| Literature DB >> 8379936 |
R Dumas1, G Curien, R T DeRose, R Douce.
Abstract
Towards the goal of gaining a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms controlling branched-chain-amino-acid biosynthesis in plants, we have isolated, sequenced and characterized a gene encoding acetohydroxy acid isomero-reductase (ketol-acid reductoisomerase) from Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress). Comparison between the acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase cDNA and the genomic sequence has allowed us to determine the exon structure of the coding region. The isolated acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase gene is distributed over approx. 4.5 kbp and contains nine introns (79-347 bp). The transcriptional start site was found to be 52 bp upstream of the translational initiation site. Southern-blot analysis of A. thaliana genomic DNA shows that the acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase is encoded by a single-copy gene.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8379936 PMCID: PMC1134535 DOI: 10.1042/bj2940821
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857