抗真菌蛋白Rs—AFPs基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

将抗真菌蛋白Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ１和Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ２全长ｃＤＮＡ插入表达质粒ｐＥＴ－２２ｂ／ＮｃｏＩ＋ＳａｃＩ位点,构建成融合蛋白表达载体ｐＲＡＦ１和ｐＲＡＦ２．将不含信号肽编码序列的Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ１和Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ２ｃＤＮＡ分别插入ｐＥＴ－２２ｂ／Ｎｃｏｌ＋Ｓａｃｌ和ｐＥＴ－２２ｂ／Ｎｄｅｌ＋ＳａｃＩ位点,构建成不含信号肽序列的融合蛋白表达载体ｐＲＡＦ３、ｐＲＡＦ４和非融合蛋白表达载体ｐＲＡＦ５和ｐＲＡＦ６．将构建的上述各种表达载体转化Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＢＬ２１,挑菌落培养,ＩＰＴＧ诱导,使Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰｓ基因得到表达,并用体外抑菌试验检测表达产物的活性,结果表明,各种表达载体的表达产物均具有不同程度的抑菌活性,其中,ｐＲＡＦ３和ｐＲＡＦ４表达产物的抑菌活性较明显．     

点状产气单胞菌脯氨酰内肽酶在大肠杆菌中的高效表达

采用ＰＣＲ分段克隆法将点状产气单胞菌点状亚种（Ａｅｒｏｍｏｎａｓ ｐｕｃｔａｔａ ｓｕｂｓｐ．ｊｐｕｃｔａｔａ）脯氨酰内肽酶（ｐｒｏｌｙｌ ｅｎｄｏｐｅｐｔｉｄａｓｅ,ａｐＰＥＰ）的编码区基因分成３段扩增并拼接成编码６９０个氨基酸的完整基因ａｐＰＥＰ,将其克隆在表达载体ｐＢＬ和ｐＫＫＨ上,构建成温度和ＩＰＴＧ诱导型高效表达ａｐＰＥＰ的重组大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１／ｐＢＬ－ＰＥＰ和ＢＬ２１／ｐＫＫＨ－ＰＥＰ     

天花粉蛋白Y14F/R22L定点突变及其活性研究

利用多聚酶链式反应（ＰＣＲ）技术,对天然天花粉蛋白（ｎＴＣＳ）基因在Ｔｙｒ１４和Ａｒｇ２２两个保守残基处同时进行定点突变,即Ｔｙｒ１４变成Ｐｈｅ,Ａｒｇ２２变成Ｌｅｕ,然后克隆到ｐＥＴ－８ｃ高效表达载体上,构建成重组质粒ｐＥＴＹ１４Ｆ／Ｒ２２Ｌ．经序列分析,定点突变的结果与预先设计的完全一致,突变后的天花粉蛋白命名为Ｙ１４Ｆ／Ｒ２２ＬＴＣＳ．将ｐＥＴＹ１４Ｆ／Ｒ２２Ｌ转化到Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３,ｐＬｙｓＳ）中,进行表达．经ＣＭ－ＳｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅＣＬ－６Ｂ柱纯化,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ鉴定,纯度可达９０％．ＲＩＰ活性测定显示,Ｙ１４Ｆ／Ｒ２２ＬＴＣＳ的活性比ｎＴＣＳ降低了７．５倍,活性变化不显著,因此,ＴＣＳ的Ｔｒｙ１４和Ａｒｇ２２对维持其活性部位构象并不是必需的．但由于Ｙ１４Ｆ／Ｒ２２ＬＴＣＳ在Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉ中的表达量与ｎＴＣＳ相比明显下降,因此,Ｔｙｒ１４和Ａｒｇ２２可能与ＴＣＳ翻译后的折叠有关．     

汉滩病毒S基因及其5‘端真核表达载体的构建及在细胞中的表达

体外研究汉滩病毒（ＨＴＮＶ）Ｓ基因及其５'端表达的意义,为核蛋　白Ｔ细胞表位的研究奠定基础。设计２套引物,用ＰＣＲ方法从ＰＢＶ２２０－Ｓ２２原核质粒中扩增出Ｓ　基因全读码框（３７－１３２６ｂｐ）及Ｓ基因５'端（３７－５０１ｂｐ）,用ＴＡ克隆将其克隆入ｐｃＤＮＡ３．１／Ｖ５－Ｈｉｓ－ＴＯＰＯ载体中,成功构建ｐｃＤＮＡ３．１－Ｓ及ｐｃＤＮＡ３．１－Ｓ－Ｎ真核表达载体,并通过脂质体转　染至Ｖｅｒｏ细胞中,进行了瞬时表达。间接免疫荧光成功检测到ｐｃＤＮＡ３．１－Ｓ及ｐｃＤＮＡ３．１－Ｓ－Ｎ在Ｖｅｒｏ细胞中的表达。ｐｃＤＮＡ３．１－Ｓ及ｐｃＤＮＡ３．１－Ｓ－Ｎ真核表达载体有较高的转染效率,目　的基因能在宿主细胞中表达,有利于研究ＨＴＮＶ－Ｓ基因在Ｔ细胞表位研究中的意义。     

重组人干细胞因子在大肠杆菌中的表达及活性鉴定

采用ＰＣＲ方法从重组载体ｐＫＫＳＣＦ扩增出人干细胞因子（ＳＣＦ）基因ｃＤＮＡ片段,经亚克隆构建成表达载体ｐＥＴ１１ｄＳＣＦ,经限制性酶谱分析鉴定证实．继用ＩＰＴＧ诱导重组ｐＥＴ１１ｄＳＣＦ在大肠杆菌ＨＭＳ１７４（ＤＥ３）中表达,经初步纯化获得重组人ＳＣＦ蛋白质,经检测具有生理活性,对脐带血ＣＦＵ－ＣＭ和ＨＰＰ－ＣＦＣ增殖有明显刺激作用,为进一步的生物工程研究奠定了基础．     

人NMT的表达,纯化和活性研究

利用ＰＣＲ技术并进行ＤＮＡ序列测定,从人脑ｃＤＮＡ库中扩增得到人豆蔻酰ＣｏＡ蛋白Ｎ端豆蔻酰转移酶的编码基因,构建其在Ｔ７启动子控制下的成熟型和Ｈｉｓ６融合型的表达质粒ｐＭＦ－ｈＮＭＴ３和ｐＭＦＨＴ－ｈＮＭＴ２。转化大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）,进行ＩＰＴＧ诱导表达研究。ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析结果显示,在３７℃条件下表达的各种重组ｈＮＭＲ几乎全是不溶性产物,但在较低温度条件下表达的Ｈｉｓ６－ｈＮＭＲ绝大     

nifH—gfp表达载体的构建及其在Enterobacter gergoviae 57—7中的表达

采用ＰＣＲ技术,从ＧＦＰｍｕｔ２中扩增得到三位点突变的报告基因ｇｆｐＳ６５Ｔ、Ｖ６８Ｌ、Ｓ７２Ａ片段,并将它和肺炎克氏杆菌（Ｋｌｅｂｓｉｅｌｌａ ｐｎｅｕｍｏｎｉａｅ（Ｓｃｈｒｏｅｅｔｅｒ）Ｔｒｅｖｉｓａｎ）Ｍ５ａ１的固氮酶结构基因ｎｉｆＨ的启动子和其起始密码子相融合,获得ｎｉｆＨ－ｇｆｐ表达载体ｐＭＧＦＰ２;再在ｐＭＧＦＰ２上插入卡那霉素抗性基因,获得可在日勾维肠杆菌（Ｅｎｔｅｒｏｂａｃｔｅｒ     

抗结肠癌相关抗原单链抗基因的构建和表达

通过ＰＣＲ扩增和酶切分别得到抗结肠癌相关抗原抗体的重链可变区序列,轻链可变区序列及连接肽序列,将它们构建成为ＶＨ－ｌｉｎｋｅｒ－ＶＬ形式的单链抗体基因片段,并在大肠杆菌中进行了表达,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析结果表明,以ｐＣｏｍｂ３为载体,在大肠杆菌ＪＭ８３中,ｓｃＦｖ未获得有效表达,而以ｐＥＴ－２２ｂ（＋）为载体的ｓｃＦｖ在大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）中,３０℃诱导培养获得了高效表达,表达水平占全菌蛋白     

青蒿转杜松烯合成酶基因发根系的培养

将已克隆的棉花杜松烯合成酶的ｃＤＮＡ（ｃａｄＣ１４）插入到植物表达载体ｐＢＩ１２１中,构建含ＣａＭＶ３５Ｓ启动子驱动下的杜松烯合成酶基因的植物表达载体ｐＢＩＣ１４。用含ｐＢＩＣ１４质粒的发根农杆菌（Ａｇｒｏｂａｃｔｅｒｉｕｍｒｈｉｚｏｇｅｎｅｓ）１５８３４感染青蒿（ＡｒｔｅｍｉｓｉａａｎｎｕａＬ．）叶片并诱导发根,共建立１２１个生长迅速的发根系。经浓度为２０ｍｇ／Ｌ的Ｋａｎ筛选,获得１２个抗Ｋａｎ阳性根系。ＰＣＲ和Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎｂｌｏｔｉｎｇ分析表明,外源杜松烯合成酶基因已整合到青蒿基因组中,其转基因频率为３％。ＲＴＰＣＲ分析表明,外源杜松烯合成酶基因在Ｃ３７根系中,在转录水平上已有表达。     

小鼠金属硫蛋白 Ⅰ cDNA编码序列的克隆及其在昆虫细胞中的表达

将质粒ｐＢＸ－ＭＴ上的小鼠ＭＴ－ⅠｃＤＮＡ片段切下作为模板,通过ＰＣＲ方法删除该片段的非编码序列,将编码序列克隆到质粒ｐＢＳ－ＳＫ中,经ＤＮＡ序列测定后证明其克隆序列正确．再将ＭＴ－ⅠｃＤＮＡ编码序列插入到转移载体ｐＢａｃＰＡＫ８的ＢａｍＨⅠ和ＥｃｏＲⅠ位点之间,通过磷酸钙／ＤＮＡ共转染方法将其导入昆虫细胞Ｓｆ９中,以Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ和ＤｏｔＥＩＡ方法对表达产物进行了检测,表达量为１ｍｇ／Ｌ     

Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Chromodorididae

Nine species of the opisthobranch family Chromodorididae are described from Ghana: Cadlina evelinae Marcus; C. rumia Marcus; C. dubia sp. nov.; Chromodoris ghanensis (Edmunds); C. kpone sp. nov.; C. luleorosea (Rapp); Hypselodoris tana sp. nov.; H. bilineata (Pruvot-Fol) and Mexichromis tricolor (Cantraine). The small number of species found belonging to this warm-water family is attributed to the cold water of the Benguela current.     

紫草科新分类群

描述了中国横断山区紫草科滇紫草属一新种和一新变型,附地菜属一新种和一新变种,微孔草属2新种和齿缘草属1新种。     

Steroidal glycosides from Cynanchum forrestii Schlechter

Nine new steroidal glycosides, cynaforrosides B, C, D, E, and F, based on a 13, 14: 14, 15-disecopregnane-type skeleton, cynaforrosides G, H, and I with a new aglycone named cynaforrogenin A, and cynaforroside J together with three known C21 steroidal glycosides cynatratoside A, hancoside and komaroside C were isolated from the ethanol extract of the roots of Cynanchum forrestii Schlechter. The structures of new compounds were determined on the basis of spectral and chemical evidence. Steroidal glycosides with three kinds of skeletons were isolated from this plant simultaneously. The sugar units of cynaforrosides B-I contained two moieties of glucoses and especially cynaforrosides E-I contained two glucoses with the mode of 1-->6 linkage, which were rare among steroidal glycosides of the genus Cynanchum.     

