植物β-半乳糖苷酶

β-半乳糖苷酶是一个与细胞壁降解相关的酶,广泛分布于植物组织中,参与一系列的生理生化过程,如植物的花粉发育、果实成熟及生长过程中多糖的裂解。目前,已从多种植物中分离到β-半乳糖苷酶基因。β-半乳糖苷酶基因属于多基因家族,随着研究的深入,其不同水平的转录本在不同植物的不同组织中被发现。但目前β-半乳糖苷酶在植物发育中确切的作用机制尚不明确。现介绍目前这一领域内细胞与分子生物学方面的研究进展,并结合所在课题组的研究结果进行相关探讨,为进一步研究β-半乳糖苷酶在植物中的作用机制提供新的线索。     

植物β-半乳糖苷酶

β-半乳糖苷酶是一个与细胞壁降解相关的酶,广泛分布于植物组织中,参与一系列的生理生化过程,如植物的花粉发育、果实成熟及生长过程中多糖的裂解。目前,已从多种植物中分离到β-半乳糖苷酶基因。β-半乳糖苷酶基因属于多基因家族,随着研究的深入,其不同水平的转录本在不同植物的不同组织中被发现。但目前β-半乳糖苷酶在植物发育中确切的作用机制尚不明确。现介绍目前这一领域内细胞与分子生物学方面的研究进展,并结合所在课题组的研究结果进行相关探讨,为进一步研究β-半乳糖苷酶在植物中的作用机制提供新的线索。     

β-半乳糖苷酶的研究进展

对β半乳糖苷酶的性质及作用机理作概述,同时对利用生物技术进行β半乳糖苷酶基因克隆和表达的研究概况进行了简要介绍。     

阴道乳杆菌耐热β-半乳糖苷酶的鉴定

利用改良的MRS培养基,从鸡粪样本中分离到多株产β-半乳糖苷酶的乳酸菌菌株。酶学性质分析发现,菌株1-1产生的β-半乳糖苷酶在37℃~60℃相对稳定,37℃酶活力达到183.9NLU/g菌体干重。进一步分析16S rRNA基因序列,确定菌株1-1为阴道乳杆菌(Lactobacillus vaginalis)。扩增分析β-半乳糖苷酶编码基因lacL和lacM,结果发现LacL亚基有642个氨基酸,LacM亚基有321个氨基酸,与罗伊氏乳杆菌MM2-3相应蛋白的相似性分别为86%和84%。     

耐热重组β-半乳糖苷酶的制备及酶稳定性研究

编码嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌β—半乳糖苷酶基因的重组枯草芽孢杆菌WB600／pMA5—bgαB,经5L发酵罐发酵收集菌体超声波破壁,冷冻离心后再经过热处理和盐析纯化,比活力达80．3U／mgpr,回收率73．6％,纯化倍数12．4倍。β—半乳糖苷酶在细胞内及破壁后都具有较好的稳定性,60℃热处理对酶构象的影响不大。     

β-半乳糖苷酶和阿拉伯糖异构酶共表达一步法催化乳糖到塔格糖

[目的]构建一株以廉价原料乳糖为底物合成塔格糖的重组菌株,实现一步法高效生物合成稀有糖——塔格糖.[方法]从Escherichia coli K-12基因组中,PCR扩增出阿拉伯糖异构酶araA和β-半乳糖苷酶lacZ基因,以SD-AS为连接子,利用pET28a-1载体串联表达于Escherichia coli BL2...     

大肠杆菌β-D-半乳糖苷酶的纯化与鉴定

大肠杆菌β-D-半乳糖苷酶的两种纯化方法:DEAE A50和sepharose 6B两次层析法、与底物类似物的亲和层析法均可获高纯度酶,后者方法简便,适于大量制备。酶在PAGE上显示六条区带;主区带与其余三条活性带迁移率分别为13.5,7.5,6.3和4.6mm。酶主区带分子量130000。酶与其相应抗体的免疫电泳呈两条沉淀线。酶米氏常数为4.348×10~(-4)M。其SH基含量18.5个/克分子蛋白。酶悬液于4℃保存稳定性较好。活力500u/mg蛋白。可达美国Sigma Ⅵ型规格。该酶可用于抗原、抗体。如某些激素药物半抗原物质的酶免疫分析。     

海枣曲霉β-半乳糖苷酶的催化性质

 通过测定海枣曲霉β-半乳糖苷酶的底物特异性,表明该酶水解对-硝基酚基β-半乳糖苷(PNP-β-gal)的活力最高。该酶水解PNP-β-gal,乳糖和对-硝基酚基β-D-岩藻糖苷(PNP-β-fuc)的相对活力为100,63.1,10.3。不同测定方法的结果均表明,这一PNP-β-fuc水解活性来自β-半乳糖苷酶本身。Hg~(2+)、D-半乳糖和D-半乳糖-r-内酯对该酶有强烈的抑制作用,Ag~+和4mol/l脲也有较强的抑制作用。该酶水解PNP-β-gal和乳糖的Km值分别为1.3及36.2mmol/l,Vmax则分别为478和189μmol.min~(-1).mg~(-1)。Lineweaver-Burk作图法及Dixon作图法均表明D-半乳糖和D-半乳糖酸-γ-内酯对该酶显示竞争性抑制作用,其Ki分别为4和0.9mmol/l。     

嗜酸乳酸杆菌ATCC 4356菌株异源二聚体b-半乳糖苷酶的克隆表达

嗜酸乳酸杆菌(Lactobacillus acidophilus)的异源二聚体β-半乳糖苷酶属于糖苷水解酶2家族,由两个部分重叠、协同翻译的基因编码(lacL和lacM).[目的]克隆表达该酶并测定其酶学特性.[方法]参照已全基因组测序的嗜酸乳酸杆菌NCFM菌株,以嗜酸乳酸杆菌ATCC4356菌株基因组为模板,将lacL的RBS到lacM的终止子之间的序列(2834 bp)克隆到pQE31质粒上,并电转化JM109菌株.以下列步骤纯化表达产物:硫酸铵分级沉淀、阴离子交换、亲和层析和凝胶排阻层析.以凝胶排阻层析测定纯化酶的天然分子量,以邻硝基苯基半乳糖为底物测定其酶学特性.[结果]实现了该酶在JM109菌株中的可溶性表达.其氨基酸序列有一处不同于嗜酸乳酸杆菌NCFM菌株,即其大亚基(LacL)的第512位氨基酸不是组氨酸而是精氨酸.纯化酶比活力为226 U/mg蛋白,天然分子量为96.3±4.6 kDa,最适pH为7,最适温度为49℃,Km和Vmax值分别是:2.18±0.12 mmol/L,273±5 U/mg蛋白.     

Construction of Rhodococcus expression vectors and expression of the aminoalcohol dehydrogenase gene in Rhodococcus erythropolis

NADP⁺-dependent aminoalcohol dehydrogenase (AADH) of Rhodococcus erythropolis MAK154 produces double chiral aminoalcohols, which are used as pharmaceuticals. However, the genetic manipulation of Rhodococcus strains to increase their production of such industrially important enzymes is not well studied. Therefore, I aimed to construct Rhodococcus expression vectors, derived from the Rhodococcus–Escherichia coli shuttle vector pRET1102, to express aadh. The plasmid pRET1102 could be transformed into many actinomycete strains, including R. erythropolis. The transformation ef?ciency for a species closely related to R. erythropolis was higher than that for other actinomycete strains. Promoters of various strengths, hsp, 1200rep, and TRR, were obtained from Gram-positive bacteria. The activity of TRR was stronger than that of hsp and 1200rep. The aadh-expressing plasmid pRET1172 with TRR could be transformed into many actinomycete strains to increase their AADH production. The Rhodococcus expression vector, pRET11100, constructed by removing aadh from the pRET1172 plasmid may be useful for bioconversion.     

Cobalt-dependent transcription of the nitrile hydratase gene in Rhodococcus rhodochrous M8

Abstract The effects of cobalt ions on the activities of Rhodococcus rhodochrous M8 enzymes for nitrile utilization, nitrile hydratase and amidase, were investigated. In contrast to amidase, synthesis of nitrile hydratase and its activity required cobalt ions in the growth medium. Northern blot analysis showed that in the presence of cobalt ions, the level of mRNA for nitrile hydratase genes was several times higher than that under cobalt-limited conditions. It was assumed that the low nitrile hydratase activity in cells grown in the absence of cobalt ions is connected either with the weak expression of nitrile hydratase genes or with the rapid degradation of nitrile hydratase mRNA.     

Expression of nitrile hydratase gene of mutant 4D strain of Rhodococcus rhodochrous PA 34 in Pichia pastoris

The nitrile hydratase (NHase) gene of Rhodococcus rhodochrous PA-34 mutant 4D has been amplified by PCR, cloned and expressed in Pichia pastoris KM-71 using pHIL-D2 expression vector. The recombinant P. pastoris KM-71 exhibited active expression of the nitrile hydratase gene of the mutant 4D and has shown very good potential for the transformation of 3-cyanopyridine to nicotinamide. The recombinant P. pastoris KM-71 exhibited maximum NHase activity when cultivated in YPD medium was supplemented with 0.4?mM cobalt ions. The recombinant P. pastoris KM-71 showed maximum nitrile hydratase enzyme production, when incubated at 30?°C for 15?h.     

Studies on utilization of acetonitrile by Rhodococcus erythropolis A10

A petrochemical wastewater isolate, capable of utilizing high concentrations of acetonitrile and acetamide as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen was identified as Rhodococcus erythropolis A10. Cell-free extracts of acetonitrile-grown cells exhibited activities corresponding to nitrile hydratase (EC 4.2.1.84) and amidase (EC 3.5.1.4), which mediate the two-step breakdown of acetonitrile into acetic acid and ammonia. Studies indicated that both these enzymes in R. erythropolis A10 are intracellular, inducible and capable of hydrolysing a wide range of nitriles, including simple (acetonitrile, propionitrile), branched-chain (isobutyronitrile) and dinitrile (succinonitrile). The specific activity of the amidase was found to be several-fold higher than nitrile hydratase.     

报告基因法比较两种放线菌启动子的活性

摘要：【目的】比较启动子Psf与红霉素抗性基因启动子（PermE*）在链霉菌中的表达强度差异。【方法】本文利用卡那霉素抗性梯度以及邻苯二酚2,3-双加氧酶显色系统,比较了两个启动子的表达差异。【结果】两个启动子在棒状链霉菌(Streptomyces clavuligerus) NRRL3585、天蓝色链霉菌（Streptomyces coelicolor）M145,委内瑞拉链霉菌（Streptomyces venezuelae）ISP5230及变铅青链霉菌（Streptomyces lividans TK     

Firefly luciferase as a reporter of regulated gene expression in higher plants

The firefly luciferase, assayedin vivo with a low-light video camera, acts as a non-invasive, real-time reporter of the temporal and spatial regulation of gene expression in single plants. Furthermore, the sensitivity of the luciferase assay in extracts of transformed plant tissue makes it a particularly useful marker in transient or stable transformation experiments.     

pax2启动子的克隆及其在人胚胎肾293T细胞中的转录活性

目的:克隆paired box2(pax2)基因的启动子,插入荧光素酶报告基因载体中,并检测其活性。方法:采用PCR技术从人乳腺癌细胞系MCF-7基因组中扩增出pax2启动子,插入荧光素酶报告基因载体pGL3-basic中,确定所扩增的DNA序列。将重组的报告基因瞬时转染人胚胎肾293T细胞,检测pax2启动子活性。结果:测序结果显示扩增的pax2启动子序列正确;活性实验表明构建的报告基因具有启动子活性,雌激素受体α(ERα)能以剂量依赖的方式升高pax2报告基因的转录。结论:克隆了pax2启动子,为ERα共调节子的功能研究提供了重要基础。     

The use of the luciferase reporter system forin planta gene expression studies

The properties of the firefly luciferase (LUC) make it a very good nondestructive reporter to quantify and image transgene promoter activity in plants. The short half-life of the LUC mRNA and protein, and the very limited regeneration of the LUC protein after reacting with luciferin, enables monitoring of changes in gene activity with a high time resolution. However, the ease at which luciferase activity is measuredin planta, using a light sensitive camera system (2D-luminometer), contrasts sharply with the complications that arise from interpreting the results. A variegated pattern of luciferase activity, that is often observed inin planta measurements, might either be caused by differences in influx, availability of the substrates (luciferin, oxygen, ATP) or by local differences in reporter gene activity. Here we tested the possible contribution of differences in the availability of each substrate to the variegatedin planta luciferase activity, and we show whenin planta luciferase activity is measured under substrate equilibrium conditions and can be related to the promoter activity of the reporter gene. Furthermore, we demonstrate the effects of protein stability, apparent half-life of luciferase activity, regeneration of luciferase and pH on thein vivo andin vitro luciferase measurements. The combined results give the prerequisites for the correct utilisation of the luciferase reporter system, especially forin vivo gene expression studies in plant research.     

人类RELM-beta基因启动子的结构与功能分析

为克隆人类抵抗素样分子β（resistin-like molecule beta, RELMβ）基因的上游启动子序列,并观察其不同截短片段的启动子活性,以人类基因组DNA为模板,通过PCR扩增方法获得-871～+50 bp、-729～+50 bp、-471～+50 bp、-438～+50 bp、-371～+50 bp大小的RELMβ启动子片段,将其定向克隆入pGL3-Basic载体,构建荧光素酶报告基因载体,并制备转录因子CDX-2结合位点的突变或缺失体.在阳离子脂质体的介导下,报告基因载体分别瞬时转染人胚肾293细胞、结肠癌HCT116和SW480细胞、宫颈癌HeLa细胞.结果发现,各RELMβ启动子片段在293、HCT116、SW480细胞中均有活性,但在HeLa细胞中活性缺失;-471～-438 bp区存在RELMβ启动子的核心调控元件.针对该区域CDX-2转录因子结合位点进行突变,能导致RELMβ启动子活性显著降低;凝胶电泳迁移率实验表明,该区段能结合CDX-2.结果提示,成功克隆了具有活性的RELMβ启动子序列,CDX-2为其重要的转录因子,为研究RELMβ基因的转录调控机制奠定了实验基础.