title: The cellulose synthase gene PrCESA10 is involved in cellulose biosynthesis in developing tracheids of the gymnosperm Pinus radiata.
abstract: One full length (PrCESA10) and seven other cDNA clones (PrCESA2, 3, 5-8, 11) encoding cellulose synthases (CESAs) were isolated from the coniferous gymnosperm Pinus radiata. PrCESA10 encodes a protein predicted to contain the same domains and regions as angiosperm CESA genes: a zinc finger domain, a hypervariable region 1 (HVR1), a plant-conserved region (CR-P), a class-specific region or hypervariable region 2 (HVR2), in addition to the four conserved domains U1-U4 that are characteristic of the family 2 processive beta-glycosyltransferases. The P. radiata protein is also predicted to contain eight transmembrane domains. The zinc finger domain, the CR-P and the C-terminal portion of the proteins, are highly conserved between P. radiata and the nearest angiosperm CESA protein from Solanum tuberosum. Reverse transcriptase-PCR showed that all the P. radiata genes were expressed in all organs tested, although to different extents. In situ hybridization studies with PrCESA10 in stems of 2- and 12-month-old seedlings showed that it was expressed in the secondary xylem in the two-to-three most recently developed tracheids, which were laying down secondary cell walls.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krauskopf
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Putterill
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002482:Cellulose / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D028223:Pinus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D002482:Cellulose; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C478648:cellulose synthase