title: Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene from dendrobium.
abstract: In this study, a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) gene was cloned from Dendrobium candidum using homology cloning and RACE. The full-length sequence and catalytic active sites that appear in PAL proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum are also found: PAL cDNA of D. candidum (designated Dc-PAL1, GenBank No. JQ765748) has 2,458 bps and contains a complete open reading frame (ORF) of 2,142 bps, which encodes 713 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of DcPAL1 has more than 80% sequence identity with the PAL genes of other plants, as indicated by multiple alignments. The dominant sites and catalytic active sites, which are similar to that showing in PAL proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum, are also found in DcPAL1. Phylogenetic tree analysis revealed that DcPAL is more closely related to PALs from orchidaceae plants than to those of other plants. The differential expression patterns of PAL in protocorm-like body, leaf, stem, and root, suggest that the PAL gene performs multiple physiological functions in Dendrobium candidum.
authors: Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, China.
authors: Qing
authors: Q
authors: Jin
authors: Yao
authors: Y
authors: Yao
authors: Yongping
authors: Y
authors: Cai
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D031667:Dendrobium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010650:Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D010650:Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase
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