Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2013, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (1): 73-77.

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Cloning, Expression and Function Preliminary Research of RPS14 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Fan Yanrong ,Liu Ying ,Zhang Feiyun   

  1. College of Life Science,Capital Normal University,Beijing 100048
  • Received:2012-06-28 Revised:2013-01-31 Online:2013-01-30 Published:2013-01-30

Abstract: RPS14(Ribosomal protein S14)is a ribosomal protein of Arabidopsis thaliana. It is a structural component of 40S ribosomalsubunit and belongs to the S11P ribosomal protein family. It is responsible for RNA post-transcriptional processing. We extracted the total RNAof Arabidopsis thaliana. The RPS14 full-length gene was obtained by RT-PCR. Through inserting the gene fragment into pEASY-T3 vector byT-A cloning, we successfully constructed a recombinant vector pGEX-6P-1-RPS14. The GST-RPS14 protein was expressed in BL21(DE3)strain and molecular weight was approximately 43 kD. We constructed the recombinant vector pET-28a-AK6 in the same way and obtained theapproximately 26 kD HIS-AK6 protein. We demonstrated the interaction between RPS14 and AK6 using pull-down, SDS-PAGE and Westernblot. Therefore, we speculate that they together participate in the nucleic acid metabolism and play a role in the RNA post-transcriptionalprocessing, thereby inhibiting growth of stem cells and making plants show dwarf phenotype.

Key words: Arabidopsis thaliana , RPS14 , AK6 , Pull-down