Cloning and Quantitative Expression of a β-Glucosidase Gene from Inonotus obliquus
The full-length DNA sequence of a β-glucosidase gene (IO-BGL) was cloned from Inonotus obliquus sclerotia by RT-PCR and RACE.The gene had a molecular mass of 93.4 kD, a pI value of 5.57, and consisted of 3382 bp, 13 introns and 14 exons, and an open reading frame (ORF) of 2583 bp that encoded a protein of 860 amino acids.The putative amino acid sequence of IO-BGL was 85% similar to a β-glucosidase from Fomitiporia mediterranea.Real time quantitative PCR revealed that IO-BGL expression increased during the first 170 days of sclerotium development and then decreased.