title: A vicilin-like seed protein of cycads: similarity to sucrose-binding proteins.
abstract: Seed storage globulins of the 7S and 11S type are synthesized in the seeds of angiosperms and gymnosperms. We have isolated and characterized a vicilin-like gene expressed in the cycad Zamia furfuraceae. Sequence comparisons reveal clear similarities to a sucrose-binding protein isolated from soybean. We suggest the existence of a superfamily of related genes including both vicilin-like and legumin-like seed globulin genes as well as genes coding for spherulins, germins and sucrose-binding-proteins.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Czihal
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Shutov
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bäumlein
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018744:DNA, Plant; D005916:Globulins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D055314:Seed Storage Proteins; D012639:Seeds / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D005916:Globulins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D055314:Seed Storage Proteins; C100817:vicilin-like protein, plant; D013395:Sucrose; C015575:vicilin protein, plant