| Literature DB >> 12095628 |
Stéphanie Jaubert1, Jean-Baptiste Laffaire, Pierre Abad, Marie-Noëlle Rosso.
Abstract
The first animal polygalacturonase (PG, EC 2.1.15) encoding cDNA, Mi-pg-1, was cloned from the plant parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. The enzymatic activity of MI-PG-1 was confirmed after heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. The presence of a predicted signal peptide on the MI-PG-1 sequence together with the specific localization of the transcripts of the Mi-pg-1 gene in the oesophageal glands of infective juveniles imply that MI-PG-1 could be secreted into plant tissues. The potential role of MI-PG-1 in parasitism is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12095628 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02906-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124