title: Expression of a gene for uricase II (nodulin-35) in cotyledons of soybean plants.
abstract: A cDNA clone (URcot-35) was isolated from a soybean cotyledonary cDNA library using a cDNA clone (URnod-35) for nodule uricase II as a probe. URcot-35 was a 1,170-bp cDNA with an open reading frame that encoded a protein of putative 309 amino acids with a molecular mass of 35,137 Da. The nucleotide sequence of URcot-35 was identical to that of URnod-35. Expression of the URcot-35 gene in cotyledons was investigated by Northern dot-blot hybridization, by the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction with subsequent hybridization assays with the cDNA for nodule uricase II as a probe, and by immunoblotting analysis with a monoclonal antibody that was specific to nodule uricase II. The results suggested that the transcript of URcot-35 was present in developing cotyledons and that uricase II accumulated during the pod-filling stage. This is the first report of the isolation of cDNA for uricase II from non-symbiotic tissue and the results demonstrate that uricase II in soybean cotyledons is identical to that in soybean nodules.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Bioresource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takane
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kouchi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013025:Glycine max / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D014503:Urate Oxidase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014503:Urate Oxidase