海栖热袍菌胞外α-淀粉酶在E.coli中的高效表达

为解决密码子偏好性差异造成的表达水平低下问题,采取了3种手段提高海栖热袍菌胞外α-淀粉酶在E．coli中的表达水平。用PCR方法从海栖热袍菌（Thermotoga maritima）基因组DNA中扩增出胞外α-淀粉酶A的完整基因amyA,插入表达载体pET-20（b）中构建成质粒pET—amyA;运用基因工程手段将amyA基因富含稀有密码子的信号肽进行切除,将不含信号肽的amyAⅠ基因插入pET-20（b）中构建成质粒pET—amyAⅠ;用PCR法从大肠杆菌基因组中扩增出argU基因,插入pET—amyAⅠ中构建成质粒pET—amyAⅡ。将重组质粒分别转化到E．coli JM109（DE3）,并将重组质粒pET—amyAⅠ转化E．coli BL21-Codon Plus（DE3）-RIL。通过IPTG诱导测酶活性：在E．coli JM109（DE3）中表达的重组酶（pET—amyA）、（pET—amyAⅠ）、（pET—amyAⅡ）的酶活分别是1658．0U／mL、6721．7U／mL、8904．5U／mL,在E．coil BL21-CodonPlus （DE3）-RIL中表达的重组酶（pET—amyAⅠ）的酶活是13867．7U／mL。表明通过这些手段能大幅提高T.maritima胞外α-淀粉酶在E．coli中的表达水平。     

辛德毕斯病毒E2包膜蛋白可溶性表达条件的优化

目的:通过优化表达条件,提高辛德毕斯病毒E2包膜蛋白胞外区的可溶性表达量。方法:构建含E2基因胞外区的重组表达质粒pGEX-6p-1-E2,筛选合适宿主菌和诱导温度,并构建5种分子伴侣共表达系统(即pG-KJE8、 pGro7、pKJE7、 pG-Tf2和pTf16 5种分子伴侣质粒分别与重组表达质粒pGEX-6p-1-E2共表达),筛选最适分子伴侣质粒。结果:(1)E2蛋白的表达量在E.coli BL21、BL21 (DE3) pLysS、Rosetta (DE3)及Origami B (DE3) 4种表达菌中没有明显差别;(2)16℃诱导时E2蛋白在上清中可溶性表达量最高;(3)分子伴侣质粒pG-Tf2使目的蛋白的可溶性表达量提高了15.7%,作用最为显著。结论:通过优化表达条件及使用分子伴侣共表达系统提高了E2蛋白的可溶性表达,为进一步E2蛋白的相关研究奠定了基础。     

构建羰基还原酶基因工程菌生物转化产l-麻黄碱

以筛选得到的Morganella morganii J-8细菌的基因组为模板,通过PCR扩增得到目的基因mdlh2。核苷酸序列测定结果表明,基因全长1046bp。以pET28a（＋）为表达载体,构建重组质粒pET28a（＋）-mldh2,并在E．coli BL21（DE3）中表达。利用表达产物进行生物转化,发现其具有催化底物1-苯基-2-甲氨基丙酮（简称MAK）产l-麻黄碱的活力。进一步考察了诱导时间和IPTG浓度对重组菌表达的羰基还原酶的影响,37℃下用0．5mmoL／L的IPTG诱导4h,重组羰基还原酶的酶活达到0．2U／mg蛋白,转化液中l-麻黄碱质量浓度达到45mg／L。     

hrpZ基因在大肠杆菌中的高效表达与活性检测

PCR扩增hrpZ基因片段,克隆到pGEM-T载体中,经EcoRI／Xho1酶切、连接将hrpZ基因插人大肠杆菌表达载体pET32b（＋）硫氧还蛋白下游,构建重组表达质粒pET-hrpZ,再将其转化至E．coli BL21（DE3）中,经筛选得到阳性克隆子,IPTG诱导表达HrpZ蛋白。SDS-PAGE显示,目的蛋白在重组菌株中得到了可溶性高效表达。该重组蛋白分子量为55．8kD,与理论值大小相符。采用叶片穿刺法,融合蛋白具有诱导烟草过敏反应的生物功能。     

猪源戊型肝炎病毒基因IV型ORF3编码蛋白的表达及鉴定

通过PCR从已构建的猪源戊型肝炎病毒全基因克隆扩增ORF3全基因,将扩增产物插入到pMD18-T载体中,亚克隆至原核表达载体pET28a（+）,构建pET28a-ORF3表达载体,转入E.coli BL21 (DE3),IPTG诱导表达。Ni-NTA层析柱纯化表达蛋白,用SDS-PAGE、免疫印迹、ELISA等方法分析鉴定表达产物。结果成功扩增到345 bp的目的基因;构建了重组表达载体pET28a-ORF3;转化宿主菌E.coli BL21 (DE3)后表达产物的相对分子质量在6.50~16.5 kDa之间,与预期表达的目的蛋白相对分子质量相符;表达的目的蛋白能与阳性猪源和人源血清发生特异性反应,证实其具有较好的反应原性。     

重组人FOXL2基因的原核表达和纯化研究

目的通过pET32a（＋）原核表达载体,表达重组人叉头框蛋白L2（human forkhead box12,FOXL21）。并且进行纯化和鉴定。方法从正常人血液中提取基因组DNA,利用PCR扩增FOXL21目的基因片段,构建FOXL21原核表达重组质粒[pET32a（＋）-FOXL21]并转化E．coli的BL21（DE3）菌株,IPTG诱导重组蛋白表达,经HisTrap FF亲和层析柱纯化,再通过SDS—PAGE和Western印迹鉴定。结果成功克隆到大小为1131bp的人源FOXL21基因片段并准确插入表达载体pET32a（＋）,0．1mmol／LIPTG诱导转化菌8h可表达大量的FOXL21蛋白,并可经HisTrap FF柱亲和层析得到高度纯化。结论成功获得纯化的66kD重组人FOXL21蛋白,为后续进行FOXL21蛋白的功能研究奠定了基础。     

以重组P-gp为抗原建立检测MDR 1抗体间接ELISA方法的研究

目的:构建MDR 1基因原核表达质粒,表达P-gp重组蛋白,建立检测MDR1抗体的间接ELISA方法。方法:利用重组PCR技术扩增MDR 1基因的1kb片段,克隆至pET-28b（＋）中,构建原核表达质粒pETP-gp,转染感受态菌BL21（DE3）和BL21（DE3）plyss;以E.coli高效表达的P-gp基因主要抗原编码区重组蛋白为抗原,以HRP标记的兔抗人IgG为二抗,建立间接ELISA检测方法。结果:正确构建了pETP-gp原核表达质粒,并可在E.coli中高效表达,表达蛋白可用作检测MDR 1抗体ELISA抗原。结论:成功表达出重组蛋白P-gp,建立了检测MDR 1抗体的间接ELISA方法。     

玉米黑粉菌cyp51基因结构分析与克隆表达

通过生物信息学手段分析cyp51基因结构,并根据GenBank登记的玉米黑粉茼cyp51 DNA序列,设计cyp51引物和两对分别截短不同跨膜区的突变体引物,构建了多种重组表达质粒及突变体重组表达质粒.选用不同宿主菌包括Escherichia coli BL21(DE3).BL21(DE3)pLysS和Rosetta(DE3)诱导表达并优化条件.SDS-PAGE分析结果表明:只有突变体pET32-YH-35能够在E. coli BL21(DE3)中高效表达(30℃,0.5 mmol/L IPRG诱导).通过与戊唑醇等4种商品化杀菌剂农药和14种XF系列农药先导化合物的紫外结合光谱分析表明:重组蛋白具有生物学活性.其中一种XF系列化合物的结合常数接近商品化杀菌剂,有可能开发为新的杀菌剂,为设计开发新型高效抗真菌新药提供了理论依据.     

东亚三角涡虫PSA蛋白的表达、鉴定及抑菌分析

PCR扩增含酶切位点的DjPsa基因(ORF),构建了DjPsa基因的原核表达载体pET-28a(+)-DjPsa,转化入Ecoli BL21(DE3)中,经IPTG诱导蛋白表达,SDS-PAGE、Western blotting(His-Tag抗体)分析表达蛋白,抑菌试验检测其活性.结果表明,重组质粒在E.coli BL21(DE3)中以包涵体的形式高效表达,其蛋白的分子大小约为25 kD;Western blotting检测说明得到的蛋白为PSA重组蛋白:抑菌试验显示复性后的PSA具有较强的抑菌作用,为进一步研究它的功能、活性提供基础.     

