组成型表达chi基因的Bt工程菌株构建及其特性

【目的】通过构建能够组成型高效表达几丁质酶的苏云金芽胞杆菌工程菌株,以提高其抑真菌活性。【方法】首先通过PCR扩增获得Bti75菌株chiB全长及系列缺失启动子片段,与本室构建的启动子探测型载体pCB连接,转化Bti75菌株,通过β-半乳糖苷酶活性检测及β-半乳糖苷酶mRNA的Real time-PCR检测,确定了一段长度为190 bp的组成型高效表达启动子。将这一启动子分别与Bti75自身几丁质酶基因chiA以及地衣芽胞杆菌(Bacillus licheniformis)的几丁质酶基因chiMY连接构建了组成型高效表达的工程菌株Bti75(pDA)和Bti75(pDM)。应用几丁质酶酶活检测、SDS-PAGE及酶谱分析检测了工程菌几丁质酶的表达情况。最后,通过检测工程菌发酵粗酶液对真菌孢子萌发和菌丝生长的影响,评估了工程菌对3种植物病原真菌的抗真菌活性。【结果】在没有诱导物存在的情况下,Bti75(pBPΔ7)菌株表达的β-半乳糖苷酶酶活和β-半乳糖苷酶mRNA的转录量分别是Bti75(pBP)菌株的7倍和2.5倍左右。在没有几丁质诱导的情况下,与野生株Bti75相比,工程菌株Bti75(pDA)和Bti75(pDM)的几丁质酶活性均提高了3.5倍左右。SDS-PAGE及酶谱分析证明目的几丁质酶在非诱导条件下达到组成型高效表达,抑真菌实验显示工程菌Bti75(pDA)和Bti75(pDM)抑制3种植物病原真菌的活性明显提高。【结论】发现190 bp的缺失启动子能够组成型高效表达不同来源的几丁质酶,无需诱导物的诱导,工程菌株就能展现良好的抗真菌能力。     

转异源chi基因的Bt工程菌株的生防潜力评价

【目的】构建增强抑制真菌能力兼杀虫的苏云金芽胞杆菌多功能生防菌株。【方法】将含有组成型高效表达启动子、地衣芽胞杆菌chi MY基因的重组质粒p DM,转化进杀虫活性高且有一定抑菌活性的Bt519-1菌株。酶谱分析方法确认Bt519(p DM)组成型异源表达几丁质酶。室内测定工程菌株抑菌谱,计算抑菌效率,确定最敏感的植物病原真菌,进行植物盆栽病害防治的应用潜力评价。将不同浓度的Bt粗酶液灌入甜椒幼苗根部,12 h后接种辣椒疫霉孢子液,接种2 d后开始观察,记录发病株数。自7 d起调查植株发病情况统计并分析防治效果。【结果】SDS-PAGE及酶谱分析证明,Bt519(p DM)能够特异表达68 k D蛋白,该蛋白为异源几丁质酶Chi MY。抑菌谱测定证明,工程菌抑制效率达到90%以上的有5种真菌,其中最明显的是辣椒疫霉。盆栽实验证明,Bt519(p DM)7 d的防效为73.2%。工程菌株对棉铃虫的半致死浓度(LC50)为121.26 mg/L。【结论】Bt519(p DM)是一株有应用潜力的生防菌株。     

大肠杆菌棉子糖操纵子a-半乳糖苷酶表达的调节控制

大肠杆菌棉子糖操纵子(raf)位于质粒,其第一结构基因rafA编码的a-半乳糖苷酶为诱导酶。Rat操纵子比乳糖操纵子(lac)或蜜二糖操纵子(mel)对诱导物有更严格的结构特异性。该酶被蜜二糖或棉子糖诱导,也被D-半乳糖微弱诱导,但不受乳糖、PNPG等结构相近糖所诱导。A-半乳糖苷酶的酶诱导形成能力在对数生长末期出现高峰。Rat 操纵子基因结构组成及调节与乳糖操纵子相似。以阻遏物为中介的负调控在raf操纵子调节中起主要作用,同时以环腺苷一代谢降解物基因激活蛋白(cAMP-CAP)为中介的正调控也参与调节。当0．4％葡萄糖加入到其它碳源培养基时,该酶表达水平下降至原活力的1／2—1／3。无论诱导或组成型酶的葡萄糖抑制均未见瞬时抑制。腺苷环化酶(cya)缺失或环腺苷受体蛋白(crP)和cya双缺陷菌株的酶表达则分别下降到原活力的9％和2．5％。Cya突变株或葡萄糖对raf操纵子表达的抑制可被cAMP解除,但cya和crP双缺陷菌株仍有葡萄糖抑制,而且这种抑制不为cAMP抵消,表明通过降低cAMp而影响cAMP-CAP复合体形成还不能解释代谢降解物抑制的全部机制。尚无证据说明吲哚类小分子化合物和低浓度尿素对raf操纵子表达的明显作用。     

环洞庭湖四个淡水湖渔场底泥产几丁质酶细菌的筛选鉴定、分布和产酶量研究

为了解淡水湖渔场底泥中产几丁质酶菌株的产酶量和分布情况，对环洞庭湖的4个淡水湖渔场的表层底泥样品进行了无菌采集。利用稀释涂布平板法、点种法和摇瓶发酵法从底泥样品中筛选分离到26株产几丁质酶菌株，几丁质酶活在0.07～0.69 U/mL之间。对26株产几丁质酶菌株进行16S rRNA基因鉴定和系统发育分析。结果表明，26株菌株都分布于变形菌门(Proteobacteria)和厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)的芽胞杆菌属(Bacillus)、假单胞菌属(Pseudomonas)、不动杆菌属(Acinetobacter)和微小杆菌属(Exiguobacterium)。且产几丁质酶细菌在4个淡水湖渔场表层底泥中的分布情况为安乐湖>东湖>北民湖>西湖。对产几丁质酶菌株的降解活力、种类组成及数量分布的研究可为淡水湖渔场底泥中产几丁质酶微生物资源的开发及应用提供参考。     

海底沉积物中几丁质酶的筛选、分离及活性分析

目的:从海底沉积物中筛选得到一株几丁质酶活性较高的菌株,分离纯化菌株分泌的几丁质酶,并对其活性进行酶学分析。方法:以中国南海北部湾的沉积物为样本,结合透明圈法及DNS法筛选菌株。采用几丁质结合能力分析及多种层析方法分离纯化菌株分泌的几丁质酶,对其中一种几丁质酶进行酶学性质分析。结果:共筛选获得21株几丁质酶产生菌,其中分泌的几丁质酶活性最高的为蜡样芽孢杆菌B04(Bacillus cereus strain B04)。发现该菌共分泌6种含有几丁质结合域的蛋白。从蜡样芽孢杆菌B04发酵液中,分离纯化得到分子量为36 k Da的几丁质酶。研究发现,该酶是蜡样芽孢杆菌B04的一种主要的几丁质酶,其最适p H为4.0,最适反应温度为60℃,在p H 3.0~10.0范围内活性稳定,Co2+对其活力有明显促进作用,Ag+有显著的抑制作用。结论:为几丁质酶的工业化应用提供了基础。     

酿酒酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae)半乳糖可诱导表达系统特性的研究

把大肠杆菌β-半乳糖苷酶基因克隆到带有酵母半乳糖可诱导启动子GAL1的穿梭表达质粒pYESZ中,并把得到的重组质粒分别转化到两种不同遗传性状的宿主菌中,其中一株菌为蛋白酶活性缺失90％以上的pep4－3突变菌株。通过比较两株重组菌产生的β-半乳糖苷酶活性水平发现在所述实验条件下,蛋白酶缺失突变菌株中产生的β-卜半乳糖苷酶活水平不仅均要高于另一对照菌株,并且pep4-3突变菌株表现出受葡萄糖阻遏的严紧程度高及对诱导反应迅速等特点。此外,带有重组质粒的pep4－3突变菌株在葡萄糖阻遏培养基中最大生长量和重组对照菌株基本相同,但β-半乳糖苷酶在pep4－3突变菌株中的表达对细胞生长的影响明显小于对照菌株。     

酿酒酵母（Saccharomyces cerevisiae）半乳糖可诱导表达系统特性的研究

把大肠杆菌β－半乳糖苷酶基因克隆到带有酵母半乳糖可诱导启动子ＧＡＬ１的穿梭表达质粒ｐＹＥＳ２中,并把得以的重组质粒分别转化到两种不同遗传性状的宿主菌中,其中一株菌为蛋白酶活性缺失９０％以上的ｐｅｐ４－３突变菌株。通过比较两株重组菌产生的β－半乳糖苷酶活性水平发现在所述实验条件下,蛋白酶缺失突变菌株中产生的β－半乳糖苷酶少水平不仅均要高于另一对照菌株,并且ｐｅｐ４－３突变菌株表现受葡萄糖阻遏的严紧程     

同时利用AOX1和GAP启动子表达SAM合成酶促进重组毕赤酵母中S-腺苷甲硫氨酸积累

利用重组毕赤酵母(Richia pastoris)强化表达S-腺苷甲硫氨酸(S-adenvylmethionine,SAM)合成酶(SAM synthetase,SAMS),发酵生产SAM时,胞内SAMS活性和ATP水平是影响SAM合成的重要因素.为了同时保持较高的SAMS活性和ATP供应,我们构建了一株既含有AOX1诱导型表达单元,又含有GAP组成型表达单元的双SAMS表达单元P.pastoris重组菌株Gd.它既能受甲醇调控表达SAMS,又能以甘油为碳源表达SAMS.在培养过程中,先是以甲醇诱导SAMS表达,得到较高的酶活,然后在发酵中后期再将碳源换为甘油.这样不但可以维持较高的酶活,而且可以提高胞内ATP含量.实验结果显示,对于同时利用AOX1和GAP启动子表达SAMS的重组菌,可采取甲醇和甘油两阶段补料,该重组菌的SAMS比产率高于组成型重组茵Xg,Gd进入甘油补料期后胞内ATP含量高于诱导型重组菌Ga.双表达单元菌株Gd的SAM产量达到1.41 g/L,比诱导型表达SAMS的重组菌株提高了76.3%,比组成型表达SAMS的重组菌株提高了60.2%,.     

褐飞虱高毒力绿僵菌菌株的筛选

从田间褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens (St?l)罹病虫体上新分离鉴定一株黄绿绿僵菌Mf82,将其与实验室保存的8株绿僵菌Metarhizium spp.一起,分别测定其对褐飞虱成虫毒力和几丁质酶活力,并用扫描电镜观察侵入昆虫表皮的过程和体表的形态变化,进而分析侵入能力与几丁质酶的相关性。结果表明：菌株Mf82累计校正死亡率和几丁质酶活力均最高,为82.1%和9.78U/mg,与其他菌株差异显著。同时,扫描电镜照片显示Mf82分生孢子既可以由褐飞虱体壁节间膜和凹陷处侵入,还可以从含几丁质较多的胸部背板侵入。比较9株绿僵菌菌株菌落生长速度、产孢初始时间、产孢量和萌发率显示,Mf82菌株具有生长速度快、产孢初始时间短、萌发率高和产孢量大等优点,可见筛选的Mf82菌株致病力强,在褐飞虱的微生物防治方面将有良好的应用前景。     

产几丁质酶褐色喜热裂孢菌的分离鉴定及产酶特性初步研究

采用选择性培养基从土壤中分离到1株产几丁质酶的微生物菌株YX,经形态和分子鉴定为褐色喜热裂孢菌(Thermobifida fusca)。进一步在摇瓶中比较了T.fusca YX在纤维二糖、几丁质、或羧甲基纤维素钠为碳源的培养基中的产酶特性,YX菌株在5 L发酵罐中以几丁质为碳源的培养基发酵到22 h左右时发酵液几丁质酶活即可达到1.7 U/m L。本文首次报道褐色喜热裂孢菌能够产生几丁质酶,具有潜在的应用价值。     

Toxicity of chitinase-producing Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1 (G) toward Plutella xylostella

One-hundred fifty isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis were tested for their ability to produce chitinase using colloidal chitin agar as the primary plating medium. Of 14 strains that produced chitinase, B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) was identified as the highest chitinase producer and selected for further study. This bacterium produced the highest amount of chitinase (19.3 mU/ml) when it was cultivated in nutrient broth supplemented with 0.3% colloidal chitin on a rotary shaker (200 rpm) at 30 degrees C for 2 days. The toxicities of B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) and B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki wa-p-2, a chitinase nonproducer, were assayed toward Plutella xylostella (diamondback moth) larvae, resulting in LC(50)'s of 4.93 x 10(4) and 1.32 x 10(5) spores/ml, respectively. If the culture broth from B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) was used as the suspending liquid instead of phosphate buffer, their LC(50)'s were reduced to 6.23 x 10(3) and 7.60 x 10(4) spores/ml, respectively. The histopathological changes of the midgut epithelial cells of diamondback moth larvae were compared after feeding on B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) with and without the presence of supernatant containing chitinase under light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The midgut epithelial cells of larvae fed for 30 min in the presence of chitinase, with or without spores and endotoxin crystals, appeared more elongated and swollen than those of the control larvae. A number of different cellular changes such as extensive cellular disintegration and appearance of numerous vacuoles were observed from the larvae fed on B. thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki HD-1(G) supplemented with supernatant containing chitinase. Thus increased toxicity and changes in epithelial cells were correlated with the presence of chitinase but this was not distinguished from the possible presence of vegetative-stage insecticidal proteins.     

Insect resistance of transgenic tobacco expressing an insect chitinase gene

Chitinase expression in the insect gut normally occurs only during moulting, where the chitin of the peritrophic membrane is presumably degraded. Thus, insects feeding on plants that constitutively express an insect chitinase gene might be adversely affected, owing to an inappropriately timed exposure to chitinase. This hypothesis was tested by introducing a cDNA encoding a tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) chitinase (EC 3.2.1.14) into tobacco via Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. A truncated but enzymatically active chitinase was present in plants expressing the gene. Segregating progeny of high-expressing plants were compared for their ability to support growth of tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) larvae and for feeding damage. Both parameters were significantly reduced when budworms fed on transgenic tobacco plants expressing high levels of the chitinase gene. In contrast, hornworm larvae showed no significant growth reduction when fed on the chitinase-expressing transgenics. However, both budworm and hornworm larvae, when fed on chitinase-expressing transgenic plants coated with sublethal concentrations of a Bacillus thuringiensis toxin, were significantly stunted relative to larvae fed on toxin-treated non-transgenic controls. Foliar damage was also reduced. Plants expressing an insect chitinase gene may have agronomic potential for insect control     

产几丁质酶的苏云金杆菌菌株筛选及酶合成条件研究

从本室保存的 64株苏云金芽孢杆菌中 ,筛选出一株几丁质酶活力较高的菌株WB 50。产酶条件研究表明 :在pH 7.0的基础培养基中添加 2 .0 %的细粉几丁质 ,1.0 %的酵母膏 ,2 2 0rpm 30℃下培养 72小时 ,几丁质酶的产出最大。     

Molecular characterization of a novel chitinase from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki

AIMS: The present work aims to study a new chitinase from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. METHODS AND RESULTS: BUPM255 is a chitinase-producing strain of B. thuringiensis, characterized by its high chitinolytic and antifungal activities. The cloning and sequencing of the corresponding gene named chi255 showed an open reading frame of 2031 bp, encoding a 676 amino acid residue protein. Both nucleotide and amino acid sequences similarity analyses revealed that the chi255 is a new chitinase gene, presenting several differences from the published chi genes of B. thuringiensis. The identification of chitin hydrolysis products resulting from the activity, exhibited by Chi255 through heterologous expression in Escherichia coli revealed that this enzyme is a chitobiosidase. CONCLUSIONS: Another chitinase named Chi255 belonging to chitobiosidase class was evidenced in B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki and was shown to present several differences in its amino acid sequence with those of published ones. The functionality of Chi255 was proved by the heterologous expression of chi255 in E. coli. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The addition of the sequence of chi255 to the few sequenced B. thuringiensis chi genes might contribute to a better investigation of the chitinase 'structure-function' relation.     

Chitinolytic activities in Bacillus thuringiensis and their synergistic effects on larvicidal activity

AIMS: To investigate the distribution of chitinase in Bacillus thuringiensis strains, and the enhancing effects of the chitinase-producing B. thuringiensis strains on insecticidal toxicity of active B. thuringiensis strain against Spodoptera exigua larvae. METHODS AND RESULTS: The chitinolytic activities of B.thuringiensis strains representing the 70 serotypes were investigated by the whitish opaque halo and the colorimetric method. Thirty-eight strains produced different levels of chitinase at pH 7.0, and so did 17 strains at pH 10.0. The strain T04A001 exhibited the highest production, reaching a specific activity of 355 U ml(-1) in liquid medium. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting showed that the chitinase produced by some B. thuringiensis strains had a molecular weight of about 61 kDa. The bioassay results indicated that the chitinase-producing B. thuringiensis strains could enhance the insecticidal activity of B. thuringiensis strain DL5789 against S. exigua larvae, with an enhancing ratio of 2.35-fold. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that chitinase was widely produced in B. thuringiensis strains and some of the strains could enhance the toxicity of active B. thuringiensis strain. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This is the first investigation devoted exclusively to analyse the distribution of chitinase in B. thuringiensis. It infers that the chitinase produced by B. thuringiensis might play a role in the activity of the biopesticide.     

