title: Cloning and sequence analysis of a glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene from Ganoderma lucidum.
abstract: A cDNA library of Ganoderma lucidum has been constructed using a Zap Express cloning vector. A glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (gpd) was isolated from this library by hybridization of the recombinant phage clones with a gpd-specific gene probe generated by PCR. By comparison of the cDNA and the genomic DNA sequences, it was found that the complete nucleotide sequence encodes a putative polypeptide chain of 338 amino acids interrupted by 6 introns. The predicted amino acid sequence of this gene shows a high degree of sequence similarity to the GPD proteins from yeast and filamentous fungi. The promoter region contains a CT-rich stretch, two CAAT boxes, and a consensus TATA box. The possibility of using the gpd promoter in the construction of new transformation vectors is discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, PR China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.forename: Ming Wen
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yu Xiang
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D032902:Ganoderma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases