Molecular cloning and characterization of a gibberellin-inducible, putative alpha-glucosidase gene from barley

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作者
Tibbot, BK [1 ]
Skadsen, RW [1 ]
机构
[1] USDA,AGR RES SERV,CEREAL CROPS RES UNIT,MADISON,WI 53705
关键词
alpha-amylase; barley; GA; gene-expression; alpha-glucosidase; maltase;
D O I
10.1007/BF00020110
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A putative alpha-glucosidase clone has been isolated from a cDNA library constructed from mRNA of barley aleurones treated with gibberellin A(3) (GA). The clone is 2752 bp in length and has an uninterrupted open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 877 amino acids. A 680 amino acid region is 43% identical to human lysosomal alpha-glucosidase and other glycosyl hydrolases. In isolated aleurones, the levels of the corresponding mRNA increase strongly after the application of GA, similar to the pattern exhibited by low-pI alpha-amylase mRNA. High Levels are also observed in the aleurone and scutellum after germination, while low levels are found in developing seeds. The genome contains a single form of this ol-glucosidase gene and two additional sequences that may be related genes or pseudogenes.
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页码:229 / 241
页数:13
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