拟南芥ABC转运类蛋白家族的分子进化、表达模式和蛋白功能网络预测分析

ABC转运蛋白又称腺苷三磷酸结合盒转运蛋白(ATP-binding cassette transporters),该基因家族是目前已知最大、最古老的蛋白家族之一,在植物中ABC转运蛋白种类繁多、结构复杂、功能多样,涉及植物一切的生命活动过程。本研究系统介绍了拟南芥中131个ABC转运蛋白的亚家族分类、系统命名、蛋白大小以及蛋白亚细胞定位等基因信息,在此基础上,分析了ABC转运蛋白基因在染色体分布以及进化过程中发生的复制事件;其次在47个组织器官或发育阶段中聚类分析了ABC转运蛋白的表达模式和各个亚家族分布规律,结果表明ABC转运蛋白基因的表达具有明显的组织特异性和时空特异性,说明在进化过程中该类蛋白功能也进一步发生分化;我们以花药发育过程为例,说明ABC转运蛋白在花药发育过程中具有较高的协调性,在时空和组织上表达受到严格的调控;最后我们分析了ABC转运蛋白亚家族内部和各个亚家族之间可能存在的蛋白相互作用关系,推测ABC半分子转运蛋白形成同源或异源二聚体发挥功能的可能性,进一步说明ABC转运蛋白在蛋白互作水平上也存在功能多样性和严格的调控关系。     

X-连锁肾上腺-脑白质营养不良蛋白的结构与功能

X-连锁肾上腺 脑白质营养不良基因（ALD基因）编码的ALD蛋白（ALDP）是4种人类ABCD转运蛋白之一,为一种半ABC转运蛋白,既有ABC(ATP binding cassette)转运蛋白的共有特征,又有过氧化物酶体膜蛋白的特点. 其功能可能是将胞浆中极长链饱和脂肪酸（VLCFA）或其衍生物转运到过氧化物酶体内,并在其中进行β氧化. 已报道的ALD基因突变有900多个,其后果多种多样,但最终都使VLCFA或其衍生物无法进入过氧化物酶体,从而使VLCFA在体内蓄积. 作者认为,ALDP是研究ABCD转运蛋白,乃至所有ABC转运蛋白的一个极好模型.     

金鱼ABC转运蛋白基因家族成员鉴定及分析

腺苷三磷酸结合盒转运蛋白(ATP-binding cassette transporter,ABC transporter)基因家族在原核生物和真核生物中广泛存在,该家族蛋白能够利用ATP裂解产生的能量将多种底物转运到膜上,参与多种生物过程,如营养摄入、细胞解毒、脂质稳态、信号转导、病毒防御以及抗原呈递等。目前,鱼类中,只在斑马鱼、斑点叉尾鮰和鲤鱼等少数鱼类中对该基因家族进行了系统的研究,关于金鱼ABC转运蛋白基因家族的详细分析,未见报道。本研究中,我们利用三代结合二代测序技术构建的金鱼转录组参考基因集数据,鉴定出55个ABC转运蛋白基因,通过系统进化分析将它们分为8个亚家族(A^H)。即金鱼ABC转运蛋白基因是由10个ABCA、14个ABCB、13个ABCC、5个ABCD、1个ABCE、4个ABCF、7个ABCG和1个ABCH组成。同时,我们将金鱼与斑马鱼、斑点叉尾鮰和鲤鱼等物种ABC转运蛋白基因家族成员的数目进行比较分析,推测硬骨鱼类特异的第3次全基因复制(3R-WGD)和谱系特异的第4次全基因组复制(4R-WGD)对金鱼该基因家族成员数目的影响。本研究结果为金鱼ABC转运蛋白基因功能的研究提供了理论依据。     

放线菌中腺苷三磷酸结合盒转运蛋白的研究进展

放线菌由于能产生多种结构新颖、活性独特的次级代谢产物,在医药工业、农业和环境保护上具有重要作用。全基因组测序的数据显示,放线菌中含有数目众多的腺苷三磷酸结合盒(ATP-binding cassette,ABC)转运蛋白基因,在营养摄入、次级代谢产物转运、外源毒素解毒等一系列过程中发挥着重要的作用。本文概述了ABC转运蛋白的结构和作用机制,并结合本实验室的研究工作,对近年来放线菌中ABC转运蛋白的研究进展进行了比较全面的综述,着重介绍了负责次级代谢产物跨膜转运的ABC外排蛋白,并展望了放线菌ABC转运蛋白的研究热点和应用前景。     

结核分枝杆菌ABC转运蛋白与物质的跨膜转运

结核分枝杆菌作为一种胞内寄生菌,主要存在于巨噬细胞吞噬体内,并且通过与宿主细胞竞争摄取营养物质、主动排出有毒物质来维持生存。因此,参与上述过程的ABC转运蛋白在结核分枝杆菌的致病中发挥着举足轻重的作用。已有报道结核分枝杆菌基因组编码了38个ABC转运蛋白。这类蛋白质有着广泛的底物结合谱,参与了无机离子、糖类、氨基酸、寡肽、药物等多种物质的跨膜转运。本文将对结核分枝杆菌编码的ABC转运蛋白超家族中的不同成员及其底物特异性、转运机制以及与毒力的关系的研究进展进行综述。     

猪链球菌2型89K毒力岛研究进展

高致病性猪链球菌2型的致病机制仍是未解之谜.毒力岛不仅赋予病原菌特殊的致病能力,而且在细菌的适应性进化过程中扮演重要角色.对猪链球菌2型89K毒力岛功能性基因的深入剖析有助于更全面地掌握病原菌的致病特性.综述了猪链球菌2型89K毒力岛的结构与进化过程,以及国内外对毒力岛中二元信号转导系统、Ⅳ型分泌系统、ABC转运蛋白、毒素-抗毒素系统等重要基因的研究进展,力图从基因水平为猪链球菌2型的致病机制寻找突破口.     

不同生物土壤结皮微生物组跨膜转运蛋白基因多样性及差异

【背景】跨膜转运蛋白在微生物转运各种物质的过程中具有重要作用。【目的】通过比较原核微生物组磷酸转移酶(phosphotransferasesystem,PTS)系统和腺苷三磷酸结合盒(ATP-binding cassette,ABC)转运蛋白编码基因在两种不同生物土壤结皮中(藻结皮与藓结皮)的差异,以期揭示随着生物土壤结皮的发育演替,微生物组跨膜转运物质的生物学过程中的潜在变化趋势。【方法】对腾格里沙漠东南缘的藻结皮和藓结皮12个样品进行宏基因组测序,参照KEGG数据库PTS系统,与ABC转运蛋白代谢通路进行比较并筛选相关基因,分析其差异显著性。【结果】藻结皮和藓结皮PTS系统和ABC转运蛋白编码基因的多样性一致。在生物土壤结皮中共检测到16种PTS系统的转运蛋白的编码基因,具有显著性差异的有5种;检测到106种ABC转运蛋白的编码基因,具有显著性差异的有46种,并对这46种转运蛋白结合的底物以及变化趋势进行了详细的描述。【结论】生物土壤结皮发育演替过程中,微生物组从环境中摄取能够增加渗透势物质的潜力总体呈现降低趋势,转运氨基酸、细胞膜和细胞壁组分的潜力总体呈现增加趋势,对于矿物离子、...     

植物ABC转运蛋白及其在Al胁迫下的功能研究进展

ABC(ATP-Binding Cassette)转运蛋白家族是目前已知最大、功能最广泛的蛋自家族,能利用水解ATP的能量来参与生物体内多种物质的转运,这一基因家族成员在哺乳动物和微生物中已广泛鉴定,在植物中的研究是一个相对较新的研究领域.铝是酸性土壤作物生产的一个主要的限制因素,ABC转运蛋白在植物铝耐受性方面有重要作用.该文主要对ABC转运蛋白的特点、生物学功能及植物ABC转运蛋白在Al胁迫下的作用进行了综述,并分析其存在的问题,展望今后可能开展的研究方向.     

白背飞虱SfABCD1对杀虫剂胁迫的响应表达

[目的]ABC转运蛋白(ATP-binding cassette transporter,ABC transporter)是一个庞大的膜转运蛋白超家族,在昆虫生长发育和抗药性方面具有重要作用.本研究旨在通过克隆白背飞虱Sogatella furcifera ABCD1基因,并测定其在杀虫剂胁迫下的表达模式,为后续的功能...     

ABC转运蛋白研究的新进展

ABC转运蛋白主要包括P-糖蛋白、多药耐药相关蛋白和乳腺癌耐药蛋白,它们属于同一家族,具有保守的功能结构域和多样化的生物学功能。ABC转运蛋白部分成员的过表达与肿瘤细胞的多药耐药性（MDR）密切相关,是导致化疗失败的主要原因。随着对MDR机制认识的深入,针对多药耐药蛋白的特异结构域已设计出多种形式的MDR逆转药物。近年来发现,ABC转运蛋白广泛存在于多种正常的组织和器官,参与药物和内、外源毒素的吸收、分布和排泄,行使解毒和防御保护的作用。因此,通过转植ABC转运蛋白基因有可能降低经济鱼类、虾等水产品中有毒污染物的积累。     

Regionalization in hereditary IgA nephropathy.

The genealogies of 80 patients with IgA nephropathy who were born in central or eastern Kentucky or whose parents were born in this region were researched. At a minimum, 48 of these patients were related to at least one other patient. On the basis of presence or absence of established kinships, the patients were divided into three groups. Twenty-nine patients in group 1 belonged to one large pedigree. Their birthplaces and those of their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents clustered in the extreme eastern portion of the state. Seventeen other patients, group 2, were related to at least one other patient but not to a patient in group 1. Their birthplaces and those of their ancestors did not show significant clustering. With the exception of two siblings, the 34 patients of group 3 had no family members with IgA nephropathy. The birthplaces for these patients and ancestors were widely scattered. These data suggest that one or more genetically determined factors are important in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy in some patients. A founder effect, whereby a gene(s) conveying susceptibility to IgA nephropathy was carried into eastern Kentucky by one or more of the early settlers, would explain the geographic clustering of the birthplaces of the patients in group 1 and their ancestors. The characteristic immunopathology of IgA nephropathy may represent the histologic result of separate disease processes, one or more of which could be genetically influenced.     

小麦条锈菌PsNCS1基因的克隆及转录表达特征

摘要：【目的】克隆小麦条锈菌神经钙离子感应蛋白基因PsNCS1,分析其在病菌不同发育时期的表达水平。【方法】利用文库筛选和RT-PCR技术克隆PsNCS1的cDNA序列,采用生物信息学技术预测分析该基因编码蛋白的保守结构域及基本特性,构建系统发育树;运用实时荧光定量RT-PCR技术分析PsNCS1在病菌不同生长发育时期的表达水平。【结果】PsNCS1全长cDNA为1007 bp（GenBank登录号GU134621）,开放阅读框为573 bp,编码190个氨基酸,分子量为22.17 kDa, 等电点为4.     

Attenuating mutations in glycoproteins E1 and E2 of Sindbis virus produce a highly attenuated strain when combined in vitro.

Alterations in either the E1 or the E2 glycoprotein of Sindbis virus can affect pathogenesis in animals. Previously, we identified two distinct E1 glycoprotein gene sequences which differed in their effect on pathogenesis. One had an attenuation phenotype following subcutaneous inoculation of neonatal mice (E1 Ala-72, Gly-75, and Ser-237), while the other was virulent (E1 Val-72, Asp-75, and Ala-237). In this study, we examined the basis for this difference in pathogenesis by using a full-length cDNA clone of Sindbis virus from which infectious RNA could be transcribed in vitro. The relative contribution of each E1 residue to the pathogenesis phenotype was determined by using site-directed mutagenesis to alter each codon individually and in combination. Residues 75 and 237, in combination, appeared to be the major E1 determinants affecting pathogenesis. In addition, the effect of directly combining independently attenuating E1 and E2 mutations in the same virus was examined. The attenuating E1 sequences characterized in this study were coupled to a previously characterized attenuating mutation at E2 residue 114. The resulting recombinant virus, constructed in vitro, exhibited an increased attenuation of neurovirulence as compared with recombinant viruses containing either of the attenuating elements alone.     

Gene identification by shotgun antisense.

Shotgun antisense is a technique to make a random set of mutant cells or organisms in such a way that one can select an interesting mutant and then sequence part of the mutated gene within a day. In addition to the fantastic rapidity with which one can identify the mutated gene, there are more advantages of this technique over other mutagenesis techniques: (1) one can identify genes that when completely repressed are lethal; (2) one can select which sets of genes will be mutated; and (3) genes that are expressed from multiple copies can be repressed and thus identified.     

The inheritance of fingerprint patterns.

Analysis of the fingerprints of 571 members of the Habbanite isolate suggest inherited patterns and pattern sequences. A genetic theory has been developed; it assumes that the basic fingerprint pattern sequence is all ulnar loops and that a variety of genes cause deviations from this pattern sequence. Genes that have been proposed include: (1) a semidominant gene for whorls on the thumbs (one homozygote has whorls on both thumbs, the other has ulnar loops on both thumbs and the heterozygote usually has two ulnar loops or one ulnar loop and one whorl); (2) a semidominant gene for whorls on the ring fingers which acts like the gene for whorls on the thumbs; (3) a dominant gene for arches on the thumbs and often on other fingers; (4) one or more dominant genes for arches on the fingers; (5) a dominant gene for whorls on all fingers except for an ulnar loop on the middle finger; (6) a dominant gene for radial loops on the index fingers, frequently associated with an arch on the middle fingers; and (7) a recessive gene for radial loops on the ring and little fingers. These genes may act independently or may show epistasis.     

Complementation between nucleotide binding domains in an anion-translocating ATPase.

The catalytic component of the oxyanion-translocating ATPase of the plasmid-encoded ars operon of Escherichia coli is a homodimer of the ArsA protein. This enzyme is an oxyanion-stimulated ATPase with two consensus nucleotide binding sequences in each subunit, one in the N-terminal (A1) half and one in the C-terminal (A2) half of the ArsA protein. The two halves of both the arsA gene and the ArsA protein exhibit similar nucleotide and amino acid sequences, respectively. The two halves of the arsA gene were subcloned into compatible plasmids. Neither alone was sufficient to confer resistance, but cells in which the arsA1 and arsA2 half genes were coexpressed were resistant to arsenicals. Genetic complementation was also observed in cells bearing plasmids with point mutations in the two halves of the arsA gene and between cells with plasmids carrying combinations of the arsA1 or arsA2 subclones and point mutations. In every case, complementation was observed only when one plasmid contained a wild-type arsA1 sequence and the other contained a wild-type arsA2 sequence. These results demonstrate that both sites are required for resistance but that the two nucleotide binding domains need not reside in a single polypeptide. We propose a model in which the ArsA dimer has two catalytic units, each composed of an A1 domain from one monomer and an A2 domain from the other monomer.     

Isolation and characterization of an atrazine-degrading bacterium from industrial wastewater in China

AIMS: To isolate and characterize atrazine-degrading bacteria in order to identify suitable candidates for potential use in bioremediation of atrazine contamination. METHODS AND RESULTS: A high efficiency atrazine-degrading bacterium, strain AD1, which was capable of utilizing atrazine as a sole nitrogen source for growth, was isolated from industrial wastewater. 16S rDNA sequencing identified AD1 as an Arthrobacter sp. The atrazine chlorohydrolase gene (atzA) isolated from strain AD1 differed from that found in the Pseudomonas sp. ADP by only one nucleotide. However, it was found located on the bacterial chromosome rather than on plasmids as previously reported for other bacteria. CONCLUSIONS: Atrazine chlorohydrolase gene, atzA, either encoded by chromosome or plasmid, is highly conserved. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Comparison analysis of atrazine degradation gene structure and arrangement in this and other bacteria provides insight into our understanding of the ecology and evolution of atrazine-degrading bacteria.     

Inverted duplication of JH associated with chromosome 14 translocation and T-cell leukemia in ataxia-telangiectasia.

A specific 14q32 breakpoint is observed in a homologous chromosome 14 translocation [t(14;14)q12q32] occurring in the T-cells of about 10% of patients with ataxia-telangiectasia (AT). To investigate whether the 14q32 breakpoint in AT occurs within the immunoglobulin gene cluster as is frequently detected in B-cell lymphoma, immunoglobulin clones were hybridized to Southern blots of DNA isolated from the T-cells of two AT patients with this chromosome 14 translocation. The 14q32 translocation breakpoints in these patients are apparently not within JH, S mu, C mu, S alpha-1 or -2, or C alpha-1 or -2, but one of the patients has an inverted duplication of at least 26 kilobases (kb) of the C mu region, with an associated 5' flanking deletion. The point of origin of the inverted duplication is within JH near the recombination signal for the J4 gene. This suggests that normal JH recombination mechanisms may have played a role in the development of this 14q32 chromosomal aberration. The presence of AT chromosomal breakpoints near other rearranging genes suggests a role for exaggerated recombination in the pathogenesis of chromosomal instability in AT.