Purification, Characterization, Gene Cloning, Sequencing, and Overexpression of Aminopeptidase N from Streptococcus thermophilus A

The general aminopeptidase PepN from Streptococcus thermophilus A was purified to protein homogeneity by hydroxyapatite, anion-exchange, and gel filtration chromatographies. The PepN enzyme was estimated to be a monomer of 95 kDa, with maximal activity on N-Lys–7-amino-4-methylcoumarin at pH 7 and 37°C. It was strongly inhibited by metal chelating agents, suggesting that it is a metallopeptidase. The activity was greatly restored by the bivalent cations Co²⁺, Zn²⁺, and Mn²⁺. Except for proline, glycine, and acidic amino acid residues, PepN has a broad specificity on the N-terminal amino acid of small peptides, but no significant endopeptidase activity has been detected. The N-terminal and short internal amino acid sequences of purified PepN were determined. By using synthetic primers and a battery of PCR techniques, the pepN gene was amplified, subcloned, and further sequenced, revealing an open reading frame of 2,541 nucleotides encoding a protein of 847 amino acids with a molecular weight of 96,252. Amino acid sequence analysis of the pepN gene translation product shows high homology with other PepN enzymes from lactic acid bacteria and exhibits the signature sequence of the zinc metallopeptidase family. The pepN gene was cloned in a T7 promoter-based expression plasmid and the 452-fold overproduced PepN enzyme was purified to homogeneity from the periplasmic extract of the host Escherichia coli strain. The overproduced enzyme showed the same catalytic characteristics as the wild-type enzyme.     

Nucleotide Sequence and Chromosomal Location of L-Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene from Streptococcus pneumoniae

We report here the 1244-bp sequence of a Streptococcus pneumoniae chromosomal fragment that contains the putative promoter and protein-coding region of the lactate dehydrogenase gene (ldh). The nucleotide sequence predicts a protein of 327 aa with a molecular weight of 35,202 daltons, after removal of the N-terminal methionine residue. The ldh gene is located on the ApaI fragment 1 and SmaI fragment 2 of the previously reported physical map of S. pneumoniae chromosome. Received: 3 December 1997 / Accepted: 20 January 1998     

小拟南芥Chitinase基因的克隆与核苷酸序列分析

采用RT-PCR扩增方法,从野生资源小拟南芥（Arabidopsis pumila)的总RNA中,克隆获得了985bp的cDNA片段,经过测序和序列分析,发现该cDNA基因包含一个完整的963bp的开放阅读框（ORF）,含有17个限制性内切酶酶切位点,核苷酸序列同源性分析表明,该基因与与Arabidopsis thaliana glycosyl hydrolase family 19(chitinase)(Atlg 05850) mRNA,complete cds(登录号NM-100466.3),Arubidopsis thaliana putative class I chitinase(Atlg05850)mRNA,complete cds(登录号AY034935）,Arabidopsi8s thaliana chitinase-like protein 1(CTL1) mRNA,CTL1-ELPlallele,complete eds(登录号）AF422178）均有94%序列同源性,Chitinase可抑制病原真菌的生长,所编码的功能蛋白在提高农作物抗病性方面具有重要意义。     

A型产气荚膜梭菌α-毒素基因的克隆与核苷酸序列分析

利用聚合酶链式反应(PCR)技术,从A型产气莫膜梭菌染色体基因组中扩增了1．2kb的α毒素基因。通过T4 DNA连接酶,将纯化的PCR产物与载体pGEM-T连接,转化受至体菌JM109中,经NcoI/EcoRI和BamHI/EcoRI双酶切分析,证明重组质粒pXCPA02中含有A型产气荚膜棱菌α毒素全基因。经核苷酸序列分析,明确了克隆的α毒素基因在重组质粒中的连接向位且核苷酸序列是正确的。     

Cloning and Nucleotide Sequencing of the Membrane-Bound l-Sorbosone Dehydrogenase Gene of Acetobacter liquefaciens IFO 12258 and Its Expression in Gluconobacter oxydans

Volume 61, no. 2, p. 419, column 1, lines 15-19: this sentence should read as follows. "The alcohol dehydrogenase and glucose dehydrogenase have a common region reported to be related to pyrroloquinoline quinone binding (2, 10), but SNDH does not contain such a region, indicating that SNDH is not a quinoprotein." Page 419, column 2, line 12: "(Table 4)" should read "(Table 3)." [This corrects the article on p. 413 in vol. 61.].     

点状产气单胞菌脯氨酰内肽酶基因克隆与序列测定

点状产气单胞菌点状亚种（Ａｅｒｏｍｏｎａｓ ｐｕｎｃａｔａ ｓｕｂｓｐ．ｐｕｎｃｔａｔａ）具有脯氨酰内肽酶（ｐｒｏｌｙｌ ｅｎｄｏｐｅｐｔｉｄａｓｅ ＰＥＰ）活性。将其染色体ＤＮＡ有Ｅｃｏ ＲⅠ部分酶切后回收８－１６ｋｂ的ＤＮＡ片段,与ＥｃｏＲⅠ消化载体ｐＵＣ１８连接后转化Ｅ．ｃｏｉｌ ＤＨ５α,用该酶的专一性底物Ｂｅｎｚｙｌｏｘｙｃａｒｂｏｎｙｌ－Ｇｌｙ－β－ｎａｐｈｔｈｙｌａｍｉｄｅ从质粒库中     

Cloning and Nucleotide Sequencing of the Antitumor Antibiotic C-1027 Apoprotein Gene

The apoprotein gene for a chromoprotein antitumor antibiotic, C-1027, was cloned from the producer strain, Streptomyces globisporus C-1027, and sequenced. The process verified that; (1) the sequence included the entire structural gene directing a precursor of the apoprotein (pre-apoprotein having Met¹—Ala³³ leader peptide ahead of the apoprotein) and flanking regions, (2) the amino acid sequence of the apoprotein deduced from the base sequence perfectly matched the one based on protein analysis, ¹⁾ (3) 3rd letters of the codons were 88% G or C, while the 1st plus the 2nd letters were 63% G or C, (4) the structural gene had 57% homology with that of macromomycin apoprotein (mernA) while the flanking regions had little homology with the corresponding ones of mernA, except some homology at the – 10th and – 35th promoter regions, and (5) the gene was transcribed as a monocistronic mRNA in an early growth phase, independent of chromophore production.     

Cloning and Nucleotide Sequencing of a Staphylococcus aureus Gene Encoding a Branched-Chain-Amino-Acid Transporter

We recently characterized a transposon-induced NaCl-sensitive mutant of Staphylococcus aureus (U. Vijaranakul, M. J. Nadakavukaren, D. O. Bayles, B. J. Wilkinson, and R. K. Jayaswal, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:1889–1897, 1997). To further characterize this mutant, we determined the nucleotide sequence at the insertion site of the transposon on the S. aureus chromosome. Nucleotide sequencing revealed a 1,326-bp open reading frame (ORF442) encoding a hydrophobic 442-amino-acid polypeptide with a calculated molecular mass of 49,058 Da. The hydrophilicity profile of the gene product revealed the existence of 12 hydrophobic domains predicted to form membrane-associated α-helices. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of ORF442 with amino acid sequences in the GenBank database showed extensive homology with the branched-chain-amino-acid transport genes of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. This is the first brnQ gene in staphylococci to be described.     

猕猴桃L-艾杜糖脱氢酶基因的克隆及转化

以猕猴桃果实为材料,利用电子克隆技术获得了L-艾杜糖脱氢酶(L-Idonate dehydrogenase,IDH)基因,然后将其转入番茄中,为了解猕猴桃IDH基因如何调控AsA的降解奠定基础。结果表明,获得的猕猴桃IDH基因cDNA全长为1 239bp,含有一个1 080bp的开放阅读框,编码359个氨基酸;成功构建了IDH基因植物表达载体pWR-IDH及工程农杆菌,以番茄叶片及茎段为受体,通过农杆菌介导法进行转化,获得了4株经PCR和RT-PCR检测呈阳性的转基因植株。     

Cloning vectors for Streptococcus thermophilus derived from a native plasmid

Marine sponges frequently contain a complex mixture of bacteria, fungi, unicellular algae and cyanobacteria. Epifluorescent microscopy showed that Mycale (Carmia) hentscheli contained coccoid cyanobacteria. The 16S rRNA gene was amplified, fragments cloned and analysed using amplified rRNA gene restriction analysis. The nearly complete 16S rRNA gene of distinct clones was sequenced and aligned using ARB. The phylogenetic analysis indicated the presence of four closely related clones which have a high (8%) sequence divergence from known cyanobacteria, Cyanobacterium stanieri being the closest, followed by Prochloron sp. and Synechocystis sp. All belong to the order Chroococcales. The lack of non-molecular evidence prevents us from proposing a new genus.     

Gene Cloning and Nucleotide Sequencing and Properties of a Cocaine Esterase from Rhodococcus sp. Strain MB1

A strain of Rhodococcus designated MB1, which was capable of utilizing cocaine as a sole source of carbon and nitrogen for growth, was isolated from rhizosphere soil of the tropane alkaloid-producing plant Erythroxylum coca. A cocaine esterase was found to initiate degradation of cocaine, which was hydrolyzed to ecgonine methyl ester and benzoate; both of these esterolytic products were further metabolized by Rhodococcus sp. strain MB1. The structural gene encoding a cocaine esterase, designated cocE, was cloned from Rhodococcus sp. strain MB1 genomic libraries by screening recombinant strains of Rhodococcus erythropolis CW25 for growth on cocaine. The nucleotide sequence of cocE corresponded to an open reading frame of 1,724 bp that codes for a protein of 574 amino acids. The amino acid sequence of cocaine esterase has a region of similarity with the active serine consensus of X-prolyl dipeptidyl aminopeptidases, suggesting that the cocaine esterase is a serine esterase. The cocE coding sequence was subcloned into the pCFX1 expression plasmid and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant cocaine esterase was purified to apparent homogeneity and was found to be monomeric, with an M_r of approximately 65,000. The apparent K_m of the enzyme (mean ± standard deviation) for cocaine was measured as 1.33 ± 0.085 mM. These findings are of potential use in the development of a linked assay for the detection of illicit cocaine.     

来源于Aspergillus candidus的乳糖酶基因的克隆及序列分析

从一株产乳糖酶的亮白曲霉（Aspergillus candidus)中克隆到了乳糖酶基因组DNA及cDNA序列（EMBL AC－CESSION No.AJ431643),序列分析表明,乳糖酶基因组DNA序列长3458bp,其中含有8个内含子,cDNA编码区长3015bp,共编码1005个氨基酸,前19个氨基酸为信号肽序列,氨基酸序列中共含有11个潜在的糖基化位点。将此基因在不同来源的乳糖酶基因序列进行比较发现,该基因与绝大多数乳糖酶基因同源性较低。虽与米曲霉ATCC20423的乳糖酶序列同源性较高,但其在酶学性质上更优于后者,亮白曲霉的乳糖酶基因可能是一个具有更广阔的生产应用前景的新基因。     

甘蔗ACC氧化酶基因片段的克隆与序列分析

1- 氨基环丙烷-1-羧酸（ACC）氧化酶是植物乙烯合成的一个关键酶,乙烯作为一种内源激素,对植物生长、老熟过程有多方面的调节作用。根据报道的各种植物ACC氧化酶氨基酸序列上前后两个保守区设计两个简并引物,以甘蔗总DNA为模板,通过PCR扩增到一个940bp的基因片段。将片段序列在MCBI的BLAST软件上进行同源性搜寻,显示的63个序列全部是ACC氧化酶基因,因而认为克隆到的片段就是甘蔗ACC氧化酶基因的一个成员。经对不同植物来源的ACC氧化酶基因家族进行比较分析,去除一个103bp的“内含子“后,推导的氨基酸序列为279个残基,占推测全长氨基酸残基总数的86％左右。经同源性分析,序列与毛竹和水稻ACC氧化酶的同源率达到86％。系统进化分析表明,该序列最先与水稻、其次和香蕉的ACC氧化酶聚类,然后再与双子叶植物的ACC氧化酶聚类,符合按形态特征分类的血缘关系。基因的获得对下一步了解乙烯的合成表达与甘蔗生长、成熟过程之间的关系奠定了基础。     

Cloning and expression of the beta-D-galactosidase gene from Streptococcus thermophilus in Escherichia coli

The beta-D-galactosidase (beta-gal) gene from Streptococcus thermophilus was cloned to isolate and characterize it for potential use as a selection marker in a food-grade cloning vector. Chromosomal DNA from S. thermophilus 19258 was cleaved with the restriction enzyme PstI and ligated to pBR322 for transformation into Escherichia coli JM108. A beta-galactosidase-positive clone was detected by its blue color on a medium supplemented with 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-D-galactoside. This transformant possessed a single plasmid, designated pRH116, which contained, in addition to the vector DNA, a 7.0-kilobase (kb) PstI insertion fragment coding for beta-gal activity. An extract from JM108(pRH116) contained a beta-gal protein with the same electrophoretic mobility as the beta-gal from S. thermophilus 19258. Compared with the beta-gal from E. coli HB101, the S. thermophilus beta-gal was of lower molecular weight. A restriction map of pRH116 was constructed from cleavage of both the plasmid and the purified insert. The construction of deletion derivatives of pRH116 with BglII, BstEII, and HindIII revealed the approximate location of the gene on the 7.0-kb fragment. The beta-gal gene was further localized to a 3.85-kb region.     

S-扁桃酸脱氢酶基因的克隆及表达

S-扁桃酸脱氢酶能够选择性催化S-扁桃酸生成苯甲酰甲酸。通过PCR扩增获得Pseudomonas p utida NUST的S-扁桃酸脱氢酶全长基因(mdlA),并构建了表达载体pET30a(+)-mdlA,转化大肠杆菌E.coli BL21(DE3)后,经异丙基-β-D-硫代吡喃半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导获得表达,SDS-PAGE结果显示表达蛋白为43kDa。所以工程菌细胞具有转化S-扁桃酸生成苯甲酰甲酸能力。     

黑暗链霉菌中新脱氢酶基因的克隆与功能初步研究

S.tenebrarius H6主要产生安普霉素、氨甲酰妥布霉素和氨甲酰卡那霉素B,其中后两者仅在3′位有差异。为克隆相关基因,根据已报道的aprD3、livY、gentY基因设计兼并性PCR引物,并采用SON-PCR(singleoligonucleotide nested PCR)方法和LASP-PCR(linear amplification single primer PCR)方法,扩增获得部分SCD1基因,Blast分析为短链脱氢酶基因。采用基因阻断技术,使S.tenebrariusH6中SCD1基因失活。与野生菌株相比,变株的抗生素组分和含量几乎没有变化,但变株产孢子能力下降,且产孢子时间推迟,推测该基因与孢子的生成调节相关。     

人神经营养因子4基因的分子克隆及序列分析

以正常人血淋巴细胞染色体DNA为模板,PCR扩增出神经营养因子4(NT4)编码基因.将所得基因片段重组于噬菌体载体M13mp18RF,筛选得到含人NT4基因的克隆.采用Sanger单链末端终止法测出其全部的核苷酸序列,该序列与国外文献所报道的完全一致.     

南蛇藤脯氨酸脱氢酶基因的克隆和表达特性

利用兼并性引物和RACE方法, 在南蛇藤(Celastrus orbiculatus)中克隆了1个脯氨酸脱氢酶基因, 并命名为NstProDH1。序列比对显示该基因与拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)和烟草(Nicotiana tabacum)的脯氨酸脱氢酶(ProDH)具有很高的同源性。酶学特性分析表明该酶具有脯氨酸脱氢酶的活性。比较南蛇藤不同器官该基因的转录表达模式与脯氨酸脱氢酶活性, 结果显示两者之间没有明显的关联, 说明该基因的表达受到转录和翻译水平的双重调控, 同时也暗示南蛇藤中还存在其它的脯氨酸脱氢酶基因。NstProDH1基因的表达模式与野生型拟南芥中的ProDH1具有相似性, 因此推测NstProDH1基因可能在功能上与拟南芥ProDH1基因相似。     

人内皮抑素基因的克隆与序列分析

目的 :克隆与鉴定人内皮抑素基因功能区片段。方法 :采用反转录聚合酶链反应 (RT PCR)的方法 ,从人胎肝总RNA中扩增人内皮抑素基因 ,将其克隆入 pGEM T载体 ,命名为pT hES ,并应用A377自动序列分析仪进行序列分析。结果 :成功克隆了人内皮抑素基因 ,经序列分析表明 ,所克隆的基因序列正确。这为利用基因工程技术生产重组蛋白奠定了基础。