莫能菌素高产菌株的诱变与筛选

采用紫外线对现有生产菌株进行诱变处理,再运用筛选剂丙酸、丁酸等对其进行选育,得到高产菌株M-3-01。投入中试车间发酵罐中,发酵效价达到50560×103u.L-1,其发酵能力比出发菌株提高了26%。     

肝癌相关抗原SMP30重组基因的构建、表达及分子伴侣共表达系统的探索

旨在通过应用基因工程的方法构建、表达和纯化肝癌相关抗原SMP30,研究共表达分子伴侣提高基因工程蛋白表达的可溶性及效率。PCR扩增SMP30 cDNA序列,用基因工程技术构建重组表达质粒,转化E.coliBL21(DE3)pLysS宿主菌。表达蛋白经Ni-NTA亲和柱纯化获得HIS-SMP30融合蛋白;分别将4种表达不同分子伴侣的质粒(pG-KJE8、pGro7、pKJE7、pTf16)转入E.coliBL21(DE3)中;然后再将重组质粒转入含有分子伴侣质粒的细胞中,进行分子伴侣与重组质粒的共表达,SDS-PAGE检测目的蛋白的表达量与可溶性分析。经优化表达条件后,目的蛋白以包涵体形式表达,目的蛋白占总蛋白的60%以上;纯化后纯度高达95%以上;诱导共表达后,目的蛋白在上清含量极少,不到总表达目的蛋白的10%。成功构建出高效表达的SMP30重组质粒;加入到诱导表达体系中的4种分子伴侣质粒不能有效的促进可溶性蛋白的表达,pTf16共表达系统能增加目的蛋白表达量。     

Site-directed mutagenesis using positive antibiotic selection

Various mutsgenesis protocols have been established that use the hybridization of a mismatched oligonucleotide to prime DNA synthesis on an M13 phagemid template. For efficient mutagenesis, all of these methods require a means to select for the mutant strand before or during amplification in anEscherichia coli host. In the Altered Sites II protocol, the mismatched oligonucleotide and an oligonucleotide that restores antibiotic resistance to the phagemid are simultaneously hybridized to the template and coupled by DNA synthesis and ligation. The restored antibiotic resistance is then used to select only those phagemids which incorporate the antibiotic repair oligonucleotide. Generally, between 60 and 90% of the phagemids recovered will incorporate both oligonucleotides. This method provides a simple an efficient technique for introducing specific mutations into DNA.     

Conserved amino acid residues within the amino-terminal domain of ClpB are essential for the chaperone activity

ClpB from Escherichia coli is a member of a protein-disaggregating multi-chaperone system that also includes DnaK, DnaJ, and GrpE. The sequence of ClpB contains two ATP-binding domains that are enclosed between the amino-terminal and carboxyl-terminal regions. The N-terminal sequence region does not contain known functional sequence motifs. Here, we performed site-directed mutagenesis of four polar residues within the N-terminal domain of ClpB (Thr7, Ser84, Asp103 and Glu109). These residues are conserved in several ClpB homologs. We found that the mutations, T7A, S84A, D103A, and E109A did not significantly affect the secondary structure and thermal stability of ClpB, nor did they inhibit the self-association of ClpB, its basal ATPase activity, or the enhanced rate of the ATP hydrolysis by ClpB in the presence of poly-L-lysine. We observed, however, that three mutations, T7A, D103A, and E109A, reduced the casein-induced activation of the ClpB ATPase. The same three mutant ClpB variants also showed low chaperone activity in the luciferase reactivation assay. We found, however, that the four ClpB mutants, as well as the wild-type, bound similar amounts of inactivated luciferase. In summary, we have identified three essential amino acid residues within the N-terminal region of ClpB that participate in the coupling between a protein-binding signal and the ATP hydrolysis, and also support the chaperone activity of ClpB.     

高产透明质酸菌种FJ-23的诱变选育

目的:高产透明质酸菌种的选育是提高透明质酸产量和质量的关键。方法:以马疫链球菌SH-0为出发菌,对其进行紫外诱变和NTG诱变选育。结果:筛选出溶血素和透明质酸酶双缺陷型突变菌株FJ-23,其透明质酸产量提高了7倍;突变株经6次传代,其产酸量及HA的相对分子量保持稳定,为今后进一步研究发酵法生产透明质酸打下基础。     

定点突变技术在DNA缺失改造上的应用

本实验采用寡聚核苷酸指导的定点突变法,缺失了分别存在于YFD42和YFD58中的a-因子信号肽序列与a-hANP基因和a-因子信号肽序列与a-1FN基因间接头区域的27和18个核苷酸。由于被缺失部分恰好含有一个酶切位点,利用这一特点,酶切检查初步筛选出缺失了一个HindⅢ酶切位点的突变子。经DNA序列分析,证实缺失的核苷酸序列和设计完全一致。     

植物Rubisco活化酶的研究进展

植物Rubisco活化酶广泛存在于光合生物中,是AAA＋家族成员,具有ATP酶活性,并具有对温度反应的活化Rubisco和分子伴侣的双重功能。该文重点介绍了近年来对Rubisco活化酶的分子特性、作用机制、温度等因子的影响及基因工程研究的最新进展。     

常压室温等离子体技术在微生物诱变中的应用进展

微生物是人类赖以生存的重要资源,为提高微生物的生产效率或者赋予其新的生物学功能,需要通过理化方法进行诱变或通过分子生物学技术对其进行定点突变。在目前的理化诱变方法中,常压室温等离子（atmospheric and room temperature plasma,ARTP）诱变技术具有操作简单、条件温和、安全性高、诱变快速等优点,成为倍受青睐的新方法。基于此,综述了ARTP诱变技术的原理及其在微生物诱变育种方面的应用,以期为选育性能优越的微生物菌种的诱变育种相关研究提供借鉴。     

Mutational analysis of the energetics of the GrpE.DnaK binding interface: equilibrium association constants by sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation

DnaK, the prokaryotic Hsp70 molecular chaperone, requires the nucleotide exchange factor and heat shock protein GrpE to release ADP. GrpE and DnaK are tightly associated molecules with an extensive protein-protein interface, and in the absence of ADP, the dissociation constant for GrpE and DnaK is in the low nanomolar range. GrpE reduces the affinity of DnaK for ADP, and the reciprocal linkage is also true: ADP reduces the affinity of DnaK for GrpE. The energetic contributions of GrpE side-chains to GrpE-DnaK binding were probed by alanine-scanning mutagenesis. Sedimentation velocity (SV) analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) was used to measure the equilibrium constants (Keq) for GrpE binding to the ATPase domain of DnaK in the presence of ADP. ADP-bound DnaK is the natural target of GrpE, and the addition of ADP (final concentration of 5 microM) to the preformed GrpE-DnaK(ATPase) complexes allowed the equilibrium association constants to be brought into an experimentally accessible range. Under these experimental conditions, the substitution of one single GrpE amino acid residue, arginine 183 with alanine, resulted in a GrpE-DnaK(ATPase) complex that was weakly associated (Keq =9.4 x 10(4) M). This residue has been previously shown to be part of a thermodynamic linkage between two structural domains of GrpE: the thermosensing long helices and the C-terminal beta-domains. Several other GrpE side-chains were found to have a significant change in the free energy of binding (DeltaDeltaG approximately 1.5 to 1.7 kcal mol(-1)), compared to wild-type GrpE.DnaK(ATPase) in the same experimental conditions. Overall, the strong interactions between GrpE and DnaK appear to be dominated by electrostatics, not unlike barnase and barstar, another well-characterized protein-protein interaction. GrpE, an inherent thermosensor, exhibits non-Arrhenius behavior with respect to its nucleotide exchange function at bacterial heat shock temperatures, and mutation of several solvent-exposed side-chains located along the thermosensing indicated that these residues are indeed important for GrpE-DnaK interactions.     

