植物启动子的化学因素诱导元件

启动子是位于结构基因5'端上游区域调控基因转录的一段DNA序列。已在植物启动子中鉴定出许多与诱导表达相关的顺式作用元件,这些元件对各种物理、化学刺激做出反应,调控基因表达。文章从化学因素诱导表达启动子入手,介绍植物表达启动子中激素、伤害、NaCl诱导顺式作用元件研究的进展。     

西瓜果实AGPL1基因启动子的序列分析

利用PCR技术从西瓜嫩叶中扩增出1.2 kb AGPL1基因启动子,通过PlantCARE和PLACE数据库对启动子序列进行生物信息学分析。结果表明,AGPL1启动子具有多个典型的TATA-Box和CAAT-Box等基本元件,以及高水平转录顺式作用元件5UTR Py-rich stretch,光响应元件ACE、ATCC-motif、Box 4、I-Box、Sp1、TCCC-motif、GAG-motif、MNF1,2个赤霉素响应元件GARE-motif、P-box,参与蛋白代谢调节的顺式作用元件O2-site,参与水杨酸反应的顺式作用元件TCA-element,厌氧诱导所需的顺式作用元件ARE、逆境胁迫响应元件TC-rich repeats、生理昼夜节律控制元件circadian等,为研究外源基因在果实中的特异表达提供参考。     

转录因子DREB1A和DREB2A调控机制的比较分析

DREB转录因子即干旱应答元件结合蛋白质,它能特异结合启动子中含有DRE／C1KT顺式元件,激活许多逆境诱导基因的表达,增强植物对逆境的忍耐力。从DREB1A和DREB2A转录因子结构、功能、调控表达的基因以及蛋白稳定性等方面进行比较分析,为植物抗逆转录因子研究及应用提供依据。     

藤稔葡萄花发育相关基因启动子的克隆及功能分析

采用基于热不对称交错式PCR的基因组步移法,从藤稔葡萄(Vitis vinifera×V.labrusca‘Fujiminori’)的基因组总DNA中扩增花发育相关基因FT、FLC、AP3和AG的启动子上游序列片段,并通过序列分析及PlantCARE在线预测对FT、FLC和AP3启动子片段的序列及顺式调控作用元件和功能进行了分析.扩增结果表明:AG的第1轮扩增产物无明显条带,第2轮扩增产物条带弥散,不能用于序列分析及顺式调控作用元件和功能分析;FT、FLC和AP3基因2轮扩增产物均有特异条带,FT、FLC和AP3启动子序列的实际长度分别为1 470、1 698和1 061 bp,GenBank登录号分别为HM192806、HM192805和HM192804.PlantCARE在线预测结果表明:FT、FLC和AP3启动子片段中均含有TATA-box、CAAT-box等启动子的特异表达元件及光响应元件、真菌刺激响应元件、MYB结合位点等多个顺式调控作用元件,共同受真菌刺激、MYB和光等因素的调控;FT、FLC和AP3均可能在花的分生组织中表达,且FT和AP3还可能在胚乳中表达.根据研究结果推测:FT、FLC和AP3基因的启动子序列片段中均存在多种诱导响应元件,可能均为诱导型启动子.     

高等植物启动子研究进展

 简述了高等植物来源启动子的多种保守顺式调控元件如TATA盒、转录起始位点、G盒等,以及双向启动子和可变启动子。着重介绍了受环境包括激素、光、创伤、真菌、逆境等因子诱导表达的植物启动子以及显示出植物发育特异性表达的启动子。     

植物非生物胁迫诱导启动子顺式元件及转录因子研究进展

顺式作用元件(cix-acting element)是与结构基因串联的特定DNA序列,是转录因子的结合位点,它们通过与转录因子结合调控基因转录的精确起始和转录效率,在植物基因表达调控过程中起着重要的作用.非生物胁迫诱导基因的表达受其上游启动子顺式作用元件及转录因子的调控,目前已发现了多种与非生物胁迫相关的顺势作用元件及转录因子,如DRE元件及DREB类转录因子、MYB元件及MYB类转录因子、GT-1元件及GT-1类转录因子等.顺式作用元件及转录因子的研究对研究植物非生物胁迫相关基因的表达调控具有重要意义,综述植物非生物胁迫诱导启动子功能元件及转录因子的研究进展.     

转录因子DREBlA和DREB2A调控机制的比较分析

DREB转录因子即干旱应答元件结合蛋白质,它能特异结合启动子中含有DRE/CRT顺式元件,激活许多逆境诱导基因的表达,增强植物对逆境的忍耐力.从DREB1A和DREB2A转录因子结构、功能、调控表达的基因以及蛋白稳定性等方面进行比较分析,为植物抗逆转录因子研究及应用提供依据.     

DREB转录因子研究进展

DREB转录因子即干旱应答元件结合蛋白质,它能特异结合启动子中含有 DRE/CRT 顺式元件,激活许多逆境诱导基因的表达,增强植物对逆境的忍耐力。介绍DREB转录因子与DRE顺式作用元件的关系,DREB 转录因子与 DRE 元件的结合特异性,DREB 的结构特点和功能,DREB 转录因子的表达调控,DREB 转录因子的克隆及鉴定等方面的研究进展,简述 DREB 转录因子对调控逆境诱导基因的表达具有非常重要的作用,在提高植物综合抗逆性方面将有巨大的应用前景。同时,指出 DREB 转录因子在信号转导、作用机理及基因表达等方面的复杂性。      

高等植物启动子研究进展

简述了高等植物来源启动子的多种保守顺式调控元件如ＴＡＴＡ盒,转录起始位点,Ｇ盒等,以及双向启动子和可变启动子。着重介绍了受环境包括激素,光,创伤,真菌,逆境等因子诱导表达的植物启动子以及显示出植物发育特异性表达的启动子。     

缺氧反应基因及调控机制研究进展

细胞在缺氧情况下,可诱导缺氧反应基因转录增加,维持血氧稳定。缺氧诱导因子－１和包含有启动子、增强子序列的顺序作用元件为转录调控的关键环节,缺氧诱导因子－１可通过顺式作用元件内的缺氧诱导因子－１结合位点与之相结合,二者通过复杂的相互作用来实现转录调控。     

植物在渗透胁迫下的基因表达及信号传递

渗透胁迫是指由于环境因素的变化使植物不能得到充足水分的一种状况。常见的渗透胁迫因素有干旱、盐害及冻害等。渗透胁迫会严重影响植物的生长发育及产量。植物在长期的进化过程中形成了一些保护机制能减轻渗透胁迫造成的伤害。比如有些植物在形态上演化生成盐腺,能排出体内的过量盐分以逃避盐害。但在渗透胁迫下几乎所有的植物都能合成一些无毒性的小分子有机物作为渗透调节剂来维持细胞内渗透势的相对稳定。在分子水平上...     

Comparative phylogenetic analysis of cystatin gene families from arabidopsis,rice and barley

The plant cystatins or phytocystatins comprise a family of specific inhibitors of cysteine proteinases. Such inhibitors are thought to be involved in the regulation of several endogenous processes and in defence against pests and pathogens. Extensive searches in the complete rice and Arabidopsis genomes and in barley EST collections have allowed us to predict the presence of twelve different cystatin genes in rice, seven in Arabidopsis, and at least seven in barley. Structural comparisons based on alignments of all the protein sequences using the CLUSTALW program and searches for conserved motifs using the MEME program have revealed broad conservation of the main motifs characteristic of the plant cystatins. Phylogenetic analyses based on their deduced amino acid sequences have allowed us to identify groups of orthologous cystatins, and to establish homologies and define examples of gene duplications mainly among the rice and barley cystatin genes. Moreover, the absence of a counterpart between the two monocots, as well as strong variations in the motifs that interact with the cysteine proteinases, may be related to a species-specific evolutionary process. This cystatin classification should facilitate the assignment of proteinase specificities and functions to other cystatins as new information is obtained.Electronic Supplementary Material Supplementary material is available for this article at     

拟南芥GA2ox基因家族启动子分析

赤霉素是一类重要的植物激素,它参与调节植物生长发育的各个阶段。真核基因的表达受多种因素的调控,其中启动子在转录水平上的调节作用至关重要,但是目前对拟南芥GA2ox基因家族上游顺式元件的详细分析较少。本研究分析了AtGA2ox基因家族染色体定位、进化关系、蛋白模体以及顺式元件。分析结果表明：AtGA2ox基因家族分为2个亚类;具有相对集中的染色体分布：具有相似的内含子和外显子结构;AtGA2ox基因家族成员进化关系越相近,模体和顺式元件则越保守且分布位置更接近。PLACE和Plant CARE以及DMB分析显示,AtGA2ox基因家族存在许多保守元件,受多因素的调控,在此家族的上游调控区域普遍存在组织和器官特异性表达元件、光响应元停、激素响应元件以及其他环境响应元件。基因表达谱分析结果表明,在激素诱导下,AtGA2ox基因家族均有响应。这些元件不仅作为正调控元件,诱导部分AtGA2ox基因的表达,而且还能作为负调控元件．抑制其他AtGA2ox基因的表达。     

DYW-type PPR proteins in a heterolobosean protist: plant RNA editing factors involved in an ancient horizontal gene transfer?

A particular type of pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins with variable length of the 35 aa PPR motifs and conserved carboxyterminal extensions, named the PLS proteins, was so far exclusively identified in land plants. Several PLS proteins with such domain extensions (E, E+, DYW) were shown to be involved in plant organellar RNA editing but their evolutionary origin had remained enigmatic. We here report the first case of DYW-type PLS proteins outside of the plant kingdom in the protist Naegleria gruberi and hypothesize on horizontal gene transfer in very early land plant evolution.     

杜仲叶片和叶柄愈伤组织的诱导和植株再生

本实验以5~6年生杜仲叶片及叶柄为外植体,研究了杜仲愈伤组织诱导及植株再生的方法。结果表明:接种于补加NAA(2.0~4.0 mg/L)或BA(1.0 mg/L)+NAA(2.0~4.0mg/L)的MS培养基上的叶片和叶柄,经21~28d培养后,脱分化形成绿色或浅绿色致密愈伤组织,频率达到70%以上。绿色致密愈伤组织在补加BA(2.25~2.75 mg/L)+NAA(0.15 mg/L)的MS培养基上经过1~2次继代之后,即出现茎芽分化,频率在15%以上,只是其中许多都是畸形苗,正常苗频率较低。此问题尚在研究之中。选择生长健壮的再生植株,切除其基部愈伤组织,然后将切口浸泡在250mg/L无菌ABT生根粉溶液中3~5sec,再插入1/4强度无激素MS培养基中, 2~3周后,在苗基部长出1~3条白色粗壮的不定根,生根频率在60%以上。     

Callus induction and plant regeneration from hypocotyl explants of the forage legume Astragalus adsurgens

An efficient procedure was developed for inducing callus and plant regeneration using hypocotyl segments of Astragalus adsurgens. The combinations and concentrations of different growth regulators were shown to be critical factors for both the frequency and the type of callus formation as well as for the potential of callus differentiation. Of the four morphologically distinct types of calli that were induced, a friable, yellow callus, i.e. type I, induced on MS medium supplemented with 9.0 μM 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2.2 μM N⁶-benzylaminopurine (BA), and then transferred to MS medium containing 0.5 μM α-naphthaleneacetic acid and 8.9 μM BA, exhibited the maximum frequency of shoot regeneration (75%). After regenerated shoots were transferred onto half-strength MS medium without growth regulators, they rooted and complete plants were obtained. Plantlet regeneration from callus cultures required 7–8 weeks. Received: 26 February 1997 / Revision received: 28 August 1997 / Accepted: 13 September 1997     

Manipulation of host plant cells and tissues by gall-inducing insects and adaptive strategies used by different feeding guilds

Biologists who study insect-induced plant galls are faced with the overwhelming diversity of plant forms and insect species. A challenge is to find common themes amidst this diversity. We discuss common themes that have emerged from our cytological and histochemical studies of diverse neotropical insect-induced galls. Gall initiation begins with recognition of reactive plant tissues by gall inducers, with subsequent feeding and/or oviposition triggering a cascade of events. Besides, to induce the gall structure insects have to synchronize their life cycle with plant host phenology. We predict that reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a role in gall induction, development and histochemical gradient formation. Controlled levels of ROS mediate the accumulation of (poly)phenols, and phytohormones (such as auxin) at gall sites, which contributes to the new cell developmental pathways and biochemical alterations that lead to gall formation. The classical idea of an insect-induced gall is a chamber lined with a nutritive tissue that is occupied by an insect that directly harvests nutrients from nutritive cells via its mouthparts, which function mechanically and/or as a delivery system for salivary secretions. By studying diverse gall-inducing insects we have discovered that insects with needle-like sucking mouthparts may also induce a nutritive tissue, whose nutrients are indirectly harvested as the gall-inducing insects feeds on adjacent vascular tissues. Activity of carbohydrate-related enzymes across diverse galls corroborates this hypothesis. Our research points to the importance of cytological and histochemical studies for elucidating mechanisms of induced susceptibility and induced resistance.     

植物凝集素研究进展

植物凝集素广泛分布于植物界,它可以根据不同性质进行分类,按进化及结构相关性可以分为七个家族;豆科凝集素,单子叶植物甘露糖结构凝集素,含橡胶素结构域的几丁质结合凝集素,2型核糖体失活蛋白,葫芦科韧皮部凝集素,木菠萝素相关凝集素和苋科凝集素,在长期的进化过程中,它们形成几种不同的结合模体来识别一些外源多糖,在植物中未发现合适的内源性多糖受体。植物凝集素在生物学研究,农业和医学上有广泛的应用。