红花bHLH转录因子基因的克隆、表达分析及植物表达载体构建

Cloning and expression analysis of CtbHLH transcription factor gene from Carthamus tinctorius and construction of plant expression vector

克隆红花花瓣中bHLH(basic helix-loop-helix)基因,研究其在红花不同开花时期花瓣中的表达量并构建其植物表达载体。利用红花基因组测序结果中富集到的bHLH家族中的基因CtbHLH1的开放阅读框,设计特异性引物进行PCR扩增。利用RT-PCR法分析在红花不同开花时期花瓣中bHLH1基因的表达量,同时构建植物表达载体p BASTA-bHLH1。获得bHLH1基因全长897 bp,编码298个氨基酸。红花bHLH1与其他物种氨基酸具有一定的同源性,其与烟草的氨基酸序列相似性最高。实时荧光定量PCR分析表明,CtbHLH1基因在红花不同组织及不同开花时期的花瓣中表达水平具有显著差异,其在花瓣中表达量高,开花第3天表达量最高,末花期表达量低。另外其在根中有表达,在茎、叶中表达量极低。该研究成功地对bHLH1基因进行克隆及表达分析,并构建植物表达载体p BASTA-bHLH1。

To clone bHLH( basic helix-loop-helix) gene from Carthamus tinctorius,analyze the expression level in different plant tissues and construct the plant expression vector. The bHLH1 gene was cloned by RT-PCR techniques,and the protein characteristics were analyzed by bioinformatics,and phylogenetic tree was constructed. The expression of bHLH1 gene in different tissues and the roots after inoculated by Fusarium oxysporum were analyzed using real time-PCR,and the plant expression vector p BASTA-bHLH1 was constructed. The obtained ORF sequence of bHLH1 gene was 897 bp,encoded a protein of 298 amino acids. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic tree analyses showed that C. tinctorius bHLH1 had a certain homology with other species of amino acids,and was the most similar to the amino acid sequence of tobacco. Real-time PCR results showed significant differences,CtbHLH1 gene in red flower petals in different tissues and different flowering period had remarkable difference in expression level,its high amount expressed in petals,flowers third day after blossom expressed the highest quantity,at the end of the flowering the expression quantity is low. In addition,it is expressed in the root,and the expression in the stem and leaves is extremely low. The bHLH1 gene of C. tinctorius is successfully cloned,and the expression is analyzed. The plant expression vector p BASTA-bHLH is constructed.