Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (10): 140-148.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2015.10.023

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Gene Cloning and Cold-induced Expression Analysis of the Gene Encoding Gibberellin 20 Oxidase from Jatropha curcas

Wang Haibo1, 2, Zou Zhurong1, Gong Ming1   

  1. 1. School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Environmental Biotechnology of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650500; 2. College of Biological Resource and Environmental Science, Qujing Normal University, Qujing 655011
  • Received:2015-03-02 Online:2015-10-28 Published:2015-10-28

Abstract: Gibberellin(GA)20 oxidase, a rate-limiting enzyme in GA biosynthesis, determines the amount of active GA forms, GA1 and GA4. Based on our previous transcriptome data of chilling-hardened Jatropha curcas, a new gene encoding gibberellin 20 oxidase(named JcGA20ox)was cloned by RT-PCR from the root of J. curcas seedlings(GenBank accession number:KJ670150.1). The full-length cDNA of JcGA20ox was 1 307 bp, containing an entire open reading frame(ORF)of 1 131 bp. This ORF encoded a polypeptide of 376 amino acids with the molecular weight of 43 kD and the pI value of 6.7. Bioinformatics analysis showed that the JcGA20ox protein contained a Fe2+ and 2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase domain(Fe2OG_OXY), belonging to the 2-ODD family. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed that JcGA20ox expressed differently in different tissues, with abundant and remarkably cold-induced expression in stem, but scarcely in leaves.

Key words: Jatropha curcas, gibberellin 20 oxidase, 2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase domain, cold induction