相思豆毒蛋白—a A链在大肠杆菌中的表达及体外生物活性的测定

用RT PCR方法克隆了相思豆毒蛋白 aA链 (ABRaA)的cDNA编码序列 ,并将其重组到原核表达质粒 pET2 8b中。成熟的ABRaA在大肠杆菌中得到高效表达 ,可溶性重组蛋白质的获得率达 4mg/L培养物 ,而且具有较好的纯度。重组蛋白质体外生物活性的测定结果表明 ,其对兔网织红细胞裂解液的体外蛋白质生物合成具有较强的抑制作用 ,IC50 为 0 .0 8nmol/L ,与天然ABRaA的 (0 .0 6nmol/L)相差不大 ;重组ABRaA蛋白表现出较强的N 糖苷酶活性 ,其可切割大鼠肝脏核糖体 2 8SrRNA的A4 32 4位点 ,释放出一条约 4 2 0nt的小片段RNA。这些结果提示重组的ABRaA具有有效的生物活性 ,可以作为一种潜在的肿瘤化疗药物而用于制备免疫毒素。     

6-羟基-3-琥珀酰吡啶单加氧酶的纯化与结晶条件

【目的】在大肠杆菌中克隆表达尼古丁降解关键的6-羟基-3-琥珀酰吡啶单加氧酶基因hspB,纯化重组HspB蛋白并进行结晶条件的初步研究。【方法】从恶臭假单胞菌S16基因组中PCR扩增hspB基因,构建重组表达载体pET28a-hspB,并在E.coli BL21(DE3)中诱导表达,利用亲和层析和凝胶过滤层析纯化重组蛋白。利用悬滴扩散法对HspB蛋白进行结晶条件筛选和优化。【结果】本文成功构建重组质粒pET28a-hspB并纯化获得达到结晶纯度的HspB蛋白。结晶条件初筛和优化后获得可培养HspB蛋白晶体的条件为0.2 mol/L NaCl、0.1 mol/L HEPES pH 7.5、1.1 mol/L(NH4)2SO4、4°C、加晶种。【结论】HspB蛋白纯化体系的构建和结晶条件的初步研究为从结构生物学的角度进一步研究HspB结构与功能的关系、定向进化提高HspB催化效率奠定了基础。     

两种菌株来源的glyA基因的克隆、表达及酶活性检测

采用PCR方法,分别从大肠杆菌和嗜热链球菌基因组DNA中扩增获得glyA基因,分别克隆入载体pET-28 a(+)中并进行表达,分离和纯化得到两种不同来源的SHMT,分别检测两种SHMT的逆向酶活。比较来源于大肠杆菌K12与嗜热链球菌AS1.2471中的glyA基因表达的丝氨酸羟甲基转移酶(SHMT)的活性,以获得高活性的SHMT。结果成功获得两种菌中的glyA基因,并表达出具有较高活性的SHMT,其中嗜热链球菌中glyA基因表达出的SHMT的酶活性大约为大肠杆菌的两倍。从嗜热链球菌中克隆表达的SHMT具有更高的催化活性及良好的工业应用前景。     

Structural and functional analyses of a yeast mitochondrial ribosomal protein homologous to ribosomal protein S15 of Escherichia coli.

We have purified a small subunit mitochondrial ribosomal protein, MRPS28p, from the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sequence from the amino terminus of MRPS28p was used to design a degenerate oligonucleotide that was complementary to the MRPS28 gene. The MRPS28 gene was isolated and its sequence determined. The MRPS28 sequence encodes a 28 kDa protein that has a region of homology with ribosomal protein S15 of E. coli. This region spans the entire length of the E. coli protein, but as MRPS28p is larger, includes only the portion of the MRPS28p sequence from amino acids 150 to 238. Based on this homology, we predict that MRPS28p, like E. coli S15, interacts directly with small subunit rRNA and functions as an early protein in ribosome assembly. Cells carrying a disrupted chromosomal copy of MRPS28 are unable to respire and spontaneously lose portions of their mitochondrial genomes at a high frequency. These phenotypes are consistent with an essential role for MRPS28p in the assembly and/or function of the mitochondrial ribosome.     

Expression and purification of a recombinant enantioselective amidase

Microbacterium sp. AJ115 metabolises a wide range of nitriles using the two-step nitrile hydratase/amidase pathway. In this study, the amidase gene of Microbacterium sp. AJ115 has been inserted into the pCal-n-EK expression vector and expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)pLysS. The expressed protein is active in E. coli and expression of the amidase gene allows E. coli to grow on acetamide as sole carbon and/or nitrogen source. Expression of active amidase in E. coli was temperature dependent with high activity found when cultures were grown between 20 and 30 degrees C but no activity at 37 degrees C. On induction, the amidase represents 28% of the total soluble protein in E. coli. The expressed amidase has been purified in a single step from the crude lysate using the calmodulin-binding peptide (CBP) affinity tag. The V(max) and K(m) of the purified enzyme with acetamide (50 mM) were 4.4 micromol/min/mg protein and 4.5mM, respectively. The temperature optimum was found to be 50 degrees C. Purified enzyme demonstrated enantioselectivity with the ability to preferentially act on the S enantiomer of racemic (R,S)-2-phenylpropionamide. S-2-phenylpropionic acid is produced with an enantiomeric excess of >82% at 50% conversion of the parent amide.     

Development of a rapid quantitative PCR assay for direct detection and quantification of culturable and non-culturable Escherichia coli from agriculture watersheds

A real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) assay was developed for detecting and quantifying Escherichia coli in water samples from agricultural watersheds. The assay included optimization of DNA extraction and purification from water samples, and Q-PCR amplification conditions using newly designed species-specific oligonucleotide primers derived from conserved flanking regions of the 16S rRNA gene, the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and the 23S rRNA gene. The assay was optimized using a pure culture of E. coli with known quantities spiked into autoclaved agricultural water samples. The optimized assay was capable of a minimum quantification limit of 10 cells/ml of E. coli in the spiked agricultural water samples. A total of 121 surface water samples from three agricultural watersheds across Canada were analyzed, and results were compared with conventional culture-based enumerations of E. coli. The Q-PCR assay revealed significantly higher numbers of E. coli in water samples than the culture-based assay in each agricultural watershed. The new Q-PCR assay can facilitate the quantification of E. coli in a single water sample in < 3 h, including melt curve analysis, across a range of agricultural water quality conditions.     

人钙周期蛋白结合蛋白（hCacyBP）基因的克隆与表达

筛选cDNA文库得到了人的钙周期蛋白结合蛋白基因 ,将此基因的全编码区克隆到原核表达载体pET2 8上 ,诱导目的蛋白质表达以后将重组蛋白质用亲和层析的方法进行纯化 ,得到了纯度很好的重组的目的蛋白质 ,以此作为抗原免疫动物 ,得到抗钙周期蛋白结合蛋白的特异多克隆抗体。Western印迹的结果表明 ,该基因在小鼠多种组织中广泛表达 ;免疫组化的结果表明 ,BT32 5细胞诱导分化后钙周期蛋白结合蛋白分布有变化 ,由分布于胞质中转向分布于胞核和核周胞质     

Cloning and expression of a Staphylococcus aureus gene encoding a peptidoglycan hydrolase activity.

A gene of Staphylococcus aureus PS47 encoding lytic activity was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Deletion analysis of a recombinant plasmid carrying a 7.4-kilobase-pair fragment (kbp) of S. aureus DNA suggested that the gene was located within a 2.5-kbp EcoRI-XbaI fragment. Analysis of extracts of E. coli harboring recombinant plasmids on denaturing polyacrylamide gels containing purified cell walls of S. aureus showed a clearing zone by a polypeptide of apparent Mr 23,000. The release of dinitrophenylalanine but not reducing groups from purified cell walls by a cell extract of recombinant E. coli suggested that we had cloned an N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase.     

西藏株小反刍兽疫病毒H蛋白的原核表达及其多克隆抗体的制备

【背景】小反刍兽疫是由小反刍兽疫病毒(Peste des petits ruminants virus,PPRV)引起的一种急性、烈性、接触性传染病,严重威胁我国养羊业的发展。【目的】原核表达PPRVH蛋白,并制备其多克隆抗体。【方法】根据GenBank中PPRV西藏株h基因序列,对其进行密码子大肠杆菌偏爱性优化,采用两步PCR法全化学合成全长h基因。将测序验证正确的h基因克隆至原核表达载体pET-28a、pET-30a、pET-32a,转化E. coli BL21(DE3)并利用IPTG诱导H蛋白表达。以经SDS-PAGE割胶纯化的重组H蛋白免疫新西兰大白兔制备抗PPRV H蛋白多克隆抗体。【结果】重组E. coli [pET-28a(-30a,-32a)-H]表达的重组H蛋白相对分子质量分别约为70、68和86 kD;诱导7 h时PRRV H蛋白表达量最高,而且主要以包涵体形式表达;重组E.coli(pET-30a-H)表达的H蛋白经SDS-PAGE割胶纯化后免疫新西兰大白兔制备的多抗血清能与表达的重组H蛋白发生特异性反应;ELISA法检测抗体效价在1:6400-1:25600之间。【结论】原核表达了PPRVH蛋白,并制备了高效价的抗H蛋白多克隆抗体,为进一步研究PPRV H蛋白的功能及H蛋白的线性B细胞表位作图奠定了基础。     

Substrate requirements for ErmC' methyltransferase activity.

ErmC' is a methyltransferase that confers resistance to the macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B group of antibiotics by catalyzing the methylation of 23S rRNA at a specific adenine residue (A-2085 in Bacillus subtilis; A-2058 in Escherichia coli). The gene for ErmC' was cloned and expressed to a high level in E. coli, and the protein was purified to virtual homogeneity. Studies of substrate requirements of ErmC' have shown that a 262-nucleotide RNA fragment within domain V of B. subtilis 23S rRNA can be utilized efficiently as a substrate for methylation at A-2085. Kinetic studies of the monomethylation reaction showed that the apparent Km of this 262-nucleotide RNA oligonucleotide was 26-fold greater than the value determined for full-size and domain V 23S rRNA. In addition, the Vmax for this fragment also rose sevenfold. A model of RNA-ErmC' interaction involving multiple binding sites is proposed from the kinetic data presented.     

Streptomycin-resistance of Euglena gracilis chloroplasts: identification of a point mutation in the 16S rRNA gene in an invariant position.

We sequenced the chloroplast 16S rRNA gene of two Euglena gracilis mutants which contain streptomycin-resistant chloroplasts (Smr 139.12/4 and Smr 139.20/2). These mutants are known to contain a single intact rrn operon per circular chloroplast genome. Nucleotide sequence comparison between a 16S rRNA gene of wild type Euglena gracilis, strain Z, with streptomycin-sensitive chloroplasts, and the 16S rRNA gene of both Smr-strains reveals a single base change (C to T) at position 876. This position is equivalent to the invariant position 912 of the E. coli 16S rRNA gene. The analogous position is also conserved in all chloroplast small subunit RNA genes from lower and higher plants sequenced so far. Light dependent protein synthesis with purified chloroplasts from streptomycin-resistant cells is not inhibited by streptomycin. Based on the results reported here we postulate linkage between the observed point mutation on the 16S rRNA gene and streptomycin-resistance of chloroplast 70S ribosomes.     

抗人CD19单链抗体基因的构建、表达及功能测定

采用RT-PCR方法从分泌抗人类白细胞表面分化抗原CD19单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞中克隆出V_H和V_L可变区基因,再通过重叠延伸拼接（spliceoverlap extension）PCR方法在V_H和V_L可变区基因之间引入连接肽(Gly4Ser)3,体外构建抗人CD19单链抗体（抗CD19-ScFv）基因。将其克隆至表达载体PET28a并在大肠杆菌中表达。SDS-PAGE和Westernblot分析结果表明,抗CD19-ScFv在BL21（DE3）菌中获得表达,重组蛋白的相对分子量为27kD,表达产物以不溶性包涵体形式存在,经过溶解包涵体,镍柱亲和层析纯化和体外复性过程,获得了高纯度的单链抗体片段。流式细胞分析结果证实抗CD19ScFv可与人类白细胞表面的分化抗原CD19结合,保留了鼠源性单抗与CD19结合活性。抗人CD19-ScFv的构建与表达,为下一步针对B淋巴系统恶性肿瘤的靶向治疗奠定了基础。     

蛇毒锯鳞蝰素融合蛋白的发酵与纯化

研究大肠杆菌表达重组蛇毒锯鳞蝰素(Echistatin,Ecs)融合蛋白的发酵和纯化工艺。将Ecs基因插入表达载体pTXB1,转化E.coliBL21(DE3)构建工程菌。对工程菌进行补料分批培养并诱导表达,研究培养基、培养和诱导时间对工程菌生长和目的蛋白表达的影响,几丁质亲和层析纯化Ecs融合蛋白,经DTT裂解后,检测Ecs活性。发酵后菌体湿重可达75g/L,融合蛋白表达量约占总蛋白的35%,重组质粒在BL21宿主菌中传代稳定。亲和层析纯化后,得到Ecs单体,得率为28mg/L发酵液。生物学活性分析显示,重组Ecs能有效抑制血小板的聚集,其活性与天然Ecs相似。优化了Ecs融合基因工程菌的发酵和纯化条件,为规模化生产奠定基础。     

