Abstract
A recombinant cDNA clone encoding a major rice seed storage prolamine was isolated by antibody screening of a cDNA λgt 11 library. This clone contained a single open reading frame encoding a putative rice prolamine precursor (Mr17 300). In contrast to other cereal prolamines, the primary sequence of the rice prolamine was devoid of any major tandem repetitive sequences, a feature prevalent in all cereal prolamines studied to date. No significant homology was detected between the rice prolamine and other cereal prolamines, indicating that the rice gene evolved from unique ancestral DNA segments.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 308-310 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 231 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1988 Apr 25 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:AcknowledgementTsh: is work was supportedb y a grantf rom the RockefellerF oundation. Project 0590o f the College of Agriculture and Home Economics Research Center, WashingtonS tateU niversity.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology