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。     

Molecular analysis of Arabidopsis endosperm and embryo promoter trap lines: reporter-gene expression can result from T-DNA insertions in antisense orientation, in introns and in intergenic regions, in addition to sense insertion at the 5' end of genes

Random insertions of promoterless reporter genes in genomes are a common tool for identifying marker lines with tissue-specific expression patterns. Such lines are assumed to reflect the activity of endogenous promoters and should facilitate the cloning of genes expressed in the corresponding tissues. To identify genes active in seed organs, plant DNA flanking T-DNA insertions (T-DNAs) have been cloned in 16 Arabidopsis thaliana GUS-reporter lines. T-DNAs were found in proximal promoter regions, 5' UTR or intron with GUS in the same (sense) orientation as the tagged gene, but contrary to expectations also in inverted orientation in the 5' end of genes or in intergenic regions. RT-PCR, northern analysis, and data on expression patterns of tagged genes, compared with the expression pattern of the reporter lines, suggest that the expression pattern of a reporter gene will reflect the pattern of a tagged gene when inserted in sense orientation in the 5' UTR or intron. When inserted in the promoter region, the reporter-gene expression patterns may be restricted compared with the endogenous gene. Among the trapped genes, the previously described nitrate transporter gene AtNRT1.1, the cyclophilin gene ROC3, and the histone deacetylase gene AtHD2C were found. Reporter-gene expression when positioned in antisense orientation, for example, in the SLEEPY1 gene, is indicative of antisense expression of the tagged gene. For T-DNAs found in intergenic regions, it is suggested that the reporter gene is transcribed from cryptic promoters or promoters of as yet unannotated genes.