DDT降解菌株Chryseobacterium sp. PYR2对小麦的促生作用及其机理

【背景】前期结果表明,DDT降解菌株Chryseobacterium sp. PYR2可高效去除土壤中的DDT等污染物,具有潜在的应用价值,但该菌对植物的影响尚不清楚。【目的】探讨菌株Chryseobacterium sp. PYR2对植物的促生作用及其机理,为后续开发DDT降解及植物促生双效功能菌剂提供理论依据。【方法】配制该菌株的不同梯度稀释菌悬液,用纸卷发芽法和盆栽法研究菌悬液对小麦种子萌发和植株生长的影响;Salkowski法测定PYR2合成吲哚-3-乙酸(Indole-3-acetic acid,IAA)量;单因素实验研究不同培养条件对菌株生长及IAA合成的影响;液相色谱-串联质谱-多反应监测(LC-MS/MS-MRM)方法分析IAA在PYR2菌体内的生物合成途径。【结果】PYR2菌悬液可明显提高小麦种子萌发率并促进小麦植株的生长,小麦的侧根数、株高、鲜重、干重等指标均明显提高。该作用是由于菌株PYR2可以合成植物生长激素IAA。最适IAA合成条件:温度30°C,pH 7.0-8.0,盐浓度0.5%,L-色氨酸50mg/L。代谢液中检测到色醇、色胺和吲哚-3-乙酰胺3种中间代谢产物,推测PYR2体内存在3条IAA合成途径,分别为吲哚-3-丙酮酸(IPy A)、TAM和IAM途径。【结论】菌株PYR2对小麦具有明显的促生效果,是由于其具有多条高效合成IAA的代谢途径,表明其在农药污染土壤的生物修复及作物种植中具有潜在的应用前景。     

解淀粉芽胞杆菌HZ-12中ysnE参与吲哚-3-乙酸合成的代谢途径研究

【目的】吲哚-3-乙酸是调控植物生长发育和生理活动的重要激素,吲哚-3-乙酸N-乙酰转移酶YsnE在吲哚-3-乙酸合成中发挥重要作用,本研究拟解析解淀粉芽胞杆菌中YsnE参与吲哚-3-乙酸合成的代谢途径。【方法】通过基因ysnE缺失和强化表达,分析ysnE对吲哚-3-乙酸合成影响,结合吲哚-3-乙酸合成中间物(吲哚丙酮酸、吲哚乙酰胺、色胺和吲哚乙腈)添加和体外酶转化实验,解析ysnE参与吲哚-3-乙酸合成的代谢途径。【结果】明确了YsnE在解淀粉芽胞杆菌HZ-12吲哚-3-乙酸合成中发挥重要作用。发现ysnE缺失菌株中的吲哚丙酮酸、吲哚乙酰胺和吲哚乙腈利用显著降低,揭示了YsnE主要发挥吲哚丙酮酸脱羧酶YclB和吲哚乙酰胺水解酶/腈水解酶/腈水合酶YhcX的功能,并通过参与吲哚丙酮酸、吲哚乙酰胺和吲哚乙腈途径来影响吲哚-3-乙酸合成。【结论】初步揭示了YsnE通过影响吲哚丙酮酸、吲哚乙酰胺和吲哚乙腈途径参与吲哚-3-乙酸合成的代谢机理,为吲哚-3-乙酸合成途径解析和代谢工程育种构建吲哚-3-乙酸高产菌株奠定了基础。     

高产吲哚乙酸及高泌氨巴西固氨螺菌的筛选与鉴定

目的：从玉米根际和土壤中分离具有高产吲哚乙酸较强的泌氨能力的巴西固氮螺菌。方法：分别通过半固体NFb培养基、CR培养基、LB培养基分离培养固氮菌株,并经过一系列菌落菌体形态特征、生理生化特性和16S rDNA序列测定等试验对其进行鉴定。结果：经分离纯化获得10株固氮菌,并鉴定均为巴西固氮螺菌（Azospirillum brasilense）,其中菌株R7在甘油半固体培养基上能分泌约14mmol/L的氨,在添加了色氨酸的培养基中能够合成58.8μg/ml的吲哚-3-乙酸（IAA）。结论：成功筛选得到一株既高产吲哚乙酸又有较强的泌氨能力的巴西固氮螺菌。     

