鱼腥蓝细菌PCC 7120游离DnaA的增加降低异形胞频率

研究在模式生物鱼腥蓝细菌Anabaena sp. PCC 7120中,以DnaA为研究对象,探究蓝细菌细胞周期中复制起始和异形胞分化之间的关系。结果显示:在有氮环境中, DnaA蛋白缺失或过表达并不影响细胞增殖和异形胞的分化。在缺氮环境下, DnaA缺失突变株Malr2009的异形胞分化频率(8.57%)与野生型(8.64%)间无显著差别,且该菌株增殖速率与野生型相比也无显著差异, DnaA蛋白缺失没有影响蓝细菌突变株(Malr2009)的异形胞分化频率和增殖速率。但DnaA蛋白过表达菌株Oalr2009的异形胞分化频率降低了20%,其在第12天A750约为1.2,细胞增殖速率快于野生型(第12天时A750约为0.9),增殖速率提高了30%。综上结果表明在鱼腥蓝细菌PCC 7120中,虽然DnaA不是细胞生长过程所必需的,但在缺氮条件下,游离DnaA增加会抑制异形胞分化频率。     

真菌中温度敏感型相关基因研究进展

生物在长期进化过程中 ,逐渐演化 ,适应了周围的环境。温度是一种基本的环境因素 ,任何生物体都有其生长温度范围和最适生长温度。当生物体的某些基因发生突变后 ,可以改变生物体对温度的适应性。温度敏感型突变体是指生物体基因突变后 ,在最适生长温度条件下可以生长 ,而在低于 (或高于 )最高 (低 )生长温度的某一亚致死温度下不能生长的突变体 ,突变的基因为温度敏感型相关基因。温度敏感型突变体对温度适应性的变化涉及到一系列生理生化特性的改变 ,体现了基因功能结构域突变后基因功能的异常。因此 ,温度敏感型突变体提供了研究功能基因…     

东湖项圈藻异形胞的分离

异形胞(heterocysts)是丝状固氮蓝藻的一种分化细胞。由于其形态明显区别于其他细胞而引起注意。1966年,Fay和Walsby首次通过French压力室分离了有生活力的蓝藻异形胞。其原理在于利用异形胞和其他营养细胞在细胞壁结构上的差异,使用760apm高压处理引起营养细胞破裂而保留了异形胞。根据同样选择性地破坏营养细胞的原理,随后又产生了     

异形胞与蓝藻的固氮

一些丝状蓝藻具有异形胞,它们是由丝状体中的营养细胞转化而来的,异形胞能够直接固定大气中的Ｎ２（分子态）,形成可为植物利用的氮素化合物,具异形胞的丝状蓝藻在保持自然界中的氮素循环,增加土壤肥力,提高农作物产量等方面均有重要意义。     

鱼腥藻PCC7120基因组中一个影响异形胞发育和图式形成的新区域

以Tn5 10 87b诱变鱼腥藻PCC712 0 ,筛选不能利用氮气生长、异形胞图式发生变化的突变株。突变株 # 180 1经缺氮诱导 2 4h后无异形胞形成 ,48h后沿藻丝形成少量成熟异形胞 ,占藻细胞总数比例为 2 .8% ,其异形胞发育速度和形成频率均与野生型有显著区别。以ClaⅠ酶切该突变株总DNA、自环化后以电泳冲法转化大肠杆菌 ,回收带有插入位点两侧DNA片段的转座子Tn5 10 87b。经测序确定转座子位于未知功能基因alr0 0 99第 14 8和 14 9碱基之间。为证明突变性状确由alr0 0 99内的插入突变引起而不是由于其他二次突变 ,通过同源双交换将含新霉素抗性基因的C .K2片段定向插入基因组中alr0 0 99的EcoRV位点 ,获得重构的鱼腥藻突变株DR2 14 ,其表型与原突变株 # 180 1相同。以上结果表明alr0 0 99或其下游基因是鱼腥藻PCC712 0基因组中与异形胞发育和图式形成相关的一个新区域。     

温度敏感突变株在病毒学研究中的应用

本文根据病毒温度敏感突变（ｔｓ）株的特征,介绍了该突变株在病毒学研究中的应用情况;并简要介绍应用于预防病毒性疾病中的状况。     

鱼腥藻7120异形胞分化的调节及细胞蛋白的变化

分离了有固氮活性的异形胞,它的可溶部分和膜部分的吸收光谱与营养细胞明显不同。SDS凝胶电泳图谱表明,营养细胞中存在的可溶蛋白,在异形胞中有一半左右被降解,最明显的是藻蓝蛋白。异形孢具有与营养细胞共同的肽带,但也合成了一些新的多肽。异形胞可溶蛋白有五条最主要的肽带,表观分子量约为73K,54K,48K,4lK和34K。膜蛋白中至少有2个多肽带(4lK,35K)在营养细胞膜蛋白中是缺少的。     

原噬菌体PBSX阻遏基因及其温度敏感型等位基因的克隆分析

本研究利用聚合酶链式反应技术,成功地克隆了枯草芽孢杆菌缺陷型原噬菌体ＰＢＳＸ阻遏基因及其温度敏感型等位基因。核苷酸序列分析发现,野生型及其温度敏感型阻遏基因之间的碱基变异较大,但却存在几乎完全相同的开放读框,尤其是开放读框ｏｒｆⅠ,可能编码着１１３个氨基酸的阻遏蛋白,并且还推定了开放读框的启动区和核糖体结合位点。通过互补实验,证实了野生型阻遏基因的产物能够抑制温度诱导ＰＢＳＸ原噬菌体,表明克隆的基因有着正常的生物活性。     

L-谷氨酸温度敏感突变株的选育

采用黄色短杆菌TJ1为出发菌株,根据代谢控制发酵原理,利用紫外线、硫酸二乙酯进行诱变,定向选育出具有寡霉素抗性、谷氨酸氧肟酸盐抗性的温度敏感突变株TMGO106。然后,以温度敏感突变株TMGO106和产酸率高（10.5%以上）的天津短杆菌TG961为新株,通过原生质体融合技术,成功地选育出了产酸率高的融合子CN1021（13．6g/dl,糖酸转化率达60％）,在6m^3发酵罐上中试其L－谷氨酸产量达14．6％,糖酸转化率达62．8％,并且该菌株系温度敏感型菌株,可用于谷氨酸强度发酵。     

Construction and Synchronization of dnaA Temperature-Sensitive Mutants of Streptomyces

Temperature-sensitive mutants of Streptomyces defective in initiation of chromosome replication were created by in vitro site-directed mutagenesis in the dnaA gene followed by gene replacement. When they were shifted to 39 degrees C replication in the mutants ceased in about 90 min but resumed on return to 30 degrees C. This allowed manipulations to achieve replication synchronization.     

Isolation and characterization of novel cold-sensitive dnaA mutants of Escherichia coli

We developed an efficient method for isolation of novel dnaA mutations based on PCR mutagenesis in the presence of manganese ion and shuffling of dnaA-carrying plasmids in a dnaA deletion host bacterium. Using this system, we obtained 30 cold-sensitive mutants from 4000 clones carrying plasmids with a mutagenized dnaA gene. All 27 cold-sensitive mutants analyzed were defective in DNA replication; none had a DnaAcos (over-initiation) phenotype. Nucleotide sequencing revealed that novel 15 alleles (mutations in 14 amino acid residues) are responsible for the cold-sensitive phenotype and are all located in the carboxy-terminal half of the DnaA protein.     

Temperature-Sensitive Chlamydomonas Mutants Manifesting Flagellar Regression at a Restrictive Temperature‡

The regeneration kinetics of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutants TS-6 and TS-79, whose flagella were mechanically amputated, indicated that the flagellar precursor in cytoplasm was used for regeneration when cycloheximide was present. The TS-6 cells rendered nonflagellate by regression at 35 C did not regenerate in the presence of cycloheximide, indicating that the precursor was inactivated by the high temperature. Neither mutant was able to use the absorbed flagellar components for regeneration in the presence of cycloheximide.     

