A defective signal peptide in the maize high-lysine mutant floury 2.

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  • C E Coleman
    Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.
  • M A Lopes
    Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.
  • J W Gillikin
    Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.
  • R S Boston
    Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.
  • B A Larkins
    Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721, USA.

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公開日
1995-07-18
DOI
  • 10.1073/pnas.92.15.6828
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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<jats:p>The maize floury 2 (fl2) mutation enhances the lysine content of the grain, but the soft texture of the endosperm makes it unsuitable for commercial production. The mutant phenotype is linked with the appearance of a 24-kDa alpha-zein protein and increased synthesis of binding protein, both of which are associated with irregularly shaped protein bodies. We have cloned the gene encoding the 24-kDa protein and show that it is expressed as a 22-kDa alpha-zein with an uncleaved signal peptide. Comparison of the deduced N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 24-kDa alpha-zein protein with other alpha-zeins revealed an alanine to valine substitution at the C-terminal position of the signal peptide, a histidine insertion within the seventh alpha-helical repeat, and an alanine to threonine substitution with the same alpha-helical repeat of the protein. Structural defects associated with this alpha-zein explain many of the phenotypic effects of the fl2 mutation.</jats:p>

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