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. 1985 Sep 25;13(18):6483–6498. doi: 10.1093/nar/13.18.6483

Nucleotide sequences from phaseolin cDNA clones: the major storage proteins from Phaseolus vulgaris are encoded by two unique gene families.

J L Slightom, R F Drong, R C Klassy, L M Hoffman
PMCID: PMC321972  PMID: 2997710

Abstract

The nucleotide sequences of eight partial and five full-length phaseolin cDNA clones show that phaseolin polypeptides are encoded by two distinct gene families which differ in their coding regions by the presence or absence of two different size direct repeats. The alpha-type phaseolin polypeptides are encoded by genes containing direct repeats which encode 14 additional amino acids. Aside from these differences, the alpha-and beta-type phaseolin genes show a high degree of homology (98%) which is consistent with these genes being derived from a common ancestral gene. Much of the heterogeneity found in the phaseolin polypeptides appears to be due to post-translational processing. Nucleotide sequence analysis demonstrates that the alpha-type genes contain only a few amino acid replacement substitutions and that the beta-type genes appear to contain no amino acid replacement substitutions. S1 nuclease mapping shows a complex pattern for transcriptional initiation of phaseolin mRNA. Hydropathy analysis shows that phaseolin polypeptides are predominately hydrophilic, and that the two N-glycosyl recognition sites are located in different hydropathic environments.

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