大白菜抗软腐病基因BrWRKY33植物表达载体的构建

利用农杆菌侵染法获得抗软腐病转BrWRKY33基因大白菜,首先要构建植物表达载体。本实验根据BrWRKY33基因的序列及pROK2表达载体的酶切位点设计引物(FN/RN),获得BrWRKY33基因,然后将该基因连接到克隆载体pGEM-TEasy,重新构建了克隆载体T-WRKY。经测序及酶切验证,选取PCR反应中错配率最低的产物,构建了表达载体pROK2-WRKY,并将该表达载体转入到根癌农杆菌EHA105中,并对其转化子进行了鉴定。结果表明,PCR扩增获得目的基因BrWRKY33全长约1443bp,PCR及酶切结果鉴定表明克隆载体T-WRKY已经重新构建成功。表达载体的PCR及BamHⅠ和KpnⅠ双酶切鉴定表明有4个重组子表现阳性,表明目的基因已经插入到pROK2表达载体,表达载体构建成功。PCR鉴定表明表达载体pROK2-WRKY已经转入根癌农杆菌EHA105中。本实验结果将为进一步研究大白菜抗软腐病基因的转化奠定基础。     

M yb28基因表达载体的构建及拟南芥转化

利用通过RT-PCR扩增到的M yb28(GenBank注册号:HQ270468)基因分别构建正义和反义植物表达载体,采用冻融法转入农杆菌LBA4404菌株,通过花序浸泡法对Myb28基因缺失的拟南芥进行了遗传转化,经RT-PCR和酶切鉴定,结果表明Myb28正义和反义真核表达载体构建成功,经基因组PCR鉴定表明正义表达载体已成功整合到拟南芥基因组中。     

小鼠survivin基因重组真核表达载体的构建及鉴定

目的：应用质粒pEGFP-N1构建含小鼠survivin基因的重组真核载体。方法：采用Oligo核酸软件对Genbank上所发表的小鼠survivin mRNA序列进行分析,自行设计一对分别含有HindⅢ、BamHⅠ酶切位点的survivin基因上下游引物,利用PCR扩增出该基因的全序列cDNA,并将其定向克隆入pEGFP-N1的多克隆位点,构建pEGFP-N1/survivin重组真核表达载体。然后通过卡那霉素抗性筛选、双酶切及PCR鉴定,选取鉴定正确的克隆测序。结果：双酶切与测序结果表明目的基因序列克隆正确,成功构建了含有小鼠survivin基因的重组真核表达载体。结论：重组真核表达载体pEGFP-N1/survivin构建成功,为下一步研究sur-vivin在未成熟树突状细胞中诱导分化与致耐受作用奠定基础。     

人干扰素α-2b基因植物表达载体的构建及转化

目的:通过构建人干扰素α-2b(hIFNα-2b)基因的植物表达载体,为后期将其导入胡萝卜愈伤组织中作准备。方法:采用PCR技术从人基因组DNA扩增hIFNα-2b编码基因及全长基因,将其克隆于pMD19-T载体中,双酶切hIFNα-2b基因及植物表达载体pBI121,回收目的片段,T4DNA连接酶连接得到植物表达载体pBI121-hIFN。采用三亲交配法将后者导入根瘤农杆菌。结果:经PCR检测,双酶切及DNA序列测定表明hIFNα-2b编码基因及全长基因已分别插入植物表达载体pBI121中,重组表达载体pBI121-IFN已成功转化根瘤农杆菌LBA 4404。结论:成功构建了植物表达载体pBI121-hIFN并转入根瘤农杆菌。     

金花茶查尔酮合成酶基因CnCHS的克隆及遗传转化研究

根据已发表的金花茶查尔酮合成酶(chalcone synthase,CHS)基因(CnCHS)序列设计全长扩增引物,以金花茶花瓣总cDNA为模板进行PCR扩增,成功获得了该基因cDNA全长。将扩增所得全长产物连接PMD18-T载体后转化大肠杆菌E.coli DH5α,提取质粒后经酶切、测序鉴定后,将其与双元表达载体pCAMBIA1300连接,成功构建了CnCHS基因的正义表达载体pCAM-CnCHS。将该重组表达载体转化农杆菌EHA105后,利用农杆菌介导法将CnCHS基因转入烟草,获得转基因烟草18株。利用PCR法及Southern blotting对所获得的转基因植株进行鉴定,结果显示CnCHS基因成功整合到烟草基因组中,阳性率达67%,并获得了单拷贝转基因植株。这些结果表明本研究成功构建了金花茶CnCHS基因对烟草的遗传转化体系,为深入研究CnCHS基因的功能及其对花色的调控效应奠定了基础。     

四价抗马铃薯病毒植物表达载体构建及其对烟草的转化

该研究为了培育兼抗4种病毒的马铃薯品种,采用RT-PCR技术对PVX、PVS、PVY和PLRV的外壳蛋白(CP)基因进行克隆与分析,获得了大小分别为670、800、700、600 bp的CP基因序列,将获得的CP基因序列与NCBI中已报道的序列进行比对分析,其同源性都在96%以上。根据所克隆的CP基因对靶标片段进行筛选,获得了大小约300 bp的靶标片段PVX-rh、PVS-rh、PVY-rh和PLRV-rh,同时利用Overlap-PCR技术将4种病毒的靶标片段进行拼接,得到了长度约为1 200 bp的融合片段XSYV-rh,与预期目标片段XSYV-yxz的相似性达100%。利用DNA重组技术将融合片段XSYV-rh克隆到p GM-T载体上构建成克隆载体p GM-T-XSYVrh,用SpeⅠ和SacⅠ对克隆载体p GM-T-XSYV-rh和植物表达载体p ART27进行同步双酶切,用T4 DNA连接酶将XSYV-rh片段连接到载体p ART27上,成功构建了同时含4种病毒CP基因片段的植物表达载体p ART27-XSYV-rh。采用直接转化法将植物表达载体导入根癌农杆菌LBA4404中,并利用农杆菌介导法对烟草品种T12试管苗进行遗传转化,转化后的烟草植株经PCR检测,有40株转化植株可扩增出目的条带,表明XSYVrh融合基因已成功转入烟草基因组中。     

鸭梨α-法尼烯合成酶基因双链RNAi表达载体的构建

目的：为了在转基因鸭梨植株中有效抑制转录后α-法尼烯合成酶基因（PFS）的表达,研究了α-法尼烯合成酶基因双链RNAi载体的构建。方法：利用RT—PCR技术,从鸭梨的果皮中获得了来源于PFS编码区的2个基因片段,反向连接,构建成RNAi载体。结果：经PCR扩增、限制性内切酶消化和序列测定验证,所构建的载体其序列与设计相一致。结论：克隆质粒pMD-L-S构建成功,为借助农杆菌介导法将PFS基因转化到鸭梨再生植株中奠定了基础。     

几丁质酶基因表达载体构建及转化烟草的研究

构建了一个含有多个调控序列的带有几丁质酶基因的植物表达载体,通过发根农杆菌的Ri质粒介导转化烟草的三个品种：K326,RG11,VA116,在卡那霉素抗性培养基上筛选,获得了7株再生植株,以PCR检测、DNA斑点杂交证明表达载体构建成功,几丁质酶基因导入烟草并整合到烟草基因组中。     

表达β-1,3-葡聚糖酶及几丁质酶基因的转基因烟草及其抗真菌病的研究

利用烟草碱性β－１,３－葡聚糖酶及菜豆碱性几丁质酶基因构建了组成型表达的双价植物表达载体ｐＢＬＧＣ,利用农杆菌介导法转化了烟草,并得到了转基因植株。对其进行分子生物学分析的结果表明,部分转基因植株在所有检测中都显示较强的阳性反应,这说明外源基因已整合到烟草基因组中得到正确表达。活体接菌实验初步表明,转基因植株与对照相比,对赤星病的侵染具有较强的抵抗能力。     

K-Ras~(G12D)基因突变体慢病毒载体的构建及其鉴定

目的:构建K-RasG12D基因突变体慢病毒载体。方法:从病人组织中提取RNA通过RT-PCR反转录获得cDNA作为K-RasG12D基因模板,通过PCR法扩增出K-RasG12D基因突变体片段。将酶切的片段克隆入真核表达载体pCDH-CMV-MCS-EF1-RFP中,构建K-RasG12D基因突变体逆转录病毒真核表达载体。将连接产物转化至感受态大肠埃希菌DH5α,挑取转化平板上的细菌克隆,在抗生素培养液中培养过夜后进行PCR鉴定。经测序正确后转染293T细胞系,利用重组质粒PCR及串联基因表达的检测等方法对目的基因的转录与表达进行分析与鉴定。结果:所构建的K-RasG12D突变体基因逆转录病毒真核表达载体经PCR鉴定和测序鉴定正确,转染293T细胞后可以观察到可检测到高强度表达的RFP荧光信号。结论:成功构建了重组真核表达载体,为下一步建立稳定转染细胞系及进一步研究K-Ras突变在癌症发病中的作用奠定了基础。     

Antisense inhibition of the GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase reduces the ascorbate content in transgenic plants leading to developmental changes during senescence

GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPase, EC 2.7.7.22) catalyses the synthesis of GDP-D-mannose and represents the first committed step in the formation of all guanosin-containing sugar nucleotides found in plants which are precursors for cell wall biosynthesis and, probably more important, the synthesis of ascorbate. A full-length cDNA encoding GMPase from S. tuberosum was isolated. Transgenic potato plants were generated in which the GMPase cDNA was introduced in antisense orientation to the 35S promoter. Transformants with reduced GMPase activity were selected. Transgenic plants were indistinguishable from the wild-type when held under tissue culture conditions, however, a major change was seen 10 weeks after transfer into soil. Transgenic plants showed dark spots on leaf veins and stems with this phenotype developing from the bottom to the top of the plant. In case of the line with the strongest reduction, all aerial parts finally dried out after 3 months in soil, in contrast to the wild-type plants which did not start to senesce at this time. This coincides with a reduction of ascorbate contents in the transgenic plants, which is in agreement with the recently proposed pathway of ascorbate biosynthesis. Furthermore, leaf cell walls of the transgenic potato plants had mannose contents that were reduced to 30-50% of the wild-type levels, whereas the composition of tuber cell walls was unchanged. The glycosylation pattern of proteins was unaffected by GMPase inhibition, as studied by affinoblot analysis.     

Gene expression of ascorbic acid-related enzymes in tobacco

GDP-D-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPase) and L-galactono-1, 4-lactone dehydrogenase (GalLDH) are key enzymes in L-ascorbic acid (AsA) biosynthesis of plants, and a full-length cDNA for GMPase was isolated from tobacco using PCR. Additionally, expression of GMPase, GalLDH and other AsA-related enzymes was examined in tobacco tissues and cultured BY-2 cells, and the relationship between their expression patterns and AsA content is discussed. It was found that the expression of GalLDH and GMPase mRNAs was markedly suppressed by loading AsA, suggesting that AsA concentration in the cells may regulate AsA biosynthesis. Moreover, the expression of GMPase and GalLDH mRNAs in tobacco leaf also suggested that AsA biosynthesis may be induced by light.     

Toward the mechanism of NH(4) (+) sensitivity mediated by Arabidopsis GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase

The ascorbic acid (AA)-deficient Arabidopsis thaliana mutant vtc1-1, which is defective in GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPase), exhibits conditional hypersensitivity to ammonium (NH(4) (+) ), a phenomenon that is independent of AA deficiency. As GMPase is important for GDP-mannose biosynthesis, a nucleotide sugar necessary for protein N-glycosylation, it has been thought that GDP-mannose deficiency is responsible for the growth defect in vtc1-1 in the presence of NH(4) (+) . Therefore, the motivation for this work was to elucidate the growth and developmental processes that are affected in vtc1-1 in the presence of NH(4) (+) and to determine whether GDP-mannose deficiency generally causes NH(4) (+) sensitivity. Furthermore, as NH(4) (+) may alter cytosolic pH, we investigated the responses of vtc1-1 to pH changes in the presence and absence of NH(4) (+) . Using qRT-PCR and staining procedures, we demonstrate that defective N-glycosylation in vtc1-1 contributes to cell wall, membrane and cell cycle defects, resulting in root growth inhibition in the presence of NH(4) (+) . However, by using mutants acting upstream of vtc1-1 and contributing to GDP-mannose biosynthesis, we show that GDP-mannose deficiency does not generally lead to and is not the primary cause of NH(4) (+) sensitivity. Instead, our data suggest that GMPase responds to pH alterations in the presence of NH(4) (+) .     

Depression of guanosine diphosphate-mannose pyrophosphorylase by mutations in two different regulator genes involved in capsular polysaccharide synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12

Mutations in a regulator gene (capR) that causes increased synthesis of capsular polysaccharide and derepressed synthesis of several enzymes involved in polysaccharide synthesis also derepress synthesis of guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-mannose pyrophosphorylase. In addition, a second mucoid mutation (capS, which maps separately from capR) also results in the derepression of GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase. New conditions for assaying GDP-mannose hydrolyase and GDP-l-fucose synthetase permitted us to show that these enzymes are also derepressed in the capS mucoid strain. Although phosphomannose isomerase and uridine diphosphate-galactose-4-epimerase are derepressed in capR mucoid strains, they are not derepressed in capS mucoid strains. A nonmucoid mutant of a strain containing the capR9 (mucoid) allele was deficient in GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase.     

Overexpression in tobacco of a tomato GMPase gene improves tolerance to both low and high temperature stress by enhancing antioxidation capacity

GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPase: EC 2.7.7.22) plays a crucial role in the synthesis of l-ascorbate (AsA) and the consequent detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Herein, a GMPase (accession ID DQ449030) was identified and cloned from tomato. The full-length cDNA sequence of this gene contains 1,498 bp nucleotides encoding a putative protein with 361 amino acid residues of approximate molecular weight 43 kDa. Northern blot analysis revealed that the GMPase was expressed in all examined tomato tissues, but its expression level was up-regulated in tomato plants subjected to abnormal temperatures. We then overexpressed this tomato GMPase in tobacco plants and observed that the activity of GMPase and the content of AsA were significantly increased by two- to fourfold in the leaves of transgenic tobacco plants. The effect of this gene overexpression was superimposed by the treatments of high or low temperature in tobacco, since the activities of both chloroplastic SOD (superoxide dismutase EC 1.15.1.1), APX (ascorbate peroxidase EC 1.11.1.7) and the content of AsA in leaves were significantly higher in transgenic plants than those of WT, while the contents of H₂O₂ and O₂ ^−· were reduced. Meanwhile, relative electric conductivity increased less in transgenic plants than that in WT, and the net photosynthetic rate (P _n) and the maximal photochemical efficiency of PSII (F _v/F _m) of transgenic plants were notably higher than those of WT under temperature stresses. In conclusion, the overexpression of GMPase increased the content of AsA, thereby leading to the increase in tolerance to temperature stress in transgenic plants.     

Manipulation of <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">l</Emphasis>-ascorbic acid biosynthesis pathways in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Solanum lycopersicum</Emphasis>: elevated GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase activity enhances <Emphasis Type="SmallCaps">l</Emphasis>-ascorbate levels in red fruit

Ascorbate (AsA) plays a fundamental role in redox homeostasis in plants and animals, primarily by scavenging reactive oxygen species. Three genes, representing diverse steps putatively involved in plant AsA biosynthesis pathways, were cloned and independently expressed in Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter. Yeast-derived GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase (GMPase) and arabinono-1,4-lactone oxidase (ALO), as well as myo-inositol oxygenase 2 (MIOX2) from Arabidopsis thaliana, were targeted. Increases in GMPase activity were concomitant with increased AsA levels of up to 70% in leaves, 50% in green fruit, and 35% in red fruit. Expression of ALO significantly pulled biosynthetic flux towards AsA in leaves and green fruit by up to 54 and 25%, respectively. Changes in AsA content in plants transcribing the MIOX2 gene were inconsistent in different tissue. On the other hand, MIOX activity was strongly correlated with cell wall uronic acid levels, suggesting that MIOX may be a useful tool for the manipulation of cell wall composition. In conclusion, the Smirnoff–Wheeler pathway showed great promise as a target for biotechnological manipulation of ascorbate levels in tomato.     

Cloning and analysis of duplicated rfbM and rfbK genes involved in the formation of GDP-mannose in Escherichia coli O9:K30 and participation of rfb genes in the synthesis of the group I K30 capsular polysaccharide.

The rfbO9 gene cluster, which is responsible for the synthesis of the lipopolysaccharide O9 antigen, was cloned from Escherichia coli O9:K30. The gnd gene, encoding 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, was identified adjacent to the rfbO9 cluster, and by DNA sequence analysis the gene order gnd-rfbM-rfbK was established. This order differs from that described for other members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Nucleotide sequence analysis was used to identify the rfbK and rfbM genes, encoding phosphomannomutase and GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase, respectively. In members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, these enzymes act sequentially to form GDP-mannose, which serves as the activated sugar nucleotide precursor for mannose residues in cell surface polysaccharides. In the E. coli O9:K30 strain, a duplicated rfbM2-rfbK2 region was detected approximately 3 kbp downstream of rfbM1-rfbK1 and adjacent to the remaining genes of the rfbO9 cluster. The rfbM isogenes differed in upstream flanking DNA but were otherwise highly conserved. In contrast, the rfbK isogenes differed in downstream flanking DNA and in 3'-terminal regions, resulting in slight differences in the sizes of the predicted RfbK proteins. RfbMO9 and RfbKO9 are most closely related to CpsB and CpsG, respectively. These are isozymes of GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase and phosphomannomutase, respectively, which are thought to be involved in the biosynthesis of the slime polysaccharide colanic acid in E. coli K-12 and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. An E. coli O-:K30 mutant, strain CWG44, lacks rfbM2-rfbK2 and has adjacent essential rfbO9 sequences deleted. The remaining chromosomal genes are therefore sufficient for GDP-mannose formation and K30 capsular polysaccharide synthesis. A mutant of E. coli CWG44, strain CWG152, was found to lack GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase and lost the ability to synthesize K30 capsular polysaccharide. Wild-type capsular polysaccharide could be restored in CWG152, by transformation with plasmids containing either rfbM1 or rfbM2. Introduction of a complete rfbO9 gene cluster into CWG152 restored synthesis of both O9 and K30 polysaccharides. Consequently, rfbM is sufficient for the biosynthesis of GDP-mannose for both O antigen and capsular polysaccharide E. coli O9:K30. Analysis of a collection of serotype O8 and O9 isolates by Southern hybridization and PCR amplification experiments demonstrated extensive polymorphism in the rfbM-rfbK region.     

A sepal-expressed ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene (NtAGP) is required for petal expansion growth in 'Xanthi' tobacco

In this study, a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum 'Xanthi') ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase cDNA (NtAGP) was isolated from a flower bud cDNA library and the role of NtAGP in the growth of the floral organ was characterized. The expression of NtAGP was high in the sepal, moderate in the carpel and stamen, and low in the petal tissues. NtAGP-antisense plants produced flowers with abnormal petal limbs due to the early termination of the expansion growth of the petal limbs between the corolla lobes. Microscopic observation of the limb region revealed that cell expansion was limited in NtAGP-antisense plants but that cell numbers remained unchanged. mRNA levels of NtAGP, ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity, and starch content in the sepal tissues of NtAGP-antisense plants were reduced, resulting in significantly lower levels of sugars (sucrose, glucose, and fructose) in the petal limbs. The feeding of these sugars to flower buds of the NtAGP-antisense plants restored the expansion growth in the limb area between the corolla lobes. Expansion growth of the petal limb between the corolla lobes was severely arrested in 'Xanthi' flowers from which sepals were removed, indicating that sepal carbohydrates are essential for petal limb expansion growth. These results demonstrate that NtAGP plays a crucial role in the morphogenesis of petal limbs in 'Xanthi' through the synthesis of starch, which is the main carbohydrate source for expansion growth of petal limbs, in sepal tissues.     

Functional characterization of GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase from Leptospira interrogans serovar Copenhageni

Leptospira interrogans synthesizes a range of mannose-containing glycoconjugates relevant for its virulence. A prerequisite in the synthesis is the availability of the GDP-mannose, produced from mannose-1-phosphate and GTP in a reaction catalyzed by GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase. The gene coding for a putative enzyme in L. interrogans was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). The identity of this enzyme was confirmed by electrospray-mass spectroscopy, Edman sequencing and immunological assays. Gel filtration chromatography showed that the dimeric form of the enzyme is catalytically active and stable. The recombinant protein was characterized as a mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase. S _0.5 for the substrates were determined both in GDP-mannose pyrophosphorolysis: 0.20 mM (GDP-mannose), 0.089 mM (PPi), and 0.47 mM; and in GDP-mannose synthesis: 0.24 mM (GTP), 0.063 mM (mannose-1-phosphate), and 0.45 mM (Mg²⁺). The enzyme was able to produce GDP-mannose, IDP-mannose, UDP-mannose and ADP-glucose. We obtained a structural model of the enzyme using as a template the crystal structure of mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase from Thermus thermophilus HB8. Binding of substrates and cofactor in the model agree with the pyrophosphorylases reaction mechanism. Our studies provide insights into the structure of a novel molecular target, which could be useful for detection of leptospirosis and for the development of anti-leptospiral drugs.     

Enhanced secretion of heterologous proteins in Kluyveromyces lactis by overexpression of the GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase, KlPsa1p

GDP-mannose is the mannosyl donor for the glycosylation reactions and is synthesized by GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase from GTP and d-mannose-1-phosphate; in Saccharomyces cerevisiae this enzyme is encoded by the PSA1/VIG9/SRB1 gene. We isolated the Kluyveromyces lactis KlPSA1 gene by complementing the osmotic growth defects of S. cerevisiae srb1/psa1 mutants. KlPsa1p displayed a high degree of similarity with other GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylases and was demonstrated to be the functional homologue of S. cerevisiae Psa1p. Phenotypic analysis of a K. lactis strain overexpressing the KlPSA1 gene revealed changes in the cell wall assembly. Increasing the KlPSA1 copy number restored the defects in O-glycosylation, but not those in N-glycosylation, that occur in K. lactis cells depleted for the hexokinase Rag5p. Overexpression of GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase also enhanced heterologous protein secretion in K. lactis as assayed by using the recombinant human serum albumin and the glucoamylase from Arxula adeninivorans.