人脑内-含有ACP样结构域新基因的发现

为寻找脑内新基因,以正常成人全脑cDNA为模板,采用锚定PCR方法进行扩增,将经琼脂糖DNA电泳 鉴定获得的一约1200bp大小的特异性条带回收,并克隆入Teasy载体.用310 Genetic Analyzer进行自动测序. 所得序列进行生物信息学分析BLAST相似性分析结果证明所得序列为新序列,读框分析表明,该序列中存在 一完整编码区,编码含357个氨基酸的蛋白质.ProDom软件分析发现其含有酰基携带蛋白(ACP)样结构域. 随后,经3'RACE法克隆到该基因的全长cDNA,其全长为2024bp,染色体定位在14q11.2,含有16个外显子, 15个内含子,该基因已登录到GenBank.经设计编码区引物,从Teasy载体扩增出编码区后再克隆入pGEX-4T1 表达载体,经异丙基硫代-D-乳糖苷(IPTG)化学诱导表达.其编码区克隆人pGEX-4T1表达载体后,转入 JM109宿主菌,经IPTG诱导已得到表达.点杂交及RNA印迹表明,该基因在正常成人脑内广泛高表达.     

人脑内一含有ACP样结构域新基因的发现

为寻找脑内新基因，以正常成人全脑cDNA为模板,采用锚定PCR方法进行扩增, 将经琼脂糖DNA电泳鉴定获得的一约1 200 bp大小的特异性条带回收，并克隆入T easy载体.用310 Genetic Analyzer进行自动测序.所得序列进行生物信息学分析：BLAST相似性分析结果证明所得序列为新序列，读框分析表明，该序列中存在一完整编码区，编码含357个氨基酸的蛋白质.ProDom软件分析发现其含有酰基携带蛋白（ACP）样结构域.随后，经3′RACE法克隆到该基因的全长cDNA,其全长为2 024 bp,染色体定位在14q11.2,含有16个外显子，15个内含子，该基因已登录到GenBank.经设计编码区引物，从T easy载体扩增出编码区后再克隆入pGEX-4T1表达载体，经异丙基硫代-D-乳糖苷(IPTG)化学诱导表达.其编码区克隆入pGEX-4T1表达载体后，转入JM109宿主菌，经IPTG诱导已得到表达.点杂交及RNA印迹表明，该基因在正常成人脑内广泛高表达.     

精子发生相关基因片段CG14的克隆及其蛋白的表达

为研究与精子发生相关的基因并探讨其功能 ,用差异显示法发现了 1个与精子发生相关的基因片段CG14 .将该基因片段克隆到表达载体pGEX 3X上 ,在大肠杆菌中表达了融合蛋白 .通过谷胱甘肽 Sepharose 4B亲和柱纯化该融合蛋白 .经Xa因子酶切后Western印迹方法证明 ,靶蛋白分子量约为 8kD ,与预期分子量相符 .用融合蛋白免疫家兔获得抗血清 .免疫印迹实验表明 ,血清中含有CG14蛋白的特异性抗体 ,为进一步研究CG14基因及其表达蛋白的功能打下基础     

苏云金芽孢杆菌cry1Ab13基因的克隆及表达研究

BtC0 0 5是我国自行分离的对多种害虫具有毒杀作用的苏云金芽孢杆菌 ,经PCR RFLP系统鉴定 ,它含有cry1Ab基因。Southernblot结果显示 :PstI酶切C0 0 5质粒所得的 8 5kb长的DNA片段为cry1Ab基因的阳性杂交带。以pUCP1 9为载体 ,克隆了该片段并证明其含有cry1Ab基因。对其进行亚克隆和测序 ,结果表明该基因编码区为 3 4 6 8bp ,其编码的蛋白含1 1 5 5个氨基酸 ,分子量为 1 3 0 6kD ,等电点为pH4 845。该基因已在GenBank基因库中注册 ,Accessionnumber为AF2 5 4 6 4 0 ,并为国际Bt杀虫晶体蛋白基因命名委员会正式命名为cry1Ab1 3。将cry1Ab1 3基因在Bt无晶体突变株cryB- 中表达 ,蛋白质电泳结果表明在 1 3 0kD处有表达带 ,并证明CryAb对小菜蛾有较高的杀虫活性。     

家蝇卵黄蛋白基因的克隆与结构序列分析

家蝇卵黄蛋白基因编码的卵黄蛋白是家蝇胚胎发育的重要营养来源 .根据 3种家蝇卵黄蛋白cDNA保守序列设计引物 ,用PCR技术从家蝇基因组DNA中扩增到大小为 76 8bp的mdYP1基因的部分DNA片段 .经地高辛标记成特异性探针 ,从构建的家蝇基因组文库中筛选出一个阳性克隆 ,并从该克隆中分离到大小为 3991bp的mdYP1基因组基因 .序列分析显示 ,该基因组序列含有约1 6kb的 5′ 上游区和 1 0kb的 3′ 下游区 ,编码区由一个 6 1bp的内含子和大小分别为 2 2 2bp和10 2 8bp的 2个外显子组成 .5′ 上游区含有典型的CAAT TATA盒 .     

高羊茅FaChit1基因组DNA的克隆及其拷贝数的验定

以获得的高羊茅FaChit1基因cDNA设计引物扩增其基因组DNA,序列比对发现该基因内不存在内含子.进一步采用染色体步移方法分离FaChit1基因上游的一段935 bp启动子序列以及下游的一段470 bp 3′非翻译区序列发现,在该启动子区域内不仅含有保守的TATA盒和CAAT盒,而且包含多个潜在的与胁迫应答有关的顺式调控元件,表明该启动子可能是1个多胁迫诱导型启动子.此外,在FaChit1 3′非翻译区含有真核生物基因中高度保守的特征序列.Southern杂交结果表明,FaChit1在高羊茅基因组中有2个拷贝.     

甘蓝型油菜赤霉素受体基因的克隆与表达

采用同源克隆技术从甘蓝型油菜中克隆到1个赤霉素受体基因,命名为BnGID1B(GenBank登录号为HQ589349).该基因含有1个内含子和2个外显子,其cDNA序列全长1 077 bp,编码358个氨基酸,推测蛋白质的相对分子量是40 203.4 Da,理论等电点为6.26.序列比对结果显示,BnGID1B基因与拟南芥GID1B基因核苷酸序列的相似性为86.3%,氨基酸序列的相似性为91.64%.实时荧光定量PCR分析表明,BnGID1B基因在苗期不同组织以及不同激素处理下的表达量有所不同,主要在根中表达,下胚轴中的表达量明显低于根,可见该基因具有一定程度的组织表达特异性.     

用于基因探测的光纤DNA传感器及其阵列的一种新的制备方法

报道了一种光纤DNA传感器及其阵列的新的制备方法,以及应用该阵列同时进行多基因检测的结果.光纤经0.2%的poly-l-lysine处理后,可用于吸附寡核苷酸探针,探针经固定后即制成一种光纤DNA传感器.将携带不同基因探针的传感器排成一个阵列,可用于多个基因的同时检测.用含有p53,N-ras,Rb1基因探针的阵列进行实验的结果表明,这种传感器及其阵列可用于特定基因的探测,或多个基因的同时检测.     

一株海洋来源的高活性Bt菌的生物学特性研究

从连云港海域筛选获得苏云金芽胞杆菌h3菌株,血清型鉴定表明该菌属H5型.该菌株产生菱形、方形和双锥体形的蛋白晶体.生测试验表明该菌对小菜蛾24 h致死率迭100%.SDS-PAGE凝胶电泳显示其具有133、65、35和29 ku等多种蛋白.PCR-RFLP方法分析表明113菌株含有cry1Ac基因.cry1A基因的特异引物PCR扩增出的基因含3 537个碱基,和cry1Ac基因有5个核苷酸的差异,同源性达99%(序列登陆号AY730621),该基因被命名为cry1Ac16.并与其他cry基因比对,构建了系统发育树.     

八肋游仆虫一种富含三核苷酸重复序列的新基因GARP的克隆与序列分析

人类基因中三核苷酸重复序列拷贝数的异常扩增, 可导致多种神经系统疾病。一种富含GAA三核苷酸的GARP (glutamic acid-rich protein)基因从八肋游仆虫(Euplotes octocarinatus)大核文库中筛选获得。大核中该基因的染色体全长460 bp, 基因两端具有下毛类纤毛虫大核特有的端粒序列(C₄A₄C₄A₄C₄A₄C₄), 开放读框内含有一个TGA_(88-99)密码子, 在游仆虫中编码为半胱氨酸。经DNA Star 软件分析, 该基因编码的蛋白质由112个氨基酸组成, 预测其分子量为13 kDa, 等电点为3.82, 含有四个 [[alpha]] 螺旋和一个 [[beta]] 折叠。小核中对应的该基因含有两个内部删除序列, IES1 和IES2。IES1和IES2分别长41 bp, IES1以GA二核苷酸直接重复为删除信号, IES2以TA二核苷酸直接重复为删除信号。RT- PCR 证明该基因具有转录活性。     

Protective activity of Streptococcus pneumoniae Spr1875 protein fragments identified using a phage displayed genomic library

There is considerable interest in pneumococcal protein antigens capable of inducing serotype-independent immunoprotection and of improving, thereby, existing vaccines. We report here on the immunogenic properties of a novel surface antigen encoded by ORF spr1875 in the R6 strain genome. An antigenic fragment encoded by spr1875, designated R4, was identified using a Streptococcus pneumoniae phage displayed genomic library after selection with a human convalescent serum. Immunofluorescence analysis with anti-R4 antisera showed that Spr1875 was expressed on the surface of strains belonging to different serotypes. Moreover, the gene was present with little sequence variability in 27 different pneumococcal strains isolated worldwide. A mutant lacking Spr1875 was considerably less virulent than the wild type D39 strain in an intravenous mouse model of infection. Moreover, immunization with the R4 recombinant fragment, but not with the whole Spr1875 protein, induced significant protection against sepsis in mice. Lack of protection after immunization with the whole protein was related to the presence of immunodominant, non-protective epitopes located outside of the R4 fragment. In conclusion, our data indicate that Spr1875 has a role in pneumococcal virulence and is immunogenic. As the R4 fragment conferred immunoprotection from experimental sepsis, selected antigenic fragments of Spr1875 may be useful for the development of a pneumococcal protein-based vaccine.     

Global analysis of proteins synthesized by Mycobacterium smegmatis provides direct evidence for physiological heterogeneity in stationary-phase cultures

We have characterized the induction kinetics of approximately 1,700 proteins during entry into and survival in carbon-starved stationary phase by Mycobacterium smegmatis. Strikingly, among the patterns of expression observed were a group of proteins that were expressed in exponential-phase cultures and severely repressed in 48-h stationary-phase cultures (Spr or stationary-phase-repressed proteins) but were synthesized again at high levels in > or =128-day stationary-phase cultures (Spr(128) proteins). A number of Spr(128) proteins were identified, and they included the heat shock protein DnaK, the tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme succinyl coenzyme A synthase, a FixA-like flavoprotein, a single-stranded DNA binding protein, and elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu). The identification of EF-Tu as an Spr(128) protein is significant, as ribosomal components are known to be expressed in a growth rate-dependent way. We interpreted these data in terms of a model whereby stationary-phase mycobacteria comprise populations of cells that differ in both their growth status and gene expression patterns. To investigate this further, we constructed gene fusions between the rpsL gene promoter (which heads the Mycobacterium smegmatis operon encoding the tuf gene encoding EF-Tu) or the rrnA promoter gene and an unstable variant of green fluorescent protein. While the majority of cells in old stationary-phase cultures had low levels of fluorescence and so rpsL expression, a small but consistently observed population of approximately 1 in 1,000 cells was highly fluorescent. This indicates that a small fraction of the cells was expressing rpsL at high levels, and we argue that this represents the growing subpopulation of cells in stationary-phase cultures.     

Epigenetic instability and trans-silencing interactions associated with an SPT::Ac T-DNA locus in tobacco.

Progeny of tobacco line 2853.6, which carries a streptomycin phosphotransferase (SPT) gene interrupted by the maize element Activator (Ac), were selected for streptomycin resistance (Spr) because of germinal Ac excision. Some events gave rise to Spr alleles that were unstable and exhibited a mottled phenotype on streptomycin-containing medium due to somatic loss of SPT function. This instability was most pronounced in one particular line, Spr12F. Other Spr alleles rarely exhibited silencing of SPT. Streptomycin-sensitive, homozygous Spr12F plants were recovered, and crosses were performed with other, more stable Spr lines. A high proportion of the resulting heterozygous progeny were silenced for SPT expression. The silenced state was heritable even after the Spr12F allele segregated away. No correlation could be made between silencing and methylation of the SPTgene. Structural analysis of allele Spr12F showed that the SPT gene from which Ac had excised was flanked by direct repeats of Ac. A search was carried out among 110 additional Spr alleles for new independent unstable alleles, and four were identified. All of these alleles also carried an SPT gene flanked by direct repeats of Ac. Thus, there is a strong correlation between this structure and instability of SPT expression.     

Molecular characterization of a deletion encompassing the splotch mutation on mouse chromosome 1

We have used a set of markers newly assigned to the proximal portion of mouse chromosome 1 to characterize the chromosomal segment deleted in the splotch-retarded (Spr) mouse mutant. Among nine markers tested in the heterozygote Spr/+mouse, we have identified four genes, Vil, Des, Inha, and Akp-3, which map within the Spr deletion. The closest distal marker to the deletion is the Acrg gene, with the distal deletion breakpoint mapping within the 0.8-cM segment separating Akp-3 and Acrg. The most proximal gene to the Spr deletion is Tp1. The proximal deletion breakpoint maps within the 0.8-cM segment separating Tp1 and Vil. The minimum size of the Spr deletion would therefore be limited to 14 cM, the genetic distance between Vil and Akp-3. The maximum size of the Spr deletion is estimated to be 16 cM, the genetic distance between Tp1 and Acrg.     

Composition and architecture of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad18 (Smc5-6) complex

The rad18 gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an essential gene that is involved in several different DNA repair processes. Rad18 (Smc6) is a member of the structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) family and, together with its SMC partner Spr18 (Smc5), forms the core of a high-molecular-weight complex. We show here that both S. pombe and human Smc5 and -6 interact through their hinge domains and that four independent temperature-sensitive mutants of Rad18 (Smc6) are all mutated at the same glycine residue in the hinge region. This mutation abolishes the interactions between the hinge regions of Rad18 (Smc6) and Spr18 (Smc5), as does mutation of a conserved glycine in the hinge region of Spr18 (Smc5). We purified the Smc5-6 complex from S. pombe and identified four non-SMC components, Nse1, Nse2, Nse3, and Rad62. Nse3 is a novel protein which is related to the mammalian MAGE protein family, many members of which are specifically expressed in cancer tissue. In initial steps to understand the architecture of the complex, we identified two subcomplexes containing Rad18-Spr18-Nse2 and Nse1-Nse3-Rad62. The subcomplexes are probably bridged by a weaker interaction between Nse2 and Nse3.     

Cloning and characterization of the gene for the yeast cytoplasmic threonyl-tRNA synthetase.

A fragment of DNA from the yeast nuclear gene MST1 that codes for the mitochondrial tRNAThr1 synthetase was used as a probe to screen for other yeast threonyl-tRNA synthetase genes. At low stringency, the MST1 probe hybridizes strongly to a 6.6 kb EcoRI fragment of yeast genomic DNA with the homologous gene and in addition hybridizes more weakly to a smaller 3.6 kb EcoRI fragment with a second threonyl-tRNA synthetase gene (THS1). To clone THS1, a library was constructed by ligation to pUC18 of size selected (3-4.5 kb) EcoRI fragments of genomic DNA. Several clones containing the 3.6 kb EcoRI fragment were isolated. A 2,202 nucleotide long open reading frame corresponding to THS1 has been identified in the cloned fragment of DNA. The predicted protein encoded by THS1 is 38% identical to the E. coli threonyl-tRNA synthetase over the latter's length (642 amino acids) and is 42% identical to the predicted MST1 product over its 462 residues. In situ disruption of the chromosomal copy of THS1 is lethal to the cell, indicating that this gene codes for the cytoplasmic threonyl-tRNA synthetase.     

Cloning of genes related to exo-beta-glucanase production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: characterization of an exo-beta-glucanase structural gene

The EXG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was cloned and identified by complementation of a mutant strain (exg1-2) with highly reduced extracellular exo-beta-1,3-glucanase (EXG) activity. Two recombinant plasmids containing an overlapping region of 5.2 kb were isolated from a genomic DNA library and characterized by restriction mapping. The coding region was located by subcloning the original DNA inserts in a 2.7-kb HindIII-XhoI fragment. Exg+ strains and Exg- mutants transformed with yeast multicopy plasmids containing this DNA fragment showed an EXG activity 5- to 20-fold higher than for the untransformed Exg+ wild-type (wt) strains. The overproduced EXG had the same enzymic activity on different substrates, and showed the same electrophoretic behaviour on polyacrylamide gels and identical properties upon filtration through Sephacryl S-200 as those of the main EXG from Exg+ wt strains. The EXG1 gene transformed Schizosaccharomyces pombe, yielding extracellular EXG activity which showed cross-reactivity with anti-S. cervisiae EXG antibodies. A fragment including only a part of the EXG1 region was subcloned into the integrating vector YIp5, and the resulting plasmid was used to transform an Exg+ strain. Genetic and Southern analysis of several stable Exg- transformants showed that the fragment integrated by homology with the EXG1 locus. The chromosomal DNA fragment into which the plasmid integrated has a restriction pattern identical to that of the fragment on which we had previously identified the putative EXG1 gene. Only one copy of the EXG1 gene per genome was found in several strains tested by Southern analysis. Furthermore, two additional recombinant plasmids sharing a yeast DNA fragment of about 4.1 kb, which partially complements the exg1-2 mutation but which shows no homology with the 2.7-kb fragment containing the EXG1 gene, were also identified in this study. This 4.1-kb DNA fragment does not appear to contain an extragenic suppressor and could be related in some way to EXG production in S. cerevisiae.