WO1998020134A1 - Proteine inhibitrice de l'adn gyrase - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a protein (DG I) that inhibits bacterial DNase gyrase activity and a method for producing the same. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for screening and identifying an antibacterial drug or the like by examining the effect of a compound on the activity or expression of DGI. The present invention also relates to an antisense DNA (or RNA) of a gene encoding DG I and an antibody against DG I. Background art
- Bacterial DNA gyrase is an essential enzyme for bacterial replication and growth, including the introduction of a negative supercoiled structure into chromosomal DNA and the unraveling and separation of entangled daughter DNA immediately after the end of replication. It consists of subunits (A and B).
- An object of the present invention is to provide a DNA gyrase inhibitory protein (DG I) and a method for producing the same, which are useful for creating an antibiotic having a new mechanism of action.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for screening and identifying an antibacterial agent having a new mechanism of action, which modulates the activity and expression of DGI by using DGI or its gene.
- the present inventors measured the supercoiling activity of each fraction and carried out SDS while purifying E. coli (Escherichiaco Ii) DNA gyrase using Novobi Synergy column chromatography.
- the inventors have further determined that the gene encoding this protein (dg replacement form (Rule 26)
- the i gene (also called the gyr I gene) was cloned from the chromosome of Escherichia coli to establish a method for producing DG I.
- a system for measuring DG I activity using purified DG I and a system for measuring DG I expression using the promoter region of the dgII gene were constructed.
- they have found that the growth of bacteria can be suppressed by modulating the activity or expression of DGI, thereby completing the present invention. Disclosure of the invention
- the present invention relates to a protein (DNA gyrase-inhibiting protein; DG I) that inhibits bacterial DN II gyrase activity.
- DG I DNA gyrase-inhibiting protein
- the present invention also provides a host cell transformed with a replicable expression vector containing DNA encoding DGI, and a method for producing DGI comprising culturing the host cell. Further, the present invention is characterized by a method for identifying a pharmaceutical compound, which comprises assaying an effect of modulating the DNA gyrase inhibitory activity of DGI, and an assay of an effect of modulating the expression of a gene encoding DGI. This is a method for identifying a pharmaceutical compound. Also, it is an antibody that recognizes antisense DNA or antisense RNA of a gene encoding DGI, and DGI. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an elution pattern of DNA gyrase by Novobi Saishin-Sepharose column chromatography.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the fraction obtained by Novobi-Shin-Sepharose column chromatography.
- FIG. 3 is an agarose gel electrophoresis diagram showing the loss of DNA gyrase activity by fraction No. 32.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram of SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showing large-scale expression of DGI in E. coli.
- FIG. 5 is an agarose gel electrophoresis diagram showing the inhibitory effect of purified 18 kD protein on DNA gyrase supercoiling activity.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing changes in d g ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ promoter activity during the growth stage of E. coli.
- FIG. 7 is a view showing the effect of antisense RNA expression of the dgi gene on the growth of Escherichia coli.
- FIG. 8 is an electrophoresis diagram showing detection of Escherichia coli DGI by western blotting using an anti-DGI antibody.
- SEQ ID NO: 1 is the amino acid sequence of the N-terminus (16 residues) of E. coli-derived DGI
- SEQ ID NOs: 2 and 3 are those used for cloning of the dgi gene encoding E. coli DGI.
- the nucleotide sequence of the primer DNA, SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5 represent the nucleotide sequence of the synthetic primer DNA used to construct the E. coli DGI expression vector
- SEQ ID NO: 6 represents the DNA fragment containing the E. coli dgi gene.
- SEQ ID NO: 7 shows the amino acid sequence of Escherichia coli DG1, and the amino acid sequence of DGI encoded therein.
- SEQ ID NO: 8 shows the nucleotide sequence of the DNA fragment containing the dgi gene derived from Shigella microorganism and the amino acid sequence of DGI encoded therein
- SEQ ID NO: 9 shows the amino acid sequence of DGI derived from Shigella microorganism. The amino acid sequences are shown respectively.
- Escherichia coli Esscherichiaco I ⁇
- Specific strains include Escherichia coli KL16 strain (National Institute of Genetics, replacement paper (Rule 26) MEcession Center for Biomedical Research and Preservation, Accession No.
- the DGI of the present invention is widely and widely present in various bacteria other than Escherichia microorganisms such as Escherichia coli.
- An example of a specific strain is Shigella Boydy (Shigerlabaidyi).
- Citrobacter I Freundi (Citrobaccterfrreunidii) IID 976 (NIH17), Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- DGI DGI
- purification of DGI is achieved by combining various purification methods, such as ammonium sulfate precipitation, affinity chromatography, ion exchange chromatography, and gel filtration chromatography, from the bacterial culture, and its biological activity (DA gyrase). For example, it can be carried out as follows using the effect of inhibiting supercoiling activity) as an index.
- the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase was measured, and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was performed.
- the SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis confirmed the presence of the protein corresponding to the DNA gyrase holoenzyme. Nevertheless, collect a fraction that does not show supercoiling activity, that is, a fraction that contains DGI together with DNA gyrase. This fraction can be subjected to gel filtration using Sephadex G-75 and the like to isolate and purify DGI.
- the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase can be determined, for example, according to the method described in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Vol. 32, pp. 104-109, 1988. Can be measured.
- DG tongue ie, the effect of inhibiting the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase, can be measured using a supercoiling activity assay system.
- Purified DGI derived from Escherichia coli was a protein having a molecular weight of about 18 kDa.
- the N-terminal amino acid sequence is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 below.
- the N-terminal sequence of DGI was found to be the sbc B region of the chromosomal DNA of E. coli K-12 strain (EMBL accession number).
- the hypothetical protein (hypothetical protein) in U 00009) was consistent with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of YeeB.
- the molecular weight of DGI was also consistent with that of the hypothetical product YeB. From these facts, the inventors considered that Y ee B is DG I, and that the gene encoding DG I (dgi gene) is located in the portion including the translation region of Y ee, The E. coli dgi gene was cloned based on the nucleotide sequences before and after.
- EMBL accession number U00009 describes the base sequence of the sbc B region of the chromosomal DNA of E. coli K-12 strain, and the amino acid primary sequence of the structural gene product hypothesized by the registrants based on the sequence. Is described. However, for such virtual products (such as YeeB), there is no indication or suggestion about the most important information, that is, physiological activities or functions, and they are actually expressed in cells. It wasn't even known if it was.
- coli dgI 'gene was performed using primers designed and synthesized based on the base sequence before and after the yee B translation region of the sbe B region (M1 ⁇ / 181_registration number 110000). Cloning can be performed by performing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using DNA as a template. The PCR product may be cut with an appropriate restriction enzyme, if necessary, and then ligated to a vector plasmid that can be replicated in an E. coli host.
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- dgi genes derived from Escherichia coli or bacteria other than Escherichia coli for example, a chromosomal DNA library of the target bacterium is prepared and a DN DN fragment containing a part or all of the Escherichia coli dg ⁇ gene is probed. Cloning can be easily performed by screening using the DNA. For example, a DNA fragment of the dgi gene consisting of the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 6 or SEQ ID NO: 8 may be used as a probe, and a gene that hybridizes with this fragment under stringent conditions may be selected.
- the DNA sequence of the dgi gene can be determined, and the amino acid sequence of DGI can be obtained from the translated region.
- a dgi gene derived from a bacterium other than Escherichia coli generally has a homology of 70% or more, preferably 80% or more, more preferably 90% or more on the base sequence with the dgi gene of Escherichia coli.
- the DNA library is described in, for example, "Molecular Cloning (MoI ecuquaint CIoning) J (published in 1989 by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press by Sambrook, ⁇ , Fritsch, EF and Maniatis, T.). Replacement form (Rule 26) It can be prepared by a method. Alternatively, if there is a commercially available library, this may be used.
- DGI can be expressed in host cells by genetic recombination techniques. Connect DNA encoding DG I downstream of an appropriate promoter (for example, ⁇ ⁇ ! _Promo overnight, tr P promoter, Iac promoter, T7 promoter, etc. when using E. coli as a host). Then, it is inserted into a vector that functions in the host microorganism (for example, PBR322, pUC18, pUC19, etc. when Escherichia coli is used as a host) to construct an expression plasmid. Alternatively, a DNA encoding DGI may be ligated to an expression vector containing an appropriate promoter.
- an appropriate promoter for example, ⁇ ⁇ ! _Promo overnight, tr P promoter, Iac promoter, T7 promoter, etc.
- a vector that functions in the host microorganism for example, PBR322, pUC18, pUC19, etc. when Escherichia coli is used as
- DGI When a large amount of DGI is expressed, the normal growth of the host cell is inhibited.
- a vector containing a promoter that can control the induction of expression For example, when Escherichia coli is used as a host, PLEX (manufactured by Invitrogen), PET (manufactured by Novagen) and the like can be used.
- DG I can be obtained.
- the DNA encoding DGI may be, but is not limited to, a naturally occurring gene of a microorganism.
- a DNA encoding the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7 may be used, and in the case of DGI of a Shigella microorganism, a DNA encoding the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 9 may be used.
- SEQ ID NO: 9 may be used.
- the codon corresponding to an amino acid is known, a DNA corresponding to an amino acid sequence can be designed and used as a DNA encoding a polypeptide without being limited to a native dgi gene.
- Each codon that codes for one amino acid is a replacement sheet (Rule 26)
- One to six types are known, and the selection of codons may be arbitrarily selected. For example, a sequence with higher expression efficiency can be designed in consideration of the frequency of codon usage of a host used for expression.
- DA having the designed nucleotide sequence can be obtained by chemical synthesis or partial modification of naturally occurring genes. Artificial partial sequence modification and mutation introduction can be performed by using known synthetic site-directed mutagenesis (Mark, DF et al., Proceedinas of National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 81, pp. 5662-5666 (1984)).
- the DGI of the present invention By using the DGI of the present invention, it can be assayed whether the test compound has an effect of modulating the activity of the DGI (DNA gyrase inhibitory activity). Further, by using the d g ⁇ gene promoter of the present invention, it can be tested whether or not the test compound has an effect of modulating the expression of the d g ⁇ gene.
- a pharmaceutical compound useful as an antibacterial agent can be screened and identified.
- a method for efficiently testing whether or not a test compound has an activity of modulating the activity of DGI using the promoter of the dgi gene of the present invention includes, for example, a method in which the test compound is located downstream of the promoter region in the dg ⁇ gene. And the indicator gene linked to the dgi genetic replacement sheet (Rule 26) A method using a recombinant plasmid designed so that the indicator gene is expressed under the control of the offspring promoter is mentioned. By transforming a host cell with the obtained recombinant plasmid, the promoter activity can be measured efficiently using the expression of the indicator protein in the transformed host cell as an index.
- the microorganism used as a host and the origin of dg @ promoter be the same if possible.
- the indicator protein indica overnight gene
- examples of the indicator protein include / 3-galactosidase (IacZ gene), luciferase (Iuc gene), and alkaline phosphatase (phoA gene).
- the substance that modulates the expression of the dgi gene includes, for example, antisense DNA or RNA of the dgi gene.
- DNA or RNA can be obtained, for example, by chemical synthesis or the like.
- antisense RNA can be obtained by expressing in a host a plasmid in which a fragment containing a part of a gene is inserted in an expression vector in the opposite direction (in the antisense direction).
- an antibody that specifically recognizes DGI can be obtained using the purified DGI.
- a polyclonal antibody is usually prepared by inoculating a suitable host animal (eg, egret or mouse) with purified DGI, a fragment thereof, or a synthetic peptide having a partial sequence thereof, and recovering antiserum. It can be manufactured by the method described above.
- Monoclonal antibodies can be produced by a conventional technique, such as the hybridoma method, using purified DG or a fragment thereof, or a synthetic peptide having a partial sequence thereof as an antigen. The obtained antibody can be used for detection, quantification, purification and the like of DGI.
- the DG I of the present invention also includes a fragment thereof or a homologue thereof. Such fragments or homologues are similar to DG I (substantially the same kind and effect)
- Any substance may be used as long as it has the biological activity of or has immunological equivalence.
