浑球红细菌（R．srhaeroides）glnBA基因克隆及其物理图谱

从浑球红细菌的基因文库中筛选到ｐＨＴ３、ｐＨＴ１０及ｐＨＴ３５三个阳性克隆,其中质粒ｐＨＴ１０与ｐＨＴ３５能遗传互补英膜红细菌的谷氨酰胺缺陷型Ｇ２９,使其ＧＳ酶及固氮酶活性得到恢复。对质粒ｐＨＴ１０上的ｇｌｎＡ同源片段进行了亚克隆和限制性内切酶图谱分析,确定了浑球红细菌ｇｌｎＢ与ｇｌｎＡ之间存在连锁关系。     

The C Terminus of the Flagellar Muramidase SltF Modulates the Interaction with FlgJ in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Macromolecular structures such as the bacterial flagellum in Gram-negative bacteria must traverse the cell wall. Lytic transglycosylases are capable of enlarging gaps in the peptidoglycan meshwork to allow the efficient assembly of supramolecular complexes. We have previously shown that in Rhodobacter sphaeroides SltF, the flagellar muramidase, and FlgJ, a flagellar scaffold protein, are separate entities that interact in the periplasm. In this study we show that the export of SltF to the periplasm is dependent on the SecA pathway. A deletion analysis of the C-terminal portion of SltF shows that this region is required for SltF-SltF interaction. These C terminus-truncated mutants lose the capacity to interact with themselves and also bind FlgJ with higher affinity than does the wild-type protein. We propose that this region modulates the interaction with the scaffold protein FlgJ during the assembly process.     

光合菌Rhodobacter sphaeroides 601hupT基因的克隆与功能分析

从紫色非硫光合细菌Rhodobacter sphaeroides 601的吸氢酶(hup)基因簇中,克隆了hupT基因,并对该基因进行了测序,分析了由其推测的氨基酸序列的同源性.hupT基因全长1 332 bp,编码一分子量约为48 23 kD的蛋白.将hupT基因引入大肠杆菌进行了体外表达.纯化基因产物HupT,并进行HupT的自身磷酸化分析.结果表明,HupT属于双组份调节系统中的组氧酸蛋白激酶.将hupT基因导入光合菌Rhodobacter capsulatus吸氢酶负调节基因突变株BSE8后.野生型吸氢酶的表型得以恢复,说明所克隆的R.sphaeroides 601中的hupT基因在吸氢酶的表达中起负调节作用.     

含硒类球红细菌的研究

为了确定类球红细菌转硒培养的最佳条件 ,研究了无机硒的加入浓度、时间以及分批补料培养对菌体生长和转硒效率的影响。实验表明 ,无机硒的浓度低于 1× 10 -5mol/L时 ,对类球红细菌的生长基本没有影响 ,并能将6 3.9%的无机硒转化为有机硒。转硒的最佳时间是在接种后 12h左右 ,此时转硒效率最高。实验还表明 ,分批补料培养可以提高菌体浓度 ,可使转硒效率和绝对量增加。体内试验表明 ,用 5mL/kgbw和 10mL/kgbw剂量的含硒类球红细菌灌养小鼠 ,可以使其全血GSH Px酶活性提高 2 0 .9%和 2 5 .5 % ,使其血清丙二醛 (MDA)含量降低2 1.0 %和 2 3.2 %。     

类球红菌自诱导物合成酶基因cerI的克隆及其原核表达

根据类球红菌(Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1)自诱导物合成酶基因cerI的序列,设计并合成了1对特异性引物,在引物的5′和3′分别加入含有HindIII和XhoI限制性酶切位点的序列,以类球红细菌Rhodobacter sphaeroides基因组为模板扩增了cerI基因序列.将PCR产物与pMD18-T载体连接,转化大肠杆菌DH5α.鉴定成功获得目的片段,经HindIII和XhoI双酶切后与载体pET-28a(+)连接,构建原核表达质粒pET-28a(+)-cerI,并将其转化宿主菌BL21(DE3),用IPTG诱导其表达.SDS-PAGE分析表明,重组载体pET-28a(+)-cerI可成功地在大肠杆菌中表达cerI蛋白.     

Gramicidin in chromatophores of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Chromatophores of Rhodobacter sphaeroides were excited with light flashes to generate a transmembrane electrical potential difference. The electric relaxation was measured by electrochromic absorption changes as a function of added gramicidin. At low gramicidin/bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) molar ratios the decay of the electrochromic absorption changes showed a biphasic behaviour, with a fast phase relaxing at some s, and a slow phase relaxing at more than 100 ms. This was attributable to a mixture of vesicles containing gramicidin dimers with others containing none. The concentration dependence of this effect was linear. This implied full dimerization of gramicidin. The data were interpreted to yield an average bacteriochlorophyll content per chromatophore of 770(±150) and the conductance of a single gramicidin dimer in the chromatophore membrane of 15(±4) pS (in about 115 mM KCl).Abbreviations BChl Bacteriochlorphyll - tricine N-Tris[hydroxymethyllmethylglycine Offprint requests to: W. Junge     

The photosynthesis gene cluster of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

The photosynthetic bacteria are at the forefront of the study of many aspects of photosynthesis, including photopigment biosynthesis, photosynthetic-membrane assembly, light-harvesting, and reaction center photochemistry. The facultative growth of some photosynthetic bacteria, their simple photosystems, and their ease of genetic manipulation have all contributed to advances in these areas. Amongst these bacteria, the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides has emerged as, arguably, the leading contender for a model system in which to integrate the studies of all the different aspects of the assembly and function of the photosynthetic apparatus. Many of the genes encoding photosynthesis-related proteins are known to be clustered within a small region of the genome in this organism. As a further aid to studying the assembly and function of the photosystem of Rb. sphaeroides, the DNA sequence for a genomic segment containing this photosynthesis gene cluster (PGC) has been assembled from previous EMBL submissions and formerly unpublished data. The Rb. sphaeroides PGC is 40.7 kb in length and consists of 38 open reading frames encoding the reaction center H, L and M subunits, the and polypeptides of the light-harvesting I (B875) complex, and the enzymes of bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoid biosynthesis. PGCs are a feature of gene organization in several photosynthetic bacteria, and the similarities between the clusters of Rb. sphaeroides and Rb. capsulatus have been apparent for some time. Here we present the first comprehensive analysis of the PGC of Rb. sphaeroides, as well as a comparison with that of Rb. capsulatus.     

The photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

Functional and ultrastructural studies have indicated that the components of the photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodobacter sphaeroides are highly organized. This organization favors rapid electron transfer that is unimpeded by reactant diffusion. The light-harvesting complexes only partially surround the photochemical reaction center, which ensures an efficient shuttling of quinones between the photochemical reaction center and the bc1 complex.     

Identification and characterization of a GroEL homologue in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

A protein closely related to the Escherichia coli GroEL protein has been isolated from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Native and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of this protein have shown that it is present in the cell as a multimeric complex of Mr 670,000 which is composed of a monomer of Mr 58,000. Antisera raised against the Mr 58,000 polypeptide have been shown to cross-react with GroEL and the alpha subunit of the pea plastid chaperonin. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the Mr 58,000 polypeptide is identical to that of GroEL at 15 of 19 residues and is also closely related to the alpha subunit of the pea plastid chaperonin, though less so to the beta subunit.     

与人体ε-珠蛋白基因5''''旁侧正调控元件(ε-PREI)专一结合的调控因子的初步研究

人体ε－珠蛋白基因５′旁侧ＤＮＡ序列对该基因时空表达与调控起着十分重要的作用。本文运用凝胶电泳阻抑法,ＤＮａｓｅＩ足印法和Ｓｏｕｔｈｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ分析法发现在胚胎型红白血病细胞株Ｋ５６２细胞中有一个特异的核蛋白因子（简称ε－ＳＳＰ,其分子量大约为８０ｋＤ）,它能专一地与人体ε－珠蛋白基因５′旁侧一个红细胞专一和发育时期特异的正调控元件（ε－ＰＲＥＩＩ,－４４６ｂｐ到－４１９ｂｐ）相结合。竞争实验表明该因子与ε－ＰＲＥＩＩ的结合能被人体ε－珠蛋白基因启动子区ＤＮＡ片段（－１７７ｂｐ到＋１ｂｐ）所竞争;同时也能被人体β－类珠蛋白基因远侧端调控元件ＬＣＲ中的ＤＮａｓｅＩ超敏感点Ｉ核心区ＤＮＡ片段（－１０９６５ｂｐ到－１０６８１ｂｐ）与超敏感点ＩＩ核心区ＤＮＡ片段（－１４９９３ｂｐ到－１４７１８ｂｐ）所竞争。我们的结果提示了ε－ＳＳＰ不仅是一个与红细胞专一性和发育时期特异性相关的反式调控因子,而且它可能介导远侧端调控元件（ＬＣＲ）与近侧端调控元件启动子之间的相互作用,共同调节ε－珠蛋白基因在胚胎期的表达。     

A Distant Homologue of the FlgT Protein Interacts with MotB and FliL and Is Essential for Flagellar Rotation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

In this work, we describe a periplasmic protein that is essential for flagellar rotation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. This protein is encoded upstream of flgA, and its expression is dependent on the flagellar master regulator FleQ and on the class III flagellar activator FleT. Sequence comparisons suggest that this protein is a distant homologue of FlgT. We show evidence that in R. sphaeroides, FlgT interacts with the periplasmic regions of MotB and FliL and with the flagellar protein MotF, which was recently characterized as a membrane component of the flagellum in this bacterium. In addition, the localization of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-MotF is completely dependent on FlgT. The Mot⁻ phenotype of flgT cells was weakly suppressed by point mutants of MotB that presumably keep the proton channel open and efficiently suppress the Mot⁻ phenotype of motF and fliL cells, indicating that FlgT could play an additional role beyond the opening of the proton channel. The presence of FlgT in purified filament-hook-basal bodies of the wild-type strain was confirmed by Western blotting, and the observation of these structures under an electron microscope showed that the basal bodies from flgT cells had lost the ring that covers the LP ring in the wild-type structure. Moreover, MotF was detected by immunoblotting in the basal bodies obtained from the wild-type strain but not from flgT cells. From these results, we suggest that FlgT forms a ring around the LP ring, which anchors MotF and stabilizes the stator complex of the flagellar motor.     

Intracytoplasmic membrane vesiculation in light-harvesting mutants of Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Rhodobacter capsulatus

Abstract In Chlamydomonas reinhardtii there are three glutamate dehydrogenase isozymes which can use both NADH and NADPH as cofactors and respond differently to different nitrogen sources and several stress conditions. From data of induction of isozymes in different metabolic situations, we propose a possible physiological role for each of them in algal carbon and nitrogen metabolism.     

浑球红细菌（Rhodobacter sphaeroides）中氢化酶正调节基因hupR的克隆及功能分析

从光合细菌Rhodobacter sphaeroides基因文库中分离出含有氢化酶基因簇（hup）的粘粒cosmid 1后,亚克隆了R.sphaeroides的氢化酶调节基因hupR,测定了hupR的核苷酸序列,并完成了氢化酶基因簇的部分物理图谱。实验结果表明,hupR基因全长1476bp,编码的HupR基因分子量约为54.031kD(EMBL接受号：A243734)。与R.capsulatus中HupR相比,同源性高达73％。同源性比较结果表明,它属于双组分调节系统中受体蛋白。hupR基因在E.coli中进行了体外表达,纯化后测定得到的HupR蛋白 分子量大小与hupR基因推测的分子量大小一致。通过双交换,将卡那霉素抗性基因插入hupR基因,获得丧失氢化酶活性的hupR^-的突变株,KR5和KR7。hupS∷lacZ融合基因在野生型中的转录表达量是在该突变株中的7－9倍。将hupR基因置于弱启动子pfru下游,构建了质粒pNRC3,并将其导入hupR^-的突变株,可使突变株重新获得氢化酶活性。以上结果说明,HupR蛋白对氢化酶的转录表达起着正调节作用。在HupR蛋白的磷酸化区域进行定点和缺失突变。不影响HupR激活氢化酶基因的表达,推测HupR蛋白是在非磷酸化的状态下起调节作用的。     

An Element of Determinism in a Stochastic Flagellar Motor Switch

Marine bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus uses a single polar flagellum to navigate in an aqueous environment. Similar to Escherichia coli cells, the polar flagellar motor has two states; when the motor is counter-clockwise, the cell swims forward and when the motor is clockwise, the cell swims backward. V. alginolyticus also incorporates a direction randomization step at the start of the forward swimming interval by flicking its flagellum. To gain an understanding on how the polar flagellar motor switch is regulated, distributions of the forward Δ_f and backward Δ_b intervals are investigated herein. We found that the steady-state probability density functions, P(Δ_f) and P(Δ_b), of freely swimming bacteria are strongly peaked at a finite time, suggesting that the motor switch is not Poissonian. The short-time inhibition is sufficiently strong and long lasting, i.e., several hundred milliseconds for both intervals, which is readily observed and characterized. Treating motor reversal dynamics as a first-passage problem, which results from conformation fluctuations of the motor switch, we calculated P(Δ_f) and P(Δ_b) and found good agreement with the measurements.     

Overproducton of mannitol dehydrogenase in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Mannitol dehydrogenase (MDH) from Rhodobacter sphaeroides Si4 was overproduced by constructing a strain that overexpresses the MDH gene and by producing high cell concentrations via fed-batch cultivation in a bioreactor. With the gene of mannitol dehydrogenase (mtlK) cloned into the expression vector pKK223-3 expression of MDH in Escherichia coli was obtained, but the specific enzyme activity was lower than in R. sphaeroides Si4. In order to overexpress mtlK in R. sphaeroides, plasmid pAK82 was constructed by cloning a DNA fragment carrying mtlK into the broad-host-range expression vector pRK415. When pAK82 was introduced into R. sphaeroides Si4 the specific mannitol dehydrogenase activity in the strain obtained was 0.48 unit (U)mg^–1, 3.4-fold higher thain in the wild type. In this way the enzyme yield from cultivation in a bioreactor could be improved from 110 Ul^–1 to 350 Ul^–1. A further increase in productivity was obtained by fed-batch cultivation of R. sphaeroides Si4 [pAK82]. Using this cultivation method can optical density of 27.6 was reached in the bioreactor, corresponding to a dry mass of 16.6 g l^–1. Since MDH formation correlated with biomass production, the MDH yield could be raised to 918 Ul^–1, an 8.3-fold increase in comparison to batch cultivation of the wild-type strain.Dedicated to Prof. Fritz Wagner on the occasion of his 65th birthday.     

Non-reciprocal regulation of Rhodobacter capsulatus and Rhodobacter sphaeroides recA genes expression

Abstract The Rhodobacter capsulatus recA gene has been isolated and sequenced. Its deduced amino acid sequence showed the closest identity with the Rhodobacter sphaeroides RecA protein (91% identity). However, the promoter regions of both R. capsulatus and R. sphaeroides recA genes are only 64% similar. An Escherichia coli -like LexA binding site was not present in the upstream region of the R. capsulatus recA gene. Nevertheless, the R. capsulatus recA gene is inducible by DNA damage in both hetero- and phototrophically growing conditions. The R. capsulatus recA gene is poorly induced when inserted into the chromosome of R. sphaeroides , indicating that the recA gene of both bacteria possess different control sequences despite their phylogenetically close relationship.