title: Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding a novel Ca(2+)-dependent nuclease of Arabidopsis that is similar to staphylococcal nuclease.
abstract: We have isolated a cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana for a protein consisting of 323 amino acids with similarity to an extracellular nuclease from Staphylococcus. Nuclease assay using toluidine blue-DNA plates has demonstrated that the gene product has nuclease activity dependent on Ca(2+) and inhibited by Zn(2+), designated CAN (Ca(2+)-dependent nuclease). Differing from the staphylococcal nuclease, CAN has neither a signal peptide nor any long hydrophobic regions, suggesting that it is not a secreted protein.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Cell Technology, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Isono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry; D004722:Endoribonucleases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008836:Micrococcal Nuclease / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004722:Endoribonucleases; D008836:Micrococcal Nuclease; D002118:Calcium