鳜胃蛋白酶原基因cDNA全长的克隆与序列分析

利用RT–PCR和cDNA末端快速扩增法(RACE)克隆鳜(Siniperca chuatsi)胃蛋白酶原基因cDNA全长序列，并对该基因的结构特征和系统进化关系进行了分析。鳜胃蛋白酶原基因cDNA序列全长1367 bp，5′端非翻译区43 bp，3′端非翻译区187 bp，开放阅读框(ORF)1137 bp，共编码378个氨基酸。鳜胃蛋白酶原氨基末端存在信号肽和激活肽序列，序列中含有催化活性必需的2个天冬氨酸残基和构成二硫键的6个半胱氨酸残基。鳜胃蛋白酶原氨基酸序列与其他脊椎动物胃蛋白酶原氨基酸序列的同源性为59.9%～91.2%，表明胃蛋白酶原基因在脊椎动物的长期进化中比较保守。鳜胃蛋白酶原基因的成功克隆不仅为进一步研究该基因的时空表达奠定基础，而且为鱼类胃蛋白酶原的分子特征和进化提供了新的资料。

Cloning and sequencing of the full-length cDNA of pepsinogen gene from the mandarin fish,Siniperca chuatsi

Pepsinogen is one kind of gastric digestive proteinases belonging to a family of aspartic proteinases,which is synthesized in the gastric mucosa of vertebrates and converted to pepsins in the acidic environment of gastric juice.The mandarin fish(Siniperca chuatsi) is a typical carnivorous fish which only prey on small live fishes after hatching.In order to understand the molecular characters of pepsinogen in fish,the full-length cDNA of pepsinogen gene of S.chuatsi was cloned by means of RT-PCR and rapid am...