title: Molecular cloning and sequencing of cDNAs encoding the proteolipid subunit of the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase from a higher plant.
abstract: To understand the molecular structure of the vacuolar H(+)-translocating ATPase from plants, cDNAs encoding the N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding 16-kDa proteolipid from oat (Avena sativa L. var. Lang) have been obtained. A synthetic oligonucleotide corresponding to a region of the bovine proteolipid cDNA (Mandel, M., Moriyama, Y., Hulmes, J.D., Pan, Y.-C.E., Nelson, H., and Nelson, N. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85, 5521-5524) was used to screen an oat cDNA library constructed in lambda gt11. The nucleotide sequences of several positive clones (VATP-P1, clones 12, 54, 93) demonstrated the presence of a small multigene family. The four clones showed extensive divergence in their codon usage and their 3'-untranslated regions; however, the deduced amino acid sequences of the proteins were 97-99% identical. These clones encoded the proteolipid subunit as one of them (clone 12) expressed a fusion protein that reacted with an antibody to the 16-kDa proteolipid. The open reading frame of one cDNA clone (VATP-P1) predicted a polypeptide of 165 amino acids with a molecular mass of 16,641. Based on hydropathy plots, a molecule with four membrane-spanning domains was predicted, in which domain IV was especially conserved among different species. This domain showed 80% identity in nucleotide or amino acid sequences between the oat and the bovine proteolipids and contained a glutamate residue that is the putative N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding residue. The presence of a small multigene family of the 16-kDa proteolipid was confirmed by Southern blot analysis showing that several distinct restriction fragments of oat nuclear DNA hybridized with the VATP-P1 cDNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sze
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology; D010957:Plasmids; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000235:genetics*; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D011510:Proteolipids; D004247:DNA; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases