锯缘青蟹Sox基因的PCR扩增(英文)

PCR amplification of Sox gene in the mud crab Scylla serrata

SRY基因(sex-determining region of the Y chromosome)是人类及哺乳动物睾丸决定因子TDF(testisdetermining factor)的最佳候选基因。SRY蛋白含有204个氨基酸,其中1个约79个氨基酸区域即HMG盒(high mobility group box)是SRY基因编码蛋白质的唯一功能区。由于SRY的发现,人们进而发现了1个庞大的与性别决定有关的SRY盒-Sox(SRY-related HMG box gene)基因家族。锯缘青蟹是我国重要的海洋经济蟹类之一,其性染色体和性别决定机制仍处于进化的早期阶段,在分子水平上探讨其性别决定机制尚不多见。通过采用PCR技术,以特异扩增人SRY基因HMG盒保守区的1对兼并引物,扩增了锯缘青蟹基因组的Sox基因。结果表明锯缘青蟹雌雄个体与人一样,均能扩增出1条大小约为216bp左右的基因片段,显示出该基因在进化上的高度保守性,为探索锯缘青蟹的性别决定机制及Sox基因的进化提供了分子资料。

Sox genes are a family of genes that encode proteins which are characterized by the presence of a HMG-box related to that of the mammalian sex-determining gene SRY. By definition, the DNA binding domain of Sox genes is at least 50% identical to the 79 amino acids HMG-box of the SRY gene. Sox genes are highly conserved throughout evolution, from human to Drosophila . In the present study, using degenerate primers which specially amplify the conservative motif of human SRY gene, the PCR amplification of Sox g...