Biosynthesis and molecular cloning of sulfated glycoprotein 2 secreted by rat Sertoli cells

Sulfated glycoprotein 2 (SGP-2) is the major protein secreted by rat Sertoli cells. Pulse-chase labeling shows that SGP-2 is synthesized as a cotranslationally glycosylated 64-kDa precursor that is modified to a negatively charged 73-kDa form before intracellular cleavage to the mature 47- and 34-kDa subunits. A plasmid cDNA library was constructed from immunopurified mRNA, and a recombinant clone containing the entire protein coding sequence of SGP-2 was isolated. The 1857-nucleotide cDNA consists of a 297-nucleotide 5' noncoding segment, a 1341-nucleotide coding segment, and a 219-nucleotide 3' noncoding sequence. The 5' noncoding region contains five ATG codons followed by four short open reading frames. The derived SGP-2 sequence has a molecular weight of 51,379 and contains six potential N-glycosylation sites. Proteolytic processing sites for the preproprotein were determined by amino-terminal sequencing of the isolated SGP-2 subunits. Northern blots show a wide tissue distribution for the 2.0-kb SGP-2 message, and computer sequence analysis indicates a significant relationship between SGP-2 and human apolipoprotein A-I.     

Characterization of a unique genomic clone located 5′ upstream of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">Oshsp16.9B</Emphasis> gene on chromosome 1 in rice (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Oryza sativa</Emphasis> L. cv Tainung No. 67)

Small heat-shock proteins (sHSP) are the most abundant heat stress-induced proteins in plants. In rice, there are at least seven members of class-I sHSP. A 1.6-kb DNA fragment was isolated from the EcoRI-digested rice genomic library probed with the cDNA pTS1 encoding a 16.9-kDa class-I sHSP. This fragment was composed of 365-bp tandem direct repeats (DRs) and 441-bp near perfect long terminal inverted repeats (LTIRs). The DRs contain 123-bp regions with 99% nucleotide identity to the 5' coding region of the Oshsp16.9B gene. Two putative pseudogenes were deduced from the DRs. Using the LTIR as a specific probe, Southern-blotting analysis showed that there was a single copy of this 1.6-kb DNA fragment in the rice genome. By genomic walking, we located this fragment in proximity 5'-upstream of the Oshsp16.9B gene that was mapped on chromosome 1 with other two class-I sHSP genes, Oshsp16.9A and Oshsp16.9C. By comparative analysis of the nucleotide sequences of class-I sHSP genes clustered on chromosome 1 between Tainung No. 67 and Nipponbare cultivars, we confirmed our mapping results of these genes and only the promoter region of Oshsp16.9B was different. However, we found that the expression profile of Oshsp16.9B upon different heat stresses in Nipponbare was not significantly different relative to that in Tainung No. 67.     

水稻Rim2/Hipa 超级家族的基因组变异和基于Rim2/Hipa 展示的水稻资源的系统进化和指纹分析

水稻Rim2/Hipa是最近鉴定的一个受逆境诱导的转座因子超级家族.研究表明,Rim2的核心序列在不同来源的水稻材料中存在显著的差异,暗示Rim2家族的长期进化历程.基于Rim2因子间的差异性以及该因子的静止状态,开发出一种利用Rim2因子展示的新的分子指纹技术,可以灵敏地区分不同水稻资源以及它们的遗传关系.仅用5对引物就可以清楚地将53个栽培稻和普通野生稻材料鉴定出来,并可将它们分为不同的系统进化组.研究表明不仅在水稻资源而且在野生稻种质间均存在明显的多样性.野生稻可以被单独分组,或者分散在粳稻中间.这种新的指纹技术还可以将水稻的杂交子代和它们的亲本区分出来,并可用于种子纯度的鉴定,在水稻基因组进化研究、水稻育种和种子生产中有很好的应用前景.