吸水链霉菌NND-52-C基因工程宿主载体系统的构建

吸水链霉菌NND-52-C菌株是大环内酯类抗生素-阿扎霉素B的高产菌株。采用原生质体转化技术,将来自变铅青链霉菌TK24菌株的pU702质粒转化吸水链霉菌NND-52-C菌株的原生质体,建立了吸水链霉菌NND-52-C菌株的基因工程宿主载体系统。确定了NND-52-C菌株原生质体制备和再生的条件,其原生质体形成率达到10^8／mL,再生率约为0．2％,转化率为10^2-10^3个转化子／μg质粒DNA。     

人肿瘤坏死因子基因在变铅青链霉菌中的克隆与表达

以质粒ｐＩＪ４８６为载体,将来源于质粒ｐＨＴ１的肿瘤坏死坏因子（ＴＮＦ－ａ）ｃＤＮＡ克隆至变铅青链霉菌,以新霉素（３０μｇ／ｍｌ）为选择标记,获得了数百转化子,实验表明Ｎｏ．７转化子ｓ．ｌｉｖｉｄａｎｓ ＴＫ５４－ＨＴ所含重组质粒ｐＩＪＴ７已克隆有ＴＮＦｃＤＮＡ。Ｌ９２９细胞毒实验结果表明该转化子ＴＮＦ表达量可达１０＾８活性单位／升以上,中和实验确证其表达产物为人ＴＮＦ－ａ,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ表明克     

利用弗氏链霉菌的修饰系统克服吸水链霉菌的限制性障碍——发展吸水链霉菌转

用来自变铅青链霉菌TK24的质粒PIJ702（tsr,mel^ )转化吸水链霉菌应城奕种10－22的原生质体,未能得到转化子,但改用来自弗氏链霉菌ATCC 10745的pIJ702转化10－22原生质体却得到了转化子,转化频率约10^3-10^4转化子／微克DNA,在这些转化子中,只有约1／1000是黑色菌落（mel^ ),绝大部分为白色菌落（mel^-),分别挑出黑色,白色2种菌落,只有从前者能提出电泳可见的PIJ702质粒带。2种菌落的质粒提取物,均能转化TK24原生质体并正常表达黑色素,在非选择性条件下,从10－22（PIJ702）黑色菌落的群体中,获得了少数白色菌落,经证明它们是10－22的宿主突变体,这些突变体的PIJ702转化子出现均一的黑菌落。     

吸水链霉菌NND-52-C基因工程宿主载体系统的构建*

吸水链霉菌NND-52-C菌株是大环内酯类抗生素 阿扎霉素B的高产菌株。采用原生质体转化技术 ,将来自变铅青链霉菌TK2 4菌株的pIJ70 2质粒转化吸水链霉菌NND-52-C菌株的原生质体 ,建立了吸水链霉菌NND-52-C菌株的基因工程宿主载体系统。确定了NND-52-C菌株原生质体制备和再生的条件 ,其原生质体形成率达到 10⁸个 mL ,再生率约为0.2 % ,转化率为10²～10³个转化子 μg质粒DNA。     

不吸水链霉菌梧州新亚种限制-修饰系统初探

采用菌丝体原位包埋方法和高压脉冲电泳技术从不吸水链霉菌梧州新亚种(Streptomyces ahygroscopicus wuzhouensis neosubsp. 11371)中分离得到两条质粒DNA带.通过双向电泳证明,2个质粒均为线性分子,按照分子量大小依次命名为pSAL1、pSAL2.并对不吸水链霉菌梧州新亚种的限制-修饰系统进行初步探讨:将来自变铅青链霉菌TK54的高拷贝质粒pIJ702转化不吸水链霉菌梧州新亚种原生质体,未能得到转化子,改用pIJ702转化不吸水链霉菌梧州新亚种U-3原生质体,得到了转化子.     

转座子Tn5096对刺孢吸水链霉菌北京变种RF220转座的诱变

用大肠杆菌/链霉菌穿梭质粒pCZA168(bla,tsr,Tn5096,ColEI rep,Strep repts)多次转化农抗120产生菌刺孢吸水链霉菌北京变种(S.Streptomyces hygrospinocus var. beijingensis)RF220的原生质体,均未得到转化子。来自吸水链霉菌应城变种(S.Streptomyces hygroscopicus var.)10-22突变株的链霉菌质粒pIJ702(tsr mel+)可以转化RF220,但转化频率只有数十个转化子/μgDNA。用来自RF220本身的pIJ702对消除pIJ702后的RF220的原生质体进行了再转化,转化率没有明显的提高。用氨苄青霉素和甘氨酸协同处理RF220的菌丝体,并经-70℃冷冻原生质体再转化,得到了4个pCZA168的转化子。质粒提取、酶切、抗性测定表明：4个转化子中pCZA168中大肠杆菌DNA部分均被切除,成为大小约50～60kb的小质粒,命名为pWZH102(tsr,Tn5096,strep repts)。用pWZH102上的转座子Tn5096对RF220进行转座实验,在168个转座个体中,有2株可能为抗生素生物合成阻断变株,另有产生抗生素水平各异的变株,说明Tn5096的转座可以引起表型的不同变化。     

利用弗氏链霉菌的修饰系统克服吸水链霉菌的限制性障碍——发展吸水链霉菌转化系统的尝试

用来自变铅青链霉菌TK24的质粒plJT02(tsr、mel~+)转化吸水链毒菌应城变种10-22的原生质体,未能得到转化子。但改用来自弗氏链霉菌ATCC 10745的plJ702转化10—22原生质体却得到了转化子。转化频率约10 ~3—10~4转化子/微克DNA。在这些转化子中,只有约1/1000是黑色菌落(mel~+),绝大部分为白色菌落(mel~-)。分别挑出黑色、白色2种菌落,只有从前者能提出电泳可见的plJ702质粒带。2种菌落的质粒提取物,均能转化TK24原生质体并正常表达黑色素。在非选择性条件下,从10-22(pIJ702)黑色菌落的群体中,获得了少数白色菌落,经证明它们是10-22的宿主突变体。这些突变体的plJ702转化子出现均一的黑色菌落。     

变铅青链霉菌对噬菌体ψHAU3抗性与异常修饰之间的相互关系

变铅青链霉菌异常修饰突发菌株ＺＸ１同时丧失了对噬菌体ψＨＡＵ３的抗性。遗传学杂交结果揭示,ＤＮＡ降解和对ψＨＡＵ３抗性这两种表型从不发生分离。以ＺＸ１为宿主和链霉菌低拷贝质粒ＳＣＰ２衍生的载体ｐＩＪ９２２为载体,构建了变铅青链霉菌ＪＴ４６的基因组文库。在８０００多个转化子中获得了一个能使ＺＸ１对ψＨＡＵ３显示抗性的杂合质粒,命名为ｐＩＪ８３１０。它除了含有完整的ｐＩＪ９２２外,还携带了大约１１ｋｂ     

生米卡链霉菌丙酰化酶基因定位及其核苷酸序列测定

我们已往的工作已经确定在重组质粒ｐＩＪＭ９中,生米卡链霉菌来源的４．１６ｋｂ插入ＤＮＡ片段带有丙酰化酶基因,为了进一步确定该基因在４．１６ｋｂ插入片段中的位置,我们以ＢａｍＨＩ对ｐＩＪＭ９进行酶切,在此基础上进行缺失重组亚克隆,在所获得的转化子中,Ｎｏ．５转化子含重组质粒ｐＩＪＭ９５,分子量为５．０ｋｂ,插入ＤＮＡ片段为０．５３ｋｂ,以Ｎｏ．５转化子对螺旋霉素进行生物转化实验,其转化产物经薄层层析     

大鼠α-酰胺酶在变铅青链霉菌中的克隆及表达研究

α－酰胺酶（α－ａｍｉｄａｓｅ,α－ＡＥ）催化神经和内分泌系统中活性多肽的Ｃ－端酰胺化,多多肽的生物活性至关重要。以大鼠心房组织的总ＲＮＡ为模板,采用ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ技术扩增获得编码α－酰胺酶的ｃＤＮＡ,并进行了克隆和测序。为了使α－酰胺酶能在链霉菌中分泌表达,将其ｃＤＮＡ与链霉菌酷氮酶酶（ｍｅｌＣ１）信号的编码序列融合得到融合ｍｅｌ／ＡＥ,将ｍｅｌ／ＡＥ插入链霉菌质粒ｐＩＪ６８０,获得重组质粒ｐＩＪ     

Effect of plasmid pIJ350 on genetic stability of antibiotic production by Streptomyces bambergiensis

It was shown that S. bambergiensis S800 was genetically instable with respect to the property of the antibiotic production (Ant) while in strain S712 of S. bambergiensis this property was stable. Transformation of S. bambergiensis protoplasts with pIJ350 plasmid DNA and analysis of the transformants screening revealed induction of the Ant instability in both the strains. In case of plasmids pVG101 and pIJ943 this effect was not shown. Analysis of the S800 (pIJ350) transformant screening revealed five groups of mutants differing in the antibiotic production level and the presence of pIJ350 plasmid. Restriction analysis of the total DNA of the mutants showed that there were large deletions in the genome of two of them. Retransformation of the mutants with pIJ350 plasmid DNA showed that in all the cases induction of the instability was lacking. The behaviour of the spontaneous mutants Ant- of strain S800 with respect to pIJ350 plasmid was analogous to that of the mutants Ant- from the transformant S800 (pIJ350) screening. A hypothetic model for the determinant incompatibility with pIJ350 plasmid genetically linked to the Ant property in the genome of S. bambergiensis and unstable in strain S800 was proposed.     

High frequency transformation of Streptomyces niveus protoplasts by plasmid DNA

H.A. HUSSAIN AND D.A. RITCHIE. 1991. A procedure has been developed for transforming protoplasts of the novobiocin producing strain Streptomyces niveus at high frequency. This required the isolation of strains LH13 and LH20 defective in DNA restriction from the wild type (ATCC 19793) which is transformed at very low frequencies. The LH13 and LH20 derivatives were obtained by curing pIJ702 DNA from the few S. niveus transformed protoplasts obtained by transformation of the wild type with high concentrations of pIJ702 DNA. Protoplasts of S. niveus strains LH13 and LH20 produced about 10⁶ transformants/μg DNA with modified pIJ702 DNA derived by replication in S. niveus. Unmodified DNA (derived from replication in S. lividans ) from a series of pIJ101, SCP2 and pSN2-based derivatives, gave transformation frequencies in the range of 10²-10³ transformants/μg DNA. Optimal conditions for the formation and transformation of S. niveus protoplasts are described.     

Plasmid transformation of Streptomyces tendae after heat attenuation of restriction

Streptomyces tendae ATCC 31160 produces nikkomycin, a fungicide and insecticide that inhibits chitin synthases. Exposure of S. tendae protoplasts to 50 degrees C for 30 min is required for transformation (10(2) thiostrepton-resistant transformants micrograms of DNA-1) with plasmid pIJ702 or pIJ680 from Streptomyces lividans. pIJ702 and pIJ680 DNA isolated from the S. tendae transformants is efficient (10(6) to 10(7) transformants micrograms of DNA-1) in subsequent transformations of S. tendae protoplasts generated at 30 degrees C. PstI fails to cut the single PstI site in pIJ702 and cuts only one of the two PstI sites in pIJ680 DNA isolated from S. tendae transformants. Digests of plasmid DNA mixtures showed that plasmid DNA from S. tendae does not inhibit PstI activity. pIJ702 and pIJ680 DNA from S. tendae transformants was used to transform S. lividans to show that plasmid DNA remains unchanged, except for modification at some PstI sites in S. tendae, as a consequence of passage through S. tendae. The DNA modification is lost when S. lividans is transformed with plasmid DNA from S. tendae transformants. Since S. tendae modifies only some PstI sites, it appears the modification (presumably restriction activity also) activity in S. tendae recognizes a sequence that includes or overlaps the PstI hexanucleotide recognition sequence.     

Plasmid transformation of Streptomyces tendae after heat attenuation of restriction.

Streptomyces tendae ATCC 31160 produces nikkomycin, a fungicide and insecticide that inhibits chitin synthases. Exposure of S. tendae protoplasts to 50 degrees C for 30 min is required for transformation (10(2) thiostrepton-resistant transformants micrograms of DNA-1) with plasmid pIJ702 or pIJ680 from Streptomyces lividans. pIJ702 and pIJ680 DNA isolated from the S. tendae transformants is efficient (10(6) to 10(7) transformants micrograms of DNA-1) in subsequent transformations of S. tendae protoplasts generated at 30 degrees C. PstI fails to cut the single PstI site in pIJ702 and cuts only one of the two PstI sites in pIJ680 DNA isolated from S. tendae transformants. Digests of plasmid DNA mixtures showed that plasmid DNA from S. tendae does not inhibit PstI activity. pIJ702 and pIJ680 DNA from S. tendae transformants was used to transform S. lividans to show that plasmid DNA remains unchanged, except for modification at some PstI sites in S. tendae, as a consequence of passage through S. tendae. The DNA modification is lost when S. lividans is transformed with plasmid DNA from S. tendae transformants. Since S. tendae modifies only some PstI sites, it appears the modification (presumably restriction activity also) activity in S. tendae recognizes a sequence that includes or overlaps the PstI hexanucleotide recognition sequence.     

Protoplasts of lincomycin producer Streptomyces roseolus in genetic manipulations]

Protoplasts of commercial strain No. 1 of Streptomyces roseolus producing lincomycin were prepared. Conditions for protoplast storage and regeneration were defined. The protoplasts of strain No. 1 mutants marked by the rifampicin and thiostrepton resistance and the ability to synthesize melanin pigments were fused. Genetic analysis of the recombinants was performed. Systems for transformation of S. roseolus protoplasts by plasmid DNAs were developed. Efficiency of transformation by pIJ702, pIJ61, pVG101 and pBG3 and stability of the transformants were shown.     

Establishment of Tn5096-based transposon mutagenesis in Gordonia polyisoprenivorans

The transposons Tn5, Tn10, Tn611, and Tn5096 were characterized regarding transposition in Gordonia polyisoprenivorans strain VH2. No insertional mutants were obtained employing Tn5 or Tn10. The thermosensitive plasmid pCG79 harboring Tn611 integrated into the chromosome of G. polyisoprenivorans; however, the insertional mutants were fairly unstable und reverted frequently to the wild-type phenotype. In contrast, various stable mutants were obtained employing Tn5096-mediated transposon mutagenesis. Auxotrophic mutants, mutants defective or deregulated in carotenoid biosynthesis, and mutants defective in utilization of rubber and/or highly branched isoprenoid hydrocarbons were obtained by integration of plasmid pMA5096 harboring Tn5096 as a whole into the genome. From about 25,000 isolated mutants, the insertion loci of pMA5096 were subsequently mapped in 20 independent mutants in genes which could be related to the above-mentioned metabolic pathways or to putative regulation proteins. Analyses of the genotypes of pMA5096-mediated mutants defective in biodegradation of poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) did not reveal homologues to recently identified genes coding for enzymes catalyzing the initial cleavage of poly(cis-1,4-isoprene). One rubber-negative mutant was disrupted in mcr, encoding an alpha-methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase. This mutant was defective in degradation of poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) and also of highly branched isoprenoid hydrocarbons.     

Plasmid transformation of Streptomyces venezuelae: modified procedures used to introduce the gene(s) for p-aminobenzoate synthase

Sucrose was unsuitable as an osmotic stabilizer in buffer solutions and media used for transformation of Streptomyces venezuelae ISP5230. Its replacement with NaCl, together with other modifications in the procedure, allowed efficient formation and regeneration of protoplasts but did not support transformation of S. venezuelae ISP5230 by vectors pIJ41 and pIJ941. With pIJ702, transformants with a low plasmid-copy-number and altered growth characteristics were obtained. Both pIJ702 and pIJ941, but not pIJ41, transformed S. venezuelae 13s; when pIJ941 was used, the plasmid in 18 of 20 transformants contained a deletion in the region reported to code for replication and transfer. The modified plasmid transformed S. venezuelae ISP5230 efficiently and was used to introduce a fragment of DNA from the pab locus of the wild-type into a Cml-1 mutant of ISP5230 blocked in chloramphenicol formation. Transformants that overproduced p-aminobenzoic acid were obtained but they remained blocked in chloramphenicol production; thus, the cloned pab fragment did not contain genes able to complement the cml-1 mutation. The results also suggest that the Cml-1 phenotype is not due to a defective reaction common to the biosynthesis of p-aminobenzoic acid and chloramphenicol.     

Natural plasmid transformation in a high-frequency-of-transformation marine Vibrio strain

The estuarine bacterium Vibrio strain DI-9 has been shown to be naturally transformable with both broad host range plasmid multimers and homologous chromosomal DNA at average frequencies of 3.5 X 10(-9) and 3.4 X 10(-7) transformants per recipient, respectively. Growth of plasmid transformants in nonselective medium resulted in cured strains that transformed 6 to 42, 857 times more frequently than the parental strain, depending on the type of transforming DNA. These high-frequency-of-transformation (HfT) strains were transformed at frequencies ranging from 1.1 X 10(-8) to 1.3 X 10(-4) transformants per recipient with plasmid DNA and at an average frequency of 8.3 X 10(-5) transformants per recipient with homologous chromosomal DNA. The highest transformation frequencies were observed by using multimers of an R1162 derivative carrying the transposon Tn5 (pQSR50). Probing of total DNA preparations from one of the cured strains demonstrated that no plasmid DNA remained in the cured strains which may have provided homology to the transforming DNA. All transformants and cured strains could be differentiated from the parental strains by colony morphology. DNA binding studies indicated that late-log-phase HfT strains bound [3H]bacteriophage lambda DNA 2.1 times more rapidly than the parental strain. These results suggest that the original plasmid transformation event of strain DI-9 was the result of uptake and expression of plasmid DNA by a competent mutant (HfT strain). Additionally, it was found that a strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, USFS 3420, could be naturally transformed with plasmid DNA. Natural plasmid transformation by high-transforming mutants may be a means of plasmid acquisition by natural aquatic bacterial populations.     

Natural plasmid transformation in a high-frequency-of-transformation marine Vibrio strain.

The estuarine bacterium Vibrio strain DI-9 has been shown to be naturally transformable with both broad host range plasmid multimers and homologous chromosomal DNA at average frequencies of 3.5 X 10(-9) and 3.4 X 10(-7) transformants per recipient, respectively. Growth of plasmid transformants in nonselective medium resulted in cured strains that transformed 6 to 42, 857 times more frequently than the parental strain, depending on the type of transforming DNA. These high-frequency-of-transformation (HfT) strains were transformed at frequencies ranging from 1.1 X 10(-8) to 1.3 X 10(-4) transformants per recipient with plasmid DNA and at an average frequency of 8.3 X 10(-5) transformants per recipient with homologous chromosomal DNA. The highest transformation frequencies were observed by using multimers of an R1162 derivative carrying the transposon Tn5 (pQSR50). Probing of total DNA preparations from one of the cured strains demonstrated that no plasmid DNA remained in the cured strains which may have provided homology to the transforming DNA. All transformants and cured strains could be differentiated from the parental strains by colony morphology. DNA binding studies indicated that late-log-phase HfT strains bound [3H]bacteriophage lambda DNA 2.1 times more rapidly than the parental strain. These results suggest that the original plasmid transformation event of strain DI-9 was the result of uptake and expression of plasmid DNA by a competent mutant (HfT strain). Additionally, it was found that a strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, USFS 3420, could be naturally transformed with plasmid DNA. Natural plasmid transformation by high-transforming mutants may be a means of plasmid acquisition by natural aquatic bacterial populations.     

Donor/recipient interactions affecting plasmid transfer amongStreptomyces species: A conjugative plasmid will mobilize nontransferable plasmids in soil

Streptomyces parvulus was used as the recipient for plasmid pIJ303 and pIJ211, two conjugative plasmids derived from the self-transmissible plasmid pIJ101. One of the resulting transconjugantS. parvulus strains containing plasmid pIJ303 was used withS. lividans to evaluate the effects of the host strain on the frequency of pIJ303 transfer betweenStreptomyces species. Only 30% ofS. parvulus cells acquired plasmid pIJ303 in crosses in whichS. lividans was the donor, whereas 100% ofS. lividans cells acquired the plasmid whenS. parvulus was the donor. This indicates that the frequency of transfer of the conjugative plasmid was determined by the recipient. The other resulting transconjugantS. parvulus strain containing plasmid pIJ211 was evaluated for its ability to mobilize the nonconjugative plasmid pIJ702 fromS. lividans, on agar and in sterile soil. AfterS. lividans containing pIJ702 was crossed on agar and in sterile soil withS. parvulus containing pIJ211, recombinantS. parvulus colonies carrying pIJ702 and expressing pigments characteristic of both species were recovered, from both agar and soil. Although a large percentage ofS. parvulus transconjugants lost pIJ211 during incubation in soil, the mobilization of pIJ702 fromS. lividans intoS. parvulus still occurred. Plasmid integration into the chromosome of the donor and the transconjugant was evaluated by Southern blot hybridization. Hybridization of plasmid pIJ303, with chromosomal DNA fromS. lividans andS. parvulus transconjugants, using biotinylated DNA, indicated that no integration had occurred. Genetic exchange betweenStreptomyces species also occurred in a liquid medium. The finding of plasmid mobilization in soil is significant. It demonstrates that genetic exchange in the environment can occur between released genetically engineeredStreptomyces species and nativeStreptomyces species that contain conjugative plasmids.Paper of the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station.