杆状病毒SpltMNPV ORF124基因截短片段的克隆与表达

目的:克隆并表达斜纹夜蛾核多角体病毒(Spodotura litura mulfieapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus,SpltMNPV)ORF124基因的部分编码序列.方法:用PER方法扩增目的基因序列片段,并将其克隆至原核表达载体pQE-30上,转化到Escherichia.coli M15[pREP-4]中进行诱导表达.结果:构建了pQE-tr124原核表达质粒,含有该质粒的大肠杆菌经IPTG诱导表达了一个与预期理论值相符的约为33kDa的蛋白.以Ni2+-NTA偶连抗体检测证明所表达的蛋白为带有组氨酸的融合蛋白.结论:成功表达了SpltMNPV ORF124的部分编码序列,该融合蛋白的成功表达为进一步深入研究基因的功能奠定了基础.     

一种基于琼脂糖凝胶电泳法检测SARS-CoV-2的新方法

鉴于琼脂糖凝胶电泳分析方法的准确、快速、简便等特性,优化后可以做为检出COVID-19病原的新方法。在不影响结果判读的情况下,通过对扩增时间及检测样本浓度进行优化,以达到预期目的。结果表明,检测SARS-CoV-2的最优反应程序为94℃预变性3 min;94℃变性时间、56℃退火时间及72℃延伸时间均降至5 s,且进行35个循环;最后72℃孵育5 min,最优模板用量比例(初始值设为4 ng)下限调整在(1:1 000)～(1:5 000)范围内。阳性样本测试结果符合预期。建立了一种简便、省时,适用于检测低载量病毒样本的新方法,为临床提供诊断参考。     

融合表达牛疱疹病毒1型VP22及猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒GP5重组伪狂犬病毒TK-/gE-/VP22GP5+的构建

猪繁殖与呼吸综合征(porcine reproductive andrespiratory syndrome,PRRS)和伪狂犬病(pseudora-bies,PR)是两种严重危害养猪业的重要病毒性传染病。而引发PR的伪狂犬病病毒(pseudorabiesvirus,PRV)是构建基因工程疫苗优良的活病毒载体[1]。已有报道将表达猪瘟病毒(hog cholera virus,HCV)囊膜蛋白E1基因的重组PRV(rPRV)二价基因工程疫苗免疫猪后,能同时抵抗HCV和PRV的强毒攻击[2],显示了PRV作为活病毒载体的可行性和“一针防两病”的独特优点。由ORF5基因编码的囊膜糖蛋白GP5是猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒(porcine reproductive …     

安徽省部分地区2016–2018年猪圆环病毒2型遗传进化分析

【背景】猪圆环病毒(Porcinecircovirus,PCV)可以引起断奶仔猪多系统衰竭综合症(Postweaningmultisystemicwastingsyndrome,PMWS)。【目的】了解安徽省部分地区猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)的遗传变异情况。【方法】采用PCR技术,对2016-2018年间安徽省部分地区猪场疑似PMWS感染的组织样品共计31份进行PCV2检测和全基因扩增,并通过DNAStar等生物信息学软件对所得到的PCV2毒株基因序列进行遗传进化分析。【结果】所得的8株PCV2安徽株与GenBank上已发表的国内外参考毒株相比较,核苷酸相似性为92.8%-99.0%,ORF2及其推导的氨基酸序列相似性分别为85.8%-99.6%和82.5%-100%。遗传进化树分析结果显示8株安徽株中有1株PCV2a,2株PCV2b,5株PCV2d,未发现PCV2c、PCV2e和PCV2f基因型。此外,通过对ORF2基因编码的氨基酸序列分析,发现各基因型Cap蛋白氨基酸序列上的位点具有其独特性。【结论】近年来PCV2在安徽地区的猪群中感染较为普遍,其中PCV2d基因型的感染病例增多,逐渐成为安徽地区的优势流行株。本研究为安徽地区的PCV2防控提供了一定的参考依据。     

TT病毒ORF2在Cos7细胞中的表达及蛋白质定位

应用PCR方法从含有TTVirus ORF2的质粒pET-His-TTV2中扩增出606bp的蛋白质编码区,并将其克隆到真核表达载体pEGFP-N1中以表达成GFP-VP2融合蛋白.构建出的重组质粒pEGFPTTV2经过酶切分析和PCR鉴定.用脂质体介导法将pEGFPTTV2质粒DNA转染Cos7细胞,通过RT-PCR分析,证实细胞中存在ORF2基因的转录产物.用共聚焦显微镜结合PI染色技术研究TTV VP2蛋白在细胞中的分布情况.结果表明,TTV VP2分布在细胞质中和细胞核膜内侧.因此推测VP2作为一种非结构蛋白,功能可能是参与病毒DNA的复制或转录.     

Prophage excision switches the primary ribosome rescue pathway and rescue-associated gene regulations in Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli has multiple pathways to release nonproductive ribosome complexes stalled at the 3′ end of nonstop mRNA: tmRNA (SsrA RNA)-mediated trans-translation and stop codon-independent termination by ArfA/RF2 or ArfB (YaeJ). The arfA mRNA lacks a stop codon and its expression is repressed by trans-translation. Therefore, ArfA is considered to complement the ribosome rescue activity of trans-translation, but the physiological situations in which ArfA is expressed have not been elucidated. Here, we found that the excision of CP4-57 prophage adjacent to E. coli ssrA leads to the inactivation of tmRNA and switches the primary rescue pathway from trans-translation to ArfA/RF2. This “rescue-switching” rearranges not only the proteome landscape in E. coli but also the phenotype such as motility. Furthermore, among the proteins with significantly increased abundance in the ArfA⁺ cells, we found ZntR, whose mRNA is transcribed together as the upstream part of nonstop arfA mRNA. Repression of ZntR and reconstituted model genes depends on the translation of the downstream nonstop ORFs that trigger the trans-translation-coupled exonucleolytic degradation by polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase). Namely, our studies provide a novel example of trans-translation-dependent regulation and re-define the physiological roles of prophage excision.     

Pyruvate carboxylase from Mycobacterium smegmatis: stabilization,rapid purification,molecular and biochemical characterization and regulation of the cellular level

This is the first report on the purification and characterization of an anaplerotic enzyme from a Mycobacterium. The anaplerotic reactions play important roles in the biochemical differentiation of mycobacteria into non-replicating stages. We have purified and characterized a pyruvate carboxylase (PYC) from Mycobacterium smegmatis and cloned and sequenced its gene. We have developed a very rapid and efficient purification protocol that provided PYC with very high specific activities (up to 150 U/mg) that remained essentially unchanged over a month. The enzyme was found to be a homomultimer of 121 kDa subunits, mildly thermophilic, absolutely dependent on acyl-CoAs for activity and inhibited by ADP, by excess Mg²⁺, Co²⁺, and Mn²⁺, by aspartate, but not by glutamate and α-ketoglutarate. Supplementation of minimal growth medium with aspartate did not lower the cellular PYC level, rather doubled it; with glutamate the level remained unchanged. These observations would not fit the idea that the M. smegmatis enzyme fulfills a straightforward anaplerotic function; in a closely related organism, Corynebacterium glutamicum, PYC is the major anaplerotic enzyme. Growth on glucose provided 2-fold higher cellular PYC level than that observed with glycerol. The PYCs of M. smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis were highly homologous to each other. In M. smegmatis, M. tuberculosis and M. lepra, pyc was flanked by a putative methylase and a putative integral membrane protein genes in an identical operon-like arrangement. Thus, M. smegmatis could serve as a model for studying PYC-related physiological aspects of mycobacteria. Also, the ease of purification and the extraordinary stability could make the M. smegmatis enzyme a model for studying the structure–function relationships of PYCs in general. It should be noted that no crystal structure is available for this enzyme of paramount importance in all three domains of life, archaea, bacteria, and eukarya.     

Downregulation of Hsp90 and the antimicrobial peptide Mtk suppresses poly(GR)-induced neurotoxicity in C9ORF72-ALS/FTD

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Phosphoproteomics of three exercise modalities identifies canonical signaling and C18ORF25 as an AMPK substrate regulating skeletal muscle function

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