes and high similarity to gene products encoded by insertion sequences of the IS3 family. Furthermore, a potential signal stimulating ribosomal shifts and typical for members of the IS3 family was identified. Five to seven copies of IS1372 were found in different strains of S. lividans but none in other Streptomyces species tested     

Efficient insertional mutagenesis in group A streptococci mediated by Tn917 transposon

The replication-conditional thermosensitive vector pTV1-OK (repATs, Kan^r) harbouring the transposon Tn917 (Em^r) was successfully used to mutagenise a clinical Streptococcus pyogenes isolate (CS101). In the initial studies, conditions were established for electrotransformation of the pTV1-OK vector into CS101. Transformants selected on media containing Kan at 29°C were shown to become Kan^s at 39°C and to carry the transposon-linked Em^r marker. One such transformant was chosen for transposition studies. Upon temperature shift, transposition was achieved with a frequency of approximately 0.01% with a plasmid curing efficiency of close to 100%. Southern blot analysis demonstrated that the majority of mutants contained a single copy of Tn917 and showed no evidence for preferential sites of integration (“hot spots”). Screening of Tn917 libraries of S. pyogenes has led to the identification of mutants lacking either haemolysing or plasminogen activating activity. Mutants defective in each of these activities were identified at a frequency of approximately one in 1000 to 4000 colonies. These findings suggest that the pTV1-OK vector can be used for transposon mutagenesis of S. pyogenes and that this strategy will be valuable for identifying virulence factors and regulatory mechanisms in these bacteria.     

Specificity of Tn5 insertions into a 36-bp DNA sequence repeated in tandem seven times

The target junction sequences of six independent Tn5 insertions into a 36-bp tandemly repeated DNA segment have been determined. In all instances Tn5 preferentially inserts near one end of the tandem repeat, but in four out of six cases the insertion is between different nucleotides. The target sequence shares some similarity (8 out of 11 bp) with the ends of Tn5. All six insertions are accompanied by duplication of 9 bp of target DNA. The data imply that, even though Tn5 appears to insert randomly on a macro scale, at the nucleotide sequence level insertion into target DNA, which has limited similarity to the Tn5 end reactive sequences, may be a preferred event.     

Escherichia coli leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) controls lysyl-tRNA synthetase expression

Using random Tn10 insertion mutagenesis, we isolated an Escherichia coli mutant strain affected in the regulation of lysU, the gene encoding the inducible form of lysyl-tRNA synthetase. The transposon giving rise to the altered expression of lysU was found inserted within lrp. The latter gene codes for the leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) which mediates a global response of the bacterium to leucine. An involvement of Lrp in the regulation of lysU was searched for by using a lysU-lacZ operon fusion. The following conclusions were reached: (i) inactivation of lrp causes an increased activity of the lysU promoter, whatever the growth conditions assayed, (ii) insertion of a wild-type lrp gene into a multi-copy plasmid significantly reduces lysU expression, and (iii) sensitivity of the lysU promoter to the presence of leucine in the growth medium is abolished in the lrp context.     

Application of lat gene disruption to increase the clavulanic acid production of Streptomyces clavuligerus

A 1.7 kb fragment of lat was obtained from Streptomyces clavuligerus NRRL 3585, and recombinant plasmid pKC1139-lat, which was used to disrupt the lat gene was constructed. pKC1139-lat was introduced into S. clavuligerus by bi-parental conjugation from Escherichia coli ET12567 to S. clavuligerus. The apramcin-resistant transformants were obtained and through homogeneous single-crossover between recombinant plasmid pKC1139-lat and the S. clavuligerus chromosome lat disrupted mutant strains were obtained. The genome of S. clavuligerus NRRL 3585 and the lat disrupted mutants were analyzed by PCR technique, the bioactivity of cephamycin C in the two kinds of strains were also tested. Both results proved that lat was disrupted by the insertion of pKC1139 in the lat disrupted mutants. And the production of clavulanic acid of these two kinds of strains were analyzed by HPLC with different incubation time interval (96 and 120 h), and the yield in the lat mutants was approximately 2.6 fold higher at their highest production point.     

华癸中慢生根瘤菌7653R 3个脂质转运蛋白基因的克隆、突变及共生表型北大核心CSCD

【目的】脂类转移家族蛋白基因编码一类参与脂类转运及代谢的蛋白。本研究旨在构建华癸中慢生根瘤菌3个脂质转运家族蛋白基因的突变株,检测及分析突变体与紫云英共生条件下的表型及功能。【方法】利用生物信息学分析与预测转脂蛋白的结构特征及功能,采用荧光定量技术检测目标基因在自生和共生条件下的表达特性,通过插入突变技术构建目标基因突变株,并进行植物盆栽实验考察其共生表型。【结果】MCHK-5577、MCHK-2172和MCHK-2779基因编码蛋白属于START/RHO alpha_C/PITP/Bet_v1/Cox G/Cal C(SRPBCC)超家族,包含脂类转移结构域,参与脂类转运或代谢,与百脉根等中慢生根瘤菌相应基因的序列相似性达95%以上。这3个基因在共生条件下的表达水平都增高。分别构建了MCHK-5577、MCHK-2172和MCHK-2779基因突变菌株,与野生型菌株7653R相比,接种突变株MCHK-2172mut、MCHK-2779mut和MCHK-5577mut后的植株地上部分生物量和根瘤固氮酶活性显著降低。【结论】华癸中慢生根瘤菌脂质转移家族蛋白基因在共生互作过程中发挥重要作用,突变后明显影响共生固氮表型。本文的实验结果为深入研究脂类转移蛋白在共生固氮作用中的功能机制奠定了基础。     

Nucleotide sequence of the transposable element IS15

We have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the right (R) copy of the insertion sequence IS15 which flanks, in direct orientation, the composite transposon Tn1525. IS15-R, which is capable of independent transposition, is 1648 bp long and has short (14 bp) perfect inverted repeats at its termini. Analysis of the nucleotide sequence indicates that IS15-R results from the transposition, in direct orientation, of a smaller (820 bp long) IS, designated IS15-Δ, into itself. This integration event is accompanied by the duplication of 8 bp in the target DNA. IS15-Δ possesses two large overlapping open reading frames (ORF) located on opposite strands. Because of this particular structure, IS15 possesses four large ORFs which, due to the integration event, exhibit some differences with those of the parental 1S15-Δ.