须糖多孢菌Saccharopolyspora pogona的核糖体工程改造对丁烯基多杀菌素合成的影响

核糖体工程是以微生物的各类抗生素抗性突变为筛选标记,高效获得次生代谢产物合成能力提高的突变株的一种育种新方法。通过核糖体工程技术,使用链霉素对须糖多孢菌Saccharopolyspora pogona进行抗性选育,以获得高产丁烯基多杀菌素突变菌株。对原始菌株和所获得的突变菌株代谢产物的研究发现,相对于原始菌株,其中突变株S13的丁烯基多杀菌素产量提高幅度最大,相比原始菌株提高了1.79倍。经质谱测定表明,其代谢物中比原始菌株多了一种丁烯基多杀菌素组分Spinosynα1。对抗性突变株S13的DNA序列进行分析,发现在编码核糖体S12蛋白的rps L基因保守区域中出现点突变,第314位和第320位的胞嘧啶(C)分别突变为腺嘌呤(A)和胸腺嘧啶(T),对应的氨基酸残基分别由脯氨酸突变为谷氨酰胺,丙氨酸突变为缬氨酸。研究显示,突变株S13遗传稳定性良好。     

放线菌核糖体工程的发展与应用

核糖体工程(ribosome engineering)是一项利用靶点位于细菌RNA聚合酶及核糖体功能因子的抗生素诱导细菌产生抗性突变,进而提升菌株次级代谢生产潜能的技术.该方法无需依赖菌株完善的遗传操作体系,可应用于发掘几乎所有放线菌菌株中潜在的宝贵活性次级代谢产物,并广泛应用于放线菌基因组挖掘和次级代谢产物增产优化....     

核糖体工程与微生物次级代谢产物合成

核糖体工程通过对微生物次级代谢产物合成相关基因表达的两个重要元件——核糖体或RNA聚合酶进行修饰和改造,带来其结构和功能上的改变,进而影响次级代谢产物的合成。因此,向核糖体组成元件中引入特定的突变就能够有效地调节次级代谢产物的合成,通过该技术改造有重要商业价值的工业微生物,提高其次级代谢产物(如抗生素)的合成能力,对于微生物次生代谢产物研发及产业化具有重要的科研与经济价值。     

放线菌Streptomyces sp．FJ3的核糖体工程改良与活性产物的分离

[目的]利用核糖体工程抗性筛选技术,获得有抗菌活性突变株,并对突变株新产生活性物质进行研究.[方法]以三峡库区筛选出的无抗菌活性放线菌野生株为出发菌,通过单菌落挑选与平板划线培养,分离筛选具有链霉素和利福平抗性突变株;通过摇瓶发酵和对发酵液进行纸片法活性测定,获得抗金葡菌活性突变株;采用高效液相色谱法(HPLC)分析其发酵液组分,通过LC-MS对变化峰进行分析;进行16S rDNA及形态学鉴定.[结果]链霉素和利福平对放线菌菌株FJ3的MIC分别为0.5μg/mL和110μg/mL;在FJ3突变菌株中,共获得24株链霉素突变菌株和20株利福平突变菌株,抗菌活性筛选显示6株具有抗菌活性,其中2株链霉素突变菌株对金葡菌有强抑菌活性,采用Doskochilova溶剂系统纸层析结果表明,该活性物质为一种核酸类抗生素,HPLC和LC-MS显示该活性物质可能为硫藤黄菌素.[结论]利用核糖体工程技术可以改变放线菌的次级代谢,获得具有生物活性的突变株,拓展药源放线菌活性菌株新资源.     

