The O2 gene which regulates zein deposition in maize endosperm encodes a protein with structural homologies to transcriptional activators.
AUTOR(ES)
Hartings, H
RESUMO
The structure of the zein regulatory gene Opaque 2 of Zea mays has been determined by sequence analysis of genomic and cDNA clones. The size of O2 mRNA is 1751 bp [poly(A) tail not included] containing a major open reading frame (ORF) of 1380 bp preceded by three short ORFs of 3, 21 and 20 amino acid residues. The main ORF comprises 1362 bp and is composed of six exons ranging in size from 465 to 61 bp and five introns of 678 bp to 83 bp. A putative protein 454 amino acids long was derived by the theoretical translation of the genomic sequences corresponding to exons. The opaque 2 protein contains a domain similar to the leucine zipper motif identified in DNA binding proteins of animal protooncogenes such as fos, jun and myc, and in the transcriptional activators GCN4 and C/EBP. The region of 30 amino acid residues next to the leucine repeats towards the N terminus is rich in basic amino acids and is also homologous to a domain present in fos, jun and GCN4. Moreover, in the carboxy terminal region an amino acid motif closely resembling a metal binding domain is present.
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