蚯蚓纤溶酶新基因EfP-0的电子克隆及其编码区序列RT-PCR验证

利用生物信息学手段,以期获得蚯蚓纤溶酶F-Ⅰ-0组分的基因。根据从粉正蚓（Lumbricus rubellus）中分离的FⅠ0组分的N端氨基酸序列VVGGSDTTIGQYPHQL,利用DNAMAN软件通过电子克隆方法,从Lumbricidae 的dbEST中获得该组分的核酸序列信息,设计特异引物, 经过RT-PCR,成功地从赤子爱胜蚓（Eisenia foetida）中克隆到一条蚯蚓纤溶酶新基因,命名为EfP-0。EfP-0基因全长678bp, 编码225个氨基酸的成熟肽,属丝氨酸蛋白酶,胰蛋白酶家族,与F-Ⅰ-0组分的氨基酸组成非常接近。BLAST证明,EfP-0与已报道的蚯蚓纤溶酶基因之间的相似性均低于40％,因此为蚯蚓纤溶酶中的一个新基因,GenBank 登录号为DQ836917。构建的pMAL-c2x-EfP-0重组质粒,在大肠杆菌TB1中获得融合蛋白MBP-EfP-0的可溶性表达,表达产物有酪蛋白平板溶解活性。     

蚯蚓纤溶酶组分的抗原性分析

  用热变性蚯蚓纤溶酶(earthworm fibrinolitic enzyme,EFE)组分EfP-0-2、EfP-Ⅰ-1、EfP-Ⅱ-1, 以及重组蛋白EfP-Ⅲ-2为抗原,免疫家兔获得了抗血清,利用获得的抗血清对部分组分的免疫学同一性进行了验证.EfP-0、EfP-Ⅰ、EfP-Ⅱ的免疫双扩散反应表明,EfP-Ⅰ和EfP-Ⅱ具有部分免疫学同一性. 利用DNAMAN软件对获得的EfP-0、EfP-Ⅰ、EfP-Ⅱ、EfP -Ⅲ的蛋白质序列进行了初步分析,包括整个序列相似性比对、氨基酸组成、蛋白酶消化、抗原肽、疏水性和亲水性轮廓等,并对N端氨基酸序列进行了分析.结果表明,EfP-Ⅰ和EfP- Ⅱ具有部分免疫学同一性是由它们蛋白质序列的组成和结构决定的.     

蚯蚓纤溶酶基因(Efp-Ⅰ)在大肠杆菌中的克隆、表达及活性分析

从GenBank查询到的蚯蚓纤溶酶(earthworm fibrinolyti cenzyme,EFE)基因序列中,只有AY438624翻译的蛋白质序列与天然EfP-Ⅰ在N-端具有较高的相似性。根据该基因的5′与3′序列设计引物,通过RT-PCR从赤子爱胜蚓(Eisenia fetida)获得一个完整的基因(GenBank,DQ418454)。序列分析证明,由该基因编码蛋白质的N-末端与天然EfP-Ⅰ的N-末端的氨基酸顺序完全相同。ScanProsite prediction programs分析显示,该基因与AY438624相似性极高,二者均属于胰蛋白酶家族;不同的是,该基因编码蛋白质的序列中含有N-糖苷键的结构域,所以DQ418454是EfP-Ⅰ中的一个新基因。在此基础上,构建了该基因的原核表达载体pMAL-c2X-Efp-Ⅰ,并进行了转化、诱导和表达。Western blotting证明,表达产物同时具有MBP和EfP-Ⅰ的抗原特异性,是MBP和EfP-Ⅰ的融合蛋白(MBP-EfP-Ⅰ)。经亲和层析分离纯化的MBP-EfP-Ⅰ,在酪蛋白平板和纤维蛋白平板上表现出明显的纤溶酶活性。     

蚯蚓纤溶酶基因的克隆与序列分析

目的:获取蚯蚓纤溶酶(EFE)的基因,并对其进行序列分析。方法:从赤子爱胜蚓中提取总RNA,然后利用RT-PCR技术扩增EFE的基因,并将其插入pUCm-T载体,经PCR和酶切鉴定后进行序列测定及分析。结果:DNA序列分析表明,所克隆的EFE基因全长为738bp,其中编码区段为735bp,共编码245个氨基酸残基,成熟肽为238个氨基酸残基。与GenBank中已报道的粉正蚓的EFE序列F-Ⅲ-2的同源性最高,两者在核苷酸序列上有2处不同,即第137位(T→C)和第632位(G→T),密码子也因而分别由GTC、GGT变为GCC、GTT,导致第46位、211位的氨基酸残基分别由缬氨酸、甘氨酸变为丙氨酸和缬氨酸。结论:从赤子爱胜蚓中成功克隆了1条EFE基因F245。序列测定及同源性分析表明,蚯蚓纤溶酶F245与已报道的多条EFE基因序列具有高度同源性,且具备完整的编码区。该序列的克隆为用基因工程的方法生产单一成分的高酶活性EFE奠定了基础。     

Eisenia fetida中蚯蚓纤溶酶P-Ⅲ组分序列多态性

为了探讨蚯蚓纤溶酶P—Ⅲ组分序列多态性及其与蚓种关系。从Eisenia fetida中提取总RNA,利用P-Ⅲ组分序列两端的保守性设计引物,通过RT—PCR获得P—Ⅲ组分基因,并构建该组分质粒（pUC18）文库,经PCR筛选后进行序列测定及分析。在原已获得的Efp-Ⅲ-1和Efp-Ⅲ-3的基础上,利用中间引物从文库中筛选到Efp-Ⅲ-2基因。序列分析表明,该基因编码序列为720bp,编码239个氨基酸,与GenBank报道的点Efp-Ⅲ-2五条序列整体相似性高达99．02％。通过序列比对,发现Efb-Ⅲ-1、2和3具有完全相同的结构域,差异位点零星分布在序列中间;Lumbricus rubellus的六条序列同样具有Eisenia fetida这个特点,并无明显差异。序列比对证明它们是蚯蚓体内P-Ⅲ组分基因多态性的表现,而且在Lumbricidae科中与蚓种无关。     

重组海蚯蚓纤溶酶的克隆、表达及活性鉴定北大核心CSCD

纤溶酶在溶栓治疗中起重要作用,能够溶解血凝块的主要成分纤维蛋白。采用RACE方法从海蚯蚓消化道组织中扩增出海蚯蚓纤溶酶编码序列,构建该基因原核表达载体,并进一步构建工程菌表达融合蛋白,经Ni2+树脂柱纯化后通过平板法检测该融合蛋白纤维蛋白酶原激活活性。结果获得海蚯蚓纤溶酶的c DNA序列和氨基酸序列,并成功构建重组表达载体p ET-21a-AFE,表达纯化出融合蛋白,该融合蛋白能够激活纤维蛋白酶原而溶解纤维蛋白。总之,本研究获得了海蚯蚓纤溶酶的c DNA序列和氨基酸序列,并初步证明其具有纤维蛋白酶原激活活性,为临床新型溶栓药物的开发提供实验基础。     

重组海蚯蚓纤溶酶的克隆、表达及活性鉴定

纤溶酶在溶栓治疗中起重要作用,能够溶解血凝块的主要成分纤维蛋白。采用RACE方法从海蚯蚓消化道组织中扩增出海蚯蚓纤溶酶编码序列,构建该基因原核表达载体,并进一步构建工程菌表达融合蛋白,经Ni2+树脂柱纯化后通过平板法检测该融合蛋白纤维蛋白酶原激活活性。结果获得海蚯蚓纤溶酶的c DNA序列和氨基酸序列,并成功构建重组表达载体p ET-21a-AFE,表达纯化出融合蛋白,该融合蛋白能够激活纤维蛋白酶原而溶解纤维蛋白。总之,本研究获得了海蚯蚓纤溶酶的c DNA序列和氨基酸序列,并初步证明其具有纤维蛋白酶原激活活性,为临床新型溶栓药物的开发提供实验基础。     

蚯蚓纤溶酶基因P239的原核表达、纯化及活性测定

通过RT-PCR方法从蚯蚓(Lumbricus bimastus)中获得蚯蚓纤溶酶基因,命名为P-239,含有 852 个核苷酸,成熟肽编码 239 个氨基酸,通过Genbank 序列同源性比较,与已知的蚯蚓纤溶酶有一定的同源性,为首次获得的新基因.随后构建了pBV-220/P-239重组质粒,在大肠杆菌DH5α中进行原核表达,再经亲和层析柱纯化复性,其产物经活性测定,确定不仅具有激酶作用,而且具有直接溶栓活性.     

