Primary structure of alpha-subunit precursor of Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor deduced from cDNA sequence

DNA sequences complementary to the Torpedo californica electroplax mRNA coding for the alpha-subunit precursor of the acetylcholine receptor were cloned. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned cDNA indicates that the precursor consists of 461 amino acids including a prepeptide of 24 amino acids. Possible sites for acetylcholine binding and antigenic determinants on the alpha-subunit molecule are discussed.     

SARS冠状病毒核衣壳蛋白cDNA的克隆和原核表达载体的构建

目的克隆SARS冠状病毒核衣壳(N)蛋白.方法用RT-PCR技术克隆SARS冠状病毒N蛋白全长cDNA,cDNA经序列分析鉴定后,克隆到pET30a表达载体.结果实现了SARS冠状病毒N蛋白基因的克隆.结论可以对重组成功的pET30a-N进行进一步的应用.     

Cloning of novel conotoxin precursor sequences from Conus pulicarius

Conotoxins are small peptides in the venoms of Conus genus with various physiological activities targeting ion channels and receptors in the neuromuscular system. Applying a modified 3'-RACE (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends) strategy, two novel precursor cDNA sequences were cloned from a small vermivorous cone snail, Conus pulicarius. The predicted mature peptides were named conotoxin PuIA, and PuIIA respectively. Conotoxin PuIA consists of 30 residues of amino acids and conotoxin PuIIA 28. Both the two conotoxins have the same cysteine framework and are believed to be members of the O-superfamily conotoxins.     

粉尘螨Der f4基因的克隆和蛋白分子特征分析

从深圳地区采集粉尘螨纯培养,提取总RNA,根据香港中文大学合成的尘螨基因序列并设计的引物,RT-PCR扩增出Der f4基因,克隆到pUC57载体后测序和进行生物信息学分析.将该目的基因克隆到pET-28a表达载体上得到重组质粒pET-28a-Der f4.用生物软件分析尘螨变应原Der f4序列. RT-PCR获得目的基因Der f4 cDNA全长为1593 bp.推测编码蛋白由526个氨基酸组成,生物信息学分析表明,Der f4具有多种磷酸化位点,含有信号肽,为疏水性蛋白,包含淀粉酶抑制剂功能结构域.获得Der f4基因全长,其编码的细胞外疏水性蛋白可能具有淀粉酶抑制剂活性.     

扇形游仆虫谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶cDNA的克隆及序列特征分析

采用cDNA 末端快速扩增( rapid amplification of cDNA ends,RACE) 技术,对纤毛虫原生动物扇形游仆虫（Euplotes vannus）GPx cDNA特征进行分析. 克隆到扇形游仆虫GPx cDNA全长序列为672bp,该序列编码182个氨基酸,属硫氧还蛋白超家族,且具有一定的保守性,含有3个催化残基和3个特征性基序．氨基酸序列进化分析结果表明,扇形游仆虫与其他纤毛虫物种同源性较高,亲缘关系较近,研究结果为扇形游仆虫GPx在生态毒理学的应用提供基础信息．     

水稻热激蛋白基因（HSP70）的PCR法快速分析

通过比较几个已知ＨＳＰ７０的ｃＤＮＡ顺序，用ＰＣＧＥＮＥ软件中的ＰＣＲＰＬＡＮ程序设计出一对简并引物，然后从水稻（广陆矮４号）总ＤＮＡ中扩增出ＨＳＰ７０的基因片段并将其克隆到ｐＢＬＵＥＳＣＲＩＰＴ载体中。在完成了对克隆的序列测定之后，用ＰＣＧＥＮＥ中有关程序对其进行同源分析，并对其他已知的ＨＳＰ７０作了一些分类及分子进化方面的探讨。     

大黄鱼生长激素基因的克隆与表达

采用RT-PCR方法从大黄鱼脑垂体总RNA中克隆编码生长激素基因序列,并与数据库中鱼类生长激素基因进行比较.扩增获得的生长激素基因定向克隆到表达质粒pET-22b(+),并在大肠杆菌Rosetta(DE3)中表达.表达的蛋白为可溶性蛋白,表达量占细胞总蛋白的5%.     

Existence of distinct sodium channel messenger RNAs in rat brain

The sodium channel is a voltage-gated ionic channel essential for the generation of action potentials. It has been reported that the sodium channels purified from the electric organ of Electrophorus electricus (electric eel) and from chick cardiac muscle consist of a single polypeptide of relative molecular mass (Mr) approximately 260,000 (260K), whereas those purified from rat brain and skeletal muscle contain, in addition to the large polypeptide, two or three smaller polypeptides of Mr 37-45K. Recently, we have elucidated the primary structure of the Electrophorus sodium channel by cloning and sequencing the DNA complementary to its messenger RNA. Despite the apparent homogeneity of the purified sodium channel preparations, several types of tetrodotoxin (or saxitoxin) binding sites or sodium currents have been observed in many excitable membranes. The occurrence of distinguishable populations of sodium channels may be attributable to different states of the same channel protein or to distinct channel proteins. We have now isolated complementary DNA clones derived from two distinct rat brain mRNAs encoding sodium channel large polypeptides and present here the complete amino-acid sequences of the two polypeptides (designated sodium channels I and II), as deduced from the cDNA sequences. A partial DNA sequence complementary to a third homologous mRNA from rat brain has also been cloned.     

人类Neuritin cDNA的克隆和表达

从人胎脑cDNA文库筛选出一条1618bp的cDNA。此cDNA含有一个426bp的最大开放阅读框,编码一个142个氨基酸的蛋白质,预测分子质量为15.3ku。与目前数据库中序列比较,该cDNA与鼠neuritin基因同源性达98％。多组织Northern blot分析显示neuritin在脑组织高度表达。neuritin cDNA的读框片段正确插入到pQE40表达载体中,获得了预期的表达产物,并初步得到了其纯化蛋白。     

猪色素上皮衍生因子的电子克隆及序列分析

用鼠的色素上皮衍生因子cDNA序列在猪的ESTs库进行BLASTn搜索,得到一系列不同大小的ESTs片段,经拼接得到完整cDNA序列.序列分析显示该cDNA长1 425 bp,有一个1 242 bp的开放阅读框,编码413个氨基酸,5’非编码区长53 bp,3’非编码区长130 bp,有一个加尾序列和多聚腺苷酸尾巴.其核苷酸序列与牛、人和鼠的同源性分别为89%、87%和82%,氨基酸的同源性分别为89%、87%和84%,且有保守的糖基化位点、半胱氨酸位点和serp in基序,说明所克隆的cDNA序列为猪的PEDF全长cDNA.     

Most of the coding region of rat ACTH beta--LPH precursor gene lacks intervening sequences

The peptide hormones ACTH, beta-endorphin, alpha- and beta-melanotropin(MSH) and possibly gamma-MSH are synthesized in the pituitary gland by the processing of a 32,000-molecular weight (MW) polypeptide called proopiomelanocortin (POMC). The existence of a further precursor (pre form) to POMC containing an additional N-terminal 'leader' peptide has been suggested by analysis of the in vitro translation products of poly(A)-containing RNA from AtT-20 cells, a mouse ACTH-producing cell line of pituitary origin. Nakanishi et al. cloned and sequenced a cDNA copy of the bovine prePOMC mRNA. This sequence confirmed the known structure of the carboxyl half of POMC and revealed the presence of a new MSH-like moiety, gamma-MSH, within the 16,000-MW amino half of the precursor (16K fragment). Recent experiments have suggested that this peptide may act in synergy with ACTH to increase corticosterone and aldosterone production in vivo and in vitro. We have now isolated from a rat genomic DNA library a segment of a DNA encoding most of POMC, using as probe a mouse 144-base pair cloned cDNA fragment encoding beta-MSH and beta-endorphin. The cloned rat gene is one of two (or more) closely related POMC genes. The DNA sequence obtained shows that the cloned POMC gene is not interrupted by any intervening sequence (IVS) between the codon for amino acid 19 and the presumptive poly(A) addition site. This region of POMC encodes all the biologically active peptides mentioned above. The DNA sequence encoding the putative gamma-MSH and the coding sequence that precedes it are highly conserved between rat and cow. This may indicate an as yet unrecognized biological function(s) for the NH2-terminal portion of the 16K fragment.     

Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA for bovine adrenal preproenkephalin

The nucleotide sequence of cloned cDNA for preproenkephalin from bovine adrenal medulla indicates that the precursor protein contains four copies of Met-enkephalin and one copy each of Leu-enkephalin, Met-enkephalin-Arg6-Phe7 and Met-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8, a previously undetected opioid peptide. The enkephalin and extended enkephalin sequences are each bounded by paired basic amino acid residues. Preproenkephalin may represent a multi-hormone precursor, like the corticotropin-beta-lipotropin precursor.     

马铃薯卷叶病毒中国分离株外壳蛋白基因及其上游先导序列的cDNA克隆和序列分析

按照马铃薯卷叶病毒（ＰＬＲＶ）核苷酸序列，针对ＣＰ基因及其上游基因间隔区全长约０．８ｋｂ的区段设计合成两个特异性引物，以马铃薯卷叶病毒中国分离株（ＰＬＲＶ－Ｃｈ）的ＲＮＡ为模板，反转录合成ＣＤＮＡ第一条链，再经ＰＣＲ扩增合成ｃＤＮＡ，将ＣＤＮＡ克隆于ｐＵＣ１９质粒．限制性酶切分析和核苷酸序列测定表明克隆的ＰＬＲＶ－Ｃｈ外壳蛋白（ＣＰ）基因及其上游基因间隔区的全长ＣＤＮＡ共８２４个核苷酸，与国外报道的４个ＰＬＲＶ分离株的核苷梳序列相比具有高度同源性．ＰＬＲＶ的外壳蛋白基因序列与其上游基因间隔区相比保守性更强．     

元江普通野生稻金属硫蛋白基因的获得和序列分析

对SMARTTM技术构建的元江普通野生稻叶片cDNA文库进行随机测序,获得了元江普通野生稻的金属硫蛋白基因cDNA序列.该序列全长525 bp,开放阅读框长186 bp,编码62个氨基酸,10个半胱氨酸集中分布在肽链的N端和C端,该蛋白的分子量为6.42 kD,理论等电点为5.21.氨基酸序列(Blastp)同源性分析表明该基因属于金属硫蛋白家族.     

胀果甘草查尔酮合成酶基因cDNA的克隆及序列分析

为进一步利用基因工程手段调控甘草黄酮的合成,通过反转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)方法,从胀果甘草愈伤组织中克隆查尔酮合成酶(chalcone synthase,CHS)基因的cDNA,运用DNAMAN软件对序列进行分析,运用PHYLIP 3.67软件绘制系统进化树.克隆得到的基因片段全长为1 170 bp,包含1个完整的开放阅读框架(ORF),编码1个由389个氨基酸残基组成的多肽.该基因片段与紫花苜蓿、大豆、豌豆等几种豆科植物的CHS核苷酸同源率高达80%以上,氨基酸同源率高达90%以上.表明克隆得到了胀果甘草chs基因cDNA,序列提交GenBank注册,序列号为EU706287.     

大鼠肌肉素cDNA克隆及表达

通过RT-PCR方法从大鼠骨骼肌中克隆到肌肉素cDNA,构建表达载体pGEX-5X-3-musclin,并在BL21大肠杆菌中成功表达了融合蛋白GST-Musclin,且对表达条件进行了优化.在最优化的表达条件下,融合蛋白的表达量达到了14.2%.     

谷胱甘肽S—转移酶5—5和细菌二氯甲烷脱卤素酶的性质比较

通过简便的两步阴离子交换色谱，从遗传工程菌株大肠杆菌ＪＭ１０５中纯化出哺乳动物的谷胱甘肽Ｓ－转移酶５－５（ＧＳＴ５－５），ＧＳＴ５－５以二卤甲烷为底物时的动力学常数，热稳定性和最适ｐＨ被测定，并与细菌二氯甲烷脱卤素酶的上述性质进行了比较。     

大熊猫核糖体蛋白S12亚基基因(rpS12)的cDNA克隆及序列分析

根据已报道的部分哺乳动物核糖体蛋白S12亚基基因(rpS12)的相关信息设计引物,运用RT-PCR技术,从大熊猫的肌肉组织总RNA中成功克隆了核糖体蛋白S12亚基基因的表达序列,对其进行了克隆、测序及分析.结果表明:大熊猫核糖体蛋白S12亚基基因的表达序列全长为422bp,开放阅读框(ORF)为399bp,编码132个氨基酸的蛋白质,该蛋白的相对分子质量为1.45×104,PI为6.81,含有1个酪蛋白激酶Ⅱ磷酸化位点,3个N-豆蔻酰化位点和一个核糖体蛋白S12 signature位点.该基因的表达序列及其编码的氨基酸序列与已报道的部分哺乳动物有很高的相似性.