两种菌株来源的glyA基因的克隆、表达及酶活性检测

采用PCR方法,分别从大肠杆菌和嗜热链球菌基因组DNA中扩增获得glyA基因,分别克隆入载体pET-28 a(+)中并进行表达,分离和纯化得到两种不同来源的SHMT,分别检测两种SHMT的逆向酶活。比较来源于大肠杆菌K12与嗜热链球菌AS1.2471中的glyA基因表达的丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶(SHMT)的活性,以获得高活性的SHMT。结果成功获得两种菌中的glyA基因,并表达出具有较高活性的SHMT,其中嗜热链球菌中glyA基因表达出的SHMT的酶活性大约为大肠杆菌的两倍。从嗜热链球菌中克隆表达的SHMT具有更高的催化活性及良好的工业应用前景。     

共表达SHMT和TPase载体的构建及双酶法合成L-色氨酸

利用重组大肠杆菌表达丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶(SHMT)和色氨酸酶(TPase),并利用双酶法合成L-色氨酸。采用PCR从大肠杆菌K12基因组中扩增上述两种酶的基因,利用pET-28a载体,构建单表达重组质粒pET-SHMT、pET-TPase和共表达重组质粒pET-ST。将上述3种重组质粒转入大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)进行表达。SDS-PAGE结果表明,单表达基因工程菌BL21(DE3)/pET-SHMT和BL21(DE3)/pET-TPase分别在47kDa(SHMT)和50kDa(TPase)处有蛋白表达带;共表达基因工程菌BL21(DE3)/pET-ST在上述两处均有蛋白表达带。与宿主菌相比,单表达SHMT基因工程菌产酶活性提高了6.4倍;单表达TPase基因工程菌产酶活性提高了8.4倍;共表达SHMT和TPase基因工程菌产酶活性分别提高了6.1和6.9倍。利用工程菌所产酶进行双菌双酶法和单菌双酶法合成L-色氨酸。两菌双酶合成L-色氨酸的累积量达到41.5g/L,甘氨酸转化率为83.3%,吲哚转化率为92.5%;单菌双酶合成L-色氨酸的累积量达到28.9g/L,甘氨酸转化率为82.7%,吲哚转化率为82.9%。     

甲醇利用菌SDM11中glyA基因的克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

对甲醇降解菌Methylobacterium.sp SDM11中的glyA基因进行克隆及特性研究,以获得更多的丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶(serine hydroxymethyltransferase,SHMT)资源。根据GenBank中已报道的Methylobacterium extorquensAM1中的glyA基因序列(登录号:L33463)设计引物,以SDM11的基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增glyA基因。利用pETblue-2载体将该基因在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中得到表达。PCR扩增到一个1.40 kb大小的DNA片段,经过blast软件比对分析,发现该片段与已报道的Methylobacterium extorquensAM1的glyA基因的序列相似性为95%,氨基酸序列的相似性为98%。该基因编码468个氨基酸,预测的分子量大小为52.2 kD,等电点为7.02,发现纯化后的目标蛋白具有SHMT酶活性,并初步测定了酶活力。     

glyA基因及其编码的丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶

glyA基因广泛存在于生物体中 ,其编码的丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶 (serinehydroxymethyltransferase,SHMT)催化丝氨酸和甘氨酸之间的相互转化 ,转化反应产生的 5,1 0 亚甲基四氢叶酸 (M THF)提供细胞新陈代谢—碳单位 ,此反应在细胞新陈代谢中处于重要地位。因此 ,研究 glyA基因及其编码的丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶具有重要的意义。介绍了 glyA基因的克隆、序列分析、调控组分和丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶的部分性质。     

直接利用糖质原料产L-丝氨酸谷氨酸棒杆菌glyA基因序列分析

以能够利用糖质原料产L-丝氨酸的谷氨酸棒杆菌（Corynebacterium glutamicum）SYPS-062 glyA基因为研究对象,比较cglutamicum SYPS-062与C．glutamicum模式菌株ATCC13032的glyA基因的异同。分别以SYPS-062及ATCC13032基因组为模板,利用PCR技术获得丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶编码基因glyA。核苷酸序列分析结果表明,来源于SYPS-062和ATCC13032的glyA基因片段全长均为1305bp,编码434个氨基酸,分子量为46．5kD,基因的同源性为99．54％,存在6个核苷酸的差异,引起一个氨基酸残基的突变。将获得的基因分别在大肠杆菌（Escherichia coli）BL21（DE3）中诱导表达。酶活测定结果显示,2种不同菌株来源的重组SHMT的比活力稍有差异,说明SYPS-062 glyA基因的差异对其表达产物SHMT蛋白构型及功能影响不大。提示对于C.glutamicum SYPS-062能够利用糖质原料产L-丝氨酸的机制解析应进一步从glyA基因的转录水平、翻译水平及胞内SHMT辅酶的供给情况等方面进行深入研究探讨。     

霍乱弧菌脂多糖O抗原基因在大肠杆菌中的克隆及表达

经典生物型及埃尔托生物型霍乱弧菌的染色体DNA片段分别与载体质粒pUC18,B.S(M13~+)进行克隆,从克隆株中筛选到能表达霍乱弧菌脂多糖O抗原基因的重组子。它们所表达的脂多糖O抗原具有很好的抗原性及免疫原性,其重组质粒pMG-301、pMG-302经酶切分析表明,外源片段大小分别为8.4kb,7.6kb,较文献报道的16kb要小,而且基因结构之间也存在很大差异。     

共表达ETEC K99、GFP重组大肠杆菌的构建及表达

[目的]构建K99、GFP基因重组质粒并在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受细胞中表达。[方法]利用PCR扩增技术扩增K99基因和GFP基因,经连接和转化将目的片段克隆到pLA载体上,利用双酶切技术及PCR技术对重组质粒进行鉴定并测序分析,利用Western Blot技术分析蛋白质表达情况。[结果]测序分析结果表明,基因具有正确的阅读框;双酶切和PCR鉴定得到498 bp和720 bp的特异性条带;荧光检测表明重组菌表达了蛋白;Western Blot结果表明重组菌表达为融合蛋白。[结论]成功构建了大肠重组菌,并表达外源融合蛋白。     

共表达ETEC K99、GFP重组大肠杆菌的构建及表达北大核心

[目的]构建K99、GFP基因重组质粒并在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受细胞中表达。[方法]利用PCR扩增技术扩增K99基因和GFP基因,经连接和转化将目的片段克隆到pLA载体上,利用双酶切技术及PCR技术对重组质粒进行鉴定并测序分析,利用Western Blot技术分析蛋白质表达情况。[结果]测序分析结果表明,基因具有正确的阅读框;双酶切和PCR鉴定得到498 bp和720 bp的特异性条带;荧光检测表明重组菌表达了蛋白;Western Blot结果表明重组菌表达为融合蛋白。[结论]成功构建了大肠重组菌,并表达外源融合蛋白。     

酿酒酵母超氧物歧化酶(SOD)基因的克隆和表达

通过PCR扩增技术从酿酒酵母中得到了Cu,zn—SOD的结构基因,此基因被亚克隆到大肠杆菌质粒载体pT7—7．得到重组质粒pT7－7：SOD。利用EcoRI和Pstl酶切pT7-7::SOD质粒．经琼脂糖凝腔电泳,DEAE-滤膜回收Cu。zn—SOD结构基因片段,将其亚克隆到M13中．并转化大肠杆菌,得到了重组质粒M13-::t SOD,酶切和纯化后的SOD基因,定向克隆到酵母质粒载体pHz－8的smal和EcoRI位点上,构建成重组质粒pHZ－8－l。经转化酵母受体菌ZH-l和DP—l后得到了转化子．来自于ZH—l的转化子在非选择性条件下培养40世代后仍有95％以上细胞保留重组质粒。而来自于DP-1的转化子很不稳定。经蛋白提取、聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和酶活性测定结果表明,来自于zH－1转化子中SOD的表达量约为细胞可溶性蛋白的15％．并具有生物活性。     

氨基脱氧分支酸合成酶对Corynebacterium glutamicum SYPS-062积累L-丝氨酸的影响

为阐明氨基脱氧分支酸合成酶(ADC合成酶)在Corynebacterium glutamicum SYPS-062体内积累L-丝氨酸过程中的作用,通过交叉PCR以及同源重组的方法敲除叶酸途径关键酶ADC合成酶的编码基因pabAB,构建了叶酸缺陷型菌株Corynebacterium glutamicum SYPS-062△pabAB,同时构建pabAB基因增强表达重组菌C.glutamicum SYPS-062(pJC Ⅰ-pabAB).分别考察了ADC合成酶对菌株生长的影响、对L-丝氨酸降解途径关键酶丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶(SHMT)的影响以及其对L-丝氨酸积累的影响.结果表明,与出发菌株相比,增强表达基因pabAB重组菌的ADC合成酶的酶活力提高了33%.SHMT酶的酶活力提高了30%,其最大比生长速率(μm)提高了48%,单位细胞产酸率(Yp/x)降低了36.2%;而敲除基因pabAB重组菌的ADC合成酶的酶活力降低了61%.SHMT酶的酶活力降低了20%,最大比生长速率降低了32%,单位细胞产酸率提高了12%.     

Effect of pKM101 plasmid on lethal and mutagenic damage in UV-irradiated E. coli strains

Introduction of the R-factor plasmid pKM101 increased resistance to UV-killing in uvr lexA(Ind-) recA+ strains of E. coli K12 as well as B, while their UV mutability was not affected. Similar effects were also observed in those strains when the 18-B plasmid (a pBR322 derivative carrying the region (about 5 kb) of the 35.4 kb pKM101 plasmid) was introduced. The muc genes which are considered to be involved in error-prone repair are contained in 18-B. These results suggest the possibility that the pKM101 effect requires the host recA gene and a common genetic region, including the muc genes, in both plasmids and is associated with some unmutable repair systems.     

Expression of streptococcal plasmid-determined resistance to erythromycin and lincomycin in Escherichia coli

Summary By using recombinant DNA techniques, we have constructed a chimeric plasmid, pSM7322 (10.8 kb), between the streptococcal erythromycin resistance vector plasmid pSM7 (6.4 kb) and the E. coli vector pBR322 (4.4 kb). As judged by the minimum inhibitory concentrations of erythromycin and lincomycin, pSM7-determined resistance to these antibiotics is expressed in E. coli.     

Metabolic engineering of acetaldehyde production by Streptococcus thermophilus

The process of acetaldehyde formation by the yogurt bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus is described in this paper. Attention was focused on one specific reaction for acetaldehyde formation catalyzed by serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT), encoded by the glyA gene. In S. thermophilus, SHMT also possesses threonine aldolase (TA) activity, the interconversion of threonine into glycine and acetaldehyde. In this work, several wild-type S. thermophilus strains were screened for acetaldehyde production in the presence and absence of L-threonine. Supplementation of the growth medium with L-threonine led to an increase in acetaldehyde production. Furthermore, acetaldehyde formation during fermentation could be correlated to the TA activity of SHMT. To study the physiological role of SHMT, a glyA mutant was constructed by gene disruption. Inactivation of glyA resulted in a severe reduction in TA activity and complete loss of acetaldehyde formation during fermentation. Subsequently, an S. thermophilus strain was constructed in which the glyA gene was cloned under the control of a strong promoter (P(LacA)). When this strain was used for fermentation, an increase in TA activity and in acetaldehyde and folic acid production was observed. These results show that, in S. thermophilus, SHMT, displaying TA activity, constitutes the main pathway for acetaldehyde formation under our experimental conditions. These findings can be used to control and improve acetaldehyde production in fermented (dairy) products with S. thermophilus as starter culture.     

Characterization of the gene products produced in minicells by pSM1, a derivative of R100

Summary At least ten polypeptides larger than 6 kilodaltons (K) are produced in minicells from the miniplasmid pSM1 in vivo. pSM1 (5804 bp) is a small derivative of the drug resistance plasmid R100 (ca. 90 kb) and carries the R100 essential replication region as well as some non-essential functions. Cloned restriction fragments of pSM1 and plasmids with deletions within pSM1 sequences were used to assign eight of the ten oberserved polypeptides to specific coding regions of pSM1. Two of these polypeptides were identified as RepA1 and RepA2, proteins encoded by the essential replication region of pSM1/R100. The nucleotide sequence consisting of 885 bp outside the essential replication region is presented here. This sequence contains an open reading frame,orf4, for a protein 22.9 K in size, and one of the pSM1-encoded polypeptides was identified as theorf4 gene product. Five additional polypeptides were shown to be the products of other open reading frames mapping outside the essential replication region. Specific functions have been assigned to four of these polypeptides and tentatively to the fifth.     

Evidence for the involvement of the 16kD gene promoter in initiation of chromosomal replication of Escherichia coli strains carrying a B/r-derived replication origin.

Initiation of chromosomal DNA replication of several Escherichia coli dnaA (Ts) strains is diminished in cell harbouring pBR322 hybrid plasmids carrying both oriC and the adjacent 16kD gene promoter of E. coli K12. This perturbance, resulting in very slow growth, is caused both by the dnaA allele and the E. coli B/r-derived region of the replication origin of these strains. Cloning and DNA sequence analysis of the E. coli B/r replication origin revealed several base differences as compared to the E. coli K12 sequence. The replication origin of temperature sensitive fast growing mutants, originating from a homologous exchange between chromosomal and plasmid DNA sequences were also cloned. Sequence data showed that a single base change within the promoter of the 16kD gene of these dnaA (Ts) strains is able to suppress the inhibition of chromosomal DNA replication by the mentioned pBR322 hybrid plasmids. Our results strongly indicate a role of the 16kD gene promoter in control of initiation of chromosomal DNA replication.     

致肝脓肿高毒力肺炎克雷伯菌的表型及分子特征

目的 探究导致肝脓肿高毒力肺炎克雷伯菌的分子特征。方法 用VITEK-2细菌鉴定仪鉴定2014年1月至2016年1月丽水市中心医院肝脓肿患者脓肿穿刺液中分离的细菌。应用拉丝试验鉴定菌株的高黏性,用多位点序列分型(MLST)和血清型分型(K分型)对菌株进行分子分型,并用S1核酸酶脉冲场凝胶电泳(S1-PFGE)对菌株质粒谱进行分析。结果 57例肝脓肿患者接受肝脏脓肿穿刺引流并做脓液培养。44例患者的脓液培养到不同的致病菌,培养阳性率为77.2%。在培养到的44株病原菌中,其中2株为大肠埃希菌,产酸克雷伯菌、金黄色葡萄球菌各1株,而肺炎克雷伯菌为40株,占肝脓肿致病菌的90.9%。40株肺炎克雷伯菌中,拉丝阳性率为67.5%(27/40),K1为主要血清分型,占62.5%(25/40),其次为K2型,占17.5%(7/40)。ST23为主要ST分型,占47.5%(19/40),其次为ST86和ST65,各占7.5%(3/40)。同时发现一些未报道过的致肝脓肿肺炎克雷伯菌新ST分型,如ST218、ST1941、ST76、ST2159、ST660和ST485。40株致肝脓肿肺炎克雷伯菌中总共检测到12种质粒谱,包括带有一个质粒、多个质粒或不带质粒的谱型。其中带有一个近220 kb的质粒谱为主要谱型,共涉及19株菌,占47.5%,12株菌带有一个质粒,大小为140～250 kb。4株菌带有2个或3个质粒,5株菌不含有质粒。结论 拉丝试验和血清学分型不能鉴定所有的高毒力肺炎克雷伯菌;高毒力肺炎克雷伯菌很多为ST23型,但其进化整体上较为分散;高毒力肺炎克雷伯菌菌株可以不携带质粒。     

Conjugal transfer of plasmids and antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli isolated from animals in a rural area in Sarawak (Malaysia)

Thirty-six strains of Escherichia coli isolated from animals in Bario, a remote area in Sarawak, Malaysia, were examined for presence of plasmid DNA and their susceptibility to nine antimicrobial agents. Of the total 36 isolates, five bovine and six canine isolates were found to contain plasmid DNA ranging in sizes from 2.6 to 70 kilobases. All were susceptible to chloramphenicol, erythromycin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid and neomycin but resistance to ampicillin (47%), erythromycin (19%), streptomycin (25%) and tetracycline (11%) was observed. Resistance was associated with carriage of a 47 kb (SC98), 70 kb, (SC133) and 56 and 4.6 kb (SC119) plasmids which were transmissible to the Escherichia coli K12 recipient. It is concluded that animals form a potential reservoir of R plasmids carrying E. coli in the study area.     

New shuttle-type vectors for cloning in Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens

The vectors capable of replication in Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens have been constructed on the basis of the plasmid pUB5502. The constructed vectors pVA12, pVA12-2, pVA12-4 contain the mini-replicon and trimethoprim resistance gene (Tp) of a broad host-range plasmid R388 (IncW). The pVA12 vector (8.8 kb) has been constructed by insertion of a kanamycin resistance gene (Km) from the plasmid pUC-4K into a Psti site. It possesses 7 unique restriction sites for XhoI, SmaI, PvuI, PvuII, HindIII, EcoRI, BamHI and the markers for kanamycin and trimethoprim resistance (Km and Tp). The pVA12-2 and pVA12-4 vectors were obtained as a result of changing of the PvuII-EcoI fragment of pVA12 carrying the Tp gene for the PvuII-EcoRI fragment of pBR322 carrying the Tc gene. These plasmids have the same size of 9.7 kb and 8 unique sites for restriction endonucleases XhoI, SmaI, PvuI, PvuII, EcoRI, EcoRV, SalI, BalI and Km and Tc genes. No difference has been registered between the two plasmids by restriction analysis, but pVA12-4 has the dramatically increased copy number in Escherichia coli cells. All three vectors are transferable to Agrobacterium tumefaciens with the same frequencies by transformation or conjugation and do not affect the oncogenicity of pTi.