大肠杆菌表达质粒pSM43及pSM53的构建

利用已成功高表达ｅｒａ基因的质粒ｐＣＥ３１翻译起始码上游的序列,去构建大肠杆菌新的外源基因表达载体。先合成特定序列的单链脱氧寡核苷酸,以改进的实验程序插入ｐＪＬ６,其后再加上限制酶多克隆位点。所构建的ｐＳＭ４３和ｐＳＭ５３分别适合於不带翻译起码（ＡＴＧ）和带起始码的基因插入、表达非融合目的蛋白质之用。并已成功用於人肿瘤坏死因子、人骨形成蛋白、ＨＩＶ蛋白酶、Ｄｕｃｈｅｎｎｅ肌营养不良等ｃＤＮＡ基因的     

hBMP—2cDNA在COS细胞和小鼠肌肉中的表达

研究了骨形态发生蛋白ＢＭＰ－２ｃＤＮＡ在ＣＯＳ细胞和小鼠肌肉中的表达的情况,从ｐＳＰＳ６５ＢＭＰ－２质粒中回收ＢＭＰ－２ｃＤＮＡ,删除５端的非翻译序列,插入ｐＳＶＬ载体中,构建了含有ＢＭＰ－２全长编码序列的重组表达质粒ｐＳＶＬＢＭＰ－２将表达质粒导入ＣＯＳ－７细胞中,细胞ＲＮＡ点杂交结果表明,转染ＢＭＰ－２基因的细胞内ＢＭＰ－２的ｍＲＮＡ水平明显升高,细胞培养上清的ＥＬＩＳＡ显示,转染ＢＭＰ－２ｃ     

hBMP－2cDNA在COS细胞和小鼠肌肉中的表达

研究了骨形态发生蛋白ＢＭＰ－２ｃＤＮＡ在ＣＯＳ细胞和小鼠肌肉中的表达的情况,从ｐＳＰＳ６５ＢＭＰ－２质粒中回收ＢＭＰ－２ｃＤＮＡ,删除５＇端的非翻译序列,插入ｐＳＶＬ载体中,构建了含有ＢＭＰ－２全长编码序列的重组表达质粒ｐＳＶＬＢＭＰ－２。将表达质粒导入ＣＯＳ－７细胞中,细胞ＲＮＡ点杂交结果表明,转染ＢＭＰ－２基因的细胞内ＢＭＰ－２的ｍＲＮＡ水平明显升高;细胞培养上清的ＥＬＩＳＡ显示,转染ＢＭＰ－２ｃＤＮＡ后,细胞分泌产生的ＢＭＰ－２显著增加。小鼠实验发现,在肌肉内用注射法导入ＢＭＰ－２重组质粒后,局部组织内ＢＭＰ－２的ｍＲＮＡ转录水平也明显提高。     

小鼠4.5S RNA逆转座子对Luc基因表达的影响

利用ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ方法,从小鼠肝脏组织总ＲＮＡ中扩增出４．５ＳＲＮＡ的ｃＤＮＡ。该ｃＤＮＡ被克隆到ｐＧＥＭ３Ｚｆ（＋）质粒上,酶切鉴定并测序。然后将该序列插入以Ｌｕｃ基因作为报道基因的表达载体ｐＳＶｌｕｃ２０的ＰｖｕⅡ位点,构建了含４．２ＳＲＮＡ逆转座子的表达载体ｐＳＶｌｕｃ２０－４．５Ｓ。脂质转染法将表达载体导入小鼠骨髓瘤细胞ＮＳ－１、ＳＰ２／０和人乳腺癌细胞Ｂｃａ６１。结果表明,小鼠４．５ＳＲＮ     

大肠杆菌-分枝杆菌穿梭表达质粒pBCG-2100的构建及应用

利用分子生物学方法,构建了大肠杆菌－分枝杆菌穿梭表达质粒ｐＢＣＧ－２１００,研究了编码日本血吸虫中国大陆株谷胱甘肽Ｓ－转移酶抗原基因在卡介苗中的表达,以含人结核杆菌热休克蛋白７０基因全长序列的质粒ｐＭＴ－７０为模板,扩增出ｈｓｐ７０启动子,测序选出无错配的启动子,将其定向克隆入Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ－Ｍｙｃｏｂａｃｔｒｉｕｍ穿梭质粒ｐＢＣＧ－２０００中,构建成Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ－Ｍｙｃｏｂａｃｔｅｒｉｕｍ穿梭表达     

重组人血小板生成素在大肠杆菌中表达的研究

采用化学法全合成了编码人血小板生成素（ｔｈｒｏｍｂｏｐｏｉｅｔｉｎ,ＴＰＯ）成熟肽Ｎ端１５３氨基酸的基因序列,构建基于该合成基因的表达质粒,结果以谷胱甘肽转硫酶－ＴＰＯ１５３（ＧＳＴ－ＴＰＯ１５３）融合蛋白的方式获得了占全菌蛋白４０％的高效表达．进一步采用ＰＣＲ方法分别对ＴＰＯ合成基因及ＴＰＯｃＤＮＡ的翻译起始区（ＴＩＲ）序列进行定点突变,以降低这一区域的Ｇ－Ｃ含量．将突变序列分别插入到ｐＢＶ２２０表达载体中,重组质粒在转化大肠杆菌ＪＭ１０９后,均获得了表达,其中ＴＩＲ区突变后的合成基因表达产物约占全菌蛋白的１５％．为研究基因下游结构对表达的影响,在不改变氨基酸组成的基础上,构建了ＴＰＯ合成基因与ＴＰＯｃＤＮＡ的杂合序列表达质粒．研究结果表明翻译起始效率是影响ｒｈ－ＴＰＯ在大肠杆菌中表达的重要因素之一,同时基因下游序列的组成对表达水平也会产生影响．     

nifH—gfp表达载体的构建及其在Enterobacter gergoviae 57—7中的表达

采用ＰＣＲ技术,从ＧＦＰｍｕｔ２中扩增得到三位点突变的报告基因ｇｆｐＳ６５Ｔ、Ｖ６８Ｌ、Ｓ７２Ａ片段,并将它和肺炎克氏杆菌（Ｋｌｅｂｓｉｅｌｌａ ｐｎｅｕｍｏｎｉａｅ（Ｓｃｈｒｏｅｅｔｅｒ）Ｔｒｅｖｉｓａｎ）Ｍ５ａ１的固氮酶结构基因ｎｉｆＨ的启动子和其起始密码子相融合,获得ｎｉｆＨ－ｇｆｐ表达载体ｐＭＧＦＰ２;再在ｐＭＧＦＰ２上插入卡那霉素抗性基因,获得可在日勾维肠杆菌（Ｅｎｔｅｒｏｂａｃｔｅｒ     

pGEX-L系列表达载体的构建

对ｐＧＥＸ系列表达载体的多克隆位点（ＭＣＳ）进行了改造,改造前ＭＣＳ上仅有ＢａｍＨＩ、ＳｍａＩ和ＥｃｏＲＩ三个酶切位点。改造后的ＭＣＳ上含有８个酶切位点,它们分别是ＢａｍＨＩ、ＳａｃＩ、ＡｖａＩ、ＸｈｏＩ、ＢｇｌⅡ、ｐｓｔⅠ、ＫｐｎＩ和ＥｃｏＲＩ,改造后构建形成的ｐＧＥＸ－Ｌ系列载体对目的基因的插入有更强的适应性。     