- DG I having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 7 or 9
- one or several amino acids are deleted in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 7 or 9.
- substitution or addition of amino acids may be carried out as long as the ability to inhibit DNA gyrase activity is not lost, and is usually 1 to about 30, preferably 1 to about 15, and more preferably 1 to about There are seven.
- Such a protein usually has a homology of 80% or more, preferably 90% or more, more preferably 95% or more with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 7 or 9.
- the gene encoding DG I of the present invention is not only a DNA having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 or 8, but also a stringent DNA having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 or 8.
- DNA that can hybridize under the conditions is mentioned.
- the DNA that can be hybridized in this manner may be any DNA as long as the protein encoded by the DNA has the ability to inhibit DNA gyrase activity.
- Such DNA has a homology of 70% or more, preferably 80% or more, more preferably 90% or more of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 or 8.
- Such DNAs include mutant genes found in nature, artificially modified mutant genes, homologous genes derived from heterologous organisms, and the like.
- the hybridization under stringent conditions is usually performed by converting the hybridization into 5 ⁇ SSPE (5-fold concentration of SSPE) or a hybridization having a salt concentration equivalent thereto. Perform in a solvent solution for about 12 to 18 hours at 37 to 42 ° C, pre-wash as necessary with 5 XSSPE or a solution with a salt concentration equivalent to this, and then 1 XSSPE or It can be carried out by washing in a solution having a salt concentration equivalent to this, under a temperature condition of 50 to 65 ° C. Also higher stringing
- washing may be performed in a solution having a lower salt concentration, for example, in 0.1 ⁇ SSPE or a solution having a salt concentration equivalent thereto.
- Escherichiaco Ii KL16 strain was used as a strain, and the culture was carried out as follows. (NH 4 ) 2 S0 4 1 g, KH 2 P0 4 3 g, K 2 H P0 4 5.25 g, sodium citrate dihydrate 0.57 g, Mg S0 4 0.12 g 1 After dissolving in 000 ml of pure water and sterilizing, a separately sterilized casein hydrolyzate and glucose were added to 1% to prepare a medium. This medium (150 ml) was put into a 500 ml Erlenmeyer flask, 10 ml of a culture solution (cultured overnight) was added, and the mixture was rotated and shaken (160 rpm) at 37 ° C.
- the culture medium in the late logarithmic growth phase (0 D 600 about 1.0) was rapidly cooled, and then centrifuged at 4 ° C (5000 rpm x 10 min) to collect the cells. This was washed twice with a TED buffer (1 Om Tr ⁇ s- ⁇ CI (pH 7.5), 1 mM EDTA, 1 m schi!), And the wet weight was weighed. Suspend in an equal volume of TED buffer and dispense about 20 ml.
- Fractions showing activity were collected as containing DNA holoenzyme (complex of subunits A and B) of gyrase. A portion of the fraction other than the active fraction was taken, the diluted active fraction was added thereto, and it was examined whether or not the supercoiling activity was restored. The fraction in which the supercoiling activity was recovered was fractionated as a crudely purified subunit A fraction. Next, a part of this subunit A fraction was added to the other fractions, and it was examined whether or not the supercoiling activity was restored. The fraction in which the supercoiling activity was restored was fractionated as a crudely purified subunit B fraction.
- Figure 1 shows the elution pattern of the protein from the Novobi Shin-Sepharose column.
- DNA gyrase holoenzyme (complex of subunits A and B), subunit A and subunit B are fractions eluted with 5 M urea, fractions eluted with 2 M KCI, and 2 M KC, respectively. Obtained in the fraction eluted with I + 5 urea.
- the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified DG I obtained in the above (4) was determined using a peptide sequencer LF 3400 (manufactured by Beckman). The resulting amino acid sequence of the N-terminal 16 residues is shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 in the sequence listing below.
- Example 2 Cloning of E. coli dgi gene and determination of nucleotide sequence
- a homology search was performed for the N-terminal amino acid sequence of Escherichia coli DG I determined in section (6) of Example 1 above.
- the N-terminal sequence of E.coli coincided with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the product YeeB assumed in the sbcB region (EMBL Accession No. U00009) of the chromosomal DNA of E. coli K-12 strain.
- the molecular weight of YeEB calculated from the sequence was 18,081 daltons, which was consistent with the molecular weight of DGI. From these facts, it was considered that the assumed Y e e B was DG I, and the gene encoding DG I (dgi gene) was located in the portion containing the translation region of the y e e B gene.
- PCR buffer supplemented with IT aq polymerase (composition: 50m KC I, 1 Om Tris-HCI (pH 9.0), 1% triton (T riton) X—100) to amplify the DNA (2 minutes at 94 ° C., 2 minutes at 51 ° C., 30 cycles at 72 ° C. 3 minutes).
- IT aq polymerase composition: 50m KC I, 1 Om Tris-HCI (pH 9.0), 1% triton (T riton) X—100
- the 1.2 kbp DNA fragment obtained by PCR was digested with an appropriate restriction enzyme, ligated to vector plasmid pUCI9 (Takara Shuzo), and the obtained recombinant plasmid was transformed into E. coli J109 strain. Was introduced.
- nucleotide sequence of a 1.2 kbp DNA fragment was determined by a fluorescent DNA sequencer (manufactured by Hitachi) using the dide-ki method.
- SEQ ID NO: 6 shows the obtained nucleotide sequence and the amino acid sequence of the protein encoded by the open reading frame therein. This sequence coincided with the sequence (yee B gene) in the sbc B region of E. coli K-12 (EM BL accession number U00009) which has already been registered in the DNA sequence data bank.
- the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the protein encoded by the open reading frame matches the N-terminal sequence of DGI, and the DNA and amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 correspond to the dgi of E. coli. It was considered to be the DNA sequence of the gene and the amino acid sequence of DGI.
- DG I is important for bacterial growth and was expected to be universal.
- chromosomes DNA of various bacteria and Southern hybridization were performed.
- a prehybridization solution (5 x SSPE, 5 x Denhardt's solution, containing 180 mM NaCI, 1 mM EDTA, 1 OmM sodium phosphate (pH 7.7)) (5% SDS, 50% formamide) at 42 ° C for 4 hours, add a labeled probe, and perform hybridization at 42 ° C for 14 hours. Performed under conditions.
- Washing condition 1 0.1% S DS, 0.1% S SPE 65 ° C
- Washing condition 2 0.1% S DS, 0.1% S S PE 52 ° C
- Hybridization strength was determined as follows.
- a DG I expression system was constructed as follows using a protein expression vector plasmid pLEX (manufactured by Invitrogen).
- the expression vector pLEX system controls the expression of a target gene by transcriptional regulation using a tryptophan as an inducer.
- the cI repressor protein is expressed from the ⁇ I gene under the trp promoter, and the cI repressor protein binds to the operator region of the PL promoter on the vector and is located downstream of the PL promoter. Suppresses transcription of the linked target gene.
- tryptophan forms a tryptophan-repressor complex, which binds tightly to the trp operator and inhibits the expression of cI repressor protein, and the cI repressor expresses PL.
- Dissociation from promoter promotes transcription of target gene Replacement form (Rule 26) This.
- a restriction enzyme NdeI was placed at both ends of the dgII gene region (fragment corresponding to the 255th to 815th bases in SEQ ID NO: 6) whose nucleotide sequence was determined in Example 2 above.
- the fragment to which the recognition site was added was prepared by PCR.
- E. c0IiKL16 strain chromosomal DNA was used as a template for PCR, and primers were used (SEQ ID NO: 4 for the sense primer sequence and SEQ ID NO: 5 for the antisense primer sequence). (Shown) was synthesized on a DNA synthesizer.
- the obtained PCR product was ligated to a vector plasmid pT7BIueT (manufactured by Novagen) and introduced into E.coIiJM109 to prepare a recombinant plasmid.
