为了解60S核糖体蛋白L21(ribosomal protein L21,RPL21)的基因组结构和表达模式,以GenBank数据库中小麦RPL21基因的部分序列为信息探针,采用RT-PCR和PCR技术从小麦多子房株系幼穗中克隆了RPL21基因的cDNA与DNA片段,并对该基因在小麦多子房近等基因系间的表达差异和多子房株系中的时空表达模式进行了分析。结果表明,所克隆的小麦RPL21基因cDNA序列(GenBank登录号:HM138480)长521bp,编码164个氨基酸;DNA序列(GenBank登录号:HM138481)长1600bp,含有2个外显子和1个内含子。半定量RT-PCR分析显示,该基因在多子房株系幼穗中表达少量上调;在多子房株系不同时期幼穗中的表达量随着幼穗的发育呈上升趋势;不同组织中具体表达模式为茎顶端≈幼根>幼穗>幼叶,生长旺盛部位表达量较高。
To further research the regulatory network of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (designated as TaPDK) in physiological male-sterility (PHYMS) of wheat induced by chemical hybridizing agent (CHA) SQ-1, an anther cDNA library was constructed, and the proteins interacting with TaPDK were screened via yeast two-hybrid technique. Subsequently, a few candidate proteins in nucleotide expression levels were detected by real-time quantitative PCR. Yeast-two hybrid screening was performed by mating yeast strain Y2HGold containing BD-TaPDK bait plasmid with yeast strain Y187 including anther cDNA library plasmid. Diploid yeast cells were plated on synthetic dropout nutrient medium (SD/-Ade/-His/-Leu/-Trp) (QDO), and further were incubated on QDO medium containing AbA and X-α-Gal. The interactions between TaPDK and the proteins obtained from positive colonies were further confirmed by co-transformation validation. After plasmids DNA were extracted from blue colonies and sequenced, the sequences results were analyzed by bioinformatic methods. Finally, 24 colonies were obtained, including eight genes, namely non-specific lipid-transfer protein precursor (TanLTP), polyubiquitin (TaPUbi), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (TaPCNA), CBS domain containing protein (TaCBS), actin, guanine nucleotide-binding protein beta subunit, chalcone synthase, and three new genes with unknown function. The results of quantitative RT-PCR showed that the expression levels of TanLTP, TaPUbi, and TaPCNA were obviously up-regulated in PHYMS anther, and TaCBS expression was only increased at the tricellular stage in PHYMS anther compared with in fertile lines. Whereas, the expression of TaPDK was obviously down-regulated in PHYMS lines. Collectively, these datas indicated that the majority of candidate proteins might be related to pollen abortion in PHYMS lines, which further suggested that TaPDK plays multiple roles in pollen development, besides participating in regulating pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activi
