Cloning and Expression of Recombinant Human Thymosin in Yeast Pichia pastoris

The gene of human thyrnosin alpha 1 (hT(1)was synthesised according to favorite eodons of Pichia pastoris by PCR. N-terminal 28 amino acid residues of 40S ribosomal protein (RP), S24Ethat is N-aeetylserine were replaced by hT( 1 for the constitution of hT(1-RP fusion gene in order to express acetyllated thyrnosin α1. And also, the Asn-Gly bond was designed to faeiliate isolation of the target protein. The fusion gene was cloned into the expression vector, pPIC/gK. The constructs were transformed into HIS4 mutant strain GS115 by eleetroporation. Both SDS-PAGE analysis and Western blot analysis indicated that the fusion protein was expressed successfully.     

Effect of HS2 and HS3 elements on erythroid-specific expression in transgenic mice

The expression plasmids CMV/GFP, HS2ALL, HS3ALL and HS23ALL were selected to investigate the effect of HS2 and HS3 element on erythroid-specific expression in transgenic mice. These plasmids were digested with restriction enzymes and purified. And five DNA fragments, CMV/GFP, HS2/GFP, CMV/HS2/GFP, HS23/GFP and HS3/GFP were obtained. After purification, the above DNA fragments were microinjected into the pre-nuclei of the mice fertilized eggs and transgenic mice were generated, with an integration rate of 10.89%. The green fluorescence protein(GFP) expression in many transgenic mouse tissues was determined by FACS analysis. The results showed that the HS2 and 1.7 kb of β-globin gene promoter were sufficient for the erythroid-specific expression of β-globin gene. The GFP expression of different recombinant constructs was also analyzed in blood of all the transgenic mice with FACS. The results indicated that HS2 and HS3 had the same enhancement activity on the regulation of β-globin gene expression. Moreover, these two elements showed a significant synergistic effect on gene expression at the transgenic mouse level, although the GFP expression varied largely among different transgenic mouse litters.     

Construction of recombinant industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with bglS gene insertion into PEP4 locus by homologous recombination

The bglS gene encoding endo-1,3-1,4-β-glucanase from Bacillus subtil＆ was cloned and sequenced in this study. The bglS expression cassette, including PGK1 promoter, bglS gene fused to the signal sequence of the yeast mating pheromone a-factor （MFals）, and ADH1 terminator with G418-resistance as the selected marker, was constructed. Then one of the PEP4 allele of Saccharomyces cerevisiae WZ65 strain was replaced by bglS expression cassette using chromosomal integration of polymerase chain reaction （PCR）-mediated homologous recombination, and the bglS gene was expressed simultaneously. The recombinant strain S. cerevisiae （SC-βG） was preliminarily screened by the clearing hydrolysis zone formed after the barley β-glucan was hydrolyzed in the plate and no proteinase A （PrA） activity was measured in fermenting liquor. The results of PCR analysis of genome DNA showed that one of the PEP4 allele had been replaced and bglS gene had been inserted into the locus of PEP4 gene in recombinant strains. Different endo-1,3-1,4-β-glucanase assay methods showed that the recombinant strain SC-βG had high endo-1,3-1,4-β-glucanase expression level with the maximum of 69.3 U/（h·ml） after 60 h of incubation. Meanwhile, the Congo Red method was suitable for the determination of endo-1,3-1,4-β-glucanase activity during the actual brewing process. The current research implies that the constructed yeast strain could be utilized to improve the industrial brewing property of beer.     

Cloning, sequencing and expression of the coat protein gene of Cocksfoot mottle virus

The coat protein (CP) gene of Cocksfoot mottle virus (CfMV) was amplified by RT-PCR and inserted into expression vector pGEX-4T-1, and the resulting plasmid was designated as pGEXCfMV-JANCP. The fusion protein GST-CP was expressed in BL21 (DE3) pLysS after IPTG induction. The results of SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis showed that the CfMV-CP gene was efficiently expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS through IPTG induction and the 56.0 kD protein was obtained.     

Cloning, sequencing and expression of the coat protein gene of Cocksfoot mottle virus

The coat protein (CP) gene of Cocksfoot mottle virus (CfMV) was amplified by RT-PCR and inserted into expression vector pGEX-4T-1, and the resulting plasmid was designated as pGEXCfMV-JANCP. The fusion protein GST-CP was expressed in BL21 (DE3) pLysS after IPTG induction. The results of SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis showed that the CfMV-CP gene was efficiently expressed in E.coli BL21 (DE3) pLysS through IPTG induction and the 56.0 kD protein was obtained.     

Overexpression and export of Vibrio anguillarum metalloprotease in Escherichia coli

Vibrio anguillarum metalloprotease, an extracellular zinc metalloprotease involved in the virulence mechanism of Vibrio anguillarum, is synthesized from the empA gene as a 611-residue precursor and naturally secreted via Sec secretion pathway in Vibrio anguillarum. In this study, heterologous expression of the empA gene encoding metalloprotease and export of the recombinant metalloprotease in Escherichia coli were examined. The empA gene was subcloned into pBAD24 with arabinose promoter and sequenced. The sequence encoded a polypeptide (611 amino acids) consisting of four domains: a signal peptide, an N-terminal propeptide, a mature region and a C-terminal propeptide. The empA gene inserted in plasmid pBAD24 was overexpressed in TOP10 strain of E. coli after arabinose induction. The 36kDa polypeptide of the recombinant metalloprotease as the mature protease was further confirmed by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting. It was found that recombinant metalloprotease with the EmpA activity and antigenicity was exported into the periplasm of Escherichia coli cells via Sec translocation pathway, whereas it was secreted into extracellular environments in V. anguillarum. The results imply that the expression, export and processing mechanism of the protein in E. coli are similar to those in V. anguillarum.     

Construction and characterization of partially ntrC-deleted mutants in Alcaligenes faecalis

To study the effect of ntrC gene product on the expression and regulation of other important nitrogen-fixing genes in Alcaligenes faecalis, partially ntrC-deleted mutants of A. faecalis have been generated. To start with, the ntrC gene of A. faecalis was cloned into a suicide plasmid pSUP202 to create a recombinant plasmid pSUM1. The ntrC gene in pSUM1 was then replaced by a lacZ-Kmr fragment resulted in the generation of a plasmid pSUM2. The lacZ fragment in pSUM2 was further removed and a plasmid pSUM3 produced. As a second step, the plasmid pSUM2 or pSUM3 was introduced into the wild type of A. faecalis A1501 by conjugation and two partially ntrC-deleted mutants A15CM1 (ntrC∷lacZ) and A15CM2 (ntrC-) were obtained. To understand the regulatory effect of the NtrC on the expression of nifH and nifA, a nifH-lacZ gene or a nifA-lacZ gene was introduced into the ntrC- mutant by conjugation. The results indicated that: (ⅰ) although the ntrC- mutant was nif + , its nitrogen fixation activity was only 20% that of the wild type; (ⅱ) the ntrC- mutant failed to grow on the medium containing nitrate as a sole nitrogen source; (ⅲ) the regulation of ntrC gene expression did not require its own product; (ⅳ) the expression of nifH in A . faecalis was positively regulated by the ntrC. Deletion of the ntrC resulted in the reduction of nifH expression or even totally inactivated nitrogen fixation; (ⅴ) there was no obvious influence on the expression of nifA in A. faecalis if the ntrC gene was deleted.     

GST-hBLyS融合蛋白基因的构建及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

根据hBLyS (humanBlymphocytestimulator)基因序列设计合成特异性引物 ,用RT_PCR从人外周血淋巴细胞扩增出 85 8bp的hBLyS基因 ,并将其插入到融合蛋白原核表达载体 pGEX_4T_1中 ,得到重组表达质粒pGEX_4T_1/hBLyS。把此重组质粒转化大肠杆菌BL2 1,经用IPTG诱导 ,表达出了GST_hBLyS融合蛋白。     

丙烯酰CoA合成酶在大肠杆菌中的表达及其酶活性表征

以橙色绿屈挠菌（Chloroflexus aurantiacus）dsm636基因组DNA为模板,应用PCR技术扩增并克隆了丙烯酰CoA合成酶（ACS）基因,并连接到表达载体pET-22b(+)质粒上,构建了pET-22b(+)-Acs重组质粒,测序结果100%正确。将重组质粒pET-22b(+) Acs转化到大肠杆菌表达菌株BL21(DE3)中,通过氨苄霉素抗性平板筛选,构建了大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)-pET-22b(+)-Acs基因工程菌。重组菌株经异丙基-β-D-硫代吡喃半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导表达,SDS-PAGE电泳分析,目标条带出现在分子量约160000处,表明丙烯酰CoA合成酶基因在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中成功表达;体外酶活实验证明,所表达的丙烯酰CoA合成酶是具有活性的。     

庆大霉素生物合成关键酶基因在E.coli中的克隆与表达

从庆大霉素产生菌?棘孢小单孢菌基因组中扩增出参与庆大霉素生物合成的关键酶基因——2-脱氧青蟹肌糖合成酶基因GntB,将其分别克隆到克隆载体pBS-T和表达载体pET-22b(+)上,并将pET-gntB转化大肠杆菌E.coliBL21(DE3),用IPTG诱导使GntB基因实现表达.GntB基因大小为1 193 bp,其编码的氨基酸含397个残基,约为42 kD的多肽链.     

肺炎克雷伯氏菌D-乳酸脱氢酶基因的克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

以肺炎克雷伯氏菌（Klebsiella pneumoniae）基因组DNA为模板,应用PCR技术扩增并克隆出D-乳酸脱氢酶的基因（ldhD）,将其连接到表达载体pET-22b(+)质粒上,构建pET-22b(+)-ldhD重组质粒,测序结果100%正确。将重组质粒pET-22b(+)-ldhD转化到大肠杆菌表达菌株BL21(DE3)中,通过氨苄霉素抗性平板筛选,构建大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)-pET-22b(+)-ldhD基因工程菌。重组菌株经IPTG诱导表达,SDS-PAGE蛋白电泳分析,目标条带出现在分子量约37000处,表明D-乳酸脱氢酶基因ldhD在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中成功表达。采用紫外分光光度法测定其酶活,底物丙酮酸终浓度为10mmol/L时,在丙酮酸还原为D-乳酸反应方向D-乳酸脱氢酶表现出119.04U/mL的酶活力;底物D-乳酸终浓度为50mmol/L时,在D-乳酸转化为丙酮酸的逆反应方向中表现出0.89U/mL的酶活力。比酶活则分别为9.16U/mg和 0.07U/mg。通过Lineweaver-Burk双倒数作图法,计算出酶反应的米氏常数K_M为10.54mmol/L。经摇瓶发酵后,通过高效液相色谱测定产物,D-乳酸的产量达到3.09g/L。     

HLA-A*0207重链胞外区原核表达载体的构建及表达

目的：克隆HLA-A*0207(A2)重链基因，构建在羧基端融合生物索化酶BirA底物肽(BirA substrate peptide，BSP)的A2重链胞外区原核表达载体，在大肠杆菌中进行表达。方法：以RT-PCR方法从HLA-A2^ 供白细胞中克隆A2基因并进行DNA测序，并以PCR方法构建在羧基端融合BSP的A2重链胞外区表达载体，在大肠杆菌B121(ED3)中进行表达。结果：从31名HLA-A2^ 供白细胞中克隆到的基因经DNA测序显示，只有从供2得到的基因是HLA-A*0207。将编码该基因编码重链胞外区1-275的序列和编码BSP的序列融合，构建融合蛋白表达载体，并以测序验证。融合蛋白在B121(ED3)中获得高效表达，产物相对分子质量为35000，约占菌体总蛋白的30％，主要存在于包涵体中，对包涵体进行洗涤后得到纯度为80％的重组蛋白。结论：成功克隆HLA-A*0207基因，构建了其胞外区和BSP融合蛋白表达载体并在大肠杆菌中获得高效表达。     

鱼腥藻铁吸收调节蛋白基因(alr0957)的克隆和表达

依据CyanoBase提供的鱼腥藻PCC7120 furC基因(alr0957)的序列信息设计了一对特异性引物,用Touch-down PCR的方法从基因组DNA中扩增得到大小约450bp的目的片段.通过TA克隆的方法将该片段连接到pMD18-T载体上筛选出重组质粒pMD18-T-fur,然后进行双酶切,纯化furC基因,再连接到原核表达载体pET-28a(+)上,转化表达菌株BL21(DE3).经PCR、双酶切和测序鉴定,对阳性菌株进行IPTG诱导表达,SDS-PAGE检测重组蛋白.结果表明:在25℃条件下经1mmol/L IPTG诱导20h,融合蛋白被成功表达,其分子量约为19 000,为进一步纯化蛋白和对基因的调控功能方面研究奠定了基础.     

结核分枝杆菌培养滤液蛋白CFP10的表达、纯化和鉴定

克隆结核分枝杆菌培养滤液蛋白CFP10基因,并在大肠杆菌中进行表达和纯化。用PCR方法从结核分枝杆菌H37Rv基因组扩增出CFP10基因片段,克隆至pMD18-T载体中,序列测定正确后,将其亚克隆到表达载体pGEX-4T-1并在大肠杆菌BL21中表达,表达蛋白经SDS-PAG及Western-blot分析后,亲和层析法纯化蛋白。成功克隆了CFP10基因,并对其在E.coli中进行了表达,SDS-PAGE及Western blot分析表明表达产物正确。通过GST纯化系统获得36kD纯化蛋白,与文献报道相符,该蛋白可与CFP10 mAb特异结合,并且同时与活动期结核病人血清发生反应。成功获得了纯化的CFP10蛋白,为进一步研究CFP10蛋白的致病机理提供了实验依据。     

A组乙型溶血性链球菌DNaseB基因亚克隆及pET-28a(+)-DNaseB载体构建

运用PCR扩增技术,以质粒pMD18-T-DNaseB为模板,扩增出0.5 kb截短的DNaseB基因,先将该基因片段与pMD19-T载体连接,确定该序列正确并进行大量繁殖后,再将DNaseB基因定向克隆入pET-28a( )表达载体中,构建新的原核表达载体pET-28a( )-DNaseB,转化该重组质粒至受体菌E.coliDH5a中,采用SDS碱裂解法提取该质粒DNA,经EcoRⅠ和HindⅢ双酶切鉴定和核苷酸序列分析,证实插入的基因片段具有正确的DNaseB基因核苷酸序列,将pET-28a( )-DNaseB转化至大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中,经过IPTG诱导其目的蛋白得到了表达.     

Cry1Ab/Ac抗虫基因克隆与原核表达

针对转基因水稻TT51-1插入的Bt基因,扩增全长序列并克隆至pGEM-T载体.测序验证后利用HindⅢ与BamHⅠ双酶切将Bt基因定向插入pET-28a载体.转化重组构建的pET-28a-cry至BL21(DE3)宿主菌,在0.1mmol/L IPTG诱导下获得以包涵体形式表达的目的蛋白.经SDS-PAGE凝胶回收法获得相对分子质量约7.1×104的目的蛋白rCRY,为转基因作物检测新方法的开发提供了物质基础.