title: Organization and characterization of the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit epsilon N-methyltransferase gene in tobacco.
abstract: Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) large subunit (LS) epsilon N-methyltransferase (Rubisco LSMT) catalyzes the posttranslational methylation of the epsilon-amino group of Lys-14 in the LS of Rubisco in many higher plant species including tobacco. The tobacco Rubisco LSMT gene (rbcMT-T) and its cDNA were isolated, sequenced, and characterized. The gene contains 6 exons and spans about 6 kb. Primer extension analysis indicated one transcription start site located 93 nt upstream of the translation initiation site. Sequence analysis of the 5'-flanking region suggests several potential binding sites for transcription factors, including 7 GT-1 elements and an HSP-70.5 element. Gene dosage analysis by Southern hybridization demonstrated that the tobacco rbcMT-T gene is present as a single copy in the tobacco haploid genome. The full-length cDNA for tobacco rbcMT-T is 1974 nt in length excluding the 3' poly(A)15 tail, and encodes a 491 amino acid polypeptide with a molecular mass of ca. 56kDa. The deduced amino acid sequence of tobacco Rubisco LSMT has 64.5% identity and 75.3% similarity with the sequence of pea Rubisco LSMT, and both proteins contain several copies of a conserved imperfect leucine-rich repeat motif.
authors.affiliation: Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40546, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janney
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Houtz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D018628:Gene Dosage; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant; C097344:ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase large subunit epsilonN-methyltransferase; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase