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GrainGenes Reference Report: PMB-22-67

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Reference	PMB-22-67
Title	Expression, organisation and structure of the genes encoding the waxy protein (granule-bound starch synthase) in wheat
Journal	Plant Molecular Biology
Year	1993
Volume	22
Pages	67-82
Author	Ainsworth C Clark J Balsdon J
Abstract	A full length cDNA clone representing the waxy protein (GBSSI) isolated from a hexaploid wheat developing grain cDNA library has been used to characterise the organization and expression of the waxy genes in wheat The genes are organised as a triplicate set of single copy homeoloci on chromosome arms 4AL, 7AS and 7DS The genes are active throughout grain filling where the main 2.3 kb transcript accumulates to high levels The 2.3 kb transcript is not expressed in leaves where the presence of a related, but less homologous, transcript of 1.6 kb suggests that a different set of genes operates. Gel analysis and purification of the waxy protein isolated from starch granules, followed by N-terminal amino acid sequencing in conjunction with data from hybrid select translation experiments and sequence analysis of the cDNA, shows that the mature protein has a molecular weight of 6OkDa (615 amino acids) and that the preprotein includes a chloroplast/amyloplast transit peptide of 7kDa (75 amino acids). Analysis of the derived amino acid sequence and alignment with five other plant waxy proteins shows that they exhibit substantial homology. The wheat protein differs from all others in that it contains an 11 amino acid insertion towards the N-terminus. The protein contains the conserved motif KTGGL found in other waxy proteins and which has been implicated as the active site in glycogen synthase.
Keyword	[ Hide all but 1 of 14 ] amino acid sequence complementary dna filling period gene expression hexosyltransferases homeoloci loci messenger rna molecular sequence data seed starch granules structural genes triticum aestivum waxy gene

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