Cloning and heterologous expression of gene encoding A polygalacturonase from Aspergillus awamori

A polygalacturonase gene of Aspergillus awamori IFO 4033 was cloned by genomic Southern hybridization with a probe of a DNA fragment synthesized by PCR. This was done using primers constructed based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of a polygalacturonase, protopectinase-AS, produced by the strain and the consensus internal amino acid sequence of fungal polygalacturonases. The cloned polygalacturonase gene, containing an ORF, encodes 362 amino acids, including a 52-bp intron. It contains the consensus nucleotide sequence of PacC binding sites, and its expression was appeared to be regulated by ambient pH. After the intron was excised, the cloned gene was inserted into an expression plasmid for yeast, pMA91, and introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae to be expressed. The expressed gene product was purified to a homogeneous preparation, and this confirmed that the polygalacturonase produced was the product of the cloned gene.     

Distribution of Methanotrophs in the Phyllosphere

A polygalacturonase gene of Aspergillus awamori IFO 4033 was cloned by genomic Southern hybridization with a probe of a DNA fragment synthesized by PCR. This was done using primers constructed based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of a polygalacturonase, protopectinase-AS, produced by the strain and the consensus internal amino acid sequence of fungal polygalacturonases. The cloned polygalacturonase gene, containing an ORF, encodes 362 amino acids, including a 52-bp intron. It contains the consensus nucleotide sequence of PacC binding sites, and its expression was appeared to be regulated by ambient pH. After the intron was excised, the cloned gene was inserted into an expression plasmid for yeast, pMA91, and introduced into Saccharomyces cerevisiae to be expressed. The expressed gene product was purified to a homogeneous preparation, and this confirmed that the polygalacturonase produced was the product of the cloned gene.     

酵母豆蔻酰辅酶A：蛋白质N端转酰基酶基因的克隆与表达

利用ＰＣＲ技术,从酵母染色体中扩增得到酵母豆蔻酰－ＣｏＡ：蛋白质Ｎ端转酰基酶（ＹＳＣＮＭＴ）基因,并克隆到ｐＢｌｕｅｓｃｒｉｐｔＫＳ＋载体中。由ＤＮＡ全序测定表明,获得了ＹＳＣＮＭＴ编码基因。进一步构建了Ｔ７Ｐｒｏｍｏｔｅｒ控制下的含上述完整ＹＳＣＮＭＴ编码基因的表达质粒ｐＭＦＴ７－５－ＮＭＴ,转化大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）,进行ＩＰＴＧ诱导表达研究。通过ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ分析,观察到一与理论分子量一致的诱导条带（约５３ｋＤ）,占全菌蛋白的３９％左右,且可溶性部分约占上清液中全部蛋白的３４％。经一步Ｐ１１磷酸纤维素阳离子交换柱层析,将其纯化到纯度达９７％以上．纯化的表达产物经Ｎ端氨基酸序列分析,所测定的Ｎ端５个氨基酸的序列,与从克隆的ＹＳＣＮＭＴ基因推出的氨基酸序列完全一致（不含Ｎ端Ｍｅｔ）。对所得的ＹＳＣＮＭＴ进行酶活力鉴定,观察到了明显的活力。     

家蚕浓核病毒(镇江)株主要结构蛋白基因的克隆及表达

家蚕浓核病毒(Bombyx mori densovirus,BmDNV)是一种昆虫细小病毒.与其它昆虫细小病毒感染昆虫体内多种组织不同,家蚕浓核病毒只感染家蚕中肠上皮组织的圆筒型细胞,感染该病毒细胞的细胞核可以被孚尔根和甲基绿浓染,在病毒感染的早期中肠上皮组织细胞数量增加,形成褶皱,最后感染细胞脱落到肠腔中[1-3].自从20世纪70年代末日本学者证实家蚕浓核病是由于家蚕浓核病毒感染引起的以来[4],已经分离得到了多个病毒株系[5-8].根据它们在血清学、理化特性、品种感受性和病理特征等方面的差异,分为BmDNV-1(伊那株)和BmDNV-2(以山梨株为代表)[8-11].     

PC-1分子转录激活功能研究

PC-1基因是在人前列腺癌细胞中克隆的新基因,表达水平随前列腺癌恶性程度增加而升高,其表达产物具有转录因子的一些特征.为研究PC-1分子的转录激活功能,首先应用酵母双杂交系统将PC-1全长以及不同区段的cDNA克隆到表达载体pAS2-1中,然后分别转化酵母细胞株CG-1945. lacZ和His3报告基因激活的检测结果表明,该分子具有转录激活活性并将该活性定位于N端的46个氨基酸区域.此外,将PC-1分子不同区段的cDNA分别克隆至表达载体pZHO1中,将它们与报告基因质粒pTRE-luc共转染哺乳动物细胞COS7和C4-2,Firefly荧光素酶相对活性的检测结果表明,该分子N端的46个氨基酸区域具有转录激活活性.     

割手密醛脱氢酶ScALDH基因的克隆与表达分析

该研究从甘蔗细茎野生种(割手密Saccharum spontaneum)中克隆抗旱相关的基因Sc ALDH,并分析其在干旱处理条件下的表达情况和序列特征。利用RT-PCR技术克隆甘蔗的ALDH基因片段,并对其核苷酸和氨基酸序列进行分析。使用NCBI Blastx、ORF finder、Mega、NCBI Conserved Domain Search等程序对其分别进行不同物种氨基酸比较、开放阅读框(ORF)寻找、进化树及保守序列分析,并用Real Time-PCR分析所克隆基因在干旱胁迫前后的表达差异。结果表明:克隆出甘蔗的ALDH基因片段,总长度为1996bp,其中蛋白质编码区(CDS)全长1524bp,编码508个氨基酸;与其它物种ALDH类蛋白氨基酸序列有很高的同源性,有ALDH家族的保守序列,并含有完整的开放阅读框,系统进化树分析显示与玉米的蛋白质亲缘关系最近;Real timePCR数据表明,在干旱胁迫下,随着干旱时间的延长,该基因的表达量呈持续积累的表达模式。总体上来说,该基因对干旱胁迫显著表达。利用RT-PCR技术克隆的甘蔗ALDH基因,属于ALDH蛋白家族的一员,具有其典型的功能域,该基因在干旱胁迫过程中参与抗旱作用。该研究结果为野生种资源开发、优良抗旱亲本选择和培育抗旱性强甘蔗品种提供了参考依据。     

Sex- and tissue-specific expression of aspartic proteinases in Danio rerio (zebrafish)

Full-length zebrafish cDNAs encoding two aspartic proteinases were cloned and sequenced. One of the two cDNAs was a 1708 bp product with an open reading frame of 398 amino acid residues corresponding to a cathepsin D. The other was a 1383 bp product encoding a polypeptide chain of 416 amino acids homologous to nothepsin, an aspartic proteinase first identified by us in the liver of Antarctic Notothenioidei. Gene expression assessed by RT–PCR and northern blot hybridization of RNA from different tissues showed that the expression was tissue- and sex-specific. Whereas the cathepsin D gene was expressed in all the tissues examined independently of the sex, the nothepsin gene was expressed exclusively in female livers.     

管氏肿腿蜂毒液过敏原3基因的克隆及表达分析

为研究管氏肿腿蜂Scleroderma guani毒液过敏原3基因SgA3的功能,通过RT-PCR克隆SgA3基因,采用荧光定量PCR分析其在不同发育阶段和组织中的表达特征,并利用载体pSUMO-Mut对其进行原核表达。克隆获得SgA3基因开放阅读框长699 bp,编码233个氨基酸,其中信号肽位于N端第1~23位氨基酸。多序列比对分析发现,SgA3与丽蝇蛹集金小蜂Nasonia vitripennis、粉蝶盘绒茧蜂Cotesia glomerata、红火蚁Solenopsis invicta和常见黄胡蜂Vespula vulgaris过敏原3的氨基酸序列一致性分别为50.44%、50%、48.89%和47.83%。荧光定量PCR结果表明,SgA3基因在雌成虫中高表达,且在毒液器官中的表达量显著高于雌成虫其他组织和雄成虫中的表达量。利用pSUMO-Mut表达载体,成功表达并纯化得到高纯度的SgA3重组蛋白。该研究结果为进一步研究SgA3基因的功能奠定了基础。     

Sex- and tissue-specific expression of aspartic proteinases in Danio rerio (zebrafish)

Full-length zebrafish cDNAs encoding two aspartic proteinases were cloned and sequenced. One of the two cDNAs was a 1708 bp product with an open reading frame of 398 amino acid residues corresponding to a cathepsin D. The other was a 1383 bp product encoding a polypeptide chain of 416 amino acids homologous to nothepsin, an aspartic proteinase first identified by us in the liver of Antarctic Notothenioidei. Gene expression assessed by RT–PCR and northern blot hybridization of RNA from different tissues showed that the expression was tissue- and sex-specific. Whereas the cathepsin D gene was expressed in all the tissues examined independently of the sex, the nothepsin gene was expressed exclusively in female livers.     

Cloning and Expression of the Anti tumor Glycoprotein Gene of Streptococcus pyogenes Su in Escherichia coli

The structural gene for the streptococcal acid glycoprotein (SAGP), an antitumor glycoprotein produced by Streptococcus pyogenes Su, was cloned in Escherichia coli, and the nucleotide sequence was determined. The deduced amino acid sequence of SAGP was composed of 410 amino acids, and was highly homologous with colicin E1, a bacterial antimicrobial protein. The SAGP gene was subcloned into an expression plasmid and was expressed in E. coli. The gene product was demonstrated to have almost the same molecular weight and an immuno-chemical property with those of the native SAGP.     

日本血吸虫中国大陆株抱雌沟蛋白编码基因的克隆和表达

根据曼氏血吸虫抱雌沟蛋白SmGcp序列和日本血吸虫编码抱雌沟蛋白保守区的基因片段jGcp1分别设计三对引物,以日本血吸虫中国大陆株成虫mRNA为模板 ,用RT－PCR法扩增出大小为1949bp的基因片段。经序列分析推断该基因片段含编码日本血吸虫抱雌沟蛋白基因的阅读框,与SmGcp碱基一致性为85％,其理论推测氨基酸组成与曼氏血吸虫抱雌沟蛋白的一致性为83．7％。将上述扩增的基因片段克隆到表达载体pET28c( )中,在大肠杆菌BL21中获得表达,融合表达产物分子量约为80kD。利用日本血吸虫成虫抗原免疫血清对该表达产物进行Western印迹检测,在预测位置出现了明显的识别条带,说明该编码日本血吸虫中国大陆株抱雌沟蛋白基因的表达产物具有抗原性。     

人牛精浆蛋白相关新基因的cDNA克隆、定位和表达

为了研究牛精浆 (bovineseminalplasma ,BSP)蛋白及其相关蛋白在受精及受精卵发育中的重要作用 ,寻找BSP蛋白相关新基因 .采用cDNA末端快速扩增 (RACE)技术 ,克隆了一个BSP蛋白相关基因的cDNA序列 .应用辐射杂种细胞系 (RH)技术进行了基因染色体定位 .通过RT PCR检测了该基因在人体各组织中的表达情况 .并将该基因编码的蛋白进行了原核表达 .新基因的cDNA长度为 10 5 2bp ,其开放阅读框架 (ORF)编码了一个含 2 2 3个氨基酸残基的蛋白质 ,氨基酸序列中含有 4个纤连蛋白Ⅱ结构域 ,与BSP蛋白在结构上具有一定的相似性 ,称其为人BSP相关蛋白 (humanBSP relatedproteins ,HBRP) .该基因定位于染色体 19q13,在大肠杆菌中表达为 5 2kD的融合蛋白 .研究结果提示 ,应用RACE方法克隆了一种新的人类与BSP蛋白相关的基因 ,推测其编码蛋白是与BSP蛋白功能相关的结合蛋白 ,通过基因重组技术大量获得表达蛋白 ,对进一步研究新蛋白的生物学功能具有重要的意义 .     

Identification of a novel chloride channel expressed in the endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, and nucleus

MID-1 is a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene encoding a stretch-activated channel. Using MID-1 as a molecular probe, we isolated rat cDNA encoding a protein with four putative transmembrane domains. This gene encoded a protein of 541 amino acids. We also cloned the human homologue, which encoded 551 amino acids. Messenger RNA for this gene was expressed abundantly in the testis and moderately in the spleen, liver, kidney, heart, brain, and lung. In the testis, immunoreactivity of the gene product was detected both in the cytoplasm and the nucleus. When expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells, the gene product was located in intracellular compartments including endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. When microsome fraction obtained from the transfected cells, but not from mock-transfected cells, was incorporated into the lipid bilayer, an anion channel activity was detected. Unitary conductance was 70 picosiemens in symmetric 150 mm KCl solution. We designated this gene Mid-1-related chloride channel (MCLC). MCLC encodes a new class of chloride channel expressed in intracellular compartments.     

Cloning, sequence analysis, and expression of alteration of the mRNA stability gene (ams+) of Escherichia coli.

The ams+ gene, which influences the stability of mRNA in Escherichia coli was cloned in pBR322. The product of the gene, which is a 17,000-dalton protein, was expressed in expression vector pRC23, a derivative of pBR322. The molecular weight is consistent with sequencing analysis which shows that the gene contains 595 nucleotides and has an open reading frame of 149 amino acids. We discussed the possible role(s) of the ams+ gene product in affecting mRNA stability.     

猪细小病毒VP2蛋白主要抗原表位基因真核表达载体的构建及表达

Using a pair of specific primers designed according to the relevant nucleotide sequences from GenBank, the main antigen domain for VP2 gene of Porcine parvovirus was ampilified with PCR method using the genomic DNA as template. The PCR product was cloned into the expression vector pIREShyg to get a recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid pIREShyg-VP2, which was then transfected into the CHO-K1 cells. The expressed product was detected by IFA after the positive cell clone was selected with hygromycin. The result revealed that the main antigen domain for VP2 gene of porcine parvovirus was stably expressed in CHO-K1 cells.     

小菜蛾气味受体蛋白PlxyOr83b基因的克隆及表达

【目的】克隆小菜蛾Plutella xyostella气味受体Or83b基因, 并进行原核表达, 为研究小菜蛾寄主选择行为的分子机理, 开发昆虫行为调节剂提供基础。【方法】提取小菜蛾的总RNA, 反转录获得总cDNA, 采用RT-PCR方法扩增目的基因, 将其克隆至T载体并测序, 然后将目的基因克隆到大肠杆菌Escherichia coli表达载体pET-32a (+)中表达。经酶切、 PCR及测序鉴定正确后转化BL21 (DE3)菌株, 用IPTG诱导表达, 通过SDS-PAGE, Western印迹鉴定表达蛋白。【结果】获得了编码小菜蛾Or83b的cDNA序列, 该基因阅读框长1 413 bp, 编码471个氨基酸, 预测的等电点为7.19, 命名为PlxyOr83b（GenBank登录号为GQ923610）; 成功构建了pET-PlxyOr83b原核表达重组质粒, 目的基因获得高效表达, 其融合蛋白分子量为32.0 kD, Western blot 检测结果进一步表明PlxyOr83b在大肠杆菌DE3中得到正确表达。【结论】成功克隆和表达了小菜蛾气味受体基因PlxyOr83b, 该基因与其他昆虫Or83b基因基本一致。     

靶向性DNA甲基化酶在pET32a原核表达载体中的表达和鉴定

目的:在pET32a原核表达载体中表达融合myc-6his标签的靶向性甲基化酶B1-3a并进行鉴定。方法:以含有B1-3a基因的pcDNA4.0-B1-3a-myc-6his质粒为模板,通过PCR的方法扩增获得融合有myc-6his标签序列的目的区段B1-3a,然后克隆入表达载体pET32a;以SDS-PAGE和Western blot方法对表达产物进行鉴定。结果:表达产物中在分子量43kD左右可见与目的蛋白分子量相符的条带,该条带可被6his标签单克隆抗体特异识别。结论:正确构建了靶向性甲基化酶B1-3a的原核表达载体,靶向性甲基化酶能够在pET32a中成功表达。