PLANT MYB TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOMOLOGS

Abstract

This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the Myb-related transcription factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the Myb-related transcription factor in a transformed host cell.

Description

[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/110,609, filed Dec. 2, 1998.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention is in the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention pertains to nucleic acid fragments encoding Myb-related transcription factors in plants and seeds.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003] Improvement of crop plants for a variety of traits, including disease and pest resistance, and grain quality improvements such as oil, starch or protein composition, can be achieved by introducing new or modified genes (transgenes) into the plant genome. Transcriptional activation of genes, including transgenes, is in general controlled by the promoter through a complex set of protein/DNA and protein/protein interactions. Promoters can impart patterns of expression that are either constitutive or limited to specific tissues or times during development.

[0004] Transcriptional activation is primarily mediated through transcription factors that interact with enhancer and promoter elements. Binding of transcription factors to such DNA elements constitutes a crucial step in transcriptional initiation. Each transcription factor binds to its specific binding sequence in a promoter and activates expression of the linked coding region through interactions with coactivators and/or proteins that are a part of the transcription complex.

[0005] Several plant genes have been identified that appear to encode transcription factors structurally related to the cMyb protooncogene family of mammals. Central to the similarities shared by these proteins is the Myb repeat DNA-binding domain containing conserved tryptophan residues at certain positions, and a helix-turn-helix-related domain. Generally, Myb-related proteins from plants contain two of these repeats, R2 and R3 (Kranz et al. (1998) Plant J 16:263-276), though proteins having only one repeat have been identified (e.g., Feldbrugge et al. (1997) Plant J 11:1079-1093). These Myb-related genes appear to encode a large family of plant transcription factors that are involved in a diversity of gene regulation. For example, plant Myb-related genes have been shown to regulate anthrocyanin biosynthesis in maize and phenylpropanoid metabolism, disease resistance (WO9813486-A1), expression of gibberellin-regulated genes (WO9700961-A1), expression of stress-related genes (WO9916878-A1), active carbohydrate secretion and flavonol metabolism in antirrhinum flowers (Jackson et al. (1992) Plant Cell 3(2):115-125). The first plant transcription activator gene described at the molecular level was the maize c1 gene which encodes a Myb protein (Paz-Ares et al. (1987) EMBO J 16:3553-3558) involved in regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis by trans-activating genes such as c2, A1 and Bz1 which encode enzymes involved in the pathway.

[0006] There is a great deal of interest in identifying the genes that encode proteins involved in transcriptional regulation in plants. These genes may be used in plant cells to control gene expression constitutively, in specific tissues or at various times during development. Accordingly, the availability of nucleic acid sequences encoding all or a portion of a Myb-related transcription factor would facilitate studies to better understand gene regulation in plants and provide genetic tools to enhance or otherwise alter the expression of genes controlled by Myb-related transcription factors.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The present invention relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:2, a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:12, and a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:56. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:8, and a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:28. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:16. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:52. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:6, a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:14, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:50, and a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:58. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:60. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:4, a corn Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:10, a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:22, a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:24, and a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:62. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:18 and a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:20. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:26, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:34, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:38, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:40, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:42, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:48, and a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:54. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:32, a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:44, and a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:46. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:36. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:30. The present invention also relates to an isolated polynucleotide comprising the complement of the nucleotide sequences described above.

[0008] It is preferred that the isolated polynucleotides of the claimed invention consist of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 that codes for the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, and 62. The present invention also relates to an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequences of at least one of 60 (preferably at least one of 40, most preferably at one least of 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences.

[0009] The present invention relates to a chimeric gene comprising an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention operably linked to suitable regulatory sequences.

[0010] The present invention relates to an isolated host cell comprising a chimeric gene of the present invention or an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention. The host cell may be eukaryotic, such as a yeast or a plant cell, or prokaryotic, such as a bacterial cell. The present invention also relates to a virus, preferably a baculovirus, comprising an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention or a chimeric gene of the present invention.

[0011] The present invention relates to a process for producing an isolated host cell comprising a chimeric gene of the present invention or an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention, the process comprising either transforming or transfecting an isolated compatible host cell with a chimeric gene or isolated polynucleotide of the present invention.

[0012] The present invention relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2, 12, and 56. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:8 and 28. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a rice Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:16. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:52. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:6, 14, 50, and 58. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a wheat Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:60. The present invention also relates a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:4, 10, 22, 24, and 62. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:18 and 20. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:26, 34, 38, 40, 42, 48, and 54. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:32, 44, and 46. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:36. The present invention also relates to a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a soybean Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide of SEQ ID NO:30.

[0013] The present invention relates to a method of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the level of expression of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in a host cell, preferably a plant cell, the method comprising the steps of:

[0014] constructing an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention or an isolated chimeric gene of the present invention;

[0015] introducing the isolated polynucleotide or the isolated chimeric gene into a host cell;

[0016] measuring the level of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in the host cell containing the isolated polynucleotide; and

[0017] comparing the level of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in the host cell containing the isolated polynucleotide with the level of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in a host cell that does not contain the isolated polynucleotide.

[0018] The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding a substantial portion of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide gene, preferably a plant Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide gene, comprising the steps of: synthesizing an oligonucleotide primer comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 60 (preferably at least one of 40, most preferably at least one of 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; and amplifying a nucleic acid fragment (preferably a cDNA inserted in a cloning vector) using the oligonucleotide primer. The amplified nucleic acid fragment preferably will encode all or a portion of a Myb-related transcription factor amino acid sequence.

[0019] The present invention also relates to a method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequence encoding a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide comprising the steps of: probing a cDNA or genomic library with an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention; identifying a DNA clone that hybridizes with an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention; isolating the identified DNA clone; and sequencing the cDNA or genomic fragment that comprises the isolated DNA clone.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0020] The invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application.

[0021] FIG. 1A-1G depicts the amino acid alignment between the Myb-related transcription factor encoded by the nucleotide sequences derived from corn clone cta1n.pk0079.e9 (SEQ ID NO:10), contig assembled from rice clones rr1.pk0027.g9 and rr1.pk077.n9 (SEQ ID NO:14), rice clone r10n.pk082.c13 (SEQ ID NO:26), soybean clone sfl1.pk0032.g4 (SEQ ID NO:30), soybean clone sfl1.pk0086.a9 (SEQ ID NO:32), soybean clone sfl1.pk0091.a2 (SEQ ID NO:34), soybean clone sfl1.pk0091.a2 (SEQ ID NO:36), soybean clone sfl1.pk0003.a3 (SEQ ID NO:42), soybean clone srr3c.pk002.k6 (SEQ ID NO:44), soybean clone ses9c.pk002.o16 (SEQ ID NO:46), soybean clone s12.pk127.e14 (SEQ ID NO:48), soybean clone src3c.pk010.122 (SEQ ID NO:50), soybean clone sgs4c.pk004.j24 (SEQ ID NO:54), and a Myb-related transcription factor-encoding nucleic acid fragment from Pisum sativum (NCBI General Identification No. 1841475) (SEQ ID NO:63) Amino acids which are conserved among all and at least two sequences with an amino acid at that position are indicated with an asterisk (*) above them. Dashes are used by the program to maximize alignment of the sequences.

SEQUENCE DESCRIPTIONS

[0022] Table 1 lists the polypeptides that are described herein, the designation of the cDNA clones that comprise the nucleic acid fragments encoding polypeptides representing all or a substantial portion of these polypeptides, and the corresponding identifier (SEQ ID NO:) as used in the attached Sequence Listing. Table 1 also identifies the cDNA clones as individual ESTs ("EST"), the sequences of the entire cDNA inserts comprising the indicated cDNA clones ("FIS"), contigs assembled from two or more ESTs ("Contig"), contigs assembled from an FIS and one or more ESTs ("Contig*"), or sequences encoding the entire protein derived from an FIS, a contig, or an FIS and PCR ("CGS"). Nucleotide SEQ ID NOs:7, 11, 23, 27, 51, and 55 correspond to nucleotide SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 9, 5, 11, and 7, respectively, presented in U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/110,609, filed Dec. 2, 1998. Amino acid SEQ ID NOs:8, 12, 24, 28, 52, and 56 correspond to amino acid SEQ ID NOs: 2, 4, 10, 6, 12, and 8, respectively presented in U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/110,609, filed Dec. 2, 1998. The sequence descriptions and Sequence Listing attached hereto comply with the rules governing nucleotide and/or amino acid sequence disclosures in patent applications as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §1.821-1.825.

TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Myb-related Transcription Factors Clone SEQ ID NO: Protein Designation Status (Nucleotide) (Amino Acid) Myb-related Transcription Factor Contig of: Contig 1 2 (Corn) csi1n.pk0008.b5 csi1n.pk0028.h7 Myb-related Transcription Factor Contig of: Contig 3 4 (Corn) p0008.cb3ld06r p0026.ccrbd36rb Myb-related Transcription Factor chpc8.pk0002.d9 EST 5 6 (Corn) Myb-related Transcription Factor cta1n.pk0079.e9 EST 7 8 (Corn) Myb-related Transcription Factor cta1n.pk0079.e9 CGS 9 10 (Corn) Myb-related Transcription Factor rr1.pk077.n9 EST 11 12 (Rice) Myb-related Transcription Factor Contig of: CGS 13 14 (Rice) rr1.pk0027.g9 rr1.pk077.n9 Myb-related Transcription Factor rr1.pk088.p6 EST 15 16 (Rice) Myb-related Transcription Factor rr1.pk0037.g7 EST 17 18 (Rice) Myb-related Transcription Factor rds3c.pk002.c6 EST 19 20 (Rice) Myb-related Transcription Factor Contig of: Contig 21 22 (Rice) rlr24.pk0090.f5 rlr48.pk0012.c11 Myb-related Transcription Factor rl0n.pk082.c13 EST 23 24 (Rice) Myb-related Transcription Factor rl0n.pk082.c13 CGS 25 26 (Rice) Myb-related Transcription Factor sfl1.pk0032.g4 EST 27 28 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sfl1.pk0032.g4 CGS 29 30 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sfl1.pk0086.a9 CGS 31 32 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sfl1.pk0091.a2 CGS 33 34 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sfl1.pk0105.e6 CGS 35 36 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sfl1.pk125.p19 FIS 37 38 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor se6.pk0048.a12 FIS 39 40 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sfl1.pk0003.a3 CGS 41 42 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor srr3c.pk002.k6 CGS 43 44 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor ses9c.pk002.o16 CGS 45 46 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sl2.pk127.e14 CGS 47 48 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor src3c.pk010.i22 CGS 49 50 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sgs4c.pk004.j24 EST 51 52 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor sgs4c.pk004.j24 CGS 53 54 (Soybean) Myb-related Transcription Factor wr1.pk0139.g11 EST 55 56 (Wheat) Myb-related Transcription Factor wr1.pk0139.g11 FIS 57 58 (Wheat) Myb-related Transcription Factor wdk3c.pk006.n12 EST 59 60 (Wheat) Myb-related Transcription Factor wlm1.pk0027.a5 EST 61 62 (Wheat)

[0023] The Sequence Listing contains the one letter code for nucleotide sequence characters and the three letter codes for amino acids as defined in conformity with the IUPAC-IUBMB standards described in Nucleic Acids Res. 13:3021-3030 (1985) and in the Biochemical J. 219 (No. 2):345-373 (1984) which are herein incorporated by reference. The symbols and format used for nucleotide and amino acid sequence data comply with the rules set forth in 37 C.F.R. §1.822.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0024] In the context of this disclosure, a number of terms shall be utilized. As used herein, a "polynucleotide" is a nucleotide sequence such as a nucleic acid fragment. A polynucleotide may be a polymer of RNA or DNA that is single- or double-stranded, that optionally contains synthetic, non-natural or altered nucleotide bases. A polynucleotide in the form of a polymer of DNA may be comprised of one or more segments of cDNA, genomic DNA, synthetic DNA, or mixtures thereof. An isolated polynucleotide of the present invention may include at least one of 60 contiguous nucleotides, preferably at least one of 40 contiguous nucleotides, most preferably one of at least 30 contiguous nucleotides, of the nucleic acid sequence of the SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, or the complement of such sequences.

[0025] As used herein, "contig" refers to a nucleotide sequence that is assembled from two or more constituent nucleotide sequences that share common or overlapping regions of sequence homology. For example, the nucleotide sequences of two or more nucleic acid fragments can be compared and aligned in order to identify common or overlapping sequences. Where common or overlapping sequences exist between two or more nucleic acid fragments, the sequences (and thus their corresponding nucleic acid fragments) can be assembled into a single contiguous nucleotide sequence.

[0026] As used herein, "substantially similar" refers to nucleic acid fragments wherein changes in one or more nucleotide bases results in substitution of one or more amino acids, but do not affect the functional properties of the polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence. "Substantially similar" also refers to nucleic acid fragments wherein changes in one or more nucleotide bases does not affect the ability of the nucleic acid fragment to mediate alteration of gene expression by gene silencing through for example antisense or co-suppression technology. "Substantially similar" also refers to modifications of the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention such as deletion or insertion of one or more nucleotides that do not substantially affect the functional properties of the resulting transcript vis-a-vis the ability to mediate gene silencing or alteration of the functional properties of the resulting protein molecule. It is therefore understood that the invention encompasses more than the specific exemplary nucleotide or amino acid sequences and includes functional equivalents thereof.

[0027] Substantially similar nucleic acid fragments may be selected by screening nucleic acid fragments representing subfragments or modifications of the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention, wherein one or more nucleotides are substituted, deleted and/or inserted, for their ability to affect the level of the polypeptide encoded by the unmodified nucleic acid fragment in a plant or plant cell. For example, a substantially similar nucleic acid fragment representing at least one of 30 contiguous nucleotides derived from the instant nucleic acid fragment can be constructed and introduced into a plant or plant cell. The level of the polypeptide encoded by the unmodified nucleic acid fragment present in a plant or plant cell exposed to the substantially similar nucleic fragment can then be compared to the level of the polypeptide in a plant or plant cell that is not exposed to the substantially similar nucleic acid fragment.

[0028] For example, it is well known in the art that antisense suppression and co-suppression of gene expression may be accomplished using nucleic acid fragments representing less than the entire coding region of a gene, and by nucleic acid fragments that do not share 100% sequence identity with the gene to be suppressed. Moreover, alterations in a nucleic acid fragment which result in the production of a chemically equivalent amino acid at a given site, but do not effect the functional properties of the encoded polypeptide, are well known in the art. Thus, a codon for the amino acid alanine, a hydrophobic amino acid, may be substituted by a codon encoding another less hydrophobic residue, such as glycine, or a more hydrophobic residue, such as valine, leucine, or isoleucine. Similarly, changes which result in substitution of one negatively charged residue for another, such as aspartic acid for glutamic acid, or one positively charged residue for another, such as lysine for arginine, can also be expected to produce a functionally equivalent product. Nucleotide changes which result in alteration of the N-terminal and C-terminal portions of the polypeptide molecule would also not be expected to alter the activity of the polypeptide. Each of the proposed modifications is well within the routine skill in the art, as is determination of retention of biological activity of the encoded products. Consequently, an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 60 (preferably at least one of 40, most preferably at least one of 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences may be used in methods of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the expression of a polypeptide in a plant cell. A method of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the level of expression of a polypeptide (such as a Myb-related transcription factor) in a host cell (eukaryotic, such as plant or yeast, prokaryotic such as bacterial, or viral) may comprise the steps of: constructing an isolated polynucleotide of the present invention or an isolated chimeric gene of the present invention; introducing the isolated polynucleotide or the isolated chimeric gene into a host cell; measuring the level of a polypeptide in the host cell containing the isolated polynucleotide; and comparing the level of a polypeptide in the host cell containing the isolated polynucleotide with the level of a polypeptide in a host cell that does not contain the isolated polynucleotide.

[0029] Moreover, substantially similar nucleic acid fragments may also be characterized by their ability to hybridize. Estimates of such homology are provided by either DNA-DNA or DNA-RNA hybridization under conditions of stringency as is well understood by those skilled in the art (Hames and Higgins, Eds. (1985) Nucleic Acid Hybridisation, IRL Press, Oxford, U.K.). Stringency conditions can be adjusted to screen for moderately similar fragments, such as homologous sequences from distantly related organisms, to highly similar fragments, such as genes that duplicate functional enzymes from closely related organisms. Post-hybridization washes determine stringency conditions. One set of preferred conditions uses a series of washes starting with 6×SSC, 0.5% SDS at room temperature for 15 min, then repeated with 2×SSC, 0.5% SDS at 45° C. for 30 min, and then repeated twice with 0.2×SSC, 0.5% SDS at 50° C. for 30 min. A more preferred set of stringent conditions uses higher temperatures in which the washes are identical to those above except for the temperature of the final two 30 min washes in 0.2×SSC, 0.5% SDS was increased to 60° C. Another preferred set of highly stringent conditions uses two final washes in 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 65° C.

[0030] Substantially similar nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may also be characterized by the percent identity of the amino acid sequences that they encode to the amino acid sequences disclosed herein, as determined by algorithms commonly employed by those skilled in this art. Suitable nucleic acid fragments (isolated polynucleotides of the present invention) encode polypeptides that are at least about 70% identical, most preferably at least about 80% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Preferred nucleic acid fragments encode amino acid sequences that are at least about 85% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. More preferred nucleic acid fragments encode amino acid sequences that are at least about 90% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Most preferred are nucleic acid fragments that encode amino acid sequences that are at least about 95% identical to the amino acid sequences reported herein. Suitable nucleic acid fragments not only have the above homologies but typically encode a polypeptide having at least about 50 amino acids, preferably at least about 100 amino acids, more preferably at least about 150 amino acids, still more preferably at least about 200 amino acids, and most preferably at least about 250 amino acids. Sequence alignments and percent identity calculations were performed using the Megalign program of the LASERGENE bioinformatics computing suite (DNASTAR Inc., Madison, Wis.). Multiple alignment of the sequences was performed using the Clustal method of alignment (Higgins and Sharp (1989) CABIOS. 5:151-153) with the default parameters (GAP PENALTY=10, GAP LENGTH PENALTY=10). Default parameters for pairwise alignments using the Clustal method were KTUPLE 1, GAP PENALTY=3, WINDOW=5 and DIAGONALS SAVED=5.

[0031] A "substantial portion" of an amino acid or nucleotide sequence comprises an amino acid or a nucleotide sequence that is sufficient to afford putative identification of the protein or gene that the amino acid or nucleotide sequence comprises. Amino acid and nucleotide sequences can be evaluated either manually by one skilled in the art, or by using computer-based sequence comparison and identification tools that employ algorithms such as BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool; Altschul et al. (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410; see also www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/). In general, a sequence of ten or more contiguous amino acids or thirty or more contiguous nucleotides is necessary in order to putatively identify a polypeptide or nucleic acid sequence as homologous to a known protein or gene. Moreover, with respect to nucleotide sequences, gene-specific oligonucleotide probes comprising 30 or more contiguous nucleotides may be used in sequence-dependent methods of gene identification (e.g., Southern hybridization) and isolation (e.g., in situ hybridization of bacterial colonies or bacteriophage plaques). In addition, short oligonucleotides of 12 or more nucleotides may be used as amplification primers in PCR in order to obtain a particular nucleic acid fragment comprising the primers. Accordingly, a "substantial portion" of a nucleotide sequence comprises a nucleotide sequence that will afford specific identification and/or isolation of a nucleic acid fragment comprising the sequence. The instant specification teaches amino acid and nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides that comprise one or more particular plant proteins. The skilled artisan, having the benefit of the sequences as reported herein, may now use all or a substantial portion of the disclosed sequences for purposes known to those skilled in this art. Accordingly, the instant invention comprises the complete sequences as reported in the accompanying Sequence Listing, as well as substantial portions of those sequences as defined above.

[0032] "Codon degeneracy" refers to divergence in the genetic code permitting variation of the nucleotide sequence without effecting the amino acid sequence of an encoded polypeptide. Accordingly, the instant invention relates to any nucleic acid fragment comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes all or a substantial portion of the amino acid sequences set forth herein. The skilled artisan is well aware of the "codon-bias" exhibited by a specific host cell in usage of nucleotide codons to specify a given amino acid. Therefore, when synthesizing a nucleic acid fragment for improved expression in a host cell, it is desirable to design the nucleic acid fragment such that its frequency of codon usage approaches the frequency of preferred codon usage of the host cell.

[0033] "Synthetic nucleic acid fragments" can be assembled from oligonucleotide building blocks that are chemically synthesized using procedures known to those skilled in the art. These building blocks are ligated and annealed to form larger nucleic acid fragments which may then be enzymatically assembled to construct the entire desired nucleic acid fragment. "Chemically synthesized", as related to nucleic acid fragment, means that the component nucleotides were assembled in vitro. Manual chemical synthesis of nucleic acid fragments may be accomplished using well established procedures, or automated chemical synthesis can be performed using one of a number of commercially available machines. Accordingly, the nucleic acid fragments can be tailored for optimal gene expression based on optimization of nucleotide sequence to reflect the codon bias of the host cell. The skilled artisan appreciates the likelihood of successful gene expression if codon usage is biased towards those codons favored by the host. Determination of preferred codons can be based on a survey of genes derived from the host cell where sequence information is available.

[0034] "Gene" refers to a nucleic acid fragment that expresses a specific protein, including regulatory sequences preceding (5' non-coding sequences) and following (3' non-coding sequences) the coding sequence. "Native gene" refers to a gene as found in nature with its own regulatory sequences. "Chimeric gene" refers any gene that is not a native gene, comprising regulatory and coding sequences that are not found together in nature. Accordingly, a chimeric gene may comprise regulatory sequences and coding sequences that are derived from different sources, or regulatory sequences and coding sequences derived from the same source, but arranged in a manner different than that found in nature. "Endogenous gene" refers to a native gene in its natural location in the genome of an organism. A "foreign" gene refers to a gene not normally found in the host organism, but that is introduced into the host organism by gene transfer. Foreign genes can comprise native genes inserted into a non-native organism, or chimeric genes. A "transgene" is a gene that has been introduced into the genome by a transformation procedure.

[0035] "Coding sequence" refers to a nucleotide sequence that codes for a specific amino acid sequence. "Regulatory sequences" refer to nucleotide sequences located upstream (5' non-coding sequences), within, or downstream (3' non-coding sequences) of a coding sequence, and which influence the transcription, RNA processing or stability, or translation of the associated coding sequence. Regulatory sequences may include promoters, translation leader sequences, introns, and polyadenylation recognition sequences.

[0036] "Promoter" refers to a nucleotide sequence capable of controlling the expression of a coding sequence or functional RNA. In general, a coding sequence is located 3' to a promoter sequence. The promoter sequence consists of proximal and more distal upstream elements, the latter elements often referred to as enhancers. Accordingly, an "enhancer" is a nucleotide sequence which can stimulate promoter activity and may be an innate element of the promoter or a heterologous element inserted to enhance the level or tissue-specificity of a promoter. Promoters may be derived in their entirety from a native gene, or be composed of different elements derived from different promoters found in nature, or even comprise synthetic nucleotide segments. It is understood by those skilled in the art that different promoters may direct the expression of a gene in different tissues or cell types, or at different stages of development, or in response to different environmental conditions. Promoters which cause a nucleic acid fragment to be expressed in most cell types at most times are commonly referred to as "constitutive promoters". New promoters of various types useful in plant cells are constantly being discovered; numerous examples may be found in the compilation by Okamuro and Goldberg (1989) Biochemistry of Plants 15:1-82. It is further recognized that since in most cases the exact boundaries of regulatory sequences have not been completely defined, nucleic acid fragments of different lengths may have identical promoter activity.

[0037] The "translation leader sequence" refers to a nucleotide sequence located between the promoter sequence of a gene and the coding sequence. The translation leader sequence is present in the fully processed mRNA upstream of the translation start sequence. The translation leader sequence may affect processing of the primary transcript to mRNA, mRNA stability or translation efficiency. Examples of translation leader sequences have been described (Turner and Foster (1995) Mol. Biotechnol. 3:225-236).

[0038] The "3' non-coding sequences" refer to nucleotide sequences located downstream of a coding sequence and include polyadenylation recognition sequences and other sequences encoding regulatory signals capable of affecting mRNA processing or gene expression. The polyadenylation signal is usually characterized by affecting the addition of polyadenylic acid tracts to the 3' end of the mRNA precursor. The use of different 3' non-coding sequences is exemplified by Ingelbrecht et al. (1989) Plant Cell 1:671-680.

[0039] "RNA transcript" refers to the product resulting from RNA polymerase-catalyzed transcription of a DNA sequence. When the RNA transcript is a perfect complementary copy of the DNA sequence, it is referred to as the primary transcript or it may be a RNA sequence derived from posttranscriptional processing of the primary transcript and is referred to as the mature RNA. "Messenger RNA (mRNA)" refers to the RNA that is without introns and that can be translated into polypeptide by the cell. "cDNA" refers to a double-stranded DNA that is complementary to and derived from mRNA. "Sense" RNA refers to an RNA transcript that includes the mRNA and so can be translated into a polypeptide by the cell. "Antisense RNA" refers to an RNA transcript that is complementary to all or part of a target primary transcript or mRNA and that blocks the expression of a target gene (see U.S. Pat. No. 5,107,065, incorporated herein by reference). The complementarity of an antisense RNA may be with any part of the specific nucleotide sequence, i.e., at the 5' non-coding sequence, 3' non-coding sequence, introns, or the coding sequence. "Functional RNA" refers to sense RNA, antisense RNA, ribozyme RNA, or other RNA that may not be translated but yet has an effect on cellular processes.

[0040] The term "operably linked" refers to the association of two or more nucleic acid fragments on a single nucleic acid fragment so that the function of one is affected by the other. For example, a promoter is operably linked with a coding sequence when it is capable of affecting the expression of that coding sequence (i.e., that the coding sequence is under the transcriptional control of the promoter). Coding sequences can be operably linked to regulatory sequences in sense or antisense orientation.

[0041] The term "expression", as used herein, refers to the transcription and stable accumulation of sense (mRNA) or antisense RNA derived from the nucleic acid fragment of the invention. Expression may also refer to translation of mRNA into a polypeptide. "Antisense inhibition" refers to the production of antisense RNA transcripts capable of suppressing the expression of the target protein. "Overexpression" refers to the production of a gene product in transgenic organisms that exceeds levels of production in normal or non-transformed organisms. "Underexpression" refers to the production of a gene product in transgenic organisms at levels below that of levels of production in normal or non-transformed organisms. "Co-suppression" refers to the production of sense RNA transcripts capable of suppressing the expression of identical or substantially similar foreign or endogenous genes (U.S. Pat. No. 5,231,020, incorporated herein by reference).

[0042] "Altered levels" refers to the production of gene product(s) in transgenic organisms in amounts or proportions that differ from that of normal or non-transformed organisms.

[0043] "Mature" protein refers to a post-translationally processed polypeptide; i.e., one from which any pre- or propeptides present in the primary translation product have been removed. "Precursor" protein refers to the primary product of translation of mRNA; i.e., with pre- and propeptides still present. Pre- and propeptides may be but are not limited to intracellular localization signals.

[0044] A "chloroplast transit peptide" is an amino acid sequence which is translated in conjunction with a protein and directs the protein to the chloroplast or other plastid types present in the cell in which the protein is made. "Chloroplast transit sequence" refers to a nucleotide sequence that encodes a chloroplast transit peptide. A "signal peptide" is an amino acid sequence which is translated in conjunction with a protein and directs the protein to the secretory system (Chrispeels (1991) Ann. Rev. Plant Phys. Plant Mol. Biol. 42:21-53). If the protein is to be directed to a vacuole, a vacuolar targeting signal (supra) can further be added, or if to the endoplasmic reticulum, an endoplasmic reticulum retention signal (supra) may be added. If the protein is to be directed to the nucleus, any signal peptide present should be removed and instead a nuclear localization signal included (Raikhel (1992) Plant Phys. 100:1627-1632).

[0045] "Transformation" refers to the transfer of a nucleic acid fragment into the genome of a host organism, resulting in genetically stable inheritance. Host organisms containing the transformed nucleic acid fragments are referred to as "transgenic" organisms. Examples of methods of plant transformation include Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (De Blaere et al. (1987) Meth. Enzymol. 143:277) and particle-accelerated or "gene gun" transformation technology (Klein et al. (1987) Nature (London) 327:70-73; U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,050, incorporated herein by reference).

[0046] Standard recombinant DNA and molecular cloning techniques used herein are well known in the art and are described more fully in Sambrook et al. Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, 1989 (hereinafter "Maniatis").

[0047] Nucleic acid fragments encoding at least a portion of several Myb-related transcription factors have been isolated and identified by comparison of random plant cDNA sequences to public databases containing nucleotide and protein sequences using the BLAST algorithms well known to those skilled in the art. The nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may be used to isolate cDNAs and genes encoding homologous proteins from the same or other plant species. Isolation of homologous genes using sequence-dependent protocols is well known in the art. Examples of sequence-dependent protocols include, but are not limited to, methods of nucleic acid hybridization, and methods of DNA and RNA amplification as exemplified by various uses of nucleic acid amplification technologies (e.g., polymerase chain reaction, ligase chain reaction).

[0048] For example, genes encoding other Myb-related transcription factors, either as cDNAs or genomic DNAs, could be isolated directly by using all or a portion of the instant nucleic acid fragments as DNA hybridization probes to screen libraries from any desired plant employing methodology well known to those skilled in the art. Specific oligonucleotide probes based upon the instant nucleic acid sequences can be designed and synthesized by methods known in the art (Maniatis). Moreover, the entire sequences can be used directly to synthesize DNA probes by methods known to the skilled artisan such as random primer DNA labeling, nick translation, or end-labeling techniques, or RNA probes using available in vitro transcription systems. In addition, specific primers can be designed and used to amplify a part or all of the instant sequences. The resulting amplification products can be labeled directly during amplification reactions or labeled after amplification reactions, and used as probes to isolate full length cDNA or genomic fragments under conditions of appropriate stringency.

[0049] In addition, two short segments of the instant nucleic acid fragments may be used in polymerase chain reaction protocols to amplify longer nucleic acid fragments encoding homologous genes from DNA or RNA. The polymerase chain reaction may also be performed on a library of cloned nucleic acid fragments wherein the sequence of one primer is derived from the instant nucleic acid fragments, and the sequence of the other primer takes advantage of the presence of the polyadenylic acid tracts to the 3' end of the mRNA precursor encoding plant genes. Alternatively, the second primer sequence may be based upon sequences derived from the cloning vector. For example, the skilled artisan can follow the RACE protocol (Frohman et al. (1988) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:8998-9002) to generate cDNAs by using PCR to amplify copies of the region between a single point in the transcript and the 3' or 5' end. Primers oriented in the 3' and 5' directions can be designed from the instant sequences. Using commercially available 3' RACE or 5' RACE systems (BRL), specific 3' or 5' cDNA fragments can be isolated (Ohara et al. (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:5673-5677; Loh et al. (1989) Science 243:217-220). Products generated by the 3' and 5' RACE procedures can be combined to generate full-length cDNAs (Frohman and Martin (1989) Techniques 1:165). Consequently, a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 60 (preferably one of at least 40, most preferably one of at least 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences may be used in such methods to obtain a nucleic acid fragment encoding a substantial portion of an amino acid sequence of a polypeptide (such as a Myb-related transcription factor. The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding a substantial portion of a polypeptide of a gene (such as Myb-related transcription factor) preferably a substantial portion of a plant polypeptide of a gene, comprising the steps of: synthesizing an oligonucleotide primer comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 60 (preferably at least one of 40, most preferably at least one of 30) contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; and amplifying a nucleic acid fragment (preferably a cDNA inserted in a cloning vector) using the oligonucleotide primer. The amplified nucleic acid fragment preferably will encode a portion of a polypeptide.

[0050] Availability of the instant nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences facilitates immunological screening of cDNA expression libraries. Synthetic peptides representing portions of the instant amino acid sequences may be synthesized. These peptides can be used to immunize animals to produce polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies with specificity for peptides or proteins comprising the amino acid sequences. These antibodies can be then be used to screen cDNA expression libraries to isolate full-length cDNA clones of interest (Lerner (1984) Adv. Immunol. 36:1-34; Maniatis).

[0051] The nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may be used to create transgenic plants in which the disclosed polypeptides are present at higher or lower levels than normal or in cell types or developmental stages in which they are not normally found. This would have the effect of altering the level of expression of Myb-regulated genes in those cells, and consequently the phenotype affected by those Myb-regulated genes.

[0052] Overexpression of the proteins of the instant invention may be accomplished by first constructing a chimeric gene in which the coding region is operably linked to a promoter capable of directing expression of a gene in the desired tissues at the desired stage of development. For reasons of convenience, the chimeric gene may comprise promoter sequences and translation leader sequences derived from the same genes. 3' Non-coding sequences encoding transcription termination signals may also be provided. The instant chimeric gene may also comprise one or more introns in order to facilitate gene expression.

[0053] Plasmid vectors comprising the instant chimeric gene can then be constructed. The choice of plasmid vector is dependent upon the method that will be used to transform host plants. The skilled artisan is well aware of the genetic elements that must be present on the plasmid vector in order to successfully transform, select and propagate host cells containing the chimeric gene. The skilled artisan will also recognize that different independent transformation events will result in different levels and patterns of expression (Jones et al. (1985) EMBO J. 4:2411-2418; De Almeida et al. (1989) Mol. Gen. Genetics 218:78-86), and thus that multiple events must be screened in order to obtain lines displaying the desired expression level and pattern. Such screening may be accomplished by Southern analysis of DNA, Northern analysis of mRNA expression, Western analysis of protein expression, or phenotypic analysis.

[0054] For some applications it may be useful to direct the instant polypeptides to different cellular compartments, or to facilitate its secretion from the cell. It is thus envisioned that the chimeric gene described above may be further supplemented by altering the coding sequence to encode the instant polypeptides with appropriate intracellular targeting sequences such as transit sequences (Keegstra (1989) Cell 56:247-253), signal sequences or sequences encoding endoplasmic reticulum localization (Chrispeels (1991) Ann. Rev. Plant Phys. Plant Mol. Biol. 42:21-53), or nuclear localization signals (Raikhel (1992) Plant Phys. 100:1627-1632) added and/or with targeting sequences that are already present removed. While the references cited give examples of each of these, the list is not exhaustive and more targeting signals of utility may be discovered in the future.

[0055] It may also be desirable to reduce or eliminate expression of genes encoding the instant polypeptides in plants for some applications. In order to accomplish this, a chimeric gene designed for co-suppression of the instant polypeptide can be constructed by linking a gene or gene fragment encoding that polypeptide to plant promoter sequences. Alternatively, a chimeric gene designed to express antisense RNA for all or part of the instant nucleic acid fragment can be constructed by linking the gene or gene fragment in reverse orientation to plant promoter sequences. Either the co-suppression or antisense chimeric genes could be introduced into plants via transformation wherein expression of the corresponding endogenous genes are reduced or eliminated.

[0056] Molecular genetic solutions to the generation of plants with altered gene expression have a decided advantage over more traditional plant breeding approaches. Changes in plant phenotypes can be produced by specifically inhibiting expression of one or more genes by antisense inhibition or cosuppression (U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,190,931, 5,107,065 and 5,283,323). An antisense or cosuppression construct would act as a dominant negative regulator of gene activity. While conventional mutations can yield negative regulation of gene activity these effects are most likely recessive. The dominant negative regulation available with a transgenic approach may be advantageous from a breeding perspective. In addition, the ability to restrict the expression of specific phenotype to the reproductive tissues of the plant by the use of tissue specific promoters may confer agronomic advantages relative to conventional mutations which may have an effect in all tissues in which a mutant gene is ordinarily expressed.

[0057] The person skilled in the art will know that special considerations are associated with the use of antisense or cosuppression technologies in order to reduce expression of particular genes. For example, the proper level of expression of sense or antisense genes may require the use of different chimeric genes utilizing different regulatory elements known to the skilled artisan. Once transgenic plants are obtained by one of the methods described above, it will be necessary to screen individual transgenics for those that most effectively display the desired phenotype. Accordingly, the skilled artisan will develop methods for screening large numbers of transformants. The nature of these screens will generally be chosen on practical grounds, and is not an inherent part of the invention. For example, one can screen by looking for changes in gene expression by using antibodies specific for the protein encoded by the gene being suppressed, or one could establish assays that specifically measure enzyme activity. A preferred method will be one which allows large numbers of samples to be processed rapidly, since it will be expected that a large number of transformants will be negative for the desired phenotype.

[0058] The instant polypeptides (or portions thereof) may be produced in heterologous host cells, particularly in the cells of microbial hosts, and can be used to prepare antibodies to the these proteins by methods well known to those skilled in the art. The antibodies are useful for detecting the polypeptides of the instant invention in situ in cells or in vitro in cell extracts. Preferred heterologous host cells for production of the instant polypeptides are microbial hosts. Microbial expression systems and expression vectors containing regulatory sequences that direct high level expression of foreign proteins are well known to those skilled in the art. Any of these could be used to construct a chimeric gene for production of the instant polypeptides. This chimeric gene could then be introduced into appropriate microorganisms via transformation to provide high level expression of the encoded Myb-related transcription factors. An example of a vector for high level expression of the instant polypeptides in a bacterial host is provided (Example 6).

[0059] All or a substantial portion of the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may also be used as probes for genetically and physically mapping the genes that they are a part of, and as markers for traits linked to those genes. Such information may be useful in plant breeding in order to develop lines with desired phenotypes. For example, the instant nucleic acid fragments may be used as restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers. Southern blots (Maniatis) of restriction-digested plant genomic DNA may be probed with the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention. The resulting banding patterns may then be subjected to genetic analyses using computer programs such as MapMaker (Lander et al. (1987) Genomics 1:174-181) in order to construct a genetic map. In addition, the nucleic acid fragments of the instant invention may be used to probe Southern blots containing restriction endonuclease-treated genomic DNAs of a set of individuals representing parent and progeny of a defined genetic cross. Segregation of the DNA polymorphisms is noted and used to calculate the position of the instant nucleic acid sequence in the genetic map previously obtained using this population (Botstein et al. (1980) Am. J. Hum. Genet. 32:314-331).

[0060] The production and use of plant gene-derived probes for use in genetic mapping is described in Bernatzky and Tanksley (1986) Plant Mol. Biol. Reporter 4:37-41. Numerous publications describe genetic mapping of specific cDNA clones using the methodology outlined above or variations thereof. For example, F2 intercross populations, backcross populations, randomly mated populations, near isogenic lines, and other sets of individuals may be used for mapping. Such methodologies are well known to those skilled in the art.

[0061] Nucleic acid probes derived from the instant nucleic acid sequences may also be used for physical mapping (i.e., placement of sequences on physical maps; see Hoheisel et al. In: Nonmammalian Genomic Analysis: A Practical Guide, Academic press 1996, pp. 319-346, and references cited therein).

[0062] In another embodiment, nucleic acid probes derived from the instant nucleic acid sequences may be used in direct fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) mapping (Trask (1991) Trends Genet. 7:149-154). Although current methods of FISH mapping favor use of large clones (several to several hundred KB; see Laan et al. (1995) Genome Res. 5:13-20), improvements in sensitivity may allow performance of FISH mapping using shorter probes.

[0063] A variety of nucleic acid amplification-based methods of genetic and physical mapping may be carried out using the instant nucleic acid sequences. Examples include allele-specific amplification (Kazazian (1989) J. Lab. Clin. Med. 11:95-96), polymorphism of PCR-amplified fragments (CAPS; Sheffield et al. (1993) Genomics 16:325-332), allele-specific ligation (Landegren et al. (1988) Science 241:1077-1080), nucleotide extension reactions (Sokolov (1990) Nucleic Acid Res. 18:3671), Radiation Hybrid Mapping (Walter et al. (1997) Nat. Genet. 7:22-28) and Happy Mapping (Dear and Cook (1989) Nucleic Acid Res. 17:6795-6807). For these methods, the sequence of a nucleic acid fragment is used to design and produce primer pairs for use in the amplification reaction or in primer extension reactions. The design of such primers is well known to those skilled in the art. In methods employing PCR-based genetic mapping, it may be necessary to identify DNA sequence differences between the parents of the mapping cross in the region corresponding to the instant nucleic acid sequence. This, however, is generally not necessary for mapping methods.

[0064] Loss of function mutant phenotypes may be identified for the instant cDNA clones either by targeted gene disruption protocols or by identifying specific mutants for these genes contained in a maize population carrying mutations in all possible genes (Ballinger and Benzer (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:9402-9406; Koes et al. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:8149-8153; Bensen et al. (1995) Plant Cell 7:75-84). The latter approach may be accomplished in two ways. First, short segments of the instant nucleic acid fragments may be used in polymerase chain reaction protocols in conjunction with a mutation tag sequence primer on DNAs prepared from a population of plants in which Mutator transposons or some other mutation-causing DNA element has been introduced (see Bensen, supra). The amplification of a specific DNA fragment with these primers indicates the insertion of the mutation tag element in or near the plant gene encoding the instant polypeptide. Alternatively, the instant nucleic acid fragment may be used as a hybridization probe against PCR amplification products generated from the mutation population using the mutation tag sequence primer in conjunction with an arbitrary genomic site primer, such as that for a restriction enzyme site-anchored synthetic adaptor. With either method, a plant containing a mutation in the endogenous gene encoding the instant polypeptide can be identified and obtained. This mutant plant can then be used to determine or confirm the natural function of the instant polypeptides disclosed herein.

EXAMPLES

[0065] The present invention is further defined in the following Examples, in which all parts and percentages are by weight and degrees are Celsius, unless otherwise stated. It should be understood that these Examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only. From the above discussion and these Examples, one skilled in the art can ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention, and without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make various changes and modifications of the invention to adapt it to various usages and conditions.

Example 1

Composition of cDNA Libraries; Isolation and Sequencing of cDNA Clones

[0066] cDNA libraries representing mRNAs from various corn, rice, soybean and wheat tissues were prepared. The characteristics of the libraries are described below.

TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 cDNA Libraries from Corn, Rice, Soybean and Wheat Library Tissue Clone chpc8 Corn (Zea mays L.) (MBS847) 8 Day Old Shoot Treated chpc8.pk0002.d9 8 Hours With PDO Herbicide MK593* csi1n Corn (Zea mays L.) Silk** csi1n.pk0008.b5 csi1n.pk0028.h7 cta1n Corn (Zea mays L.) Tassel** cta1n.pk0079.e9 p0008 Corn (Zea mays L.) 3 Week Old Leaf p0008.cb3ld06r p0026 Corn (Zea mays L.) Regenerating Callus (Hi-II 223a and p0026.ccrbd36rb 1129e), 5 Days After Auxin Removal rds3c Rice (Oryza sativa) Developing Seed From Top of the Plant rds3c.pk002.c6 rl0n Rice (Oryza sativa) 15 Day Old Leaf** rl0n.pk082.c13 rlr24 Resistant Rice (Oryza sativa) Leaf 15 Days After rlr24.pk0090.f5 Germination, 24 Hours After Infection of Strain Magnaporthe grisea 4360-R-62 (AVR2-YAMO) rlr48 Resistant Rice (Oryza sativa) Leaf 15 Days After rlr48.pk0012.c11 Germination, 48 Hours After Infection of Strain Magnaporthe grisea 4360-R-62 (AVR2-YAMO) rr1 Rice (Oryza sativa) Root of Two Week Old Developing rr1.pk0027.g9 Seedling rr1.pk0037.g7 rr1.pk077.n9 rr1.pk088.p6 se6 Soybean (Glycine max L) Embryo, 26 Days After Flowering se6.pk0048.a12 ses9c Soybean (Glycine max L) Embryogenic Suspension ses9c.pk002.o16 sfl1 Soybean (Glycine max L) Immature Flower sfl1.pk0003.a3 sfl1.pk0032.g4 sfl1.pk0086.a9 sfl1.pk0091.a2 sfl1.pk0105.e6 sfl1.pk125.p19 sgs4c Soybean (Glycine max L) Seed 2 Days After Germination sgs4c.pk004.j24 sl2 Soybean (Glycine max L) Two-Week-Old Developing sl2.pk127.e14 Seedling Treated With 2.5 ppm chlorimuron src3c Soybean (Glycine max L) 8 Day Old Root Infected With src3c.pk010.i22 Cyst Nematode srr3c Soybean (Glycine max L) 8 Day Old Root srr3c.pk002.k6 wdk3c Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) Developing Kernel, wdk3c.pk006.n12 14 Days After Anthesis wlm1 Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) Seedling 1 Hour After wlm1.pk0027.a5 Inoculation With Erysiphe graminis f. sp tritici wr1 Wheat (Triticum aestivum L) Root From 7 Day Old wr1.pk0139.g11 Seedling Light Grown *Application of 2-[(2,4-dihydro-2,6,9-trimethyl[1]benzothiopyrano[4,3-c]pyrazol-8-yl)carb- onyl]-1,3-cyclohexanedione S,S-dioxide; synthesis and methods of using this compound are described in WO 97/19087, incorporated herein by reference. **These libraries were normalized essentially as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,482,845, incorporated herein by reference.

[0067] cDNA libraries may be prepared by any one of many methods available. For example, the cDNAs may be introduced into plasmid vectors by first preparing the cDNA libraries in Uni-ZAP® XR vectors according to the manufacturer's protocol (Stratagene Cloning Systems, La Jolla, Calif.). The Uni-ZAP® XR libraries are converted into plasmid libraries according to the protocol provided by Stratagene. Upon conversion, cDNA inserts will be contained in the plasmid vector pBluescript. In addition, the cDNAs may be introduced directly into precut Bluescript II SK(+) vectors (Stratagene) using T4 DNA ligase (New England Biolabs), followed by transfection into DH10B cells according to the manufacturer's protocol (GIBCO BRL Products). Once the cDNA inserts are in plasmid vectors, plasmid DNAs are prepared from randomly picked bacterial colonies containing recombinant pBluescript plasmids, or the insert cDNA sequences are amplified via polymerase chain reaction using primers specific for vector sequences flanking the inserted cDNA sequences. Amplified insert DNAs or plasmid DNAs are sequenced in dye-primer sequencing reactions to generate partial cDNA sequences (expressed sequence tags or "ESTs"; see Adams et al., (1991) Science 252:1651-1656). The resulting ESTs are analyzed using a Perkin Elmer Model 377 fluorescent sequencer.

[0068] Determination of complete nucleotide sequence of cDNA inserts may be accomplished by a number of methods well-known to those skilled in the art (Maniatis). For example, this may be accomplished stepwise, wherein oligonucleotides near the 5' or 3' end of the sequence may be synthesized which can then serve as primers for sequencing reactions that will extend the known sequence. Another set of oligonucleotides near the 5' or 3' end of the new sequence in the next round prime another set of sequencing reactions to obtain more sequence information. These steps are repeated until the complete nucleotide sequence is determined.

Example 2

Identification of cDNA Clones

[0069] cDNA clones encoding Myb-related transcription factors were identified by conducting BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool; Altschul et al. (1993) J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-410; see also www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/) searches for similarity to sequences contained in the BLAST "nr" database (comprising all non-redundant GenBank CDS translations, sequences derived from the 3-dimensional structure Brookhaven Protein Data Bank, the last major release of the SWISS-PROT protein sequence database, EMBL, and DDBJ databases). The cDNA sequences obtained in Example 1 were analyzed for similarity to all publicly available DNA sequences contained in the "nr" database using the BLASTN algorithm provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The DNA sequences were translated in all reading frames and compared for similarity to all publicly available protein sequences contained in the "nr" database using the BLASTX algorithm (Gish and States (1993) Nat. Genet. 3:266-272) provided by the NCBI. For convenience, the P-value (probability) of observing a match of a cDNA sequence to a sequence contained in the searched databases merely by chance as calculated by BLAST are reported herein as "pLog" values, which represent the negative of the logarithm of the reported P-value. Accordingly, the greater the pLog value, the greater the likelihood that the cDNA sequence and the BLAST "hit" represent homologous proteins.

Example 3

Characterization of cDNA Clones Encoding Myb-Related Transcription Factors

[0070] The BLASTX search using the EST sequence from clone cta1n.pk0079.e9 revealed similarity of the protein encoded by the cDNA to a Myb-related transcription factor from Craterostigma plantagineum (NCBI Identifier No. gi 1002800). The BLASTX search using the EST sequence from clone rr1.pk077.n9 revealed similarity of the protein encoded by the cDNA to a Myb-related transcription factor from Arabidopsis thaliana (NCBI Identifier No. gi 1732513). The BLASTX search using the EST sequence from clone sfl1.pk0032.g4 revealed similarity of the protein encoded by the cDNA to a Myb-related transcription factor from Pisum sativum (NCBI Identifier No. gi 1841475). The BLASTX search using the EST sequence from clone wr1.pk0139.g11 revealed similarity of the protein encoded by the cDNA to a Myb-related transcription factor from Arabidopsis thaliana (NCBI Identifier No. gi 2832500). The BLAST results for each of these ESTs are shown in Table 3:

TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 BLAST Results forClones Encoding Polypeptides Homologous to Plant Myb-related Transcription Factors Clone BLAST pLog Score cta1n.pk0079.e9 39.00 rr1.pk077.n9 27.70 sfl1.pk0032.g4 38.50 wr1.pk0139.g11 16.00

[0071] The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone cta1n.pk0079.e9 is shown in SEQ ID NO:7; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:8. The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone rr1.pk077.n9 is shown in SEQ ID NO:11; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:12. The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone sfl1.pk0032.g4 is shown in SEQ ID NO:27; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:28. The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone wr1.pk0139.g11 is shown in SEQ ID NO:55; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:56. BLAST scores and probabilities indicate that the instant nucleic acid fragments encode portions of a Myb-related transcription factor protein.

[0072] The BLASTX search using the EST sequences from clones r10n.pk082.c13 and sgs4c.pk004.j24 revealed similarity of the proteins encoded by the cDNAs to a Myb-related transcription factor protein from Pisum sativum (NCBI Identifier No. gi 82307). The BLAST results for each of these ESTs are shown in Table 4:

TABLE-US-00004 TABLE 4 BLAST Results for Clones Encoding Polypeptides Homologous to Plant Myb-related Transcription Factors Clone BLAST pLog Score rl0n.pk082.c13 62.50 sgs4c.pk004.j24 47.50

[0073] The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone r10n.pk082.c13 is shown in SEQ ID NO:23; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:24. The sequence of a portion of the cDNA insert from clone sgs4c.pk004.j24 is shown in SEQ ID NO:51; the deduced amino acid sequence of this cDNA is shown in SEQ ID NO:52. BLAST scores and probabilities indicate that the instant nucleic acid fragments encode portions of a Myb-related transcription factor protein.

[0074] The BLASTX search using the sequences from clones listed in Table 5 revealed similarity of the polypeptides encoded by the cDNAs to Myb-related transcription factors from different plant species including Pisum sativum (NCBI General Identification No. 1841475), Arabidopsis thaliana (NCBI General Identification Nos. 3941480 and 3941528), Craterostigma plantagineum (NCBI General Identification Nos. 1002796, 1002798, and 1002800), and Antirrhinum majus (NCBI General Identification No. 82307). Shown in Table 5 are the BLAST results for individual ESTs ("EST"), the sequences of the entire cDNA inserts comprising the indicated cDNA clones ("FIS"), contigs assembled from two or more ESTs ("Contig"), contigs assembled from an FIS and one or more ESTs ("Contig*"), or sequences encoding the entire protein derived from an FIS, a contig, or an FIS and PCR ("CGS"):

TABLE-US-00005 TABLE 5 BLAST Results for Sequences Encoding Polypeptides Homologous to Myb-related Transcription Factors BLAST Results NCBI General Clone Status Identification No. pLog Score Contig of: Contig 1841475 54.40 csi1n.pk0008.b5 csi1n.pk0028.h7 Contig of: Contig 3941480 70.10 p0008.cb3ld06r p0026.ccrbd36rb chpc8.pk0002.d9 EST 1002800 44.70 cta1n.pk0079.e9 CGS 1002800 68.52 Contig of: CGS 3941480 50.00 rr1.pk0027.g9 rr1.pk077.n9 rr1.pk088.p6 EST 3941480 22.52 rr1.pk0037.g7 EST 1002798 79.70 rds3c.pk002.c6 EST 1002798 62.00 Contig of: Contig 1002800 55.04 rlr24.pk0090.f5 rlr48.pk0012.c11 rl0n.pk082.c13 CGS 82307 84.22 sfl1.pk0032.g4 CGS 1841475 96.52 sfl1.pk0086.a9 CGS 1841475 92.22 sfl1.pk0091.a2 CGS 1841475 75.10 sfl1.pk0105.e6 CGS 1841475 96.40 sfl1.pk125.p19 FIS 1841475 90.52 se6.pk0048.a12 FIS 1002798 66.70 sfl1.pk0003.a3 CGS 1002796 59.70 srr3c.pk002.k6 CGS 1002798 77.40 ses9c.pk002.o16 CGS 1002798 73.70 sl2.pk127.e14 CGS 1002800 60.70 src3c.pk010.i22 CGS 1002800 57.05 sgs4c.pk004.j24 CGS 82307 90.52 wr1.pk0139.g11 FIS 3941480 48.52 wdk3c.pk006.n12 EST 1002796 43.70 wlm1.pk0027.a5 EST 3941528 73.70

[0075] FIG. 1 presents an alignment of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:10, 14, 26, 30, 32, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, and 54 and the Pisum sativum sequence (NCBI General Identification No. 1841475; SEQ ID NO:63). The data in Table 6 represents a calculation of the percent identity of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NOs:10, 14, 26, 30, 32, 34, 36, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, and 54 and the Pisum sativum sequence (NCBI General Identification No. 1841475; SEQ ID NO:63).

TABLE-US-00006 TABLE 6 Percent Identity of Amino Acid Sequences Deduced From the Nucleotide Sequences of cDNA Clones Encoding Polypeptides Homologous to Myb-related Transcription Factors Percent Identity to NCBI General Identification SEQ ID NO. No. 1841475 10 43.8 14 33.2 26 30.9 30 75.6 32 74.1 34 64.1 36 77.7 42 43.8 44 48.5 46 46.5 48 45.6 50 46.1 54 31.8

[0076] Sequence alignments and percent identity calculations were performed using the Megalign program of the LASERGENE bioinformatics computing suite (DNASTAR Inc., Madison, Wis.). Multiple alignment of the sequences was performed using the Clustal method of alignment (Higgins and Sharp (1989) CABIOS. 5:151-153) with the default parameters (GAP PENALTY=10, GAP LENGTH PENALTY=10). Default parameters for pairwise alignments using the Clustal method were KTUPLE 1, GAP PENALTY=3, WINDOW=5 and DIAGONALS SAVED=5. Sequence alignments and BLAST scores and probabilities indicate that the nucleic acid fragments comprising the instant cDNA clones encode all or a substantial portion of a Myb-related transcription factor. These sequences represent the first soybean and wheat sequences encoding Myb-related transcription factors. Nucleic acid fragments encoding Myb-related transcription factors have previously been isolated from rice and corn (Marocco et al. (1989) Mol Gen Genet. 216:183-187; Pandolfi et al. (1997) Plant Physiol 114:747).

Example 4

Expression of Chimeric Genes in Monocot Cells

[0077] A chimeric gene comprising a cDNA encoding the instant polypeptide in sense orientation with respect to the maize 27 kD zein promoter that is located 5' to the cDNA fragment, and the 10 kD zein 3' end that is located 3' to the cDNA fragment, can be constructed. The cDNA fragment of this gene may be generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the cDNA clone using appropriate oligonucleotide primers. Cloning sites (NcoI or SmaI) can be incorporated into the oligonucleotides to provide proper orientation of the DNA fragment when inserted into the digested vector pML103 as described below. Amplification is then performed in a standard PCR. The amplified DNA is then digested with restriction enzymes NcoI and SmaI and fractionated on an agarose gel. The appropriate band can be isolated from the gel and combined with a 4.9 kb NcoI-SmaI fragment of the plasmid pML103. Plasmid pML103 has been deposited under the terms of the Budapest Treaty at ATCC (American Type Culture Collection, 10801 University Blvd., Manassas, Va. 20110-2209), and bears accession number ATCC 97366. The DNA segment from pML103 contains a 1.05 kb SalI-NcoI promoter fragment of the maize 27 kD zein gene and a 0.96 kb SmaI-SalI fragment from the 3' end of the maize 10 kD zein gene in the vector pGem9Zf(+) (Promega). Vector and insert DNA can be ligated at 15° C. overnight, essentially as described (Maniatis). The ligated DNA may then be used to transform E. coli XL1-Blue (Epicurian Coli XL-1 Blue®; Stratagene). Bacterial transformants can be screened by restriction enzyme digestion of plasmid DNA and limited nucleotide sequence analysis using the dideoxy chain termination method (Sequenase® DNA Sequencing Kit; U.S. Biochemical). The resulting plasmid construct would comprise a chimeric gene encoding, in the 5' to 3' direction, the maize 27 kD zein promoter, a cDNA fragment encoding the instant polypeptide, and the 10 kD zein 3' region.

[0078] The chimeric gene described above can then be introduced into corn cells by the following procedure. Immature corn embryos can be dissected from developing caryopses derived from crosses of the inbred corn lines H99 and LH132. The embryos are isolated 10 to 11 days after pollination when they are 1.0 to 1.5 mm long. The embryos are then placed with the axis-side facing down and in contact with agarose-solidified N6 medium (Chu et al. (1975) Sci. Sin. Peking 18:659-668). The embryos are kept in the dark at 27° C. Friable embryogenic callus consisting of undifferentiated masses of cells with somatic proembryoids and embryoids borne on suspensor structures proliferates from the scutellum of these immature embryos. The embryogenic callus isolated from the primary explant can be cultured on N6 medium and sub-cultured on this medium every 2 to 3 weeks.

[0079] The plasmid, p35S/Ac (obtained from Dr. Peter Eckes, Hoechst Ag, Frankfurt, Germany) may be used in transformation experiments in order to provide for a selectable marker. This plasmid contains the Pat gene (see European Patent Publication 0 242 236) which encodes phosphinothricin acetyl transferase (PAT). The enzyme PAT confers resistance to herbicidal glutamine synthetase inhibitors such as phosphinothricin. The pat gene in p35S/Ac is under the control of the 35S promoter from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (Odell et al. (1985) Nature 313:810-812) and the 3' region of the nopaline synthase gene from the T-DNA of the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

[0080] The particle bombardment method (Klein et al. (1987) Nature 327:70-73) may be used to transfer genes to the callus culture cells. According to this method, gold particles (1 μm in diameter) are coated with DNA using the following technique. Ten μg of plasmid DNAs are added to 50 μl of a suspension of gold particles (60 mg per mL). Calcium chloride (50 μl of a 2.5 M solution) and spermidine free base (20 μl of a 1.0 M solution) are added to the particles. The suspension is vortexed during the addition of these solutions. After 10 minutes, the tubes are briefly centrifuged (5 sec at 15,000 rpm) and the supernatant removed. The particles are resuspended in 200 μl of absolute ethanol, centrifuged again and the supernatant removed. The ethanol rinse is performed again and the particles resuspended in a final volume of 30 μl of ethanol. An aliquot (5 μl) of the DNA-coated gold particles can be placed in the center of a Kapton® flying disc (Bio-Rad Labs). The particles are then accelerated into the corn tissue with a Biolistic® PDS-1000/He (Bio-Rad Instruments, Hercules Calif.), using a helium pressure of 1000 psi, a gap distance of 0.5 cm and a flying distance of 1.0 cm.

[0081] For bombardment, the embryogenic tissue is placed on filter paper over agarose-solidified N6 medium. The tissue is arranged as a thin lawn and covered a circular area of about 5 cm in diameter. The petri dish containing the tissue can be placed in the chamber of the PDS-1000/He approximately 8 cm from the stopping screen. The air in the chamber is then evacuated to a vacuum of 28 inches of Hg. The macrocarrier is accelerated with a helium shock wave using a rupture membrane that bursts when the He pressure in the shock tube reaches 1000 psi.

[0082] Seven days after bombardment the tissue can be transferred to N6 medium that contains gluphosinate (2 mg per liter) and lacks casein or proline. The tissue continues to grow slowly on this medium. After an additional 2 weeks the tissue can be transferred to fresh N6 medium containing gluphosinate. After 6 weeks, areas of about 1 cm in diameter of actively growing callus can be identified on some of the plates containing the glufosinate-supplemented medium. These calli may continue to grow when sub-cultured on the selective medium.

[0083] Plants can be regenerated from the transgenic callus by first transferring clusters of tissue to N6 medium supplemented with 0.2 mg per liter of 2,4-D. After two weeks the tissue can be transferred to regeneration medium (Fromm et al. (1990) Bio/Technology 8:833-839).

Example 5

Expression of Chimeric Genes in Dicot Cells

[0084] A seed-specific expression cassette composed of the promoter and transcription terminator from the gene encoding the β subunit of the seed storage protein phaseolin from the bean Phaseolus vulgaris (Doyle et al. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261:9228-9238) can be used for expression of the instant polypeptides in transformed soybean. The phaseolin cassette includes about 500 nucleotides upstream (5') from the translation initiation codon and about 1650 nucleotides downstream (3') from the translation stop codon of phaseolin. Between the 5' and 3' regions are the unique restriction endonuclease sites Nco I (which includes the ATG translation initiation codon), Sma I, Kpn I and Xba I. The entire cassette is flanked by Hind III sites.

[0085] The cDNA fragment of this gene may be generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the cDNA clone using appropriate oligonucleotide primers. Cloning sites can be incorporated into the oligonucleotides to provide proper orientation of the DNA fragment when inserted into the expression vector. Amplification is then performed as described above, and the isolated fragment is inserted into a pUC18 vector carrying the seed expression cassette.

[0086] Soybean embryos may then be transformed with the expression vector comprising sequences encoding the instant polypeptides. To induce somatic embryos, cotyledons, 3-5 mm in length dissected from surface sterilized, immature seeds of the soybean cultivar A2872, can be cultured in the light or dark at 26° C. on an appropriate agar medium for 6-10 weeks. Somatic embryos which produce secondary embryos are then excised and placed into a suitable liquid medium. After repeated selection for clusters of somatic embryos which multiplied as early, globular staged embryos, the suspensions are maintained as described below.

[0087] Soybean embryogenic suspension cultures can maintained in 35 mL liquid media on a rotary shaker, 150 rpm, at 26° C. with florescent lights on a 16:8 hour day/night schedule. Cultures are subcultured every two weeks by inoculating approximately 35 mg of tissue into 35 mL of liquid medium.

[0088] Soybean embryogenic suspension cultures may then be transformed by the method of particle gun bombardment (Klein et al. (1987) Nature (London) 327:70-73, U.S. Pat. No. 4,945,050). A DuPont Biolistic® PDS1000/HE instrument (helium retrofit) can be used for these transformations.

[0089] A selectable marker gene which can be used to facilitate soybean transformation is a chimeric gene composed of the 35S promoter from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus (Odell et al. (1985) Nature 313:810-812), the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene from plasmid pJR225 (from E. coli; Gritz et al. (1983) Gene 25:179-188) and the 3' region of the nopaline synthase gene from the T-DNA of the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens. The seed expression cassette comprising the phaseolin 5' region, the fragment encoding the instant polypeptide and the phaseolin 3' region can be isolated as a restriction fragment. This fragment can then be inserted into a unique restriction site of the vector carrying the marker gene.

[0090] To 50 μl of a 60 mg/mL 1 μm gold particle suspension is added (in order): 5 μL DNA (1 μg/μL), 20 μl spermidine (0.1 M), and 50 μL CaCl₂ (2.5 M). The particle preparation is then agitated for three minutes, spun in a microfuge for 10 seconds and the supernatant removed. The DNA-coated particles are then washed once in 400 μL 70% ethanol and resuspended in 40 μl of anhydrous ethanol. The DNA/particle suspension can be sonicated three times for one second each. Five μL of the DNA-coated gold particles are then loaded on each macro carrier disk.

[0091] Approximately 300-400 mg of a two-week-old suspension culture is placed in an empty 60×15 mm petri dish and the residual liquid removed from the tissue with a pipette. For each transformation experiment, approximately 5-10 plates of tissue are normally bombarded. Membrane rupture pressure is set at 1100 psi and the chamber is evacuated to a vacuum of 28 inches mercury. The tissue is placed approximately 3.5 inches away from the retaining screen and bombarded three times. Following bombardment, the tissue can be divided in half and placed back into liquid and cultured as described above.

[0092] Five to seven days post bombardment, the liquid media may be exchanged with fresh media, and eleven to twelve days post bombardment with fresh media containing 50 mg/mL hygromycin. This selective media can be refreshed weekly. Seven to eight weeks post bombardment, green, transformed tissue may be observed growing from untransformed, necrotic embryogenic clusters. Isolated green tissue is removed and inoculated into individual flasks to generate new, clonally propagated, transformed embryogenic suspension cultures. Each new line may be treated as an independent transformation event. These suspensions can then be subcultured and maintained as clusters of immature embryos or regenerated into whole plants by maturation and germination of individual somatic embryos.

Example 6

Expression of Chimeric Genes in Microbial Cells

[0093] The cDNAs encoding the instant polypeptides can be inserted into the T7 E. coli expression vector pBT430. This vector is a derivative of pET-3a (Rosenberg et al. (1987) Gene 56:125-135) which employs the bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase/T7 promoter system. Plasmid pBT430 was constructed by first destroying the EcoR I and Hind III sites in pET-3a at their original positions. An oligonucleotide adaptor containing EcoR I and Hind III sites was inserted at the BamH I site of pET-3a. This created pET-3aM with additional unique cloning sites for insertion of genes into the expression vector. Then, the Nde I site at the position of translation initiation was converted to an Nco I site using oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. The DNA sequence of pET-3aM in this region, 5'-CATATGG, was converted to 5'-CCCATGG in pBT430.

[0094] Plasmid DNA containing a cDNA may be appropriately digested to release a nucleic acid fragment encoding the protein. This fragment may then be purified on a 1% NuSieve GTG® low melting agarose gel (FMC). Buffer and agarose contain 10 μg/ml ethidium bromide for visualization of the DNA fragment. The fragment can then be purified from the agarose gel by digestion with GELase® (Epicentre Technologies) according to the manufacturer's instructions, ethanol precipitated, dried and resuspended in 20 μL of water. Appropriate oligonucleotide adapters may be ligated to the fragment using T4 DNA ligase (New England Biolabs, Beverly, Mass.). The fragment containing the ligated adapters can be purified from the excess adapters using low melting agarose as described above. The vector pBT430 is digested, dephosphorylated with alkaline phosphatase (NEB) and deproteinized with phenol/chloroform as described above. The prepared vector pBT430 and fragment can then be ligated at 16° C. for 15 hours followed by transformation into DH5 electrocompetent cells (GIBCO BRL). Transformants can be selected on agar plates containing LB media and 100 μg/mL ampicillin. Transformants containing the gene encoding the instant polypeptide are then screened for the correct orientation with respect to the T7 promoter by restriction enzyme analysis.

[0095] For high level expression, a plasmid clone with the cDNA insert in the correct orientation relative to the T7 promoter can be transformed into E. coli strain BL21(DE3) (Studier et al. (1986) J. Mol. Biol. 189:113-130). Cultures are grown in LB medium containing ampicillin (100 mg/L) at 25° C. At an optical density at 600 nm of approximately 1, IPTG (isopropylthio-β-galactoside, the inducer) can be added to a final concentration of 0.4 mM and incubation can be continued for 3 h at 25°. Cells are then harvested by centrifugation and re-suspended in 50 μl of 50 mM Tris-HCl at pH 8.0 containing 0.1 mM DTT and 0.2 mM phenyl methylsulfonyl fluoride. A small amount of 1 mm glass beads can be added and the mixture sonicated 3 times for about 5 seconds each time with a microprobe sonicator. The mixture is centrifuged and the protein concentration of the supernatant determined. One μg of protein from the soluble fraction of the culture can be separated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Gels can be observed for protein bands migrating at the expected molecular weight.

Example 7

Assaying Myb-Related Transcription Factor Activity

[0096] The polypeptides described herein may be produced using any number of methods known to those skilled in the art. Such methods include, but are not limited to, expression in bacteria as described in Example 6, or expression in eukaryotic cell culture, in planta, and using viral expression systems in suitably infected organisms or cell lines. The instant -4B. In an alternate embodiment, a thioredoxin fusion protein may be eluted using dithiothreitol; however, elution may be accomplished using other reagents which interact to displace the thioredoxin from the resin. These reagents include β-mercaptoethanol or other reduced thiol. The eluted fusion protein may be subjected to further purification by polypeptides may be expressed either as mature forms of the proteins as observed in vivo or as fusion proteins by covalent attachment to a variety of enzymes, proteins or affinity tags. Common fusion protein partners include glutathione S-transferase ("GST"), thioredoxin ("Trx"), maltose binding protein, and C- and/or N-terminal hexahistidine polypeptide ("(His)₆"). The fusion proteins may be engineered with a protease recognition site at the fusion point so that fusion partners can be separated by protease digestion to yield intact mature enzyme. Examples of such proteases include thrombin, enterokinase and factor Xa. However, any protease can be used which specifically cleaves the peptide connecting the fusion protein and the enzyme.

[0097] Purification of the instant polypeptides, if desired, may utilize any number of separation technologies familiar to those skilled in the art of protein purification. Examples of such methods include, but are not limited to, homogenization, filtration, centrifugation, heat denaturation, ammonium sulfate precipitation, desalting, pH precipitation, ion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic interaction chromatography and affinity chromatography, wherein the affinity ligand represents a substrate, substrate analog or inhibitor. When the instant polypeptides are expressed as fusion proteins, the purification protocol may include the use of an affinity resin which is specific for the fusion protein tag attached to the expressed enzyme or an affinity resin containing ligands which are specific for the enzyme. For example, the instant polypeptides may be expressed as a fusion protein coupled to the C-terminus of thioredoxin. In addition, a (His)₆ peptide may be engineered into the N-terminus of the fused thioredoxin moiety to afford additional opportunities for affinity purification. Other suitable affinity resins could be synthesized by linking the appropriate ligands to any suitable resin such as Sepharosetraditional means as stated above, if desired. Proteolytic cleavage of the thioredoxin fusion protein and the enzyme may be accomplished after the fusion protein is purified or while the protein is still bound to the ThioBond® affinity resin or other resin.

[0098] Crude, partially purified or purified enzyme, either alone or as a fusion protein, may be utilized in assays to verify over- or underexpression of functional Myb-related transcription factor protein in transgenic plants and transformed bacterial cells. Assays may be conducted under well known experimental conditions which permit optimal enzymatic activity. For example, assays for Myb-related transcription factors are presented by Moyano et al. (1996) Plant Cell 8:1519-1532.

[0099] Various modifications of the invention in addition to those shown and described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description. Such modifications are also intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims.

[0100] The disclosure of each reference set forth above is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

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tggagctgca ctcccgctgg ggcaaccgct ggtcaagatc 420gcgcagcacc tccaagggca acgacaacga natcanaact actggcgcac cggttcanan 480cacccagcan ctcaatgcaa ctcaaagcan cgctcaagga ctcagcgcta atctggatgc 540gngctcccna angnaccgtc gacatccggg angggctnct ttngagcnca cccancaaac 600n 6016120PRTZea maysUNSURE(101)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 6Met Ala Ala Arg Asp His Arg Glu Leu Ser Gly Asp Glu Asp Ser Val1 5 10 15Val Ala Ala Gly Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Glu Glu Asp 20 25 30Met Leu Leu Val Asn Tyr Val Ala Ala His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn 35 40 45Ala Leu Ala Arg Cys Ala Gly Leu Arg Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg 50 55 60Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile65 70 75 80Thr Ala Gln Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly 85 90 95Asn Arg Trp Ser Xaa Ile Ala Gln His Leu Gln Gly Gln Arg Gln Arg 100 105 110Xaa Xaa Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Gly 115 1207547DNAZea maysunsure(356)n is a, c, g or t 7ccgataccgg cctcaacgcc ctctttttcc cagcctcaca accaattcct gtttcagtcg 60atcgcagtta gcatggccac gacacagagc tgtcagagca ggagcagcgc ctgcagcaag 120gctgctgctt gcttcccggc cgccgtagcg gtcgacgagg agcacggcca ccacagccac 180cagctgaagg gaggagcgca ggaggaggct gagaacgaca ataataagcc ggagctccgg 240cgtggcccct ggacggtaga cgaggacctc accctcgtca actacatcgc cgacaacggc 300gagggtccct ggaacaacct cgcccgcgcc gccgggctga agcggacggg caaganctgc 360cggctgcggt ggcncaacta cctccggccc gacgtgaagc gtgggaactt cagcgccgac 420gagcagctgc tcatctcgac ctcacaccgc tggggcaacc gatgtcgaag atagcgcanc 480acctgccggg aaggacggca acgagatnaa gaactactgg aggaccgggt gnataacacg 540caagatc 547872PRTZea maysUNSURE(42)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 8Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu Asp Leu Thr Leu Val1 5 10 15Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asp Asn Gly Glu Gly Pro Trp Asn Asn Leu Ala Arg 20 25 30Ala Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Xaa Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Xaa 35 40 45Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Ser Ala Asp Glu 50 55 60Gln Leu Leu Ile Ser Thr Ser His65 7091317DNAZea mays 9gcacgagccg ataccggcct caacgccctc tttttcccag cctcacaacc aattcctgtt 60tcagtcgatc gcagttagca tggccacgac acagagctgt cagagcagga gcagcgcctg 120cagcaaggct gctgcttgct tcccggccgc cgtagcggtc gacgaggagc acggccacca 180cagccaccag ctgaagggag gagcgcagga ggaggctgag aacgacaata ataagccgga 240gctccggcgt ggcccctgga cggtagacga ggacctcacc ctcgtcaact acatcgccga 300caacggcgag ggtcgctgga acaacctcgc ccgcgccgcc gggctgaagc ggacgggcaa 360gagctgccgg ctgcggtggc tcaactacct ccggcccgac gtgaagcgtg gcaacttcag 420cgccgacgag cagctgctca tcctcgacct ccacacccgc tggggcaacc gatggtcgaa 480gatagcgcag cacctgccgg gaaggacgga caacgagatc aagaactact ggaggacccg 540ggtgcagaag cacgccaagc agctcaactg cgacgccaac agcaagcgct tcaaggacgc 600catgcgctac ctctggatgc cgcacctcgc cgacgacgtc gataccatcg ctgcggccaa 660cgacgacgac gaagaccacc accacaacct acgcctcctc gtcctgcacc accaccaggc 720ccagcacctg cagcaagctg ctgccgcggc cggcggcgct gccaacgacc ttgctgcggg 780cgcctacgac gtccgccagc tgcacgcgct gccgtcgtcg ggcatggcgg cgacgtcgtc 840gtccgactcg ctcgcgtcgg agtcgtacga tgacggaggc ctgcttttcg cgaacttgcg 900cgccggcgag atgctgatgg acggcggaga ttgggcggcg cagcaggagg ccgaccaagg 960gctgtggccg ccgccgccgc cgccgccgtc tgatcttgat cagtcggtgg tgcaggctgc 1020tggtgccggc gctggccagt ttcaggacat ggagctcagt ggttgggtgc aaggcttctc 1080cgagagcatt acagataact tttgggcctt ggaggaaatt tggaagatgc aatgagcgag 1140caattttaca tcttacacat ccatccaaat taaagacaac atagatacac atatacatat 1200catatattct aacaacaggt gccatatacg atatacatac acaagttgtt gtatagttgt 1260attccgctta tatatatatt ttttttgcct ctcaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa 131710351PRTZea mays 10Met Ala Thr Thr Gln Ser Cys Gln Ser Arg Ser Ser Ala Cys Ser Lys1 5 10 15Ala Ala Ala Cys Phe Pro Ala Ala Val Ala Val Asp Glu Glu His Gly 20 25 30His His Ser His Gln Leu Lys Gly Gly Ala Gln Glu Glu Ala Glu Asn 35 40 45Asp Asn Asn Lys Pro Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu 50 55 60Asp Leu Thr Leu Val Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asp Asn Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp65 70 75 80Asn Asn Leu Ala Arg Ala Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys 85 90 95Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn 100 105 110Phe Ser Ala Asp Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Asp Leu His Thr Arg Trp 115 120 125Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp 130 135 140Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys145 150 155 160Gln Leu Asn Cys Asp Ala Asn Ser Lys Arg Phe Lys Asp Ala Met Arg 165 170 175Tyr Leu Trp Met Pro His Leu Ala Asp Asp Val Asp Thr Ile Ala Ala 180 185 190Ala Asn Asp Asp Asp Glu Asp His His His Asn Leu Arg Leu Leu Val 195 200 205Leu His His His Gln Ala Gln His Leu Gln Gln Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala 210 215 220Gly Gly Ala Ala Asn Asp Leu Ala Ala Gly Ala Tyr Asp Val Arg Gln225 230 235 240Leu His Ala Leu Pro Ser Ser Gly Met Ala Ala Thr Ser Ser Ser Asp 245 250 255Ser Leu Ala Ser Glu Ser Tyr Asp Asp Gly Gly Leu Leu Phe Ala Asn 260 265 270Leu Arg Ala Gly Glu Met Leu Met Asp Gly Gly Asp Trp Ala Ala Gln 275 280 285Gln Glu Ala Asp Gln Gly Leu Trp Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Pro Ser 290 295 300Asp Leu Asp Gln Ser Val Val Gln Ala Ala Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Gln305 310 315 320Phe Gln Asp Met Glu Leu Ser Gly Trp Val Gln Gly Phe Ser Glu Ser 325 330 335Ile Thr Asp Asn Phe Trp Ala Leu Glu Glu Ile Trp Lys Met Gln 340 345 35011488DNAOryza sativa 11ggttcgtgcg gctgctgggc gaacggcggt gggatttctt agcaaaggtg tcaggtttgc 60gcggcggcgg gtgatgagca tatgcgtgcg tgcatctaat ctatcgatta attgttgatg 120atgtcgatca gatggatgga tgcatgcata tgccgtacat agtagatttg atgatagtaa 180ctgacataaa tataatgtat gcgtgcgatc aacgctggtt gttggatcgt ccgtcgtgtg 240tatgggtggt gtgtggctga tgcaggtttg cagcgcagcg ggaagagctg ccgtctccgg 300tgggtgaact acctgcatcc agggctgaag cgagggagga tgagccccga ggaggagagg 360atggtggtgc agctccacgc caagctcggc aacaggtggt ctcgcatcgc caagagcatt 420cctggccgca ccgacaacga gatcaagaac tactggcgca cccacctgcg caagctcaag 480ctcaaaca 4881271PRTOryza sativa 12Val Tyr Gly Trp Cys Val Ala Asp Ala Gly Leu Gln Arg Ser Gly Lys1 5 10 15Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn Tyr Leu His Pro Gly Leu Lys Arg 20 25 30Gly Arg Met Ser Pro Glu Glu Glu Arg Met Val Val Gln Leu His Ala 35 40 45Lys Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Arg Ile Ala Lys Ser Ile Pro Gly Arg 50 55 60Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn65 70131123DNAOryza sativa 13gcattctttt tctgcatcat catcgtcgtc ttcgtcttct tcttgttcag tagtgcagct 60gggtcatcat cagcgcccac agggtgagga ccctctcatc ggcatcaaag cagcagcagc 120aggaggagga ggaataatga gaaagggccc gtggacggag caggaggacg tgcagttggt 180ttggttcgtg cggctgctgg gcgaacggcg gtgggatttc ttagcaaagg tgtcaggttt 240gcagcgcagc gggaagagct gccgtctccg gtgggtgaac tacctgcatc cagggctgaa 300gcgagggagg atgagccccg aggaggagag gatggtggtg cagctccacg ccaagctcgg 360caacaggtgg tctcgcatcg ccaagagcat tcctggccgc accgacaacg agatcaagaa 420ctactggcgc acccacctgc gcaagctcaa gctcaaacag caaaagcagc agcagtccga 480cgaccaccac aacgacaacg acgacgacga cgaccgcaac tcctcctcct cttcgtcctc 540ctccaacagc aacagcaacc tgcagcagca gccgcagcca gaggatgagt cgtcggccag 600tggcagcctg caggcccaac atcatgagga ccagcaccaa ctgttccttc atcctctctg 660gaacgacgac atcatcgtcg acgtcgactg ctggagcagc agcaccaacg tcgtcgctcc 720gccgccgatg cccgcctcgc cgctctggga tatcgatgac gccttcttct gctcggatta 780ttcgctacct ctctggggat agtatatatc atccatcagc cgccaagacg atgacgacta 840catcaactcg atcgatcgat gcctcctaat catgtgggag tactcagctc atctcaattg 900ttacatcctt gctacagctg ctaattactg taattactag cttgcatata gggatcgacg 960gaggaattaa tatatacatg ttagtaactc gttctatagc gcaacttgca gttgcatctc 1020aatctctgat cagtactata taaatatata tatatatgta acagctgcta gctatagcta 1080gctgcgtaca catccatatg aatgtgtgtg tgttcatgct aaa 112314221PRTOryza sativa 14Met Arg Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Glu Gln Glu Asp Val Gln Leu Val Trp1 5 10 15Phe Val Arg Leu Leu Gly Glu Arg Arg Trp Asp Phe Leu Ala Lys Val 20 25 30Ser Gly Leu Gln Arg Ser Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn 35 40 45Tyr Leu His Pro Gly Leu Lys Arg Gly Arg Met Ser Pro Glu Glu Glu 50 55 60Arg Met Val Val Gln Leu His Ala Lys Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Arg65 70 75 80Ile Ala Lys Ser Ile Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr 85 90 95Trp Arg Thr His Leu Arg Lys Leu Lys Leu Lys Gln Gln Lys Gln Gln 100 105 110Gln Ser Asp Asp His His Asn Asp Asn Asp Asp Asp Asp Asp Arg Asn 115 120 125Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Ser Asn Ser Asn Ser Asn Leu Gln Gln 130 135 140Gln Pro Gln Pro Glu Asp Glu Ser Ser Ala Ser Gly Ser Leu Gln Ala145 150 155 160Gln His His Glu Asp Gln His Gln Leu Phe Leu His Pro Leu Trp Asn 165 170 175Asp Asp Ile Ile Val Asp Val Asp Cys Trp Ser Ser Ser Thr Asn Val 180 185 190Val Ala Pro Pro Pro Met Pro Ala Ser Pro Leu Trp Asp Ile Asp Asp 195 200 205Ala Phe Phe Cys Ser Asp Tyr Ser Leu Pro Leu Trp Gly 210 215 22015336DNAOryza sativaunsure(308)n is a, c, g or t 15tctggagttg atcaaggctc taaacgtgaa gctggagcca acaaactcaa agaggaagaa 60gaacacggag agtggctccc atcctatcca aggtaagaag tgaacaacgt tagcattgca 120acatcccaag ccccaatatg gtgacagtga gagaggagat gcgcaaggga ccatggacag 180agcaggagga cctgcaactg gtatgcactg tccgcctgtt cggtgaccgc cgttgggatt 240tcgttgccaa agtatcaggt ttgagggggc tcaataggac aggcaagagc tgccgcctcc 300gttgggtnaa ctaactccaa ccctgggcct caagca 3361662PRTOryza sativaUNSURE(59)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 16Met Val Thr Val Arg Glu Glu Met Arg Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Glu Gln1 5 10 15Glu Asp Leu Gln Leu Val Cys Thr Val Arg Leu Phe Gly Asp Arg Arg 20 25 30Trp Asp Phe Val Ala Lys Val Ser Gly Leu Arg Gly Leu Asn Arg Thr 35 40 45Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn Xaa Leu Gln Pro 50 55 6017587DNAOryza sativaunsure(577)n is a, c, g or t 17ctctactaca cacttgctct gcccgatgat gatggcgcga gaggtgagca gcgaggagga 60ggctggcggc ggcgacgagc tccggcgagg gccgtggacg gtggaggagg acctgctcct 120cgtcaactac atcgccgccc atggcgaggg ccgctggaac gcgctcgcgc gctgcgccgg 180gctgaagcgg acggggaaga gctgccggct gcggtggctg aactacctga ggccggacgt 240gaggaggggg aacatgacgg cggaggagca gctgctgata ctggagctcc atgggcggtg 300ggggaatcgg tggagcaaga tcgcgcagca tctccccggc cgcaccgaca acgagatcaa 360gaactactgg cgcacccgcg tccagaagca cgccaagcac ctcaactgcg acgtcaactc 420ccagcagttc aaggacctca tgcgctacct ctggatgccc gcctcctcga acgcatcaac 480gctcctccca atccaatcca cgacccgacg acccgactct cgtctccgcc gcacactgat 540cactcgactc tctcacgcca taacgccgct cgcatgncga annacan 58718145PRTOryza sativa 18Met Met Met Ala Arg Glu Val Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Ala Gly Gly Gly1 5 10

15Asp Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Glu Glu Asp Leu Leu Leu 20 25 30Val Asn Tyr Ile Ala Ala His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Ala Leu Ala 35 40 45Arg Cys Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp 50 55 60Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Met Thr Ala Glu65 70 75 80Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Gly Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp 85 90 95Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys 100 105 110Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys His Leu Asn Cys 115 120 125Asp Val Asn Ser Gln Gln Phe Lys Asp Leu Met Arg Tyr Leu Trp Met 130 135 140Pro14519440DNAOryza sativa 19gccgccggtc tgaagaggac tgggaagagc tgccggctcc ggtggctgaa ctatctccgg 60ccggatgtga agcgcggcaa cttcaccgca gaggagcagc tgctcatcct cgacctccac 120tcccgatggg gcaaccgatg gtccaagata gcacaacatt tgcctgggag gaccgacgac 180gagatcaaga actactggag gaccagagtg caaaagcatg ccaagcaact caattgtgat 240gtcaacagca agaggttcaa ggatgccatg aagtacctat ggatgcctcg ccttgccgag 300cgcatccatg ccagggctgg cgctgttgat gatagcggag actacagcaa caacgactta 360tcatgtgtat ctggtgtaac aatggccact gttgctaatt gttttgatgg ctctccgagc 420atggtgacta gctcatcctc 44020146PRTOryza sativa 20Ala Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu1 5 10 15Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Ala Glu Glu 20 25 30Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Asp Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser 35 40 45Lys Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asp Glu Ile Lys Asn 50 55 60Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys Gln Leu Asn Cys Asp65 70 75 80Val Asn Ser Lys Arg Phe Lys Asp Ala Met Lys Tyr Leu Trp Met Pro 85 90 95Arg Leu Ala Glu Arg Ile His Ala Arg Ala Gly Ala Val Asp Asp Ser 100 105 110Gly Asp Tyr Ser Asn Asn Asp Leu Ser Cys Val Ser Gly Val Thr Met 115 120 125Ala Thr Val Ala Asn Cys Phe Asp Gly Ser Pro Ser Met Val Thr Ser 130 135 140Ser Ser14521640DNAOryza sativaunsure(355)n is a, c, g or t 21ggcgtacatc catccatcca tccatctatc cagagagcac agcaacggcg catatatagt 60acccctctac caaagcacaa caaccagaat ctcctgagct cgatctagct actagcttga 120tctatccgat caatcgactg gcccgcgagg atcgatcgag actcgaaagg gagggatttt 180gatccggatc ggtcgacgat ggacatggcg cacgagaggg acgcgagcag cgaggaggag 240gtgatgggcg gcgacctgcg tcgcgggccg tggacggtgg aggaggacct cctgctcgtc 300aactacatcg ccgcgcacgg cgagggccgc tggaactcgc tcgcccgatc agcanggctg 360aaacgcacag gcaagagctg ccggctccgg tggctgaact acctccgccc cgacctccgg 420cgaggcaaca tcacgccgca agagcagctg ctcatcctgg agctgcactc gcggtgggga 480aaccgctggt ccaagatngc gcagcacctc ccgggaagca ccgacaacga gatnaagaat 540acnggcgcac gcggtgcaga agcacccaag cagtcaagtg cnactcaaca gcaacantta 600aggacncatg cgctactcng gatgcccgct cttnagggat 64022115PRTOryza sativaUNSURE(53)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 22Met Asp Met Ala His Glu Arg Asp Ala Ser Ser Glu Glu Glu Val Met1 5 10 15Gly Gly Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Glu Glu Asp Leu Leu 20 25 30Leu Val Asn Tyr Ile Ala Ala His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Ser Leu 35 40 45Ala Arg Ser Ala Xaa Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg 50 55 60Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro65 70 75 80Gln Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg 85 90 95Trp Ser Lys Xaa Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Ser Thr Asp Asn Glu Xaa 100 105 110Lys Asn Thr 11523484DNAOryza sativaunsure(118)n is a, c, g or t 23cttacacctg atcgagatcg agtagtagtg acacgcatac accaccaacc accgccgccc 60gccgccggcg agctgcagga tggggaggcc gccgtgctgc gacaaggtcg gggtgaanaa 120ggggccatgg acgccggagg aggacctgat gctggtctcc tacatccagg agcacggcgc 180cggcaactgg cgcgccgtgc cgacgaacac cgggctgatg cgttgcagca agagctgccg 240gctccggtgg acgaactacc tcaggccggg gatcaagcgg gggaacttca ccgagcanga 300ggagaagctc atcgtccacc tccaggctct cctcggcaac cggtgggcaa cgatnncgtc 360gtacttgccg gganangacg ncaacnacat cangaatact gggaacannc acctcangaa 420gaactcaaga anatgcaagc caccggaggt ggngaaaaca gcgcgncgnc tcgganngtt 480gcgg 48424126PRTOryza sativaUNSURE(13)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 24Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Val Gly Val Xaa Lys Gly Pro1 5 10 15Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Leu Met Leu Val Ser Tyr Ile Gln Glu His 20 25 30Gly Ala Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Thr Asn Thr Gly Leu Met Arg 35 40 45Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Glu Xaa Glu Glu Lys Leu Ile Val His65 70 75 80Leu Gln Ala Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ala Thr Xaa Xaa Ser Tyr Leu 85 90 95Pro Gly Xaa Asp Xaa Asn Xaa Ile Xaa Asn Thr Gly Asn Xaa His Leu 100 105 110Xaa Lys Asn Ser Arg Xaa Cys Lys Pro Pro Glu Val Xaa Lys 115 120 125251427DNAOryza sativa 25gcacgagctt acacctgatc gagatcgagt agtagtgaca cgcatacacc accaaccacc 60gccgcccgcc gccggcgagc tgcaggatgg ggaggccgcc gtgctgcgac aaggtcgggg 120tgaagaaggg gccatggacg ccggaggagg acctgatgct ggtctcctac atccaggagc 180acggcgccgg caactggcgc gccgtgccga cgaacaccgg gctgatgcgt tgcagcaaga 240gctgccggct ccggtggacg aactacctca ggccggggat caagcggggg aacttcaccg 300agcaggagga gaagctcatc gtccacctcc aggctctcct cggcaaccgg tgggcagcga 360tagcgtcgta cttgccggag aggacggaca acgacatcaa gaactactgg aacacgcacc 420tcaagaagaa gctcaagaag atgcaggccg ccggaggtgg ggaagacagc ggcgccgcct 480cggagggtgg cggcggccgc ggcgacggcg acggcggcgg gaaaagcgtg aaggccgccg 540cacctaaggg gcagtgggag cggcggctgc agacggacat ccacacggcg cggcaggcgc 600tgcgcgacgc gctctcgctc gaccaccccg acccgtcgcc ggcgacggcg gcggcggcgg 660cgacgccagc ggggtcgtcg gcggcgtacg cgtcgagcgc ggacaacatc gcgcggctgc 720tgcagggctg gatgcgcccg ggcggcggcg gcggcggcaa cggcaagggc cccgaggcgt 780cggggtcgac ctccacgacg gcgacgacgc agcagcagcc gcagtgctcc ggcgagggcg 840cggcatccgc gtccgcgtcg gcgagccaga gcggcgccgc cgccgcggcg actgcccaga 900cgccggagtg ctcgacggag acgagcaaga tggccaccgg cggcggcgcc ggcggccccg 960cgccggcgtt ctcgatgctg gagagctggc tgctcgacga cggcggcatg gggctcatgg 1020acgtggtgcc attgggggac cccagtgagt tcttttaagt gtagtacaac caaaattaaa 1080ttaatcaagt agacagcaag aacaaaaaaa aataatggaa agttgccgag ttaattaatc 1140aagatgcaac taatcaaagc taattaaaag ggcttcgagt taattctcgg tgatttaaat 1200cgagtttgca ggtgttgatc tagcttggtt aattaatcct ttcttttgta ggtttttagt 1260taattagtct ctctgatgat gctagggttt ggaactgatc atatgtaagt taatttatac 1320taatggtagg cctgtgactt gtgattagtt agtcctgagt ggataaataa agacataaat 1380gtacatcttt ttaaaagata aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaa 142726323PRTOryza sativa 26Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Val Gly Val Lys Lys Gly Pro1 5 10 15Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Leu Met Leu Val Ser Tyr Ile Gln Glu His 20 25 30Gly Ala Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Thr Asn Thr Gly Leu Met Arg 35 40 45Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Glu Gln Glu Glu Lys Leu Ile Val His65 70 75 80Leu Gln Ala Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ala Ala Ile Ala Ser Tyr Leu 85 90 95Pro Glu Arg Thr Asp Asn Asp Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Asn Thr His Leu 100 105 110Lys Lys Lys Leu Lys Lys Met Gln Ala Ala Gly Gly Gly Glu Asp Ser 115 120 125Gly Ala Ala Ser Glu Gly Gly Gly Gly Arg Gly Asp Gly Asp Gly Gly 130 135 140Gly Lys Ser Val Lys Ala Ala Ala Pro Lys Gly Gln Trp Glu Arg Arg145 150 155 160Leu Gln Thr Asp Ile His Thr Ala Arg Gln Ala Leu Arg Asp Ala Leu 165 170 175Ser Leu Asp His Pro Asp Pro Ser Pro Ala Thr Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala 180 185 190Thr Pro Ala Gly Ser Ser Ala Ala Tyr Ala Ser Ser Ala Asp Asn Ile 195 200 205Ala Arg Leu Leu Gln Gly Trp Met Arg Pro Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly 210 215 220Asn Gly Lys Gly Pro Glu Ala Ser Gly Ser Thr Ser Thr Thr Ala Thr225 230 235 240Thr Gln Gln Gln Pro Gln Cys Ser Gly Glu Gly Ala Ala Ser Ala Ser 245 250 255Ala Ser Ala Ser Gln Ser Gly Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Ala Gln Thr 260 265 270Pro Glu Cys Ser Thr Glu Thr Ser Lys Met Ala Thr Gly Gly Gly Ala 275 280 285Gly Gly Pro Ala Pro Ala Phe Ser Met Leu Glu Ser Trp Leu Leu Asp 290 295 300Asp Gly Gly Met Gly Leu Met Asp Val Val Pro Leu Gly Asp Pro Ser305 310 315 320Glu Phe Phe27557DNAGlycine maxunsure(136)n is a, c, g or t 27tctctctccc ctcttcccca cccaaccttc tctctatcac acacacaaaa caatggataa 60aaaacaactg tgcaacacgt ctcaagatcc tgaagtgaga aaaggacctt ggacgatgga 120agaagacttg atcttngatc aactatattg caaatcatgg ggaaggtgtt tggaattctt 180tggccaaaag ctgctggtct caaacgtacc ggaaagattg ccggctaang tggctaaact 240acctccgtcc tgatgttaga agagggaata ntacacccga aggaacaact ttgatcatgg 300agcttcacgc aaagtgggga aacaggtggt ccaaaattgc caagcatcta cctggtagga 360cagtaatgag atnaagaact antggnggac aaggatcaga agcacatcaa gcaactgaga 420attnagcaac aatcacataa ctctgagata atgttacaag ctagatacca agttntacaa 480ggtgaaccat ggnnactatc ccaacctttt naaggaagtn angcatttct naatcnttcc 540ccaaataacc gnntatc 5572894PRTGlycine maxUNSURE(19)..(20)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 28Ser Gln Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp1 5 10 15Leu Ile Xaa Xaa Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp 20 25 30Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ser Cys Trp Ser Gln Thr Tyr Arg Lys Asp Cys 35 40 45Arg Leu Xaa Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn 50 55 60Xaa Thr Pro Glu Gly Thr Thr Leu Ile Met Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp65 70 75 80Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr 85 9029988DNAGlycine max 29cgcacgagtc tctctcccct cttccccacc caaccttctc tctatcacac acacaaaaca 60atggataaaa aacaactgtg caacacgtct caagatcctg aagtgagaaa aggaccttgg 120acgatggaag aagacttgat cttgatcaac tatattgcaa atcatgggga aggtgtttgg 180aattctttgg ccaaagctgc tggtctcaaa cgtaccggaa agagttgccg gctaaggtgg 240ctaaactacc tccgtcctga tgttagaaga gggaatatta cacccgagga acaacttttg 300atcatggagc ttcacgcaaa gtggggaaac aggtggtcca aaattgccaa gcatctacct 360ggtaggacag ataatgagat caagaactat tggaggacca ggatccagaa gcacatcaag 420caagctgaga actttcagca acaaatcagc aataactctg agataaatga tcaccaagct 480agcactagcc atgtttctac catggctgaa cccatggaga cctattctcc acccttttat 540caaggaatgt tagagccatt ttcttcaatt cagttcccca caattaatcc tgatcaatcc 600agttgttgta ccaatgacaa caacaacagc attaactatt ggagcatgga ggatatctgg 660tcaatgcagt tactgaacgg ggattaaata ttgatatatc aagataaacc taaattcttg 720tataagttcc ataaaacact ggaatgtctc tggcttaaaa catattatta ttaggtttgt 780ttatataagt agttggatat gtttggtttt gcgtaccatt attagcatat atatatatat 840ttcaaatgag atgctatgtg cattgtaaaa gatatggtta agaaccacat agtttcaaaa 900ctcttaaata taattccagt cacttattat aggaagtcta ttattaatta tctccaagat 960gtttgcttaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa 98830208PRTGlycine max 30Met Asp Lys Lys Gln Leu Cys Asn Thr Ser Gln Asp Pro Glu Val Arg1 5 10 15Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile 20 25 30Ala Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly 35 40 45Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu 50 55 60Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu65 70 75 80Ile Met Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala 85 90 95Lys His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg 100 105 110Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Ala Glu Asn Phe Gln Gln Gln 115 120 125Ile Ser Asn Asn Ser Glu Ile Asn Asp His Gln Ala Ser Thr Ser His 130 135 140Val Ser Thr Met Ala Glu Pro Met Glu Thr Tyr Ser Pro Pro Phe Tyr145 150 155 160Gln Gly Met Leu Glu Pro Phe Ser Ser Ile Gln Phe Pro Thr Ile Asn 165 170 175Pro Asp Gln Ser Ser Cys Cys Thr Asn Asp Asn Asn Asn Ser Ile Asn 180 185 190Tyr Trp Ser Met Glu Asp Ile Trp Ser Met Gln Leu Leu Asn Gly Asp 195 200 20531530DNAGlycine maxunsure(301)n is a, c, g or t 31aaaataatgg acaagaagct tggcaacacg tctcatgatc ctgaagtgag aaaggggcca 60tggacaatgg aagaagactt aatcttgatc acctatattg ccaatcacgg ggaaggggtt 120tggaactctt tggccaaggc tgctggactt aaacgtaccg gaaagagttg ccggctccgg 180tggctaaact acctccgtcc tgatgttaga agagggaata ttacacccga ggaacagctt 240ttgatcatgg aacttcatgc aaagtgggga aacaggtggt ccaaaattgc caagcatcta 300nccggaagga ctgataatga gattaagaac tactggagga caaggatcaa gaacanctca 360agcaagcctt caacaacttc aacaacanag tantaattct gagataattt acatcccaag 420cttgcacaac caattgtcaa caatgggcaa cccaaaaaaa ctaatctcan caatttcaag 480gaagnttatt cattnaatca attccaaaaa ccncacntct antgtttcaa 53032204PRTGlycine max 32Met Asp Lys Lys Leu Gly Asn Thr Ser His Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys1 5 10 15Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Thr Tyr Ile Ala 20 25 30Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly Leu 35 40 45Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg 50 55 60Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile65 70 75 80Met Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys 85 90 95His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr 100 105 110Arg Ile Gln Lys His Leu Lys Gln Ala Ser Ser Ser Phe Gln Gln Gln 115 120 125Ser Ser Asn Ser Glu Ile Ile Tyr His Pro Gln Ala Cys Thr Ser Gln 130 135 140Val Ser Thr Met Ala Gln Pro Ile Glu Thr Tyr Ser Pro Pro Ser Tyr145 150 155 160Gln Gly Met Leu Asp Pro Phe Ser Ile Gln Phe Pro Thr Asn Pro His 165 170 175His Ser Ser Cys Cys Thr Asn Asp Asp Asp Asn Asn Asn Tyr Trp Ser 180 185 190Met Glu Asp Ile Trp Ser Met Gln Leu Ala Asn Tyr 195 20033910DNAGlycine maxunsure(798)n is a, c, g or t 33tctctctctc tctctctcta gcgtgcacac aaaataatgg acaaaaaacc atgcgactca 60tctcatgatc cagaagtgag aaagggacca tggatcatgg aagaagactt gatcttgata 120aactatattg caaatcacgg tgaaggtgtt tggaattctt tagccaaagc ttctggtctt 180aaacgaacgg gaaagagttg tcgactccgt tggctaaact accttcgtcc tgatgttaga 240agaggaaaca ttacacccga agaacagctt ttgatcatag aacttcatgc aaagtggggc 300aataggtggt ccaaaattgc aaagcatctt ccaggaagaa ctgacaatga gattaagaac 360ttctggagaa ctaggatcca gaagcacatt aagcaagctg agacttcaca acaacatggt 420aattcatcag agaatagtaa taatgatcat caagcaagca atagcactag caaggtgtcc 480accatggcac atccaaatga gactttctct tcaccctcat accaagcaac ttttgagcca 540tttcaacctc aattcctaca atcaatgatc aatcaagttg ttgtaccagc aacaacaact 600attggagcat cgaggatatc tggtcgtcta tgcaattact caatggagat waattaaatc 660tagctatatg catgcttata taaatcatat atgtgatgat atataaacct aagctcttat 720tgagtgtggt caggcttaat aacatcatta ggtctggtat atatgagtag gttaagattg 780gtgtgcatgc ctaaatgnag tattgcntta ttgnagtaag aataactagt tatggatgcc 840tttaaaaaaa agttagttat gaattgaaat atatagtaac ttatatacta aaaaaaaaaa 900aaaaaaaaaa 91034206PRTGlycine max 34Met Asp Lys Lys Pro Cys Asp Ser Ser His Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys1 5 10 15Gly Pro Trp Ile Met Glu Glu Asp Leu

Ile Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala 20 25 30Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ser Gly Leu 35 40 45Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg 50 55 60Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile65 70 75 80Ile Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys 85 90 95His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Phe Trp Arg Thr 100 105 110Arg Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Ala Glu Thr Ser Gln Gln His Gly 115 120 125Asn Ser Ser Glu Asn Ser Asn Asn Asp His Gln Ala Ser Asn Ser Thr 130 135 140Ser Lys Val Ser Thr Met Ala His Pro Asn Glu Thr Phe Ser Ser Pro145 150 155 160Ser Tyr Gln Ala Thr Phe Glu Pro Phe Gln Pro Gln Phe Leu Gln Ser 165 170 175Met Ile Asn Gln Val Val Val Pro Ala Thr Thr Thr Ile Gly Ala Ser 180 185 190Arg Ile Ser Gly Arg Leu Cys Asn Tyr Ser Met Glu Ile Asn 195 200 20535863DNAGlycine max 35gcacgagctc tatcacacac acaagtcaat ggataaaaaa caacagtgta agacgtctca 60agatcctgaa gtgagaaaag ggccttggac aatggaagaa gacttgatct tgatgaacta 120tattgcaaat catggggaag gtgtttggaa ctctttggcc aaagctgctg gtctcaaacg 180taacggaaag agttgccggc taaggtggct aaattacctc cgtcctgatg ttagaagagg 240gaatattaca cccgaggaac aacttttgat tatggagctc cacgcaaagt ggggaaacag 300gtggtccaaa attgccaagc atctacctgg aaggactgat aatgagatca agaactattg 360gaggacaagg atccagaagc acatcaagca agctgagaac tttcagcaac agagtagtaa 420taattctgag ataaatgatc accaagctag cactagccat gtttccacca tggctgagcc 480catggagatg tattctccac cctgttatca aggaatgtta gagccatttt caactcagtt 540ccctacaatt aatcctgatc aatccagttg ttgtaccaat gacaacaaca acattaacta 600ttggagcatg gaggatagct ggtcaatgca attactgaac ggtgattaaa tattatcaag 660ataaaaccta agttytgaag ttccataagg ctggaatgtc tytggattaa aacatattat 720tgggtttgtt tatataagta gttggatgtt tggttttgcg taccattatt agctatgtgc 780tgtaatatat acgagatytt atattaaact atatctgcat gctttatata taaaaaaaaa 840aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaa 86336206PRTGlycine max 36Met Asp Lys Lys Gln Gln Cys Lys Thr Ser Gln Asp Pro Glu Val Arg1 5 10 15Lys Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Met Asn Tyr Ile 20 25 30Ala Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly 35 40 45Leu Lys Arg Asn Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu 50 55 60Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu65 70 75 80Ile Met Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala 85 90 95Lys His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg 100 105 110Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Ala Glu Asn Phe Gln Gln Gln 115 120 125Ser Ser Asn Asn Ser Glu Ile Asn Asp His Gln Ala Ser Thr Ser His 130 135 140Val Ser Thr Met Ala Glu Pro Met Glu Met Tyr Ser Pro Pro Cys Tyr145 150 155 160Gln Gly Met Leu Glu Pro Phe Ser Thr Gln Phe Pro Thr Ile Asn Pro 165 170 175Asp Gln Ser Ser Cys Cys Thr Asn Asp Asn Asn Asn Ile Asn Tyr Trp 180 185 190Ser Met Glu Asp Ser Trp Ser Met Gln Leu Leu Asn Gly Asp 195 200 20537805DNAGlycine max 37aaaaaaccat gcaactcatc atctcatgat cctgaagtga gaaagggacc atggaccatg 60gaagaagact tgatcttgat aaactatatt gcaaatcacg gtgaaggtgt ttggaactcc 120ttagccaaag cttctggtct caaacgaacg ggaaagagtt gtcgactccg ttggctaaac 180taccttcgtc ctgatgttag aagaggaaac attacacccg aggaacagct tttgatcata 240gaacttcatg caaagtgggg caataggtgg tccaaaattg caaagcatct tccaggaaga 300actgacaatg agattaagaa cttctggaga acaaggatcc aaaagcacat taagcaagct 360gagacttcac aacaacatgg taattcagag aataatgatc atcaagcaag cactagtact 420agcaaagtgt ccaccatggc acatccaaat gagactttct ctccaccctc ataccaagga 480acttttgagc cattccaacc tcaattccct acaatcactg atcaatcaag ttgttgtacc 540accaccaacg acaacaacaa ctattggagc atcgaggata tctggtcgtc tatgcaatta 600ctcaatggag attaaaccta gctatatgca tgcctatata aatcatatat atgatgatat 660ataaacctaa gctcttgtag agtgtgttca ggcttaataa catcattagg tctgtttata 720tgagtagtct aagtttggtg tttgtaatgc atgatgtgag ttaagaatta atttagttat 780ggttggaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaa 80538204PRTGlycine max 38Lys Lys Pro Cys Asn Ser Ser Ser His Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys Gly1 5 10 15Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asn 20 25 30His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ser Gly Leu Lys 35 40 45Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro 50 55 60Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Ile65 70 75 80Glu Leu His Ala Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys His 85 90 95Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Phe Trp Arg Thr Arg 100 105 110Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Ala Glu Thr Ser Gln Gln His Gly Asn 115 120 125Ser Glu Asn Asn Asp His Gln Ala Ser Thr Ser Thr Ser Lys Val Ser 130 135 140Thr Met Ala His Pro Asn Glu Thr Phe Ser Pro Pro Ser Tyr Gln Gly145 150 155 160Thr Phe Glu Pro Phe Gln Pro Gln Phe Pro Thr Ile Thr Asp Gln Ser 165 170 175Ser Cys Cys Thr Thr Thr Asn Asp Asn Asn Asn Tyr Trp Ser Ile Glu 180 185 190Asp Ile Trp Ser Ser Met Gln Leu Leu Asn Gly Asp 195 20039751DNAGlycine max 39tggatgttaa gaaaggtggg tctgtagtac aagcacaagt gaagttgcag aagcataacg 60aaaaggagat gggcatgaga aaaggtccat gggcggttga ggaggacacc attctggtca 120attacatcgc cacacacggt gaaggccact ggaattccgt ggcacgatgt gcaggtctaa 180ggaggagtgg gaagagttgc agattaaggt ggctaaacta cttgcgccca gacgtgcggc 240gtggaaatat cacactccaa gaacaaatat taattctcga ccttcactct cgctggggca 300acaggtggtc aaagattgct caacagctgc caggaagaac agacaacgaa ataaagaact 360attggaggac cagagtgata aaacaagcga agcagctaaa gtgcgatgtg aatagcaaac 420agttcagaga cacgttgcgt tacgtttgga tgccgcgctt gctggagcgg cttcagccca 480catcacaagc actggagcca aaccaaagtg gacttgtgtt acacgcttca tcatcactgc 540ttccttcgaa ttccgaccat agtattgaaa gggggtcgga tctgtggcca ggtttcaata 600accaaatgtt gttggaacag gggagtggcg gtgacttgtt ggaaagtttg tgggatgacg 660acaatatgtg ctttttgcaa cagctttctt atgacctcca aatgaaataa aatacaattc 720ccttccgtca cgcaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa a 75140235PRTGlycine max 40Asp Val Lys Lys Gly Gly Ser Val Val Gln Ala Gln Val Lys Leu Gln1 5 10 15Lys His Asn Glu Lys Glu Met Gly Met Arg Lys Gly Pro Trp Ala Val 20 25 30Glu Glu Asp Thr Ile Leu Val Asn Tyr Ile Ala Thr His Gly Glu Gly 35 40 45His Trp Asn Ser Val Ala Arg Cys Ala Gly Leu Arg Arg Ser Gly Lys 50 55 60Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg65 70 75 80Gly Asn Ile Thr Leu Gln Glu Gln Ile Leu Ile Leu Asp Leu His Ser 85 90 95Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln Gln Leu Pro Gly Arg 100 105 110Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Ile Lys Gln 115 120 125Ala Lys Gln Leu Lys Cys Asp Val Asn Ser Lys Gln Phe Arg Asp Thr 130 135 140Leu Arg Tyr Val Trp Met Pro Arg Leu Leu Glu Arg Leu Gln Pro Thr145 150 155 160Ser Gln Ala Leu Glu Pro Asn Gln Ser Gly Leu Val Leu His Ala Ser 165 170 175Ser Ser Leu Leu Pro Ser Asn Ser Asp His Ser Ile Glu Arg Gly Ser 180 185 190Asp Leu Trp Pro Gly Phe Asn Asn Gln Met Leu Leu Glu Gln Gly Ser 195 200 205Gly Gly Asp Leu Leu Glu Ser Leu Trp Asp Asp Asp Asn Met Cys Phe 210 215 220Leu Gln Gln Leu Ser Tyr Asp Leu Gln Met Lys225 230 23541500DNAGlycine max 41catttctaat tgttctgatc catatatatc atactttctt tgtaataact taaagaaccc 60cacaaaaaca ccaaccatgt ccacaattgc aaagagagat ttgagttcta atgaagaaga 120gagtgagctg agaagaggtc cttggactct tgaagaagac agcttactca tacactatat 180tgctcgtcat ggtgaaggcc gttggaatat gttagccaaa agtgcaggat tgaagaggac 240tggaaaaagt tgcagactta gatggctgaa ttatttgaaa ccagacatta agagagggaa 300cctcactcca caggagcaac tcttgatcct tgaactccat tccaagtggg gtaacaggtg 360gtcaaaaatt gctcagcatc tgccaggaag aacagacaat gagatcaaga actattggag 420aacaaggata cagaaacagg gcacgccaac ttaacattga atctggtagc aagagattca 480ttgatgctgt cagtgttttt 50042229PRTGlycine maxUNSURE(138)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 42Met Ser Thr Ile Ala Lys Arg Asp Leu Ser Ser Asn Glu Glu Glu Ser1 5 10 15Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Leu Glu Glu Asp Ser Leu Leu Ile 20 25 30His Tyr Ile Ala Arg His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Met Leu Ala Lys 35 40 45Ser Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu 50 55 60Asn Tyr Leu Lys Pro Asp Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Leu Thr Pro Gln Glu65 70 75 80Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser 85 90 95Lys Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn 100 105 110Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys Gln Ala Arg Gln Leu Asn Ile Glu 115 120 125Ser Gly Ser Lys Arg Phe Ile Asp Ala Xaa Lys Cys Phe Trp Met Pro 130 135 140Arg Leu Leu Gln Lys Met Glu Gln Ser Asn Ser Pro Ser Pro His His145 150 155 160Ser Ser Met Thr Asn Met Met Asn Leu Gly Asn Ser Gly Glu Ala Ser 165 170 175Met Ser Ser Met Ser Ser Ser Phe Asn Ile Asn Pro Ser Met Ser Ser 180 185 190Ser Ser Ser Pro Pro Lys Gly Asn Leu Leu Trp Met Met Pro Asn His 195 200 205Phe Lys Tyr Tyr Val Gln Pro His Gln Ser Ile Pro Arg Phe Leu Pro 210 215 220Ile Phe Thr Ala Thr225431348DNAGlycine max 43tacctctcca accaagacca atttgaaaac ctcttcaatc caacaaacaa acgttctccc 60ttttgttctg agagaatcaa tggatggaaa aggagcaaga agtagcaaca cccttttaag 120tagtgaggac gagatggacc ttcgaagagg cccttggacc gtcgatgaag acctcactct 180tatcaattac gttgccactc atggcgaagg tcgctggaat accctcgccc tctctgctgg 240gctgaaacga acggggaaga gttgcagatt gaggtggctg aattatctgc gtcctgatgt 300tcgacgtgga aacatcacgc ttgaagaaca acttttgatt ctggagctcc attctcgctg 360gggaaaccga tggtcgaaaa ttgctcaata tttgcctggt agaaccgaca atgagataaa 420gaactattgg agaacccgtg tccaaaagca tgccaagcaa ctcaaatgcg acgtgaatag 480caagcaattc aaggacacca tgcgttacat ttggatgcca aggctcgtgg aacgcattca 540agccaccgct gccgcctccg caccacaacc cgttaccgta ccaccgcgac caacaatgca 600tacacctacg gaagcaacct taataacaac aaattcgagg ttcacgatca caagggcaaa 660atggggttaa ccgatccttc agttatgaac aatgacttaa tgggttcaca tgtcacgcaa 720agttacaccc ctgagaatag tagcaccggt gcgtcatcat cagactcgtt tgggactcaa 780gtctcagcaa tttctgattt gactgaatat tacactgtca ctggtagtgg taacaataac 840aatactaatt ctgcggatta ttatcaaccc tctcaaatta gttactcgga tagttgcatc 900acaagcccat ctgggttgtt ccctcaaggg ctagattttc aatccatgga tccaaacacc 960ccgtggaaca tgcaaagtgg ggactcctct gacagttttt ggaacgttga aagcatgttg 1020ttcttagagc agcaactcat gaatgacaac atgtgaaaac attgggaata ggaaaataag 1080acttagatac ggttcttctt agtattgtgt tttaattaaa gttaaagtta acacaagtta 1140ttgaagtgaa actttaattt taattgaata ataatactga aaacaagagt tgtatttaag 1200ttttattctt ttatgaatta tgaattagat tgacagaagg ggttgtttgt gaaatataca 1260ggtgaaagta tagaaagtag caacattaat aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa 1320aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa 134844196PRTGlycine max 44Met Asp Gly Lys Gly Ala Arg Ser Ser Asn Thr Leu Leu Ser Ser Glu1 5 10 15Asp Glu Met Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu Asp Leu 20 25 30Thr Leu Ile Asn Tyr Val Ala Thr His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Thr 35 40 45Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu 50 55 60Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr65 70 75 80Leu Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn 85 90 95Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln Tyr Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu 100 105 110Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys Gln Leu 115 120 125Lys Cys Asp Val Asn Ser Lys Gln Phe Lys Asp Thr Met Arg Tyr Ile 130 135 140Trp Met Pro Arg Leu Val Glu Arg Ile Gln Ala Thr Ala Ala Ala Ser145 150 155 160Ala Pro Gln Pro Val Thr Val Pro Pro Arg Pro Thr Met His Thr Pro 165 170 175Thr Glu Ala Thr Leu Ile Thr Thr Asn Ser Arg Phe Thr Ile Thr Arg 180 185 190Ala Lys Trp Gly 195451236DNAGlycine maxunsure(519)n is a, c, g or t 45aacaatccaa ctctctttct ccctatccca acaatctcac tcatacctct tcaatctaac 60aaacttaatt tcttttgttt tgagtttctt agagaatgga tgaaaaagga gcaagaagta 120gcaacaccct tttaagttgt gaggacgaga tggaccttcg aagaggccct tggaccgtcg 180atgaagacct cactcttatc aattacattg ccactcatgg cgaaggtcgc tggaacacgc 240tcgccctctc tgctgggctg aaacgaacgg ggaagagttg cagattgagg tggctgaatt 300atctgcgtcc tgatgttcga cgtggaaaca tcacacttga agaacaactt ttgattctgg 360agcttcattc tcgctgggga aaccgttggt cgaaaattgc tcaatatttg cctggtagaa 420ccgacaacga gataaagaac tattggagaa cccgtgtcca aaagcatgcc aagcaactca 480aatgtgacgt gaatagcaag caattcaagg acaccatgng ntacctttgn natnccaagg 540ctcgtggaac gcattcaagc agcggcgacg gcccccgtaa ccaccaccgt aactgcggcc 600gccaccaaca atgcattcac ctacggraac aaccttatac caccaaattc gaggttctga 660atcacaaggg cagaatgggg ttaaccgatc cttcagttgc gaacaatgac tttgtgggtt 720cacatgtcac gcaaaggtac cctactcctg agaatagtag cacgggtgcg tcatcatcag 780actcgtttgg gactcaagtn tcaacaattt ctgatttgac tgaaaattcc agtgtccctg 840aaaatactaa ttctgcggat tattatcaac cctctcaaat tagtaattac tcggataatt 900gcatcacaag cccatctggg ttcttgttcc ctcaaggact agatcttcaa tccatggatc 960caaacacacc gtggaacatg caaagtgggg actcctctga caatttttgg gacgttgaaa 1020gcatgttatt cttagagcag caactcatga atgacaacat gtgaaacatt gggaatagga 1080aaataagact tagatacggt tcttctaata ttttttagtg ktgngtttta attaaagtta 1140aagttaacac nagttattga agtgaaactt taattttaat taaataataa tcctgaaaaa 1200aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 123646322PRTGlycine maxUNSURE(142)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 46Met Asp Glu Lys Gly Ala Arg Ser Ser Asn Thr Leu Leu Ser Cys Glu1 5 10 15Asp Glu Met Asp Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu Asp Leu 20 25 30Thr Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala Thr His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Thr 35 40 45Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu 50 55 60Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr65 70 75 80Leu Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn 85 90 95Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Gln Tyr Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu 100 105 110Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Arg Thr Arg Val Gln Lys His Ala Lys Gln Leu 115 120 125Lys Cys Asp Val Asn Ser Lys Gln Phe Lys Asp Thr Met Xaa Tyr Leu 130 135 140Xaa Xaa Xaa Lys Ala Arg Gly Thr His Ser Ser Ser Gly Asp Gly Pro145 150 155 160Arg Asn His His Arg Asn Cys Gly Arg His Gln Gln Cys Ile His Leu 165 170 175Arg Xaa Gln Pro Tyr Thr Thr Lys Phe Glu Val Leu Asn His Lys Gly 180 185 190Arg Met Gly Leu Thr Asp Pro Ser Val Ala Asn Asn Asp Phe Val Gly 195 200 205Ser His Val Thr Gln Arg Tyr Pro Thr Pro Glu Asn Ser Ser Thr Gly 210 215 220Ala Ser Ser Ser Asp Ser Phe Gly Thr Gln Val Ser Thr Ile Ser Asp225 230

235 240Leu Thr Glu Asn Ser Ser Val Pro Glu Asn Thr Asn Ser Ala Asp Tyr 245 250 255Tyr Gln Pro Ser Gln Ile Ser Asn Tyr Ser Asp Asn Cys Ile Thr Ser 260 265 270Pro Ser Gly Phe Leu Phe Pro Gln Gly Leu Asp Leu Gln Ser Met Asp 275 280 285Pro Asn Thr Pro Trp Asn Met Gln Ser Gly Asp Ser Ser Asp Asn Phe 290 295 300Trp Asp Val Glu Ser Met Leu Phe Leu Glu Gln Gln Leu Met Asn Asp305 310 315 320Asn Met471181DNAGlycine max 47tttcagtgag tgagaatagc catgtctact tcaaagagcg tcagcagttc tagtgaagat 60gacaatgaac ttagaagagg gccttggact ctggaagagg ataacttgct ctcccaatat 120atttttaatc atggggaagg gcgatggaat ttgctggcta aacgttcagg attaaagaga 180actgggaaaa gttgcagatt aaggtggcta aattatctaa agccagatgt aaaacgggga 240aatttaaccc cacaagagca acttataatt cttgaactcc actcaaagtg gggaaacagg 300tggtcaaaaa ttgcacaaca tttgccaggc agaacagaca atgaaatcaa gaactattgg 360agaactagga ttcagaaaca agcaagacat ttgaaaattt acactgacag cagagagttt 420caagaacttg ttaggcgttt ctggatgcct agattgcttc agaaagcaaa agaatcatct 480tcttcaaaca tgtcaattca aaaccaggca attcctatgc cttttgatta tgtttctcag 540catttaactg ttgggaccat acctccttgg cagggacctt gtatgaatga agctggtccc 600acttacatgg accaacatga gcagactcag actcggaaca ccaacaatgg ttcatgcatc 660tccttgtctg agtcagcaaa tattccaaaa gtgcctcagc attttggaca caccaccatc 720acccaatttc atgccttgaa taccaatgac tttggcacct tcacatatga aggttataat 780gtaaacaaca atgtctatga gatggacaac ttcaaaacga ctactacatg ggtggctgag 840gatgcgcaat acccaattgg tgattgtcaa atggtaggaa gcaattgggt aaacaacgat 900tttgcatgta acatgtggaa catggatgaa ctgtggcagt ttagcaagtt acaaaaataa 960gattttaggg ttttgttttt tttggaataa ccaaaagtcc aaaactcttt ctttgatgac 1020gttattattg ttatcatgaa ctgtggatta gctaccgaat taattaatac agatggcgat 1080tgttttctgt acatctgtct tgtattactc tgttcagata agtacttttg taatttgtat 1140tgattgagaa aagtcattaa ttagtcacta gtacaaaaaa a 118148312PRTGlycine max 48Met Ser Thr Ser Lys Ser Val Ser Ser Ser Ser Glu Asp Asp Asn Glu1 5 10 15Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Leu Glu Glu Asp Asn Leu Leu Ser Gln 20 25 30Tyr Ile Phe Asn His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Leu Leu Ala Lys Arg 35 40 45Ser Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn 50 55 60Tyr Leu Lys Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Leu Thr Pro Gln Glu Gln65 70 75 80Leu Ile Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys 85 90 95Ile Ala Gln His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr 100 105 110Trp Arg Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys Gln Ala Arg His Leu Lys Ile Tyr Thr 115 120 125Asp Ser Arg Glu Phe Gln Glu Leu Val Arg Arg Phe Trp Met Pro Arg 130 135 140Leu Leu Gln Lys Ala Lys Glu Ser Ser Ser Ser Asn Met Ser Ile Gln145 150 155 160Asn Gln Ala Ile Pro Met Pro Phe Asp Tyr Val Ser Gln His Leu Thr 165 170 175Val Gly Thr Ile Pro Pro Trp Gln Gly Pro Cys Met Asn Glu Ala Gly 180 185 190Pro Thr Tyr Met Asp Gln His Glu Gln Thr Gln Thr Arg Asn Thr Asn 195 200 205Asn Gly Ser Cys Ile Ser Leu Ser Glu Ser Ala Asn Ile Pro Lys Val 210 215 220Pro Gln His Phe Gly His Thr Thr Ile Thr Gln Phe His Ala Leu Asn225 230 235 240Thr Asn Asp Phe Gly Thr Phe Thr Tyr Glu Gly Tyr Asn Val Asn Asn 245 250 255Asn Val Tyr Glu Met Asp Asn Phe Lys Thr Thr Thr Thr Trp Val Ala 260 265 270Glu Asp Ala Gln Tyr Pro Ile Gly Asp Cys Gln Met Val Gly Ser Asn 275 280 285Trp Val Asn Asn Asp Phe Ala Cys Asn Met Trp Asn Met Asp Glu Leu 290 295 300Trp Gln Phe Ser Lys Leu Gln Lys305 310491186DNAGlycine max 49aattcggcac gaggccatgt ctacttcaaa gagcgtcagc agttctagtg aagatgacaa 60tgaacttaga agagggcctt ggactcttga agaggataat ttgctctccc aatatatttc 120tagtcatgga gaagggcgat ggaatttgct agctaaacgt tcaggattaa agcgaactgg 180gaaaagttgc agattaaggt ggctaaatta tctaaagcca gatgtaaaac ggggaaattt 240aaccccacaa gagcaactta taatcctcga actccactca aagtggggaa acaggtggtc 300aaaaattgca caaaatttgc caggcagaac agacaatgaa atcaagaact attggagaac 360taggattcag aaacaagcaa gacatttgaa aattgacact gacaccagag agtttcagga 420acttgttagg cgtttctgga tgcctagatg cttcaaaaag cccaagaatc atcttcttca 480gccatgtcaa ttcaaaacca ggcaactcct atgccttttg atggtgtttc tcagcattca 540actgttggga ccataccatc acattcacac accccttggc agggaccttg tatgaatgaa 600gctggtccca cttacatgga ccaacatgag cagaactcag actctgaaca caacaatggt 660tcatgcatct ccttgtctga gtcagcaaat tttccaaaag tgcctcagca ttttggacgc 720accaccatca cccaatatca tgccttgaat aacaatgact ttggcacctt cacatatgac 780ggctacaatg taagcaacaa tgtctatgag atggacaact tcaaaacgcc tactacaagg 840gtggctgagg atgcgcaata cccaactggt gattgtcaaa tggtaggaag caattgggta 900aacagcgatt ttgcatgtaa catgtggaac atggatgaat tgtggcaatt tagcaagtta 960caaaaataag attttagggt ttggtttttt tggagttacc aagactctat ctttggtgat 1020gttattattg ttatcatgaa ctgttgatta gctactacca aattaattaa tacagatggt 1080gattgttttc tgtacatctg ttttgcatta ctctgttttg caatttgtat tgattgagaa 1140aagtcattaa ttagtcacta gttcaaaaca caaaaaaaaa aaaaaa 118650192PRTGlycine max 50Met Ser Thr Ser Lys Ser Val Ser Ser Ser Ser Glu Asp Asp Asn Glu1 5 10 15Leu Arg Arg Gly Pro Trp Thr Leu Glu Glu Asp Asn Leu Leu Ser Gln 20 25 30Tyr Ile Ser Ser His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Leu Leu Ala Lys Arg 35 40 45Ser Gly Leu Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn 50 55 60Tyr Leu Lys Pro Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Leu Thr Pro Gln Glu Gln65 70 75 80Leu Ile Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ser Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys 85 90 95Ile Ala Gln Asn Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr 100 105 110Trp Arg Thr Arg Ile Gln Lys Gln Ala Arg His Leu Lys Ile Asp Thr 115 120 125Asp Thr Arg Glu Phe Gln Glu Leu Val Arg Arg Phe Trp Met Pro Arg 130 135 140Cys Phe Lys Lys Pro Lys Asn His Leu Leu Gln Pro Cys Gln Phe Lys145 150 155 160Thr Arg Gln Leu Leu Cys Leu Leu Met Val Phe Leu Ser Ile Gln Leu 165 170 175Leu Gly Pro Tyr His His Ile His Thr Pro Leu Gly Arg Asp Leu Val 180 185 19051487DNAGlycine maxunsure(358)n is a, c, g or t 51gagaaataaa aagagaagaa agaaaacacg atagtatcat catatcacca ccacacacat 60agatagagag aggaaaacga cctatatttt ttttcctttg agagcttcag gggctaggaa 120aattagaagg acagccacaa gtataaaggc ggtgaaataa aagagaaaga caagaaggag 180acatgggaag accaccttgt tgtgacaaag aaggggtcaa gaaagggcct tggactcctg 240aagaagacat catattggtg tcttatattc aggaacatgg tcctggaaat tggagggcag 300ttcctgccaa aacagggttg tcaagatgca gcaagagttg cagacttaga tggacgantt 360acctgaggcc aggaatcaag cgtggtaact tcacaagaac aagaggagaa gatgataatc 420catcttcang atcttttagg aaacagatgg ggtgcaatag cttcatacct tccacaaagg 480acaaggg 4875290PRTGlycine maxUNSURE(59)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 52Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Glu Gly Val Lys Lys Gly Pro1 5 10 15Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Ile Ile Leu Val Ser Tyr Ile Gln Glu His 20 25 30Gly Pro Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Ala Lys Thr Gly Leu Ser Arg 35 40 45Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Xaa Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Xaa Glu Gln Glu Glu Lys Met Ile Ile65 70 75 80His Leu Xaa Asp Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp 85 90531556DNAGlycine max 53gcacgaggag aaataaaaag agaagaaaga aaacacgata gtatcatcat atcaccacca 60cacacataga tagagagagg aaaacgacct atattttttt tcctttgaga gcttcagggg 120ctaggaaaat tagaaggaca gccacaagta taaaggcggt gaaataaaag agaaagacaa 180gaaggagaca tgggaagacc accttgttgt gacaaagaag gggtcaagaa agggccttgg 240actcctgaag aagacatcat attggtgtct tatattcagg aacatggtcc tggaaattgg 300agggcagttc ctgccaaaac agggttgtca agatgcagca agagttgcag acttagatgg 360acgaattacc tgaggccagg aatcaagcgt ggtaacttca cagaacaaga ggagaagatg 420ataatccatc ttcaagatct tttaggaaac agatgggctg caatagcttc ataccttcca 480caaagaacag acaatgacat aaagaactat tggaataccc atttgagaaa gaagctgaag 540aagatgcaag caggcggtga aggtggtagc tttggagaag ggttttcagc ctcaaggcaa 600atccctagag gccagtggga aagaaggctc caaactgata tccaaatggc aaagagagcc 660ctcagtgaag ctctttcacc agagaaaaag ccatcttgtt tatctgcctc aaactcaaac 720ccttcagata gtagcagctc cttctcttcc acaaaaccaa caacaacaca atctgtgtgc 780tatgcatcaa gtgctgacaa catagctaga atgctcaagg gttggatgaa gaacccacca 840aagtcctcaa gaaccaactc gtctatgact cagaactcat tcaacaactt agcaggtgct 900gatactgctt gtagtagtgg agcaaaggga ccactaagca gtgccgaatt gtctgagaat 960aattttgaat ccttgtttga ttttgatcag tctttggagt cttcaaactc tgatcaattc 1020tctcagtcct tgtctcctga ggccactgtt ttgcaagatg aaagcaagcc tgatattaat 1080attgctgcag aaattatgcc cttctctttg cttgagaaat ggctccttga tgaggcaggt 1140tgccaagaga aattagttgg ttgttgtggt gatgccaagt ttttctaagt tgggttcatt 1200ttgtgacata tgagactgtg ggattttttt attttatttt attttatttc ataagttata 1260ggtagggcct catcaattaa tctcgcttcg gccttattag agagagaagt tttccagcct 1320ttggtgctag acgtgtatat gttaattatt attgacatta tgatgattat tatcatactg 1380tgttagttgc catacactgg caaacttgct tctcttatgt aaagttgatc ttgcgacgag 1440atcctgcttt atggctttag gcagcgcgac cggtcttctc tctttgtgtc gcttgattag 1500taaccccccc cggggggggc ccgggtccaa atccccccta atggggtcct ttttag 155654332PRTGlycine max 54Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Glu Gly Val Lys Lys Gly Pro1 5 10 15Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Ile Ile Leu Val Ser Tyr Ile Gln Glu His 20 25 30Gly Pro Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Ala Lys Thr Gly Leu Ser Arg 35 40 45Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Glu Gln Glu Glu Lys Met Ile Ile His65 70 75 80Leu Gln Asp Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ala Ala Ile Ala Ser Tyr Leu 85 90 95Pro Gln Arg Thr Asp Asn Asp Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Asn Thr His Leu 100 105 110Arg Lys Lys Leu Lys Lys Met Gln Ala Gly Gly Glu Gly Gly Ser Phe 115 120 125Gly Glu Gly Phe Ser Ala Ser Arg Gln Ile Pro Arg Gly Gln Trp Glu 130 135 140Arg Arg Leu Gln Thr Asp Ile Gln Met Ala Lys Arg Ala Leu Ser Glu145 150 155 160Ala Leu Ser Pro Glu Lys Lys Pro Ser Cys Leu Ser Ala Ser Asn Ser 165 170 175Asn Pro Ser Asp Ser Ser Ser Ser Phe Ser Ser Thr Lys Pro Thr Thr 180 185 190Thr Gln Ser Val Cys Tyr Ala Ser Ser Ala Asp Asn Ile Ala Arg Met 195 200 205Leu Lys Gly Trp Met Lys Asn Pro Pro Lys Ser Ser Arg Thr Asn Ser 210 215 220Ser Met Thr Gln Asn Ser Phe Asn Asn Leu Ala Gly Ala Asp Thr Ala225 230 235 240Cys Ser Ser Gly Ala Lys Gly Pro Leu Ser Ser Ala Glu Leu Ser Glu 245 250 255Asn Asn Phe Glu Ser Leu Phe Asp Phe Asp Gln Ser Leu Glu Ser Ser 260 265 270Asn Ser Asp Gln Phe Ser Gln Ser Leu Ser Pro Glu Ala Thr Val Leu 275 280 285Gln Asp Glu Ser Lys Pro Asp Ile Asn Ile Ala Ala Glu Ile Met Pro 290 295 300Phe Ser Leu Leu Glu Lys Trp Leu Leu Asp Glu Ala Gly Cys Gln Glu305 310 315 320Lys Leu Val Gly Cys Cys Gly Asp Ala Lys Phe Phe 325 33055357DNATriticum aestivumunsure(259)n is a, c, g or t 55gccaaagtat caggtttgag gggtggggga tccaaaaatt aggtagctat attgaagtat 60tttgcgcaaa gtcgcaacaa caaatgtcac ctttgctaat aactttcttc ttgcttcaac 120ctctgtaatc tccatgcagg cctcaaccgc acaggaaaga gctgtcgcct ccggtgggtt 180aactacctcc accctgggcc taaagcgtgg gcgcatgact ccccatgaaa gaacgcctca 240tcctccaact ccatgctcng tggggaaaca agtggtccaa ggataacacg gaactgccaa 300ggcgtancga caatgaatna aagaactact gggagaacac atttgaggaa aaggaag 3575654PRTTriticum aestivumUNSURE(21)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 56Ala Gly Leu Asn Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn1 5 10 15Tyr Leu His Pro Xaa Leu Lys Arg Gly Arg Xaa Xaa Pro Met Lys Glu 20 25 30Arg Leu Ile Leu Gln Leu His Ala Xaa Trp Gly Asn Lys Trp Ser Lys 35 40 45Asp Asn Thr Glu Leu Pro 50571072DNATriticum aestivum 57gcacgaggcc aaagtatcag gtttgagggg tgggggatcc aaaaattagg tagctatatt 60gaagtatttt gcgcaaagtc gcaacaacaa atgtcacctt tgctaataac tttcttcttg 120cttcaacctc tgtaatctcc atgcaggcct caaccgcaca ggaaagagct gtcgcctccg 180gtgggttaac tacctccacc ctggcctaaa gcgtgggcgc atgactcccc atgaagaacg 240cctcatcctc gagctccatg ctcggtgggg aaacaggtgg tccaggatag cacggaagct 300gccagggcgt accgacaatg agatcaagaa ctactggaga acacatatga ggaagaaagc 360acaggagagg aagaggagcg tgtcaccctc accatcttca tcctcagtga cataccaatc 420cattcagcca cagacgccat cgatcatggg aattggcgag caggaacttc atggtggcag 480tagctgcatc acaagcatat tgaagggcac gcctgctgac atggatggat acctcatgga 540tcagatatgg atggagattg aggcaccctc tggggtcaac tttcatgacg ggaaggataa 600ttcatacagc agcccctctg gccctctgct gccatcaccg atgtgggatt actacagccc 660tgaggcaggc tggaagatgg atgagataaa gatggcccca caagttagct acagtaaagg 720aattggcccc agttattgaa gccatatata ttgtatcaga ttactaagtt acttgcaacc 780tagcagaagt gaaatgcttt tgttgaaaga accattagca tggatctaaa aaatatttat 840atctatctag cattccaagt gtgctcatgt tttatgtatc tactatgtag catctagtgt 900gcaagacatg taatgcaagg acacttccac tttgtattca caataatcag ctatctcctg 960taagactttt ccaatgcaaa catgattagc aggtgtaata tcaacttaaa tgcttgccaa 1020aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aa 107258198PRTTriticum aestivum 58Ala Gly Leu Asn Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Val Asn1 5 10 15Tyr Leu His Pro Gly Leu Lys Arg Gly Arg Met Thr Pro His Glu Glu 20 25 30Arg Leu Ile Leu Glu Leu His Ala Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Arg 35 40 45Ile Ala Arg Lys Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Tyr 50 55 60Trp Arg Thr His Met Arg Lys Lys Ala Gln Glu Arg Lys Arg Ser Val65 70 75 80Ser Pro Ser Pro Ser Ser Ser Ser Val Thr Tyr Gln Ser Ile Gln Pro 85 90 95Gln Thr Pro Ser Ile Met Gly Ile Gly Glu Gln Glu Leu His Gly Gly 100 105 110Ser Ser Cys Ile Thr Ser Ile Leu Lys Gly Thr Pro Ala Asp Met Asp 115 120 125Gly Tyr Leu Met Asp Gln Ile Trp Met Glu Ile Glu Ala Pro Ser Gly 130 135 140Val Asn Phe His Asp Gly Lys Asp Asn Ser Tyr Ser Ser Pro Ser Gly145 150 155 160Pro Leu Leu Pro Ser Pro Met Trp Asp Tyr Tyr Ser Pro Glu Ala Gly 165 170 175Trp Lys Met Asp Glu Ile Lys Met Ala Pro Gln Val Ser Tyr Ser Lys 180 185 190Gly Ile Gly Pro Ser Tyr 19559521DNATriticum aestivumunsure(108)n is a, c, g or t 59cttggatcct ccactagcta cgtcgtccat ggatgtggtg ctgcagagtc gtagcagcaa 60cagcatggcg gcggagccgg aggaggaggc ggaccggagg aggaggcngg agctccggcg 120agggccgtgg acggtggacg aggaccttac gctgatcaac tacatcgcgg accacggcga 180gggccgctgg aacgcgctgg cgcgggccgc cggcctgagg cgcacgggga agagctgccg 240gctgcggtgg ctgaactacc tccgccccga cgtgaagcgc ggcaacttca ccgccgacga 300gcagctcctc atcctcgacc tccactctcg ctggggcaac cggtggtcga agatngcgca 360ncacctcccg ggtcggacgg acaacgaaga tnaaagaact actgggagga ccanggtgca 420aaaagcacgc naancaactc aactgcnaac tccggnaanc gcaaccttta aaggatgcca 480ataaggtacc tctggatgcc tcgcctctca acgcatcaac c 52160131PRTTriticum aestivumUNSURE(27)Xaa can be any naturally occurring amino acid 60Met Asp Val Val Leu Gln Ser Arg Ser Ser Asn Ser Met Ala Ala Glu1 5 10 15Pro Glu Glu Glu Ala Asp Arg Arg Arg Arg Xaa Glu Leu Arg Arg Gly 20 25 30Pro Trp Thr Val Asp Glu Asp Leu Thr Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala Asp 35 40 45His Gly Glu Gly Arg Trp Asn Ala Leu Ala Arg Ala Ala Gly Leu Arg 50 55 60Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser

Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro65 70 75 80Asp Val Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Ala Asp Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile Leu 85 90 95Asp Leu His Ser Arg Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Xaa Ala Xaa His 100 105 110Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Asp Xaa Arg Thr Thr Gly Arg Thr 115 120 125 Xaa Val Gln 13061464DNATriticum aestivumunsure(435)n is a, c, g or t 61agcgggcgag acgtgagcat ggggaggccg ccgtgctgcg acaaggaggg cgtcaagaag 60ggcccctgga cgccggagga ggacctcgtg ctcgtctcct acgtccagga gcacggcccc 120ggcaactggc gcgccgtccc caccaggacc ggcctgatgc ggtgtagcaa gagctgccgg 180ctccggtgga ccaactacct gcgcccaggg atcaagcgcg gcaacttcac cgaccaggag 240gagaagctca tcgtccacct ccaggcgctg ctcggcaaca ggtgggccgc gatcgcctcc 300tacctccccg agcgcaccga caacgacatc aagaactact ggaacacgca actcaagcgc 360aagctgcaag cggggggcga cgccgcgggc aaaccggcgg cgcaaaggct gctcctcctc 420aaagggcaat ggganaggcg gngcagacgn catcaanatg cgcc 46462122PRTTriticum aestivum 62Met Gly Arg Pro Pro Cys Cys Asp Lys Glu Gly Val Lys Lys Gly Pro1 5 10 15Trp Thr Pro Glu Glu Asp Leu Val Leu Val Ser Tyr Val Gln Glu His 20 25 30Gly Pro Gly Asn Trp Arg Ala Val Pro Thr Arg Thr Gly Leu Met Arg 35 40 45Cys Ser Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Thr Asn Tyr Leu Arg Pro Gly 50 55 60Ile Lys Arg Gly Asn Phe Thr Asp Gln Glu Glu Lys Leu Ile Val His65 70 75 80Leu Gln Ala Leu Leu Gly Asn Arg Trp Ala Ala Ile Ala Ser Tyr Leu 85 90 95Pro Glu Arg Thr Asp Asn Asp Ile Lys Asn Tyr Trp Asn Thr Gln Leu 100 105 110Lys Arg Lys Leu Gln Ala Gly Gly Asp Ala 115 12063217PRTPisum sativum 63Met Asp Lys Lys Pro Cys Asn Ser Ser Gln Asp Pro Glu Val Arg Lys1 5 10 15Gly Pro Trp Thr Met Glu Glu Asp Leu Ile Leu Ile Asn Tyr Ile Ala 20 25 30Asn His Gly Glu Gly Val Trp Asn Ser Leu Ala Lys Ala Ala Gly Leu 35 40 45Lys Arg Thr Gly Lys Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg Trp Leu Asn Tyr Leu Arg 50 55 60Pro Asp Val Arg Arg Gly Asn Ile Thr Pro Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Ile65 70 75 80Met Glu Leu His Ser Lys Trp Gly Asn Arg Trp Ser Lys Ile Ala Lys 85 90 95His Leu Pro Gly Arg Thr Asp Asn Glu Ile Lys Asn Phe Trp Arg Thr 100 105 110Arg Ile Gln Lys His Ile Lys Gln Val Asp Asn Pro Asn Gln Gln Asn 115 120 125Phe Gln Gln Lys Met Ser Leu Glu Ile Asn Asp His His His His His 130 135 140Pro His Gln Pro Ser Ser Ser Gln Val Ser Asn Leu Val Glu Pro Met145 150 155 160Glu Thr Tyr Ser Pro Thr Ser Tyr Gln Gly Thr Leu Glu Pro Phe Pro 165 170 175Thr Gln Phe Pro Thr Ile Asn Asn Asp His His Gln Asn Ser Asn Cys 180 185 190Cys Ala Asn Asp Asn Asn Asn Asn Asn Tyr Trp Ser Met Glu Asp Ile 195 200 205Trp Ser Met Gln Leu Leu Asn Gly Asp 210 215

Claims

1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) a first nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 12, and SEQ ID NO:56; (b) a second nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8 and SEQ ID NO:28; (c) a third nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 16; (d) a fourth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 52; (e) a fifth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO:50, and SEQ ID NO:58; (f) a sixth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 60; (g) a seventh nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:24, and SEQ ID NO:62; (h) a eighth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 18 and SEQ ID NO:20; (i) a ninth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 34, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:48, and SEQ ID NO:54; (j) a tenth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO:44, and SEQ ID NO:46; (k) an eleventh nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 36; (l) a twelfth nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 30; and (m) a thirteenth nucleotide sequence comprising the complement of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), or (l).

2. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 1, wherein the isolated nucleotide sequence consists of a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 that codes for the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, and 62.

3. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequences are DNA.

4. The isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 wherein the nucleotide sequences are RNA.

5. A chimeric gene comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 operably linked to suitable regulatory sequences.

6. An isolated host cell comprising the chimeric gene of claim 5.

7. An isolated host cell comprising an isolated polynucleotide of claim 1 or claim 3.

8. The isolated host cell of claim 7 wherein the isolated host is selected from the group consisting of yeast, bacteria, plant, and virus.

9. A virus comprising the isolated polynucleotide of claim 1.

10. A polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a first sequence of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 12, and SEQ ID NO:56; (b) a second sequence of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8 and SEQ ID NO:28; (c) a third sequence of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 16; (d) a fourth sequence of at least 50 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 52; (e) a fifth sequence of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO:50, and SEQ ID NO:58; (f) a sixth sequence of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 60; (g) a seventh sequence of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 90% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO:10, SEQ ID NO:22, SEQ ID NO:24, and SEQ ID NO:62; (h) an eighth sequence of at least 100 amino acids that has at least 95% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 18 and SEQ ID NO:20; (i) a ninth sequence of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 34, SEQ ID NO:38, SEQ ID NO:40, SEQ ID NO:42, SEQ ID NO:48, and SEQ ID NO:54; (j) a tenth sequence of at least 150 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO:44, and SEQ ID NO:46; (k) an eleventh sequence of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 80% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 36; and (l) a twelfth sequence of at least 200 amino acids that has at least 85% identity based on the Clustal method of alignment when compared to SEQ ID NO: 30.

11. A method of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the level of expression of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in a plant cell, the method comprising the steps of: (a) constructing an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 30 contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; (b) introducing the isolated polynucleotide into a plant cell; and (c) measuring the level of a polypeptide in the plant cell containing the polynucleotide to provide a positive selection means.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the isolated polynucleotide consists of a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 that codes for the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, and 62.

13. A method of selecting an isolated polynucleotide that affects the level of expression of a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide in a plant cell, the method comprising the steps of: (a) constructing an isolated polynucleotide of claim 1; (b) introducing the isolated polynucleotide into a plant cell; and (c) measuring the level of polypeptide in the plant cell containing the polynucleotide to provide a positive selection means.

14. A method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide comprising the steps of: (a) synthesizing an oligonucleotide primer comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 30 contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; and (b) amplifying a nucleic acid sequence using the oligonucleotide primer.

15. A method of obtaining a nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor polypeptide comprising the steps of: (a) probing a cDNA or genomic library with an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence of at least one of 30 contiguous nucleotides derived from a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, and 61 and the complement of such nucleotide sequences; (b) identifying a DNA clone that hybridizes with the isolated polynucleotide; (c) isolating the identified DNA clone; and (d) sequencing the cDNA or genomic fragment that comprises the isolated DNA clone.

16. An isolated polynucleotide comprising at least one of 30 nucleotides derived from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, and the complement of such sequences.

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