甘蓝夜蛾几丁质酶基因cDNA序列的克隆与序列分析

昆虫几丁质酶在害虫生物防治中具有很大的发展潜力。以甘蓝夜蛾Mamestra brassicae L.预蛹期幼虫整个虫体为材料提取总RNA,利用RT-PCR和cDNA末端快速扩增技术(RACE),扩增得到其几丁质酶的cDNA序列。该序列含有2826个碱基,包括1个1689个碱基的开放阅读框,预测编码1个含562个氨基酸的多肽,分子量约为62.6kDa,等电点为5.30。推导得到的氨基酸序列含有2个N-位糖基化位点,22个O-位糖基化位点,氨基酸序列与其他昆虫,尤其是鳞翅目昆虫的几丁质酶高度同源。获得的甘蓝夜蛾几丁质酶基因cDNA序列已经登录GenBank并获得登录号FJ436415。     

八字地老虎和粘虫蜕皮激素接受子3(HR3)基因cDNA序列的克隆与序列分析

蜕皮激素接受子3(hormone receptor 3,HR3),是一种蜕皮调节转录因子,调控蜕皮过程中相关基因的表达,是蜕皮级联反应中的关键因子。本文以八字地老虎Agrotisc-nigrumL.和粘虫Mythimna separata Walker预蛹期幼虫为材料,分别提取总RNA,利用RT-PCR和cDNA末端快速扩增技术(RACE),分别扩增得到2种昆虫蜕皮激素接受子3(HR3)的5′非编码区和完整开放读码框在内的cDNA序列,其中八字地老虎的HR3 cDNA序列含有1729个碱基,包括一个1533个碱基的开放阅读框,编码一个含510个氨基酸的蛋白,分子量约为57.5ku。粘虫的HR3cDNA序列含有1743个碱基,包括一个1536个碱基的开放阅读框,编码一个含511个氨基酸的蛋白,分子量约为57.9ku。这2种昆虫HR3 cDNA序列推导的氨基酸序列均具有昆虫核受体超家族特征性结构域,与其他昆虫,尤其是鳞翅目昆虫的蜕皮激素接受子3的氨基酸序列高度同源。获得的基因cDNA序列已经登录GenBank并获得登录号,八字地老虎HR3登录号为GU188853,粘虫HR3登录号为GU188854。     

甜菜夜蛾烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体β1亚基基因的克隆与序列分析

烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体是昆虫体内重要的神经受体,同时也是杀虫剂作用靶标.从甜菜夜蛾Spodoptera exigua3龄幼虫体内提取总的RNA,经过反转录,利用RT-PCR获得了烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体6个α和1个β亚基基因的cD-NA序列片段,并利用cDNA末端快速扩增技术(RACE)获得了β亚基基因的cDNA序列全长.该基因命名为SenAChRβl,其长度为2231个碱基,含有一个1575个碱基的开放读码框,开放读码框编码524个氨基酸残基,预测的分子量为60 kDa.推导得到的氨基酸序列与其它昆虫特别是鳞翅目昆虫的烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体β亚基具有高度的同源性,并具有典型的烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体β亚基特征化位点.     

小地老虎β-N-乙酰葡萄糖胺糖苷酶基因cDNA序列的克隆及mRNA组织特异性表达

β-N-乙酰葡萄糖胺糖苷酶是昆虫几丁质代谢中一种关键酶,在昆虫的多种生理活动中发挥重要作用。本文以小地老虎Agrotis ipsilon Hufngel预蛹期幼虫为材料提取总RNA,利用RT-PCR和RACE技术,扩增得到其β-N-乙酰葡萄糖胺糖苷酶基因的cDNA序列。该序列含有2701个碱基,包括一个1788个碱基的开放阅读框,编码一个含595个氨基酸的蛋白,分子量约为68.3ku,等电点为5.48。推导得到的氨基酸序列与其他昆虫,尤其是鳞翅目昆虫的β-N-乙酰葡萄糖胺糖苷酶高度同源。基因cDNA序列已经登录GenBank并获得登录号GU985280。该基因在小地老虎取食期和预蛹期的马氏管、中肠、脂肪体、体壁和去中肠虫体中均含有mRNA水平的表达。     

通过新基因计算机识别与实验确认对NCBI人类基因数据库一些模式参考序列错误的分析与纠正

采用生物信息学分析与实验确认相结合的技术路线,通过所识别的基因在非冗余数据库比对发现了网上公布的计算机注释人类基因组编码序列存在各种类型的多处错误,包括cDNA水平的一个或一段碱基插入、缺失或突变,或是这些错误的不同排列组合,其中以错误插入为多,往往导致编码氨基酸的移码突变。最先举证了NCBIGENOME Annotation Project预测人类新基因的下列错误类型：(1)开放读码框架(0RF)中错误插入一个碱基造成编码氨基酸移码;(2)错误拼接;(3)开放读框中错误插入一个或一段碱基造成该读框提前终止。只编码N-端氨基酸的cDNA序列而不完整;(4)只有编码c一端氨基酸序列的cDNA而不完整;(5)只是正确基因0RF中间的一段编码蛋白cDNA序列而不完整,缺N-端与C-端氨基酸序列,并且将不完整蛋白氨基酸序列的第一个非起始码氨基酸错误地预测为起始码氨基酸,如将L错误地预测为M;(6)开放读框中错误插入一个或一段碱基造成前面出现不该有的终止码,因而编码蛋白缺开头部分氨基酸;(7)可能将污染基因组序列当作完整基因cDNA序列对待而预测出所谓单一外显子基因。即便真是基因,也只是较长单一外显子mRNA中有一小0RF,而0RF起始码上游同一相位确实存在终止码,无其他特点符合基因条件;(8)所预测基因只有0RF,而0RF两端没有任何EST证据,可据此0RF拼接出受EST和人类基因组双重支持的完整基因cDNA(开放读框上游同一相位有终止码),预示所预测0RF参考序列可能不正确;(9)有EST实验证据支持存在基因的人类基因组序列范围内又被预测出一条相似但更小的蛋白编码基因,因而新预测基因有可能是错误的。     

金纹细蛾几丁质酶基因生物信息学分析

本文从生物信息学角度对克隆获得的金纹细蛾几丁质酶进行分析,通过课题组提交到GenBank的数据,采用在线分析及相应软件分析预测金纹细蛾几丁质酶(LrCHI)基因核苷酸和氨基酸序列的组成、理化性质、信号肽、糖基化位点、磷酸化位点、疏水性、二级结构和三级结构等,并构建系统发育树。结果表明:LrCHI开放阅读框由1737bp组成,推导578个氨基酸;此序列所编码的蛋白属于几丁质酶18家族,其N端含有信号肽和几丁质酶18家族活性位点,C端为几丁质结合区,无跨膜结构域区域;预测LrCHI为亲水性蛋白;金纹细蛾与鳞翅目的棉铃虫、甜菜夜蛾进化关系最近。分析结果可为LrCHI的科学研究提供有价值的信息,为进一步研究其高级结构与功能的关系提供理论依据。     

东亚飞蝗中肠几丁质酶基因的克隆、序列分析及组织定位

通过RACE方法,克隆了东亚飞蝗Locusta migratoria manilensis (Meyen)几丁质酶基因 (LmChi)cDNA全序列 (GenBank 登录号：EF092841)。获得的cDNA全长1 604 bp,其中可读框1 452 bp, 编码483个氨基酸。推测其氨基酸序列与18家族昆虫几丁质酶有较高的相似性。与其他几丁质酶一样,东亚飞蝗几丁质酶序列也包含一个信号肽、一个几丁质酶活性位点、一个碳端丝氨酸富集区和一个几丁质结合域。半定量RT-PCR研究表明,LmChi基因只在东亚飞蝗不同发育阶段的中肠组织中表达,而在东亚飞蝗体壁、前肠和后肠均没有发现LmChi基因的转录。     

绵羊肌球蛋白轻链2基因的分子克隆与表达分析

肌球蛋白轻链2蛋白是哺乳动物肌球蛋白的重要成员之一。获得其基因序列,并对其特征和表达进行分析,可为进一步研究功能奠定基础。本研究以小尾寒羊背最长肌为试验材料,采用RACE等方法对绵羊肌球蛋白轻链2基因的cDNA序列进行克隆和测序、利用相关生物学软件对所得cDNA序列进行生物信息学预测、并利用qRT-PCR和Western印迹法对其在绵羊各种组织中的表达进行分析。结果获得该基因cDNA序列全长为776 bp,提交至GenBank中获得相应的登录号为KJ710702;该序列中的498 bp的开放读码框编码含有166个氨基酸残基的蛋白质。预测发现该蛋白质无信号肽和二硫键,但存在N-糖基化和磷酸化位点;二级结构中以α-螺旋为主;蛋白质序列比较发现绵羊MYL2与小鼠、人、大鼠、猪、牛等哺乳动物的同源性均在95%以上。mRNA和蛋白质表达谱均显示该基因在绵羊心肌中表达量最高,其次为背最长肌。     

粉拟青霉类枯草杆菌蛋白酶基因的cDNA克隆及其序列和蛋白质分析

粉拟青霉是一种常见的昆虫病原真菌,被广泛用于生物防治。根据GenBank中已登录的淡紫拟青霉,球孢白僵菌和金龟子绿僵菌的类枯草杆菌蛋白酶基因序列的同源性比较,以它们高度保守的核苷酸序列设计一对引物,采用RT-PCR和3’/5’-RACE相结合的方法,首次从粉拟青霉中克隆出完整的类枯草杆菌蛋白酶cDNA基因。其全序列为2060bp,该序列5’-端和3’-端的非编码序列长度分别为209bp和252bp,开放阅读框为1599bp,编码532个氨基酸,信号肽长度为16个氨基酸。成熟蛋白的氨基酸序列和金龟子绿僵菌小孢变种(CAB63913),玉米赤霉菌(EAA68914),金龟子绿僵菌蚱蜢变种(CAC95047)及柄孢壳(AAC03564)的同源性分别为69%、71%、68%和68%。成熟蛋白具有典型的丝氨酸蛋白酶活性位点,同时有5个半胱氨酸,3个潜在的N-糖基化位点和2个可能的O-糖基化位点。该基因在的密码子第三位碱基的使用上,显示出明显的对C的偏爱。     

小菜蛾几丁质酶基因的克隆及表达分析

昆虫几丁质酶参与昆虫蜕皮、消化、防御及免疫等多种生理过程,在昆虫的变态和发育中发挥着重要作用。本研究采用反转录聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)和快速扩增cDNA末端(RACE)技术克隆获得小菜蛾Plutella xylostella几丁质酶基因,命名为PxyChi。该基因开放阅读框长1677 bp,编码558个氨基酸,推测的蛋白分子量为62.03 kDa。氨基酸序列分析表明,小菜蛾几丁质酶第1-19位氨基酸为蛋白的信号肽,且该序列具有典型昆虫几丁质酶的4个保守氨基酸序列。蛋白结构域分析表明,PxyChi属于几丁质酶Group II家族。进化树分析表明:PxyChi与同属鳞翅目二化螟Chilo suppressalis的几丁质酶亲缘关系最近,为75.5%。不同发育时期的荧光定量PCR分析表明,PxyChi在小菜蛾各个发育时期的表达量不同,其中PxyChi在2、3、4龄幼虫、蛹和成虫中的表达量分别是1龄幼虫的28.22、0.76、0.50、84.83和286倍,PxyChi在成虫的表达量最高。暗示PxyChi蛋白可能参与小菜蛾蛹期旧表皮降解和成虫翅的发育等生理过程。本研究可为探索几丁质酶在小菜蛾发育中的功能提供理论依据。     

三种鳞翅目夜蛾科昆虫α-微管蛋白基因的克隆与mRNA表达水平

根据昆虫微管蛋白的分子特征筛选对昆虫微管有效的抑制剂来控制昆虫的生长发育或不同器官的有效功能的表达来达到控制害虫的目的,在未来的害虫综合治理中具有广泛的应用前景。以预蛹期甜菜夜蛾Spodoptera exigua、小地老虎Agrotis ypsilon和八字地老虎Agrotis c-nigrum为材料提取总RNA,利用RT-PCR和cDNA末端快速扩增技术(RACE),分别扩增得到以上3种夜蛾科昆虫的α-微管蛋白基因的cDNA序列,3种昆虫的该基因序列均包括1个1353个碱基的开放阅读框。这3个cDNA序列均编码1个含450个氨基酸的蛋白,分子量约为50kDa。氨基酸的142~148位存在1个微管蛋白信号片段GGGTGSG,在氨基酸序列的C-端都有1个酪氨酸残基,N-端存在1个对转录后调控非常重要的保守区MRECI序列,以上特点与其他昆虫α-微管蛋白氨基酸序列保守区序列相同。序列比对表明,克隆得到的α-微管蛋白基因的核苷酸序列是高度保守的,同源性为94.4%~97.0%,而氨基酸的序列同源性达到100%。利用RT-PCR技术在3种昆虫4龄、5龄、6龄幼虫、蛹期4个不同发育阶段和6龄期的肠道、体壁、脂肪体3种不同组织中都检测到了α-微管蛋白基因在mRNA水平的表达。     

Complete primary structure of the transacylase (E2b) subunit of the human branched chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex

We isolated from a placental cDNA library by immunoscreening a cDNA clone encoding the transacylase (E2b) precursor of the human branched chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase (BCKDH) complex. The cDNA insert consists of 2,649 base pairs with an open reading frame of 1,431 base pairs which can be translated into 477 amino acids and a 3'-untranslated region of 1,205 base pairs. The deduced amino acid sequence includes a leader peptide of 56 amino acid residues, a lipoyl-bearing domain, a E3-binding domain and an inner core domain. A mature human E2b subunit is likely to contain 421 amino acid residues with a calculated Mr 46,322. The nucleotide sequence of the open reading frame and the deduced amino acid sequence of the human E2b shows 91.6% and 92.0% homology with those of the bovine E2b subunit, respectively.     

Isolation and characterization of the complementary DNA for sheep seminal vesicle prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase (cyclooxygenase)

An oligonucleotide probe was used to isolate a clone encoding prostaglandin endoperoxide synthetase (cyclooxygenase, EC 1.14.99.1) from a sheep seminal vesicle cDNA library. The protein predicted from nucleic acid sequence contains 599 amino acids including a 23-amino acid signal sequence. Thus, the mature cyclooxygenase deduced from the cDNA compares favorably in molecular size to the 70-kDa protein determined by gel electrophoresis. A putative transmembrane region and potential carbohydrate addition sites for N-linked sugars can be inferred from the amino acid sequence. Significantly, sequence similarities exist between cyclooxygenase, myeloperoxidase, and several other heme-containing proteins. The putative glycosylation sites, transmembrane domain, and sequence similarities with functionally related enzymes have been incorporated into a model for the topology of cyclooxygenase in the endoplasmic reticulum.     

Characterization of cytochrome b(5) in the ascidian Polyandrocarpa misakiensis and budding-specific expression

A cDNA for cytochrome b(5) was cloned from a cDNA library of buds of the ascidian, Polyandrocarpa misakiensis, by a hybridization method involving a digoxigenin-labeled cDNA probe of human soluble cytochrome b(5). The nucleotide sequence of the cDNA for the ascidian cytochrome b(5) (Pmb5) consisted of about 1,800 base pairs including 5'- and 3'-noncoding regions, and a coding sequence of 405 base pairs. The amino acid sequence of 135 residues deduced from the coding nucleotide sequence exhibited 54% identity and 76% similarity to chicken cytochrome b(5). A highly conserved amino acid sequence was observed in the amino-terminal domain of 96 residues containing two heme-binding histidine residues. The putative soluble form of the recombinant Pmb5 expressed in Escherichia coli was purified to homogeneity by column chromatographies on an anion-exchanger and gel filtration. The purified Pmb5 showed the typical absorption spectrum of cytochrome b(5) with an asymmetric peak at 556 nm and a shoulder at 560 nm upon reduction with NADH and NADH-cytochrome b(5) reductase. The low temperature spectrum of the dithionite-reduced form of the protein contained the split peaks at 551 and 555 nm, this spectrum being very similar to that of mammalian liver cytochrome b(5). Expression of Pmb5 in the ascidian was examined immunohistochemically with a monoclonal antibody against the Pmb5. Apparently high level expression of Pmb5 was found in the developing buds, but the levels of cytochrome b(5) in the parents and juvenile adults were very low. This is the first report on the characterization of Pmb5, and the increased expression of Pmb5 in the ascidian.     

Garlic (Allium sativum) chitinases: characterization and molecular cloning

Leaves and bulbs of garlic ( Allium sativum L.) contain a chitinase which can be separated into three different isoforms with similar molecular structure and N- terminal amino acid sequence. SDS-PAGE of the alkylated chitinase revealed two distinct polypeptides of 32 and 33 kDa. Induction studies of the chitinase in leaves of garlic plants indicated that not only treatment with ethephon or salicylate and wounding but also a temperature shock strongly increased the enzyme level.
cDNA libraries constructed from poly(A)-rich RNA isolated from young garlic shoots and bulbs were screened for chitinase clones using the cDNA clone CCH4 encoding a basic potato chitinase as a probe. Two different cDNA clones (designated CHITAS 1 and CHITAS 2)of ca 1 000 bp were isolated and their sequences analyzed. The amino acid sequences deduced from both cDNA clones were homologous though not identical to the N-terminal sequences of the mature chitinases. Although both clones encode highly homologous chitinases their sequences definitely differ in that they have different signal peptides and one of them contains a glycine-rich domain. The garlic chitinases are apparently translated from an mRNA of 1200 nucleotides which encodes a proprotein of approximately 32 or 33 kDa for CHITAS 1 and CHITAS 2, respectively. Co-translational removal of the signal peptide will result in a 30 (for CHITAS 1) or 31 kDa (for CHITAS 2) protein with an isoelectric point of 4. 94 (for CHITAS 1) or 6. 12 (for CHITAS 2). Garlic chitinases are encoded by a small gene family as shown by Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA isolated from garlic.
The garlic chitinases show a high degree of sequence homology to the previously isolated chitinases from dicotyledonous as well as monocotyledonous species, indicating that these proteins have been conserved from an evolutionary point of view.     

嗜热真菌Thermomyces lanuginosus热稳定几丁质酶基因的cDNA克隆及表达

根据Thermomyces lanuginosus热稳定几丁质酶Chit的N-端氨基酸序列和同源保守序列设计简并引物,通过RT-PCR及快速扩增cDNA末端(RACE)的方法,克隆了该几丁质酶的编码基因chit,全长cDNA为1500bp,包含一个由442个氨基酸组成的开放阅读框。该基因已在GenBank中注册,登录号为DQ092332。将成熟肽几丁质酶Chit阅读框与酵母表达载体pPIC9K连接,构建重组质粒pPIC9K/chit,转化毕赤酵母GS115,在甲醇的诱导下,成功地分泌出具生物活性的几丁质酶,诱导6d后酶活性达2.261U/mL,酶蛋白表达量为0.36mg/mL。该酶的最适反应温度和pH值分别为60℃和5.5,该酶在50℃以下稳定;65℃的半衰期为40min。     

斑马鱼DrSpin-1基因的克隆和特征分析

Spin蛋白家族是具有Spin/Ssty保守结构域并在配子发生过程中发挥关键作用的一类分子。研究利用简并引物PCR,从斑马鱼成熟卵母细胞SMART cDNA文库中筛选到260 bp的DrSpin-1和DrSpin-2部分序列,经序列同源性比对,斑马鱼DrSpin-1的部分氨基酸序列与银鲫CagSpin一致性高达81%。利用RACEPCR从该cDNA文库中获得斑马鱼DrSpin-1的全长cDNA序列。序列分析表明,DrSpin-1全长cDNA为1082 bp,开放阅读框771 bp,编码257个氨基酸,具有三个Spin/Ssty保守域,8个可能的磷酸化位点,初步确定斑马鱼DrSpin-1是Spin基因家族成员。斑马鱼DrSpin-1蛋白与已报道的鱼类Spin蛋白多重序列比对表明,DrSpin-1蛋白与银鲫CagSpin蛋白同源性最高。可以推测克隆得到的斑马鱼DrSpin-1与已知功能的银鲫CagSpin具有相近的表达谱和生物学功能,可能在配子发生和受精过程中发挥重要作用。