茄科雷尔氏菌脂酰-CoA合成酶的功能鉴定

【目的】茄科雷尔氏菌是一种常见的农作物致病菌,引起植物青枯病。研究其脂肪酸代谢途径将有助于寻找新的抗菌药物靶点,为防治青枯病害提供新的思路。【方法】利用大肠杆菌FadD序列,进行同源比对发现茄科雷尔氏菌GMI1000中RSc2857(RsFadD)具有较高的相似性,推测其具有脂酰-CoA合成酶活性。采用PCR扩增方法获得RsfadD基因,连入表达载体pBAD24M后互补大肠杆菌fadD突变株,并检测转化子的生长情况。RsfadD与pET-28b连接后,在大肠杆菌BL(DE3)中表达,并利用Ni-NTA纯化获得带有组氨酸标签的RsFadD,体外测定RsFadD的活性。利用同源重组方法,获得RsfadD敲除突变株,分析突变株的生长性状。【结果】RsfadD异体互补大肠杆菌fadD突变株,恢复突变株在以脂肪酸为碳源的基础培养基上生长。体外活性测定RsFadD具有脂酰-CoA合成酶活性,对不同链长的脂肪酸都具有活性,但活性低于大肠杆菌FadD。RsfadD突变株在添加不同链长脂肪酸的基础培养上仅能微弱生长,而在丰富培养基上生长无差异。【结论】茄科雷尔氏菌中RsfadD编码脂酰-CoA合成酶,在脂肪酸利用过程中发挥重要作用。但RsfadD突变株在基础培养基上微弱生长,说明茄科雷尔氏菌基因组中还有其他的脂酰-CoA合成酶基因。以上研究结果为进一步研究茄科雷尔氏菌中脂酰-CoA合成酶以及脂肪酸利用机制奠定了基础。     

不同细菌来源的3-酮脂酰ACP合成酶Ⅲ生物学特性分析

3-酮脂酰ACP合成酶Ⅲ(FabH)是催化细菌脂肪酸合成的起始反应.研究表明,革兰氏阳性细菌FabH对支链脂酰-CoA前体的选择性是其合成支链脂肪酸的关键.但部分革兰氏阴性细菌也产生一定量的支链脂肪酸,其合成机制还不清楚.为此,本研究选取了革兰氏阳性细菌枯草芽孢杆菌BsfabH1和BsfabH2、金黄色葡萄球菌SafabH、天蓝色链霉菌ScofabH、革兰氏阴性细菌茄科雷尔氏菌RsfabH、大肠杆菌EcfabH,以及产支链脂肪酸的水稻黄单胞菌XoofabH,共7种fabH同源基因进行生物学特性分析.异体遗传互补茄科雷尔氏菌fabH突变株RsmH,表明这7个基因编码蛋白都具有3-酮脂酰ACP合成酶Ⅲ活性.脂肪酸组成分析显示,4个革兰氏阳性菌fabH和XoofabH互补株类似,均能产生支链脂肪酸,而EcfabH和RsfabH互补株不产生支链脂肪酸,说明XooFabH不同于EcFabH,参与支链脂肪酸合成.体外酶学分析表明,XooFabH与4种革兰氏阳性菌FabH类似,对支链脂酰-CoA有较高的选择,但EcFabH和RsFabH对支链前体活性低.与革兰氏阳性细菌FabH不同,XooFabH对中短链长(C4~C10)脂酰-CoA也具有较高的活性.综合以上结果,不同细菌来源FabH的生物学特性差异明显,FabH能利用支链前体是细菌合成支链脂肪酸的关键因素.     

五个3-酮脂酰ACP合成酶同源蛋白的功能鉴定

大肠杆菌的FabB和FabF均具有长链3-酮基脂酰ACP合成酶活性.除参与长链饱和脂酰链的延伸外,FabB还是合成不饱和脂肪酸的关键酶之一,参与不饱和脂酰ACP的从头合成,最终生成顺-9-十六烯脂酰ACP.而FabF只能将顺-9-十六烯脂酰ACP延伸为顺-11-十八烯脂酰ACP,不参与不饱和脂酰ACP的从头合成.有研究表明,粪肠球菌、乳酸乳球菌、丙酮丁醇梭菌和茄科雷尔氏菌等细菌的FabF同源蛋白,具有类似大肠杆菌FabB和FabF的双功能.为证实该现象是否普遍存在,本研究选取了枯草芽孢杆菌BsfabF、中华苜蓿根瘤菌SmfabF、霍乱弧菌VcfabF、铜绿假单胞菌PafabF1和PafabF2 5个同源基因进行功能鉴定,体外酶学分析表明,5个FabF同源蛋白均具有长链3-酮基脂酰ACP合成酶活性,异体互补大肠杆菌CL28的脂肪酸组分分析显示,SmfabF、VcfabF、PafabF1和PafabF2具有3-酮脂酰ACP合成酶Ⅱ(FabF)活性,遗传互补大肠杆菌温度敏感突变株CY242和CY244的研究显示,仅有PafabF2编码的蛋白拥有3-酮脂酰ACP合成酶Ⅰ(FabB)活性,能互补大肠杆菌fabB的突变.这表明不是所有的FabF同源蛋白均具有3-酮脂酰ACP合成酶Ⅰ和Ⅱ的双重活性.     

脂肪酸脱饱和的应用进展

脂肪酸脱饱和是由脂肪酸脱饱和酶所催化的不饱和脂肪酸合成途径的关键步骤。脂肪酸脱饱和酶分为脂酰CoA脱饱和酶、脂酰ACP脱饱和酶和脂酰脂脱饱和酶等三类。近年来脂肪酸脱饱和遗传操作在植物抗寒育种、植物油基因工程、食品工程、微生物发酵工程和植物抗害育种等方面的应用研究均取得了相当进展。     

脂肪酸脱饱和的应用进展

脂肪酸脱饱和是由脂肪酸脱饱和酶所催化的不饱和脂肪酸合成途径的关键步骤。脂肪酸脱饱和酶分为脂酰CoA脱饱和酶、脂酰ACP脱饱和酶和脂酰脂脱饱和酶等三类。近年来脂肪酸脱饱和遗传操作在植物抗寒育种、植物油基因工程、食品工程、微生物发酵工程和植物抗害育种等方面的应用研究均取得了相当进展。     

脂肪酸脱饱和酶的研究进展

脂肪酸脱饱和酶催化与载体结合的饱和脂肪酸或不饱和脂肪酸在脂酰链上形成双键。脂肪酸脱饱和酶分为脂酰ＣｏＡ脱饱和酶、脂酰ＡＣＰ脱饱和酶和脂酰脂脱饱和酶三类。它在控制生物膜的形成与物理性质,保护光合机构和决定贮脂与膜脂的脂肪酸组成与不饱和度等方面起着关键作用。     

丛枝菌根真菌响应桉树茄科雷尔氏菌侵染进程基因的筛选与鉴定

【背景】桉树(Eucalyptus)青枯病危害严重,丛枝菌根真菌(arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,AMF)与桉树共生影响桉树对青枯病的抗性,而AMF响应桉树青枯菌侵染的机制仍不清楚。【目的】探索AMF响应桉树茄科雷尔氏菌(Ralstonia solanacearum)的侵染机制。【方法】以非菌根化和异形根孢囊霉(Rhizophagus irregularis)菌根化巨桉(Eucalyptus grandis)分别受茄科雷尔氏菌侵染0、24、48和96 h接种后(hour post-inoculated, hpi)的根系组织为研究对象,基于转录组测序筛选和鉴定菌根化巨桉根系中异形根孢囊霉响应茄科雷尔氏菌侵染的基因信息。【结果】与对应非菌根化桉树受茄科雷尔氏菌侵染的时间点相比,菌根化桉树中异形根孢囊霉响应青枯菌侵染显著差异表达基因为3 382–5 989个,随青枯侵染时间进程的增加,异形根孢囊霉特异性响应茄科雷尔氏菌侵染差异表达基因数量逐渐增多。茄科雷尔氏菌侵染24 hpi时,异形根孢囊霉显著富集共生体生长、孢子形成和凋亡信号通路、铁载体等相关基因;茄科雷尔氏菌侵...     

培养条件对青枯雷尔氏菌脂肪酸组成的影响

应用气相色谱技术测定不同温度、培养时间、pH值等培养条件下青枯雷尔氏菌(Ralstonia solanacearum)脂肪酸的结果表明: 青枯雷尔氏菌强致病力菌株Rs-J.1.4-010704-01v的脂肪酸种类有14~34种, 主要特征脂肪酸为C16:1ω7c/C15:0 ISO 2OH(10.644 min), C16:0(10.950 min), C18:1ω7c(14.177 min), 所占总百分比含量为总脂肪酸的55.66%~75.69%; 该菌脂肪酸的种类与含量随着培养条件的改变而发生变化,     

苜蓿中华根瘤菌fabA和fabB基因功能的鉴定

在大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)脂肪酸合成酶体系中,fabA基因编码有双功能的3-羟基脂酰ACP脱水异构酶,其异构产物能被fabB基因编码的3-酮基脂酰ACP合成酶Ⅰ延伸,合成不饱和脂肪酸,该FabA-FabB途径被认为是缺氧条件下不饱和脂肪酸合成的经典途径．生物信息学分析发现,苜蓿中华根瘤菌(Sinorhizobium meliloti)的SmFabA与EcFabA相似性达到60.6%,具有相同的保守活性位点和两个保守的α螺旋结构;SmFabB与EcFabB相似性达到61.1%,具有相同的Cys-His-His活性中心．用携带SmfabA和SmfabB的质粒载体遗传互补大肠杆菌温度敏感突变株CY57和CY242,在添加三氯森(TCL)抑制烯脂酰ACP还原酶活性的条件下,转化子能在42℃恢复生长,且放射性薄层层析能检测到转化子中不饱和脂肪酸棕榈油酸(Δ9C16:1)和十八碳烯酸(Δ11C18:1)的合成．体外重建脂肪酸合成反应表明,SmFabA能催化羟脂酰ACP的脱水反应且能够使反-2-癸烯酰ACP异构化,SmFabB能催化不同链长的脂酰ACP和丙二酸单酰ACP的聚合反应．另外,未得到SmFabA和SmFabB的突变株,表明SmFabA和SmFabB可能是苜蓿中华根瘤菌脂肪酸合成酶系中必不可少的关键蛋白．上述结果证实了苜蓿中华根瘤菌fabA和fabB两个基因在不饱和脂肪酸合成中的功能．     

野油菜黄单胞菌中烯脂酰ACP还原酶的功能鉴定

烯脂酰ACP还原酶是细菌脂肪酸合成的关键酶之一.本研究通过生物信息学分析发现,野油菜黄单胞菌Xanthomonas campestris(Xcc)8004基因组中XC_0119(Xccfab V)注释为反-2-烯脂酰Co A还原酶基因.但其编码产物与铜绿假单胞菌的烯脂酰ACP还原酶Fab V具有较高的同源性,并含有相同的催化活性中心Tyr-(Xaa)8-Lys序列.用携带Xccfab V的质粒载体互补大肠杆菌fab I温度敏感突变株JP1111,转化子能在42℃生长,表明Xccfab V能遗传互补大肠杆菌fab I突变.体外重建脂肪酸合成反应表明,Xcc Fab V能催化不同链长的烯脂酰ACP还原为脂酰ACP,且催化活性不受三氯森抑制.遗传学研究表明,Xccfab V是必需基因,不能获得Xccfab V基因敲除突变株.将携带大肠杆菌fab I的外源质粒导入野生菌后,可敲除染色体上的fab V基因,获得的替换突变株生长特性和脂肪酸组成未发生显著变化,但替换突变株对三氯森敏感.上述结果证实,野油菜黄单胞菌fab V是必需基因,编码烯脂酰ACP还原酶,参与脂肪酸从头合成反应,且Fab V是Xcc对三氯森耐受的根本原因.     

苜蓿中华根瘤菌desA基因功能的鉴定

为研究苜蓿中华根瘤菌脂肪酸脱饱和酶desA基因在不饱和脂肪酸合成、共生结瘤固氮以及应对逆境胁迫中的功能,为高效利用苜蓿中华根瘤菌提供理论依据,本文通过异体遗传互补和脂肪酸组成薄层层析,分析SmdesA编码蛋白是否具有脱饱和酶的活性并参与不饱和脂肪酸的合成,构建SmdesA的缺失突变株和互补菌株,比较各菌株在不同逆境胁迫条件下的生长速率以及回接宿主植物后与紫花苜蓿共生结瘤的能力.结果表明SmdesA不能互补大肠杆菌CY57中EcfabA的突变,但具有将饱和脂肪酸脱饱和形成不饱和的棕榈油酸和十八碳烯酸的能力.另外,SmdesA缺失突变对苜蓿中华根瘤菌的脂肪酸组成影响不大,但会显著影响低温和高盐条件下菌株的生长速率以及与紫花苜蓿共生结瘤的能力.我们推测,SmdesA参与的脱饱和途径可能是苜蓿中华根瘤菌不饱和脂肪酸合成的补偿途径,其编码的蛋白DesA不是不饱和脂肪酸合成的关键酶,但在应对逆境胁迫和共生结瘤中具有重要的生物学功能.     

Using the Ralstonia solanacearum Tat Secretome To Identify Bacterial Wilt Virulence Factors

To identify secreted virulence factors involved in bacterial wilt disease caused by the phytopathogen Ralstonia solanacearum, we mutated tatC, a key component of the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) secretion system. The R. solanacearum tatC mutation was pleiotropic; its phenotypes included defects in cell division, nitrate utilization, polygalacturonase activity, membrane stability, and growth in plant tissue. Bioinformatic analysis of the R. solanacearum strain GMI1000 genome predicted that this pathogen secretes 70 proteins via the Tat system. The R. solanacearum tatC strain was severely attenuated in its ability to cause disease, killing just over 50% of tomato plants in a naturalistic soil soak assay where the wild-type parent killed 100% of the plants. This result suggested that elements of the Tat secretome may be novel bacterial wilt virulence factors. To identify contributors to R. solanacearum virulence, we cloned and mutated three genes whose products are predicted to be secreted by the Tat system: RSp1521, encoding a predicted AcvB-like protein, and two genes, RSc1651 and RSp1575, that were identified as upregulated in planta by an in vivo expression technology screen. The RSc1651 mutant had wild-type virulence on tomato plants. However, mutants lacking either RSp1521, which appears to be involved in acid tolerance, or RSp1575, which encodes a possible amino acid binding protein, were significantly reduced in virulence on tomato plants. Additional bacterial wilt virulence factors may be found in the Tat secretome.     

Ralstonia solanacearum RSp0194 Encodes a Novel 3-Keto-Acyl Carrier Protein Synthase III

Fatty acid synthesis (FAS), a primary metabolic pathway, is essential for survival of bacteria. Ralstonia solanacearum, a β-proteobacteria member, causes a bacterial wilt affecting more than 200 plant species, including many economically important plants. However, thus far, the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway of R. solanacearum has not been well studied. In this study, we characterized two forms of 3-keto-ACP synthase III, RsFabH and RsFabW, in R. solanacearum. RsFabH, the homologue of Escherichia coli FabH, encoded by the chromosomal RSc1050 gene, catalyzes the condensation of acetyl-CoA with malonyl-ACP in the initiation steps of fatty acid biosynthesis in vitro. The RsfabH mutant lost de novo fatty acid synthetic ability, and grows in medium containing free fatty acids. RsFabW, a homologue of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA3286, encoded by a megaplasmid gene, RSp0194, condenses acyl-CoA (C₂-CoA to C₁₀-CoA) with malonyl-ACP to produce 3-keto-acyl-ACP in vitro. Although the RsfabW mutant was viable, RsfabW was responsible for RsfabH mutant growth on medium containing free fatty acids. Our results also showed that RsFabW could condense acyl-ACP (C₄-ACP to C₈-ACP) with malonyl-ACP, to produce 3-keto-acyl-ACP in vitro, which implies that RsFabW plays a special role in fatty acid synthesis of R. solanacearum. All of these data confirm that R. solanacearum not only utilizes acetyl-CoA, but also, utilizes medium-chain acyl-CoAs or acyl-ACPs as primers to initiate fatty acid synthesis.     

青枯雷尔氏菌胞外多糖合成缺失突变株构建及其生物学特性

【目的】由青枯雷尔氏菌(Ralstonia solanacearum)引起的植物青枯病是一种毁灭性土传病害。胞外多糖(extracellular polysaccharides,EPS)是青枯雷尔氏菌关键的致病因子之一。通过构建胞外多糖缺失突变株,研究胞外多糖在青枯病致病中的作用。【方法】从青枯雷尔氏菌FJAT-91的基因组中克隆出胞外多糖合成结构基因epsD同源臂,克隆至自杀性质粒p K18mobsacB,再将庆大霉素抗性基因(Gm)插入同源臂中间,获得重组质粒p K18-epsD。将重组质粒转化至青枯雷尔氏菌FJAT-91感受态细胞中,通过同源重组敲除epsD基因,获得EPS合成缺失的突变株FJAT-91Δeps 。研究突变株与野生菌株在菌落形态、胞外多糖合成、运动能力、定殖能力的差异性。【结果】突变菌株FJAT-91ΔepsD与出发菌株FJAT-91相比:胞外多糖产量显著减少,生长较慢;泳动能力(swimming motility)和群集运动能力(swarming motility)显著降低;在番茄苗根部和茎部的定殖能力显著降低;弱化指数(AI)为0.905,鉴定为无致病力菌株。【结论】胞外多糖在青枯雷尔氏菌的致病中起着关键的作用,本课题研究成果为开发植物疫苗提供了优良的材料与研究基础。     

Using the Ralstonia solanacearum Tat secretome to identify bacterial wilt virulence factors

To identify secreted virulence factors involved in bacterial wilt disease caused by the phytopathogen Ralstonia solanacearum, we mutated tatC, a key component of the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) secretion system. The R. solanacearum tatC mutation was pleiotropic; its phenotypes included defects in cell division, nitrate utilization, polygalacturonase activity, membrane stability, and growth in plant tissue. Bioinformatic analysis of the R. solanacearum strain GMI1000 genome predicted that this pathogen secretes 70 proteins via the Tat system. The R. solanacearum tatC strain was severely attenuated in its ability to cause disease, killing just over 50% of tomato plants in a naturalistic soil soak assay where the wild-type parent killed 100% of the plants. This result suggested that elements of the Tat secretome may be novel bacterial wilt virulence factors. To identify contributors to R. solanacearum virulence, we cloned and mutated three genes whose products are predicted to be secreted by the Tat system: RSp1521, encoding a predicted AcvB-like protein, and two genes, RSc1651 and RSp1575, that were identified as upregulated in planta by an in vivo expression technology screen. The RSc1651 mutant had wild-type virulence on tomato plants. However, mutants lacking either RSp1521, which appears to be involved in acid tolerance, or RSp1575, which encodes a possible amino acid binding protein, were significantly reduced in virulence on tomato plants. Additional bacterial wilt virulence factors may be found in the Tat secretome.     

Ralstonia solanacearum colonization of tomato roots infected by Meloidogyne incognita

Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, is one of the most serious diseases of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Concomitant infection of R. solanacearum and root‐knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita increases the severity of bacterial wilt in tomato, but the role of this nematode in disease complexes involving bacterial pathogens is not completely elucidated. Although root wounding by root‐knot nematode infection seems to play an important role, it might not entirely explain the increased susceptibility of plants to R. solanacearum. In the present study, green fluorescent protein (GFP)‐labelled R. solanacearum distribution was observed in the root systems of the tomato cultivar Momotaro preinoculated with root‐knot nematode or mock‐inoculated with tap water. Fluorescence microscopy revealed that GFP‐labelled R. solanacearum mainly colonized root‐knot nematode galls, and little or no green fluorescence was observed in nematode‐uninfected roots. These results suggest that the gall induced by the nematode is a suitable location for the growth of R. solanacearum. Thus, it is crucial to control both R. solanacearum and root‐knot nematode in tomato production fields to reduce bacterial wilt disease incidence and effects.     

Alteration of low-temperature susceptibility of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 by genetic manipulation of membrane lipid unsaturation

Cyanobacteria acclimate to low temperature by desaturating their membrane lipids. Mutant strains of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 containing insertionally inactivated desA (Δ12 acyl-lipid desaturase) and desB (ω3 acyl-lipid desaturase) genes were produced, and their low-temperature susceptibility was characterized. The desA mutant synthesized no linoleic acid or α-linolenic acid, and the desB mutant did not produce α-linolenic acid. The desA mutant grew more slowly than the wild-type at 22° C and could not grow at 15° C. The desB mutant could not continuously grow at 15° C, although no observable phenotype appeared at higher temperatures. It has been shown that expression of the desA gene occurs at 38° C and is up-regulated at 22° C, and that the desB gene is only expressed at 22° C. These results indicate that the expression of the desA and desB genes occurs at higher temperatures than those at which a significant decline in physiological activities is caused by the absence of their products. The temperature dependency of photosynthesis was not affected by these mutations. Since chlorosis and inability to grow at 15° C with nitrate was suppressed by the substitution of urea as a nitrogen source, it is very likely that the chilling susceptibility of the desaturase mutants is attributable to nutrient limitation. Received: 24 April 1997 / Accepted: 5 August 1997