FXR1P相互作用RNA的研究

目的:本研究利用酵母三杂交系统从人脑海马回cDNA文库中筛选FXR1P的靶RNA,以进一步阐明FXR1基因的功能。方法:将表达FXR1P全长的质粒pYESTrp3/FXR1转化酵母菌株L40ura3/pHybLex/Zeo-MS2,检测毒性和自激活性;应用酵母三杂交技术从人脑海马回pRH3′-cDNA文库中筛选FXR1P的相互作用RNA;分离初步筛选的结果,再次转化含有诱饵质粒的融合菌株L40ura3/pHybLex/Zeo-MS2/pYESTrp3/FXR1,重新验证阳性结果;最后对阳性结果的外源插入片段进行测序和生物信息学分析。结果:酵母三杂交的筛选得到了3个阳性结果,经过测序和同源性分析,其中一个阳性结果中的插入片段为K-ALPHA-1 mRNA的部分序列。结论:K-ALPHA-1 mRNA可能是一种新的FXR1P的靶RNA。     

炭疽芽孢杆菌FtsE蛋白酵母双杂交载体的构建与表达

目的:构建炭疽芽孢杆菌FtsE蛋白酵母双杂交载体,以寻找与之有相互作用的蛋白。方法:通过PCR从炭疽芽孢杆菌中扩增得到FtsE蛋白的基因,将其片段克隆到穿梭质粒pGBKT7载体中,测序验证正确后转化酵母AH109株表达FtsE蛋白。结果与结论:重组载体构建正确,转化酵母细胞后表达成功,为下一步筛选与之有相互作用的蛋白奠定了基础。     

酵母双杂交技术筛选hCLP46的相互作用蛋白

目的:利用酵母双杂交技术,筛选人白细胞cDNA文库中能与人类CD34 干/祖细胞异常表达蛋白hCLP46(human CAP10-like protein46)相互作用的未知蛋白.通过对其相互作用蛋白的筛选和研究,研究hCLP46基因在骨髓增生异常综合症MDS-AML的作用机制.为MDS-AML的临床治疗和诊断提供理论基础.方法:以pGBKT7-hCLP46为诱饵质粒筛选人白细胞cDNA文库,得到阳性克隆,并对验证后的阳性克隆的外源性片段进行测序及同源性分析.结果:经过两次筛选、验证,从人白细胞cDNA文库中得到5个阳性克隆,对验证后的阳性克隆的外源片段进行测序及同源性分析,最终得到4个不同的候选基因序列.结论:应用酵母双杂交系统,共筛选得到4个不同的基因,其编码蛋白与hCLP46有相互作用,可能与MDS-AML发病机制相关.     

酵母双杂交系统筛选与组蛋白去乙酰化酶1相互作用的蛋白质

目的：获得组蛋白去乙酰化酶1（HDAC1）的cDNA并构建为酵母双杂交系统中的饵基因,筛选出与其相互作用的蛋白质。方法：利用RT-PCR方法从人HeLa细胞中克隆出1446bp的cDNA片段,重组入载体pGBKT7得到pGBKT7-HDAC1,转化至酵母菌AH109,检测其对酵母细胞无毒性也无自激活报告基因活性,然后将其与已转入HeLa细胞基因组cDNA文库的酵母菌融合,进行筛选和验证工作。结果：筛选出3个阳性克隆,经免疫共沉淀试验进一步验证,发现仅有1个蛋白能与HDAC1发生相互作用,测序结果表明该蛋白为FHL2。结论：应用酵母双杂交方法筛选出HDAC1的相互作用蛋白FHL2,为进一步研究HDAC1的作用提供了新线索。     

酵母双杂交技术筛选与hCLP46蛋白相互作用的蛋白

目的：利用酵母双杂交技术,筛选人类白细胞cDNA文库中能与人类CD34＋干/祖细胞异常表达蛋白hCLP46（Human CAP10-Like Protein46）相互作用的未知蛋白。通过对其相互作用蛋白的筛选和研究,深入探讨hCLP46的功能,为骨髓增生异常综合症MDS-AML的病理提供线索。方法：以pGBKT7-hCLP46为诱饵质粒筛选人类白细胞cDNA 文库,得到阳性克隆,并对验证后的阳性克隆的外源性片段进行测序及同源性分析。结果：从人类白细胞cDNA文库中得到86个阳性克隆,经过验证,最终得到5个阳性克隆。对验证后的阳性克隆的外源片断进行测序及同源性分析,最终得到4个不同的候选基因序列。结论：应用酵母双杂交系统,共筛选得到4个不同的基因,其编码蛋白与hCLP46 有相互作用,可能与MDS-AML发病机制相关。     

缺铁应答基因FOX1上游调控基因的筛选

[目的]筛选与莱茵衣藻FOX1基因启动子结合的调控基因序列。[方法]利用酵母单杂交的方法,构建pHIS2.1-FOX1诱饵载体,并将其转入到酵母菌株Y187中,在SD/-Trp/-His/-Leu/50 mmol/L 3-AT筛选培养基上挑选酵母阳性转化子,PCR克隆阳性转化子的序列并测序,利用Blastx程序检索phytozome莱茵衣藻基因组数据库,获得阳性转化子序列的同源基因信息。[结果]18个酵母阳性转化子测序成功,其同源基因主要有CTR型铜离子转运体(CTR2)、核糖体蛋白,和参与光合作用、氧化还原反应和物质运输等方面的功能蛋白。[结论]利用酵母单杂交技术筛选到缺铁应答基因FOX1潜在的上游调控基因。     

利用酵母双杂交技术筛选人PROKR2蛋白C端相互作用蛋白

目的:利用酵母双杂交技术从人c DNA文库中筛选人前动力蛋白受体2(hPROKR2)C端相互作用蛋白。方法:复苏酵母菌Y2HGold-hPROKR2-C,与人c DNA文库杂交,计算杂交效率;筛选相互作用克隆并测序,寻找hPROKR2蛋白C端相互作用蛋白;通过在DDO/X、QDO/A/X平皿上划线,对筛选到的人c DNA文库质粒的自活性进行验证;采用GST pull down进一步验证两者之间的相互作用。结果:酵母双杂交实验的杂交融合效率为1.375×10~8;在人cDNA文库中筛选出hPROKR2蛋白C端相互作用蛋白SNAPIN,GST pull down实验证实两者之间存在相互作用。结论:SNAPIN可与hPROKR2蛋白C端结合。     

酵母双杂交筛选锥虫早老素蛋白相互作用蛋白

目的筛选寻找锥虫早老素蛋白相互作用蛋白,以了解锥虫早老素蛋白功能。方法体外表达锥虫早老素蛋白片段,装入pGBKT7诱饵质粒,与随机肽库系统共转化酵母,筛选阳性克隆并测序,通过与基因库锥虫功能序列比较,推导可能的相互作用蛋白。结果获得108个阳性克隆,对其中50个进行了序列测定和比较,获得最有可能的4个候选基因,分别为：丝/苏氨酸性磷酸酶2b催化亚基A2;钙激活蛋白,含锚蛋白重复序列蛋白以及一个具有与APP跨膜区结合位点特征序列的功能未知蛋白。结论成功利用随机肽库酵母双杂交系统筛选锥虫早老素蛋白相互作用基因,其相互作用仍有待进一步确认。     

紫云英AD-cDNA文库构建及与豆血红蛋白Lb相互作用靶蛋白的筛选

【目的】本文旨在构建紫云英酵母双杂交AD-cDNA文库和互作靶蛋白筛选平台,为深入研究共生固氮作用的分子机理奠定工作基础。【方法】以接种华癸中慢生根瘤菌7653R的豆科植物紫云英不同时期根部组织为材料,抽提和纯化RNA,构建了一个酵母AD-cDNA文库。库容量达到1.02×106/3μg pGADT7-RecDNA,插入片段大小1-1.5 kb左右。以紫云英豆血红蛋白基因AsB2510构建诱饵载体pGBKT7-AsB2510,利用酵母双杂交技术,筛选与诱饵蛋白相互作用的靶蛋白。【结果】在含有X-gal的SD四缺培养基上筛选得到26个克隆,经过质粒抽提、PCR鉴定、回转酵母验证获得10个阳性克隆。【结论】对阳性克隆的外源片段进行了测序和同源性分析,发现一个值得深入研究的含有tify domain和Divergent CCT motif的转录调控因子。     

