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Cloning and Expression Analysis of DNA Methyltransferases Encoding Gene Dim-2 from Beauveria bassiana

WANG Chao1, XIE Ling2, HUANG Bo1   

  1. 1. Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory for Microbial Pest Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China;2. Department of Life Sciences, Anqing Teachers College, Anqing 246011, China
  • Received:2014-02-10 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2014-12-08 Published:2014-12-08

Abstract: The full-length cDNA of Dim-2 gene was cloned from Beauveria bassiana using a RACE technique. The cDNA of Dim-2 had a lenght of 4021 bp, including an open reading frame (ORF) with 3429 bp encoding 1142 amino acids. The protein had a molecular mass of 128 kD with a calculated pI of 6.13. The Realtime-PCR and HPLC analysis indicated that the degree of DNA methylation varied along with fungal growth development. The results showed that both the expression level of Dim-2 gene and the degree of DNA methylation reached the minimum levels at initial stage of sporulation (the 7th day). It was inferred that there was an internal relationship between DNA methylation caused by Dim-2 gene and growth development in B. bassiana. The study will benefit future functional studies of DNA methylation in developmental control of entomopathogenic fungi.

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