香蕉rbcS基因启动子的克隆及序列分析

以巴西香蕉为材料,根据已经获得的香蕉1,5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化/加氧酶小亚基基因的全长cDNA序列设计1对专一引物,通过PCR扩增得到了香蕉1,5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化/加氧酶小亚基的基因组全长,序列长811 bp,含有2个内含子。根据其基因组序列设计引物,采用SEFA-PCR方法,以总DNA为模板克隆了香蕉1,5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化/加氧酶小亚基基因的启动子序列,长1 681 bp。用PLACE软件分析发现该序列具有启动子的基本元件TATA-box、CAAT-box,包含多个胁迫诱导元件,如光诱导元件、赤霉素、低温诱导元件、昼夜节律调控元件等。该序列的克隆与分析为进一步研究香蕉1,5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化/加氧酶小亚基基因的表达调控奠定了基础。     

病毒诱导的PVX cp转基因沉默及其DNA甲基化

利用PCR方法获得了马铃薯X病毒(PVX)外壳蛋白(CP)基因(cp),并将其构建到植物表达载体中,利用农杆菌介导的叶盘法转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)。Northern杂交及Run on实验表明有3株转基因烟草发生了转录后基因沉默。发生沉默的cp基因的甲基化分析结果表明,发生转录后基因沉默的cp基因发生了不同程度的甲基化,说明DNA甲基化并没有完全抑制cp基因的转录。利用PVX病毒对外壳蛋白正常表达的转基因烟草进行接毒,Northern杂交检测结果表明,病毒诱导cp发生了基因沉默。进一步的Run on结果表明,转基因烟草中cp基因在沉默前后转录速率并没有发生变化,说明病毒诱导的沉默是一种转录后沉默。对cp基因沉默前后的甲基化分析表明,病毒的侵染导致了cp基因甲基化程度的增加。     

病毒诱导的PVX cp转基因沉默及其DNA甲基化

利用PCR方法获得了马铃薯X病毒(PVX)外壳蛋白(CP)基因(cp),并将其构建到植物表达载体中,利用农杆菌介导的叶盘法转化烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.).Northern杂交及Run on实验表明有3株转基因烟草发生了转录后基因沉默.发生沉默的cp基因的甲基化分析结果表明,发生转录后基因沉默的cp基因发生了不同程度的甲基化,说明DNA甲基化并没有完全抑制cp基因的转录.利用PVX病毒对外壳蛋白正常表达的转基因烟草进行接毒,Northern杂交检测结果表明,病毒诱导cp发生了基因沉默.进一步的Run on结果表明,转基因烟草中cp基因在沉默前后转录速率并没有发生变化,说明病毒诱导的沉默是一种转录后沉默.对cp基因沉默前后的甲基化分析表明,病毒的侵染导致了cp基因甲基化程度的增加.     

核酮糖1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶的结构,调节及遗传工程前景

核酮糖1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶是光合作用固定二氧化碳的一个关键酶。如能应用遗传工程技术增加其催化效率,有可能导致净光合作用的增加,从而使作物增产。最近用高分辨力的X-射线对烟草酶的空间结构已进行了测定。原核生物酶的定位突变也已开始研究。虽然高等植物酶已可进行体外重组,但小亚基的功能仍不很清楚,大、小亚基基因尚不能在大肠杆菌中表达出有活性的酶。新的大亚基遗传讯息还不能有效地引入叶绿体基因组中。酶的结构与功能关系,催化及分子装配机理等基本问题还需要全面深入研究。     

病毒诱导烟草的基因沉默

病毒诱导基因沉默是利用RNA介导病毒防卫机制的一项技术。构建含有目的基因片段的人工改造病毒载体,通过农杆菌侵染导致植物内源目的基因沉默。为建立病毒诱导基因沉默体系,选用烟草脆裂病毒（TRV）和烟草为实验材料。构建了八氢番茄红素去饱和酶基因（PDS）的基因沉默病毒载体,病毒载体侵染结果显示目的基因PDS沉默导致烟草幼苗出现光漂白现象。采用RT-PCR的方法检测目的基因PDS的沉默效果,结果显示PDS基因mRNA被显著降解。该体系的建市有利于将来对植物基因进行高通量功能分析。     

古细菌Rubisco的研究进展

1,5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化酶/加氧酶(Rubisco)是CO2固定的关键酶,决定光合作用的净效率。近年来,研究人员在古细菌中发现了新类型的Rubisco,综述了近年来有关古细菌Rubisco的一些研究进展,包括Rubisco的结构、基因与功能、基本性质、酶的定点突变及其活化等。     

陆地棉GhrbcMT基因克隆、表达与功能初步分析

植物的rbcMT基因编码核酮糖1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶大亚基N-甲基转移酶(ribulose1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunitε-N-methyltransferase, rbcMT),可能催化双功能酶核酮糖1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶大亚基14位赖氨酸的ε-氨基的甲基化过程,目前在豌豆、小麦、烟草等中被鉴定出,可能参与调控植物生长发育,但有关GhrbcMT基因生物学功能研究尚未报道。该研究以陆地棉(Gossypium hirsutum L.)为材料,提取叶片总RNA,反转录合成cDNA,利用PCR技术克隆棉花核酮糖1,5-二磷酸加氧酶/羧化酶大亚基甲基转移酶基因(GhrbcMT)全长cDNA,对该基因进行生物信息学分析,采用荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)对GhrbcMT基因进行组织特异性表达分析,并用病毒诱导的基因沉默(virus-induced gene silencing, VIGS)技术降低GhrbcMT在植株中的表达水平,同时用乙醇浸泡法提取野生型与GhrbcMT干涉株系的叶片叶绿素进行含量分析。结果显示, GhrbcMT蛋白质序列存在多个潜在磷酸化与糖基化位点, Loop结构占56.94%,构象灵活。GhrbcMT基因在棉花叶片中特异性表达, GhrbcMT干涉株系的GhrbcMT表达水平显著降低,棉花出现明显的生长缓慢、节间距缩短、植株矮小、花药败育等表型, GhrbcMT基因表达水平的降低对棉花植株的营养生长和育性具有显著影响。该研究通过对1,5-二磷酸核酮糖加氧酶/羧化酶大亚基甲基转移酶功能初步探究,为进一步探究植株生长发育和育性调控机理提供参考。     

杜氏盐藻rbcS启动子的克隆和功能分析

为提高转基因盐藻的表达效率,利用基因组步行方法和巢式PCR,从盐藻中克隆了1,5-二磷酸核酮糖羧化酶/加氧酶（Rubisco）的小亚基基因rbcS 的5'上游调控序列,并对其进行序列分析和转基因功能分析。采用Dra I、EcoR V、Pvu II和Stu I四种平端限制内切酶分别酶切盐藻基因组DNA,并与接头连接,构建基因组步行文库GWL 1、GWL 2、GWL 3和GWL 4;设计特异引物从这四种文库中扩增rbcS基因的5'上游调控序列。在GWL 1、GWL 4中分别扩增出约1.2 kb的片段。对该序列的分析表明,它的3'端与已知盐藻rbcS cDNA 的5'端序列完全一致,说明是该基因的5'端上游区,并且包含多个与转录调控有关的保守序列（如TATA-box、CAAT-box）,富含GT的重复序列。此序列EcoR I下游的片段与除草剂抗性基因bar相融合,构建表达载体,电击法转化盐藻。通过对转化藻株的抗性筛选以及PCR和Southern blot检测,表明该区域能驱动外源基因bar在转基因盐藻中的表达,推断是盐藻rbcS基因的启动子调控区。     

烟草脆裂病毒诱导的基因沉默在植物基因功能研究中的应用

烟草脆裂病毒(tobaccorattlevirus,TRV)是一类应用比较广泛而且效率和持久性较好的病毒载体,能够介导基因沉默同时不会带来病毒诱导的症状。改造后的病毒能够促进非病毒序列的插入以及对植物的后续感染,也可以鉴定宿主植物生长点的基因,因此TRV在植物基因功能鉴定中具有广泛的应用。该文介绍TRV沉默载体的构建、诱导基因沉默原理、在植物基因功能研究中的应用以及优缺点。     

烟草核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶四级结构的研究(英文)

本文提出三种证据证明烟草核酮糖-1,5-二磷酸羧化酶/加氧酶(Rubisco)的大亚基伸展在小亚基的外面,小亚基排列在大亚基中间的概念。证据是:1.固定化胰蛋白酶在一定条件下可水解RubisCO的大亚基但不水解小亚基,而天然胰蛋白酶水解大亚基,也水解小亚基。2.固定化抗小亚基IgG-Sepharose可与游离的小亚基相结合,但不能与全酶结合。3.低浓度尿素处理可使固定化的RubisCO-Sepharose上的小亚基解离下来,而大亚基仍结合在载体上,这说明RubisCO是通过定位在分子表面上的大亚基的ε-氨基与Sepharose共价偶联的。当RubisCO中的小亚基全部被解离后,大亚基之间的结合进一步增强,这时解离大亚基所需的尿素浓度要比小亚基存在时高。任何RubisCO的四级结构模型都应将小亚基置于大亚基中间受保护的位置,一部份小亚基可暴露于全酶分子表面。     

Preparation of polyclonal antibodies of Rubisco large and small subunits and their application in the functional analysis of the genes

Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase(Rubisco) located in the chloroplast is the most abundantprotein in the leaves of light-grown plants. This enzymecatalyzes the first step in net photosynthetic CO2 fixationand photorespiration. The native Rub…     

Virus-induced gene silencing in tomato

We have previously demonstrated that a tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-based vector can be used in virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) to study gene function in Nicotiana benthamiana. Here we show that recombinant TRV infects tomato plants and induces efficient gene silencing. Using this system, we suppressed the PDS, CTR1 and CTR2 genes in tomato. Suppression of CTR1 led to a constitutive ethylene response phenotype and up-regulation of an ethylene response gene, CHITINASE B. This phenotype is similar to Arabidopsis ctr1 mutant plants. We have constructed a modified TRV vector based on the GATEWAY recombination system, allowing restriction- and ligation-free cloning. Our results show that tomato expressed sequence tags (ESTs) can easily be cloned into this modified vector using a single set of primers. Using this vector, we have silenced RbcS and an endogenous gene homologous to the tomato EST cLED3L14. In the future, this modified vector system will facilitate large-scale functional analysis of tomato ESTs.     

Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit translation is regulated in a small subunit-independent manner in the expanded leaves of tobacco

Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) is composed of small subunits (SSs) encoded by rbcS on the nuclear genome and large subunits (LSs) encoded by rbcL on the chloroplast genome, and it is localized in the chloroplast stroma. Constitutive knockdown of the rbcS gene reportedly causes a reduction in LS quantity and the level of translation in tobacco and the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas. Constitutively knockdown of the rbcS gene also causes a reduction in photosynthesis, which influences the expression of photosynthetic genes, including the rbcL gene. Here, to investigate the influence of the knockdown of the rbcS gene on the expression of the rbcL gene under normal photosynthetic conditions, we generated transgenic tobacco plants in which the amount of endogenous rbcS mRNA can be reduced by inducible expression of antisense rbcS mRNA with dexamethasone (DEX) treatment at later stages of growth. In already expanded leaves, after DEX treatment, the level of photosynthesis, RuBisCO quantity and the chloroplast ultrastructure were normal, but the amount of rbcS mRNA was reduced. An in vivo pulse labeling experiment and polysome analysis showed that LSs were translated at the same rate as in wild-type leaves. On the other hand, in newly emerging leaves, the rbcS mRNA quantity, the level of photosynthesis and the quantity of RuBisCO were reduced, and chloroplasts failed to develop. In these leaves, the level of LS translation was inhibited, as previously described. These results suggest that LS translation is regulated in an SS-independent manner in expanded leaves under normal photosynthetic conditions.     

Virus Induced Gene Silencing of a DEFICIENS Ortholog in Nicotiana Benthamiana

Traditionally, developmental studies in plant biology have suffered from the lack of a convenient means to study gene function in non-model plant species. Here we show that virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an effective new tool to study the function of orthologs of floral homeotic genes such as DEFICIENS (DEF) in non-model systems. We used a tobacco rattle virus (TRV)-based VIGS approach to study the function of the Nicotiana benthamiana DEF ortholog (NbDEF). Silencing of NbDEF in N. benthamiana using TRV-VIGS was similar to that of Antirrhinum def and Arabidopsis ap3 mutants and caused transformation of petals into sepals and stamens into carpels. Molecular analysis of the NbDEF -silenced plants revealed a dramatic reduction of the levels of NbDEF mRNA and protein in flowers. NbDEF silencing was specific and has no effect on the mRNA levels of NbTM6, the closest paralog of NbDEF. A dramatic reduction of the levels of N. benthamiana GLOBOSA (NbGLO) mRNA and protein was also observed in flowers of NbDEF-silenced plants, suggesting that cross-regulation of this GLO-like gene by NbDEF. Taken together, our results suggest that NbDEF is a functional homolog of Antirrhinum DEF. Our results are significant in that they show that TRV efficiently induces gene silencing in young and differentiating flowers and that VIGS is a promising new tool for analyses of developmental gene function in non-model organisms.     

CMV抑制PVYN CP基因沉默及其介导的抗病性

以前曾报道用RNA介导的抗病毒策略,获得了高度抗病的表达马铃薯Y病毒坏死株系外壳蛋白基因(PVY^N CP)的转基因烟草,并对T1、T2代转基因植株进行了遗传和抗病性分析。此次以T,代转基因植株为试验材料,在筛选高度抗病植株并证明其抗病性是基于转基因沉默的基础上,采用Northern杂交的方法,证明CMV侵染抑制了转基因植株中PVY^N CP基因的沉默,而且CMV对PVY^N CP基因沉默的抑制部位是发生在接种后的新生叶上,接种叶及其下部叶片中PVY^N CP基因沉默则未受到影响。采用ELISA方法对CMV PVY^N复合接种的转基因植株进行PVY^N检测,结果表明,接种叶及下部叶没有检测到PVY^N,植株叶片对PVY^N表现为抗病。而在CMV接种后植株新生叶中则检测出了高滴度的PVY^N,植株叶片对PVY^N表现为感病。该文报道了在表达PVY^N CP基因的RNA介导抗性转基因植株中,异源病毒侵染抑制了转基因的沉默,并导致转基因植株的抗病性丧失。