人胱硫醚β合成酶原核表达纯化及鉴定

目的：构建人胱硫醚β合成酶（human cystathionineβ-synthase,hCBS）基因原核表达载体,在E.coli BL21（DE3）中表达,并进行纯化和酶活性检测。方法：以胰腺细胞cDNA文库为模板,采用聚合酶链式反应（PCR）扩增hCBS基因蛋白编码区的全序列,克隆入原核表达载体pET32a（＋）,构建重组质粒pET32a（＋）-hCBS。经限制性内切酶双酶切及DNA序列分析鉴定目的基因后与人CBS基因（基因bank号：BT007154.1）完全一致,转入E.coli BL21（DE3）中,由IPTG诱导表达融合蛋白。结果：经SDS-PAGE、Western blot分析,证明诱导表达的蛋白为重组人CBS（rhCBS）。再由Ni-NTA树脂亲和层析,并脱盐冷冻干燥后获得重组rhCBS（约19 mg/L培养物）,并测得其比活力约为57 kU/g。结论：成功地表达纯化出具有功能活性的重组蛋白rhCBS,为进一步研究该酶的相互作用蛋白以及其在生物学和临床科学的作用奠定了基础。     

Plants genetically modified to produce N-acylhomoserine lactones communicate with bacteria.

N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) play a critical role in plant/microbe interactions. The AHL, N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OHHL), induces exoenzymes that degrade the plant cell wall by the pathogenic bacterium Erwinia carotovora. Conversely, the antifungal activity of the biocontrol bacterium Pseudomonas aureofaciens 30-84 is due (at least in part) to phenazine antibiotics whose synthesis is regulated by N-hexanoylhomoserine lactone (HHL). Targeting the product of an AHL synthase gene (yenI) from Yersinia enterocolitica to the chloroplasts of transgenic tobacco plants caused the synthesis in plants of the cognate AHL signaling molecules (OHHL and HHL). The AHLs produced by the transgenic plants were sufficient to induce target gene expression in several recombinant bacterial AHL biosensors and to restore biocontrol activity to an HHL-deficient P. aureofaciens strain. In addition, pathogenicity was restored to an E. carotovora strain rendered avirulent as a consequence of a mutation in the OHHL synthase gene, carI. The ability to generate bacterial quorum-sensing signaling molecules in the plant offers novel opportunities for disease control and for manipulating plant/microbe interactions.     

Degradation of acyl-homoserine lactone molecules by Acinetobacter sp. strain C1010

A bacterium C1010, isolated from the rhizospheres of cucumbers in fields in Korea, degraded the microbial quorum-sensing molecules, hexanoyl homoserine lactone (HHSL), and octadecanoyl homoserine lactone (OHSL). Morphological characteristics and 16S rRNA sequence analysis identified C1010 as Acinetobacter sp. strain C1010. This strain was able to degrade the acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) produced by the biocontrol bacterium, Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6, and a phytopathogenic bacterium, Burkholderia glumae. Co-cultivation studies showed that the inactivation of AHLs by C1010 inhibited production of phenazines by P. chlororaphis O6. In virulence tests, the C1010 strain attenuated soft rot symptom caused by Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora. We suggest Acinetobacter sp. strain C1010 could be a useful bacterium to manipulate biological functions that are regulated by AHLs in various Gram-negative bacteria.     

Detection of acyl-homoserine lactones by Escherichia and Salmonella

Escherichia and Salmonella do not synthesize quorum-sensing signaling molecules of the N-acyl-l-homoserine lactone (AHL) type but they can detect AHLs produced by other species of bacteria. AHLs are present in the bovine rumen but not in the remainder of the gastrointestinal tract. Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) responds to AHLs extracted from the bovine rumen. Salmonella fails to detect AHLs in the gastrointestinal tracts of pathogen-free mice or pigs, suggesting that AHLs are not present. However, Salmonella does detect the AHL production of Yersinia enterocolitica in mouse Peyer's patches. In response to AHLs, EHEC represses flagellar genes and the LEE pathogenicity island while it activates the acid fitness island, whereas Salmonella activates the rck operon and a gene, srgE, encoding a putative Type III secreted effector.     

Identification of N-acyl homoserine lactones produced by Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PAL5 cultured in complex and synthetic media

The endophytic diazotrophic Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PAL5 was originally isolated from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). The biological nitrogen fixation, phytohormones secretion, solubilization of mineral nutrients and phytopathogen antagonism allow its classification as a plant growth-promoting bacterium. The recent genomic sequence of PAL5 unveiled the presence of a quorum sensing (QS) system. QS are regulatory mechanisms that, through the production of signal molecules or autoinducers, permit a microbial population the regulation of the physiology in a coordinated manner. The most studied autoinducers in gram-negative bacteria are the N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs). The usage of biosensor strains evidenced the presence of AHL-like molecules in cultures of G. diazotrophicus PAL5 grown in complex and synthetic media. Analysis of AHLs performed by LC-APCI-MS permitted the identification of eight different signal molecules, including C6-, C8-, C10-, C12- and C14-HSL. Mass spectra confirmed that this diazotrophic strain also synthesizes autoinducers with carbonyl substitutions in the acyl chain. No differences in the profile of AHLs could be determined under both culture conditions. However, although the level of short-chain AHLs was not affected, a decrease of 30% in the production of long-chain AHLs could be measured in synthetic medium.     

Acyl-homoserine lactone acylase from Ralstonia strain XJ12B represents a novel and potent class of quorum-quenching enzymes

N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) are used as signal molecules by many quorum-sensing Proteobacteria. Diverse plant and animal pathogens use AHLs to regulate infection and virulence functions. These signals are subject to biological inactivation by AHL-lactonases and AHL-acylases. Previously, little was known about the molecular details underlying the latter mechanism. An AHL signal-inactivating bacterium, identified as a Ralstonia sp., was isolated from a mixed-species biofilm. The signal inactivation encoding gene from this organism, which we call aiiD, was cloned and successfully expressed in Escherichia coli and inactivated three AHLs tested. The predicted 794-amino-acid polypeptide was most similar to the aculeacin A acylase (AAC) from Actinoplanes utahensis and also shared significant similarities with cephalosporin acylases and other N-terminal (Ntn) hydrolases. However, the most similar homologues of AiiD are deduced proteins of undemonstrated function from available Ralstonia, Deinococcus and Pseudomonas genomes. LC-MS analyses demonstrated that AiiD hydrolyses the AHL amide, releasing homoserine lactone and the corresponding fatty acid. Expression of AiiD in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 quenched quorum sensing by this bacterium, decreasing its ability to swarm, produce elastase and pyocyanin and to paralyze nematodes. Thus, AHL-acylases have fundamental implications and hold biotechnological promise in quenching quorum sensing.     

The AHL- and BDSF-Dependent Quorum Sensing Systems Control Specific and Overlapping Sets of Genes in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111

Quorum sensing in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111 involves two signalling systems that depend on different signal molecules, namely N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) and the diffusible signal factor cis-2-dodecenoic acid (BDSF). Previous studies have shown that AHLs and BDSF control similar phenotypic traits, including biofilm formation, proteolytic activity and pathogenicity. In this study we mapped the BDSF stimulon by RNA-Seq and shotgun proteomics analysis. We demonstrate that a set of the identified BDSF-regulated genes or proteins are also controlled by AHLs, suggesting that the two regulons partially overlap. The detailed analysis of two mutually regulated operons, one encoding three lectins and the other one encoding the large surface protein BapA and its type I secretion machinery, revealed that both AHLs and BDSF are required for full expression, suggesting that the two signalling systems operate in parallel. In accordance with this, we show that both AHLs and BDSF are required for biofilm formation and protease production.     

Utilization of acyl-homoserine lactone quorum signals for growth by a soil pseudomonad and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) are employed by several Proteobacteria as quorum-sensing signals. Past studies have established that these compounds are subject to biochemical decay and can be used as growth nutrients. Here we describe the isolation of a soil bacterium, Pseudomonas strain PAI-A, that degrades 3-oxododecanoyl-homoserine lactone (3OC12HSL) and other long-acyl, but not short-acyl, AHLs as sole energy sources for growth. The small-subunit rRNA gene from strain PAI-A was 98.4% identical to that of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but the soil isolate did not produce obvious pigments or AHLs or grow under denitrifying conditions or at 42 degrees C. The quorum-sensing bacterium P. aeruginosa, which produces both 3OC12HSL and C4HSL, was examined for the ability to utilize AHLs for growth. It did so with a specificity similar to that of strain PAI-A, i.e., degrading long-acyl but not short-acyl AHLs. In contrast to the growth observed with strain PAI-A, P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 growth on AHLs commenced only after extremely long lag phases. Liquid-chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry analyses indicate that strain PAO1 degrades long-acyl AHLs via an AHL acylase and a homoserine-generating HSL lactonase. A P. aeruginosa gene, pvdQ (PA2385), has previously been identified as being a homologue of the AHL acylase described as occurring in a Ralstonia species. Escherichia coli expressing pvdQ catalyzed the rapid inactivation of long-acyl AHLs and the release of HSL. P. aeruginosa engineered to constitutively express pvdQ did not accumulate its 3OC12HSL quorum signal when grown in rich media. However, pvdQ knockout mutants of P. aeruginosa were still able to grow by utilizing 3OC12HSL. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the degradation of AHLs by pseudomonads or other gamma-Proteobacteria, of AHL acylase activity in a quorum-sensing bacterium, of HSL lactonase activity in any bacterium, and of AHL degradation with specificity only towards AHLs with long side chains.     

