A possible role of prolyl oligopeptidase during Linum usitatissimum (flax) seed development.
Involvement of prolyl oligopeptidases (POPs) in the control of several mammalian peptide hormone signalling pathways has been studied extensively in recent years. POPs are ubiquitous enzymes, but little attention has been paid to understanding their function in plants. Using a cDNA-AFLP approach, two flax (Linum usitatissimum) POP ESTs were identified as being specifically expressed in the early stages of flax seed development. This specific expression was confirmed using real time RT-PCR and in situ hybridisation approaches. Seed expression of Arabidopsis POP genes was measured and showed no specificity. Comparison between results obtained with flax and Arabidopsis is discussed in order to address a hypothetic function for POPs during seed formation. These results provide the first insights into POP gene expression and hypothetical function in plants.
Gutierrez
L
L
Laboratoire de Génomique Fonctionnelle des Plantes, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Faculté des Sciences, Amiens, France. laurent.gutierrez@genfys.slu.se
Castelain
M
M
Verdeil
J-L
JL
Conejero
G
G
Van Wuytswinkel
O
O
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D054458:Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D019597:Flax / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D015870:Gene Expression; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000085822:Prolyl Oligopeptidases; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012639:Seeds / Q000254:growth & development*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D000085822:Prolyl Oligopeptidases