Patent Abstract:
anti - microbial proteins isolated from sugar beet , wherein the anti - microbial proteins exclude chitinases and glucanases . said proteins include a pure protein selected from those depicted in seq id nos 2 , 5 and 8 , or a functionally equivalent analogue thereof in which one or more amino acids have been added , substituted or removed without substantially reducing the protein &# 39 ; s anti - microbial activity , or mixtures of such proteins or analogues . a synergistic anti - fungal effect is observed if at least one of the ax proteins is combined with a win protein . the invention also provides recombinant dna comprising a sequence encoding a protein according to the invention , a vector comprising said dna and transformed plants comprising said dna . the invention further provides an anti - microbial composition containing one or more of the said proteins , and a process for combatting fungi or bacteria which comprises exposing them to said proteins or compositions .

Detailed Description:
purification of the ax1 - 3 proteins from leaves of sugar beet infected with cercospora beticola ax1 - 3 are isolated from leaf material of sugar beet , cvs turbo , or rhizor naturally infected with c . beticola . leaves carrying 50 or more necrotic lesions are picked in a field in italy and stored at 4 ° c . until extraction . all steps are performed at 4 ° c . centrifugation is carried out at 20 , 000 g for 20 minutes on a centrikon model h - 401b centrifuge throughout the purification procedure . 2 kg of c . beticola -- infected sugar beet leaves are homogenized in 4 liters of na - citrate buffer ph 5 . 0 containing 1 mm dtt , 1 mm benzamidine ( starting buffer ) and 200 g dowex 1 × 2 ( 100 um mesh size ). the homogenate is squeezed through a double layer of 31 um mesh nylon gauze before centrifugation . the supernatant fraction obtained after centrifugation is heated at 50 ° c . for 20 minutes and after cooling to 4 ° c ., the precipitate is collected by centrifugation and removed . solid ammonium sulphate is added 16 the supernatant until a 90 % saturation is achieved . after centrifugation , the precipitated proteins are dissolved in starting buffer ; 1 mi of buffer to 10 g of starting material . ax1 , ax2 , and ax3 are purified from the ammonium sulphate precipitated protein fraction . after solubilization the protein solution is dialyzed against 10 mm tris ph 8 . 0 containing 1 mm dtf and 1 mm benzamidine . denatured proteins are removed by centrifugation and the supernatant is loaded onto a fast flow 50 ml sepharose q column and a chitin column ( prepared as described in wo92 / 17591 and hereby incorporated by reference ), the columns being connected in series . the columns are equilibrated with the tfis buffer prior to loading . unbound proteins are removed by extensive washing with the tris buffer . the unbound protein fraction ( 200 ml per kg of leaf material extracted ) is supplemented to contain buffer h : 1m ammonium sulphate , 10 % ( v / v ) glycerol , % 1 mm dtt , 0 . 1m kh 2 po 4 ( ph 7 . 5 ). the protein solution is incubated with 50 ml of phenyl sepharose ( pharmacia ) in buffer h for 2 hours at room temperature . the slurry is loaded on top of a column packed with additional 50 ml of phenyl sepharose equilibrated in buffer h . the flow through from the column is found to contain anti - fungal activity whereas the proteins eluted from the column with buffer h without ammonium sulphate do not . all of the purification procedures are carried out at 4 ° c . except for the phenyl sepharose steps . the flow - through from the phenyl sepharose column ( 400 ml ) is dialyzed extensively against 20 mm sodium acetate , 1 mm dtt ( ph 5 . 0 ) and subsequently loaded onto a column of cm - cl6b sepharose ( pharmacia ). this column is washed with buffer i : 50 mm sodium acetate , 10 % ( v / v ) glycerol , 1 mm dtt ( ph 5 . 0 ) and finally eluted with 0 . 25m nacl in buffer i . the fractions containing protein are pooled and half of the pooled fraction is subjected to gel filtration chromatography on a g - 75 sephadex column ( pharmacia ; 2 . 5 × 70 cm ) equilibrated in 50 mm mes ( ph 6 . 0 ). fractions of ten ml are collected . fractions 26 - 30 exhibited high anti - fungal activity and are supplemented to contain 5 % ( w / v ) betaine . fractions 26 - 30 from the g - 75 sephadex column are subjected to ion exchange fplc on a mono s cationic exchange column ( hir 5 / 5 ; pharmacia ) equilibrated in buffer a : 50 mm mes at ph 6 . 0 containing 5 % ( w / v ) betaine . the bound proteins are eluted with a gradient of 0 - 0 . 3m nacl in 15 ml buffer a . three major protein peaks are eluted , all containing anti - fungal activity ( fig1 ). said peaks are successively designated ax1 , ax2 and ax3 . win protein ( win n ) was purified from barley grain or stressed barley leaf as described by kragh et al . ( plant sci . 71 , 65 - 68 ( 1990 ) or hejgaard et al . ( febs letters , 307 , 389 - 392 ( 1992 ) and hereby incorporated by reference ). fig2 shows a silver - stained sds polyacrylamide gel of the win - n protein isolated from barley grain , together with the ax1 , ax2 and ax3 proteins eluted from the mono s column . each of the ax proteins is eluted as a fraction which yielded a single band ( even if slightly smeared in the case of ax3 ) under electrophoresis . each of ax proteins is carboxy - methylated and subjected to reverse phase hplc on a progel tsk octadecyl - 4pw column ( supelco inc ; 150 × 4 . 6 mm ). the solvent system is a : 0 . 1 % tfa in water and b : 0 . 1 % tfa in acetonitrile . ax1 and ax2 elute as single symmetrical peaks , and ax3 elutes as two peaks , a major peak followed closely by a minor peak , indicating that there are two forms designated ax3 . 1 and ax3 . 2 . the ax1 , ax2 and ax3 . 1 proteins are then sequenced according to standard methods known to those skilled in the art . inhibition of fungal growth is measured in 96 well micro - titre plates at 620 nm , essentially as described in wo 92 / 17591 and hereby incorporated by reference . proteins ax1 , ax2 and ax3 , either alone or in combination with win n ( which is purified from barley grain or stressed barley leaf as described by hejgaard et al ( febs letters , 307 , 389 - 392 ( 1992 ) and hereby incorporated by reference ), are incubated with spores of c . beticola . the assay mix ( 240 ul ) contains 100 ul of potato dextrose broth ( difco ), 60 ul protein sample ( or buffer control ) in 100 mm tris and 20 mm nacl ( ph 8 . 0 ) as well as approximately 400 spores in 100 ul water . the micro - titre plates are sealed with tape to avoid evaporation and contamination and subsequently incubated at room temperature on an agitator operated at 200 rpm . as is shown in fig3 b , the absorbance at 620nm is measured each day for 8 days and plotted for each concentration of protein vs time . the concentration ( ug protein / m / of final assay mix ) resulting in 50 % inhibition of growth after 72 hours is determined and is termed i 50 . as can be seen from fig3 a and 3b , each of the ax proteins significantly reduces the growth in vitro of c . beticola . the anti - fungal activity of ax2 is particularly pronounced , 2 ug / ml ( about 0 . 5 um ) being sufficient for 50 % growth inhibition ( i 50 ) after 72 hours incubation . win n alone exhibits a moderate anti - fungal activity with 160 ug / ml ( about 11 um ) being required for 50 % inhibition of c . beticola after 72 hours ( data not shown ). the combination of ax2 and win n produces a significantly enhanced and prolonged growth reduction of the fungus . as is clear from fig3 a , the growth inhibitory potential of ax2 against c . beticola is greater than that of ax1 . ax2 and win n do not appear to exhibit fungicidal activity against c . beticola , but rather profoundly slow the rate of fungal hyphal extension when compared to controls . the morphology of the fungus is also markedly changed as a consequence of treatment with ax2 and / or win n ( see fig4 ). furthermore , ax1 , ax2 and ax3 ( and mixtures thereof ), optionally in the presence of win n , show little , if any , significant detrimental effect on the germination of sugar beet pollen when applied in concentrations which are effective against c . beticola , indicating their lack of toxicity against plant cells . the ax proteins according to the present invention are assessed for their anti - fungal activity against a number of corn pathogens . concerning the results depicted in tables 1 and 2 , the assay of the ax proteins in respect of the corn pathogens is performed as follows . five μl of a solution containing the proteins at the indicated concentrations are aseptically transferred into a well of a sterile , round - bottomed microtiter plate . all treatments are replicated once . un - inoculated and inoculated culture media minus test protein solution are routinely included as controls . spores ( 100 - 150 ) are aseptically added to each sample in a 5 . 0 μl aliquot of double strength potato dextrose broth ( pdb ). following gentle agitation to mix the protein sample and spore suspension , a double layer of parafilm is wrapped around the lid / plate junction in order to minimize desiccation and the thus wrapped microtiter plate is incubated at 19 °± 0 . 2 ° c . with a 16 h photoperiod . individual wells are scored for spore germination and mycelial growth every 24 h . at the end of 120 h the level of anti - fungal activity is determined . results are presented in tables 1 and 2 . table 1 indicates the minimum concentration of protein required to exhibit a growth inhibitory effect on the fungi and table 2 indicates the concentration of protein which provides a 50 % inhibition of growth in comparison with control cultures in which the fungi are grown in the absence of the test proteins . table 1______________________________________antifungal activity of ax1 , ax2 and win n against selectedcorn pathogens . (&# 34 ; ni &# 34 ; indicates that the proteins did not inhibitfungal growth ). minimum inhibitory concentration ( μg / ml ) pathogen / disease win n ax1 ax2______________________________________bioplaris maydis ni 20 30southern corn leaf blightcercospora zeae maydisgray leaf spotcolletotrichum graminicola ni 50 50anthracnose stalk rotdiplodia maydis 64 11 nidiplodia ear & amp ; stalk rotexserohilum turcicum race 1 ni 11 98northern corn leaf blight race 1exserohilum turcicum race 2 193 33 ninorthern corn leaf blight race 2fusarium graminearum ni 33 33fusarium ear & amp ; stalk rotfusarium moniliforme ni ni nifusarium ear & amp ; stalk rotgibberella zeae ni ni nigibberella ear & amp ; stalk rot______________________________________ concerning the results shown in table 3 , the assay of the ax and win n proteins in respect of the disclosed pathogens is performed as follows . mycelium from the disclosed fungi are dispersed in a drop of molten agar which is then solidified . the solid agar droplets comprising the encapsulated mycelia are then coated with the test protein in the specified amount . following incubation for 5 days under moist conditions the amount of mycelial growth is determined in comparison with controls , in which the agar droplets comprising the fungal roycelia are not coated with test protein . the results presented in table 3 indicate the mount of protein required to produce a 50 % inhibition in growth of the fungal pathogens . table 2______________________________________amount of protein required to produce a 50 % growth inhibition ofthe fungal pathogens depicted in table 1 . (&# 34 ; ni &# 34 ; indicates that theproteins did not inhibit fungal growth ). ax1 ax2 win n ( protein concentration ( μg / ml providing more than 50 % pathogen / disease growth inhibition ) ______________________________________colletotrichum graminicola 50 50 . sup . ni . sup . 1anthracnose stalk rotfusarium moniliforme ni ni nif . graminearum 33 33 nifusarium ear and stalk rotgibberella zeae ni ni nigibberella stalk rotdiplodia maydis 11 ni 64diplodia stalk rotbipolaris maydis 20 33 nisouthern corn leaf blightexserohilum turcicum 33 ni 193nothern corn leaf blight______________________________________ table 3______________________________________the percentage inhibition of fungal growth for a specified proteinconcentration in respect of further pathogens . (&# 34 ; ni &# 34 ; indicates that , at the concentrations tested , the proteins did not inhibit fungalgrowth ). protein concentration ( μg / ml ) ax1 ax2 win npathogen / disease 20 20 40 20 40______________________________________ growth inhibition (%) monilinia fructigena 80 80 nibrown rot of fruitcochliobolus sativus 30 30 nicereal foot rotcereal eye spotpseudocercosporella 30 30 30herpotrichoidespyricularia oryzae ni 20 nirhizoctonia solani ni 10 nifusarium culmorum ni 10 nileptosphaeria nodorum ni 10 nibotrytis cinerea ni 10 ni______________________________________ as is clear from fig3 a , 3b , and 4a - d , together with tables 1 - 3 , the ax1 , ax2 and ax3 proteins , optionally combined with win n are fungiostatic . they consequently are able to provide plants , particularly sugar beet and corn , with greatly improved resistance against disease ( particularly fungal infections ) including that caused by c . beticola and numerous corn pathogens . seq id nos 2 , 5 and 8 show the amino acid sequences of the ax proteins 1 , 2 and 3 . 1 respectively . these sequences include the respective signal peptides . in the case of ax1 and ax2 , the signal peptides consist of residues 1 - 28 and the mature proteins consist of residues 29 - 74 . in the case of ax3 . 1 , the putative preprotein includes the mature ax3 . 1 protein in residues 80 - 111 . seq id no . 11 shows the amino acid sequence of the barley win protein together with its signal peptide . from their amino acid - sequences it is clear that both ax1 and ax2 are related proteins comprising 46 amino acids each . from seq id no . 2 , the sequence of the ax1 protein absent its signal peptide is : __________________________________________________________________________ala ile cys lys lys pro ser lys phe phe lys gly ala cys gly arg asp alaaspcys glu lys ala cys asp gln glu asn trp pro gly gly val cys val pro pheleuarg cys glu cys gln arg ser cys__________________________________________________________________________ from seq id no . 5 , the sequence of the ax2 protein absent its signal peptide is : __________________________________________________________________________ala thr cys arg lys pro ser met tyr phe ser gly ala cys phe ser asp thrasncys gln lys ala cys asn arg glu asp trp pro asn gly lys cys leu val glyphe lys cys glu cys gln arg pro cys__________________________________________________________________________ from seq id no . 8 , the sequence of the ax3 . 1 protein absent its signal peptide is : __________________________________________________________________________arg cys ile pro cys gly gln asp cys ile ser ser arg asn cys cys ser procyslys cys asn phe gly pro pro val pro arg cys thr asn__________________________________________________________________________ the first 45 residues from the n - terminal of each protein are obtained by amino acid sequencing . the 46th residue of both ax1 and ax2 are identified as cysteine , on the basis of the nucleotide sequences of the respective cdnas ( seq id nos 1 and 4 respectively ) obtained by pcr , taken together with homology with related proteins from other plants . ax3 . 1 , which is a basic protein , comprises 32 amino acids , the sequence of which is in agreement with its cdna as obtained by pcr ( see seq id no 7 ). moreover , the amino acid sequence data of the ax proteins was substantiated by an analysis of the amino acid compositions of the respective proteins ( see table 4 ), as well as by mass spectrometry of the pure proteins compared with their molecular weights deduced from the genes encoding them ( see table 5 ). curiously , ax2 ( probably a methionine residue therein ) appears , from the mass spectrometry analysis , to be oxidized . such oxidation may artefactually result from the said mass analysis . ax1 and ax2 exhibit some sequence similarity ( about 54 %) to gamma - thionins from wheat and barley , putative inhibitors from sorghum of insect alpha amylase , and anti - fungal proteins isolated from radish seeds . the radish proteins are known to be potent anti - fungal proteins and are suggested to inhibit fungal growth by interfering with calcium ion signalling . ax1 and ax2 , however , exhibit little sequence similarity ( less than 45 %) with such radish proteins . moreover , such radish proteins are active predominantly in oligomeric form ( trimers or tetramers ), whereas gel - filtration and sds electrophoresis in the absence of dtt or mercaptoethanol indicate that ax1 and ax2 are monomeric ( see fig5 for example ). no substantial sequence homology exists between ax3 and other proteins . table 4______________________________________amino acid composition of the ax proteinsresidue ax1 ax2 ax3______________________________________asp 4 . 0 5 . 0 4 . 1thr 0 . 1 2 . 0 1 . 0ser 2 . 1 3 . 1 3 . 0glx 5 . 7 4 . 4 1 . 1pro 3 . 2 3 . 2 5 . 1gly 4 . 3 3 . 2 2 . 1ala 4 . 1 3 . 1 0 . 0cys 6 . 9 6 . 9 6 . 2val 2 . 0 1 . 1 1 . 0met 0 . 0 0 . 9 0 . 0ile 1 . 0 0 . 1 2 . 0leu 1 . 1 1 . 1 0 . 0tyr 0 . 0 0 . 9 0 . 0phe 3 . 1 3 . 0 1 . 0his 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 . 0lys 5 . 1 4 . 0 1 . 0arg 3 . 2 3 . 1 3 . 2trp n . d . n . d . n . d . ______________________________________ table 5______________________________________molecular weights of ax1 , 2 and 3 . 1 determined by electro - spray mass spectrometry ( es - ms ) and deduced from the genesencoding them . molecular weight ( da ) protein es - ms derived from cdna (- 8h . sup .+) ______________________________________ax1 5078 . 1 5086 - 8 = 5078ax2 5193 . 4 5185 - 8 + 16 = 5193ax3 . 1 3452 . 5 3460 - 8 = 3452______________________________________ the genes encoding the ax proteins are introduced into plants . based on gene specific primers , the coding regions of the genes encoding ax1 , ax2 and ax3 . 1 are synthesized from corresponding mrna using pcr , namely 3 &# 39 ; race followed by 5 &# 39 ; race . after addition of a suitable promoter ( such as 35s ) and terminator ( such as 35s ) sequence , the genes encoding the ax proteins are introduced into a plant transformation vector . it is preferred that a translation enhancing sequence is introduced into the vector at a site 5 &# 39 ; of the protein coding region ( see seq id nos 3 , 6 and 9 for example ). the vector also contains suitable marker genes of the kind known to the skilled man . the vector optionally includes a gene encoding a win protein , such as that obtained from stressed barley leaf or barley grain ( together with a translation enhancing sequence if desirable , see seq id no . 13 , for example ), and / or a gene encoding a chitinase and / or a glucanase . the preferred chitinase if the chitinase 4 described in pct patent application no . pct / dk92 / 00108 ( publication no . wo92 / 17591 and hereby incorporated by reference ). agrobacterium tumefaciens , for example , may be transformed with these vectors . plant cells are then treated with such transformed agrobacterium , and the thus transformed plant cells are regenerated into whole plants , in which the new nuclear material is stably incorporated into the genome . it will be appreciated , however , that the dna encoding an ax protein ( or combination of such proteins ), optionally further encoding a win protein and / or a chitinase and / or a glucanase ( or combination of such proteins ), may be introduced into plant cells by other known methods , including use of a micro - projectile gun , electroporation , electrotransformation , and micro - injection etc , and that regeneration of transformed plant cells is carried out according to methods known to the skilled man , including treatment of the cells with cytokinins where this is necessary or desirable in order to improve the regeneration frequency . potatoes and sugar beet transgenic for the ax proteins are thus produced . recombinant dna sequences comprising , for example , a sequence selected from seq id nos 3 , 6 or 9 are introduced by known means ( including co - transformation ) into potato or sugar beet . it will be appreciated that recombinant dna comprising the sequences depicted in seq id nos . 1 , 4 or 7 could alternatively be used , although they lack an introduced translation enhancing element 5 &# 39 ; to the start codon of the coding region of the various ax protein signal peptides . expression of the gene encoding ax2 , for example , is detected by identifying : the ax2 gene transcription product . the presence of the protein in the plant is further demonstrated immunochemically using antibodies raised against an authentic sample of the protein . in order to increase the immunogenicity of the proteins they may be linked to diphtheria toxoid carrier or coupled to poly - lysine prior to injection into rabbits . extracts of transgenic potato and sugar beet are produced , partially purified , and assayed , according to the micro - titre assay described above , for their ability to inhibit the growth of cercospora . extracts obtained from plants transgenic for the ax protein substantially inhibit the growth of the fungus in comparison with like extracts obtained from non - transgenic control potatoes or sugar beet . moreover , suitable micro - organisms ( i . e . those in which the production of ax proteins is not substantially toxic ) may be transformed with a vector comprising the gene ( or genes ) encoding an ax protein ( or combination of ax proteins ) so that the transformed micro - organisms produce such protein . the micro - organisms may further comprise the gene encoding other proteins , such as a win protein of the kind disclosed in seq id no . 11 and / or various chitinases and / or glucanases . a particularly preferred such other protein is the chitinase 4 as described in pct patent application no . pct / dk92 / 00108 ( publication no . wo92 / 17591 and hereby incorporated by reference ). these micro - organisms may then be used to combat plant pathogens . for example , the transformed micro - organisms may be dried and sprayed onto infected plants or plants at risk of infection . __________________________________________________________________________sequence listing ( 1 ) general information :( iii ) number of sequences : 13 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 437 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iii ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : beta vulgaris ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 40 .. 264 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : atacgcatttgtttcaaagttcaaacaaagaccaaaaaaatggagaagaaattc54metglulyslysphe15tttgggcttttgcttttgctactcttcgtatttgcttctgagatgaat102pheglyleuleuleuleuleuleuphevalphealaserglumetasn101520attgtgactaaggttgatggtgcaatatgcaagaaaccaagtaagttc150ilevalthrlysvalaspglyalailecyslyslysproserlysphe253035ttcaaaggtgcttgcggtagagatgccgattgtgagaaggcttgtgat198phelysglyalacysglyargaspalaaspcysglulysalacysasp404550caagagaattggcctggcggagtttgtgtaccctttctcagatgtgaa246glngluasntrpproglyglyvalcysvalpropheleuargcysglu556065tgtcagaggtcttgctaagcactgcaagccacggacgataaaaagaagtacttgt301cysglnargsercys7075aatgaagctatgggtcaatatttttcaatcctataatattaaataaattgttgtaactat361tttaagtgtgtaataaatctacgtgggtttaaactccacaattgcttttgaaataatgat421ttacatataagtttca437 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 74 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 2 : metglulyslysphepheglyleuleuleuleuleuleuphevalphe151015alaserglumetasnilevalthrlysvalaspglyalailecyslys202530lysproserlysphephelysglyalacysglyargaspalaaspcys354045glulysalacysaspglngluasntrpproglyglyvalcysvalpro505560pheleuargcysglucysglnargsercys6570 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 3 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 349 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iii ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : beta vulgaris ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 3 : ctgcagggatcctatttttacaacaattaccaacaacaacaaacaacaaacaacattaca60attactatttacaattacaccatggagaagaaattctttgggcttttgcttttgctactc120ttcgtatttgcttctgagatgaatattgtgactaaggttgatggtgcaatatgcaagaaa180ccaagtaagttcttcaaaggtgcttgcggtagagatgccgattgtgagaaggcttgtgat240caagagaattggcctggcggagtttgtgtaccctttctcagatgtgaatgtcagaggtct300tgctaagcactgcaagccacggacgataaaaagaagcgtcgacgcatgc349 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 4 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 492 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iii ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : beta vulgaris ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 53 .. 