棉花黄萎病真菌Verticillium dahliae木聚糖酶基因的克隆、表达和酶学性质分析

[目的]从棉花黄萎病真菌Verticillium dahliae中克隆木聚糖酶基因,并在毕赤酵母中进行异源表达,研究酶学性质.[方法]通过多序列比对设计简并引物,扩增出真菌V. dahliae木聚糖酶基因片段,再采用基因组步行PCR技术获得全长木聚糖酶基因序列.经BLAST比对并结合GT-AG原则分析,该基因含有一个大小为63 bp的内含子,利用DpnI介导的缺失方法对含内含子的全长木聚糖酶基因进行剪接,获得该基因的全长cDNA.将克隆到的cDNA在毕赤酵母GS115进行了表达,重组酶经纯化后进行酶学性质分析.[结果]BLAST比对显示,该cDNA推测的氨基酸序列和已知木聚糖酶的最高一致性为72%.测得该酶最适反应温度为45℃,最适反应pH值为6,在pH5-9维持50%以上的活性,对山毛榉材木聚糖具有最好的水解效果.Mg2 和Ca2 对酶有激活作用,分别提高了33.7%和16.6%,EDTA,β-巯基乙醇和NaN3对酶的活性基本没有影响,Tween-80和DMSO使酶活性提高了28.4%和12.8%.[结论]本文从引起棉花黄萎病的真菌V. dahliae中克隆到的木聚糖酶基因是在GenBank上登录的第一个来自棉花黄萎病真菌的木聚糖酶基因序列.本文所用的克隆方法可以高效的从植物病原真菌和白腐真菌克隆只含一个内含子的11家族的新木聚糖酶基因,避免了摸索原始菌株酶表达诱导条件,检测酶的活性等繁琐的操作.酶学性质分析显示该酶在低聚木糖的制备,面包改良上有潜在的应用价值.

Molecular cloning and heterologous expression of a new xylanase gene from Verticillium dahliae

OBJECTIVE: Fungus Verticillium dahliae caused greensickness of cotton and xylanase is necessary in this pathogenesis. Cloning xylanase gene from V. dahliae and heterologous expression might obtain new xylanase. METHODS: By comparing the amino acid sequences of over 10 xylanases in 11 families from fungi through BLAST, we found 2 highly conserved regions, with a fragment of about 150 amino acids coding sequence in between. Degenerate primers complementary to the ends of these two conserved regions were designed to amplify the in-between sequence from V. dahliae. The whole xylanse gene containing intron was achieved by Genome-walking PCR method. A 63 bp intron was found through BLAST, the whole cDNA xynG was cloned by Dpn I -mediated PCR to delete intron. The cDNA was inserted into pHBM905 and expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115, xylanase-secreting transformants were selected on plate containing RBB-xylan. The transformant with the largest halos was selected for study the character of xylanase. RESULTS: The deduced amino acid sequence showed 72% identity with endo-beta-1, 4-xylanase from Cochliobolus carbonum and C. sativus in the GenBank, which means xynG is a new xylanase gene. The optimal pH of the purified recombinant enzyme was pH6. It remains over 50% relative activity at pH5-9. The optimal temperature was 45 degrees C. The most favorable substrate for the xylanase (XYNG) is Beechwood xylan. Mg2+ and Ca2+ improve the enzyme activity by 33.7% and 16.6%, respectively. EDTA, beta-Mercaptoethanol and NaN3 don't affect the enzyme activity. Tween-80 and DMSO activated enzyme activity by 28.4% and 12.8%. Hg+, in concentration of 5 mmol/L, also inhibited the enzyme activity. CONCLUSION: The xylanase gene xynG was firstly cloned from the fungi that caused greensickness of cotton. The xylanase genes containing one intron can be efficiently cloned from plant pathogens and white-rot fungi using strategy in this research. It is unnecessary to explore enzyme expression condition and measure enzyme activity of the original strain. Enzyme character analysis showed that the XynG have potential application in the production of xylo-oligosaccharide and the improvement of bread quality.