title: Identification of cDNA clones coding for the style specific S11a-glycoprotein gene associated with gametophytic self-incompatibility in tomato (Lycopersicon peruvianum).
abstract: We isolated 18 cDNA candidates that were expected to encode parts of the self-incompatibility-associated RNase of Lycopersicon peruvianum PI 126441 (S11a-plant) from a style cDNA library. Polymerase chain reaction was used with oligonucleotides derived from conserved amino acid sequences of RNases from fungi and S-associated RNases in other species of Solanaceae. Two of these clones (both do not have full length sequences) gave 826-bp and 730-bp sequences, and they had the same open reading frame, named ORF-1. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of ORF-1 with S-associated RNase of other Solanaceous plants showed a high degree of similarity. mRNA encoding this ORF-1 was about 1000 bases long and detected only in the style tissue by Northern analysis. Using one of the cDNA clones as a probe, we detected sequence variability among three different S-genotypes of randomly chosen wild-type tomatoes by Southern analysis. From these results, it was concluded that ORF-1 encodes the self-incompatibility associated S-glycoprotein of L. peruvianum PI 126441 (S11a-plant).
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takagi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant; D015698:Genomic Library; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011061:Poly A / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014675:Vegetables / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D012260:Ribonucleases