山药PAL基因全长cDNA序列的克隆、表达与分析

为了阐明苯丙氨酸解氨酶(PAL,EC4.3.1.5)基因在山药地下块茎酚类物质积累过程中的分子机理,本研究运用普通PCR、RACE和TAIL-PCR技术从大薯(Dioscorea alataL.)’Zixiao’地下块茎中克隆到同一个PAL基因的3个片段,即长度分别为1 145bp、1 151bp和424bp的中间片段、3’端和5’端的cDNA序列;将3段cDNA序列拼接后获得大小为2 376bp的PAL基因全长cDNA序列,该序列含有一个1986bp的最大开放阅读框(ORF),一个28bp的5’端非翻译区,一个362bp含25 nt的Poly(A+)尾的3’端非翻译区,最大ORF可推测编码一个包括PAL酶活性中心的特征序列(GTITASGDLVPLSYIA)在内的661个氨基酸的多肽,分子量为71.974kDa,等电点6.310;大薯地下块茎的PAL基因分别在核苷酸与氨基酸水平上和GenBank中所选已知其他物种的同源性为73%~77%和76%~82%,说明PAL基因在系统进化上相对保守;RT-PCR分析表明该基因仅在地下块茎中表达,而且表达丰度在收获前逐渐降低。

CLONING, EXPRESSION AND ANALYSIS OF A FULL-LENGTH cDNA SEQUENCE ENCODING PAL IN YAM

To elucidate molecular mechanisms in the effects of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase(PAL,EC 4.3.1.5) gene on phenols accumulation in the underground tuber of yam,in the present study,the cDNA sequences of middle segment,3'-and 5'-ends in the same PAL gene were isolated from the underground tuber of Dioscorea alata L.cv.'Zixiao' by traditional PCR,RACE and TAIL-PCR with the designed primers,which were 1 145bp,1 151bp and 424bp in sizes,respectively.The three cDNA segments were combined and constituted a full-leng...