核糖体工程技术选育ε-聚赖氨酸高产菌株

【目的】利用核糖体工程技术选育Streptomyces albulus AS3-14的链霉素和利福平双重抗性突变株,以提高其ε-聚赖氨酸合成能力。【方法】通过链霉素抗性筛选,获得链霉素抗性的ε-聚赖氨酸产量提高突变株;在此基础上,继续筛选其利福平抗性突变株,实现链霉素和利福平双重抗性ε-聚赖氨酸高产菌选育。【结果】获得的双重抗性高产突变株Streptomyces albulus WG-608的ε-聚赖氨酸摇瓶产量达到3.7 g/L,5 L发酵罐补料分批发酵ε-聚赖氨酸产量达到53.0 g/L,较出发菌株分别提高了42.3%和32.5%。【结论】链霉素和利福平双重抗性选育能够显著提高ε-聚赖氨酸产生菌Streptomyces albulus的产物合成能力。     

贝莱斯芽孢杆菌生防次级代谢产物研究进展

贝莱斯芽孢杆菌（Bacillus velezensis）是生防芽孢杆菌中的重要代表,作为微生物农药的核心菌种,已被广泛应用于作物病害生物防治。贝莱斯芽孢杆菌具有植物内生性,其生防作用机制主要包括产生次级代谢产物对抗植物病原物;改善宿主植物根际微生物群落,促进宿主营养和生长;激发宿主植物产生防御反应,诱导植物获得系统抗性。其中,产生次级代谢产物是其最重要的生防作用机制。贝莱斯芽孢杆菌含有多个编码生物合成次级代谢产物的基因簇,其中包括编码聚酮化合物合酶（PKS）和非核糖体肽合成酶（NRPS）的基因簇,同时存在核糖体途径合成次级代谢产物基因簇。通过非核糖体途径可产生脂肽类化合物、聚酮类化合物、二肽和铁载体;通过核糖体途径产生小菌素、细菌素、羊毛硫抗生素。这些具有生物活性的次级代谢产物成为了天然新药和候选抗生素的储存库,对于解析生防菌作用机制具有重要意义。本文综述了贝莱斯芽孢杆菌的命名与更迭,产生次级代谢产物的类型、合成与调控基因以及靶标病原菌,以期为生防菌株的改良和生物农药的研发提供参考。     

抗性突变他克莫司高产菌株的选育

研究利用核糖体工程育种方法结合紫外诱变处理产他克莫司链霉菌SIIA-9818,以期筛选得到发酵水平有较大提高的新菌株。首轮采用链霉素抗性筛选,第二轮组合链霉素和利福平抗性结合紫外诱变育种,进一步巩固育种成效。采用链霉素抗性诱变得到突变株T-122,其气生菌丝丰满程度明显好于原对照株,发酵效价提高22.8%;采用组合链霉素和利福平抗性结合紫外诱变T-122,得到多株高产菌株,其中H-493发酵水平较原出发菌株提高82.6%;在50 L发酵罐通过增大搅拌转速,使菌种H-493发酵单位进一步提高31.0%。本方法简单经济,得到的突变株发酵单位显著提高,组分无明显变化,传代稳定。     

紫外诱变选育恩拉霉素高产菌株

本研究采用紫外诱变育种技术对一株产恩拉霉素抗真菌链霉菌(Streptomyces fungicidicus)F110进行了诱变处理,经链霉素抗性、利福霉素B抗性以及双重抗性筛选,共获得了132株抗生素抗性突变株,其中26株突变菌株的恩拉霉素产量与出发菌株相比均有明显提高。摇瓶发酵条件下,突变株SR93的恩拉霉素产量最高可达2 400μg/m L,与出发菌株相比提高了38%。传代结果表明:该突变株产素水平稳定,因此具备较好的开发及工业应用价值。     

sco1135基因对天蓝色链霉菌M145孢子形成及次级代谢产物合成的调控研究

旨在研究sco1135基因缺失突变对天蓝色链霉菌M145菌株形态及次级代谢的影响。通过PCR-targeting方法获得重组质粒p SJ1135,通过接合转移将其导入天蓝色链霉菌M145,获得sco1135基因缺失突变菌株△sco1135,并以p MS82为载体构建回补菌株△sco1135com,同时以p MS82为空载对照;随后对野生型菌株、突变菌株和回补菌株进行表型分析和抗生素定量观察。结果显示,表型分析及抗生素定量测定发现,在YBP培养基上△sco1135产孢明显延迟于野生型M145,放线紫红素(ACT)产量明显增加,突变株培养基中ACT产量是野生菌株培养基中的2-3倍;转录分析结果表明,48 h时突变株部分与产孢相关基因的转录水平较野生型降低了50%-75%,72 h时突变株部分与产ACT相关基因的转录水平较野生型提高13-20倍。sco1135基因参与调控M145的孢子形成及次级代谢产物ACT的产生。     

变形链球菌中的次级代谢产物及其在口腔生物被膜中的生态功能

口腔生物被膜是由数百种微生物构成的复杂微生物群体。变形链球菌作为其中的重要一员,被认为是引起龋病的主要病原菌。变形链球菌在牙齿表面以生物被膜形式生长的能力和它产酸耐酸的特点赋予其致龋性。不同的变形链球菌菌株之间保留了多样的次级代谢形式,这是与宿主长期共进化的结果。迄今为止,变形链球菌中报道的次级代谢产物包括10种细菌素(又称变链素)和一种聚酮/非核糖体肽类化合物。这些化合物多样的活性形式暗示了它们参与口腔生物被膜中跨种间和跨界间的相互作用。未来随着变形链球菌菌株数目的增加和更多菌株全基因组序列的完成,可以预见会有更多新颖活性次级代谢产物的出现。对变形链球菌次级代谢的研究不仅有助于治疗和预防口腔疾病,而且新颖活性次级代谢产物的发现对新药的研发也具有重要意义。     

利用核糖体工程选育丙酮丁醇菌提高丁醇产量

利用核糖体工程技术对丙酮丁醇梭菌Clostridium acetobutylicum L7进行诱变筛选,以获得丁醇高产菌株。使用链霉素诱变C.acetobutylicum L7并结合设计的平板转接逐次提高链霉素浓度的筛选路线,获得丁醇产量较高的菌株S3。结果表明,S3丁醇产量为(12.48±0.03)g/L,乙醇产量为(1.70±0.07)g/L,相对于原始菌分别提高了11.2%及50%;丁醇/葡萄糖转化率由原始菌的0.19提高到0.22,丁醇生产率达到0.24 g/(L.h),相比提高30.5%;耐受丁醇浓度由原始菌的12 g/L提高到14 g/L;发酵液粘度下降到4 mPa/s,同比降低了60%,利于后续分离工作的进行,降低发酵成本。进一步研究工作表明,S3菌株遗传稳定性良好。因此,核糖体工程技术是一种选育丁醇高产菌株的有效方法。     

Ribosome modulation factor protects <Emphasis Type="Italic">Escherichia coli</Emphasis> during heat stress,but this may not be dependent on ribosome dimerisation

The role of ribosome modulation factor (RMF) in protecting heat-stressed Escherichia coli cells was identified by the observation that cultures of a mutant strain lacking functional RMF (HMY15) were highly heat sensitive in stationary phase compared to those of the parent strain (W3110). No difference in heat sensitivity was observed between these strains in exponential phase, during which RMF is not synthesised. Studies by differential scanning calorimetry demonstrated that the ribosomes of stationary-phase cultures of the mutant strain had lower thermal stability than those of the parent strain in stationary phase, or exponential-phase ribosomes. More rapid breakdown of ribosomes in the mutant strain during heating was confirmed by rRNA analysis and sucrose density gradient centrifugation. Analyses of ribosome composition showed that the 100S dimers dissociated more rapidly during heating than 70S particles. While ribosome dimerisation is a consequence of the conformational changes caused by RMF binding, it may not therefore be essential for RMF-mediated ribosome stabilisation.Abbreviations DSC Differential scanning calorimetry - MRD Maximum recovery diluent - RMF Ribosome modulation factor     

The requirement for eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (elF4A) in translation is in direct proportion to the degree of mRNA 5' secondary structure

