Cloning and characterization of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGR) gene from Paris fargesii Franch.
Indian J Biochem Biophys
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2014 Jun; 51(3): 201-206
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ABSTRACT
3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) plays an important role in catalyzing the first committed step of isoprenoids biosynthesis in mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway. Here, we cloned a full-length transcript of Paris fargesii Franch. The full-length cDNA of P. fargesii HMGR (Pf-HMGR, GenBank accession no. JX508638) was 1,973 bp and contained a 1,728 bp ORF encoding 576 amino acids. Sequence analysis revealed that the deduced Pf-HMGR had high similarity with HMGRs from other plants, including Ricinus communis (77%), Litchi chinensis (76%), Michelia chapensis (75%) and Panax quinquefolius (72%). It had a calculated molecular mass of about 62.13 kDa and an isoelectric point (pI) of 8.47. It contained two transmembrane domains, two putative HMGR binding sites and two NADP(H)-binding sites. The predicted 3-D structure revealed that Pf-HMGR had a similar spatial structure with other plant HMGRs. Three catalytic regions, including L-domain, N-domain and S-domain were detected by structural modeling of HMGR. Tissue expression analysis revealed that Pf-HMGR was strongly expressed in roots and stems than in leaves. Taken together, our data laid a foundation for further investigation of HMGR's functions and regulatory mechanisms in plants.
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Main subject:
Protein Conformation
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Base Sequence
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Models, Molecular
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Cloning, Molecular
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Computational Biology
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Liliaceae
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Biochem Biophys
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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