Research article - Peer-reviewed, 1992
The glucosinolate-degrading enzyme myrosinase in Brassicaceae is encoded by a gene family
Xue, Jiaping; Lenman, Marit; Falk, Anders; Rask, LarsAbstract
A full-length cDNA clone (MB3) and three partial clones (MA1, MB1 and MB2) which encode myrosinase (thioglucoside glucohydrolase, EC 3.2.3.1) were isolated from a Sinapis alba (white mustard) cDNA library. Nucleotide sequence analysis of these clones revealed that they are encoded by a gene family. Southern blot analysis with gene-specific probes showed that the gene family consists of a least two subfamilies (MA and MB) each with several members both in S. alba and in Brassica napus (oilseed rape). In Arabidopsis thaliana (wall cress) only three myrosinase genes seem to be present. Northern blot analysis indicated that all the myrosinase mRNA species have the same size, approximately 1.95 kb.Keywords
ARABIDOPSIS-THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; BRASSICA-NAPUS; GLUCOSINOLATE; MYROSINASE; SINAPIS-ALBAPublished in
Plant Molecular Biology1992, volume: 18, number: 2, pages: 387-398
Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
Authors' information
Xue, Jiaping
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Cell Research
Falk, Anders
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Cell Research
Rask, Lars
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Cell Research
UKÄ Subject classification
Plant Biotechnology
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00034965
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/52303