Production and Accumulation of Xylooligosaccharides with Long Chains by Growing Culture and Xylanase of a Mutant Strain of Bacillus pumilus X-6-19

Bacillus pumilus X-6-9 isolated from soil and subsequently identified, produced xylooligosacchatides with long chainsfrom xylan and accumulated them in the culture. By improving the culture conditions and mutating the bacterium, a 3.2-fold increasein the production of the xylooligosaccharides was established, when compared to the original culture conditions of B. pumilus X-6-19.The addition of D-glucose to the culture of the mutant swain U-3 of B. pumilus X-6-9 repressed the synthesis of β-xylosidase, but notxylanase. Thus, it was revealed that strain U-3 was a good organism for the production and accumulation of xylooligosaccharideswith long chains from xylan by a microbial culture. Xylanase produced by strain U-3 was purified to homogeneity and characterized.The hydrolyzates generated by the purified xylanase contained xylobiose, xylotrinse, xylotewaose, and xylopentaose, but not xylose.     

黑线仓鼠及其白化突变系TYR、TYRP1的基因表达水平比较分析

目的本研究旨在研究TYR、TYRP1基因在黑线仓鼠与白化突变系皮肤组织中的表达情况,探索其与白化毛色性状的产生是否具有相关性。方法以黑线仓鼠和白化突变系皮肤组织为研究对象,采用实时荧光定量PCR技术,分别得到黑线仓鼠与白化突变系TYR和TYRP1基因的相对表达量。结果黑线仓鼠皮肤中的TYR和TYRP1基因的mRNA相对表达量分别是白化突变系皮肤组织中的2.5倍和5.3倍。结论表明黑线仓鼠皮肤中TYR、TYRP1的基因表达水平存在表达差异,白化突变系TYR、TYRP1基因发生表达下调,揭示出了TYR、TYRP1基因的表达量与白化突变系白化性状的产生有关。     

黑曲霉突变株葡萄糖淀粉酶的化学组成及其光谱学性质

黑曲霉突变株葡萄糖淀粉酶中一型GAI舍糖量为17.6%。氨基酸分析表明,天门冬氨酸和谷氨酸(包括酰胺)占20.3%,苏氨酸和丝氨酸占25.1%,三种碱性氨基酸占6%。紫外光谱在278nm和250nm处分别有最大和最小吸收;其荧光光谱的最大激发波长和发射波长分别为284nm与342nm;远紫外CD谱表现为一双负峰;在溶液中的构象是α-螺旋10.6%,β折叠16.3%和无规卷曲73.1%。     

含硫多肽类抗生素那西肽的菌种诱变及产量提高

那西肽（Ｎｏｓｉｈｅｐｔｉｄｅ）产生菌Ｓｔｒｅｐｔｏｍｙｃｅｓ ａｃｔｕｏｓｕｓ Ｚ１１,经ＮＴＧ处理和对Ｃｕ＾２＋,Ｍｎ＾２＋耐受选育,获得突变株Ｚ１５,其可耐受Ｃｕ＾２＋为３００μｇ／ｍｌ,耐Ｍｎ＾２＋１０００μｇ／ｍｌ,产生那西肽可达１５００μｇ／ｍｌ是Ｚ１１活力的１．６倍。     

Homology modeling threedimensional structure of AnxB1 and reducing its immunogenicity by sequence-deleted mutagenesis

AnxB1,a novel annexin previously isolated from Cysticercus cellulose,shows high thrombi affinity and anticoagulant activity in vivo.In order to investigate the relationship between structure and biological function,a predicted three-dimensional(3D)model of AnxB1 was generated by homology modeling.This model contains four homologous internal-domains and the Cα trace of domain Ⅰ,Ⅱ and IV shows high similarity.Based on the structure characterization,four sequence-deleted mutants were constructed and expressed as GST fusion proteins in E.coli.Two of the mutants,GST-M3 and GST-M4 reserved high anticoagulant activity(p＜0.01 vs.GST).Furthermore,compared with the wild type GST-AnxB1,the immunogenicity of GST-M3 and GST-M4 was reduced significantly(p＜0.01)and the molecular weight was lowered to 27 kD and 34 kD,respectively.These observations laid a solid foundation for further study on developing new thrombolytic agents with higher efficiency and lower side effect.     

尿道致病性大肠杆菌U17株rstA缺失株降低对小鼠的致病性

【目的】探究双组份系统RstA/RstB中效应基因rstA对尿道致病性大肠杆菌毒力的影响。【方法】利用λRed重组系统构建UPEC U17 rstA缺失株U17ΔrstA,并构建相应的回复株,通过体内外试验评价rstA基因缺失对UPEC毒力的影响。【结果】生长曲线的测定结果显示,在LB普通培养基中,缺失株生长速度与野生株相似,但在LB贫铁培养基中,缺失株生长速度较野生株相比明显下降;体外环境应激试验结果显示,缺失株在强酸、强碱、高渗透压、尿素、氧化应激等环境压力下的生存能力与野生株相似;菌株生物被膜检测结果显示,缺失株的生物被膜形成能力与野生株相当;荧光定量PCR检测结果显示,rstA基因在贫铁环境下的表达水平较正常条件下显著上调,暗示贫铁环境可能是rstA发挥效应的刺激信号。6周龄BALB/c小鼠尿道感染试验结果显示,rstA缺失株在尿液、膀胱、肾脏中的带菌量显著低于野生株,而回复株毒力恢复至野生株水平,表明rstA缺失能显著降低UPECU17的毒力。【结论】rstA与尿道致病性大肠杆菌的致病性相关,为潜在的毒力因子。     

含锰固氮酶组分Ⅰ蛋白的纯化和特性

棕色固氮菌（Azotobacter vinelandii Lipmann)突变种UW3能在无Mo的无氨培养基中固氮生长,低浓度的Mn对UW3突变种生长有促进作用,从在Mn中生长的UW3菌体中分离得到的部分纯固氮酶组分Ⅰ蛋白含量有Mn和Fe原子（Fe/Mo/Mn为10．41：0．19：1．00）并有OP MoFe蛋白一半的还原乙炔和质子的活性。这种蛋白的吸收光谱和圆二色谱与MoFe蛋白存在明显的差异,含Mn蛋白的亚基分子量都与MoFe蛋白的α亚基相近。初步结果表明,这种含Mn蛋白可胡是一种固氮酶组分Ⅰ蛋白。     

Expression, purification, and characterization of His-tagged Staphylococcus xylosus lipase wild-type and its mutant Asp 290 Ala

The gene encoding the extracellular lipase of Staphylococcus xylosus (SXL) was cloned using PCR technique. The sequence corresponding to the mature lipase was subcloned in the pET-14b expression vector, with a strong T7 promoter, to construct a recombinant lipase protein containing six histidine residues at the N-terminal. High level expression of the lipase by Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3) cells harbouring the lipase gene containing expression vector was observed upon induction with 0.4 mM IPTG at 37 degrees C. One-step purification of the recombinant lipase was achieved with Ni-NTA resin. The specific activity of the purified His-tagged SXL was 1500 or 850 U/mg using tributyrin or olive oil emulsion as substrate, respectively. It has been proposed that the region near the residue Asp290 could be involved in the selection of the substrate. Therefore, we also mutated the residue Asp 290 by Ala using site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant SXL-D290A was overexpressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and purified with the same nickel metal affinity column. The specific activity of the purified His-tagged SXL-D290A mutant was 1000 U/mg using either tributyrin or olive oil emulsion as substrate. A comparative study of the wild type (His(6)-SXL) and the mutant (His(6)-SXL-D290A) proteins was carried out. Our results confirmed that Asp290 is important for the chain length specificity and catalytic efficiency of the enzyme.     

1H and15N resonance assignments and secondary structure of the human thioredoxin C62A,C69A,C73A mutant

Summary The complete assignment of¹H and¹⁵N backbone resonances and near-complete¹H side-chain resonance assignments have been obtained for the reduced form of a mutant of human thioredoxin (105 residues) in which the three non-active site cysteines have been substituted by alanines: C62A, C69A, C73A. The assignments were made primarily on the basis of three-dimensional.¹⁵N-separated nuclear Overhauser and Hartmann-Hahn spectroscopy, in conjunction with two-dimensional homonuclear and heteronuclear correlation experiments. Based on comparisons of short-range and interstrand nuclear Overhauser effects, patterns of amide exchange, and chemical-shift differences, the structure appears essentially unchanged from that of the previously determined solution structure of the native protein [Forman-Kay. J.D. et al. (1991)Biochemistry, 30, 2685–2698). An assay for thioredoxin shows that the C62A, C69A, C73A mutant retains activity. The assignment of the spectrum for this mutant of human thioredoxin constitutes the basis for future studies aimed at comparing the details of the active-site conformation in the reduced and oxidized forms of the protein.     

缺失nifH的棕色固氮菌突变种固氮酶钼铁蛋白的结晶

从限氨固氮培养基中培养的缺失nifH的棕色固氮菌(AzotobactervinelandiiLipmann)突变种DJ54中,分离纯化出部分纯的缺失FeMoco的钼铁蛋白(ΔnifHAv1)。用相同纯化方法分别从DJ35和UW45突变种中纯化的ΔnifEAv1和NifB-Av1的纯度明显高于ΔnifHAv1的纯度。在合适的结晶条件下,可得到这三种蛋白的深棕色短斜四棱柱晶体。ΔnifHAv1与NifB-Av1一样,晶体形成所需的时间比ΔnifEAv1的长。而它结晶所需的沉淀剂和缓冲液最适浓度则与ΔnifEAv1的相同。SDS-PAGE鉴定表明,结晶的ΔnifHAv1与OPAv1的组成相似。这表明,在ΔnifHAv1溶液中形成的晶体可能就是该蛋白质的晶体。