title: Characterization of two divergent beta-tubulin genes from Colletotrichum graminicola.
abstract: We have cloned and sequenced two beta-tubulin genes, TUB1 and TUB2, from the phytopathogenic fungus, Colletotrichum graminicola. The nucleotide sequences of the coding regions of the two genes are only 72.8% homologous. This divergence is reflected in the deduced amino acid (aa) sequences which differ at 94 aa residues. Comparison with the aa sequences of other fungal beta-tubulins indicates that the C. graminicola TUB2 gene encodes a conserved isotype, whereas the C. graminicola TUB1 product is highly divergent. Both genes contain six identically placed introns and the position of each intron is conserved in other fungal beta-tubulin genes. Also typical of other fungal beta-tubulin genes, there is a pronounced bias in codon usage in the C. graminicola TUB2 gene; there is a lesser codon bias in TUB1 from C. graminicola. Both C. graminicola beta-tubulin genes are transcribed and yield similar sized messages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Panaccione
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hanau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D005658:Fungi / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014404:Tubulin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D014404:Tubulin