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We describe here the isolation and characterisation of the first full-length genomic clone encoding a plant glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH; EC 1.1.1.49) from Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Samsun. The gene was expressed in all tissues, including roots, leaves, stems and flowers. Comparison of the gene with other known plant G6PDH cDNAs grouped this sequence with plastidic isoforms. The protein, minus a putative plastidic transit sequence, was overexpressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein. The resulting protein was shown to be immunologically related to the potato plastidic G6PDH. This suggests that the sequence described here codes for a plastidic isoform. Plastidic G6PDH mRNA was induced in both roots and leaves in response to KNO3, and the induction in roots was approximately 4 times the response seen in leaves. Sequence analysis of the 5′-untranslated region of the genomic clone indicated the presence of several NIT2 elements, which may contribute to the control of the expression of this gene. Plastidic G6PDH mRNA levels did not appear to respond to light.
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Received: 28 April 2000 / Accepted: 21 July 2000
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Knight, J., Emes, M. & Debnam, P. Isolation and characterisation of a full-length genomic clone encoding a plastidic glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Nicotiana tabacum . Planta 212, 499–507 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250000419
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004250000419