利用双启动子表达载体pDH2-YggG-Ptac-Era研究E. coli Era和YggG 蛋白间的相互关系

yggG是从大肠杆菌全基因组文库中钓取并克隆的Era结合蛋白基因,研究表明该基因表达的YggG294(amino acids 1-294)蛋白对宿主菌的生长具有强烈的抑制作用。为了阐明YggG与Era间的相互关系,构建可同时可控性表达Era和YggG294蛋白的双启动子表达载体。利用所构建的双启动子表达载体在同一细胞中同时可控性地表达YggG294与Era蛋白。结果显示,在不表达和少量表达YggG294的细菌细胞内,Era 的表达量与总蛋白量的比值随着诱导时间增加而增高,而YggG294大量表达的细菌内Era 的表达量与总蛋白量的比值基本保持不变;Era 蛋白的预表达对YggG294表达所引起的细菌生长率下降无影响。由此可以推论,YggG294的过表达引起宿主菌生长抑制进而影响了Era蛋白的进一步表达,而YggG294的过表达引起宿主菌生长抑制与YggG和Era蛋白间的相互作用无关     

骨桥蛋白RGD黏附序列多拷贝短肽的表达、纯化及生物学活性测定

目的:用大肠杆菌表达骨桥蛋白RGD黏附序列6拷贝短肽,经分离纯化后检测其生物学活性.方法:运用基因重组技术,将骨桥蛋白RGD黏附序列的核酸片段首尾相连,与携带GST编码序列的原核表达载体连接构建融合蛋白表达质粒pGEX-3X-RGD.将重组质粒转化宿主菌后,对诱导融合蛋白表达的条件进行优化.表达产物GST-RGD经谷胱甘肽-亲和层析纯化后,分别检测其对骨桥蛋白诱导的血管平滑肌细胞黏附和迁移的影响.结果:所构建的含有6个拷贝短肽的GST-RGD融合蛋白可在大肠杆菌中以包含体的形式进行表达.用十二烷基肌氨酸钠变性溶解包含体及透析复性后,经亲和层析可得到高纯度的GST-RGD(6)融合蛋白.GST-RGD(6)融合蛋白能特异性的抑制骨桥蛋白诱导的血管平滑肌细胞的黏附和迁移.结论:骨桥蛋白RGD黏附序列6拷贝短肽可在大肠杆菌中高效表达,纯化的GST-RGD融合蛋白具有抑制血管平滑肌细胞黏附和迁移的活性.     

肺炎链球菌中青霉素结合蛋白PBP3在大肠杆菌中的可溶性表达及活性鉴定

【目的】克隆肺炎链球菌R6的pbp3基因,构建原核表达载体并转化大肠杆菌表达,为PBP3的结构及应用研究创造条件。【方法】利用PCR法克隆肺炎链球菌R6中N端截短的pbp3基因(15-413 aa),BamHⅠ和XhoⅠ酶切后插入pGEX-6p-1构建pGEX-6p-pbp3*表达质粒,在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中胞内表达GST-PBP3融合蛋白,Glutathione-Sepharose 4B column亲和纯化GST-PBP3融合蛋白,PreScission Protease切除GST标签,再次过谷胱甘肽亲和层析柱获得纯化的PBP3蛋白。利用PBP3对头孢喹诺的结合试验来鉴定表达蛋白是否有活性。【结果】经测序鉴定成功扩增出N端截短的pbp3基因,成功构建了pGEX-6p-pbp3*表达载体,并纯化出可溶性PBP3蛋白,而且有活性。【结论】肺炎链球菌pbp3基因原核表达系统的成功构建以及有活性重组蛋白的获得,为PBP3蛋白的结构及应用研究奠定了基础。     

人胸腺素α1在大肠杆菌中的融合表达

利用基因工程表达的方法,在大肠杆菌中通过与GST蛋白融合的方式高效表达了胸腺素α1前体基因,随后经亲和层析和SP强阳离子树脂纯化相结合的方式,得到了胸腺素前体肽段31肽和N端未经乙酰化修饰的28肽。融合蛋白表达量达到菌体总蛋白的35%～40%,样品肽的产量也达到了约200mg/L（肽/发酵液）的产量。经质谱测定,分子量分别为3366和3066。BalB/C小鼠脾脏淋巴细胞体外测活表明,所构建的GSTTα1融合蛋白和纯化后的产物对于淋巴细胞具有比较明显的增殖作用,其中N端未经乙酰化的28肽产物与31肽产物活性相近,均对淋巴细胞具有明显的刺激增殖作用。     

MLP增强生肌素对nAChRγ亚基基因启动子的结合活性

构建表达GAL4 MLP融合蛋白的真核表达质粒pBind MLP .哺乳动物细胞双杂交试验表明 ,MLP与生肌素E12复合物存在细胞内的相互作用 .构建表达GST融合蛋白GST MLP和GST E12的原核表达质粒pGEX 2TK MLP以及pGEX 4T 2 E12 .在E .coliBL2 1中诱导表达GST MLP、GST 生肌素和GST E12 ,并用亲和层析法纯化了这 3种GST融合蛋白 .这 3种GST融合蛋白进行的凝胶阻滞试验表明 ,MLP可以增强生肌素 E12复合物对AChRγ亚基基因启动子的结合活性 .研究初步阐明了MLP增强nAChRγ亚基基因启动子在分化C2C12细胞中的转录活性的分子机制 .     

小鼠RHOX5蛋白两种截短型突变体的原核表达及其与MDFIC互作的鉴定

目的：表达和纯化两种小鼠RHOX5蛋白的截短型突变体,确定完整的RHOX5蛋白及其两种截短型突变体与MDFIC蛋白结合的能力。方法：生物信息学分析小鼠同源异型框蛋白RHOX5的cDNA序列,分别对RHOX5的两种截短型片段RHOX5 N和RHOX5 C进行PCR、分别扩增RHOX5的两种截短型片段RHOX5 N和RHOX5 C并将其克隆至pGEX4T3原核表达载体,构建重组表达质粒。用重组表达质粒分别转化大肠杆菌RosettaTM2(DE3)菌株,经IPTG诱导后,使用Glutathione-Sepherase 4B颗粒对融合蛋白进行小批量亲和纯化,通过SDS-PAGE电泳分离目标蛋白,确定融合蛋白的表达。进行GST-pull down实验,检测完整的RHOX5蛋白及其两种截短型突变体与MDFIC蛋白结合的能力。 结果：在大肠杆菌RosettaTM2(DE3)中有效地实现了GST-RHOX5、GST-RHOX5 N和GST-RHOX5-C-3种融合蛋白的可溶性表达;经Glutathione Sepherase 4B颗粒亲和纯化后,获得了纯化后GST融合蛋白;GST-pull down实验证实,含有homeodomain的RHOX5蛋白和RHOX5C截短型突变体可以与MDFIC蛋白相结合,而RHOX5N截短型突变体则丧失了与MDFIC蛋白结合的能力。 结论：实现了RHOX5及其两种截短型突变体的原核表达和纯化,证实RHOX5蛋白的homeodomain结构域是其与MDFIC结合的关键部位。     