蚯蚓纤溶酶基因（Efp-Ⅰ）在大肠杆菌中的克隆、表达及活性分析

从GenBank查询到的蚯蚓纤溶酶（earthworm fibrinolytic enzyme,EFE）基因序列中,只有AY438624翻译的蛋白质序列与天然EfP-Ⅰ在N-端具有较高的相似性。根据该基因的5′与3′序列设计引物,通过RT-PCR从赤子爱胜蚓(Eisenia fetida)获得一个完整的基因（GenBank,DQ418454）。序列分析证明,由该基因编码蛋白质的N-末端与天然EfP-Ⅰ的N-末端的氨基酸顺序完全相同。ScanProsite prediction programs分析显示,该基因与AY438624相似性极高,二者均属于胰蛋白酶家族;不同的是,该基因编码蛋白质的序列中含有N-糖苷键的结构域,所以DQ418454是EfP-Ⅰ中的一个新基因。在此基础上,构建了该基因的原核表达载体pMAL-c2X-Efp-Ⅰ,并进行了转化、诱导和表达。Western blotting证明,表达产物同时具有MBP和EfP-Ⅰ的抗原特异性,是MBP和EfP-Ⅰ的融合蛋白（MBP-EfP-Ⅰ）。经亲和层析分离纯化的MBP-EfP-Ⅰ,在酪蛋白平板和纤维蛋白平板上表现出明显的纤溶酶活性。     

蚯蚓纤溶酶基因（Efp-Ⅰ）在大肠杆菌中的克隆、表达及活性分析

从GenBank查询到的蚯蚓纤溶酶（earthworm fibrinolytic enzyme,EFE）基因序列中,只有AY438624翻译的蛋白质序列与天然EfP-Ⅰ在N-端具有较高的相似性。根据该基因的5′与3′序列设计引物,通过RT-PCR从赤子爱胜蚓(Eisenia fetida)获得一个完整的基因（GenBank,DQ418454）。序列分析证明,由该基因编码蛋白质的N-末端与天然EfP-Ⅰ的N-末端的氨基酸顺序完全相同。ScanProsite prediction programs分析显示,该基因与AY438624相似性极高,二者均属于胰蛋白酶家族;不同的是,该基因编码蛋白质的序列中含有N-糖苷键的结构域,所以DQ418454是EfP-Ⅰ中的一个新基因。在此基础上,构建了该基因的原核表达载体pMAL-c2X-Efp-Ⅰ,并进行了转化、诱导和表达。Western blotting证明,表达产物同时具有MBP和EfP-Ⅰ的抗原特异性,是MBP和EfP-Ⅰ的融合蛋白（MBP-EfP-Ⅰ）。经亲和层析分离纯化的MBP-EfP-Ⅰ,在酪蛋白平板和纤维蛋白平板上表现出明显的纤溶酶活性。     

Lipoxygenase activities of human platelets and their subcellular fractions: Comparison between lipoxygenase-deficient platelets and normal platelets

Lipoxygenase activities were estimated in washed platelets (intact platelets) and their subcellular fractions obtained from 7 patients with deficient platelet lipoxygenase activities and 9 normal subjects. From sonicated platelet preparations, 12,000 g supernatant (F-I), cytosol (F-II) and microsomal fractions (F-III) were prepared by differential centrifugation. When 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE) produced by the incubation of arachidonic acid with intact platelets or each of their subcellular fractions from normal subjects was measured by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography analysis, the lipoxygenase activities of F-I, F-II and F-III were 87%, 31% and 17%, respectively, of the enzyme activity of intact platelets. One of the patients showed no detectable lipoxygenase activity in any preparation, while the other patients showed reduced enzyme activities in all preparations. The addition of CaCl2 significantly increased 12-HETE synthesis solely by F-I from these patients. In most of these patients, contrary to normal subjects, it appeared that the lipoxygenase activity was not fully expressed in intact platelets, since the F-I produced more 12-HETE than the intact platelets.     

Partial purification and properties of a phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate hydrolyzing phospholipase C from the soluble fraction of soybean sprouts

Three soluble enzyme fractions (F-I, F-II, and F-III) that hydrolyze phophoinositides were separated from soybean sprouts by using Matrex green gel column chromatography. Among the three phosphatidylinositol (PI)-specific phopholipsase C (PLC) enzymes, only the third fraction (F-III) was able to hydrolyze phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) as well as phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylinositol phosphate (PIP) as substrates. The F-I and F-II fractions only showed enzymatic activities for PI and PIP. The PIP2-hydrolyzing PLC protein, F-III, was partially purified using the chromatographic steps of the Matrex green gel, phenyl Toyopearl, Matrex orange gel, Mono S cation exchange, and superose 6 gel filtration columns. The molecular weight of the F-III protein was estimated to be about 64 kDa on SDS-PAGE. The protein showed immunocross-reactivity with a polyclonal antibody that was prepared against the X and Y motifs of animal PLC enzymes, the conserved catalytic domains. Ca2+ ion critically affected the PIP2-hydrolyzing PLC activity of the F-III protein, representing maximal activity at 10 microM Ca2+ concentration. The PIP2-hydrolyzing PLC activity of the protein was also significantly increased by sodium deoxycholate (SDC) from 0.05 to 0.08%. However, the activity was greatly reduced above the concentration, and no activity was detected at 0.3% SDC. In addition, the protein exhibited maximal PIP2-hydrolyzing PLC activity at pH, in the range of 6.5-7.5.     

Characterization of Potent Fibrinolytic Enzymes in Earthworm,Lumbricus rubellus

Stable and potent fibrinolytic enzymes (six homogeneous proteins) were purified to homogeneity from extracts of the lyophilized powder of an earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus. The molecular weight of each enzyme estimated by SDS–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was different from those by gel filtration chromatography in the six purified proteins. The exact molecular weight of each enzyme (F-III-2, F-III-1, F-II, F-I-2, F-I-l, and F-I-0) measured by ionspray MS analysis was 29, 662, 29, 667, 24, 664, 24, 220, 24, 196, and 23,013, respectively. The isoelectric point (pI) of each enzyme was 3.40, 3.60, 4.20, 4.00, 4.30, and 4.85, respectively. The enzymes were single polypeptide chains. They had a very strong fibrinolytic activity and the maximum reactivity for chromogenic substrates from pH 9-11. The enzymes, acidic proteins that had abundant asparagine and aspartic acid, and low lysine in their amino acid composition, did not contain component sugars. The enzymes were stable at from pH 1-11 and up to 60°C. Studies on substrate specificity and inhibition indicated that these enzymes were alkaline trypsin-like serine proteases. N-Terminal amino acid sequences of the enzymes had local similarities to those of trypsin-like enzymes such as elastase and coagulation factor IX. From the results of amino acid sequence, amino acid composition analyses and immunological analyses, it was suggested that these six enzyme proteins were derived as isozyme(s) from at least four different genes.     

Isolation of two endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases from fig latex

Two endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidases (mannosyl-glycoprotein 1,4-N-acetamidodeoxy-beta-D-glycohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.96) (type F-I and type F-II) have been isolated from fig latex. At pH 7.0, type F-1 was retained by the DEAE-Sephadex A-50 column, whereas type F-II was not adsorbed by the column. The optimum pH of type F-I was found to be pH 5.9 and type F-II, pH 5.4. Type F-I enzyme hydrolyzes the tri-mannosyl derivatives di-N-acetylglucosaminylasparagine faster than the penta- or hexa-mannosyl compounds. Type F-II hydrolyzes the penta- and hexa-mannosyl derivatives, but not the tri-mannosyl compound.     

Cloning and molecular characterization of the beta toxin (phospholipase C) gene of Clostridium haemolyticum

The phospholipase C (PLPC) gene from Clostridium haemolyticum was amplified using the polymerase chain reaction. Primers were selected from a consensus sequence of closely related clostridial PLPC genes and used to amplify an 871-base pair internal segment of the gene. The internal sequence was used to design nested primers that, together with adapter-specific primers, were used to amplify upstream and downstream sequences. The sequences of upstream and downstream segments were aligned with the internal segment to obtain the entire gene sequence. Primers were selected from the aligned sequence, and the entire gene was amplified, and the PCR product was inserted by ligatation into the pCR 2.1 plasmid. An open reading frame that encodes a 399-amino acid protein, containing a 27-amino acid signal sequence, was identified (GenBank Accession Number AF525415). The molecular weight of the active protein was 42869 Da. A 16-amino acid N-terminal sequence, determined by Edman degradation, exactly matched the putative amino acid sequence of the gene product. Together, N-terminal peptide sequencing and tryptic digestion followed by MALDI-ToF mass spectroscopy verified 48% of the amino acid sequences of the active beta toxin. Comparison of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences with Gene-bank databases demonstrated that the beta toxin of C. haemolyticum exhibits high homology with other bacterial PLPCs. The N-terminal portion of the beta toxin contains zinc-binding residues common to clostridial and other bacterial PLPCs, and it shows 34% homology to the N-terminal domain of bovine arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase. The C-terminal domain of the beta toxin protein shows considerable homology with the C-terminal domains of C. novyi type A PLPC, C. perfringens alpha toxin, C. bifermentens PLPC, although the percent identity between the N-terminal regions is much higher overall than that in the C-terminal domain.     

蚯蚓纤溶酶组分的抗原性

以大豆胰蛋白酶抑制剂为配基 ,通过亲和层析制备出的蚯蚓纤溶酶 (EFE)含有 11～ 13个组分 .为了了解这些组分的相互关系 ,用EFE免疫家兔获得了抗血清 .利用该抗血清与已纯化的 10个组分进行免疫双扩散 ,根据形成沉淀线的形状可以将上述 10个组分分为 4大组 .各组内组分之间的沉淀线完全融合 (免疫反应同一性 ) ;组间沉淀线交叉 (免疫反应非同一性 )或为支线 (免疫反应部分同一性 ) .这种按免疫学性质分组与根据分子量大小、氨基酸组成和N端氨基酸序列分组基本吻合 .上述结果为EFE的分类提供了依据 .     

眼镜王蛇泛素融合蛋白基因和核糖体蛋白L30基因的克隆及分析

从广西产眼镜王蛇（Ophiophagus hannah）毒腺中抽提总RNA,经mRNA纯化后构建眼镜王蛇毒腺cDNA文库。从所构建的cDNA文库中,随机筛选200个克隆测序,得到两个在进化上高度保守的基因：泛素融合蛋白基因（GenBank登录号为AF297036）和核糖体蛋白L30基因（GenBank登录号是AF297033）。前者cDNA的开放阅读框为387bp,后者为348bp。前者编码128个氨基酸残基组成的泛素融合蛋白前体;后者编码115个氨基酸残基组成的核糖体蛋白L30前体。由cDNA序列推导出的氨基酸序列分析表明,泛素融合蛋白前体包括N-末端的泛素结构域（76个氨基酸残基）和C-末端的核糖体蛋白L40结构域（52个氨基酸残基）。该蛋白为一高碱性蛋白,C末端含有一个“锌指”模式结构。与16个物种比较的结果表明,眼镜王蛇与脊椎动物的泛素融合蛋白氨基酸序列相似度较高,具有高度的保守性。     

Regulatory region of the heat shock-inducible capR (lon) gene: DNA and protein sequences.

The CapR protein is an ATP hydrolysis-dependent protease as well as a DNA-stimulated ATPase and a nucleic acid-binding protein. The sequences of the 5' end of the capR (lon) gene DNA and N-terminal end of the CapR protein were determined. The sequence of DNA that specifies the N-terminal portion of the CapR protein was identified by comparing the amino acid sequence of the CapR protein with the sequence predicted from the DNA. The DNA and protein sequences established that the mature protein is not processed from a precursor form. No sequence corresponding to an SOS box was found in the 5' sequence of DNA. There were sequences that corresponded to a putative -35 and -10 region for RNA polymerase binding. The capR (lon) gene was recently identified as one of 17 heat shock genes in Escherichia coli that are positively regulated by the product of the htpR gene. A comparison of the 5' DNA region of the capR gene with that of several other heat shock genes revealed possible consensus sequences.     

Cloning, expression and sequencing the molybdenum-pterin binding protein (mop) gene of Clostridium pasteurianum in Escherichia coli

mop is the structural gene for the molybdenum-pterin binding protein, which is the major molybdenum binding protein in Clostridium pastuerianum. The mop gene was detected by immunoscreening genomic libraries of C. pastuerianum and identified by determining the nucleotide sequence of the cloned insert of clostridial DNA. The deduced amino acid sequence of an open reading frame proved to be identical to the first twelve residues of purified Mop. The DNA sequence flanking the mop gene contains promoter-like consensus sequences which are probably responsible for the expression of Mop in Escherichia coli. The deduced amino acid composition shows that the protein is hydrophobic, lacks aromatic and cysteine residues and has a calculated molecular weight of 7,038. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of Mop has sequence homology with DNA binding proteins. The pattern and type of residues in the N-terminal region suggest it forms the helix-turn-helix structure observed in DNA binding proteins. We propose that Mop may be a regulatory protein binding the anabolic source of molybdenum.