摘要
嗜酸氧化亚铁硫杆菌(Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans,At.ferrooxidans)广泛应用于铜、锌、锰和镉等金属离子的生物浸出,浸出液中含有大量的金属离子。研究At.ferrooxidans DC菌株在金属离子胁迫下金属转运基因的相对表达,测定At.ferrooxidans DC对Mn2+、Zn2+和Cd2+的最大耐受浓度。应用RT-qPCR技术分析At.ferrooxidans DC中4个金属转运基因(afe_0671、afe_0674、afe_1143和afe_1144)在Mn2+、Zn2+和Cd2+胁迫下的差异表达。利用BLAST等生物学软件对各基因及其编码的蛋白进行生物信息学分析。结果表明:At.ferrooxidans DC菌株对Mn2+、Zn2+和Cd2+的最大耐受浓度分别是0.38、0.18和0.08 mol/L;在Mn2+、Zn2+和Cd2+胁迫下,目标基因的表达均上调,且随着金属离子浓度的增加,上调倍数升高;生物信息学分析表明目标基因编码为与金属转运相关的膜蛋白;在At.ferrooxidans DC中,目标基因编码的蛋白与Mn2+、Zn2+和Cd2+的转运密切相关。
At. ferrooxidans were widely used in bioleaching of copper, zinc, manganese, cadmium, and so on. There were large quantities of metal ions in the bioleaching extract. The relative expression of metal transport genes was investigated when At. ferrooxidans were cultured in the presence of metal ions, the foundation for studying the molecular mechanism of At. ferrooxidans tolerated high concentration of metal ions was established. The tolerance levels of At. ferrooxidans DC to Mn2＋, Zn2＋ and Cd2＋ were determined. RT-qPCR were employed to study the differential expression of four metal transport genes （afe_0671, afe_0674, afe_1143 and afe_1144） in At. ferrooxidans strain DC cultured in the presence of Zn^2＋, Mn^2＋ and Cd^2＋. And then, the target genes and proteins encoded by the four genes were analyzed by BLAST bioinformatics software. The results show that the tolerance levels of At. ferrooxidans DC to the stress of Mn2＋, Zn2＋ and Cd2＋ are 0.38, 0.18 and 0.08 mol/L, respectively. The differential expressions of the target genes increase under the stress of Mn2＋, Zn2. and Cd2＋. The bioinformatics analysis shows that the proteins encoded by target genes are membrane proteins involving in metal transport. These results suggest that the proteins encoded by target genes may be involved in Mn^2＋, Zn＆2＋ and Cd^2＋ transport in At. ferrooxidans DC.
出处
《中国有色金属学报》
EI
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2013年第2期577-584,共8页
The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals
基金
国家重点基础研究发展计划资助项目(2010CB630901)
