水稻腊质基因分子特性的研究

水稻腊质基因(Wx)负责胚乳与花粉粒中直链淀粉的合成。我们通过对限制图和DNA顺序有重叠的两个基因组克隆的分析,测定出了水稻Wx基因全长为5499bp的DNA顺序。比较水稻、玉米(Klsgen等)和大麦(Rohde等)中Wx基因的DNA顺序,弄清水稻Wx基因中存在13个内含子和14个外显子,通过微机对外显子顺序的翻译,得出了水稻Wx蛋白包括转运肽在内的609个氨基酸的排列顺序,并计算出它的分子量约为72kD。经比较,水稻Wx成熟蛋白的氨基酸顺序与玉米、大麦的没有明显地差异。但是,水稻Wx基因5′-上游区、3′-下游区和内含子区域的DNA顺序,以及Wx前体蛋白的转运肽区域的氨基酸顺序与玉米和大麦Wx基因的相应区域相比,它们之间的同源性却很低。     

MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF RICE Wx GENE

The complete nucleotide (nt) sequence of the rice waxy(Wx) gene, which is responsible for the synthesis of amylose in endosperm and pollen, has been determined by a combination of restriction mapping and nt sequence analysis of two overlapping genomic DNA clones. The entire gene is about 5.5 kb in length. The alignment of the nt sequence of the Wx gene from rice with those of maize (Klsgen, R. B. et al.) and barley (Rohde, W. et al.) revealed the presence of thirteen introns and fourteen exons. The full-length of Wx protein in cluding transit peptide is 609 amino acid (aa) residues. The calculated molecular weight of rice Wx preprotein is about 72 kD. There is no significant difference between the similarity scores of the aa sequence deduced from the rice Wx gene compared with those of maize and barley. However, the nt sequences of the 5'-end upstream, 3'-end downstream and introns of the rice Wx gene, as well as the aa sequence of the transit peptide region of the Wx preprotein have low similarity scor