title: Molecular cloning and characterization of two cDNAs for Glycyrrhiza glabra squalene synthase.
abstract: Two cDNAs (GgSQS1 and GgSQS2) encoding squalene synthase have been isolated from licorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra L., and characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence of GgSQS1 was 88%, 81%, 78%, 45-44%, and 45-41% identical to those of GgSQS2, Nicotiana, Arabidopsis, mammal and yeast squalene synthases, respectively. Squalene synthase activity was found in the cell-free extracts of Escherichia coli transformed with the recombinant plasmids for GgSQS1 and GgSQS2, respectively. Genomic Southern blot hybridization indicated that there are three squalene synthase genes in the licorice genome. Northern blot analysis showed that GgSQS2 mRNA is mainly expressed during the exponential growth phase of the cultured licorice cells.
authors.affiliation: Niigata College of Pharmacy, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeshiro
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli; D013186:Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D015723:Gene Library; D006035:Glycyrrhiza / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D013186:Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase