利用Tn5gusA5对大豆慢生根瘤菌lrp基因的诱变

通过对重组质粒ｐＧＸＮ３００中的 ２．３ｋｂ ＥｃｏＲＩ片段测序分析发现,其上有一完整的ｌｒｐ基因和部分 ｐｕｔＡ基因,与 Ｋｉｎｇ ＮＤ等［１］报道的 Ｂ．ｊａｐｏｎｉｃｕｍ的ｌｒｐ基因ＤＮＡ序列有 ８８％同源性。利用 Ｔｎ５ ｇｕｓＡ５定位 诱变方法,对质粒ｐＧＸＮ３００进行插入诱变,得到２．３ｋｂ　ＥｃｏＲＩ片段上有Ｔｎ５ｇｕｓＡ５插入位点的质粒ｐＧＸＮ３００－ Ｔ３８,将ｐＧＸＮ３００－Ｔ３８转移到大豆馒生根瘤苗（Ｂ．ｊａｐｏｎｉｃｕｍ）ＧＸ２０１中,得到的ＧＸ２０１转移接合子与不相容 质粒ｐＰＨ１ＪＩ发生同源双交换。通过抗性及ｇｕｓＡ活性检测,筛选到一ｌｒｐ基因突变株。Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｍ杂交分析证 明这突变株的 Ｔｎ５ ｇｕｓＡ５插入确实是同源交换而不是转座产生,表明 Ｔｎ５ ｇｕｓＡ５ 诱变可以应用于大豆慢生根 瘤菌中的突变林筛选。     

高温胁迫对根瘤菌Tn5在土壤中的存活及其表型表达的影响

研究了３株弗氏中华根瘤菌（Ｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍｆｒｅｄｉｉ）Ｔｎｓ突变株于适宜温度和高温胁迫两种条件下在土壤中的存活和Ｔｎｓ表型的表达．在适宜温度（２８℃）条件下的灭菌和未灭菌土壤中的存活研究表明生物因素抑制了突变株和野生型的生长．但野生型和突变株的存活种群密度之间无显著差异（Ｐ＝０．０１）．在高温胁迫（４０℃）条件下,土壤中野生型和突变株的种群密度迅速下降,其中部分ＯＮ－２和ＯＮ－３细胞丢失了Ｔｎｓ表型,说明部分细菌的Ｔｎ５表型在高温胁迫条件下不能表达．     

利用Tn5定位诱变筛选紫云英根瘤菌Exo^—变种

利用Ｔｎ５定位诱变方法,对质粒ｐＪＢＢ５进行Ｔｎ５插入诱变,得到１０个Ｔｎ５在５９ｋｂＢ５外源片段上有不同插入位点的质粒ＴＮ１１,ＴＮ１１２,ＴＮ２２,ＴＮ２３,ＴＮ３１,ＴＮ４１,ＴＮ９１,ＴＮ１０１,ＴＮ１３１,ＴＮ１４１。将Ｔｎ１１等分别转移到已经含有不相容质粒ｐＰＨ１ＪＩ的紫云英根瘤菌１０７菌株中,使之发生同源变换。通过抗性选择及表型鉴别,筛选到３株菌落表型干燥（Ｍｕｃ－）的酸性胞外多糖（ＥＰＳ）合成缺陷菌株（Ｅｘｏ－）１０７（ＴＮ２２）,１０７（ＴＮ１０１）,１０７（ＴＮ１３１）。Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交分析证明这３株变种的Ｔｎ５插入确实是同源交换而不是转座产生,表明经过适当改良的Ｔｎ５定位诱变法可以应用于紫云英根瘤菌Ｅｘｏ－变种的筛选。     

毛萼田菁茎瘤菌（Azorhizobium caulinodans）吸氢活性缺陷株的筛…

利用转座子Ｔｎ５随机插入突变法,从毛萼田菁茎瘤菌中筛选得到两株吸氢活性缺陷突变株Ｒ－４９和Ｒ－３０９,其固氮酶活性也大大降低,约为野生型固氮酶活性的６－８％。以带有Ｂｒａｄｙｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍ ｊａｐｏｎｉｃｕｍ的５．９ｋｂ的ｈｕｐ基因的质粒ＰＨＲ１１为探针与Ａ．ｃｏｕｌｉｎｏｄａｍｓＯＲＳ５７１和Ｂ．ｊａｐｏｎｉｃｕｍ１２２ＤＥＳ（Ｈｕｐ）的总ＤＮＡ进行分子杂交,放射自显影表明,Ａ．ｃｏｕｌｉｎ     

紫云英根瘤菌107菌株exo基因簇非连锁突变位点的克隆

用鸟枪法从３株紫云英根瘤菌１０７菌株的胞外多糖合成缺陷变种ＮＡ－０５、ＮＡ－０７和ＮＡ－０８中克隆获得含有１０７菌株ｅｘｏ基因及Ｔｎ５的ｅｘｏ：Ｔｎ５片段。以ｐＲＫ４１５为载体构建１０７菌株ＥｃｏＲＩ酶切后ＤＮＡ片段的部分库,用ｅｘｏ：Ｔｎ５做探针原位杂交得到一个阳性克隆。该克隆的外源片段４．２ｋｂ能恢复３个变种的多糖表型及结瘤固氮能力。酶切分析和Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交表明,３株变种中Ｔｎ５插入位点     

影响紫云英根瘤菌入侵和根瘤发育的exo基因的克隆及分析

紫云英根瘤菌菌株１０７的３个胞外多糖缺陷突变株ＮＡ－０１、０２、０４不具备诱导宿主植物紫云英结瘤的能力。以ＮＡ－０１突变位点的ＤＮＡ面为探针,从可互补这３个变种的ｅｘｏＲ’－１１质粒上亚克隆到２．６ｋｂ的ＤＮＡ片段。互补试验表明,２．６ｋｂ的片段不仅可纠正突变株的胞外多糖缺陷表型,而且使变种恢复诱导宿主植物形成有效根瘤的能力,２．６ｋｂ片段经Ｔｎ５定位突变后丧失这种恢复能力,表明该片段带有对应于３     

紫云英根瘤菌菌株107exo基因簇的遗传互补分析

紫云英根瘤菌菌株１０７经Ｔｎ５插入诱变,得到１２株胞外多糖缺陷型变种,以质粒ｐＭＮ２为载体,从其中７株ＥＰＳ＾－变种内分别构建了７个Ｒ－ｐｒｉｍｅ质粒（ｅｘｏＲ）大部分变种的ＥＰＳ＾－表型可被ｅｘｏＰ互补,恢复野生型表型（ＥＰＳ＾＋）。互补表明,１２株ＥＰＳ＾－变种可分为６个不同的互补群,其中５个在遗传上连锁,ｅｘｏＰ酶切分析,除ｅｘｏＲ－０２,ｅｘｏＲ－０４外,其余５只的外源片段均整合于ｐＭＮ２     

紫云英根瘤菌菌株107exo基因簇的遗传互补分析

紫云英根瘤菌菌株１０７经Ｔｎ５插入诱变,得到１２株胞外多糖缺陷型变种,以质粒ｐＭＮ２为载体,从其中７株ＥＰＳ－变种内分别构建了７个Ｒ－Ｐｒｉｍｅ质粒（ｅｘｏＲ＇）,大部分变种的ＥＰＳ－表型可被ｅｘｏＲ＇互补,恢复野生型表型（ＥＰＳ＋）。互补表明,１２株ＥＰＳ－变种可分为６个不同的互补群,其中５个在遗传上连锁。ｅｘｏＲ＇酶切分析,除ｅｘｏＲ＇－０２,ｅｘｏＲ＇－０４外,其余５只的外源片段均整合于ＰＭＮ２的两同向重复序列ＩＳ２１之间。     

草原土壤N2O释放及全球变暖影响下土壤养分变化的反馈效应

对草原土壤Ｎ２Ｏ释放及其受全球变暖土壤养分变化的影响研究表明,以沼泽泥炭土Ｎ２Ｏ释放量最大,生长季节为１３～１２．２ｋｇＮ·ｈｍ－２·ａ－１,其次灰壤土,为１．５～２．４ｋｇＮ·ｈｍ－２·ａ－１,酸性棕壤最小,为０～３．２ｋｇＮ·ｈｍ－２·ａ－１;Ｎ２Ｏ的释放层灰壤土在０～５ｃｍ,其它２种土壤为０～１０ｃｍ;施肥试验表明,Ｎ、Ｐ肥在生长季节对土壤Ｎ２Ｏ释放量影响不显著,但在生长季末期,Ｎ肥对酸性棕壤及灰壤土Ｎ２Ｏ影响显著,施肥后第３天酸性棕壤由对照的１．３提高到４４．２ｋｇＮ·ｈｍ－２·ａ－１,灰壤土则由对照的１．９提高到３１．１ｋｇＮ·ｈｍ－２·ａ－１,说明全球变暖对土壤有机质分解的影响不会诱发Ｎ２Ｏ释放量的大幅度增加．     

孤儿受体TR3与人CNTF受体基因中顺式元件作用机制的研究

应用两对人工合成的寡核苷酸引物,分别通过ＰＣＲ扩增,得到了ＣＮＴＦＲα－Ｉ５ＮＢＲＥ序列两侧的两个扩增片段,将其和在ＥｃｏＲⅤ位点切开的ｐＴ７ｂｌｕｅ一起定向连接,得到了插入在ｐＴ７ｂｌｕｅ的ＥｃｏＲⅤ位点的缺失了ＮＢＲＥ序列的ＣＮＴＦＲα－Ｉ５,然后再将其切下,插入到具有ＳＶ４０起动子的ＣＡＴ基因表达载体的ＢｇｌⅡ位点,构建了ＣＡＴ报道基因．细胞转染和ＣＡＴ实验表明,缺失ＮＢＲＥ后,ＣＮＴＦＲα－Ｉ５仍具有增强子功能,ＴＲ３通过该增强子对ＣＮＴＦＲα的表达具有诱导作用,说明这种诱导作用并不是单一通过ＮＢＲＥ序列进行的．     

荧光假单胞菌Tn5转座诱变及对青枯病生防特性

目的：利用Tn5转座诱变荧光假单胞菌PF20001,研究所获得的突变株对青枯病的生防效果。方法：利用三亲本杂交方式,将带有转座子Tn5的Tn5-102（含luxAB）的质粒pTR102成功地转入PF20001,利用平板相互拮抗法分析突变株对青枯病致病菌的拮抗作用。结果：通过诱导Tn5转座,得到荧光假单胞菌PF20001的Tn5插入突变库。经平板相互拮抗实验发现,菌株PF20001-lux-48拮抗圈明显大于野生型（半径达0.35cm）。用Tn5-lux特异引物进行PCR扩增,结果显示只有以该突变株的DNA为模板才能得到300bp的扩增产物,证实该菌株基因组中有Tn5插入。结论：Tn5的插入使菌株PF20001对青枯病生物防治能力增强。     

Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 has a truncated nolO gene due to a -1 frameshift mutation that is conserved among other geographically distant S. fredii strains

Strain SVQ121 is a mutant derivative of Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 carrying a transposon Tn5-lacZ insertion into the nolO-coding region. Sequence analysis of the wild-type gene revealed that it is homologous to that of Rhizobium sp. NGR234, which is involved in the 3 (or 4)-O-carbamoylation of the nonreducing terminus of Nod factors. Downstream of nolO, as in Rhizobium sp. NGR234, the noeI gene responsible for methylation of the fucose moiety of Nod factors was found. SVQ121 Nod factors showed lower levels of methylation into the fucosyl residue than those of HH103-suggesting a polar effect of the transposon insertion into nolO over the noel gene. A noeI HH103 mutant was constructed. This mutant, SVQ503, produced Nod factors devoid of methyl groups, confirming that the S. fredii noeI gene is functional. Neither the nolO nor the noeI mutation affected the ability of HH103 to nodulate several host plants, but both mutations reduced competitiveness to nodulate soybean. The Nod factors produced by strain HH103, like those of other S. fredii isolates, lack carbamoyl residues. By using specific polymerase chain reaction primers, we sequenced the nolO gene of S. fredii strains USDA192, USDA193, USDA257, and 042B(s). All the analyzed strains showed the same -1 frameshift mutation that is present in the HH103 nolO-coding region. From these results, it is concluded that, regardless of their geographical origin, S. fredii strains carry the nolO-coding region but that it is truncated by the same base-pair deletion.     

Transposon Tn5 mutagenesis of Pseudomonas fluorescens to isolate mutants deficient in antibacterial activity

Abstract Pseudomonas fluorescens was subjected to insertion mutagenesis studies using the transposon Tn5-GM to generate mutants deficient in antibacterial activity minus mutants. The transposon located on the temperature-sensitive plasmid pCHR84 was conjugally transferred into the non-pathogenic pseudomonad using the triparental mating procedure. Random integration of Tn 5 -GM into the chromosome of P. fluorescens was achieved by heat ttreatment of the transformed cells at 42°C. Approximately 2% of transconjugants revealed an auxotrophic phenotype indicating efficient integration of the employed transposon into the chromosome of P. fluorescens . One transposon insertion mutant was obtained showing an antibacterial activity minus phenotype. This mutant (MM-7) was found to be defective in the production of an unidentified antibacterial compound against B. subtilis . These results introduce Tn 5 transposon mutagenesis as a new useful tool for the molecular analysis of P. fluorescens .     

Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 with altered excision efficiency of transposons Tn5 and Tn9

HFETn5, HFETn9 and LFETn9 mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 have been isolated. The frequency of Tn5 precise excision from the chromosomal lac operon is increased 3-660-fold in nine HFETn5 mutants. The majority of these mutations have no influence on the efficiency of precise excision of transposon Tn9, though hfeTn5-04 and hfeTn5-06 mutations decrease excision efficiency 2-13-fold. The Tn9 transposon is excised in HFETn9 mutant about 20-fold more efficiently than in the wild type strain. This mutation does not stimulate excision of Tn5 and Tn10. LfeTn9 mutation decreases excision frequency of Tn9 11-17-fold, but has no effect on Tn5 excision and increases that of Tn10 about 20-fold. The differences in genetic control and mechanisms of excision of the transposons with long and short inverted repeats are discussed.     

DNA sequence bias during Tn5 transposition

Transposition is one of the primary mechanisms causing genome instability. This phenomenon is mechanistically related to other DNA rearrangements such as V(D)J recombination and retroviral DNA integration. In the Tn5 system, only one protein, the transposase (Tnp), is required for all of the catalytic steps involved in transposon movement. The complexity involved in moving multiple DNA strands within one active site suggests that, in addition to the specific contacts maintained between Tnp and its recognition sequence, Tnp also interacts with the flanking DNA sequence. Here, we demonstrate that Tnp interacts with the donor DNA region. Tnp protects the donor DNA from DNase I digestion, suggesting that Tnp is in contact with, or otherwise distorts, the donor DNA during synapsis. In addition, changes in the donor DNA sequence within this region alter the affinity of Tnp for DNA by eightfold during synapsis. In vitro selection for more stable synaptic complexes reveals an A/T sequence bias for this region. We further show that certain donor DNA sequences, which favor synapsis, also appear to serve as hot spots for strand transfer. The TTATA donor sequence represents the best site. Most surprising is the fact that this sequence is found within the Tnp recognition sequence. Preference for insertion into a site within the Tnp recognition sequence would effectively inactivate one copy of the element and form clusters of the Tn5 transposon. In addition, the fact that several donor DNA sequences, which favor synapsis, appear to serve as hot spots for transposon insertion suggest that similar criteria may exist for Tnp-donor DNA and Tnp-target DNA interactions.     

Transposon Tn5 as an identifiable marker in rhizobia: Survival and genetic stability of Tn5 mutant bean rhizobia under temperature stressed conditions in desert soils

Five transposon Tn5 insertion mutants of a beanRhizobium strain (Rhizobium leguminosarum b. v.phaseoli) were used in an ecological study to evaluate the extent to which transposon Tn5 was stable to serve as an identifiable marker in rhizobia under a high temperature stress condition in two Sonoran Desert soils. All the mutants possessed single chromosomal insertions of the transposon. In both soils, under the temperature stress conditions that were employed (40°C), both wild type and mutant populations possessing functional transposable elements declined rapidly. After 12 days, mutant cells, when screened using the Tn5 coded antibiotic resistance markers, were significantly less in number than when they were screened using only their intrinsic antibiotic resistance markers. There were no significant differences in numbers between the mutant cell population and the wild type when the mutant cells were screened using only the intrinsic antibiotic resistance markers. DNA-DNA hybridizations using a probe indicated neither deletion nor transposition of the transposable element. The results indicate that transposon DNA sequences are present within cells under high temperature stress conditions, but kanamycin/neomycin resistance is not expressed by some of these cells, suggesting that Tn5 undergoes a possible functional inactivation under these conditions. The possible implications of these findings are discussed.     

Mutation in GDP-fucose synthesis genes of Sinorhizobium fredii alters Nod factors and significantly decreases competitiveness to nodulate soybeans

We mutagenized Sinorhizobium fredii HH103-1 with Tn5-B20 and screened about 2,000 colonies for increased beta-galactosidase activity in the presence of the flavonoid naringenin. One mutant, designated SVQ287, produces lipochitooligosaccharide Nod factors (LCOs) that differ from those of the parental strain. The nonreducing N-acetylglucosamine residues of all of the LCOs of mutant SVQ287 lack fucose and 2-O-methylfucose substituents. In addition, SVQ287 synthesizes an LCO with an unusually long, C20:1 fatty acyl side chain. The transposon insertion of mutant SVQ287 lies within a 1.1-kb HindIII fragment. This and an adjacent 2.4-kb HindIII fragment were sequenced. The sequence contains the 3' end of noeK, nodZ, and noeL (the gene interrupted by Tn5-B20), and the 5' end of nolK, all in the same orientation. Although each of these genes has a similarly oriented counterpart on the symbiosis plasmid of the broad-host-range Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234, there are significant differences in the noeK/nodZ intergenic region. Based on amino acid sequence homology, noeL encodes GDP-D-mannose dehydratase, an enzyme involved in the synthesis of GDP-L-fucose, and nolK encodes a NAD-dependent nucleotide sugar epimerase/dehydrogenase. We show that expression of the noeL gene is under the control of NodD1 in S. fredii and is most probably mediated by the nod box that precedes nodZ. Transposon insertion into neoL has two impacts on symbiosis with Williams soybean: nodulation rate is reduced slightly and competitiveness for nodulation is decreased significantly. Mutant SVQ287 retains its ability to form nitrogen-fixing nodules on other legumes, but final nodule number is attenuated on Cajanus cajan.     

Generation of Tn5 insertions in streptococcal conjugative transposon Tn916.

A method has been developed for the introduction of Tn5 into Escherichia coli plasmid chimeras containing Streptococcus faecalis DNA. Tn5 could be introduced via a lambda::Tn5 delivery vehicle. The system proved to be particularly efficient and facilitated insertions at numerous sites on DNA containing the 16-kilobase conjugative transposon Tn916. It was possible to introduce some of the resulting Tn916::Tn5 derivatives back into S. faecalis by using a recently developed protoplast transformation procedure. A presumed zygotic induction resulted in insertion of the Tn916 derivatives at multiple sites in the S. faecalis chromosome.     

Mechanism of F factor-enhanced excision of transposon Tn5

The reversion of lac:: Tn5 insertion mutations was used to examine the control of excision of the kanamycin-resistance transposon Tn5 in Escherichia coli. Earlier work which showed that the fertility factor F enhances Tn5 excision had led another group to suggest that this is due to the product of a putative transposable element-specific "recombination" gene in the F factor which can act on Tn5 located anywhere in the genome. We show, however, that Tn5 is excised from sites in the lac operon of F'lac plasmids several orders of magnitude more efficiently than from the same sites in the chromosomes of F-, F+ or homozygous lac:: Tn5[F'lac:: Tn5] strains. Thus F enhances Tn5 excision, but only if F and Tn5 are in cis in the same DNA molecule. Bacterial crosses showed that transfer of F'lac:: Tn5 plasmids by conjugation stimulates Tn5 excision, and that transfer is frequent even within F' populations. These results suggest that the ability of F to enhance excision is the consequence of DNA transfer in conjugation.