Biaojin Zhang¹ , Linguang Luo¹ , Xiangxi Zhang¹ , Ruili Li¹ , Yan Song² , Dawen Zhang¹ , Yuanyuan Nie² , Yanbing Zeng¹ , Qiegen Liao¹ , Yihua Wei ¹

1. Institute of Quality Safety and Standards of Agricultural Products Research, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, P.R. China
2. Rice Research Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, P.R. China
1. Institute of Quality Safety and Standards of Agricultural Products Research, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, P.R. China
2. Rice Research Institute, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang, 330200, P.R. China
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Molecular Plant Breeding, 2011, Vol. 2, No. 15   doi: 10.5376/mpb.2011.02.0015
Received: 29 Sep., 2011    Accepted: 20 Oct., 2011    Published: 26 Oct., 2011

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Zhang et al., 2011, Bioinformatics Analysis on Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/ Oxygenase Large Subunits in Different Plants, Molecular Plant Breeding Vol.2 No.15 (doi: 10.5376/mpb.2011.02.0015)

The nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunits (rbcL) from Zea mays, Arabidopsis thaliana, Pisum sativum, Citrus sinensis, Phalaenopsis aphrodite subsp. formosana, emphasizing on Oryza sativa subsp. japonica, which were registered in the Genebank, were analyzed by the tools of bioinformatics in the following aspects: the composition and the physical and chemical characteristics of nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences, signal peptide, trans-membrane topological structure, hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity, secondary structure, sequences comparisons, and molecular systemic evolution. The results were showed as follows: the amino acid composition and characteristics of rbcLs from different higher plants were approximately identical; signal peptide and trans-membrane topological structure were not detected in the rbcLs that exhibit the traits of hydrophilic protein; the secondary structure of rbcL manly constituted with α-helix and random coil; the nucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences possess high homologies; the rbcL DNA sequence can reflect the sibships among various higher plants clearly.

Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCo); Plant; Rice (Oryza sativa L); Bioinformatics