title: Multiple cDNAs of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in the C4 dicot Flaveria trinervia.
abstract: We have isolated and characterized cDNA clones for the leaf-specific C4-phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPCase) from the dicotyledonous C4 plant Flaveria trinervia. The isolation of multiple cDNAs indicates that in this plant the C4 isoform is encoded by a small subgroup of the PEPCase gene family. The deduced amino acid sequence reveals a higher degree of similarity to the CAM and C3 isozymes of the dicotyledonous, facultative CAM plant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum than to the C4 PEPCases of monocotyledonous origin.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Entwieklungs- und Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poetsch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Westhoff
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010730:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology*; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D010730:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase