CMO与BADH双基因表达载体构建及在烟草中的表达

本研究的目的是将甜菜碱合成关键酶CMO与BADH基因构建到同一表达载体中,利用转基因方法将该表达载体导入植物体内,完善植物体内的甜菜碱合成途径,提高植物的抗旱性和耐盐性。以pC1303质粒为基础,构建了均由35S启动子驱动的CMO基因和BADH基因的植物双基因表达载体pC35SC35SB1303。利用冻融法将其导入农杆菌LBA4404中,通过农杆菌介导法分别将CMO基因、BADH基因以及该双基因表达载体导入烟草中,PCR检测和Northern杂交分析表明,外源基因已整合到受体植物基因组中并正常表达。对转基因植株及对照植株甜菜碱含量的检测结果表明,转双基因植株的甜菜碱含量明显高于转BADH基因植株、转CMO基因植株及对照植株。     

The pea plastocyanin promoter directs cell-specific but not full light-regulated expression in transgenic tobacco plants

A series of 5′ deletions of the pea plastocyanin gene (petE) promoter fused to the β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene has been examined for expression in transgenic tobacco plants. Strong positive and negative cis-elements which modulate quantitative expression of the transgene in the light and the dark have been detected within the petE promoter. Disruption of a negative regulatory element at ?784 bp produced the strongest photosynthesis-gene promoter so far described. Histochemical analysis demonstrated that all petE-GUS constructs directed expression in chloroplast-containing cells, and that a region from ?176 bp to +4 bp from the translation start site was sufficient for such cell-specific expression. The petE-promoter fusions were expressed at high levels in etiolated transgenic tobacco seedlings but there was no marked induction of GUS activity in the light. The endogenous tobacco plastocyanin genes and the complete pea plastocyanin gene in transgenic tobacco plants were also expressed in the dark, but showed a three- to sevenfold increase in the light. This indicates a requirement for sequences 3′ to the promoter for the full light response of the petE gene.