Molecular characterization and genetic origin of the Brassica napus acetohydroxyacid synthase multigene family

• Published in: Molecular & general genetics Vol. 229; no. 1; p. 31
• Main Authors: Rutledge, R.G. (Agriculture Canada, Ottawa (Canada). Plant Research Centre), Quellet, T, Hattori, J, Miki, B.L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.09.1991
• Subjects: Acetohydroxyacid synthase; Acetolactate Synthase - genetics; ADN; Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Blotting, Southern; Brassica; Brassica - enzymology; Brassica - genetics; BRASSICA NAPUS; DNA; DNA sequence; EVOLUCION; EVOLUTION; Gene family; Genetic origins; Genetic Variation - genetics; LIGASAS; LIGASE; LIGASES; Molecular Sequence Data; Multigene Family - genetics; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDOS; Restriction Mapping; SECUENCIA NUCLEICA; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; SEQUENCE NUCLEIQUE
• ISSN: 0026-8925; 1432-1874
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00264210

The Brassica napus rapeseed cultivar Topas contains an acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) multigene family consisting of five members (AHAS 1-5). DNA sequence analysis indicate that AHAS1 and AHAS3 share extensive homology. They probably encode the AHAS enzymes essential for plant growth and development. AHAS2 has diverged significantly from AHAS1 and AHAS3 and has unique features in the coding region of the mature polypeptide, transit peptide and upstream non-coding DNA, which raises the possibility that it has a distinct function. AHAS4 and AHAS5 have interrupted coding regions and may be defective. The complexity of the AHAS multigene family in the allotetraploid species B. napus is much greater than reported for Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana tabacum. Analysis of the presumptive progenitor diploid species B. campestris and B. oleracea indicated that AHAS2, AHAS3 and AHAS4 originate from the A genome, whereas AHAS1 and AHAS5 originate from the C genome. Further variation within each of the AHAS genes in these species was found.