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. 1995 Nov;109(3):777–786. doi: 10.1104/pp.109.3.777

The Bean Seed Storage Protein [beta]-Phaseolin Is Synthesized, Processed, and Accumulated in the Vacuolar Type-II Protein Bodies of Transgenic Rice Endosperm.

Z Zheng 1, K Sumi 1, K Tanaka 1, N Murai 1
PMCID: PMC161377  PMID: 12228632

Abstract

The seed storage protein [beta]-phaseolin of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) was expressed in the endosperm of transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants. The 5.1- or 1.8-kb promoter fragment of the rice seed storage protein glutelin Gt1 gene was fused transcriptionally to either the genomic or cDNA coding sequence of the [beta]-phaseolin gene. The highest quantity of phaseolin estimated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was 4.0% of the total endosperm protein in the transgenic rice seeds. The phaseolin trait was segregated as a single dominant trait with a positive gene dosage effect and was stably inherited through three successive generations. Both phaseolin genomic and cDNA coding sequences were used to synthesize four isoforms of mature phaseolin protein with apparent molecular masses of 51, 48, 47, and 45 kD. Enzyme deglycosylation experiments indicated that the 51-kD form contains high-mannose N-glycans; the 48- and 47-kD forms have further modified N-glycans; and the 45-kD form is a nonglycosylated protein. Immunolabeling studies using light and electron microscopy demonstrated that phaseolin accumulates primarily in the vacuolar type-II protein bodies located at the periphery of the endosperm near the aleurone layer. We discuss the implications of these results on nutritional improvement of rice grains.

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