Eukaryotic initiation factor (elF) 4A functions as a subunit of the initiation factor complex elF4F, which mediates the binding of mRNA to the ribosome. elF4A possesses ATPase and RNA helicase activities and is the prototype for a large family of putative RNA helicases (the DEAD box family). It is thought that the function of elF4A during translation initiation is to unwind the mRNA secondary structure in the 5' UTR to facilitate ribosome binding. However, the evidence to support this hypothesis is rather indirect, and it was reported that elF4A is also required for the translation of mRNAs possessing minimal 5' UTR secondary structure. Were this hypothesis correct, the requirement for elF4A should correlate with the degree of mRNA secondary structure. To test this hypothesis, the effect of a dominant-negative mutant of mammalian elF4A on translation of mRNAs with various degrees of secondary structure was studied in vitro. Here, we show that mRNAs containing stable secondary structure in the 5' untranslated region are more susceptible to inhibition by the elF4A mutant. The mutant protein also strongly inhibits translation from several picornavirus internal ribosome entry sites (IRES), although to different extents. UV crosslinking of elF4F subunits and elF4B to the mRNA cap structure is dramatically reduced by the elF4A mutant and RNA secondary structure. Finally, the elF4A mutant forms a more stable complex with elF4G, as compared to the wild-type elF4A, thus explaining the mechanism by which substoichiometric amounts of mutant elF4A inhibit translation.     

Improvement of A21978C production in Streptomyces roseosporus by reporter-guided rpsL mutation selection

Aims:  Daptomycin, one of the A21978C factors produced by Streptomyces roseosporus, is an acidic cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic with potent activity against a variety of Gram‐positive pathogens. To increase the titre of this extensively used and clinically important antibiotic, we applied a reported‐guided rpsL mutation selection system to generate strains producing high levels of A21978C. Methods and Results:  In the reporter design, dptE was chosen as the overexpressing target, and neo‐encoding neomycin phosphotransferase as the reporter. Using this reporter‐guided selection system, 20% of the selected, streptomycin‐resistant mutants produced greater amounts of A21978C than the starting strain. The selection system increased the screening efficiency about 10‐fold with a frequency of 1·7% A21978C overproducing strains among str^r mutants. A21978C production was increased approximately 2·2‐fold in the rpsL K43N mutant. Conclusions:  The combination of ribosome engineering and reporter‐guided mutant selection generated an A21978C overproducing strain that produced about twice as much A21978C as the parental strain. Significance and Impact of the Study:  The strategies presented here, which integrated the advantages of both ribosome engineering and reporter‐guided mutation selection, could be applied to other bacteria to improve their yield of secondary metabolites.     

An unusual precursor of 50S ribosomes in a mutant of Escherichia coli.

Escherichia coli strain 15-28 is a mutant with a defect in ribosome synthesis that leads to the accumulation of large amounts of ribonucleoprotein ("47S") particles during exponential growth. These particles are precursors to 50S ribosomes, but are distinct from precursors detected by pulse-labelling of the parent strain and also from ribosome precursors that accumulate during inhibition of growth by CoC12. Either ribosome assembly in the mutant differs from that in the wild-type strain, or 47S particles represent a hitherto unstudied stage in the synthesis of 50S ribosomes.     

Improvement of alpha-amylase production by modulation of ribosomal component protein S12 in Bacillus subtilis 168

The capacity of ribosomal modification to improve antibiotic production by Streptomyces spp. has already been demonstrated. Here we show that introduction of mutations that produce streptomycin resistance (str) also enhances alpha-amylase (and protease) production by a strain of Bacillus subtilis as estimated by measuring the enzyme activity. The str mutations are point mutations within rpsL, the gene encoding the ribosomal protein S12. In vivo as well as in vitro poly(U)-directed cell-free translation systems showed that among the various rpsL mutations K56R (which corresponds to position 42 in E. coli) was particularly effective at enhancing alpha-amylase production. Cells harboring the K56R mutant ribosome exhibited enhanced translational activity during the stationary phase of cell growth. In addition, the K56R mutant ribosome exhibited increased 70S complex stability in the presence of low Mg2+ concentrations. We therefore conclude that the observed increase in protein synthesis activity by the K56R mutant ribosome reflects increased stability of the 70S complex and is responsible for the increase in alpha-amylase production seen in the affected strain.