Relationship between the structure and function of Escherichia coli initiator tRNA

Through functional studies of mutant tRNAs, we have identified sequence and/or structural features important for specifying the many distinctive properties of E coli initiator tRNA. Many of the mutant tRNAs contain an anticodon sequence change from CAU→CUA and are now substrates for E coli glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (GlnRS). We describe here the effect of further mutating the discriminator base 73 and nucleotide 72 at the end of the acceptor stem on: i) recognition of the mutant tRNAs by E coli GlnRS; ii) recognition by E coli methionyl-tRNA transformylase; and iii) activity of the mutant tRNAs in initiation in E coli. For GlnRS recognition, our results are, in general, consistent with interactions found in the crystal structure of the E coli GlnRS-glutamine tRNA complex. The results also support our previous conclusion that formylation of initiator tRNA is important for its function in initiation.     

群体感应动态调控促进大肠杆菌合成酪醇

酪醇是一种多酚类天然产物,广泛应用于化工、医药和食品等领域。目前大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)从头合成酪醇存在发酵菌体密度低和产量低等问题。为此,本研究将前期获得苯丙酮酸脱羧酶突变体ARO10F138L/D218G与不同来源的醇脱氢酶融合表达,最优组合ARO10F138L/D218G-L-YahK酪醇产量达到1.09 g/L。为进一步提高酪醇产量,敲除了4-羟基苯乙酸竞争途径关键基因feaB,使酪醇产量提高了21.15%,达到1.26g/L。针对酪醇发酵菌体密度低的问题,通过群体感应系统动态调控酪醇合成途径,减轻酪醇对底盘细胞的毒性作用,缓解生长抑制,使其产量提高了33.82%,达到1.74 g/L。在2 L发酵罐中,群体感应动态调控工程菌TRFQ5的酪醇产量达到4.22g/L,OD600值达到42.88,分别较静态诱导表达工程菌TRF5提高了38.58%和43.62%。本研究应用基因敲除技术,阻断了酪醇合成竞争途径;同时结合群体感应动态调控策略,减轻了酪醇毒性对底盘细胞的生长抑制,从而有效地提高了酪醇产量。本研究对其他高毒性化学品的生物合成具有良好的借鉴和应用价值。     

Recombinant streptokinase production by fed-batch cultivation of Escherichia coli

Streptokinase (SK) is a specific effective medicine for thrombolytic therapy of acute myocardial infarction. This study established a process for the pilot production of recombinant streptokinase (r-SK). Engineering bacteria were fermented in a 20-l fermentor to produce r-SK. After simple renaturation and purification, 12.9 g of r-SK with 97.8% of purity and about 10⁵ IU mg⁻¹ of specific activity was obtained, the yield of protein and the recovery of activity were 44.9% and 51%, respectively. Finally, the r-SK was made into about 700 doses of injections for clinical applications.     

和厚朴酚对大肠埃希氏菌生物被膜形成的抑制机制

【目的】研究不同浓度的和厚朴酚(honokiol)抑制大肠埃希菌(Escherichia coli)的供试菌株10389生物被膜(biofilm,BF)形成的作用机制。【方法】用氯化三苯基四氮唑比色法(TTC)和四唑盐减低法(XTT)测定honokiol抑制E.coli10389生物被膜形成的药物最低抑菌浓度(MIC)和最低杀菌浓度(MBC)及其抑制作用与时间的关系;通过qRT-PCR法检测不同浓度的honokiol对E. coli 10389生物被膜形成基因和群体感应系统相关基因表达量的影响;通过生物发光法和qRT-PCR法检测亚-MIC honokiol对E. coli 10389呋喃糖基硼酸二酯(AI-2)及其调控的与生物被膜形成相关的下游基因表达量的影响。【结果】Honokiol能抑制E.coli10389生物被膜的形成,但不同浓度的honokiol抑制E. coli 10389 BF形成的作用机制不同。其中,与对照组相比,MIC的honokiol能使E. coli 10389 BF形成相关基因编码毒素(hha)和细菌酸性调节因子(ari R) mRNA的表达量显著提高,抗毒素...     

米曲霉（Aspergillus oryzae）果胶酸内切水解酶（PGA）在原核系统中重组表达

果胶酶具有广阔的商业用途,在食品工业上主要用于果汁和酒类的澄清、提高植物油的提取率、提高水果的硬度和植物纤维脱胶。米曲霉（Aspergillus oryzae）一直用于传统发酵食品的生产,自然条件下其果胶酶的产量较低。文献报道的果胶酶的重组表达成功的例子较少,且活性较低。通过RT-PCR 的方法,获得不含信号肽的果胶酸内切水解酶A(polygalacturonase A, PGA) 的cDNA,PGA cDNA 连入pET-28a (+)载体, 构建 pET-28a (+)-pga 质粒。pET-28a (+)-pga 转化Turner (DE3) placⅠ细胞,得到转化子pET-28a (+)-pga-Turner (DE3) placⅠ,首次实现了米曲霉PGA在大肠杆菌系统中过表达,进一步对PGA在大肠杆菌系统中表达的条件进行了研究。在37℃、220 r/min条件培养pET-28a (+)-pga-Turner (DE3) placⅠ细胞,OD₆₀₀至 0.8左右时,用500μmol/L isopropyl β-D-thiogalactogalactopyranoside (IPTG)进行诱导表达,在15℃和170r/min条件下继续培养24 h,表达效果最好,相对于每毫升培养基而言,产酶可达到70u/mL,是米曲霉自然条件产酶量的87.5倍,远优于文献报道的重组表达的PGA酶活     

米曲霉（Aspergillus oryzae）果胶酸内切水解酶（PGA）在原核系统中重组表达

果胶酶具有广阔的商业用途,在食品工业上主要用于果汁和酒类的澄清、提高植物油的提取率、提高水果的硬度和植物纤维脱胶。米曲霉（Aspergillus oryzae）一直用于传统发酵食品的生产,自然条件下其果胶酶的产量较低。文献报道的果胶酶的重组表达成功的例子较少,且活性较低。通过RT-PCR 的方法,获得不含信号肽的果胶酸内切水解酶A(polygalacturonase A, PGA) 的cDNA,PGA cDNA 连入pET-28a (+)载体, 构建 pET-28a (+)-pga 质粒。pET-28a (+)-pga 转化Turner (DE3) placⅠ细胞,得到转化子pET-28a (+)-pga-Turner (DE3) placⅠ,首次实现了米曲霉PGA在大肠杆菌系统中过表达,进一步对PGA在大肠杆菌系统中表达的条件进行了研究。在37℃、220 r/min条件培养pET-28a (+)-pga-Turner (DE3) placⅠ细胞,OD₆₀₀至 0.8左右时,用500μmol/L isopropyl β-D-thiogalactogalactopyranoside (IPTG)进行诱导表达,在15℃和170r/min条件下继续培养24 h,表达效果最好,相对于每毫升培养基而言,产酶可达到70u/mL,是米曲霉自然条件产酶量的87.5倍,远优于文献报道的重组表达的PGA酶活     

Cloning and sequencing of the HU-2 gene of Escherichia coli

Summary The Escherichia coli HU-2 gene was cloned using a DNA fragment from the HU-1 gene as a probe. The amino acid sequence of the HU-2 protein deduced from the nucleotide sequence is in good agreement with the published sequence. The nucleotide sequence has a possible promoter and a typical ribosomal binding site upstream of the translation initiation codon (AUG) and a possible rhoindependent terminater site downstream of the termination codon (UAA) of the gene.     

大肠杆菌中转录-翻译耦合的机制

在大肠杆菌（Escherichia coli,E. coli）等原核生物中,转录和翻译往往是耦合的,这种耦合通常表现在转录和翻译的互相调控上,如转录极性、转录衰减和转录-翻译速率的同步。间接耦合和物理耦合是耦合的两种模式。由警报素（alarmone）(p)ppGpp维持的间接耦合可能需要DksA和TufA蛋白的辅助。物理耦合分为NusG或RfaH因子介导的耦合和非因子条件下产生的“碰撞”耦合。响应于压力的转录或翻译的变化会引发几种耦合模式间的相互转变。耦合对于基因正常表达是必要的,其解除将引发转录终止、R环形成、复制-转录冲突、mRNA切割等不利的事件。结构生物学的相关技术已经清晰地展示了部分耦合的表达体（expressome）的结构细节和特征,这些技术联合多组学分析等方法将提供关于耦合的更深层次的见解。重要的是,对耦合的研究或许会为靶向抗菌药物的开发带来新的思路。     

大肠杆菌胞内半胱氨酸响应型启动子的筛选表征

【目的】半胱氨酸是一种重要的含硫氨基酸,广泛应用于化妆品、药品、食品等行业,微生物发酵法合成半胱氨酸已成为当前研究的热点。基于比较转录组学分析等技术,筛选并表征大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)胞内对半胱氨酸浓度变化显著响应的启动子。【方法】在Escherichia coli W3110培养基中外源添加不同终浓度的半胱氨酸,通过比较转录组学分析筛选转录水平显著响应半胱氨酸浓度变化的基因,融合目标基因的启动子片段与荧光报告基因egfp构建启动子文库,进一步测定不同半胱氨酸浓度条件下,含有不同启动子重组菌的绿色荧光蛋白(greenfluorescent protein, GFP)荧光强度。【结果】筛选并挖掘了随着半胱氨酸浓度提高而转录水平显著提升的27个基因,并将基因的潜在启动子片段与荧光报告基因egfp融合构建启动子文库,筛选获得对半胱氨酸变化具备特异性响应的启动子P_E2。最后,对P_E2启动子-35区间隔区域AAAT进行随机突变,最终获得在1-7g/L半胱氨酸浓度范围内特异性响应性能显著提高的启动子P_E2-33。...     

Characterization of the Escherichia coli gene for 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (pIsC)

Summary An Escherichia coli strain deficient in 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase activity has previously been isolated, and the gene (plsC) has been shown to map near min 65 on the chromosome. I precisely mapped the location of plsC on the chromosome, and determined its DNA sequence. plsC is located between parC and sufI, and is separated from sufI by 74 bp. Upstream of plsC is parC, separated by 233 bp, which includes an active promoter. parC, plsC, and sufI are all transcribed in the counterclockwise direction on the chromosome, possibly in an operon with multiple promoters. The amino-terminal sequence of the partially purified protein, combined with the DNA sequence, reveal 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase to be a 27.5 kDa highly basic protein. The plsC gene product, 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, is localized to the cytoplasmic membrane of the cell. The amino-terminal sequence of the purified protein reveals the first amino acid to be a blocked methionine residue, most probably a formyl-methionine. The amino acid sequence of 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase has a short region of homology to two other E. coli acyltransferases that utilize acyl-acyl carrier protein as the acyl donor, sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase and UDP-N-acetyl-glucosamine acyltransferase (involved in lipid A biosynthesis).     

合成生物学方法构建电活性大肠杆菌

电活性微生物具有独特的在细胞内外环境之间传递电子的能力。在对天然电活性微生物电子传递机制充分研究的基础上,通过合成生物学方法异源构建天然电活性微生物电子传递结构基础也可以将遗传背景清晰的非电活性大肠杆菌改造为电活性微生物。构建获得的工程化电活性大肠杆菌可以直接应用于微生物燃料电池和生物传感器等领域,同时也可以作为底盘细胞整合相应的目标产物合成通路实现电能驱动的生物合成。本文以合成生物学方法构建电活性大肠杆菌为主题,详细阐述天然电活性微生物电子传递的机理及结构基础,总结了工程化电活性大肠杆菌的构建策略、成功案例以及应用领域,并对合成生物学方法构建电活性大肠杆菌未来的研究方向进行了展望。     

产麦角硫因大肠杆菌工程菌株的构建与优化

麦角硫因(ergothioneine,ERG)是一种天然的抗氧化剂,广泛应用于化妆品、食品以及医药领域.相比于传统植物提取和化学合成方法,微生物发酵合成麦角硫因具有周期短、成本低等优点,因而受到广泛关注.为构建高产麦角硫因的大肠杆菌工程菌株,本研究以大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli) BL21 (DE3)为出...     

A regulatory element within a gene of a ribosomal protein operon of Escherichia coli negatively controls expression by decreasing the translational efficiency

Summary The trmD operon of Escherichia coli consists of the genes for the ribosomal protein (r-protein) S16, a 21 kDa protein (21K) of unknown function, the tRNA(m¹G37)methyltransferase (TrmD), and r-protein L19, in this order. Previously we have shown that the steady-state amount of the two r-proteins exceeds that of the 21K and TrmD proteins 12- and 40-fold, respectively, and that this differential expression is solely explained by translational regulation. Here we have constructed translational gene fusions of the trmD operon and lacZ. The expression of a lacZ fusion containing the first 18 codons of the 21K protein gene is 15-fold higher than the expression of fusions containing 49 or 72 codons of the gene. This suggests that sequences between the 18th and the 49th codon may act as a negative element controlling the expression of the 21K protein gene. Evidence is presented which demonstrates that this regulation is achieved by reducing the efficiency of translation.     

鸡源大肠杆菌毒力基因检测及分子流行特征

[目的] 本试验旨在阐明鸡源大肠杆菌致病性及分子流行特性,为探索大肠杆菌流行途径制定合理的防控策略提供新思路。[方法] 2018–2019年在河北省采集病死鸡肝脏样品,通过选择培养基筛选、生化鉴定、血清凝集试验对分离菌株进行系统鉴定,应用PCR方法检测分离株中毒力基因流行情况。参考系统发育群分类方法对大肠杆菌进行分群分析,并参照McMLST网站数据库提供的7对管家基因序列进行多位点序列分型（multilocus sequence typing,MLST）分析。[结果] 结果显示,56株分离株符合大肠杆菌生化特征,分为8个生化表型,B4（30.36%）、B5（25%）和B2（23.21%）为主要生化表型。56株分离株大肠杆菌血清凝集试验均呈阳性,分为11种血清型,O₇₈（26.79%）、O₂（23.21%）、O₁₅₇（17.86%）和O₁（14.29%）为主要流行血清型。56株大肠杆菌共检测出15种肠外大肠杆菌毒力基因,未检出papC、ibeA和ibeB基因。黏附相关基因fimC和抗血清存活因子相关基因ompA携带率为100%。aatA、yijP、irp2、mat、iss,检出率分别为98.21%、98.21%、98.21%、96.43%、92.86%。同时,大肠杆菌与铁转运相关基因iroN、fyuA、iucD、irp2检出率均在80%以上。56株大肠杆菌中有20株属于肠出血型大肠杆菌（enterohemorrhagic E.coli,EHEC）,其次是肠聚集型大肠杆菌（enteroaggregative E.coli,EAEC）（n=4）、肠产毒素型大肠杆菌（Enterotoxigenic E.coli,ETEC）（n=2）。这些菌株D群分离株较多,其次是B2群。通过MLST分型分析,共分为22个ST型,其中ST88（n=7）、ST85（n=6）、ST243（n=6）型为主要流行型。[结论] 结果显示大肠杆菌血清型多样,毒力因子种类繁多,致病性大肠杆菌同时携带多种毒力基因,表明动物源大肠杆菌具有较强的毒力基础。     

基因编辑技术对大肠杆菌yjjW基因点突变的两步法策略

[目的]为了实现对大肠杆菌靶基因的点突变,本研究将同源重组系统与CRISPR-Cas9技术相结合,探索一种高效、简捷的两步法策略.[方法]将靶基因的上下游同源臂和标记基因(amp)与pKOV质粒连接,获得pKOV-HR重组质粒.将pKOV-HR转化至大肠杆菌,借助其自身RecA重组系统,介导DNA发生同源重组,获得靶基...     

Expression of the recA gene of Escherichia coli in several species of gram-negative bacteria

Summary A broad host range plasmid containing an operon fusion between the recA and lacZ genes of Escherichia coli was introduced into various aerobic and facultative gram-negative bacteria — 30 species belonging to 20 different genera — to study the expression of the recA gene after DNA damage. These included species of the families Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonadaceae, Rhizobiaceae, Vibrionaceae, Neisseriaceae, Rhodospirillaceae and Azotobacteraceae. Results obtained show that all bacteria tested, except Xanthomonas campestris and those of the genus Rhodobacter, are able to repress and induce the recA gene of E. coli in the absence and in the presence of DNA damage, respectively. All these data indicate that the SOS system is present in bacterial species of several families and that the LexA-binding site must be very conserved in them.     

大肠杆菌冷休克蛋白CspC的分离纯化及部分性质测定

经Sepharose Q Fast Flow阴离子交换层析和Superdex 30凝胶过滤层析,从大肠杆菌（Escherichia coli）细胞内分离纯化了一种小分子蛋白质，SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)纯度鉴定为单一条带，经质谱分析、N端测序、同源序列比较，确定该蛋白质为大肠杆菌冷休克蛋白CspC.在此基础上，用圆二色光谱测定了其二级结构含量，初步探索了其热稳定性及与单链DNA结合后的构象变化.     

腺苷酸激酶基因在大肠杆菌中的可溶性高表达

报道了鸡肌腺苷酸激酶基因的克隆和在温控启动子P_RP_L调控下在大肠杆菌中的可溶性高效表达.SDS-PAGE分析表明,鸡肌腺苷酸激酶的含量可占大肠杆菌细胞总蛋白含量的38％.利用Johnson等的干冰/乙醇-冰水浴反复冻融法,可将此重组蛋白进行富集,纯度可达85％以上.鸡肌腺苷酸激酶可与抗兔肌腺苷酸激酶单克隆抗体产生强的交叉反应.     

代谢工程改造大肠杆菌合成己二酸

己二酸是一种具有重要应用价值的二元羧酸,是合成尼龙-66的关键前体。目前,生物法生产己二酸存在生产周期长、生产效率低的问题。本研究选择一株野生型高产琥珀酸菌株大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli) FMME N-2为底盘细胞,首先通过引入逆己二酸降解途径的关键酶,成功构建了可合成0.34 g/L己二酸的E. coli JL00菌株;接着,对合成路径限速酶进行表达优化,使E. coli JL01菌株在摇瓶发酵条件下产量达到0.87 g/L;随后,通过敲除sucD基因、过表达acs基因和突变lpd基因的组合策略平衡己二酸合成前体的供应,优化菌株E. coli JL12己二酸产量进一步提升至1.51 g/L;最后,在5 L发酵罐上对己二酸发酵工艺进行优化。工程菌株经72 h分批补料发酵,己二酸的产量达到22.3 g/L,转化率为0.25 g/g,生产强度为0.31 g/(L·h),具备了一定的应用潜力。本研究可为包括己二酸在内的多种二元羧酸细胞工厂的构建提供理论依据和技术基础。