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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We describe the isolation of the Le gene of pea, which controls internode elongation and originally was described by Mendel. Heterologous screening of a pea cDNA library yielded a partial clone that was 61% identical to coding regions of the putative Arabidopsis gibberellin 3 beta-hydroxylase gene, GA4. DNA gel blot analysis with this cDNA revealed a HindIII restriction fragment length polymorphism between pea isolines differing at Mendel's Le locus. Genomic clones of the GA4-related gene were isolated from the Le and le isolines. Polymerase chain reaction combined with restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis were used to show that the gene mapped to the Le locus. A cDNA containing a complete open reading frame of the pea GA4-related gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction from each isoline. Recombinant expression in Escherichia coli demonstrated that the product of the Le cDNA was a gibberellin 3 beta-hydroxylase that is able to convert GA20 to the bioactive GA1. Substantially reduced levels of gibberellin 3 beta-hydroxylase activity were measured, after expression of the le cDNA, by using identical methods. This reduced activity was associated with an alanine-to-threonine substitution in the predicted amino acid sequence of the enzyme near its proposed active site.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1040-4651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1435-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-DNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Genes, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Mixed Function Oxygenases, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Peas, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9286112-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Mendel's stem length gene (Le) encodes a gibberellin 3 beta-hydroxylase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. d.lester@utas.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't