title: Isolation and expression analysis of cDNA clones encoding a small and a large subunit of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from sugar beet.
abstract: The cDNA cloning of a small and a large subunit of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) from sugar beet is reported. The deduced amino acid sequences are highly homologous to previously identified AGPase polypeptides from other plant species. Both subunits are encoded by low copy genes. When RNA gel blot experiments were performed, strongest expression was detected in sink and source leaves of greenhouse-grown sugar beet plants. A lower expression was found in other tissues tested, i.e. in the hypocotyl, the tap root and roots. In these tissues, slightly higher transcript levels were found for the small subunit gene than for the large subunit gene.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Müller-Röber
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nast
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Willmitzer
mesh_terms: D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000201:enzymology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D051599:Glucose-1-Phosphate Adenylyltransferase; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013213:Starch / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010940:Plant Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D013213:Starch; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; D051599:Glucose-1-Phosphate Adenylyltransferase