Article
A defective signal peptide in the maize high-lysine mutant floury 2.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Jul 1995
Coleman C E, Lopes M A, Gillikin J W, Boston R S, Larkins B A
Abstract excerpt
The maize floury 2 (fl2) mutation enhances the lysine content of the grain, but the soft texture of the endosperm makes it unsuitable for commercial production. The mutant phenotype is linked with the appearance of a 24-kDa alpha-zein protein and increased synthesis of binding protein, both of wh...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Genetic Linkage
- Lysine
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Protein Precursors
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Protein Sorting Signals
- Seeds