甘蔗茎杆特异表达基因启动子的克隆及初步分析

甘蔗茎秆是利用转基因方法生产重组药用蛋白或有价值的化合物的理想器官,构建能在甘蔗茎秆中高水平表达异源蛋白质的表达载体是非常有意义的。而一个高效表达的载体,启动子则是其最重要元件之一,因此,茎秆特异性启动子的获得是甘蔗作为生物反应器的前提。利用染色体步移法克隆到甘蔗己糖转运蛋白基因PST2a 5′端上游的一段长1968bp的序列（ Ppst2a ）,经序列测定及软件分析表明,该序列具有典型的启动子结构。此序列置换植物表达载体pCAMBIA1301上的CaMV 35S启动子,构建植物表达载体,命名为pCAMBIA1900,该启动子下游为gus基因。利用基因枪法转化甘蔗的茎和叶,对gus基因的瞬时表达进行测定,结果表明所获得的己糖转运蛋白基因启动子只在甘蔗茎中驱动gus基因瞬时表达,该启动子具有茎秆特异性。     

毛白杨PtLFY基因启动子的克隆及其瞬时表达分析

为了研究毛白杨LEAFY同源基因PtLFY的表达调控规律,利用PCR技术从毛白杨基因组DNA中克隆出PtLFY基因上游一段1575 bp的序列。经PLACE、PlantCARE在线软件分析表明,该序列含有TATA-BOX、CAAT-BOX等启动子基本元件,另外,还包含干旱诱导的MYB结合位点、脱落酸(ABA)响应元件、光响应元件等其他一些调控序列。因此,PtLFY的表达可能受干旱、ABA、光照等因子的调控。利用FootPrinter在线软件对毛白杨等6个物种的LFY同源基因启动子进行比对,发现不同物种的启动子相对保守,但也存在差异,说明LFY基因在功能上具有相似性,但存在一定差异。在序列分析的基础上,构建由PtLFY启动子驱动GUS报告基因的植物表达载体,命名为PtLFYp1304。通过农杆菌介导的方法转化烟草,对该启动子进行瞬时表达研究,结果表明PtLFY启动子可以驱动GUS基因在烟草根、茎、叶和花器官中表达,但在根、茎、叶中仅微弱表达,表达强度明显低于CaMV35S启动子,而在花萼和雄蕊中表达强烈。     

Cloning of the promoter region of plasma membrane aquaporin BnPIP1 from Brassica napus and its functional analysis

Aquaporins make water-selective channels in plants, facilitating the permeation of water through membranes and adjusting water fast transport during seed germination, cell elongation, stoma movement, fertilization and responses to environmental stresses. They belong to the MIP (major intrinsic protein) family with molecular weight of 2629 kD and are characterized by six membrane-spanning a-helixes connected by five loops and short N-terminal and C-terminal domains in the cytoplasm[13]. The p…     

The Commelina Yellow Mottle Virus Promoter Is a Strong Promoter in Vascular Tissue of Transgenic Gossypium hirsutum Plants

Explants of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. cv. Jingmian 7) were transformed with Agrobacterium tumefaciens (Smith et Townsend ) Conn LBA4404 harboring an expression cassette composed of CoYMV (Commelina Yellow Mottle Virus) promoter-gus-nos terminator on the plant expression vector pBcopd2. Transgenic plants were regenerated and selected on a medium containing kanamycin. GUS (β-glucuronidase) activity assays and Southern blot analysis confirmed that the chimerical gus gene was integrated into and expressed in the regenerated cotton plants. Plant expression vector pBI121 was also transferred into the same cotton variety and the regenerated transgenic plants were used as a positive control in GUS activity analysis. Evidences from histochemical analysis of GUS activity demonstrated that under the control of a 597 bp CoYMV promoter the gus gene was highly expressed in the vascular tissues of leaves, petioles, stems, roots, hypocotyls, bracteal leaves and most of the flower parts while GUS activity could not be detected in stigma, anther sac and developing cotton fibers of the transgenic cotton plants. GUS specific activity in various organs and tissues from transgenic cotton lines was determined and the results indicated that the CoYMV promoter-gus activities were at the same level or higher than that of CaMV 35S promoter-gus in leaf veins and roots where the vascular tissues occupy a relatively larger part of the organs, but in other organs like leaves, cotyledons and hypocotyls where the vascular tissues occupy a smaller part of the organs the CoYMV promoter-gus activity was only 1/3-1/5 of the CaMV 35S promoter-gus activity. The GUS activity ratio between veins and leaves was averaged 0.5 for 35S-GUS plants and about 2.0 for CoYMV promoter-gus transgenic plants. These results further demonstrated the vascular specific property of the promoter in transgenic cotton plants. An increasing trend of GUS activity in leaf vascular tissues of transgenic cotton plants developing from young to older was observed.     

nisZ启动子结构与功能的研究

应用βGlucuronidase基因(gusA)作为报告基因,通过定点突变方法分别缺失nisZ编码区上游两个启动子结构(promoter1和promoter2)中的一个,发现只有靠近编码区的promoter2是nisZ启动子诱导表达所必需。将promoter2中10区及其上游的一个碱基突变为乳酸菌中典型的组成型启动子的10区结构,该改变使nisZ启动子诱导功能下降;将promoter2的10区和35区的间隔区由20个碱基缺失突变为17个碱基,则nisZ启动子失去诱导功能。据此认为该间隔区的结构与nisZ启动子的诱导表达密切相关。     

Expression of an amino acid biosynthesis gene in tomato flowers: developmental upregulation and MeJa response are parenchyma-specific and mutually compatible

The gene coding for threonine deaminase (TD), the enzyme which catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of isoleucine, was isolated from tomato as a consequence of its unusual 500-fold upregulation in floral organs. It was subsequently shown that TD is induced in potato leaves in response to wounding, abscisic acid and methyl jasmonate (MeJa). Detailed analysis presented here, reveals an intricate developmental regulation pattern of gene expression in flowers that is operating solely in parenchyma territories. Yet, despite its high pre-existing expression level, TD in flowers can be further induced by MeJa. Induction of TD in flowers as well as in leaves is effective only in the parenchyma domains, irrespective of the prior expression levels. TD is neither expressed nor induced in epidermal, vascular or sporogenous tissues. Promoter analysis in transgenic tomato plants indicates that induction of TD follows identical kinetics in flowers and leaves. Furthermore, the 'conditioning' of developmental upregulation in flowers, the response to MeJa in flowers and leaves, and the parenchyma-specific expression are all mediated by the cis -elements within the proximal 192 bp of the promoter. Promoter elements regulating the correct organ-specific expression are located, however, further upstream. The promoter constructs used in this study can serve as useful tools for expressing extremely high levels of transgenes in specific cells. A scheme explaining tissue-specific response to MeJa, in conjunction with developmental control, is discussed.     

苹果一个锌指蛋白基因的cDNA克隆及其表达特性分析(英文)

A cDNA library was created from stem apex tissue from Jonathan apples (Malus domestica Borkh.), harvested in June to August, during which the plant transitions from vegetative growth to reproductive growth. From this library, we isolated an expressed sequence tag (EST) sequence containing a zinc finger motif, using this sequence, a 779 bp cDNA fragment was obtained by using 5‘ RACE, and a final full-length cDNA encoding an apple zinc finger protein (named MdZF1; GenBank accession number AB116545) was obtained by further PCR. This zinc finger motif of MdZF1 has high homology with INOETERMINATE1 (ID1) gene from maize which seemed to be involved in the transition to flowering. Northern blot and RT-PCR analyses showed that the MdZF1 expressed in the root, stem, leaves, shoot apex and floral organs of the apple, with expression levels higher in root, stem, leaves and floral shoot apex than that in floral organs (sepals, petals, stamens and pistils). Genomic Southern analysis showed that there was a single copy gene in apple genome.