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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We have isolated a cDNA encoding UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from a cDNA library of immature potato tuber using oligonucleotide probes synthesized on the basis of partial amino acid sequences of the enzyme. The cDNA clone contained a 1,758-base-pair insert including the complete message for UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase with 1,431 base pairs. The amino acid sequence of the enzyme inferred from the nucleotide sequence consists of 477 amino acid residues. All the partial amino acid sequences determined protein-chemically [Nakano et al. (1989) J. Biochem. 106, 528-532] confirmed the primary structure of the enzyme. An N-terminal-blocked peptide was isolated from the proteolytic digest of the enzyme protein, and the blocking group was deduced to be an acetyl group by fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry. On the basis of the predicted amino acid sequence (477 residues minus the N-terminal Met plus an acetyl group), the molecular weight of the enzyme monomer is calculated to be 51,783, which agrees well with the value determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In the cDNA structure, the open-reading frame is preceded by a 125-base-pair noncoding region, which contains a sequence being homologous with the consensus sequence for plant genes, and is followed by a 174-base-pair noncoding sequence including a polyadenylation signal. Amino acid sequence comparisons revealed that the potato UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is homologous to the enzyme from slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum, but not to ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases from rice seed and Escherichia coli.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-924X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
108
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
321-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from potato tuber: cDNA cloning and sequencing.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't