水稻种子贮藏谷蛋白α—2亚基减少突变体

通过筛选水稻（Oryza sativa L.)受精卵的甲基亚硝基脲（MNU）处理后代,获得9个谷蛋白α-2亚基减少（α－2L）突变体。这些突变体依据其SDS－PAGE图谱又可分成3种类型：α－1显增加型（α－1H／α－2L）、β－2减少型（β－2L／α－2L）和α－3显增加型（α3－H／α－2L）。双向电泳分析揭示了产生突变体α-2L的原因在于缺少了一条pI6.71/α－2的多肽;α－1H和α－3H的原因在于分别敢一条新的多肽pI6.50/α-1和pI6.90/α-3;而产生β－2的原因在于缺少一条pI18.74/β－2的多肽。pI6.71/α-2和pI8.74/β-2多肽同时缺失于同一突变体暗示二可能来源于同一前本,为同一基因的产物。这些突变体为水稻谷蛋白遗传规律、生物合成遗传调控机制、基因功能以及蛋白组学研究不可多得的素材。     

水稻种子贮藏谷蛋白的微细异质性

利用灵敏的等聚焦与SDS－PAGE合的双向电泳分析方法,从水稻（Oryza sativa L.)种子贮藏谷蛋白中至少可以分离为13条酸性和19条碱性多 肽,依据谷蛋白多肽的表现量推测,水稻谷蛋白主要由约6个主效基因控制,肽图谱与N－端氨基酸序列分析可清晰将谷蛋白酸性多肽分为两组,此两组恰好与谷蛋白GluA和GluB两个cDNA克隆组相吻合。     

水稻种子贮藏谷蛋白的改良电泳分析法

利用15％－25％丙烯酰胺梯度凝胶的SDS－PAGE分析法可将水稻种子贮藏谷蛋白分离为3个酸性（α）亚基和3个碱性（β）亚基,通过调节两性电解质比例对现有等用点了和焦电泳分析法进行改良,可将谷蛋白酸性亚基和碱性亚基分别分划为13和14条多肽带,将上述两种方法结合起来的双向电泳分析法可以高清晰度地离析谷蛋白并获得单一多肽,此改良的电泳分析系统有助于确定水稻谷蛋白变异及谷蛋白的生化研究。     

水稻57H突变体系列的胚乳储藏蛋白质表型多样性及其分类(英文)

种子储藏蛋白质主要由谷蛋白、醇溶谷蛋白和球蛋白组成。这些蛋白质在种子发育期被合成后,经过区室化过程,被蓄积在胚乳中。本研究系统分析了水稻57H突变体的表型多样性,旨在为胚乳储藏蛋白质的遗传调节机制的全面解明展示一个新的前景。胚乳蛋白质的SDS-PAGE分析和免疫印迹分析显示了高量含有57kD谷蛋白前体的水稻57H突变体系列具有多样的储藏蛋白质表型。基于其表型的多样性,57H突变体系列被分成了三种类型。与野生型水稻品种相比,所有的类型Ⅰ突变体(glup4,glup6,Glup5,esp2)不仅高量蓄积谷蛋白前体、少量蓄积成熟型谷蛋白的40kD酸性亚基和20kD碱性亚基,而且显著减少了13kD醇溶谷蛋白b组分和26kDa球蛋白的蓄积;类型Ⅱ突变体(Glup1,glup2)不仅高量蓄积谷蛋白前体,还减少了26kDa球蛋白的蓄积;类型Ⅲ突变体(glup3)除了高量蓄积谷蛋白前体、少量蓄积成熟型谷蛋白亚基之外,并没有减少其它储藏蛋白质的蓄积。结果指出了57H变异系列对储藏蛋白的蓄积具有多样的影响,实质上是关于储藏蛋白质区室化的遗传体系。并就该遗传体系对储藏蛋白质的翻译后区室化及其营养性状的可能的影响进行了讨论。     

悬铃木不育突变体的分子机理研究

对以前用基因组相减技术分离的一个2．0kb的DNA片段,进行序列分析并进行同源性比较的结果显示,重组子pBS2.0对中插入的片段是悬铃木高分子量谷蛋白基因的一个亚基。以来源于拟南芥的AP1基因为探针,进行分子杂交的结果显示,突变体和野生型中都存在AP1基因,但突变作条文图谱产生了多条新谱带,杂交信号明显增强。提示突变体不育可能是高能辐射导致基因组DNA的缺失、重复和重组的结果。     

拟南芥白化突变体心口的基因定位与分析

EMS30是拟南芥经甲基磺酸乙酯（EMS）诱变得到的白化突变体。该突变体的叶绿体结构存在严重缺陷,同时伴随叶绿素缺失。遗传分析显示EMS30突变体的突变表型受隐性单基因控制。采用图位克隆的方法对EMS30突变基因进行定位的结果显示,该基因位于拟南芥第一条染色体的分子标记F21M12和F14N23之间的96kb区间内,该区间包含25个基因。通过生物信息学分析发现,该区间内有3个基因定位在叶绿体或与叶绿体发育相关。这些结果有助于该基因的克隆,为阐释叶绿体发育提供线索。     

粗糙脉孢菌26 S蛋白酶体三个亚基缺失菌株的构建及表型分析

【目的】通过构建26S蛋白酶体的3个亚基RPN4、RPN7、RPN10的缺失突变菌株,研究这些缺失突变体的表型,进而探究这3个亚基在蛋白酶体中的作用。【方法】采用同源重组基因敲除技术、电转化、粗糙脉胞菌杂交、子囊孢子萌发及PCR鉴定等方法分别获得3个调节亚基的基因缺失突变体。利用racetube和平板生长法进行突变体表型检测。【结果】得到rpn4和rpn10的缺失突变纯合体及rpn7缺失突变异核体菌株。【结论】与野生型相比,rpn7KO(ku70RIP背景)突变体的菌丝生长及产生分生孢子的能力显著减弱;rpn4KO突变体在生长初期的菌丝生长缓慢,而后期的产孢能力与野生型无显著差异;rpn10KO突变菌株的表型介于上述两种突变体的表型之间。这些结果表明26S蛋白酶体的这3个亚基对脉胞菌的生长和发育至关重要。     

基于等电聚焦-反相HPLC的虎纹捕鸟蛛毒素组学的初步研究

虎纹捕鸟蛛(Ornithoctonus huwena)是中国最毒的蜘蛛之一.已有研究表明,其粗毒中含有丰富的低分子量(<10 kD)多肽活性成分.为分析这些成分, 利用目标蛋白快速分离系统(ProteomeLab PF 2D)建立了一种新的二维液相色谱分离方法.该方法包括一维的基于蛋白质等电点(pI)的色谱聚焦分离和二维利用无孔硅胶反相柱的基于疏水性的高效液相色谱分离.得到的反相图谱通过仪器配套的ProteoVue软件转换成与凝胶电泳图像相似的pI/UV图,以更直观地显示多肽成分的数量、分布规律及相对丰度等.洗脱的多肽自动收集后用基质辅助激光解吸电离-飞行时间质谱进行分析.从一维分离的11个馏分(pH 4.53-8.59)中共检测到大约600个多肽条带.通过质谱分析测得130个多肽的精确分子量,同时通过De novo测序得到26种多肽(其中包括12种已知多肽)的部分序列信息,并利用这些序列信息对未知多肽进行了生物信息学分析.     

烟草黄矮双生病毒基因组突变体内的持久性互补和功能研究

应用基因突变技术,在烟草黄矮双生病毒（ＴｏｂＹＤＶ）基因组的正义和反义链引入或缺失碱基,从而构建成一系列移码突变体。这些突变体在个别感染的情况下,全部丧失了系统侵染三生烟植株的能力,但是,成对地进行接种,能发生持久的互补作用,重新获得系统侵染的能力。突变体的互补作用发生在重组之前。在个别感染的叶块组织中,各种反义链突变体丧失了复制能力,然而,突变体Ｖ１＾－、Ｖ２＾－和Ｖ１＾－Ｖ２＾－能高度复制,表     

Liddle综合征触发蛋白ENaC的PY模体突变型的结合肽段的筛选

Liddle综合征是一种常染色体显性、盐敏感型的高血压综合征,其分子发病机制研究认为是上皮钠离子通道(epithelial Na+channel,ENaC)的β亚基或γ亚基的胞质侧羧基端区域低频率的点突变或缺失突变导致肾远曲小管钠离子重吸收增加.本研究提出了一种从分子水平上治疗Liddle综合征的设想,即构建一种可识别Liddle综合征患者中ENaC蛋白突变的PY模体的人工泛素连接酶E3,使其结合并降解突变的ENaC蛋白,从而使肾远曲小管上皮细胞膜上ENaC的表达数量和活性恢复.而识别PY突变体的E3,可通过用患者中的PY突变体筛选随机多肽文库获得与之结合的随机肽段,用其替换PY模体天然配体蛋白Nedd4的WW结构域,从而得到一个新的人工E3.本研究中以一种Liddle综合征突变型Y620H为诱饵蛋白,筛选新型随机多肽文库,获得了1个至少能与2种PY突变体(Y620H和P618L)特异性结合的随机肽段,为进一步构建可降解ENaC突变体的人工E3积累了重要的实验数据.     

Inheritance of alleles for glutelin alpha-2 subunit genes in rice and identification of their corresponding cDNA clone

Rice glutelins consist of acidic (alpha) and basic (beta) subunits which are further separated into three polypeptide components assigned as alpha-1, alpha-2, and alpha-3 subunit components and beta-1, beta-2 and beta-3 subunit components. Nine rice mutant lines with a decreased amount of the glutelin alpha-2 subunit component (alpha-2L) were obtained by screening about 6,800 potential mutant lines derived from the fertilized egg treatment with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) using the SDS-PAGE method. The mutants were classified into three types of the increased alpha-1 subunit (alpha-1H/alpha-2L), the decreased beta-2 subunit (beta-2L/alpha-2L) and the increased alpha-3 subunit (alpha-3H/alpha-2L) represented by EM278, CM1707 and EM659, respectively. Iso-electric focus (IEF) analysis revealed that all of the mutants had an extremely low amount of a polypeptide with a 6.71 pI value, whereas a polypeptide with either a 6.50 pI value or with a 6.90 pI value increased significantly in alpha-1H/alpha-2L mutants or in alpha-3H/alpha-2L mutants, respectively. The beta-2L/alpha-2L mutants had a decreased amount of a basic polypeptide with a 8.74 pI value. Genetic analysis revealed that the three types of mutants were controlled by a single incomplete dominant gene respectively, and the three are alleles. The gene was temporarily named glu4, which was found to be located on chromosome 1 linked with the eg and spl6 genes. Two-dimensional electrophoresis analysis revealed that the glu4 encoded polypeptides of pI 6.71/alpha-2 and pI 8.74/beta-2. Amino acid sequence analysis suggested that the mutated acidic polypeptide was the product of a GluA subfamily gene. Northern and RT-PCR analyses revealed that glu4 corresponded to the GluA-1 gene.     

Micro-heterogeneity of Storage Glutelin in Rice Seed (in English)

Nine rice Oryza sativa L.） mutant lines lacking the seed storage glutelin α-2 subunit were obtained from the progenies of fertilized egg cells treated with N-methy-N-nitrosourea (MNU). The mutants could be classified into three types: the α-1 subunit increased type (α-1H/α-2L), decreased the β-2 subunit decreased type (β-2L/α-2L) and the α-3 subunit increased type (α-3H/α-2L) according to their SDS-PAGE profiles. Two-dimensional electrophoresis analysis revealed that all of the mutants lacked a polypeptide of pI 6.71/α-2, while new polypeptides of pI 6.50/α-1 and pI 6.90/α-3 formed in α-1H/α-2L and α-3H/α-2L mutants respectively. Although the β-2L/α-2L mutants did not form new polypeptide, their pI 8.74/β-2 polypeptide was also decreased, suggesting that the two polypeptides decreased in β-2L/α-2L mutants might derive from the same glutelin precursor. These mutant lines are very useful in studying genetic characterisation,the mechanism of genetic regulation on biosynthesis, gene function and proteomics of rice seed storage glutelin.     

Seed Storage Glutelin α-2 Subunit Lacking Mutants in Rice

Nine rice Oryza sativa L.） mutant lines lacking the seed storage glutelin α-2 subunit were obtained from the progenies of fertilized egg cells treated with N-methy-N-nitrosourea (MNU). The mutants could be classified into three types: the α-1 subunit increased type (α-1H/α-2L), decreased the β-2 subunit decreased type (β-2L/α-2L) and the α-3 subunit increased type (α-3H/α-2L) according to their SDS-PAGE profiles. Two-dimensional electrophoresis analysis revealed that all of the mutants lacked a polypeptide of pI 6.71/α-2, while new polypeptides of pI 6.50/α-1 and pI 6.90/α-3 formed in α-1H/α-2L and α-3H/α-2L mutants respectively. Although the β-2L/α-2L mutants did not form new polypeptide, their pI 8.74/β-2 polypeptide was also decreased, suggesting that the two polypeptides decreased in β-2L/α-2L mutants might derive from the same glutelin precursor. These mutant lines are very useful in studying genetic characterisation,the mechanism of genetic regulation on biosynthesis, gene function and proteomics of rice seed storage glutelin.     

红苋R104种子谷蛋白的电泳分析

通过单向水平变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶等电聚焦（ＩＥＦ）、十二烷基硫酸钠聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳（ＳＤＳ—ＰＡＧＥ）和双向电泳（ＩＥＦ×ＳＤＳ—ＰＡＧＥ）分析了红苋Ｒ１０４种子谷蛋白的亚基组成,亚基分子量和等电点分布。谷蛋白的双向电泳图谱可分辨出１００多个亚基成分．其主要亚基为：５４ｋＤ（ｐＩ７．１５）;３３ｋＤ（ｐＩ５．８２）;３１ｋＤ（ｐＩ６．９２;ｐＩ６．７０;ｐＩ６．６５）;２２ｋＤ（ｐＩ８．３４）;２０ｋＤ（ｐＩ６．９２;ｐＩ６５６）;１８ｋＤ（ｐＩ６．９２;ｐＩ７３５;ｐＩ７．７２;ｐＩ８．０５）。另外,还对ＩＥＦ方法进行了讨论。     

Biochemical and molecular characterization of a rice glutelin allele for the GluA-1 gene

The rice ( Oryza sativa L.) mutant of glu4a, lacking the glutelin alpha-2 subunit while the alpha-1 subunit increased (alpha-1H/alpha-2L), was used in this study. Two-dimensional electrophoresis analysis revealed that the mutant lacked the polypeptide pI6.71/alpha-2 encoded by glu4 while forming a new polypeptide of pI6.50/alpha-1. Experiments were conducted to identify the relationships between the mutated polypeptides of the mutant and to illustrate the mutation mechanism of the allele. Peptide mapping and amino-acid sequence analyses revealed that the newly formed glu4a encoded polypeptide pI6.50/alpha-1 of high homology with the deleted pI6.71/alpha-2 polypeptide which was encoded by glu4 (GluA-1). The nucleotide sequence revealed that the iso-electric point variation of the pI6.50/alpha-1 polypeptide was caused by a point mutation with nucleotide replacement at the variable region of the gene. These results suggested the possibility of altering glutelin quality by using single gene mutation.     

Effect of high-lysine mutations on the protein fractions of barley grain

We have studied the effects of six high-lysine barley mutations (Risø mutants 1508 and 56, Notch 1 and 2, lys 95 and 449) on the protein fractions of the grain. All mutants had a decreased relative and total amount of the lysine-poor hordein fraction, but only in Risø 1508 and 56 was the polypeptide composition of this fraction greatly affected. In all the mutants there were increases in the lysine-rich glutelin proteins and in nonprotein N while in Risø 1508 and the Notch mutants the total amount of salt-soluble proteins was also increased and their relative polypeptide composition substantially altered.This work was supported by EEC Contract No. 473 under the common program on plant protein improvement.     

In-gel isoelectric focusing of peptides as a tool for improved protein identification

In the analysis of proteins in complex samples, pre-fractionation is imperative to obtain the necessary depth in the number of reliable protein identifications by mass spectrometry. Here we explore isoelectric focusing of peptides (peptide IEF) as an effective fractionation step that at the same time provides the added possibility to eliminate spurious peptide identifications by filtering for pI. Peptide IEF in IPG strips is fast and sharply confines peptides to their pI. We have evaluated systematically the contribution of pI filtering and accurate mass measurements on the total number of protein identifications in a complex protein mixture (Drosophila nuclear extract). At the same time, by varying Mascot identification cutoff scores, we have monitored the false positive rate among these identifications by searching reverse protein databases. From mass spectrometric analyses at low mass accuracy using an LTQ ion trap, false positive rates can be minimized by filtering of peptides not focusing at their expected pI. Analyses using an LTQ-FT mass spectrometer delivers low false positive rates by itself due to the high mass accuracy. In a direct comparison of peptide IEF with SDS-PAGE as a pre-fractionation step, IEF delivered 25% and 43% more proteins when identified using FT-MS and LTQ-MS, respectively. Cumulatively, 2190 non redundant proteins were identified in the Drosophila nuclear extract at a false positive rate of 0.5%. Of these, 1751 proteins (80%) were identified after peptide IEF and FT-MS alone. Overall, we show that peptide IEF allows to increase the confidence level of protein identifications, and is more sensitive than SDS-PAGE.     

Isolation of three creatine kinases MM from porcine skeletal muscle

The purified creatine kinase MM of porcine skeletal muscle [Takasawa, T. & Shiokawa, H. (1981) J. Biochem. 90, 195-204] was separated into three distinct fractions by isoelectric focusing (IEF) in a sucrose gradient column, and the three active fractions were isolated by repeated IEF. There were one major fraction with isoelectric point (pI) 6.57 and two minor fractions with pI 6.74 and pI 6.34, respectively. No differences were observed in the IEF pattern of the enzyme in the presence and absence of dithiothreitol throughout the column. There was no interconversion from one form to another during IEF. The distribution of the three forms on IEF was not affected by adding protease inhibitor to the extraction medium. Of the three fractions, the major fraction had the highest specific activity. The three fractions differed from one another in their amino acid compositions. Not only porcine muscle but also rabbit muscle creatine kinase displayed this type of heterogeneity. Such microheterogeneities may occur widely in muscle creatine kinases.     

Mutants for rice storage proteins

Summary To obtain genetic materials to breed qualitatively improved rice storage proteins, we screened about 3,000 mutant lines induced by the treatment of rice fertilized egg cell with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU). The screening was performed by comparing the profiles of sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) with that of the original variety, Kinmaze, especially focussing on the changes in polypeptides present in two kinds of protein bodies, PB-I and PB-II. We selected 17 mutant lines and classified them into 4 types on the basis of variations of the relative contents of the polypeptides. Determination of extracted protein in the starchy endosperm of the mutants revealed changes in the content of prolamin and glutelin but not globulin. In some mutants there was marked accumulation of 57 kDa polypeptide concomitant with the remarkable reduction of glutelin subunits. Treatment of the fertilized egg cell with MNU was found to be an effective method to induce mutations for storage proteins in protein bodies of rice.     

Isoelectric focusing and crossed immunoelectrophoresis of heme proteins in the Escherichia coli cytoplasmic membrane.

Isoelectric focusing (IEF), agarose electrophoresis, and crossed immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) were used to resolve the heme-containing proteins of the Escherichia coli cytoplasmic membrane after solubilization by Triton X-100. Two bands in IEF stained for heme with pI values of 4.7 and 5.3. One of the bands, with an isoelectric point of pH 5.3, was present only when the cells were grown to late log or stationary phase and possessed N,N,N,'N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylene-diamine (TMPD) oxidase activity. The pI 4.7 band was present in cells harvested in both mid-log and stationary phases. Agarose electrophoresis, using larger samples, revealed the same two components apparent by IEF, and, in addition, a third component. The heme-containing fractions were extracted after agarose electrophoresis and subjected to further study. The component which was present in cells grown to stationary phase contained hemes b, a1, and d. The other two fractions contained only b heme. One of these corresponded to the component with pI 4.7 in IEF and had catalase activity. Antisera were raised against Triton X-100-solubilized cytoplasmic membranes and against the focused TMPD oxidase complex. With these anti-sera, CIE in the presence of Triton X-100 revealed four precipitin complexes containing heme. Three of these corresponded to the components identified by IEF and agarose electrophoresis. We demonstrate that the combined use of IEF and CIE is valuable for analysis of membrane proteins. In particular, this work represents a substantial initial step toward a structural elucidation of the E. coli aerobic respiratory chain.