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GrainGenes Reference Report: BBA-1122-118

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Reference	BBA-1122-118
Title	Identification of a novel beta-turn-rich repeat motif in the d hordeins of barley
Journal	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
Year	1992
Volume	1122
Pages	118-122
Author	Halford NG [ Show all 6 ]
Type	Article
Language	English
Abstract	The amino acid sequence of the C-terminal part of a barley D hordein seed protein was deduced from the nucleotide sequence of a partial cDNA. It showed high homology with the HMW glutenin subunits of wheat, both proteins consisting predominately of repeated sequences. Whereas the wheat repeats are based on tri-, hexa- and nonapeptides that are rich in glycine, proline and glutamine, the D hordein also contains eleven copies of a novel unrelated motif: Thr-Thr-Val-Ser. The repeated sequences in the wheat glutenin subunits have been demonstrated to form an unusual spiral supersecondary structure based on .beta.-turns. Conformational analysis of the Thr-Thr-Val- Ser motif by secondary structure prediction and by circular dichroism spectroscopy of an 18 residue synthetic peptide demonstrates that it also forms .beta.-turns. Thus, D hordein may also have a spiral structure like that of HMW glutenin, despite the presence of a different repeat motif. This conservation of protein conformation in D hordein and the wheat glutenin subunits may indicate a structural role, perhaps in packing of the proteins within the protein bodies of the developing grain.
Probe	pc257
Keyword	amino acid [ Show all 34 ]

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