水稻基腐细菌毒素的分离纯化、性质和生物学作用

[目的]水稻基腐细菌毒素迄今未见报道.毒素是病原微生物重要的致病因子之一,毒素的分离纯化是研究病菌毒素功能和作用的前提和基础.[方法]通过几种层析柱的多次层析分离及对水稻 ,幼苗的生物活性跟踪测定,分离纯化水稻基腐细菌毒素;采用化学及生物化学方法,研究毒素的性质及生物学作用.[结果]获得了水稻基腐细菌毒素的一个成分T<,3>,该成分为黄色固体,溶于甲醇、正丁醇、水和甲酸;不溶于三氯甲烷、乙酸乙酯;微溶于丙酮,是非糖类和非蛋白质类物质,对紫外线敏感.毒素具有抑制水稻生根、使水稻秧苗萎蔫和对烟草细胞坏死的作用.高浓度毒素抑制水稻、玉米、番茄和烟草种子萌发,低浓度毒素则具有促进根、芽生长的作用.毒素对来自5个属的10种植物病原细菌具有抑菌活性,同时具有诱导水稻PAL和POD活性,且对抗病品种128的POD和PAL诱导活性均高于感病品种特籼13.[结论]首次建立了水稻基腐细菌毒素的分离纯化方法.该毒素具有抑制水稻幼根生长、导致秧苗萎蔫、引起烟草细胞坏死、抑制植物病原细菌和诱导水稻防卫酶活性等生物学作用.     

水稻苯达松敏感致死基因的RAPD标记和SCAR标记

利用RAPD技术对水稻品种农林 8号 (含苯达松抗性基因Ben)和其突变体农林 8号m (含苯达松敏感致死基因ben)进行标记 ,从 36 0个 10bp寡核苷酸随机引物中筛选出 5个引物产生的 7个RAPD标记。经对多态性标记的克隆和序列分析 ,再设计PCR引物 ,将其中 4个RAPD标记OPG18/ 94 3、OPG18/ 972、OPD10 / 12 4 8和OPF0 3/ 1198转化成SCAR标记SCAR/G18/ 883、SCAR/G18/ 890、SCAR/G18/ 919/ 94 8、SCAR/D10 / 12 37、SCAR/F0 3/ 1186。通过对农林 8号×农林 8号mF2 分离群体 32 0个单株的连锁分析及在 1对含ben基因的近等基因系H12 1和Hben12 1中验证 ,标记SCAR/G18/ 883、SCAR/G18/ 890、SCAR/G18/ 919/ 94 8与Ben或ben基因共分离 ,SCAR/D10 / 12 37与Ben基因的遗传距离为 (14 .8± 2 .1)cM。经Southernblotting分析并结合F2 代分离比例表明 ,标记OPG18/ 94 3、OPG18/ 972及其转化的SCAR标记在基因组中为单拷贝序列 ,且OPG18/ 94 3和OPG18/ 972为一对等位STS位点。这是首次报道与ben或Ben基因相连锁的分子标记。本研究为利用分子标记辅助ben基因的转育及利用图位克隆技术分离ben基因提供了有用的分子标记。     

水稻苯达松敏感致死基因的RAPD标记和SCAR标记

利用RAPD技术对水稻品种农林8号(含苯达松抗性基因Ben)和其突变体农林8号m (含苯达松敏感致死基因ben)进行标记,从360个10 bp寡核苷酸随机引物中筛选出5个引物产生的7个RAPD标记.经对多态性标记的克隆和序列分析,再设计PCR引物,将其中4个RAPD标记OPG18/943、OPG18/972、OPD10/1248和OPF03/1198转化成SCAR标记SCAR/G18/883、SCAR/G18/890、SCAR/G18/919/948、SCAR/D10/1237、SCAR/F03/1186.通过对农林8号×农林8号m F2分离群体320个单株的连锁分析及在1对含ben基因的近等基因系H121和Hben121中验证,标记SCAR/G18/883、SCAR/G18/890、SCAR/G18/919/948与Ben 或ben基因共分离,SCAR/D10/1237与Ben基因的遗传距离为(14.8±2.1) cM.经Southern blotting分析并结合F2代分离比例表明,标记OPG18/943、OPG18/972及其转化的SCAR标记在基因组中为单拷贝序列,且OPG18/943和OPG18/972为一对等位STS位点.这是首次报道与ben或Ben基因相连锁的分子标记.本研究为利用分子标记辅助ben基因的转育及利用图位克隆技术分离ben基因提供了有用的分子标记.     

草鱼种质相关SRAP及SCAR的分子标记

采用相关序列扩增多态性(Sequence-realted Amplified Polymorphism, SRAP)技术分析野生草鱼和家养草鱼,筛选与草鱼种质退化相关的分子遗传标记.共进行88对引物组合的检测, 产生标记数目共计905个.依据标记在群体中出现的频率和变化规律,共筛选出2 1个可能与种质相关的特异性标记,对这些特异性标记进行测序并将测序结果进行BLAST分析 .发现测得片段中有8个片段在GenBank中找到同源性较高的序列,而其他片段与数据库中序列的相似性较低.根据序列信息分别设计了3对引物.用这3对引物分别对草鱼三个群体进行 PCR扩增,分别产生了SCAR1(308 bp)、SCAR2(66 bp)、SCAR3(114 bp)3个扩增带.采用大样本对这3个标记进行验证,发现其中SCAR1在家养群体中呈现阳性,在野生群体中为阴性,可区分出这两种群体.以SCAR3为引物在174条家养群体中得到目的片段,在26个家养群体没有扩增出条带,分布频率为87%;在100个野生群体中有6个个体检测到该条带,分布频率为6%.以SCAR2为引物在野生群体中完全扩增出目的条带,淡水中心群体中有7条扩增到条带,前洲群体中没有扩增出条带,标记在家养种群中的分布频率为96.50%.因此SCAR1可作为草鱼家养群体的一个重要的分子遗传特征指标,为进一步进行分子标记辅助育种奠定了基础 [动物学报 54(3):475-481,2008].     

谭清苏铁性别连锁的RAPD和SCAR分子标记

利用RAPD(Random amplified polymorphicDNA)分子标记技术,寻找谭清苏铁(Cycas tanqingii)中与性别相关的分子标记,筛选了160个10bp的随机引物,产生了2500多个RAPD条带。只有引物S0465(CCCCGGTAAC)产生了一条大约500bp的雌性特异RAPD标记,该分子标记出现在所有的供试雌性植株中,而所有的供试雄性植株都不具有该标记。对该特异片段进行了克隆和序列测定,并根据序列分析结果将RAPD标记转化为重复性和特异性更好的特异特征序列扩增区域(SCAR)分子标记,并命名为STQC-S465-483。分子标记的建立可用于谭清苏铁幼苗性别的早期鉴定,为谭清苏铁就地保护和迁地保护提供技术支持。     

陆地棉HB红花性状特异SCAR分子标记的开发

利用Operon系列引物筛选到1个与HB红花性状基因连锁的RAPD标记OPA15^1160,对差异条带进行克隆与核苷酸测序,根据测序结果设计SCAR引物,在HB红花近等基因系及其白花轮回亲本中进行PCR扩增程序优化和鉴定,筛选出一对引物可稳定扩增出与HB红花性状基因连锁的特异片段,获得了与HB红花性状基因紧密连锁的SCAR标记HB^-330。利用具黄色花瓣紫红色基斑的海岛棉与粉红花瓣的红叶棉等种质材料以7LHB红花近等基因系与白花轮回亲本杂交的F1、BC1F1、F2群体,对该SCAR标记的特异性与准确性进行了鉴定与验证,在红花植株中扩增出了330bp大小的片段而在白花植株中未扩增出,证明该标记准确性高、重复性好。HB红花是通过远缘杂交转自野生二倍体比克氏棉的性状,已成功地应用于性状标记杂交棉育种。该SCAR标记不仅为HB红花标记杂交种的纯度鉴定提供了有效技术手段,也为新品种保护提供了技术支持,促进了红花性状杂交种的分子标记辅助育种进程。     

与苹果Co基因紧密连锁的RAPD标记的筛选及其SCAR标记转换

以短枝富士(Spur Fuji)X舞姿(Telamon)的105株F1群体为试材,利用RAPD技术,结合集群分类分析法(BSA)进行了苹果柱型基因(Co)分子标记的研究。通过对300条随机引物的筛选,获得一个与Co基因紧密连锁的RAPD标记S1142682,连锁距离为2．86cM。对该标记片段进行序列测定,然后根据序列特点设计了4条特异引物(其中正向引物与反向引物各两条)。PCR结果显示,这4条引物的4种组合都可以扩增出柱型性状的特征带。选其中之一进行群体上的分析,结果表明该SCAR标记特征带与柱型性状的共分离行为与原RAPD标记表现一致。可见,此组合的引物可以作为该SCAR标记的特异引物。通过对S1142682标记片段序列分析发现,在 45～ 251区域含有一个可编码68个氨基酸残基的ORF。     

谭清苏铁性别连锁的RAPD和SCAR分子标记

利用RAPD(Random amplified polymorphic DNA)分子标记技术,寻找谭清苏铁（Cycas tanqingii）中与性别相关的分子标记,筛选了160个10bp的随机引物,产生了2500多个RAPD条带。只有引物S0465 (CCCCGGTAAC)产生了一条大约500bp的雌性特异RAPD标记,该分子标记出现在所有的供试雌性植株中,而所有的供试雄性植株都不具有该标记。对该特异片段进行了克隆和序列测定,并根据序列分析结果将RAPD标记转化为重复性和特异性更好的特异特征序列扩增区域（SCAR）分子标记,并命名为STQC-S465-483。分子标记的建立可用于谭清苏铁幼苗性别的早期鉴定,为谭清苏铁就地保护和迁地保护提供技术支持。     

利用相关性分析鉴定与水稻根部性状表达相关的分子标记

84个水稻品种在营养液中生长,10天后测定每一品种的最大根长（Maximum Root Length,MRL)和根干重（Root Dry Weight,RDW)。选取其中有代表性的27个水稻品种,用扩增片段长度多态性（Amplified Fragment Length Polymor-phism,AFLP)技术进行基因组差异分析,通过计算差异带与性状表现间的相关系数,筛选与苗期水稻最大根长和根干重显著相关的分子标记,经过15对AFLP引物的筛选,有4对引物的7个片段的基因型表现与最大根长或（和）根干重显著相关,对其中的片段之一“T3P3f”进行克隆,测序后,设计特异PCR扩增引物“Z336”,进一步对84个水稻品种进行鉴定,统计分析后发现,Z2336与最大根长的相关系数为-0.193,相关性几近显著水平;与根干重的相关系数为-0.391,相关性达极显著水平,计算对根干重的差异解释率,可达15.3%,显示该标记与控制根干重性状表达的某个数量基因紧密连锁,它的存在对性状值的降低有显著的关系,进一步利用源于ZYQ8和JX17的加倍单倍体（double haploid,DH)分离群体进行基因定位,发现Z336位于水稻第11号染色体上,距离相邻的分子标记9.4cM。     

大麻性别的RAPD和SCAR分子标记

利用随机扩增多态性DNA（random amplified polymorphic DNA,RAPD)技术获得与大麻性别连锁的分子标记,将10株雄性大麻或10株雌性麻的单个DNA样品等量混合分别组成雄性或雌性DNA池（DNApool),以提供具有相同遗传背景的雄,雄性DNA样品。每个随机引物分别用三个不同的循环程序进行PCR扩增,在30个随机引物中,用引物S401扩增得到一条约2．5kb雄性多态性片段,对该片段进行了克隆和序列分析 ,并根据序列分析结果将上述RAPD分子标记转化为重复性和特异性更好的SCAR（Sequence characterized amplified regions)分子标记。     

Extracellular polysaccharides of modified strains of Erwinia spp.

The structure of the extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced by Erwinia chrysanthemi strain A2148 has been determined using low pressure size-exclusion and anion-exchange chromatographies, high pH anion-exchange chromatography, glycosyl-linkage analysis, and 1D 1H NMR spectroscopy. The polysaccharide is structurally similar, if not identical, to the EPS produced by E. chrysanthemi strain A350. A streptomycin-resistant strain of E. chrysanthemi Ech6 (Ech6S(+)) has been generated and has an elevated production of EPS, as does a streptomycin-resistant strain (Ech9Sm6) of E. chrysanthemi Ech9. These modified E. chrysanthemi spp. have been ribotyped and found to be closely related to their parent strains.     

Physiological and pathological characteristics of Erwinia chrysanthemi isolates from potato tubers

Nine isolates of Erwinia chrysanthemi from rotting potato tubers were compared with six type or reference strains of this species. Phenotypic properties of the potato isolates closely agreed with those of Erw. chrysanthemi pv. zeae and with the characteristics proposed for Dickey's infrasubspecific subdivision IV (1979) and Samson & Nassan-Agha's biovar 3 (1978), where Zea mays was among the most common host species. Pathogenicity tests on 20 ornamental and agricultural species showed only Cyclamen sp. and Z. mays to be susceptible. In Ouchterlony double diffusion tests, antisera to whole live cells of one potato strain reacted with four of the six pathovars of Erw. chrysanthemi. Tuber isolates did not produce blackleg symptoms in inoculated stems. The rationale of intensive pathogenicity testing is discussed.     

Structure and hydrodynamic properties of the extracellular polysaccharide from a mutant strain (RA3W) of Erwinia chrysanthemi RA3

The structure of the extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced by Erwinia chrysanthemi strain RA3W, a mutant strain of E. chrysanthemi RA3, has been determined using low pressure size-exclusion and anion-exchange chromatographies, high pH anion-exchange chromatography, glycosyl linkage analysis, and 1D 1H NMR spectroscopy. The polysaccharide is structurally similar, if not identical, to the family of EPS produced by such as E. chrysanthemi strains Ech9, Ech9Sm6, and SR260. The molecular weight of EPS RA3W by ultracentrifugation (sedimentation equilibrium) and light scattering is compared with those of other E. chrysanthami EPSs, as are the viscometric properties.     

Chromosomal mapping of the pel and cel genes in Erwinia chrysanthemi strain B374

Using the RP4::mini-Mu in vivo cloning technique, van Gijsegem et al. (1985) isolated several pel and cel genes of Erwinia chrysanthemi (Ech) B374 strain. We have localized these genes on the Ech chromosome by co-transfer mapping of MudI1734 insertion mutants and refined the map by co-transposition analysis. This analysis has enabled us to identify another cel gene.     

Cloning and sequencing of pel gene responsible for CMCase activity from Erwinia chrysanthemi PY35

The phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi secretes multiple isozymes of plant cell wall disrupting enzymes such as pectate lyase and endoglucanase. We cloned genomic DNA from Erwinia chrysanthemi PY35. One of the E. coli XL1-Blue clones contained a 5.1-kb BamHI fragment and hydrolyzed carboxymethyl cellulose and polygalacturonic acid. By subsequent subcloning, we obtained a 2.9-kb fragment (pPY100) that contained the pel gene responsible for CMCase and pectate lyase activities. The pel gene had an open reading frame (ORF) of 1,278 bp encoding 425 amino acids with a signal peptide of 25 amino acids. Since the deduced amino acid sequence of this protein was very similar to that of PelL of E. chrysanthemi EC16, we concluded that it belonged to the pectate lyase family EC 4.2.2.2, and we designated it PelL1. Sequencing showed that the PeIL1 protein contains 400 amino acids and has a calculated pI of 7.15 and a molecular mass of 42,925 Da. The molecular mass of PelL1 protein expressed in E. coli XL1-Blue, as analyzed by SDS-PAGE, appeared to be 43 kDa. The optimum pH for its enzymatic activity was 9, and the optimum temperature was about 40 decreased C.     

Characterization of the argA gene required for arginine biosynthesis and syringomycin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae

Two types of necrosis-inducing lipodepsipeptide toxins, called syringomycin and syringopeptin, are major virulence factors of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B301D. A previous study showed that a locus, called syrA, was required for both syringomycin production and plant pathogenicity, and the syrA locus was speculated to encode a regulator of toxin production. In this study, sequence analysis of the 8-kb genomic DNA fragment that complements the syrA phenotype revealed high conservation among a broad spectrum of fluorescent pseudomonads. The putative protein encoded by open reading frame 4 (ORF4) (1,299 bp) in the syrA locus region exhibited 85% identity to ArgA, which is involved in arginine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Growth of strain W4S2545, the syrA mutant, required supplementation of N minimal medium with arginine. Similarly, syringomycin production of syrA mutant W4S2545 was restored by the addition of arginine to culture media. Furthermore, the insertion of Tn5 in the genome of the syrA mutant W4S2545 was localized between nucleotides 146 and 147 in ORF4, and syringomycin production was complemented in trans with the wild-type DNA fragment containing intact ORF4. These results demonstrate that the syrA locus is the argA gene of P. syringae pv. syringae and that argA is directly involved in arginine biosynthesis and therefore indirectly affects syringomycin production because of arginine deficiency.     

PCR-based detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli var. fuscans in plant material and its differentiation from X. c. pv. phaseoli

A PCR-based method was developed for the specific detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli var. fuscans from plant material. Primers Xf1 and Xf2, based on a sequence conserved amplified region (SCAR) derived from RAPD PCR analysis of X. c. pv. phaseoli var. fuscans , amplified a DNA fragment of 450 bp from all such isolates. In contrast, no amplification product was obtained from any X. c. pv. phaseoli isolates, or from any other DNAs tested. As few as 10 cells of X. c . pv. phaseoli var. fuscans (equivalent to about 100 fg DNA) could be detected in vitro . In planta , following an initial inoculation of as little as one cell, an amplification product was generated after only 2 d of incubation, allowing highly sensitive detection 10 d before disease symptoms were observed. Moreover, the failure to amplify DNA from X. c . pv. phaseoli isolates shows that these primers provide a rapid, improved method to differentiate these two varieties using PCR.