The modular nodulins Nvf 28/32 of broad bean (Vicia faba L.)

Alternative exon combinations account far different modular structures

verfasst von
Helge Küster, Martin Frühling, Alfred Pühler, Andreas M. Perlick
Abstract

The broad bean late nodulins, Nvf-28/32, are composed of two types of repetitively occurring sequence modules flanked by unique N- and C-terminal modules. Six isoforms of these nodulins were characterized by a specific modular structure resulting from a different individual order of repetitive sequence modules. A detailed analysis of genomic PCR fragments revealed that the repetitive modules and the N-terminal unique module exactly corresponded to exons, whereas the C-terminal module was specified by two exons. Since those exons encoding the repetitive modules missing in specific Nvf-28/32 isoforms were consistently present within genomic sequences, a post-transcriptional generation of VfNOD28/32 transcripts specifying six Nvf-28/32 nodulins was concluded. Using tissue-print hybridizations, these transcripts were localized in the interzone II-III and the nitrogen-fixing zone III of root nodules. From this and from cDNA-cDNA hybridizations demonstrating a comparable timing of expression of VfNOD28/32 and of leghemoglobin transcripts in root nodules, a function of the modular nodulins Nvf-28/32 in late developmental stages of broad bean nodules was inferred.

Externe Organisation(en)
Universität Bielefeld
Typ
Artikel
Journal
Molecular and General Genetics
Band
252
Seiten
648-657
Anzahl der Seiten
10
ISSN
0026-8925
Publikationsdatum
21.11.1996
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Genetik
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s004380050273 (Zugang: Unbekannt)