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, molecular characterization and heterologous expression of AMY1, an alpha-amylase gene from Cryptococcus flavus

A Cryptococcus flavus gene (AMY1) encoding an extracellular alpha-amylase has been cloned. The nucleotide sequence of the cDNA revealed an ORF of 1896 bp encoding for a 631 amino acid polypeptide with high sequence identity with a homologous protein isolated from Cryptococcus sp. S-2. The presence of four conserved signature regions, (I) (144)DVVVNH(149), (II) (235)GLRIDSLQQ(243), (III) (263)GEVFN(267), (IV) (327)FLENQD(332), placed the enzyme in the GH13 alpha-amylase family. Furthermore, sequence comparison suggests that the C. flavusalpha-amylase has a C-terminal starch-binding domain characteristic of the CBM20 family. AMY1 was successfully expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The time course of amylase secretion in S. cerevisiae resulted in a maximal extracellular amylolytic activity (3.93 U mL(-1)) at 60 h of incubation. The recombinant protein had an apparent molecular mass similar to the native enzyme (c. 67 kDa), part of which was due to N-glycosylation.     

Gene cloning of an endoglucanase from the basidiomycete Irpex lacteus and its cDNA expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A gene (cen1) coding for an endoglucanase I (En-1) was isolated from white rot fungus Irpex lacteus strain MC-2. The cen1 ORF was comprised of 399 amino acid residues and interrupted by 14 introns. The deduced amino acid sequence of the cen1 ORF revealed a multi-domain structure composed of a cellulose-binding domain, a Ser-/Thr-rich linker, and a catalytic domain from the N-terminus. It showed a significant similarity to those of other endoglucanases that belong to family 5 of glycosyl hydrolases. cen1 cDNA was inserted into a yeast expression vector, YEpFLAG-1, and introduced into Saccharomyces cerevesiae. The resulting S. cerevisiae transformant secreted a recombinant En-1 that had enzymatic properties similar to the original En-1. A strong synergistic effect for a degradation of Avicel and phosphoric acid swollen cellulose was observed when recombinant En-1 was used together with a major exo-type cellobiohydrolase I of I. lacteus MC-2.     

啤酒酵母AS2.1416海藻糖合成酶基因tps1的cDNA克隆及序列分析

海藻糖 (Ｔｒｅｈａｌｏｓｅ,α ｇｌｕｃｏｐｙｒａｎｏｓｙｌ α 1,1 Ｄ ｇｌｕｃｏｐｙｒａ ｎｏｓｅ)是一种非还原性二糖 ,广泛存在于藻类、细菌、昆虫、无脊椎动物及酵母等许多生物体内。海藻糖除了作为一种储存性碳源外 ,业已被证明在许多逆境 ,诸如高温、高盐、干旱、重金属离子污染、冷冻、辐射等情况下 ,可以有效地保护生物的细胞膜、蛋白质及核酸[1～ 6] 。海藻糖合成酶为一多酶体系。在酵母细胞中 ,其合成分为两步进行。第一步 ,在 6 磷酸海藻糖合成酶 (Ｔｐｓ1)的作用下 ,由ＵＤＰ 葡萄糖和葡萄糖 6 磷酸合成海藻糖 6 磷酸 …     

絮凝基因(FLOIG)的序列测定及分析

虽然酵母细胞絮凝的确切机制至今尚无定论,但已克隆了多个与絮凝相关的基因,如FLOI、FLO5、FLO11等[1-3].这些基因的表达可以赋予非絮凝酵母细胞以絮凝能力.酵母细胞的絮凝特性在酿造工业、固定化酶、精细化工和物生制药等领域具有广泛的应用价值[4,5].从一株强絮凝酿酒酵母菌株中克隆到一个约4.3kb的NDA片段,酵母转化实验证明该DNA片段能够赋予非絮凝酵母菌株以絮凝能力[6].本文简要报道对该DNA片段进行序列测定和分析的结果.     

家蚕超长链脂肪酸延长酶基因Bmelo424的克隆及功能分析

超长链脂肪酸延长酶家族基因影响生物体的多种生理功能。文中克隆了家蚕的一个该家族成员Bmelo424基因,其ORF为558 bp。该基因的蛋白序列预测有4个跨膜结构域,并有6个丝氨酸磷酸化位点、8个苏氨酸磷酸化位点和4个酪氨酸磷酸化位点,其亚细胞定位于内质网中,二级结构分析结果显示其α-螺旋和β-折叠股分别占26.7%和20%。荧光定量PCR结果显示Bmelo424基因在家蚕各组织均有表达,尤其在头部表达量最高。通过在酿酒酵母中异源表达Bmelo424基因的方法研究其对脂肪酸延伸的作用,GC-MS结果表明,携带pYES2-Bmelo424重组质粒的酿酒酵母的C16:1n-7脂肪酸含量有显著提高,而C16:0、C18:0和C18:1n-9的含量下降。温度胁迫结果显示,Bmelo424基因能够提高酿酒酵母的低温适应能力,但却降低其高温适应能力。这为探究家蚕Bmelo424基因的功能提供了参考。     

Molecular cloning and overexpression of the gene encoding an NADPH-dependent carbonyl reductase from Candida magnoliae, involved in stereoselective reduction of ethyl 4-chloro-3-oxobutanoate

An NADPH-dependent carbonyl reductase (S1) isolated from Candida magnoliae catalyzed the reduction of ethyl 4-chloro-3-oxobutanoate (COBE) to ethyl (S)-4-chloro-3-hydroxybutanoate (CHBE), with a 100% enantiomeric excess, which is a useful chiral building block for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. The gene encoding the enzyme was cloned and sequenced. The S1 gene comprises 849 bp and encodes a polypeptide of 30,420 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence showed a high degree of similarity to those of the other members of the short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase superfamily. The S1 gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli under the control of the lac promoter. The enzyme expressed in E. coli was purified to homogeneity and had the same catalytic properties as the enzyme from C. magnoliae did. An E. coli transformant reduced COBE to 125 g/l of (S)-CHBE, with an optical purity of 100% enantiomeric excess, in an organic solvent two-phase system.     

Cloning and analysis of a Candida maltosa gene which confers resistance to formaldehyde in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

A gene (FDH1) of Candida maltosa which confers resistance to formaldehyde in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was cloned and its nucleotide sequence determined. The gene has a single intron which possesses the highly conserved splicing signals found in S. cerevisiae introns. We demonstrated that processing of the pre-mRNA of the cloned gene occurred identically in both S. cerevisiae and C. maltosa. The predicted amino acid sequence from the cloned gene showed 65.5% identity to human alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) class III and 23.9% identity to S. cerevisiae ADH1. The most probable mechanism of resistance to formaldehyde is thought to be the glutathione-dependent oxidation of formaldehyde which is characteristic for ADH class III. The cloned FDH1 gene was successfully employed as a dominant selectable marker in the transformation of S. cerevisiae.     

Cloning of the human cDNA which can complement the defect of the yeast mannosyltransferase I-deficient mutant alg 1

The assembly of the lipid-linked oligosaccharide, Glc(3)Man(9)GlcNAc(2)-P-P-Dol, occurs on the rough ER membrane in an ordered stepwise manner. The process is highly conserved among eukaryotes. In order to isolate the human mannosyltransferase I (MT-I) gene involved in the process, we used the Saccharomyces cerevisiae MT-I gene ( ALG1 ), which has already been cloned. On searching the EST database with the amino acid sequence of the ALG1 gene product, we detected seven related human EST clones. A human fetal brain cDNA library was screened by PCR using gene-specific primers based on the EST nucleotide sequences and a 430 bp cDNA fragment was amplified. The cDNA library was rescreened with this 430 bp cDNA, and two cDNA clones (HR1-3 and HR1-4) were isolated and sequenced. On a homology search of the EST database with the nucleotide sequence of HR1-3, we detected a novel human EST clone, AA675921 (GenBank accession number). Based on the nucleotide sequences of AA675921 and HR1-4, we designed gene-specific PCR primers, which allowed to amplify a 1.8 kb cDNA from human fetal brain cDNA. This cDNA was cloned and shown to contain an ORF encoding a protein of 464 amino acids. We designated this ORF as Hmat-1. The amino acid sequence deduced from the Hmat-1 gene showed several highly conserved regions shared with the yeast and nematode MT-I sequences. Furthermore, this 1.8 kb cDNA successfully complemented the S. cerevisiae alg1-1 mutation, indicating that the Hmat-1 gene encodes the human MT-I and that the function of this enzyme was conserved between yeast and human.     

Cloning, molecular characterization and heterologous expression of AMY1, an α-amylase gene from Cryptococcus flavus

A Cryptococcus flavus gene ( AMY1 ) encoding an extracellular α-amylase has been cloned. The nucleotide sequence of the cDNA revealed an ORF of 1896 bp encoding for a 631 amino acid polypeptide with high sequence identity with a homologous protein isolated from Cryptococcus sp. S-2. The presence of four conserved signature regions, (I) ¹⁴⁴DVVVNH¹⁴⁹, (II) ²³⁵GLRIDSLQQ²⁴³, (III) ²⁶³GEVFN²⁶⁷, (IV) ³²⁷FLENQD³³², placed the enzyme in the GH13 α-amylase family. Furthermore, sequence comparison suggests that the C. flavus α-amylase has a C-terminal starch-binding domain characteristic of the CBM20 family. AMY1 was successfully expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae . The time course of amylase secretion in S. cerevisiae resulted in a maximal extracellular amylolytic activity (3.93 U mL⁻¹) at 60 h of incubation. The recombinant protein had an apparent molecular mass similar to the native enzyme ( c . 67 kDa), part of which was due to N-glycosylation.     

四翅滨藜AcDHN基因的克隆及其抗逆功能分析

脱水素（dehydrin,DHN）是一类胚胎发育后期丰富蛋白（LEA）,在植物脱水条件下能保护细胞内蛋白质和膜结构免受破坏。本研究中,从四翅滨藜（Atriplex canescens）cDNA文库克隆得到逆境胁迫相关蛋白基因AcDHN的全长cDNA（登录号：JN974246）,并进行序列分析。将4cD鼢别插入到原核表达载体pET28a和双元表达载体pYES-DEST52中,通过转化大肠杆菌和酿酒酵母进行原核表达分析和真核表达分析。结果表明：AcDHN序列全长为1408bp,完整的开放阅读框长为1017bp,由338个氨基酸残基组成,预测蛋白质分子量为38.3kDa,理论等电点为6．47,AcDHN与仙人掌中DHN蛋白同源性为55％。AcDHN基因在大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中诱导表达出分子质量约45．2kDa的融合蛋白。重组酵母菌株能表现出艮好抗逆性,特别是对NaCl、低温、Na2CO3和NaHCO3胁迫的抗逆性,其中抗碱胁迫能力表现最强。     

Molecular cloning and expression of the hyu genes from Microbacterium liquefaciens AJ 3912, responsible for the conversion of 5-substituted hydantoins to alpha-amino acids, in Escherichia coli

A DNA fragment from Microbacterium liquefaciens AJ 3912, containing the genes responsible for the conversion of 5-substituted-hydantoins to alpha-amino acids, was cloned in Escherichia coli and sequenced. Seven open reading frames (hyuP, hyuA, hyuH, hyuC, ORF1, ORF2, and ORF3) were identified on the 7.5 kb fragment. The deduced amino acid sequence encoded by the hyuA gene included the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the hydantoin racemase from M. liquefaciens AJ 3912. The hyuA, hyuH, and hyuC genes were heterologously expressed in E. coli; their presence corresponded with the detection of hydantoin racemase, hydantoinase, and N-carbamoyl alpha-amino acid amido hydrolase enzymatic activities respectively. The deduced amino acid sequences of hyuP were similar to those of the allantoin (5-ureido-hydantoin) permease from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, suggesting that hyuP protein might function as a hydantoin transporter.     

Cloning of the alpha-amylase cDNA of Aspergillus shirousamii and its expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

alpha-Amylase cDNA was cloned and sequenced from Aspergillus shirousamii RIB2504. The putative protein deduced from the cDNA open reading frame (ORF) consisted of 499 amino acids with a molecular weight of 55,000. The amino acid sequence was identical to that of the ORF of the Taka-amylase A gene of Aspergillus oryzae, while the nucleotide sequence was different at two and six positions in the cDNA ORF and 3' non-coding regions, respectively, so far determined. The alpha-amylase cDNA was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the control of the yeast ADH1 promoter using a YEp-type plasmid, pYcDE1. The cDNA of glucoamylase, which was previously cloned from the same organism, was also expressed under the same conditions. Consequently, active alpha-amylase and glucoamylase were efficiently secreted into the culture medium. The amino acid sequence of the N-terminal regions of these enzymes purified from the yeast culture medium confirmed that the signal sequences of these enzymes were cleaved off at the same positions as those of the native enzymes of A. shirousamii.