Disruption of quorum sensing in seawater abolishes attraction of zoospores of the green alga Ulva to bacterial biofilms

Zoospores of the eukaryotic green seaweed Ulva respond to bacterial N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) quorum sensing signal molecules for the selection of surface sites for permanent attachment. In this study we have investigated the production and destruction of AHLs in biofilms of the AHL-producing marine bacterium, Vibrio anguillarum and their stability in seawater. While wild type V. anguillarum NB10 was a strong attractor of zoospores, inactivation of AHL production in this strain by either expressing the recombinant Bacillus lactonase coding gene aiiA, or by mutating the AHL biosynthetic genes, resulted in the abolition of zoospore attraction. In seawater, with a pH of 8.2, the degradation of AHL molecules was temperature-dependent, indicating that the AHLs produced by marine bacterial biofilms have short half-lives. The Ulva zoospores sensed a range of different AHL molecules and in particular more zoospores settled on surfaces releasing AHLs with longer (>six carbons) N-linked acyl chains. However, this finding is likely to be influenced by the differential diffusion rates of AHLs from the experimental surface matrix. Molecules with longer N-acyl chains, such as N-(3-oxodecanoyl)- L-homoserine lactone, diffused more slowly than those with shorter N-acyl chains such as N-(3-hydroxy-hexanoyl)- L-homoserine lactone. Image analysis using GFP-tagged V. anguillarum biofilms revealed that spores settle directly on bacterial cells and in particular on microcolonies which we show are sites of concentrated AHL production.     

Detection of Quorum Sensing Signal Molecules in Edwardsiella ictaluri Ei-151

Edwardsiella ictaluri is a Gram-negative pathogenic bacterium in the family Enterobacteriaceae that causes enteric septicemia of catfish, which has become a significant problem in the aquaculture of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) in Vietnam. In this study, a bacterium designated as Ei-151 was isolated from diseased striped catfish and proved to be virulent. Based on 16S rDNA sequencing and phenotypic tests, the pathogenic bacterium was identified as Edw. ictaluri. The presence of quorum sensing signal molecules in Edw. ictaluri Ei-151 was detected with different biosensor strains. The results showed that Ei-151 produced at least three kinds of acylated homoserine lactone (AHL) signal molecules as detected with the biosensor Agrobacterium tumefaciens KYC55, and the AHLs fingerprint was similar to that of Edw. tarda. During its entire growth, the levels of AHLs and autoinducer-2 produced by Ei-151 peaked at the stationary phase (OD₆₀₀ 1.8), which suggested that both of them may function at the stationary phase. No Cholerae autoinducer-1-like activity (including Edw. ictaluri LMG7860^T) was detected.     

Effector-stimulated single molecule protein-DNA interactions of a quorum-sensing system in Sinorhizobium meliloti

Intercellular communication by means of small signal molecules coordinates gene expression among bacteria. This population density-dependent regulation is known as quorum sensing. The symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti Rm1021 possesses the Sin quorum sensing system based on N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHL) as signal molecules. Here, we demonstrate that the LuxR-type regulator ExpR binds specifically to a target sequence in the sinRI locus in the presence of different AHLs with acyl side chains from 8 to 20 carbons. Dynamic force spectroscopy based on the atomic force microscope provided detailed information about the molecular mechanism of binding upon activation by six different AHLs. These single molecule experiments revealed that the mean lifetime of the bound protein-DNA complex varies depending on the specific effector molecule. The small differences between individual AHLs also had a pronounced influence on the structure of protein-DNA interaction: The reaction length of dissociation varied from 2.6 to 5.8 A. In addition, dynamic force spectroscopy experiments indicate that N-heptanoyl-DL-homoserine lactone binds to ExpR but is not able to stimulate protein-DNA interaction.