Antigens encoded by the 3'-terminal region of human T-cell leukemia virus: evidence for a functional gene

Antibodies in sera from patients with adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma or from healthy carriers of type I human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) recognize an antigen of approximately 42 kilodaltons (p42) in cell lines infected with HTLV-I. Radiolabel sequence analysis of cyanogen bromide fragments of p42 led to the conclusion that this antigen is encoded in part by LOR, a conserved portion of the "X" region that is flanked by the envelope gene and the 3' long terminal repeat of HTLV-I. It is possible that this novel product mediates the unique transformation properties of the HTLV family.     

Human-proto-oncogene nucleotide sequences corresponding to the transforming region of simian sarcoma virus

The nucleotide sequences of the six regions within the normal human cellular locus (c-sis) that correspond to the entire transforming region of the simian sarcoma virus (SSV) genome (v-sis) were determined. The regions are bounded by acceptor and donor splice sites and, except for region 6, resemble exons. Region 6 lacks a 3' donor splice site and terminates -5 base pairs from the 3' v-sis-helper-viral junction. This is consistent with a model proposing that SSV was generated by recombination between proviral DNA of a simian sarcoma associated virus and proto-sis and that introns were spliced out subsequently from a fused viral-sis messenger RNA. This also suggests that the 3' recombination occurred within an exon of the woolly monkey (Lagothrix) genome. The open reading frames predicting the v-sis and c-sis gene products coincide with the stop codon of c-sis located 123 nucleotides into the fifth region of homology. The overall nucleotide homology was 91 percent with substitutions mainly in the third codon positions within the open reading frame and with greatest divergence within the untranslated 3' portion of the sequences. The predicted protein products for v-sis and c-sis are 93 percent homologous. The predicted c-sis gene product is identical in 31 of 31 amino acids to one of the published sequences of platelet-derived growth factor. Thus, c-sis encodes one chain of human platelet-derived growth factor.     

巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因的克隆和分析

[目的]获得巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列。[方法]以巴夫杜氏藻cDNA为模板,采用简并引物进行PCR扩增,获得533bp特异cDNA片段。在此基础上,设计特异引物,采用5’-Genome Walking和3’-RACE的方法,获得基因的5’-端DNA序列和3’-端cDNA序列,进而获得β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列。[结果]获得了巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因的特异cDNA片段、5’-端DNA和3’-端cDNA片段。经拼接后,扩增出全长cDNA。β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长1754bp,包括1137bp的开放读码框和617bp的3’-非翻译区序列。氨基酸序列相似性分析发现,巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白氨基酸序列与杜氏盐藻、莱茵衣藻等的同源性较高。系统发育分析表明,巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白与杜氏盐藻的相似性最高。[结论]首次获得了巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列,并发现巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因非常保守。     

巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因的克隆和分析(英文)

[目的]获得巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列。[方法]以巴夫杜氏藻cDNA为模板,采用简并引物进行PCR扩增,获得533 bp特异cDNA片段。在此基础上,设计特异引物,采用5′-GenomeWalking和3′-RACE的方法,获得基因的5′-端DNA序列和3′-端cDNA序列,进而获得β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列。[结果]获得了巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因的特异cDNA片段、5′-端DNA和3′-端cDNA片段。经拼接后,扩增出全长cDNA。β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长1 754 bp,包括1 137 bp的开放读码框和617 bp的3′-非翻译区序列。氨基酸序列相似性分析发现,巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白氨基酸序列与杜氏盐藻、莱茵衣藻等的同源性较高。系统发育分析表明,巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白与杜氏盐藻的相似性最高。[结论]首次获得了巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列并发现巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因非常保守。     

团花树木葡聚糖转葡糖苷酶cDNA克隆及序列分析

以团花树形成层组织中大量表达的RNA为材料,通过反转录、保守区域PCR、3′RACE和染色体步移等技术获得了团花树AcXET的全长cDNA序列,共1396bp。核苷酸序列分析表明:该序列含有1个960bp的开放阅读框,编码1个由320个氨基酸组成的蛋白质。该基因编码蛋白与已报道的其他植物的XET蛋白有较高的同源性,且含有XET的活性催化位点EIDFE。     

Expression in Escherichia coli of open reading frame gene segments of HTLV-III

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III), the causative agent of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), was recently isolated and its genomic structure analyzed by DNA cloning methods. In the studies reported here a combined cloning and expression system was used to identify HTLV-III encoded peptides that react immunologically with antibodies in sera from AIDS patients. Cloned HTLV-III DNA was sheared into approximately 500-base-pair fragments and inserted into an "open reading frame" expression vector, pMR100. The inserted DNA was expressed in Escherichia coli transformants as a polypeptide fused to the lambda CI protein at its amino terminus and to beta-galactosidase at its carboxyl terminus. Sera from AIDS patients containing antibodies to HTLV-III were then used to screen for immunoreactive fusion proteins. Twenty clones, each specifying a fusion protein strongly reactive with AIDS serum, were identified. DNA sequence analysis indicated that the HTLV-III fragments were derived from the open reading frame DNA segments corresponding to the gag and pol gene coding regions and also the large open reading frame region (env-lor) located near the 3' end of the viral genome.     

黄瓜花叶病毒西番莲分离物RNA3 的cDNA全长克隆和序列分析

采用RT-PCR方法克隆了黄瓜花叶病毒西番莲致死分离物（CMV-PE）全长RNA3.经核苷酸序列测定，明确PE分离物 RNA3全长2216 nt，含有2个开放阅读框（ORF），其中5'端的ORF（121-963 nt）编码279 aa的3a蛋白，3'端ORF（1260-1916 nt ）编码218 aa的CP蛋白.5'端非编码区（NR）长120 nt,基因间隔区（IR）长296 nt，3'端NR区含301个碱基.PE分离物编码的3a蛋白中最明显的特征是在136-141位有一个独特的VWCLSS区域.将CMV-PE的RNA3的核苷酸序列及其编码蛋白的氨基酸序列与同属CMV亚组I的其它分离物进行比较，发现症状相似的CMV分离物的非编码区具有很高的序列同源性，说明非编码区序列与症状有关.     

A new HTLV-III/LAV protein encoded by a gene found in cytopathic retroviruses

The DNA of the HTLV-III/LAV group of retroviruses contains certain additional open reading frames that are not found in typical avian or mammalian retroviruses. The role of these sequences in encoding for gene products that may be related to pathogenesis remains to be resolved. An open reading frame whose 5' end overlaps with the pol gene, but is unrelated to the env gene, has been observed in HTLV-III/LAV and visna virus, both cytopathic mammalian retroviruses. Evidence presented here shows that this open reading frame is a bona fide coding sequence of HTLV-III/LAV and that its product, a protein with a molecular weight of 23,000, induces antibody production in the natural course of infection.     

甜樱桃乙烯转录因子PaEIL1基因的克隆及序列分析

根据植物乙烯转录因子EIL（EIN3-like）家族的氨基酸和核苷酸保守区序列设计简并引物,以甜樱桃（Prunus aviumL.）果实的cDNA为模板,通过RT-PCR方法得到了PaEIL1部分序列。随后进一步通过RACE技术克隆得到了PaEIL1全长片段,其大小为2 636 bp,包含一个1 806 bp大小的完整开放阅读框（ORF）及部分非编码区序列,编码蛋白大小约为601个氨基酸。聚类分析结果表明,PaEIL1属于EIN3/EIL家族乙烯转录因子成员。     

Inhibition of lymphocyte proliferation by a synthetic peptide homologous to retroviral envelope proteins

The retroviral transmembrane envelope protein p15E is immunosuppressive in that it inhibits immune responses of lymphocytes, monocytes, and macrophages. A region of p15E has been conserved among murine and feline retroviruses; a homologous region is also found in the transmembrane envelope proteins of the human retroviruses HTLV-I and HTLV-II and in a putative envelope protein encoded by an endogenous C-type human retroviral DNA. A peptide (CKS-17) was synthesized to correspond to this region of homology and was examined for its effects on lymphocyte proliferation. CKS-17 inhibited the proliferation of an interleukin-2-dependent murine cytotoxic T-cell line as well as alloantigen-stimulated proliferation of murine and human lymphocytes. Four other peptides, representing different regions of virus proteins, were inactive. These results suggest that the immunosuppressive portion of retroviral transmembrane envelope proteins may reside, at least in part, in a-conserved sequence represented by the CKS-17 peptide.     

鸡生长激素cDNA及其5'端调控区的克隆分析

从肉用品种鸡构建的垂体文库中克隆分离了鸡生长激素ｃＤＮＡ,并作了核苷酸序列测定。克隆的鸡生长激素ｃＤＮＡ序列全长为７８９个碱基对,其中５＇非转译区为４０个碱基对,３’非转译区为１０１个碱基对,编码区为６４８个碱基对。通过序列比较分析,克隆的鸡生长激素ｃＤＮＡ序列与已报道的蛋用品种鸡生长激素ｃＤＮＡ序列的同源性为９６％,与鸭生长激素序列的同源性为８７％,但与火鸡生长激素序列的同源性只有５２％。通过ＰＣＲ技术,本研究还扩增了６个鸡品种的生长激素基因５’端调控区。尽管这些鸡品种的生产性能差异显著,但序列分析表明鸡生长激素基因５’端调控区十分保守。因而,鸡生长激素基因表达的差异可能受到内含子或３’端侧翼序列的影响。另外,鸡生长激素对多人数量性状的影响也在本文中进行了讨论。     

Nucleotide sequence of the transforming gene of avian myeloblastosis virus

Avian myeloblastosis virus is defective in reproductive capacity, requiring a helper virus to provide the viral proteins essential for synthesis of new infectious virus. This virus arose by recombination of the nondefective helper virus and host cellular sequences present within the normal avian genome. These latter sequences are essential for leukemogenic activity. The complete nucleotide sequence of this region is reported. Within the acquired cellular sequences there is an open reading frame of 795 nucleotides starting with the initiation codon ATG (adenine, thymine, guanine) and terminating with the triplet TAG. This open reading frame could code for the putative transforming protein of 265 amino acids with a molecular weight of approximately 30,000.     

登革病毒E蛋白基因表达载体的构建

利用高效表达载体pET系统，构建广东地区登革流行株E蛋白基因的高效表达载体，表达载体经酶切及测序鉴定表明载体构建正确。为探讨E蛋白在登革病毒致病机制中的作用。以及针对本地登革病毒高效、特异的单克隆抗体和高效价的特异高免血清的制备奠定了基础。     

巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因的克隆和分析

[目的]获得巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列。[方法]以巴夫杜氏藻cDNA为模板,采用简并引物进行PCR扩增,获得533 bp特异cDNA片段。在此基础上,设计特异引物,采用5′-GenomeWalking和3′-RACE的方法,获得基因的5′-端DNA序列和3′-端cDNA序列,进而获得β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列。[结果]获得了巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因的特异cDNA片段、5′-端DNA和3′-端cDNA片段。经拼接后,扩增出全长cDNA。β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长1 754 bp,包括1 137 bp的开放读码框和617 bp的3′-非翻译区序列。氨基酸序列相似性分析发现,巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白氨基酸序列与杜氏盐藻、莱茵衣藻等的同源性较高。系统发育分析表明,巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白与杜氏盐藻的相似性最高。[结论]首次获得了巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因cDNA全长序列并发现巴夫杜氏藻β-肌动蛋白基因非常保守。     

桑树2个钙调蛋白亚型基因cDNA克隆和序列分析

    为了揭示钙调蛋白在桑树抗逆性方面的作用,利用SMART技术(switching mechanism at 5'end of RNA transeript) 建丰驰桑幼苗cDNA文库,从中获得2个钙调蛋白cDNA序列,2条序列的读码框均为450 bp,均包括完整的3'端非翻译区;序列比对分析发现,2条序列ORF(open reading frame)同源性为86%,但氨基酸同源性却为98%,说明是2个钙调蛋白基因.命名为MCaM-1,MCaM-2.其中MCaM-1与拟南芥CaM7、胡萝卜CaM4的氨基酸同源性达100%.这表明钙调蛋白序列在植物中相当保守.     

口蹄疫病毒全基因组序列特征分析

对口蹄疫病毒全基因组序列特征的分析有助于了解口蹄疫病毒复制、翻译等生命活动的相关机制.利用DNAStar和DNAMAN软件,对249株口蹄疫病毒全基因组序列进行了比对分析.结果表明,口蹄疫病毒ORF的长度为5 982～7 020 bp,平均长度为6 975 bp,编码1 994～2 340个氨基酸.各基因的核酸序列同源...     

兔病毒性出血症病毒基因组3''端非编码区的分子克隆及生物信息学分析

采用3′RACE方法对兔病毒性出血症病毒(RHDV)JX／CHA／97株基因组3′端全序列进行了扩增、克隆和测序,并利用ONAstar和DNAman软件分析了RHDV JX／CHA／97株与各参比毒株3′NCR的序列同源性,用RNA structure软件对3′NCR的二级结构进行了预测和分析。结果表明,所扩增的目的基因片段长1500 bp,包括部分VP60基因序列、ORF2基因、3′端非编码区(3′Non Coding Region,3′NCR)和poly(A)尾巴,其中 3′NCR位于ORF2终止密码子TAG之后,长59 bp,poly(A)至少含有27个A;3′NCR序列具有较高的同源性 (93．5％-100％);3′NCR二级结构可以形成2个潜在的茎-环结构(SL1和SL2),其中SL2具有一定的保守性,其形状和形成位置与poly(A)尾巴的长度关系不大,但是SL1的结构和形成位置与poly(A)尾巴的存在与否密切相关,提示poly(A)尾巴与3′NCR高级结构的稳定性以及基因组复制有一定关系。     

Cloning of Thymidine Kinase Gene of Duck Plague Virus Using Degenerate PCR

The DNA of duck plague virus （DPV） thymidine kinase （TK） gene was cloned and sequenced from a vaccine virus in the study. Degenerate oligonucleotide primers for the consensus site of herpesvirus UL24, TK, and glycoprotein H（gH） gene were used in the polymerase chain reaction （PCR） to amplify DNA product with 3 741-base-pairs （bp） in size. DNA sequence analysis revealed a 1 077-base-pairs （bp） open reading frame （ORF） encoding a 358 amino acid polypeptide homologous to herpesvirus TK proteins. The predicted TK protein shared 31.2, 41.3, 35.7, 37.4, and 28.4% identity with herpes simplex virus typel, equine herpesvirus type 4, Marek＇s disease virus 2, herpesvirus turkey, and infectious laryngotracheitis virus, respectively. Comparison of the amino acid sequences of other herpesvirus TK proteins showed that these proteins were not conserved on the whole, otherwise the portion of the TK proteins corresponding to the nucleotide binding domain and the nucleoside binding site were highly conserved among herpesvirus. Comparison with the amino acid sequences of the conserved nucleotide and nucleoside binding domains of other eleven herpesvirus TK proteins to the predicted DPV peptide confirmed its identity as the DPV TK protein.