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| Labate,Mônica T. Veneziano; Bertolo,Ana L. Ferreira; Nascimento,Daniela Defávari do; Gutmanis,Gunta; Andrade,Alexander de; Rodrigues,Maria J. Calderan; Camargo,Eduardo L.O.; Boaretto,Luis Felipe; Moon,David H.; Bragatto,Juliano; Labate,Carlos A.. |
| UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) catalyzes the oxidation of UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc) to UDP-glucuronate (UDP-GlcA), a key sugar nucleotide involved in the biosynthesis of plant cell wall polysaccharides. A full-length cDNA fragment coding for UGDH was cloned from the cambial region of 6-month-old E. grandis saplings by RT-PCR. The 1443-bp-ORF encodes a protein of 480 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 53 kDa. The recombinant protein expressed in Escherichia coli catalyzed the conversion of UDP-Glc to UDP-GlcA, confirming that the cloned cDNA encodes UGDH. The deduced amino acid sequence of the cDNA showed a high degree of identity with UGDH from several plant species. The Southern blot assay indicated that more than one copy of UGDH is present... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: UDP-glucose; UDP-glucuronate; Hemicellulose; Pectin; Cell wall. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572010000400015 |
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