title: Molecular characterization of plastid pyruvate kinase from castor and tobacco.
abstract: Clones encoding two different forms of plastid pyruvate kinase (PKp; EC 2.7.1.40) have been isolated from both castor and tobacco seed cDNA libraries. One form, designated PKpA, from castor was described in a previous report, and the tobacco homologue of PKpA has now been isolated. In addition, a second cDNA, designated PKpG, has been identified and sequenced in both species. Western blot analysis, using antibodies raised against protein overexpressed from these clones, indicates that they encode the two predominant polypeptides of plastid pyruvate kinase from developing castor endosperm. In castor, both PKpA and PKpG are encoded by single genes. In the allotetraploid Nicotiana tabacum, there are two copies of each, one derived from each of the progenitors of this species. The expression of the genes for PKpA and PKpG was examined in various tissues from both castor and tobacco. In castor, both forms are expressed in developing and germinating endosperm and in the root but neither is expressed in the leaf. In tobacco, both forms are expressed in developing seeds but in mature tissues, PKpA is most abundant in roots and PKpG in leaves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blakeley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gottlob-McHugh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crews
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Dennis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002367:Ricinus communis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D018628:Gene Dosage; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D018087:Plastids / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D011003:Ploidies; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase