牛生长激素基因的人工合成,重组克隆及高效表达

本文通过设计选择大肠杆菌高频利用密码子代替天然密码子,人工全合成３２个寡聚核苷酸片段;连接并克隆获得Ａ（２７８ｂｐ）、Ｂ（８８ｂｐ）、Ｃ（２２４ｂｐ）３个较大ＤＮＡ片段;经重组克隆、定位突变等获得阳性克隆;双向ＤＮＡ序列测定分析表明获得了两种人工全合成牛生长激素（ｂＧＨ）编码基因,即编码Ｎ－Ｍｅｔ－Ａｌａ－ｂＧＨ和Ｎ－Ｍｅｔ－Ｐｈｅ－ｂＧＨ的两个基因,而至今尚未见有人工全合成ｂＧＨ基因的报道。构建了在ＰＬｐｒｏｍｏｔｅｒ控制下含上述合成基因的表达质位ｐＢＬｂＧＨＥ７Ａ１和ｐＢＬｂＧＨＥ８,并在大肠杆菌中进行了温敏诱导表达。经ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析,表达产物占全菌蛋白的３７％以上。Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ分析和纯化产物的Ｎ端氨基酸序列测定结果都表明上述两种人工全合成ｂＧＨ基因在大肠杆菌中得到了高效表达,表达量为现今国际文献报道的高限水平。     

重组人a2b型干扰素的纯化与鉴定

采用单克隆抗体亲和层析一步纯化法对大肠杆菌表达的重组人ａ２ｂ型干扰素进行了纯化,然后利用凝胶过滤高压液相层析、ＳＤＳ－聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和Ｎ端２５个氨基酸的序列测定等方法对纯化产品进行了鉴定。表明一步纯化的ＩＦＮ－ａ２ｂ达到９５％以上的统一计划,其比活性为２．５４×１０×８ｕ／ｍｇ．但重组ＩＦＮ－ａ２ｂ产品Ｎ端不均一,含有约３０％的去Ｍｅｔ分子和约７０％的带Ｍｅｔ分子。从蛋白质序列的水平上证实,本     

酵母豆蔻酰辅酶A：蛋白质N端转酰基酶基因的克隆与表达

利用ＰＣＲ技术,从酵母染色体中扩增得到酵母豆蔻酰－ＣｏＡ：蛋白质Ｎ端转酰基酶（ＹＳＣＮＭＴ）基因,并克隆到ｐＢｌｕｅｓｃｒｉｐｔＫＳ＋载体中。由ＤＮＡ全序测定表明,获得了ＹＳＣＮＭＴ编码基因。进一步构建了Ｔ７Ｐｒｏｍｏｔｅｒ控制下的含上述完整ＹＳＣＮＭＴ编码基因的表达质粒ｐＭＦＴ７－５－ＮＭＴ,转化大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）,进行ＩＰＴＧ诱导表达研究。通过ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析,观察到一与理论分子量一致的诱导条带（约５３ｋＤ）,占全菌蛋白的３９％左右,且可溶性部分约占上清液中全部蛋白的３４％。经一步Ｐ１１磷酸纤维素阳离子交换柱层析,将其纯化到纯度达９７％以上．纯化的表达产物经Ｎ端氨基酸序列分析,所测定的Ｎ端５个氨基酸的序列,与从克隆的ＹＳＣＮＭＴ基因推出的氨基酸序列完全一致（不含Ｎ端Ｍｅｔ）。对所得的ＹＳＣＮＭＴ进行酶活力鉴定,观察到了明显的活力。     

Mn-SOD与抗癌胚抗原单链抗体基因的融合及高效表达

将Ｍｎ－ＳＯＤ与抗癌胚抗原（ＣＥＡ）单链抗体基因（Ｓｃ－Ｆｖ ｇｅｎｅ）融合,重组到含Ｔ７启动子的表达载体ｐＥＴ－２２ｂ（＋）中,构建表达质粒ｐＥＴＭｎ－ＳＯＤ－ＳｃＦｖ,并转化大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）,进行高效表达,表达物占菌体可溶性总蛋白的２４％。ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ和蛋白质和迹图谱显示表达物分子量为４５ｋＤ与融合基因编码蛋白质的理论值相符。该蛋白质在大肠杆菌中为泌型表达有利于纯化。ＲＩＡ测定表     

猪繁殖和呼吸综合征病毒膜蛋白和核衣壳蛋白基因在大肠杆菌中的 …

以ＰＲＲＳＶ弱毒株膜蛋白（Ｍ）和核衣壳（Ｎ）蛋白基因为模板,设计的一对含有ＥｃｏＲＩ和ＢａｍＨＩ酶切位点的引物,通过ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ扩增出一约９００ｂｐ的ＭＮ基因片段,将此基因片段成功克隆于高效表达载体ｐＢＶ２２０,构建成重南粒ｐＢＶＭＮ,导入大肠杆菌ＤＨ５α,经温敏诱导,成功地表达了ＭＮ基因。表达产物经ＳＤＳ＿ＰＡＧＥ电泳和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ印迹分析,其分子量约３４ｋＤ,与兔抗ＰＲＲＳＶ高兔血清     

人巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（hM—CSF）基因的合成及表达

按照ｈＭ－ＣＳＦ基因的序列,适当采用大肠杆菌的优选密码子,人工合成了Ｍ－ＣＳＦ的基因。在合成中我们采用了分段克隆和顺次克隆的方法,在次级克隆中我们成功地使用多片段分组连接和多片段一次克隆战略,还尝试了多种单链战术,在表达载体的构建中,充分利用人工合成基因的灵活性,通过对Ｎ端６个氨基酸编码的变换及ＳＤ序列－ＡＴＧ间距离的改变,获得了大肠杆菌中高效表达的重组体,表达的蛋白量的变换及ＳＤ序列－ＡＴＧ间距     

胰岛素B链N端的修饰及其生物活性变化

通过对在大肠杆菌体系中表达及部分加工的粗产物的反相快速蛋白液相色谱的分离,我们得到了Ｌ－Ｍｅｔ＾ＢＯ－人胰岛素原、Ｌ－Ｍｅｔ＾Ｂ－１－Ｌｙｓ＾ＢＯ－人胰岛素原,氨基酸组成分析结果与设想的完全一致,两者的胰岛素受体活性分别为人胰岛素原的６６％及５４％,而胰岛素的放射免疫活性分别降为人胰岛素原的２２％及９％。表明胰岛Ｂ链的Ｎ端对胰岛素分子与其受体的结合有一定的重要性,而更重要的是它非常可能参与组成胰岛     

以融合蛋白形式在大肠杆菌中表达人MCP—1

将编码人单核细胞趋化蛋白－１（ＭＣＰ－１）的基因亚克隆到大肠杆菌表达载体ｐＥＸ３１Ａ中,在大肠杆菌中表达出ＭＳ２／ＭＣＰ－１融合蛋白,该表达产物约占菌体总蛋白的１５％左右,Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ检测表明,表达产物可与ＭＣＰ－１抗体特异反应,采用琼脂糖平板法进行活性测定表明,表达产物具有明显的单核细胞趋化活性,说明Ｎ端融合一段细菌蛋白对ＭＣＰ－１有无趋化活性可能没有影响。     

人巨噬细胞集落刺激因子（hM－CSF）基因的合成及表达

按照ｈＭ－ＣＳＦ基因的序列,适当采用大肠杆菌的优选密码子,人工合成了Ｍ－ＣＳＦ的基因。在合成中我们采用了分段克隆和顺次克隆的方法,在次级克隆中我们成功地使用了多片段分组连接和多片段一次克隆战略,还尝试了多种单链战术。在表达载体的构建中,充分利用人工合成基因的灵活性,通过对Ｎ端６个氨基酸编码的变换及ＳＤ序列－ＡＴＧ间距离的改变,获得了在大肠杆菌中高效表达的重组体,表达的蛋白量占菌体总蛋白的２９％。目的蛋白在表达中形成的包含体形式,简化了产物的纯化。     

以融合蛋白形式在大肠杆菌中表达人MCP－1

将编码人单核细胞趋化蛋白－１（ＭＣＰ－１）的基因亚克隆到大肠杆菌表达载体ｐＥＸ３１Ａ中,在大肠杆菌中表达出ＭＳ２／ＭＣＰ－１融合蛋０白,该表达产物约占菌体总蛋白的１５％左右,Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ检测表明,表达产物可与ＭＣＰ－１抗体特异反应。采用琼脂糖平板法进行活性测定表明,表达产物具有明显的单核细胞趋化活性,说明Ｎ端融合一段细菌蛋白对ＭＣＰ－１有无趋化活性可能没有影响。     

Sequence specificity and efficiency of protein N-terminal methionine elimination in wheat-embryo cell-free system

Recent improvements in wheat-embryo cell-free translation resulted in a highly productive system for protein preparation. To clarify N-terminal processing of the cell-free system in a preparative-scale (> mg protein product per ml), 20 mutant variants of maltose-binding protein (MalE), each having a different penultimate residue in the sequence Met-Xaa-Ile-Glu-, and 20 glutathione S-transferase (GST) variants, having Met-Xaa-Pro-Ile-sequence, were designed and synthesized. The MalE and GST proteins were purified by amylose-resin and glutathione columns, respectively, followed by analysis of their N-terminal sequences. These investigations revealed that sequence specificity and efficiency of the N-terminal Met (N-Met) elimination in the cell-free system are similar to those reported from investigations in cellular systems or in the wheat-embryo cell-free protein expression system in analytical scale (approximately 10 microg protein product per ml). Cleavage of the N-Met is basically determined by the penultimate amino acid in the polypeptide sequence. In the case of MalE, the cleavage was efficient when the penultimate residue was Ala, Cys, Gly, Pro, Ser or Thr. But, in the case of GST with Pro as the antepenultimate residue, the efficiency was significantly reduced when the penultimate residue was Gly or Thr. We also confirmed that substitution of the antepenultimate residue in MalE to Pro drastically reduced the efficiency of N-Met cleavage when the penultimate residue was Ala, Gly, Pro, Ser or Thr, indicating inhibitory effects of antepenultimate residue Pro on N-Met elimination. These results clarified sequence-specific functions of the endogenous N-terminal processing machinery in the scaled-up wheat-embryo cell-free translation system.     

Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase gene from Bacillus sphaericus

The gene encoding the meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase of Bacillus sphaericus was cloned into E. coli cells and its complete DNA sequence was determined. The meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase gene consisted of 978 nucleotides and encoded 326 amino acid residues corresponding to the subunit of the dimeric enzyme. The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the enzyme gene of B. sphaericus showed 50% identity with those of the enzymes from Corynebacterium glutamicum and Brevibacterium flavum. The enzyme gene from B. sphaericus was highly expressed in E. coli cells. We purified the enzyme to homogeneity from a transformant with 76% recovery. The N-terminal amino acid of both the enzyme from B. sphaericus and the transformant were serine, indicating that the N-terminal methionine is removed by post-translational modification in B. sphaericus and E. coli cells.     

Cloning, expression and characterization of a metagenome derived thermoactive/thermostable pectinase

The gene encoding a thermostable pectinase was isolated from a soil metagenome sample. The gene sequence corresponded to an open reading frame of 1,311 bp encoding a translation product of 47.9 kDa. It showed maximum (93 %) identity to a Bacillus licheniformis glycoside hydrolase. Deduced amino acid analysis showed an absence of highly conserved cysteine residues in the N-terminal region at positions 24 and 42, and in the C-terminal region at positions 389, 394, 413 and 424. pQpecJKR01 (pQE30 expression vector containing the pectinase gene) was expressed in Escherichia coli strain M15 as a recombinant fusion protein containing an N-terminal 6× His tag. Biochemical properties of this pectinase were novel. The enzyme had temperature and pH optima of 70 °C and 7.0, respectively, but was active over a broad temperature and pH range. The enzyme was stable at 60 °C with a half-life of 5 h and the enzyme activity was inhibited by 0.1 % diethyl pyrocarbonate and 5 mM dicyclohexyl carbodiimide. The enzyme could be of great use in industrial processes due to its activity over a broad pH range and at high temperature.     

巨大芽孢杆菌b-淀粉酶基因的克隆、表达和酶学性质分析

从巨大芽孢杆菌(Bacillus megaterium)的全基因组DNA文库中筛选出一个b-淀粉酶基因amyG, 分析测定了其核苷酸序列并进行了诱导表达; 其中amyG编码的蛋白有545个氨基酸、分子量为60.194 kD, 与已报道的巨大芽孢杆菌DSM319的b-淀粉酶序列有着94.5%的同源性。经氨基酸序列比较分析发现, AmyG从N末端到C末端依次由信号肽域、糖基水解酶催化功能域和淀粉结合域3个功能域组成。其中催化功能域里含有第14家族糖基水解酶常见的几个高度保守的酶催化活性区。经多步纯化, 重组酶的比活共提高了7.4倍, 获得凝胶电泳均一的蛋白样品; 经SDS-PAGE电泳测定, 酶AmyG的分子量为57 kD。该酶的最适反应温度为60oC, 最适反应pH为7.0; 在温度不超过60oC时, 酶活较稳定; AmyG能迅速降解淀粉生成麦芽糖, 属于外切b-糖苷酶。     

Primary structure and processing of the Candida tsukubaensis alpha-glucosidase. Homology with the rabbit intestinal sucrase-isomaltase complex and human lysosomal alpha-glucosidase.

The nucleotide sequence of a 4.39-kb DNA fragment encoding the alpha-glucosidase gene of Candida tsukubaensis is reported. The cloned gene contains a major open reading frame (ORF 1) which encodes the alpha-glucosidase as a single precursor polypeptide of 1070 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 119 kDa. N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis of the individual subunits of the purified enzyme, expressed in the recombinant host Saccharomyces cerevisiae, confirmed that the alpha-glucosidase precursor is proteolytically processed by removal of an N-terminal signal peptide to yield the two peptide subunits 1 and 2, of molecular masses 63-65 kDa and 50-52 kDa, respectively. Both subunits are secreted by the heterologous host S. cerevisiae in a glycosylated form. Coincident with its efficient expression in the heterologous host, the C. tsukubaensis alpha-glucosidase gene contains many of the canonical features of highly expressed S. cerevisiae genes. There is considerable sequence similarity between C. tsukubaensis alpha-glucosidase, the rabbit sucrase-isomaltase complex (proSI) and human lysosomal acid alpha-glucosidase. The cloned DNA fragment from C. tsukubaensis contains a second open reading frame (ORF 2) which has the capacity to encode a polypeptide of 170 amino acids. The function and identity of the polypeptide encoded by ORF 2 is not known.     

Cloning and characterization of a novel gene SRG-L expressed in late stages of mouse spermatogenic cells

Spermatogenesis is a continuum of spermatogoniarenewal and proliferation, meiosis, and spermiogenesisin mammalian. First the stem cells (primitive type A sper-matogonia) divide to preleptotene primary spermato-cytes, which develop to leptotene primary spermatocytes,zygotene primary spermatocytes, and pachytene anddiplotene primary spermatocytes in sequence. Then thediplotene primary spermatocytes go through two meioticdivisions, and produce round spermatids. Subsequently,round spermatids enter…     

Chemical characterization of recombinant human leukocyte interferon A using fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry

Proteolytic digests of biologically active fractions of recombinant human leukocyte interferon A expressed in large quantities in Escherichia coli were analyzed by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid chromatography. The values observed in the mass spectra of digests of the major fraction of recombinant human leukocyte interferon A with trypsin and Staphylococcus aureus protease V8 accounted for 93% of the amino acid sequences of human leukocyte interferon A predicted from the nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the protein, indicating that the major fraction of recombinant human leukocyte interferon A was expressed with the same amino acid sequence as that translated from the nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the protein. Mass spectrometry of proteolytic digests of two minor fractions of recombinant human leukocyte interferon A and mass and amino acid analyses of their high-performance liquid chromatography fractions showed that the amino group of the N-terminal amino acid residue of interferon was in part acetylated, and the Cys-1 and Cys-98 residues were oxidized to cysteic acid or linked to glutathione. These findings suggest that amino acid residues in recombinant proteins prepared in large quantities in E. coli are modified post-translationally.     

Structures of mouse Rep-8 cDNA and genomic clones

A mouse homologue of the human Rep-8 gene was cloned by PCR methods using degenerate oligonucleotide primers corresponding to highly conserved regions between human and mouse genes, and by the Marathon–Ready cDNA amplification method. The full-length mouse Rep-8 contains 1422 nucleotides and codes for a protein of 277 amino acids with a calculated mol. wt. of 31,519. The overall amino acid sequence homology between mouse and human Rep-8 proteins was 73%, and the overall nucleic acid sequence similarity was 65%. The predicted amino acid sequence of mouse Rep-8 has leucine zipper-like motifs in the N-terminal region, similar to the human Rep-8 protein. Rep-8 exists as a single-copy gene and is expressed in both the early and late embryonic stages of mouse development, suggesting that the Rep-8 gene product has an important role in embryogenesis. The genomic structure of the mouse Rep-8 gene was characterized extensively so that a gene targeting strategy could be used to develop an understanding of the biological function(s) of this interesting gene and its product.