瞬时表达比较2种不同的RNAi载体的干涉效果

 RNAi with natural defence mechanism of homologous RNA degradation is widely used in research of antiviral plant. It is important to construct a highly efficent RNAi vector for transgenic plants of virus resis-tance. In this study, part fragments of coat protein gene of Potato virus Y (PVY) (451-750 bp) were inserted into the two expression vectors. Vector pROKY300 without intron and pHelY300 with PDK and CAT introns on the hpRNA stem were constructed. The silence efficiency of virus resistance of the two vectors was investigated as 88% (22/25)for pROKY300 and 92% (23/25) for pHelY300 through transient expression mediated by agroinfiltration. The results showed that both vectors were highly antiviral and elucidated the validity of RNAi-medicates resistance to virus.     

HC Pro 3个参与抑制RNA沉默氨基酸位点的鉴定

 马铃薯Y病毒属病毒编码的辅助成分-蛋白酶（helper component-proteinase,HC-Pro）是第一个被鉴定的RNA沉默抑制因子。本研究通过定点突变的方法获得了马铃薯A病毒（Potato virus A,PVA）HC-Pro的3个突变体, 利用农杆菌共浸润的方法分析了这些突变对HC-Pro抑制RNA沉默活性的影响。与野生型HC-Pro处理相比,Phe⁶、Asn¹¹ 缺失突变体的处理中绿色荧光减弱,而Ile²⁵⁰-Gly²⁵¹-Asn²⁵²（IGN）基序中的Ile和Gly分别突变为Asp和Glu的处理中观察不到绿色荧光。该结果表明Phe⁶、Asn¹¹ 和IGN²⁵⁰  3个位点均参与调控HC-Pro的抑制RNA沉默活性。