Cloning and expression of three thaumatin-like protein genes from Polyporus umbellatus

Genes encoding thaumatin-like protein(TLPs) are frequently found in fungal genomes.However, information on TLP genes in Polyporus umbellatus is still limited. In this study, three TLP genes were cloned from P. umbellatus. The full-length coding sequence of PuTLP1, PuTLP2 and PuTLP3 were 768, 759 and 561 bp long, respectively, encoding for 256, 253 and 187 amino acids. Phylogenetic trees showed that P. umbellatus PuTLP1, PuTLP2 and PuTLP3 were clustered with sequences from Gloeophyllum trabeum, Trametes versicolor and Stereum hirsutum, respectively. The expression patterns of the three TLP genes were higher in P. umbellatus with Armillaria mellea infection than in the sclerotia without A. mellea. Furthermore, over-expression of three PuTLPs were carried out in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) strain, and high quality proteins were obtained using Ni-NTA resin that can be used for preparation of specific antibodies. These results suggest that PuTLP1, PuTLP2 and PuTLP3 in P. umbellatus may be involved in the defense response to A. mellea infections.

利用类甜蛋白基因诱导表达提高马铃薯对晚疫病的抗性研究

将类甜蛋白基因 (TLP)及其紧密连锁的抗除草剂bar基因以农杆菌介导法导入脱毒微型种薯“津引薯 8号” ,经除草剂筛选后的转基因单株无性繁殖用于分子检测 ,标记基因bar基因的PCR反应和含TLP基因特异探针的Southern检测结果 ,转基因植株分别显示出 0 54kb和 3 0kb的特异性条带 ,证明TLP基因已成功地整合到转基因马铃薯基因组中。利用TLP基因特异性抗血清对转基因植株进行Western反应检测 ,结果表明 ,转基因植株中TLP基因表达量显著高于对照组 ,经晚疫病菌游离孢子接种离体抗性分析 。

小麦类甜蛋白基因的转化及转基因植株的抗病性分析

目前已克隆出许多类甜蛋白基因并成功转化马铃薯、水稻和小麦等植物,均可引起植株抗病性的提高。在以往的研究中我们从小麦中克隆了一个类甜蛋白基因(Ta-Tlp),该基因在高抗白粉病的小麦6VS/6AL易位系中能够高水平表达,推测它与白粉病抗性密切相关。为进一步研究该基因的功能,本研究构建了包含在ubi强启动子控制下的Ta-Tlp基因的表达载体pAHC-TlP,用基因枪将其导入小麦品种扬麦158的幼胚愈伤组织,在含除草剂的选择培养基上经两轮筛选和分化,获得再生抗性植株。对T0、T1和T2代植株进行PCR、Southern杂交与RT-PCR分析,结果表明Ta-Tlp基因已整合进受体基因组并且能够表达。对T0代及其衍生的T1代(来自6个T0代阳性株系的183个单株)和T2代(来自6个T0代阳性株系的241个单株)转化植株进行白粉病抗性鉴定,Ta-Tlp基因超量表达的转基因植株,能延缓白粉病发病进程,其白粉病抗性有一定提高。对T2代阳性转化植株进行赤霉病抗性鉴定表明,其抗性与受体对照相比无显著差异。