水稻花期干旱胁迫应答基因Os07g0422100启动子的克隆及鉴定

水稻作为需水量最大的作物之一,对于水分的胁迫异常敏感.对处于花期的水稻进行干旱胁迫处理,利用基因芯片技术筛选出在水稻花穗中特异性表达的应答干旱胁迫的基因Os07g0422100.在对该基因的研究中发现,该基因的表达图谱有较高的专一性,且该基因的启动子属于诱导型启动子,仅在受到干旱胁迫的水稻花穗中表达.利用Os07g04...     

水稻bHLH转录因子Os11g39000的功能研究

水稻Os11g39000为非典型的bHLH家族成员,其功能尚不清楚.酵母双杂交实验表明,转录因子Os11g39000可以形成同源蛋白聚合体.随机结合位点筛选实验表明,转录因子Os11g39000可以与DNA结合,并且其结合位点初步确定为TT/CG/CACC/GT/C.Os11g39000基因的组织表达模式分析发现,Os11g39000基因主要在叶片和根中表达,推测该基因可能在叶和根的发育调控中发挥作用.水培实验发现,该基因功能缺陷型转基因株系的根长显著短于野生型,表现出明显的根部发育缺陷,表明Os11g39000在水稻根的发育中起调控作用.Q-PCR分析进一步证明,功能缺陷型转基因植株体内生长素合成和信号转导相关基因表达量显著上升,表明转录因子Os11g39000参与了水稻生长素的合成和信号转导的调控.     

水稻OsGASR4基因及其启动子的克隆与表达分析

对前期克隆的水稻GAST基因家族新成员OsGASR4开展研究,利用DNAMAN软件分析水稻OsGASR4进化树;检测GA处理野生型和d 18水稻突变体后OsGASR4表达变化;利用RT PCR方法分析该基因的时空表达特性;克隆了该基因上游长约2 082 bp调控序列,并利用网络工具预测启动子顺式作用元件,构建OsGASR4启动子GUS融合表达载体,通过农杆菌介导的水稻遗传转化.结果表明:OsGASR4蛋白具有典型的GASA保守结构域,启动子里含有多个与激素响应元件、光诱导相关元件以及逆境胁迫响应元件;GA_3处理降低了OsGASR4转录水平;RT PCR检测和GUS染色的结果表明,OsGASR4在水稻茎和幼穗的表达量相对较高.表明OsGASR4可能作为GA信号途径的抑制因子参与水稻茎和穗的早期发育.     

中国明对虾卵黄蛋白原基因启动子克隆与分析

为了探明中国明对虾卵黄蛋白原基因启动子表达调控机制,利用DNA步移法克隆了中国明对虾卵黄蛋白原基因启动子及其上游调控序列,总长1 100bp.分析表明,在基因转录起始位点上游-30～-24bp处有1个TATA box,未发现有CAAT box和GC box.同时,在上游调控区还存在有多个可能影响启动子转录活性的顺式作用元件,如NF-κB,YY1和SP1等转录因子结合位点.这些结果为深入研究中国明对虾卵黄蛋白积累及卵子发生过程奠定了基础.     

烟草维管束发育相关基因Nvas启动子顺式作用元件鉴定

为研究烟草维管束发育相关基因Nvas启动子顺式作用元件,将克隆得到的Nvas启动子ATG+1~-463区域分为10个不同长度的片段与GFP报告基因融合构建了植物表达载体并完成了5'端缺失分析.利用根癌农杆菌介导转化W38型烟草叶盘,得到了含有不同长度Nvas启动子片段的转基因烟草植株.体视显微镜下观察到含Nvas启动子-216~-463区域的转基因烟草均有绿色荧光蛋白的表达,表达部位集中在维管束组织.结果表明Nvas启动子能使外源基因在维管束组织中特异表达.该启动子活性高于Ca MV35S,在ATG+1~-216区域存在核心启动子元件,在-337~-379区域存在能增强启动子活性的元件.     

水稻Rho家族OsRac2启动子的转基因功能鉴定

采用PCR扩增的方法,构建了OsRac2基因转录起始位点上游1.7 kb的启动子5′缺失植物表达载体,转化烟草并筛选阳性转基因植株.以多种激素处理转基因烟草,通过组织化学分析和GUS荧光活性的检测,证实Os-Rac2启动子上存在着一些激素应答元件,该基因的表达可能受茉莉酸的正调控,脱落酸等激素的负调控.     

稻瘟病抗性基因 Pi63 启动子4 个构建体的表达及抗性分析

利用农杆菌介导法获得带有不同长度启动子区域的稻瘟病抗性基因Pi63全长基因的转基因水稻,并采用实时荧光定量PCR方法鉴定了T1代阳性植株的基因拷贝数,进一步测定了单拷贝转基因植株在接种稻瘟病菌前后Pi63基因的表达量变化.结果表明:接种后4个分别带有不同长度启动子的Pi63转基因植物T1代中Pi63基因的表达量均升高,其抗病相关的顺式作用元件处于P1与P2中间的区域,P0到P1的区域存在负调控元件.此结果可为进一步揭示水稻稻瘟病抗性基因Pi63的分子机理奠定基础.     

松树根特异性启动子驱动的转CMO/BADH基因水稻的耐盐性研究

运用松树根特异性启动子PmPgPR10驱动把CMO/BADH双价基因转入水稻.对转基因植株根和叶的CMO酶、BADH酶活性及其它生理生化指标进行了测定.结果表明:CMO/BADH双价基因能在根部特异性表达.文章还对转基因提高植株耐盐性的机理进行了探讨.     

番茄红素β-环化酶基因（LcyB）启动子调控LcyB RNAi双元载体构建

根据番茄基因组DNA序列信息设计引物进行PCR扩增了Micro-Tom中番茄红素-环化酶（Lycopene -cyclase, LcyB）基因起始密码子上游1 534 bp启动子区域序列（LcyBp）,生物信息学分析表明,该启动子序列中存在TATA-盒、CAAT-盒、昼夜节律响应元件Circadian、光响应元件Box I、真菌激发子响应元件Box-W1、低温响应元件LTR、响应赤霉素的作用元件P-box、乙烯响应元件ERE、响应生长素的作用元件TGA-element等顺式作用元件. 依据番茄LcyB基因序列,设计2对含有不同酶切位点的特异引物进行PCR扩增LcyB基因3端特异的276 bp DNA片段,利用RNAi载体pKANNIBAL构建了LcyB启动子-LcyB基因正义片段（Sense）-PDK内含子-LcyB基因反义片段（Antisense）-OCS终止子的RNAi表达框,并将这一RNAi表达框插入植物双元表达载体pART27的Not I位点,构建成本研究的LcyB启动子驱动的LcyB基因RNAi植物双元表达载体pART-LcyBp-RNAi-LcyB. 为利用RNAi技术特异性敲除LcyB基因进而提高番茄果实中番茄红素含量奠定实验基础.     

水稻抗逆性基因OsGATA23可变 剪切的生物信息学分析

水稻OsGATA家族第Ⅶ亚家族基因OsGATA23有两个成员,其中一个成员OsGATA23a是多应激反应转录因子,在盐碱度ABA处理和干旱条件下高度表达.利用生物信息学技术,从核酸和蛋白层面分析OsGATA23a亚基在非生物胁迫下显著表达,OsGATA23b亚基在该胁迫下不表达或低表达的影响因素.结果表明,OsGATA23基因的两个亚基蛋白结构的稳定性不同引起表达不同.首先,运用生物信息学技术对GATA23的蛋白性质、功能、结构进行分析;其次,对启动子顺式作用元件进行统计分析.比对水稻OsGATA23基因亚基及亚基差异氨基酸序列的理化性质发现OsGATA23a-1蛋白结构比较稳定.OsGATA23a平均亲水系数为0.327,该段氨基酸序列疏水.OsGATA23a-1氨基酸序列段存在信号肽位点、酪蛋白激酶Ⅱ磷酸化活性位点,而OsGATA23b-1不存在.在OsGATA23a-1中α螺旋显著减少,延伸链显著增加.OsGATA23b-1中α螺旋减少,无规则卷曲显著增加.对OsGATA23a和OsGATA23b蛋白三级结构模拟发现其亚基结构组成大致相似,对OsGATA23a-1、OsGATA23b-1蛋白三级结构模拟时,发现OsGATA23b-1在计算机算法上不存在稳定的三级结构构象,而无法模拟.OsGATA23基因启动子序列正反链上存在较多与逆境、根等相关的顺式作用元件.在非生物应激状态下,上游相关顺式作用元件选择性识别下游基因OsGATA23成员中具有比较稳定的疏水蛋白结构OsGATA23a亚基,同时在OsGATA23a-1存在信号肽位点,说明OsGATA23a-1不仅有利于OsGATA23a亚基蛋白结构的优化,而且还能被特异性识别.OsGATA23b亚基在逆境状态下不表达或低表达,说明OsGATA23b-1不利于OsGATA23b亚基蛋白结构稳定,且不能被特异性识别.     

Construction of chimeric inducible promoters by elicitors of rice fungal blast pathogen and their expression in transgenic rice

The promoter fragments of wheatGstA1 and potatoGst1 have been amplified by PCR, cloned and fused respectively to the minimal promoter sequence of rice actin gene (Act1)) and its 5′ untranslated leader sequence together withGUS. The constructs with 2 chimeric promoters (WGA and PGA) have been transferred into rice in order to analyze their inducibility patterns in transgenic rice plants. The results show that: WGA and PGA are both inducible by elicitors ofPyricularia oryzae in transgenic rice cells; the intron I of riceAct1 gene is important for the heterogenic expression of monocot and dicot promoter elements in rice; and theAct1 minimal promoter and its 5′ untranslated leader sequence produced low level background expression in rice.     

Expression analysis ofgdcsP promoter from C3-C4 intermediate plantFlaveria anomala in transgenic rice

ThegdcsP promoter isolated from C₃-C₄ intermediate plantFlaveria anomala was fused to the β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene. The chimeric gene was inserted into the binary vector pBin19 and introduced into the rice (Oryza sativa L.) cv. 8706 byAgrobacteriummediated gene transfer. GUS activity can be detected in leaf, leaf sheath, stem and root tissues via fluorometric GUS assay. However, no GUS activity was found in mature endosperm. Histochemical localization revealed that GUS expression was exclusively restricted to vascular tissues in transgenic plants. This promoter also showed spatial-temporal expression patterns that GUS expression declined significantly with the maturity of plants. These expression patterns make thegdcsP promoter extremely valuable in the applied biotechnology that needs target gene expression restricted to vascular tissues.     

Promoter of soybean early nodulin gene<Emphasis Type="Italic">enod2B</Emphasis> is induced by rhizobial Nod factors in transgenic rice

Nod factors, which are signaling molecules produced by Rhizobia, are the principal determinants of host specificity in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Nod factors can elicit a number of characteristic developmental responses in the roots of legumes, such as depolarization of the membrane potential in epidermal cells, specific expression of early nodulin genes and changes in the flux of calcium in root hairs, deformation of root hairs, cell division in the root cortex and formation of the nodule primordinm. Whether the rice plant can respond to signaling molecules (i.e. Nod factors) is an important question, as it could establish the potential for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in rice. The promoter of the soybean (Glycine max) early nodulin gene Gmenod2B fused to the β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene was used as a molecular marker to explore whether Nod factors can be recognized by rice cells as signaling molecules. Transgenic rice plants harboring the chimeric gene Gmenod2BP-GUS were obtained via an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated system. NodNGR factors produced by a broad-host-range Rhizobium strain NGR234(pA28) were used as probes to investigate the activity of the Gmenod2B promoter in rice. Our results showed that the early nodulin gene Gmenod2B promoter was induced by NodNGR factors in transgenic rice, and that it was specifically expressed in rice plant roots. Moreover, GUS gene expression driven by the Gmenod2B promoter in transgenic rice was regulated by nitrogen status. These findings indicated that rice possessed the ability to respond to Nod factor signals, and that this signal transduction system resulted in activation of the Gmenod2B promoter. Thus, we predict that the Nod-factor inducible nodulin expression system, which is similar to Rhizobium-legume symbiosis, may also exist in rice.     

水稻RSSG8基因启动子与GUS融合基因的构建及在烟草中的瞬间表达

使用染色体步移(Genome walking)法，从籼稻(Oryza sativa subsp．indica)桂朝2号基因组中克隆到长度为471bp的水稻精细胞优势表达基因RSSG8的启动子片段R8PN，并进行了全序列测定和分析．该段序列中含有3个CAAT-box，6个Gobox和多种植物顺式作用元件，但没有发现典型的TATA-box，推测为一种特殊的启动子结构，为了鉴定RSSG8基因的基本启动子元件，将二条长度不同的5’端侧翼区缺失体(分别长471bp，260bp)定向插入载体pBI121中，取代原有的CaMV 35S启动子，构了驱动报告基因GUS的植物表达载体pRGUS1，pRGUS2，通过农杆菌介导的瞬时表达法转化烟草叶片和花粉，快速鉴定启动子片段中起关键作用的区域，结果显示两个缺失片段都能启动GUS的表达，可以初步判定这两个片段具有启动子功能。     

毛白杨4CL基因启动子的克隆及初步功能分析

4CL(4-coumarate:CoA ligase,4-香豆酸:辅酶A连接酶)在植物木质素合成途径中催化羟基香豆酸生成羟基肉桂酰CoA,主要在木质部中表达,对植物木质素生物合成具重要调控作用.为研究4CL基因启动子在转基因植物中的表达特性,探索其在植物基因工程研究中的潜在应用价值,利用PCR方法从毛白杨基因组DNA中扩增得到了4CL启动子片段.序列分析表明与美洲山杨(P.tremuloids)的4CL启动子同源性为95%.采用生物信息学方法对该序列进行分析.与GUS基因融合构建双元表达载体,转化烟草的瞬时表达检测可见明显GUS活性.     

Rice transformation with a senescence-inhibition chimeric gene

A senescence-inhibition chimeric gene containing the specific promoter of SAG₁₂ and IPT gene was transferred into rice with the biolistic method. Results of PCR, Dot blotting and Southern blotting indicated that the chimeric gene had been integrated into rice genome. Analyses of GUS activity and cytokinin content in transgenic plants of rice and the observation of T₁ generation plant at grain formation stage indicated that the foreign gene was expressed.     

百脉根Rac1基因启动子的克隆与表达分析

百脉根小G蛋白Rac1基因促进共生结瘤过程,但其转录调控机制尚不明确.采用生物信息学方法对百脉根Rac1基因的启动子序列进行了预测,并对该启动子中含有的顺式调控元件进行了统计分析.克隆了约1.8kb的启动子片段,并构建了GUS融合的重组质粒p1391Z-Rac1Pro.通过百脉根毛根转化法获得转基因毛根,进一步利用组织化学染色法对Rac1基因在阳性毛根中的表达部位进行了研究.结果显示:该启动子除含有常见的转录调控保守元件TATA-box和CAAT-box外,还含有调控防御和胁迫、激素、光照等信号的应答元件.组织化学染色发现,Rac1基因在接种根瘤菌的根毛、根尖、根瘤原基皮层中表达量较高.