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Unusual sequence of group 3 LEA (II) mRNA inducible by dehydration stress in wheat

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A cDNA clone, pMA1949, detects two mRNA species in wheat seedling tissue that are late embryogenesis-abundant (LEA) and dehydration stress-inducible. Sequence analysis of the pMA1949 clone shows it to be a 991 bp partial cDNA encoding a polypeptide of 317 amino acids with homology to two group 3 LEA proteins, carrot (DC8) and a soybean protein encoded by pGmPM2 cDNA. Molecular analysis of the deduced protein reveals a 33 kDa acidic and extremely hydrophilic protein with potential amphiphilic α-helical regions. In addition, the protein contains eleven similar, contiguous repeats of 11 amino acids, which are separated by 118 amino acids from two additional and unique repeats of 36 residues each at the carboxyl end of the protein. Comparisons of sequences of reported group 3 LEA proteins revealed that there are two types, separable by sequence similarity of the 11 amino acid repeating motifs and by the presence or absence of a certain amino acid stretch at the carboxyl terminus. Based on resuls from these comparisons, we propose a second type of group 3 LEA proteins, called group 3 LEA (II).

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  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology and Disease Research, Washington State University, 99164-6420, Pullman, WA, USA

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Curry, J., Walker-Simmons, M.K. Unusual sequence of group 3 LEA (II) mRNA inducible by dehydration stress in wheat. Plant Mol Biol 21, 907–912 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027121

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