坚强芽孢杆菌β-淀粉酶基因的核苷酸序列分析

淀粉水解酶广泛用于淀粉加工业中,何秉旺等在选育产耐热β-淀粉酶菌株中得到一株坚强芽孢杆菌（Bacillusfirmus）725,该菌株产生的淀粉酶有较好的热稳定性,水解淀粉的主要产物为麦芽糖。自然菌株产生的淀粉酶往往是多种淀粉酶的混合,为进一步研究该菌株产生的淀粉酶的性质和在工业上应用的可能性,分离了三个淀粉酶基因,在大肠杆菌中克隆和表达[1]。其中重组质粒pBA150产生的淀粉酶的淀粉水解产物主要是麦芽糖［1］。Β-淀粉酶（EC.3．2.1．2）水解淀粉的主要产物是麦芽糖,工业上可用于生产高麦芽糖浆,近年来又有β-淀粉酶用于啤酒工业的报道[2]。本文报道重组质粒pBA150的β-淀粉酶基因的序列分析及推导出的氨基酸序列同己知β-淀粉酶的氨基酸序列比较。     

坚强芽孢杆菌三个淀粉酶基因的克隆和表达

以pUC18为载体,用鸟枪法从产淀粉水解酶的坚强芽孢杆菌725菌株中得到三个产淀粉水解酶的重组质粒,在大肠杆菌中表达。用高压液相色谱分析了三个表达的酶的淀粉水解产物,其中pBA135和pBA150表达的酶的淀粉水解产物主要是麦芽糖,具β-淀粉酶的性质。pBA140表达的酶的淀粉水解主要产物除麦芽糖外还有一糖,三糖和四糖。pBA135编码的酶有较好的热稳定性,60℃保温30min,活性保留70％以上,最适反应温度55-60℃。而在同样条件下pBA150编码的酶仅保留37％的酶活,最适反应温度50℃。     

产β-淀粉酶菌株的筛选及β-淀粉酶基因在大肠杆菌中的克隆与表达

从淀粉厂附近的土壤中筛选到一株能够利用淀粉的细菌,对该细菌进行生理生化检测和16S r DNA同源性比对,分析该菌株为蜡状芽孢杆菌(Bacillus cereus)。利用基因克隆技术得到了该菌株的β-淀粉酶基因,该基因含有一个约30个氨基酸的信号肽序列。将该β-淀粉酶基因重组进入质粒p ET-28a中,转化进入E.coli BL21(DE3)中进行表达。检测表达结果显示得到了重组后的β-淀粉酶蛋白质,重组酶的酶活力提高了53.9%。     

产β-淀粉酶菌株的筛选

β-淀粉酶水解淀粉是从淀粉分子的非还原性末端开始,水解相隔的α-1,4-葡萄糖苷键,产生麦芽糖。β-淀粉酶最初发现在高等植物中,特别是大麦、小麦等谷物中。甘薯和大豆中也含有β-淀粉酶。该酶主要用于酿酒和生产饴糖。近几年来,国外有一些关于由微生物产     

在5L自控发酵罐内热稳定β-淀粉酶的发酵

β-淀粉酶是一种外切型淀粉水解酶,它从淀粉的非还原性末端依此水解α１４葡萄糖苷键,产生β-构型的麦牙糖,在食品、医药工业上有很大用途,但目前工业上使用的β-淀粉酶大多为植物来源。微生物β-淀粉酶的研究自70年代以来陆续有文献报道^[1-6],但至今人才济济 有理想的工业生产菌株推出。我们实验室经过前几年的研究,已得到一株热稳定β-淀粉酶的产生菌株^[7],但以往的发酵研究都在摇瓶内进行,就生产应用而言,必须进行自控小罐的发酵条件试验,以便逐级放大进行中试,最后达到生产规模。本文报道热稳定β-淀粉酶产生菌高温放线菌A61菌株在5L自控发酵罐内的发酵优化研究。     

巨大芽孢杆菌β-淀粉酶在枯草芽孢杆菌中诱导表达及碳代谢去阻遏

【背景】β-淀粉酶在食品和医疗领域应用广泛。目前工业上使用的β-淀粉酶主要从植物中提取,生产成本高,限制了β-淀粉酶的应用。微生物生产的β-淀粉酶尽管早有报道,但由于产酶水平低下,因而一直未能实现工业化。【目的】实现巨大芽孢杆菌β-淀粉酶在枯草芽孢杆菌中的高效诱导表达,缓解碳分解代谢物阻遏(Carbon catabolite repression,CCR)对该重组酶表达的影响,并研究其酶学性质。【方法】克隆枯草芽孢杆菌木糖诱导启动子,构建木糖诱导表达载体以介导巨大芽孢杆菌1514的β-淀粉酶编码基因amyM在枯草芽孢杆菌中的异源表达。定点突变位于amyM信号肽编码区的分解代谢物响应元件(Catabolite responsive element,CRE),降低碳源代谢对重组β-淀粉酶施加的阻遏。【结果】构建了诱导表达β-淀粉酶基因的重组枯草芽孢杆菌菌株。同义替换amyM-CRE保守碱基在不同程度上缓解了碳源所施加的CCR效应,重组酶的表达水平得到显著提高。重组酶的分子量为57 kD,水解可溶性淀粉主要生成麦芽糖和少量葡萄糖,其中麦芽糖含量为72%。该酶最适作用温度为50°C,最适反应pH为6.0。Co2+、Ca2+对重组β-淀粉酶具有激活作用。【结论】通过木糖诱导表达系统和碳代谢去阻遏实现了β-淀粉酶在枯草芽孢杆菌中的高效表达,酶活最高可达97.16 U/mL发酵液,比amyM基因来源菌巨大芽孢杆菌1514的β-淀粉酶产量提高了440倍,为β-淀粉酶发酵生产的工业化提供了支撑。     

藤黄微球菌海藻糖生物合成基因的克隆与鉴定

首次从一株能利用淀粉产生海藻糖的藤黄微球菌中克隆了海藻糖生物合成基因。采用PCR方法结合非随机鸟枪法得到藤黄微球菌中低聚麦芽糖苷基海藻糖合成酶(MTSase)基因(MtreY)的全序列及低聚麦芽糖苷基海藻糖水解酶(MTHase)基因(MtreZ)的部分序列,其中MtreY共有2,370个碱基,编码789个氨基酸,表达产物分子量为86·7kD。同源性分析表明,与已报道的MTSase和α-淀粉酶家族成员具有相同的保守模体。将MtreY基因在大肠杆菌JM83中表达,证明表达产物具有预期的酶活性。     

地衣芽孢杆菌α-淀粉酶基因的克隆和及其启动子功能鉴定

根据已知α-淀粉酶编码基因保守区核苷酸序列,通过PCR和反向PCR技术克隆出Bacillus licheniformisCICIM B0204α-淀粉酶编码基因amyL全长序列及其上下游序列。B.licheniformisCICIM B0204amyL由1539bp组成,其上游180bp为启动子序列,下游160bp为终止子序列;成熟肽由512个氨基酸残基组成,氨基端的29个氨基酸残基为α-淀粉酶的信号肽。通过基因及其氨基酸序列比对发现,amyL及其编码产物与芽孢杆菌来源的α-淀粉酶具有高度相似性。将amyL的结构基因在PT7介导下于大肠杆菌中诱导表达,获得具有α-淀粉酶活性的表达产物。将amyL的启动子序列和信号肽序列与B.licheniformisCICIM B2004的β-甘露聚糖酶结构基因进行读框内重组,在大肠杆菌中获得了β-甘露聚糖酶的分泌表达,重组大肠杆菌表达295U/mL的β-甘露聚糖酶酶活。     

芽四糖淀粉酶产生菌的筛选与发酵条件的研究

从290个土样中分离到1380株细菌,加上本所其他课题组提供的细菌共1870株,其中有707株能分解淀粉,经过复筛、纸层析鉴定有3株菌的淀粉酶酶解液中主要产物是麦芽四糖,进一步用β－淀粉酶水解为麦芽糖,用萄葡糖淀粉酶水解为萄葡糖,确证为麦芽四糖。其中最优菌株为537．1,其酶解产物中麦芽四糖占90％,而其他两株菌的酶解产物中除麦芽四糖外,还有较多的麦芽糖及麦芽三糖,因此选择了537．1作为形成麦芽四糖淀粉酶的优良菌株,经鉴定,该菌属于产碱菌(Alcaligenessp．)。菌株537．1产酶的较好条件为t培养基中麦芽糖1．5％,蛋白胨0．5％,起始pH7—7．5,在27—28℃振荡培养48h。株537．1培养液可以酶解谷类、薯类和野生植物淀粉生成麦芽四糖。     

β—淀粉酶基因的克隆及在大肠杆菌中的表达

β—淀粉酶基因的克隆及在大肠杆菌中的表达王峥,周蓓芸,郑幼霞（中国科学院上海植物生理研究所,２０００３）关键词高温放线菌,β—淀粉酶,基因克隆β—淀粉酶是一种外切型淀粉水解酶,它从淀粉的非还原性末端依次水解α－１,４葡萄糖昔键,产生分构型的麦芽糖。内...     

Cloning of the beta-amylase gene from Bacillus cereus and characteristics of the primary structure of the enzyme.

The gene encoding the beta-amylase of Bacillus cereus BQ10-S1 (SpoII) was cloned into Escherichia coli JM 109. A sequenced DNA fragment of 2,001 bp contains the beta-amylase gene. The N-terminal sequences (AVNGKG MNPDYKAYLMAPLKKI), the C-terminal sequences (SHTSSW), and the amino acid sequences of the five regions in the beta-amylase molecules were determined. The mature beta-amylase contains 514 amino acid residues with a molecular mass of 57,885 Da. The amino acid sequence homology with those of known beta-amylases was 52.7% for Bacillus polymyxa, 52.0% for Bacillus circulans, 43.4% for Clostridium thermosulfurogenes, 31.8% for Arabidopsis thaliana, 31.5% for barley, 29.9% for sweet potato, and 28.9% for soybean. Ten well-conserved regions were found between the N terminus and the area around residue 430, but the C-terminal region of 90 residues has no similarity with those of the plant beta-amylases. The homology search revealed that this C-terminal region has homology with C-terminal regions of the beta-amylase from C. thermosulfurogenes, some bacterial alpha-amylases, cyclodextrin glucanotransferase, and glucoamylase. Some of these sequences are known as the raw-starch-binding domain. These results suggest that B. cereus beta-amylase has an extra domain which has raw-starch-binding ability and that the domain has considerable sequence homology with those of other amylases or related enzymes from a wide variety of microorganisms.     

Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding thermophilic beta-amylase of Clostridium thermosulfurogenes.

A gene coding for thermophilic beta-amylase of Clostridium thermosulfurogenes was cloned into Bacillus subtilis, and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The nucleotide sequence suggested that the thermophilic beta-amylase is translated from monocistronic mRNA as a secretory precursor with a signal peptide of 32 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence of the mature beta-amylase contained 519 residues with a molecular weight of 57,167. The amino acid sequence of the C. thermosulfurogenes beta-amylase showed 54, 32, and 32% homology with those of the Bacillus polymyxa, soybean, and barley beta-amylases, respectively. Twelve well-conserved regions were found among the amino acid sequences of the four beta-amylases. To elucidate the mechanism rendering the C. thermosulfurogenes beta-amylase thermophilic, its amino acid sequence was compared with that of the B. polymyxa beta-amylase. The C. thermosulfurogenes beta-amyulase contained more Cys residues and fewer hydrophilic amino acid residues than the B. polymyxa beta-amylase did. Several regions were found in the amino acid sequence of the C. thermosulfurogenes beta-amylase, where the hydrophobicity was remarkably high as compared with that of the corresponding regions of the B. polymyxa beta-amylase.     

Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for enzymatically active fragments of the Bacillus polymyxa beta-amylase.

The gene encoding beta-amylase was cloned from Bacillus polymyxa 72 into Escherichia coli HB101 by inserting HindIII-generated DNA fragments into the HindIII site of pBR322. The 4.8-kilobase insert was shown to direct the synthesis of beta-amylase. A 1.8-kilobase AccI-AccI fragment of the donor strain DNA was sufficient for the beta-amylase synthesis. Homologous DNA was found by Southern blot analysis to be present only in B. polymyxa 72 and not in other bacteria such as E. coli or B. subtilis. B. polymyxa, as well as E. coli harboring the cloned DNA, was found to produce enzymatically active fragments of beta-amylases (70,000, 56,000, or 58,000, and 42,000 daltons), which were detected in situ by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the cloned 3.1-kilobase DNA revealed that it contains one open reading frame of 2,808 nucleotides without a translational stop codon. The deduced amino acid sequence for these 2,808 nucleotides encoding a secretory precursor of the beta-amylase protein is 936 amino acids including a signal peptide of 33 or 35 residues at its amino-terminal end. The existence of a beta-amylase of larger than 100,000 daltons, which was predicted on the basis of the results of nucleotide sequence analysis of the gene, was confirmed by examining culture supernatants after various cultivation periods. It existed only transiently during cultivation, but the multiform beta-amylases described above existed for a long time. The large beta-amylase (approximately 160,000 daltons) existed for longer in the presence of a protease inhibitor such as chymostatin, suggesting that proteolytic cleavage is the cause of the formation of multiform beta-amylases.     

Cloning and characterization of the beta-amylase gene from Bacillus polymyxa.

The gene for beta-amylase was isolated from Bacillus polymyxa by molecular cloning in B. subtilis. B. subtilis cells containing this gene express and secrete an amylase which resembles the B. polymyxa beta-amylase and barley beta-amylase in terms of the products it generates during carbohydrate hydrolysis. Starch hydrolysis with this beta-amylase produces maltose, not glucose, whereas maltotriose and cycloheptaose are resistant to the action of this beta-amylase. The enzyme has a molecular weight of approximately 68,000. Restriction endonuclease mapping demonstrated that the DNA inserted in pBD64 and containing the gene is approximately 3 kilobases in length.     

A single gene directs synthesis of a precursor protein with beta- and alpha-amylase activities in Bacillus polymyxa.

The Bacillus polymyxa amylase gene comprises 3,588 nucleotides. The mature amylase comprises 1,161 amino acids with a molecular weight of 127,314. The gene appeared to be divided into two portions by the direct-repeat sequence located at almost the middle of the gene. The 5' region upstream of the direct-repeat sequence was shown to be responsible for the synthesis of beta-amylase. The 3' region downstream of the direct-repeat sequence contained four sequences homologous with those in other alpha-amylases, such as Taka-amylase A. The 48-kilodalton (kDa) amylase isolated from B. polymyxa was proven to have alpha-amylase activity. The amino acid sequences of the peptides generated from the 48-kDa amylase showed complete agreement with the predicted amino acid sequence of the C-terminal portion. The B. polymyxa amylase gene was therefore concluded to contain in-phase beta- and alpha-amylase-coding sequences in the 5' and 3' regions, respectively. A precursor protein, a 130-kDa amylase, directed by a plasmid, pYN520, carrying the entire amylase gene, had both beta- and alpha-amylase activities. This represents the first report of a single protein precursor in procaryotes that gives rise to two enzymes.     

Structure of raw starch-digesting Bacillus cereus beta-amylase complexed with maltose.

The crystals of beta-amylase from Bacillus cereus belong to space group P21 with the following cell dimensions: a = 57.70 A, b = 92.87 A, c = 65.93 A, and beta =101.95 degrees. The structures of free and maltose-bound beta-amylases were determined by X-ray crystallography at 2.1 and 2.5 A with R-factors of 0.170 and 0.164, respectively. The final model of the maltose-bound form comprises 516 amino acid residues, four maltose molecules, 275 water molecules, one Ca2+, one acetate, and one sulfate ion. The enzyme consists of a core (beta/alpha)8-barrel domain (residues 5-434) and a C-terminal starch-binding domain (residues 435-613). Besides the active site in the core where two maltose molecules are bound in tandem, two novel maltose-binding sites were found in the core L4 region and in the C-terminal domain. The structure of the core domain is similar to that of soybean beta-amylase except for the L4 maltose-binding site, whereas the C-terminal domain has the same secondary structure as domain E of cyclodextrin glucosyltransferase. These two maltose-binding sites are 32-36 A apart from the active site. These results indicate that the ability of B. cereus beta-amylase to digest raw starch can be attributed to the additional two maltose-binding sites.     

Proline residues responsible for thermostability occur with high frequency in the loop regions of an extremely thermostable oligo-1,6-glucosidase from Bacillus thermoglucosidasius KP1006.

The gene encoding for an extremely thermostable oligo-1,6-glucosidase from Bacillus thermoglucosidasius KP1006 (DSM2542, obligate thermophile) was sequenced. The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the gene (1686 base pairs) corresponded to a protein of 562 amino acid residues with a Mr of 66,502. Its predicted amino acid composition, Mr, and N-terminal sequence of 12 residues were consistent with those determined for B. thermoglucosidasius oligo-1,6-glucosidase. The deduced sequence of the enzyme was 72% homologous to that of a thermolabile oligo-1,6-glucosidase (558 residues) from Bacillus cereus ATCC7064 (mesophile). B. cereus oligo-1,6-glucosidase contained 19 prolines. Eighteen of these were conserved at the equivalent positions of B. thermoglucosidasius oligo-1,6-glucosidase. This enzyme contained 14 extra prolines besides the conservative prolines. The majority of extra prolines was replaced by polar or charged residues (Glu, Thr, or Lys) in B. cereus oligo-1,6-glucosidase. The extra prolines were responsible for the difference in thermostability between these two enzymes. We suggested that 11 of the extra prolines in B. thermoglucosidasius oligo-1,6-glucosidase occur in beta-turns or in coils within the loops binding adjacent secondary structures.     

Bacterial contaminants in liquid packaging boards: assessment of potential for food spoilage

Liquid packaging boards and blanks were examined for microbial contaminants. A total of 218 strains were identified and representatives of the most frequent species were characterized for their potential for food spoilage. Contaminants found were aerobic spore-forming bacteria, mostly Bacillus megaterium, B. licheniformis, B. cereus group, B. pumilus, Paenibacillus macerans, P. polymyxa, P. pabuli and B. flexus. Production of amylolytic, proteolytic, lipolytic and phospholipolytic enzymes was common. Approximately 50% of the B. cereus group strains were positive in the diarrhoeal enterotoxin immunoassay test or in the enterotoxin reversed passive latex agglutination test. Strains capable of growth at 6°C were found among B. cereus group, P. pabuli, P. validus, B. megaterium and P. polymyxa. All B. licheniformis strains grew at 55°C. The spores of B. licheniformis were most resistant to hydrogen peroxide. The B. cereus group strains were recognizable by fatty acid components not present in any of the other paperboard strains, 11-methyldodecanoic acid (13:0 iso) and trans-9-hexadecenoic acid (16:1 ω 7 trans), each contributing 7% or more to the total cellular fatty acids.     

Structure and glycosylation of lipoteichoic acids in Bacillus strains.

The occurrence, structure, and glycosylation of lipoteichoic acids were studied in 15 Bacillus strains, including Bacillus cereus (4 strains), Bacillus subtilis (5 strains), Bacillus licheniformis (1 strain), Bacillus polymyxa (2 strains), and Bacillus circulans (3 strains). Whereas in the cells of B. polymyxa and B. circulans neither lipoteichoic acid nor related amphipathic polymer could be detected, the cells of other Bacillus strains were shown to contain lipoteichoic acids built up of poly(glycerol phosphate) backbone chains and hydrophobic anchors [gentiobiosyl(beta 1----1/3)diacylglycerol or monoacylglycerol]. The lipoteichoic acid chains of the B. licheniformis strain and three of the B. subtilis strains had N-acetylglucosamine side branches, but those of the B. cereus strains and the remaining two B. subtilis strains did not. The membranes of the B. licheniformis strain and the first three B. subtilis strains exhibited enzyme activities for the synthesis of beta-N-acetylglucosamine-P-polyprenol and for the transfer of N-acetylglucosamine from this glycolipid to endogenous acceptors presumed to be lipoteichoic acid precursors. In contrast, the membranes of the other strains lacked both or either of these two enzyme activities. The correlation between the occurrence of N-acetylglucosamine-linked lipoteichoic acids and the distribution of these enzymes is consistent with the previously proposed function of beta-N-acetylglucosamine-P-polyprenol as a glycosyl donor in the introduction of alpha-N-acetylglucosamine branches to lipoteichoic acid backbone chains.     

Structural and functional roles of cysteine residues of Bacillus polymyxa beta-amylase.

Bacillus polymyxa beta-amylase contains three cysteine residues at positions 83, 91, and 323, which can react with sulfhydryl reagents. To determine the role of cysteine residues in the catalytic reaction, cysteine residues were mutated to construct four mutant enzymes, C83S, C91V, C323S, and C-free. Wild-type and mutant forms of the enzyme were expressed in, and purified to homogeneity from, Bacillus subtilis. A disulfide bond between Cys83 and Cys91 was identified by isolation of tryptic peptides bearing a fluorescent label, IAEDANS, from wild-type and C91 V enzymes followed by amino acid sequencing. Therefore, only Cys323 contains a free SH group. Replacement of cysteine residues with serine or valine residues resulted in a significant decrease in the kcat/Km value of the enzyme. C323S, containing no free SH group, however, retained a high specific activity, approximately 20% of the wild-type enzyme. None of the cysteine residues participate directly in the catalytic reaction.