Molecular cloning and characterization of a cotton phosphoen01pyruVate carboxylase gene

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase(PEPC)plays diverse physiological functions during plant development.In this study,a new phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene GhPEPC2 is isolated from cotton(Gossypium hirsutum CV.zhongmian 35)by RACE-PCR.The cloned eDNA of GhPEPC2 is 3364 bp in length,and has an open reading frame of 2913 bp,encoding for 971 putative amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 110.6 kD and pI of 5.56.The deduced amino acid sequence Of GhPEPC2 shares high similarity with other reported plant PEPCs.Southern blot analysis indicates that the cotton PEPC exists as a small gene family and the GhPEPC2 might have two copies in the cotton genome.The semi-quantitative RT-PCR reveals that GhPEPC2 constitutively expresses in all the tissues of cotton and accumulated highly in roots.flowers and embryos but relatively low in stems and fibers.In addition.the recombinant GhPEPC2 has been purified by expressing it in Escherichia coli and the catalytic properties of it were also investigated.The results showed that GhPEPC2 is a typical C3 PEPC with a higher Km(83.6 μM)and lower Vmax(8.0 μmol min-1mg-1)compared with the C3 PEPCs previously reported.     

Molecular cloning and characterization of a cotton phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) plays diverse physiological functions during plant development. In this study, a new phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene GhPEPC2 is isolated from cotton (Gossypium hirsutum cv. zhongmian 35) by RACE-PCR. The cloned cDNA of GhPEPC2 is 3,364 bp in length, and has an open reading frame of 2,913 bp, encoding for 971 putative amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 110.6 kD and pI of 5.56. The deduced amino acid sequence of GhPEPC2 shares high similarity with other reported plant PEPCs. Southern blot analysis indicates that the cotton PEPC exists as a small gene family and the GhPEPC2 might have two copies in the cotton genome. The semi-quantitative RT-PCR reveals that GhPEPC2 constitutively expresses in all the tissues of cotton and accumulated highly in roots, flowers and embryos but relatively low in stems and fibers. In addition, the recombinant GhPEPC2 has been purified by expressing it in E. coli and the catalytic properties of it were also investigated. The results showed that GhPEPC2 is a typical C₃ PEPC with a higher K_m (83.6 μM) and lower V_max (8.0 μmol min^-1 mg^-1) compared with the C₃ PEPCs previously reported.     

磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶基因的克隆与原核表达

以筛选得到的鲍曼不动杆菌（Acinetobacter baumannii）基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增了磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶（PEPC）基因,构建了克隆载体pET-28a-PEPC。将测序结果正确的重组子转化到大肠杆菌BL21中,获得重组菌BL21-pET-28a-PEPC。经IPTG诱导,该重组菌实现了PEPC的高效表达,并且生长速度明显快于对照菌大肠杆菌BL21,可作为宿主用于构建碳固定工程菌。     

Expression of the intact C<Subscript>4</Subscript> type<Emphasis Type="Italic">pepc</Emphasis> gene cloned from maize in transgenic winter wheat

Maize intact C4-pepc gene was amplified through LA-PCR and successfully sub-cloned into modified vector pGreen0029 to form a stable expression construct named as pBAC214 (12 kb), which contains CaMV 35S promoter driven bar gene as selection marker. Comparing the cloned DNA sequences (6.7 kb) with published maize C4-pepc gene (GenBank accession E17154) sequences, the identity of DNA sequence alignment is 98.96%. There are only 49 differences between these two intact DNA sequences, of which 13 occur in the region of promoter, 18 in introns, and 18 in exons. The homology of mRNA sequence alignment is 99.38%, and the putative amino acids sequence identity is 99.38%. There are only 15 differences between these two mRNA, and these differences bring 4 sites mutant on the putative amino acids of PEPC protein. Through biolistic bombardment of PDS1000/He system, expression vector pBAC214 has been transformed into winter wheat. Southern blotting results show that the intact C4-pepc gene has been integrated into genome of winter wheat. SDS-PAGE analysis of leaf soluble protein in transgenic wheat showed that the intact C4opepc gene was well transcribed, spliced and translated as in maize. The enzyme activity of leaf PEPC in transgenic wheat has been detected. The activities of leaf PEPC increased over 3-5 times in some transgenic plants. The data of photosynthesis rate and transpiration rate of transgenic wheat flag leaves showed that the C4-pepc gene can increase the photosynthesis rate and transpiration rate of transgenic wheat.     

三种不同磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶基因的克隆、表达及其对宿主菌生长的影响

应用PCR技术分别克隆了集胞藻6803、鲍曼不动杆菌和大肠杆菌的磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶（PEPC）基因,构建重组大肠杆菌。SDS-PAGE凝胶电泳结果显示,来自集胞藻6803和大肠杆菌的PEPC实现了高效表达,而来自鲍曼不动杆菌的PEPC表达较弱,提示密码子偏好性的影响。前两菌提前进入对数生长期,来自鲍曼不动杆菌PEPC工程菌却延迟生长,但这3种重组菌发酵24h后的生物量与对照菌几乎相同。如果排除质粒复制造成的代谢负荷,过表达PEPC促进了宿主菌的生长,推测是因为重排了代谢流量。     

家猪BMP-2、BMP-3基因克隆及其组织表达探究

本研究以长白猪(Landrace)肺cDNA为模板,扩增获得猪骨形态发生蛋白BMP-2和BMP-3基因的cDNA全长.BMP-2基因cDNA全长为1742bp,编码395个氨基酸的前体蛋白,与人、牛、绵羊、大鼠、小鼠等的BMP-2基因的氨基酸序列一致性分别94.18%,95.4%,95.2%,90.3%,90.60%;BMP-3基因cDNA全长为1639bp,编码475个氨基酸的前体蛋白,猪与人、牛、绵羊、大鼠、小鼠等的BMP-3氨基酸序列的一致性分别是84.7%、87.7%、82.3%、80.4%、79.5%.采用RT-PCR方法,对BMP-2、3基因在家猪主要组织的表达进行探究.结果显示:BMP-2在所有组织中均有表达;而BMP-3在脑、肺、小肠中表达量较高,其他组织中表达量弱.     

大黄鱼凝血酶原类似基因的克隆及其表达分析

采用快速末端cDNA扩增法,首次从大黄鱼中克隆到全长为2 023 bp的凝血酶原类似基因cDNA,编码为617个氨基酸,其中包括80 bp的5′末端非编码区及89 bp包含poly(A)尾的3′末端非编码区。预测1~15位的氨基酸处存在1个信号肽。推导的氨基酸序列与哺乳动物及其他鱼类进行同源性比较,发现其与红鳍东方鲀有73%同源性,而与哺乳动物的同源性为50%~65%。凝血酶原类似基因虽然在大黄鱼的各个组织中组成型表达,但是在减毒鳗弧菌免疫的大黄鱼的脾脏和肾脏中表达明显上调,这表明凝血酶可能参与大黄鱼对细菌侵染的免疫应答。     

Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding cysteine proteases from senescent leaves of Gossypium hirsutum

A gene encoding a cysteine proteinase was isolated from senescent leave of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) cv liaomian No. 9 by utilizing rapid amplification of cDNA end spolymerase chain reaction (RACE-PCR), and a set of consensus oligonucleotide primers was designed to anneal the conserved sequences of plant cysteine protease genes. The cDNA, which designated Ghcysp gene, contained 1368 bp terminating in a poly(A)^ trail, and included a putative 5‘(98 bp) and a 3‘(235 bp) non-coding region. The opening reading frame (ORF) encodes polypeptide 344 amino acids with the predicted molecular mass of 37.88 kD and theoretical pl of 4.80. A comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence with the sequence in the GenBank database has shown considerable sequence similarity to a novel family of plant cysteine proteases. This putative cotton Ghcysp protein shows from 67% to 82% identity to the other plants. All of them share catalytic triad of residues, which are highly conserved in three regions. Hydropaths analysis of the amino acid sequence shows that the Ghcysp is a potential membrane protein and localizes to the vacuole, which has a transmembrane helix between resides 7-25. A characteristic feature of Ghcysp is the presence of a putative vacuole-targeting signal peptide of 19-amino acid residues at the N-terminal region. The expression of Ghcysp gene was determined using northern blot analysis. The Ghcysp mRNA levels are high in development senescent leaf but below the limit of detection in senescent root, hypocotyl, faded flower, 6 d post anthesis ovule, and young leaf.     

野桑蚕漆酶基因克隆、序列分析及转录表达谱研究

利用RT-PCR方法,克隆了野桑蚕Bombyx mandarina漆酶基因,获得了其cDNA序列.该序列长2 317bp,含有一个2 295bp的完整开放阅读框,有8个外显子,7个内含子,编码一个由764个氨基酸残基组成的蛋白质,其蛋白质的分子量和等电点分别为84 340.91和6.61.推导的氨基酸序列与其它鳞翅目昆虫(Laccase)基因相应氨基酸序列有较高的同源性,该序列具有它们的漆酶基因所共有的典型特征.组织特异性表达分析表明了该基因仅在野桑蚕的表皮、头部、中肠和血液中有表达.这些结果为进一步研究野桑蚕漆酶基因的功能提供了分子基础.     

中国对虾抗菌肽成熟肽的cDNA克隆

利用RT－PCR、嵌套PCR（Nested PCR)和3’－RACE等方法，从中国对虾血细胞中克隆到1种抗菌肽基因片段，称为中国对虾肽（Chp）基因。此基因片段长543bp，开读框共有156个碱基，编码52个氨基酸。该基因所编码的氨基酸序列对应于凡那对虾抗菌肽成熟肽的序列，与其一致性为52－59％，相似性为61－73％，分子量为5652．4Da，理论等电点为9．76，带正点荷的氨基酸（Arg-Lys）为8个，不含带负电荷的氨基酸。上述这些特征（分子量较小，带正点荷）均为抗菌肽的普遍特征。     

Cloning,sequencing of the HSC70 gene in Ctenopharyngodon idella

A cDNA encoding heat shock cognate protein 70(HSC70)was cloned from liver of grass carp(Ctenopharyngodon idella)(GenBank JF436930).This cDNA was found out to contain2 346 bp in length,including 1 950 bp of complete coding sequence encoding 649 amino acids(aa),plus 89 bp of 5′-UTR and 307 bp of3′-UTR.Analysis of its genomic structure revealed that its corresponding gene contained seven exons and six introns.Homology analysis indicated that it shared 99%of identity with HSC70 of breams and 86%of identity with HSP70 of Drosophila.Fluorescent RT-PCR analysis revealed that at 28℃,this gene was expressed in abdominal fat,muscle,intestines,brain,middle kidney,head kidney,gonads,swim bladder,liver,heart,spleen,gills,and fins with expression level in liver being the highest(p0.05),followed by that in the gonads;at 36℃,its mRNA expression level was increased at first but then decreased thereafter under heat shock stress,indicating that its expression can be regulated by heat shock.In conclusion,cloning and expression analysis identified a cDNA encoding a constitutive HSP70 gene that is expressed in many tissues of Ctenopharyngodon idella and its expression was down-regulated by heat shock.     

Cloning and sequence analysis of a gene encoding polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein from cotton

Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIP) play important roles in plant defense of pathogen, especially fungi. A pair of degenerated primers is designed based on the conserved sequence of 20 other known pgip genes and used to amplify Gossypium barbadense cultivation 7124 cDNA library by touch-down PCR. A 561 bp internal fragment of the pgip gene is obtained and used to design the primers for rapid amplification of cDNA ends. A composite pgip gene sequence is constructed from the products of 5′ and 3′ RACE, which are 666 bp and 906 bp respectively. Analysis of nucleic acid sequence shows 69.2% and 68.7% similarity to Citrus and Poncirus pgip genes, respectively. Its open reading frame of the gene encodes a polypeptide of 330 amino acids, in which 10 leucine-rich repeats arrange tandemly. A new set of primers is designed to the 5′ and 3′ ends of the gene, which allows amplification of the full-length gene from the cotton cDNA library. Genomic DNA analysis reveals that this gene has no intron.     

金黄色葡萄球菌sPP2C的克隆、表达及性质研究

从金黄色葡萄球菌基因文库中克隆了一条新的双特异性磷酸酶，命名为sPP2C (protein phosphatase 2C, Staphylococcus aureus). sPP2C基因具有741个碱基，编码的蛋白有247个氨基酸，具有一个蛋白磷酸酶2C的催化结构域.sPP2C的分子量为26.1 kD，等电点为4.95.在E.Coli. Rossetta中表达蛋白sPP2C.高纯度的sPP2C用亲和层析的方法纯化得到.酶学研究结果表明：sPP2C对磷酸酶的通用底物硝基苯磷酸 (p-nitrophenyl　phosphate, pNPP)不起作用，而与pSer/Thr和pTyr的寡肽均有去磷酸化作用.这些实验结果说明sPP2C是一个新的双特异性磷酸酶.     

偃松乙酰辅酶A羧化酶β-CT亚基基因生物信息学分析

乙酰辅酶A羧化酶是脂肪酸合成的关键酶,其β-CT亚基由质体基因组中的accD基因编码.利用生物信息学分析偃松accD基因序列,为进一步研究accD基因功能提供参考.结果显示:偃松accD基因序列长度为428 bp,与不丹松、白皮松、台湾五针松和红松相似度高达100%;accD基因系统发育树表明,偃松与日本白松和红松聚为一个类群;accD基因编码的β-CT蛋白由11种氨基酸组成,有1个跨膜结构域,是亲水性较强的蛋白.     

小反刍兽疫病毒融合蛋白基因的克隆、序列分析及表达

根据GenBank报道的小反刍兽疫病毒(PPRV)融合蛋白(F)基因序列,用特异性引物对PPRV疫苗株F蛋白基因进行了RT-PCR扩增,并将其克隆到pGEM-T载体中进行测序。结果表明:F基因ORF全长1641 bp,编码546个氨基酸;推导的氨基酸序列中第1~18位氨基酸构成信号肽序列,第488~510氨基酸为跨膜区。构建原核表达载体pETF1和pETF2,转化E.coliBL21(DE3),用IPTG诱导表达。SDS-PAGE和Western-blotting的分析结果表明,F1和F2基因在大肠杆菌中均获得了表达,且均具有良好的反应原性。用Ni-NTA试剂盒纯化F1和F2重组蛋白,为研发检测PPRV特异性抗体的诊断试剂奠定了基础。     

水稻白叶枯病菌无毒新基因的克隆和序列分析

从菲律宾水稻白叶枯病菌9a生理小种的代表菌株PX0339中克隆到一个新的无毒基因,全长2118bp,编码705个氨基酸,分子质量和等电点分别约为74．7ku和6．585．NCBI网站BLAST表明,该基因属于avrBs3基因家族,命名为arp3．与所有avrBs3同源基因的Alignment分析发现,arp3的5’端缺少了两个长度分别是144bp和45bp的片断,但在水稻白叶枯病菌中,arp3基因的5’端的特征很普遍．全长的arp3基因中间区域是一个特异的只有5．5次102bp的重复区,是已克隆的avrBs3基因家族中重复次数最少的一个,C-端有3个核定位信号NLSs和1个酸性转录激活域AAD．     

异色瓢虫的HSP 90基因的克隆与特性分析

 采用同源克隆和锚定PCR技术, 从异色瓢虫 Harmonia axyridis (Pallas)中克隆到热休克蛋白HSP 90 基因的cDNA全序列（Genbank number: FJ501962）。cDNA全长2 480 bp,包含3′非编码区域(UTR)为200 bp和5′UTR为126 bp,开放阅读框(ORF) 长2.154 bp,编码717个氨基酸。预测的相对分子质量为82.230, 理论等电点为4.96,无糖基化位点、跨膜结构和信号肽。在N端具有 HSP 90 基因保守的ATPase结构,含有HSP90家族的C末端的保守序列EEVD。与赤拟谷盗 Tribolium castaneum 相比较,同源性高达90%,系统发育分析也表明两者的亲缘关系最近。 HaaHSP 90 基因的克隆和比较分析为进一步深入研究异色瓢虫的抗逆机理及其进化具有重要意义。     

猪Akt1、Akt2基因克隆与组织表达图谱分析

为了得到长白猪蛋白激酶Akt1和Akt2基因序列并分析其表达模式,本研究使用RT-PCR方法,首先克隆了蛋白激酶Akt1和Akt2的cDNA.序列分析显示:长白猪Akt1基因的cDNA全长1461bp,编码具480个氨基酸残基的前体蛋白,其氨基酸序列与人,牛,大鼠,小鼠同源性达到97%以上.长白猪Akt2基因cDNA全长为1505bp,编码具481个氨基酸残基的前体蛋白,其氨基酸序列与人,牛,大鼠,小鼠的同源性高达97%以上.SMART分析表明,猪Akt1和Akt2蛋白均包含了与PI-3K结合的PH结构域及2个具有丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶催化活性的S_TKc结构域.RT-PCR检测结果显示:Akt1mRNA在垂体、心脏、肝脏、脾脏、肌肉组织中高表达,在大脑、小脑、肾脏表达丰度较低.Akt2则在小脑、垂体、心脏、肝脏、脾脏和肌肉组织中高表达,而在大脑和肾脏中表达丰度较低.