黏菌化学成分的研究进展

文中回顾及总结了黏菌化学成分的研究进展。迄今为止已从4个目共27种黏菌中分离得到脂肪酸、氨基酸、生物碱、萘醌、芳香族化合物、萜类化合物、酯类化合物及它们的衍生物等近百种化学成分,其中某些成分表现出重要的生物活性。研究表明黏菌不仅已经逐渐成为天然产物的重要研究对象,而且有望成为获得天然活性物质的新资源,这对于黏菌的开发利用具有重要意义。     

魔幻世界的精灵——黏菌家族

正每当你走近大自然,走进森林,那夹杂着泥土芳香的气息,那树叶随风摆动的婆娑声,那山泉水拍击着岩石的叮咚声,那鸟儿嬉戏的啁啾声……会瞬间把你拽进这大自然的生物家族。而在这里,每个家族都有着自己精细的分工,都在认真地执行着自己的任务。细细观察落下的一片树叶或倒下的一棵腐木,你会发现一群魔幻的精灵——黏菌,生物世界里的一个微小的家族。它们那柔弱但有力量的身躯,冲破时间和空间的束缚,寻找自己的一     

黏菌——地球生命物质的小小魔法师

正最初认识黏菌是在实验室的资料图片中。还记得我的导师王琦教授为了让我对这个我完全陌生的生物体感兴趣,她把书柜中多年积累的带有黏菌彩色图片的文献资料全部拿给我看,我翻阅着,也惊艳着!图片中它小巧亮丽、多姿多彩的精致身影一下子吸引了我的眼球,我感叹于大自然的鬼斧神工,这样米粒儿大小的生物体,居然也能呈现出这样的美丽!也就从那一刻起,我与黏菌结下了不解之缘!因为要做实验,这几年一到     

不同基因型棉纤维α-微管蛋白基因的特异性分析

目的:探讨α-微管蛋白基因与棉纤维发育的关系,为利用基因工程培育棉花新品种提供理论依据。方法:利用PCR与测序技术相结合的方法,对4个纤维品质差异较大、基因型不同的棉纤维α-微管蛋白基因进行序列分析。结果:4个品种均得到了1条约250bp的电泳谱带,对其测序发现品种之间存在不同程度的差异。结论:α-微管蛋白基因的保守性很强,只存在个别碱基的差异;α-微管蛋白基因参与调控棉纤维的形态建成,控制着纤维素的沉积方式,即对纤维伸长及次生壁增厚有重要作用。     

禾谷镰孢菌β-微管蛋白基因克隆及其与多菌灵抗药性关系的分析

应用3对引物,从禾谷镰孢菌(Gibberella zeae)对多菌灵(MBC)的敏感菌株(MBC^R)和田间及室内诱导抗药性菌株(MBC^R)中扩增β-微管蛋白基因。该基因全长1631bp,包含3个内含子,编码447aa,与其他常见植物病原丝状真菌β-微管蛋白基因的氨基酸同源性达95．12％～99．30％。MBC^R和MBC^R菌株核苷酸序列分析表明,MBCR菌株未发生任何位点的突变,说明G．zeae对MBC的抗药性机制并非像其他丝状真菌一样由β-微管蛋白198位氨基酸突变所致。     

生物体内的γ-微管蛋白

γ-微管蛋白在真核生物体内以γ-微管蛋白环式复合体和γ-微管蛋白小复合体两种形式存在.γ-微管蛋白在真核生物体内的主要功能是参与微管晶核形成、有丝分裂纺锤体的形成以及细胞周期调控等.该文重点介绍植物体内的γ-微管蛋白所行使的功能.     

柳树β微管蛋白基因家族的克隆和序列分析

该研究克隆鉴定了旱柳和龙爪柳β微管蛋白基因,并对其进行了序列相似性、系统发育、染色体定位以及表达模式的分析。结果显示,2种柳树β微管蛋白基因家族各有20个成员,家族内部成员间核酸和氨基酸序列相似性分别在74.0%和86.6%以上,种间同源蛋白氨基酸序列相似性在85.8%以上,柳树与其它植物β微管蛋白间的氨基酸序列相似性在81.5%以上。系统发育分析显示,柳树β微管蛋白家族被分为4个亚组,结合杨树β微管蛋白基因染色体定位,推测柳树β微管蛋白基因家族经历了杨柳科全基因组重复事件和串联重复事件,而柳树TUB11和TUB12可能来源于区段重复或者转座。基因表达模式分析发现,该家族成员的表达具有一定的组织特异性,并且部分重复基因对在所检测组织中表达差异较大。柳树β微管蛋白基因家族成员序列的高度相似性、成员数量的进化扩张、以及表达模式的多样性可能赋予了细胞分裂与生长更高的灵活性,这对多年生木本植物的生长发育习性意义重大。     

柞蚕微孢子虫Nosema pernyi微管蛋白基因的克隆及系统发育分析

【目的】柞蚕微粒子病的病原为柞蚕微孢子虫Nosemapernyi,为解明柞蚕微孢子虫微管蛋白基因的序列信息,明确柞蚕微孢子虫的系统分类学地位。【方法】采用RT-.PCR、3′RACE(Rapid amplification ofcDNAends)等技术克隆得到了柞蚕微孢子虫的α、β和y-微管蛋白基因,并利用α、β-微管蛋白序列,分别采用NJ、ML法构建进化树。【结果】将克隆得到的基因序列提交NCBI(GenBank登录号:KF154086、KF023271、KF740389)。构建的系统发育树显示,微孢子虫类以一个独立群位于真菌群体中,与真菌的虫霉门关系较近,且与担子菌、球囊菌、壶菌、接合菌及部分子囊菌互为姐妹群。从部分微孢子虫的系统发育分析结果可以看出,20种微孢子虫分为2个分支,柞蚕微孢子虫与其他Nosema属聚为一类。【结论】本研究克隆得到了柞蚕微孢子虫α、β和y-微管蛋白基因,系统发育分析为更进一步了解柞蚕微孢子虫奠定了基础。     

芒果炭疽病菌β-微管蛋白基因的克隆及其与多菌灵抗药性发生的关系

参照豆科合萌属 (Aeschynomene)作物炭疽病菌的tub1和tub2基因序列设计了 2对引物 ,分别从芒果 (Man gifera)炭疽病菌对多菌灵 (MBC)田间抗药性 (MBCR)和敏感 (MBCS)的菌株中扩增 β_微管蛋白基因。结果只有以tub2为参照设计的引物扩增到了特异片段。进一步对全基因进行了克隆和测序。该基因序列全长 1344bp ,编码4 4 7aa ,其核苷酸和氨基酸序列与豆科合萌属炭疽病菌的tub2基因高度同源。对芒果炭疽病菌抗、感菌株 β_微管蛋白氨基酸序列进行比较分析 ,发现第 181、2 37和 36 3位氨基酸发生了突变 ,而其它位置 (如第 198位或 2 0 0位 )均不变     

千里光β-微管蛋白基因结构与功能的生物信息学分析

β-微管蛋白是影响细胞新陈代谢和行使功能的重要结构物质,研究β-微管蛋白基因的序列信息对揭示其蛋白结构与功能具有重要指导意义。从千里光全长cDNA文库中分离得到β-微管蛋白基因,并采用生物信息学软件进行序列分析。结果显示,该基因长度为1750 bp,编码的蛋白质长度为448个氨基酸,与柚子β-微管蛋白的同源性最高,达96%;其蛋白质分子量为50.01 kD,理论等电点为4.83。β-微管蛋白二级结构主要组成为无规则卷曲结构和α螺旋结构;结构域分析发现该蛋白具有两个保守结构域;三级结构预测为相对稳固的类球形结构;信号肽分析将该蛋白主要定位于细胞质、过氧化物酶体、线粒体基质等亚细胞器位置。将该基因序列上传至GenBank所获得的登录号为KF887495。本实验结果为千里光β-微管蛋白的作用机制揭示和应用研究提供了基础数据,也为植物β-微管蛋白基因的分子研究提供了理论依据及基础资料。     

The actin multigene family in Populus: organization, expression and phylogenetic analysis

Despite the significance of actin in plant growth and development, little is known of the structure, expression and evolution of the actin gene family in woody plants. In this study, we systematically examined the diversification of the actin gene family in Populus by integrating genomic organization, expression, and phylogeny data. Genome-wide analysis of the Populus genome indicated that actin is a multigene family consisting of eight members, all predicted to encode 377-amino acid polypeptides that share high sequence homology ranging from 94.2 to 100% identity. Microarray and real-time PCR expression analysis showed that the PtrACT family members are differentially expressed in different tissues, exhibiting overlapping and unique expression patterns. Of particular interest, all PtrACT genes have been found to be preferentially expressed in the stem phloem and xylem, suggesting that poplar PtrACTs are involved in the wood formation. Gene structural and phylogenetic analyses revealed that the PtrACT family is composed of two main subgroups that share an ancient common ancestor. Extremely high intraspecies synonymous nucleotide diversity of π_syn = 0.01205 was detected, and the π_non-syn/π_syn ratio was significantly less than 1; therefore, the PtACT1 appears to be evolving in Populus, primarily under purifying selection. We demonstrated that the actin gene family in Populus is divided into two distinct subgroups, suggesting functional divergence. The results reported here will be useful in conducting future functional genomics studies to understand the detailed function of actin genes in tree growth and development.     

The actin gene in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: organization, expression and phylogenetic analyses

PbrACT1, the gene responsible for the synthesis of actin in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, was found as a single copy, organized into six exons and five introns. Its open reading frame (ORF) codes for a putative protein of 375 amino acids, with a molecular mass of 41.5 kDa and an isoelectric point of 5.6. Analysis of the nucleotide sequence revealed a high homology to other fungal actins, the presence of characteristic fungal actin sequences, and heat shock elements at the 5′ untranslated region (UTR). Phylogenetic analyses with deduced amino acid sequences of fungal actins grouped P. brasiliensis within the phylum Ascomycota, order Onygenales, in concordance with a few previous reports. Patterns of expression through the temperature-induced morphological transitions from mycelial to yeast-like shapes and reverse, suggests that PbrACT1 is regulated in this process. The PbrACT1 gene sequence is available at the GenBank database under accession number AY383732.     

Systematic mutational analysis of the yeast beta-tubulin gene.

A systematic strategy was used to create a synoptic set of mutations that are distributed throughout the single beta-tubulin gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Clusters of charged amino acids were targeted for mutagenesis and converted to alanine to maximize alterations on the protein's surface and minimize alterations that affect protein folding. Of the 55 mutations we constructed, three confer dominant-lethality, 11 confer recessive-lethality, 10 confer cold-sensitivity, one confers heat-sensitivity, and 27 confer altered resistance to benomyl. Only 11 alleles give no discernible phenotype. In spite of the fact that beta-tubulin is a highly conserved protein, three-fourths of the mutations do not destroy the ability of the protein to support the growth of yeast at 30 degrees C. The lethal substitutions are primarily located in three regions of the protein and presumably identify domains most critical for beta-tubulin function. Interestingly, most of the conditional-lethal alleles produce specific defects in spindle assembly at their restrictive temperature; cytoplasmic microtubules are relatively unaffected. The exceptions are two mutants that contain abnormally long cytoplasmic microtubules. Mutants with specific spindle defects were not observed in our previous collection of beta-tubulin mutants and should be valuable in dissecting spindle function.     

Independent gene evolution in the potato actin gene family demonstrated by phylogenetic procedures for resolving gene conversions and the phylogeny of angiosperm actin genes

Summary Nine different actin DNA sequences were isolated from the common potato,Solanum tuberosum, and the nucleotide sequence of five actin loci and of two allelic variants are presented. Unlike the wide variation in intron position among animal actin genes, the potato actin genes have three introns situated in the same positions as reported for all other angiosperm actin genes. Using a novel combination of analytical procedures (G-test and compatibility analysis), we could not find evidence of frequent large or small nonreciprocal exchanges of genetic material between the sequenced loci, although there were a few candidates. Resolution of such gene conversion events and the quantification of independence of gene evolution in multigene families is critical to the inference of phylogenetic relationships. Comparison with actin genes in other angiosperm species suggests that the actin multigene family can be divided into a number of subfamilies, evolved by descent rather than gene conversion, which are of possible functional origin, with one major subfamily diversification occurring before the divergence of monocots and dicots. The silent rate of nucleotide substitution was estimated to be similar to that suggested for a number of other plant nuclear genes, whereas the replacement rate was extremely slow, suggestive of selective constraints.