title: cDNA and genomic DNA clonings of chalcone synthase from Pueraria lobata.
abstract: Four cDNAs encoding chalcone synthase (CHS), the key enzyme in flavonoid biosynthesis, were isolated from Pueraria lobata cells challenged with yeast extract elicitor using bean CHS cDNA as a probe. The longest clone contained a complete open reading frame of 1170 bp which would predict a protein of about 43 kDa. The others were not full-length clones. Using isolated cDNA as a probe, Southern blot hybridization of genomic DNA fragments revealed the presence of multiple CHS genes in the P. lobata genome. We cloned and sequenced one CHS genomic clone, gCHS14, whose 5' untranslated region showed homology with the bean CHS gene CHS15 and included the several reported sequences characteristic of stress response.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hakamatsuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ebizuka
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sankawa
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000378:metabolism*; D017343:Genes, Plant; D016678:Genome; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012313:RNA / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012313:RNA; D000217:Acyltransferases; C020141:flavanone synthetase