Abstract:
:During maize seed development, endosperm cells synthesize large amounts of storage proteins, alpha-, beta-, and gamma-zeins, which accumulate within endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived protein bodies. The absence of lysine in all zein polypeptides results in an imbalance in the amino acid composition of maize seeds. We modified the maize gamma-zein gene through the introduction of lysine-rich (Pro-Lys)n coding sequences at different sites of the gamma-zein coding sequence. Maize endosperms were transiently transformed by biolistic bombardment with Lys-rich gamma-zein constructs under the control of the 1.7 kb gamma-zein seed-specific promoter and the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter. When (Pro-Lys)n sequences were inserted contiguous to or in substitution of the Pro-Xaa region of the gamma-zein, high levels of protein were observed. In contrast, when (Pro-Lys)n sequences were inserted five residues from the C-terminal, the transcript was present but modified protein was not detected. These results suggest that only an appropriate positioning of Lys-rich inserts leads to the modified molecule displaying correct folding and stability. Subcellular localization analyses and immunoelectron microscopy studies on isolated protein bodies demonstrated that modified gamma-zeins accumulate within these organelles and co-localized with endogenous alpha- and gamma-zeins. The studies reported here show the feasibility of manipulating the gamma-zein gene in order to obtain stable and correctly targeted Lys-rich zeins in maize seeds.
journal_name
Plant Mol Bioljournal_title
Plant molecular biologyauthors
Torrent M,Alvarez I,Geli MI,Dalcol I,Ludevid Ddoi
10.1023/a:1005889314967subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-05-01 00:00:00pages
139-49issue
1eissn
0167-4412issn
1573-5028journal_volume
34pub_type
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