毛竹抗逆锌指蛋白基因cDNA克隆与序列分析

根据水稻抗逆相关锌指蛋白基因的保守区序列设计引物,以毛竹基因组DNA和cDNA为模板,采用PCR方法,成功扩增出1个含有完整阅读框架的cDNA序列,长度为495bp,序列无内含子,共编码164个氨基酸,将其命名为PeZFP基因(GenBank登录号:FJ472953)。氨基酸序列(GenBank登录号:ACL01101)的分析结果表明,PeZFP与其他锌指结构蛋白有较高的同源性,同水稻锌指结构抗逆蛋白OSIAP1序列相似性高达87.7%,且其序列C端具有典型的AN1类型的锌指结构Cx2-4Cx9-12Cx2Cx4Cx2Hx5HxC,在N端具有典型的A20类型锌指蛋白结构,推测此PeZFP为植物抗逆OsIAP1类似基因,在功能上与毛竹抗逆性相关。     

截形苜蓿液泡膜H^＋ -PPase基因克隆与序列分析

采用EST电子克隆技术,以拟南芥AVP1基因cDNA序列为信息探针,在GenBank中对豆科模式植物截形苜蓿(Medicago truncatula)的同源EST序列进行查询比较和拼接,获得了1个完整的cDNA序列跨叠群(contig),并通过RT-PCR成功获得了该cDNA序列,将其命名为MtVP1.该序列包含1个2 298 bp的最大读码框,编码765个氨基酸.MtVP1编码的氨基酸序列与来自绿豆、拟南芥等高等植物的Ⅰ类液泡膜H+-PPase的氨基酸序列的一致性高达84%～93%,疏水性分析和结构预测表明MtVP1编码蛋白是一个典型的膜蛋白,含有13个跨膜区,含有3个在液泡膜H+-PPase中高度保守的区域(CS1、CS2和CS3).从结构分析结果推测MtVP1与AVP1在功能上具有相似性.     

CXXC5多克隆抗体的制备及表达研究

CXXC5基因是从人类胚胎心脏的cDNA文库中克隆出来的一个人类锌指基因,包含zf-CXXC5结构域,该基因编码322个氨基酸,在物种进化上高度保守.为了进一步研究该基因的功能,需要获得CXXC5蛋白并制备其抗体.通过PCR扩增方法扩增得到了CXXC5部分编码区序列,然后将其连接到PGEX4T-1上,转化到大肠杆菌BL...     

一个编码锌指蛋白的大豆疫霉基因Ps—zfA1的克隆与转录分析

对大豆疫霉野生菌株与紫外线诱导的卵孢子缺失突变株进行差异表达基冈分析,筛选到一个在大豆疫霉卵孢子形成过程中特异表达、编码CCHC型锌指蛋白的cDNA片段.克隆了该基因的全长序列,命名为PszfA1.Southern杂交结果显示,Ps-zfA1在大豆疫霉基凶组中只有2个拷贝.系统发育分析表明,Ps-zfA1与三角褐指藻Phaeodactylum tricornutum的锌指蛋白的序列同源性最高,且该基因编码的氨基酸序列具有一个CCHC型锌指蛋白典型的保守结构域.时实定量RT-PCR分析表明,该基因在大豆疫霉卵孢子形成过程中特异表达,且表达量随着产孢培养的时间延长而升高.     

斑马鱼新基因KLP的筛选、克隆及初步分析

通过重组cDNA表达文库的血清学分析(SEREX)获得来自斑马鱼的cDNA序列,提取斑马鱼总RNA通过RT-PCR得到该基因全长共5171 bp编码1574个氨基酸,运用生物信息学研究工具进行分析显示该基因为一新基因,命名为KLP,在斑马鱼胚胎各个发育时期用RT-PCR检测该基因的表达情况发现:在斑马鱼早期胚胎发育的几个重要时期该基因都有高表达。该基因含有8个锌指结构,其中3个KAISO蛋白特征性的C2H2锌指结构,且此区域在多个物种内高度保守,提示其在胚胎发育早期过程中具有非常重要的作用。     

烟草FIE和MSI1基因的克隆及序列分析

采用电子克隆与实验克隆结合的方法获得了烟草胚乳发育相关基因NTFIE和NTMSI1的cDNA序列,序列号分别为EU375458和EU375459.序列分析结果表明,这两个cDNA序列均含有完整的开放读码框,分别编码370和424个氨基酸,含有保守的WD基序.氨基酸序列比对和系统发育分析结果显示,不同物种之间FIE和MSI1基因编码氨基酸序列同源性都较高.组织表达分析结果表明,这两个基因均具有一定程度的组织表达特异性,NTFIE cDNA基因在花中的表达量最多,但在根和茎中未检测到表达,而NTMSI1 cDNA基因只在离体培养的细胞和根中特异性表达.     

甘蓝型油菜BnCOP1基因编码区全长cDNA的克隆与功能研究

通过分析拟南芥、豌豆、番茄和水稻的COP1 (constitutively photomorphogenic 1) 的cDNA序列, 运用RT-PCR和改进的基因组步行 (genome walking) 技术相结合的方法, 首次从甘蓝型油菜中克隆到油菜 BnCOP1编码区cDNA的全长序列, 其全长2 034 bp, 编码677个氨基酸. 同源 性分析表明, 其编码的氨基酸序列与拟南芥的同源性高达94%. 对BnCOP1编 码序列（cDNA）演绎出的氨基酸序列分析表明, 其编码的蛋白包含有N端的 环形锌指结合域(ring finger zinc binding domain, RING)、中间的卷曲 螺旋形结构域(coiled-coil domain, coiled-coil ), 7个C端的WD-40重复 序列(WD-40 repeats, WD-40)的功能域. 半定量RT-PCR和实时荧光定量PCR 分析该基因在油菜中的表达模式,结果显示, BnCOP1在甘蓝型油菜的各个组 织器官中均有表达,其中在花中的表达明显高于在根、叶、茎、果荚及子叶 和胚轴中,暗示该蛋白可能与开花途径相关. 过表达BnCOP1的转基因拟南芥 植株在高度、主茎的直径和叶片大小上都呈现出比野生型弱小的表型, 表 明BnCOP1抑制了拟南芥光形态建成从而影响了植物的生长发育.     

草鱼CNBP的分子特征及其进化分析

从草鱼(Ctenopharyngodon idella)肝肾cDNA文库中克隆到细胞核酸结合蛋白基因CNBP的完整开放阅读框序列.分析表明草鱼CNBP由163个氨基酸残基组成,含有7个保守CCHC型锌指结构、核定位信号区和RGG框,与其他鱼类的同源性很高.与人及其他脊椎动物的相比,草鱼细胞核酸结合蛋白在第3个锌指中的第5个氨基酸残基由Gly变成His,另外在第1锌指和第2锌指结构间,缺失6～14个氨基酸残基.虽然如此,适应性进化分析显示细胞核酸结合蛋白没有经历正达尔文选择(ω≤1),即这种结构的差异还不足以产生新的功能.这表明CNBP处于中性进化中.     

Alfin1 transcription factor overexpression enhances plant root growth under normal and saline conditions and improves salt tolerance in alfalfa

Plant root development is an essential determinant of plant growth and crop yield that could be enhanced by induced changes in the expression of root-specific regulatory factors. We reported previously that Alfin1 binds DNA in a sequence-specific manner and that Alfin1 overexpression in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) enhances expression of the salt-inducible MsPRP2 gene in roots, suggesting that Alfin1 functions to regulate gene expression in roots. Here we show that Alfin1 is an essential gene for root growth and that its overexpression in transgenic plants confers a many-fold increase in root growth under normal and saline conditions. Alfin1-binding sites occur in promoters of genes expressed in roots of a wide variety of plant species and we propose that it is a general root growth regulator. Even though Alfin1 overexpression was under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter, plant shoot growth was not adversely affected. We show further that introduction of the Alfin1 transgene in plants confers a dominant characteristic that significantly increases plant growth and salt tolerance.     

Cloning and sequence analysis of cDNAs encoding mammalian mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase

A cDNA clone, named ppmMDH-1 and covering a part of the porcine mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (mMDH; L-malate:NAD+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.1.37) mRNA, was isolated from a porcine liver cDNA library with a mixture of 24 oligodeoxyribonucleotides as a probe. The sequences of the probe were deduced from the known sequence of porcine mMDH amino acid residues 288-293. ppmMDH-1 covered the coding region for porcine mMDH amino acid residues 17-314 and the 3' untranslated region. Subsequently, mouse mMDH cDNA clones were isolated from a mouse liver cDNA library with the ppmMDH-1 cDNA as a probe. One of the clones, named pmmMDH-1 and containing a cDNA insert of about 1350 base pairs, was selected for sequence analysis, and the primary structure of the mouse precursor form of mMDH (pre-mMDH) was deduced from its cDNA sequence. The sequenced coding regions for the porcine and mouse mMDH mRNAs showed about 85% homology. When the deduced amino acid sequence of the mouse pre-mMDH was compared with that of the porcine mMDH, they shared a 95% homology, and the mouse pre-mMDH yielded a leader sequence consisting of 24 amino acid residues and a mature mMDH, consisting of 314 amino acid residues. The leader sequence contained three basic amino acid residues, no acidic residues, and no hydrophobic amino acid stretch. The mouse mMDH leader sequence was compared with those of three other rodent mitochondrial matrix proteins.     

Sequence homology between human alpha 1-antichymotrypsin, alpha 1-antitrypsin, and antithrombin III

alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin mRNA was isolated by specific polysome immunoprecipitation from turpentine-treated baboon liver. The highly enriched mRNA was used for synthesis and cloning of the corresponding cDNA. Baboon alpha 1-antichymotrypsin cDNA clones were identified by hybrid-selected translation, and the insert DNA fragment from one of the putative clones was used as a probe to screen a human liver cDNA library comprised of 40 000 independent transformants. One of the human cDNA clones was unambiguously identified to contain alpha 1-antichymotrypsin DNA sequences by comparison of its 5'-terminal nucleotide sequence with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the protein. This cDNA clone, designated phACT235, contains 1524 base pairs of human DNA, which was sequenced in its entirety. The inserted DNA codes for a 25 amino acid signal peptide sequence and the entire mature alpha 1-antichymotrypsin of 408 amino acid residues. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of alpha 1-antichymotrypsin with that of the human alpha 1-antitrypsin has revealed a homology level similar to that between chymotrypsin and trypsin.     

Cloning,characterization, and expression of cDNA encoding a lipase from Kurtzmanomyces sp. I-11

A cDNA clone of the lipase secreted by Kurtzmanomyces sp. I-11 was isolated from a cDNA library of this yeast by PCR screening using oligonucleotide primers designed on the basis of the partial amino acid sequence of the lipase. The cloned cDNA (lip1) encoded a hydrophobic protein of 484 amino acids, where the first 20 amino acids and the following 6 amino acid sequences were predicted to be the signal sequence for secretion and a pro-sequence, respectively. The deduced amino acid sequence of the Kurtzmanomyces lipase was most similar to Candida antarctica DSM 3855 lipase A (74% identity) and weakly to other lipases. The consensus pentapeptide (-Gly-X-Ser-X-Gly-) that forms a part of the interfacial lipid recognition site in lipases was conserved. A high level of lipase was produced by Pichia pastoris transformed with the lip1 cDNA, indicating that the cloned cDNA indeed encodes a lipase.     

Isolation and characterization of a complementary DNA clone coding for the E1 beta subunit of the bovine branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex: complete amino acid sequence of the precursor protein and its proteolytic processing

A 1.7-kb cDNA clone encoding the entire precursor of the E1 beta subunit of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKDH) complex was isolated from a bovine liver cDNA library by screening with a mixture of synthetic oligonucleotide probes corresponding to the C-terminal five-residue sequence of the mature E1 beta subunit. A partial amino acid sequence was determined by Edman degradation of the intact subunit and the peptides generated by cleavage at the lysyl bonds. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that the isolated cDNA clone contained the 5'-untranslated sequence of 186 nucleotides, the translated sequence of 1176 nucleotides, and the 3'-untranslated sequence of 306 nucleotides with a poly(A) tail. A type AATAAA polyadenylation signal was located 17 nucleotides upstream of the start of a poly(A) tail. Comparison of the amino acid sequence predicted from the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA insert of the clone with the partial amino acid sequence of the mature BCKDH E1 beta subunit showed that the cDNA insert encodes for a 342 amino acid subunit with Mr 37,745 and that the subunit is synthesized as the precursor with a leader sequence of 50 amino acids and processed at the N-terminus. Northern blot analysis using the cDNA insert as a probe showed the presence of a 1.8-1.9-kb mRNA in bovine liver, suggesting that the insert covers nearly a full length of mRNA. Alignment of the deduced amino acid sequence of bovine BCKDH E1 beta with that of the human pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex E1 beta subunit revealed a high degree of sequence homology throughout the two enzymes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

北京鸭卵磷脂胆固醇酰基转移酶的cDNA和蛋白质的结构分析

为获得不易感动脉粥样硬化动物北京鸭卵磷脂胆固醇酰基转移酶 (LCAT)的cDNA和蛋白质序列 ,分析其结构特点 .以从北京鸭肝脏mRNA反转录获得的cDNA一链为模板 ,应用SMART RACE技术 ,获得了北京鸭LCAT的cDNA序列 ,推导出其蛋白质氨基酸序列 ,应用分子生物学软件对该蛋白的一级、二级结构进行分析和比较 .北京鸭LCATcDNA (在GenBank中的注册号为AF32 4 887)全长 195 3bp ,其中开放阅读框架 135 6bp ,编码 4 5 1个氨基酸 ,包括一个由 2 3个氨基酸构成的疏水性信号肽和一个由 4 2 8个氨基酸组成的成熟蛋白 .该成熟蛋白比人LCAT在C端多 12个氨基酸 ,其与鸡、人、家兔的同源性依次为 98%、83%和 82 % .与其它种属LCAT蛋白序列的比较结果表明 ,北京鸭LCAT蛋白质序列虽然在长度上和结构上与其它种属有一定的差异 ,但序列中与酶催化活性相关的序列均非常保守     

The primary structure of porcine aminoacylase 1 deduced from cDNA sequence.

A cDNA encoding the complete amino acid sequence of aminoacylase 1 (N-acylamino acid aminohydrolase, ACY-1) [EC 3.5.1.14], a dimeric metalloprotein having two Zn2+ in the molecule, which catalyzes the deacylation of N-acylated L-amino acids except L-aspartic acid, has been isolated from porcine kidney lambda gt10 cDNA library and sequenced. From sequence analysis of the cDNA and the N- and C-terminal amino acid analyses of the purified protein, it is deduced that porcine kidney ACY-1 consists of two identical subunits (M(r) 45,260), each of which consists of a single chain of 406 amino acids with acetylalanine at the N-terminus. A cDNA encoding porcine liver ACY-1 was also cloned. The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA from porcine liver was identical to that deduced for porcine kidney ACY-1. Northern blot analysis suggested that ACY-1 is more highly expressed in kidney than in liver. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of porcine ACY-1 with those of other Zn2+-binding metalloenzymes showed no significant homologies in either the overall sequence or the consensus sequences for the metal binding sites. This indicates that ACY-1 is a new type of metalloprotein.     

Molecular cloning of complementary DNA encoding one of the human pancreatic protease E isozymes

We have cloned a DNA from a human pancreatic cDNA library using a cloned rat pancreatic elastase 1 cDNA as a probe, and determined its nucleotide sequence. This cDNA contains a coding region of 810 nucleotides which encodes a 270-amino-acid protein. The deduced amino acid sequence shows less than 60% homologies with rat and porcine pancreatic elastase 1, although its substrate binding region is homologous with those of the above elastases 1. When this deduced amino acid sequence was compared with known amino acid sequences of pancreatic proteases other than elastases, it was found to contain an amino acid sequence which was highly homologous with the N-terminal amino acid sequence of porcine pancreatic protease E. We also purified human pancreatic protease E isozymes from human pancreatic juice, and determined their N-terminal amino acid sequences. One of the isozymes does not hydrolyze elastin but does hydrolyze a synthetic substrate. Endoglycosidase F digests glycoside bonds of the isozyme. These results suggest that the cDNA cloned by us corresponded to one of the human protease E isozymes.