茶树CsCIGR基因克隆及表达特性分析

该研究以茶树基因组数据库为基础,采用RT-PCR技术,从茶树‘龙井43’中克隆得到基因CsCIGR。序列分析显示,CsCIGR基因开放阅读框长度为1 677 bp,编码588个氨基酸。进化分析表明,CsCIGR属于GRAS家族的PAT1亚家族。多序列比对显示,茶树CsCIGR蛋白与其他植物的GRAS蛋白氨基酸序列具有很高的相似性。氨基酸理化性质分析显示,CsCIGR转录因子属于亲水性蛋白。亚细胞定位预测显示,CsCIGR可能位于细胞核中。启动子预测分析发现,CsCIGR启动子区域包含胁迫响应元件(STRE)、干旱应答元件(MYC)、厌氧诱导元件(ARE)等多种与逆境响应相关的顺式作用元件。荧光定量PCR分析结果显示,CsCIGR基因在低温(4℃)、高温(38℃)、干旱(200 g·L~(-1) PEG)、高盐(200 mmol·L~(-1) NaCl)胁迫下均能诱导表达,且对高盐,低温和高温胁迫响应更为明显,推测CsCIGR基因在茶树响应逆境胁迫中发挥重要作用。该研究为茶树抗性育种筛选基因提供了重要理论依据。     

茶树CsGME1基因的克隆与逆境胁迫响应分析

该研究基于茶树转录组和基因组信息,以茶树‘龙井43’为实验材料,从其cDNA中克隆获得茶树CsGME1基因,并对其蛋白序列特征、基因表达模式及其在不同非生物胁迫下的表达水平进行实时荧光定量分析。结果显示:(1)茶树CsGME1开放阅读框长度为1131 bp,编码376个氨基酸;该序列与多个相关物种的GME氨基酸序列一致性为94.25%,均含有NAD结合域。(2)进化树分析表明,茶树CsGME1基因与番茄SlGME1亲缘关系较近,与水稻OsGME2亲缘关系最远。(3)CsGME1蛋白属于亲水性蛋白,理论相对分子量为42046.84 Da,理论等电点为5.73,具有4个无序化区域,无序化程度较低;CsGME1蛋白二级结构由39.25%α-螺旋,13.26%延伸主链,5.84%β-转角和41.38%随机卷曲组成;三级结构分析结果显示,CsGME1包含螺旋和随机卷曲,与二级结构吻合。(4)荧光定量分析结果显示,在高温(38℃)、低温(4℃)、干旱(20%PEG)和高盐(200 mmol·L-1 NaCl)4种非生物胁迫处理下,茶树CsGME1基因均有响应,且表达存在差异,推测CsGME1参与了茶树的逆境胁迫响应过程。     

茶树NAC转录因子基因CsNAC79和CsNAC9鉴定及其对非生物胁迫的响应

【目的】鉴定茶树NAC转录因子基因CsNAC79和CsNAC9,并分析它们在干旱、盐、高温、低温、外施ABA和外施GA₃胁迫下的表达模式,为进一步解析CsNAC79和CsNAC9转录因子的生物学功能提供参考。【方法】以茶树‘龙井43’为材料,用RT-PCR扩增NAC转录因子家族基因CsNAC79和CsNAC9,并进行生物信息学分析;用qRT-PCR检测CsNAC79和CsNAC9在茶树6种非生物胁迫下的相对表达量。【结果】(1)CsNAC79和CsNAC9分别编码409个和282个氨基酸,且分别在15—150氨基酸位点、11—134氨基酸位点含有NAC家族成员典型的NAM保守结构域。(2)CsNAC79蛋白与中华猕猴桃、柿、洋蓟亲缘关系较近,CsNAC9蛋白与桃、荔枝、榴莲亲缘关系较近;2个NAC转录因子均是亲水性蛋白,皆不含信号肽和跨膜结构;CsNAC79和CsNAC9的启动子区域都含有非生物胁迫响应元件;蛋白质空间结构分析显示,CsNAC79和CsNAC9蛋白主要是由不规则卷曲和α-螺旋组成。(3)表达分析表明：CsNAC79和CsNAC9基因在6种不同非生物...     

陆地棉GhCDPK1基因响应干旱胁迫的功能初探

钙依赖性蛋白激酶(CDPKs)是一类重要的钙信号感受蛋白和响应蛋白,在植物干旱、低温、盐碱等非生物胁迫应答中起着重要的调控作用。为探讨陆地棉GhCDPK1基因在干旱胁迫下所起的作用,该研究利用实时荧光定量PCR技术分析了PEG模拟干旱胁迫下该基因的表达量,发现GhCDPK1基因受干旱胁迫诱导。通过构建植物表达载体pCAMBIA2300-GhCDPK1,采用农杆菌介导的叶盘法转化模式植物烟草,发现干旱胁迫下转基因植株保水能力明显高于野生型植株,叶绿素、脯氨酸、可溶性蛋白含量及POD、SOD活性也高于野生型植株,而丙二醛含量低于野生型植株。研究结果表明,GhCDPK1基因作为正向调控因子响应干旱胁迫诱导,过表达GhCDPK1基因可以使植株积累更多的渗透调节物质、增强抗氧化系统酶的活性和维持细胞膜的稳定性来提高植物抵御外界干旱胁迫的能力。     

茶树CsCML24的克隆及表达分析

类钙调素(calmodulin-like protein,CML)是植物体内一类钙受体蛋白,介导Ca²⁺与下游靶蛋白的相互作用,在植物抗逆反应中发挥重要作用。探究茶树中CML蛋白在逆境胁迫中的功能,为进一步研究茶树CsCML24对逆境胁迫的响应机理提供理论依据。以龙井43一年生茶树扦插苗为材料,克隆得到类钙调蛋白基因CsCML24(GenBank登录号为MZ325391),并进行了生物信息学分析。同时,利用实时荧光定量PCR技术分析茶树CsCML24组织表达特异性以及不同非生物胁迫处理下的表达模式。结果显示,CsCML24的CDS长为480 bp,编码159个氨基酸。CsCML24为无信号肽及跨膜结构的稳定性亲水蛋白,含有EF-hand保守结构域,能与Ca²⁺结合。qRT-PCR表明,CsCML24在茶树各组织中均表达,在成熟叶的表达量显著高于其他组织,茎中表达量较低;该基因在低温(10℃)、干旱(20% PEG 6000)、高盐胁迫(200 mmol/L NaCl)和ABA(100 μmol/L)处理均能诱导表达,且在不同胁迫下表达差异显著...     

胡萝卜低温胁迫转录因子DcICE1基因克隆与非生物逆境响应分析

植物ICE1基因是调控CBF基因表达的上游调控因子,在植物抵抗逆境胁迫中具有重要的作用。该实验以2个胡萝卜品种‘黑田五寸’和‘君川红’为实验材料,分别克隆出DcICE1转录因子基因,并通过荧光定量PCR方法测定了4种不同逆境胁迫下(4℃低温、38℃高温、0.2mol·L-1 NaCl及200g·L-1 PEG)DcICE1基因的表达情况,探讨DcICE1转录因子在植物抵抗非生物胁迫下的功能。序列分析显示,该基因全长1 458bp,编码485个氨基酸。2个胡萝卜品种的DcICE1基因在核苷酸水平上有2个位点的差异,分别为第139位的G/A和第475位的A/G,导致编码的氨基酸在第47位的E/K和第159位的N/D差异,该差异可能与DcICE1转录因子在2个不同品种应对逆境胁迫下的响应不同有关。胡萝卜DcICE1转录因子有一个保守的ICE1功能结构域。实时定量PCR检测DcICE1基因在不同逆境胁迫下的响应表明,低温(4℃)处理能明显地诱导DcICE1基因的表达,但盐(0.2mol·L-1 NaCl)和干旱(200g·L-1 PEG)处理下的诱导效果均不明显。     

茶树CsLEA5基因的克隆及表达分析

该研究以茶树‘龙井长叶’为材料,克隆获得了茶树胚胎发育晚期丰富蛋白基因CsLEA5的cDNA序列,该序列全长515 bp,包含一个375 bp的开放阅读框,编码124个氨基酸,预测蛋白分子量为13.5 kD,理论等电点为5.92。蛋白序列分析结果显示,CsLEA5为高亲水性和稳定性蛋白,且含有一个典型的LEA_3保守结构域,属于LEA蛋白中LEA_3亚家族成员。CsLEA5基因启动子区域包含多种与逆境响应相关的顺式作用元件,如乙烯响应元件（ERE）、胁迫响应元件（STRE）、创伤响应元件（WUN motif）及MYB、MYC转录因子识别位点等。qRT PCR分析显示,CsLEA5基因表达具有明显的组织特异性,在叶片中的表达量最高,其次是嫩茎,而在其他组织器官中的表达量较低,且CsLEA5基因表达受低温和干旱胁迫的诱导。研究表明,CsLEA5基因可能在茶树响应低温和干旱胁迫过程中发挥重要作用。该研究对了解茶树抗逆分子机制,筛选抗性候选基因资源提供了重要理论依据。     

番茄SlGRAS4基因特征分析和耐热功能鉴定

GRAS转录因子是调控植物生长发育和非生物胁迫响应的重要转录因子之一,而目前还没有GRAS调控高温胁迫的研究。为了深入研究番茄SlGRAS4生物功能,以耐热番茄LA2093为试验材料,分析番茄SlGRAS4基因结构、启动子序列及进化关系,利用qRT-PCR检测SlGRAS4在不同胁迫和不同激素处理下的表达水平,利用VIGS验证SlGRAS4基因耐热功能。结果表明:(1)生物信息学分析显示,SlGRAS4蛋白长度为666 aa,分子量为75 737.72 Da,理论等电点为6.31,含有GRAS转录因子家族典型的结构域,主要集中在C末端的277～657 aa之间;在SlGRAS4启动子区域发现脱落酸(ABA)和水杨酸(SA)响应元件;SlGRAS4与烟草NtGRAS1蛋白亲缘关系最近,推测SlGRAS4可能与其同源基因具有相似的生物功能。(2)在高温、低温、盐和干旱胁迫处理12 h时番茄SlGRAS4基因表达量升至最高,分别增加到对照的8.86、4.86、55.38和7.63倍;在ABA和SA激素处理8 h时SlGRAS4基因的表达量达到峰值,分别达到对照的120.72和3.55倍,说明SlGRAS4可能参与了多种非生物胁迫响应和激素信号传导。(3)沉默SlGRAS4基因番茄植株(VSlGRAS4)在高温胁迫下较对照植株(Ve)更容易萎蔫,且F_v/F_m与SOD、POD活性显著降低,REL和H_2O_2含量显著升高,说明在高温胁迫下沉默SlGRAS4使番茄植株细胞膜氧化损伤加重,光合能力降低,活性氧(ROS)清除酶活性减弱。(4)qRT-PCR分析显示,VSlGRAS4植株中高温信号应答关键基因HsfA1b、ROS信号应答基因ZAT10和ZAT12以及ROS清除酶编码基因CuZnSOD、FeSOD、APX1、APX2、CAT的表达水平均显著低于Ve植株,表明SlGRAS4转录因子可以通过调控高温和ROS信号转导来影响番茄的耐热性。研究认为,高温、低温、干旱、盐、ABA和SA均可显著诱导番茄SlGRAS4基因的表达,沉默SlGRAS4基因番茄植株的耐热性显著降低,证明番茄SlGRAS4基因具有耐热功能,为进一步解析SlGRAS4参与番茄耐热调控的分子机制奠定基础。     

茶树品种‘安吉白茶’ CsDREB-A4 b基因的克隆及其对非生物胁迫的响应

采用RT-PCR方法从茶树﹝Camellia sinensis ( Linn.) O. Ktze.﹞品种‘安吉白茶’(‘Anjibaicha’)叶片的cDNA中克隆得到1个编码DREB转录因子的基因,命名为CsDREB-A4b。序列分析结果显示,CsDREB-A4b基因包含长度为873 bp的开放阅读框,编码290个氨基酸,具有保守的AP2结构域。与拟南芥﹝Arabidopsis thaliana ( Linn.) Heynh.﹞AP2/ERF家族转录因子进行同源进化分析,CsDREB-A4b转录因子属于DREB亚族中的A4组。多重比对结果显示：CsDREB-A4b转录因子与蓖麻(Ricinus communis Linn.)等植物的DREB类转录因子保守结构域氨基酸序列的相似性较高。 CsDREB-A4b转录因子为亲水性蛋白,理论相对分子质量为31938.5,理论等电点为pI 5.91,总平均疏水性为-0.603,碱性、酸性、芳香族和脂肪族氨基酸的比例分别为12%、12%、7%和15%。在高温(38℃)胁迫处理前期,CsDREB-A4b基因的相对表达量显著高于胁迫处理前;在低温(4℃)胁迫处理下,CsDREB-A4b基因的相对表达量呈显著升高的趋势;在盐(200 mmol·L-1 NaCl)和干旱(200 g·L-1 PEG)胁迫处理下,CsDREB-A4b基因的相对表达量呈先降低后显著升高的趋势。表明CsDREB-A4b基因参与‘安吉白茶’非生物胁迫的响应过程,且在不同胁迫条件下具有表达差异性。     

水稻含有B-box锌指结构域的OsBBX25蛋白参与植物对非生物胁迫的响应

锌指蛋白在调控植物生长发育和应对逆境过程中发挥着重要作用.为进一步研究锌指类蛋白参与植物非生物胁迫响应的分子机制,对水稻(Oryza sativa)中一个编码含有B-box锌指结构域蛋白的OsBBX25基因进行了功能分析.OsBBX25受盐、干旱和ABA诱导表达.异源表达OsBBX25的转基因拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)与野生型相比对盐和干旱的耐受性增强,且盐胁迫条件下转基因植物中KIN1、RD29A和COR15的表达上调,干旱胁迫下KIN1、RD29A和RD22的表达上调.外源施加ABA时,转基因植物的萌发率与野生型之间没有明显差异.OsBBX25可能作为转录调控的辅助因子调节胁迫应答相关基因的表达,进而参与植物对非生物胁迫的响应.     

Effects of MULTIFOLIATE-PINNA, AFILA, TENDRIL-LESS and UNIFOLIATA genes on leafblade architecture in Pisum sativum

In order to dissect the genetic regulation of leafblade morphogenesis, 16 genotypes of pea, constructed by combining the wild-type and mutant alleles of MFP, AF, TL and UNI genes, were quantitatively phenotyped. The morphological features of the three domains of leafblades of four genotypes, unknown earlier, were described. All the genotypes were found to differ in leafblade morphology. It was evident that MFP and TL functions acted as repressor of pinna ramification, in the distal domain. These functions, with and without interaction with UNI, also repressed the ramification of proximal pinnae in the absence of AF function. The expression of MFP and TL required UNI function. AF function was found to control leafblade architecture multifariously. The earlier identified role of AF as a repressor of UNI in the proximal domain was confirmed. Negative control of AF on the UNI-dependent pinna ramification in the distal domain was revealed. It was found that AF establishes a boundary between proximal and distal domains and activates formation of leaflet pinnae in the proximal domain.     

Presence of Rhizobium Etli bv . Phaseoli and Rhizobium Gallicum bv . Gallicum in Egyptian Soils

Seven bean rhizobial strains EBRI 2, 3, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29 identified as Rhizobium etli, and EBRI 32 identified as Rhizobium gallicum, isolated from Egyptian soils and which nodulated Phaseolus vulgaris efficiently, were subjected to hybridization with a nifH probe in order to estimate the copy number of this gene. Seven strains (EBRI 2, 3, 21, 24, 26, 27 and 29) which were only able to nodulate Phaseolus vulgaris, contained three copies of the nifH gene, consistent with their identification as Rhizobium etli bv. phaseoli. Only one strain (EBRI 32) which nodulated both Phaseolus vulgaris and Leucaena leucocephala, had one copy of nifH gene. This confirmed the classification of this strain as Rhizobium gallicum bv. gallicum.     

Characterisation of cell wall polysaccharides, arabinogalactans-proteins (AGPs) and phenolics of Cola nitida, Cola acuminata and Garcinia kola seeds

Many Cola plant species are endemic to West and Central Africa. Cola acuminata and Cola nitida are used as masticatory when fresh, while the dried nuts are used for beverages and pharmaceutical purposes in Europe and North America. Garcinia kola seeds, that serve as a substitute for the true kola nuts, are used in African traditional medicine for the treatment of various diseases, including colic, headache and liver cirrhosis. Seeds extracts of G. kola are also known for their anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antiviral properties. To gain information on the chemical properties of the kolas, we have isolated and analyzed cell wall polysaccharides, arabinogalactan-proteins and phenolic substances from the seeds of the three kola species. The sugar composition of cell wall material of C. acuminata, C. nitida and G. kola revealed that Gal (up to 30%), Ara, GalA and Glc as the predominant monosaccharides, representing approximately 90% by mol of the total hydrolysable sugar present in this material. In Ammonium oxalate cell wall fraction, GalA was found to be the major sugar present in all kola species. In the alkali-soluble fraction, there were significant differences in the level of Glc and Gal. The level of Glc was high in C. acuminata and C. nitida while the level of Gal and Xyl were high in C. nitida and G. cola. Isolation and quantification of arabinogalactan-proteins demonstrate that G. kola seeds contained four to eight times more of these proteoglycans than the seeds of the other two species. Finally, analysis of soluble phenolic substances shows that caffeine and catechin were largely represented in C. acumina and C. nitida seeds, with caffeine accounting for 50% of all soluble phenolics. These findings indicate that the three Kola seeds are highly enriched in pectins and proteoglycans and that C. acuminata and C. nitida can be used as a possible source of caffeine and catechin.     

Genome Analysis inNeurospora crassa;Cloning of Four Lociarginine-1(arg-1),methionine-6(met-6),unknown-7(un-7), andribosome production-1(rip-1) and Associated Chromosome Walking

We have cloned fourNeurospora crassagenes by complementation analysis. Cloned genes include thearginine-1(arg-1),methionine-6(met-6),unknown-7(un-7), andribosome production-1(rip-1) loci. Chromosome walks were initiated in ordered cosmid libraries from the cloned loci. A total of about 700 kb of theNeurosporagenome is covered in these walks.     

中国黑粉菌属和利罗黑粉菌属

黑粉菌属是Roussel 1806年建立的,全世界记载有三百余种,主要寄生于禾本科,是经济作物及牧草的重要致病菌·长期以来,对黑粉菌的邢子使用过各种名称,如厚垣孢子,冬孢子及黑粉孢子等.本文采用黑粉孢子以区别锈菌的冬孢子. 芳’(1979)在《中国真菌总汇》中列出黑粉菌属五十种及一个变型.作者经过显微结构和超显微结构的研究,承认其中二十九种为正确名称,八种及一变型为异名,顶黑粉菌(Ustilago acrearus Berk.)由于错拼而被废弃.埃地黑粉菌(Ustilago emodensis Berk.)被转移至利罗粉菌属(Liroa).另有十一种黑粉菌因缺少标本留待今后订正.自1979年以后,杨信东(1983)增加黑粉菌属二种我国新纪录,K.范基和郭林(1986)描述一新种,四种新纪录.在本文中,作者描述一新种:鸢尾蒜黑粉(Ustilago ixiolirii Guo L) ,孢子堆生在蒴果内,不开裂,黑色,粉末状.黑粉孢子球形,近球形,稀椭圆形, 12.5-21×10-21μm,黑褐色,壁厚1-1.Sμm,纹饰脑状.是迄今生在石蒜科植物上唯一黑粉菌的种,其它几种黑粉菌均属条黑粉菌属.本文增加七种我国新纪录.共计四十九种,寄生于六科四十四属植物,主要是禾本科和蓼科.这仅是黑粉菌属研究的初步报告,在全国范围内大量采集黑粉菌标本后,作者相信会有更多新种和我国新纪录被发现.利罗黑粉菌属(Liroa)是从黑粉菌属(Ustaligo)分出的,此属为单种属.     

