分子伴侣及信号肽对毕赤酵母中分泌蛋白表达水平的影响

目的：探索定位于细胞质、内质网膜及内质网腔中的分子伴侣及其组合对于带有不同信号肽的胞外β-1,3-葡聚糖酶（EXGl）在巴斯德毕赤酵母GS200中表达水平的影响。方法：通过融合PCR技术分别构建带有酵母a交配因子引导肽序列（仅MF）、酵母仅交配因子信号肽序列（ccPre）和重链结合蛋白（Bip）信号肽序列的报告蛋白EXGl的表达质粒pPIC9-EXG1,同时构建分子伴侣基因及其组合的表达质粒pBLArg-IV,然后将2种重组质粒共转化至毕赤酵母宿主菌GS200,转化子经筛选获得共表达菌株,通过测定EXG1酶活来评价分子伴侣与信号肽对其表达水平的影响。结果：细胞质及内质网膜上的分子伴侣Sec61a、Sec61B及胞质中的分子伴侣Ydjl、Ssal、Hsp104及其组合对各种信号肽引导的报告蛋白EXG1的表达水平没有显著影响。然而,内质网腔中的分子伴侣Bip、EroI、PDI与HacI组合能显著提高报告蛋白EXG1的表达水平,其中,以aMF或ctPre作为信号肽引导的报告蛋白EXG1的表达水平分别提高了2．6倍和3．8倍,以Bip信号肽引导的报告蛋白EXGl的表达水平提高了20％～45％,而对于以EXG1自身信号肽引导的报告蛋白EXG1的表达水平没有显著影响。结论：在酵母表达体系中,内质网腔中的分子伴侣是报告蛋白EXG1表达水平的重要影响因素．但分子伴侣对于信号肽的选择性还须进一步证明。     

信号肽序列及其在蛋白质表达中的应用

信号肽在蛋白分泌的过程中起重要作用,分泌性蛋白质合成后由信号肽引导其穿过合成所在的细胞到其他组织细胞中。可以利用因特网在线工具和信号序列捕获系统来判定基因序列中是否含有信号肽序列。外源蛋白的表达形式多为细胞内不溶性表达(包涵体),少数为细胞外分泌表达。利用信号肽来引导外源蛋白分泌可避免因包涵体复性带来的困难。研究表明,多种外源基因连接上信号肽后在原核表达系统如大肠杆菌、L型细菌、芽孢杆菌和乳酸杆菌中等都得到了分泌表达;信号肽也广泛应用于真核表达系统如毕赤酵母和昆虫杆状病毒表达系统,以提高蛋白的表达量。     

Escherichia coli expression and processing of human interleukin-1 beta fused to signal peptides

Escherichia coli expression, processing, and secretion of human interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) fused to the signal peptide of E. coli OmpA or PhoA protein were studied. With fusion to either signal sequence, high-level expression was observed and the products accumulated to about 20% of total cell protein. In the fusion to OmpA leader sequence, more than 50% of the product has the OmpA signal peptide removed precisely. The majority of the processed material is not released by osmotic shock. On the other hand, very little of the material from the fusion to PhoA has the PhoA signal peptide removed. Use of the host with a mutation in prlA or prlF, variation of temperature for cell growth, and alteration of the amino acid residues around the cleavage site do not facilitate processing of the PhoA signal peptide. These results suggest that some component in the PhoA signal peptide, interacting with the Il-1 beta sequence, is interfering with the processing of the signal peptide.     

Assessment of biological activity of synthetic fragments of transforming growth factor-alpha

Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) is a single chain polypeptide hormone of 50 amino acids that stimulates growth of some human cancer cells via an autocrine mechanism. The domain(s) of TGF-alpha that bind and activate its receptor have not been reported. Hydrophilicity plots of TGF-alpha indicate three discrete sequences that are theoretically exposed on the hormone's surface and thus potentially able to interact with the TGF-alpha receptor. Fragments of TGF-alpha encompassing these hydrophilic domains were prepared by using solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) techniques and purified by use of high performance liquid chromotography (HPLC). Assessment of biological activity of the TGF-alpha fragments indicated that none of the fragments significantly inhibited binding of EGF to the receptor, stimulated DNA synthesis of cells, inhibited EGF-induced DNA synthesis of cells, stimulated growth of cells in soft agar, or induced phosphorylation of the receptor or p35 protein. These results indicate that the receptor binding domain of TGF-alpha is not totally encompassed by any of the separate fragments tested and probably is formed by multiple separate regions of TGF-alpha.     

Unusual signal peptide directs penicillin amidase from Escherichia coli to the Tat translocation machinery

The recently described Tat protein translocation system in Escherichia coli recognizes its protein substrates by the consensus twin arginine (SRRXFLK) motif in the signal peptide. The signal sequence of E. coli pre-pro-penicillin amidase bears two arginine residues separated by one aspargine and does not resemble the Tat-targeting motif but can nevertheless target the precursor to the Tat pathway. Mutational studies have shown that the hydrophobic core region acts in synergism with the positive charged N-terminal part of the signal peptide as a Tat recognition signal and contributes to the efficient Tat targeting of the pre-pro-penicillin amidase.     

生长激素信号肽可诱导重组蛋白外分泌表达

重组蛋白质的表达是生物医药开发、基因功能和作用机理研究中关键技术环节.虽然细菌表达体系由于表达量大、经济等而被广泛采用,但由于其不能提供许多蛋白质必需的翻译后修饰如糖基化等,所表达的蛋白又多以不可溶包涵体形式存在,变性复性过程复杂,产率低,因此真核细胞表达体系如CHO、COS等成为活性要求高的蛋白质表达的首选[1].     

Characterization of the cleavage of signal peptide at the C-terminus of hepatitis C virus core protein by signal peptide peptidase

Production of hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein requires the cleavages of polyprotein by signal peptidase and signal peptide peptidase (SPP). Cleavage of signal peptide at the C-terminus of HCV core protein by SPP was characterized in this study. The spko mutant (mutate a.a. 189–193 from ASAYQ to PPFPF) is more efficient than the A/F mutant (mutate a.a 189 and 191 from A to F) in blocking the cleavage of signal peptide by signal peptidase. The cleavage efficiency of SPP is inversely proportional to the length of C-terminal extension of the signal peptide: the longer the extension, the less efficiency the cleavage is. Thus, reducing the length of C-terminal extension of signal peptide by signal peptidase cleavage could facilitate further cleavage by SPP. The recombinant core protein fused with signal peptide from the C-terminus of p7 protein, but not those from the C-termini of E1 and E2, could be cleaved by SPP. Therefore, the sequence of the signal peptide is important but not the sole determinant for its cleavage by SPP. Replacement of the HCV core protein E.R.-associated domain (a.a. 120–150) with the E.R.-associated domain (a.a.1–50) of SARS-CoV membrane protein results in the failure of cleavage of this recombinant protein by SPP, though this protein still is E.R.-associated. This result suggests that not only E.R.-association but also specific protein sequence is important for the HCV core protein signal peptide cleavage by SPP. Thus, our results suggest that both sequences of the signal peptide and the E.R.-associated domain are important for the signal peptide cleavage of HCV core protein by SPP. Electronic Supplementary MaterialThe online version of this article (doi: ) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

The ammonia channel protein AmtB from Escherichia coli is a polytopic membrane protein with a cleavable signal peptide

The Escherichia coli ammonia channel protein, AmtB, is a homotrimeric polytopic inner membrane protein in which each subunit has 11 transmembrane helices. We have shown that the structural gene amtB encodes a preprotein with a signal peptide that is cleaved off to produce a topology with the N-terminus in the periplasm and the C-terminus in the cytoplasm. Deletion of the signal peptide coding region results in significantly lower levels of AmtB accumulation in the membrane but modification of the signal peptidase cleavage site, leading to aberrant cleavage, does not prevent trimer formation and does not inactivate the protein. The presence of a signal peptide is apparently not a conserved feature of all prokaryotic Amt proteins. Comparison of predicted AmtB sequences suggests that while Amt proteins in Gram-negative organisms utilize a signal peptide, the homologous proteins in Gram-positive organisms do not.     

Human transforming growth factor-alpha: precursor structure and expression in E. coli

Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) is secreted by many human tumors and can induce the reversible transformation of nontransformed cell lines. Using long synthetic deoxyoligonucleotides as hybridization probes we isolated an exon coding for a portion of TGF-alpha from a human genomic DNA library. Utilizing this exon as a probe, a cell line derived from a human renal cell carcinoma was identified as a source of TGF-alpha mRNA. A cloned TGF-alpha cDNA was isolated from a cDNA library prepared using RNA from this cell line, and was found to encode a precursor polypeptide of 160 amino acids. The 50 amino acid mature TGF-alpha produced by expression of the appropriate coding sequence in E. coli binds to the epidermal growth factor receptor and induces the anchorage independence of normal mammalian cells in culture.     

Characterization and molecular cloning of a putative binding protein for heparin-binding growth factors

A novel Mr 17,000 heparin-binding protein was purified from culture medium conditioned by A431 human epidermoid carcinoma cells. This protein, designated HBp17, was found to bind the heparin-binding peptide growth factors HBGF-1 and HBGF-2 in a noncovalent, reversible manner. In addition HBp17 was found to inhibit the biological activities of both HBGF-1 and HBGF-2. Both the binding and inactivation of HBGF-1 and HBGF-2 by HBp17 were abolished by heparin. Full-length 1163-base pair HBp17 cDNA was cloned and sequenced by using the polymerase chain reaction technique. The deduced primary structure of HBp17 consisted of 234 amino acids including each of five partial peptide sequences obtained from proteolytic fragments of purified HBp17. The encoded protein included a 33-residue N-terminal signal sequence for secretion and a single potential N-linked glycosylation site. No homology with any known protein was found for the deduced primary structure of HBp17. The expression of HBp17 mRNA was found to occur preferentially in normal human keratinocytes and in squamous cell carcinomas. This pattern of HBp17 gene expression suggests that this binding protein for HBGFs 1 and 2 has a physiological role in squamous epithelia.     

信号肽对酮古龙酸菌山梨糖脱氢酶表达的影响

目的:在大肠杆菌中表达山梨糖脱氢酶(SDH),通过比较携带及不携带自身信号肽时SDH功能的差异,研究信号肽的作用。方法:通过PCR从酮古龙酸菌SCB329基因组中扩增带有自身信号序列和不带自身信号序列的sdh基因序列,连接至载体pET22b,在大肠杆菌中表达;利用载体的周质信号肽将缺少自身信号肽的SDH在大肠杆菌周质中表达,考察并比较这些表达情况的异同。结果:各种方式下表达的SDH都有活性,并能在体外体系中实现产酸;同时,在酶的前端带上自身信号肽或载体信号肽的情况下,在添加人工电子受体后能够实现活菌体内产酸。结论:山梨糖脱氢酶前端有一段与蛋白的周质定位相关的信号肽,去除该信号肽后酶的表达量有所增强,但在一定情况下影响了SDH的体内产酸作用。     

TLR序列在SRP54蛋白与SRPRNA和信号肽结合中的作用

SRP54蛋白是信号识别颗粒(signal recognition particle)的一个关键组分.对人SRP54蛋白328～330位的TLR3个氨基酸进行人工诱变,在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)pLysS中表达了A3突变体,并对A3突变体进行纯化和Superdex75凝胶过滤分析.观察到A3突变体丧失了与SRPRNA结合的能力,其自身也不能形成二聚体.结果证明,TLR这3个氨基酸残基与二聚体结构的形成有关,TLR是SRP54蛋白结合SRPRNA和新生蛋白质信号肽所必需的关键性氨基酸序列.     

Human signal peptide had advantage over mouse in secretory expression

The signal peptide is a critical component in the secretory expression of protein in eukaryotic cells. It has been verified that the signal peptide of mouse nerve growth factor could mediate the secretory expression of beta-endorphin in cultured non-neuronal cells. Although there is a counterpart of nerve growth factor in human genome, no research about the signal sequence from human genome has been reported. The function of mediating secretory expression is affected by many factors. We assumed that the counterpart from human genome could function as the signal peptide from mouse nerve growth factor does and these two signal sequences had different efficiency in mediating secretory expression of beta-endorphin, but we could not figure out which one had a better function. To validate our hypothesis and give an answer to the question, we constructed two eukaryotic vectors, pcDNA3.1-hEP and pcDNA3.1-mEP, containing human and mouse signal sequences in fusion genes, respectively. RT-PCR showed that the constructed fusion genes were expressed in NIH3T3 cells. We also found that the detected beta-endorphin by the immunofluorescent technique was mainly in the cytoplasm of NIH3T3 cells. The concentration of beta-endorphin in the culture medium by RIA is 280.33 ± 24.16 (pg/ml) and 191.04 ± 7.96 (pg/ml) from pcDNA3.1-hEP and pcDNA3.1-mEP, respectively, and there was a significant statistical difference between them (P < 0.05). A difference existed between them and that from blank vector individually (P < 0.01). These findings suggest that our constructed fusion gene containing the signal sequence of human nerve growth factor can be secretorily expressed and the efficiency of the signal peptide from human nerve growth factor is higher than that of mouse signal peptide.     

Effect of transforming growth factor-alpha on inositol phospholipid metabolism in human epidermoid carcinoma cells

Transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) stimulates (in a dose-dependent manner) the incorporation of [32P]Pi into phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PIP), phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), and phosphatidic acid (PA) in the human epidermoid carcinoma cell line (A431). The effect of TGF-alpha on the incorporation was found to be similar to that of EGF. On the other hand, a striking difference in the activation of diacylglycerol (DG) kinase activity was seen between TGF-alpha and EGF. At least 100 times more TGF-alpha was required to achieve maximal stimulation of DG kinase activity relative to EGF. These results suggest that the activation of DG kinase by TGF-alpha may involve a mechanism independent from or subsequent to activation of the EGF receptor.     

TPO模拟肽与人IgG1Fc融合蛋白在毕赤酵母中的表达及活性鉴定

构建TPO模拟肽与人IgG1Fc融合蛋白的酵母表达体系。利用PCR技术,从重组质粒pET28a-TMPFc中,扩增TPO模拟肽与人IgG1Fc 的DNA片段,连入pPICZαA酵母表达载体,电激法转化毕赤酵母。用MDH和MMH筛选具有正确表型的重组转化子,PCR、蛋白质印迹鉴定融合基因。MTT法鉴定TMPFc对Ba/F3mpl细胞生长的促进作用。构建的重组毕赤酵母实现了TMPFc的分泌表达,表达量占外分泌蛋白质的65%。表达蛋白质的相对分子量约64kD,对Ba/F3mpl生长具有促进作用。TMPFc酵母表达体系表达出可观的二价模拟肽,为二价TMP活性的定量研究奠定基础。     

一种抗菌肽和aFGF融合蛋白的构建和表达

利用PCR技术扩增出带有凝血酶Xa因子切割位点的天蚕素蜂毒素杂合肽和aFGF的融合基因,插入大肠杆菌表达载体pET-3c中,构建出表达质粒pET-aF-CM,并转化至大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中,氨苄青霉素抗性筛选重组转化子。IPTG诱导4h后,以包涵体形式表达的融合蛋白约占菌体总蛋白的17%。将包涵体溶解后透析复性,并利用肝素亲和层析纯化,得到电泳纯的融合蛋白。Western blot分析表明,该蛋白能与aFGF抗体产生免疫反应。MTT法检测显示,融合蛋白具有促3T3Bal/b细胞分裂活性,其比活为1.471×106IU/mg。利用凝血酶Xa因子裂解融合蛋白,可以获得抗菌肽和含凝血酶Xa因子裂解序列的aFGF蛋白。分子筛回收含杂合抗菌肽,抑菌活性检测表明其对大肠杆菌K12D31具有明显抑菌活性。微量稀释法检测结果表明,回收的抗菌肽对大肠杆菌DH5α、大肠杆菌K12D31、沙门氏菌、金黄色葡萄球菌、枯草芽孢杆菌和绿脓杆菌的MIC分别达6.25μg/ml、10μg/ml、2.5μg/ml、1.25μg/ml、0.625μg/ml和5μg/ml。