4种模式植物LRR VIII-2亚家族基因的鉴定和进化历史分析

全基因组重复与串联重复是发生基因重复的重要机制, 也是基因组和遗传系统多样化的重要动力。LRR-RLK编码富含亮氨酸重复的类受体蛋白激酶, 是被子植物进化史上发生大规模扩张而形成的多基因家族。拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana) AtLRR-RLK包含15个亚家族, AtLRR VIII-2是其中发生串联重复比例最高的亚家族。通过分析拟南芥、杨树(Populus trichocarpa)、葡萄(Vitis vinifera)和番木瓜(Carica papaya) 4种模式植物中LRR VIII-2亚家族基因的扩张及差异保留情况, 结果显示, LRR VIII-2在杨树中的扩张程度最高, 在拟南芥和葡萄中的扩张程度居中, 但在番木瓜中发生丢失。拟南芥、杨树和葡萄LRR VIII-2亚家族具有旁系同源基因对, 但在番木瓜中未发现旁系同源基因。除杨树中的1对旁系同源基因外, 4种模式植物中LRR VIII-2亚家族的旁系和直系同源基因都受到较强的纯化选择作用。对LRR VIII-2亚家族进化历史的深入分析有助于理解基因重复在植物进化中的作用和意义, 可为预测同源基因功能及解析其它基因家族进化历史提供参考。     

亚热带区4种林地土壤微生物生物量碳氮磷及酶活性特征

在位于亚热带丘陵区的长沙县大山冲林场选取地域毗邻、环境条件(立地、土壤、气候)基本一致的杉木人工林(CL)和3种次生林:马尾松-柯(又名石栎)针阔混交林(PM-LG)、南酸枣落叶阔叶林(CA)、柯-青冈常绿阔叶林(LG-CG),每种林地随机设置5个20 m×20 m的样地,分别采集表层(0—15 cm)和亚表层(15—30 cm)土壤样品,测定土壤微生物生物量碳(B_C)、氮(B_N)、磷(B_P)和蔗糖酶(INV)、脲酶(URE)、酸性磷酸酶(ACP)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性,分析4种林地土壤微生物生物量和酶活性及其与土壤化学性质的关系。结果表明:表层和亚表层土壤B_C、B_N、B_P和ACP活性依次为:CA LG-CG PM-LG CL,INV和URE活性依次为:LG-CG CA PM-LG CL,CAT活性依次为:CA PM-LG LG-CG CL,说明森林植被恢复对土壤微生物生物量和酶活性有明显的促进作用。通径分析表明,土壤B_C、B_N、B_P的直接影响因素和主要影响因素分别为SOC和TN/TP,TN和TN/TP,TP和SOC/TP,而TN/TP与B_C之间,TN与B_N之间具有较强的负相关;INV、ACP活性的直接影响因素主要是TN、TN/TP,其中TN/TP与INV、ACP活性具有较强的负相关;URE、CAT活性分别为B_P/TP和B_P,B_C/SOC和SOC,其中B_P与URE活性具有较强的负相关,B_C/SOC、SOC两者与CAT活性具有较强的正相关。此外,土壤B_C、B_N、B_P以及INV、URE、ACP、CAT活性的剩余余项通径系数较低,说明土壤化学性质对土壤微生物生物量,以及土壤化学性质和微生物生物量对土壤酶活性具有较大的影响。土壤B_C、B_N、B_P之间及其与土壤酶活性呈显著正相关。     

桂黔吊石苣苔的组织培养与快速繁殖

以桂黔吊石苣苔的茎段和叶片为外植体材料,对桂黔吊石苣苔进行离体培养与快速繁殖技术研究.结果表明：桂黔吊石苣苔茎段腋芽可直接诱导萌发,在 MS＋6-BA 1．0 mg·L-1＋IBA 0．1 mg·L-1培养基上萌发率最高,达75％;适宜的继代增殖及壮苗培养基为1/2MS＋NAA0．2 mg·L-1,繁殖系数为6．0/60 d,继代培养中茎段外植体可以诱导出愈伤组织,但诱导率较低,未能进一步分化成苗;最佳生根培养基为1/2MS＋6-BA 0．2 mg·L-1＋NAA 0．8 mg·L-1＋AC 0．1％＋香蕉5％,生根率达100％;在大棚中模拟桂黔吊石苣苔自然生境对生根苗进行移栽,成活率在95％以上.     

冻融作用对三江平原湿地土壤活性有机碳及酶活性的影响

为了研究冻融作用对不同类型土壤活性有机碳组分及酶活性的影响,选取三江平原未受干扰小叶章湿地（UDAW）,干扰小叶章湿地（DDAW）和水稻田（RP）土壤（0-10 cm,10-20 cm和20-30 cm）进行室内冻融模拟实验。实验设置（-10-10℃）和（-5-5℃）两个冻融幅度。将经过3次、6次、10次和15次冻融循环处理后的土壤活性有机碳和酶活性分别与未经过冻融处理的FTC（0）对比。结果表明：冻融循环增加了3种湿地土壤可溶性有机碳（Dissolved Organic Carbon,DOC）浓度。随着活动层深度的增加,同一类型土壤DOC增量降低,不同类型土壤DOC增量为UDAW最高,其次是DDAW,RP增量最低。与此相反,冻融循环均降低了土壤微生物量碳（Microbial Biomass Carbon,MBC）浓度和纤维素酶、蔗糖酶和淀粉酶的活性。随着土壤深度的增加,冻融循环对MBC和3种酶活性的影响逐渐减弱,不同类型间MBC浓度和3种酶活性降低幅度为UDAW高于DDAW,RP降低幅度最小。冻融幅度对DOC浓度的影响为-5-5℃大于-10-10℃,而对MBC浓度和3种酶活性的影响则是-10-10℃大于-5-5℃。冻融次数显著影响土壤活性有机碳组分（DOC与MBC）及3种酶活性（P < 0.05）。随着冻融次数的增加,DOC浓度先升高后降低,MBC浓度和3种酶活性则先降低后升高。此外,UDAW和DDAW土壤活性有机碳组分和土壤酶活性显著正相关（P < 0.01）,暗示DOC浓度的增加,MBC起着重要作用。而在RP土壤中,二者的相关性降低,或许与人类的强烈干扰有关。     

不同温度条件下叉角厉蝽对草地贪夜蛾幼虫的捕食作用

为探明叉角厉蝽Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff)对草地贪夜蛾Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith)的控害潜能,本文研究了不同温度（17℃、22℃、27℃、32℃、37℃）条件下叉角厉蝽3~4龄若虫对草地贪夜蛾2~3龄幼虫的捕食作用,评估了其在不同温度下的生物防治效果。结果表明,在试验温度范围内叉角厉蝽3~4龄若虫对草地贪夜蛾2~3龄幼虫的捕食功能反应模型符合Holling II型方程,捕食效能a/Th和日均捕食量均在32℃时最大。在同一温度下,叉角厉蝽3~4龄若虫的寻找效应与草地贪夜蛾幼虫密度呈负相关,但猎物密度相同时叉角厉蝽3~4龄若虫的寻找效应与温度呈正相关。在17℃~37℃范围内,Hassell-Varley干扰反应模型能较好地反映出不同叉角厉蝽密度条件下对草地贪夜蛾的捕食情况;在相同的猎物密度条件下叉角厉蝽3~4龄若虫个体间存在种内竞争和自我干扰作用,随着自身密度增大,相互干扰作用增强,搜寻系数Q和相互干扰系数m随着温度升高而增大,在37℃时最大,分别为0.4719和0.788。本试验证实了叉角厉蝽若虫在温度为32℃、猎物密度为60（头/皿）条件下对草地贪夜蛾的日捕食量最大,但随着温度升高,若虫的捕食量趋于饱和或出现下降趋势,在37℃温度条件下种内竞争和自我干扰作用最强。     

The Arabidopsis APC4 subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is critical for both female gametogenesis and embryogenesis

The anaphase‐promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) is an E3 ubiquitin ligase that is involved in regulating cell‐cycle progression. It has been widely studied in yeast and animal cells, but the function and regulation of the APC/C in plant cells are largely unknown. The Arabidopsis APC/C comprises at least 11 subunits, only a few of which have been studied in detail. APC4 is proposed to be a connector in the APC/C in yeast and animals. Here, we report the functional characterization of the Arabidopsis APC4 protein. We examined three heterozygous plant lines carrying apc4 alleles. These plants showed pleiotropic developmental defects in reproductive processes, including abnormal nuclear behavior in the developing embryo sac and aberrant cell division in embryos; these phenotypes differ from those reported for mutants of other subunits. Some ovules and embryos of apc4/+ plants also accumulated cyclin B protein, a known substrate of APC/C, suggesting a compromised function of APC/C. Arabidopsis APC4 was expressed in meristematic cells of seedlings, ovules in pistils and embryos in siliques, and was mainly localized in the nucleus. Additionally, the distribution of auxin was distorted in some embryos of apc4/+ plants. Our results indicate that Arabidopsis APC4 plays critical roles in female gametogenesis and embryogenesis, possibly as a connector in APC/C, and that regulation of auxin distribution may be involved in these processes.     

Comparative structural analysis of the Erbin PDZ domain and the first PDZ domain of ZO-1. Insights into determinants of PDZ domain specificity

We report a structural comparison of the first PDZ domain of ZO-1 (ZO1-PDZ1) and the PDZ domain of Erbin (Erbin-PDZ). Although the binding profile of Erbin-PDZ is extremely specific ([D/E][T/S]WV(COOH)), that of ZO1-PDZ1 is similar ([R/K/S/T][T/S][W/Y][V/I/L](COOH)) but broadened by increased promiscuity for three of the last four ligand residues. Consequently, the biological function of ZO-1 is also broadened, as it interacts with both tight and adherens junction proteins, whereas Erbin is restricted to adherens junctions. Structural analyses reveal that the differences in specificity can be accounted for by two key differences in primary sequence. A reduction in the size of the hydrophobic residue at the base of the site(0) pocket enables ZO1-PDZ1 to accommodate larger C-terminal residues. A single additional difference alters the specificity of both site(-1) and site(-3). In ZO1-PDZ1, an Asp residue makes favorable interactions with both Tyr(-1) and Lys/Arg(-3). In contrast, Erbin-PDZ contains an Arg at the equivalent position, and this side chain cannot accommodate either Tyr(-1) or Lys/Arg(-3) but, instead, interacts favorably with Glu/Asp(-3). We propose a model for ligand recognition that accounts for interactions extending across the entire binding site but that highlights several key specificity switches within the PDZ domain fold.     

Floral morphogenesis in Sinofranchetia (Lardizabalaceae) and its systematic significance

The floral organs of Sinofranchetia chinensis Hemsl. (Lardizabalaceae) are all spiral in initiation. Stamen and petal (nectar‐leaf) primordia initiate independently and are different in shape. The petals and three stamens in the first whorl are retarded in the early developmental stages. The carpel primordia are conduplicate; the stigma is formed around the upper part of the ventral slit and the style is not differentiated. The functionally unisexual flowers are bisexual in organization in the early developmental stages. The development of the flowers on the inflorescence is spiral and centripetal. Some floral characteristics of Sinofranchetia appear to be plesiomorphic in Lardizabalaceae. © 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 160 , 82–92.