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. 1987 Nov;84(21):7542–7546. doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.21.7542

Molecular cloning of complementary DNA encoding the lignin-forming peroxidase from tobacco: Molecular analysis and tissue-specific expression

L Mark Lagrimini 1,*,†, William Burkhart 1, Mary Moyer 1, Steven Rothstein 1
PMCID: PMC299335  PMID: 16593885

Abstract

Plant peroxidases play a major role in lignin formation and wound healing and are believed to be involved in auxin catabolism and defense to pathogen attack. The function of the anionic peroxidase isozymes is best understood in tobacco. These isozymes catalyze the formation of the lignin polymer and form rigid cross-links between lignin, cellulose, and extensin in the secondary plant cell wall. We report the purification of the anionic peroxidase isozymes from tobacco and their partial amino acid sequence. An oligonucleotide probe deduced from the amino acid sequence was used to screen a tobacco leaf cDNA library and a 1200-base-pair cDNA clone was isolated and sequenced in its entirety. The predicted amino acid sequence revealed a 22-amino acid signal peptide and a 302-amino acid mature protein (Mr, 32,311). The amino acid sequence was compared to that of the cationic peroxidases from horseradish and turnip and was found to be 52% and 46% homologous, respectively. By RNA blot analysis, the messenger for the tobacco isozyme was found to be abundant in stem tissue while expressed at very low levels in leaf and root tissue. Four distinguishable copies of the gene were found on genomic DNA blots. The gene copy number may reflect the allotetraploid nature of Nicotiana tabacum.

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