STUDIES ON THE PATTERN OF MEGASPOROGENESIS AND MICROTUBULAR CYTOSKELETON CHANGES IN CYMBIDIUM SINENSE

ＳＴＵＤＩＥＳＯＮＴＨＥＰＡＴＴＥＲＮＯＦＭＥＧＡＳＰＯＲＯＧＥＮＥＳＩＳＡＮＤＭＩＣＲＯＴＵＢＵＬＡＲＣＹＴＯＳＫＥＬＥＴＯＮＣＨＡＮＧＥＳＩＮＣＹＭＢＩＤＩＵＭＳＩＮＥＮＳＥ￥Ｓ．Ｙ．ＺｅｅＸ．Ｌ．Ｙｅ（１ＢｏｔａｎｙＤｅｐａｒｔｍｅｎｔ,Ｕｎｉ...     

甲基单胞菌Methylomonassp.GYJ3中甲烷单加氧酶还原酶组分的…

Ｍｅｙｌｏｍｏｎａｓ ｓｐ．ＧＹＪ３菌的甲烷单加氧酶（ＭＭＯ）粗酶提取液经ＤＥＡＥ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ ＣＬ－６Ｂ阴离子交换层析,Ｓｅｐｈａｄｅｘ Ｇ－１００凝胶过滤层析和ＤＥＡＥ－ＴＳＫｇｅｌ ＨＰＬＣ分离纯化出ＭＭＯ还原酶组分,经ＨＰＬＣ分析,纯度大于９５％,纯化倍数为４．４,加入至ＭＭＯ羟基化酶和调节蛋白Ｂ的体系中表现比活为２２８ｎｍｏｌ环氧丙烷每分钟毫克蛋白,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳表明的酶由     

甲基单胞菌Methylomonas sp.GYJ3中甲烷单加氧酶还原酶组分的纯化和性质

Ｍｅｔｙｌｏｍｏｎａｓｓｐ．ＧＹＪ３菌的甲烷单加氧酶（ＭＭＯ）粗酶提取液经ＤＥＡＥ－ＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅＣＬ－６Ｂ阴离子交换层析、ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－１００凝胶过滤层析和ＤＥＡＥ－ＴＳＫｇｅｌＨＰＬＣ分离纯化出ＭＭＯ还原酶组分．经ＨＰＬＣ分析,纯度大于９５％,纯化倍数为４．４,加入至ＭＭＯ羟基化酶和调节蛋白Ｂ的体系中表现比活为２２８ｎｍｏｌ环氧丙烷每分钟毫克蛋白．ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳表明还原酶由一种亚基组成,分子量４２ｋＤ．ＩＣＰ－ＡＥＳ测定还原酶的Ｆｅ含量为１．８３ｍｏｌＦｅ每ｍｏｌ蛋白．ＵＶ－Ｖｉｓ光谱表明还原酶除２８０ｎｍ蛋白质特征峰外在４６０ｎｍ有最大吸收峰,且Ａ２８０ｎｍ／Ａ４６０ｎｍ为２．５０,与其它黄素一铁硫蛋白相似,推测还原酶可能含一个ＦＡＤ辅基和Ｆｅ２Ｓ２中心．在厌氧条件下,还原酶能够和ＮＡＤＨ作用,ＵＶ－Ｖｉｓ光谱分析表明还原酶４６０ｎｍ处特征吸收峰消失,说明在ＭＭＯ催化过程中还原酶接受ＮＡＤＨ的电子．ＤＥＡＥ－ＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅＣＬ－６Ｂ阴离子交换层析分离出调节蛋白Ｂ,部分纯化的调节蛋白Ｂ的分子量大约在２０ｋＤ,它能够提高ＭＭＯ比活性４０倍,ＭＭＯ还原酶和调节蛋白Ｂ单独存在时不具有ＭＭＯ     

酵母豆蔻酰辅酶A：蛋白质N端转酰基酶基因的克隆与表达

利用ＰＣＲ技术,从酵母染色体中扩增得到酵母豆蔻酰－ＣｏＡ：蛋白质Ｎ端转酰基酶（ＹＳＣＮＭＴ）基因,并克隆到ｐＢｌｕｅｓｃｒｉｐｔＫＳ＋载体中。由ＤＮＡ全序测定表明,获得了ＹＳＣＮＭＴ编码基因。进一步构建了Ｔ７Ｐｒｏｍｏｔｅｒ控制下的含上述完整ＹＳＣＮＭＴ编码基因的表达质粒ｐＭＦＴ７－５－ＮＭＴ,转化大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）,进行ＩＰＴＧ诱导表达研究。通过ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析,观察到一与理论分子量一致的诱导条带（约５３ｋＤ）,占全菌蛋白的３９％左右,且可溶性部分约占上清液中全部蛋白的３４％。经一步Ｐ１１磷酸纤维素阳离子交换柱层析,将其纯化到纯度达９７％以上．纯化的表达产物经Ｎ端氨基酸序列分析,所测定的Ｎ端５个氨基酸的序列,与从克隆的ＹＳＣＮＭＴ基因推出的氨基酸序列完全一致（不含Ｎ端Ｍｅｔ）。对所得的ＹＳＣＮＭＴ进行酶活力鉴定,观察到了明显的活力。     

日本血吸虫26kD抗原基因在BCG中的表达

研究了外源基因日本血吸虫２６ｋＤ抗原（Ｓｊ２６ＧＳＴ）在卡介苗（ｂａｃｉｌｕｓＣａｌｍｅｔｅ－Ｇｕｅｒｉｎ,ＢＣＧ）、耻垢分枝杆菌（Ｍ．ｓｍｅｇｍａｔｉｓ）和大肠杆菌（Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ）中的表达．运用重组ＤＮＡ和聚合酶链反应（ＰＣＲ）等分子生物学技术,以表达Ｓｊ２６ＧＳＴ的Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉｐＧＥＸ衍生质粒为模板,经ＰＣＲ得到编码Ｓｊ２６ＧＳＴ的全长ｃＤＮＡ片段．将其按正确的阅读框顺序,克隆到人结核杆菌热休克蛋白（ｈｅａｔｓｈｏｃｋｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ,ＨＳＰ）７０的启动子下游,再将ＨＳＰ７０启动子和Ｓｊ２６ＧＳＴ基因一起亚克隆到Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ－分枝杆菌穿梭质粒ｐＢＣＧ－２０００中,得到Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ－分枝杆菌穿梭表达质粒ｐＢＣＧ－Ｓｊ２６．ｐＢＣＧ－Ｓｊ２６电转化入ＢＣＧ和Ｍ．ｓｍｅｇｍａｔｉｓｍｃ２１５５中表达Ｓｊ２６ＧＳＴ抗原,所表达的天然重组Ｓｊ２６ＧＳＴ（ｒＳｊ２６ＧＳＴ）为可溶性蛋白,在ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ上分子量为２６ｋＤ处可见明显的表达蛋白带．其表达量分别占ＢＣＧ和Ｍ．ｓｍｅｇｍａｔｉｓ菌体总蛋白的１５％和１０％．可见,Ｓｊ２６ＧＳＴ基因能在ＢＣＧ中高效表达．     

小麦黄花叶病毒RNA228kDa蛋白基因的表达及表达产物抗血清的制备

根据小麦黄花叶病毒（ Ｗ Ｙ Ｍ Ｖ） 核苷酸序列测定结果,将 Ｗ Ｙ Ｍ Ｖ Ｒ Ｎ Ａ２ 上的２８ ｋ Ｄａ 蛋白基因克隆到ｐ Ｅ Ｔ１１ａ 上,构建了原核表达载体ｐ Ｅ２８３９ 。 Ｓ Ｄ Ｓ Ｐ Ａ Ｇ Ｅ 分析表明,经 Ｉ Ｐ Ｔ Ｇ 诱导,２８ ｋ Ｄａ蛋白基因在大肠杆菌 Ｂ Ｌ２１（ Ｄ Ｅ３）ｐ Ｌｙｓ Ｓ 中得到高效表达。以含表达产物的凝胶为抗原,免疫家兔,首次制备了小麦黄花叶病毒 Ｒ Ｎ Ａ２ 蛋白特异性抗血清。     

利用PCR方法鉴定甲醇酵母转化子的表型

本文以含外源基因的甲醇酵母表达载体ｐＰＩＣ９／Ｅ２Ｆ－１－ＤＢ质粒ＤＮＡ电转化甲醇酵母ＧＳ１１５,小规模抽提所得转化子的总ＤＮＡ,并以其为模板,以乙醇氧化酶（ＡＯＸ１）５’端序列和３’端的ＴＴ序列为引物,进行ＰＣＲ反应。ＰＣＲ产物走０．８％Ａｇａｒｏｓｅ电泳,通过对ＰＣＲ产物的电泳带型分析,鉴定出甲醇酵母转化子的表型,即Ｍｕｔ＾＋或Ｍｕｔ＾ｓ。这一鉴定结果为转化子的诱导表达产物的ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ图     

植物胚胎发育后期富集(LEA)蛋白的研究进展

植物胚胎发育后期富集（ＬＥＡ）蛋白的研究进展汤学军傅家瑞（中山大学生命科学学院,广州５１０２７５）ＰＲＯＧＲＥＳＳＯＦＴＨＥＳＴＵＤＹＯＮＬＡＴＥＥＭＢＲＹＯＧＥＮＥＳＩＳＡＢＵＮＤＡＮＴ（ＬＥＡ）ＰＲＯＴＥＩＮＳＩＮＰＬＡＮＴＳＴａｎｇＸｕｅ－Ｊ...     

甲基单胞菌Methylomonas sp.GYJ3中甲烷单加氧酶羟基化酶组分…

从Ｍｅｔｈ ｙｌｏｍｏｎａｓ ｓｐ．ＧＹＪ３菌株中经ＤＮＥＡＥ－ＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅＣｌ－６Ｂ阴离子交换层析和ＳｅｐｈａｃｒｙｌＳ３００凝胶层析分离出纯化出甲烷加氧酶羟基酶组分,经ＨＰＬＣ分析,纯度大于９０％,分子量为２４０ｋＤ,纯化们数为３．９,比活为２２５ｎｍｏｌ环氧丙烷每分钟毫克蛋白,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ表明,羟基化酶由三个亚基组成,亚基分子量为５６、４３、２７ｋＤ．ＩＣＰＡＥＳ测定羟基化酶的Ｆｅ     

甜菜坏死黄脉病毒内蒙分离物RNA3序列分析及编码25kD蛋白基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

以甜菜坏死黄脉病毒（ＢＮＹＶＶ）内蒙分离物的总ＲＮＡ为模板,通过反转录－ＰＣＲ扩增获得ＢＮＹＶＶＲＮＡ３全长ｃＤＮＡ。将其克隆到ｐＧＥＭ－７Ｚｆ（＋）上,得到重组质粒ｐＧＢＹ５６。序列分析结果表明,内蒙分离物ＲＮＡ３基因组全长为１７７５ｎｔ,其中包含３个开放阅读框架,分别编码２５ｋＤ蛋白、４．６ｋＤ蛋白和一种由５９个氨基酸组成的Ｎ蛋白。与法国Ｆ２分离物、德国Ｇ１分离物和日本Ｓ分离物相比,其核苷酸序列的同源性分别为９６．４％、９６．８％和９７．３％。将２５ｋＤ蛋白编码基因克隆到ｐＪＷ２上,构建了该基因的原核表达载体。ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔｉｎｇ分析结果表明,２５ｋＤ蛋白基因在Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）中经温度（４２℃）诱导后,可特异地表达２５ｋＤ蛋白     

利用内蛋白子剪切功能一步纯化重组人神经营养因子-3

将人神经营养因子 - 3(h NT3)基因插入含内蛋白子 -几丁质结合区 (Intein- CBD)片段的质粒p TXB1的多克隆位点 ,构建成重组子 p TXB- h NT3,随后转化入 E.coli 2 566并进行融合表达 .表达产物包涵体经 8mol/ L脲变性 ,并在 GSH,GSSG存在下复性 .复性后的融合蛋白经几丁质珠亲和柱吸附 .待洗涤杂蛋白后 ,加入 50 mmol/ L DTT在 4℃或 2 5℃进行剪切反应 48h,再用缓冲液洗脱 ,即得 h NT3.SDS- PAGE分析表明 ,h NT3达电泳纯 .其分子量约为 1 4 k D     

Single-column purification of free recombinant proteins using a self-cleavable affinity tag derived from a protein splicing element

A novel protein purification system has been developed which enables purification of free recombinant proteins in a single chromatographic step. The system utilizes a modified protein splicing element (intein) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sce VMA intein) in conjunction with a chitin-binding domain (CBD) from Bacillus circulans as an affinity tag. The concept is based on the observation that the modified Sce VMA intein can be induced to undergo a self-cleavage reaction at its N-terminal peptide linkage by 1,4-dithiothreitol (DTT), β-mercaptoethanol (β-ME) or cysteine at low temperatures and over a broad pH range. A target protein is cloned in-frame with the N-terminus of the intein-CBD fusion, and the stable fusion protein is purified by adsorption onto a chitin column. The immobilized fusion protein is then induced to undergo self-cleavage under mild conditions, resulting in the release of the target protein while the intein-CBD fusion remains bound to the column. No exogenous proteolytic cleavage is needed. Furthermore, using this procedure, the purified free target protein can be specifically labeled at its C-terminus.     

蛋白质剪切及其应用

蛋白质剪切是一种翻译后修饰事件 ,它将插入前体蛋白的中间的蛋白质肽段 (Intein ,internalproteinfrag ment)剪切出来 ,并用正常肽键将两侧蛋白质多肽链 (Extein ,flankingproteinfragments)连接起来。在此过程中不需要辅酶或辅助因子的作用 ,仅需四步分子内反应。Intein及其侧翼序列可以通过突变产生高度特异性的自我切割用于蛋白质纯化、蛋白质连接和蛋白质环化反应 ,在蛋白质工程方面有广泛的应用前景。     

高剪接活性断裂蛋白质内含子的体内切割

蛋白质内含子介导的断裂(切割)反应被用于蛋白质纯化、连接和环化等,但目前仍存在断裂效率低、断裂反应的不可控、产物复杂等问题。蛋白质内含子的定点突变可导致其N端或C端断裂。其末位氨基酸突变则剪接反应第3步天冬酰胺环化无法进行,发生N端断裂;其首位氨基酸发生突变则剪接反应第一步酰基重排及其后续步骤均无法进行,而天冬酰胺环化仍可进行,发生C端断裂。利用已获得的高剪接活性的S1和S11型断裂蛋白质内含子Ssp GyrB,分别将其参与剪接反应的首位半胱氨酸或末位天冬酰胺突变为丙氨酸,构建能够发生一端断裂的断裂蛋白质内含子。研究结果表明,突变后断裂蛋白质内含子的剪接反应几乎不发生,其断裂活性有不同程度的提高,获得了在大肠杆菌体内具有较高效断裂活性的断裂蛋白质内含子。这将为进一步研究其体外可控性剪接、构建高效的蛋白纯化系统和深入研究蛋白质内含子的剪接机制提供基础。     

Characterization of a self-splicing mini-intein and its conversion into autocatalytic N- and C-terminal cleavage elements: facile production of protein building blocks for protein ligation

The determinants governing the self-catalyzed splicing and cleavage events by a mini-intein of 154 amino acids, derived from the dnaB gene of Synechocystis sp. were investigated. The residues at the splice junctions have a profound effect on splicing and peptide bond cleavage at either the N- or C-terminus of the intein. Mutation of the native Gly residue preceding the intein blocked splicing and cleavage at the N-terminal splice junction, while substitution of the intein C-terminal Asn154 resulted in the modulation of N-terminal cleavage activity. Controlled cleavage at the C-terminal splice junction involving cyclization of Asn154 was achieved by substitution of the intein N-terminal cysteine residue with alanine and mutation of the native C-extein residues. The C-terminal cleavage reaction was found to be pH-dependent, with an optimum between pH6.0 and 7.5. These findings allowed the development of single junction cleavage vectors for the facile production of proteins as well as protein building blocks with complementary reactive groups. A protein sequence was fused to either the N-terminus or C-terminus of the intein, which was fused to a chitin binding domain. The N-terminal cleavage reaction was induced by 2-mercaptoethanesulfonic acid and released the 43kDa maltose binding protein with an active C-terminal thioester. The 58kDa T4 DNA ligase possessing an N-terminal cysteine was generated by a C-terminal cleavage reaction induced by pH and temperature shifts. The intein-generated proteins were joined together through a native peptide bond. This intein-mediated protein ligation approach opens up novel routes in protein engineering.     

Branched intermediate formation is the slowest step in the protein splicing reaction of the Ala1 KlbA intein from Methanococcus jannaschii

We report the first detailed investigation of the kinetics of protein splicing by the Methanococcus jannaschii KlbA (Mja KlbA) intein. This intein has an N-terminal Ala in place of the nucleophilic Cys or Ser residue that normally initiates splicing but nevertheless splices efficiently in vivo [Southworth, M. W., Benner, J., and Perler, F. B. (2000) EMBO J.19, 5019-5026]. To date, the spontaneous nature of the cis splicing reaction has hindered its examination in vitro. For this reason, we constructed an Mja KlbA intein-mini-extein precursor using intein-mediated protein ligation and engineered a disulfide redox switch that permits initiation of the splicing reaction by the addition of a reducing agent such as dithiothreitol (DTT). A fluorescent tag at the C-terminus of the C-extein permits monitoring of the progress of the reaction. Kinetic analysis of the splicing reaction of the wild-type precursor (with no substitutions in known nucleophiles or assisting groups) at various DTT concentrations shows that formation of the branched intermediate from the precursor is reversible (forward rate constant of 1.5 × 10(-3) s(-1) and reverse rate constant of 1.7 × 10(-5) s(-1) at 42 °C), whereas the productive decay of this intermediate to form the ligated exteins is faster and occurs with a rate constant of 2.2 × 10(-3) s(-1). This finding conflicts with reports about standard inteins, for which Asn cyclization has been assigned as the rate-determining step of the splicing reaction. Despite being the slowest step of the reaction, branched intermediate formation in the Mja KlbA intein is efficient in comparison with those of other intein systems. Interestingly, it also appears that this intermediate is protected against thiolysis by DTT, in contrast to other inteins. Evidence is presented in support of a tight coupling between the N-terminal and C-terminal cleavage steps, despite the fact that the C-terminal single-cleavage reaction occurs in variant Mja KlbA inteins in the absence of N-terminal cleavage. We posit that the splicing events in the Mja KlbA system are tightly coordinated by a network of intra- and interdomain noncovalent interactions, rendering its function particularly sensitive to minor disruptions in the intein or extein environments.     

Intein-mediated rapid purification of Cre recombinase

Cre recombinase produced by bacteriophage P1 catalyzes site-specific recombination of DNA between loxP recognition sites in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and has been widely used for genome engineering and in vitro cloning. Recombinant Cre has been overproduced in Escherichia coli and its purification involves multiple steps. In this report, we used an "intein" fusion system to express Cre as a C-terminal fusion to a modified protein splicing element, i.e., intein. The modified intein contained a Bacillus circulans chitin-binding domain which allowed binding of the fusion protein on a chitin column and could be induced to undergo in vitro peptide bond cleavage which specifically released Cre from the column. Using the intein system, we have obtained highly pure nontagged Cre after just a single chromatographic step, which corresponded to approximately 80% recovery and 27-fold purification. The activity of the purified Cre was determined in an in vitro assay system and was found to remain stable over a period of more than 6 months.     

Construction of intein-mediated hGMCSF expression vector and its purification in Pichia pastoris

As a novel attempt for the intracellular recombinant protein over expression and easy purification from Pichia pastoris, the therapeutic cytokine human granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (hGMCSF) gene was fused to an intein-chitin-binding domain (gene from pTYB11 vector) fusion tag by overlap extension PCR and inserted into pPICZB vector, allowing for the purification of a native recombinant protein without the need for enzymatic cleavage. The fusion protein under the AOX1 promoter was integrated into the P. pastoris genome (SMD 1168) and the recombinant Pichia clones were screened for multicopy integrants. Expression of hGMCSF was done using glycerol and methanol based synthetic medium by three stage cultivation in a bioreactor. Purification of the expressed hGMCSF fusion protein was done after cell disruption and binding of the solubilized fusion protein to chitin affinity column, followed by DTT induced on column cleavage of hGMCSF from the intein tag. In this study, final biomass of 89 g dry cell weight/l and purified hGMCSF of 120 mg/l having a specific activity of 0.657 x 10(7) IU/mg was obtained. This strategy has an edge over the other--His or--GST based fusion protein purification where non-specific protein binding, expensive enzymatic cleavage and further purification of the enzyme is required. It distinguishes itself from all other purification systems by its ability to purify, in a single chromatographic step.     

蛋白质剪接研究进展

蛋白质剪接是一个翻译后自催化加工过程,它不需要酶或其他辅助因子的参与。在这个过程中,前体蛋白的Intein(内含肽)被切离,其两侧的Extein(外显肽)连接在一起。Intein按结构可分为经典Intein和微型Intein,其中的经典Intein包括Hint结构域和中间的归巢内切酶结构域(该结构域在微型内含肽中不存在)。蛋白质剪接及其他具有Hint结构域的蛋白加工过程的起始步骤是N-S/O酰基重排反应,该反应是由Hint结构域催化的;Intein的剪接还分为顺式剪接和反式剪接,通过对Intein进行改造,可以阻断剪接过程,但不影响N端肽键或C端肽键的断裂;通过筛选突变体,可以获得温度敏感型、pH敏感型或小分子诱导型的内含肽。这些研究促进了Intein在多肽制备及其它方面的应用。     

断裂蛋白质内含子的剪接机制、起源和进化

蛋白质内含子(intein)是具有自我催化活性的蛋白质. 翻译后,通过蛋白质剪接从蛋白质前体中去掉,并以肽键连接两侧蛋白质外显子(extein)形成成熟蛋白质. 断裂蛋白质内含子(split intein)在蛋白质内含子中部区域特定位点发生断裂,形成N端片段和C端片段,分别由基因组上相距较远的两个基因编码. 现在已知,它仅分布于蓝细菌和古细菌中. 断裂蛋白质内含子的N端片段和C端片段通过非共价键(如静电作用)相互识别,重建催化活性中心,介导蛋白质反式剪接. 断裂蛋白质内含子的发现进一步深化了人们对基因表达和蛋白质翻译后成熟过程复杂性的认识,而且它在蛋白质工程、蛋白质药物开发和蛋白质结构与功能研究等方面有非常广泛的应用. 本文试图综述断裂蛋白质内含子的分布、结构特征和剪接机制,并分析其可能的起源和进化途径.