title: Cloning and characterization of the cDNA encoding rice elongation factor 1 beta.
abstract: We have cloned and sequenced a cDNA coding for rice elongation factor 1 beta (EF-1 beta). The clone was 1420 bp long and contained an open reading frame coding for 229 amino acids. The overall identity between rice EF-1 beta and rice EF-1 beta' [Matsumoto, S., Oizumi, N., Taira, H. and Ejiri, S. (1992) FEBS Lett. 311, 46-48] is 60% at the amino acid sequence level; a higher percent identical residues (81%) were especially observed in the C-terminal region. Rice EF-1 beta has no conserved phosphorylation site for casein kinase II and no leucine zipper motif, although these motifs are well conserved in EF-1 delta (= beta in plants) subunits of animal EF-1.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ejiri
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics*; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D010940:Plant Proteins