紫云英根瘤菌107菌株exo基因簇非连锁突变位点的克隆

用鸟枪法从３株紫云英根瘤菌１０７菌株的胞外多糖合成缺陷变种ＮＡ－０５、ＮＡ－０７和ＮＡ－０８中克隆获得含有１０７菌株ｅｘｏ基因及Ｔｎ５的ｅｘｏ：Ｔｎ５片段。以ｐＲＫ４１５为载体构建１０７菌株ＥｃｏＲＩ酶切后ＤＮＡ片段的部分库,用ｅｘｏ：Ｔｎ５做探针原位杂交得到一个阳性克隆。该克隆的外源片段４．２ｋｂ能恢复３个变种的多糖表型及结瘤固氮能力。酶切分析和Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交表明,３株变种中Ｔｎ５插入位点     

野油菜黄单胞菌NK-01编码生物合成多糖基因的克隆

采用甲基磺酸乙醇(EMS)诱变野油菜黄单胞菌NK-01得到多糖合成缺陷的不产枯突变株。经SalⅠ部分酶切得到的野生型NK-01染色体DNA片段,连接到广泛寄主载体pRK293上,在E.coli中建立完整的NK-01基因文库。通过使一株不产多糖突变株在协助质粒pRK2013存在下,分别与含基因文库的E.coli菌落群进行三亲结合转移筛选具有卡那霉素抗性的产粘接合后体,对接合后体进行的重组质粒的酶切分析表明,所克隆的DNA具有片段的重叠部分。上述重组质粒对外9株不产多糖突变株互补检测及遗传分析的     

用蛋白质工程方法改变葡萄糖异构酶最适pH和最适温度

用寡核苷酸诱导的定点突变方法构建了葡萄糖异构酶基因的突变体（Ｎ１８４Ｄ和Ａ１９８Ｃ）。含突变体的重组质粒ｐＴＫＤ－ＧＩ１（Ｎ１８４Ｄ）和ｐＴＫＤ－ＧＩ２（Ａ１９８ｃ）在Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＫ３８菌株中表达,用ＤＥＡＥ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ ＦＦ和Ｓｅｐｈａｃｒｙｌ Ｓ－３００ＨＲ柱层析分离纯化突变酶。与野生型葡萄糖异构酶比较实验表明：（１）突变酶Ｎ１８４Ｄ的最适ｐＨ值下降了１个单位;等电点下降了０．６个单位     

抗真菌蛋白Rs—AFPs基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

将抗真菌蛋白Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ１和Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ２全长ｃＤＮＡ插入表达质粒ｐＥＴ－２２ｂ／ＮｃｏＩ＋ＳａｃＩ位点,构建成融合蛋白表达载体ｐＲＡＦ１和ｐＲＡＦ２．将不含信号肽编码序列的Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ１和Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ２ｃＤＮＡ分别插入ｐＥＴ－２２ｂ／Ｎｃｏｌ＋Ｓａｃｌ和ｐＥＴ－２２ｂ／Ｎｄｅｌ＋ＳａｃＩ位点,构建成不含信号肽序列的融合蛋白表达载体ｐＲＡＦ３、ｐＲＡＦ４和非融合蛋白表达载体ｐＲＡＦ５和ｐＲＡＦ６．将构建的上述各种表达载体转化Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＢＬ２１,挑菌落培养,ＩＰＴＧ诱导,使Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰｓ基因得到表达,并用体外抑菌试验检测表达产物的活性,结果表明,各种表达载体的表达产物均具有不同程度的抑菌活性,其中,ｐＲＡＦ３和ｐＲＡＦ４表达产物的抑菌活性较明显．     

费氏中华根瘤菌与耐盐有关的DNA片段的亚克隆和测序

将费氏中华根瘤菌（Ｓｉｎｏｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍ ｆｒｅｄｉｉ）ＫＴ１９与耐盐有关的２３ｋｂ ＤＮＡ片段用ＢａｍＨⅠ酶切成大小不同的长度,分别与质粒ｐＭＬ１２２连接,然后转化大肠杆菌（Ｅｓｃｈｅｒｉｃｈｉａ ｃｏｌｉ）Ｓ１７－１,筛选出３个转化子。以这些转化子为供体,ＲＴ１９的盐敏感突变株ＲＣ３－３为受体,分别进行二亲本杂交,筛选到接合子ＢＲ２,得到４．４ｋｂ与耐盐有关的ＤＮＡ片段。根据其物理图谱,酶     

含吸氢酶基因（hup）嵌合质粒的构建和吸氢酶活性在阴沟肠杆菌中的表达

以质粒ｐＲＫ４０４为载体亚克隆含大豆根瘤菌吸氢酶结构基因（ｈｕｐ）的片段,构建成嵌合质粒ｐＨＲ１１、ｐＨＲ４和ｐＨＲ１０。通过三亲本杂交将这些嵌合质粒导入无吸氢活性的Ｒｈｏｄｏｂａｃｔｅｒｓｐｈａｅｒｏｉｄｅｓ２４１菌株（Ｈｕｐ－）,均获得Ｈｕｐ＋的接合子。利用启动子检测质粒ｐＭＰ２２０证明,在ｈｕｐ对结构基因上游１．２ｋｂ内存在ｈｕｐ启动基因片段。以ｐＲＫ２０１３为助质粒可将ｐＨＲ１１导入Ｅｎｔｅｒｏｂａｃｔｅｒｃｌｏａｃａｅ和Ｋｌｅｂｓｉｅｌｌａｏｘｙｔｏｃａ等土壤固氮菌株。本文以接合子Ｅ．ｃｌｏａｃａｅＥＨ１１１３为例,通过对基因组ＤＮＡＳｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交分析证明,嵌合质粒ｐＨＲ１１在ＥＨ１１１３中稳定贮存和复制。Ｈ２诱导接合子ＥＨ１１１３吸氢酶活性高表达,吸氢活性与放氢活性比值约为对照的两倍。当以延胡索酸为电子受体时,吸氢酶的吸氢作用支持菌株固氮酶活性的提高。     

优化mRNA翻译起始区提高人粒—巨噬细胞集落刺激因子在E.coli…

人粒－巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ）是一种重要的造血生长因子。利用基因重组技术构建两个ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ的Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ表达菌株,一个为在不改变氨基酸顺序的前提下,对ｍＲＮＡ翻译起始区核苷酸顺序进行优化突变（ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ（Ｍ））,另一个为未突变的对照（ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ（Ｎ））。经酶切电泳、ＤＮＡ测序、ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ等未突变的对照（ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ（Ｎ））。经酶切电泳、Ｄ     

苜蓿丫纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒(AcMNPV)大立方形多角体突变株的分子生物学研究

利用空斑技术,从既能形成多角体又含ＴＫ酶基因的苜蓿丫纹夜蛾重组核型多角体病毒ＡｃＭＮＰＶ－ＴＫ中,纯化了一株形成大立方形多角体的病毒突变株ＡｃＭＮＰＶ－ＴＫｍｔ５１３。用ＥｃｏＲＩ、ＰｓｔⅠ、ＢｇｌⅡ及ＫｐｎⅠ等限制性内切酶对它做了酶切分析,并克隆了多角体蛋白全基因及其侧翼部分的片段。对所克隆的部分全序列测定结果,发现在多角体蛋白基因读码框内只出现了一个碱基的突变,导致了第２５位的氨基酸密码子由ＧＧＴ变为ＧＡＴ,该位氨基酸由甘氨酸（Ｇｌｙ）变为天冬氨酸（Ａｓｐｑ）还利用ＰＣＲ技术扩增出突变了的多角体蛋白基因部分片段,并将它克隆入转移载体质粒ｐＥＶ５５,与不形成多角体的重组病毒ＴｎＮＰＶ－ＨＢｓＤ４ＤＮＡ共转染Ｓｆ９细胞,结果产生同样的大立方形多角体病毒。     

表达LacZ基因重组火鸡疱疹病毒（HVT）的构建

将不含任何启动子的Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ ＬａｃＺ基因,插入火鸡疱疹平素ＦＣ－１２６株胸苷激酶编码区末尾的ＮｈｅⅠ位点,构建成转移载体质粒ｐＴＫＬａｃＺ。用此质粒和ＨＶＴ感染的细胞基因组总ＤＮＡ共感染鸡胚成纤维细胞,在Ｘ－ｇａｌ存在下,通过蓝斑筛选,分离到重组体ＨＶＴ。ｒＨＶＴ与野生型ＨＶＴ－ＦＣ－１２６株在ＣＥＦ中的生长特性完全相似,且在连续传代过程中能稳定表达ＬａｃＺ基因。     

优化mRNA翻译起始区提高人粒－巨噬细胞集落刺激因子在E．coli中的表达

人粒－巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ）是一种重要的造血生长因子．利用基因重组技术构建两个ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ的Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ表达菌株,一个为在不改变氨基酸顺序的前提下,对ｍＲＮＡ翻译起始区核苷酸顺序进行优化突变（ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ（Ｍ））,另一个为未突变的对照（ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ（Ｎ））．经酶切电泳、ＤＮＡ测序、ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ等分析鉴定,证明两者均能表达特异性的１４．６ｋＤｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ,但ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ（Ｍ）的表达水平较ｈＧＭ－ＣＳＦ（Ｎ）提高了１．２６倍,占菌体总蛋白的１６．９％．ｍＲＮＡ翻译起始区二级结构预测分析表明,优化突变后生成自由能ΔＧ从原来的－１０．２提高至－９．４Ｋｃａｌ,ＡＵＧ从部分配对状态变为非配对状态．     

Genetic and physical analyses of a cluster of genes essential for xanthan gum biosynthesis in Xanthomonas campestris.

Xanthomonas campestris produces copious amounts of a complex exopolysaccharide, xanthan gum. Nonmucoid mutants, defective in synthesis of xanthan polysaccharide, were isolated after nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis. To isolate genes essential for xanthan polysaccharide synthesis (xps), a genomic library of X. campestris DNA, partially digested with SalI and ligated into the broad-host-range cloning vector pRK293, was constructed in Escherichia coli. The pooled clone bank was conjugated en masse from E. coli into three nonmucoid mutants by using pRK2013, which provides plasmid transfer functions. Kanamycin-resistant exconjugants were then screened for the ability to form mucoid colonies. Analysis of plasmids from several mucoid exconjugants indicated that overlapping segments of DNA had been cloned. These plasmids were tested for complementation of eight additional nonmucoid mutants. A 22-kilobase (kb) region of DNA was defined physically by restriction enzyme analysis and genetically by ability to restore mucoid phenotype to 10 of the 11 nonmucoid mutants tested. This region was further defined by subcloning and by transposon mutagenesis with mini-Mu(Tetr), with subsequent analysis of genetic complementation of nonmucoid mutants. A region of 13.5 kb of DNA was determined to contain at least five complementation groups. The effect of plasmids containing cloned xps genes on xanthan gum synthesis was evaluated. One plasmid, pCHC3, containing a 12.4-kb insert and at least four linked xanthan biosynthetic genes, increased the production of xanthan gum by 10% and increased the extent of pyruvylation of the xanthan side chains by about 45%. This indicates that a gene affecting pyruvylation of xanthan gum is linked to this cluster of xps genes.     

Clustering of mutations blocking synthesis of xanthan gum by Xanthomonas campestris.

Mutations that block the synthesis of xanthan gum by Xanthomonas campestris B1459S-4L-II were isolated as nonmucoid colonies after treatment with ethyl methanesulfonate. Complete libraries of DNA fragments from wild-type X. campestris were cloned into Escherichia coli by using a broad-host-range cosmid vector and then transferred into each mutant strain by conjugal mating. Cloned fragments that restored xanthan gum synthesis (Xgs+; mucoidy) were compared according to restriction pattern, DNA sequence homology, and complementation of a subset of Xgs- mutations. Groups of clones that contained overlapping homologous DNA were found to complement specific Xgs- mutations. The results suggest clustering of the genetic loci involved in xanthan synthesis. The clustering occurred within three unlinked regions. Two forms of complementation were observed. In most instances, independently isolated cosmid clones that complemented a single mutation were found to be partially homologous. Less frequent was the second form of complementation, in which two cosmid clones that lacked any homologous sequences restored the mucoid phenotype to a single mutant. Finally, xanthan production was measured for wild-type X. campestris carrying multiple plasmid copies of the cloned xanthan genes.     

Mechanism of bacitracin resistance in gram-negative bacteria that synthesize exopolysaccharides.

Four representative species from three genera of gram-negative bacteria that secrete exopolysaccharides acquired resistance to the antibiotic bacitracin by stopping synthesis of the exopolysaccharide. Xanthomonas campestris, Sphingomonas strains S-88 and NW11, and Escherichia coli K-12 secrete xanthan gum, sphingans S-88 and NW11, and colanic acid, respectively. The gumD gene in X. campestris is required to attach glucose-P to C55-isoprenyl phosphate, the first step in the assembly of xanthan. A recombinant plasmid carrying the gumD gene of X. campestris restored polysaccharide synthesis to bacitracin-resistant exopolysaccharide-negative mutants of X. campestris and Sphingomonas strains. Similarly, a newly cloned gene (spsB) from strain S-88 restored xanthan synthesis to the same X. campestris mutants. However, the intergeneric complementation did not extend to mutants of E. coli that were both resistant to bacitracin and nonproducers of colanic acid. The genetic results also suggest mechanisms for assembling the sphingans which have commercial potential as gelling and viscosifying agents.     

Cloning of genes controlling alginate biosynthesis from a mucoid cystic fibrosis isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Mucoid strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the sputum of cystic fibrosis patients produce copious quantities of an exopolysaccharide known as alginic acid. Since clinical isolates of the mucoid variants are unstable with respect to alginate synthesis and revert spontaneously to the more typical nonmucoid phenotype, it has been difficult to isolate individual structural gene mutants defective in alginate synthesis. The cloning of the genes controlling alginate synthesis has been facilitated by the isolation of a stable alginate-producing strain, 8830. The stable mucoid strain was mutagenized with ethyl methanesulfonate to obtain various mutants defective in alginate biosynthesis. Several nonmucoid (Alg-) mutants were isolated. A mucoid P. aeruginosa gene library was then constructed, using a cosmid cloning vector. DNA isolated from the stable mucoid strain 8830 was partially digested with the restriction endonuclease HindIII and ligated to the HindIII site of the broad host range cosmid vector, pCP13. After packaging in lambda particles, the recombinant DNA was introduced via transfection into Escherichia coli AC80. The clone bank was mated (en masse) from E. coli into various P. aeruginosa 8830 nonmucoid mutants with the help of pRK2013, which provided donor functions in trans, and tetracycline-resistant exconjugants were screened for the ability to form mucoid colonies. Three recombinant plasmids, pAD1, pAD2, and pAD3, containing DNA inserts of 20, 9.5, and 6.2 kilobases, respectively, were isolated based on their ability to restore alginate synthesis in various strain 8830 nonmucoid (Alg-) mutants. Mutants have been assigned to at least four complementation groups, based on complementation by pAD1, pAD2, or pAD3 or by none of them. Introduction of pAD1 into the spontaneous nonmucoid strain 8822, as well as into other nonmucoid laboratory strains of P. aeruginosa such as PAO and SB1, was found to slowly induce alginate synthesis. This alginate-inducing ability was found to reside on a 7.5-kilobase EcoRI fragment that complemented the alg-22 mutation of strain 8852. The pAD1 chromosomal insert which complements the alg-22 mutation was subsequently mapped at ca. 19 min of the P. aeruginosa PAO chromosome.     

Increase of xanthan production by cloning xps genes into wild-type Xanthomonas campestris

Previously, genomic banks of Xanthomonas campestris were constructed in Escherichia coli, using mobilizable broad-host-range cosmids as the vectors. Following conjugal transfer, genes involved in the biosynthesis of xanthan polysaccharide (XPS) were cloned by the ability to restore the mucoid phenotype to the non-mucoid mutants. In this study, all clones were transferred into the wild-type strain Xc17 to evaluate the effects of the cloned genes on XPS production. Most clones showed no significant effect; however, two plasmids, pP2401 and pP2201, caused 10 and 15% yield increases, respectively, compared with that of controls. While it was not clear how pP2201 caused the yield increase, the effect of pP2401 seemed to result from elevated phosphomannose isomerase activity. Since XPS synthesis in X. campestris is a very efficient process, only relatively small increases are to be expected; an enhancement of productivity by 10-15% is important to the commercial production of xanthan.     

Location and cloning of the ketal pyruvate transferase gene of Xanthomonas campestris.

Genes required for xanthan polysaccharide synthesis (xps) are clustered in a DNA region of 13.5 kb in the chromosome of Xanthomonas campestris. Plasmid pCHC3 containing a 12.4-kb insert of xps genes has been suggested to include a gene involved in the pyruvylation of xanthan gum (N.E. Harding, J.M. Cleary, D.K. Caba?as, I. G. Rosen, and K. S. Kang, J. Bacteriol. 169:2854-2861, 1987). An essential step toward understanding the biosynthesis of xanthan gum and to enable genetic manipulation of xanthan structure is the determination of the biochemical function encoded by the xps genes. On the basis of biochemical characterization of an X. campestris mutant which produces pyruvate-free xanthan gum, complementation studies, and heterologous expression, we have identified the gene coding for the ketal pyruvate transferase (kpt) enzyme. This gene was located on a 1.4-kb BamHI fragment of pCHC3 and cloned in the broad-host-range cloning vector pRK404. An X. campestris kpt mutant was constructed by mini-Mu(Tetr) mutagenesis of the cloned gene and then by recombination of the mutation into the chromosome of the wild-type strain.     

野油菜黄单胞菌NK-01的形态及黄原胶分泌的电镜研究

利用透射电镜,研究了野油菜黄单胞菌(Xanthomonas campestris)NK-01菌株培养过程中菌体形态及黄原胶分泌的动态变化过程.喷涂造影显示出菌体形态及黄原胶分泌的变化规律.超薄切片揭示了此菌株的超微结构.用铬离子交联技术观察到黄原胶可交织成网状结构.     

Use of cloned DNA methylase genes to increase the frequency of transfer of foreign genes into Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum.

In vitro-packaged cosmid libraries of DNA from the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum were restricted 200- to 1,000-fold when introduced into Mcr+ strains of Escherichia coli compared with restriction in the Mcr- strain HB101. Restriction was predominantly associated with the mcrBC+ gene in E. coli. A plasmid (pUFR052) encoding the XmaI and XmaIII DNA methylases was isolated from an X. campestris pv. malvacearum library by a screening procedure utilizing Mcr+ and Mcr- E. coli strains. Transfer of plasmids from E. coli strains to X. campestris pv. malvacearum by conjugation was enhanced by up to five orders of magnitude when the donor cells contained pUFR052 as well as the plasmid to be transferred. Subcloning of pUFR052 revealed that at least two regions of the plasmid were required for full modification activity. Use of such modifier plasmids is a simple, novel method that may allow the efficient introduction of genes into any organism in which restriction systems provide a potent barrier to such gene transfer.     

Linkage of genes essential for synthesis of a polysaccharide capsule in Sphingomonas strain S88.

Several structurally related capsular polysaccharides that are secreted by members of the genus Sphingomonas are being developed as aqueous rheological control agents for diverse industrial and food applications. They include gellan (S-60), welan (S-130), rhamsan (S-194), S-657, S-88, S-198, S-7, and NW-11. We refer to these polysaccharides as sphingans, after the genus name. This paper characterizes the first gene cluster isolated from a Sphingomonas species (S88) that is required for capsule synthesis. Overlapping DNA segments which spanned about 50 kbp of S88 DNA restored the synthesis of sphingan S-88 in capsule-negative mutants. The mutations were mapped into functional complementation groups, and the contiguous nucleotide sequence for the 29-kbp cluster was determined. The genetic complementation map and the DNA sequences were interpreted as an extended multicistronic locus containing genes essential for the assembly and secretion of polysaccharide S-88. Many of the deduced amino acid sequences were similar to gene products from other polysaccharide-secreting bacteria such as Rhizobium meliloti (succinoglycan), Xanthomonas campestris (xanthan gum), and Salmonella enterica (O antigen). The S88 locus contained a four-gene operon for the biosynthesis of dTDP-L-rhamnose, an essential precursor for the sphingans. Unexpectedly, there were also two genes for secretion of a lytic or toxin-like protein nested within the polysaccharide cluster. The conservation and linkage of genes that code for a defensive capsule and genes for secretion of an offensive lysin or toxin suggest a heretofore unknown pathogenic life history for Sphingomonas strain S88.     

Disruption of Xylella fastidiosa CVC gumB and gumF genes affects biofilm formation without a detectable influence on exopolysaccharide production

Xylella fastidiosa causes citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC), a destructive disease of citrus. Xylella fastidiosa forms a biofilm inside plants and insect vectors. Biofilms are complex structures involving X. fastidiosa cells and an extracellular matrix which blocks water and nutrient transport in diseased plants. It is hypothesized that the matrix might be composed of an extracellular polysaccharide (EPS), coded by a cluster of nine genes closely related to the xanthan gum operon of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris. To understand the role of X. fastidiosa gum genes on biofilm formation and EPS biosynthesis, we produced gumB and gumF mutants. Xylella fastidiosa mutants were obtained by insertional duplication mutagenesis and recovered after triply cloning the cells. Xylella fastidiosa gumB and gumF mutants exhibited normal cell characteristics; typical colony morphology and EPS biosynthesis were not altered. It was of note that X. fastidiosa mutants showed a reduced capacity to form biofilm when BCYE was used as the sustaining medium, a difference not observed with PW medium. Unlike X. campestris pv. campestris, the expression of the X. fastidiosa gumB or gumF genes was not regulated by glucose.