Effect of environmental factors on expression and activity of chitinase genes of vibrios with special reference to Vibrio cholerae

AIMS: The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution and inducibility of chitinase genes in vibrios and the effect of environmental factors on the expression level and activity of chitinase genes in Vibrio cholerae strains. METHODS AND RESULTS: Chitin agar plate assays showed that V. cholerae strains were more chitinolytic than non-cholerae vibrios. All of the identified or putative chitinase genes were expressed in V. cholerae (four strains) but not in non-cholerae vibrios (seven species/strains) under standard laboratory growth conditions. In non-cholerae vibrios, these genes were induced by chitin, its monomer N-acetyl-d-glucosamine and on exposure to rabbit intestine, while in V. cholerae strains, these genes showed significant variation in expression levels. To study the effects of environmental factors on the expression and activity of chitinase genes in V. cholerae, bacteria were cultured in different pH, temperature, sodium chloride and nutrients. RT-PCR analysis showed that lower temperatures and higher pH, salinity and nutrition favoured expression of these genes, while their activity increased under higher nutrition content and salinity. CONCLUSIONS: Chitinase genes are distributed in all the relatively small number of strains studied here, and biotic and abiotic factors have significant role in the induction, expression level and activity of this gene family in vibrios. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Chitinases have important applications especially in recycling of chitin. Vibrios can be used as chitinolytic agents, using suitable culture conditions that maximize the expression and activity of these genes.     

苏云金芽胞杆菌肠毒素基因的PCR检测

采用多重引物PCR进行了 45株苏云金芽胞杆菌、2株蜡状芽胞杆菌和 2株球形芽胞杆菌溶血素BL ,肠毒素T和entS基因的检测 ,结果表明 95 6%苏云金芽胞杆菌含溶血素hblA基因 ,91 1 %含bceT基因 ,93 3%含entS基因。用两种商业化肠毒素检测试剂盒TECRA和RPLA进行所有菌株肠毒素的体外免疫测定 ,大部分苏云金芽胞杆菌和阳性蜡状芽胞杆菌都能产生不同水平的肠毒素活性 ,同hblA基因PCR检测结果基本相符。尽管DBT0 0 7和T2 4 0 0 1含有hblA基因 ,但用TECRA却检测不到肠毒素 ;Dmu39菌株不含肠毒素基因 ,但用TECRA却检测出高的肠毒素活性。苏云金芽胞杆菌BDT2 4 8和球性芽孢杆菌不含肠毒素基因和肠毒素。结果表明昆虫病原菌苏云金芽胞杆菌的安全性有待进一步研究     

Chitinase from Bacillus licheniformis DSM13: expression in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 and biochemical characterisation

The gene chi, coding for a GH18 chitinase from the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus licheniformis DSM13 (ATCC 14580), was cloned into the inducible lactobacillal expression vectors pSIP403 and pSIP409, derived from the sakacin-P operon of Lactobacillus sakei, and expressed in the host strain Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1. Both the complete chi gene including the original bacillal signal sequence as well as the mature chi gene were compared, however, no extracellular chitinase activity was detected with any of the constructs. The chitinase gene was expressed intracellularly as an active enzyme with these different systems, at levels of approximately 5mg of recombinant protein per litre of cultivation medium. Results obtained for the two different expression vectors that only differ in the promoter sequence were well comparable. To further verify the suitability of this expression system, recombinant, His-tagged chitinase Chi was purified from cell extracts of L. plantarum and characterised. The monomeric 65-kDa enzyme can degrade both chitin and chitosan, and shows properties that are very similar to those reported for the native chitinase purified from other B. licheniformis isolates. It shows good thermostability (half lives of stability of 20 and 8.4 days at 37 and 50°C, respectively), and good stability in the pH range of 5-10. The results presented lead the way to overproduction of chitinase in a food-grade system, which is of interest for the food and feed industry.     

Phylogenetic analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis serovars based on 16S rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphisms

AIMS: To determine the 16S rRNA gene fingerprints of Bacillus thuringiensis strains to reveal phylogenetic relationships among them. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using 16S rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphisms generated by HindIII and EcoRI, 86 Bacillus thuringiensis strains were classified. This includes 80 B. thuringiensis serovars and five more strains, kurstaki HD-1, subtoxicus, dendrolimus, tenebrionis and sandiego, to assess not only interserovar DNA relatedness but also intraserovar DNA relatedness, and the non-motile strain, hence non-serotypeable, B. thuringiensis var. wuhanensis. All 86 B. thuringiensis strains tested showed distinct ribotypes. The dendrogram resulting from the numerical analysis of the distance matrix shows four distinct phylogenetic groups and two ungrouped serovars, finitimus and bolivia, at the 92.5% DNA relatedness rate. CONCLUSION: 16S rRNA gene fingerprinting cannot only be used for the classification of B. thuringiensis strains amenable or not to serotyping, but can also reveal phylogenetic relationships between strains. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: In future screening programmes, 16S rRNA gene restriction pattern analysis could be determined for novel B. thuringiensis strains, allowing them not only to be grouped but also to be positioned on the phylogenetic tree.