AEM:丁内酯信号分子CHB系统调控研究获进展

2011-10-11 11:00 · ding

来自浙江大学生物化学研究所,上海交通大学的研究人员从基因组水平阐述了丁内酯信号分子CHB系统的众多靶基因,揭示了这一系统的调控机制。

来自浙江大学生物化学研究所,上海交通大学的研究人员从基因组水平阐述了丁内酯信号分子CHB系统的众多靶基因,揭示了这一系统的调控机制。这一研究成果公布在《应用与环境微生物学》(Appl. Environ. Microbiol.)杂志上。

领导这一研究的是浙江大学生物化学研究所所长李永泉教授,李永泉教授早年毕业于浙江大学,现任浙江大学教授、博导,浙江省微生物生化与代谢工程重点实验室主任,浙江大学生物化学研究所所长。主要研究领域包括微生物生化与分子生物学(微生物代谢),以及生物制药。

γ-丁内酯(GBL)是一种易潮解的无色油状液体,有较弱的特征气味并且能溶于水。丁内酯信号分子CHB调控系统是放线菌重要的调控因子,主要介导了初级代谢与次级代谢转换,但其分子机制尚未清晰阐述。

在这篇文章中,研究人员鉴定了参与自行选育的工业菌恰塔努加链霉菌中L10中的CHB系统, 包括scgA、scgX和scgR,其中ScgR编码CHB受体蛋白、scgA和scgX编码参与CHB生物合成的合成酶,首次发现GBL分子参与营养利用等初级代谢过程,并从基因组水平阐述发现了该系统的众多靶基因,揭示了CHB系统通过影响NTM前体物乙酰辅酶A的供应量调节NTM的产量。

除此之外,近期浙江大学的研究人员还JBC杂志上发表文章,揭示了成体干细胞终端分化中存在DNA主动去甲基化调控方式。

研究人员以间充质干细胞成骨分化为实验模型,揭示了成体干细胞终端分化中存在DNA主动去甲基化调控方式,而且生长阻滞与DNA损伤诱导蛋白Gadd45a在该过程中发挥了关键作用。研究发现,Gadd45a介导的成骨基因表达的去甲基化调控主要发生于启动子的CpG岛外(island shore)中等密度区,而非通常认为的高密度CpG岛,而且Gadd45a介导的主动去甲基化主要发生在若干特定的CpG位点上,如Dlx5的-913和-800、Runx2的-820和-808、BGP的-1003以及Osterix的-727和-632 CpG位点,提出在DNA主动去甲基化过程中可能存在一种位点特异性去甲基化机制。研究还发现,Gadd45a通过与启动子直接结合而发挥作用,它对成骨分化基因的主动去甲基化调控可能是通过NER途径实现的。

相关英文论文摘要:

Gamma-Butyrolactone Regulatory System of Streptomyces chattanoogensis Links Nutrient Utilization, Metabolism and Developmental Programme

γ-butyrolatones (GBLs) produced by several Streptomyces species have been shown to serve as quorum sensing signalling molecules for activating antibiotic production. The GBL system of Streptomyces chattanoogensis L10, a producer of antifungal agent natamycin, consists of three genes, scgA, scgX and scgR. Both scgA and scgX contribute to GBL production, while scgR encodes a GBL receptor. scgA and scgX mutants of S. chattanoogensis behaved identically: they had a growth defect in submerged cultures and delayed or abolished the morphological differentiation and secondary metabolites production on solid medium. ScgR could bind to the promoter region of scgA and repress its transcription. Moreover, scgA seems also to be controlled by a GBL-mediated negative feedback system. Hence, it is apparent that GBL biosynthesis is tightly controlled to ensure the correct timing for metabolic switch. An additional direct ScgR-target gene gbdA was identified by genomic SELEX and transcriptional analysis. Comparative proteomic analysis between L10 and its scgA mutant revealed that the GBL system affects the expression of more than 50 proteins, including enzymes involved in carbon uptake system, primary metabolism and stress response, we thus conclude that scgR-scgA-scgX constitute a novel GBL regulatory system involved in nutrient utilization, triggering adaptive responses, and finally dictating the switch from primary to secondary metabolism.

英文论文链接https://aem.asm.org/cgi/content/short/AEM.05898-11v1

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