Cloning and expression of a new cDNA from monocotyledonous plants coding for a diadenosine 5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate hydrolase from barley (Hordeum vulgare).
From a cDNA library generated from mRNA of white leaf tissues of the ribosome-deficient mutant 'albostrians' of barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. Haisa) a cDNA was isolated carrying 54.2% identity to a recently published cDNA which codes for the diadenosine-5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) hydrolase of Lupinus angustifolius (Maksel et al. (1998) Biochem. J. 329, 313-319), and 69% identity to four partial peptide sequences of Ap4A hydrolase of tomato. Overexpression in Escherichia coli revealed a protein of about 19 kDa, which exhibited Ap4A hydrolase activity and cross-reactivity with an antibody raised against a purified tomato Ap4A hydrolase (Feussner et al. (1996) Z. Naturforsch. 51c, 477-486). Expression studies showed an mRNA accumulation in all organs of a barley seedling. Possible functions of Ap4A hydrolase in plants will be discussed.
Churin
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Institute of Biology, Division of Genetics, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany.
Hause
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Feussner
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Maucher
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Feussner
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Börner
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Wasternack
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D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D001467:Hordeum / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; C020023:bis(5'-nucleosyl)tetraphosphatase (asymmetrical)