Plant and Cell Physiology, 1999, Vol. 40, No. 12 1262-1270
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Identification and Expression of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Plastidial Carbonic Anhydrase
1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas Denton, TX 76203-5220, U.S.A.
2 USDA -ARS, Stoneville, MS. U.S.A.
3 Corresponding author: Fax, 1-940-565-4136; E-mail, chapman{at}unt.edu
Four carbonic anhydrase (CA) cDNA clones were isolated from a 48 h dark-grown cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) seedling cDNA library. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed two different CA isoforms designated GhCA1 and GhCA2. The encoded polypeptides possess N-terminal serine/threonine-rich regions indicative of plastid transit peptides, and approximately 80% sequence identity to other plant plastidial ß-CAs. The GhCA1 cDNA encodes a nearly complete preprotein of 323 amino acids with a molecular mass of 34.9 kDa and a predicted mature protein of 224 amino acids with a molecular mass of 24.3 kDa. Eleven nucleotide differences within ORFs of GhCA1 and GhCA2 result in 5 conservative amino acid substitutions. The 3' GhCA2 untranslated region contains five additional substitutions and one single nucleotide addition. GhCA1 clones, nearly full-length or with 70% of the transit peptide deleted, were expressed as LacZa fusion proteins in E. coil. Lysates of these strains contained 9-fold higher levels of CA activity as compared to untransformed controls and this activity was inhibited by CA-specific inhibitors. Sulfanilamide, acetazolamide, ethoxyzolamide, each at 10 mM, inhibited recombinant CA activity approximately 50%, 65%, and 75%, respectively. In plant tissue homogenates these inhibitors reduced CA activity by 50%, 70%, and 95%, respectively. Although CA activity was highest in extracts of mature cotton leaves, probing total RNA with GhCA1 revealed CA transcript levels to be highest in the cotyledons of dark-grown cotton seedlings. Collectively, our data indicate the presence of a plastid-localized CA in cotyledons of germinated seeds, suggesting a role for CA in postgerminative growth.
(Received May 7, 1999; Accepted October 12, 1999)
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