青钱柳法呢基焦磷酸合成酶基因的克隆及功能研究

青钱柳是集药用、材用和观赏等多种价值于一身的珍贵树种。法呢基焦磷酸合成酶(FPS)催化=牛儿基焦磷酸(GPP)与异戊烯基焦磷酸(IPP)缩合成法呢基焦磷酸(FPP),FPP是植物次生代谢产物倍半萜,三萜,甾醇等的前体。本研究通过RACE方法首次从青钱柳中扩增了法呢基焦磷酸合成酶的全长cDNA序列,序列命名为CpF-PS(Genbank登录号为GU121224),序列长度为1 420 bp,包含1 029 bp的开放阅读框,编码342个氨基酸残基,预测蛋白分子量为39.60 kDa。通过BlASTP分析,推断的青钱柳FPS蛋白序列与木本棉(Gossypium arboreum)(CAA72793.1)、橡胶树(Hevea brasiliensis)(BAF98301)等的FPS蛋白相似度较高。蛋白质保守区、特征区以及进化树分析初步证实扩增到的全长cDNA序列为青钱柳的FPS基因。将该基因连入酵母表达载体并转入麦角甾醇缺陷型酵母菌株CC25(MATa/MATalpha,deltaERG20/+),发现该基因可弥补营养缺陷使得CC25菌株在高温中正常生长,证明所得到的青钱柳CpFPS基因编码的蛋白是有功能的蛋白。     

Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase. A Paradigm for Understanding Structure and Function Relationships in E-polyprenyl Diphosphate Synthases

The chain elongation reaction catalyzed by polyprenyl diphosphate synthases is the fundamental building reaction in the isoprenoid pathway. During chain elongation, the hydrocarbon moiety in an allylic isoprenoid diphosphate is added to the carbon–carbon double bond of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP). The chain elongation enzymes can be divided into two genetically different families depending on whether the stereochemistry of the newly formed double bond during each cycle of chain elongation is E or Z. Farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) synthase, a member of the E-double bond family, is the best studied of the chain elongation enzymes and serves as a paradigm for understanding the reactions catalyzed by E-polyprenyl diphosphate synthases. The mechanism for chain elongation is a stereoselective electrophilic alkylation of the carbon–carbon double bond in IPP by the allylic substrate. X-ray structures of avian and E. coli FPP synthases have provided important insights about the mechanism for chain elongation and a structural basis for understanding the stereochemistry of the reaction.This review is dedicated to Professor Rodney Croteau on the occasion of his 60th birthday.     

云南红豆杉紫杉烯合成酶基因克隆、序列分析与植物表达载体的构建

利用分段RT—PCR法成功地从云南红豆杉叶片总RNA中分离出两条长约1．4kb和1．5kb的cDNA片段,克隆到pUCm—T载体中,序列拼接分析表明,该cDNA片段与Wildung MR等发表的紫杉二烯合成酶基因编码区2586bp有41个核苷酸不同,同源性为98．42％,具有编码862个氨基酸蛋白质的能力．为了检测所克隆的基因编码产物是否具有活性,并进一步制备抗体以便于将来转基因植物的检测,构建了一个酵母表达载体GAPA-T14;为了转化植物构建了两个具有不同启动子的植物表达载体,pBI121-T14(含35S启动子)和pBIH-T14(在pBI121的基础上以胶乳特异启动子取代35S启动子)．     

中国红豆杉紫杉烯合酶cDNA的分离、表达和鉴定

紫杉烯合酶是一种二萜环化酶,催化牛儿基牛儿基焦磷酸形成紫杉醇生物合成过程中的中间体紫杉烯.利用PCR扩增同源探针筛选cDNA文库,克隆了一个编码中国红豆杉(Taxus chinensis (Pilg.) Rehd.)紫杉烯合酶3′端的2 151 bp的cDNA片段,也通过PCR扩增得到了该基因5′端的611 bp的cDNA片段,将这两个cDNA片段拼接在一起,得到长2 712 bp的cDNA片段,具有一个2 586个碱基的开放阅读框架(ORF),编码包括质体转移肽在内的共862个氨基酸残基;该酶与太平洋红豆杉紫杉烯合酶有97%的同源性(identity),与其他植物萜类环化酶也有较高的同源性.利用融合表达载体pET-32a在大肠杆菌BL21trxB中表达,所表达的融合蛋白以包含体形式存在.包含体经过变性、复性和再折叠,利用His残基亲和凝胶柱层析得到融合的紫杉烯合酶.用毛细管气相色谱-质谱联用对酶促反应产物进行分析,结果表明,融合的紫杉烯合酶能催化产生4(5),11(12)-紫杉烯.     

中国红豆杉紫杉烯合酶cDNA的分离、表达和鉴定

紫杉烯合酶是一种二萜环化酶 ,催化牛儿基牛儿基焦磷酸形成紫杉醇生物合成过程中的中间体紫杉烯。利用PCR扩增同源探针筛选cDNA文库 ,克隆了一个编码中国红豆杉 (Taxuschinensis (Pilg .)Rehd .)紫杉烯合酶 3′端的 2 15 1bp的cDNA片段 ,也通过PCR扩增得到了该基因 5′端的 6 11bp的cDNA片段 ,将这两个cDNA片段拼接在一起 ,得到长 2 712bp的cDNA片段 ,具有一个 2 5 86个碱基的开放阅读框架 (ORF) ,编码包括质体转移肽在内的共 86 2个氨基酸残基 ;该酶与太平洋红豆杉紫杉烯合酶有 97%的同源性 (identity) ,与其他植物萜类环化酶也有较高的同源性。利用融合表达载体pET_32a在大肠杆菌BL2 1trxB中表达 ,所表达的融合蛋白以包含体形式存在。包含体经过变性、复性和再折叠 ,利用His残基亲和凝胶柱层析得到融合的紫杉烯合酶。用毛细管气相色谱 质谱联用对酶促反应产物进行分析 ,结果表明 ,融合的紫杉烯合酶能催化产生 4(5 ) ,11(12 )_紫杉烯     

An intron-free methyl jasmonate inducible geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase gene from Taxus media and its functional identification in yeast

Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) [EC 2.5.1.29] catalyzes the biosynthesis of geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP), which is a key precursor for diterpenes and, in particular, Taxol, one of the most potent antitumor drugs. In order to investigate the role of GGPP synthase in Taxol biosynthesis, we cloned, characterized, and functionally expressed the GGPPS gene from Taxus media. Using the genome walking strategy, a 3743-bp genomic sequence of T. media was isolated which contained a 1182-bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a 393-amino acid polypeptide that showed a close similarity to other plant GGPPSs. Subsequently, the full-length cDNA of the GGPPS gene of T. media (designated TmGGPPS) was amplified by RACE. Bioinformatic analysis showed that TmGGPPS was an intron-free gene, and its deduced polypeptide contained all five conserved domains and functional aspartate-rich motifs of the prenyltransferases. By constructing the phylogenetic tree of plant GGPPSs, it was found that plant-derived GGPPSs could be divided into two classes, those of angiosperms and gymnosperms, which might have evolved in parallel from the same ancestor. To our knowledge, this was the first report that the geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase genes were free of introns and evolved in parallel in both angiosperms and gymnosperms. The coding sequence of TmGGPPS was expressed through functional complementation in a yeast mutant lacking GGPPS activity (SFNY368), and the transgenic yeast was shown to have this activity. This was also the first time SFNY368 was used to identify the function of plant-derived GGPPSs. Furthermore, investigation of the effect of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) on the expression of TmGGPPS showed that MeJA-treated T. media cultured cells had much higher expression of TmGGPPS than untreated cells.From Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2005, pp. 14–20.Original English Text Copyright © 2005 by Zhihua Liao, Yifu Gong, Guoyin Kai, Kaijing Zuo, Min Chen, Qiumin Tan, Yamin Wei, Liang Guo, Feng Tan, Xiaofen Sun, Kexuan Tang.This article was submitted by the authors in English.     

Cloning and identification of methionine synthase gene from Pichia pastoris

Methionine synthase (MS) is grouped into two classes. Class One MS (MetH) and Class Two MS (MetE) share no homology and differ in their catalytic model. Based on the conserved sequences of metE genes from different organisms, a segment of the metE gene was first cloned from Pichia pastoris genomic DNA by PCR, and its 5‘ and 3‘ regions were further cloned by 5‘- and 3‘-rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), respectively. The assembled sequence reveals an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 768 residues, and the deduced product shares 76% identity with MetE of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. P. pastoris methionine synthase (PpMetE) consists of two domains common to MetEs. The active site is located in the C-terminal domain, in which the residues involved in the interaction of zinc with substrates are conserved. Homologous expression of PpMetE in P. pastoris was achieved, and the heterologous expression of PpMetE in the S. cerevisiae strain XJB3-1D that is MetE-defective restored the growth of the mutant on methionine-free minimal media. The gene sequence has been submitted to GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ under accession No. AY601648.     

蔓地亚红豆杉3′-N-去苯甲酰-2-脱氧紫杉醇苯甲酰转移酶基因的克隆与序列分析

3′-N-去苯甲酰-2-脱氧紫杉醇苯甲酰转移酶(DBTNBT)是催化紫杉醇生物合成最后一步反应所需要的酶,负责将带有不完全侧链的紫杉醇前体催化形成紫杉醇。利用蔓地亚红豆杉的总DNA和总RNA为模板,采用PCR和RT-PCR技术克隆出DBTNBT基因的DNA序列和cDNA序列,测序结果显示长度分别为1465bp和1362bp,编码438个氨基酸的多肽。同源性比较分析结果表明,其碱基序列与已经报道的蔓地亚红豆杉的DBTNBT基因的一致性为99%,其氨基酸序列与已经报道的蔓地亚红豆杉的DBTNBT氨基酸序列的一致性为96%。DNA序列和cDNA序列比对发现该基因含有1个内含子。利用SWISS-PROT、DNAMAN等生物信息学工具对其蛋白序列进行了分析,为利用基因工程的方法生产紫杉醇或其前体物质提供了分子基础。     

白蜡虫far3基因cDNA全长克隆、原核表达和酶活分析

脂酰辅酶A还原酶(FAR)可将脂酰辅酶A还原为相应的脂肪醇,在白蜡生物合成中起至关重要的作用。本研究通过cDNA末端快速扩增技术获得白蜡虫Ericerus pela far3基因cDNA全长,其开放阅读框(ORF)1 566 bp。对白蜡虫FAR3编码蛋白进行系统发育分析,发现FAR3与人类Homo sapiens、小鼠Mus musculus、黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster等物种的FAR聚为一支;成功构建pET-30a eGFP/EpelFAR3原核表达质粒,转入大肠杆菌Escherichia coli BL21感受态细胞,在浓度为0.05 mmol·L^-1的异丙基硫代半乳糖苷诱导6 h后有较高的蛋白表达量;经Western blot验证,表达蛋白分子量与预估蛋白分子量符合;质谱分析蛋白质分值为3 900,肽段覆盖度74%,所得肽段与理论序列相符;利用底物C24脂酰辅酶A、C26脂酰辅酶A、C28脂酰辅酶A和C30脂酰辅酶A对原核表达蛋白进行活性分析,利用气相色谱进行蛋白活性验证,没有理论产物相应脂肪醇的生成。本研究中白蜡虫far3 cDNA ORF的获得及原核表达的实现,为进一步的功能和组织表达定位研究奠定了基础。