Cyanobacterial and plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase

Abstract

The present invention provides isolated and purified polynucleotides that encode plant and cyanobacterial polypeptides that participate in the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. Isolated cyanobacterial and plant polypeptides that catalyze acetyl-CoA carboxylation are also provided. Processes for altering acetyl-CoA carboxylation, increasing herbicide resistance of plants and identifying herbicide resistant variants of acetyl-CoA carboxylase are also provided.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides of acetyl-CoA carboxylase in cyanobacteria and plants. Polynucleotides encoding acetyl-CoA carboxylase have use in conferring herbicide resistance and in determining the herbicide resistance of plants in a breeding program.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is the first enzyme of the biosynthetic pathway to fatty acids. It belongs to a group of carboxylases that use biotin as cofactor and bicarbonate as a source of the carboxyl group. ACC catalyzes the addition of CO.sub.2 to acetyl-CoA to yield malonyl-CoA in two steps as shown below.

BCCP+ATP+HCO.sub.-3 .fwdarw.BCCP-CO.sub.2 +ADP+P.sub.i (1) BCCP-CO.sub.2 +Acetyl-CoA.fwdarw.BCCP+malonyl-CoA (2)

Fist, biotin becomes carboxylated at the expense of ATP. The carboxyl group is then transferred to Ac-CoA [Knowles, 1989]. This irreversible reaction is the committed step in fatty acid synthesis and is a target for multiple regulatory mechanisms. Reaction (1) is catalyzed by biotin carboxylase (BC); reaction (2) by transcarboxylase (TC); BCCP=biotin carboxyl carrier protein.

ACC purified from E.coli contains three distinct, separable components.: biotin carboxylase (BC), a dimer of 49-kD monomers, biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) a dimer of 17-kD monomers and transcarboxylase (TC), a tetramer containing two each of 33-kD and 35-kD subunits. The biotin prosthetic group is covalently attached to the .gamma.-amino group of a lysine residue of BCCP. The primary structure of E. coli BCCP and BC is known (fabE and fabG genes, respectively, have been cloned and sequenced) [Alix, 1989; Maramatsu, et al., 1989; Li, et al., 1992]. In bacteria, fatty acids are primarily precursors of phospholipids rather than storage fuels, and so ACC activity is coordinated with cell growth and division.

Rat and chicken ACC consist of a dimer of about 265 kD (rat has also a 280 kD isoform) subunits that contains all of the bacterial enzyme activities. Both mammalian and avian ACC are cytoplasmic enzymes and their substrate is transported out of mitochondria via citrate. ACC content and/or activity varies with the rate of fatty acid synthesis or energy requirements in different nutritional, hormonal and developmental states. ACC mRNA is transcribed using different promoters and can be regulated by alternative splicing. ACC catalytic activity is regulated allosterically by a number of metabolites and by reversible phospliorylation of the enzyme. The primary structure of rat and chicken enzymes, and the primary structure of the 5'-untranslated region of mRNA have been deduced from cDNA sequences [Lopez-Casillas, et al., 1988; Takai, et al., 1988]. The primary structure of yeast ACC has also been determined [Feel, et al., 1992].

Studies on plant ACC are far less advanced [Harwood, 1988]. It was originally thought that plant ACC consisted of low molecular weight dissociable subunits similar to those of bacteria. Those results appeared to be due to degradation of the enzyme during purification. More recent results indicate that the wheat enzyme, as well as those from parsley and rape, are composed of two about 220 kD monomers, similar to the enzyme from rat and chicken [Harwood, 1988; Egin-Buhler, et al., 1983; Wurtelle, et al., 1990; Slabas, et al., 1985]. The plant ACC is located entirely in the stroma of plastids, where all plant fatty acid synthesis occurs. No plant gene encoding ACC has been reported to date. The gene must be nuclear because no corresponding sequence is seen in the complete chloroplast DNA sequences of tobacco, liverwort or rice. ACC, like the vast majority of chloroplast proteins which are encoded in nuclear DNA, must be synthesized in the cytoplasm and then transported into the chloroplast, probably requiring a chloroplast transport sequence. Although the basic features of plant ACC must be the same as those of prokaryotic and other eucaryotic ACCs, significant differences can be also expected due, for example, to differences in plant cell metabolism and ACC cellular localization.

Structural similarities deduced from the available amino acid sequences suggest strong evolutionary conservation among biotin carboxylases and biotin carboxylase domains of all biotin-dependent carboxylases. On the contrary, the BCCP domains show very little conservation outside the sequence E(A/V)MKM (lysine residue is biotinylated) which is found in all biotinylated proteins including pyruvate carboxylase and propionyl-CoA carboxylase [Knowles, 1989; Samols, et al., 1988]. It is likely that the three functional domains of ACC located in E.coli on separate polypeptides are present in carboxylases containing two (human propionyl-CoA carboxylase) or only one (yeast pyruvate carboxylase, mammalian, avian and probably also plant ACC) polypeptide as a result of gene fusion during evolution.

Several years ago it was shown that aryloxyphenoxypropionates and cyclohexanediones, powerful herbicides effective against monocot weeds, inhibit fatty acid biosynthesis in sensitive plants. Recently it has been determined that ACC is the target enzyme for both of these classes of herbicide. Dicotyledonous plants are resistant to these compounds, as are other eukaryotes and prokaryotes. The mechanisms of inhibition and resistance of the enzyme are not known [Lichtenthaler, 1990].

It has occurred to others that the evolutionary relatedness of cyanobacteria and plants make the former useful sources of cloned genes for the isolation of plant cDNAs. For example, Pecker et al used the cloned gene for the enzyme phytoene desaturase, which functions in the synthesis of carotenoids, from cyanobacteria as a probe to isolate the cDNA for that gene from tomato [Pecker, et al., 1992].

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one aspect the present invention provides an isolated and purified polynucleotide of from about 1350 to about 40,000 base pairs that encodes a polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium. Preferably, that polypeptide is a subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and participates in the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. In a preferred embodiment, a cyanobacterium is Anabaena or Synechococcus. The biotin carboxyl carrier protein preferably includes the amino acid residue sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:111 or a functional equivalent thereof.

In another preferred embodiment, the polypeptide has the amino acid residue sequence of FIG. 1 or FIG. 2. The polynucleotide preferably includes the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 from about nucleotide position 1300 to about nucleotide position 2650 or the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:5.

In another aspect, the present invention provides an isolated and purified polynucleotide of from about 480 to about 40,000 base pairs that encodes a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium and, preferably Anabaena. The biotin carboxyl carrier protein preferably includes the amino acid residue sequence of SEQ ID NO:111 and the polynucleotide preferably includes the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:110.

Another polynucleotide provided by the present invention encodes a plant polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. A plant polypeptide is preferably (1) a monocotyledonous plant polypeptide such as a wheat, rice, maize, barley, rye, oats or timothy grass polypeptide or (2) a dicotyledonous plant polypeptide such as a soybean, rape, sunflower, tobacco, Arabiodopsis, petunia, Canola, pea, bean, tomato, potato, lettuce, spinach, alfalfa, cotton or carrot polypeptide. Preferably, that polypeptide is a subunit of ACC and participates ih the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA.

Such a polynucleotide preferably includes the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:108 and encodes the amino acid residue sequence of SEQ ID NO:109.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides an isolated and purified DNA molecule comprising a promoter operatively linked to a coding region that encodes (1) a polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium, (2) a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium or (3) a plant polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA, which coding region is operatively linked to a transcription-terminating region, whereby said promoter drives the transcription of said coding region.

In another aspect, the present invention provides an isolated polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium such as Anabaena or Synechococcus. Preferably a biotin carboxyl carrier protein includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:111 and the polypeptide has the amino acid residue sequence of FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 (SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6).

The present invention also provides (1) an isolated and purified biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium such as Anabaena, which protein includes the amino acid residue sequence of SEQ ID NO:111 and (2) an isolated and purified plant polypeptide having a molecular weight of about 220 kD, dimers of which have the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a process of increasing the herbicide resistance of a monocotyledonous plant comprising transforming the plant with a DNA molecule comprising a promoter operatively linked to a coding region that encodes a herbicide resistant polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA, which coding region is operatively linked to a transcription-terminating region, whereby the promoter is capable of driving the transcription of the coding region in a monocotyledonous plant.

Preferably, a polypeptide is an acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme and, more preferably, a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase. In a preferred embodiment, a coding region includes the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:108 and a promoter is CaMV35.

The present invention also provides a transformed plant produced in accordance with the above process as well as a transgenic plant and a transgenic plant seed having incorporated into its genome a transgene that encodes a herbicide resistant polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a process of altering the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA in a cell comprising transforming the cell with a DNA molecule comprising a promoter operatively linked to a coding region that encodes a plant polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA, which coding region is operatively linked to a transcription-terminating region, whereby the promoter is capable of driving the transcription of the coding region in the cell.

In a preferred embodiment, a cell is a cyanobacterium or a plant cell and a plant polypeptide is a monocotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme such as wheat acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme. The present invention also provides a transformed cyanobacterium produced in accordance with such a process.

The present invention still further provides a process for determining the inheritance of plant resistance to herbicides of the aryloxyphenocypropionate or cyclohexanedione class, which process comprises the steps of:

(a) measuring resistance to herbicides of the aryloxyphenocypropionate or cyclohexanedione class in a parental plant line and in progeny of the parental plant line; (b) purifying DNA from said parental plant line and the progeny; (c) digesting the DNA with restriction enzymes to form DNA fragments; (d) fractionating the fragments on a gel; (e) transferring the fragments to a filter support; (f) annealing the fragments with a labelled RFLP probe consisting of a DNA molecule that encodes acetyl-CoA carboxylase or a portion thereof; and (g) detecting the presence of complexes between the fragments and the RFLP probe; and (h) correlating the herbicide resistance of step (a) with the complexes of step (g) and thereby the inheritance of herbicide resistance.

