云南秋海棠属植物小志

描写了云南产秋海棠属6个新种1个新变种,它们是澜沧秋海棠、角果秋海棠、盈江秋海棠、粉叶秋海棠、蔓耗秋海棠、斜叶秋海棠、红毛香花秋海棠,补充描述了8个种及新命名1种,即四棱秋海棠、不显秋海棠、薄叶秋海棠、截裂秋海棠、长柔毛秋海棠、光叶秋海棠、变色秋海棠、假厚叶秋海棠、河口秋海棠。     

蓝藻Oscillatoriaceae rDNA16S-23S基因间隔区的序列分析及其分类学意义

采用末端终止法对蓝藻类颤藻科Oscillatoria sp.rDNA 16S-23S基因间隔区进行了序列测定,获得了Oscillatoria sp.rDNA基因间隔区427个核苷酸,其中包含1个异亮氨酸tRNA基因(tRNAIle).并通过计算机联网从国际分子生物学数据弹库中获取颤藻科其它种的rDNA 基因间隔区序列,通过比较分析,从分子水平对颤藻科Oscillatoriaceae属间的某些分类学问题进行了讨论,并根据序列中核苷酸差异值探讨了颤藻科属间界定的分子标准.提出了rDNA 基因间隔区是良好的分子标记,可用于"赤潮"或"水华"蓝藻专一性核酸分子探针的研制.     

蓝藻OscilatoriaceaerDNA16S-23S基因间隔区的序列分析及其分类学意义

采用末端终止法对蓝藻类颤藻科Ｏｓｃｉｌａｔｏｒｉａｓｐ．ｒＤＮＡ１６Ｓ－２３Ｓ基因间隔区进行了序列测定,获得了Ｏｓｃｉｌａｔｏｒｉａｓｐ．ｒＤＮＡ基因间隔区４２７个核苷酸,其中包含１个异亮氨酸ｔＲＮＡ基因（ｔＲＮＡＩｌｅ）。并通过计算机联网从国际分子生物学数据弹库中获取颤藻科其它种的ｒＤＮＡ基因间隔区序列,通过比较分析,从分子水平对颤藻科Ｏｓｃｉｌａｔｏｒｉａｃｅａｅ属间的某些分类学问题进行了讨论,并根据序列中核苷酸差异值探讨了颤藻科属间界定的分子标准。提出了ｒＤＮＡ基因间隔区是良好的分子标记,可用于“赤潮”或“水华”蓝藻专一性核酸分子探针的研制     

Sequence Characterization of a Unique Intergenic Spacer in Gadiformes Mitochondrial DNA

The nucleotide sequences of intergenic spacers located between the tRNA^Thr and tRNA^Pro genes in mitochondrial DNA of cod fishes (order Godiformes) were determined. Spacers from eight species representing two families of cod fishes were analyzed and found to vary in size from 25 to 99 bp. Each spacer sequence contains one or two copies of a conserved 17-bp motif. Four to five central nucleotides of this motif constitute a substitutional hot spot as observed from interspecific and intraspecific comparisons. The substitution rate of the spacer is approximately twice that of the variable part I of the mitochondrial DNA control region, making this sequence region interesting as a molecular marker in population studies or stock assessments of cod fishes. We propose that the spacer originated in a duplication event and evolved into a functional domain, perhaps by binding regulatory proteins. Accepted February 26, 1999     

马铃薯卷叶病毒基因间隔区转化的马铃薯抗病性研究

将本室合成、克隆的马铃薯卷叶病毒（ＰｏｔａｔｏＬｅａｆｒｏｌＶｉｒｕｓ,ＰＬＲＶ）中国分离株的基因间隔区（ｉｎｔｅｒｇｅｎｉｃｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅ,ＩＳ）双链ｃＤＮＡ以正、反向两种方式分别构建于转化载体ｐＲＯＫ２中,通过致瘤农杆菌介导,以马铃薯叶圆片为转化材料,转化马铃薯栽培品种Ｄｅｓｉｒｅ,获得了转基因植株。卡那霉素抗性分析和ＰＣＲ检测目的基因,证明ＰＬＲＶＩＳ双链ｃＤＮＡ已经整合到转基因马铃薯的染色体基因组中。将转基因植株移栽网棚用蚜虫接种ＰＬＲＶ,观察症状并用酶联免疫吸附测定（ＥＬＩＳＡ）检测转基因植株中ＰＬＲＶ含量。结果表明,表达ＰＬＲＶＩＳ正意和反意ＲＮＡ的转基因植株,接种病毒后表现无症状或症状轻微,ＰＬＲＶ平均滴度均较未转基因对照植株低。表达正意ＲＮＡ的转基因植株ＰＬＲＶ滴度降低４３％～７２％,表达反意ＲＮＡ的转基因植株ＰＬＲＶ滴度降低７２％～８６％,由此可见,表达ＰＬＲＶＩＳ反意ＲＮＡ的转基因马铃薯对ＰＬＲＶ抗性较强。     

马铃薯卷叶病毒基因间隔区转化的马铃薯抗病性研究

将本室合成、克隆的马铃薯卷叶病毒(Potato Leafroll Virus, PLRV)中国分离株的基因间隔区(intergenic sequence, IS)双链cDNA以正、反向两种方式分别构建于转化载体pROK2中,通过致瘤农杆菌介导,以马铃薯叶圆片为转化材料,转化马铃薯栽培品种Desiree,获得了转基因植株.卡那霉素抗性分析和PCR检测目的基因,证明PLRV IS双链cDNA已经整合到转基因马铃薯的染色体基因组中.将转基因植株移栽网棚用蚜虫接种PLRV,观察症状并用酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)检测转基因植株中PLRV含量.结果表明,表达PLRV IS正意和反意RNA的转基因植株,接种病毒后表现无症状或症状轻微,PLRV平均滴度均较未转基因对照植株低.表达正意RNA的转基因植株PLRV滴度降低43%～72%,表达反意RNA的转基因植株PLRV滴度降低72%～86%,由此可见,表达PLRV IS反意RNA的转基因马铃薯对PLRV抗性较强.     

EST-SSR及其在植物基因组学研究中的应用

数量迅速增加的表达序列标签已经成为开发分子标记的重要资源。EST—SSR是基于表达序列标签开发微卫星的一种新型分子标记,与基因组SSR相比,EST-SSR具有在植物物种之间可转移性的优点。目前,EST—SSR被广泛应用于植物基因组学研究如遗传图谱构建、比较作图、遗传多样性评价、种质鉴定、系统发育与进化研究等方面。该文介绍了EST—SSR原理、引物开发、实验方法,并对其物种间通用性以及其在植物基因组研究中的应用进行了评述。     

信号肽及其在蛋白质表达中的应用

分子生物学研究已进入后基因组时代,其中心任务是更多地关注基因组表达的蛋白质的结构和功能。由于基因功能最终通过其表达产物——蛋白质来实现,因此,要了解基因组全部功能活动,最终也必须回到蛋白质上。另外,在菌株、培养和发酵等逐渐成熟的条件下,构建高效的表达载体以提高外源蛋白质的表达量是降低工业化生产成本的关键。随着研究的深入,发现信号肽对蛋白质的定位有着非常重要的作用,使得信号肽的研究不仅具有重要的理论意义,而且也具有潜在的应用价值。就信号肽的结构和功能,信号肽的捕获方法及其在原核表达系统和真核表达系统中表达外源蛋白质的应用做一些介绍。     

Intraspecific Diversity within Diaporthe Helianthi: Evidence from Rdna Intergenic Spacer (IGS) Sequence Analysis

Diaporthe helianthi is the causal agent of sunflower stem canker, a serious pathogen of sunflower in Europe but recorded sporadically in Italy. The genetic diversity of D. helianthi isolates from different geographic origins (Argentina, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Romania) was investigated using IGS sequences. A 400 bp fragment of the portion of the IGS region flanking the 5' end of the 18S gene was amplified from each isolate. The aligned nucleotide sequences showed intraspecific sequence homology from 99-100% among French/Yugoslavian isolates to 95-100% among Italian isolates. French/Yugoslavian isolates shared 90-92% sequence homology with Italian isolates. The phylogenetic tree obtained from the aligned data revealed three separate groups. Group 1 included all isolates from France and former Yugoslavia and one isolate from Argentina; Group 2 included all Italian isolates and one isolate from Argentina. The most distantly related isolate was that from Romania (Group 3). The average genetic distances among isolates within Group 1 and within Group 2 were 0.22 and 3.29 respectively. The analysis showed that all isolates originating from countries where severe outbreaks of the disease are reported annually (France and former Yugoslavia) form a well defined taxon characterized by relatively low variability. This group is distinct from the group formed by isolates originating from Italy, whose variability is relatively much higher. Results obtained revealed a marked differentiation among pathogen isolates, and members of Group 1 seem not yet to have spread into Italian sunflower-growing areas.     

薇甘菊乙醇酸氧化酶基因的克隆、序列分析和原核表达

利用SSH和RACE相结合的方法获得了薇甘菊乙醇酸氧化酶基因cDNA全长,并对该序列进行了生物信息学分析。随后将该基因的cDNA编码区克隆到原核表达载体pET-32a(+)中,构建重组表达质粒,转化到大肠杆菌Rosetta-gami(DE3)中进行表达。序列分析表明,薇甘菊乙醇酸氧化酶基因cDNA全长1 363 bp,编码369个氨基酸,命名为MmGO（GenBank登录号EU716626）,推测的MmGO分子量为40.32 kDa,等电点为8.99。系统进化分析表明,MmGO与芸苔的GO序列亲缘关系比较近。将该基因重组到pET-32a(+)中进行原核表达,经0.1 mmol·L^-1 IPTG,25℃诱导4 h,获得了具有较高表达水平的融合蛋白6×His MmGO,Western-blot证实表达的6×His-MmGO能与抗6×His的单抗发生特异性反应,分子量约为60 kDa,与预测的融合蛋白6×His-MmGO分子量相符。为进一步研究融合蛋白6×His-MmGO的活性和功能奠定了基础。     

马铃薯卷叶病毒基因间隔区的克隆及序列分析

根据已报道的马铃薯卷叶病毒基因组序列．设计合成一对特异性引物,以马铃薯卷叶病毒中国分离株（ＰＬＲＶ－Ｃｈ）的ＲＮＡ为模板,反转录合成ｃＤＮＡ第一条链,经ＰＣＲ扩增后克隆于ｐＵＣ１９质粒中,进一步用ＰＣＲ鉴定、限制酶切分析和序列分析,结果表明：ＰＬＲＶ－Ｃｈ基因间隔区由１９７个核苷酸组成,与国外报道的荷兰ＰＬＲＶ－Ｎ加拿大ＰＬＲＶ－Ｃ,澳大利亚ＰＬＲＶ－Ａ,苏格兰ＰＬＲＶ－Ｓ各株系核苷酸序列具有很高的同源性,同源率依次为９９％、９８％、９３％、９８％。     

水稻条纹病毒两个分离物RNA4基因间隔区的序列比较

通过ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ扩增了我国水稻秫纹病毒（ＲＳＶ）山东济宁（ＪＮ）、云南宜良（ＹＬ）两个分离物ＲＮＡ４基因间隔区（ｉｎｔｅｒｇｅｎｉｃ ｒｅｇｉｏｎ,ＩＲ）序列,并克隆于ｐＧＥＭ－Ｔ ｅａｓｙ载体上。序列分析结果表明：ＪＮ、ＹＬ两分离物ＲＮＡ４ ＩＲ均由６５４个核苷酸组成,两者之间的同源率为９２％。ＪＮ、ＹＬ两个分离物ＲＮＡ４ ＩＲ在ＡＵ碱基富集处可形成上明显的结构,其中一个序列比较保守,形成的发夹     

水稻条纹病毒两个分离物RNA4基因间隔区的序列比较

通过RT-PCR扩增了我国水稻条纹病毒(RSV)山东济宁(JN)、云南宜良(YL)两个分离物RNA4基因间隔区(intergenic region,IR)序列,并克隆于pGEM-T easy载体上.序列分析结果表明:JN、YL两分离物RNA4 IR均由654个核苷酸组成,两者之间的同源率为92%.JN、YL两个分离物RNA4 IR在AU碱基富集处可形成两个明显的发夹结构,其中一个序列比较保守,形成的发夹结构稳定;但另一个由于碱基变异导致所形成的发夹结构的稳定性在各个分离物中差异较大.这些结果说明了我国水稻条纹病毒存在明显的分子变异.     

A Score of the Ability of a Three-Dimensional Protein Model to Retrieve Its Own Sequence as a Quantitative Measure of Its Quality and Appropriateness

Background

Despite the remarkable progress of bioinformatics, how the primary structure of a protein leads to a three-dimensional fold, and in turn determines its function remains an elusive question. Alignments of sequences with known function can be used to identify proteins with the same or similar function with high success. However, identification of function-related and structure-related amino acid positions is only possible after a detailed study of every protein. Folding pattern diversity seems to be much narrower than sequence diversity, and the amino acid sequences of natural proteins have evolved under a selective pressure comprising structural and functional requirements acting in parallel.

Principal Findings

The approach described in this work begins by generating a large number of amino acid sequences using ROSETTA [Dantas G et al. (2003) J Mol Biol 332:449–460], a program with notable robustness in the assignment of amino acids to a known three-dimensional structure. The resulting sequence-sets showed no conservation of amino acids at active sites, or protein-protein interfaces. Hidden Markov models built from the resulting sequence sets were used to search sequence databases. Surprisingly, the models retrieved from the database sequences belonged to proteins with the same or a very similar function. Given an appropriate cutoff, the rate of false positives was zero. According to our results, this protocol, here referred to as Rd.HMM, detects fine structural details on the folding patterns, that seem to be tightly linked to the fitness of a structural framework for a specific biological function.

Conclusion

Because the sequence of the native protein used to create the Rd.HMM model was always amongst the top hits, the procedure is a reliable tool to score, very accurately, the quality and appropriateness of computer-modeled 3D-structures, without the need for spectroscopy data. However, Rd.HMM is very sensitive to the conformational features of the models'' backbone.     

真养产碱杆菌112R4酰亚胺酶基因的克隆、序列分析及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

筛选到一株具海因水解活力的微生物,经鉴定后命名为真养产碱杆菌112R4。该菌能水解海因、二氢尿嘧啶和琥珀酰亚胺,且对琥珀酰亚胺活力最高,但不水解5单取代海因和5,5’双取代海因,因而被确定为含有酰亚胺酶。真养产碱杆菌112R4能在以琥珀酰亚胺为唯一碳、氮源的培养基上生长,表明该菌中存在琥珀酰亚胺完整的转化途径。从112R4基因组DNA出发,用鸟枪法克隆了一个6kb的与环酰亚胺水解相关的DNA片段;进一步亚克隆得到了带酰亚胺酶基因的2kb的DNA片段,并进行了序列测定。缺失分析确定了一个876bp的ORF为真养产碱杆菌112R4的酰亚胺酶基因,推测编码一个291个氨基酸的多肽,这是第一次报道微生物酰亚胺酶的核酸和蛋白序列。推测的氨基酸序列在蛋白数据库中进行了比较,结果表明,酰亚胺酶与已知的环酰胺酶没有明显的同源性,也不属于氨酰水解酶蛋白超家族,因而被分类为一种新的环酰胺酶。真养产碱杆菌112R4的酰亚胺酶与芽生杆菌A17p4的酰亚胺酶N端的20个氨基酸有较高的同源性,一致性为60%,与多糖脱乙酰酶保守序列也部分同源,一致性为14%。带有酰亚胺酶基因的重组质粒在大肠杆菌中得到表达,在lac启动子控制下,使用1mmol/L IPTG诱导5h,酰亚胺酶活力达到3200U/L,为供体菌真养产碱杆菌112R４的7倍。     

Bacterial Interspersed Mosaic Elements (Bimes) Are a Major Source of Sequence Polymorphism in Escherichia Coli Intergenic Regions Including Specific Associations with a New Insertion Sequence

A significant fraction of Escherichia coli intergenic DNA sequences is composed of two families of repeated bacterial interspersed mosaic elements (BIME-1 and BIME-2). In this study, we determined the sequence organization of six intergenic regions in 51 E. coli and Shigella natural isolates. Each region contains a BIME in E. coli K-12. We found that multiple sequence variations are located within or near these BIMEs in the different bacteria. Events included excisions of a whole BIME-1, expansion/deletion within a BIME-2 and insertions of non-BIME sequences like the boxC repeat or a new IS element, named IS1397. Remarkably, 14 out of 14 IS1397 integration sites correspond to a BIME sequence, strongly suggesting that this IS element is specifically associated with BIMEs, and thus inserts only in extragenic regions. Unlike BIMEs, IS1397 is not detected in all E. coli isolates. Possible relationships between the presence of this IS element and the evolution of BIMEs are discussed.