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Molecular Cloning, Functional Characterization, and Subcellular Localization of Soybean Nodule Dihydrolipoamide Reductase

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dc.creator Morán, José F.
dc.creator Sun, Z. H.
dc.creator Sarath, Gautam
dc.creator Arredondo-Peter, Raúl
dc.creator James, Euan Kevin
dc.creator Becana Ausejo, Manuel
dc.creator Klucas, R. V.
dc.date 2008-06-11T13:02:58Z
dc.date 2008-06-11T13:02:58Z
dc.date 2002-01
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:39:23Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:39:23Z
dc.identifier Plant Physiol, January 2002, Vol. 128, pp. 300-313
dc.identifier 0032-0889
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/4996
dc.identifier 10.1104/pp.010505
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/4996
dc.description This is journal paper no. 12,643, Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska.
dc.description Nodule ferric leghemoglobin reductase (FLbR) and leaf dihydrolipoamide reductase (DLDH) belong to the same family of pyridine nucleotide-disulfide oxidoreductases. We report here the cloning, expression, and characterization of a second protein with FLbR activity, FLbR-2, from soybean (Glycine max) nodules. The cDNA is 1,779 bp in length and codes for a precursor protein comprising a 30-residue mitochondrial transit peptide and a 470-residue mature protein of 50 kD. The derived protein has considerable homology with soybean nodule FLbR-1 (93% identity) and pea (Pisum sativum) leaf mitochondria DLDH (89% identity). The cDNA encoding the mature protein was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant enzyme showed Km and kcat values for ferric leghemoglobin that were very similar to those of DLDH. The transcripts of FLbR-2 were more abundant in stems and roots than in nodules and leaves. Immunoblots of nodule fractions revealed that an antibody raised against pea leaf DLDH cross-reacted with recombinant FLbR-2, native FLbR-2 of soybean nodule mitochondria, DLDH from bacteroids, and an unknown protein of approximately 70 kD localized in the nodule cytosol. Immunogold labeling was also observed in the mitochondria, cytosol, and bacteroids of soybean nodules. The similar biochemical, kinetic, and immunological properties, as well as the high amino acid sequence identity and mitochondrial localization, draw us to conclude that FLbR-2 is soybean DLDH.
dc.description This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (grant no. OSR-92552255) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (grant no. 95-37305-2441). Access to the BioCad workstation was provided by the Center for Biotechnology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, funded through the Nebraska Research Initiative. J.F.M. was the recipient of a postdoctoral contract from the Ministry of Education and Culture (Spain).
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Society of Plant Physiologists
dc.rights closedAccess
dc.title Molecular Cloning, Functional Characterization, and Subcellular Localization of Soybean Nodule Dihydrolipoamide Reductase
dc.type Artículo


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