463 results about "E coli bacteria" patented technology

The inventive method allows peptides or polypeptides to be exposed on the surface of gram-negative host bacteria using specific intimin-based anchor modules. Intimins with shortened carboxy terminals have been found to be particularly suitable anchor modules for passenger domains in the exterior E. coli cell membrane. According to the method, host bacteria are transformed using vectors, on which are located a fused nucleic acid sequence consisting of a sequence segment which codes for an intimin with a shortened carboxy terminal and a nucleic acid sequence segment which codes for the passenger peptide that is to be exposed. The invention permits a particularly large number of passenger domains to be exposed on the cell surface of the bacteria, without adversely affecting the viability of the bacteria.

The invention provides isolated and recombinant phytase enzymes. In one aspect, the phytases are produced by modification of the wild type appA of E. coli. The enzyme can be produced from recombinant host cells. The phytases of the invention can be used to aid in the digestion of phytate where desired. In particular, the phytases of the invention can be used in foodstuffs to improve the feeding value of phytate rich ingredients. The phytases of the invention can be thermotolerant and/or thermostable. Also provided are methods for obtaining a variant polynucleotide encoding a phytase and for obtaining a phytase with thermostability or thermotolerant at high or low temperatures.

The invention provides compositions and methods for engineering E. coli or other host production bacterial strains to produce fucosylated oligosaccharides, and the use thereof in the prevention or treatment of infection.

The invention relates to a method for biosynthesis preparation of human glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and an analogue thereof. With adopting of a gene engineering technology, a recombinant escherichia coli expressed GLP-1 fusion protein is constructed, and a protein enzyme digestion site is designed in the fusion protein; a fusion gene has a gene sequence with a form of A-B-C structure, wherein A is a chaperonin gene, B is a nucleotide sequence encoding a connection peptide containing the enzyme digestion site, and C is a gene encoding the GLP-1 or the analogue thereof. After recombinant engineering bacteria is subjected to induced expression, the fusion protein is purified and subjected to enzyme digestion, and then the GLP-1 and the analogue thereof are obtained and are detected to have biological activity. The preparation method of the GLP-1 and the analogue thereof provided by the invention is simple and quick, the production conditions are mild, the product is convenient to separate and extract, the process is simple, and the industrialization prospect is good.

Recombinant bacterial triple-helical collagen-like proteins comprising two or more repetitive sequences of Gly-Xaa-Yaa yielding high-stability polymeric constructs without the need for post-translational modifications and which may incorporate one or more functional domains of biological or structural importance. The polymers are capable of high-yield production for a variety of applications

The invention discloses an E. coli BL21(pETDuet-ydjLnox) containing a 2R,3R-butanediol dehydrogenase gene ydjL and an NADH oxidase gene nox, wherein the strain is preserved in the 'China Center for Type Culture Collection' on December 23 in 2008, and the preservation number is CCTCC NO: M 208259. The invention also discloses application of a gene recombination bacterium in producing chiral S-AC by catalyzing meso-BD, producing chiral R-AC by catalyzing 2R,3R-BD and producing chiral pure 2S,3S-BD by splitting a 2,3-BD mixture. The concentration of a chiral AC prepared from the recombinant E. coli can reach over 6 grams per liter (the ee value is more than or equal to 96 percent); and the ee value of the chiral pure 2S,3S-BD is more than or equal to 98 percent, and the regeneration of a cofactor is achieved, thus the gene recombination bacterium has great industrial application prospect.

The antimicrobial agent includes at least one two-dimensional metal carbide layer. The two-dimensional metal carbide has the formula Ti_n+1C_nT_x, where T represents a terminal functional group and x represents the number of terminal functional groups. The two-dimensional metal carbide is preferably Ti₃C₂T_x. The terminating group may be oxygen, hydroxide (OH), fluorine or combinations thereof. The antimicrobial agent may be used as a two-dimensional metal carbide antimicrobial membrane (10) or filter for removal of harmful bacteria, such as E. coli and B. subtilis. A stack of two-dimensional metal carbide layers (14) may be supported on a polymer filter substrate (12), such as a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) supporting substrate.

The present invention provides several methods for biological production of para-hydroxycinnamic acid (PHCA). The invention is also directed to the discovery of new fungi and bacteria that possess the ability to convert cinnamate to PHCA. The invention relates to developing of a new biocatalyst for conversion of glucose to PHCA by incorporation of the wild type PAL from the yeast Rhodotorula glutinis into E. coli underlining the ability of the wildtype PAL to convert tyrosine to PHCA. The invention is also directed to developing a new biocatalyst for conversion of glucose to PHCA by incorporation of the wildtype PAL from the yeast Rhodotorula glutinis plus the plant cytochrome P-450 and the cytochrome P-450 reductase into E. coli. In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides for the developing of a new biocatalyst through mutagenesis of the wild type yeast PAL which possesses enhanced tyrosine ammonia-lyase (TAL) activity.

The present invention relates to non-activated Wnt inhibition polypeptides (WIPs) containing: (a) a protein transduction domain (PTD) which enables said WIPs to permeate a cell membrane without the aid of a cell membrane receptor; and (b) a Wnt antagonist domain which is inactive by itself, but is activated in mammalian cells and then secreted out of the cells to function to inhibit Wnt signal transduction. Also, the invention relates to a method for preparing said non-activated WIPs, and a pharmaceutical composition containing said WIPs as active ingredients. Said non-activated WIPs can be produced in large quantities through the culture of bacteria such as E coli., and are biochemically inactive before being administered into the human body, and thus the production cost thereof is only one several tenths of that of previously known active proteins (sFRPs, DKKs, etc.) having uses similar thereto, and the isolation/purification and handling/administration processes thereof are significantly simple and convenient. When said non-activated WIPs are administered in vivo, they will have the effects of inhibiting the invasive growth and metastasis of cancer cells and treating immune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis by pharmacological mechanisms different from those of the previously known sFRPs or DKKs.

