类人胶原蛋白基因工程菌诱导后比生长速率优化

目的优化类人胶原蛋白基因工程菌高温诱导后的比生长速率。方法通过分析不同比生长速率下发酵液中菌体浓度、类人胶原蛋白浓度、细胞得率系数(YX/S)、产物得率系数(YP/S)的变化,确定诱导后的最佳比生长速率。结果当比生长速率为0.04～0.05h-1,细胞浓度和类人胶原蛋白的浓度分别可达69.5g/L(DCW)和13.8g/L。结论诱导后的比生长速率对细胞生长、类人胶原蛋白的合成均产生显著性影响。     

Visualization of protein RecR in Escherichia coli by fluorescent labelling

RecR protein, a functional equivalent of Rad52 in eukaryotes, plays a critical role in the RecF pathway of homologous recombination in Escherichia coli. By constructing and expressing the recR-yfp hybrid gene, the distribution of the RecR-YFP fusion protein was visualized in E. coli by fluorescent microscopy. Our results showed that RecR proteins can be localized predominantly in the nucleoid region of E. coli. By measuring the UV resistance of a recR mutant carrying the recR-yfp gene in the plasmid, the expressed RecR-YFP was found to be functional in improving the UV resistance of the recR deficiency strain.     

Interaction network containing conserved and essential protein complexes in Escherichia coli

Proteins often function as components of multi-subunit complexes. Despite its long history as a model organism, no large-scale analysis of protein complexes in Escherichia coli has yet been reported. To this end, we have targeted DNA cassettes into the E. coli chromosome to create carboxy-terminal, affinity-tagged alleles of 1,000 open reading frames (approximately 23% of the genome). A total of 857 proteins, including 198 of the most highly conserved, soluble non-ribosomal proteins essential in at least one bacterial species, were tagged successfully, whereas 648 could be purified to homogeneity and their interacting protein partners identified by mass spectrometry. An interaction network of protein complexes involved in diverse biological processes was uncovered and validated by sequential rounds of tagging and purification. This network includes many new interactions as well as interactions predicted based solely on genomic inference or limited phenotypic data. This study provides insight into the function of previously uncharacterized bacterial proteins and the overall topology of a microbial interaction network, the core components of which are broadly conserved across Prokaryota.