茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571鞭毛马达基因fliN与fliM的功能分析

【目的】考察茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571中鞭毛马达蛋白FliN、FliM的编码基因分别缺失的突变体表型,初步探究其功能机理。【方法】本研究采用同源重组和三亲本接合转移的方法构建突变体,测定野生型及突变株的生长曲线、趋化性、胞外多糖的分泌、生物膜的形成及细胞絮凝等表型。【结果】三种菌株的生长速率基本无差,与野生型菌株相比突变株鞭毛结构丧失,趋化能力、分泌的胞外多糖和生物膜形成能力均下降,但相同时间内细胞絮凝程度比野生型明显。【结论】实验表明,鞭毛基因fliN、fliM对茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571鞭毛的形成、趋化运动、胞外多糖的分泌、生物膜的形成及细胞絮凝能力等均有调控作用。     

茎瘤固氮根瘤菌（Azorhizobium caulinodans）ORS571产生的植物激素

茎瘤固氮根瘤基ＯＲＳ５７１菌株在离体培养条件下，能利用色氨酸合成吲哚乙酸（ＩＡＡ）。随着菌龄的老化，合成的ＩＡＡ量也增加。除ＩＡＡ外，该菌株还产生类ＧＡ物质。本研究未检出细胞分裂素（Ｃｙｔｏｋｉｎｉｎ）类物质。     

茎瘤固氮根瘤菌（Azorhizobium caulinodans）ORS 571产生的植物激素

茎瘤固氮根瘤菌（Ａｚｏｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍｃａｕｌｉｎｏｄａｎｓ）ＯＲＳ５７１菌株在离体培养条件下,能利用色氨酸合成吲哚乙酸（ＩＡＡ）。随着菌龄的老化,合成的ＩＡＡ量也增加。除ＩＡＡ外,该菌株还产生类ＧＡ物质。本研究未检出细胞分裂素（Ｃｙｔｏｋｉｎｉｎ）类物质。     

茎瘤固氮根瘤菌Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571基因组分泌蛋白的生物信息学分析

为了获取茎瘤固氮根瘤菌(Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571)的分泌蛋白,以便更深入地了解该菌的共生固氮作用,本研究采用SignalP、TMHMM、PSORTb、TargetP、LipoP、TatP和SecretomeP软件对该菌全部4717个蛋白序列进行分析预测。结果共识别了653个分泌蛋白,其中具有分泌型信号肽的蛋白54个,具有RR-motif型信号肽的蛋白1个,具有脂蛋白信号肽的蛋白2个和非经典分泌蛋白596个。该菌含信号肽分泌蛋白仅占全部蛋白的1.2%,低于其它固氮菌。在分泌蛋白中识别了核酸内切酶和核糖核酸酶等6个核酸酶。它们可能参与宿主植物遗传物质的降解,干扰宿主遗传代谢,进一步在宿主植物侵染过程中起到重要作用。此外还识别了超氧化物歧化酶、过氧化氢酶和谷胱甘肽S-转移酶等4个抗氧化酶。它们可能参与活性氧的清除以保护固氮酶,是该菌固氮过程的重要参与者。     

茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571 GGDEF和EAL结构域蛋白的预测及功能研究

[目的]环二鸟苷酸c-di-GMP是细菌中广泛存在的第二信使,能够调控多种细胞功能。c-di-GMP的合成与水解分别由含有GGDEF结构域和EAL结构域的蛋白催化。本研究针对茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571的GGDEF和EAL结构域相关蛋白进行基因组学分析,并对三个同时含有GGDEF和EAL结构域的蛋白（AZC_3085、AZC_3226和AZC_4658）进行功能研究。[方法]利用SMART数据库对含有GGDEF和EAL结构域的蛋白进行结构域预测。利用CLUSTALW程序对蛋白序列进行比较分析。通过同源重组的方法构建突变株,并对突变株的细胞运动能力、胞外多糖合成、生物膜形成及与豆科宿主的结瘤等表型进行测定。[结果]茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571中一共存在37个GGDEF和EAL结构域蛋白。突变株△4658的运动能力较野生型有下降,但是其胞外多糖合成能力、生物膜形成能力和竞争性结瘤能力较野生型有提高。此外,实验结果表明突变株△4658的胞内c-di-GMP水平高于野生型。突变株△3085和△3226的各种表型与野生型相比没有明显差异。[结论]茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571编码如此大数量的GGDEF和EAL结构域蛋白,表明c-di-GMP可能在其信号转导过程中起到非常重要的作用。同时具有GGDEF和EAL结构域的蛋白AZC_4658对茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571的运动能力、胞外多糖合成、生物膜形成及与宿主的结瘤起到一定的调节作用。     

茎瘤固氮根瘤菌甲基化受体蛋白Tlp1的功能

【目的】考察茎瘤固氮根瘤菌中趋化基因簇上游的受体蛋白Tlp1编码基因的突变表型,初步探究其功能机理。【方法】利用同源重组和三亲本接合转移的方法构建突变株,在TY培养基中测定生长情况,半固体平板法观察趋化圈,刚果红固体培养基观察胞外多糖和次生代谢产物的分泌,乙炔还原法测定菌株的固氮酶活性。【结果】与野生型菌株相比,tlp1突变株的生长速率没有影响。在以甘油为碳源的L3半固体平板上突变株的趋化圈变小,其回补菌株能部分回补趋化能力。突变株的胞外多糖分泌与野生型没有区别,但其次生代谢产物黑色素出现的时间比野生型稍早。在固氮酶活性测定中,发现突变株酶活性明显比野生型降低,回补菌株能够部分回补。【结论】茎瘤固氮根瘤菌Tlp1蛋白对甘油表现出一定的趋化能力,并且影响细菌的次生代谢产物和固氮能力。     

茎瘤固氮根瘤菌环二鸟苷酸代谢相关基因的功能鉴定

【目的】考察茎瘤固氮根瘤菌ORS571中c-di-GMP合成酶AZC-2412的编码基因缺失的突变表型,初步探究其功能机理。【方法】本实验构建基于cre-loxp重组酶系统的根瘤菌基因敲除系统,以及采用三亲接合技术构建突变株。测定野生型和突变株的生长速率、趋化能力、胞外多糖产量、生物膜形成等表型。【结果】突变株与野生型生长速率几乎相同。与野生型相比突变株由于细胞内c-di-GMP水平降低,胞外多糖、生物膜产量等均有所下降。【结论】实验表明,环二鸟苷酸合成酶AZC-2412缺失,使得c-di-GMP水平降低,对胞外多糖生成、细菌的运动能力、生物膜的形成、细胞絮凝、与植物的互作等均有调控作用。     

田菁茎瘤固氮根瘤菌对小麦叶组织的促生作用研究

利用GFP标记的田菁茎瘤固氮根瘤菌(Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS 571)侵染露白24h的小麦种子,分别在侵染后0、6、12、24、48、72和96h采样,利用实时荧光定量PCR方法检测小麦体内6条与促生作用相关miRNAs(miR156、miR159、miR160、miR167、miR168和miR403)的表达模式,检测其中3条miRNAs(miR159、miR167和miR168)的靶基因表达模式;以接菌8d的小麦样品做切片,利用激光共聚焦显微镜检测小麦叶部田菁茎瘤固氮根瘤菌的分布,并测定小麦的生理指标。结果显示:(1)田菁茎瘤固氮根瘤菌侵染小麦后能够在叶片边缘部位定殖。(2)小麦叶片中与促生作用相关的6条miRNAs出现了不同程度变化,在12~24h到达其峰值,随后逐渐下降,其中miR159在峰值时的表达量为初始表达量的2.88倍。(3)3条miRNAs的靶基因表达模式与相应miRNA表达模式相对应,但并不严格。(4)生理指标测定结果显示,接种田菁茎瘤固氮根瘤菌对小麦叶片产生明显的促生作用,其中叶鲜重在96h的变化与对照差异极显著。研究表明,接种的田菁茎瘤固氮根瘤菌能够到达小麦叶组织,对小麦叶片的生长产生明显的促生作用,其中miRNAs在促生过程中发挥重要作用。     

华癸根瘤菌urtB基因突变株的构建与共生固氮表型分析

【目的】尿素ABC转运体透性酶亚基编码基因urtB可能参与尿素代谢及支链氨基酸转运;本文旨在获得实验证据阐明urtB基因对华癸根瘤菌结瘤和固氮的影响,为深入研究其功能机制提供一定的科学依据。【方法】利用生物信息学分析urtB基因的结构特征及生物学功能,通过荧光定量检测urtB基因在自生和共生条件下的时空表达特征和启动子原位表达技术检测urtB基因组织表达特征,采用插入突变构建urtB突变株,通过植物盆栽并结合添加氮素处理,检测与分析突变体的共生固氮表型变化。【结果】分析表明urtB基因对于氮素转运非常重要,在共生条件下的表达水平比自生培养条件下显著上调表达;在成熟根瘤的固氮区中大量表达;正确构建和筛选获得了根瘤菌urtB突变株;接种urtB突变株与野生型菌株7653R相比较,突变体根瘤发育异常;植株地上部分生物量和根瘤固氮酶活性显著降低;添加氮素可恢复其共生缺陷表型。【结论】华癸中慢生根瘤菌urtB基因可能通过影响根瘤中氮转运或同化,进而在根瘤发育与共生固氮中发挥重要作用。     

烟草NtSKOR1基因的克隆及功能分析

该研究利用拟南芥AtSKOR蛋白序列,通过NCBI的Blast搜索获得烟草NtSKOR1基因CDS序列。设计全长CDS扩增引物,通过RT PCR方法从栽培烟草中克隆得到NtSKOR1基因,对其进行生物信息学、表达特性等分析,并利用CRISPR/Cas9技术获得NtSKOR1的敲除材料。结果表明：(1)NtSKOR1基因CDS由2 466 bp核苷酸组成,编码821个氨基酸,推测NtSKOR1蛋白等电点为6.36,分子量为94.21 kD。(2)NtSKOR1定位于细胞膜,有6个跨膜区,无信号肽序列;NtSKOR1蛋白含有孔形成区(P)及锚定蛋白区(ANK)等典型SKOR类蛋白功能域。(3)进化树分析表明,烟草NtSKOR1蛋白与番茄和马铃薯的SKOR蛋白遗传距离最近,与禾本科植物的SKOR蛋白遗传距离较远。(4)组织特异性表达分析表明,NtSKOR1基因主要在烟草根中表达,其表达模式与拟南芥一致;钾胁迫处理后,NtSKOR1基因呈先降低后升高再降低的表达模式。(5)CRISPR/Cas9敲除NtSKOR1基因,烟草叶片钾含量显著降低,表明NtSKOR1基因是控制烟叶钾离子的关键基因之一。该研究结果为解析烟草钾离子吸收转运的分子机制提供重要依据。     

Comparative genomic and protein sequence analyses of the chemotaxis system of Azorhizobium caulinodans北大核心CSCD

［Objective］ Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 can fix nitrogen not only as a free-living organism and an associative-symbiotic bacterium by colonizing the root surface of non-leguminous plants, but also as a symbiotic bacterium by interacting with leguminous plant Sesbania rostrata.Due to its ability to grow and fix nitrogen under three conditions, A.caulinodans uses sophisticated chemotaxis signal transduction systems to transform environmental cues into corresponding behavioral responses.Chemotaxis appears crucial for the growth of A.caulinodansin complicated environment and the construction of associative relationship with the plant.However, little is known about the chemotactic pathway of A.caulinodans.Thus, our study aimed to compare the chemotaxis-like genes of A.caulinodans with those of well-studied species.［Methods］ NCBI protein BLAST was used for searching sequence similarity with default parameter values against the genomes of A.caulinodans.HMMER3, based on Pfam database, was used for comparative analyses of methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein （MCP）.［Results］ There was a major chemotaxis cluster in A.caulinodans and the CheR methylated MCPs independently of pentapeptide motif.There were 43 MCP homologs containing diverse signal-sensing architectures in A.caulinodans.In addition,cytoplasmic domains of these MCPs were all composed of 38 heptad repeats.［Conclusion］ Despite the extremely high homology presented between the chemotactic system of A.caulinodans and those of well-studied species, A.caulinodans shows its own unique characteristics.The classification of these chemotactic pathways by comparative genomics enables us to better understand how A.caulinodansresponds to changes in environment via exquisite signal transductions in chemotaxis system.     

Isolation and characterization of Tn5-induced NADPH-glutamate synthase (GOGAT-) mutants of Azorhizobium sesbaniae ORS571 and cloning of the corresponding glt locus

Summary Random Tn5 mutagenesis was used to isolate two independent Azorhizobium sesbaniae ORS571 mutants disturbed in ammonium assimilation (Asm^-). Both Asm^- mutant strains were shown to lack NADPH-glutamate synthase (NADPH-GOGAT) activity and to carry Tn5 insertions ca. 1.5 kb apart in the ORS571 chromosome. The Tn5-containing region of one of the GOGAT^- mutant strains was cloned in pACYC184 and used to identify the wild-type glt (GOGAT) locus in a phage clone bank of ORS571. The cloned region was shown to have DNA homology with the Escherichia coli glt locus and to complement the Asm^- phenotype of E. coli and ORS571 GOGAT^- strains. The ORS571 GOGAT^- mutations were found to interfere with free-living as well as symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Expression of ORS571 NADPH-GOGAT activity was shown to be independent of the nitrogen regulation (ntr) system.     

Common nodABC genes in Nod locus 1 of Azorhizobium caulinodans: Nucleotide sequence and plant-inducible expression

Summary Azorhizobium caulinodans strain ORS571 induces nitrogen-fixing nodules on roots and stem-located root primordia of Sesbania rostrata. Two essential Nod loci have been previously identified in the bacterial genome, one of which (Nod locus 1) shows weak homology with the common nodC gene of Rhizobium mehloti. Here we present the nucleotide sequence of this region and show that it contains three contiguous open reading frames (ORFA, ORFB and ORFC) that are related to the nodABC genes of Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium species. ORFC is followed by a fourth (ORF4) and probably a fifth (ORF5) open reading frame. ORF4 may be analogous to the nod[ gene of R. leguminosarum, whereas ORF5 could be similar to the rhizobial nodF genes. Coordinated expression of this set of five genes seems likely from the sequence organization. There is no typical nod promoter consensus sequence (nod box) in the region upstream of the first gene (ORFA) and there is no nodD-like gene. LacZ fusions constructed with ORFA, ORFB, ORFC, and ORF4 showed inducible -galactosidase expression in the presence of S. rostrata seedlings as well as around stem-located root primordia. Among a series of phenolic compounds tested, the flavanone naringenin was the most efficient inducer of the expression of this ORS571 nod gene cluster.     

Isolation and characterization of hydrogenase-negative mutants of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571

Hydrogenase-negative (Hup^-) mutants of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 were isolated by means of Tn5 mutagenesis. The colony test used for screening for Hup^- strains was based on the absence of reduction of triphenyltetrazolium chloride with hydrogen. Suspensions from cultures of the mutant strains grown under derepressing conditions did not use hydrogen with methylene blue or oxygen as the hydrogen acceptor. The mutants were shown to carry single Tn5 insertions at different locations in the A. caulinodans genome. Molar growth yields (corrected for poly--hydroxybutyrate formation) in chemostat cultures of the mutants were similar to those of the wild type. Molar growth yields of the mutants were not increased by passing additional hydrogen through chemostat cultures, which is in agreement with the hydrogenase-negative phenotype of the mutants. H₂/N₂ ratios (mol H₂ formed per mol N₂ fixed) were calculated from the hydrogen content of the effluent gas and the N-content of the bacterial dry weight. Low H₂/N₂ ratios (between 1.2 and 1.9) were found in both energy-limited (oxygen or succinate) cultures and in cultures limited by the supply of an anabolic substrate (Mg²⁺). ATP/2e values (mol ATP used at the transport of 2e to nitrogen or H⁺) were calculated from the H₂/N₂ ratios and the molar growth yields of nitrogen-fixing and ammonia-assimilating cultures. ATP/2e values were between 7 and 11. It was concluded that the calculated ATP/2e values comprise not only 4 mol ATP used at the transport of 2e through nitrogenase but also energy equivalents needed for reversed electron flow from NADH to the low-potential hydrogen donor used by nitrogenase.