title: Nucleotide and derived amino acid sequence of the cyanogenic beta-glucosidase (linamarase) from white clover (Trifolium repens L.).
abstract: The nucleotide sequence and derived amino acid sequence of two different beta-glucosidase cDNA clones were determined. One clone (TRE104) was identified as the cyanogenic beta-glucosidase by homology with the N-terminal and internal peptide amino acid sequence of the purified enzyme. The biological function of the other beta-glycosidase (TRE361) is not known. Co-segregation of genomic restriction fragments uniquely identified by each cDNA clone shows that these two genes are linked in the white clover genome. Both TRE104 and TRE361 fragments co-segregate with cyanogenic beta-glucosidase activity. Extensive homology was found between the white clover beta-glucosidase sequences and a group of prokaryote and mammalian beta-glycosidases. This group of sequences has no homology with a separate set of beta-glucosidase genes isolated from fungi and the thermophilic bacterium Clostridium thermocellum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oxtoby
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pancoro
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; C021514:cyanogenic beta-glucosidase; D001617:beta-Glucosidase