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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 35, 16793-16797, Dec, 1987

Molecular cloning of a cysteine proteinase inhibitor of rice (oryzacystatin). Homology with animal cystatins and transient expression in the ripening process of rice seeds

K Abe, Y Emori, H Kondo, K Suzuki and S Arai
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.

A cDNA clone for a cysteine proteinase inhibitor of rice (oryzacystatin) was isolated from a lambda gt10 cDNA library of rice immature seeds by screening with synthesized oligonucleotide probes based on partial amino acid sequences of oryzacystatin. A nearly full- length cDNA clone was obtained which encoded 102-amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence of oryzacystatin deduced from the cDNA sequence was significantly homologous to those of mammalian cystatins, especially family 2 cystatins. Oryzacystatin contained the sequence Gln- Val-Val-Ala-Gly conserved among most members of the cystatin superfamily. The gene for oryzacystatin was transcribed into a single mRNA species of about 700 nucleotides. The content of mRNA reached its highest level 2 weeks after flowering and then gradually decreased to undetectable levels at 10 weeks. This feature of transient expression is coordinate with that of glutelin (a major storage protein), although the expression of oryzacystatin precedes that of glutelin by about 1 week.
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