title: Identification by molecular cloning of two cDNA sequences from the plant Brassica napus which are very similar to mammalian protein phosphatases-1 and -2A.
abstract: Two clones encoding protein phosphatase (PP) catalytic subunits have been isolated from a Brassica napus cDNA library screened with rabbit muscle PP1 alpha and PP2A alpha cDNAs. The deduced protein sequences are very similar to those of mammalian PP1 alpha and PP2A alpha (72% and 79% overall identity, respectively) indicating that they are the plant homologues of PP1 alpha and PP2A alpha. This high degree of similarity provides a molecular explanation for the remarkable conservation of the catalytic and regulatory properties between animal and plant protein phosphatases and supports the concept that PP1 and PP2A may be the most highly conserved of known enzymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: MacKintosh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haycox
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hardie
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001937:Brassica / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015723:Gene Library; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics*; D011817:Rabbits; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases