番茄植物络合素合酶基因全长cDNA的克隆及其表达特点

为从分子水平上揭示PCS基因在番茄重金属螯合解毒过程中的作用机制,该研究以番茄(Lycopersi-con esculentum Mill.)品种苏红2003幼苗cDNA为模板,根据NCBI上登录的其他植物的植物络合素合酶基因保守区设计简并引物,利用RT-PCR和RACE技术,克隆番茄植物络合素合酶基因cDNA全长,进一步利用半定量RT-PCR,探讨不同重金属处理后该基因在番茄不同器官中的表达情况。结果显示:番茄植物络合素合酶基因(LePCS1)的cDNA序列长度为1 878 bp,5′非编码区长113 bp,3′非编码区长256 bp。推导该基因编码503个氨基酸组成的蛋白,其相对分子质量为55 600,等电点6.66。NCBI蛋白质比对结果显示:LePCS1由2个典型的植物络合素亚家族结构域组成,并具有19个可与金属离子结合的半胱氨酸(Cys)残基位点,其中包括4个相邻的Cys-Cys元件(90~91位、350~351位、368~369位和416~417位氨基酸)和11个单一Cys残基(56位、109位、113位、138位、144位、231位、332位、393位、396位、424位和489位氨基酸)。进化...

Cloning of a Phytochelatin Synthase Gene (LePCS1) from Tomato Seedlings and Its Expression Characteristics under Heavy Metal Stress

To investigate the role of the phytochelatin synthase(PCS)gene during heavy metal chelation detoxication in tomato,PCS was cloned and its expression characteristic was analyzed after heavy metal treatment.A full-length cDNA sequence of PCS gene was amplified from tomato Suhong 2003(Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)seedling cDNA by RT-PCR and RACE methods.The primers were designed on the basis of conservation sequences from PCS genes of other plants submitted to GenBank.Furthermore,its expression regulation was...