title: cDNA sequence and expression of a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene from soybean.
abstract: A full-length cDNA encoding a subunit of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) was isolated from a developing seed expression library of the C3 plant Glycine max. The corresponding mRNA is present at similar levels in leaf, stem, root and developing seed. Two potential start codons exist, and the activity of protein initiated from the first such codon could be subject to regulation by protein kinase. Sequence comparison shows a similar upstream start codon in the case of the Ppc2 gene from Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, previously assumed to lack the sequences necessary for phosphorylation. The soybean encoded protein tends to resemble other 'C3-type' PEPC proteins more closely than those implicated in C4 or crassulacean acid metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Protein Science Laboratory, National Food Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Whittier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawamura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010730:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013025:Glycine max / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D010730:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase