title: cDNA cloning and characterization of enolase from Chinese cabbage, Brassica campestris ssp. Pekinensis.
abstract: An enolase-encoding cDNA clone from Chinese cabbage, Brassica campestris ssp. Pekinensis, was isolated. This gene (Accession number: AY307448) had a total length of 1580bp with an open reading frame of 1335bp, and encoded a predicted polypeptide of 444 amino acids with a molecular weight of 47.38 kDa. The deduced amino acid (aa) sequence shared identity with a number of enolases ranging from Bacillus subtilis to human beings and had much higher identity with other plant enolases than with enolases from Bacillus, yeast and human beings. Comparison of its primary structure with those of other enolases revealed the presence of an insertion of 5 amino acids in enolase of Chinese cabbage. Expression of the cloned enolase gene decreased under salt stress, but increased in response to low temperature. Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA indicated that low-copies of enolase gene were present in the genome of Chinese cabbage.
authors.affiliation: Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200030, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jingya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Kaijing
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Kexuan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D001937:Brassica / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000235:genetics*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase