它是将单个基因或相关基因家族的靶序列通过物理或化学方法随机片段.pptVIP

A novel plant vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter gene evolved by DNA shuffling confers improved salt tolerance in yeast Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry Authors: Kai Xu, Tao Xia 報告者: 吴广霞 ABSTRACT Plant vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporters play important roles in maintaining cellular ion homeostasis and mediating the transport of Na+ out of the cytosol and into the vacuole. Vacuolar antiporters have been shown to play significant roles in salt tolerance, however the relatively low Vmax of the Na+/H+ exchange of the Na+/H+ antiporters identified could limit its application in the molecular breeding of salt tolerant crops. In this study, we applied DNA shuffling methodology to generate and recombine the mutations of Arabidopsis thaliana vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter gene AtNHX1. Screening using a large scale yeast complementation system identified AtNHXS1, a novel Na+/H+ antiporter. Expression of AtNHXS1 in yeast showed that the antiporter localized to the vacuolar membrane and that its expression improved the tolerance of yeast to NaCl, KCl, LiCl and hygromycin B. Measurements of the ion transport activity across the intact yeast vacuole demonstrated that the AtNHXS1 protein showed higher Na+/H+ exchange activity and a slightly improved K+/H+ exchange activity. DNA改组 DNA改组是DNA分子的体外重组，是基因在分子水平上有性重组( sexual recombination)。通过改变单个基因(或基因家族，gene family) 原有核苷酸序列,创造新基因,并赋予表达产物以新功能。实际上,该技术是一种分子水平上的定向进化(directed evolution)。因此也称为 子 育 种 ( molecular-breeding)。在创造新基因的过程中,要设法产生各种变异。 DNA改组的原理 DNA改组实际上是依赖于PCR的体外诱变技术。它是将单个基因或相关基因家族的靶序列通过物理或化学方法随机片段化,由于这些小片段之间具有一定的同源性,通过无引物PCR和有引物PCR组装成全长的嵌合体基因即嵌合体文库。然后对嵌合体文库进行高通量或超高通量的筛选,选择具有改进功能或全新功能的突变体作为下轮 DNA改组的模板,重复上述步骤,进行多轮改组和高通量的筛选,直到获得理想的突变体。 Schematic of DNA shuffling method EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES Yeast Transformation, drop tests and intracellular ion content determination For drop tests, the cells of different strains were harvested by centrifugation and resuspended into APG medium and adjusted the OD600 to 0.5. Serial 5 times