最近阐明了水华蓝藻噬藻体PaV-LD(Planktothrix agardhii Virus isolated from Lake Donghu)的全基因组序列,这是一个含有142个ORF的双链DNA噬藻体。在此,我们对其主要衣壳蛋白基因073R,内肽酶和穿孔素基因123L-124L(PaV-LD基因组中两...最近阐明了水华蓝藻噬藻体PaV-LD(Planktothrix agardhii Virus isolated from Lake Donghu)的全基因组序列,这是一个含有142个ORF的双链DNA噬藻体。在此,我们对其主要衣壳蛋白基因073R,内肽酶和穿孔素基因123L-124L(PaV-LD基因组中两个相邻的ORF)进行了基因克隆与表达分析。将073R克隆后构建原核表达质粒pET-32a-073R,并用IPTG进行诱导表达,073R融合蛋白经纯化后,进行免疫小鼠制备抗体;通过Western blot检测经噬藻体感染宿主细胞后073R的表达时序,结果显示在宿主细胞裂解之初,即PaV-LD感染48h以后073R开始表达,表明073R是一个晚期基因;同时073R推导的氨基酸序列与34株噬藻(菌)体及2株藻病毒(感染真核藻的病毒)的主要衣壳蛋白的氨基酸序列进行序列比对,显示073R与无尾的藻病毒衣壳蛋白亲缘关系更近。PCR扩增内肽酶和穿孔素基因123L-124L,并构建质粒pOP123L-124L,将其转入模式藻集胞藻PCC6803细胞中,质粒pOP123L-124L与藻集胞藻PCC6803基因组发生重组,形成重组藻;测定了重组藻与野生藻的生长速率,并绘制生长曲线;制备超薄切片,进一步比较和观察重组藻与野生藻的超微结构的变化。结果显示重组藻与野生藻存在生长速率与超微形态的显著差异。展开更多
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria and can choose any one of the two alternative pathways for infection,i.e.,lysis or lysogeny.Phage lysis is one of the conventional biological processes required to sprea...Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria and can choose any one of the two alternative pathways for infection,i.e.,lysis or lysogeny.Phage lysis is one of the conventional biological processes required to spread infection from one bacterium to another.Our analysis suggests that in the paradigm bacteriophage Mu,six proteins might be involved in host cell lysis.Mu has a broad host range,and Mu-like phages were found in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.An analysis of the genomes of Mu and Mu-like phages could be useful in elucidating the lysis mechanism in this group of phages.A detailed review of the various mechanisms of phage lysis and different proteins associated with the process will help researchers understand the phage biology and their life cycle in different bacteria.The recent increase in the number of multidrug-resistant(MDR)strains of bacteria and the usual long-term nature of new drug development has encouraged scientists to look for alternative strategies like phage therapy and the discovery of new lysis mechanisms.Understanding the lysis mechanism in the Mu-like phages could be exploited to develop alternative therapeutics to kill drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria.In this review article,we have analyzed the phage Mu-mediated host lysis system,which is unknown till now,and our analysis indicates a possibility of the existence of a new lysis mechanism operating in Mu.展开更多
文摘最近阐明了水华蓝藻噬藻体PaV-LD(Planktothrix agardhii Virus isolated from Lake Donghu)的全基因组序列,这是一个含有142个ORF的双链DNA噬藻体。在此,我们对其主要衣壳蛋白基因073R,内肽酶和穿孔素基因123L-124L(PaV-LD基因组中两个相邻的ORF)进行了基因克隆与表达分析。将073R克隆后构建原核表达质粒pET-32a-073R,并用IPTG进行诱导表达,073R融合蛋白经纯化后,进行免疫小鼠制备抗体;通过Western blot检测经噬藻体感染宿主细胞后073R的表达时序,结果显示在宿主细胞裂解之初,即PaV-LD感染48h以后073R开始表达,表明073R是一个晚期基因;同时073R推导的氨基酸序列与34株噬藻(菌)体及2株藻病毒(感染真核藻的病毒)的主要衣壳蛋白的氨基酸序列进行序列比对,显示073R与无尾的藻病毒衣壳蛋白亲缘关系更近。PCR扩增内肽酶和穿孔素基因123L-124L,并构建质粒pOP123L-124L,将其转入模式藻集胞藻PCC6803细胞中,质粒pOP123L-124L与藻集胞藻PCC6803基因组发生重组,形成重组藻;测定了重组藻与野生藻的生长速率,并绘制生长曲线;制备超薄切片,进一步比较和观察重组藻与野生藻的超微结构的变化。结果显示重组藻与野生藻存在生长速率与超微形态的显著差异。
基金Hallym University Research Fund and by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)Funded by the Ministry of Education(NRF-2020R1C1C1008694&NRF-2020R1I1A3074575).
文摘Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria and can choose any one of the two alternative pathways for infection,i.e.,lysis or lysogeny.Phage lysis is one of the conventional biological processes required to spread infection from one bacterium to another.Our analysis suggests that in the paradigm bacteriophage Mu,six proteins might be involved in host cell lysis.Mu has a broad host range,and Mu-like phages were found in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.An analysis of the genomes of Mu and Mu-like phages could be useful in elucidating the lysis mechanism in this group of phages.A detailed review of the various mechanisms of phage lysis and different proteins associated with the process will help researchers understand the phage biology and their life cycle in different bacteria.The recent increase in the number of multidrug-resistant(MDR)strains of bacteria and the usual long-term nature of new drug development has encouraged scientists to look for alternative strategies like phage therapy and the discovery of new lysis mechanisms.Understanding the lysis mechanism in the Mu-like phages could be exploited to develop alternative therapeutics to kill drug-resistant pathogenic bacteria.In this review article,we have analyzed the phage Mu-mediated host lysis system,which is unknown till now,and our analysis indicates a possibility of the existence of a new lysis mechanism operating in Mu.
