福林霉素生物合成基因簇的组装和异源表达

[目的]本研究旨在以来源于林可链霉菌NRRL2936中的nosokomycinB2的生物合成基因簇(noso-BGC)为基础,组装获得完整的福林霉素生物合成基因簇(pho-BGC),再利用异源表达策略,激活pho-BGC的表达并通过底盘宿主的优选实现福林霉素发酵产量的提升.[方法]首先,在林可霉素基因簇缺失突变株JCK...     

尼可霉素生物合成基因簇的改造及其异源表达

摘要:【目的】异源表达尼可霉素生物合成基因簇,为尼可霉素核苷和肽基缩合机制研究以及尼可霉素与其它核苷类抗生素的组合生物合成奠定基础。【方法】以含有尼可霉素生物合成基因簇的pNIK 为出发质粒,通过PCR-targeting 的方法,将基因簇中sanG和sanF的启动子替换为组成型hrdB启动子,构建重组质粒pNIKm。通过接合转移的方法分别将pNIK和pNIKm导入天蓝色链霉菌M1146中,获得异源表达菌株M1146-NIK和M1146-NIKm,并通过RT-PCR检测基因簇的表达情况。最后通过抗菌活性实验和产物的分离 鉴定,比较M1146-NIK和M1146-NIKm的抗菌活性和尼可霉素的产生情况。【结果】pNIK和pNIKm在异源宿主天蓝色链霉菌M1146成功表达; M1146-NIK和M1146-NIKm均有明显的抗菌活性; M1146-NIK和M1146-NIKm均能产生少量的尼可霉素X、Z和假尼可霉素Z;M1146-NIK大量积累尿苷,而M1146-NIKm大量积累尿苷、核糖基-4-甲酰-4-咪唑-2-酮和吡啶同型苏氨酸。【结论】尼可霉素生物合成基因簇成功异源表达,并分离鉴定了尼可霉素产物及其生物合成中间体。本研究将为尼可霉素核苷和肽基缩合的酶学机制研 究以及尼可霉素与其它核苷类抗生素组合合成新型杂合抗生素提供理论依据和指导。     

Molecular cloning and identification of the laspartomycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces viridochromogenes

The biosynthetic gene cluster for laspartomycins, a family of 11 amino acid peptide antibiotics, has been cloned and sequenced from Streptomyces viridochromogenes ATCC 29814. Annotation of a segment of 88912bp of S. viridochromogenes genomic sequence revealed the putative lpm cluster and its flanking regions which harbor 43 open reading frames. The lpm cluster, which spans approximately 60 kb, consists of 21 open reading frames. Those include four NRPS genes (lpmA/orf18, lpmB/orf25, lpmC/orf26 and lpmD/orf27), four genes (orfs 21, 22, 24 and 29) involved in the lipid tail biosynthesis and attachment, four regulatory genes (orfs 13, 19, 32 and 33) and three putative exporters or self-resistance genes (orfs 14, 20 and 30). In addition, the gene involved in the biosynthesis of the nonproteinogenic amino acid Pip was also identified in the lpm cluster while the genes necessary for the biosynthesis of the rare residue diaminopropionic acid (Dap) were found to reside elsewhere on the chromosome. Interestingly, the dabA, dabB and dabC genes predicted to code for the biosynthesis of the unusual amino acid diaminobutyric acid (Dab) are organized into the lpm cluster even though the Dab residue was not found in the laspartomycins. Disruption of the NRPS lpmC gene completely abolished laspartomycin production in the corresponding mutant strain. These findings will allow molecular engineering and combinatorial biosynthesis approaches to expand the structural diversity of the amphomycin-group peptide antibiotics including the laspartomycins and friulimicins.     

Cloning and heterologous expression of the vibrioferrin biosynthetic gene cluster from a marine metagenomic library

A biosynthetic gene cluster of siderophore consisting of five open reading frames (ORFs) was cloned by functional screening of a metagenomic library constructed from tidal-flat sediment. Expression of the cloned biosynthetic genes in Escherichia coli led to the production of vibrioferrin, a siderophore originally reported for the marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of heterologous production of a siderophore by biosynthetic genes cloned from a metagenomic library. The cloned cluster was one of the largest of the clusters obtained by functional screening. In this study, we demonstrated and extended the possibility of function-based metagenomic research.     

The bialaphos biosynthetic genes ofStreptomyces hygroscopicus: Molecular cloning and characterization of the gene cluster

Summary We have isolated and studied the organization ofStreptomyces hygroscopicus genes responsible for the biosynthesis of the antibiotic herbicide bialaphos. Bialaphos production genes were cloned from genomic DNA using a plasmid vector (pIJ702). Three plasmids were isolated which restored productivity toS. hygroscopicus mutants blocked at different steps of the biosynthetic pathway. Subcloning experiments using other nonproducing mutants showed that four additional bialaphos production genes were also contained on these plasmids. A gene conferring resistance to bialaphos, which was independently cloned using the plasmid vector pIJ61, and an antibiotic-sensitive host (S. lividans), was also linked to the production genes. Cosmids were isolated which defined the location of these genes in a 16 kb cluster.     

Cloning of the complete biosynthetic gene cluster for an aminonucleoside antibiotic, puromycin, and its regulated expression in heterologous hosts.

Puromycin, produced by Streptomyces alboniger, is a member of the large group of aminonucleoside antibiotics. The genes pac and dmpM, encoding a puromycin N-acetyl transferase and an O-demethyl puromycin O-methyltransferase, respectively, are tightly linked in the DNA of S. alboniger. The entire set of genes encoding the puromycin biosynthesis pathway was cloned by screening a gene library from S. alboniger, raised in the low copy number cosmid pKC505, with a DNA fragment containing pac and dmpM. Puromycin was identified by biochemical and physicochemical methods, including 1H NMR, in the producing transformants. This pathway was located in a single DNA fragment of 15 kb which included the resistance, structural and regulatory genes and was expressed when introduced into two heterologous hosts Streptomyces lividans and Streptomyces griseofuscus. In addition to pac and dmpM, two other genes have been identified in the pur cluster: pacHY, which determines an N-acetylpuromycin hydrolase and prg1, whose deduced amino acid sequence is significantly similar to that of degT, a Bacillus stearothermophilus pleiotropic regulatory gene.     

Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of mouse ferrochelatase

The cDNA encoding mouse ferrochelatase (protoheme ferrolyase, EC 4.99.1.1) was isolated from a mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cell cDNA library in lambda gt11 expression vector, by immunoscreening with a polyclonal antibody. Two full-length clones containing cDNA inserts of 2.2 and 2.90 kilobases were obtained. These clones have the same entire enzyme coding region, but alternative putative polyadenylation sites in the 3'-noncoding regions. From the deduced primary structure, a putative leader sequence of 53 amino acid residues resulted in a precursor protein of 420 amino acid residues (Mr 47,130) and a mature protein of 367 residues (Mr 41,692). The cDNA allows for the expression of active ferrochelatase by transfected culture cells. RNA blot analysis showed two species of ferrochelatase mRNA consistent with findings of two polyadenylation sites. Both the mRNAs increased by treatment of the MEL cells with dimethyl sulfoxide. The band pattern of the RNA of the mouse liver was the same as that of the MEL cells. Based on these results, we deduce that ferrochelatase in erythroid and hepatic cells can be only of one type.     

Heterologous expression of the diazaquinomycin biosynthetic gene cluster

Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology - Members of the diazaquinomycin class of natural products have shown potent and selective activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis....     

Molecular cloning and heterologous expression of a Klebsiella pneumoniae gene encoding alginate lyase

The alginate lyase (Aly; guluronate specific)-coding gene of Klebsiella pneumoniae was cloned using the cosmid vector pMMB33, transduced into Escherichia coli and expressed in this host. Four Aly-positive clones with unstable phenotypes were identified out of 700 kanamycin-resistant transductants. A stable derivative of one of the clones was studied further and contained 12.1-kb of insert DNA. The Aly-coding gene (aly), still partially under the control of its native promoter, was localised within a 1.95-kb HindIII fragment by transposon gamma delta mutagenesis and sub-cloning. Most of the Aly produced was secreted into the medium by both the original K. pneumoniae strain (71.7%) and the E. coli recombinant clones (85.1%). The enzyme from both K. pneumoniae and the E. coli clones had a pI of 8.9 and comprised a single 28-kDa polypeptide chain. Other minor bands were also observed on isoelectric focusing and these were attributed to processing intermediates of a single gene product. It is concluded that E. coli can recognise and process the signal peptide of Aly to produce a mature polypeptide that is identical to that synthesised by K. pneumoniae.     

棉花黄萎病真菌Verticillium dahliae木聚糖酶基因的克隆、表达和酶学性质分析

[目的]从棉花黄萎病真菌Verticillium dahliae中克隆木聚糖酶基因,并在毕赤酵母中进行异源表达,研究酶学性质.[方法]通过多序列比对设计简并引物,扩增出真菌V. dahliae木聚糖酶基因片段,再采用基因组步行PCR技术获得全长木聚糖酶基因序列.经BLAST比对并结合GT-AG原则分析,该基因含有一个大小为63 bp的内含子,利用DpnI介导的缺失方法对含内含子的全长木聚糖酶基因进行剪接,获得该基因的全长cDNA.将克隆到的cDNA在毕赤酵母GS115进行了表达,重组酶经纯化后进行酶学性质分析.[结果]BLAST比对显示,该cDNA推测的氨基酸序列和已知木聚糖酶的最高一致性为72%.测得该酶最适反应温度为45℃,最适反应pH值为6,在pH5-9维持50%以上的活性,对山毛榉材木聚糖具有最好的水解效果.Mg2 和Ca2 对酶有激活作用,分别提高了33.7%和16.6%,EDTA,β-巯基乙醇和NaN3对酶的活性基本没有影响,Tween-80和DMSO使酶活性提高了28.4%和12.8%.[结论]本文从引起棉花黄萎病的真菌V. dahliae中克隆到的木聚糖酶基因是在GenBank上登录的第一个来自棉花黄萎病真菌的木聚糖酶基因序列.本文所用的克隆方法可以高效的从植物病原真菌和白腐真菌克隆只含一个内含子的11家族的新木聚糖酶基因,避免了摸索原始菌株酶表达诱导条件,检测酶的活性等繁琐的操作.酶学性质分析显示该酶在低聚木糖的制备,面包改良上有潜在的应用价值.     

The proline biosynthesis gene proA from the thermophilic bacterium Thermus ruber: its cloning, sequencing and heterologous expression]

The proA proline biosynthesis gene of thermophilic bacterium Thermus ruber was cloned and sequenced, and several properties of the encoded enzyme, gamma-glutamylphosphate reductase (GPR) were studied. The proA open reading frame (ORF) was of 1286 bp. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed the ATG initiation codon in position 36 and the TTA termination codon in position 1304. A deduced protein product of the gene was shown to be of 44,919 Da in molecular weight. The GC content was 66%, as is characteristic of various bacteria of the genus Thermus. An amino acid sequence encoded by the cloned gene showed the highest homology (up to 64%) with GPR of T. thermophilus. The maximum activity of GPR (8.2 x 10(-2) units/ml) was observed at 55 degrees C. A weak enzymatic activity was also detected at 70 degrees C. The enzyme can be used in biotechnological studies.     

Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of a fibrinolytic serine-protease gene from the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus

The full-length cDNA of the lumbrokinase fraction 6 (F6) protease gene of Lumbricus rubellus was amplified using an mRNA template, sequenced and expressed in E. coli cells. The F6 protease gene consisted of pro- and mature sequences by gene sequence analysis, and the protease was translated and modified into active mature polypeptide by N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis of the F6 protease. The pro-region of F6 protease consisted of the 44 residues from methionine-1 to lysine-44, and the mature polypeptide sequence (239 amino acid residues and one stop codon; 720 bp) started from isoleucine-45 and continued to the terminal residue. F6 protease gene clones having pro-mature sequence and mature sequence produced inclusion bodies in E. coli cells. When inclusion bodies were orally administrated rats, generated thrombus weight in the rat's venous was reduced by approximately 60 % versus controls. When the inclusion bodies were solubilized in pepsin and/or trypsin solutions, the solubilized enzymes showed hemolytic activity in vitro. It was concluded the F6 protease has hemolytic activity, and that it is composed of pro- and mature regions.     

Reconstitution of the myxothiazol biosynthetic gene cluster by Red/ET recombination and heterologous expression in Myxococcus xanthus

Although many secondary metabolites exhibiting important pharmaceutical and agrochemical activities have been isolated from myxobacteria, most of these microorganisms remain difficult to handle genetically. To utilize their metabolic potential, heterologous expression methodologies are currently being developed. Here, the Red/ET recombination technology was used to perform all required gene cluster engineering steps in Escherichia coli prior to the transfer into the chromosome of the heterologous host. We describe the integration of the complete 57-kbp myxothiazol biosynthetic gene cluster reconstituted from two cosmids from a cosmid library of the myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca DW4-3/1 into the chromosome of the thus far best-characterized myxobacterium, Myxococcus xanthus, in one step. The successful integration and expression of the myxothiazol biosynthetic genes in M. xanthus results in the production of myxothiazol in yields comparable to the natural producer strain.     

Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of the crr gene: the structural gene for IIIGlc of the bacterial PEP:glucose phosphotransferase system.

The phosphoenolpyruvate:glucose phosphotransferase system (PTS) of Salmonella typhimurium is involved both in glucose transport and in the regulation and synthesis of adenylate cyclase and several transport systems. The crr gene has been implicated in this regulating mechanism. A 9.6-kb segment of the S. typhimurium chromosome containing the crr gene was cloned in pAT153. The cloned fragment also complemented cysA mutations but did not contain a functional pts operon which is closely linked to the crr gene and codes for two enzymes of the PTS. Although cysA and crr have been reported to be located on opposite sides of ptsHI, our results suggest that the correct gene order is cysK-ptsHI-crr-cysA. Expression of crr plasmids in a maxicell system yielded two proteins which reacted with specific anti-serum against IIIGlc. The apparent mol. wts. in SDS-polyacrylamide gels were 20 000 and 21 000, the former corresponding to the major band of purified IIIGlc. Both forms were also observed in bacterial extracts and purified IIIGlc. The crr gene was localized on a 1-kb EcoRI-EcoRV fragment of the 9.6-kb insert and sequenced. It codes for a single protein (18 556 D) containing 169 amino acid residues and identified as IIIGlc.     

Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of a novel multidomain mannanase gene from Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum

The manA gene of Thermoanaerobacterium polysaccharolyticum was cloned in Escherichia coli. The open reading frame of manA is composed of 3,291 bases and codes for a preprotein of 1,097 amino acids with an estimated molecular mass of 119,627 Da. The start codon is preceded by a strong putative ribosome binding site (TAAGGCGGTG) and a putative -35 (TTCGC) and -10 (TAAAAT) promoter sequence. The ManA of T. polysaccharolyticum is a modular protein. Sequence comparison and biochemical analyses demonstrate the presence of an N-terminal leader peptide, and three other domains in the following order: a putative mannanase-cellulase catalytic domain, cellulose binding domains 1 (CBD1) and CBD2, and a surface-layer-like protein region (SLH-1, SLH-2, and SLH-3). The CBD domains show no sequence homology to any cellulose binding domain yet reported, hence suggesting a novel CBD. The duplicated CBDs, which lack a disulfide bridge, exhibit 69% identity, and their deletion resulted in both failure to bind to cellulose and an apparent loss of carboxymethyl cellulase and mannanase activities. At the C-terminal region of the gene are three repeats of 59, 67, and 56 amino acids which are homologous to conserved sequences found in the S-layer-associated regions within the xylanases and cellulases of thermophilic members of the Bacillus-Clostridium cluster. The ManA of T. polysaccharolyticum, besides being an extremely active enzyme, is the only mannanase gene cloned which shows this domain structure.     

Molecular cloning and characterization of a 2-deoxystreptamine biosynthetic gene cluster in gentamicin-producing Micromonospora echinospora ATCC15835

The organization of the 2-deoxystreptamine (DOS) biosynthetic gene cluster of Micromonospora echinospora has been determined. Sequencing of a 14.04 kb-region revealed twelve open reading frames (ORFs): four putative DOS biosynthetic genes (gtmA, B, C, and D), five amino sugars biosynthetic genes (gtmE, G, H, I, and gacB), two aminoglycoside resistance genes (gtmF and J) as well as a hypothetical ORF (gacA). One of the putative DOS biosynthetic genes, gtmA, was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the purified protein was shown to convert glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P) to 2-deoxy-scyllo-inosose (DOI), a key step in DOS biosynthesis. In addition gtmJ was expressed in Streptomyces lividans and shown to confer gentamicin resistance. Thus gtmA and gtmJ are implicated in the biosynthesis of gentamicin and in resistance to it, respectively.     

Molecular cloning into Tn5 and integration in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa chromosome: a tool for heterologous gene expression

The DNA primase gene of the promiscuous IncP-1 conjugative plasmid RP1, encoding two polypeptides of 118 and 80 kDa, was inserted into the transposon Tn5 in Escherichia coli. The derivative transposon, Tn2523, was then transposed to a temperature-sensitive replication mutant of the promiscuous IncP-1 conjugative plasmid R68 at permissive temperature and the plasmid transferred to Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO. The latter strain was then grown at non-permissive temperature to identify transposition of Tn2523 into the P. aeruginosa chromosome. Immunological and enzymic analysis showed the expression of functional primase polypeptides in the constructed P. aeruginosa strain. This strain also restored wild-type conjugational transfer proficiency, by complementation, to mutants of the IncP-1 plasmid R18 affected in transfer from P. aeruginosa to P. stutzeri or to Acinetobacter calcoaceticus due to transposon Tn7 insertion mutations in the primase gene. This strategy of cloning into a transposon and integration into the bacterial chromosome should facilitate genetic manipulation and studies of gene expression in a range of Gram-negative bacteria.