Serological Analysis and Coat Protein Sequence Determination of Potato Virus Y (PVY) Pepper Pathotypes and Differentiation from Other PVY Strains

The serological relationships of Potato Virus Y (PVY) isolates belonging to the pepper pathotypes 0, 1 and 1-2 were established by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). PVY pepper pathotypes did not react with monoclonal antibodies which typically recognize non-pepper strains within the PVY group, leading to discrimination between these two groups of strains. No serological differences were found between the three PVY pepper pathotypes. The coat protein (CP) nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences of the three different PVY pepper pathotypes were determined. The highest sequence similarity was found between pathotypes 0 and 1 (99.2%), while the lowest occurred between these two and pathotype 1–2 (98.1%). PVY strains from potato and tobacco appeared more distantly related. Phenetic analysis of the CP amino acid sequences showed that the PVY pepper pathotypes formed a tightly clustered group separate from other PVY strains.     

国槐凝集素基因的克隆及其功能

植物凝集素是一类能高度特异可逆结合到单糖或寡糖上的蛋白,含有至少一个非催化结构域,近年来在农作物抗虫工程中得到了广泛关注。本文从豆科植物国槐中克隆得到了一个新的凝集素基因SjLectin并初步研究了其对小菜蛾的抗性功能。从国槐幼叶中提取总RNA,采用RT-PCR法分离克隆出SjLectin基因的cDNA片段,该基因在GenBank中登录号为KC140286.1。SjLectin基因全长837 bp,编码279个氨基酸组成的蛋白。该蛋白与其他豆科凝集素的同源性均高达66%以上,属于豆科凝集素家族中的一员。在35S启动子控制下,利用根癌农杆菌介导法转化烟草品种W38,获得了该基因的抗卡那霉素植株。通过PCR和RT-PCR法筛选阳性转基因植株,证明SjLectin基因已经转化到烟草基因组中并在转录水平上得到了有效表达。接虫试验证明,阳性植株对小菜蛾的抑制率平均达62.2%。