title: Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding a kinase in Cucumis sativus and its expression by abiotic stress treatments.
abstract: As a part of an integrated study of stress-related gene expression, a cDNA clone coding for a protein kinase in the root of Cucumis sativus was isolated and characterized with respect to its sequence and the expression patterns upon various abiotic stress treatments. The predicted polypeptide of 352 amino acid residues contains characteristic features of both the serine/threonine and tyrosine kinase families. In vitro kinase assay confirmed that the isolated protein kinase has autophosphorylation activity. Southern blot analysis showed that the kinase gene is a single-copy gene. Northern blot analysis showed that the kinase gene was more abundantly expressed in the roots and shoots than in the leaves. A quantitative real-time reverse-transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that, among the abiotic stresses tested, drought treatment markedly decreased the transcript level of the kinase, whereas the expression of the kinase gene significantly increased by cold treatment. High salinity did not influence its expression. The present report identifies a dual specificity protein kinase in cucumber that shows different responses to abiotic stress treatments.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Plant Science and Agricultural Plant Stress Research Center, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, 300 Yongbong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-757, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Kyung Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: Hunseung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018553:Cucumis sativus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010770:Phosphotransferases