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Molecular Cloning of Maltooligosyltrehalose Trehalohydrolase Gene from Nostoc flagelliforme and Trehalose-Related Response to Stresses

  • Wu, Shuangxiu (Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University) ;
  • He, Liang (Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University) ;
  • Shen, Rongrong (Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University) ;
  • Zhang, Xiu (Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University) ;
  • Wang, Quanxi (Department of Biology, College of Life and Environmental Science, Shanghai Normal University)
  • Received : 2011.01.13
  • Accepted : 2011.05.25
  • Published : 2011.08.28
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Abstract

A genomic DNA fragment encoding a putative maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (NfMTH) for trehalose biosynthesis was cloned by the degenerate primer- PCR from cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme. The ORF of NfMTH is 1,848 bp in length and encodes 615 amino acid residues, constituting a 70 kDa protein. The deduced amino acid sequence of NfMTH contains 4 regions highly conserved for MTHs. By expression of NfMTH in E. coli, the function of this protein was demonstrated, where the recombinant protein catalyzed the hydrolysis of maltooligosyl trehalose to trehalose. The expressions of MTH and maltooligosyltrehalose synthase in the filaments of N. flagelliforme were upregulated significantly under dehydration stress, NaCl stress, and high temperature-drought stress. The accumulations of both trehalose and sucrose in the filaments of N. flagelliforme were also improved significantly under the above stresses. Furthermore, trehalose accumulated in smaller quantities than sucrose did when under NaCl stress, but accumulated in higher quantities than sucrose did when under temperature-drought stress, indicating that both trehalose and sucrose were involved in N. flagelliforme adapted to stresses and different strategies conducted in response to various stress conditions.

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