title: Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding proline transporter in rice.
abstract: A cDNA encoding a proline (Pro) transporter (ProT) was isolated and characterized from a cDNA library prepared from 14-d-old seedlings of Oryza sativa cv. Akibare. The deduced amino acid sequence of the rice ProT protein (OsProT) had 68.8% homology to the ProT protein 1 from Arabidopsis thaliana and 59.6% homology to that from Lycopersicon esculentum. Northern blot analysis revealed that the gene for OsProT (OsProT) was expressed in all organs examined, comparatively strongly in leaf sheath and stem. Salt treatment did not induce expression of OsProT but strongly induced expression of the gene for delta1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase (P5CS), a key enzyme in Pro biosynthesis. Southern blot analysis revealed that OsProT has a gene family. OsProT specifically transported L-Pro in a transport assay using Xenopus laevis oocytes.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Hatoyama, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshiba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Otomo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D026921:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral; D000818:Animals; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015723:Gene Library; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D026921:Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C033082:proline transporter