菜豆根瘤菌sym和mel基因在农杆菌中的转移和表达

豆根瘤菌(Rhizobium phaseoli)共生质粒pSYM3622具有诱导宿主植物(phaseolusvulgaris cv."Jamapa")结瘤固氮的有效基因,以及菜豆根瘤菌特征性的产黑素基因(Melanin production gene)。在诱动因子RP4的存在下,共生质粒能够有效地向三叶草根瘤菌和农杆菌转移。种间和属间杂交子都能诱导菜豆植物形成无效根瘤,并且具备在特定培养基上产生黑素的能力。pSYM3622在三叶草根瘤菌菌株RCR226中具有明显的不亲和性,但是在农杆菌杂交子中,这些结癌和产生黑素的特征在植物根瘤分离菌中能够稳定地保持下去。试验同时研究了pSYM3622向假单胞菌和大肠杆菌的诱动转移。     

紫云英根瘤菌基因文库的构建及含完整结瘤基因的重组质粒pRaZ15的分离

以紫云英根瘤菌菌株7653R为材料,制备总DNA,经EcoRⅠ限制酶部分酶解,通过10—50％蔗糖梯度离心,分离到20一30 kb的DNA片段。利用能在革兰氏阴性菌中转移和复制的广谱寄主载体——pLAFRl质粒,构建了紫云英根瘤菌基因文库。通过与苜蓿根瘤菌102l菌株中8．7kb的共同结瘤基因(作探针DNA)杂交,从基因文库中分离到紫云英根瘤菌共同结瘤基因片段。以紫云英根瘤菌不结瘤突变株7653R+1(7653R消除共生质粒)为受体、构建的7653R基因文库(E．Coli C600)为供体,通过协助转移质粒pRK2013(LE392)进行三亲交配,在含四环素的根瘤菌台成培养基(sM)上选择接合转移子。将得到的所有接台转移子混合在一起接种植物,通过植物结瘤试验,分离到含紫云英根瘤菌结瘤基因的重组质粒pRaz15。将该质粒用EcoRⅠ完全酶切,得到25kb左右的外源DNA片段,该片段携带完整的结瘤基因簇。     

固氮作用

891626 在菜豆上参与诱导及发育根瘤的菜豆根瘤菌的基因鉴定了Rhizobium phaseoli CE3菌株的功能结瘤区。发现了共生质粒的两个重叠的装配型质粒PSM927和PSM991克隆,能诱导在PSYM-卷曲     

紫云英根瘤菌Ra159的巨大质粒上存在有nod和nif基因的证明

在紫云英根瘤菌(Rhizobium astragali)Ra159中存在有两个分子量分别约为300Md(pRal59a)及大于300Md(pRal59b)的巨大质粒。以肺炎克氏杆菌的固氮酶结构基因nifHDK片段和苜蓿根瘤菌共同结瘤基因nod ABCD片段作探针进行的杂交试验证明了紫云英根瘤菌的大质粒pRal59b上存在有nod基因和nif基因。将这些大质粒转移到nod—nif基因缺失的苜蓿根瘤菌突变株Rm627—1,只有带pRal59b的转移接合子能在紫云英植物上形成根瘤,但这些根瘤均不能还原乙炔。     

紫云英根瘤菌质粒功能研究

紫云英根瘤菌CH203含有3条质粒(pRHa,97MI);pRHb,168MD;pRHc,251MD为共生质粒),用带蔗糖敏感基因Tn5-sacB进行菌株质粒消除和质粒缺失突变株筛选,获得一系列突变株。与野生型菌相比,质粒pRHa的丢失导致菌株结无效根瘤,质粒pRHb的丢失使菌株失去共生能力,在TY培养基平板上菌落变得粗糙,失去了脂多糖(LPSI)。质粒pRHc(共生质粒)的丢失显然失去其菌株的共生能力,同时使菌株抗酸性明显减弱。质粒回复能恢复突变株的表现特征和共生能力。此外,紫云英根瘤菌CH205含有5条大小不同的质粒(分子量42MD～230MD),该菌株某些质粒的消除能显著增强菌株的结瘤固氮能力。研究结果也表明除共生质粒外,紫云英根瘤菌其它质粒明显影响菌株的共生效应。     

固氮作用

863252一种与菜豆根瘤菌基因连接的质粒psi抑制产生外多糖并且是共生固氮所需要的〔会,英〕/Borthakur,D.…厂Abs,6thl:卜ternatl.Syrn.NitrogenFixation一1985,9一03 菜豆根瘤菌(Rhi:obium力haseoli)一个菌株在消除了其共生质粒pRPZ月之后,保持制造外多糖(EPS)的能力。但是,pRPZJI的一段,当以增加的拷贝数克隆在广范宿主载体中并转移到这个或别的根瘤菌菌株中时,抑制了EPS合成。这种基因称为Psi(抑制多糖)并定位于共生质粒中靠近结瘤和固氮基因的一个区段。Psi在共生作用中是重要的,因为一株含有克隆在多拷贝质粒上的PSi的野生菌…     

花生根瘤菌Bradyrhizobium sp.MM6 Ⅲ型分泌系统的结构和功能

【目的】探究花生根瘤菌Bradyrhizobium sp.MM6的Ⅲ型分泌系统(T3SS)的结构及其在根瘤菌与不同宿主建立共生关系中的作用。【方法】同源比对分析菌株MM6的T3SS基因簇的结构特征,并采用三亲本接合转移的方法构建T3SS调节基因ttsI突变菌株;通过蛭石结瘤和石蜡切片实验,比较突变体与野生型的共生固氮表型差异。【结果】经预测,MM6的T3SS基因簇编码区长约34.1 kb,可分为3个区域,包含10个保守结构基因和8个效应蛋白基因,与B.diazoefficiens USDA110相应基因的序列相似性为83%–93%;成功构建了MM6的ttsI突变株;ttsI突变株与野生型分别与花生(S523和Y45)、野大豆和大豆中黄57结瘤,ttsI突变体在花生中的总瘤数显著增加(P<0.05),根瘤中含菌细胞更多;ttsI突变体在野大豆中平均每株植物增加4个根瘤,根瘤中含菌细胞更多,地上部干重相比野生型MM6显著增加(P<0.05);在大豆中黄57中,野生型MM6能形成红色的有效根瘤,ttsI突变体不结瘤,且植株叶片发黄,地上部干重相比野生型MM6显著降低(P<0.05)。【结论】MM6的T3SS在花生和野大豆共生体系中起着有害的作用,而在大豆中黄57的共生体系中起着有利的作用。     

花生根瘤菌Bradyrhizobium sp.MM6 Ⅲ型分泌系统的结构和功能

【目的】探究花生根瘤菌Bradyrhizobium sp. MM6的Ⅲ型分泌系统(T3SS)的结构及其在根瘤菌与不同宿主建立共生关系中的作用。【方法】同源比对分析菌株MM6的T3SS基因簇的结构特征,并采用三亲本接合转移的方法构建T3SS调节基因ttsI突变菌株;通过蛭石结瘤和石蜡切片实验,比较突变体与野生型的共生固氮表型差异。【结果】经预测,MM6的T3SS基因簇编码区长约34.1 kb,可分为3个区域,包含10个保守结构基因和8个效应蛋白基因,与B. diazoefficiens USDA110相应基因的序列相似性为83%–93%;成功构建了MM6的ttsI突变株;ttsI突变株与野生型分别与花生(S523和Y45)、野大豆和大豆中黄57结瘤,ttsI突变体在花生中的总瘤数显著增加(P0.05),根瘤中含菌细胞更多;ttsI突变体在野大豆中平均每株植物增加4个根瘤,根瘤中含菌细胞更多,地上部干重相比野生型MM6显著增加(P0.05);在大豆中黄57中,野生型MM6能形成红色的有效根瘤,ttsI突变体不结瘤,且植株叶片发黄,地上部干重相比野生型MM6显著降低(P0.05)。【结论】MM6的T3SS在花生和野大豆共生体系中起着有害的作用,而在大豆中黄57的共生体系中起着有利的作用。     

根瘤菌质粒的生物学特性

早期的研究发现,根瘤菌诱导根瘤的行为极不稳定,用已知能消去质粒的化学药剂处理根瘤菌,使根瘤菌丧失了原有的结瘤能力,推测与根瘤菌结瘤性状有关的基因可能定位在质粒上【‘］。随着根瘤菌质粒研究方法的改进［‘’‘］．人们从根瘤菌中发现了大于150kb的大质粒,从首猪根瘤菌（Anizobiumllleliloti）中检测到大约1500kb左右的质粒【‘］,从山羊豆根瘤菌U矾bO伙O＿galngae）检测到大于1700kb的巨大质粒,在同一菌株中检测到的不同质粒数多达10个［‘］。近二十多年来,根瘤菌研究逐步发展,如探究根瘤菌结瘤的分子信号识别机理,鉴…     

慢生型大豆根瘤菌的结瘤基因转入快生型大豆根瘤菌中

通过三亲本杂交把慢生型大豆根瘤菌USDAllO的基因文库转移至Tn5诱变的不结瘤的快生型大豆根瘤菌321,338中,用链霉素和四环素平板选择大量接合子,接种大豆,通过结瘤基因功能互补,获得7个根瘤,从中分离出的每个菌株都仍具有链霉素和四环素抗性。分离其质粒,发现每个菌株都多了一条较载体质粒pLAFRl分子量大的质粒。将这些质粒转移至大肠杆菌HBl01中,分离其质粒,用32P标记的ncd探针进行DNA—DNA分子杂交,除载体质粒pLAFRl为阴性反应外,其他重组质粒均为阳性反应,即所获得pLAFRl克隆的DNA片段上确有nod结构基因。回收重组质粒pLAFRl：：nod,用限制性内切酶EcoR I进行酶切,从其琼脂糖凝胶电泳图上估计pLAFRl上克隆的DNA片段分子量为32kb。     

Plasmid pSym1-32 from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viceae, controlling nitrogen-fixing activity, effectiveness of symbiosis, competitiveness, and acid tolerance

The symbiotic plasmid (pSym1-32) of the highly effective Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viceae 1-32 strain was identified after the conjugal transfer of replicons carrying Tn5-mob into the plasmidless Agrobacterium tumefaciens Gm1-9023 strain. Plasmid pSym1-32 was transferred into R. leguminosarum bv. viceae strains Y14 (showing low effectiveness of symbiosis with Vicia villosa) and Y57 (unable to fix nitrogen). Transconjugants formed Fix+ nodules on roots of V. villosa and had a highly enhanced nitrogen fixing ability, increased plant weight, and increased nitrogen accumulation compared to the recipient strains. Variation of transconjugants in symbiotic properties (accompanied by alterations in plasmid composition in some of the conjugants) was detected. Moreover, the donor strain R. leguminosarum bv. viceae 1-32 was shown to be more efficient in the competitiveness and acid tolerance than the recipient Y14 strain. Both these properties were transmitted upon transfer of pSym1-32 into the recipient. Thus, plasmid pSym1-32 was shown to carry genes involved in the control of the nitrogen fixing ability, symbiotic effectiveness, competitiveness, and acid tolerance in R. leguminosarum bv. viceae.     

Large plasmids of fast-growing rhizobia: homology studies and location of structural nitrogen fixation (nif) genes.

A single large plasmid was isolated from multiplasmid-harboring strains Rhizobium leguminosarum 1001 and R. trifolii 5. These single plasmids, as well as the largest plasmid detectable in R. phaseoli 3622, hybridized with part of the nif structural genes of Klebsiella pneumoniae. In contrast, the plasmids of R. meliloti strains V7 and L5-30 did not show hybridization with the nif genes of K. pneumoniae, indicating that these genes might be located either on the chromosome or on a much larger plasmid which as yet has not been isolated. Studies of the homology between plasmids of fast-growing Rhizobium species showed that a specific deoxyribonucleic acid sequence, which carries the structural genes for nitrogenase, is highly conserved on a plasmid in R. leguminosarum, R. trifolii, and R. phaseoli. Furthermore, it was found that this type of plasmid in the different species shares extensive deoxyribonucleic acid homology, suggesting that strains in the R. leguminosarum cluster have preserved a nif plasmid.     

The sym plasmid pRP2JI and at least two other loci of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar phaseoli can confer resistance to infection by the virulent bacteriophage RL38

Abstract The virulent Rhizobium bacteriophage RL38 did not form plaques on R.leguminosarum by phaseoli but did so at high efficiency on a derivative of that strain lacking its symbiotic plasmid pRP2JI. Other strains with large deletions in pRP2JI which removed many nod and nif genes retained resistance to RL38, showing that the gene which confers phage resistance lies elsewhere on the plasmid. Although the wild-type strain of R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli failed to plate RL38, it was possible to transduce chromosomal markers into this strain, indicating that the 'block' was not at an early stage in the infection process. Two different recombinant plasmids obtained from a clone bank of genomic DNA of R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli , which appeared to have no DNA in common, both conferred resistance to RL38. Surprisingly, the DNA cloned in each of these plasmids did not originate from pRP2JI. Therefore, several different loci both on the Sym plasmid and elsewhere on the bacterial genome can be involved in conferring resistance to this bacteriophage.     

Sym plasmid genes of Rhizobium trifolii expressed in Lignobacter and Pseudomonas strains.

A 14-kilobase (kb) fragment of Rhizobium trifolii Sym plasmid containing nodulation (nod) genes or the pSym plasmid of R. trifolii cointegrated with a broad-host-range vector R68.45 (pPN1) were transferred to Lignobacter strain K17 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO5 by conjugation. Lignobacter transconjugants carrying Sym plasmid pPN1 formed nodules on white, red, and subterranean clover plants. Lignobacter transconjugants containing a 14-kb fragment of nod genes cloned into a multicopy plasmid nodulated only white and subterranean clover plants, whereas transconjugants carrying the same fragment cloned into a low-copy plasmid vector nodulated only white clover plants. All nodules formed by Lignobacter transconjugants showed bacterial release from the infection threads into the host cytoplasm. Pseudomonas transconjugants with plasmid pPN1 formed nodule-like structures on white clover plants. These structures were not invaded by bacteria; however, a few bacteria were found within the intercellular spaces of the outermost cells of the structures. Pseudomonas transconjugants carrying the 14-kb fragment of R. trifolii nod genes did not form nodules on tested clover plants. All clover plants inoculated with either Pseudomonas or Lignobacter transconjugants containing a 14-kb fragment of nod genes (but not entire Sym plasmid) showed the "thick-and-short-root" response when compared to the control plants inoculated with the R. trifolii wild-type strain.     

Construction of shuttle vectors useful for transforming Clostridium acetobutylicum

The symbiotic plasmid (pSym) DNA present in bacteroids of strain RCR1001 of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viceae has been compared qualitatively and quantitatively with that present in free living bacteria by hybridization experiments with appropriate probes. A decrease in the relative amount of pSym DNA was observed in bacteroids as compared to bacteria. No rearrangements of the symbiotically expressed pSym borne genes were detected in bacteroids.     

Localization and symbiotic function of a region on the Rhizobium leguminosarum Sym plasmid pRL1JI responsible for a secreted, flavonoid-inducible 50-kilodalton protein.

A previously described (R. A. de Maagd, C. A. Wijffelman, E. Pees, and B. J. J. Lugtenberg, J. Bacteriol. 170:4424-4427, 1988) Sym plasmid-dependent, naringenin-inducible 50-kilodalton protein of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae is further characterized in this paper. The protein was overproduced by constructing a strain containing multiple copies of the R. meliloti nodD gene, which facilitated its purification. An antiserum was used to screen Tn5 insertion mutants located in the pRL1JI region found to be responsible for the production of the 50-kilodalton protein. These inserts define a new nod locus left of the nod genes identified previously. Mutations in this region affect the nodulation ability in a way which is dependent on the bacterial background as well as on the host plant. The mutants nodulate normally in a strain RBL1532 (R. leguminosarum biovar viciae strain 248, cured of its Sym plasmid) background on all three tested host plant species. In contrast, in a strain RBL5045 (R. leguminosarum biovar trifolii strain RCR5, cured of its Sym plasmid) background, nodulation on Vicia sativa is severely impaired, whereas nodulation on Vicia hirsuta and Trifolium subterraneum is apparently unaltered.     

Nitrogen-fixing nodules induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens harboring Rhizobium phaseoli plasmids.

Rhizobium phaseoli CFN299 forms nitrogen-fixing nodules in Phaseolus vulgaris (bean) and in Leucaena esculenta. It has three plasmids of 185, 225, and 410 kilobases. The 410-kilobase plasmid contains the nitrogenase structural genes. We have transferred these plasmids to the plasmid-free strain Agrobacterium tumefaciens GMI9023. Transconjugants containing different combinations of the R. phaseoli plasmids were obtained, and they were exhaustively purified before nodulation was assayed. Only transconjugants harboring the 410-kilobase plasmid nodulate P. vulgaris and L. esculenta. Nodules formed by all such transconjugants are able to reduce acetylene. Transconjugants containing the whole set of plasmids from CFN299 nodulate better and fix more nitrogen than the transconjugants carrying only the Sym plasmid. Microscopic analysis of nodules induced by A. tumefaciens transconjugants reveals infected cells and vascular bundles. None of the A. tumefaciens transconjugants, not even the one with the whole set of plasmids from CFN299, behaves in symbiosis like the original R. phaseoli strain; the transconjugants produce fewer nodules and have lower acetylene reduction (25% as compared to the original R. phaseoli strain) and more amyloplasts per nodule. More than 2,000 bacterial isolates from nodules of P. vulgaris and L. esculenta formed by the transconjugants were analyzed by different criteria. Not a single rhizobium could be detected. Our results show that R. phaseoli plasmids may be expressed in the A. tumefaciens background and direct the formation of effective, differentiated nodules.     

Two plasmids other than the nodulation plasmid are necessary for formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules by Rhizobium leguminosarum

A system which allows direct selection for curing of plasmids in Gram-negative bacteria was used to generate derivatives of Rhizobium leguminosarum VF39 cured of each of six plasmids present in this strain. Phenotypes could be correlated with the absence of five of the six plasmids. The smallest plasmid, pRleVF39a, carries genes for the production of a melanin-like pigment as has been previously reported. Plasmid pRleVF39d carries nodulation and nitrogen fixation genes. Curing of the plasmids pRleVF39c and pRleVF39e gave rise to strains which formed Fix- nodules on peas, lentils, and faba beans. The nodules formed by the strains cured of pRleVF39c contained few, if any, bacteria. Analysis of washed cells by SDS-PAGE showed that this strain is defective in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) production; the defect could be complemented by introducing plasmids from several other R. leguminosarum strains, and by the R. leguminosarum biovar phaseoli LPS gene clones pCos126 and pDel27. The nodules formed by the strain cured of pRleVF39e had a reduced symbiotic zone, an enlarged senescence zone, and an abundance of starch granules. This strain grew at a much slower rate than the wild type, was unable to grow on minimal medium, and no longer produced melanin. These defects could be complemented by at least one other Rhizobium plasmid, pRle336e, a plasmid of strain 336 which is distinct from the nodulation plasmid (pRle336c) and the plasmid (pRle336d) which could complement the LPS defect associated with the loss of pRleVF39c. This demonstrates that genes necessary for symbiosis can be carried on at least three different plasmids in R. leguminosarum.     

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in Corynebacterium glutamicum is dispensable for growth and lysine production

Abstract The symbiotic plasmid pRHc1J and the helper plasmid pJB3JI were transferred from Rhizobium "hedysari" strain RJ77 to Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain GMI9023. Transconjugants harboured recombinant plasmids (R-prime plasmids) consisting of pJB3JI carrying DNA fragments, of different sizes, surrounding the Tn 5 mob insert in pRHc1J. Two of these R-prime plasmids (pR1 and pR2) carried nod genes and were able to restore the Nod⁺ phenotype of pSym⁻ derivatives of R. "hedysari" . The R. "hedysari" nod genes harboured by both R-primes were expressed in R. leguminosarum biovar trifolii wild-type but not in a pSym⁻ derivative.