title: A histidine decarboxylase-like mRNA is involved in tomato fruit ripening.
abstract: DNA sequencing of a tomato ripening-related cDNA, TOM 92, revealed an open reading frame with homology to several pyridoxal 5'-phosphate histidine decarboxylases, containing the conserved amino acid residues known to bind pyridoxal phosphate and alpha-fluoromethylhistidine, an inhibitor of enzyme activity. TOM 92 mRNA accumulated during early fruit ripening and then declined. Fruit of the ripening-impaired tomato mutant, ripening inhibitor (rin), did not accumulate TOM 92 mRNA, and its accumulation was not restored by treatment of fruit with ethylene. The TOM 92 mRNA was not detected in tomato leaves and unripe fruit.
authors.affiliation: AFRC Research Group in Plant Gene Regulation, Department of Physiology and Environmental Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Picton
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Payton
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grierson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D005638:Fruit / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C084276:TOM 92 protein, Lycopersicon esculentum; D004247:DNA; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase