| Autor: |
Md Ahaik FA; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia., Mohd Taufik SH; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia., Faiqah Johari NA; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia., Zainal Abidin AA; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia., Balia Yusof ZN; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia.; Aquatic Animal Health and Therapeutics Laboratory (AquaHealth), Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia.; Bioprocessing and Biomanufacturing Research Complex, Universiti Putra Malaysia. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Genes & genetic systems [Genes Genet Syst] 2023 Feb 22; Vol. 97 (5), pp. 247-256. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 11. |
| DOI: |
10.1266/ggs.22-00088 |
| Abstrakt: |
Obtaining high-quality nucleic acid extracted from seaweeds is notoriously difficult due to contamination with polysaccharides and polyphenolic compounds after cell disruption. Specific methods need to be employed for RNA isolation in different seaweed species, and therefore studies of the thiamine biosynthesis pathway have been limited. Two selected Malaysian species which are highly abundant and underutilized, namely Gracilaria sp. and Padina sp., representing the red and brown seaweeds, respectively, were collected to develop optimized total RNA extraction methods. Prior to that, DNA was extracted, and amplification of the 18S rRNA gene and the THIC gene (encoding the first enzyme in the pyrimidine branch of the thiamine biosynthesis pathway) from the DNA template was successful in Gracilaria sp. only. RNA was then extracted from both seaweeds using three different existing methods, with some modifications, using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, guanidine thiocyanate and sodium dodecyl sulphate. Methods I and III proved to be efficient for Padina sp. and Gracilaria sp., respectively, for the extraction of highly purified RNA, with A 260 /A 280 values of 2.0 and 1.8. However, amplification of the housekeeping gene glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and the THIC gene was successful in only Gracilaria sp. cDNA derived from extracted RNA. Further modifications are required to improve the exploitation of nucleic acids from brown seaweeds, which has been proven to be difficult. This work should pave the way for molecular studies of seaweeds generally and for the elucidation, specifically, of the thiamine biosynthesis pathway. |
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