56. Synthesis and Prokaryotic Expression of Insect Antifungal Gene (Thanatin)
Thanatin of podisus maculiventr is one of the six Insect antifugal peptides that have been found in the recent years. It is an induced peptide composed of 21 amino acids not only exhibits a large antifungal spectrum, but shows antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria as well. The cDNA sequence was designed based on the amino acid sequence of Thanatin. The Thanatin gene was obtained through oligodeoxynucletides synthesis and PCR amplifying. The PCR product was cloned into the pGEM-T Easy vector by means of T-A pairing direct molecular cloning method. The synthesized thanatin gene was proved correct by DNA sequence analysis. The thanatin gene of 87 bp was subcloned into the pET-21 d vector through the linkage of the cohesive ends. The recombinant expression vector pET-21 d-th was constructed. The recombinant expression plasmid pET-21d-th was transformed into E.coli BL21(DE3) and the thanatin gene was expressed in fusion form when induced by IPTG. The transcript activity of the thanatin gene in induced cells was verified by two method of RT-PCR and Dot-blotting. We determined bio-activity of its expression product by agar plate assay. The results showed that the expression products of thanatin gene exhibit antifungal activity against the two pathogenic fungi: Aspergillus fumigatus and Tricholderma riricle.
insect antifungal peptide、the thanatin gene、Prokaryotic expression
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R73(肿瘤学)
University Teacher Development Foundation of Education Department of China200040
2004-03-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
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