CLONING, EXPRESSION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Pro3 GENE OF YEAST Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The proline biosynthetic pathway and Pro genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have just begun to be studied recently. In our laboratory, Pro2 gene of S. cerevisiae had been cloned in yeast. As described in this paper, yeast Pro3 gene was also cloned, which can complement yeast Pro3 mutants, and be expressed efficiently in E. coli. The high activities of this gene product, L-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) reductase, can be detected in both organisms. The activity of the Pro3 gene product in multiple copy plasmids is not higher than that of single copy genes in chromosomes in both yeast and E. coll. The preliminary characterization of the gene is also reported.     

THE EXPRESSION OF ENTEROTOXIN A~-B~+ GENE OF V. cholerae IN E. coli

The cloning in E. coli of a cholerae toxin gene that is A~-B~+ has been successfully constructed by using DNA recombinant techniques. E. coli cells carrying the recombinant plasmid pMM-CTB have been shown to produce a large amount of CTB subunits which are secreted as extracellular proteins.     

EXPRESSION OF A ZEIN GENE (Z4) INTRODUCED INTO DICOTYLEDONOUS Solanum nigrum

A maize genomic clone containing a zein gene (Z4) is inserted into the T-DNA of the Ti plasmid pTiT37. Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain harboring this modified Ti plasmid is used to infect stem sections of young plants or explants of dicotyledonous Solanum nigrum. Axenic transformed calli active in nopaline synthesis are obtained and transgenic plants are differentiated from them DNA Southern hybridization and RNA dot-hybridization analyses show that the zein gene is really transferred and integrated into the nuclear genome of transformed Solanum nigrum and that the zein gene can be transcribed into mRNA in the transformed calli and shoots. But the presence of the zein protein cannot be detected in either the transformed calli or the transgenic shoots. The results of thte experiments demonstrate that the promoter of a gene from monocotyledonous plants can function normally in transgenic dicots. The possibility of developmentally-regulated expression of the zein gene in transformed dicots is discussed in     

ALTERATION IN CHROMATIN CONFORMATION OF PROLIFERATING AND DIFFERENTIATING ENZYME GENES IN NORMAL MOUSE LIVER AND ASCITES HEPATOMA CELLS AND ITS RELATION TO THE GENE EXPRESSION OF ENZYMES

Nuclei from the normal mouse liver were partially digested with micrococcal nuclease, followed by DNA extraction, agarose gel clectrophoresis and dot blot hybridization with ~(32)P-labeled cDNA probes of CPS_1 and ACT complex, It was clearly shown that the CPS_1 genes were distributed on the monomer, dimer. and trimer of nucleosomes, while the genes coding for ACT complex were distributed on the condensed oligonucleosomes. An opposite manner of distribution of CPS_1 and ACT complex genes was, however, noted in the case of ascites hepatoma cells, in which the specific activity of ACT was 13 times higher than that in the normal liver, while that of CPS_1 was remarkably reduced. Similar patterns of change in mRNA level of CPS_1 and ACT complex were observed in the normal mouse liver and ascites hepatoma cells, indicating a close relationship between chromatin structure and gene expression of these enzymes.     

TRANSFER OF FOREIGN GENES BY ELECTROPORATION AND THEIR EXPRESSION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS

Expression of foreign genes transferred into mammalian cells by electroporation has been studied. The pX1TK gene, pSV2Neo gene and pUCEJ oncogene have been introduced into MLTK-cells and NIH/3T3 cells, respectively. Stable transformation transient expression of TK gene by MLTK-cells as well as stable and malignant transformation of NIH/3T3 cells have been obtained. Transient expression frequency is about 80% and stable transformation frequency is about 10~(-4). Integration of foreign genes into the cellular genome was verified with molecular hybridization. Tumor development was observed after inoculation of transformed celts into nude mice.     

STUDIES ON HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION OF Rhizobium meliloti nifA GENE AND OXYGEN SENSITIVITY OF ITS PRODUCT

When the R. meliloti (Rm) nifA'-lacZ fusion-carrying plasmids were introduced intothe strains of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, R. trifolii and R. astragalus, β-galactosidaseactivity was demonstrated. However, activity was not induced by microaerobiosis. Further-more, R. meliloti nifA'-lacZ fusion was also not expressed in the nodule bacteroids ofR. trifolii and R. astragalus. We speculate that some factor(s) important for the inductionof Rm nifA presumed to be the fixLJ regulatory system would not be operative in thesebacteria. Experiments using R. meliloti nifH'-lacZ/ K. Pneumoniae nifH'-lacZ fusion and theconstitutive Rm nifA system to test the nifA-dependent expression of nifH'-lacZ underaerobic and microaerobic conditions in E. coli were performed. The inhibition of the RmnifA activation of nifH'-lacZ expression in the bacteria grown in the aerobic conditionwas shown. Assays on the Rm nifA-m RNA produced by the constitutive Rm nifA in E.coli under aerobic and microaerobic conditions with the cloned ni     

TRANSFER OF THE ATRAZINE-RESISTANT GENE OF BLACK NIGHTSHADE TO SOYBEAN CHLOROPLAST GENOME AND ITS EXPRESSION IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS

The atrazine-resistant psbA gene of black nightshade was transferred to the chloroplast genome of atrazine-susceptible soybean by means of ovary microinjection during the stage of zygote. The identification was carried out by using the methods of spraying the leaves directly with atrazine solution, examining the change of leaf fluorescence kinetics under a brighter light induction, molecular hybridization, etc. The experimental results show that the transgenic soybean plants do have been obtained for the first time.     

硫化钼系催化剂上低碳醇的分布规律

对低碳混合醇的合成机理,有些学者曾提出了一些假说,例如Graves的构想以及Smith和Anderson的模型等。这些假说有的已被实验所验证,成功地描述了催化剂上产物的分布情况,但对于硫化钼系催化剂,由于发展较晚,尚未见到系统的合成机理的研究报道。Schulz-Flory方程(简称S-F方程)是用来解释费托合成烃类产物的分布规律。我们考察了硫化钼系催化剂上醇类产物分布的特点,得出了醇类分布符合S-F分布规律,并推出了适合于醇分布的S-F方程。     

SYNTHESIS AND DETERMINATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF YEAST ALANINE tRNA ANALOGUES

The role of base modification in yeast tRNAAl(?) function in protein synthesis was examined by the use of unmodified tRNA analogues. Unmodified full length tRNAs, 5'-half tRNAs (nucleotides 1-35) and 3'-half tRNAs (nucleotides 37-75) were transcribed in vitro using T7-RNA polymerase. Unmodified tRNA half molecules were joined to normally modified half molecules (5'-half, nucleotides 1-36; 3'-half, nucleotides 36-75) by T4-RNA ligase. Using this method, we synthesized three analogues of yeast tRNAAl(?): (i) tRNAAl(?) which lacks base modifications in the 5'-half of the molecule; (ii) tRNAAl(?) which lacks base modifications in the 3'-half of the molecule; and (iii) tRNAAla completely lacking base modifications. We determined the biological activities of these analogues. In rat aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase reactions, the alanine acceptance activity decreased by 52%, 79% and 85% when modified bases were absent from the 5'-half molecule, the 3'-half molecule or the total molecule, respectively. In rabbit retic     

EXPRESSION OF A PARTIAL SYNTHETIC HUMAN TNF cDNA IN E. coli

A recombinant human tumour necrosis factor (rhTNF) cDNA was constructed. The TNF gene was isolated from a human genomic gene library. There are four exons in the TNF gene. The fourth exou codes for 140 amino acids of the TNF matured protein which is composed of 157 amino acids. A major portion of the fourth exon was isolated and then ligated to a synthesized DNA fragment coding for the remaining amino acids. The partial synthetic hTNF (rhTNF) cDNA thus generated was subcloned into a vector and successfully expressed in E. coli. 5-1 fer1entator was used to produce rhTNF. About 20g (wet weight) of bacterial pellet per liter medium and 106—10~7 units of cytotoxicity to L929 cells per milliliter medium were obtained. rhTNF was purified by HPLC and dried with a freeze dryer, rhTNF with a purity of about 95% in the form of white powder was obtained. The sequence of ten amino acids at the amino terminus of the rhTNF was determined. The result showed that it was identical with that of the natural human TNF.     

电化学合成聚苯胺粉末电极的电化学行为研究

我们曾用慢速动电位扫描法研究化学合成聚苯胺粉末的电化学行为.本文对恒电位电解合成聚苯胺粉末进行了研究.用这种方法制备的粉末由于合成溶液中不含氧化剂因而纯度高.本文还报导了这种聚苯胺粉末电极的交流阻抗测量结果.交流阻抗法曾用于聚苯胺膜的电导和化学合成聚吡咯的电阻测定. 所用盐酸、氟硼酸、硅氟酸、苯胺均为分析纯;苯胺经常压蒸馏提纯;硫酸为超纯;磷酸为分析纯;高氯酸为优级纯.溶液皆用两次蒸馏水配制.     

固定化酵母非水相催化羰基不对称还原反应的研究

用海藻酸钙包埋法对增殖培养的酵母细胞进行了固定化,并用于催化有机溶剂中乙酰乙酸乙酯的不对称还原反应。考察了固定化时所用缓冲溶液的pH、催化剂颗粒大小与用量、辅助底物种类、底物浓度、以及重复利用批次等因素对反应产物（S）-3-羟基丁酸乙酯的浓度和光学纯度的影响。结果表明,固定化时应采用pH为7的Tris-HCL缓冲溶液,颗粒的直径以2mm左右为较佳;反应时应以正已烷为溶剂,正已醇为辅助底物,固定化酵母颗粒的最适用量为6g/20ml反应液;底物的初始浓度以100mmol/L为佳,浓度过高对反应有一定的抑制作用;固定化细胞重复利用三次对映选择性基本保持不变。     

INDUCTION OF phr GENE EXPRESSION BY PYRIMIDINE DIMERS IN Escherichia coli

The photoreactivating enzyme (PRE) is concerned with mainly two kinds of light wavelength. The PRE splits UVC (254 nm)-induced pyrimidine dimer by absorbing UVA (320–380 nm) or visible light in its chromophore. The present paper demonstrates that the phr gene expression was efficiently induced in an excision defective strain (uvrA∼) after irradiation by UVC and UVB (290-320 nm), but not by UVA and visible light. In addition, the induced activity was significantly depressed by irradiation with UVA and visible light. Therefore we conclude that the phr gene expression can be induced by pyrimidine dimers.     

SYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF HUMAN ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A chemically synthesized α-hANP gene was inserted into plasmid YFD18, which was an expression-secretion vector of yeast. The recombinant then transformed in the yeast Y33. The expression level of yeast transformants was about 700 μg ANP/L detected by RIA. More than 99% of expression products were secreted in the culture medium. N-terminal analysis of purified product showed that the first 4 amino acid residues of α-hANP were deleted.     

MOLECULAR CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. galleriae INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN GENES IN Escherichia coli

The location of the toxin gene of B. thuringiensis subsp. galleriae (H5ab) on the Mr-130Mdplasmid is determined by molecular cloning. Double digestion fragments (BamHⅠ and SalⅠ)and PstⅠ restriction fragments as well, from the 130 Md plasmid of B. thuringiensis subsp.galleriae, are ligated with the cloning vector pAT 153 respectively and transformed into E.coli strain HB 101. Out of 208 transformants, three colonies (FG2, FG9, FG19) give posi-tive hybridization reaction using the HD-1 delta-endotoxin gene as a probe. They are presum-ed to contain the delta-endotoxin gene of B. thuringiensis subsp. galleriae. Western bolt assaysindicate that Mr-130 kDal and 68 kDal, crystal proteins produced by clone FG 2 react withanticrystal protein antibody. The protein extracts of clone FG2 are lethal to Ostrinia furna-calis (Guenee). This is the first report with regard to the cloning and expression of the B. thuringiensissubsp. galleriae (H5ab) delta-endotoxin gene.     

Construction, expression, and characterization of recombinant hirudin in Escherichia coli

The mutant gene of HV2-K47 was obtained by polymerase chain reaction-directed mutagenesis and expressed in Escherichia coli. Many elements that could affect its expression level were compared. The product was purified to homogeneity via three chromatographic steps—ion exchange, gel filtration, and reverse phase chromatography—on the AKTA Explorer System. The antithrombin activity of HV2-K47 is much higher than that of recombinant HV2. Some properties and expression conditions were investigated systematically, which would be useful for further studies of hirudin and other small proteins.     

INDUCTION OF UMUC+ GENE EXPRESSION IN Escherichia coli IRRADIATED BY NEAR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT

Abstract— The induction of umu + gene expression caused by irradiation with near ultraviolet light (BLB; black light blue) was studied in Escherichia coli K-12 strains with special reference to the effects of SOS repair deficiencies. The umuC + gene expression was measured as the enzymic activity of (J-galactosidase which is regulated by the promoter of the umuC + operon carried in a plasmid DNA carrying a promoter of umuC* operon, a umuD + gene and a umuC +- lacZ + gene fusion. A high induction of the umuC + gene expression was observed in the uvrA cells in the case of BLB or UV irradiation as compared with the parental wild-type cells. Caffeine inhibited the induction of the umuC* gene expression due to BLB or UV irradiation in both strains. There was very little induction in lexA and recA mutants. In contrast with UV irradiation, there was no killing of cells by BLB irradiation in any strain (wild, uvrA, lexA and recA). Possible implications of the present experimental results were discussed.