title: Characterization of a novel phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C from Zea mays and its expression in Escherichia coli.
abstract: A cDNA encoding a phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) has been isolated from Zea mays by screening a cDNA library. The cDNA, designated ZmPLC, encodes a polypeptide of 586 amino acids, containing the catalytic X, Y and C2 domains found in all PI-PLCs from plants. Northern blot analysis showed that the expression of the ZmPLC gene in roots is up-regulated under conditions of high salt, dehydration, cold or low osmotic stress conditions. Recombinant ZmPLC protein was expressed in Esch- erichia coli, purified and used to produce polyclonal antibody, this polyclonal antibody is important for further studies to assess the ultimate function of the ZmPLC gene in plants.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Science, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shumei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Zhenhua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sui
authors.forename: Aifang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Juren
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols / Q000378:metabolism*; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003313:Zea mays / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010716:Phosphatidylinositols; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase