stNI同功酶限制 修饰系统基因的表达检测和定位分析

鉴定了Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＨＢ１０１和ＪＭ１１０的部分遗传标记,作为受体菌分别用于ＢｓｔＮＩ同功酶限制－修饰系统中限制性内切酶（Ｒｅｓｔｒｉｃｔｉｏｎｅｎｄｏｎｕｃｌｅａｓｅ,简称Ｒ）基因和甲基化酶（Ｍｅｔｈｙｌａｓｅ,简称Ｍ）基因表达的检测。用外切酶ＩＩ单向删切含ＲＭ基因的ＤＮＡ片段,获得２３个缺失突变亚克隆。通过检测各亚克隆表达的Ｒ酶和Ｍ酶活性,将Ｒ和Ｍ基因分别定位在距克隆位点ＰｓｔＩ的０２→１４ｋｂ和１５→３．３ｋｂ范围内。分析表明：该系统属于Ｉ类限制修饰系统,两个基因受控于不同的启动子;该系统与Ｅ．Ｃｏｌｉ染色体编码的胞嘧啶ＤＮＡ甲基转移酶（Ｄｃｍ）的识别序列相同,后者的甲基化作用也能阻止Ｒ酶的切割。Ｒ＋Ｍ－的重组质粒对Ｄｃｍ＋和Ｄｃｍ－的宿主都是致死性的,这说明在进化过程中,与Ｒ基因紧密连锁的Ｍ基因对系统的存在至关重要     

马立克氏病病毒（MDV）814株B抗原基因的克隆及部分序列分析

提取感染鸡胚成纤维细胞ＭＤＶ－Ｉ弱毒株８１４病毒ＤＮＡ为模板,根据ＲＢＩＢ株ｇＢ基因５′及３′两端核苷酸离列设计引物,利用ＰＣＲ技术扩增了我国ＭＤＶ－Ｉ弱毒株８１４ｇＢ基因（２．９ｋｂ）将扩增片段平末端克隆到载体ｐＢｌｕｅｓｃｒｉｐｔＳＫ中ＥｃｏＲＶ位点,经ＢａｍＨＩ,ＨｉｎｄＩＩＩ酶切鉴定得到不同插入方向的重组质粒。构建圹增片段的酶切图谱及部分序列分析证明与ＲＢＩＢ株ｇＢ基因无差异,显示了极高的     

麦迪霉素4″—O—丙酰基转移酶（mpt）基因结构的研究

对含有麦迪霉素４″－Ｏ－丙酰基转移酶（ｍｐｔ）基因的ＢａｍＨＩ－ＢａｍＨＩ８．０ｋｂ的ＤＮＡ片段进行限制性酶切分析,绘制出了含有２１个酶切位点的限制性酶切图谱。以含有碳霉素异戊酰基转移酶基因（ＣａｒＥ）的２．４ｋｂ ＤＮＡ片段为探针,经Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔ分子杂交,将ｍｐｔ定位于一个ＥｃｏＲＩ－ＥｃｏＲＩ－ＰｓｔＩ３．０ｋｂ的ＤＮＡ片段上,将该片段克隆至大肠杆菌／链霉菌穿梭质粒载体ｐＷＨＭ３     

家蚕核型多角体病毒gp64基因的克隆和全序列测定

：Ｂｍ ＮＰＶ ｇｐ６４ 基因在杆状病毒分子生物学和杆状病毒表达系统研究中具有重要的作用,以ＡｃＭＮＰＶ ｇｐ６４ 基因为探针,杂交显示Ｂｍ ＮＰＶ ｇｐ６４ 基因定位于其基因组Ｂａｍ ＨＩ酶切的４ ．２ｋｂ 和７－４ｋｂ 片段上,克隆阳性片段,重组质粒分别命名为ｐＺＤＢＭ４２ 和ｐＺＤＢＭ７４ 。对重组质粒进一步杂交,将片断更精确定位于０－４５ｋｂ 片段、０－７５ｋｂ 片断上和１－１５ｋｂ 片断上,将三个片断ＤＮＡ 进行序列分析,结果表明：Ｂｍ ＮＰＶ 的ｇｐ６４ 基因的开放阅读框（ＯＲＦ） 有１５３０ 核苷酸,编码５０９ 个氨基酸。序列同源性比较显示,Ｂｍ ＮＰＶ ｇｐ６４ 基因和ＡｃＭＮＰＶｇｐ６４ 基因的核苷酸序列同源性达８４－３ ％ ,氨基酸序列同源性达９４－７ ％ 。Ｂｍ ＮＰＶ ｇｐ６４ 基因Ｃ 端的信号肽序列和Ｎ 端的锚定序列对于Ｂｍ ＮＰＶ 表达系统的改进具有重要的意义。     

亚洲棉GAE6—3A上游序列的分离及其在烟草中的表达

根据Ｅ６基因保守域设计引物,ＰＣＲ扩增出亚洲棉（Ｇａｓｓｙｐｉｕｍ ａｒｂｏｒｅｕｍ Ｌ．）ＧＡＥ６基因长约４００ｂｐ片段,序列分析表明该片段与海棉（Ｇ．ｂａｒｇｂａｄｅｎｓｅ）Ｅ６基因同源性达９６．８％。进一步合成２个反向引物协助进行ＰＣＲ－９６孔板筛库分离到亚洲板棉ＧＡＥ６－３Ａ克隆。酶切鉴定其插入片段长约８．０ｋｂ,序列测定及分析结果表明其上游和约１．５ｋｂ,将ＧＡＥ６－３Ａ上游序列克 含有     

苏云金芽孢杆菌(Bt)晶体毒蛋白基因在烟草叶绿体中的表达

将全长３．５ｋｂ的Ｂｔ基因３’端缺失,得到长为２．１ｋｂ、１．８ｋｂ的基因。分别将这３个长度（１．８ｋｂ、２．１ｋｂ、３．５ｋｂ）的基因置于水稻叶绿体ｐｓｂＡ基因的启动子和终止子调控之下,并与选择标记基因ａａｄＡ（编码氨基糖苷－３’－腺苷酸转移酶,具壮观霉素抗性）表达盒相连;以烟草叶绿体基因ｔｒｎＨ－ｐｓｂＡ－ｔｒｎＫ为同源片段,构建成叶绿体转化载体ｐＢＴ３、ｐＢＴ８和ｐＢＴ２２。用基因枪把Ｂｔ基     

人骨形态发生蛋白—7全长cDNA的克隆及序列测定

从人胎儿肾中提取总ＲＮＡ,反转录得ｃＤＮＡ,ＰＣＲ扩增获得１．３ｋｂ的骨形态发生蛋白－７（ＢＭＰ－７）的全长ｃＤＮＡ。克隆的ＢＭＰ－７基因编码的氨基酸序列与献报道相同。     

α-乙酰乳酸脱羧酶的基因克隆及在大肠杆菌和酿酒酵母中的表达

以ｐＵＣ１９质粒为载体,以Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ ＪＭ１０９为受体,构建了含α－乙酰乳酸脱羧酶（α－ＡＬＤＣ）基因的地衣芽孢杆菌Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ ｌｉｃｈｅｎｉｆｏｒｍｉｓ ＡＳ１０１０６的基因文库,得到４８００个重组转化子中均含有４～１０ｋｂ的外源插入ＤＮＡ片段,从基因文库中筛选到６个阳性克隆,对其中１个克隆的α－乙酰乳酸脱羧酶基因片段进行亚克隆分析表明,该α－乙酰乳酸脱羧酶基因位于１．６ｋｂ的ＢａｍＨⅠ     

CAR－bacillus菌亚单位核糖核酸RNA限制性内切酶图谱的研究

利用生物体中编码亚单位核糖核酸ＲＮＡ（ｓｍａｌｌｓｕｂｕｎｉｔｒｉｂｏｓｏｍａｌ　ＲＮＡ,ＳＳＵｒＲＮＡ）的ＤＮＡ序列为引物,经ＰＣＲ法扩增到ＣＡＲ－ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ的大约１．５ｋｂ的ＳＳＵｒＲＮＡ序列,采用ＨｉｎｄⅡ、ＨｉｎｆⅠ、ＥｃｏＴ１４,ＨａｅⅢ和ｘｈｏⅠ等５种限制性内切酶进行酶切电泳分析,同时比较了来源于小鼠的ＣＢＭ株及来源于大鼠的ＣＢＲ株,未发现两者有差异。     

费氏中华根瘤菌与耐盐有关的DNA片段的亚克隆和测序

将费氏中华根瘤菌（Ｓｉｎｏｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍ ｆｒｅｄｉｉ）ＫＴ１９与耐盐有关的２３ｋｂ ＤＮＡ片段用ＢａｍＨⅠ酶切成大小不同的长度,分别与质粒ｐＭＬ１２２连接,然后转化大肠杆菌（Ｅｓｃｈｅｒｉｃｈｉａ ｃｏｌｉ）Ｓ１７－１,筛选出３个转化子。以这些转化子为供体,ＲＴ１９的盐敏感突变株ＲＣ３－３为受体,分别进行二亲本杂交,筛选到接合子ＢＲ２,得到４．４ｋｂ与耐盐有关的ＤＮＡ片段。根据其物理图谱,酶     

Genetic organization and molecular analysis of the EcoVIII restriction-modification system of Escherichia coli E1585-68 and its comparison with isospecific homologs

The EcoVIII restriction-modification (R-M) system is carried by the Escherichia coli E1585-68 natural plasmid pEC156 (4,312 bp). The two genes were cloned and characterized. The G+C content of the EcoVIII R-M system is 36.1%, which is significantly lower than the average G+C content of either plasmid pEC156 (43.6%) or E. coli genomic DNA (50.8%). The difference suggests that there is a possibility that the EcoVIII R-M system was recently acquired by the genome. The 921-bp EcoVIII endonuclease (R. EcoVIII) gene (ecoVIIIR) encodes a 307-amino-acid protein with an M(r) of 35,554. The convergently oriented EcoVIII methyltransferase (M. EcoVIII) gene (ecoVIIIM) consists of 912 bp that code for a 304-amino-acid protein with an M(r) of 33,930. The exact positions of the start codon AUG were determined by protein microsequencing. Both enzymes recognize the specific palindromic sequence 5'-AAGCTT-3'. Preparations of EcoVIII R-M enzymes purified to homogeneity were characterized. R. EcoVIII acts as a dimer and cleaves a specific sequence between two adenine residues, leaving 4-nucleotide 5' protruding ends. M. EcoVIII functions as a monomer and modifies the first adenine residue at the 5' end of the specific sequence to N(6)-methyladenine. These enzymes are thus functionally identical to the corresponding enzymes of the HindIII (Haemophilus influenzae Rd) and LlaCI (Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W15) R-M systems. This finding is reflected by the levels of homology of M. EcoVIII with M. HindIII and M. LlaCI at the amino acid sequence level (50 and 62%, respectively) and by the presence of nine sequence motifs conserved among m(6) N-adenine beta-class methyltransferases. The deduced amino acid sequence of R. EcoVIII shows weak homology with its two isoschizomers, R. HindIII (26%) and R. LlaCI (17%). A catalytic sequence motif characteristic of restriction endonucleases was found in the primary structure of R. EcoVIII (D(108)X(12)DXK(123)), as well as in the primary structures of R. LlaCI and R. HindIII. Polyclonal antibodies raised against R. EcoVIII did not react with R. HindIII, while anti-M. EcoVIII antibodies cross-reacted with M. LlaCI but not with M. HindIII. R. EcoVIII requires Mg(II) ions for phosphodiester bond cleavage. We found that the same ions are strong inhibitors of the M. EcoVIII enzyme. The biological implications of this finding are discussed.     

A bacterial methyltransferase M.EcoHK311 requires two proteins for in vitro methylation.

The genes encoding EcoHK311 restriction-modification (R-M) system were isolated from a clinically-isolated Escherichia coli strain HK31. The entire R-M system of EcoHK311 is located in a 2.1 kb fragment. R.EcoHK311 is an isoschizomer of Eael which recognizes and cleaves Y decreases GGCCR. M.EcoHK31l consists of two polypeptides alpha and beta with sizes 309 and 176 aa, respectively. Polypeptide beta is encoded within aa, alternative reading frame of polypeptide alpha. All the conserved motifs in mC5-MTases can be found in polypeptide alpha except motif IX which is present in polypeptide beta. Polypeptides alpha and beta were separately synthesized in a T7 promoter controlled over-expression system and in vitro methylation occurred only when the two extracts were mixed and thus confirms that two polypeptides are required for methylation.     

Isolation and characterization of a HpyC1I restriction-modification system in Helicobacter pylori

Using transposon shuttle mutagenesis, we identified six Helicobacter pylori mutants from the NTUH-C1 strain that exhibited decreased adherence and cell elongation. Inverse polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing revealed that the same locus was interrupted in these six mutants. Nucleotide and amino acid sequences showed no homologies with H. pylori 26695 and J99 strains. This novel open reading frame contained 1617 base pairs. The amino acid sequence shared 24% identity with a putative nicking enzyme in Bacillus halodurans and 23 and 20% identity with type IIS restriction endonucleases PleI and MlyI, respectively. The purified protein, HpyC1I, showed endonuclease activity with the recognition and cleavage site 5'-CCATC(4/5)-3'. Two open reading frames were located upstream of the gene encoding HpyC1I. Together, HpyC1I and these two putative methyltransferases (M1.HpyC1I and M2.HpyC1I) function as a restriction-modification (R-M) system. The HpyC1I R-M genes were found in 9 of the 15 H. pylori strains tested. When compared with the full genome, significantly lower G + C content of HpyC1I R-M genes implied that these genes might have been acquired by horizontal gene transfer. Plasmid DNA transformation efficiencies and chromosomal DNA digestion assays demonstrated protection from HpyC1I digestion by the R-M system. In conclusion, we have identified a novel R-M system present in approximately 60% of H. pylori strains. Disruption of this R-M system results in cell elongation and susceptibility to HpyC1I digestion.     

Evidence for horizontal transfer of the EcoT38I restriction-modification gene to chromosomal DNA by the P2 phage and diversity of defective P2 prophages in Escherichia coli TH38 strains

A DNA fragment carrying the genes coding for a novel EcoT38I restriction endonuclease (R.EcoT38I) and EcoT38I methyltransferase (M.EcoT38I), which recognize G(A/G)GC(C/T)C, was cloned from the chromosomal DNA of Escherichia coli TH38. The endonuclease and methyltransferase genes were in a head-to-head orientation and were separated by a 330-nucleotide intergenic region. A third gene, the C.EcoT38I gene, was found in the intergenic region, partially overlapping the R.EcoT38I gene. The gene product, C.EcoT38I, acted as both a positive regulator of R.EcoT38I gene expression and a negative regulator of M.EcoT38I gene expression. M.EcoT38I purified from recombinant E. coli cells was shown to be a monomeric protein and to methylate the inner cytosines in the recognition sequence. R.EcoT38I was purified from E. coli HB101 expressing M.EcoT38I and formed a homodimer. The EcoT38I restriction (R)-modification (M) system (R-M system) was found to be inserted between the A and Q genes of defective bacteriophage P2, which was lysogenized in the chromosome at locI, one of the P2 phage attachment sites observed in both E. coli K-12 MG1655 and TH38 chromosomal DNAs. Ten strains of E. coli TH38 were examined for the presence of the EcoT38I R-M gene on the P2 prophage. Conventional PCR analysis and assaying of R activity demonstrated that all strains carried a single copy of the EcoT38I R-M gene and expressed R activity but that diversity of excision in the ogr, D, H, I, and J genes in the defective P2 prophage had arisen.     

Stepwise cloning and genetic organization of the seemingly unclonable HgiCII restriction-modification system from Herpetosiphon giganteus strain Hpg9, using PCR technique.

The genes, hgiCIIR and hgiCIIM, that encode the HgiCII restriction and modification (R-M) system from Herpetosiphon giganteus strain Hpg9, an AvaII isoschizomer recognizing the sequence, GGATCC, were cloned in Escherichia coli. Cloning the respective hgiCIIM gene was achieved via in vitro selection both from a Sau3AI- and an NheI-generated plasmid gene library using AvaII, a commercially available isoschizomer of HgiCII. However, all attempts to clone the closely linked hgiCIIR and M genes in a single step resulted in deletions spanning parts of the coding region of hgiCIIR. Therefore, cloning of the missing 3'-terminal part of this gene was achieved by applying the inverse polymerase-chain-reaction technique. All attempts to construct an enzymatically active R.HgiCII failed; only the inactivated hgiCIIR gene could be cloned. Sequencing of the hgiCIIRM region (carrying predesigned small mutations in the R gene) disclosed three open reading frames (ORFs): one small ORF preceding the methltransferase (MTase)-encoding gene, plus those encoding M.HgiCII (49,620 Da) and R.HgiCII (30,891 Da). M.HgiCII exhibits the common motif of ten conserved amino-acid blocks typically found within the group of m5C-MTases. The R-M system of HgiCII reveals strong homologies to the isoschizomeric R-M system of HgiBI from H. giganteus strain Hpg5, which, in contrast, could be cloned in one step.     

Evidence for horizontal transfer of SsuDAT1I restriction-modification genes to the Streptococcus suis genome

Different strains of Streptococcus suis serotypes 1 and 2 isolated from pigs either contained a restriction-modification (R-M) system or lacked it. The R-M system was an isoschizomer of Streptococcus pneumoniae DpnII, which recognizes nucleotide sequence 5′-GATC-3′. The nucleotide sequencing of the genes encoding the R-M system in S. suis DAT1, designated SsuDAT1I, showed that the SsuDAT1I gene region contained two methyltransferase genes, designated ssuMA and ssuMB, as does the DpnII system. The deduced amino acid sequences of M.SsuMA and M.SsuMB showed 70 and 90% identity to M.DpnII and M.DpnA, respectively. However, the SsuDAT1I system contained two isoschizomeric restriction endonuclease genes, designated ssuRA and ssuRB. The deduced amino acid sequence of R.SsuRA was 49% identical to that of R.DpnII, and R.SsuRB was 72% identical to R.LlaDCHI of Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris DCH-4. The four SsuDAT1I genes overlapped and were bounded by purine biosynthetic gene clusters in the following gene order: purF-purM-purN-purH-ssuMA-ssuMB-ssuRA-ssuRB-purD-purE. The G+C content of the SsuDAT1I gene region (34.1%) was lower than that of the pur region (48.9%), suggesting horizontal transfer of the SsuDAT1I system. No transposable element or long-repeat sequence was found in the flanking regions. The SsuDAT1I genes were functional by themselves, as they were individually expressed in Escherichia coli. Comparison of the sequences between strains with and without the R-M system showed that only the region from 53 bp upstream of ssuMA to 5 bp downstream of ssuRB was inserted in the intergenic sequence between purH and purD and that the insertion target site was not the recognition site of SsuDAT1I. No notable substitutions or insertions could be found, and the structures were conserved among all the strains. These results suggest that the SsuDAT1I system could have been integrated into the S. suis chromosome by an illegitimate recombination mechanism.     

The Neisseria gonorrhoeae S.NgoVIII restriction/modification system: a type IIs system homologous to the Haemophilus parahaemolyticus HphI restriction/modification system.

Strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae possess numerous restriction-modification (R-M) systems. One of these systems, which has been found in all strains tested, encodes the S. NgoVIII specificity (5'TCACC 3') R-M system. We cloned two adjacent methyltransferase genes (dcmH and damH), each encoding proteins whose actions protect DNA from digestion by R.HphI or R.Ngo BI (5'TCACC 3'). The damH gene product is a N 6-methyladenine methyltransferase that recognizes this sequence. We constructed a plasmid containing multiple copies of the S.NgoVIII sequence, grew it in the presence of damH and used the HPLC to demonstrate the presence of N 6-methyladenine in the DNA. A second plasmid, containing overlapping damH and Escherichia coli dam recognition sequences in combination with various restriction digests, was used to identify which adenine in the recognition sequence was modified by damH. The predicted dcmH gene product is homologous to 5-methylcytosine methyltransferases. The products of both the dcmH and damH genes, as well as an open reading frame downstream of the damH gene are highly similar to the Haemophilus parahaemolyticus hphIMC , hphIMA and hphIR gene products, encoding the Hph I Type IIs R-M system. The S.NgoVIII R-M genes are flanked by a 97 bp direct repeat that may be involved in the mobility of this R-M system.