白皮黄瓜鲨烯合酶基因cDNA克隆及生物信息学分析

为认识葫芦科植物中葫芦素生物合成途径所需鲨烯合酶基因结构特征,克隆白皮黄瓜鲨烯合酶(squalene synthase,SS)基因c DNA并进行生物信息学分析。根据葫芦科植物绞股蓝、罗汉果、红花栝楼等的鲨烯合酶基因cDNA序列,设计白皮黄瓜鲨烯合酶引物,分别采用3'RACE和5'RACE技术扩增鲨烯合酶基因3'端和5'端。获得白皮黄瓜鲨烯合酶基因的两个cDNA克隆,命名为CsSS1和CsSS2,其cDNA序列全长分别为1 627 bp和1 534 bp,都编码417个氨基酸残基,分子质量为47.6 k D。成功克隆得到白皮黄瓜鲨烯合酶基因全长cDNA序列并对其进行序列分析,后续可用于葫芦素生物合成途径所需鲨烯合酶基因正选择位点功能分析。     

浙贝母鲨烯合酶核心功能区基因克隆与序列分析

目的:克隆浙贝母次级代谢途径的关键酶——鲨烯合酶(SQS)的基因,有助于对次生代谢产物的合成进行调控。方法:根据NCBI上公布的8种植物SQS蛋白序列,分析高度保守区并设计简并引物。从浙贝母幼根中提取总RNA,利用RT-PCR技术成功扩增出高度保守区基因片段。再利用GSP引物和RACE技术中克隆出3’末端片段。结果:获得浙贝母SQS 1 122bp核苷酸序列,编码374个氨基酸。Protein-Blast比对发现与印度甘松、柴胡、马铃薯、拟南芥、紫杉五种植物的同源性分别达到76%、74%、75%、74%、73%,包含了底物结合位点、Mg2+结合位点、催化活性位点等。该序列在Genbank中的登录号为:KF551097。结论:通过蛋白质特征区、保守区以及进化树分析,初步确定该基因为SQS基因。这是首次从药用植物浙贝母中克隆得到甲羟戊酸途径关键酶SQS的基因核心功能片段,为浙贝母次生代谢工程研究打下良好的基础。     

甜荞查尔酮合酶基因Chs的克隆及序列分析

利用RT-PCR技术从甜荞中克隆得到查耳酮合酶(CHS)的cDNA开放阅读框(ORF)序列,命名为FeChs,NCBI登录号为GU172166.1.该序列长1 179 bp,编码392个氨基酸,与其它植物CHS基因的同源性为78%～92%,其推导的氨基酸序列含有CHS高度保守的活性位点及CHS的标签序列GFGPG.     

管氏肿腿蜂寄生和注射其毒液对黄粉虫过氧化氢酶基因表达的影响

为了探究管氏肿腿蜂Scleroderma guani寄生和注射其毒液对寄主黄粉虫Tenebrio molitor蛹中过氧化氢酶表达的影响,采用RT-PCR克隆黄粉虫过氧化氢酶基因,利用生物信息学软件分析基因序列结构特性,采用实时荧光定量PCR技术分析该基因的表达特征,使用试剂盒测定过氧化氢酶活性。克隆获得的黄粉虫过氧化氢酶基因编码阅读框序列长1 620 bp,编码539个氨基酸。该基因编码的氨基酸序列中含有催化氨基酸位点(His-71、Asn-183和Tyr-393)以及过氧化氢酶家族的3个保守基序：近端活性位点序列(FDRERIPERVVHAKGXG)、NADPH结合位点(XXHQXXXXFXD)和血红素配体结合位点(RXFXYXDXH)。被管氏肿腿蜂寄生和注射其毒液后,黄粉虫蛹中的过氧化氢酶基因的表达量显著上调,其血淋巴和脂肪体中的过氧化氢酶活性显著升高。研究结果表明,管氏肿腿蜂毒液能调控黄粉虫过氧化氢酶基因的表达。     

繁缕核糖体失活蛋白基因克隆及序列分析

采用同源克隆结合RACE法,克隆了繁缕核糖体失活蛋白的全长cDNA,命名为q3(GenBank accession GQ870262)。序列分析结果表明,q3的开放阅读框(ORF)长780 bp,编码259个氨基酸。序列G+C含量为41.5%,与大部分Ⅰ型RIP基因相近。q3编码的蛋白质命名为Q3,理论分子量为28.16 kD,pI为9.44,均与Ⅰ型核糖体失活蛋白相近;包含由23个氨基酸组成的信号肽。功能结构域分析发现,该蛋白含有3个蛋白激酶磷酸化位点、4个络氨酸蛋白激酶磷酸化位点和7个N-肉豆蔻酰化位点。三级结构预测发现,有35.52%的氨基酸残基参与了α螺旋,24.32%的氨基酸残基组成延伸链,40.15%的氨基酸残基随机缠绕其中。基于繁缕及其近缘种核糖体失活蛋白的氨基酸序列构建的系统发育树显示,其结构与经典分类结果基本一致。     

葡萄白藜芦醇合酶基因的克隆及序列分析

目的:从葡萄中克隆白藜芦醇合酶基因vrs1并对其序列进行生物信息学分析.方法:利用葡萄总RNA为模板,采用RT - PCR技术克隆白藜芦醇合酶基因vrs1并亚克隆进T- Vector.利用生物信息学工具对其核酸和蛋白序列进行分析.结果:测序结果显示其cDNA序列全长为1 257bp,含有一个1 179bp的开放阅读框.生物信息学分析表明葡萄白藜芦醇合酶基因编码392个氨基酸,分子量为42.9kDa,理论等电点为5.97,具有芪合酶家族固有的氨基酸保守结构域,二级结构主要由α-螺旋、无规则卷曲、延伸链和β-转角组成.结论:该基因的克隆、生物信息学分析为进一步研究其功能奠定了基础.     

锦鲤疱疹病毒丹东株ORF83基因克隆及生物信息学分析

锦鲤疱疹病毒病是具有高致病性、传染性的疾病,对渔业生产造成巨大的危害。为了研究锦鲤疱疹病毒衣壳蛋白ORF83的结构和功能,本研究采集感染锦鲤疱疹病毒活鱼样品,经DNAStar软件预测分析、DNA提取,PCR扩增、重组质粒构建等步骤成功克隆到ORF83(1)和ORF83(2)基因。应用生物信息学分析蛋白结构与功能,并构建系统进化树。结果显示,两蛋白均能编码前体蛋白,均由α螺旋、β折叠、无规则卷曲组成,均有4个跨膜区域;抗原性较好;但不含保守结构域;ORF83(1)N端11个氨基酸序列为信号肽序列;ORF83(2)N端33个氨基酸序列为信号肽序列;ORF83(1)氨基酸序列存在1个潜在的N-糖基化位点、ORF83(2)氨基酸序列存在3个潜在的N-糖基化位点,两蛋白均潜在13个磷酸化位点,无潜在的O-糖基化位点;系统进化树分析表明,KHV-DD ORF83与美国株、以色列株、日本株均具有同源性。通过研究表明,本研究成功克隆到ORF83基因,并对其结构和功能进行分析,获得重要的生物信息学数据,为进一步研究锦鲤疱疹病毒发病机制和疱疹病毒抗体制备等提供了理论基础。     

青皮苦瓜鲨烯合酶基因ORF序列的克隆和正选择分析

为研究葫芦科植物中三萜皂苷生物合成通路中的关键酶鲨烯合酶的分子进化,克隆青皮苦瓜鲨烯合酶基因的c DNA序列,并进行正选择分析。根据葫芦科植物之间的同源性设计青皮苦瓜鲨烯合酶引物。采用3'RACE和5'RACE快速扩增技术分两步进行巢式PCR扩增鲨烯合酶ORF序列。根据克隆出来的青皮苦瓜编码框序列以及在Gen Bank数据库中完整的陆生植物鲨烯合酶编码框序列信息,用贝叶斯方法和PAML4软件进行鲨烯合酶的正选择分析。青皮苦瓜鲨烯合酶基因c DNA的克隆,命名为Mc SS,其c DNA序列全长为1 548 bp,ORF 1 251 bp,编码417个氨基酸残基。通过正选择运算,检测到33个正选择位点,其正选择位点主要集中在第二跨膜区及其两侧。本研究成功克隆得到青皮苦瓜鲨烯合酶基因全长c DNA序列并对其正选择分析,在三萜合成通路上为鲨烯合酶的定点突变提供重要参考。     

黄独微型块茎鲨烯合酶的基因克隆与序列分析

通过黄独微型块茎转录组数据库筛选到SQS基因的核心片段,利用RT-PCR技术获得SQS基因保守片段,采用RACE技术获得SQS基因的3′及5′末端序列,并采用生物信息学方法进行序列分析。结果表明,黄独微型块茎SQS基因编码序列长1548 bp,编码415 bp的氨基酸序列,理论分子量为46786.38 D,等电点(pI)为5.97。SQS蛋白为疏水性蛋白,无信号肽,含有SQS所必需的功能结构域,属于Isoprenoid_Biosym_C1 superfami?ly。黄独SQS蛋白与其他植物的SQS蛋白同源性较高,其中与盾叶薯蓣的SQS蛋白氨基酸相似性为96.4%。本试验结果从黄独微型块茎中首次获得SQS基因cDNA全长序列,该基因具有SQS同源基因的典型特征,为进一步研究黄独微型块茎SQS基因结构、基因表达和基因突变提供了基础,并为薯蓣属植物三萜合成通路关键酶SQS的正选择位点与功能的关联性分析提供了数据支持。     

甘蔗ATP合酶基因的电子克隆及生物信息学分析

目的:运用电子克隆的方法获得甘蔗中的ATP合酶基因。方法:以小麦中一个ATP合酶基因为种子序列,对甘蔗的EST数据库进行搜索,应用相关软件进行聚类分析、拼接组装和延长。结果:获得一个ATP合酶基因SATPC1的cDNA序列全长,该序列长1 415bp,包含一个完整的1 077bp的ORF,编码358个氨基酸,且与水稻、玉米、高粱和葡萄等其他植物的ATP合酶具有高度的同源性。结论:电子克隆获得的cDNA序列为完整的甘蔗ATP合酶基因全长cDNA。     

基于转录组测序对油茶角鲨烯合酶基因的克隆及分析

油茶是中国重要的木本油料树种,而角鲨烯在茶籽油中含量多少是茶油品质的重要指标,为提高油茶角鲨烯含量,以油茶种子转录组测序为基础,根据Unigene设计SQS基因RACE引物,克隆出基因全长共1 490 bp,开放阅读框1 266 bp,编码422个氨基酸,将氨基酸序列与其他植物SQS进行比对,构建进化树,分析物种间进化关系,进行蛋白质的生物信息学分析,包括蛋白质结构特点、理化性质、氨基酸组成及稳定性分析; 跨膜区域分析; 信号肽识别位点; 磷酸化位点; 二级结构及功能; 结构域分析。通过转录组测序和荧光实时定量分析了SQS基因在油茶种子发育各时期表达量变化规律,并提取各时期油脂,测定角鲨烯含量,发现两种基因表达量分析方法的结果有一致的变化趋势,且与各月份间角鲨烯含量有相同的变化规律。证明了转录组测序的有效性,并推测油茶角鲨烯合酶基因的表达量变化与角鲨烯含量的多少有直接关系,为后续从分子手段提高茶籽油中角鲨烯含量提供了理论基础。     

Cloning and characterization of squalene synthase (SQS) gene from Ganoderma lucidum

This report provides the complete nucleotide sequences of the full-length cDNA encoding squalene synthase (SQS) and its genomic DNA sequence from a triterpene-producing fungus, Ganoderma lucidum. The cDNA of the squalene synthase (SQS) (GenBank Accession Number: DQ494674) was found to contain an open reading frame (ORF) of 1,404 bp encoding a 468-amino-acid polypeptide, whereas the SQS genomic DNA sequence (GenBank Accession Number: DQ494675) consisted of 1,984 bp and contained four exons and three introns. Only one gene copy was present in the G lucidum genome. The deduced amino acid sequence of Ganoderma lucidum squalene synthase (Gl-SQS) exhibited a high homology with other fungal squalene synthase genes and contained six conserved domains. A phylogenetic analysis revealed that G. lucidum SQS belonged to the fungi SQS group, and was more closely related to the SQS of U. maydis than to those of other fungi. A gene expression analysis showed that the expression level was relatively low in mycelia incubated for 12 days, increased after 14 to 20 days of incubation, and reached a relatively high level in the mushroom primordia. Functional complementation of Gl-SQS in a SQS-deficient strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae confirmed that the cloned cDNA encoded a squalene synthase.     

圈卷产色链霉菌尼可霉素生物合成基因——sanH和sanI的研究

通过反向遗传学方法克隆到圈卷产色链霉菌尼可霉素生物合成基因簇中约7.0kb的DNA片段。该片段除含有尼可霉素生物合成基因sanF外,对sanF上游约22kb的BglⅡDNA片段进行序列测定及分析表明,还含有两个完整的开放阅读框(ORF)。ORF1由1233个核苷酸组成,ORF2由195个核苷酸组成,它们分别编码由410个氨基酸残基和64个氨基酸残基组成的蛋白质,依次命名为sanH和sanI。蛋白序列数据库比较结果表明,SanH和SanI与浅灰链霉菌(\%Streptomyces griseolus)\%中共转录的细胞色素P450(cytochrome P450)和铁氧还蛋白(ferredoxin)有较高的同源性,一致性分别为46%和56%,相似性分别为62%和70%。基因功能研究表明,sanH基因的破坏虽不影响圈卷产色链霉菌产生的尼可霉素的生物活性,但该基因可能参与了尼可霉素羟基化反应的生物合成。     

Molecular cloning,prokaryotic expression and promoter analysis of squalene synthase gene from Schizochytrium Limacinum

Squalene synthase (SQS) is an important enzyme in the steroid biosynthetic pathways which condenses two molecules of farnesyl pyrophosphate into a squalene. In this study, the gene encoding SQS was isolated from Schizochytrium limacinum and characterized. The full-length cDNA of S. limacinum SQS gene (SlSQS) is 1605 bp in length, it contains a 1293 bp ORF encoding a polypeptide of 430 amino acids. Multiple amino acid sequence alignment showed that the SlSQS protein sequence shared 5 conserved signature domains and a hydrophobic carboxy-terminal part with other known SQS protein sequences. C-terminal-truncated SlSQS was constructed into expression vector pGEX and successfully expressed in Escherichia coli cells. The expressed fusion protein was confirmed to have SQS activity. In addition, a 724 bp promoter region of SlSQS was also cloned and several cis-acting elements were predicted. These results might be helpful to understand the structure and expression regulation of SQS in S. limacinum.     

哈氏弧菌dam基因的克隆与分析

利用兼并PCR的方法克隆得到哈氏弧菌T4的DNA腺嘌呤甲基化酶(dam)基因,序列分析表明该基因编码279个氨基酸,与其它已知弧菌的Dam具有较高的同源性,其中与副溶血弧菌Dam的相同性达95%。功能检验表明所克隆的dam基因在大肠杆菌中具有DNA腺嘌呤甲基化酶活性,能够甲基化大肠杆菌染色体DNA GATC序列中的腺嘌呤。运用染色体步移法获得dam基因上游的3251 bp DNA,发现该区域含有3个基因,其与dam在染色体上的相对排列顺序为:莽草酸激酶-脱氢奎尼酸合成酶-damX-dam。对dam上游DNA序列研究发现位于翻译起点ATG上游的78bp、112bp和477bpDNA片段皆具有启动子活性,但前者的活性明显高于后二者。     

Cloning and characterization of the iutA gene which encodes ferric aerobactin receptor from marine Vibrio species

The iutA gene from marine Vibrio species SD004, which encoded a ferric aerobactin receptor for the uptake of iron(III), was cloned onto a multicopy plasmid, pUC 18, in Escherichia coli. Identification of the positive clone was achieved on the basis of its deferrization activity and was detected as a halo formation on the chrome azurol S (CAS)-containing selective plate. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the cloned DNA fragment revealed an open reading frame (ORF) which encoded a polypeptide of 706 amino acid residues, and the deduced molecular mass of this polypeptide was 77.906 kD. The amino acid sequence showed a 41% homology with that of the lutA protein from E. coli. The cloned gene was iutA, which encoded the ferric aerobactin receptor. Another incomplete ORF was found 100 bp upstream of the iutA gene, which was homologous (31 out of 49 amino acids) with the C-terminal region of the luc D protein of E. coli. It is suggested that aerobactin biosynthesis and the transport genes are located tandemly on the Vibrio chromosome and may form an aerobactin operon.     

Cloning and analysis of the inulinase gene from Kluyveromyces cicerisporus CBS4857

A highly expressed inulinase gene, KcINU1 was cloned and sequenced from Kluyveromyces cicerisporus CBS4857 a strain which secrets high levels of inulinase into the growth medium. The result of DNA sequencing showed that KcINU1 contained a 1665 bp ORF, coding for a 555 amino acid protein, in which a 23 amino acid signal peptide was included. The sequence has the GenBank Accession no. AF 178979. The analysis of conserved domain in the ORF indicated there was a consensus sequence about 470 amino acids long. The 0.7 Kb promoter and 0.9 Kb terminator were also cloned and sequenced.     

Production of a recombinant chitin oligosaccharide deacetylase from Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the culture medium of Escherichia coli cells

An open reading frame (ORF) encoding chitin oligosaccharide deacetylase (Pa-COD) gene and its signal sequence was cloned from the Vibrio parahaemolyticus KN1699 genome and its sequence was analyzed. The ORF encoded a 427 amino acid protein, including the 22 amino acid signal sequence. The deduced amino acid sequence was highly similar to several bacterial chitin oligosaccharide deacetylases in carbohydrate esterase family 4. An expression plasmid containing the gene was constructed and inserted into Escherichia coli cells and the recombinant enzyme was secreted into the culture medium with the aid of the signal peptide. The concentration of the recombinant enzyme in the E. coli culture medium was 150 times larger than that of wild-type enzyme produced in the culture medium by V. parahaemolyticus KN1699. The recombinant enzyme was purified to homogeneity from culture supernatant in an overall yield of 16%. Substrate specificities of the wild-type and the recombinant enzymes were comparable.