An Opaque-2-Like Transcription Factor from Pearl Millet

Title: An Opaque-2-Like Transcription Factor from Pearl Millet

Volume: 11 Issue: 4

Author(s): Lucilia Helena Marcellino, Goran Neshich, Antonio Furtado Neto and Eugen Silvano Gander

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Keywords: transcription factors, opaque-2

Abstract: Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.), a species of the Poaceae family, is an important food crop in Africa, Asia and South America. Its nutritional value is due to storage prolamins accumulated in the seeds. In other species of the same family, the expression of the genes coding for storage prolamins is mediated by the regulatory protein opaque-2. In this paper we show that an opaque-2 -like protein is present in pearl millet too and is expressed during the early stages of seed development. The organization of the gene coding for this protein is similar to that of orthologous genes in other Poaceae species, i.e. six exons separated by five introns. A comparison of amino acid homologies with other described opaque-2 proteins is presented.

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Marcellino Helena Lucilia, Neshich Goran, Neto Furtado Antonio and Gander Silvano Eugen, An Opaque-2-Like Transcription Factor from Pearl Millet, Protein & Peptide Letters 2004; 11 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866043407002

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866043407002	Print ISSN 0929-8665
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-5305