Circular proteins from plants and fungi

Circular proteins, defined as head-to-tail cyclized polypeptides originating from ribosomal synthesis, represent a novel class of natural products attracting increasing interest. From a scientific point of view, these compounds raise questions of where and why they occur in nature and how they are formed. From a rational point of view, these proteins and their structural concept may be exploited for crop protection and novel pharmaceuticals. Here, we review the current knowledge of three protein families: cyclotides and circular sunflower trypsin inhibitors from the kingdom of plants and the Amanita toxins from fungi. A particular emphasis is placed on their biological origin, structure, and activity. In addition, the opportunity for discovery of novel circular proteins and recent insights into their mechanism of action are discussed.     

中国肯氏兽-山西鳄组合带的新发现之三:山西临县的主龙型类

近几十年,华北的二马营组上部地层以产出中国肯氏兽-山西鳄四足动物化石组合而闻名.最近在山西临县白道峪于上覆的铜川组一段发现了中国肯氏兽.本文描述了同一地点同一层位产出的主龙型类化石,包括一具山西鳄的部分骨架以及一些可以归入suchian的主龙类.它们是铜川组一段首次记述的主龙型类.最有鉴定特征的suchian材料包括一个大的髂骨以及一个小的、形状很奇特的、可能是跟骨的骨骼.髂骨可能可以归入一个奇异的波波龙类(poposauroid).因为中国肯氏兽与山西鳄同时出现在白道峪,表明中国肯氏兽-山西鳄组合可以向上延伸到铜川组一段.髂骨与跟骨大小悬殊,可能代表两个从未在中国肯氏兽-山西鳄组合报道过的物种.白道峪发现了特化的波波龙类,支持了波波龙类在中三叠世大量分化的观点.     

Steroid glycosides from marine organisms

Structures, taxonomic distribution and biological activities of steroid glycosides isolated from marine organisms over the last 8-10 years are reviewed. The bibliography includes 130 references.     

Characterization of Heterodera zeae Populations from Portugal

Three populations of the corn cyst nematode Heterodera zeae, one found in the rhizosphere of a fig tree and two infecting corn, were studied using the morphology and morphometry of cysts and second-stage juveniles, and compared with other populations. The intrapopulation and intraspecific variability are discussed. A simple and improved technique to prepare vulval cones for SEM is described. The non-specific esterase patterns of females, isolated from infected corn, were analyzed by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels. Two bands of esterase activity were detected. The occurrence of H. zeae is reported for the first time in Portugal and Europe.     

Insight from the structural molecular model of cytidylate kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a gram-positive bacterium causes tuberculosis in human. H37Rv strain is a pathogenic strain utilized for tuberculosis research. The cytidylate mono-phosphate (CMP) kinase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis belongs to the family nucleoside mono-phosphate kinase (NMK), this enzyme is required for the bacterial growth. Therefore, it is important to study the structural and functional features of this enzyme in the control of the disease. Hence, we developed the structural molecular model of the CMP kinase protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by homology modeling using the software MODELLER (9v10). Based on sequence similarity with protein of known structure (template) of Mycobacterium smegmatis (PDB ID: 3R20) was chosen from protein databank (PDB) by using BLASTp. The energy of constructed models was minimized and the qualities of the models were evaluated by PROCHECK and VERRIFY-3D. Resulted Ramachandran plot analysis showed that conformations for 100.00% of amino acids residues are within the most favored regions. A possible homologous deep cleft active site was identified in the Model using CASTp program. Amino acid composition and polarity of that protein was observed by CLC-Protein Workbench tool. Expasy''s Prot-param server and CYC_REC tool were used for physiochemical and functional characterization of the protein. Studied of secondary structure of that protein was carried out by computational program, ProFunc. The structure is finally submitted in Protein Model Database. The predicted model permits initial inferences about the unexplored 3D structure of the CMP kinase and may be promote in relational designing of molecules for structure-function studies.     

