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ArticlePlant cell reports2011

Expression of a new chimeric protein with a highly repeated sequence in tobacco cells.

Amélie Saumonneau, Karine Rottier, Udo Conrad, Yves Popineau, Jacques Guéguen, Mathilde Francin-Allami

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Article in Plant cell reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Amélie SaumonneauInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UR1268, Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, Nantes, France.
Karine Rottier
Udo Conrad
Yves Popineau
Jacques Guéguen
Mathilde Francin-Allami
Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages · FRInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique · MALeibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research · DE

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/C/00004953
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In wheat, the high-molecular weight (HMW) glutenin subunits are known to contribute to gluten viscoelasticity, and show some similarities to elastomeric animal proteins as elastin. When combining the sequence of a glutenin with that of elastin is a way to create new chimeric functional proteins, which could be expressed in plants. The sequence of a glutenin subunit was modified by the insertion of several hydrophobic and elastic motifs derived from elastin (elastin-like peptide, ELP) into the hydrophilic repetitive domain of the glutenin subunit to create a triblock protein, the objective being to improve the mechanical (elastomeric) properties of this wheat storage protein. In this study, we investigated an expression model system to analyze the expression and trafficking of the wild-type HMW glutenin subunit (GS(W)) and an HMW glutenin subunit mutated by the insertion of elastin motifs (GS(M)-ELP). For this purpose, a series of constructs was made to express wild-type subunits and subunits mutated by insertion of elastin motifs in fusion with green fluorescent protein (GFP) in tobacco BY-2 cells. Our results showed for the first time the expression of HMW glutenin fused with GFP in tobacco protoplasts. We also expressed and localized the chimeric protein composed of plant glutenin and animal elastin-like peptides (ELP) in BY-2 protoplasts, and demonstrated its presence in protein body-like structures in the endoplasmic reticulum. This work, therefore, provides a basis for heterologous production of the glutenin-ELP triblock protein to characterize its mechanical properties.

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Repetitive Sequences, Amino AcidAmino Acid SequenceCells, CulturedCloning, MolecularElastinEndoplasmic ReticulumGene Expression Regulation, PlantGlutensGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMicroscopy, ConfocalMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNicotianaPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedProtoplastsElastingluteninGlutensGreen Fluorescent ProteinsPlant ProteinsRecombinant Fusion Proteins

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PMID21373795
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