蛋白质定向进货的研究进展

定向进化是改造蛋白质分子的一种有效的新策略。主要是在实验室里模拟自然进化过程,通过由易错PCR、致突变菌株诱变等方法对编码蛋白质的基因进行随机诱变,由DNA改组、随机引导重组和交错延伸等方法进行突变基因体外重组,设计高通量筛选方法来选出需要的突变株。它不仅可快速产生工业上有用的新酶,而且对研究蛋白质的结构与功能的关系具有非常重要的意义。     

蛋白质定向进化的研究进展

定向进化是改造蛋白质分子的一种有效的新策略。主要是在实验室里模拟自然进化过程,通过由易错PCR、致突变菌株诱变等方法对编码蛋白质的基因进行随机诱变,由DNA改组、随机引导重组和交错延伸等方法进行突变基因体外重组,设计高通量筛选方法来选出需要的突变株。它不仅可快速产生工业上有用的新酶,而且对研究蛋白质的结构与功能的关系具有非常重要的意义。     

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.     

蛋白质体外进化建库技术研究

蛋白质体外进化技术是蛋白质工程发展的一个里程碑,也是改造蛋白质的一种有效工具。它不仅具有重要的应用价值,而且有助于蛋白质结构与功能的研究。通过蛋白质体外进化技术已成功地改造了许多蛋白质,有些已应用于工农业生产。体外进化技术分为两步:建库和筛选。本文主要对蛋白质体外进化策略及对体外随机突变技术、DNA重组技术、利用活细胞自身修复系统构建突变文库等几种定向进化突变文库建立技术进行了介绍与论述,同时还对蛋白质体外进化技术的应用及与其它学科结合的研究前景进行了分析,为获得具有改进功能或全新功能的蛋白质提供理论基础。     

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。     

基因体外随机突变的两种方法的研究

引导蛋白质功能进化常用的方法是模拟和加速蛋白质基因自然重组的进程,即在蛋白质的基因中引进随机突变。因此,蛋白质基因体外随机突变的方法影响着引导蛋白质功能进化的效果。本文描述两种简单而有效的基因体外随机突变发生方法。一种是化学诱变法：将蛋白质基因用1.0mol/L硝酸钠在室温下处理1h,然后将突变基因插入质粒,导入大肠杆菌中表达;另一种方法是延伸诱变法：将10个随机氨基酸短肽基因连接到蛋白质基因上,使蛋白质C末端连接随机短肽,通过增大蛋白质分子来达到延伸蛋白质序列空间的目的。来自嗜热脂肪芽孢杆菌的过氧化氢酶I基因用这两种方法进行了随机突变,获得了大量突变体酶基因。通过对突变体酶基因表达产物性质变化的测定,证明这两种基因诱变方法能够有效地诱发基因的随机突变。 Abstract:Two novel and simple methods were described in the paper for in vitro mutagenesis and recombinatin of polynucleotide sequence to mimic and accelerate nature's recombination strategy to direct the evolution of protein function.One is chemical mutagenesis: protein gene was inserted into M13mp18,and the single－stranded DNA was treated with 1．0mol/L sodium nitrite at room temperature for 1h for mutation and converted into duplex,then the mutated gene was ligated to plasmid for expression.Another is elongation mutagenesis: random peptide of 10 amino acid was connected at C－terminal of protein to expand the sequence space by increasing proteins dimensions,then the elongation mutated gene expressed in E.coli.We have used these two methods to recombine the thermostabilized catalase I, and these two methods were found to be efficient to form a lot of catalase I mutates by identifying the properties of mutated enzyme.     

蛋白质体外定向进化策略研究进展

定向进化已广泛应用于蛋白质的分子改造,是改善蛋白质特性的最有效策略之一。为了获得更高的突变效率,构建含有更多突变体的文库,不断地发明创新各种高效的蛋白质体外定向进化方法。对近年来出现的几种定向进化方法三核苷酸突变(TriNex)、序列饱和突变(SeSaM)、随机链交换突变法(RAISE)、重叠延伸蛋白域文库法(PDLGO)和迭代饱和突变法(ISM)的原理、特点及应用进行综述。     

体外分子定向进化研究进展

体外定向进化作为近几年发展起来的一种蛋白质改造新策略,可以在未知目标蛋白三维结构信息和作用机制的情况下,通过对编码基因的随机突变、重组和定向筛选,获得具有改进功能或全新功能的蛋白质,使几百万年的自然进化过程在短期内得以实现,因而是发现新的生物活性分子和反应途径的重要方法,已在短短几年内取得了令人瞩目的成就.     

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.     

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。     

A comparison of directed evolution approaches using the beta-glucuronidase model system

Protein engineers can alter the properties of enzymes by directing their evolution in vitro. Many methods to generate molecular diversity and to identify improved clones have been developed, but experimental evolution remains as much an art as a science. We previously used DNA shuffling (sexual recombination) and a histochemical screen to direct the evolution of Escherichia coli beta-glucuronidase (GUS) variants with improved beta-galactosidase (BGAL) activity. Here, we employ the same model evolutionary system to test the efficiencies of several other techniques: recursive random mutagenesis (asexual), combinatorial cassette mutagenesis (high-frequency recombination) and a versatile high-throughput microplate screen. GUS variants with altered specificity evolved in each trial, but different combinations of mutagenesis and screening techniques effected the fixation of different beneficial mutations. The new microplate screen identified a broader set of mutations than the previously employed X-gal colony screen. Recursive random mutagenesis produced essentially asexual populations, within which beneficial mutations drove each other into extinction (clonal interference); DNA shuffling and combinatorial cassette mutagenesis led instead to the accumulation of beneficial mutations within a single allele. These results explain why recombinational approaches generally increase the efficiency of laboratory evolution.     

Optimization of DNA shuffling for high fidelity recombination.

A convenient 'DNA shuffling' protocol for random recombination of homologous genes in vitro with a very low rate of associated point mutagenesis (0.05%) is described. In addition, the mutagenesis rate can be controlled over a wide range by the inclusion of Mn2+or Mg2+during DNase I digestion, by choice of DNA polymerase used during gene reassembly as well as how the genes are prepared for shuffling (PCR amplification versus restriction enzyme digestion of plasmid DNA). These protocols should be useful for in vitro protein evolution, for DNA based computing and for structure-function studies of evolutionarily related genes.     

Modeling DNA shuffling.

In vitro evolution is a new, important laboratory method to evolve molecules with desired properties. It has been used in a variety of biological studies and drug development. In this paper, we study one important mutagenesis method used in in vitro evolution experiments called DNA shuffling. We construct a mathematical model for DNA shuffling and study the properties of molecules after DNA shuffling experiments based on this model. The model for DNA shuffling consists of two parts. First we apply the Lander-Waterman model for physical mapping by fingerprinting random clones to model the distribution of regions that can be reassembled through DNA shuffling. Then we present a model for recombination between different DNA species with different mutations. We compare our theoretical results with experimental data. Finally we propose novel applications of the theoretical results to the optimal design of DNA shuffling experiments and to physical mapping using DNA shuffling.     

Saccharomyces cerevisiae in directed evolution: An efficient tool to improve enzymes

Over the past 20 years, directed evolution has been seen to be the most reliable approach to protein engineering. Emulating the natural selection algorithm, ad hoc enzymes with novel features can be tailor-made for practical purposes through iterative rounds of random mutagenesis, DNA recombination and screening. Of the heterologous hosts used in laboratory evolution experiments, the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has become the best choice to express eukaryotic proteins with improved properties. S. cerevisiae not only allows mutant enzymes to be secreted but also, it permits a wide range of genetic manipulations to be employed, ranging from in vivo cloning to the creation of greater molecular diversity, thanks to its efficient DNA recombination apparatus. Here, we summarize some successful examples of the use of the S. cerevisiae machinery to accelerate artificial evolution, complementing the traditional in vitro methods to generate tailor-made enzymes.     

Mutations in human DNA polymerase eta motif II alter bypass of DNA lesions.

Human DNA polymerase eta (hPol eta) is one of the newly identified Y-family of DNA polymerases. These polymerases synthesize past template lesions that are postulated to block replication fork progression. hPol eta accurately bypasses UV-associated cis-syn cyclobutane thymine dimers in vitro and contributes to normal resistance to sunlight-induced skin cancer. We describe here mutational analysis of motif II, a highly conserved sequence, recently reported to reside in the fingers domain and to form part of the active site in Y-family DNA polymerases. We used a yeast-based complementation system to isolate biologically active mutants created by random sequence mutagenesis, synthesized the mutant proteins in vitro and assessed their ability to bypass thymine dimers. The mutability of motif II in 210 active mutants has parallels with natural evolution and identifies Tyr52 and Ala54 as prime candidates for involvement in catalytic activity or bypass. We describe the ability of hPol eta S62G, a mutant polymerase with enhanced activity, to bypass five other site-specific lesions. Our results may serve as a prototype for studying other members of the Y-family DNA polymerases.     

Site-saturation mutagenesis is more efficient than DNA shuffling for the directed evolution of beta-fucosidase from beta-galactosidase

Protein engineers use a variety of mutagenic strategies to adapt enzymes to novel substrates. Directed evolution techniques (random mutagenesis and high-throughput screening) offer a systematic approach to the management of protein complexity. This sub-discipline was galvanized by the invention of DNA shuffling, a procedure that randomly recombines point mutations in vitro. In one influential study, Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (BGAL) variants with enhanced beta-fucosidase activity (tenfold increase in k(cat)/K(M) in reactions with the novel para-nitrophenyl-beta-d-fucopyranoside substrate; 39-fold decrease in reactivity with the "native"para-nitrophenyl-beta-d-galactopyranoside substrate) were evolved in seven rounds of DNA shuffling and screening. Here, we show that a single round of site-saturation mutagenesis and screening enabled the identification of beta-fucosidases that are significantly more active (180-fold increase in k(cat)/K(M) in reactions with the novel substrate) and specific (700,000-fold inversion of specificity) than the best variants in the previous study. Site-saturation mutagenesis thus proved faster, less resource-intensive and more effective than DNA shuffling for this particular evolutionary pathway.     

Thermostable DNA Ligase-Mediated PCR Production of Circular Plasmid (PPCP) and Its Application in Directed Evolution via In situ Error-Prone PCR

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a powerful method to produce linear DNA fragments. Here we describe the Tma thermostable DNA ligase-mediated PCR production of circular plasmid (PPCP) and its application in directed evolution via in situ error-prone PCR. In this thermostable DNA ligase-mediated whole-plasmid amplification method, the resultant DNA nick between the 5′ end of the PCR primer and the extended newly synthesized DNA 3′ end of each PCR cycle is ligated by Tma DNA ligase, resulting in circular plasmid DNA product that can be directly transformed. The template plasmid DNA is eliminated by ‘selection marker swapping’ upon transformation. When performed under an error-prone condition with Taq DNA polymerase, PPCP allows one-step construction of mutagenesis libraries based on in situ error-prone PCR so that random mutations are introduced into the target gene without altering the expression vector plasmid. A significant difference between PPCP and previously published methods is that PPCP allows exponential amplification of circular DNA. We used this method to create random mutagenesis libraries of a xylanase gene and two cellulase genes. Screening of these libraries resulted in mutant proteins with desired properties, demonstrating the usefulness of in situ error-prone PPCP for creating random mutagenesis libraries for directed evolution.