地中海拟无枝酸杆菌甲基丙二酰CoA转羧基酶的纯化及酶学特性

经硫酸铵沉淀,ＤＥＡＥ－纤维素吸附,磷酸纤维素吸附和Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ４Ｂ分子筛层析四步从地中海拟无枝酸杆菌纯化得到电泳纯ＭＣＴ酶,酶比活力为３．２１Ｕ／ｍｇ,纯化倍数１７８,酶活回收１４．９％。酶反应的最适ｐＨ和温度分别为７．０和３５℃。纯化ＭＣＴ酶对底物丙酰ＣｏＡ和草酰乙酸的米氏常数分别为０．０２７ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ０．０３５０９ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ．经ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１５０测定酶分子量为２０００００,ＳＤＳ－取丙烯酰胺电泳凝胶显示一条分子量６８０００的亚基蛋白带,说明该酶由三个等大小亚基组成．薄层等电聚焦测定酶等电点为ｐＩ６．０．二价金属离子Ｃｏ￣（２＋）和Ｆｅ￣（３＋）促进酶活力．采用原生质体裂解的方法发现ＭＣＴ酶是可能分布于胞浆和细胞膜上．     

Cloning, sequencing and expression of a recA gene from Amycolatopsis mediterranei

The 3.5 kb nucleotide fragment, including the recA gene and its downstream recX-like gene, has been isolated from a genomic library by dot-blot hybridization with the Mycobacterium smegmatis recA gene. The recA gene, consisting of 1047 base pairs (bp), encodes a polypeptide of 348 amino acids while the recX-like gene, consisting of 450 bp, encodes a shorter polypeptide of 149 amino acids. Both the deduced amino acid sequences of recA and recX resemble those of the recA and recX genes from other bacteria. The cloned Amycolatopsis mediterranei U32 recA gene conferred partial resistance to ethyl methane sulfonate when expressed in E. coli with the lacZ promoter.     

力复霉素产生菌地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32丙氨酸脱氢酶基因克隆及表达

丙氨酸脱氢酶(EC1411)可逆催化丙氨酸脱氨生成丙酮酸和NADH。它是生物体内的氨基酸代谢和氨同化途径的关键酶。在地中海拟无枝菌酸菌(Amycolatopsis mediterranei)U32中,丙氨酸脱氢酶的活力与力复霉素的生物合成有负相关现象,其活力受KNO3全局效应的调控。根据结核分枝杆菌(Mycobacterium tuberculosis)和天蓝链霉菌(Streptomyces coelicolor)的丙氨酸脱氢酶氨基酸的保守序列和地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32对氨基酸密码子的使用偏好,设计一对简并PCR引物。以此引物从地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32中扩增到一555bp的片段,并以此片段为探针从地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32 基因组cosmid文库中成功的克隆到了丙氨酸脱氢酶结构基因(ald)。它编码了一个371个氨基酸的蛋白质,基因的GC含量为72.5％,符合链霉菌的基因结构特征。在起始密码子的上游6个碱基处,有一典型的链霉菌核糖体结合位点(RBS)：AGGAGG,第75位的氨基酸为赖氨酸,是丙酮酸结合位点。以pET28b为载体,在E.coli BL21(DE3)中高效表达了ald基因。用IPTG在22℃时诱导得到的丙氨酸脱氢酶活力最高。用HisTag柱纯化了表达的丙氨酸脱氢酶。酶学性质研究表明该酶专一性以LAla和NAD(H)为底物。     

地中海拟无枝菌酸菌(Amycolatopsis mediteranei)U-32硝酸还原酶的定位、纯化及性质

在力复霉素ＳＶ研究中,发现硝酸盐对抗生素合成呈现多效性作用,不仅大幅度提高产量,还对产生菌——地中海拟无枝菌酸菌生理产生多方面的影响,从而提出整体性调节的结论．这一多效性作用是由硝酸盐所引起的,为此对硝酸还原酶进行了研究．首先,通过原生质体渗透裂解发现地中海拟无枝菌酸菌Ｕ－３２的硝酸还原酶是一个胞质酶．该酶极不稳定,缓冲液中加入硝酸钾、甘油等保护剂能极大地提高其稳定性．通过硫酸鱼精蛋白沉淀,硫酸铵分级分离,Ｐｈｅｎｙｌ－ＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅＣＬ４Ｂ、Ｂｉｏ－ＧｅｌＡ１．５ｍＤＥＡＥ－Ｓｅｐｈａｃｅｌ和ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－７５柱层析等多步纯化得到了电泳纯的硝酸还原酶．该酶为一７９ｋＤ的单亚基酶,每分子酶含有约２．２９原子的钼,但并不含有非血红素铁、酸不稳定硫、ＦＭＮ及ＦＡＤ,其等电点为６．２,反应最适ｐＨ为７．２,最适温度为４０℃．对硝酸根的Ｋｍ值为１３．３μｍｏｌ／Ｌ．同时分析了该酶的吸收光谱．     

地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U-32硝酸还原酶的基因克隆

Southern杂交分析表明在地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U-32染色体DNA和黑曲霉niaD(硝酸还原酶基因)之间存在着明显的同源性。利用异源niaD探针从地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U-32基因文库中筛选得到一个能与niaD杂交的5.0kb的PstⅠ片段。该片段经同位素标记后能与地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U-32染色体上一个相同的PstⅠ片段杂交,位于这一片段上的2.1kb SmaⅠ-EcoR Ⅴ片段只能与以硝酸盐为唯一氮源的总RNA杂交,而不能与相同条件下以铵盐为唯一氮源的总RNA杂交,这些结果表明,所克隆到的5.0kb PstⅠDNA片段含有地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U-32的硝酸还原酶基因。这是好氧细菌硝酸还原酶基因克隆的首次报道。由该酶蛋白分子量推测,其结构基因大小在1.5kb左右,进一步的杂交分析发现在5.0kb的PstⅠ片段中含有完整的NR基因。用20种限制酶对重组质粒pJL1进行了限制酶酶谱的构建,发现有10种酶在pJL1外源片段上无切点,6种酶为单切点,EcoRⅠ与SmaⅠ各有两个切点。     

尤马马杜拉放线菌染色体复制区的克隆及功能分析

尤马马杜拉放线菌(Actinomadura yumaensis)NRRL12515产生马杜拉霉素,用于防治禽类球虫病。试验以放线菌dnaA与dnaN基因保守区设计的简并引物进行PCR扩增,获得了包含尤马马杜拉放线菌的染色体复制区oriC的片段,并进行了序列分析和复制功能的研究。尤马马杜拉放线菌染色体的oriC全长为919碱基对,含有14个DnaA盒子和2个AT富含区,DnaA盒子的保守序列是(T/C)(T/C)GTCC(A/C)CA,与已发表的3个属的放线菌染色体oriC的序列特征不同。携带该oriC片段的大肠杆菌质粒可以在天蓝色链霉菌中复制并以低拷贝方式遗传,表明这是一段有复制功能的序列。比较来自放线菌4个属的oriC,发现以oriC序列和以16S rRNA基因序列构建的进化树十分相似,表明oriC序列也可以体现放线菌物种之间的关系。     

地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32中生物素羧基载体蛋白结构基因的克隆、表达及转录

乙酰辅酶A羧化酶(Acetyl CoA Carboxylase EC 6.4.1.2, ACC)催化依赖于ATP的乙酰辅酶A羧化形成丙二酸单酰辅酶A,该反应是脂肪酸生物合成途径中的第一步,也是受到调控的关键一步。根据结核分枝杆菌(M. tuberculosis)和天蓝色链霉菌(S. coelicolor)中ACC-α亚基的氨基酸保守序列和地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32对氨基酸密码子的使用偏好,设计简并引物以U32基因组DNA为模板扩增出一条约250bp的片段,并以此片段作探针成功地从U32基因组cosmid文库中克隆到相应的ACC-α亚基的编码基因accA。该基因对应的ORF长1797bp,编码一个598个氨基酸的蛋白,推算出的分子量是63,714Da;基因G+C mol%含量为70.1%,符合U32基因结构特征,距起始密码子GTG上游6个碱基处有链霉菌典型的RBS序列AGGAGG,并有生物素羧化酶特征的ATP结合区。利用pET28(b)系统构建表达载体,在E. coli BL21(DE3)中实现了accA的诱导表达,产物大部分以可溶形式存在,并通过Western Blot证明该蛋白上确有共价结合的生物素。Northern Blot分析了各种氮源对accA基因转录水平的不同影响。     

利用同源重组建立地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32染色体的基因置换/中断系统

地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32是力复霉素SV的工业产生菌,其遗传操作一直是一个难题。在该菌株DNA高效电转化的基础上,利用同源重组的原理,建立了地中海拟无枝菌酸菌染色体的基因置换/中断系统。通过大肠杆菌重组质粒pDK110构建、转化及两步重组筛选,成功地用α淀粉酶基因（amy）取代了地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32染色体上的3-氨基-5-羟基苯甲酸合成酶基因（ahbas）。第一步单交换和第二步双交换的频率分别是0.5%～0.7% 和 2%。将质粒pDK110变性后转化可显著提高重组频率,在第二步筛选双交换前对单交换重组子进行电击也能够提高其双交换重组的频率。此外,通过转化构建的两端带同源区段的线性DNA片段及一步重组筛选,我们在地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32染色体的amrD,rifO基因中间插入了阿普拉霉素抗性基因（apr）,其效率约为30～50转化子/μgDNA。     

Isolation and characterization of 27-O-demethylrifamycin SV methyltransferase provides new insights into the post-PKS modification steps during the biosynthesis of the antitubercular drug rifamycin B by Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699

The gene rif orf14 in the rifamycin biosynthetic gene cluster of Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699, producer of the antitubercular drug rifamycin B, encodes a protein of 272 amino acids identified as an AdoMet: 27-O-demethylrifamycin SV methyltransferase. Frameshift inactivation of rif orf14 generated a mutant of A. mediterranei S699 that produces no rifamycin B, but accumulates 27-O-demethylrifamycin SV (DMRSV) as the major new metabolite, together with a small quantity of 27-O-demethyl-25-O-desacetylrifamycin SV (DMDARSV). Heterologous expression of rif orf14 in Escherichia coli yielded a 33.8-kDa polyhistidine-tagged polypeptide, which efficiently catalyzes the methylation of DMRSV to rifamycin SV, but not that of DMDARSV or rifamycin W. 27-O-Demethylrifamycin S was methylated poorly, if at all, by the enzyme to produce rifamycin S. The purified enzyme does not require a divalent cation for catalytic activity. While Ca(2+) or Mg(2+) inhibits the enzyme activity slightly, Zn(2+), Ni(2+), and Co(2+) are strongly inhibitory. The K(m) values for DMRSV and S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) are 18.0 and 19.3 microM, respectively, and the K(cat) is 87s(-1). The results indicate that DMRSV is a direct precursor of rifamycin SV and that acetylation of the C-25 hydroxyl group must precede the methylation reaction. They also suggest that rifamycin S is not the precursor of rifamycin SV in rifamycin B biosynthesis, but rather an oxidative shunt-product.     

Stability of plasmid pA387 derivatives in Amylcolatopsis mediterranei producing rifamycin

Genetic studies on the biosynthesis of rifamycins in producer strains such as Amylcolaptopsis mediterranei U-32 are severely hampered by the availability of efficient transformation procedures and stable plasmid vectors. Using an efficient electroporation procedure we have studied the replication and stability of a pA387 derivative, pDXM32. This plasmid confers enhanced plasmid stability and copy number compared to pA387 derivatives commonly used as cloning vectors in A. mediterranei. Deletion derivatives in the region previously identified as being a minimal replication origin were also examined with respect to their ability to transform A. mediterranei and at least one locus was essential for replication. A 5.4 kbp DNA fragment was sequenced and annotated encoding the replication and plasmid stability functions. A parA homologue was identified which is likely to confer plasmid stability.     

Cloning and Preliminary Characterization of <Emphasis Type="Italic">lh3</Emphasis> Gene Encoding a Putative Acetyltransferase from a Rifamycin SV-Producing Strain <Emphasis Type="Italic">Amycolatopsis mediterranei</Emphasis>

An ORF located immediately downstream of glnR gene was cloned from Amycolatopsis mediterranei U32 and was named lh3. Sequence analysis revealed that lh3 encodes a putative acetyltransferase, which shows high amino acid sequence similarities to the mycothiol synthase (MshD) from other actinomycetes. For functional analysis, mutation in lh3 gene was generated by gene replacement with an apramycin resistance gene through homologous recombination. Compared with the wild type strain, the resulting mutant was more sensitive to H₂O₂, apramycin and erythromycin by two- to three-fold. These results suggest that the lh3 gene plays an important role in the course of detoxification in A. mediterranei U32.     

Functional analysis of two putative chromosomal replication origins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Two autonomously replicating elements previously isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa were characterized in vitro for pre-priming complex formation using combinations of replication proteins from P. aeruginosa and Escherichia coli. The results of these studies showed that the P. aeruginosa DnaA and DnaB proteins could form a pre-priming complex on plasmid templates containing either of the two autonomously replicating elements of P. aeruginosa, pYJ50 (containing oriCI), and pYJ52 (containing oriCII), or the E. coli chromosomal origin (plasmid pYJ2). The E. coli DnaA, DnaB, and DnaC proteins were also able to form a pre-priming complex on pYJ2, pYJ50, and pYJ52. Neither pYJ50 nor pYJ52 could be established in E. coli, suggesting a block in steps subsequent to the formation of the pre-priming complex. Similarly, pYJ2 could not be established in P. aeruginosa. Since pYJ50 and pYJ52 could be established in P. aeruginosa and both putative origins form a pre-priming complex in vitro, attempts were made to delete each of these two putative origins. The results indicate that the oriCI sequence is essential for cell viability under typical laboratory growth conditions but that oriCII is not.     

Cloning and sequence analysis of the putative rifamycin polyketide synthase gene cluster from Amycolatopsis mediterranei

The 54-kbp Type I polyketide synthase gene cluster, most probably involved in rifamycin biosynthesis by Amycolatopsis mediterranei, was cloned in E. coli and completely sequenced. The DNA encodes five closely packed, very large open reading frames reading in one direction. As expected from the chemical structure of rifamycins, ten polyketide synthase modules and a CoA ligase domain were identified in the five open reading frames which contain one to three polyketide synthase modules each. The order of the functional domains on the DNA probably reflects the order in which they are used because each of the modules contains the predicted acetate or propionate transferase, dehydratase, and β-ketoacyl-ACP reductase functions, required for the respective step in rifamycin biosynthesis.     

A complex role of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Amycolatopsis mediterranei</Emphasis> GlnR in nitrogen metabolism and related antibiotics production

Amycolatopsis, genus of a rare actinomycete, produces many clinically important antibiotics, such as rifamycin and vancomycin. Although GlnR of Amycolatopsis mediterranei is a direct activator of the glnA gene expression, the production of GlnR does not linearly correlate with the expression of glnA under different nitrogen conditions. Moreover, A. mediterranei GlnR apparently inhibits rifamycin biosynthesis in the absence of nitrate but is indispensable for the nitrate-stimulating effect for its production, which leads to the hyper-production of rifamycin. When glnR of A. mediterranei was introduced into its phylogenetically related organism, Streptomyces coelicolor, we found that GlnR widely participated in the host strain’s secondary metabolism, resemblance to the phenotypes of a unique S. coelicolor glnR mutant, FS2. In contrast, absence or increment in copy number of the native S. coelicolor glnR did not result in a detectable pleiotrophic effect. We thus suggest that GlnR is a global regulator with a dual functional impact upon nitrogen metabolism and related antibiotics production.     

Bacterial type I glutamine synthetase of the rifamycin SV producing actinomycete, Amycolatopsis mediterranei U32, is the only enzyme responsible for glutamine synthesis under physiological conditions

The structural gene for glutamine synthetase, glnA, from Amycolatopsis mediterranei U32 was cloned via screening a genomic library using the analog gene from Streptomyces coelicolor. The clone was functionally verified by complementing for glutamine requirement of an Escherichia coli glnA null mutant under the control of a lac promoter. Sequence analysis showed an open reading frame encoding a protein of 466 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acid sequence bears significant homologies to other bacterial type I glutamine synthetases, specifically, 71% and 72% identical to the enzymes of S. coelicolor and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, respectively. Disruption of this glnA gene in A. mediterranei U32 led to glutamine auxotrophy with no detectable glutamine synthetase activity in vivo. In contrast, the cloned glnA^＋ gene can complement for both phenotypes in trans. It thus suggested that in A. mediterranei U32, the glnA gene encoding glutamine synthetase is uniquely responsible for in vivo glutamine synthesis under our laboratory defined physiological conditions.     

The function of the nuclear matrix attachment region of silkworm rDNA as an autonomously replicating sequence in plasmid and chromosomal replication origin in yeast

Nuclear matrix attachment regions (MARs) play a crucial role in chromatin architecture, gene expression, and DNA replication. Although it is well known that yeast autonomously replicating sequences (ARSs) bind nuclear matrix and MARs also function as ARS elements in yeast, whether a heterologous MAR or ARS element acts as a replication origin in the chromosome has not been elucidated. We previously identified a MAR (rMAR) located in the nontranscribed spacer (NTS) of silkworm Attacus ricini rDNA. We report here that this rMAR contains 10 copies of ARS consensus sequence (ACS) and several DNA unwinding regions. The rMAR employs ARS activity in yeast and a rARS element locates in the 3(') region of the rMAR. Furthermore, we have also revealed that either the rMAR or the rARS element functions as a replication origin in the chromosome. Our results provide the first direct evidence to demonstrate that heterologous rMAR and rARS display chromosomal origin activity, suggesting that the chromosome structure and replication origin of rDNA reserve some common features during evolution.     

地中海拟无枝菌酸菌U32中amrC／amkC基因的序列分析及在大肠杆 …

从力复霉素ＳＶ产生菌－－地中海拟无枝菌酸菌（Ａｍｙｃｏｌａｔｏｐｓｉｓ ｍｅｄｉｔｅｒｒａｎｅｉ）Ｕ３２的硝酸盐同化基因簇的上游克隆了一个２．６ｋｂ的ＥｃｏＲＩ－ＸｈｏＩ ＤＮＡ片段并测定其序列。序列分析表明,该ＤＮＡ片段编码两个完整的开放阅读框架（ＯＲＦ）,ＯＲＦ２的起始密码子ＧＴＧ与ＯＲＦ１的终止密码子ＴＧＡ在ＴＧ处重叠。ＯＲＦ１编码一个含２２４个氨基酸的多肽,它同放线菌中典型的应答调节蛋白包     

红球菌线型质粒pNSL1的克隆、测序和复制区的鉴定

从红球菌NS1中检测到两个线型质粒pNSL1和pNSL2。【目的】克隆、测序和分析pNSL1,并鉴定质粒的复制区。【方法】利用脉冲电泳方法从凝胶中回收大量的质粒DNA,进行鸟枪法克隆、测序和拼接,通过生物信息学分析和实验证明质粒的自主复制区。【结果】克隆、测序和拼接获得pNSL1全长为117252bp的序列,包括在红球菌中保守的1282bp端粒的序列。序列预测含有103个蛋白编码区,包括质粒的复制、分配、转移等功能基因。将pNSL1中一个与分枝杆菌质粒的复制基因同源的pNSL1.038及其上游的767bp非编码序列克隆到大肠杆菌质粒,电击转化珊瑚诺卡氏菌4.1037,获得了抗性转化子。【结论】克隆、测序了全长的线型质粒pNSL1,鉴定了质粒的复制区。