cDNA cloning, functional expression and cellular localization of rat liver mitochondrial electron-transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase protein

A 64 kD protein was enriched from rat liver mito-chondria during the purification of choline dehydro-genase (CHDH)[1]. Homologous comparison and func-tional experiments demonstrated that the protein was electron-transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreduc-tase protein (ETF-QO). The N-terminal sequence determination of rat liver ETF-QO protein purified by various methods did not provide unequivocal result. However, when the protein was digested with V8 protease, peptide fragments could b…     

逆境诱导型启动子rd29A的克隆及植物表达载体的构建

根据文献上发表的逆境诱导型启动子rd29A 序列设计并合成了一对引物, 通过PCR 的方法从拟南芥基因组中扩增到rd29A 的启动子序列。根据GenBank 中已发表的转录因子DREB1A基因的cDNA 序列设计并合成了一对引物, 通过RT-PCR 的方法从低温处理的拟南芥总RNA 中扩增出DREB1A 基因的全长cDNA 片段。以植物表达载体pBch 为基础, 构建了由rd29A 调控的DREB1A 基因的植物表达载体pBDR29A, 为利用DREB1A 基因改良植物抗逆性奠定了物质基础。     

cDNA cloning,functional expression and cellular localization of rat liver mitochondrial electron-transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase protein

A membrane-bound protein was purified from rat liver mitochondria. After being digested with V8 protease, two peptides containing identical 14 amino acid residue sequences were obtained. Using the 14 amino acid peptide derived DNA sequence as gene specific primer, the cDNA of correspondent gene 5′-terminal and 3′-terminal were obtained by RACE technique. The full-length cDNAthat encoded a protein of 616 amino acids was thus cloned, which included the above mentioned peptide sequence. The full length cDNA was highly homologous to that of human ETF-QO, indicating that it may be the cDNA of rat ETF-QO. ETF-QO is an iron sulfur protein located in mitochondria inner membrane containing two kinds of redox center: FAD and [4Fe-4S] center. After comparing the sequence from the cDNA of the 616 amino acids protein with that of the mature protein of rat liver mitochondria, it was found that the N terminal 32 amino acid residues did not exist in the mature protein, indicating that the cDNA was that of ETF-QOp. When the cDNA was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with inducible vectors, the protein product was enriched in mitochondrial fraction and exhibited electron transfer activity (NBT reductase activity) of ETF-QO. Results demonstrated that the 32 amino acid peptide was a mitochondrial targeting peptide, and both FAD and iron-sulfur cluster were inserted properly into the expressed ETF-QO. ETF-QO had a high level expression in rat heart, liver and kidney. The fusion protein of GFP-ETF-QO co-localized with mitochondria in COS-7 cells.     

Fructose induces and glucose represses chloroperoxidase mRNA levels

The fungus Caldariomyces fumago can be induced to secrete the heme protein chloroperoxidase at levels of 500 mg/liter. Chloroperoxidase synthesis is controlled at the mRNA level. Glucose strongly represses production of chloroperoxidase mRNA and protein, whereas fructose induces both to high levels. Chloroperoxidase has been partially sequenced by automated Edman degradation of tryptic peptides. Based on this amino acid sequence data, a 2-fold degenerate, 29-base oligonucleotide (29-mer) complementary to chloroperoxidase mRNA was synthesized. Polyadenylated RNA, purified from C. fumago, was used as substrate for cDNA synthesis using the 29-mer as primer. cDNAs were made double-stranded and cloned into plasmid pBR322 by conventional methods. Screening the resultant cDNA bank by colony hybridization with the 29-mer as probe showed that 18% of the clones contained the 29-mer sequence. Dideoxy sequencing of one clone (pMA340) identified it as part of the coding region for chloroperoxidase by comparison with known amino acid sequences. In addition, the amino-terminal coding region of clone pMA340 reveals a putative signal peptide for chloroperoxidase. Clone pMA340 was then used in Northern analysis of chloroperoxidase mRNA levels under conditions which induce and repress enzyme secretion.     

Human serum amyloid A (SAA): biosynthesis and postsynthetic processing of preSAA and structural variants defined by complementary DNA

To study structural variants of human serum amyloid A (SAA), an apoprotein of high-density lipoprotein, complementary DNA clones were isolated from a human liver library with the use of two synthetic oligonucleotide mixtures containing sequences that could code for residues 33-38 and 90-95 of the protein sequence. The SAA-specific cDNA clone (pA1) contains the nucleotide sequence coding for the mature SAA and 10 amino acids of the 18-residue signal peptide. It also includes a 70 nucleotide long 3'-untranslated region and approximately 120 bases of the poly(A) tail. The derived amino acid sequence of pA1 is identical with the alpha form of apoSAA1. A fragment of pA1 containing the conserved (residues 33-38) region of SAA also hybridized with RNA from human acute phase liver and acute phase stimulated, but not unstimulated, mouse and rabbit liver. In contrast, a fragment corresponding to the variable region hybridized to a much greater extent with human than with rabbit or murine RNA. Human acute phase liver SAA mRNA (approximately 600 nucleotides in length) directs synthesis of preSAA (Mr 14 000) in a cell-free translating system. In a Xenopus oocyte translation system preSAA is synthesized and processed to the mature Mr 12 000 product. The complete 18 amino acid signal peptide sequence of preSAA was derived from sequencing cDNA synthesized by "primer extension" from the region of SAA mRNA corresponding to the amino terminus of the mature product. Two other SAA-specific cDNA clones (pA6 and pA10) differed from pA1 in that they lack the internal PstI restriction enzyme site spanning residues 54-56 of pA1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

茶树花粉特异蛋白基因CsPSP1的分离及序列分析

利用cDNA-AFLP技术比较了茶树[Camellia sinensis(L.)O.Kuntze cv.Wulong]花蕾发育早期和晚期的基因表达,结果表明存在明显差异。以E12和M20为引物对在晚期发育花蕾中筛选出一条281 bp特异表达的差异条带TDF53(transcipt-derived-fragment,TDF)。RT-PCR分析表明该片段只在晚期发育花蕾中特异表达。用RACE方法延伸其末端序列,克隆并测序获得全长cDNA序列(GenBank登录号:DQ887753)。该基因全长2079 bp,开放阅读框1701 bp,编码567个氨基酸,其分子量为63 kDa。序列和结构的同源性分析表明:该基因编码的氨基酸序列与烟草、油菜的花粉特异蛋白等同源性较高,由此推定,该基因为编码茶树花粉特异蛋白的基因,并将分离到的花粉特异蛋白基因命名为CsPSP1。     

Interactions between Sindbis virus RNAs and a 68 amino acid derivative of the viral capsid protein further defines the capsid binding site.

In previous studies of encapsidation of Sindbis virus RNA, we identified a 570nt fragment (nt 684-1253) from the 12 kb genome that binds to the viral capsid protein with specificity and is required for packaging of Sindbis virus defective interfering RNAs. We now show that the capsid binding activity resides in a highly structured 132nt fragment (nt 945-1076). We had also demonstrated that a 68 amino acid peptide derived from the capsid protein retained most of the binding activity of the original protein and have now developed an RNA mobility shift assay with this peptide fused to glutathione-S-transferase. We have used this assay in conjunction with the original assay in which the intact capsid protein was immobilized on nitrocellulose to analyze more extensive deletions in the 132-mer. All of the deletions led to a reduction in binding, but the binding of a 5' 67-mer was enhanced by the addition of nonspecific flanking sequences. This result suggests that the stability of a particular structure within the 132nt sequence may be important for capsid recognition.     

桑泛素延伸蛋白基因片段的克隆及序列分析

目的:利用3’RACE技术克隆植物泛素基因,是进一步研究其功能的基础。方法:本研究从桑树(丰驰桑)(Morus bomby-cis)幼叶中提取总RNA,反转录成cDNA,根据已报道的泛素基因序列设计1条正向引物,利用3’RACE(Rapid Amplification of cDNAEnd)技术进行扩增。结果:扩增出1条690 bp的泛素基因片段。该片段5’端为编码156个氨基酸残基的阅读框,3’末端有219bp的非翻译区。结论:同源分析表明,此cDNA序列为泛素延伸蛋白基因(Genebank登录号为DQ839403)。用Genedoc软件对该片段编码的氨基酸序列进行同源性分析的结果表明:桑树泛素延伸蛋白与马铃薯、烟草、陆地棉、黄瓜的泛素延伸蛋白以及苜蓿的核糖体S27A蛋白的同源性都在96%以上。     

Chick cartilage chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan core protein. II. Nucleotide sequence of cDNA clone and localization of the S103L epitope.

A lambda gt11 expression library containing cDNA from total chick embryo was screened with S103L, a rat monoclonal antibody which reacts specifically with the core protein of the chick cartilage chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan. One clone was identified which produced a 220-kDa beta-galactosidase/S103L-binding fusion protein. Sequencing the entire 1.5-kilobase cDNA insert showed that it contained a single open reading frame, which encoded a portion of the proteoglycan core protein from the chondroitin sulfate domain. This was confirmed by comparison with amino acid sequence data from peptide CS-B, which was derived from the chondroitin sulfate domain (Krueger, R.C., Jr., Fields, T. A., Hildreth, J., IV, and Schwartz, N.B. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 12075-12087). Furthermore, the 3' end of the insert overlapped with 23 bases at the 5' end of the published sequence for the C-terminal globular domain (Sai, S., Tanaka, T., Kosher, R. A., and Tanzer, M. L. (1986) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 83, 5081-5085), which oriented this clone, as well as the CS peptide, along the protein core. The cDNA insert hybridized with a 9-kilobase mRNA from sternal chondrocytes as well as a similar sized message in brain but did not hybridize to any message from rat chondrosarcoma or from undifferentiated limb bud mesenchyme. In further studies, the fusion protein as well as a cyanogen bromide fragment (70 kDa) derived from it were isolated and shown to react with S103L, indicating that cleavage at methionine residues does not disrupt the antibody recognition site. Purification and N-terminal sequencing of the antigenic CNBr fragment derived from the fusion protein revealed that its N terminus is preceded by a methionine in the fusion protein and overlaps with the N terminus of peptide CS-B. As peptide CS-B is not recognized by S103L and the C terminus of peptide CS-B lies beyond the proteoglycan portion of the antigenic CNBr fragment, the S103L epitope is either contained within the 11 amino acids preceding the N terminus of peptide CS-B or it spans the clostripain cleavage site at the origin of the N terminus of peptide CS-B.     

Cloning, phenotypic expression, and DNA sequence of the gene for lactacin F, an antimicrobial peptide produced by Lactobacillus spp

Lactacin F is a heat-stable bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus 11088. A 63-mer oligonucleotide probe deduced from the N-terminal lactacin F amino acid sequence was used to clone the putative laf structural gene from plasmid DNA of a lactacin F-producing transconjugant, L. acidophilus T143. One clone, NCK360, harbored a recombinant plasmid, pTRK160, which contained a 2.2-kb EcoRI fragment of the size expected from hybridization experiments. An Escherichia coli-L. acidophilus shuttle vector was constructed, and a subclone (pTRK162) containing the 2.2-kb EcoRI fragment was introduced by electroporation into two lactacin F-negative strains, L. acidophilus 89 and 88-C. Lactobacillus transformants containing pTRK162 expressed lactacin F activity and immunity. Bacteriocin produced by the transformants exhibited an inhibitory spectrum and heat stability identical to those of the wild-type bacteriocin. An 873-bp region of the 2.2-kb fragment was sequenced by using a 20-mer degenerate lactacin F-specific primer to initiate sequencing from within the lactacin F structural gene. Analysis of the resulting sequence identified an open reading frame which could encode a protein of 75 amino acids. The 25 N-terminal amino acids for lactacin F were identified within the open reading frame along with an N-terminal extension, possibly a signal sequence. The lactacin F N-terminal sequence, through the remainder of the open reading frame (57 amino acids; 6.3 kDa), correlated extremely well with composition analyses of purified lactacin F which also predicted a size of 51 to 56 amino acid residues. Molecular characterization of lactacin F identified a small hydrophobic peptide that may be representative of a common bacteriocin class in lactic acid bacteria.     

Isolation of a CDC28 homologue from Cryptococcus neoformans that is able to complement cdc28 temperature-sensitive mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A partial cDNA fragment of the Cryptococcus neoformans homologue of the main cell cycle control gene CDC28/cdc2 was isolated using degenerate primer RT-PCR. A subsequent search in the C. neoformans genome database identified several sequences similar to CDC28/cdc2. A part of the sequence which showed the highest similarity to CDC28/cdc2 turned out to be identical to the partial cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) cDNA fragment isolated by degenerate RT-PCR. The full-length coding region of this Cdk homologue was amplified by RT-PCR using primers designed to target regions around start and stop codons, and the gene was named CnCdk1. To determine its function, an analysis of deduced amino acid sequence of the CnCdk1 was performed and its ability to rescue Saccharomyces cerevisiae cdc28-temperature sensitive mutants was tested. S. cerevisiae cdc28-4 and cdc28-1N strains transformed with the pYES2- CnCdk1 construct exhibited growth at 36.5 degrees C in galactose-raffinose medium, but not in glucose medium. Results of the sequence analysis and the fact that CnCdk1 is able to complement the S. cerevisiae cdc28-ts mutation support its assumed role as the CDC28/cdc2 homologue in C. neoformans.     

Cloning and sequencing of a dextranase-encoding cDNA from Penicillium minioluteum

Abstract A cDNA from Penicillium minioluteum HI-4 encoding a dextranase (1,6-α-glucan hydrolase, EC 3.2.1.11) was isolated and characterized. cDNA clones corresponding to genes expressed in dextran-induced cultures were identified by differential hybridization. Southern hybridization and restriction mapping analysis of selected clones revealed four different groups of cDNAs. The dextranase cDNA was identified after expressing a cDNA fragment from each of the isolated groups of cDNA clones in the Escherichia coli T7 system. The expression of a 2 kb cDNA fragment in E. coli led to the production of a 67 kDa protein which was recognized by an anti-dextranase polyclonal antibody. The cDNA contains 2109 bp plus a poly(A) tail, coding for a protein of 608 amino acids, including 20 N-terminal amino acid residues which might correspond to a signal peptide. There was 29% sequence identity between the P. minioluteum dextranase and the dextranase from Arthrobacter sp. CB-8.     

酵母tRNA结合蛋白(43kD蛋白)羧端cDNA的克隆及其序列测定

为了研究酵母分子量为 4 3kD的tRNA结合蛋白的基因来源 ,通过溴化氰部分化学裂解此蛋白 ,产生的 18kD肽段经过蛋白质氨端序列测定 ,测得 18kD肽段氨端部分序列为AFTFKK .针对序列AFTFKK设计简并引物 ,利用简并PCR方法和cDNA的 3′末端的快速扩增方法 (3′RACE) ,成功克隆 4 3kD蛋白mRNA的 3′端序列 .DNA序列测定结果表明 ,该序列位于 3 磷酸甘油酸激酶 (PGK1)基因 10 0 3位— 170 0位 ,长度为 6 98bp ,编码 3 磷酸甘油酸激酶羧基端的 180氨基酸残基以及 3′端非翻译区 .结果证实 ,4 3kD蛋白的基因就是PGK1酶的基因     

Efficient site-directed mutagenesis by simultaneous use of two primers.

A rapid and efficient procedure for site specific mutagenesis is described. A double primed synthesis with a 17-mer mismatch primer and a "universal" 15-mer M13 sequencing primer was used to introduce a T to A transversion into an ompF signal peptide gene cloned in the M13mp8 vector. The two primers were annealed to the circular single stranded M13 template. After a short extension and ligation reaction, a double stranded restriction fragment containing the mismatch (ompF*/EcoR1-SalI) was cut out of the partly single stranded circular DNA and inserted into pBR322. 42% of the E.coli transformants harboured plasmid with the desired mutation, which could be detected by the appearance of a new restriction site (MboII) and by dot blot hybridization of plasmid DNA with the 32P-labeled 17-mer.     

菜粉蝶丝氨酸蛋白酶基因Pr-SP1的克隆及其表达谱分析

昆虫主要依靠先天免疫反应来抵御外源异物的入侵, 而与血淋巴黑化及抗菌肽合成等过程密切相关的丝氨酸蛋白酶激活级联反应在其中起着重要作用。为阐明丝氨酸蛋白酶在菜粉蝶Pieris rapae免疫中的作用, 本文通过简并引物RT-PCR克隆获得了菜粉蝶丝氨酸蛋白酶家族基因Pr-SP1的cDNA片段, 并利用RACE法扩增获得其全序列。该cDNA序列长1 489 bp, 其中开放阅读框长1 059 bp, 共编码353个氨基酸残基。Pr-SP1含一长度为20个氨基酸残基的信号肽序列, 其蛋白理论分子量为36.85 kDa, 理论等电点为6.41。多序列比对结果表明, Pr-SP1与其他昆虫的同源蛋白基因序列上存在较高一致性, 在N端有一个发夹结构域, 而C端是一个具有催化活性的结构域。实时荧光定量RT-PCR及免疫印迹结果表明, 蛹期Pr-SP1主要在颗粒血细胞内进行转录, 其蛋白产物主要定位在血浆; Pr-SP1在不同虫态及虫龄都有转录, 其蛋白产物在不同虫态及虫龄都有表达, 其中5龄幼虫最高, 卵期最低; Pr-SP1的转录水平及其蛋白产物的表达水平均会被大肠杆菌Escherichia coli、 藤黄微球菌Micrococcus luteus和巴斯德毕赤酵母Pichia pastoris诱导。根据这些结果分析认为, Pr-SP1属于Spätzle蛋白酶前体激活酶, 并参与菜粉蝶的先天免疫反应。     

荠菜CRABS CLAW的克隆与拟南芥遗传转化

根据GenBank收录的CRC基因cDNA序列设计引物,以短角果荠菜(Capsella bursa-pastoris)为材料,通过RT-PCR扩增出与拟南芥CRC基因同源的全长cDNA,进行测序、比对及同源性分析.结果显示,克隆的该基因cDNA序列与报道的拟南芥CRC序列一致性达到93%,可以推断其为荠菜CRC基因的cDNA(cbCRC).以Ti质粒pWM101为载体,构建了由CaMV35S启动子调控的cbCRC基因植物表达载体pWM101-cbCRC, 采用根癌农杆菌滴注柱头法转化拟南芥,获得了转cbCRC基因的拟南芥植株.转基因拟南芥心皮果荚形态大小发生了一定的变化,说明荠菜cbCRC基因在拟南芥中的表达对拟南芥心皮形态和大小都产生了一定影响,但其并没有使拟南芥表现出荠菜短角果的形态.     

Cloning and Expression of Small cDNA Fragment Encoding Strong Antiviral Peptide from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Celosia cristata</Emphasis> in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Escherichia coli</Emphasis>

A small cDNA fragment containing a ribosome-inactivating site was isolated from the leaf cDNA population of Celosia cristata by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR was conducted linearly using a degenerate primer designed from the partially conserved peptide of ribosome-inactivating/antiviral proteins. Sequence analysis showed that it is 150 bp in length. The cDNA fragment was then cloned in a bacterial expression vector and expressed in Escherichia coli as a ~57 kD fused protein, and its presence was further confirmed by Western blot analysis. The recombinant protein was purified by affinity chromatography. The purified product showed strong antiviral activity towards tobacco mosaic virus on host plant leaves, Nicotiana glutinosa, indicating the presence of a putative antiviral determinant in the isolated cDNA product. It is speculated that antiviral site is at, or is separate but very close to, the ribosome-inactivating site. We nominate this short cDNA fragment reported here as a good candidate to investigate further the location of the antiviral determinants. The isolated cDNA sequence was submitted to EMBL databases under accession number of AJ535714.