Isolation of pea matrix attachment region and study on its function in transgenic tobaccos

A DNA fragment containing consensus sequence of matrix attachment region (MAR) has been isolated from pea genome. Compared with original DNA sequence, one 115 bp-long repeat sequence is deleted in the obtained DNA sequence. DNA fragments located upstream and downstream of repeat DNA sequence respectively share 84% and 93% homology to the corresponding original sequence, and contain A-box or T-box and TATAA sequence, which is characteristics short sequence of MARs. To test the function of the DNA sequence, the plant expression vectors in which β-glucuronidase gene (GUS, uidA) was used as reporter gene were constructed and transferred into tobaccos via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation procedure. Quantitative GUS assay showed that the average level of uidA expression was increased twofold for the presence of MAR, and the highest level of GUS activity of transgenic plants could be increased six times. The results cited above suggest that the isolated DNA sequence contains consensus sequence of MARs and     

2011年第5期《遗传》封面说明

水稻是我国最重要的粮食作物之一。由于在水稻及其近缘种中没有发现鳞翅目害虫抗性种质资源,难以通过常规育种技术培育抗虫水稻,因此,采取转基因技术是培育抗鳞翅目害虫水稻品种的唯一途径。以中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所和福建省农业科学院为主的研究团队,利用去除选择标记、细胞内定位、高效稳定表达和多抗虫机制等一系列技术,培育了无选择标记高抗鳞翅目害虫的转基因水稻品系,并联合我国四大稻作区的10余家育种优势单位形成了良好的合作体系通过转育方式,将抗虫基因转移到了适宜长江上游稻区、长江中下游稻     

Isolation of pea matrix attachment region and study on its function in transgenic tobaccos

A DNA fragment containing consensus sequence of matrix attachment region (MAR) has been isolated from pea genome. Compared with original DNA sequence, one 115 bp-long repeat sequence is deleted in the obtained DNA sequence. DNA fragments located upstream and downstream of repeat DNA sequence respectively share 84% and 93% homology to the corresponding original sequence, and contain A-box or T-box and TATAA sequence, which is characteristics short sequence of MARs. To test the function of the DNA sequence, the plant expression vectors in which β-glucuronidase gene (GUS, uidA) was used as reporter gene were constructed and transferred into tobaccosvia Agrobacterium- mediated transformation procedure. Quantitative GUS assay showed that the average level of uidA expression was increased twofold for the presence of MAR, and the highest level of GUS activity of transgenic plants could be increased six times. The results cited above suggest that the isolated DNA sequence contains consensus sequence of MARs and has capability to increase expression level of gene in transgenic plants.     

利用根癌农杆菌和基因枪法转化获得转抗虫融合蛋白基因（Bt—CpTI）甘蓝植株

以下胚轴,带柄子叶和茎尖为外植体,利用根癌农杆菌和基因枪法将抗虫融合蛋白基因（Bt-CpTI)导入甘蓝品种“中甘8号”,得到了13株卡那霉素抗性植株,经PCR扩增反应和Southern blot分子验证表明;农杆菌介导转化下胚轴和带柄子叶来源的Ⅰ型抗性植株均为转基因植株,而农杆菌介导转化茎尖外植体得到的Ⅱ型抗性植株属“假阳性”植株,基因枪介导转化茎尖的2株Ⅲ型植株中,有1株是非转基因植株,经胰蛋白酶抑制剂活性分析和抗虫测试证明,部分转基因植株有较高的胰蛋白酶抑制剂活性和抗菜青虫能力。     

水稻EPSP合酶基因的克隆、结构分析和定位

5-烯醇丙酮莽草酸-3-磷酸(EPSP)合酶是芳香族氨基酸合成途径中的一个关键酶, 该基因在植物抗除草剂基因工程中具有重要的应用价值. 根据水稻EPSP合酶基因的EST序列设计探针, 在水稻TAC基因组文库中筛选到16个阳性克隆. 对阳性克隆E11进行亚克隆, 由此获得了由3661核苷酸组成的水稻EPSP合酶基因全序列. 序列分析和同源性比较揭示, 该基因由8个外显子和7个内含子组成. 以窄叶青8号/京系17组合构建的DH群体和分子图谱将水稻EPSP合酶基因定位于水稻第6条染色体的上端.     

外源基因在转基因植物中的失活

进行植物基因工程研究首先需要获得外源基因稳定表达的转基因植株。近年来,有大量文献报道,转基因植株中外源基因的失活是一种普遍发生的现象。引起外源基因失活的原因是多方面的,外源基因失活在ＤＮＡ修饰水平,基因转录水平和转录后调节水平均可能发生。深入地了解外源基因失活的原因以及寻找出有效的防范对策,对顺利开展植物基因工程育种是非常必要的。     

水稻巯基蛋白酶抑制剂cDNA在大肠杆菌中的表达

根据从水稻未成熟种子cDNA文库中筛选出的水稻巯基蛋白酶抑制剂(Oryzacys-tatin)cDNA序列,利用聚合酶链反应(PCR)技术扩增出Oryzacystatin编码区,插入到温度敏感型大肠杆菌表达载体的PtPL启动子下游．该质粒带有温度敏感型阻遏子的编码基因cIts857。转化大肠杆菌DH5a后。通过升温诱导,Oryzacystatin在大肠杆菌中获得高教表达,SDS—PAGE表明分子量约为12kDa。与预期结果一致,表达量占细菌可溶性蛋白总量的10％以上,对巯基蛋白酶的抑制活性检测表明,可溶性蛋白组分对木瓜蛋白酶有明显的抑制活力。     

Construction of a rice immature seeds cDNA library and molecular cloning of oryzacystatin cDNA

Total RNA was extracted from rice immature seeds harvested 2 weeks after flowering; then mRNA was purified. cDNA with NotI and SaiI cohesive ends was synthesized and inserted into λgt22A. After packaged in vitno, the cDNA library was constructed with 1.5×106pfu. A 21-mer oligodeoxynucleotide was synthesized according to the 5'-end conserved coding sequence of oryzacystatin (a thiol proteinase inhibitor) and labeled as a probe. From 2.1 × 104 pfu, 9 positive dones have been isolated, 8 of which contain the entire coding region of oryzacystatin. λOC1 has the longest cDNA insert, which contains an open reading frame of 309 bp coding sequence, 84 bp 5'-end non-coding region and a poly(A) signal AATAAA at the 3'-end followed by 31 Nt of poly(A). The coding sequence is the same compared with oryzacystatin genomic DNA sequence, while there are some obvious differences such as insertion and variation in the non-coding region, especially lots of nonsucoessive insertion in the 3' region after poly(A) signal.     

马铃薯X病毒外壳蛋白的表达水平与变偶密码子使用频率的相关性

把经密码子修饰的马铃薯X病毒（Potato Virus X, PVX）外壳蛋白（Coat Protein, CP）基因和未修饰的野生型外壳蛋白基因与CaMV 35S启动子融合后,构建成相应的植物表达载体,利用农杆菌介导转化烟草。分别对修饰CP和野生CP的转基因烟草进行Western blot和ELISA分析,结果表明经密码子修饰的PVX外壳蛋白的表达量是野生型蛋白表达量的1/3～1/5。Northern blot结果表明修饰和未修饰的外壳蛋白在转录水平上是一致的。以上结果暗示外源基因中稀有密码子的数量可能是限制外源基因表达的一个因素。改变基因中稀有密码子的数量有可能成为控制基因表达的一种有效途径。