Expression of hup Genes in Azorhizobium caulinodans and Their Coregulation With RuBP Carboxylase

In Azorhizobium caulinodans strain IRBG 46, H₂ evolved by nitrogenase Induced uptake hydrogenase ex-planta. The strain expressed an efficient H₂ recycling system under both symbiotic and ex-planta conditions. For the first time, a comparable relative efficiency of electron transfer to N₂ via nitrogenase under symbiotic as well as ex-planta conditions for both Hup? strain B11 as well as Hup⁺ strain IRBG 46, has been reported. The study also suggested a coordinate regulatory relationship between rubisco and hup genes.     

浑球红细菌Rhodobacter sphaeroides吸氨酶(hup)基因簇的分离与鉴定

以Rhodobactercapsulatus的hopS’L基因DNA片段为探针,通过Southem杂交,从构建的Rhodobactersphaeroides601基因库中调取hup基因。阳性克隆Cosmid1可与Hup突变株JP91（HupS－）、RCC8（HupR-）以及BSE8（HupT-）互补,而Cosmid3和Cosmid9只能与BSE8互补;试验所产生的接合转移子均恢复了吸氢酶的活性和自养生长能力、将Cosmidl的3．5kbPstⅠ和4．5kbBamHⅠ片段分别亚克隆到pWY11和pWY10中。pWY11和pWY10的部分DNA序列与R．capsulatus中的相关基因具有很高的同源性,从而证明了所得到的Cosmid1确实含有R．sphaeroides的基因簇。     

Construction and Screening of Metagenomic Libraries Derived from Enrichment Cultures: Generation of a Gene Bank for Genes Conferring Alcohol Oxidoreductase Activity on Escherichia coli

Enrichment of microorganisms with special traits and the construction of metagenomic libraries by direct cloning of environmental DNA have great potential for identifying genes and gene products for biotechnological purposes. We have combined these techniques to isolate novel genes conferring oxidation of short-chain (C₂ to C₄) polyols or reduction of the corresponding carbonyls. In order to favor the growth of microorganisms containing the targeted genes, samples collected from four different environments were incubated in the presence of glycerol and 1,2-propanediol. Subsequently, the DNA was extracted from the four samples and used to construct complex plasmid libraries. Approximately 100,000 Escherichia coli strains of each library per test substrate were screened for the production of carbonyls from polyols on indicator agar. Twenty-four positive E. coli clones were obtained during the initial screen. Sixteen of them contained a plasmid (pAK101 to pAK116) which conferred a stable carbonyl-forming phenotype. Eight of the positive clones exhibited NAD(H)-dependent alcohol oxidoreductase activity with polyols or carbonyls as the substrates in crude extracts. Sequencing revealed that the inserts of pAK101 to pAK116 encoded 36 complete and 17 incomplete presumptive protein-encoding genes. Fifty of these genes showed similarity to sequenced genes from a broad collection of different microorganisms. The genes responsible for the carbonyl formation of E. coli were identified for nine of the plasmids (pAK101, pAK102, pAK105, pAK107 to pAK110, pAK115, and pAK116). Analyses of the amino acid sequences deduced from these genes revealed that three (orf12, orf14, and orf22) encoded novel alcohol dehydrogenases of different types, four (orf5, sucB, fdhD, and yabF) encoded novel putative oxidoreductases belonging to groups distinct from alcohol dehydrogenases, one (glpK) encoded a putative glycerol kinase, and one (orf1) encoded a protein which showed no similarity to any other known gene product.     

Integration of hup Genes into the Genome of Chickpea-Rhizobium Through Site-Specific Recombination

The hup gene fragment of cosmid pHU52 was integrated into the genome of chickpea-Rhizobium Rcd301 via site-specific homologous recombination. Two small fragments of genomic DNA of strain Rcd301 itself were provided to flank cloned hup genes to facilitate the integration. The hup insert DNA of cosmid pHU52 was Isolated as an Intact 30.2 kb fragment using EcoRI, and cloned on partially restricted cosmid clone pSPSm3, which carries a DNA fragment of strain Rcd301 imparting streptomycin resistance. One of the recombinant cosmid clones, pBSL 12 thus obtained was conjugally transferred to the strain Rcd30₁. The integration of hup gene fragment into the genomic DNA through site-specific homologous recombination, was ensured by introducing an incompatible plasmid, pPH1 JI. The integration was confirmed by Southern hybridization. The integrated hup genes were found to express ex plants in two such constructs BSL 12–1 and BSL 12–3.     

Energy-dependence of the Assimilatory Nitrate Uptake in Azorhizobium caulinodans Strain IRBG 46

Nitrate assimilation by suspensions of Azorhizobium caulinodans strain IRBG 46, as determined by disappearance of nitrate ions from the external medium, displayed the requirement of readily utilizable carbon source. Nitrate uptake was blocked by the uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation such as 2,4-dinitrophenol, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone and by an inhibitor of ATPase, N, N — dicyclohexyl carbodiimide. The inhibition of nitrate assimilation in the absence of appropriate carbon source was not overcome by the non-physiological terminal electron donor ascorbate plus N-methyl phenazinium methyl sulphate, a substrate combination that allows electron transfer to O₂ without the synthesis of ATP. These data suggest that transport of nitrate into the cell is directly dependent on ATP.     

含花生根瘤菌吸氢基因重组质粒pZ-55的特性分析

应用含豌豆根瘤菌部分吸氢基因的探针及PCR分析,从花生根瘤菌基因文库中筛选到含有吸氢基因的重组质粒pZ-55。用BamHⅠ、EcoRⅠ和KpnⅠ等内切酶对pZ-55 进行酶切分析,构建了pZ-55的酶切物理图谱。经三亲本杂交分析,pZ-55能互补诱变株Ln-1（Hup     

Isolation and characterization of hydrogenase-negative mutants of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571

Hydrogenase-negative (Hup^-) mutants of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 were isolated by means of Tn5 mutagenesis. The colony test used for screening for Hup^- strains was based on the absence of reduction of triphenyltetrazolium chloride with hydrogen. Suspensions from cultures of the mutant strains grown under derepressing conditions did not use hydrogen with methylene blue or oxygen as the hydrogen acceptor. The mutants were shown to carry single Tn5 insertions at different locations in the A. caulinodans genome. Molar growth yields (corrected for poly--hydroxybutyrate formation) in chemostat cultures of the mutants were similar to those of the wild type. Molar growth yields of the mutants were not increased by passing additional hydrogen through chemostat cultures, which is in agreement with the hydrogenase-negative phenotype of the mutants. H₂/N₂ ratios (mol H₂ formed per mol N₂ fixed) were calculated from the hydrogen content of the effluent gas and the N-content of the bacterial dry weight. Low H₂/N₂ ratios (between 1.2 and 1.9) were found in both energy-limited (oxygen or succinate) cultures and in cultures limited by the supply of an anabolic substrate (Mg²⁺). ATP/2e values (mol ATP used at the transport of 2e to nitrogen or H⁺) were calculated from the H₂/N₂ ratios and the molar growth yields of nitrogen-fixing and ammonia-assimilating cultures. ATP/2e values were between 7 and 11. It was concluded that the calculated ATP/2e values comprise not only 4 mol ATP used at the transport of 2e through nitrogenase but also energy equivalents needed for reversed electron flow from NADH to the low-potential hydrogen donor used by nitrogenase.     

Inhibition of Assimilatory Nitrate Uptake by Ammonium Ions in Azorhizobium caulinodans IRBG 46

Addition of ammonium sulphate at low concentrations to Azorhizobium caulinodans IRBG 46 cells caused an immediate cessation of nitrate uptake activity, which was restored when the added ammonium ions were exhausted from the medium. Blockage of ammonium assimilation by L-methionine sulfoximine did not prevent the negative effect of ammonium on the assimilatory nitrate uptake, thus indicating that ammonium ions per se and not its assimilatory product(s) are actual regulators of assimilatory nitrate uptake.     

Isolation and Characterization of an Oxygen Sensitive Mutant of Azorhizobium caulinodans

An oxygen sensitive mutant of Azorhizobium caulinodans strain IRBG 46 was isolated by NTG mutagenesis. It was defective in N₂ fixation under 3% O₂ level, while under 1% O₂ it was almost as active as the parent strain IRBG 46. The mutant was also found to be a slow grower with reduced respiratory activity, low azide tolerance and no catalase activity. However, it did not differ from its parent strain with respect to nitrate respiration. Under symbiotic condition the mutant formed smaller, light green nodules as compared to bigger, dark green nodules formed by the wild type strain. The mutant was also defective in N₂ fixation under symbiotic condition. Complementation analysis showed that the mutation might be in either fixL or fixJ gene which are involved in O₂ regulation of nif/fix gene expression. A possible role of all these factors in conferring a highly O₂ tolerant nitrogen fixing system in the organism, has been discussed.     

含吸氢酶基因（hup）嵌合质粒的构建和吸氢酶活性在阴沟肠杆菌中的表达

以质粒ｐＲＫ４０４为载体亚克隆含大豆根瘤菌吸氢酶结构基因（ｈｕｐ）的片段,构建成嵌合质粒ｐＨＲ１１、ｐＨＲ４和ｐＨＲ１０。通过三亲本杂交将这些嵌合质粒导入无吸氢活性的Ｒｈｏｄｏｂａｃｔｅｒｓｐｈａｅｒｏｉｄｅｓ２４１菌株（Ｈｕｐ－）,均获得Ｈｕｐ＋的接合子。利用启动子检测质粒ｐＭＰ２２０证明,在ｈｕｐ对结构基因上游１．２ｋｂ内存在ｈｕｐ启动基因片段。以ｐＲＫ２０１３为助质粒可将ｐＨＲ１１导入Ｅｎｔｅｒｏｂａｃｔｅｒｃｌｏａｃａｅ和Ｋｌｅｂｓｉｅｌｌａｏｘｙｔｏｃａ等土壤固氮菌株。本文以接合子Ｅ．ｃｌｏａｃａｅＥＨ１１１３为例,通过对基因组ＤＮＡＳｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交分析证明,嵌合质粒ｐＨＲ１１在ＥＨ１１１３中稳定贮存和复制。Ｈ２诱导接合子ＥＨ１１１３吸氢酶活性高表达,吸氢活性与放氢活性比值约为对照的两倍。当以延胡索酸为电子受体时,吸氢酶的吸氢作用支持菌株固氮酶活性的提高。     

抗真菌肽CGA-N46基因多顺反子表达载体的构建与鉴定

目的:为提高抗真菌肽CGA-N46表达量,对该基因多顺反子表达进行研究.方法:以pEASY-Blunt为克隆栽体,以“pET-30a rbs序列-起始密码子-CGA-N46编码序列-终止密码子”为外源片段,利用同尾酶Nhe I、Spe I和Xba I,构建了含有上述外源片段1、3、5、8拷贝的重组载体pT-CAN46、...     

根据R基因保守区分离小麦R基因类似序列

用根据核苷酸结合位点(nucleotide binding site, NBS)和丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白质激酶域设计的2对简并性引物,以小麦-簇毛麦6VS/6AL易位系的cDNA为模板进行PCR扩增.扩增产物克隆到pGEM-T载体中,经测序,共获得具有NBS结构域特征的片段克隆9个和具有丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白质激酶域特征的片段的克隆1个.将克隆之间核苷酸序列同源性高于90%的克隆归为一类,把9个NBS片段分为6类.这6类抗病基因类似序列(resistance gene analogs, RGA)均具有阅读框,并与已克隆的小麦抗条锈病基因Yr10、大麦抗白粉病基因Mla1和Mla6、拟南芥的抗病基因RPS2以及其他一些抗病基因在NBS保守区内具有高度的同源性.用小麦中国春缺体-四体初步将它们分别定位于小麦第一、第二和第五部分同源群上.进一步用5′-RACE技术获得RGA N5的5′-端,发现其编码产物的N端还具有6个亮氨酸拉链(leucine zipper, LZ),与RPS2的N-端有较高同源性.     

