随机突变文库构建与筛选研究进展

定向进化是一个循环过程,在构建多样化基因序列和筛选功能基因变体之间交替进行.该技术目前已被广泛应用于DNA序列、基因功能和蛋白质结构的优化和分析.定向进化包括随机基因文库的生成、基因在合适宿主中的表达和突变文库的筛选.构建基因文库的关键是库容量和突变多样性,而筛选变体的关键是高灵敏度和高通量.文中讨论了定向进化技术的最...     

蛋白质定向进化的研究进展

在工业生物催化过程和生物细胞工厂构建方面,蛋白质定向进化被广泛地应用于酶的分子改造.蛋白质定向进化不仅可以针对某一目的蛋白进行改造,还可以改善代谢途径、优化代谢网络、获得期望表型细胞.为了获得更高效的突变效率,快捷、高通量的筛选方法,提高蛋白质定向进化的效果,研究者不断开发蛋白质体内、体外进化方法,取得了新的进展和应用.本文介绍了最近发展的蛋白质定向进化技术的原理、方法及特点,总结了突变文库的筛选方法和蛋白质定向进化的最新应用,最后讨论了蛋白质定向进化存在的挑战和未来发展方向.     

蛋白质定向进化技术的研究进展

蛋白质定向进化技术是蛋白质分子改造的一个重要策略.重点介绍了易错PCR、DNA改组等对编码蛋白质的基因进行随机突变和重组的技术,以及构建突变体库和高通量筛选的方法,并探讨了定向进化技术在蛋白质工程中的应用及前景.     

DNA改组技术在酶工程中的应用

DNA改组技术是一种应用最广泛且简单有效的分子定向进化方法.它是一种高通量的随机突变筛选技术,可以对目的基因进行多次重组和选择,得到性质优良的突变文库.介绍了DNA改组技术的原理及其在酶工程中的应用.     

利用DNA家族重排提高青霉素G酰化酶合成活力

NA家族重排技术是酶定向进化的有力工具 ,已在实际应用中获得了巨大成功。来源于Providenciarettgeri、Escherichiacoli和Kluyveracitrophila的青霉素酰化酶基因序列同源性为 6 2 .5 %～ 96 .9%。在Providenciarettgeri青霉素酰化酶基因克隆和表达的基础上 ,利用DNA家族重排技术构建了上述基因的嵌合体突变库。通过平板初筛获得有活力的阳性克隆 ,表达提取突变酶测定其合成水解活力比。对突变酶进行随机测序的结果表明多基因嵌合体突变库显示出明显的多样性。通过一轮重排及筛选 ,获得了合成活力提高 4 0 %的突变酶 ,并且发现α亚基的重排对酶合成活力的提高更加有效。上述方法的应用有望获得合成活力进一步提高的青霉素G酰化酶。     

酶分子体外定向进化的研究进展

分子体外定向进化是改造酶分子的新策略,它主要通过体外模拟自然进化机制,利用基因随机突变、重组和定向筛选技术,使进化过程朝着人们需要的方向发展。简要介绍了酶分子体外定向进化的发展历史,详细介绍了突变文库构建和筛选方法的最新研究进展及应用情况。     

人工合成多样性突变文库研究进展*

突变文库的构建是定向进化研究过程中一个关键步骤,主要利用天然存在的系统或者人工合成的分子技术来产生多样性核酸分子文库,为制备和筛选具有一定特性的蛋白酶、多肽、人工抗体等提供庞大的遗传基因库,也可用于合成生物学中相关基因元件的研究与筛选,为目标生物制品的高效工业化生产提供动力。随着对突变文库构建技术研究的日益深入,各种文库构建策略相继被开发出来,并在生物能源、生物化工、生物医药、生物试剂和食品工业等方面得到了广泛的应用。然而,定向进化中的文库构建策略多有不同,各种突变文库构建技术的核心方法也在不断创新。主要介绍近年来实验室中人工合成多样性文库的前沿技术,并对文库构建技术在自动化和智能化方向的发展进行了展望。     

酶的定向进化策略

定向进化技术已成为改造酶分子的一种有效策略,是在体外模拟自然进化进程,通过随机突变和（或）体外重组产生基因的多样性．再经筛选（或选择）获得所需性能大幅提高的酶。该文介绍近几年来酶定向进化技术研究的最新进展以及一些成功实例。     

蛋白质定向进化的研究进展及其应用前景

定向进化是改造蛋白质分子的有效新策略.它不需要了解蛋白质的空间结构,主要通过在实验室里模拟自然进化过程,采用错误倾向PCR等方法对编码蛋白质的基因进行随机突变,经DNA改组、交错延伸等技术进行体外重组,设计高通量筛选方法来选出需要的突变体.本综述了定向进化技术的发展及应用.     

几种高通量定向筛选技术及其比较

在定向进化过程中,多样性的突变文库一旦构建好后,实验成败与否的关键就在于建立针对目的改造特征的高通量筛选方案。从突变文库中筛选需要的、功能进化的目的基因,关键在于是否有一种或几种高通量筛选技术。介绍了几种目前常用高通量定向筛选技术的基本原理,并对其特性进行了比较。     

体内连续进化技术的研究进展

实验室进化是遗传育种、提高微生物性能的重要方式.近几十年来,实验室进化的方法快速发展,应用也越来越广泛,但是常见的菌株进化策略以及针对特定蛋白的进化存在突变过程不连续,需要多轮操作、工作量大等缺点.微生物突变和筛选技术的进步促进了体内连续进化的发展,大大提高了实验室进化的效率.体内连续进化技术实现了体内突变,完美地把突...     

From molecular engineering to process engineering: development of high-throughput screening methods in enzyme directed evolution

With increasing concerns in sustainable development, biocatalysis has been recognized as a competitive alternative to traditional chemical routes in the past decades. As nature’s biocatalysts, enzymes are able to catalyze a broad range of chemical transformations, not only with mild reaction conditions but also with high activity and selectivity. However, the insufficient activity or enantioselectivity of natural enzymes toward non-natural substrates limits their industrial application, while directed evolution provides a potent solution to this problem, thanks to its independence on detailed knowledge about the relationship between sequence, structure, and mechanism/function of the enzymes. A proper high-throughput screening (HTS) method is the key to successful and efficient directed evolution. In recent years, huge varieties of HTS methods have been developed for rapid evaluation of mutant libraries, ranging from in vitro screening to in vivo selection, from indicator addition to multi-enzyme system construction, and from plate screening to computation- or machine-assisted screening. Recently, there is a tendency to integrate directed evolution with metabolic engineering in biosynthesis, using metabolites as HTS indicators, which implies that directed evolution has transformed from molecular engineering to process engineering. This paper aims to provide an overview of HTS methods categorized based on the reaction principles or types by summarizing related studies published in recent years including the work from our group, to discuss assay design strategies and typical examples of HTS methods, and to share our understanding on HTS method development for directed evolution of enzymes involved in specific catalytic reactions or metabolic pathways.

     

Optimization of protein-based volumetric optical memories and associative processors by using directed evolution

The potential use of proteins in device applications has advanced in large part due to significant advances in the methods and procedures of protein engineering, most notably, directed evolution. Directed evolution has been used to tailor a broad range of enzymatic proteins for pharmaceutical and industrial applications. Thermal stability, chemical stability, and substrate specificity are among the most common phenotypes targeted for optimization. However, in vivo screening systems for photoactive proteins have been slow in development. A high-throughput screening system for the photokinetic optimization of photoactive proteins would promote the development of protein-based field-effect transistors, artificial retinas, spatial light modulators, photovoltaic fuel cells, three-dimensional volumetric memories, and optical holographic processors. This investigation seeks to optimize the photoactive protein bacteriorhodopsin (BR) for volumetric optical and holographic memories. Semi-random mutagenesis and in vitro screening were used to create and analyze nearly 800 mutants spanning the entire length of the bacterio-opsin (bop) gene. To fully realize the potential of BR in optoelectronic environments, future investigations will utilize global mutagenesis and in vivo screening systems. The architecture for a potential in vivo screening system is explored in this study. We demonstrate the ability to measure the formation and decay of the red-shifted O-state within in vivo colonies of Halobacterium salinarum, and discuss the implications of this screening method to directed evolution. These authors contributed equally to this work.     

高通量筛选工具的设计与应用

定向进化方法作为新兴的高效蛋白质工程手段,其内容包括蛋白质突变体文库的构建和有效突变体的快速筛选。高通量筛选方法是定向进化方法的重要组成部分,是成功获得有效突变体的关键。筛选的突变体数量越多,获得有效突变体的几率越大。以下介绍了目前已经成功应用于或有潜力应用于定向进化改造蛋白质的几种高通量筛选工具。高通量筛选工具的不断设计与开发将推动蛋白质工程领域的技术革新。     

Advances in ultrahigh-throughput screening technologies for protein evolution

Inspired by natural evolution, directed evolution randomly mutates the gene of interest through artificial evolution conditions with variants being screened for the required properties. Directed evolution is vital to the enhancement of protein properties and comprises the construction of libraries with considerable diversity as well as screening methods with sufficient efficiency as key steps. Owing to the various characteristics of proteins, specific methods are urgently needed for library screening, which is one of the main limiting factors in accelerating evolution. This review initially organizes the principles of ultrahigh-throughput screening from the perspective of protein properties. It then provides a comprehensive introduction to the latest progress and future trends in ultrahigh-throughput screening technologies for directed evolution.     

基于单细胞超高通量筛选的α-1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶定向进化

2’-岩藻糖基乳糖在婴幼儿配方奶粉、保健品和医药等产品开发方面极具应用价值。幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacter pylori NCTC11639)来源的α-1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶(FutC)是目前合成2’-岩藻糖基乳糖的重要生物催化剂,但是天然酶存在异源表达量低、催化活性差等缺陷。针对α-1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶定向进化过程中缺少高通量筛选方法的问题,发展了基于荧光激活细胞分选(fluorescence-activated cell sorting,FACS)的FutC超高通量筛选方法。对FutC进行了定向进化实验,通过对FutC的随机突变库进行了3轮筛选,从库容量为5.4×10⁵突变文库中成功筛选出活力提高2.6倍、2.7倍、3倍的3种突变体(K282E,K102E,R105C),证明了此筛选方法的有效性。本研究为α-1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶的分子活性改造奠定了良好基础。     

基于单细胞超高通量筛选的α-1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶定向进化

2’-岩藻糖基乳糖在婴幼儿配方奶粉、保健品和医药等产品开发方面极具应用价值。幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacter pylori NCTC11639)来源的α-1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶(FutC)是目前合成2’-岩藻糖基乳糖的重要生物催化剂,但是天然酶存在异源表达量低、催化活性差等缺陷。针对α-1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶定向进化过程中缺少高通量筛选方法的问题,发展了基于荧光激活细胞分选(fluorescence-activated cell sorting,FACS)的FutC超高通量筛选方法。对FutC进行了定向进化实验,通过对FutC的随机突变库进行了3轮筛选,从库容量为5.4×10⁵突变文库中成功筛选出活力提高2.6倍、2.7倍、3倍的3种突变体(K282E,K102E,R105C),证明了此筛选方法的有效性。本研究为α-1,2-岩藻糖基转移酶的分子活性改造奠定了良好基础。     

High-throughput screening of enzyme libraries

Directed evolution is becoming a widely used technique for modifying or enhancing protein performance. Ultimately, the success of directed protein evolution experiments hinges on the efficiency of the methods used to screen libraries for mutants with properties of interest. Although there is still a paucity of general methods for enzyme library screening, in recent years a number of promising strategies have emerged and are increasingly being used to explore challenging issues in protein engineering.     

Teaching old enzymes new tricks: engineering and evolution of glycosidases and glycosyl transferases for improved glycoside synthesis.

The therapeutic potential of glycosides has made them an attractive target for drug development. The biological extraction and chemical synthesis of these molecules is often challenging and low yielding, thus alternative methods for the synthesis of polysaccharides are being pursued. A new class of enzymes, glycosynthases, which are nucleophile mutants of glycosidases, can perform the transglycosylation reaction without hydrolyzing the product, and thus provide a valuable resource for polysaccharide and glycan synthesis. Directed evolution of glycosynthases has expanded the repertoire of glycosidic linkages formed and the donors and acceptors (both sugar and nonsugar) that can be used by the glycosynthase. The application of new screening methods, such as FACS, to the directed evolution of glycosynthases will aid in the development of enzymes that are able to efficiently synthesize new, and therapeutically relevant glycosidic linkages.     

Directed evolution: selecting today's biocatalysts

Directed evolution has become a full-grown tool in molecular biology nowadays. The methods that are involved in creating a mutant library are extensive and can be divided into several categories according to their basic ideas. Furthermore, both screening and selection can be used to target the enzyme towards the desired direction. Nowadays, this technique is broadly used in two major applications: (industrial) biocatalysis and research. In the first field enzymes are engineered in order to produce suitable biocatalysts with high catalytic activity and stability in an industrial environment. In the latter area methods are established to quickly engineer new enzymes for every possible catalytic step, thereby creating a universal biotechnological toolbox. Furthermore, directed evolution can be used to try to understand the natural evolutionary processes. This review deals with new mutagenesis and recombination strategies published recently. A full overview of new methods for creating more specialised mutant libraries is given. The importance of selection in directed evolution strategies is being exemplified by some current successes including the beta-lactam acylases.