title: Isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone of UDP-galactose: flavonoid 3-O-galactosyltransferase (UF3GaT) expressed in Vigna mungo seedlings.
abstract: Four cDNA clones were isolated from Vigna mungo seedlings by the screening with cDNA encoding UDP-glucose:flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase (UF3GT) of Antirrhinum majus as a probe; the product of the gene corresponding to one cDNA was more highly expressed in the first simple leaves than in stems. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed 1,691 bp (including 326 bp non-reading) containing an open reading frame of 455 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 42% and 23% identity with those of A. majus UDP-glucose:flavonoid 3-O-glucosyltransferase (UF3GT) and Petunia hybrida UDP-rhamnose:anthocyanidin 3-O-glucoside rhamnosyltransferase (RT), respectively. One region of the cDNA (amino acids 325 to 387) showed similarity to ceramide UDP-galactosyltransferases of mice, rats and humans. A crude extract from Escherichia coli, in which the protein was expressed from the cDNA, showed high UF3GaT activity but low UF3GT activity, and was similar in K(m), optimal pH and substrate specificity to UF3GaT from V. mungo. We conclude that we have obtained UDP-galactose:flavonoid 3-O-galactosyltransferase (UF3GaT) cDNA from V. mungo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Floriculture, National Research Institute of Vegetables, Ornamental Plants and Tea, Mie, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozeki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Higeta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshitama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishikura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005700:Galactosyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D003313:Zea mays / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C117137:UDP-galactose flavonoid 3-O-galactosyltransferase; D005700:Galactosyltransferases