Bacillus velezensis strain BZR 336g is a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium isolated from a winter wheat rhizoplane from the Krasnodar region in Russia. In this study, we report the genome, including genes with known phenotypic function, i.e., the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites with fungicidal and plant growth-promoting activities. We sequenced and analyzed the complete BZR 336g genome using two different DNA preparation methods to help us better understand the origin of the antimicrobial and antifungal abilities and to weigh the biocontrol properties of this strain.

Bacillus velezensis strain BZR 517 is a prospective plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium with known biocontrol properties, which may be used to improve soil quality. The genome sequencing was conducted as part of new biological agent development in order to determine the biocontrol potential of the strain, including the production of biologically active compounds.

We undertook a search for proteins interacting with protein p45 by the method of two-hybrid screening in order to determine the function of the Sec14p-like protein p45. A screening of the yeast library of rat lung cDNA, six proteins specifically activating the reporter genes of a two-hybrid system and 21 unlikely protein partners of protein p45 were identified. The most likely candidate for the role of a p45 partner is the surfactant protein C (Sftpc). These results and previous studies led us to the hypothesis that protein p45 fulfills its protective function by participating in the biogenesis of cell membranes. The English version of the paper: Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2005, vol. 31, no. 3; see also http://www.maik.ru.

A new method for studying lipid-protein interactions in vitro is developed. It enables the study of the transporting activity of a protein toward a lipid ligand, including the case of an unknown lipid type. The method can be considered as a variant of partition three-phase chromatography with two stationary (donor and acceptor) phases and one mobile phase. The protein under study is dissolved in an aqueous mobile phase and induces a specific delivery of a lipid to the acceptor lipid layer. The transported lipid is identified in Folch lipid extracts from the acceptor layer and aqueous phase. The secretory protein with M 45 kDa from the rat olfactory epithelium is shown to be a carrier of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate. Our approach opens up new possibilities in the study of lipid-protein interactions in vitro and has a number of advantages over the methods now used for these purposes.

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