title: Complementary DNAs encoding eukaryotic-type cytidine-5'-diphosphate-diacylglycerol synthases of two plant species.
abstract: Cytidine diphosphate (CDP)-diacylglycerol synthase (cytidine triphosphate:phosphatidate cytihyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.41) catalyzes the formation of CDP-diacylglycerol, which is the precursor of phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, and cardiolipin. We report the first cloning, to our knowledge, of two plant cDNAs, StCDS1 and AtCDS1, coding for CDP-diacylglycerol synthase from potato (Solanum tuberosum) and Arabidopsis thaliana, respectively. The two proteins belong to the eukaryotic type of CDP-diacylglycerol synthase and contain eight predicted transmembrane-spanning domains. We analyzed gene expression in shoot and root tissues of potato plants and demonstrated enzyme activity by expression of N-terminally truncated, recombinant StCDS1 in Escherichia coli.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genbiologische Forschung Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kopka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ludewig
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Müller-Röber
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; C022348:phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase