Abstract:
Biological sex differentiation and hormonal regulation are related with the expression of
CYP19 gene in teleost, and so it can be used to explore the relationship between environmental hormone pollution and gene expression. The
Gambusia affinis CYP19
a cDNA of full sequence was cloned and analyzed for the first time. This would provide comprehensive experimental data for the study of the
CYP19 gene as a biomarker for monitoring environmental hormones. Primers were designed according to the conserved region of
CYP19
a cDNA, and the conserved region was amplified and sequenced. RACE method was used to amplify the
G. affinis CYP19
a cDNA of full sequence and its protein sequence homology analysis, and the RT-PCR method was used to detect the transcription level of
CYP19
a mRNA in the sequence. The full length cDNA sequence of
G. affinis CYP19
a type was cloned. This sequence contains 2020 bp nucleotides and codes 518 amino acids with an open reading frame (ORF) from 238 bp to 1791 bp. We made an analysis of the signal peptide, transmembrane helices, hydrophilic/hydrophobic, primary structure, secondary structure and tertiary structure. When making the homology comparison with
CYP19
a gene in gonads of other teleost, the gene fragment similarity of mosquitofish were 93%, 84%, 84%, 71%, 71% and 66% with
Fundulus heteroclitus, Oryzias laticeps, Rhabdosargus sarba, Carassius auratus, Cyprinus carpio and
Danio rerio respectively. This showed that the cloned gene was
G. affinis CYP19
a gene. Phylogenetic analysis of the
CYP19 gene by using MEGA4.0 indicates that
CYP19
a gene is highly conserved when clustered with other 19 species ovary-derived P450arom gene. We identified the
CYP19
a cDNA of full sequence is gonadal aromatase gene, and the proof of
G. affinis aromatase is by two genes of
CYP19
a and
CYP19b encoding.
G. affinis CYP19
a has 3 highly conserved fragments, and has catalytic activity.