根据R基因保守区分离小麦R基因类似序列

用根据核苷酸结合位点（nucleotide binding site,NBS)和丝氨酸／苏氨酸蛋白质激酶域设计的2对简并性引物,以小麦－簇毛麦6VS／6AL易位系的cDNA为模板进行PCR扩增,扩增产物克隆到pGEM-T载体中,经测序,共获得具有NBS结构域特征的片段克隆9个和具有丝氨酸／苏氨酸蛋白质激酶域特征的片段的克隆1个。将克隆之间核苷酸序列同源性高于90％的克隆归为一类,把9个NBS片段分为6类。这6类抗病基因类似序列（resistance gene analogs,PGA)均具有阅读框,并与已克隆的小麦抗条锈病基因γr、大麦抗白粉病基因Mla1和Mla6、拟南芥的抗病基因RPS2以及其他一些抗病基因在NBS保守区内具有高度的同源性。用小麦中国春缺体－四体初步将它们分别定位于小麦第一、第二和第五部分同源群上,进一步用5′－RACE技术获得RGA N5的5′端,发现期编码产物的N端还具有6个亮氨酸拉链（leucine zipper,LZ),与RPS2的N－端有较高同源性。     

含VHb基因和GFMcryIA基因的双价基因植物高效表达载体的构建

将人工合成的、密码子优化后的透明颤菌血红蛋白基因与人工合成的GFMcryIA基因构建成双价基因植物高效表达载体PGBI4ASVHBBt,vgbM基因表达盒中含2个增强子的35S启动子、Ω前导序列、Kozak序列、多联终止密码子及Nos终止子;Bt基因表达盒中,除含有以上提高转录和翻译的调控元件外,还包含有正确切割、加工序列、Poly(A)信号序列。利用根癌农杆菌介导转化烟草,获得了转基因植株;PCR及Southern blot检测,证实了双价基因在烟草基因组中的整合;Western blot检测证实了vgbM基因在转基因烟草中的表达;杀虫实验表明GFMcryIA基因也表达出活性毒蛋白。     

节杆菌BT801基因文库构建及其乙内酰脲酶基因分离与表达

L-乙内酰脲酶产生菌节杆菌 BT801的染色体DNA经Sau3A I 部分酶切后分离30kb左右的片段,与经HpaI和PstI酶切的黏粒载体Pkc505进行连接,将连接产物用包装蛋白包装,转染大肠杆菌DH5α得到10 000多个转化子,构建成节杆菌BT801的基因组文库。通过薄层层析等方法筛选得到了1个阳性克隆,通过亚克隆得到了乙内酰脲酶的完整基因,该基因能分别利用自身的启动子和T5启动子在大肠杆菌中进行表达产生有活性的蛋白。     

含四个串联核酶和GFP基因的转基因质粒的构建

以含绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因的质粒pSK100-DS、含切割对虾杆状病毒基因的核酶Rz1的质粒pRGRz1、含核酶Rz2的质粒pRGRz2和转基因空质粒pcDNA3为基础,把绿色荧光蛋白GFP基因克隆于pcDNA3的SV40启动了下面,由SV40启动子控制含四个两种核酸基因的四联体克隆于pcDNA3的多克隆位点区,由T7启动子控制,构建成含两个Rz1、两个Rz2和GFP基因的转基因质粒pGTR,以用于转基因抗病毒对虾的研究.     

含四个串联核酶和GFP基因的转基因质粒的构建

以含绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）基因的质粒pSK100-DS、含切割对虾杆状病毒基因的核酶Rz1的质粒pRGRzl、含核酶Rz2的质粒pRGRz2和转基因空质粒pcDNA3为基础,把绿色荧光蛋白GFP基因克隆于pcDNA3的SV40启动了下面,由SV40启动子控制,含四个两种核酸基因的四联体克隆于pcDNA3的多克隆位点区,由T7启动子控制,构建成含两个Rz1、两个Rz2和GFP基因的转基因质粒pGTR,以用于转基因抗病毒对虾的研究。