马铃薯POTHR-1 cDNA的克隆及晚疫病菌和其他非生物因子诱导表达分析

利RACE和重叠延伸相结合的方法,从经晚疫病菌接种诱导的马铃薯水平抗性材料叶片中克隆了一个POTHE 1基因(potato Phytophthora infestans induced hypersensitive response related protein gene)的全长cDNA.序列分析表明,该基因编码225个氨基酸,与烟草harpin诱导蛋白基因hinl有很高的同源性(编码区核苷酸和氨基酸序列分别为83%和81%).Southern杂交结果显示在马铃薯基因组中有2～3个拷贝.对其诱导表达模式研究表明:晚疫病病原菌接种36 h后,该基因表达迅速增加;机械伤害及茉莉酸(JA)处理能够诱导表达;渗透胁迫(NaCl浸泡)能够诱导其微弱表达;但水杨酸(SA)不能诱导表达.该基因可能和病原与寄主互作时寄主产生过敏反应及细胞生理性死亡有关.     

马铃薯POTHR-1 cDNA的克隆及晚疫病菌和其他非生物因子诱导表达分析

利用RACE和重叠延伸相结合的方法,从经晚疫病菌接种诱导的马铃薯水平抗性材料叶片中克隆了一个POTHR-I基因(potato Phytophthora infestans-induced hypersensitive response related protein gene)的全长cDNA。序列分析表明,该基因编码225个氨基酸,与烟草harpin诱导蛋白基因hinI有很高的同源性(编码区核苷酸和氨基酸序列分别为83％和81％)。Southern杂交结果显示在马铃薯基因组中有2、3个拷贝。对其诱导表达模式研究表明：晚疫病病原菌接种36h后,该基因表达迅速增加;机械伤害及茉莉酸(JA)处理能够诱导表达;渗透胁迫(NaCI浸泡)能够诱导其微弱表达;但水杨酸(SA)不能诱导表达。该基因可能和病原与寄主互作时寄主产生过敏反应及细胞生理性死亡有关。     

Analysis of the role of the Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae HrpZ harpin in elicitation of the hypersensitive response in tobacco using functionally non-polar hrpZ deletion mutations, truncated HrpZ fragments, and hrmA mutations

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae , like many plant pathogenic bacteria, secretes a 'harpin' protein that can elicit the hypersensitive response (HR), a defensive cellular suicide, in non-host plants. The harpin-encoding hrpZ gene is located in an operon that also encodes Hrp secretion pathway components and is part of the functional cluster of hrp genes carried on cosmid pHIR11 that enables saprophytic bacteria like Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas fluorescens to elicit the HR in tobacco leaves. We have constructed functionally non-polar hrpZ deletion mutations, revealing that HrpZ is necessary for saprophytic bacteria carrying pHIR11 to elicit a typical HR, whereas it only enhances the elicitation activity of P. s. syringae . Partial deletion mutations revealed that the N-terminal 153 amino acids of HrpZ can enable E. coli MC4100-(pHIR11) to elicit a strong HR. hrpZ subclone products comprising the N-terminal 109 amino acids and C-terminal 216 amino acids, respectively, of the 341 amino acid protein were isolated and found to elicit the HR. P. fluorescens (pHIR11 hrmA  ::Tn phoA ) mutants do not elicit the HR, but cell fractionation and immunoblot analysis revealed that they produce and secrete wild-type levels of HrpZ. Therefore, elicitor activity resides in multiple regions of HrpZ, P. syringae produces elicitor(s) in addition to HrpZ, and HrpZ is essential but not sufficient for HR elicitation by saprophytic bacteria carrying pHIR11.     

cDNA cloning of mRNAs induced in resistant barley during infection by Erysiphe graminis f.sp. Hordei

Summary Near-isogenic cultivars of Hordeum vulgare which differ for the Mlp gene for resistance to Erysiphe graminis f.sp. hordei were inoculated with race 3 of this pathogen and in vitro translation products of mRNA populations compared by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis and fluorography. This revealed the presence of new mRNA species in infected leaves compared to non-inoculated controls. These new mRNA species were more abundant in resistant leaves than susceptible leaves. A cDNA library was prepared from poly(A)⁺RNA isolated from infected leaves carrying the Mlp gene for resistance (cvMlp). The library was screened by differential hybridization using [³²P]-labelled cDNA prepared from poly(A)⁺RNA of both control and infected leaves. Six cDNA clones showing greater hybridization to cDNA prepared from infected leaves were selected. These six cDNA clones hybridized to DNA isolated from barley leaves but not to DNA from conidia of the fungus. In Northern blot analysis of RNA from infected leaves the six cDNA clones each hybridized to mRNA species of different size. Translation products for three of the cDNA clones corresponded to infection-related translation products identified on 2-dimensional fluorograms. The cDNA clones were used to study the kinetics of host mRNA induction during infection of the near-isogenic cultivars of barley. The host mRNA species corresponding to the cDNA clones were induced prior to 24 h after inoculation during the primary penetration processes. In addition the mRNAs corresponding to four of the cDNA clones increased to greater amounts in cvMlp than in the near-isogenic susceptible cultivar (cvmlp) over a 2-d period following inoculation. These results suggest that the Mlp gene has a regulatory role in host gene expression resulting in enhanced expression of several host mRNA species following infection by the powdery mildew fungus.     

Acidic and basic class III chitinase mRNA accumulation in response to TMV infection of tobacco

Complementary DNA clones encoding acidic and basic isoforms of the class III chitinase were isolated from Nicotiana tabacum. The clones share ca. 65% identity, are equally homologous to the class III chitinases from cucumber and Arabidopsis, and are members of small gene families in tobacco. An acidic class III chitinase was purified from the intercellular fluid of tobacco leaves infected with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). Partial amino acid sequencing of the protein confirmed that it was encoded by one of the cDNA clones. The mRNAs of the class III chitinases are coordinately expressed in response to TMV infection, both in infected and uninfected tissue. The acidic and basic class III chitinases constitute previously undescribed pathogenesis-related proteins in tobacco.     

Identification and characterization of cDNA clones encoding hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:tyramine N-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase from tobacco.

The sequences of three cDNA clones that include the complete coding region of hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:tyramine N-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase (THT) from tobacco are reported. The three cDNAs were isolated by antibody screening of a cDNA expression library produced from poly(A)+RNA purified from tobacco leaves (Nicotiana tabacum cv. Bottom Special), previously infiltrated with an incompatible strain of Ralstonia solanacearum. The identity of these clones was confirmed by the detection of THT activity in extracts of transformed Escherichia coli and by matching the translated polypeptides with tryptic enzyme sequences. cDNA clones tht4 and tht11 differ only by their 5' leader and 3' UTRs and therefore encode the same protein, whereas tht10 and tht11 exhibit 95 and 99% sequence identity at the DNA and deduced amino acid levels, respectively. The three clones encode proteins of 226 amino acids with calculated molecular masses of 26 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequences show no similarity with the sequence of anthranilate hydroxycinnamoyl/benzoyltransferase from Dianthus caryophyllus, the only enzyme exhibiting hydroxycinnamoyltransferase activity to be cloned so far in plants. In contrast, comparison of the THT amino acid sequence with protein sequence databases revealed substantial homology with mammalian diamine acetyltransferases. The THT clones hybridized to a 0.95-kb mRNA from elicited tobacco cell-suspension cultures and also to a mRNA of similar size from wound-healing potato tubers. The messengers for THT were also found to be expressed at relatively high levels in tobacco root tissues. Southern hybridization of tobacco genomic DNA with THT cDNA suggests that several copies of the THT gene occur in the tobacco genome. Inhibition experiments using amino-acid-specific reagents demonstrated that both histidyl and cysteyl residues are required for THT activity. In the course of these experiments THT was also found to be inhibited by (2-hydroxyphenyl) amino sulfinyl acetic acid 1,1-dimethylethyl ester, an irreversible inhibitor of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.     

菜豆泛肽基因在生物和非生物胁迫下的表达

差别筛选HgCl2胁迫处理的菜豆（Phaseolus vulgaris L.）幼苗叶片cDNA库,分离出1个重金属胁迫响应基因PvSR52克隆,其cDNA长度为281bp。cDNA和氨基酸序列同源性分析表明PvSR52编码一种多聚泛肽。Southern blot结果表明菜豆泛肽可能由少数基因编码。Northern blot分析表明多聚泛肽叶片中表达较少;重金属Hg、Cd和As等、过量的Zn和Cu及高温、病毒侵染和水杨酸等环境胁迫均能强烈地刺激其在叶片中的表达。推测泛肽水解系统在提高植物的抗塑性方面有重要作用。