Molecular characterization of two Brassica napus genes related to oleosins which are highly expressed in the tapetum.
Two highly homologous Brassica napus flower cDNA clones, Sta 41-2 and Sta 41-9, were isolated and characterized. These clones were shown to correspond to genes expressed in the tapetum from the early uninucleate microspore stage to the dinucleate stage. The predicted Sta 41-2 and Sta 41-9 proteins possessed characteristics similar to oleosins such as a polar N-terminal domain, a large relatively conserved hydrophobic domain and a long C-terminal domain which consisted of four different groups of repeats. In addition, like oleosins, the Sta 41-2 and Sta 41-9 proteins have a basic pI, lack a signal peptide and are found in a tissue which accumulates lipids in small lipid bodies.
Plant Research Centre, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ont., Canada.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001937:Brassica / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015870:Gene Expression; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D010940:Plant Proteins; C091878:Sta 41-9 protein, Brassica napus