The primary structure of rat ribosomal protein S28.

The amino acid sequence of the rat 40S ribosomal subunit protein S28 was deduced from the sequence of nucleotides in a recombinant cDNA. Ribosomal protein S28 has 69 amino acids and has a molecular weight of 7,836. Hybridization of the cDNA to digests of nuclear DNA suggests that there are 8-10 copies of the S28 gene. The mRNA for S28 is about 450 nucleotides in length. Rat S28 is homologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae S33.     

甜菜夜蛾泛素延伸蛋白基因cDNA的3′RACE-PCR扩增及其克隆和表达

根据已知的草地夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda的泛素延伸基因 5'端核苷酸序列设计引物,应用3'RACE-PCR技术,从甜菜夜蛾S. exigua脂肪体组织总RNA中反转录扩增泛素基因的cDNA片段。扩增得到的片段全长513 bp,3'末端有123 bp的非翻译区,翻译区编码一个长为129个氨基酸残基的蛋白质,预测分子量为14.8 kD。同源分析表明,此cDNA序列为ubiquitin-53aa extension protein(ubi-53) 基因,在泛素蛋白后融合了一个核糖体L40蛋白（ribosomal L40 protein）。用MagAlign和Genedoc软件对cDNA编码的氨基酸序列进行了同源性分析,结果表明： 甜菜夜蛾的ubi-53基因与真核生物家蚕Bombyx mori、草地夜蛾、果蝇Drosophila melanogaster和人Homo sapienes泛素的同源性分别为96.9%、98.5%、95.3%和93.0%,与甜菜夜蛾核型多角体病毒(SeNPV)泛素的同源性为78.8%,说明真核生物的泛素基因与核型多角体病毒的泛素基因可能存在不同的分子进化途径。将甜菜夜蛾的ubI-53基因克隆到原核表达载体pET-28a上,转化至BL21（DE3）中,用IPTG进行诱导表达,用异源泛素单克隆抗体进行Western blot检测,证明原核表达蛋白是目的蛋白。     

三疣梭子蟹Na+/H+-exchanger基因克隆鉴定及在盐度胁迫下的表达分析

为研究Na+/H+-exchanger基因在三疣梭子蟹（Portunus trituberculatus）盐度胁迫过程中的功能作用,克隆了三疣梭子蟹Na+/H+-exchanger基因并进行表达分析。结果显示,Na+/H+-exchanger基因（GenBank:KU519329）全长4233 bp,5和3非编码区（UTR）长分别为519和753 bp,开放阅读框（ORF）长2961 bp。编码986个氨基酸,预测蛋白质分子量和等电点分别为110.8 kD和7.42,具有信号肽和典型的Na+/H+-exchanger蛋白结构域,含12个跨膜螺旋;三疣梭子蟹Na+/H+-exchanger基因与普通滨蟹（Carcinus maenas）同源性最高,达到87.2%,系统进化分析也显示该序列与普通滨蟹聚为一支;表达分析显示,三疣梭子蟹Na+/H+-exchanger基因在鳃中表达量最高;在低盐（盐度5、10和20）胁迫过程中,Na+/H+-exchanger基因在0-12h上调表达明显,在24-168h间表达量呈下降趋势;在高盐（盐度50）胁迫初期（0-12h）,该基因表达量相对稳定,之后（24-168h）显著下调表达。研究表明低盐显著诱导Na+/H+-exchanger基因的高表达,推测三疣梭子蟹Na+/H+-exchanger基因在低盐环境下发挥重要的渗透调节功能。     

豌豆核糖体小亚基蛋白S21的cDNA克隆、序列分析及在G2豌豆中的表达研究

以G2豌豆幼苗为材料,构建了滴度为6.5×106pfu的cDNA文库,用同源序列筛选法从该文库中得到一个全长465bp的cDNA。杂交分析认为它是一完整的cDNA序列。DNA序列分析表明,它拥有一个282bp的开放读码框,编码94个氨基酸。计算机同源序列比较发现,它可能编码豌豆核糖体小亚基蛋白S21(RS21-PEA),因为该序列与已知的玉米、水稻S21在氨基酸全序列水平上有32%～35%的同源性,并含有与RNA结合的特征结构域。进化树分析显示S21蛋白可在一定程度上反映生物的进化及遗传变异趋势。     

球毛壳菌60S核糖体蛋白L10a基因克隆与特性分析

用粗糙脉孢菌（Neurospora crassa）XP_322380和赤霉菌（Gibberella zeag）PH-1（EAA76971）的60S核糖体蛋白L10a基因（60S ribosomal protein L10a,RPL10a）蛋白序列对球毛壳菌（Chaetomium globosum）ESTs序列数据库进行tBlastn检索,获得了球毛壳菌RPL10a cDNA序列。cDNA序列长765bp,开放阅读框654bp,编码217个氨基酸组成的多肽,蛋白分了量为23．9kD。BlastP分析表明该基因氨基酸序列与粗糙脉胞菌相似最高为89％;与玉蜀黍黑粉菌（Ustilago maydis）相似性最低为78％。cDNA序列及推测的氨基酸序列在GenBank登录（登录号分别为AY669070,AAT74578）。     

水稻胞质核糖体蛋白基因OsRPS7的克隆与序列分析

以已公布的黑麦胞质核糖体蛋白基因ScRPS7的cDNA序列为信息探针,在中国华大水稻基因组数据库中搜索与之高度同源的基因组重叠群。采用计算机拼接和RT-PCR方法克隆了水稻胞质核糖体蛋白基因的全长cDNA序列,命名为OsRPS7。该cDNA序列全长919bp,编码192个氨基酸;其与黑麦、拟南芥和芸薹的S7核糖体蛋白的氨基酸一致率分别为88%、72%和72%。对OsRPS7 的基因组结构和基因的功能进行了分析和预测。Abstract：Using the cDNA of rye cytoplasmic ribosomal protein ScRPS7 as a query probe, a highly homologous rice genomic contig was obtained from Huada rice genome database. The full-length cDNA sequence of rice cytoplasmic ribosomal protein S7 was assembled by informatics based on the contig. Furthermore, with the two primers designed according to this assembled cDNA, the full-length cDNA of rice ribosomal protein was cloned by RT-PCR and named as OsRPS7. The cDNA was 919bp in length and contained a complete Open Reading Frame (ORF) of 576bp, encoding a protein of 192 amino acid residues. The deduced amino acids of OsRPS7 showed 88%、72% and 72% identity with those from Secale cereale、Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica oleracea, respectively. The genome structure of OsRPS7 was analyzed, and its function was predicted in this paper.     

Giant panda ribosomal protein S14: cDNA, genomic sequence cloning, sequence analysis, and overexpression

RPS14 is a component of the 40S ribosomal subunit encoded by the RPS14 gene and is required for its maturation. The cDNA and the genomic sequence of RPS14 were cloned successfully from the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) using RT-PCR technology and touchdown-PCR, respectively; they were both sequenced and analyzed. The length of the cloned cDNA fragment was 492 bp; it contained an open-reading frame of 456 bp, encoding 151 amino acids. The length of the genomic sequence is 3421 bp; it contains four exons and three introns. Alignment analysis indicates that the nucleotide sequence shares a high degree of homology with those of Homo sapiens, Bos taurus, Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus, Gallus gallus, Xenopus laevis, and Danio rerio (93.64, 83.37, 92.54, 91.89, 87.28, 84.21, and 84.87%, respectively). Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences of the giant panda with those of these other species revealed that the RPS14 of giant panda is highly homologous with those of B. taurus, R. norvegicus and D. rerio (85.99, 99.34 and 99.34%, respectively), and is 100% identical with the others. This degree of conservation of RPS14 suggests evolutionary selection. Topology prediction shows that there are two N-glycosylation sites, three protein kinase C phosphorylation sites, two casein kinase II phosphorylation sites, four N-myristoylation sites, two amidation sites, and one ribosomal protein S11 signature in the RPS14 protein of the giant panda. The RPS14 gene can be readily expressed in Escherichia coli. When it was fused with the N-terminally His-tagged protein, it gave rise to accumulation of an expected 22-kDa polypeptide, in good agreement with the predicted molecular weight. The expression product obtained can be purified for studies of its function.     

A rice (Oryza sativa L.) cDNA encodes a protein sequence homologous to the eukaryotic ribosomal 5S RNA-binding protein

A rice (Oryza sativa L.) cDNA clone coding for the cytoplasmic ribosomal protein L5, which associates with 5 S rRNA for ribosome assembly, was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The primary structure of rice L5, deduced from the nucleotide sequence, contains 294 amino acids and has intriguing features some of which are also conserved in other eucaryotic homologues. These include: four clusters of basic amino acids, one of which may serve as a nucleolar localization signal; three repeated amino acid sequences; the conservation of glycine residues. This protein was identified as the nuclear-encoded cytoplasmic ribosomal protein L5 of rice by sequence similarity to other eucaryotic ribosomal 5 S RNA-binding proteins of rat, chicken, Xenopus laevis, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Rice L5 shares 51 to 62% amino acid sequence identity with the homologues. A group of ribosomal proteins from archaebacteria including Methanococcus vanniellii L18 and Halobacterium cutirubrum L13, which are known to be associated with 5 S rRNA, also related to rice L5 and the other eucaryotic counterparts, suggesting an evolutionary relationship in these ribosomal 5 S RNA-binding proteins.     

Cloning,characterization, and expression of cDNA encoding a lipase from Kurtzmanomyces sp. I-11

A cDNA clone of the lipase secreted by Kurtzmanomyces sp. I-11 was isolated from a cDNA library of this yeast by PCR screening using oligonucleotide primers designed on the basis of the partial amino acid sequence of the lipase. The cloned cDNA (lip1) encoded a hydrophobic protein of 484 amino acids, where the first 20 amino acids and the following 6 amino acid sequences were predicted to be the signal sequence for secretion and a pro-sequence, respectively. The deduced amino acid sequence of the Kurtzmanomyces lipase was most similar to Candida antarctica DSM 3855 lipase A (74% identity) and weakly to other lipases. The consensus pentapeptide (-Gly-X-Ser-X-Gly-) that forms a part of the interfacial lipid recognition site in lipases was conserved. A high level of lipase was produced by Pichia pastoris transformed with the lip1 cDNA, indicating that the cloned cDNA indeed encodes a lipase.     

cDNA sequence analysis of ribosomal protein S13 gene in Plutella xylostella （Lepidoptera： Plutellidae）

Ribosomal protein S 13 gene has been cloned and analyzed in many organisms,but there are few documents relating to insects. In this communication, the full-length cDNA sequence of ribosomal protein S 13 gene in the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella(Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), was determined by using PCR amplification technique. The features of the ribosomal protein S 13 gene sequence were analyzed and the deduced amino acids sequence was compared with those from other insects. The results of multi-alignment of the amino acid sequences between the diamondback moth and other insect species revealed that this gene sequence is highly conserved in insects. Based on maximum likelihood method, a phylogenetic tree was constructed from 10 different species using PHYLIP software. It showed that nematode is one separate lineage and the five insect speciesbe long to another lineage, whereas those species higher than insects form the third one. The pattern of this phylogenetic tree evidently represented the evolution of different species.     

毕氏海蓬子SbDREB基因的克隆与表达分析研究

以毕氏海蓬子的基因组为模板,通过PCR技术扩增到一个编码DREB蛋白AP2保守结构域的基因片段;根据该片段序列设计引物,以毕氏海蓬子经NaCl处理的植株肉质茎cDNA为模板,应用RACE技术获得该基因的cDNA全长,命名为SbDREB(GenBank登录号:JF894301)。SbDREB基因cDNA全长1206bp,包含一个编码284个氨基酸的完整开放阅读框。对氨基酸序列比对分析表明,该蛋白在靠近N端具有典型的AP2/EREBP保守结构域,且该结构域与一些高等植物DREB类转录因子的AP2区域具有高度同源性。进化树分析表明SbDREB属于DREB亚家族中的A-6亚族。实时荧光定量PCR结果显示:干旱、高盐和ABA能够诱导其表达,而低温则使其表达下调,表明该基因在毕氏海蓬子植株对干旱、盐和低温等非生物胁迫的应答中起作用。     

Molecular cloning of ribosomal protein L26 (RPL26) cDNA from Ailuropoda melanoleuca and its potential value in phylogenetic study

The cDNA fragment of ribosomal protein L26 (RPL26) was cloned from Ailuropoda melanoleuca using RT-PCR method. The cDNA fragment is composed of 475 bp, containing an open reading frame of 145 amino acids. Alignment analyses indicated that the nucleotide sequence and the deduced amino acid sequence showed high identity to other known RPL26 sequences from vertebrates and invertebrates. The cDNA sequence was used to construct phylogenetic trees with other known vertebrate and invertebrate RPL26 sequences, and the obtained trees demonstrated similar topology with the classical systematics, indicating the potential value of RPL26 gene in phylogenetic analysis.     

Isolation, nucleotide sequence, and expression of a cDNA encoding pig citrate synthase

Citrate synthase is a key enzyme of the Krebs tricarboxylic acid cycle and catalyzes the stereospecific synthesis of citrate from acetyl coenzyme A and oxalacetate. The amino acid sequence and three-dimensional structure of pig citrate synthase dimers are known, and regions of the enzyme involved in substrate binding and catalysis have been identified. A cloned complementary DNA sequence encoding pig citrate synthase has been isolated from a pig kidney lambda gt11 cDNA library after screening with a synthetic oligonucleotide probe. The complete nucleotide sequence of the 1.5-kilobase cDNA was determined. The coding region consists of 1395 base pairs and confirms the amino acid sequence of purified pig citrate synthase. The derived amino acid sequence of pig citrate synthase predicts the presence of a 27 amino acid N-terminal leader peptide whose sequence is consistent with the sequences of other mitochondrial signal peptides. A conserved amino acid sequence in the mitochondrial leader peptides of pig citrate synthase and yeast mitochondrial citrate synthase was identified. To express the pig citrate synthase cDNA in Escherichia coli, we employed the inducible T7 RNA polymerase/promoter double plasmid expression vectors pGP1-2 and pT7-7 [Tabor, S., & Richardson, C. C. (1985) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82, 1074-1078]. The pig citrate synthase cDNA was modified to delete the N-terminal leader sequence; then by use of a synthetic oligonucleotide linker, the modified cDNA was cloned into pT7-7 immediately following the initiator Met. A glutamate-requiring (citrate synthase deficient), recA- E. coli mutant, DEK15, was transformed with pGP1-2 and then pT7-7PCS. pT7-7PCS complemented the E. coli gltA mutation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)