title: Cloning and molecular characterization of the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-encoding gene and cDNA from the plant pathogenic fungus Glomerella cingulata.
abstract: The glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gpdA) has been identified from a genomic DNA library prepared from the plant pathogenic fungus Glomerella cingulata. Nucleotide sequence data revealed that this gene codes for a putative 338-amino-acid protein encoded by two exons of 129 and 885 bp, separated by an intron 216 bp long. The 5' leader sequence is also spliced by an intron of 156 bp. A cDNA clone was prepared using the polymerase chain reaction, the sequence of which was used to confirm the presence of the intron in the coding sequence and the splicing of the 5' leader sequence. The transcriptional start point (tsp) was mapped at -253 nt from the site of the initiation of translation by primer extension and is adjacent to a 42-bp pyrimidine-rich region. The general structure of the 5' flanking region shows similarities to gpdA from Aspergillus nidulans. The putative protein product is 71-86% identical at the aa level to GPDs from Aspergillus nidulans, Cryphonectria parasitica, Curvularia lunata, Podospora anserina and Ustilago maydis.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Genetics Group, Horticulture and Food Research Institute, New Zealand Ltd., Mt. Albert, Auckland.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Templeton
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Rikkerink
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Solon
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Crowhurst
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases