Cloning of NAD-Dependent Sorbitol Dehydrogenase from Apple Fruit and Gene Expression

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Partial amino acid sequences of NAD-dependent sorbitol dehydrogenase(NAD-SDH) were used to identify a full-length cDNA from apple fruit. This clone consisted of 1, 433 bp containing an open reading frame of 1, 137 bp that could code for a polypeptide with 379 amino acids. To our knowledge, this is the first report about cloning of NAD-SDH cDNA from a plant source. The deduced amino acids from cDNA revealed 43.7% identity to human NAD-SDH. The activity of this enzyme to convert sorbitol to fructose with the reduction of NAD was certified by the fusion protein of this clone expressed in Escherichia coli. Northern blot analysis showed that the mRNA was expressed in matured apple fruit.
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