title: Isolation and characterization of three soybean extensin cDNAs.
abstract: We have characterized three different soybean (Glycine max) mRNAs that encode apoproteins of extensins, a family of cell wall hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs). These transcripts encoded distinctive Tyr-rich proteins containing characteristic Ser-Pro4 sequences organized in higher-order repetitive units. The first transcript encoded an extensin SbHRGP-1 containing the 16-amino acid repeat Ser-Pro4-Ser-Pro-Ser-Pro4-Tyr-Val-Tyr-Lys, with Val occasionally replaced by Ile or Tyr. The second transcript encoded the SbHRGP-2 protein containing the 16-amino acid repeat Ser-Pro4-Ser-Pro-Ser-Pro4-Tyr-Tyr-Tyr-Lys/His. The third transcript encoded the SbHRGP-3 protein containing a variant of 9- or 10-amino acid canonical repeats: Ser-Pro4-Tyr-Lys-Tyr-Pro, Ser-Pro5-Tyr-Lys-Tyr-Pro, and Ser-Pro4-Val-Tyr-Lys-Tyr-Lys, respectively. The dramatic amino acid substitutions in the Tyr-rich blocks (Tyr-X-Tyr-Lys) among these HRGPs indicate that each SbHRGP may have a different function in cell wall architecture.
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Nagao
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bahk
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Key
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006023:Glycoproteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C005488:extensin protein, plant