title: Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA homologue to animal poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.
abstract: A full-length Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA (app) encoding a protein with high similarity (about 60%) to the catalytic domain of vertebrate poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP; EC 2.4.2.30) has been cloned. The N-terminal extension of the Arabidopsis protein shows similarities with domains of different nuclear and DNA binding proteins in agreement with nuclear localization and putative function of a plant PARP. APP is encoded by a single gene mapped at the top of chromosome 4 of the Arabidopsis genome and mRNA is abundant in cell suspension culture compared to its accumulation in whole plant.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Associé de l'Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France), Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lepiniec
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Babiychuk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kushnir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van Montagu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Inzé
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018749:RNA, Plant; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases