黄秋葵八氢番茄红素脱氢酶基因的克隆与分析

该研究根据黄秋葵(Hibiscus esculentus L.)转录组测序获得的八氢番茄红素脱氢酶基因(HePDS)序列(GenBank登录号为MG372370)设计引物,克隆验证得到1条HePDS基因全长为2 020 bp cDNA,开放阅读框(ORF)包含1 686个碱基;预测其编码561个氨基酸,理论分子量为62.62 kD,等电点为8.155;编码的蛋白与海岛棉(Gossypium barbadense)、雷蒙德氏棉(Gossypium raimondii)、陆地棉(Gossypium hirsutum)同源蛋白的相似性均在93%以上,均含有1个保守的二核苷酸结合域和1个类胡萝卜素结合域,显示其高度的保守性。荧光定量PCR 分析表明,HePDS基因在黄秋葵根、茎、叶、花和果荚中均有表达;叶发育过程以嫩叶中表达最高,果实发育中以花后2 d表达量最高。类胡萝卜素含量随着叶、果实发育逐渐升高,成熟叶的含量最高,果实以花后4 d含量最高,且HePDS基因的表达与类胡萝卜素含量存在密切的相关性。该研究结果为进一步探讨HePDS基因的功能和调控机制,以及采用VIGS和CRISPR/Cas9技术开展黄秋葵基因功能的反向遗传学研究奠定了基础。     

FaMYB73调控草莓果实苹果酸合成的研究

苹果酸是草莓果实主要的有机酸之一,其含量的高低显著影响草莓果实的风味。该研究以‘红颜’草莓为试材,采用反转录(RT PCR)的方法克隆得到一个新的MYB转录因子——FaMYB73。该基因包含有756 bp的开放阅读框,编码252个氨基酸,预测其蛋白质分子量为27.6 kD,等电点为6.8。功能域分析表明,FaMYB73蛋白含有保守的R2R3结构域;亚细胞定位于细胞核中。实时荧光定量(qRT PCR)分析表明,FaMYB73基因在草莓各个组织均有表达,且在花和叶中的表达相对较高;在果实的白果期FaMYB73基因的表达量最高,且随着果实成熟,FaMYB73基因的表达下调,说明该基因的表达具有组织和时期特异性。高效液相色谱法(HPLC)检测结果发现,苹果酸含量在草莓果实发育期呈先上升后下降的趋势,且与FaMYB73基因的表达量呈正相关。草莓瞬时注射结果显示,FaMYB73过表达显著促进了苹果酸的积累,沉默则显著降低了苹果酸的含量。同时,获得了2个转FaMYB73基因烟草稳定表达株系,FaMYB73过量表达显著提高了烟草叶片中苹果酸的含量。研究表明,FaMYB73参与调控草莓果实中苹果酸的合成,为进一步研究其调控机制提供了理论依据。     

百合LbCAT和LbGPX基因的克隆与表达分析

以切花百合(Lilium brownii var. viridulum)‘卡瓦纳’cDNA为模板,克隆了过氧化氢酶(LbCAT)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(LbGPX)基因。序列分析表明,这2个基因分别包含1 479 bp和519 bp的开放阅读框(ORF),编码492个和172个氨基酸。进化分析结果表明,LbCAT蛋白与岷江百合CAT蛋白的氨基酸序列相似性最高(99.19%),且亲缘关系最近;LbGPX蛋白与油棕GPX蛋白的氨基酸序列相似性最高(78.61%),亲缘关系最近。qRT PCR结果显示,LbCAT和LbGPX在百合根、鳞茎、叶和花中都有表达。LbCAT在叶中表达量最高,LbGPX在花中表达量最高。这2个基因在百合花蕾的生长发育过程中均有表达,且表达量逐渐增加;在PEG处理后2个基因的转录水平升高,但独角金内酯(SLs)处理却显著降低了这2个基因的转录水平;该结果为百合抗逆性机理研究以及抗逆育种奠定了基础。     

黑果枸杞LrTTG1基因的克隆及表达分析

以黑果枸杞为材料,利用RT PCR和RACE技术克隆了花青素合成相关基因LrTTG1（GenBank登录号为MH633481）。序列分析表明,LrTTG1基因cDNA全长1 453 bp,包含1 029 bp开放阅读框,编码342个氨基酸,含有5个WD40重复基序。同源比对结果表明,LrTTG1与茄子SmTTG1的氨基酸序列相似性较高,达到83.73%。qRT PCR分析显示,LrTTG1基因在茎、叶、花、青果、紫果和黑果中均有表达,且在青果中的表达水平（最高）约为黑果（最低）的4倍;紫外胁迫下LrTTG1基因的表达随胁迫时间的延长呈先降低后升高的变化趋势。花青素含量分析表明,黑果的花青素含量最高（11.3 mg/g）,分别约为紫果（ 1.2 mg/g）和青果（0.53 mg/g）含量的9.4倍和21.3倍。研究表明,随着黑果枸杞果实的发育,LrTTG1基因的表达量呈现下降趋势,而花青素的含量则呈上升趋势,两者呈负相关关系;推测LrTTG1基因在黑果枸杞花青素合成中可能具有重要的调节作用。     

枸杞果糖激酶基因LbFRK7的克隆及表达分析

该研究以‘宁杞1号’枸杞果实为材料,基于转录组测序TR28373|c0_g1序列,利用RT-PCR技术,克隆出枸杞果糖激酶基因LbFRK7的全长序列为1 060bp,其中,ORF开放阅读框为1 044bp,编码有348个氨基酸,蛋白质分子量为37.44kD,理论等电点5.05;LbFRK7编码的氨基酸序列包含有pfkB碳水化合物激酶家族高度保守的3个特异性区域,2个底物识别位点,4个ATP结合位点;LbFRK7与烟草和辣椒的FRP7基因序列相似性较高,达到90%;利用实时荧光定量技术分析发现,不同组织中LbFRK7基因均有表达,且果实中的表达量最高,根中最低;随着果实的发育,果实中LbFRK7基因的表达量呈先升后降的变化趋势,并于开花后15d达到最高。在果实发育前期,LbFRK7基因的表达量与果糖含量的变化趋势相同,但在果实发育中期和后期,LbFRK7基因的表达量与果糖含量的变化趋势相反。相关分析结果显示,LbFRK7表达量与果糖和蔗糖含量的相关系数分别为-0.326和-0.339,但均未达到显著水平。研究表明,LbFRK7基因在枸杞果实发育过程中对果糖转化起到一定作用,特别是在果实成熟过程中对果糖含量的升高具有重要的作用。该研究结果为进一步探讨枸杞LbFRK7的功能及果糖代谢奠定了基础。     

中国南瓜CmNPR1基因的克隆和表达分析

从实验室前期对中国南瓜雌花败育转录组测序结果推测,CmNPR1基因可能在南瓜花发育过程中发挥重要功能。该研究以中国南瓜自交系‘3 1’为试验材料,采用同源克隆方法获得中国南瓜CmNPR1基因CDS序列,通过生物信息学、基因表达以及亚细胞定位分析对该基因进行初步研究, 为进一步研究CmNPR1基因在南瓜花发育中的功能和作用机制奠定基础。结果表明：(1)中国南瓜CmNPR1基因CDS全长1 442 bp,编码480个氨基酸;蛋白序列包含有一个BTB/POZ和一个锚蛋白重复序列(Ank)保守结构域;该蛋白无信号肽和跨膜结构;多序列比对分析结果显示,CmNPR1氨基酸序列与美洲南瓜的亲缘关系最近,为96.05%,其次是印度南瓜,为95.63%。(2)CmNPR1基因在所取样品中花纵径0.5 cm时期表达量最高,且在花不同结构中柱头的表达量最高。(3)通过拟南芥原生质体亚细胞定位分析发现,该蛋白定位于细胞质和细胞核。     

甘蓝型油菜BnDGAT1基因表达的特异性分析

该研究从甘蓝型油菜中克隆获得了二酰甘油酰基转移酶基因（DGAT）,命名为BnDGAT1,并对该基因编码的氨基酸序列、蛋白结构域和系统进化树进行分析。结果表明:该基因编码的氨基酸序列包含二酰甘油酰基转移酶等多个功能结构域,并具有8个疏水跨膜结构区。系统进化分析表明,BnDGAT1与芥菜、拟南芥、旱金莲中DGAT1系统进化关系相对较近。利用定量PCR对BnDGAT1基因的RNA转录表达分析表明,在不同组织和角果的不同发育阶段,BnDGAT1基因的表达具有组织特异性,且在角果不同发育阶段,其RNA转录水平随着角果发育的成熟表达明显下调。     

茶树CsLEA5基因的克隆及表达分析

该研究以茶树‘龙井长叶’为材料,克隆获得了茶树胚胎发育晚期丰富蛋白基因CsLEA5的cDNA序列,该序列全长515 bp,包含一个375 bp的开放阅读框,编码124个氨基酸,预测蛋白分子量为13.5 kD,理论等电点为5.92。蛋白序列分析结果显示,CsLEA5为高亲水性和稳定性蛋白,且含有一个典型的LEA_3保守结构域,属于LEA蛋白中LEA_3亚家族成员。CsLEA5基因启动子区域包含多种与逆境响应相关的顺式作用元件,如乙烯响应元件（ERE）、胁迫响应元件（STRE）、创伤响应元件（WUN motif）及MYB、MYC转录因子识别位点等。qRT PCR分析显示,CsLEA5基因表达具有明显的组织特异性,在叶片中的表达量最高,其次是嫩茎,而在其他组织器官中的表达量较低,且CsLEA5基因表达受低温和干旱胁迫的诱导。研究表明,CsLEA5基因可能在茶树响应低温和干旱胁迫过程中发挥重要作用。该研究对了解茶树抗逆分子机制,筛选抗性候选基因资源提供了重要理论依据。     

矮牵牛PhTPS5基因的克隆与表达分析

海藻糖 6 磷酸合成酶（Trehalose 6 phosphate synthase）基因TPS是海藻糖生物合成途径中的关键基因之一。该研究从矮牵牛 (Petunia hybrida)中分离了TPS5的同源基因PhTPS5。该基因开放阅读框（ORF）为2 595 bp,编码864个氨基酸。推测PhTPS5蛋白的分子式为C⁴³⁶³H⁶⁸²⁵N¹¹⁷³O¹²⁸⁹S³⁷。组织特异性表达分析显示：PhTPS5基因在根中表达量最高,叶片中的表达量最低;去顶6 h能够显著促进PhTPS5基因的表达,但24 h后表达量明显下降;去顶后施加生长素则能够有效抑制去顶对PhTPS5基因表达的调节;施加细胞分裂素6 h后PhTPS5基因的表达水平显著上调,但随着处理时间的增加,其表达水平有所下降。该研究为进一步揭示TPS途径在矮牵牛分枝发育中的调控机制奠定了理论基础。     

抱茎独行菜MUM4基因的克隆及分析

抱茎独行菜(Lepidium perfoliatum L.)为十字花科具典型粘液繁殖体植物,为探究该植物中种皮粘液质基因（MUCILAGE-MODIFIED4,MUM4,该基因在拟南芥中编码NDP-L-鼠李糖合成酶)的功能,通过生物信息学分析设计引物克隆得到抱茎独行菜MUM4基因,命名为LpMUM4。同源比对分析结果表明,LpMUM4与拟南芥AtMUM4基因具有很高的一致性。qRT-PCR结果表明,该基因在抱茎独行菜各组织中均有表达,在角果和根中的表达量最高,且其表达量随角果的发育表现出渐强的趋势。免疫组织化学定位分析表明,LpMUM4基因于角果发育的早期阶段在内珠被和外珠被都有表达,而在外珠被的表皮和亚表皮中表达量更高,至角果发育的最后阶段,其表达集中于表皮和亚表皮层,这可能与抱茎独行菜的外珠被发育成种皮及粘液质的生成有关。将LpMUM4基因转化拟南芥,该基因的过表达对位于粘液质合成途径中的上游基因AtTTG1具有显著的抑制作用。表型比对观察显示,转基因拟南芥与其野生型植株形态无显著差异,这可能是因为抱茎独行菜种皮的发育和粘液质的形成是一个多基因调控的复杂过程,某一基因的过表达或许不会引起明显的表型变化。     

Biogeography of Hysterangiales (Phallomycetidae, Basidiomycota)

To understand the biogeography of truffle-like fungi, DNA sequences were analysed from representative taxa of Hysterangiales. Multigene phylogenies and the results of ancestral area reconstructions are consistent with the hypothesis of an Australian, or eastern Gondwanan, origin of Hysterangiales with subsequent range expansions to the Northern Hemisphere. However, neither Northern Hemisphere nor Southern Hemisphere taxa formed a monophyletic group, which is in conflict with a strictly vicariant scenario. Therefore, the occurrence and importance of long-distance dispersal could not be rejected. Although a pre-Gondwanan origin of Hysterangiales remains as a possibility, this hypothesis requires that Hysterangiales exist prior to the origin of the currently recognized ectomycorrhizal plants, as well as the arrival of mycophagous animals in Australia. This also requires that a basal paraphyletic assemblage represents parallel evolution of the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis, or that Hysterangiales was mycorrhizal with members of the extinct flora of Gondwana. Regardless, models for both ancient and more recent origins of Hysterangiales are consistent with truffle-like fungi being capable of transoceanic dispersal.     

Chromosomal Mapping ofTmp(Emp1),Xmp(Emp2), andYmp(Emp3), Genes Encoding Membrane Proteins Related toPmp22

We have recently characterized a novel mammalian gene family, encoding membrane glycoproteins with four trans-membrane domains. This gene family includes the previously studiedPMP22,which is involved in the Charcot–Marie–Tooth neuropathy, and three novel genes:TMP, XMP,andYMP(HGMW-approved symbolsEMP1, EMP2andEMP3,respectively). TheTmp(tumor-associated membrane protein) gene was isolated from a c-mycinduced mouse brain tumor and is expressed in several highly proliferative cell types. We have now isolated cDNAs of the mouseXmpandYmpgenes and determined the chromosomal localization of mouseTmp, Xmp,andYmp. Tmpwas mapped to mouse chromosome 6,Xmpwas mapped to chromosome 16, andYmpwas mapped to chromosome 7.TmpandYmpmap to paralogous chromosomal regions, whereasXmpmaps to a chromosomal region that is putatively paralogous to a region on chromosome 11, to whichPmp22was previously mapped. These data suggest that this family of membrane glycoproteins evolved as a result of chromosomal duplications.     

Origin of the subgeneraCyclampterium, Paralampterium andSciadiopeplus fromLophocyrtis (Lophocyrtis) (Radiolaria, Theoperidae)

Work on the exceptionally well-preserved, rapidly accumulating Bath Cliff Section, Barbados and supplementary Deep Sea Drilling Project samples, has revealed the evolutionary origins of three stratigraphically useful species in theCryptoprora ornata Zone straddling the Eocene/Oligocene boundary and demonstrated the origin of the genusCyclampterium. Elucidation of the origin ofCyclampterium milowi necessitates a revision of the generaLophocyrtis andCyclampterium.Lophocyrtis (Lophocyrtis)jacchia is the ancestor ofL. (Cyclampterium)hadra, the earliest member in the subgenusCyclampterium which comprises the anagenetic lineage leading fromL. (C.)hadra toL. (C.)neatum. The monotypic subgenusSciadiopeplus branches off from an early member in theCyclampterium lineage. The new speciesL. (L.)exitelus andL. (S.)oberhaensliae terminate the subgeneraLophocyrtis andSciadiopeplus, respectively. During the investigation it also became clear that morphotypes resembling earlyL. (C.)milowi could be found in mid and high latitude assemblages in the late Early and late Middle Eocene. The origin of one these morphotypes was also traced toL. (Lophocyrtis)jacchia giving rise to the new subgenusParalampterium. This lineage includes the new speciesL. (Paralampterium)dumitricai and two species questionably assigned to it,L. (Paralampterium)?longiventer and the new speciesL. (Paralampterium) ?galenum. The relationship ofL. (P.)dumitricai toL. (P.) ?longiventer andL. (P.) ?galenum is unknown.     

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A review of the systematics of the sleeper shark genus Somniosus with redescriptions of Somniosus ( Somniosus) antarcticus and Somniosus ( Rhinoscymnus) longus (Squaliformes: Somniosidae)

Past treatments of the sleeper shark genus Somniosus generally recognize three species: S. microcephalus, S. pacificus, and S. rostratus. Based on morphometrics and meristics, we conclude that this genus includes two subgenera (Somniosus and Rhinoscymnus) and five species. Subgenus Somniosus differs from Rhinoscymnus by being much larger when adult and in having more numerous tooth rows in the lower jaw, hooklike rather than leaf-shaped dermal denticles, more numerous spiral valve and vertebral counts, and a poorly calcified vertebral column. Subgenus Somniosus includes S. (Somniosus) microcephalus and S. (S.) pacificus of the Northern Hemisphere and S. (S.) antarcticus of the Southern Hemisphere. Although Somniosus antarcticus has been synonymized with S. microcephalus and identified as S. pacificus in past literature, it differs from S. microcephalus in having a shorter interdorsal space, a more posterior first dorsal fin, lower dorsal fins, more numerous tooth rows in the lower jaw, more numerous spiral valve counts, and fewer precaudal vertebrae. Somniosus antarcticus also differs from S. pacificus by having a shorter prebranchial length, lower dorsal fins, more numerous spiral valve counts, and slightly more precaudal vertebrae. Subgenus Rhinoscymnus includes S. (Rhinoscymnus) rostratus from the eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea (senior synonym of S. bauchotae) and S. (R.) longus from the western Pacific Ocean. Somniosus longus has been synonymized with S. rostratus, but differs in having a relatively longer second dorsal fin, a slightly larger eye, more lower tooth rows, and slightly higher spiral valve counts. Both Somniosus (Somniosus) antarcticus and S. (Rhinoscymnus) longus from the Pacific Ocean were redescribed. A key to the species and the geographical distribution of all species are provided.     

Quinua and Relatives (Chenopodium sect.Chenopodium subsect.Celluloid)

Traditionally viewed as an Andean grain crop,Chenopodium quinoa Willd. includes domesticated populations that are not Andean, and Andean populations that are not domesticated. Comparative analysis of leaf morphology and allozyme frequencies have demonstrated that Andean populations, both domesticated(quinua) and free-living(ajara), represent an exceptionally homogeneous unit that is well differentiated from allied domesticates of coastal Chile(quingua) and freeliving populations of the Argentine lowlands(C. hircinum). This pattern of relationships indicates that Andean populations represent a monophyletic crop/weed system that has possibly developed through cyclic differentiation (natural vs. human selection) and introgressive hybridization. Relative levels of variation suggest that this complex originated in the southern Andes, possibly from wild types allied withC. hircinum, with subsequent dispersal north to Colombia and south to the Chilean coast. Coastal populations were apparently isolated from post-dispersal differentiation and homogenization that occurred in the Andes. Other data point toward a center of origin in the northern Andes with secondary centers of genetic diversity subsequently developing in the southern Andes and the plains of Argentina. Comparative linkage of South American taxa, all tetraploid, with North American tetraploids of the subsection will eventually clarify this problem. While the possibility of a direct phyletic connection betweenC. quinoa and the Mexican domesticate(C. berlandieri subsp. nuttalliae,) cannot be excluded, available evidence indicates that the latter represents an autonomous lineage that is associated with the basal tetraploid, C. b. subsp.berlandieri, through var.sinuatum, whereas South American taxa show possible affinities to either var. zschackei or var.berlandieri. An extinct domesticate of eastern North America,C. b. subsp.jonesianum, represents either another instance of independent domestication, possibly from subsp. b. var.zschackei, or a northeastern outlier of subsp.nuttalliae.     

dnaA suppressor (dasF) mutants of Escherichia coli are stable DNA replication (sdrA/rnh) mutants

Summary The possible allelic relationship between dasF (dnaA suppressor) and sdrA/rnh (stable DNA replication/RNase H) mutations was examined. dasF mutations could not only suppress various dnaA(ts) mutations, but also the insertional inactivation of the dnaA gene or deletion of the oriC sequence, as could sdrA mutations. dasF mutants were found to exhibit the stable DNA replication phenotype, and the sensitivity to rich media, of sdrA mutants. The dasF and sdrA mutations were mapped very closely between metD and proA on the E. coli genetic map. The mutations were recessive to the wild-type allele for all the above phenotypes. It was concluded that dasF is allelic to sdrA/mh.