耐碱和耐热木聚糖酶研究进展

木聚糖酶是一种重要的工业用酶,近年来由于它在制浆和造纸工业中的特殊用途而受到广泛关注。在制浆和造纸工业中需要耐碱和耐热的木聚糖酶。要得到这样的木聚糖酶有两种办法,一是从极端环境中筛选这样的高产木聚糖酶的微生物,其二是用先进的生物技术对现有的木聚糖酶进行遗传改造,以达到耐热和耐碱的目的。     

青霉素G酰化酶β亚基Ser~(579)、Arg~(580)的定点突变研究

比较青霉素酰化酶(PGA)和青霉素结合蛋白的一级结构,我们推测PGAβ亚基中565～595肽段可能和酶的底物结合功能有关。为此我们将2.6 kb 长的完整的PGA 基因克隆到pTz 18 U 中构建成质粒pTZGA,并用定点突变的技术对Ser~(579)。和Arg~(580)两个氨基酸残基进行了突变研究。在所得到的四种突变子中·Ser~(579)→Gly~(579),Arg~(580)→Gly~(580),Arg~(580)→Glu~(580),Arg~(580)→Lys~(580))Glu~(580)和Gly~(580)没有酶活力,Lys~(580)约有30%的酶活力,Gly~(579)约有70%的酶活力。用ELISA 方法检测了四种突变子和野生型酶蛋白表达量,没有显著差异,这表明Arg~(580)对酶活性有重要意义,是酶活力中心的重要组成部分,可能与催化活性有关。     

Plasmid Copy Number Underlies Adaptive Mutability in Bacteria

The origin of mutations under selection has been intensively studied using the Cairns-Foster system, in which cells of an Escherichia coli lac mutant are plated on lactose and give rise to 100 Lac⁺ revertants over several days. These revertants have been attributed variously to stress-induced mutagenesis of nongrowing cells or to selective improvement of preexisting weakly Lac⁺ cells with no mutagenesis. Most revertant colonies (90%) contain stably Lac⁺ cells, while others (10%) contain cells with an unstable amplification of the leaky mutant lac allele. Evidence is presented that both stable and unstable Lac⁺ revertant colonies are initiated by preexisting cells with multiple copies of the F′lac plasmid, which carries the mutant lac allele. The tetracycline analog anhydrotetracycline (AnTc) inhibits growth of cells with multiple copies of the tetA gene. Populations with tetA on their F′lac plasmid include rare cells with an elevated plasmid copy number and multiple copies of both the tetA and lac genes. Pregrowth of such populations with AnTc reduces the number of cells with multiple F′lac copies and consequently the number of Lac⁺ colonies appearing under selection. Revertant yield is restored rapidly by a few generations of growth without AnTc. We suggest that preexisting cells with multiple F′lac copies divide very little under selection but have enough energy to replicate their F′lac plasmids repeatedly until reversion initiates a stable Lac⁺ colony. Preexisting cells whose high-copy plasmid includes an internal lac duplication grow under selection and produce an unstable Lac⁺ colony. In this model, all revertant colonies are initiated by preexisting cells and cannot be stress induced.     

等离子体-紫外复合诱变选育四羟基环孢菌素衍生物高产菌株

筛选可体内转化合成环孢菌素衍生物([γ-HyMeLeu4]CyA)的高产菌株。以稀有放线菌Nonomuraea dietziae为出发菌株,采用常温常压等离子体射流和紫外照射对其进行复合物理诱变。通过该诱变方法获得了具有稳定遗传性能的菌株,其转化效率比出发菌株提高了32%左右。结果表明,等离子体诱变可有效的用于该稀有放线菌,通过等离子体-紫外复合诱变筛选得到的突变菌株可用于工业生产。