Purification of the E. coli dnaA gene product.

The product of the dnaA gene of Escherichia coli was isolated in a highly enriched form. The purification product binds specifically to DNA containing the E. coli chromosomal origin of replication, oriC.     

甾短杆菌胆固醇氧化酶基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

为了实现胆固醇氧化酶在大肠杆菌中的表达,将甾短杆菌Brevibacterium sp．DGCDC-82胆固醇氧化酶基因用PCR的方法去掉信号肽序列,连接到质粒pTrc99a,遗过筛选得到了表达胆固醇氧化酶的重组菌JMl09／pTrc99a—COD。经IPTG诱导后表达出相对分子质量约为5．5×10^4的蛋白质。分别考察了诱导温度、时间、IPTG浓度等因素对重组菌表达的胆固醇氧化酶的影响。在优化条件下,该胆固醇氧化酶的酶活可以达到700U／L。酶学特性分析表明其反应的最适pH为7．5,最适温度为40℃。     

Expression of thermostable alkaline protease gene from Thermoactinomyces sp. E79 in E. coli and heat activation of the gene product

The expression of Thermoactinomyces sp. E79 protease gene cloned into E. coli was highly host-dependent and the levels of protease expression was most stable in E. coli RR1 and E. coli HB101. Heating the intracellular extract at 70°C for 15 min converted the inactive recombinant E79 protease to its active mature form and also resulted in purification of the enzyme in a single step. Addition of 10 mM CaCl2 to the E79 protease decreased its autolysis and increased its thermal stability. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998     

Identification and amplification of the E. coli phr gene product.

We have constructed a series of multicopy plasmids that complement mutations in the phr gene of Escherichia coli. By subcloning into a tac plasmid vector we obtained a phr plasmid that upon induction overproduces two proteins of Mr's 49,000 and 20,000. Tn1000 insertions into the phr gene caused the disappearance of the 49,000 dalton protein, thus demonstrating this protein to be the phr gene product, DNA photolyase. The photolyase encoded by the phr gene makes up about 15% of total cellular proteins after induction of cells carrying a tac-phr plasmid. This protein binds specifically to UV (254 nm) irradiated DNA and upon exposure to near UV (300-500 nm) illumination repairs the UV damage and dissociates from DNA.     

Molecular amplification and purification of the E. coli recC gene product.

The level of recC gene expression has been analysed using Mud(bla lac) fusions to the recC promoter. The constitutive level of expression is very low and remains so even under SOS inducing conditions. The recC gene product has been amplified by harnessing the gene to the phage lambda leftward promoter in a plasmid. From cells harbouring this plasmid, RecC protein, which represented approximately 6% of the total cellular protein, was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity.     

两种L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶的表达与酶学性质分析

【目的】实现单核增生李斯特菌(Listeria monocytogenes)和杰氏棒杆菌(Corynebacterium jeikeium)L-天冬氨酸α-脱羧酶基因在Escherichia coli中异源表达,纯化重组蛋白并对其进行酶学性质分析。【方法】依照E.coli的密码子偏好性优化来源于L.monocytotogens和C.jeikeium的pan D基因序列。人工合成后以此构建表达载体pET28a(+)-pan D_(Lm)和p ET28a(+)-pan D_(Cj),转化E.coli BL21(DE3),实现panD_(Lm)和panD_(Cj)基因的异源表达。利用亲和层析纯化获得携带组氨酸标签的纯酶后进行酶学性质研究,并考察底物对酶反应的影响。【结果】重组菌蛋白电泳分析结果表明,重组酶panD_(Lm)和panD_(Cj)均有自加工功能,裂解后形成了α亚基和β亚基。重组酶比酶活分别为8.9 U/mg和11.8 U/mg。两种酶的最适反应温度均为60°C,最适p H分别为7.0和6.0,它们都在30-50°C,酸性条件下较稳定。与目前研究最多的谷氨酸棒杆菌(Corynebacterium glutamicum)来源的Pan DC.g相比,Pan DL.m受底物天冬氨酸的抑制作用较小。【结论】panD_(Lm)和panD_(Cj)可在高温酸性条件下特异性转化L-天冬氨酸生成β-丙氨酸,其中panD_(Lm)受底物的抑制作用较小,具有一定的工业应用潜力。     

Structural and biochemical characterization of the Escherichia coli argE gene product.

The DNA sequence of a 2,100-bp region containing the argE gene from Escherichia coli has been determined. The nucleotide sequence of the ppc-argE intergenic region was also solved and shown to contain six tandemly repeated REP sequences. Moreover, the oxyR gene has been mapped on the E. coli chromosome and shown to flank the arg operon. The codon responsible for the translation start of argE was determined by using site-directed mutants. This gene spans 1,400 bp and encodes a 42,350-Da polypeptide. The argE3 allele and a widely used argE amber gene have also been cloned and sequenced. N-Acetylornithinase, the argE product, has been overproduced and purified to homogeneity. Its main biochemical and catalytic properties are described. Moreover, we demonstrate that the protein is composed of two identical subunits. Finally, the amino acid sequence of N-acetylornithinase is shown to display a high degree of identity with those of the succinyldiaminopimelate desuccinylase from E. coli and carboxypeptidase G2 from a Pseudomonas sp. It is proposed that this carboxypeptidase might be responsible for the acetylornithinase-related activity found in the Pseudomonas sp.     

Identification of the E. coli groNB(nusB) gene product

Summary The E. coli groNB(nusB) gene product has been previously shown to be necessary for bacteriophage N protein function. The product of the groNB gene has been identified on SDS polyacrylamide gels after infection of UV-irradiated E. coli cells with various groNB ⁺ transducing phage derivatives. It is a polypeptide with an apparent molecular weight of 14,000 daltons. Transducing phage carrying either a deletion or an amber mutation in the groNB gene fail to synthesize the 14,000-M_r polypeptide chain upon infection of a sup ⁺ host. However, am ⁺ revertants of the groNBam phage do induce the synthesis of the polypeptide.     

Isolation and characterization of the Escherichia coli mutL gene product

The Escherichia coli mutL gene product has been purified to near homogeneity from an overproducing clone. The mutL locus encodes a polypeptide of 70,000 daltons as determined by denaturing gel electrophoresis. The native molecular weight of MutL protein as calculated from the sedimentation coefficient of 5.5 S and Stokes radius of 61 A is 139,000 daltons, indicating that MutL exists as a dimer in solution. In addition to its ability to complement methyl-directed DNA mismatch repair in mutL-deficient cell-free extracts, DNase I protection experiments demonstrate that the purified MutL protein interacts with the MutS-heteroduplex DNA complex in the presence of ATP.     

棉铃虫核型多角体病毒sod基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

用PCR方法从棉铃虫(Helicoverpa armigera)单粒包埋型核型多角体病毒(HaSNPV) C1株基因组中扩增sod基因编码区,克隆到pGEM—T—easy vector,测定了核苷酸序列。将基因编码区克隆到原核表达载体pETblue2,构建了含表达质粒pETblue2／HaSNPV SOD,转化大肠杆菌DE3 (BL21)进行IPTG诱导表达。SDS—PAGE分析表明SOD的表达量约为细胞总蛋白的37％。邻苯三酚法测定表达蛋白活性,结果表明每毫克菌体可溶性总蛋白中表达产物校正酶活力单位为694U／mg。     

Cloning of the uvrD gene of E. coli and identification of the product

The uvrD gene has been cloned from Escherichia coli chromosomal DNA into phage lambda, cosmid, and low-copy-number plasmid vectors. Comparison of the proteins encoded by the cloned fragments with those encoded by fragments in which the uvrD gene is inactivated by transposon insertion or by deletion shows that the uvrD gene product is a protein of Mr = 73000.     

Isolation and characterization of the Escherichia coli mutH gene product

The Escherichia coli mutH gene product has been isolated in near homogeneous form using an in vitro complementation assay for DNA mismatch correction (Lu, A.-L., Clark, S., and Modrich, P. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80, 4639-4643) which is dependent on mutH function. The protein has a subunit Mr of 25,000, and purified preparations contain a Mg2+-dependent endonuclease activity which cleaves 5' to the dG of d(GATC) sequences to generate 5'-phosphoryl and 3'-hydroxyl termini. Symmetrically methylated d(GATC) sites are resistant to the endonuclease, hemimethylated sequences are cleaved on the unmethylated strand, and unmethylated d(GATC) sites are usually subject to scission on only one DNA strand. Although this endonuclease activity is extremely weak (less than 1 scission/h/mutH monomer equivalent) and cleavage at a d(GATC) site does not depend on the presence of a mismatched base pair within the DNA substrate, the activity does not appear to be a contaminant of mutH preparations. d(GATC) endonuclease activity and mutH complementing activity co-purify through multiple column steps without change in relative specific activities, and both activities co-electrophorese under native conditions. These findings suggest that the mutH product functions at the strand discrimination stage of mismatch correction and that this stage of the reaction involves scission of the unmethylated DNA strand.     

棉铃虫核型多角体病毒sod基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

用PCR方法从棉铃虫(Helicoverpa armigera)单粒包埋型核型多角体病毒(HaSNPV) C1株基因组中扩增sod基因编码区,克隆到pGEM-T-easy vector,测定了核苷酸序列.将基因编码区克隆到原核表达载体pETblue2,构建了含表达质粒pETblue2/HaSNPV SOD,转化大肠杆菌DE3(BL21)进行IPTG诱导表达. SDS-PAGE分析表明SOD的表达量约为细胞总蛋白的37%.邻苯三酚法测定表达蛋白活性,结果表明每毫克菌体可溶性总蛋白中表达产物校正酶活力单位为694U/mg.     

Expression and characterization of recombinant bovine lactoferrin in E. coli

Lactoferrin is a member of the transferrin family of iron-binding proteins with a number of properties, including antibacterial activity against a broad spectrum of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. bovine lactoferrin cDNA was isolated, cloned and expressed as a fusion protein. The amino acid sequence of the fusion was analyzed and compared with other species. Crystallographic data were used to compare structural differences between bovine and human lactoferrin in 3-D models. A thioredoxin fusion protein was expressed and shown to have a different molecular weight compared with native bLf. After purification using Ni-NTA, the yield of recombinant bovine lactoferrin was 15.3 mg/l with a purity of 90.3 %. Recombinant bLf and pepsin-digested rbLf peptides demonstrated antibacterial activity of 79.8 and 86.9 %, respectively. The successful expression of functional, active and intact rbLf allows us to study the biochemical interactions of antimicrobial proteins and peptides and will facilitate their study as immunomodulators.     

Am E. coli gene product required for λ site-specific recombination

We report characteristics of himA mutations of E. coli, selected for their inability to support the site-specific recombination reaction involved in the formation of lysogens by bacteriophage λ. The himA allele lies at minute 38 on the chromosome. Three noncomplementing and closely linked mutations define the himA locus; one is a nonsense mutation which shows that the gene product is a protein. HimA mutations reduce both λ integrative and excisive site-specific recombination. Since dominance tests demonstrate that himA mutations are recessive, it is probable that the himA protein is either a necessary component for site-specific recombination or, alternatively, regulates the expression of such a function. HimA mutations exhibit pleiotropic effects. They reduce integration of phages that have different attachment specificities from λ and inhibit the growth of phage mu. In addition, himA mutations reduce precise excision of integrated phage mu as well as Tn elements. This pleiotropy suggests that the role of himA protein is nonspecific. Since all of the processes affected by himA mutations ultimately rely on protein-DNA interactions, we suggest that himA protein may act in an auxillary manner to facilitate these interactions.     

Expression of polyoma early gene products in E. coli.

The three products of the early region of polyoma virus have been cloned for expression in E. coli using the Tac promoter. Although the identical promoter and ribosome binding site are used in each final construction, the observed level of protein expression is different for each protein. While plasmids expressing wild type T antigens as well as a plasmid expressing the truncated Py-1387T middle T antigen lacking the membrane-anchoring sequence give rise to synthesis of proteins readily detectible by 35S-methionine labeling and immunoprecipitation, only small T and the middle T of Py-1387T are made in amounts sufficient for ready detection in total cell protein. Unlike middle T expressed in animal cells, middle T produced in E. coli is not detectibly phosphorylated. Further, the E. coli protein lacks tyrosine kinase activity.