Zygomorphy evolved from disymmetry in Fumarioideae (Papaveraceae,Ranunculales): new evidence from an expanded molecular phylogenetic framework

Background and Aims Fumarioideae (20 genera, 593 species) is a clade of Papaveraceae (Ranunculales) characterized by flowers that are either disymmetric (i.e. two perpendicular planes of bilateral symmetry) or zygomorphic (i.e. one plane of bilateral symmetry). In contrast, the other subfamily of Papaveraceae, Papaveroideae (23 genera, 230 species), has actinomorphic flowers (i.e. more than two planes of symmetry). Understanding of the evolution of floral symmetry in this clade has so far been limited by the lack of a reliable phylogenetic framework. Pteridophyllum (one species) shares similarities with Fumarioideae but has actinomorphic flowers, and the relationships among Pteridophyllum, Papaveroideae and Fumarioideae have remained unclear. This study reassesses the evolution of floral symmetry in Papaveraceae based on new molecular phylogenetic analyses of the family.Methods Maximum likelihood, Bayesian and maximum parsimony phylogenetic analyses of Papaveraceae were conducted using six plastid markers and one nuclear marker, sampling Pteridophyllum, 18 (90 %) genera and 73 species of Fumarioideae, 11 (48 %) genera and 11 species of Papaveroideae, and a wide selection of outgroup taxa. Floral characters recorded from the literature were then optimized onto phylogenetic trees to reconstruct ancestral states using parsimony, maximum likelihood and reversible-jump Bayesian approaches.Key Results Pteridophyllum is not nested in Fumarioideae. Fumarioideae are monophyletic and Hypecoum (18 species) is the sister group of the remaining genera. Relationships within the core Fumarioideae are well resolved and supported. Dactylicapnos and all zygomorphic genera form a well-supported clade nested among disymmetric taxa.Conclusions Disymmetry of the corolla is a synapomorphy of Fumarioideae and is strongly correlated with changes in the androecium and differentiation of middle and inner tepal shape (basal spurs on middle tepals). Zygomorphy subsequently evolved from disymmetry either once (with a reversal in Dactylicapnos) or twice (Capnoides, other zygomorphic Fumarioideae) and appears to be correlated with the loss of one nectar spur.     

Insights from the GC content analysis of 76genome survey sequences (GSS) from Elaeisoleifera

South American oil-palm (Elaeis oleifera) is not cultivated in tropical countries like Malaysia on large scale due to low yield of palm oil derived from its fruit mesocarp. However, its fruit mesocarp oil contains about 68.6 % oleic acid (C_18:1) which is more than double in comparison to commercially cultivated oilpalm, E. guineensis Jacq Tenera (hybrid of Dura (♀) x Pisifera (♂)). It is also known that E. oleifera is a good source of tocotrienols and carotenoids. Therefore, it is of interest to know the genome sequence of E. oleifera. The objective of this study is to generate genome survey sequences (GSS) to get GC content insight in the E. oleifera genome. The nuclear genomic DNA isolated from young leaf‐tissues was digested with EcoRI and NdeI/DraI restriction enzymes; and three genomic DNA libraries were constructed using Lambda ZAP‐II, pGEM®‐T Easy, and pDONR 222™ as cloning vectors. Generated 76 GSSs were analyzed by using Bioinformatics tools. The analysis result indicates that the adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine content in generated GSSs are 30%, 20%, 20%, and 30% respectively. In conclusion, based on the precise GC content analysis of the randomly isolated 76 GSSs by using Bioinformatics tools we hypothesize that GC content in E. oleifera genome is 40%. The hypothesized 40% GC content in E. oleifera genome is expected to remain close to the GC content based on the whole genome analysis.^ψThe nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper have been submitted to dbGSS division of the international DNA database (GenBank/DDBJ/EMBL) under accession numbers: {"type":"entrez-nucleotide-range","attrs":{"text":"DX575945- DX575972","start_term":"DX575945","end_term":"DX575972","start_term_id":"94323534","end_term_id":"94323561"}}DX575945- DX575972 and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide-range","attrs":{"text":"EI798032-EI798079","start_term":"EI798032","end_term":"EI798079","start_term_id":"146199019","end_term_id":"146199066"}}EI798032-EI798079.

Abbreviations

gDNA - Nuclear genomic DNA, GSSs - Genome survey sequences K12, SAOP - South American oil‐palm Db1