Egr-1基因调控序列连接OSM cDNA表达质粒的构建及其在黑色素瘤细胞中的表达

ＯＳＭ是一种对黑色素瘤细胞显示抑制作用的细胞因子．为进行ＯＳＭ针对黑色素瘤的基因－放射治疗研究,构建了小鼠Ｅｇｒ－１基因调控序列引导入ＯＳＭｃＤＮＡ真核表达质粒（ｐＥＯ）,ｐＥＯ质粒转染小鼠Ｂ－１６黑色素瘤细胞,经Ｇ４１８和抗人ＯＳＭ抗体的筛选,获得了稳定表达ＯＳＭ的克隆细胞（ｐＥＯ－１细胞）,ＯＳＭ表达量可达５．９７ｎｇ每１０５细胞天,分子量为３２ｋＤ．ｐＥＯ－１细胞用一定浓度Ｈ２Ｏ２处理后ＯＳＭ表达量可提高６２％,表明ｐＥＯ重组质粒可在氧自由基的刺激作用下增强ＯＳＭ表达     

一种双顺反子表达载体的构建及应用的研究

将表达载体pEC34中的一段寡核苷酸序列,其中包括翻译增强子序列、SD序列、终止码、起始码及两端的限制性内切酶位点,插入GST基因后,构建成双顺反子的表达载体．利用此载体表达了非融合的人骨形成蛋白2A(hBMP2A)和人骨形成蛋白3(hBMP3)C端肽段,将第一顺反子基因（GST基因）切小到原来的1／3时,则位于下游的第二顺反子基因编码的蛋白质在大肠杆菌中的表达量增加一倍。     

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.     

The toxin-antitoxin system of the streptococcal plasmid pSM19035

pSM19035 of the pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes is a low-copy-number plasmid carrying erythromycin resistance, stably maintained in a broad range of gram-positive bacteria. We show here that the omega-epsilon-zeta operon of this plasmid constitutes a novel proteic plasmid addiction system in which the epsilon and zeta genes encode an antitoxin and toxin, respectively, while omega plays an autoregulatory function. Expression of toxin Zeta is bactericidal for the gram-positive Bacillus subtilis and bacteriostatic for the gram-negative Escherichia coli. The toxic effects of zeta gene expression in both bacterial species are counteracted by proper expression of epsilon. The epsilon-zeta toxin-antitoxin cassette stabilizes plasmids in E. coli less efficiently than in B. subtilis.     

Characterization of a novel partition system encoded by the delta and omega genes from the streptococcal plasmid pSM19035

High segregational stability of the streptococcal plasmid pSM19035 is achieved by the concerted action of systems involved in plasmid copy number control, multimer resolution, and postsegregational killing. In this study, we demonstrate the role of two genes, delta and omega, in plasmid stabilization by a partition mechanism. We show that these two genes can stabilize the native pSM19035 replicon as well as other theta- and sigma-type plasmids in Bacillus subtilis. In contrast to other known partition systems, in this case the two genes are transcribed separately; however, they are coregulated by the product of the parB-like gene omega. Analysis of mutants of the parA-like gene delta showed that the Walker A ATPase motif is necessary for plasmid stabilization. The ParB-like product of the omega gene binds to three regions containing repeated WATCACW heptamers, localized in the copS (regulation of plasmid copy number), delta, and omega promoter regions. We demonstrate that all three of these regions can cause partition-mediated incompatibility. Moreover, our data suggest that each of these could play the role of a centromere-like sequence. We conclude that delta and omega constitute a novel type of plasmid stabilization system.     

大肠杆菌中rnc与era基因的共表达

 rnc,era基因是大肠杆菌两个相邻的基因。用S_1核酸酶图谱法测得转录从rnc基因伸延到era基因。当rnc基因突变使所产生的RNaseⅢ丧失活性时,大肠杆菌中RNaseⅢ和Era蛋白的合成速度同对上升,且上升幅度相同,合成量相等。将此二基因分别或一起克隆入质粒并置于P_L起动子下游时,rnc能表达产生RNaseⅢ;rnc-era能表达产生RNaseⅢ和Era两种蛋白质,单独era则虽能转录却不产生Era蛋白。实验证明:era基因的表达依赖于rnc基因的表达,在体内两者共表达体现在转录和翻译水平上,两个基因同属于一个操纵子,共同受RNaseⅢ活性的反馈调节。单独转录的era-mRNA因缺乏有效的翻译起始序列而不能被翻译。     

Expression unit in the region of replication initiation in the streptococcal plasmid pSM19035

Several sequences, resembling vegetative promoters and ribosome-binding sites of Bacilli were found in the primary structure of the replication region of Streptococci plasmid pSM19035. Promoterless alpha-amylase gene of Bac. amyloliquefaciens and lambda cI857 gene, supplied with BamHI site upstream of the initiator ATG-codon, were used for functional characterization of the structures. As a result, Bac. subtilis synthesized alpha-amylase up to 0.5 g/l, and lambda-repressor up to 3% of the intracellular water-soluble protein. The repressor, synthesized in Bac. subtilis, regulates lambda PR promoter in the cells. Plasmid pCB22 is constructed for the convenience of usage of the found expression unit, called EU19035. The plasmid has BamHI and BgIII sites on different distances from the ribosome-binding site.     

Molecular cloning in streptococci: Physical mapping of the vehicle plasmid pSM10 and demonstration of intergroup DNA transfer

Summary The streptococcal resistance plasmid pSM10 (8.3 kb), a deletion derivative of pSM10419 (22.9 kb) determining constitutive erythromycin and lincomycin resistance, was physically mapped with the restriction endonucleases AvaI, AvaII, EcoRI, HpaI, KpnI, PvuII (one site each), HindIII, HaeII (three sites each), HincII (four sites), and HhaI (five sites). Using the cryptic plasmid pVA318 as cloning vehicle, the largest HindIII fragment of pSM10 (3.3 kb) was shown to contain the erythromycin/lincomycin resistance gene(s) of the plasmid. The AvaII site of pSM10 proved to be suitable as a site for cloning AvaII-generated chromosomal DNA fragments from a group C streptococcal strain in the Challis strain of Streptococcus sanguis (group) H. A detailed physical map of the chimeric plasmid pSM10221 (12.8 kb), a fusion product of pSM10 and the staphylococcal chloramphenicol resistance plasmid pC221 (4.5 kb), is also presented. The plasmid chimera has properties making it potentially useful in development of a doubly selective streptococcal cloning vehicle by searching for insertional inactivation.     

The nucleotide sequence of the rep gene of cyanobacterial plasmid pSM1

The nucleotide sequence was established for the rep gene of plasmid pSM1 isolated from cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum CALU 465. Both nucleotide sequence and the encoded amino acid sequences showed 98% homology to the corresponding sequences of small plasmids pPF1, pGL3, pPBS1, pBLX, and pPB1. An active center was identified in the replicative protein sequences.     

Expression in Escherichia coli of the major outer capsid protein of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus

The gene for Escherichia coli translational initiation factor 3 (infC) has been inserted into an overexpression plasmid under the control of the bacteriophage T7 promoter. The infC plasmid was then used to transform a host with a chromosomal T7 RNA polymerase gene controlled by the lacUVS promoter. Induction of T7 RNA polymerase expression in the host cells resulted in a 200-fold overexpression of infC mRNA and a 100-fold overproduction of initiation factor 3. Rapid batch purification of biologically active IF3 yielded predominantly the long form of IF3, implying that the short form is an artifact of purification by traditional methods.     

Characterization of Bacillus subtilis clones surviving overproduction of Zeta, a pSM19035 plasmid-encoded toxin

The postsegregational killing system of pSM19035 plasmid consists of the proteins Zeta and Epsilon, a toxin and an antidote, respectively. Zeta mutants were isolated with the use of Bacillus subtilis strain with the zeta gene under control of an inducible promoter integrated into the chromosome. Results of mutant analysis point to the amino terminal part of the Zeta protein as being responsible for the toxicity.     

The Nucleotide Sequence of the rep Gene of Cyanobacterial Plasmid pSM1

The nucleotide sequence was established for the rep gene of plasmid pSM1 isolated from cyanobacteriumPlectonema boryanum CALU 465. Both nucleotide sequence and the encoded amino acid sequences showed 98% homology to the corresponding sequences of small plasmids pPF1, pGL3, pPBS1, pBLX, and pPB1. An active center was identified in the replicative protein sequences.