长春花密码子使用偏好性分析

以长春花为研究对象,分析其密码子使用偏好性,以期为相关基因的异源表达、基因的预测、物种的进化研究提供指导。该研究以长春花的30 437条蛋白质编码序列为数据来源,对长春花密码子组成和密码子偏性的各项参数进行了计算和统计分析。计算了长春花萜类吲哚生物碱(terpenoid indole alkaloids,TIAs)生物合成途径中25个关键酶基因含有大肠杆菌或酿酒酵母稀有密码子的比例。结果显示,长春花基因的平均GC量为42.47%,密码子第3位碱基平均GC量为35.89%。长春花中共有28个密码子的同义密码子相对使用度(relative synonymous codon usage,RSCU)大于1,其中26个以A或T结尾。25个关键酶基因含有大肠杆菌稀有密码子的比例明显高于酿酒酵母稀有密码子的比例。长春花主要偏爱使用以A和T结尾的密码子;相比于酿酒酵母,其密码子使用特点与大肠杆菌的差异更大,推测酿酒酵母可能是长春花基因更合适的异源表达宿主。

Codon usage bias of Catharanthus roseus

This study aimed to provide guidance for the heterogenous gene expression, gene prediction and species evolution by analyzing codon usage bias of Catharanthus roseus.The codon composition and usage bias of 30 437 high-confidence coding sequences from C.roseus were analyzed and the proportion of rare codons of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in 25 genes involved in the biosynthesis of terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs) in C.roseus were calculated.The results showed that the average GC content of the genes was 42.47%; the average GC content of the third bases in codon was 35.89%. The relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) of 28 codons were greater than 1 and 26 of them ended with A or T.The above 25 genes involved in TIA biosynthesis contained much more rare condons of E.coli than that of S.cerevisiae.It was concluded that C.roseus mainly prefered the codons ending with A or T and the rule of codon usage was more different to E.coli than S.cerevisiae.Thus, S.cerevisiae may be more suitable host for heterologous expression of these genes.