A new family of lipolytic plant enzymes with members in rice, arabidopsis and maize |
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Authors: | DJ Brick MJ Brumlik JT Buckley JX Cao PC Davies S Misra TJ Tranbarger C Upton |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, B.C. Canada. |
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Abstract: | We have noted a striking similarity between the sequences of proteins in a novel family of lipases we recently reported [Upton, C. and Buckley, J. T. (1995) Trends Biol. Sci. 20, 178-9] and more than 120 sequences from the database of Expressed Sequence Tags (dbEST) which correspond to at least 30 unique genes from arabidopsis, rice and maize. A cDNA (Arab-1) corresponding to one of these sequences was isolated, sequenced and translated. There was significant similarity to sequences in the new lipase family over the entire open reading frame of Arab-1 and when expressed in E. coli, the gene product was lipolytic. Arab-1 and genes for some of the other plant proteins appear to be differentially expressed. They may play a role in the regulation of lipid metabolism during plant development. |
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