title: Molecular cloning and characterization of a mannose-binding lectin gene from Pinellia cordata.
abstract: Using RNA extracted from Pinellia cordata young leaves and primers designed according to the conserved regions of Araceae lectins, the full-length cDNA of Pinellia cordata agglutinin (PCL) was cloned by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The full-length cDNA of pcl was 1,182 bp and contained a 768 bp open reading frame (ORF) encoding a lectin precursor of 256 amino acids. Through comparative analysis of pcl gene and its deduced amino acid sequence with those of other Araceae species, it was found that pcl encoded a precursor lectin with signal peptide. PCL is a mannose-binding lectin with three mannose-binding sites. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed that pcl is expressed in all tested tissues including leaf, stem and bulbil, but with the highest expression in bulbil. PCL protein was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli with the molecular weight expected.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, PR China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hainian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xiaofen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Kexuan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D037601:Mannose-Binding Lectin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D030021:Pinellia / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D037121:Plant Lectins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D037601:Mannose-Binding Lectin; D037121:Plant Lectins