Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2013, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (8): 51-56.

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Cloning,Functional Sequence Analysis and Prokaryotic Expression of Cotton GhAO3 cDNA

Ran Maofei1, He Yi1, Qian Wenjie1, Wang Fei1, Li Hongbin1, 2   

  1. (1. College of Life Science of Shihezi University,Shihezi 832000;2. Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology of Shihezi University,Shihezi 832000)
  • Received:2013-02-26 Revised:2013-08-11 Online:2013-08-11 Published:2013-09-02

Abstract: A cotton ascorbate oxidase(GhAO3)full-length open reading frame(ORF)cDNA was cloned from elongating fiber tissue(15 DPA)by RT-PCR method, GhAO3 ORF contains 1 758 bp nucleotides and codes a protein of 585 amino acids. Through sequence function analysis and homology sequence alignment, GhAO3 protein includes three multi-copper oxidase domain and transmembrane signal sequence with a high conservation. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that GhAO3 has a similar relationship with GmAO protein. Prokaryotic expression vector pET32a-GhAO3 was constructed and transformated into E. coli BL21(DE3). Recombinant GhAO3 protein was obtained after induction by IPTG and SDS-PAGE analysis with a MW of 64 kD, and had a higher enzymatic activity.

Key words: Cotton ascorbate oxidase, Gene cloning, Functional sequence analysis, Prokaryotic expression