山羊卵泡刺激素α亚基cDNA的分子克隆与序列分析

从新屠宰的雌山羊脑垂体中提取总RNA ,反转录获得cDNA .以此cDNA为模板用PCR法扩增目的片段 ,获得长为 380bp的山羊卵泡刺激素α亚基cDNA片段 .将它克隆至pMD 18 T Verctor.随机挑选 3个阳性重组子进行测序 ,将测序结果与绵羊、牛、猪等多种哺乳动物该基因的核苷酸序列及相应氨基酸序列进行比较 .结果表明 ,山羊卵泡刺激素α亚基基因氨基酸序列与绵羊、水牛的同源性最高 ,达 96 % ,与牛的同源性达 95 % ,与人的同源性较低 ,为 74 % .山羊卵泡刺激素α亚基基因编码区的核苷酸与绵羊的同源性最高 ,达 95 % ,与水牛、牛的同源性达 94 % ,与马和大鼠的同源性较低 ,为 85 % .总体来看 ,在哺乳类动物中FSHα亚基基因同源性还是很高的 .     

青藏高原高原鼠兔Na+,K+-ATP酶β2亚基基因编码区的克隆与分析

目的:克隆青藏高原高原鼠兔Na ,K -ATP酶β2亚基(ATP1B2)的基因编码区,并分析其序列特征,以揭示高原鼠兔低氧适应的分子基础。方法:采用RT-PCR技术从高原鼠兔脑组织中扩增出ATP1B2基因编码区cDNA序列并进行序列测定,采用生物信息学技术对其进行分析。结果:ATP1B2基因编码区由873bp组成,编码290个氨基酸残基。序列分析结果显示,高原鼠兔ATP1B2编码区的核酸序列与兔、人、牛、大鼠、小鼠及狗分别有99%、93%、91%、91%、90%和90%的同源性。结论:克隆出青藏高原高原鼠兔ATP1B2基因编码区,为进一步了解高原鼠兔低氧适应的分子机制提供了基础。     

猪POU1F1基因部分序列变异和同源性分析

对长白、杜洛克、约克夏、姜曲海、梅山和香猪等六个猪种的POU1F1基因第四、第五和第六外显子分别进行PCR扩增,并对含有第四、第六外显子的PCR产物和含有第五外显子的克隆产物进行测序。结果表明：六个猪种中,POU1F1基因的第四外显子存在碱基突变,为T→C。对该序列进行Nla Ⅲ 酶消化,产生两种不同的基因型(GG和HH);而第五和第六外显子则高度保守,未发现任何突变。将人POU1F1基因第四外显子、POU同源区核苷酸编码序列和氨基酸序列,分别与猪、小鼠、牛的POU1F1基因相应的核苷酸序列和氨基酸序列进行同源性比较,结果发现：人与猪、小鼠、牛的POU1F1基因第四外显子的核苷酸同源性分别高达93.9%、86.7%、92.1%,而由第四外显子编码的部分POU特异区的氨基酸序列则完全一致;人与猪、小鼠、牛POU同源区的核苷酸同源性分别为91.4%、85.1%、87.9%,氨基酸同源性分别为96.6%、94.8%、90.2%。这说明在哺乳动物中,其POU1F1蛋白的POU同源区和由第四外显子编码的POU特异区部分是高度保守的;猪可作为实验动物,建立人类相关疾病模型,为医学研究提供参考依据。     

内蒙古白绒山羊4E-BP1基因cDNA克隆及组织表达特异性分析

旨在克隆内蒙古白绒山羊4E-BP1(真核细胞翻译起始因子4E结合蛋白1)基因并进行生物信息学及表达模式分析。根据已报道物种4E-BP1基因cDNA序列,用primer premier5软件设计引物,通过RT-PCR从绒山羊胎儿成纤维细胞总RNA中扩增出4E-BP1基因编码区cDNA序列,对目的片段进行测序及表达模式分析。克隆到的内蒙古白绒山羊4E-BP1基因cDNA全长357 bp,包含了完整的的ORF,编码118个氨基酸残基。核酸序列与牛、马、人、大鼠及小鼠的同源性分别为98%、90%、90%、88%和87%。4E-BP1基因在绒山羊脑、心脏、睾丸及胰腺组织中均有表达。     

山羊卵泡刺激素β-亚基cDNA的分子克隆与序列分析

从新屠宰的母山羊脑垂体中提取总RNA,反转录获得cDNA,以皮cDNA为模板用PCR法扩增目的片段,获得长为390bp的山羊卵泡刺激素β－亚基cNDA片段,与预期的目的片段大小一致。将它克隆至pMD-18-T-Verctor中,随机挑选2个阳性重组子进行测序,并将测序结果与绵羊,牛等多种哺乳动物该基因的核苷酸序列及相应氨基酸序列进行比较。结果表明,山羊的卵泡刺激素β－亚基因与绵羊的该基因氨基酸同源性最高,达99．9％,只有1个氨基酸不同,与牛,猪,马,虎,人,大鼠的该基因氨基酸同源性分别为92.5%,91.7%,89.9%,89.1%,86.0%,83.7%。从核苷酸同源性来看,山羊的卵泡刺激素β－亚基因与绵羊该基因的同源性了高,达98％;与牛,猪,马,虎,人,大鼠的核苷酸同源性为95％,90％,90％,88％,86％,84％。结果表明,尽管β－亚基基因有种的特异性,但在哺乳动物中其同源性还是很高的。     

青藏高原藏羚羊朊蛋白基因及氨基酸序列分析

羊瘙痒病是一种自然发生的传染性海绵状脑病,它可以在绵羊和山羊羊群之中传播,其疾病的易感性、潜伏期和跨物种传播的能力主要受宿主朊蛋白基因(prion protein gene,PRNP)的影响。研究藏羚羊PRNP有助于明确藏羚羊和羊瘙痒病之间的关系,从而更好地保护藏羚羊。参照GenBank上已经发表的绵羊PRNP序列设计引物,然后对藏羚羊的PRNP序列进行扩增、测序和分析。测序结果显示藏羚羊PRNP序列由771个核苷酸构成,编码256个氨基酸。序列分析结果显示21只藏羚羊PrP(prion protein,PrP)氨基酸序列完全同源,并且与野生型绵羊PrP氨基酸序列完全一致。此外,藏羚羊PrP氨基酸序列与山羊(99.2%)、汤氏瞪羚(99.2%)、印度羚(99.2%)、驯鹿(98%)、马鹿(98%)、家牛(97.7%)和水牛(96.1%)也具有较高的同源性。在对PrP氨基酸序列136、154、171位多态性分析后发现本次收集的21只藏羚羊样本可能和野生型绵羊一样对羊瘙痒病易感。本研究为羊瘙痒病在藏羚羊羊群中可能出现的风险提供了理论依据,提示要加强藏羚羊羊群中羊瘙痒病的监测。     

猪Wnt10b基因cDNA的克隆及生物信息学分析

Wnt10b是Wnt转录因子家族成员之一,是一种胞外信号分子,它通过一系列复杂信号通路调控胚胎发育、干细胞定向分化等生理过程.根据NCBI公布的wnt10b基因序列在保守区内设计引物,利用降落PCR法扩增猪Wnt10b基因,所得序列提交GenBank,登录号EU181371.核酸序列分析结果显示,该基因编码394个氨基酸,与人、小鼠、大鼠、牛和马等核苷酸序列比对,同源性分别为94%、89%、89%、92%和93%,氨基酸同源性分别为98%、96%、96%、94%、98%和97%.揭示该基因在不同物种间具有高度保守性.     

藏羚羊组蛋白去乙酰化酶1 基因编码区的克隆与序列分析

为探讨藏羚羊的低氧适应机制与高原低氧环境的相关性,采用RT-PCR 技术,首次从藏羚羊心肌组织总DNA 中克隆出组蛋白去乙酰化酶1 (Histone deacetylase1,HDAC1)基因的编码区序列。该序列全长为1 449 bp,
编码482 个氨基酸,预测其蛋白质分子量约为55 kDa。序列分析表明,藏羚羊HDAC1 基因的编码区序列与其它哺乳动物相似性超过90% ,其中与牛的相似性最高为98.27% ;它的氨基酸序列与其它哺乳动物的相似性达到
98.76% ～ 99.59%,显示出极高的保守性。利用邻接法(Neighbor-Joining,NJ 法)构建的分子系统进化树聚类结果表明,藏羚羊与牛先聚为一类,该聚类结果与传统的物种进化关系基本一致。藏羚羊HDAC1 基因编码区的成
功获得,为进一步揭示藏羚羊低氧适应的表观遗传机制奠定基础。     

猪肌肉素基因的cDNA克隆与表达

从人肌肉素基因出发, 在dbEST数据库中进行同源性搜索, 找到七个有较高同源性的Expressed Sequence Tag(DY426490, CF787546, AJ660979, AJ664670, AJ663820, AJ680159, DN106254)。通过拼接和进一步RT-PCR实验验证, 获得猪肌肉素基因全长cDNA序列, 其全长651 bp, 开放阅读框为54~452 bp, 编码有132个氨基酸。同源性分析结果表明, 与人、小鼠和大鼠的肌肉素基因cDNA编码区(CDS)同源性分别为87.2%、77.6%和77.9%。利用克隆出的猪肌肉素cDNA, 构建表达载体pGEX-4T-1-musclin, 并在BL21大肠杆菌中成功表达和纯化了分子量为38.59 kD的融合蛋白GST-Musclin, 并运用蛋白印迹技术进行鉴定。     

内蒙古白绒山羊翻译控制肿瘤蛋白(TCTP)基因克隆及组织表达特性分析

旨在克隆内蒙古白绒山羊翻译控制肿瘤蛋白(Translationally controlled tumor protein,TCTP)基因并分析其表达模式。采用RT-PCR技术扩增TCTP基因编码区cDNA序列,将得到的基因cDNA序列及其编码的氨基酸序列进行生物信息学分析,利用定量RT-PCR方法检测TCTP基因在绒山羊不同组织中的表达特异性。获得的内蒙古白绒山羊TCTP基因编码区cDNA序列全长519 bp,包含了完整的ORF,编码172个氨基酸残基组成的蛋白质。核苷酸序列与绵羊、牛、猪、人、猴及大鼠的同源性在99%-95%之间。生物信息学分析表明,编码的蛋白质理论分子质量19.6 kD,等电点(pI)4.673,含有一个N端糖基化位点,一个蛋白激酶C磷酸化位点,3个酪蛋白激酶Ⅱ磷酸化位点,定位于细胞质中。定量RT-PCR方法检测表明,TCTP基因在绒山羊肾脏、肌肉、胰腺、肝脏、睾丸和脑组织中均有表达,其中在肝脏中的表达量较高,在脑中表达量较低。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.