人MCM7 N-端融合蛋白的原核表达、纯化及其与AR蛋白相互作用的研究

目的：制备人MCM7 N-端的GST融合蛋白（GST-MCM7N）,研究其是否和雄激素受体（AR）蛋白存在直接的相互作用。方法：利用RT-PCR获得长度为744 bp的人mcm7 基因N-端cDNA碱基片段,把该片段构建到原核表达载体pGEX-5x-3中,转化大肠杆菌BL-21菌株。经IPTG诱导菌株基因表达产生了GST-MCM7N融合蛋白;使用Glutathione Sepharose 4B球珠分离纯化。利用GST pull-down 技术把纯化的融合蛋白分别和前列腺癌细胞LNCaP细胞裂解液及基因工程获得的AR蛋白孵育,检测MCM7蛋白的 N-端是否和AR蛋白直接相互作用。结果：酶切鉴定及基因测序表明,mcm7 基因cDNA的 N-端片段被构建到表达载体pGEX-5x-3中;SDS-PAGE及Western blotting结果分别显示,本研究获得了GST和GST-MCM7N融合蛋白;GST pull-down 结果证实GST-MCM7N和AR蛋白存在相互作用。结论：MCM7蛋白的N-端和AR蛋白至少在体外可以发生直接的相互作用。     

炭疽毒素保护性抗原第四结构域在大肠杆菌中的可溶性表达

人工优化设计并合成炭疽毒素保护性抗原第四结构域基因,并与噬菌体gⅢ蛋白N端结构域基因融合,在大肠杆菌中可溶性表达融合蛋白。结果表明合成了炭疽毒素保护性抗原第四结构域基因,并在大肠杆菌中获得了高效可溶性融合表达,可溶性表达产物占细菌总蛋白量的36％左右;经亲和层析纯化获得了重组蛋白;Western印迹分析表明,表达产物能与His单抗（重组蛋白羧基端带有6xHis）发生特异性结合反应。以上结果表明获得了炭疽毒素保护性抗原第四结构域,为利用人抗体库进行筛选抗炭疽毒素的人源性中和抗体奠定了基础。     

家蝇防御素在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化与抗体制备

家蝇防御素是从家蝇中克隆得到的1种抗菌肽。为了进一步研究家蝇防御素的功能和制备特异性抗体,采用大肠杆菌表达外源蛋白的方法, 进行了家蝇防御素原核表达的研究。根据克隆到的家蝇防御素基因(Mdde) 的cDNA序列, 设计特异性引物, PCR 扩增成熟肽的cDNA片段, 将成熟肽序列重组到表达载体pGEX 4T 1中, 构建m Mdde/pGEX 4T 1重组表达载体, 在大肠杆菌BL21 中诱导表达, 重组表达的融合蛋白GST Mdde占菌体总蛋白的33 4%。纯化得到GST Mdde后, 再用凝血酶将其从特定位点切开, 得到表达的m Mdde。液体抑菌实验结果初步表明, 表达的融合蛋白GST Mdde对细菌生长有一定的抑制作用。利用纯化的GST Mdde融合蛋白, 制备了抗血清。     

靶向肽位置影响融合蛋白与细胞结合活性

目的:探讨靶向多肽与标签蛋白(绿色荧光蛋白)的位置关系是否会影响融合蛋白与细胞之间的结合能力。方法:将获得的GE11和LyP1两种靶向多肽分别与增强型绿色荧光蛋白在不同位置融合表达,通过原核系统表达纯化,将纯化的蛋白加入血清饥饿的SMMC-7721肝癌细胞株培养液中,处理3h,通过荧光显微镜观察细胞中绿色荧光蛋白的情况检查融合多肽与细胞的结合情况。结果:绿色荧光蛋白的羧基端和GE11、LyP1多肽分别融合表达,处理细胞后,融合蛋白显示与细胞有很强的结合能力;当GE11、LyP1在绿色荧光蛋白氨基端融合时,融合蛋白几乎不能与细胞结合。在此基础上,检测了多种靶向肽对多种细胞的靶向效应。结论:不合适的融合策略会降低,甚至消除靶向多肽的结合能力;融合大分子量蛋白也会改变靶向肽的靶向效应。因此,当使用靶向多肽携带基因进行研究时,其在融合蛋白中的位置应该非常谨慎。     

Up-regulation of yggG promotes the survival of Escherichia coli cells containing Era-1 mutant protein

Era is a highly conserved GTPase essential for bacterial growth. Using a digoxigenin-labeled Era protein to screen a phage expression library of Escherichia coli genomic DNA, yggG, a gene that encodes a putative zinc metalloprotease was isolated and characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence of YggG showed high degrees of similarity to some reported heat shock proteins. In this study, the direct interaction between Era and YggG was confirmed, and it was found that the yggG gene, encoding a 25 kDa heat shock protein, was up-regulated at the mRNA level in partially defective Era GTPase mutants (era-1) and in E. coli cells overproducing Era-1. The delta yggG strain displayed the same growth rate as wild-type strain under normal growth conditions and after heat shock. Overexpression of Era-1 in the delta yggG strain resulted in a stronger growth-inhibitory effect than that in the wild-type strain, while coexpression of YggG partially restored the bacterial growth rate. The results indicated that YggG expression is significantly increased in response to stress caused by the Era-1 mutant protein in E. coli, thus promoting the growth of E. coli.     

微丝相关新蛋白hHBRK1相互作用蛋白质的鉴定

为了鉴定hHBRK1的相互作用蛋白,通过DNA重组构建重组表达质粒pGEXhHBRK1,并以谷胱甘肽Sepharose4B亲合层析法,获得纯化的重组融合蛋白GSThHBRK1.以小鼠心肌组织为研究对象,采用GSTpulldown技术结合Western印迹法,证实hHBRK1与小鼠心肌肌钙蛋白TEa亚型(EacTnT)相互作用.结果提示,hHBRK1与EacTnT结合,可能参与心肌微丝的聚合,为小鼠cTnT众多的剪接体,提供了一种可能的功能定位.     

重组人MBD4蛋白在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化及活性分析

为获得重组人MBD4蛋白,将编码MBD4的开放式阅读框（ORF）插入原核表达载体pGEX6P1 GST基因下游的多克隆位点（MCS）.将获得的表达质粒转化入大肠杆菌BL21(DE3) 菌株扩大培养并用IPTG诱导融合蛋白的表达.用谷胱甘肽琼脂糖凝胶 4B亲和介质从菌体裂解液中纯化了GST-MBD4融合蛋白.经过Prescision protease专一性裂解成功去除了融合蛋白上的GST标签.通过Mono Q阴离子交换层析获得了纯度达94%以上的MBD4蛋白,该蛋白具有甲基化DNA结合和糖苷酶生物活性.     

E. coli LoiP (YggG), a metalloprotease hydrolyzing Phe-Phe bonds

YggG is a conserved lipoprotein localized to the outer membrane of Gram negative bacteria. Even though the expressed open reading frame has been identified previously, the Escherichia coli protein remained uncharacterized. We report that YggG of E. coli is a metalloprotease that cleaves its targets preferentially between Phe-Phe residues. Since the yggG promoter is upregulated when bacteria are subjected to media of low osmolarity, YggG was named LoiP (low osmolarity induced protease). LoiP has an intramolecular disulfide (S-S) bond that is formed even in the absence of the periplasmic oxido-reductase DsbA and proper membrane localization of LoiP can depend on another putative metalloprotease, YfgC.     

Purification of recombinant proteins based on the interaction between a phenothiazine-derivatized column and a calmodulin fusion tail.

A method to purify proteins by fusing them to the Ca2+-dependent protein calmodulin is described by using glutathione-S-transferase (GST) from Schistosoma japonicum as a model. Glutathione-S-transferase was genetically fused to calmodulin (CaM). The designed GST-CaM fusion protein has a selective factor Xa cleavage site located between the C-terminus of GST and the N-terminus of CaM. The recombinant fusion protein was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the crude cell extract was loaded onto a phenothiazine affinity column in the presence of Ca2+. Calmodulin was used as an affinity tail to enable binding of the fusion protein to the phenothiazine column. Removal of Ca2+ with a calcium-complexing solution causes elution of the fusion protein. The GST-CaM fusion protein was then digested with factor Xa, and the target protein GST was isolated. The purity of the isolated GST was verified by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE).     

Bacillus subtilis SepF Binds to the C-Terminus of FtsZ

Bacterial cell division is mediated by a multi-protein machine known as the "divisome", which assembles at the site of cell division. Formation of the divisome starts with the polymerization of the tubulin-like protein FtsZ into a ring, the Z-ring. Z-ring formation is under tight control to ensure bacteria divide at the right time and place. Several proteins bind to the Z-ring to mediate its membrane association and persistence throughout the division process. A conserved stretch of amino acids at the C-terminus of FtsZ appears to be involved in many interactions with other proteins. Here, we describe a novel pull-down assay to look for binding partners of the FtsZ C-terminus, using a HaloTag affinity tag fused to the C-terminal 69 amino acids of B. subtilis FtsZ. Using lysates of Escherichia coli overexpressing several B. subtilis cell division proteins as prey we show that the FtsZ C-terminus specifically pulls down SepF, but not EzrA or MinC, and that the interaction depends on a conserved 16 amino acid stretch at the extreme C-terminus. In a reverse pull-down SepF binds to full-length FtsZ but not to a FtsZΔC16 truncate or FtsZ with a mutation of a conserved proline in the C-terminus. We show that the FtsZ C-terminus is required for the formation of tubules from FtsZ polymers by SepF rings. An alanine-scan of the conserved 16 amino acid stretch shows that many mutations affect SepF binding. Combined with the observation that SepF also interacts with the C-terminus of E. coli FtsZ, which is not an in vivo binding partner, we propose that the secondary and tertiary structure of the FtsZ C-terminus, rather than specific amino acids, are recognized by SepF.     

Screening and characterization of affinity peptide tags specific to polystyrene supports for the orientated immobilization of proteins

Dodecapeptides that exhibit a high affinity specific to a polystyrene surface (PS-tags) were screened using an Escherichia coli random peptide display library system, and the compounds were used as a peptide tag for the site-specific immobilization of proteins. The various PS-tags obtained after 10 rounds of biopanning selection were mainly composed of basic and aliphatic amino acid residues, most of which were arranged in close proximity to one another. Mutant-type glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) fused with the selected PS-tags, PS19 (RAFIASRRIKRP) and PS23 (AGLRLKKAAIHR) at their C-terminus, GST-PS19 and GST-PS23, when adsorbed on the PS latex beads had a higher affinity than the wild-type GST, and the specific remaining activity of the immobilized mutant-type GSTs was approximately 10 times higher than that of the wild-type GST. The signal intensity detected for GST-PS19 and GST-PS23 adsorbed on hydrophilic and hydrophobic PS surfaces using an anti-peptide antibody specific for the N-terminus peptide of GST was much higher than that for the wild-type GST. These findings indicate that the mutant-type GSTs fused with the selected peptide tags, PS19 and PS23, could be site-specifically immobilized on the surface of polystyrene with their N-terminal regions directed toward the solution. Thus, the selected peptide tags would be useful for protein immobilization in the construction of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) systems and protein-based biochips.     

蛋白内含子介导纯化的表达载体的构建及应用

将抗膀胱癌单链抗体(PG)融合在蛋白内含子(intein)的C末端,利用intein的N末端具有的chitin binding domain(CBD)对几丁质柱的吸附特性及intein的自切割活性对PG进行一次性纯化。同时,引入大肠杆菌分子伴侣肽基脯氨酰顺反异构酶(FkpA)与目的蛋白进行共表达及融合表达,以使目的蛋白以可溶形式存在。结果显示,PG融合蛋白对几丁质柱的吸附效率很高,intein的自切割释放PG的效率也较高,但PG仅出现在SDS洗脱液中。FM与PG共表达能显著地提高目的蛋白的可溶性。Intein介导的纯化系统前景远大。