In vivo transcription of two promoters, PTH4 and PTH270 involved in regulation ofStreptomyces differentiation

The promoters, PTH4 and P-TH270 involved in the regulation of Streptomyces coelicolor differentiation were subcloned into Streptomyces promoter, i.e. probe plasmid pIJ4083, and the recombinant plasmids, pIJ4470 and pIJ4471, were constructed. Two promoters could drive the expression of reporter gene encoding catechol dioxygenase when pIJ4470 and pIJ4471 were introduced into some white mutants (C85, C70, C71, C17 and C119). The total RNA was isolated from these strains containing recombinant plasmid. Probes were prepared by labelling 5 -ends of PTH4 AND PTH270 DNA fragments using radioisotope. DNA - RNA hybridization was carried out with the probes and RNAs isolated from different strains. The S1 mapping result showed that all RNAs from strains of C85/pIJ4470, C85/4471, C70/pIJ4470, C70/pIJ4471 and C17/pIJ4470 as well as C17/pIJ4471 gave rise to strong positive hy-bridization signal, whereas RNAs from C71/pIJ4470 and C71/pIJ4471 did not give any positive signal. RNAs from C119/pIJ4470 and C119/pIJ4471 gav     

圈卷产色链霉菌分化相关基因——saw1的结构和功能

用双脱氧链终止法进行了分化基因——saw1的双链测序.结果表明在1500bp的DNA片段中有一个完整的开读框架(ORF),其编码区是在419bp至1252bp处.其产物与已知的天蓝色链霉菌whiG的氨基酸序列有89%的同源性.当把1500bp的saw1DNA片段插入到链霉菌表达质粒载体pIJ702后,构建的重组质粒转化天蓝色链霉菌孢子形成缺陷突变株C71,可使C71形成孢子和灰色色素.用基因破坏的策略进一步研究了该基因的生物学功能,结果表明saw1在圈卷产色链霉菌气生菌丝到孢子形成的发育转变中有重要作用,是分化中控制孢子发育起始的一个重要基因.     

链霉菌的可转座因子

可转座因子是细菌遗传分析和分子操作十分有用的工具 ,它包括插入序列、转座子和转座噬菌体。细菌的可转座因子多数来自于革兰氏阴性菌 ,少数来自于革兰氏阳性菌。链霉菌是一类重要的革兰氏阳性菌 ,近年来 ,已发现了几种链霉菌的可转座因子 ,并对部分可转座因子的转座特征作了详细的研究。最早发现的链霉菌可转座因子是天蓝色链霉菌 (Ｓ .ｃｏｅｌｉｃｏｌｏｒ)Ａ3( 2 )中 1 6ｋｂ的插入片断ＩＳ1 1 0 [1 ] ,后来在白色链霉菌 (Ｓ .ａｌｂｕｓ)中发现了ＩＳ1 1 2 [2 ] ,在带棒链霉菌 (Ｓ .ｃｌａｖｕｌｉｇｅｒｕｓ)中发现了ＩＳ1 1 6[3] ,…     

Structure and function ofsawB, a gene involved in differentiation ofStreptomyces ansochromogenes

A partial DNA library of Streptomyces ansochromogenes 7100 was constructed by using plasmid plJ702 as vector and white mutant W19 as recipient. About 3 000 clones were obtained, two of which gave rise to the grey phenotype as wild type 7100. The plasmids were isolated from two transformants. The result indicated that the 5.2 kb and 5.8 kb DNA fragments were inserted into plJ702. The resulting recombinant plasmids were designated as pNL-1 and pNL-2 respectively. The 1.25 kb Pstl l-Apa l DNA fragment from pNL-1 was recognized as its complementarity to W19 strain. The nucleotide sequence of the 3.0 kb Pst I DNA fragment including 1.25 kb was determined and analyzed. The result indicated that this DNA fragment contains one complete open reading frame (ORF1) which encodes a protein with 295 amino acid residues, and this gene was designated as sawB. The deduced protein has 81% amino acid identities in comparison with that encoded by whiH in Streptomyces coelicolor. The function of sawB gene was studied by usi     

链霉菌和大肠杆菌穿梭质粒载体的构建

本文报道了链霉菌和大肠杆菌穿梭质粒载体pSE-3的构建;把具有双启动子的大肠杆菌的质粒pGEM-3与新霉素抗性基因启动子缺失的链霉菌的探针质粒pIJ486分别用BamHI和BglⅡ酶切,T4 DNA连接酶连接后转化到E.coli HB101(Amp(?),Neo(?)),所得重组质粒能强启动pIJ486质粒上的氨基糖苷磷酸转移酶基因(aph),并使新霉素抗性基因在大肠杆菌中得到强表达。此重组质粒被命名为pSE-3,当其转化到变青链霉菌TK54(Tsr(?),Neo(?))的原生质体前,新霉素抗性基因亦能得到强表达。酶切结果表明,构建的具有两个启动子的穿梭质粒载体pSE-3上有HindⅢ和EcoRI的单酶位点,拷贝数约为39。经再转化和传代50代等研究表明,穿梭质粒载体pSE-3在链霉菌和大肠杆菌中均是稳定的。为某些有应用价值的目的基因在大肠杆菌和链霉菌中的克隆与表达提供了一个有价值的穿梭质粒载体。     

大肠杆菌葡萄糖异构酶基因在变铅青链霉菌中的克隆与表达

本文用穿梭质粒载体pSE-3,进行了大肠杆菌葡萄糖异构酶基因在变铅青链霉菌中的克隆与表达。把含有1.6kb葡萄糖异构酶基因的pX1200(4.3kb)质粒与pGEM-3(2.9kb)质粒分别用EcoRI酶解,T4DNA连接酶连接,转化E.Coli HB101(Xy1~-,Neo(?)),得到的重组质粒被命名为pX1203(7.2kb);将pX1203与穿梭质粒载体pSE-3分别用HindⅢ酶解,T_4DNA连接酶连接,转化E.Coli HB101,在含有新霉素的木糖培养基上筛选到转化重组体,其重组质粒被命名为pSE×100(10.6kb);把pSE×100转化变铅青链霉菌TK54的原生质体,在硫链丝菌肽(50μg/ml)和新霉素(50μg/ml)的平皿上得到了重组体。经质粒提取,酶切分析,再转化和葡萄糖异构酶活性测定,结果表明,大肠杆菌的葡萄糖异构酶基因确实已在链霉菌中克隆和表达。     

灰色链霉菌质粒DNA转化的研究

我们以链霉素产生菌——灰色链霉菌No.45为给体(Lin~r、Pen~s、Amy~ 、Str~ ),以高温消除质粒的No.45-3(Lin~s、Pen~r、Amy~-、Str~-)为受体,以Lin~r为筛选标记,进行转化试验。从中摸索出一套最适的转化条件:感受态为对数生长初期(5.5小时),转化液中含有10~(-6)M的Ca~(2 ),转化处理时间为60分钟。结果在灰色链霉菌中,用抗性标记直接转化获得成功,而且有65.9％的转化子已恢复了链霉素生物合成的能力。这就更进一步证明质粒与链霉素生物合成有关。     

Gene controlled by promoter--P_(TH4) depending on whiG of Streptomyces coelicolor

The downstream gene controlled by promoter--PTH4 which is related to Streptomycesdifferentiation was cloned, and its sequence was determined by the dideoxy chain termination method. The results indicated that the 1597 bp of DNA fragment conferred a complete open reading frame (ORF). In searches of databases, the deduced product of the ORF was not homologous with any known proteins; it may be a new protein. The function of the gene was studied using the strategy of gene disruption; the actinorhodin could not be produced when this gene was disrupted. Therefore, this gene may be related to actinorhodin biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor, and the result also shows that this gene may play a role in multiple level regulation of differentiation genes in Streptomyces.     

Tn4560在圈卷产色链霉菌中的转座及其在尼可霉素生物合成相关基因克隆中的应用

采用常规转化方法用来自天蓝色链霉菌J1 5 0 1的质粒pUC1 1 6 9(pMT6 6 0∷Tn45 5 6∷vph)多次转化尼可霉素产生菌圈卷产色链霉菌野生型 71 0 0的原生质体 ,均未得到转化子。采用限制性热衰减法于 5 0℃ ,3 0min溶菌制备 71 0 0的原生质体 ,获得了转化子 ,但转化频率极低 ,只有 0 4个转化子 μgDNA。用来自 71 0 0的pUC1 1 6 9再转化不含pUC1 1 6 9的 71 0 0原生质体 ,转化频率提高 1 0 3 ～ 1 0 4 倍。于 3 9℃ ,MM Vio条件下培养携带有pUC1 1 6 9的 71 0 0孢子 ,Tn45 6 0发生转座 ,筛选到 40 6 8个转座菌落 ,并从中得到 8株尼可霉素阻断突变株 ;对这 8株突变株的总DNA进行Southern杂交分析表明 ,Tn45 6 0至少在 4个不同的位点插入到 71 0 0的染色体上。用实验室已获得的与尼可霉素生物合成有关的 3 0kbDNA片段为探针和经不同酶切的 8株突变株的总DNA进行Southern杂交 ,结果表明 ,除阻断突变株Nik5有杂交信号且杂交信号大小均同野生型…