title: The involvement of a cysteine proteinase in the nodule development in Chinese milk vetch infected with Mesorhizobium huakuii subsp. rengei.
abstract: Cys proteinases play important roles in plant cell development and senescence. A cDNA, AsNODf32, obtained by differential screening of a nodule cDNA library of the leguminous plant Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus), represents a nodule-specific Cys proteinase similar to that reported for the actinorhizal Alnus glutinosa-Flankia symbiosis. A characteristic feature of this proteinase is the presence of a putative vacuolar targetting signal, LQDA, within its propeptide. Expression of the AsNODf32 gene, which was studied on northern blots and in situ hybridization, showed good correlation with the onset of nodule senescence. In situ hybridization studies revealed that AsNODf32 was expressed in senescent-infected tissue at the base of the nodule, as well as in interzone II-III of the infected nodules. In addition to degrading old nodule tissues and bacteroids, AsNODf32 protein may be required as a component of tissue remodeling during nodule development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Usami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murooka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D012230:Rhizobiaceae / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; C423443:AsNODf32 protein, Astragalus sinicus; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases