title: Organization and structure of NADH-dependent glutamate synthase gene from rice plants.
abstract: Genomic clones for NADH-dependent glutamate synthase (NADH-GOGAT; EC 1.4.1.14) were obtained from a genomic library of rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Sasanishki). A genomic clone (lambdaOS42, 14 kb) covered an entire structural gene and a 3.7 kb 5'-upstream region from the first methionine. Another clone (lambdaOS23, 14 kb) contained a 2.8 kb 3'-downstream region from the stop codon. A 7047 bp long clone (lambdaOSR51) consisting of full length cDNA for NADH-GOGAT was isolated from a cDNA library prepared using mRNA from roots of rice seedlings treated with 1 mM NH4Cl for 12 h. The presumed transcribed region (11.7 kb) consisted of 23 exons separated by 22 introns. Rice NADH-GOGAT is synthesized as a 2166 amino acid protein with a molecular mass of 236.7 kDa that includes a 99 amino acid presequence. DNA gel blot analysis suggested that NADH-GOGAT occurred as a single gene in rice. Primer extension experiments map the transcription start of NADH-GOGAT to identical positions. The 3. 7 kb 5'-upstream region was able to transiently express a reporter gene in cultured rice cells. Putative motifs related to the regulation of NADH-GOGAT gene expression were looked for within the 5'-upstream region by database.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiyamachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaya
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005970:Glutamate Synthase / Q000737:chemistry*; D050790:Glutamate Synthase (NADH); D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009243:NAD / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012275:Oryza / Q000201:enzymology*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009243:NAD; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; D005970:Glutamate Synthase; D050790:Glutamate Synthase (NADH)