污水处理芽孢杆菌的抗盐诱变育种技术研究

污染海水的处理是沿海城市生态环境治理中迫切需要解决的问题,培育耐盐污水处理菌种具有重要实践意义.对处理污水的芽孢杆菌Y进行抗盐诱变育种,分别采用紫外线照射、NTG、及60Coγ等方法,选出最佳诱变方法为NTG900μg/m与60Coγ200 Gy的复合处理.     

Keratinase production and keratin degradation by a mutant strain of Bacillus subtilis

A new feather-degrading bacterium was isolated from a local feather waste site and identified as Bacillus subtilis based on morphological, physiochemical, and phylogenetic characteristics. Screening for mutants with elevated keratinolytic activity using N-methyl-N＇-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis resulted in a mutant strain KD-N2 producing keratinolytic activity about 2.5 times that of the wild-type strain. The mutant strain produced inducible keratinase in different substrates of feathers, hair, wool and silk under submerged cultivation. Scanning electron microscopy studies showed the degradation of feathers, hair and silk by the keratinase. The optimal conditions for keratinase production include initial pH of 7.5, inoculum size of 2% （v/v）, age of inoculum of 16 h, and cultivation at 23 ℃. The maximum keratinolytic activity of KD-N2 was achieved after 30 h. Essential amino acids like threonine, valine, methionine as well as ammonia were produced when feathers were used as substrates. Strain KD-N2, therefore, shows great promise of finding potential applications in keratin hydrolysis and keratinase production.     

Electrostatic effect on electron transfer between cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c

The binding and electron transfer between wild type, E44A, E56A, E44/56A, E44/48/56A/D60Aand F35Y variants of cytochrome b5 and cytochrome c were studied. When mixed with cytochrome c, the cytochrome b5E44/48/56A/D60A did not show the typical UV-vis difference spectrum of absorption, indicating that the alteration ofthe surface electrostatic potential obviously influenced the spectrum. The electron transfer rates of wild type cytochromeb5, its variants and cytochrome e at different temperature and ionic strength exhibited an order of F35Y > wild type >E56A > E44A > E44/48/56A/D60A. The enthalpy and entropy of the reaction did not change obviously, suggestingthat the mutation did not significantly disturb the electron transfer conformation. The investigation of electron transfer rateconstants at different ionic strength demonstrated that electrostatic interaction obviously affected the electron transfer pro-cess. The significant difference of Cyt b5 F35Y and E44/48/56A/D60A from the wild type protein further confirmed thegreat importance of the electrostatic interaction in the protein electron transfer.     

超嗜热古菌Sulfolobus tokodaii尿嘧啶营养缺陷型筛选条件的最适化及初步筛选

超嗜热古菌Sulfolobus tokodaii隶属于古菌中的泉古菌（Crenarchaea）,硫化叶菌属（Sulfolobus）。野生型S.tokodaii尿嘧啶相关基因表达的乳清核苷酸转移酶和乳清苷单磷酸脱羧酶可以将5-氟乳清酸(5-FOA)转化成有毒物质5-氟尿嘧啶核苷酸,导致野生型S.tokodaii无法正常生长。根据此原理,通过对筛选条件如5-FOA的质量浓度、紫外诱变时间等的最适化,运用微生物的自发突变或对其进行紫外照射等诱变方法,初步筛选出S.tokodaii的尿嘧啶营养缺陷型菌株。     

PiggyBac 转座子在肝脏中的活性研究

本实验运用高压尾静脉注射的方法将PB转座系统导入小鼠肝脏,研究其在肝脏中的转座活性,系统中PB转座子携带表达红色荧光蛋白的基因以指示转座的发生.注射10个月后取出小鼠肝脏,体视荧光显微镜观察肝脏是否有红色荧光,并通过基因组PCR、splinkerette PCR分析PB转座子在肝脏中的插入情况.实验结果表明,PB转座子在肝脏内发生高效转座,检测的68个PB插入位点中有34个位于基因序列,使得PB系统可以作为有效的基因诱变工具来研究基因功能.     

A类维生素对环磷酰胺诱发的抗白喉毒素突变型(DT~r)和SCE频率的影响

用新建立的抗白喉毒素突变型检测系统研究维生素A及其四种衍生物在化学诱变作用中的遗传学效应,并与姊妹染色单体互换频率指标进行比较,结果表明A类维生素具有抑制由间接诱变剂诱发的抗白喉毒素突变型频率和姊妹染色单体互换频率的作用.因此,A类维生素的抗肿瘤特性可能并不仅局限于其作用在肿瘤形成的第二步,也可作用在肿瘤形成的第一步(启动阶段).     

玉米渣纤维降解菌LMPQ39菌丝原生质体诱变的研究

对担子菌ＬＭＰＱ３９菌丝原生质体进行了紫外光──ＬｉＣｌ复合处理后，得到突变株Ｕ３９，再将其分别用６０Ｃｏ、ＨＮＯ２两种方法处理，各获得突变株ＵＣｏ３９和ＵＮ３９，它们的ＣＭＣ酶活由原来ＬＭＰＱ３９的０．３１ｕ分别提高到０．４６ｕ和０．５７６ｕ．酯酶同功酶电泳表明，ＵＣｏ３９、ＵＮ３９和母株ＬＭＰＱ３９的酶谱出现了６条共同的谱带，同时也出现差异．突变株和母株的拮抗试验呈阳性。     

NTG对侧耳的诱变效应

采用正交试验设计以菌落直径为指标研究了NTG对侧耳8405的诱变效应.实验结果表明:当NTG的最终浓度为300μg/mL,处理前孢子先培养14h,于24℃黑暗条件下处理40min时,突变率和正变率高,变异幅度大.     

Transformation: a tool for studying fungal pathogens of plants

Plant diseases caused by plant pathogenic fungi continuously threaten the sustainability of global crop production. An effective way to study the disease-causing mechanisms of these organisms is to disrupt their genes, in both a targeted and random manner, so as to isolate mutants exhibiting altered virulence. Although a number of techniques have been employed for such an analysis, those based on transformation are by far the most commonly used. In filamentous fungi, the introduction of DNA by transformation typically results in either the heterologous (illegitimate) integration or the homologous integration of the transforming DNA into the target genome. Homologous integration permits a targeted gene disruption by replacing the wild-type allele on the genome with a mutant allele on transforming DNA. This process has been widely used to determine the role of newly isolated fungal genes in pathogenicity. The heterologous integration of transforming DNA causes a random process of gene disruption (insertional mutagenesis) and has led to the isolation of many fungal mutants defective in pathogenicity. A big advantage of insertional mutagenesis over the more traditional chemical or radiation mutagenesis procedures is that the mutated gene is tagged by transforming DNA and can subsequently be cloned using the transforming DNA. The application of various transformation-based techniques for fungal gene manipulation and how they have increased our understanding and appreciation of some of the most serious plant pathogenic fungi are discussed. Received 9 May 2001; received after revision 2 July 2001; accepted 3 July 2001     

紫外线诱变康宁木霉提高酶活力的研究

通过对康宁木霉菌种的诱变、筛选和固体发酵培养,研究了培养基、培养时间、诱变时间及pH值对诱变菌所产酶的活力的影响．结果表明,康宁木霉经诱变5min,在pH为6．0的玉米秸PDA培养基上培养72h,产生的C1酶和Cx酶的酶活力较高,C1酶的酶活力由73u／g提高到176u／g,增加了2．41倍,Cx酶的酶活力由798u／g提高到2069u／g,增加了2．59倍．