title: Nucleotide sequence and temporal regulation of a seed-specific Brassica napus cDNA encoding a stearoyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) desaturase.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence is reported for a cDNA containing the entire coding region of a stearoyl-ACP desaturase (EC 1.14.99.6) from Brassica napus L. cv. Jet neuf. The cDNA was obtained from a library constructed from poly(A)+ RNA purified from embryo tissue. The derived amino acid sequence demonstrates substantial similarity with those from other plant delta 9-desaturases. Comparative RNA-dot blot analyses using the delta 9-desaturase cDNA and a rapeseed oleosin cDNA as probes showed that although both these transcripts were seed-specific, they exhibited distinct patterns of temporal regulation. The desaturase message was induced by 25 days after anthesis (DAA), peaking at 45 DAA but decreasing considerably thereafter. In contrast, the oleosin transcript did not increase until 45-50 DAA, reaching a peak much later at about 70 DAA.
authors.affiliation: John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Slocombe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cummins
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Jarvis
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001937:Brassica / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C018747:acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein)desaturase