The invention relates to a primer
system for specifically detecting alpha-
proteobacteria carotenoid synthesis key
gene crtZ and an application method thereof, the primer
system is based on a crtZ
gene conserved region of alpha-
proteobacteria, degenerate primers are designed by adopting a CODEHOP method, and the degenerate primers comprise a
forward primer and a
reverse primer, the primer
system amplifies a target band of about 300bp in alpha-
proteobacteria erythrobacterium aurantiacum, the homology of the target band and the known crtZ
gene is as high as 94.8%, and no crtZ
gene sequence is detected in an amplification product of non-alpha-proteobacteria muricaria aureus, so that the specific recognition capability of the primer system on the alpha-proteobacteria crtZ gene is proved, and the primer system can be used for identifying the crtZ gene of the alpha-proteobacteria. The primer system disclosed by the invention has remarkable advantages in the aspects of specificity, sensitivity and accuracy, provides an efficient and reliable tool for detecting the alpha-
proteus crtZ gene, and is suitable for the fields of
carotenoid synthesis mechanism research,
metabolic engineering optimization, related biological function exploration and the like.