番茄LeHsp110/ClpB基因的分子克隆及其对植物耐热性的影响

HSP100ClpB是Clp蛋白家族的一员,具有分子伴侣功能,与细胞“获得耐热性(acquiredthermotolerance)”相关。从番茄cDNA文库中筛选到长度达3144bp的cDNA,依据最长的开放读码框推导出的多肽含980个氨基酸残基,分子进化分析结果表明该蛋白属于HSP100ClpB家族,因其计算分子量为110kD,所以命名为LeHSP110ClpB。实验证明,LeHsp110ClpB在番茄叶片中没有组成型表达,为热诱导型基因,其编码蛋白定位于叶绿体基质。利用农杆菌介导法,将CaMV35S驱动的反义LeHsp110ClpBcDNA片段导入番茄,高温下转反义基因的番茄株系中LeHsp110ClpBmRNA水平明显低于对照,转基因株系的PSⅡ对高温胁迫更加敏感,说明HSP110ClpB在植物耐热性方面起重要作用。

Molecular Cloning of Tomato LeHsp 110/ClpB Gene and its Effect on the Thermotolerance in Plant

The heat shock protein ClpB is a member of the Clp family and functions as molecular chaperones. ClpB is related to the acquired thermotolerance in organisms. A cDNA of 3144 bp was screened out of a tomato cDNA library. The polypeptide deduced from the longest ORF contains 980 amino acid residues, and was classified into HSP100/ClpB family based on the result of molecular phylogenesis analysis. Thus it was named as LeHSP110/ClpB according to its calculated molecular weight. LeHSP110/ClpB was characteristic of heat-inducibility but no constitutive expression, and was demonstrated to locate in chloroplastic stroma. An antisense cDNA fragment of LeHsp110/ClpB under the control of CaMV 35S promoter was introduced into tomato by Agrobacterium tumefactions-mediated method. At high temperature, the mRNA levels of LeHsp110/ClpB in antisense transgenic plants were lower than those in control plants. The PS II of transgenic plants is more sensitive to high temperature than that of control plants according to data of Fv/Fm. These results clearly showed that HSP110/ClpB plays an important role in thermotolerance of high plants.