title: The anther-specific protein encoded by the Brassica napus and Arabidopsis thaliana A6 gene displays similarity to beta-1,3-glucanases.
abstract: An anther-specific Brassica napus cDNA, A6, and two corresponding Arabidopsis thaliana genes have been isolated. Sequence analyses of A6 revealed similarity to beta-1,3-glucanases. The deduced A6 protein differs from other beta-1,3-glucanases in the possession of a long C-terminus. Immunoblotting using an antibody raised to the A6 protein detects a temporal 60 kDa protein in B. napus buds, suggesting that the long C-terminal region is present in the mature protein. A6 promoter-GUS and RNase fusions demonstrate that the A6 gene is tapetum-specific and temporally expressed with a peak in activity when the plant normally expresses callase (a complex of endo- and exo-beta-1,3-glucanase activities). The sequence similarity of A6 to other beta-1,3-glucanases, coupled with the temporal and spatial expression data, suggests that A6 may be part of the callase enzyme complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, University of Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hird
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Worrall
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hodge
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smartt
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D001937:Brassica / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D005470:Fluorometry; D015870:Gene Expression; D017343:Genes, Plant; D043326:Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase; D004693:Glucan Endo-1,3-beta-D-Glucosidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C085314:A6 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D001617:beta-Glucosidase; D004693:Glucan Endo-1,3-beta-D-Glucosidase; D043326:Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase