中国水仙查尔酮合酶cDNA的克隆及序列分析(简报)

中国水仙系石蒜科水仙属多年生草本植物。其花枝多,花香浓郁,素有“凌波仙子”的美称。但水仙花色单一,影响其观赏价值。花色形成与植物体内的一类次级代谢产物类黄酮有关。查尔酮合酶(Chalcone synthase,CHS)是类黄酮合成途径中的一个关键酶,在植物体内它催化丙二酰基辅酶A的三个乙酸基和对羟苯丙烯酰辅酶A的一个乙酸基的缩合,产生柚配基查尔酮(naringenin)。此中心中     

非洲菊查尔酮合酶基因的克隆、序列分析及在大肠杆菌中的表达

利用RT-PCR方法,从非洲菊(Gerbera hybrida)花瓣的CDNA中克隆到了查尔酮合酶(Chalcone Synthase,CHS)基因CHS,进行了序列分析。结果表明,克隆到的CHS基因全长为1197bps,编码一个由398个氨基酸残基组成的多肽,与Helariutta等发表的非洲菊查尔酮合酶CHSI基因的CDNA序列的CHS基因同源性高达99％。进一步将该基因克隆到表达载体pET32a上,经IPTG诱导表达,得到高效表达的融合蛋白。     

查尔酮合酶基因的克隆、全序列分析及在大肠杆菌中的高效表达

类黄酮是植物中的一种重要的次级代谢产物,它与植物的花色形成有关。查尔酮合酶是类黄酮合成途径中的一个关键酶,在植物体内,ＣＨＳ表达量的增加或减少都可能改变花的。从矮牵牛花瓣的ｃＤＮＡ中克隆到了ＣＨＳ－Ａ基因,进行了全序列分析,并与国外已报道的ＣＨＳ－Ａ－序列进行了同源性比较。     

The chalcone synthase multigene family of Petunia hybrida (V30): sequence homology,chromosomal localization and evolutionary aspects

Chalcone synthase (CHS) genes in Petunia hybrida comprise a multigene family containing at least 7 complete members in the strain Violet 30 (V30). Based on a high sequence homology in both coding and non-coding sequence, a number of CHS genes can be placed into two subfamilies. By restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis it was shown that both chromosomes II and V carry one of these subfamilies, in addition to the other CHS genes identified so far. Members of a subfamily were found to be closely linked genetically. Analysis of the Petunia species that contributed to the hybrid nature of P. hybrida (P. axillaris, P. parodii, P. inflata and P. violacea) shows that none of the CHS gene clusters is specific for either one of the parents and therefore did not arise as a consequence of the hybridization. The number of CHS genes within a subfamily varies considerably among these Petunia species. From this we infer that the CHS subfamilies arose from very recent gene duplications.     

The chalcone synthase multigene family of Petunia hybrida (V30): sequence homology,chromosomal localization and evolutionary aspects

Chalcone synthase (CHS) genes in Petunia hybrida comprise a multigene family containing at least 7 complete members in the strain Violet 30 (V30). Based on a high sequence homology in both coding and non-coding sequence, a number of CHS genes can be placed into two subfamilies. By restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis it was shown that both chromosomes II and V carry one of these subfamilies, in addition to the other CHS genes identified so far. Members of a subfamily were found to be closely linked genetically. Analysis of the Petunia species that contributed to the hybrid nature of P. hybrida (P. axillaris, P. parodii, P. inflata and P. violacea) shows that none of the CHS gene clusters is specific for either one of the parents and therefore did not arise as a consequence of the hybridization. The number of CHS genes within a subfamily varies considerably among these Petunia species. From this we infer that the CHS subfamilies arose from very recent gene duplications.     

Characterization and structural features of a chalcone synthase mutation in a white-flowering line of Matthiola incanaR. Br. (Brassicaceae)

For Matthiola incana (Brassicaceae), used as a model system to study biochemical and genetical aspects of anthocyanin biosynthesis, several nearly isogenic colored wild type lines and white-flowering mutant lines are available, each with a specific defect in the genes responsible for anthocyanin production (genes e, f, and g). For gene f supposed to code for chalcone synthase (CHS; EC 2.3.1.74), the key enzyme of the flavonoid/anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway belonging to the group of type III polyketide synthases (PKS), the wild type genomic sequence of M. incana line 04 was determined in comparison to the white-flowering CHS mutant line 18. The type of mutation in the chs gene was characterized as a single nucleotide substitution in a triplet AGG coding for an evolutionary conserved arginine into AGT coding for serine (R72S). Northern blots and RT-PCR demonstrated that the mutated gene is expressed in flower petals. Heterologous expression of the wild type and mutated CHS cDNA in E. Scherichia coli, verified by Western blotting and enzyme assays with various starter molecules, revealed that the mutant protein had no detectable activity, indicating that the strictly conserved arginine residue is essential for the enzymatic reaction. This mutation, which previously was not detected by mutagenic screening, is discussed in the light of structural and functional information on alfalfa CHS and related type III PKS enzymes.