DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF GENES ENCODING THE HYPUSINE-CONTAINING TRANSLATION INITIATION-FACTOR, ELF-5A, IN TOBACCO

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CHAMOT, D [1 ]
KUHLEMEIER, C [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BERN,INST PLANT PATHOL,ALTENBERGRAIN 21,CH-3013 BERN,SWITZERLAND
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1093/nar/20.4.665
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Two Nicotiana plumbaginifolia cDNA clones, NeIF-5A1 and NeIF-5A2, encoding eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF-5A (formerly called eIF-4D) were cloned by heterologous screening with Dictyostelium and human eIF-5A probes. eIF-5A is the only protein known to contain a unique amino acid modification, hypusine. Comparison of the Nicotiana deduced amino acid sequences with those of other eIF-5A polypeptides reveals conservation throughout the coding sequence, especially in the region of the hypusine residue. Transcript analysis reveals that NeIF-5A1 is preferentially expressed in photosynthetic tissues, while NeIF-5A2 is constitutively expressed in all plant tissues examined. A polyclonal antibody was raised against NeIF-5A1 overexpressed in E. coli. NeIF-5A1 antiserum crossreacts with an 18 kDa polypeptide doublet in all tobacco tissues examined. At least one polypeptide of ca. 18 kDa from a diversity of higher and lower plants crossreacts with NeIF-5A1 antiserum.
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