右旋糖苷蔗糖酶基因的克隆及其序列分析*

以筛选的肠膜明串珠菌的基因组为模板,通过聚合酶链式反应(PCR)分别扩增得到右旋糖苷蔗糖酶的基因片段dsr1和dsr2,将基因片段克隆到pUC19载体上并对基因片段组装得到完整基因序列dsrx,通过限制性酶切分析和核苷酸序列分析鉴定,dsrx的序列全长为4,566bp,编码1,522个氨基酸,与GenBank中已注册的U81374核苷酸序列同源性达99%,推导的氨基酸序列与其序列同源性达98.49%。     

牙龈卟啉菌牙龈蛋白酶K的基因克隆和序列分析

利用PCR方法 ,分别扩增牙龈卟啉菌牙龈蛋白酶K (KGP)的催化结构域 (KGPcd)和凝集素结构域 (KGP-hag)的基因片段 ,将基因片段插入pGEM-T easyVector,通过限制性酶切和核苷酸序列分析鉴定, KGPcd和KGP hag的序列与国外文献报道一致。克隆到牙龈卟啉菌KGP的KGPcd和KGP hag基因 ,为体外表达其活性蛋白奠定了基础。     

蚕豆叶绿体DNA BamH I克隆库的构建及含16S-25S rRNA基因克隆的分析

蚕豆叶绿体DNA(ct—DNA)经BamH I酶切产生26个片段,最大的为14．00kb,最小的为0．42kb。本文以pBR322为载体,E．Coli HB101为受体菌,采用标准分子克隆法构建了蚕豆ct—DNA BamH I克隆库,并从库中分离得到含叶绿体rRNA基因的克隆。32P标记的E．Coil 16S、23S rRNA能和蚕豆ct—DNA BamH I第6(B₆,5．65kb)和第9(B₉,4．70kb)个片段杂交,含有这二个片段的克隆分别命名为pVFB32和pVFBl6。利用几种限制性内切酶酶切和Southern印迹法构建了pVFBl6的物理图谱。pVFBl6电镜下观察到有一变性环(A—T丰富区),经Hind I酶切,电镜观察定位此A—T丰富区位于16S和23S rRNA基因的间隔顺序内,推测该环可能与DNA复制有关。     

肺炎支原体P1蛋白羧基端基因片段在大肠杆菌中克隆的研究

在大肠杆菌中克隆肺炎支原体P1蛋白羧基端基因片段,为P1蛋白基因片段的扩增、表达及探讨羧基端基因片段功能打基础.采用PCR扩增方法获取P1结构基因.扩增产物用SalI和EcoRI酶切消化,回收1kb大小的DNA片段并与pUC19DNA连接,转入大肠杆菌JM109菌株.用X-gal平板及质粒图谱分析方法筛选重组克隆株,再用限制性核酸内切酶酶切图谱分析鉴定.经PCR扩增MPDNA获得1条5.0kbDNA片段.重组质粒限制性内切酶指纹图谱显示出2条带,1条为pUC19载体DNA带,另1条是1kb的插入片段.实验获得肺炎支原体P1蛋白结构基因及含P1蛋白羧基端DNA片段的重组克隆株.     

限制性内切酶NotⅠ提纯的新工艺

目前有关限制性内切酶NotⅠ的性质特征及功能机制等方面的研究日渐增多,但商品化NotⅠ及某些限制性内切酶的价格依然居高不下,其主要原因在于表达量低、提纯程序繁琐、得率低等问题的存在。为探索限制性内切酶NotⅠ提纯的新工艺,从豚鼠耳炎诺卡菌(Nocardia otitidis-caviarum)中克隆出限制性内切酶NotⅠ的基因并使之在大肠杆菌中高效表达。首先将由成团肠杆菌(Enterobacter agglomerans)中克隆所得甲基化酶EagⅠM(EagⅠ methylase gene)基因连接到pBR322载体上,转化大肠杆菌ER2566,将豚鼠耳炎诺卡菌中克隆所得的限制性内切酶NotⅠR(NotⅠrestriction endonuclease gene)基因连接到表达载体pACYC184-PT₇上,将此重组质粒转化到上述已转入甲基化重组质粒pBR322-EagⅠM的ER2566中,构建成NotⅠ蛋白表达菌ER2566 。重组工程菌经IPTG诱导可表达限制性内切酶NotⅠ,并对诱导条件进行优化使之以可溶形式高效表达。应用KTA purifier 100蛋白纯化系统,对纯化工艺进行创新,通过DEAE Sephrose FF离子交换层析、phenyl HP疏水层析和Superdex 75 10/300 GL分子筛层析对蛋白进行提纯。纯化后NotⅠ经酶活力及纯度鉴定,其比活力为1.37×10⁶U/mg,提纯35倍,得率为17.8％,产量达9.8×10⁶ Units /g wet cell,提纯时间缩减为原来的1/10,在产量和效率上较以前报道均有很大提高。该纯化工艺的新方法,为实验室制备及工业化生产Ⅱ型限制性内切酶提供了进一步的借鉴。且该酶的成功获得为后续研究提供了材料,为更多新发现内切酶的成功克隆提供了参考。     

幽门螺杆菌hpaA基因RFLP研究*

用限制性片段长度多态性 (RFLP)的方法评价幽门螺杆菌不同菌株鞭毛粘附素基因(hpaA)的变异性。PCR扩增 9株幽门螺杆菌 710bp的hpaA基因 ,用HhaⅠ、HaeⅢ限制性内切酶对该基因片段进行酶切分析。hpaA基因HaeIII单酶切可见 4种带型 ,HhaI单酶切出现 5种带型。从临床分离的H. pylori菌株hpaARFLP互有差异 ,且不同于国际标准菌株 ;临床分     

蛇神经毒素的表达和鉴定

抽提中华眼镜蛇毒腺总RNA,通过反转录PCR扩增Cobrotoxin cDNA,克隆并测序。该cDNA编码83个氨基酸,包括21个氨基酸的信号肽和62个氨基酸的成熟蛋白。该成熟蛋白的氨基酸序列和通过蛋白测序从台湾眼镜蛇鉴定的Cobrotoxin完全一致。PCR扩增编码Cobrotoxin的DNA,并亚克隆到表达载体pMAL-P₂。此外,通过合成寡核苷酸片段,拼接成完整的CM11基因,并将其克隆至pMAL-P₂。经IPTG诱导,两种神经毒素基因在大肠杆菌中都得到高效的可溶性融合表达。表达产物通过SDS-PAGE和蛋白印迹杂交加以鉴定。表达的融合蛋白经过Sepharose 6Bamylose亲和色谱和DEAESepharose FF离子交换色谱得到有效纯化。经Xa因子酶切后得到的两种重组神经毒素都具有小白鼠体内毒性。     

RT-PCR和酶切方法区分猪瘟疫苗毒与野毒的研究*

建立了套式RT-PCR与限制性内切酶酶切相结合的区别猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株与猪瘟病毒田间分离株的诊断方法。通过对猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株与猪瘟石门株E2基因主要抗原编码区序列进行限制性内切酶酶切位点分析,分别找出猪瘟兔化弱毒疫苗株与猪瘟石门株各自独有的限制性内切酶酶切位点,结果二者分别有10和16个独有的限制性内切酶的酶切位点;分别对17株猪瘟病毒E2基因主要抗原编码区序列进行这26个限制性内切酶酶切位点分析,结果表明有3个限制性内切酶(HgaI、Hin8I及Hsp92I)     

Cloning of the gene for phosphoribulokinase activity from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and its expression in Escherichia coli.

A 3.4-kilobase EcoRI restriction endonuclease fragment has been cloned from the facultatively photoheterotrophic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides and shown to contain the structural gene (prkA) for phosphoribulokinase (PRK) activity. The PRK activity was characterized in Escherichia coli, and the product of the reaction was identified. The prkA gene was localized to a 1,565-base-pair EcoRI-PstI restriction endonuclease fragment and gave rise to a 33-kilodalton polypeptide both in vivo and in vitro. The gene product produced in E. coli was shown to be identical to the gene product produced in R. sphaeroides. The amino acid sequence for the amino-terminal region deduced from the DNA sequence confirmed that derived for partially purified PRK derived from both E. coli and R. sphaeroides. In addition, the 3.4-kilobase EcoRI restriction endonuclease fragment coded for a 37-kilodalton polypeptide of unknown function, and preliminary evidence indicates that this DNA fragment is linked to genes coding for other activities significant in photosynthetic carbon assimilation. The genetic organization and proposed operon structure of this DNA fragment are discussed.     

Primary sequence of the EcoRII endonuclease and properties of its fusions with beta-galactosidase

The EcoRII endonuclease cleaves DNA containing the sequence CC(A/T)GG before the first cytosine. The methylation of the second cytosine in the sequence by either the EcoRII methylase or Dcm, a chromosomally coded protein in Escherichia coli, inhibits the cleavage. The gene for the EcoRII endonuclease was mapped by analysis of derivatives containing linker insertions, transposon insertions, and restriction fragment deletions. Surprisingly, plasmids carrying the wild-type endonuclease gene and the EcoRII methylase gene interrupted by transposon insertions appeared to be lethal to dcm+ strains of E. coli. We conclude that not all the EcoRII/Dcm recognition sites in the cellular DNA are methylated in dcm+ strains. The DNA sequence of a 1650-base pair fragment containing the endonuclease gene was determined. It revealed an open reading frame that could code for a 45.6-kDa protein. This predicted size is consistent with the known size of the endonuclease monomer (44 kDa). The endonuclease and methylase genes appear to be transcribed convergently from separate promoters. The reading frame of the endonuclease gene was confirmed at three points by generating random protein fusions between the endonuclease and beta-galactosidase, followed by an analysis of the sequence at the junctions. One of these fusions is missing 18 COOH-terminal amino acids of the endonuclease but still displays significant ability to restrict incoming phage in addition to beta-galactosidase activity. No striking similarity between the sequence of the endonuclease and any other protein in the PIR data base was found. The knowledge of the primary sequence of the endonuclease and the availability of the various constructs involving its gene should be helpful in the study of the interaction of the enzyme with its substrate DNA.     

小鼠脂联素受体2基因编码区的克隆及序列分析

构建小鼠脂联素受体2(mAdipoR2)基因cDNA克隆,并进行序列及基因结构分析,为进一步研究小鼠AdipoR2的表达和生物学活性奠定基础。用RT—PCR方法扩增mAdipoR2基因cDNA,获得的片段连接至pGEM-T载体,转化JM109大肠杆菌,经酶切鉴定后,进行序列测定。利用因特网生物信息学资源分析mAdipoR2基因序列。结果成功地构建了mAdipoR2基因cDNA克隆,其序列与GenBank登录序列一致。通过与小鼠基因组序列比对,分析了mAdipoR2基因结构,其编码序列由7个外显子组成,编码1个含7个跨膜区的膜蛋白,但该受体不属于G蛋白偶联受体家族(GPCRs)。mAdipoR2与人及大鼠蛋白的同源性分别为91％和95％。     

Comparison of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the RsrI and EcoRI restriction endonucleases

The RsrI endonuclease, a type-II restriction endonuclease (ENase) found in Rhodobacter sphaeroides, is an isoschizomer of the EcoRI ENase. A clone containing an 11-kb BamHI fragment was isolated from an R. sphaeroides genomic DNA library by hybridization with synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotide probes based on the N-terminal amino acid (aa) sequence of RsrI. Extracts of E. coli containing a subclone of the 11-kb fragment display RsrI activity. Nucleotide sequence analysis reveals an 831-bp open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 277 aa. A 50% identity exists within a 266-aa overlap between the deduced aa sequences of RsrI and EcoRI. Regions of 75-100% aa sequence identity correspond to key structural and functional regions of EcoRI. The type-II ENases have many common properties, and a common origin might have been expected. Nevertheless, this is the first demonstration of aa sequence similarity between ENases produced by different organisms.     

大鼠D-双功能蛋白基因原核表达载体的构建及表达

利用原核表达系统构建大鼠D-双功能蛋白表达载体。设计基因拼接引物,通过RT-PCR合成DBP基因cDNA序列,将酶切、纯化的DBP基因与经相同处理的表达载体pET-28 a相连接,转化感受态大肠杆菌DH5α,筛选阳性重组子。将通过酶切及序列分析鉴定阳性的重组子质粒转入感受态大肠杆菌BL21-gold表达菌中,经IPTG诱导表达,通过SDS-PAGE分析目的蛋白表达情况。结果显示,成功获得了包含DBP基因的双链cDNA序列,酶切、序列分析及Western blotting证实成功构建了DBP基因的原核表达载体。通过原核表达系统,DBP蛋白以包涵体形式产生,复性后可获得高表达的目的蛋白。     

Lethality of palindromic DNA and its use in selection of recombinant plasmids

A plasmid derived from ColE1 is constructed so that the removal of one restriction endonuclease HindIII fragment allows the ends of the remaining single fragment (the replicator) to be joined, generating a palindromic sequence 2394 bp in length. The circular species thus produced gives rise to transformants of E. coli at very low frequency. Since the palindromic sequence is effectively lethal to a plasmid containing it, the replicator will give rise to more transformants when the restriction fragment originally removed from it is replaced by another. This principle can be exploited to allow the efficient molecular cloning of unselected restriction fragments.     

Cloning and structure of the BepI modification methylase.

The gene coding for a CGCG specific DNA methylase has been cloned in E. coli from Brevibacterium epidermidis. The enzyme, named BepI methylase, is probably the cognate methylase of the FnuDII isoschizomer BepI endonuclease isolated from this strain. The expression of BepI methylase in E. coli is dependent on the orientation of the cloned fragment suggesting that the gene is transcribed from a promoter on the plasmid vector. No BepI endonuclease could be detected in the clones producing BepI methylase. The nucleotide sequence of the BepI methylase gene has been determined, it predicts a protein of 403 amino acids (MR: 45,447). Analysis of the amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence revealed similarities between the BepI methylase and other cytosine methylases. M. BepI methylates the external cytosine in its recognition sequence.     

Analysis of the entire nucleotide sequence of the cryptic plasmid of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L1. Evidence for involvement in DNA replication.

Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L1/440/LN possesses a 7498bp plasmid which was designated pLGV440. The plasmid was cloned at the BamH1 site of pAT153 into Escherichia coli and the recombinant plasmid was designated pCTL1. A detailed restriction endonuclease map of pCTL1 was constructed. A fragment of the chlamydial plasmid was shown to function as a promoter in E. coli when placed upstream of the lacZ gene. The entire plasmid was sequenced by the chain termination method. Open reading frames were identified from the resulting consensus sequence together with a candidate for the plasmid origin of replication consisting of four perfect tandem repeats of a 22bp sequence, an A:T rich sequence and an open reading frame which could generate a 34.8kdal product. The predicted polypeptide products of the open reading frames were compared by computer with all reported protein sequences. Homology of the predicted polypeptide product of an open reading frame to the E. coli dnaB protein and the analogous product of gene 12 of bacteriophage P22 is described.     

A general method to cleave a known DNA sequence at any site.

We describe a new method for obtaining DNA fragments starting at a desired point where there is no recognition sequence for any known restriction endonuclease. A single-stranded DNA containing the fragment of interest is annealed to a synthetic oligonucleotide hybridizing at the 5' end of the required fragment. Then, a partially double-stranded DNA is synthesized using the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I in the presence of the four deoxynucleoside triphosphates. The remaining single-stranded regions are removed by digestion with a single-strand nuclease, and the resulting 5' blunt-ended fragment is finally released by digestion with a restriction endonuclease at any site downstream its 3' end. The usefulness of the method was exemplified here by insertion of an epidermal growth factor-like African swine fever virus gene immediately downstream of the ribosome binding site of an expression vector.     

Cloning and expression of the MspI restriction and modification genes

The genes for the MspI restriction (R) and modification enzymes (recognition sequence CCGG) have been cloned into Escherichia coli using the vector pBR322. Clones carrying both genes have been isolated from libraries prepared with EcoRI, HindIII and BamHI. The smallest fragment that encodes both activities is a 3.6-kb HindIII fragment. Plasmids purified from the clones are fully resistant to digestion by MspI, indicating that the modification gene is functional in E. coli. The clones remain sensitive to phage infection, however, indicating that the endonuclease is dysfunctional. When the R gene is brought under the control of the inducible leftward promoter from phage lambda, the level of endonuclease increases and the level of methylase decreases, suggesting that the genes are transcribed in opposite directions.