植物脂肪酸脱饱和酶特性及转基因研究进展

脂肪酸代谢是有机体的基本代谢之一。植物体内首先合成的是饱和脂肪酸,然后在脂肪酸脱饱和酶作用下形成不饱和脂肪酸。目前已经从很多植物中克隆到了脂肪酸合成相关的酶,并对其功能进行了鉴定。详细介绍了近年来应用基因工程技术对植物油中不饱和脂肪酸含量和组分进行改造所取得的进展,并对其在植物抗性育种中的应用进行了展望。     

脂酰脱饱和酶

脂酰脱饱和酶 (ｄｅｓａｔｕｒａｓｅ)在脂酰链中引入双键 ,由脱饱和酶催化的反应称为脱饱和反应 (ｄｅｓａｔｕｒａｔｉｏｎ)。脱饱和酶在控制生物膜的形成与物理性质 ,决定贮脂与膜脂的脂肪酸组成与不饱和度方面起着关键作用。1 .脂酰脱饱和酶分类脂酰脱饱和酶分布很广泛 ,存在于所有植物、动物和微生物中 ,脱饱和酶可以根据作用的底物分为 3种 :(1 )酰基 ＡＣＰ脱饱和酶 ,在脂酰 ＡＣＰ中引入双键 ,主要见于植物质体的基质中 ;(2 )酰基 脂脱饱和酶 ,为膜结合蛋白 ,存在于内质网、植物叶绿体膜和藻青菌类囊体膜 ,在糖脂结合态的脂肪酸中引…     

Nicardipine and Nifedipine Inhibit Fatty Acid Desaturases in Rat Liver Microsomes

Nicardipine and nifedipine, Ca channel blockers, inhibited rat liver microsomal desaturases, though verapamil, methoxyverapamil, cinnarizine, flunarizine, and diltiazem did not. However, nicardipine and nifedipine apparently did not inhibit the fungal desaturation in Mortierella alpina 1S-4. Nicardipine inhibited rat liver microsomal Δ5 desaturase specifically (50% inhibitory concentration, 170 μm), and nifedipine inhibited Δ6 desaturase specifically (78 μm). The inhibition by nicardipine and nifedipine is uncompetitive, the K_i values for Δ5 and Δ6 desaturases being 62 and 44 μm, respectively.     

植物脂肪酸去饱和酶及其编码基因研究进展

脂肪酸去饱和酶是催化脂肪酸链特定位置形成双键和产生不饱和脂肪酸的酶类。植物脂肪酸去饱和酶主要有5种（FAD2、FAD3、FAD6、FAD7和FAD8）,可分为ω-3型（FAD2、FAD6）和ω-6型（FAD3、FAD7、FAD8）两大类。其编码基因（FAD2、FAD3、FAD6、FAD7和FADS）在植物中一般有多个拷贝。同种基因在不同植物中拷贝数不同,同一植物中相同基因的不同拷贝间在序列特征、表达调控和功能等方面也存在显著差异。本文根据国内外对脂肪酸去饱和酶基因及编码产物的研究现状,分别从它们的分类、拷贝数、结构、作用机制、表达调控等方面的研究进展进行了详细的分类阐述。     

植物脂肪酸去饱和酶及其编码基因研究进展

脂肪酸去饱和酶是催化脂肪酸链特定位置形成双键和产生不饱和脂肪酸的酶类。植物脂肪酸去饱和酶主要有5种(FAD2、FAD3、FAD6、FAD7和FAD8), 可分为ω-3型 (FAD2、FAD6)和ω-6型(FAD3、FAD7、FAD8)两大类。其编码基因(FAD2、FAD3、FAD6、FAD7和FAD8)在植物中一般有多个拷贝。同种基因在不同植物中拷贝数不同, 同一植物中相同基因的不同拷贝间在序列特征、表达调控和功能等方面也存在显著差异。本文根据国内外对脂肪酸去饱和酶基因及编码产物的研究现状, 分别从它们的分类、拷贝数、结构、作用机制、表达调控等方面的研究进展进行了详细的分类阐述。     

The Evolution of Fatty Acid Desaturases and Cytochrome b5 in Eukaryotes

Desaturases that introduce double bonds into the fatty acids are involved in the adaptation of membrane fluidity to changes in the environment. Besides, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are increasingly recognized as important pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compounds. To successfully engineer organisms with increased stress tolerance or the ability to synthesize valuable PUFAs, detailed knowledge about the complexity of the desaturase family as well as understanding of the coevolution of desaturases and their cytochrome b5 electron donors is needed. We have constructed phylogenies of several hundred desaturase sequences from animals, plants, fungi and bacteria and of the cytochrome b5 domains that are fused to some of these enzymes. The analysis demonstrates the existence of three major desaturase acyl-CoA groups that share few similarities. Our results indicate that the fusion of Δ⁶-desaturase-like enzymes with their cytochrome b5 electron donor was a single event that took place in the common ancestor of all eukaryotes. We also propose the Δ⁶-desaturase-like enzymes as the most probable donor of the cytochrome b5 domain found in fungal Δ⁹-desaturases and argue that the recombination most likely happened soon after the separation of the animal and fungal ancestors. These findings answer some of the previously unresolved questions and contribute to the quickly expanding field of research on desaturases.     

酸适应对一株乳酸乳球菌膜脂肪酸组成和膜蛋白表达的影响

[目的]筛选具有较强酸适应能力的菌株,研究酸适应对其膜脂肪酸组成和膜蛋白表达的影响.[方法]从20株菌中筛选出一株具有较强酸适应能力的乳酸乳球菌KLDS4.0312,以GC-MS法测定该菌酸适应前后膜脂肪酸组成变化;对酸适应前后该菌膜蛋白的差异表达进行双向电泳分析.[结果]酸适应后,该菌膜不饱和脂肪酸含量从30.77%上升到42.93%,饱和脂肪酸含量从69.23%下降到57.07%,且有一种新的长链单不饱和脂肪酸C<,19:1>-n6被诱导产生.酸适应过程中至少有65个蛋白质点表达出现显著差异,其中上调的蛋白质点有43个,减弱表达的蛋白质点有22个.而添加氯霉素后,菌株的酸适应能力消除,可能与氯霉素抑制新蛋白的合成有关.[结论]说明细胞膜脂肪酸组成的适应性改变和应激蛋白的诱导产生是该菌主要的酸适应机制.     

Characterization of 19 Genes Encoding Membrane-Bound Fatty Acid Desaturases and their Expression Profiles in Gossypium raimondii Under Low Temperature

To produce unsaturated fatty acids, membrane-bound fatty acid desaturases (FADs) can be exploited to introduce double bonds into the acyl chains of fatty acids. In this study, 19 membrane-bound FAD genes were identified in Gossypium raimondii through database searches and were classified into four different subfamilies based on phylogenetic analysis. All 19 membrane-bound FAD proteins shared three highly conserved histidine boxes, except for GrFAD2.1, which lost the third histidine box in the C-terminal region. In the G. raimondii genome, tandem duplication might have led to the increasing size of the FAD2 cluster in the Omega Desaturase subfamily, whereas segmental duplication appeared to be the dominant mechanism for the expansion of the Sphingolipid and Front-end Desaturase subfamilies. Gene expression analysis showed that seven membrane-bound FAD genes were significantly up-regulated and that five genes were greatly suppressed in G. raimondii leaves exposed to low temperature conditions.     

人心型脂肪酸结合蛋白(H-FABP)的原核表达、纯化和冻干品的制备

目的：获得重组人心型脂肪酸结合蛋白,分析其活性及制备冻干品。方法：从GenBank中检索人源H-FABP CDs 序列,合成基因后构建原核表达载体pET-28a（+）-H-FABP。将表达载体转入E.coli BL21（DE3）,摸索pET-28a（+）-H-FABP最佳诱导条件,表达并纯化重组蛋白。使用检测试剂检测纯化后的重组H-FABP活性,研究最佳冻干方案并考察冻干品的稳定性。结果：经过优化诱导条件,重组H-FABP在BL21（DE3）中以可溶性蛋白形式表达。诱导条件为OD₆₀₀≈0.6,IPTG终浓度0.4mmol/L,30℃诱导4h。通过Ni²⁺亲和层析纯化可得到纯度大于95%的重组H-FABP蛋白。重组H-FABP冻干品可以在37℃稳定保存12d,25℃、4℃稳定保存至少4个月。结论：本项研究中的重组H-FABP表达体系成熟、蛋白活性高,冻干品稳定性好,为后续研究提供了稳定高效的生物原材料。     

The Effect of Dietary Sterol on the Activity of Fatty Acid Desaturases Isolated from Tetrahymena setosa

Tetrahymena setosa has a nutritional requirement for micro amounts of sterol, a requirement which is also satisfied by relatively large amounts of either intact phospholipids or a mixture of unsaturated fatty acids normally found in these ciliates. Three microsomal fatty acyl-CoA desaturases have been isolated from T. setosa and partially characterized. These enzymes which can account for the formation of the majority of the ciliate's unsaturated fatty acids, include: a Δ9, a Δ12 and a Δ6 desaturase which catalyze the transformation of stearoyl-CoA to oleic acid, of oleoyl-CoA to linoleic acid and of linoleoyl-CoA to ?-linolenic acid, respectively. The stearoyl CoA desaturase required NAD (or NADP), ATP and free CoA; the Δ6 and Δ12 desaturases required NADP, but not ATP or CoA. Cellular levels of the three desaturases were highest in mid-logarithmic phase cells and lowest in stationary phase cells. In order to determine if there was a relationship between the sterol requirement and the ability of the organism to desaturate, T. setosa was grown in a synthetic medium supplemented with either cholesterol or a phospholipid which permits growth in the absence of cholesterol, or with both phospholipid and cholesterol. Cells grown with phospholipid alone had only half as much stearoyl-CoA and oleoyl-CoA desaturase activity as cells of identical culture age grown either on cholesterol alone or on cholesterol plus phospholipid.     

肌肉脂肪酸转运膜蛋白及其相互关系

肌肉（骨骼肌）组织对脂肪酸的利用水平是影响机体能量稳态的关键因素.肌肉摄取的长链脂肪酸(long chain fatty acids,LCFAs)主要依赖细胞膜载体蛋白协助的跨膜转运过程.近年来,一系列与脂肪酸转运相关的膜蛋白被相继克隆鉴定,其中在肌肉中大量表达的有脂肪酸转运蛋白-1（fatty acid transport protein-1,FATP-1）、膜脂肪酸结合蛋白（plasma membrane fatty acid binding protein,FABPpm）、脂肪酸转位酶（fatty acid translocase,FAT/CD36）和小窝蛋白-1（caveolin-1）.研究上述肌肉脂肪酸转运膜蛋白的结构功能、调控机制及相互关系,可能为肥胖等脂类代谢紊乱疾病的诊治提供新的手段.     

Purification and Characterization of Fatty Acid Cyclooxygenase from Human Platelets

Abstract

The fatty acid cyclooxygenase (EC 1.14.99.1) that produces the prostaglandin, thromboxane, and prostacyclin precursor (PGHp), was solubilized from human platelet microsomes in 20 sucrose and 1.0% Triton X-100. The enzyme was purified 300-fold by electrofocusing, Sephadex G-200 gel filtration, and hydrophobic chromatography on ethyl agarose. The cyclooxygenase catalyzed the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandin endoperioxide, PGH₂, that was trapped at ?25°C and separated on TLC at ?20°C. PGH₂ was hydrolyzed to HHT in acidic pH, or was chemically converted to PGE₂ in slightly alkaline pH in the absence of cofactors. The enzyme showed a broad pH optimum in the range of 7–9. Hemin containing substances such as methemoglobin were absolutely required as cofactors, while tryptophan, epinephrine, phenol, and hydro-quinone stimulated the PGH₂ formation. Metal ions, such as Zn²⁺ and Cd²⁺ inhibited the enzyme reaction at 0.1 to 1 mM.

The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated at 79,432 by sodium dodecyl sulfate disc gel electrophoresis at pH 8.0. The properties of the human platelet enzyme was generally similar to the sheep vesicular enzyme in the method of solubilization, pH optimum, and molecular weight.     

Expression and Purification of Membrane Proteins in Different Hosts

International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics - Membrane proteins play important functions, such as cellular communication and transferring materials in the cell. Many membrane...     

