SGTl在植物抗病反应中的功能研究进展

SGTl是多种植物抗病基因介导的抗病信号途径的必要组件。SGTl基因的突变或沉默会导致多种植物R基因介导抗病性的丧失。另外,SGTl还参与调控植物的非宿主抗性（non-host resistance）。SGTl主要作为分子伴侣或调控泛素化对植物抗病反应进行调控。本文综述了SGTl蛋白结构、SGTl在不同植物抗病反应中的重要性与作用机制,并对SGTl在植物抗病基因工程中的应用潜力进行讨论。     

转录因子在植物抗病基因工程中的研究进展

转录因子与顺式作用元件结合,可调控下游一系列基因的表达。通过基因工程手段使一个抗病转录因子基因在植物中超表达就相当于转入了多个抗病基因,从而提高综合抗病能力,因此,转录因子已成为近年来的研究热点。综述了乙烯应答元件结合因子(Ethylene-responsive element binding factors,AP2/EREBP)、MYB、WRKY、碱性亮氨酸拉链家族和homeodomain蛋白5种植物抗病相关转录因子的结构、功能特性、调控机制以及它们在植物抗病基因工程方面的研究成果,并展望了其应用前景。     

抗性淀粉研究综述

"抗性淀粉"的概念引发了人们对淀粉生物利用度的新的研究兴趣,并成为国际上新兴的食品研究领域。本文全面综述了二十几年来抗性淀粉在分类、理化性质、生理学特性及功能、制备、测定、食品医药中的应用及商品等方面的研究成果及最新进展。     

RNA干扰在植物抗根结线虫病基因工程应用中的研究进展

植物根结线虫病对农业生产的危害连年加重,以轮作和化学农药为主的传统防治难以满足现代农业生产的需要.以常规的抗性育种和表达外源蛋白为主的抗线虫转基因育种主要受限于抗性基因的匮乏.而近来RNA干扰技术的应用为抗线虫基因工程带来新的突破,通过构建RNA干扰载体,在转基因植物中表达寄生线虫重要基因的dsRNA或siRNA,并经口针取食被导入线虫体内,并引发线虫的系统性RNA干扰反应,导致其出现寄生、发育、代谢、运动等障碍甚至致死,从而使转基因植物实现对寄生线虫的抗性.本文综述了RNAi介导的抗根结线虫基因工程方面的研究进展,分析探讨了这种新的策略的特点并展望了它的应用前景.     

植物抗性基因研究新趋势

多种生物基因组的大规模测序结果表明,抗性基因在基因组上成簇存在,从结构基因组、比较基因组、功能基因组与生物信息学等方面论述了植物抗性基因研究的新趋势。     

植物肌动蛋白功能的研究进展

肌动蛋白结构与功能方面的研究属于生物学的基础性研究,随着科技的不断发展,近年来研究重点已经转移到了在其结合蛋白调控下的功能作用的研究。主要回顾近年来植物肌动蛋白功能方面的研究进展。     

Response of Resistant Soybean Plant Introductions to Meloidogyne arenaria Races 1 and 2

Resistant plant introductions, PI 230977 and PI 200538, and partially resistant Jackson and susceptible CNS were evaluated for seed yield in response to races 1 and 2 of Meloidogyne arenaria. Initial soil population densities (Pi) of the nematode were 0, 31, 125, and 500 eggs/100 cm³ soil. At the highest Pi, yield suppressions of CNS, Jackson, PI 230977, and PI 200538 were 55, 28, 31, and 29%, and 99, 86, 66, and 58% for races 1 and 2 compared with uninfested controls. Numbers of second-stage juveniles (J2) present in roots 14 days after planting increased as Pi increased, but did not differ between the two races. At the highest Pi, fewer race 1 (40-57%) and race 2 (53-68%) J2 were present in roots of the plant introductions than in roots of Jackson. Soil population densities of race 1 J2 at 135 days after planting were 83-89% lower on the resistant genotypes than on CNS. These numbers did not differ for race 2. Reproductive factors were considerably higher for race 2 compared to race 1 for all genotype by Pi combinations, except for CNS at the highest Pi.     

植物多酚抗逆生态作用研究进展

植物多酚是一类重要的植物次生代谢物质,具有吸收过多的太阳辐射、过滤UV(ultra-violet)和清除体内自由基等多种生理功能,有利于传播花粉、受精及传播种子,并在植物逆境生理生态上也具有重要的作用.该文对近年来国内外有关植物多酚在逆境生态中抗生物或非生物胁迫中的作用--主要包括作为缓解营养缺乏、抵抗干旱、温度变化、盐害、大气污染、食草动物和病原菌浸染等逆境胁迫时的防御物质,以及作为植物与植物之间以及植物与环境之间信息交流物质等方面的研究进展进行综述,并展望了植物多酚的应用前景.     

TPR-Mediated self-association of plant SGT1

The tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) domain mediates inter-protein associations in a number of systems. The domain is also thought to mediate oligomerization of some proteins, but this has remained controversial, with conflicting data appearing in the literature. By way of investigating such TPR-mediated self-associations we used a variety of biophysical techniques to characterize purified recombinant Sgt1, a TPR-containing protein found in all eukaryotes that is involved in a broad range of biological processes, including kinetochore assembly in humans and yeast and disease resistance in plants. We show that recombinant Sgt1 from Arabidopsis, barley, and yeast self-associates in vitro while recombinant human Sgt1 does not. Further experiments on barley Sgt1 demonstrate unambiguously a TPR-mediated dimerization, which is concentration- and ionic-strength-dependent and results in a global increase in helical structure and stability of the protein. Dimerization is also redox sensitive, being completely abolished by the formation of an intramolecular disulfide bond where the contributing cysteines are conserved in plant Sgt1s. The dimer interface was mapped through cross-linking and mass spectrometry to the C-terminal region of the TPR domain. Our study, which provides the first biophysical characterization of plant Sgt1, highlights how TPR domains can mediate self-association in solution and that sequence variation in the regions involved in oligomerization affects the propensity of TPR-containing proteins to dimerize.     

植物硒同化的研究进展及其耐硒突变体的筛选

简要叙述了高等植物对硒元素吸收、同化的过程和特点。对近年来植物硒蛋白存在状态、硒相关突变体的筛选和应用硒代谢关键酶基因的转基因植物研究等方面的最新进展作了扼要综述。在此基础上对植物硒营养研究的发展提出了几点设想。     

作物抗旱机理及基因工程研究进展

综述了作物抗旱的生理学机制,从渗透调节、Lea蛋白,水通道和脱水素、氧化胁迫与耐受、基因的研究与开发及转录调节、ABA和生化处理6个方面介绍了作物抗旱基因工程的研究进展。以期为我国节水抗旱农业的研究提供一些新的思路和新的手段。     

Plant signalling components EDS1 and SGT1 enhance disease caused by the necrotrophic pathogen Botrytis cinerea

* Botrytis cinerea is a necrotrophic fungus that causes grey mould on a wide range of food plants, especially grapevine, tomato, soft fruits and vegetables. This disease brings about important economic losses in both pre- and postharvest crops. Successful protection of host plants against this pathogen is severely hampered by a lack of resistance genes in the hosts and the considerable phenotypic diversity of the fungus. * The aim of this study was to test whether B. cinerea manipulates the immunity-signalling pathways in plants to restore its disease. * We showed that B. cinerea caused disease in Nicotiana benthamiana through the activation of two plant signalling genes, EDS1 and SGT1, which have been shown to be essential for resistance against biotrophic pathogens; and more interestingly, virus-induced gene silencing of these two plant signalling components enhanced N. benthamiana resistance to B. cinerea. Finally, plants expressing the baculovirus antiapoptotic protein p35 were more resistant to this necrotrophic pathogen than wild-type plants. * This work highlights a new strategy used by B. cinerea to establish disease. This information is important for the design of strategies to improve plant pathogen resistance.