The invention provides a 3-sterone-9Alpha-hydroxylation enzyme gene and a 3-sterone-9Alpha-hydroxylation enzyme reductase gene. By constructing various expression vectors and converting relevant strains, the invention obtains various high-expression strains such as escherichia coli, streptomyces and mycobacterium; furthermore, the mycobacterium of the 3-sterone-9Alpha-hydroxylation enzyme activity can be prepared; the prepared high-expression strains or other crude enzyme liquid can be used for catalyzing and producing the 3-sterone-9Alpha-hydroxylation steroid compounds; the mycobacterium of the 3-sterone-9Alpha-hydroxylation enzyme activity can be used for degrading sterol to prepare androst-4-alkene-3, 17-diketone or androst-1, 4-diene-3, 17-diketone; the engineering stains can greatly improve the production efficiency and product quality of the steroid drugs, are beneficial for reducing the energy consumption of steroid drugs during the production process, improving the utilization ratio of the prodrugs and simplifying the production steps, reduce the production cost, have moderate reaction conditions and friendly environment, are suitable for wide generalization and application and have higher economic benefits and social benefits.

The invention provides strains of bacteria, especially enterotoxigenic E. coli, attenuated by mutations in the genes encoding enterotoxins (LT, ST, EAST1) and optionally further attenuated by deletion of additional chromosomal genes. In addition the invention provides strains of attenuated bacteria expressing immunogenic but non-toxic variants of one or more of these enterotoxins. These bacteria are useful as a vaccine against diarrhoeal disease.

The invention provides a halogenohydrin dehalogenation enzyme originating from Agromyces sp., an encoding gene and a vector, and provides application of the halogenohydrin dehalogenation enzyme, the encoding gene and the vector in the process of preparing epoxy chloropropane and (R)-4- cyano-cn-3- hydroxybutyric acid ethyl ester. The halogenohydrin dehalogenation enzyme amino acid sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO.2, and the encoding gene sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO.1. The halogenohydrin dehalogenation enzyme, the encoding gene, the vector and the application have the advantages that the halogenohydrin dehalogenation enzyme originating from Agromyces sp. CCTCC NO. M 2012299 and the encoding gene of the halogenohydrin dehalogenation enzyme are provided; and the encoding gene of the halogenohydrin dehalogenation enzyme can be connected and constructed with an expression vector to obtain expression recombinant plasmid pET28b-Deh of the encoding gene, then can be transformed to escherichia coli BL21, obtained and transformed to escherichia coli bacterial strain respectively and correspondingly to obtain recombinant escherichia coli, and the recombinant escherichia coli has the halogenohydrin dehalogenation enzyme and can be utilized for carrying out biotransformation and catalysis for an enzyme source.

The present invention relates to recombinant DNA encoding the AcuI restriction endonuclease as well as AcuI methylase, and expression of AcuI restriction endonuclease and AcuI methylase in E. coli cells containing the recombinant DNA.

The invention provides compositions and methods for engineering E. coli or other host production bacterial strains to produce fucosylated oligosaccharides, and the use thereof in the prevention or treatment of infection.

The present invention relates to a process for preparing anthrax protective antigen protein from E. coli using fed batch culture. This process creates a constitutively expressing system for rapid, efficient, cost-effective and high-level production of anthrax PA from E. coli. The steps of the process involves, transforming E. coli DH5α cells with the recombinant constitutive expression plasmid containing the PA gene to obtain recombinant DH5α cells and testing the PA expression by lysis of said cells followed by denaturing gel electrophoresis and Western Blotting technique using PA antibodies. This is followed by fermentation and harvesting of the high cell density cells. The said cells are solubilized using 6-8 Molar Urea and separated by centrifugation. The urea denatured PA is isolated from said supernatant and purified and thereafter eluted.

The invention discloses a gene for coding a glutamine dipeptide biosynthetic enzyme and application thereof. The nucleotide sequence of the gene is shown as SEQ ID NO.1. The invention further discloses an amino acid sequence coded by the gene, and provides a recombinant vector containing the gene, recombinant escherichia coli, and a method for performing biotransformation to synthesize the glutamine dipeptide by using the gene. The gene and the application of a recombinant bacterial strain of the gene have the advantages of high mol conversion rate, high reaction speed, easy separation, low cost and the like. In the synthesis method, the maximum mol conversion rate of the glutamine dipeptide can reach 83.3 percent; meanwhile, the thalli can be applied to the catalytic synthesis of the glutamine dipeptide again after the circulation recovery; in addition, the catalytic activity is stable. Therefore high market competitive power and application values are realized; a foundation is laid for the industrial production of the glutamine dipeptide.

The invention discloses a cutinase producing gene engineering bacteria and use thereof and belongs to the technical field of bioengineering. Recombinant plasmid Tfu-0883-hlyAs/pET20b(+) is constructed, Escherichia coli E.coliBL21(DE3) is converted to obtain recombinant Escherichia coli Tfu-0883-hlyAs/pET20b(+)/E.coliBL21(DE3). A certain specific growth speed is controlled in a feed supplement batch fermentation manner, fermentation culture is performed for 30 to 34 hours, and the enzyme survival rate in fermentation supernate reaches 700 to 750U/Ml. In the invention, glycerol is used as a main raw material, a semisynthetic culture medium is adopted, and the cutinase producing gene engineering bacteria have the advantages of stability, convenient regulation and the like and are suitable for large-scale production.