- the obtained recombinant plasmid was cut with NdeI, separated by agarose electrophoresis, and then a 473 bp NdeI fragment was purified from the gel and ligated to pLEX. This was introduced into E. coli GI 724 (Invitrogen, USA) by electroporation to prepare a recombinant plasmid, and the insertion direction of the insert was determined according to the Ec0RV cleavage pattern.
- the recombinant plasmid pCA17 in which the insert fragment containing the dgi gene was inserted in the correct direction (sense direction) was obtained.
- the electoration was carried out using an electrocell manipulator 600 (manufactured by Beam Instrument Co., Ltd.) under the conditions of a potential difference of 2.25 kV and an electrical resistance of 129 ⁇ .
- the GI 724 strain transformed with the recombinant plasmid pCA17 in which the insert containing the dg ⁇ gene was inserted in the forward direction into the vector plasmid pLEX, that is, the E.
- coli GI724 (pCA17) strain was Deposited with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Tsukuba East, Ibaraki, Japan, 1-3-1, Tsukuba), under the accession number FE RM BP—6 133 on October 6, 1999. I have.
- the E. c0IiGI724 (pCA17) strain was cultured in the same manner as in the above (2), and the expression was induced by tryptophan.
- the cells obtained by centrifugation were suspended in 10 ml of solution A (30 mM Tris-HCI (pH 7.5), 3 OmNaCI) and sonicated in ice. After crushing, the mixture was centrifuged (4 ° C, 8000 rpm, 20 minutes), and the obtained supernatant was subjected to 60% saturated ammonium sulfate precipitation to obtain 17000 XG,
- the inhibitory activity on DG tongue ie, DNA gyrase activity (supercoiling activity) was measured.
- Activity measurement reaction solution (20 mM Tris—HCI (pH 7.5), 2 OmM KC I, 4 mM Mg CI 2 , 4 mM spermidine, 1.5 mM ATP, 1 mM DTT, 30 At g / m It—RNA, 15 ngm IBSA, 0.1 ⁇ g, relaxed pBR322 DNA), DNA gyrase subunit A (1 U) and subunit B (1 U) Add 5 tI and DGI (protein concentration 25, 12.5, 6.25, 3.13, 1.56, 0.78 or 0.39 g ZmI) 1 o'clock at 37 ° C
- the presence or absence of DNA gyrase inhibitory activity was assayed by comparing the amount of supercoiled DNA when the DGI protein was added with the amount of supercoiled DNA when no DGI protein was added. The results are shown in FIG. When DGI was added at a concentration of 6 Atg / ml or more, the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase was completely inhibited. At lower concentrations, supercoiled DNA conversion was terminated incompletely, and a band with a thin tail was detected from the relaxed DNA.
- a DGI activity measurement system was constructed.
- the reaction was performed with and without the addition of a drug solution (or suspension), and comparing the DG tongue properties revealed that the drug modulates the DG tongue properties (activity enhancing action or activity inhibition). Action) can be detected, and thus a drug that modulates DG tongue can be screened or identified.
- Example 6 Measurement of promoter activity of dgi gene of E. coli
- the dgII gene of E. coli there exists a region encoding the virtual product YeeC (yeeC gene) in the sbcII region (EMBL accession number U00009).
- the two genes are about 122 bp apart, but between the two genes, a palindromic structure, which is thought to be a P-factor-dependent terminator of yee C, and a putative dg ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ gene promoter, A typical sequence of 35 regions is observed.
- the replacement paper (Rule 26) As described below, a plasmid in which a DNA fragment containing the promoter region of the dgi gene was ligated to the Iac gene was prepared, and a system capable of measuring dgi promoter activity using .3-galactosidase activity as an index was prepared. It was constructed.
- the fragment obtained by PCR was double-cut with BamHI and RsaI to prepare a 283 bp DNA fragment consisting of 33 bp 5 'to the putative promoter region, transcription initiation region and translation region.
- Vector plasmid p LGI ac Z7 (Plasmid Vol. 32, pp. 233-237, 1994) was digested with BamHI, followed by blunt-ending with the previously obtained 283 bp DNA fragment. Then, both were ligated to prepare a recombinant plasmid.
- the plasmid PCA15 to be expressed was obtained.
- a recombinant plasmid PCA16 into which a fragment containing the dg ⁇ promoter was inserted in the reverse direction was also obtained.
- the measurement was performed as follows using the transformant.
- a solution obtained by culturing the strain overnight was inoculated into 10 ml of an LB medium containing 50 gZmI kanamycin so that the OD600 value was 0.1, and shaking culture was performed at 37 ° C.
- FIG. 6 shows the results of measuring the time-dependent changes in d g ⁇ promoter activity (using the expression of / 3-galactosidase as an index) during growth.
- the 8-galactosidase activity shows the lowest value in the logarithmic growth phase (OD600: 0.5) after 2 hours of culture, and thereafter in the stationary phase (OD600: 1). It was found to rise up to 6 hours after reaching 2).
- a dgi promoter activity measurement system was constructed. In this assay system, cultivation was performed with and without the addition of a drug solution (or suspension). By comparing the dgi-promote activity, the effect of modulating the dgi gene expression of the drug (expression enhancement or , Expression inhibitory action), and therefore, a drug that modulates the expression of DGI can be screened or identified.
- Example 7 Expression control of E. coli dgi gene by antisense RNA
- Bok ribs Bok If a fan induced expression of dg I gene antisense RN Alpha added, viable cell number, adding up to 8 hours, 4 x 1 0 7 cf uZm I from 1 x 1 0 8 Although there was a slight increase in cfu / m I, the replacement paper (Rule 26) ,
- the obtained blood was allowed to stand at 37 ° C for 1 hour and then at 4 ° C for 1 night, and then centrifuged to obtain serum.
- the obtained antiserum was filtered, filtered (pore diameter 0.45 m), aliquoted, and stored at -80 ° C.
- IgG anti-DG I antibody
- IgG fraction fraction from antiserum using Dot Plot Atsushi EZ-SEP (trade name, manufactured by Pharmacia, Inc.) went.
- the IgG concentration of the purified antibody was determined by the dilution dot blot method (Anti-Peptide Antibody Experiment Protocol, Shujunsha, Shinobu Okai, et al.,
- the minimum amount of antigen protein recognizable using this antibody was assayed by dot plot assay. That is, 0.5 tl of purified DG I at a concentration of 20, 10, 50, 2.5, 1.25 ig / m I was spotted on a dinitrocellulose membrane, and dried. Blocking was performed in TBS containing Omg / m IBSA (0.15 M NaCI, 20 mM Tris-HCI (pH 7.5)). This membrane was immersed in anti-DGI antibody (diluted 1 000-fold) diluted with TBS containing BSA, and incubated at 37 ° C for 1 hour.
- the membrane was incubated for 0.5 hours at 37 a C with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) -labeled anti-magpie IgG antibody (G-bc 0. BRL). Antibody binding was detected by peroxidase staining using diaminobenzidine (DAB) as a substrate. As a result, the minimum antigen (DG I) protein amount that could be recognized by this antibody was about 5 ng.
- HRP horseradish peroxidase
- DAB diaminobenzidine
- Escherichia coli E. coli GI 724 (pCA17) strain obtained in Example 4 obtained above
- DGI Escherichia coli
- pCA17 polyvinylidene difluoride
- the transferred PVDF membrane was stained with Coomassie Prilian blue, and after confirming the protein migration pattern, decolorized with methanol and blocked in TBS containing 20 mg / m IBSA.
- the membrane was immersed in an anti-DGI antibody (diluted 1 000-fold) diluted with BSA-containing TBS and reacted.
- Antimicrovial Agent 'and' Chemotherapy (AntimicrobiaiaIAgent ssandChemotherapy) Vol. 32, pp. 104-109, 1988, was carried out as follows in accordance with the method described.
- Reaction solution for measuring supercoiling activity containing 0.1 tg of 2 DN A (20 mM MT ris -HCI (pH 7.5), 2 OmM KC I, 4 mM Mg CI 2 , 4 mM spermidine, 1.5 mM ATP, 1 mM, 1 g, 30 g / m I t RNA (derived from yeast), 15 Atg / ml ⁇ serum albumin) 5 I, sample solution 5 n I, DNA gyrase submit 5 nI of nit A (1 U / 1.25 I) and 5 ⁇ l of subunit B (1 U / 1.25 I) were added and reacted at 37 ° C for 1 hour.
- an Ec0RI fragment that strongly hybridizes with the dgi gene derived from E. coli was found on the chromosome of the genus Shigella (genus ShigeIIa), and the size of the fragment was about 7 ⁇ m. kb. Therefore, the chromosome of Shigella dicentre (Shigeladdyssenteariae) ID 633 was cut with EcoRI and subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis to recover a DNA fragment of about 7 kb. The obtained DNA fragment was ligated to the EcoRI cleavage site of pUC19, and the obtained recombinant plasmid was introduced into E.coliJM109 strain.
- Colony hybridization was performed using a DNA fragment containing the dgi gene derived from Escherichia coli as a probe. As a result of analysis of 10 positive colonies, 6 strains showed 7.5 kb of E. coli on pUC19. The coRI DNA fragment was retained. The inserted fragment was digested with various restriction enzymes and analyzed by hybridization with a DNA fragment containing the E. coli dgII gene.As a result, it was concluded that the Shigella dgII gene was present on the 1.5 kb Aval fragment. Was done.
- the open reading frame (ORF) corresponding to the region up to the th base was found to be 0RF of the dgi gene.
- 0 Sequences considered to be promoter and ribosome binding regions were found upstream of RF, and a row-independent terminator was presumed to follow ORF Replacement sheet (Rule 26) The sequence was found.
- SEQ ID NO: 8 shows the DNA sequence of a 144 bp fragment containing the dgII gene derived from Shigella discenterier, and the amino acid sequence of DGI encoded therein. The amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO: 9.
- DG I of Shigella di Centeriae is a polypeptide consisting of 157 amino acid residues like DG I of E. coli, and its molecular weight was estimated to be about 18 kDa.
- the amino acid sequences of both DGIs showed a high homology of 96.8%.
- the DNA gyrase inhibitory protein (DG I) of the present invention can inhibit normal growth of bacteria by modulating its activity or its expression.
- DG tongue or dg d gene promoter activity can be measured. It is useful as a screening method and an identification method for a drug that modulates the expression of dgi and dgi genes. These screening and identification methods are useful for the development of antibacterial agents and pesticides based on new mechanisms of action.
- antisense RNA or DNA against the dgi gene is useful as an agent for suppressing DGI expression, and the anti-DGI antibody can be used for detection and quantification of DGI.
- Fragment type N-terminal fragment
- Organism name Escherichia coli
- Sequence type nucleic acid
- Sequence length 24 Sequence type: Nucleic acid Topology: Linear Sequence type: Other nucleic acids Synthetic DNA sequence
- Sequence length 28 Sequence type: Nucleic acid Topology: Linear Sequence type: Other nucleic acids Synthetic DNA sequence
- Organism name Escherichia coli
- TAATTCATCT CAGGGCGGTG GTTAACGCG ATGACCACTC TTTTTTTTGA AAGCGAAAAG 785 AGTAAGATGC GCCTTTCAAT TTTTTCGCTC CTGCCGGGAA ATTACACTGT TCCCGGTTTG 845 TCCGTCGGAT AATTCAGAGG CGCGCCTTCT GGCCGACAGA TGAGTTATGA GCGCTTTTAA 905 TCTCATTACG GAGTTTCTGC CTGCGTGCCG ATAAGTCATT AAGCCCGITT GAAATCCGGG 965 TATACCGCCA TTACCGCATT GTGCATGCTA CTCGGGTCGC GCTGGCATTC CTGCTCACTT 1025 TTCTCATTAT CCGCCTGTTT ACTATCCCGG AAAGCACCTG GCCGCTGGTC ACCATGGTGG 1085 TGATTATGGG GCCAATCTCG TTCTGGGGTA ACGTTGTCCC TCGCCTTT GAGCGTATTG 1145 GCGGTACGGT GTTGGGTTCG ATTTTAGC
- Organism name Escherichia coli
- Organism name Shigella dysenteriae
- Organism Name Shigella dysenteriae
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