Integrative suppression of dnaA46 by broad host-range plasmid R1162

Summary Replication of plasmid R1162 DNA does not require the product of the dnaA gene. An integrated copy of the plasmid can suppress the temperature-sensitive dnaA46 allele when (1) additional plasmid copies are present in the cytoplasm and (2) an inactive replication origin, generated by deletion, is also present in the chromosome. We propose that the inactive origin sets the rate of initiation of chromosome replication at a level compatible with cell viability, possibly by providing additional binding sites for an R1162-encoded protein that is rate-limiting for plasmid replication.     

Comparison of the conserved region in the dnaA gene from three mollicute species

Abstract Polymerase chain reaction was carried out to amplify the conserved region (789 bp in the case of Mycoplasma capricolum ) of the dnaA gene (1350 bp in the case of M. capricolum ) of 15 representatives of the class Mollicutes using degenerate oligonucleotide primers. The dnaA gene fragments were amplified from M. mycoides subsp. capri, Spiroplasma apis and S. citri . The amino acid sequences deduced from the nucleotide sequences of the amplified fragments showed very low similarities to those of the corresponding regions of four walled bacteria. The values of similarity between any two of the three mollicute species were lower than those between any two of the four walled bacteria.     

Identification of Mycobacterium species by comparative analysis of the dnaA gene

For the establishment of a diagnostic tool for mycobacterial species, a part of the dnaA gene was amplified and sequenced from clinically relevant 27 mycobacterial species as well as 49 clinical isolates. Sequence variability in the amplified segment of the dnaA gene allowed the differentiation of all species except for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium africanum and Mycobacterium microti, which had identical sequences. Partial sequences of dnaA from clinical isolates belonging to three frequently isolated species revealed a very high intraspecies similarity, with a range of 96.0-100%. Based on the dnaA sequences, a species-specific primer set for Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium gastri was successfully designed for a simple loop-mediated isothermal amplification method. These results demonstrate that the variable sequences in the dnaA gene were species specific and were sufficient for the development of an accurate and rapid diagnosis of Mycobacterium species.     

Identification of Yeast Factors Involved in the Replication of Mungbean Yellow Mosaic India Virus Using Yeast Temperature-Sensitive Mutants

正Dear Editor,The geminiviruses are small single-stranded plant DNA viruses belonging to the family Geminiviridae, which cause serious diseases in many economically important     

弗氏2a志贺菌htrA基因突变体的构建

目的:构建弗氏2a志贺菌2457T的htrA基因缺失突变株及HtrA酶失活突变株,以便进一步研究HtrA蛋白的功能。方法:用PCR扩增htrA基因上下游同源臂,构建含有kan基因的打靶片段,采用λ-Red重组系统对htrA基因进行缺失,用PCR进行验证;通过定点突变的方法构建HtrA酶失活突变株,并测序验证。结果与结论:构建了2457T htrA缺失突变株和2457T/htrAFSA酶失活突变株。     

Construction of Pta-Ack Pathway Deletion Mutants of Escherichia coli and Characteristic Growth Profiles of the Mutants in a Rich Medium

Escherichia coli grown in a rich medium excreted acetate and reused the acetate. Using cloned genes and a plasmid with a temperature-sensitive replication origin, three kinds of Pta-Ack pathway deletion mutants were constructed. Acetate production and reuse by wild-type cells grown in the rich medium was confirmed to largely occur through the Pta-Ack pathway. The deletion mutants of the gene encoding phosphotransacetylase secreted pyruvate before the secretion of acetate into the medium. A deletion mutant of the gene endocing acetate kinase grew at a slow rate, but its secretion and use of acetate were rapid. These results indicated that a pathway(s), other than the Pta-Ack pathway, functions in the control of excess carbon flow in the mutants.