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Yanyang Liu Junzhou Li Yuling Li Mengguan Wei Qingxin Cui Qilei Wang 《Molecular biology reports》2010,37(2):755-761
A full-length cDNA encoding a maize GTP-binding protein of the ADP-ribosylation factor family was cloned by suppression subtractive
hybridization and an in silico cloning approach. The cDNA was 938 bp in length and contained a complete ORF of 612 bp, which
encodes a protein of 203 amino acid residues. Its deduced amino acids sequence had an 83% identity with that of a GTP-binding
protein in rice. The gene was designated ZmArf2. The ZmArf2 gene consists of G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 boxes, and Switch I and Switch II regions. Eight nucleotides differed and five amino
acids changed between the popcorn inbred N04 and the dent corn inbred Dan232. One changed amino acid was in the G1 box. RT-PCR
analysis showed that ZmArf2 expression increased in the early stages of endosperm development and was not tissue-specific. 相似文献
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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, a closely related family of protein kinases, are involved in cell cycle regulation
and differentiation in yeast and human cells. They have not been documented in ciliates. We used PCR to amplify DNA sequences
of a ciliated protozoan—Paramecium caudatum—using primers corresponding to amino acid sequences that are common to MAP kinases. We isolated and sequenced one putative
MAP kinase-like serine/threonine kinase cDNA from P. caudatum. This cDNA, called pcstk1 (Paramecium caudatum Serine/Threonine Kinase 1) shared approximately 35% amino acid identity with MAP kinases from yeast. MAP kinases are activated
by phosphorylation of specific threonine and tyrosine residues. These two amino acid residues are conserved in the PCSTK1
sequence at positions Thr 159 and Tyr 161. The PSTAIRE motif, which is characteristic of the CDK2 gene family, cannot be found
in ORF of PCSTK1. The highest homology score was to human STK9, which contains MAP type kinase domains. Comparisons of expression
level have shown that pcstk1 is expressed equally in cells at different stages (sexual and asexual). We discussed the possibility, as in other organisms,
that a family of MAP kinase genes exists in P. caudatum. 相似文献
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The amber mutation sites of 6 purR(am) mutants were determined by cloning and DNA sequencing. The results showed that the mutations were distributed at three different sites in PurR coding region, G721(→A), C933(→T) and C1155(→T), which respectively turn Trp-147,Gln-218 and Gln-292 of PurR into TAG terminal codon. To determine the effect of the three amino acid residues on regulatory function of PurR protein 5 different kinds of tRNA suppressor genes, Su3, Su4, Su6, Su7 and Su9 were used for creating the PurR protein variants with single amino acid substitution. The results indicated that Cys, Glu, Gly, His and Arg which substituted Trp-147 respectively all could not recover the regulation function of PurR. It confirmed that Trp-147 is a critical amino acid for the PurR function. Gln-292 substituted respectively by the same amino acids also could not recover the PurR function, demonstrating that Gln-292 is also an important amino acid residue in PurR. 相似文献
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By cDNA sequencing we have achieved the first, and complete, hemocyanin sequence of a bivalve (Nucula nucleus). This extracellular oxygen-binding protein consists of two immunologically distinguishable isoforms, here termed NnH1 and
NnH2. They share a mean sequence identity of 61%, both contain a linear arrangement of eight paralogous, ca.50-kDa functional units (FUs a-h), and in both isoforms the C-terminal FU-h possesses an extension of ca. 100 amino acids. The cDNA of NnH1 comprises 11,090 bp, subdivided into a 5′utr of 75 bp, a 3′utr of 791 bp, and an open
reading frame for a signal peptide of 19 amino acids plus a polypeptide of 3389 amino acids (M
r
= 385 kDa). The cDNA of NnH2 comprises 10,849 bp, subdivided into a 5′utr of 47 bp, a 3′utr of 647 bp, and an open reading
frame for a signal peptide of 16 amino acids plus a polypeptide of 3369 amino acids (M
r
= 387 kDa). In contrast to other molluscan hemocyanins, which are highly glycosylated, the bivalve hemocyanin sequence exhibits
only four potential N-glycosylation sites, and within both isoforms a peculiar indel is present, surrounding the highly conserved
copper-binding site CuA. Phylogenetic analyses of NnH1 and NnH2, compared to the known hemocyanin sequences of gastropods
and cephalopods, reveal a statistically sound closer relationship between gastropod and protobranch hemocyanin than to cephalopod
hemocyanin. Assuming a molecular clock, the last common ancestor of protobranch and gastropods lived 494 million ± 50 million
years ago, in conformity with fossil records from the late Cambrian.