逆境对真菌膜脂肪酸成分的影响

利用气相色谱对真菌膜脂肪酸在逆境下的变化进行研究,发现低温胁迫时膜上的不饱和脂肪酸较多,低碳源浓度、低氧浓度和高盐浓度胁迫时,膜上不饱和脂肪酸的含量反而出现降低。表明不同逆境胁迫时,真菌中膜的脂肪酸含量不一样。     

发菜膜脂及其脂肪酸组成

对野生发菜（Ｎｏｓｔｏｃ ｆｌａｇｅｌｌｉｆｏｒｍｅ Ｂｏｒｎ．ｅｔ Ｆｌａｈ）的膜脂（主要成分为类囊体膜脂）及其脂肪酸组成进行了测定分析。发菜的膜脂由单半乳糖甘油二酯（ＭＧＤＧ）、双半乳糖甘油三酯（ＤＧＤＧ）、磷酯酰甘油（ＰＧ）和硫代异鼠李糖甘油二酯（ＳＱＤＧ）组成,其酯酰基连接有棕榈酸（１６：０）、十六碳烯酸（１６：１）、硬脂酸（１８：０）、油酸（１８：１）、亚油酸（１８：２）和亚麻酸（１８：     

Effect of Temporal Expression of Integral Membrane Proteins by Baculovirus Expression Vector System

Integral membrane proteins (IMPs) are popular target for drugs, but their resolved structures have been overlooked when compared with cytosolic proteins. The main reason is that IMPs usually need intensive post-translational modifications and they are bound to membranes, which increase the complexity of purifying or crystalizing them. Although different expression systems are used to express IMPs, baculovirus is considered one of the most successful expression systems for those proteins. Despite that, there are always unknown discrepancies in the level of IMPs expression in the baculovirus expression system. Retrospective studies have shown that expression of an immunoglobulin (anti-Chymase mouse monoclonal IgG1) driven by vp39 promoter was more efficient compared to its expression under polyhedrin (polh) promoter; however, this conclusion was not tested on different IMPs to generalize such a conclusion. In this study, the expression of eight different IMPs has been compared under vp39 and polh promoters of Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus. Although different IMPs have shown different patterns of expression, the expression driven by vp39 promoter was found to be generally more efficient than the polh promoter.     

发菜膜脂及其脂肪酸组成

对野生发菜(Nostocflagelliforme Bom.et Flab)的膜脂(主要成分为类囊体膜脂)及其脂肪酸组成进行了测定分析.发菜的膜脂由单半乳糖甘油二酯(MGDG)、双半乳糖甘油二酯(DGDG)、磷酯酰甘油(PG)和硫代异鼠李糖甘油二酯(SQDG)组成,其酯酰基连接有棕榈酸(16:0)、十六碳烯酸(16:1)、硬脂酸(18:0)、油酸(18:1)、亚油酸(18:2)和亚麻酸(18:3)6种脂肪酸.发菜的不饱和脂肪酸含量可达总脂的73%,特别是16:1和18:3分别高达29%和34%,远远高于已报道的其他蓝藻,说明了发菜类囊体膜具有较强的抗逆性特点.同时还对复水30 min和复水后生长24 h的发菜膜脂及其脂肪酸组成进行了分析.结果表明,复水对野生发菜的膜脂及其脂肪酸组成没有显著影响,说明发菜的膜脂和脂肪酸组成在干燥-吸水过程中能保持很高的稳定性.     

重组SARS冠状病毒M蛋白的表达、纯化及鉴定

SARS冠状病毒是人的严重急性呼吸综合征的病原体。根据对其他种类冠状病毒的研究结果 ,膜蛋白 (M蛋白 )是病毒主要的结构蛋白 ,重组M蛋白可被用来作为抗原检测对应冠状病毒的感染和制备疫苗。SARS病毒M蛋白基因克隆到原核表达载体pMAL cRI中 ,利用N端和C端分别融合麦芽糖结合蛋白 (maltosebindingprotein和MxeGyrAinteinCBD的策略 ,在大肠杆菌中初步表达了重组M蛋白 ,并通过Western印迹和质谱对蛋白质进行了鉴定。重组蛋白质经亲和层析得到了部分纯化 ,纯化后的蛋白质将用于功能研究与诊断试剂盒的研制。