Lee J H, Chae H S, Lee J H, Hwang B, Hahn K W, Kang B G, Kim W T
Department of Biology, College of Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1997 Oct 9;1354(1):13-8. doi: 10.1016/s0167-4781(97)00114-0.
Two cDNAs encoding rice (Oryza sativa L.) S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase (SAMS) have been cloned, sequenced and identified. The deduced protein sequences share a high homology (90-94%) with those of other plant SAMS and are 60-62% identical to yeast, rat and human SAMS. The rice SAMS genes are differentially regulated in a tissue-specific manner and by a salt stress, while they are coordinately expressed during growth of the rice cell culture.