Nomenclatural changes resulting from the transfer of tropical African Sarcostemma to Cynanchum ( Apocynaceae : Asclepiadoideae )

Summary  Four species of tropical African Sarcostemma are transferred to Cynanchum together with two subspecies of S. viminale. In addition, Sarcostemma mulanjense is reduced to subspecific rank under C. viminale.     

The phylogenetic placement of Ostropales within Lecanoromycetes (Ascomycota) revisited

Results of molecular studies regarding the phylogenetic placement of the order Ostropales and related taxa within Lecanoromycetes were thus far inconclusive. Some analyses placed the order as sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes, while others inferred a position nested within Lecanoromycetes. We assembled a data set of 101 species including sequences from nuLSU rDNA, mtSSU rDNA, and the nuclear protein-coding RPB1 for each species to examine the cause of incongruencies in previously published phylogenies. MP, minimum evolution, and Bayesian analyses were performed using the combined three-region data set and the single-gene data sets. The position of Ostropales nested in Lecanoromycetes is confirmed in all single-gene and concatenated analyses, and a placement as sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes is significantly rejected using two independent methods of alternative topology testing. Acarosporales and related taxa (Acarosporaceae group) are basal in Lecanoromycetes. However, if the these basal taxa are excluded from the analyses, Ostropales appear to be sister to the rest of Lecanoromycetes, suggesting different ingroup rooting as the cause for deviating topologies in previously published phylogenies.     

转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对异色瓢虫生长发育及其捕食功能的影响

【目的】为探究转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对异色瓢虫生长发育及其捕食功能的影响。【方法】以转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉与其亲本常规棉为实验材料,利用取食不同棉花品种叶片的棉铃虫饲喂异色瓢虫幼虫。【结果】与常规亲本棉相比,取食饲喂转基因棉花叶片的初孵棉铃虫幼虫的异色瓢虫幼虫从1龄发育至化蛹期时间延长0.77 d,但差异不显著;除1龄幼虫体重增加(0.0773 mg)外,其余各龄期幼虫体重均有所下降,但差异均不显著;异色瓢虫1、2、3、4龄幼虫对初孵棉铃虫捕食量均随棉铃虫密度的增加而增加,捕食功能反应均符合HollingⅡ圆盘方程。【结论】转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对异色瓢虫生长发育无显著影响,饲喂取食转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花的棉铃虫对异色瓢虫捕食功能无显著差异。     

Hydroxylation of steroids by Fusarium oxysporum, Exophiala jeanselmei and Ceratocystis paradoxa

The potential of Fusarium oxysporum var. cubense UAMH 9013 to perform steroid biotransformations was reinvestigated using single phase and pulse feed conditions. The following natural steroids served as substrates: dehydroepiandrosterone (1), pregnenolone (2), testosterone (3), progesterone (4), cortisone (5), prednisone (6), estrone (7) and sarsasapogenin (8). The results showed the possible presence of C-7 and C-15 hydroxylase enzymes. This hypothesis was explored using three synthetic androstanes: androstane-3,17-dione (9), androsta-4,6-diene-3,17-dione (10) and 3α,5α-cycloandrost-6-en-17-one (11). These fermentations of non-natural steroids showed that C-7 hydroxylation was as a result of that position being allylic. The evidence also pointed towards the presence of a C-15 hydroxylase enzyme.The eleven steroids were also fed to Exophialajeanselmei var. lecanii-corni UAMH 8783. The results showed that the fungus appears to have very active 5α and 14α-hydroxylase enzymes, and is also capable of carrying out allylic oxidations.Ceratocystis paradoxa UAMH 8784 was grown in the presence of the above-mentioned steroids. The results showed that monooxygenases which effect allylic hydroxylation and Baeyer–Villiger rearrangement were active. However, redox reactions predominated.