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Increased expression of the maize immunoglobulin binding protein homolog b-70 in three zein regulatory mutants.

R S Boston, E B Fontes, B B Shank, R L Wrobel
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Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7612.
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E B Fontes
Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7612.
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B B Shank
Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7612.
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Published May 1991. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.3.5.497

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Plants carrying floury-2, Defective endosperm-B30, or Mucronate mutations overproduce b-70, a maize homolog of the mammalian immunoglobulin binding protein. During endosperm development in these mutants, levels of both b-70 protein and RNA increase dramatically between 14 days and 20 days after pollination. At later stages, b-70 RNA levels decline while protein levels remain high. The increase in b-70 RNA levels is endosperm specific and dependent on gene dosage in the floury-2 mutant. In all three mutants, the increases in b-70 RNA and protein levels are inversely proportional to changes in zein synthesis. Although b-70 polypeptides can be extracted from purified protein bodies, they carry a carboxy-terminal endoplasmic reticulum retention signal, HDEL. We propose that induction of b-70 in these mutants is a cellular response to abnormally folded or improperly assembled storage proteins and probably reflects its role as a polypeptide chain binding protein.

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Increased expression of the maize immunoglobulin binding protein homolog b-70 in three zein regulatory mutants.
R S Boston, E B Fontes, B B Shank, R L Wrobel
The Plant Cell May 1991, 3 (5) 497-505; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.3.5.497

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Increased expression of the maize immunoglobulin binding protein homolog b-70 in three zein regulatory mutants.
R S Boston, E B Fontes, B B Shank, R L Wrobel
The Plant Cell May 1991, 3 (5) 497-505; DOI: 10.1105/tpc.3.5.497
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