title: Structure and expression of a sugarcane gene encoding a housekeeping phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase.
abstract: A gene (SCPEPCD1) encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) was isolated from the C-4 monocot sugarcane (Saccharum hybrid var. H32-8560). SCPEPCD1 is ca. 6800 bp long, with 10 exons. The entire gene sequence from -1561 to 262 bp downstream of the putative poly(A) addition signal is reported. A low-level, essentially constitutive pattern of expression, amino acid sequence similarities to other 'housekeeping' PEPC enzymes, and the absence of DNA sequence elements conserved in the upstream region of maize and sorghum C-4-specific PEPC genes indicate that SCPEPCD1 encodes a housekeeping PEPC. Despite this, a motif proposed to act as a phosphorylation site in light-mediated activation of photosynthetic PEPC enzymes [10] is present in the SCPEPCD1 protein; evidence is presented for the presence of this site in other housekeeping PEPC proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Molecular Physiology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010730:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006109:Poaceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D010730:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase