一种新的钙依赖性的蛋白激酶基因CP4的克隆及其表达研究

在利用人ACA(Anti-Centromere/Kinetochore Autoantibody)血清研究拟南芥ACA相关蛋白的过程中克隆了钙依赖性的蛋白激酶基因家族的一个不典型基因，称为CP4，GenBank注册号为AF130252。Southern杂交结果表明，拟南芥基因组中至少存在两种以上等位形式的CP4。原位杂交结果表明，CP4 mRNA在拟南芥的花和根中高表达，在果实和叶片中没有表达。此外还构建了CP4的高效表达载体，为进一步研究CP4的功能打下了基础。     

普通烟草钙依赖蛋白激酶NtCDPK15的基因克隆及表达分析

钙依赖蛋白激酶(CDPK)对Ca²⁺信号转导通路下游元件的调控具有重要作用。本实验采用同源克隆技术从普通烟草中分离得到1 个CDPK 基因,命名为NtCDPK15(GenBank 登录号为JN662020),cDNA 全长为1963 bp,ORF 大小为1569 bp,编码522 个氨基酸。多序列比对结果表明,NtCDPK15 的编码产物具有典型的CDPK 保守序列,C 末端调控区有4个EF 手性结构。系统进化树分析显示,NtCDPK15 可能来源于绒毛状烟草,预测NtCDPK15 与NtCDPK1这对旁系同源基因在功能上可能非常保守。实时荧光定量PCR 分析结果表明,NtCDPK15 在根和叶中的表达量显著高于茎中的表达量,但经盐胁迫诱导后NtCDPK15 在茎中的表达量显著增加,同时,盐胁迫还使基因在叶中的表达量显著上调,ABA 胁迫可诱导基因在根中的表达,而干旱胁迫可使基因在根和叶中的表达量下调,这些结果说明NtCDPK15 在普通烟草中的表达受盐胁迫及ABA 胁迫诱导,但受干旱胁迫抑制。     

Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase CPK21 Functions in Abiotic Stress Response in Arabidopsis thaliana

Calcium-dependent protein kinases(CDPKs)comprise a family of plant serine/threonine protein kinases in which the calcium sensing domain and the kinase effector domain are combined within one molecule.So far,a biological function in abiotic stress signaling has only been reported for few CDPK isoforms,whereas the underlying biochemical mechanism for these CDPKs is still mainly unknown.Here,we show that CPK21 from Arabidopsis thaliana is biochemically activated in vivo in response to hyperosmotic stress.Loss-of-function seedlings of cpk21 are more tolerant to hyperosmotic stress and mutant plants show increased stress responses with respect to marker gene expression and metabolite accumulation.In transgenic Arabidopsis complementation lines in the cpk21 mutant background,in which either CPK21 wildtype,or a full-length enzyme variant carrying an amino-acid substitution were stably expressed,stress responsitivity was restored by CPK21 but not with the kinase inactive variant.The biochemical characterization of in planta synthesized and purified CPK21 protein revealed that within the calcium-binding domain,N-terminal EF1- and EF2-motifs compared to C-terminal EF3- and EF4-motifs differ in their contribution to calcium-regulated kinase activity,suggesting a crucial role for the N-terminal EF-hand pair.Our data provide evidence for CPK21 contributing in abiotic stress signaling and suggest that the N-terminal EF-hand pair is a calcium-sensing determinant controlling specificity of CPK21 function.     

绒毛状烟草钙依赖蛋白激酶基因家族分析

钙依赖蛋白激酶(CDPK)是一个多基因家族,在植物的钙信号转导中具有重要作用。以拟南芥、普通烟草和烟草属其他种中已知的CDPK序列检索绒毛状烟草基因组框架图数据库,获得绒毛状烟草CDPK基因,并对其进行基因结构、GC含量、系统进化关系、主坐标和基因表达谱分析。结果表明：共分离获得25个绒毛状烟草CDPK基因,它们均具有完整的开放读码框;系统进化树和主坐标分析证实这25个CDPK分布于4个亚家族中;RT-PCR分析显示,绒毛状烟草CDPK基因家族的空间表达存在明显的差异性。此为进一步阐明CDPK基因家族在烟草的钙信号转导过程中的功能及分子机制奠定了重要基础。