大肠杆菌tyrR基因对aroP的表达调控

大肠杆菌的tyrR基因编码芳香氨基酸生物合成和运输途径中的一种全局性调控蛋白质,该蛋白质控制着包括自身编码基因tyrR在内的涉及苯丙氨酸、酪氨酸、色氨酸合成与运输的8个转录单位的转录。大肠杆菌aroP基因编码一种跨质膜主动运输芳香氨基酸的透性酶,其转录也受TyrR蛋白抑制。利用PCR反应从E.coli K12基因组中分别克隆了aroP(p)基因(携带自身的启动子)、aroP基因(不携带自身的启动子)和tyrR基因,并将它们导入苯丙氨酸生产菌E.coli WT5中。通过大细胞法检测到这3个基因的表达,并分别测定了相应的酶活力。结果:发现导入aroP(p)和aroP基因的大肠杆菌吸收苯丙氨酸的能力分别提高到原来的1．40和1．46倍,这表明利用pλPR质粒能够表达aroP基因,该质粒中的λ右向启动子(R)和aroP自身启动子(p)的表达效率几乎同样;导入tyrR基因的E．coli WT5 ATP酶活力提高到原来的1．69倍。将两种基因串联克隆在同一质粒中共表达时,携带aroP-tyr串联的大肠杆菌株运输苯丙氨酸的能力明显高于携带aroP(p)-tyrR串联的大肠杆菌株。以E．coli WT5为对照,其AroP的活性定为1,前者的Atop相对酶活力为1．31,后者为0．95,这一结果显示TyrR蛋白可能是通过与aroP基因自身启动子的结合作用来负调控aroP基因的表达。     

大肠杆菌ppsA和tktA基因的串联表达

ppsA和tktA是芳香族氨基酸生物合成中心途径的两个关键酶基因,在大肠杆菌中,ppsA基因编码磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸合成酶A(PpsA),该酶催化丙酮酸合成磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸;tktA基因编码转酮酶A,该酶在磷酸戊糖途径中生成4-磷酸赤藓糖起主要作用。采用PCR方法从大肠杆菌K-12株中扩增到ppsA和tktA,并实现了两基因的高效表达,其中ppsA活性提高了10．8倍,tktA活性提高了3．9倍,当这两个基因串联在一个质粒上导入大肠杆菌进行表达时,PpsA的活性变化较大(2．1～9．1倍),TktA的活性相对稳定(3．9～4．5倍),且这两个基因单独表达和串联表达都能使芳香族氨基酸生物合成共同途径中关键中间产物DAHP的产量提高,且串联表达比单独表达较高。     

大肠杆菌tktA基因的克隆表达

tktA是芳香族氨基酸生物合成共同途径的关键酶基因之一,在大肠杆菌中,tktA编码转酮酶A,在磷酸戊糖途径生成4－磷酸赤藓糖中起主要作用。采用PCR方法从大肠杆菌K－12株中扩增到tktA,并实现了高效表达,tktA活性提高了3．9倍,并且使芳香族氨基酸生物合成共同途径中关键中间产物DAHP的产量有所提高。     

枯草杆菌manA基因的克隆及定点突变

manA是编码β-甘露聚糖酶(β-1,4-mannan mannohydrolase EC3.2.1.78)的基因。将枯草杆菌A33株的manA基因插入到pET-32a载体,并在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中实现了异源非融合表达,表达活力为41.58U/mL。为了提高酶的表达活力,当采用PCR介导的定点突变技术将该基因第2号密码子CUU突变为GUU,构建成突变表达载体pET-32a-manA*并转入大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中表达,目标酶表达活力增加到138.65U/mL。说明当β-甘露聚糖酶N端第二号氨基酸由亮氨酸突变为缬氨酸后,酶在大肠杆菌中的表达活力大大提高。推测是由于突变后的β-甘露聚糖酶在大肠杆菌中的稳定性增强所致。突变表达的β-甘露聚糖酶最适作用温度和pH值并没有发生明显改变。     

Knockout of csrA Gene in Escherichia coli and Its Effects on Phenylalanine Biosynthesis

csrA 基因产物是大肠杆菌芳香族氨基酸生物合成途径中碳中心代谢有关的一种全局性调控蛋白质.采用 Red 敲除系统介导的同源重组的方法定位缺失大肠杆菌染色体 csrA 基因,经 PCR、DNA 测序等多种方法证实了基因重组缺失的可靠性.csrA基因缺失后,缺失菌株较对照菌株,糖酸转化率有所提高,发酵生产苯丙氨酸的能力也得到一定的提高,产酸提高约13％.     

大肠杆菌整体代谢网络调控基因(csrA)的敲除及其对苯丙氨酸生物合成的影响

csrA基因产物是大肠杆菌芳香族氨基酸生物合成途径中碳中心代谢有关的一种全局性调控蛋白质。采用Red敲除系统介导的同源重组的方法定位缺失大肠杆菌染色体csrA基因,经PCR、DNA测序等多种方法证实了基因重组缺失的可靠性。csrA基因缺失后,缺失菌株较对照菌株,糖酸转化率有所提高,发酵生产苯丙氨酸的能力也得到一定的提高,产酸提高约13%。     

大肠杆菌ppsA和tktA基因的串联表达

ppsA和tktA是芳香族氨基酸生物合成中心途径的两个关键酶基因,在大肠杆菌中,ppsA基因编码磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸合成酶A（PpsA）,该酶催化丙酮酸合成磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸;tktA基因编码转酮酶A,该酶在磷酸戊糖途径中生成4-磷酸赤藓糖起主要作用。采用PCR方法从大肠杆菌K-12株中扩增到ppsA和tktA,并实现了两基因的高效表达,其中ppsA活性提高了10.8倍,tktA活性提高了3.9倍,当这两个基因串联在一个质粒上导入大肠杆菌进行表达时,PpsA的活性变化较大（2.1～9.1倍）,TktA的活性相对稳定（3.9～4.5倍）,且这两个基因单独表达和串联表达都能使芳香族氨基酸生物合成共同途径中关键中间产物DAHP的产量提高,且串联表达比单独表达较高。     

植酸酶基因中稀有密码子的改造提高其在毕赤酵母中的表达量

对来源于黑曲霉N2 5(AspergillusnigerChinaStrain)的植酸酶基因phyA进行PCR介导的定点突变 ,不改变其所编码氨基酸 ,选用毕赤酵母偏爱的密码子对该基因保守序列中第 81位和第 85位的Arg密码子进行同义突变 .构建了含正确突变的克隆载体pUC18 phyAm 和酵母表达载体pPIC9k phyAm,电击转化毕赤酵母 ,经MM、MD平板筛选和产物的酶活性测定 ,筛选出突变与未突变高酶活酵母转化子各 2株 .这 4株转化子的Southern印迹结果表明 ,phyA基因以单交换方式单拷贝整合到酵母染色体DNA中 .表达产物的SDS PAGE分析表明 ,重组酵母中的植酸酶能有效分泌和表达 ,蛋白质分子大小为 70 15kD .转化子酶活测定结果表明 ,经密码子优化的突变重组酵母酶活力明显高于未进行优化的重组酵母转化子 .经密码子优化的突变重组酵母株PP NPm 8于麦芽汁培养基中诱导 36h后酶活力可达 4 76 0 0U/ml,其活力比未优化重组酵母株PP NP 2 (2 36 6 7U/ml)提高了约 1倍 ,且重组转化子遗传稳定性良好 .     

大肠杆菌AroG蛋白F209S突变体对苯丙氨酸反馈抑制作用的影响(英文)

在大肠杆菌中 ,80 %的 3 脱氧 D 阿拉伯 庚酮 7 磷酸 (3 deoxy D arabino heptulosonate 7 phosphate,DAHP)合酶由aroG基因编码。分别以大肠杆菌K1 2及其抗苯丙氨酸类似物的突变体总DNA为模板 ,以PCR方法扩增得到aroG基因及其突变体。基因测序结果表明抗苯丙氨酸类似物的突变体 ,其aroG基因核苷酸 62 5位发生了T→C的点突变 ,从而使AroG蛋白的 2 0 9位氨基酸由Ser取代了Phe。aroG基因及其突变体克隆到表达质粒 pTrc99A上 ,在大肠杆菌JM 1 0 5中进行表达 ,表达产物的SDS PAGE上可以看到分子量相当明显的条带 ;菌体粗提物中DAHP合酶的活性提高了 1 .8倍 ;酶活抗性检测表明AroG蛋白突变体在一定程度上解除了苯丙氨酸的反馈抑制作用 ;与含K1 2aroG基因的JM1 0 5细胞相比 ,含aroG基因突变体的JM1 0 5细胞可以在含高浓度苯丙氨酸类似物的培养基上生长。     

过表达pps基因和aroG~(fbr)基因对北京棒杆菌L-色氨酸合成的影响

【目的】通过增加北京棒杆菌(Corynebacterium pekinense)PD-67芳香族氨基酸合成的前体物质磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸(PEP)的供应,解除终产物对芳香族氨基酸合成途径中第一个酶同时也是关键酶3-脱氧-D-阿拉伯庚酮糖-7-磷酸合酶(DS)的反馈抑制并提高抗反馈抑制的DS的活力,使碳流更多地流向芳香族氨基酸合成途径,从而积累更多L-色氨酸。【方法】运用PCR技术扩增北京棒杆菌PD-67磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸合酶基因pps,与表达载体连接构建重组质粒pXPS;运用重叠PCR技术定点突变大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)受苯丙氨酸调控的DS基因aroG,使相应的编码氨基酸序列发生突变:Leu175Asp,新的基因命名为aroGfbr,与表达载体连接构建重组质粒pXA;构建pps和aroGfbr的共表达重组质粒pXAPS。将3个重组质粒分别转入菌株PD-67,构建工程菌株PD-67/pXPS、PD-67/pXA和PD-67/pXAPS。通过摇瓶发酵研究工程菌株的发酵特性。【结果】酶活分析结果表明,pps基因和aroGfbr基因在北京棒杆菌PD-67中均实现了表达。工程菌株PD-67/pXA粗酶液DS抗反馈抑制分析表明,AroGfbr已解除酪氨酸和苯丙氨酸的反馈抑制。过表达pps基因和aroGfbr基因分别使工程菌L-色氨酸产量提高12.1%和26.8%,双基因共表达可使工程菌的产酸量提高35.9%。【结论】北京棒杆菌PD-67pps基因的过表达以及大肠杆菌来源的解除反馈抑制的aroGfbr的过表达均有助于增加PD-67 L-色氨酸的合成,而双基因的共表达可以进一步提高L-色氨酸的积累量。     

Regulation of aromatic amino acid transport systems in Escherichia coli K-12.

The regulation of the aromatic amino acid transport systems was investigated. The common (general) aromatic transport system and the tyrosine-specific transport system were found to be subject to repression control, thus confirming earlier reports. In addition, tryosine- and tryptophan-specific transport were found to be enhanced by growth of cells with phenylalanine. The repression and enhancement of the transport systems was abolished in a strain carrying an amber mutation in the regulator gene tyrR. This indicates that the tyrR gene product, which was previously shown to be involved in regulation of aromatic biosynthetic enzymes, is also involved in the regulation of the aromatic amino acid transport systems.     

Repression of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli K-12

Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 were isolated in which the synthesis of the following, normally repressible enzymes of aromatic biosynthesis was constitutive: 3-deoxy-d-arabinoheptulosonic acid 7-phosphate (DAHP) synthetases (phe and tyr), chorismate mutase T-prephenate dehydrogenase, and transaminase A. In the wild type, DAHP synthetase (phe) was multivalently repressed by phenylalanine plus tryptophan, whereas DAHP synthetase (tyr), chorismate mutase T-prephenate dehydrogenase, and transaminase A were repressed by tyrosine. DAHP synthetase (tyr) and chorismate mutase T-prephenate dehydrogenase were also repressed by phenylalanine in high concentration (10(-3)m). Besides the constitutive synthesis of DAHP synthetase (phe), the mutants had the same phenotype as strains mutated in the tyrosine regulatory gene tyrR. The mutations causing this phenotype were cotransducible with trpA, trpE, cysB, and pyrF and mapped in the same region as tyrR at approximately 26 min on the chromosome. It is concluded that these mutations may be alleles of the tyrR gene and that synthesis of the enzymes listed above is controlled by this gene. Chorismate mutase P and prephenate dehydratase activities which are carried on a single protein were repressed by phenylalanine alone and were not controlled by tyrR. Formation of this protein is presumed to be controlled by a separate, unknown regulator gene. The heat-stable phenylalanine transaminase and two enzymes of the common aromatic pathway, 5-dehydroquinate synthetase and 5-dehydroquinase, were not repressible under the conditions studied and were not affected by tyrR. DAHP synthetase (trp) and tryptophan synthetase were repressed by tryptophan and have previously been shown to be under the control of the trpR regulatory gene. These enzymes also were unaffected by tyrR.     

Evidence for two aromatic amino acid-binding sites, one ATP-dependent and the other ATP-independent, in the Escherichia coli regulatory protein TyrR

In Escherichia coli , genetic regulation of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis and uptake is effected by the protein TyrR, which acts via ligand-mediated repression and activation. Characterization of the interactions of tyrosine, phenylalanine and tryptophan with TyrR revealed the presence of two separate aromatic amino acid-binding sites, one ATP-dependent, the other ATP-independent. Binding to the ATP-dependent site induces the self-association of TyrR. Using sedimentation equilibrium analyses, dissociation constants for this site in the dimeric and hexameric forms of TyrR were determined to be 330 μM and 24 μM, respectively, for tyrosine, and 55 mM and 3.7 mM, respectively, for phenylalanine. Tryptophan bound with a strength similar to that of phenylalanine, and both phenylalanine and tryptophan competed with the binding of tyrosine. The ATP-independent site, which has not been observed previously, was characterized by ultraviolet (u.v.) difference spectroscopy and a sedimentation-velocity meniscus-depletion method. Phenylalanine bound co-operatively to this site, exhibiting half-saturation at 260 µM. Tryptophan competed weakly with phenylalanine, half-saturation occurring at 1.2 mM. No binding of tyrosine to this site could be detected. We propose that the binding of phenylalanine or tryptophan to this ATP-independent site is responsible for phenylalanine- and tryptophan-mediated regulation by TyrR.     

The global gene expression response of Escherichia coli to L-phenylalanine

We investigated the global gene expression changes of Escherichia coli due to the presence of different concentrations of phenylalanine or shikimate in the growth medium. The response to 0.5 g l(-1) phenylalanine primarily reflected a perturbed aromatic amino acid metabolism, in particular due to TyrR-mediated regulation. The addition of 5g l(-1) phenylalanine reduced the growth rate by half and elicited a great number of likely indirect effects on genes regulated in response to changed pH, nitrogen or carbon availability. Consistent with the observed gene expression changes, supplementation with shikimate, tyrosine and tryptophan relieved growth inhibition by phenylalanine. In contrast to the wild-type, a tyrR disruption strain showed increased expression of pckA and of tktB in the presence of phenylalanine, but its growth was not affected by phenylalanine at the concentrations tested. The absence of growth inhibition by phenylalanine suggested that at high phenylalanine concentrations TyrR-defective strains might perform better in phenylalanine production.     

Phenylalanine and tyrosine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli K-12: mutants derepressed for 3-deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonic acid 7-phosphate synthetase (phe), 3-deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonic acid 7-phosphate synthetase (tyr), chorismate mutase T-prephenate dehydrogenase, and transaminase A

Mutant strains of Escherichia coli have been isolated in which the synthesis of 3-deoxy-d-arabinoheptulosonic acid 7-phosphate (DAHP) synthetase (phe) is derepressed, in addition to those enzymes of tyrosine biosynthesis previously shown to be controlled by the gene tyrR. The major enzyme of the terminal pathway of phenylalanine biosynthesis chorismate mutase-prephenate dehydratase is not derepressed in these strains. Genetic analysis of the mutants shows that the mutation or mutations causing derepression map close to previously reported tyrR mutations. A study of one of the mutations has shown it to be recessive to the wild-type allele in a diploid strain. It is proposed that the tyrR gene product is involved in the regulation of the synthesis of DAHP synthetase (phe) as well as the synthesis of DAHP synthetase (tyr), chorismate mutase-prephenate dehydrogenase, and transaminase A.     

Regulation of tyrosine and phenylalanine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli K-12: properties of the tyrR gene product

A spontaneous amber tyrR mutant has been isolated in which constitutive synthesis of 3-deoxy-d-arabinoheptulosonic acid 7-phosphate (DAHP) synthetase (tyr) and DAHP synthetase (phe) is suppressible by supC(-), supD(-), supF(-) and supU(-). This finding suggests the tyrR gene product is a protein. Derepression of DAHP synthetase (phe) in this and in seven other spontaneous tyrR mutants and in four Mu-1-induced tyrR mutants provides further evidence for the involvement of the tyrR gene product in phenylalanine biosynthesis. Evidence that the tyrR product is a component of repressor, rather than an enzyme involved in its synthesis or modification, comes from a study of a temperature-sensitive tyrR mutant. This mutant is of the thermolabile type, since derepression occurs rapidly and in the presence and absence of growth.     

Genetic characterization of the major lactococcal aromatic aminotransferase and its involvement in conversion of amino acids to aroma compounds.

In lactococci, transamination is the first step of the enzymatic conversion of aromatic and branched-chain amino acids to aroma compounds. In previous work we purified and biochemically characterized the major aromatic aminotransferase (AraT) of a Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris strain. Here we characterized the corresponding gene and evaluated the role of AraT in the biosynthesis of amino acids and in the conversion of amino acids to aroma compounds. Amino acid sequence homologies with other aminotransferases showed that the enzyme belongs to a new subclass of the aminotransferase I subfamily gamma; AraT is the best-characterized representative of this new aromatic-amino-acid-specific subclass. We demonstrated that AraT plays a major role in the conversion of aromatic amino acids to aroma compounds, since gene inactivation almost completely prevented the degradation of these amino acids. It is also highly involved in methionine and leucine conversion. AraT also has a major physiological role in the biosynthesis of phenylalanine and tyrosine, since gene inactivation weakly slowed down growth on medium without phenylalanine and highly affected growth on every medium without tyrosine. However, another biosynthesis aromatic aminotransferase is induced in the absence of phenylalanine in the culture medium.