Expression and purification of recombinant human histones

Nucleosomes reconstituted from bacterially expressed histones are useful for functional and structural analyses of histone variants, histone mutants, and histone post-translational modifications. In the present study, we developed a new method for the expression and purification of recombinant human histones. The human histone H2A, H2B, and H3 genes were expressed well in Escherichia coli cells, but the human histone H4 gene was poorly expressed. Therefore, we designed a new histone H4 gene with codons optimized for the E. coli expression system and constructed the H4 gene by chemically synthesized oligodeoxyribonucleotides. The recombinant human histones were expressed as hexahistidine-tagged proteins and were purified by one-step chromatography with nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid agarose in the presence of 6 M urea. The H2A/H2B dimer and the H3/H4 tetramer were refolded by dialysis against buffer without urea, and the hexahistidine-tags of the histones in the H2A/H2B dimer and the H3/H4 tetramer were removed by thrombin protease digestion. The H2A/H2B dimer and the H3/H4 tetramer obtained by this method were confirmed to be proficient in nucleosome formation by the salt dialysis method. The human CENP-A gene, the centromere-specific histone H3 variant, contains 28 minor codons for E. coli. A new CENP-A gene optimized for the E. coli expression system was also constructed, and we found that the purified recombinant CENP-A protein formed a nucleosome-like structure with histones H2A, H2B, and H4.     

马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒多角体蛋白基因的表达与定位

为了表达马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒(DpCPV)多角体蛋白基因(S10片段)并探讨多角体蛋白在真核细胞中的定位,从DpCPV中分离出S10,与pET-28a载体连接成重组表达质粒pET28-S10;将S10克隆到杆状病毒转座载体pFASTBACHTb中,依次筛选出重组转座质粒pFASTBACS10,重组穿梭质粒BacmidS10,重组杆状病毒AcS10。多角体蛋白基因表达后,用SDS-PAGE、Western-blot和免疫荧光技术对表达产物进行了检测。结果表明:S10原核表达质粒、重组杆状病毒成功获得;在昆虫细胞中表达的质型多角体蛋白主要定位于细胞质,同时有少量产物定位于细胞核。     

Existence of two D-alanine:D-alanine ligases in Escherichia coli: cloning and sequencing of the ddlA gene and purification and characterization of the DdlA and DdlB enzymes

Two distinct genes encoding D-alanine:D-alanine (D-Ala-D-Ala) ligase (ADP forming) activity in Escherichia coli have been cloned by complementation of E. coli strain ST640(lambda 112) deficient in D-Ala-D-Ala ligase activity with a lambda library of E. coli DNA. One of the two genes, designated as ddlB, is identical with the ddl gene already sequenced [Robinson, A.C., Kenan, D.L., Sweeney, J., & Donachie, W.D. (1986) J. Bacteriol. 167, 809-817]. We describe the subcloning and DNA sequencing of the other gene, designated as ddlA on the basis of similarities with the Salmonella typhimurium ddlA gene [Daub, E., Zawadzke, L.E., Botstein, D., & Walsh, C.T. (1988) Biochemistry 27, 3701-3708]. The predicted amino acid sequence of the E. coli DdlA enzyme shows 90% homology with the S. typhimurium DdlA sequence. The ddlB gene was subcloned by use of the polymerase chain reaction into an expression vector containing an optimized ribosome binding site, which expressed the DdlB enzyme to greater than 50% soluble cell protein. Both DdlA and DdlB enzymes were purified to greater than 90% homogeneity and characterized kinetically.     

Methyltransferase that modifies guanine 966 of the 16 S rRNA: functional identification and tertiary structure

N(2)-Methylguanine 966 is located in the loop of Escherichia coli 16 S rRNA helix 31, forming a part of the P-site tRNA-binding pocket. We found yhhF to be a gene encoding for m(2)G966 specific 16 S rRNA methyltransferase. Disruption of the yhhF gene by kanamycin resistance marker leads to a loss of modification at G966. The modification could be rescued by expression of recombinant protein from the plasmid carrying the yhhF gene. Moreover, purified m(2)G966 methyltransferase, in the presence of S-adenosylomethionine (AdoMet), is able to methylate 30 S ribosomal subunits that were purified from yhhF knock-out strain in vitro. The methylation is specific for G966 base of the 16 S rRNA. The m(2)G966 methyltransferase was crystallized, and its structure has been determined and refined to 2.05A(.) The structure closely resembles RsmC rRNA methyltransferase, specific for m(2)G1207 of the 16 S rRNA. Structural comparisons and analysis of the enzyme active site suggest modes for binding AdoMet and rRNA to m(2)G966 methyltransferase. Based on the experimental data and current nomenclature the protein expressed from the yhhF gene was renamed to RsmD. A model for interaction of RsmD with ribosome has been proposed.