277 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 4 : ccatacattatatacgtatttgtttcaaagttcaaacaaagacaaaacaaaaatg55metgagaaaaaattctttgggcttttgcttttgctactcttcgtatttgct103glulyslysphepheglyleuleuleuleuleuleuphevalpheala51015tctgagctgaacatggtggctgaggttcaaggtgccacttgtagaaaa151sergluleuasnmetvalalagluvalglnglyalathrcysarglys202530ccaagtatgtatttcagcggcgcttgcttttctgatacgaattgtcag199prosermettyrpheserglyalacyspheseraspthrasncysgln354045aaagcttgtaatcgagaggattggcctaatgggaaatgcttagtcggt247lysalacysasnarggluasptrpproasnglylyscysleuvalgly50556065ttcaaatgtgaatgtcaaaggccttgttaagtggtgcctgtgtcctc294phelyscysglucysglnargprocys7075aattacggcctacgagcctttcaggtacctatgtggccgagtatggctaaattggtaata354gtacatagcagtggtaatatgaataaacgattcactcttgtaagatgtattatgttttgt414ttgtgctgtggtttccagttgcttttgaaaataatgattttcatataaatcggacctttt474attctgataaaaaaaaaa492 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 5 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 74 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 5 : metglulyslysphepheglyleuleuleuleuleuleuphevalphe151015alasergluleuasnmetvalalagluvalglnglyalathrcysarg202530lysprosermettyrpheserglyalacyspheseraspthrasncys354045glnlysalacysasnarggluasptrpproasnglylyscysleuval505560glyphelyscysglucysglnargprocys6570 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 6 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 363 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iii ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : beta vulgaris ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 6 : ctgcagggatcctatttttacaacaattaccaacaacaacaaacaacaaacaacattaca60attactatttacaattacaccatggagaaaaaattctttgggcttttgcttttgctactc120ttcgtatttgcttctgagctgaacatggtggctgaggttcaaggtgccacttgtagaaaa180ccaagtatgtatttcagcggcgcttgcttttctgatacgaattgtcagaaagcttgtaat240cgagaggattggcctaatgggaaatgcttagtcggtttcaaatgtgaatgtcaaaggcct300tgttaagtggtgcctgtgtcctcaattacggcctacgagcctttcaggtacgtcgacgca360tgc363 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 7 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 596 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iii ) anti - sense : no ( vi ) original source :( a ) organism : beta vulgaris ( ix ) feature :( a ) name / key : cds ( b ) location : 23 .. 358 ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 7 : attcaacccaatagaaacaatcatggcaaggaactcattcaacttcctcatt52metalaargasnserpheasnpheleuile1510atcatggtcatttcagcactgcttttgctccctggatcacgtgcaagc100ilemetvalileseralaleuleuleuleuproglyserargalaser152025tttcaggaaaagataactatgaacatagaagatggacgcgaaagcggc148pheglnglulysilethrmetasnilegluaspglyargglusergly303540atagcaaaggaaatagttgaggcagaagcagaagcagaagcattatta196ilealalysgluilevalglualaglualaglualaglualaleuleu455055cgcgttggtgagcaagctatgctggaacaagtaatgacaagaggctta244argvalglygluglnalametleugluglnvalmetthrargglyleu606570gcagataaccttaagaggtgtataccatgtggtcaagactgcatttcc292alaaspasnleulysargcysileprocysglyglnaspcysileser75808590tcaagaaactgttgctcaccttgcaaatgcaacttcgggccaccggtt340serargasncyscysserprocyslyscysasnpheglyproproval95100105ccaaggtgtactaattgaatgcttagcttgctgcttagtgctaaatgctaagcgc395proargcysthrasn110tacgcttgctagtatgtgcacgatccgctctatctctttatatgcacctaagtcctttca455tctcgactgtgttgtttgtgtgtaaaataaagtcttggttttccaagactactagtttag515ttactggcttatgtttttcggaatcttgatatataaataagacaaggagacctatttctt575gctttgcttaaaaaaaaaaaa596 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 8 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 111 amino acids ( b ) type : amino acid ( d ) topology : linear ( ii ) molecule type : protein ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 8 : metalaargasnserpheasnpheleuileilemetvalileserala151015leuleuleuleuproglyserargalaserpheglnglulysilethr202530metasnilegluaspglyarggluserglyilealalysgluileval354045glualaglualaglualaglualaleuleuargvalglygluglnala505560metleugluglnvalmetthrargglyleualaaspasnleulysarg65707580cysileprocysglyglnaspcysileserserargasncyscysser859095procyslyscysasnpheglyproprovalproargcysthrasn100105110 ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 9 :( i ) sequence characteristics :( a ) length : 484 base pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown ( ii ) molecule type : cdna ( iii ) hypothetical : no ( iii ) anti - 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