G-CSF受体胞内区与AK017149的相互作用

为研究G-CSF受体胞内区与AK017149基因之间的相互作用,进而揭示G-CSF受体信号转导通路的可能机制,采用高敏感性的酵母双杂交体系,筛选小鼠胎肝文库,在筛选过程中获得了1个功能未知的基因片段-AK017149,并在酵母和哺乳动物细胞体内验证了该基因片段的表达蛋白与G-CSF受体间的相互作用．实验研究提示,G-CSF受体作为胞内信号转导的起始点,可以与众多蛋白因子相结合,对其中未知蛋白的研究,可以为揭示G-CSF受体信号转导通路起重要的提示作用．     

Interaction cloning and characterization of RoBPI, a novel protein binding to human Ro ribonucleoproteins

Human Ro ribonucleoproteins (RNPs) are autoantigenic particles of unknown function(s) that consist of a 60-kDa protein (Ro60) associated with one hY RNA (hY1-5). Using a modified yeast three-hybrid system, named RNP interaction trap assay (RITA), we cloned a novel Ro RNP-binding protein (RoBPI), based on its property to interact in vivo in yeast with an RNP complex made of recombinant Ro60 (rRo60) protein and hY5 (rhY5) RNA. RoBPI cDNA contains three conserved RNA recognition motifs (RRM) and is present as a family of isoforms differing slightly at their 5' end. The 2.0-kb RoBPI mRNA was detected in all human tissues tested. Highly homologous cDNA sequences were found in banks of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from mice. Two-hybrid, three-hybrid, and RITA experiments respectively established that 60 kDa RoBPI did not interact in yeast with rRo60 alone, with rhY5 RNA alone, or with bait RNPs consisting of rRo60 and recombinant hY1, hY3, or hY4 RNAs. RoBPI coimmunoprecipitated with Ro RNPs from HeLa cell extracts and partially colocalized with Ro60 in nuclei of cultured cells. Because hY5 RNA and RohY5 RNPs are recent evolutionary additions seen only in primates, but RoBPI seems more conserved, their interaction may represent a gain of function for Ro RNPs. Alternatively, interaction of RohY5 RNPs with RoBPI may have no functional bearing, but may underlie some of the unique biochemical and immunological properties of these RNPs.     

Three-hybrid strategy reveals a peptide segment that specifically binds to the 3'-untranslated region of NF-IL6 mRNA

The 3'UTR of eukaryotic mRNA is an important regulation region, on which many trans factors act. In recent years, a series of 3'UTRs were shown to have tumor suppressor function, including the 3'UTR of the human nuclear factor for interleukin-6 (NF-IL6 3'UTR). To understand molecular basis for this function, we have tried to isolate genes encoding protein factors acting on the RNA of NF-IL6 3'UTR. Here we show that, by using a yeast three-hybrid system, a cDNA fragment was successfully isolated. This cDNA was allowed to express in E. coli, and its expression product, a polypeptide of ca. 70 amino acids long, was shown to specifically bind to the NF-IL6 3'UTR RNA. A search in GenBank did not reveal homologous sequences. Therefore, this cDNA fragment may be a part of the gene of a novel NF-IL6 3'UTR specific binding protein.     

Identification of ribonucleoprotein (RNP)-specific protein interactions using a yeast RNP interaction trap assay (RITA).

We describe an adaptation of the yeast three-hybrid system that allows the reconstitution in vivo of tripartite (protein-RNA-protein) ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). To build and try this system that we called RNP interaction trap assay (RITA), we used as a model the autoantigenic Ro RNPs. hY RNAs bear distinct binding sites for Ro60 and La proteins, and Ro RNPs are thus physiologically tripartite (Ro60/hY RNA/La). Using recombinant La (rLa) and Ro60 (rRo60) proteins and recombinant hY RNAs (rhY) co-expressed in yeast, we found that RNPs made of rRo60/rhY/rLa were readily reassembled. Reconstitution of tripartite RNPs was critically dependent on the presence of an appropriate Ro60 binding site on the recombinant RNA. The RITA assay was further used to detect (rRo60/rhY RNP)-binding proteins from a HeLa cell cDNA library, allowing specific identification of La and of a novel Ro RNP-binding protein (RoBPI) in more than 70% of positive clones. RITA assay may complement already available two- and three-hybrid systems to characterize RNP-binding proteins by allowing the in vivo identification of interactions strictly dependent upon the simultaneous presence of a protein and of its cognate RNA.     

CD45 function is regulated by an acidic 19-amino acid insert in domain II that serves as a binding and phosphoacceptor site for casein kinase 2

In this study experiments were conducted to elucidate the physical/functional relationship between CD45 and casein kinase 2 (CK2). Immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that CK2 associates with CD45 and that this interaction is inducible upon Ag receptor cross-linking in B and T cell lines as well as murine thymocytes and splenic B cells. However, yeast two-hybrid analysis failed to demonstrate a physical interaction between the individual CK2 alpha, alpha', or beta subunits and CD45. In contrast, a yeast three-hybrid assay in which either CK2 alpha and beta or alpha' and beta subunits were coexpressed with the cytoplasmic domain of CD45, demonstrated that both CK2 subunits are necessary for the interaction with CD45. Experiments using the yeast three-hybrid assay also revealed that a 19-aa acidic insert in domain II of CD45 mediates the physical interaction between CK2 and CD45. Structure/function experiments in which wild-type or mutant CD45RA and CD45RO isoforms were expressed in CD45-deficient Jurkat cells revealed that the 19-aa insert is important for optimal CD45 function. The ability of both CD45RA and CD45RO to reconstitute CD3-mediated signaling based on measurement of calcium mobilization and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation was significantly decreased by deletion of the 19-aa insert. Mutation of four serine residues within the 19-aa insert to alanine affected CD45 function to a similar extent compared with that of the deletion mutants. These findings support the hypothesis that a physical interaction between the CD45 cytoplasmic domain and CK2 is important for post-translational modification of CD45, which, in turn, regulates its catalytic function.     

Molecular cloning, DNA structure and expression of the Escherichia coli D-xylose isomerase.

The D-xylose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.5) gene from Escherichia coli was cloned and isolated by complementation of an isomerase-deficient E. coli strain. The insert containing the gene was restriction mapped and further subcloning located the gene in a 1.6-kb Bg/II fragment. This fragment was sequenced by the chain termination method, and showed the gene to be 1002 bp in size. The Bg/II fragment was cloned into a yeast expression vector utilising the CYCl yeast promoter. This construct allowed expression in E. coli grown on xylose but not glucose suggesting that the yeast promoter is responding to the E. coli catabolite repression system. No expression was detected in yeast from this construct and this is discussed in terms of the upstream region in the E. coli insert with suggestions of how improved constructs may permit achievement of the goal of a xylose-fermenting yeast.     

Structural basis of a ribozyme's thermostability: P1-L9 interdomain interaction in RNase P RNA

For stability, many catalytic RNAs rely on long-range tertiary interactions, the precise role of each often being unclear. Here we demonstrate that one of the three interdomain architectural struts of RNase P RNA (P RNA) is the key to activity at higher temperatures: disrupting the P1-L9 helix-tetraloop interaction in P RNA of the thermophile Thermus thermophilus decreased activity at high temperatures in the RNA-alone reaction and at low Mg2+ concentrations in the holoenzyme reaction. Conversely, implanting the P1-P9 module of T. thermophilus in the P RNA from the mesophile Escherichia coli converted the latter RNA into a thermostable one. Moreover, replacing the E. coli P1-P9 elements with a pseudoknot module that mediates the homologous interaction in Mycoplasma P RNAs not only conferred thermostability upon E. coli P RNA but also increased its maximum turnover rate at 55 degrees C to the highest yet described for a P RNA ribozyme.