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The sequence reported in this paper has been deposited in the EMBL/GenBank database under accession number AJ786639 for NnH1
and AJ786640 for NnH2. 相似文献
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Wang KJ Takahata Y Kono Y Kaizuma N 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2005,112(1):66-71
Soybean Kunit trypsin inhibitor (SKTI) has several polymorphic types. Of these SKTI, there are large differences of nine amino acid substitutions between Tia and Tib. So far no transitional type between them has been found. A novel transitional intermediate variant between Tia and Tib was detected in 11 lines from 720 Japanese wild soybeans (Glycine soja Sieb. & Zucc.). This variant showed identical electrophoretic mobility to Tib in the Davis system polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), but higher electric points than other SKTI proteins (Tia, Tib, Tic) in isoelectric focusing PAGE. The genetic analysis of SKTI in F2 seeds from a cross between the novel variant type and Tib showed that this variant type is inherited as codominant alleles in a multiple allelic system at an SKTI locus. This variant also showed inhibitory activity to trypsin. We propose the genetic symbol Ti
b
i5 for this novel variant. The sequence analysis of Tib
i5 revealed that six nucleotides were different between Tib
i5 and Tia, and the nucleotides of these mutated positions were identical to Tib. This causes substitution of five amino acids at the residue position 62 (Tyr→Phe), 74 (Ser→Arg), 114 (Met→Val), 120 (Leu→Ile) and 137 (Pro→Thr). These substitutive amino acids are completely in accord with the amino acids of Tib, showing that Tib
i5 is an intermediate between Tia and Tib types. Tib
i5 type is widely distributed throughout seven separate areas from northeast to southwest Japan with a 1.5% frequency of total materials examined. This indicated that Tib
i5 type did not originate from a recent mutation event, but had spread in wild soybean from ancient times. 相似文献
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Yubero N Esteso G Cardona H Morera L Garrido JJ Barbancho M 《Molecular biology reports》2009,36(7):1957-1965
This work describes the cloning and structural analysis of a Tpt1 cDNA coding for the porcine translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP) molecule and its expression in porcine cells
and tissues. Pig Tpt1 cDNA is 842-pb long that displays typical features of translationally controlled mRNAs, including a 5′-UTR containing a 5′-terminal
oligopyrimidine tract (5′-TOP), and a 3′-UTR with a high CG-content and one AU rich element (ARE). Both 5′-UTR and 3′-UTR
are highly conserved when they are compared with those of other mammals. The pig Tpt1 cDNA contains a 516-b open reading frame that encodes a predicted TCTP protein composed of 172 amino acids that exhibits
extensive conservation compared with TCTP sequences from other species and a common structural feature with all the other
TCTP proteins analyzed in mammals. Expression analysis demonstrated that Tpt1 mRNA is ubiquitously expressed in normal porcine tissues and cells, showing a higher expression in spleen, lymph nodes and
lung, and a lower one in skin and heart. The pig Tpt1 gene localizes on the porcine chromosome 11, region p11. 相似文献
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A cDNA encoding
-amino acid oxidase (DAO;EC 1.4.3.3) has been isolated from a BALB/c mouse kidney cDNA library by hybridization with the cDNA for the porcine enzyme. Analysis of the nucleotide (nt) sequence of the clone revealed that it has a 1647-nt sequence with a 5′-terminal untranslated region of 68 nt that encodes 345 amino acids (aa), and a 3′-terminal untranslated region of 544 nt that contains the polyadenylation signal sequence ATTAAA. The deduced aa sequence showed 77 and 78% aa identity with the porcine and human enzymes, respectively. Two catalytically important aa residues, Tyr228 and His307, of the porcine enzyme, were both conserved in these three species. RNA blot hybridization analysis indicated that a DAO mRNA, of 2 kb, exists in mouse kidney and brain, but not liver. Synthesis of a functional mouse enzyme in Escherichia coli was achieved through the use of a vector constructed to insert the coding sequence of the mouse DAO cDNA downstream from the tac promoter of plasmid pKK223-3, which was designed so as to contain the lac repressor gene inducible by isopropyl-β-
-thiogalactopyranoside. Immunoblot analysis confirmed the synthesis and induction of the mouse DAO protein, and the molecular size of the recombinant mouse DAO was found to be identical to that of the mouse kidney enzyme. Moreover, the maximum activity of the mouse recombinant DAO was estimated to be comparable with that of the porcine DAO synthesized in E. coli cells. 相似文献
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Polymorphism of prion protein gene in Arctic fox (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Vulpes lagopus</Emphasis>)
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders of humans and certain other mammals. Prion protein gene (Prnp) is associated with susceptibility and species barrier to prion diseases. No natural and experimental prion diseases have
been documented to date in Arctic fox. In the present study, coding region of Prnp from 135 Arctic foxes were cloned and screened for polymorphisms. Our results indicated that the Arctic fox Prnp open reading frame (ORF) contains 771 nucleotides encoding 257 amino acids. Four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (G312C,
A337G, C541T, and A723G) were identified. SNPs G312C and A723G produced silent mutations, but SNPs A337G and C541T resulted
in a M–V change at codon 113 and R–C at codon 181, respectively. The Arctic fox Prnp amino acid sequence was similar to that of the dog (XM 542906). In short, this study provides preliminary information about
genotypes of Prnp in Arctic fox. 相似文献
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SNPs in the porcine <Emphasis Type="Italic">PPARGC1a</Emphasis> gene: Interbreed differences and their phenotypic effects 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Stachowiak M Szydlowski M Cieslak J Switonski M 《Cellular & molecular biology letters》2007,12(2):231-239
Due to its function, the peroxisome proliferative activated receptor-γ, coactivator-1α (PPARGC1A) gene is a candidate in the search for genes that may affect production traits in the pig. The purpose of this study was
to screen for new SNPs in exon 8 of the porcine PPARGC1A gene and to test their possible association with production traits. Altogether 736 pigs representing five breeds Polish Landrace,
n=242; Polish Large White, n=192; Hampshire, n=27; Duroc, 21; Pietrain, n=12) and synthetic line 990 (n=242) were scanned
via SSCP assay. Four SNPs were found; two new ones: C/G (His338Gln) and G/A Thr359Thr), and two previously reported ones:
C/A (Arg369Arg) and T/A Cys430Ser). The missense T/A and C/G SNPs demonstrated pronounced interbreed variability in terms
of allele frequencies, including the exclusive presence of the C/G substitution in the Hampshire breed. The tested SNPs occurred
in five putative haplotypes, and their frequency also differed substantially between breeds. The association of the SNPs with
production traits was tested for G/A (Thr359Thr), C/A (Arg369Arg) and T/A (Cys430Ser) substitutions in Polish Large White,
Polish Landrace and line 990. The analysis revealed only breed-specific associations. The T/A (Cys430Ser) SNP was related
to the feed conversion ratio in the Polish Large White (P=0.02), and the silent G/A and C/A substitutions were respectively
associated with abdominal fat in line 990 and backfat thickness in Polish Landrace (P=0.04). The combined effects of the substitutions
were estimated as haplotype effects. Three significant contrasts between haplotypes were calculated, but the observed associations
were again only breed-specific. 相似文献
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Molecular Cloning and Characterization of the Myostatin Gene in Croceine Croaker, Pseudosciaena crocea 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Myostatin (MSTN) is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass and has a potential application in aquaculture. We reported
the characterization of the myostatin gene and its expression in the croceine croaker, Pseudosciaena crocea. The myostatin gene had three exons encoding 376 amino acids. The cDNA was 1,906 bp long with a 5′-UTR and 3′-UTR of 108 bp
and 667 bp, respectively. A microsatellite sequence, CA30 and CA26 separated by TA, existed in the 3′-UTR. Intron I and II were 343 bp and 758 bp in length, respectively. The deduced amino
acid sequence was highly conserved, and had more than 90% identical to shi drum, gilthead seabream, striped sea-bass, white
perch, and white bass proteins. The myostatin of croceine croaker had a putative amino terminal signal sequence (residues
1–22), a transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) propeptide domain (residues 41–256), a RXXR proteolytic processing site (RARR,
residues 264–267, matching the RXXR consensus site), and a TGF-β domain (residues 282–376). There were 13 conserved cysteine
residues in croceine croaker myostatin, nine of which are common to all TGF-β superfamily members. The most conserved region
of vertebrate myostatins is the TGF-β domain, which was the mature bioactive domain of the myostatin protein. The myostatin
gene was expressed not only in the skeletal muscle, but also in the other tissues. 相似文献
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Andreas Friemann Klaus Brinkmann Wolfgang Hachtel 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1992,231(3):411-416
Summary The sequence of an mRNA encoding nitrite reductase (NiR, EC 1.7.7.1.) from the tree Betula pendula was determined. A cDNA library constructed from leaf poly(A)+ mRNA was screened with an oligonucleotide probe deduced from NiR sequences from spinach and maize. A 2.5 kb cDNA was isolated that hybridized to an mRNA, the steady-state level of which increased markedly upon induction with nitrate. The nucleotide sequence of the cDNA contains a reading frame encoding a protein of 583 amino acids that reveals 79% identity with NiR from spinach. The transit peptide of the NiR precursor from birch was determined to be 22 amino acids in size by sequence comparison with NiR from spinach and maize and is the shortest transit peptide reported so far. A graphical evaluation of identities found in the NiR sequence alignment revealed nine well conserved sections each exceeding ten amino acids in size. Sequence comparisons with related redox proteins identified essential residues involved in cofactor binding. A putative binding site for ferredoxin was found in the N-terminal half of the protein.These sequence data appear in the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ nucleotide sequence data bases under the accession number X60093 相似文献
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Protein phosphatases in higher plants: multiplicity of type 2A phosphatases in Arabidopsis thaliana 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Joaquín Ariño Encarna Pérez-Callejón Nuria Cunillera Manel Camps Francesc Posas Albert Ferrer 《Plant molecular biology》1993,21(3):475-485
Two DNA fragments, AP-1 and AP-2, encoding amino acid sequences closely related to Ser/Thr protein phosphatases were amplified from Arabidopsis thaliana genomic DNA. Fragment AP-1 was used to screen. A. thaliana cDNA libraries and several positive clones were isolated. Clones EP8a and EP14a were sequenced and found to encode almost identical proteins (97% identity). Both proteins are 306 amino acids in length and are very similar (79–80% identity) to the mammalian isotypes of the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A. Therefore, they have been designated PP2A-1 and PP2A-2. A third cDNA clone, EP7, was isolated and sequenced. The polypeptide encoded (308 amino acids, lacking the initial Met codon) is 80% identical with human phosphatases 2A and was named PP2A-3. The PP2A-3 protein is extremely similar (95% identity) to the predicted protein from a cDNA clone previously found in Brassica napus. Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA using AP-1 and AP-2 probes, as well as probes derived from clones EP7, EP8a and EP14a strongly indicates that at least 6 genes closely related to type 2A phosphatases are present in the genome of A. thaliana. Northern blot analysis using the same set of probes demonstrates that, at the seedling stage, the mRNA levels for PP2A-1, PP2A-3 and the gene containing the AP-1 sequence are much higher than those of PP2A-2 and AP-2. These results demonstrate that a multiplicity of type 2A phosphatases might be differentially expressed in higher plants. 相似文献
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γ-Aminobutyrate transaminase (GABA-T) catalyzes the conversion of GABA to succinic semialdehyde. Using differential display PCR and cDNA library screening, a full-length GABA-T cDNA (OsGABA-T) was isolated from rice (Oryza sativa) leaves infected with an incompatible race of Magnaporthe grisea. The deduced amino acid sequence comprises 483 amino acid residues and shares 85–69% identity with GABA-T sequences from other plants.
OsGABA-T expression is induced by blast fungus infection, mechanical wounding and ultraviolet radiation in rice leaves and is not detected in normal rice organs. This gene is also induced by defense signal molecules such as salicylic acid and abscisic acid, but not by jasmonic acid. Our data suggest that OsGABA-T (GABA shunt) may play a role in restricting the levels of cell death during the host–pathogen interaction. 相似文献
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Cloning, sequencing and expression of cDNA encoding growth hormone from Indian catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis) 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
A tissue-specific cDNA library was constructed using polyA+ RNA from pituitary glands of the Indian catfishHeteropneustes fossilis (Bloch) and a cDNA clone encoding growth hormone (GH) was isolated. Using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers representing
the conserved regions of fish GH sequences the 3′ region of catfish GH cDNA (540 bp) was cloned by random amplification of
cDNA ends and the clone was used as a probe to isolate recombinant phages carrying the full-length cDNA sequence. The full-length
cDNA clone is 1132 bp in length, coding for an open reading frame (ORF) of 603 bp; the reading frame encodes a putative polypeptide
of 200 amino acids including the signal sequence of 22 amino acids. The 5′ and 3′ untranslated regions of the cDNA are 58
bp and 456 bp long, respectively. The predicted amino acid sequence ofH. fossils GH shared 98% homology with other catfishes. Mature GH protein was efficiently expressed in bacterial and zebrafish systems
using appropriate expression vectors. The successful expression of the cloned GH cDNA of catfish confirms the functional viability
of the clone. 相似文献
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Walter Pretsch Bimal Chatterjee Jack Favor Siegbert Merkle Rodica Sandulache 《Mammalian genome》1998,9(2):144-149
Four independent heterozygous lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) mutations with approximately 60% of wild-type enzyme activity in
whole blood have been recovered. The mutant line Ldh1
a2Neu proved to be homozygous lethal, whereas for the three lines Ldh1
a7Neu, Ldh1
a11Neu, and Ldh1
a12Neu homozygous mutants with about 20% residual activity occurred in the progeny of heterozygous inter se matings. However, the
number of homozygous mutants was less than expected, suggesting an increased lethality of these animals. Various physicochemical
and kinetic properties of LDH are altered. Exons of the Ldh1 gene were PCR amplified and sequenced to determine the molecular lesion in the mutant alleles. Ldh1
a2Neu carried an A/T → G/C transition in codon 112 (in exon 3), resulting in an Asn → Asp substitution; Asn112 is part of the helix
αD, which is involved in the coenzyme-binding domain. Ldh1
a7Neu contained an A/T → C/G transversion within the codon for residue 194 in exon 4, causing an Asp → Ala substitution, which
may affect the arrangement of the substrate-binding site. Three base substituions were discovered for the mutation Ldh1
a11Neu in exon 7: the transition C/G → T/A, a silent mutation, and two transversions C/G → A/T and C/G → G/C, both missense mutations,
which led to the amino acid replacements Ala319 → Glu and Thr321 → Ser, respectively, located in the αH helix structure of
the COOH tail of LDHA. We suggest that the mutation is the result of a gene conversion event between Ldh1
a wild-type gene and the pseudogene Ldh1-ps. The alteration Ile → Thr of codon 241 in exon 6 caused by the base pair change T/A → C/G was identified in the mutation
Ldh1
a12Neu; IIe241 is included in the helix α2G, a structure that is indirectly involved in coenzyme binding. Each of the sequence alterations
has a potential impact on the structure of the LDHA protein, which is consistent with the decreased LDH activity and biochemical
and physiological alterations.
Received: 3 July 1997 / Accepted: 30 September 1997 相似文献
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Michaela Pape Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Thomas Schniede 《International journal for parasitology》1999,29(12):126
mRNA and genomic DNA were isolated from adult Cylicocyclus nassatus, and the mRNA was reverse transcribed. The cDNA was PCR amplified using degenerate primers designed according to the alignment of the β-tubulin amino acid sequences of other species. To complete the coding sequence, the 3′ end was amplified with the 3′-RACE, and for amplification of the 5′ end the SL1-primer was used. The cDNA of the β-tubulin gene of C. nassatus spans 1429 bp and encodes a protein of 448 amino acids. Specific primers were developed from the cDNA sequence to amplify the genomic DNA sequence and to analyse the genomic organisation of the β-tubulin gene. The complete sequence of the genomic DNA of the β-tubulin gene of C. nassatus has a size of 2652 bp and is organised into nine exons and eight introns. The identities with the exons of the gru-1 β-tubulin gene of Haemonchus contortus range between 79% and 97%. 相似文献
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Recently, we identified nine novel antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the endangered anuran species, Odorrana ishikawae, to assess its innate immune system. In this study an additional antimicrobial peptide was initially isolated based on antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli. The new antimicrobial peptide belonging to the palustrin-2 family was named palustrin-2ISb. It consists of 36 amino acid residues including 7 amino acids C-terminal to the cyclic heptapeptide Rana box domain. The peptide's primary structure suggests a close relationship with the Chinese odorous frog, Odorrana grahami. The cloned cDNA encoding the precursor protein contained a signal peptide, an N-terminal acidic spacer domain, a Lys-Arg processing site and the C-terminal precursor antimicrobial peptide. It also contained 3 amino acid residues at the C-terminus not found in the mature peptide. Finally, the antimicrobial activities against four microorganisms (E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus and Candida albicans) were investigated using several synthetic peptides. A 29 amino acid truncated form of the peptide, lacking the 7 amino acids C-terminal to the Rana box, possessed greater antimicrobial activities than the native structure. 相似文献