title: Two genes encode the two subunits of cottonseed catalase.
abstract: The isolation and sequence of a cDNA encoding a developmentally distinct subunit of cottonseed catalase are presented. A 1.8-kb cDNA was selected from a cDNA library constructed with poly(A)+ RNA isolated from 3-day-old dark-grown cotyledons in which a second subunit (designated SU 2 in an earlier publication) of catalase was predominantly synthesized. The cDNA encodes a 492-amino acid peptide with a calculated Mr of 56,900. The nucleotide sequence is 76% identical to a cDNA encoding another subunit (SU 1) which was predominantly synthesized in 1-day-old-cotyledons. Most of the divergence occurs in the 5' and 3' non-coding regions, and at the third positions of the codons. The deduced amino acid sequence is 92% identical to that of SU 1. Denaturing isoelectric focusing and SDS-PAGE of products transcribed and translated in vitro from these cDNAs revealed that the cDNA selected from the "1-day" library encoded SU 1 and the cDNA selected from the "3-day" library (this paper) encoded SU 2 of catalase. These data and results from Southern blot analyses of genomic DNA indicate that there are two genes encoding catalase subunits in cotton cotyledons, with only one copy of SU 1 and at least two copies of SU 2 in the genome. A peroxisomal targeting signal, e.g., Ser-Lys-Leu, is not located at the C-terminus of either subunit, or within 25 residues of the C-terminus of SU 1, although it occurs at six residues upstream from the C-terminus of SU 2. A possible location of a targeting sequence for catalase and other peroxisomal proteins lacking the C-terminal tripeptide motif is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-1601.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Trelease
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002374:Catalase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D003368:Gossypium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D002374:Catalase