酿酒酵母gpd1和hor2基因在大肠杆菌中的共表达

利用途径工程的方法,在大肠杆菌中构建一条新的产甘油的代谢途径。从酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)克隆3-磷酸甘油脱氢酶基因(gpd1)和3-磷酸甘油酯酶基因(hor2),并将两个基因串连到启动子trc的下游,构建由trc启动子控制的能高效表达的多顺反子重组质粒pSE-gpd1-hor2,将重组质粒导入大肠杆菌BL21菌株中,构建得到的重组菌株GxB-gh能将葡萄糖转化为甘油。结果表明重组菌株GxB-gh以葡萄糖为底物进行发酵,甘油产量为46．67g／L,葡萄糖的转化率为42.87％。这为利用工程菌绿色生产甘油进行了前期的探索,也为进一步构建能生产1,3-丙二醇的工程菌打下了良好的基础。     

外源色氨酸对海水胁迫下长春花幼苗生长及生物碱含量的影响

以长春花[Catharanthus roseus(L.)G.Don]为材料采用温室盆栽法,研究了不同浓度色氨酸对不同浓度海水处理14 d后长春花幼苗生长及吲哚生物总碱含量的影响.结果显示:(1)20%海水中加入不同浓度的色氨酸,长春花幼苗生长受到显著抑制,而丙二醛(MDA)含量、可溶性糖含量、色氨酸脱羧酶(TDC)活性、吲哚生物总碱含量均显著增加;(2)40%海水中加入不同浓度的色氨酸,TDC活性、吲哚生物总碱含量也得到显著提高,但幼苗生长受到严重伤害,生物产量显著降低,吲哚生物总碱的产量太低.研究表明,外源色氨酸能显著提高海水胁迫下长春花吲哚生物总碱的含量,而且用20%的海水中加入500 mg/L的色氨酸最有利于生物碱的积累.     

异戊烯基化吲哚类生物碱的化学酶合成

异戊烯基化吲哚类生物碱广泛存在于麦角菌、青霉菌和曲霉菌中,具有一定的药理学活性,与未异戊烯基化的前体在生物活性方面具有明显的差异.曲霉菌中的某些异戊烯基化吲哚类生物碱具有抗癌活性,如烟曲霉毒素C（fumitremorgin C）、tryprostatin B,但其天然产量低且不易分离,利用化学酶合成法可很容易地将前体转化为异戊烯基化吲哚类生物碱.异戊烯基转移酶FtmPT1对二甲丙烯基二磷酸（dimethylallyl diphosphate,DMAPP）具有专一性,但可以接受不同的芳香族底物.早期研究发现,FtmPT1能接受含色氨酸的不同环二肽为底物,但以cyclo-L-Trp-L-Tyr和cyclo-L-Trp-L-Phe为底物时,酶的相对活性很低,其产物量少,无法用于合成产物.本实验通过优化酶反应条件来提高其产量.将已构建的含ftmPT1的质粒在大肠杆菌中诱导表达,经Ni-NTA亲和柱纯化后用于酶反应.实验结果表明,通过增加酶量（终浓度2.8 μmol/L）、延长培养时间（37 ℃,24 h）,以cyclo-L-Trp-L-Tyr和cyclo-L-Trp-L-Phe为底物的酶反应产率分别达到49.3%和21.3%,产物经¹H^-NMR、¹H-¹H-COSY和ESI-MS鉴定,其结果与预期吻合.据检索,这2个化合物均为新化合物,分别命名为cyclo-C2-1′-DMA-L-Trp-L-Tyr和cyclo-C2-1′-DMA-L-Trp-L-Phe.     

Burkholderia sp. IDO3中靛蓝合成基因的克隆表达及其合成特性

【目的】克隆和表达靛蓝合成基因,并将其用于靛蓝合成研究。【方法】对菌株Burkholderia sp.IDO3中靛蓝合成基因进行克隆和大肠杆菌异源表达,构建能合成蓝色色素的基因工程菌。利用液相色谱和质谱对产物进行分析,采用单因素法对培养温度、转速、培养基成分等进行优化,并考察优化条件下的靛蓝合成曲线。【结果】构建了一株重组大肠杆菌E.coli IND_AB,该菌株能够在LB培养基生长的过程中合成蓝色色素,产物分析表明该色素为靛蓝;菌株IND_AB在30°C和150 r/min条件下能在LB培养基中合成22.9 mg/L靛蓝,优化培养条件后产量达到25.4 mg/L;优化LB培养基各组分浓度后产量可提高到35.1 mg/L;外加50.0 mg/L吲哚或0.1 g/L色氨酸后靛蓝产量可分别提高到57.7 mg/L和64.4 mg/L,相比初始产量提高了152.0%和181.2%;靛蓝合成曲线表明在添加吲哚或色氨酸的培养基中,菌株IND_AB前6 h没有靛蓝生成,6-15 h为靛蓝合成加速期,18 h达到产量平衡。【结论】重组大肠杆菌IND_AB可用于生物合成高纯度靛蓝,为靛蓝的微生物合成提供了有效的基因资源。     

生长素和赤霉素对离体水仙花茎切段伸长的影响

以离体水仙(Narcissustazettavar.chinensis)花茎切段为材料,通过外源吲哚-3-乙酸(Indole-3-aceticacid,IAA)和赤霉素A3(GA3)处理,结合内源激素分析,研究了这两种激素对水仙花茎切段伸长的影响,以及它们之间的相互作用。结果表明:外源50μmol/LIAA和30μmol/LGA3均能促进花茎切段的伸长,其中IAA的促进作用大于GA3。200μmol/L生长素运输抑制剂2,3,5-三碘苯甲酸(2,3,5-Triiodobenzoicacid,TIBA)和65μmol/L赤霉素合成抑制剂烯效唑(Uniconazole,S-3307)均显著抑制花茎切段的伸长。外源50μmol/LIAA处理明显增加内源GA1 3的含量,是对照的3.40倍;外源30μmol/LGA3处理对内源IAA含量影响不明显,说明IAA对维持花茎切段内源活性GA水平起重要作用,IAA和活性GA共同发挥调控花茎切段伸长的作用。     

生长素合成途径的研究进展

生长素是一类含有一个不饱和芳香族环和一个乙酸侧链的内源激素, 参与植物生长发育的许多过程。植物和一些侵染植物的病原微生物都可以通过改变生长素的合成来调节植株的生长。吲哚-3-乙酸(IAA)是天然植物生长素的主要活性成分。近年来, 随着IAA生物合成过程中一些关键调控基因的克隆和功能分析, 人们对IAA的生物合成途径有了更加深入的认识。IAA的生物合成有依赖色氨酸和非依赖色氨酸两条途径。依据IAA合成的中间产物不同, 依赖色氨酸的生物合成过程通常又划分成4条支路: 吲哚乙醛肟途径、吲哚丙酮酸途径、色胺途径和吲哚乙酰胺途径。该文综述了近几年在IAA生物合成方面取得的新进展。     

喷施吲哚-3-乙酸 (IAA) 对番茄及其上B型烟粉虱的影响

【目的】不同植物生长调节物质对植食性昆虫产卵、发育、取食等常有促进或抑制作用,进而影响植物与昆虫的互作关系。本研究旨在阐明常用的植物生长调节剂吲哚-3-乙酸对B型烟粉虱Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)的影响,进而探索防治烟粉虱环境友好的方法,同时期望获得更加优质的烟粉虱用作替代寄主饲养寄生蜂。【方法】对番茄 Solanum lycopersicum L.植株外源喷施吲哚-3-乙酸(IAA),检测其生理生化的响应;记录B型烟粉虱存活率、产卵量并测量解毒酶等指标。【结果】喷施IAA后番茄叶片含水量略有上升,叶面积增大,叶绿素含量增加,过氧化物酶(POD)活性降低,多酚氧化酶(PPO)活性升高,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性变化不显著(P＞0.05)。喷施IAA后番茄上B型烟粉虱成虫存活率高于对照组,其中50 mg/L IAA番茄上B型烟粉虱成虫存活率和总产卵量最高,250 mg/L IAA存活率最低;喷施IAA 120 h后烟粉虱总产卵量升高;碱性磷酸酶(AKP)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性较对照升高。【结论】喷施不同浓度的IAA溶液后,番茄植株的生理生化水平发生不同程度的改变,烟粉虱成虫的存活状况、产卵量以及体内解毒活性也会产生不同程度的改变。适宜剂量的IAA处理能够使烟粉虱的生存表现更加优异,从而为饲养寄生蜂提供优质的替代寄主。     

大肠杆菌色氨酸生物合成途径关键酶的调控

为了通过基因工程手段提高大肠杆菌色氨酸产量, 对色氨酸生物合成途径中的关键基因trpR、tnaA、aroG和trpED进行了改造.首先通过敲除trpR基因解除了基因组上色氨酸合成和转运关键酶受到的反馈阻遏调控, 进而又敲除了tnaA基因, 阻断了色氨酸的分解代谢.然后, 将色氨酸合成途径的关键酶aroGfbr和trpEDfbr基因串联表达, 以去除色氨酸生物合成途径的瓶颈.与对照MG1655相比, trpR基因单敲菌色氨酸浓度提高了10倍, 双敲菌色氨酸浓度提高了约20倍.pZE12-trpEDfbr转入双敲菌后色氨酸浓度提高到168 mg/L, 而将aroGfbr和trpEDfbr转入双敲菌后, 色氨酸浓度提高到820 mg/L.为构建色氨酸高产菌奠定了基础.     

大肠杆菌色氨酸生物合成途径关键酶的调控

为了通过基因工程手段提高大肠杆菌色氨酸产量, 对色氨酸生物合成途径中的关键基因trpR、tnaA、aroG和trpED进行了改造。首先通过敲除trpR基因解除了基因组上色氨酸合成和转运关键酶受到的反馈阻遏调控, 进而又敲除了tnaA基因, 阻断了色氨酸的分解代谢。然后, 将色氨酸合成途径的关键酶aroGfbr和trpEDfbr基因串联表达, 以去除色氨酸生物合成途径的瓶颈。与对照MG1655相比, trpR基因单敲菌色氨酸浓度提高了10倍, 双敲菌色氨酸浓度提高了约20倍。pZE12-trpEDfbr转入双敲菌后色氨酸浓度提高到168 mg/L, 而将aroGfbr和trpEDfbr转入双敲菌后, 色氨酸浓度提高到820 mg/L。为构建色氨酸高产菌奠定了基础。     

Evidence that Indole-3-Acetic Acid is Not Synthesized Via the Indole-3-Acetamide Pathway in Pea Roots

The biosynthetic route of the key plant hormone, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) has confounded generations of biologists. Evidence in higher plants has implicated two auxin intermediates with roles established in bacteria: indole-3-acetamide (IAM) and indole-3-pyruvic acid. Herein, the IAM pathway is investigated in pea (Pisum sativum), a model legume. The compound was not detected in pea tissue, although evidence was obtained for its presence in Arabidopsis, tobacco, and maize. Deuterium-labeled tryptophan was not converted to IAM in pea roots, despite being converted to IAA. After feeds of deuterium-labeled IAM, label was recovered in the IAA conjugate IAA-aspartate (IAAsp), although there was little or no labeling of IAA itself. Plants treated with IAM did not exhibit high-IAA phenotypes, and did not accumulate IAA. This evidence, taken together, indicates that although exogenous IAM may be converted to IAA (and further to IAAsp), the IAM pathway does not operate naturally in pea roots.     

In planta production of indole-3-acetic acid by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene

The plant pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene utilizes external tryptophan to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) through the intermediate indole-3-acetamide (IAM). We studied the effects of tryptophan, IAA, and IAM on IAA biosynthesis in fungal axenic cultures and on in planta IAA production by the fungus. IAA biosynthesis was strictly dependent on external tryptophan and was enhanced by tryptophan and IAM. The fungus produced IAM and IAA in planta during the biotrophic and necrotrophic phases of infection. The amounts of IAA produced per fungal biomass were highest during the biotrophic phase. IAA production by this plant pathogen might be important during early stages of plant colonization.     

In Planta Production of Indole-3-Acetic Acid by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene

The plant pathogenic fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. aeschynomene utilizes external tryptophan to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) through the intermediate indole-3-acetamide (IAM). We studied the effects of tryptophan, IAA, and IAM on IAA biosynthesis in fungal axenic cultures and on in planta IAA production by the fungus. IAA biosynthesis was strictly dependent on external tryptophan and was enhanced by tryptophan and IAM. The fungus produced IAM and IAA in planta during the biotrophic and necrotrophic phases of infection. The amounts of IAA produced per fungal biomass were highest during the biotrophic phase. IAA production by this plant pathogen might be important during early stages of plant colonization.     

Targeted engineering of Azospirillum brasilense SM with indole acetamide pathway for indoleacetic acid over-expression

Rhizospheric bacterial strains are known to produce indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) through different pathways, and such IAA may be beneficial to plants at low concentrations. IAA biosynthesis by a natural isolate of Azospirillum brasilense SM was studied and observed to be tryptophan-inducible and -dependent in nature. While our work demonstrated the operation of the indole pyruvic acid pathway, the biochemical and molecular evidence for the genes of the indole acetamide (IAM) pathway were lacking in A. brasilense SM. This led us to use the IAM pathway genes as targets for metabolic engineering, with the aim of providing an additional pathway of IAA biosynthesis and improving IAA levels in A. brasilense SM. The introduction of the heterologous IAM pathway, consisting of the iaaM and iaaH genes, not only increased the IAA levels by threefold but also allowed constitutive expression of the same genes along with efficient utilization of IAM as a substrate. Such an engineered strain showed a superior effect on the lateral branching of sorghum roots as well as the dry weight of the plants when compared with the wild-type strain. Such an improved bioinoculant could be demonstrated to enhance root proliferation and biomass productivity of treated plants compared with the parental strain.     

The pathway of auxin biosynthesis in plants

The plant hormone auxin, which is predominantly represented by indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), is involved in the regulation of plant growth and development. Although IAA was the first plant hormone identified, the biosynthetic pathway at the genetic level has remained unclear. Two major pathways for IAA biosynthesis have been proposed: the tryptophan (Trp)-independent and Trp-dependent pathways. In Trp-dependent IAA biosynthesis, four pathways have been postulated in plants: (i) the indole-3-acetamide (IAM) pathway; (ii) the indole-3-pyruvic acid (IPA) pathway; (iii) the tryptamine (TAM) pathway; and (iv) the indole-3-acetaldoxime (IAOX) pathway. Although different plant species may have unique strategies and modifications to optimize their metabolic pathways, plants would be expected to share evolutionarily conserved core mechanisms for auxin biosynthesis because IAA is a fundamental substance in the plant life cycle. In this review, the genes now known to be involved in auxin biosynthesis are summarized and the major IAA biosynthetic pathway distributed widely in the plant kingdom is discussed on the basis of biochemical and molecular biological findings and bioinformatics studies. Based on evolutionarily conserved core mechanisms, it is thought that the pathway via IAM or IPA is the major route(s) to IAA in plants.     

Endogenous indoles and the biosynthesis and metabolism of indole-3-acetic acid in cultures of Rhizobium phaseoli

Gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analyses of purified extracts from cultures of Rhizobium phaseoli wild-type strain 8002, grown in a non-tryptophan-supplemented liquid medium, demonstrated the presence of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), indole-3-ethanol (IEt), indole-3-aldehyde and indole-3-methanol (IM). In metabolism studies with ³H-, ¹⁴C- and ²H-labelled substrates the bacterium was shown to convert tryptophan to IEt, IAA and IM; IEt to IAA and IM; and IAA to IM. Indole-3-acetamide (IAAm) could not be detected as either an endogenous constituent or a metabolite of [³H]tryptophan nor did cultures convert [¹⁴C]IAAm to IAA. Biosynthesis of IAA in R. phaseoli, thus, involves a different pathway from that operating in Pseudomonas savastanio and Agrobacterium tumefaciens-induced crown-gall tumours.Abbreviations IAA indole-3-acetic acid - IAld indole-3-aldehyde - IAAm indole-3-acetamide - IEt indole-3-ethanol - IM indole-3-methanol - HPLC-RC high-performance liquid chromatography-radio counting - GC-MS gas chromatography-mass spectrometry