Preferably, the acetyl-CoA carboxylase is a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme or a mutated monocotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase that confers herbicide resistance or a hybrid acetyl-CoA carboxylase comprising a portion of a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase, a portion of a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase or one or more domains of a cyanobacterial acetyl-CoA carboxylase.

In still yet another aspect, the present invention provides a process for identifying herbicide resistant variants of a plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase comprising the steps of:

(a) transforming cyanobacteria with a DNA molecule that encodes a monocotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme to form transformed cyanobacteria; (b) inactivating cyanobacterial acetyl-CoA carboxylase; (c) exposing the transformed cyanobacteria to a herbicide that inhibits acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity; (d) identifying transformed cyanobacteria that are resistant to the herbicide; and (e) characterizing DNA that encodes acetyl-CoA carboxylase from the cyanobacteria of step (d).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the drawings which form a portion of the specification:

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B shows the complete nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO:1) of a HindIII fragment that includes the fabG gene coding biotin carboxylase from the cyanobacterium Anabaena 7120, along with the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NOS:2-4) deduced from the coding sequence of the DNA.

FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B shows the nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO:5) of the coding region of the fabG gene from the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2, along with the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:6) deduced from the coding sequence of the DNA.

FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B, FIG. 3C, FIG. 3D, FIG. 3E, and FIG. 3F shows an alignment of the amino acid sequences (SEQ ID NOS:6-107 and 109) of the BC proteins from both cyanobacteria and from E. coli, the BCCP proteins from Anabaena and from E. coli, along with the ACC enzymes from rat and chicken and several other biotin-containing carboxylases. Stars indicate positions that are identical in all sequences or all but one. The conventional one letter abbreviations for amino acids are used. The BC domains are indicated by a solid underline, the BCCP domains by a dashed underline. The symbol # indicates sequences not related to BC and, therefore, not considered in the alignment. The wheat ACC sequence deduced from the sequence of our cloned cDNA fragment is on the top line. Abbreviations used in the Figure are: Wh ACC, wheat ACC; Rt, rat; Ch, chicken; Yt, yeast; Sy ACC, Synechococcus BC; An ACC, Anabaena BC and BCCP proteins; EC ACC, E. coli BC and BCCP; Hm PCCA, human propionyl CoA carboxylase; Rt PCCA, rat propionyl CoA carboxylase;, Yt PC, yeast pyruvate carboxylase.

FIG. 4 shows the conserved amino acid sequences used to design primers for the PCR to amplify the BC domain of ACC from wheat. The sequences of the oligonucleotide primers (SEQ ID NOS:112 and 113) are also shown. In this and other figures showing primer sequences, A means adenine, C means cytosine, G means guanine, T means thymine, N means all four nucleotides, Y means T or C, R means A or G, K means G or T, M means A or C, W means A or T, and H means A, C or T.

FIG. 5 shows the sequences of the oligonucleotides (SEQ ID NOS:114 and 115) used as primers for the PCR used to amplify the region of wheat ACC cDNA between the BC and BCCP domains.

FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B, and FIG. 6C shows the nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO:108) of a portion of the wheat cDNA corresponding to ACC. The amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:109) deduced from the nucleotide sequence is also shown. The underlined sequences correspond to the primer sites shown in FIG. 5. A unique sequence was found for the BC domain, suggesting that a single mRNA was the template for the final amplified products. For the sequence between the BC and BCCP domains, three different variants were found among four products sequenced, suggesting that three different gene transcripts were among the amplified products. This is not unexpected because wheat is hexaploid, i.e. it has three pairs of each chromosome.

FIG. 7 shows the sequences (SEQ ID NOS:115 and 116) of the oligonucleotides used as primers to amplify most of the fabE gene encoding the biotin carboxyl carrier protein from DNA of Anabaena.

FIG. 8 shows the nucleotide sequence (SEQ ID NO:110) of a PCR product corresponding to a portion of the fabE gene encoding about 75% of the biotin carboxyl carrier protein from the cyanobacterium Anabaena, along with the amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:111) deduced from the coding sequence. The underlined sequences correspond to the primer sites shown in FIG. 7.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

I. Definitions

The following words and phrases have the meanings set forth below.

Expression: The combination of intracellular processes, including transcription and translation undergone by a coding DNA molecule such as a structural gene to produce a polypeptide.

Promoter: A recognition site on a DNA sequence or group of DNA sequences that provide an expression control element for a structural gene and to which RNA polymerase specifically binds and initiates RNA synthesis (transcription) of that gene.

Regeneration: The process of growing a plant from a plant cell (e.g. plant protoplast or explant).

Structural gene: A gene that is expressed to produce a polypeptide.

Transformation: A process of introducing an exogenous DNA sequence (e.g. a vector, a recombinant DNA molecule) into a cell or protoplast in which that exogenous DNA is incorporated into a chromosome or is capable of autonomous replication.

Transformed cell: A cell whose DNA has been altered by the introduction of an exogenous DNA molecule into that cell.

Transgenic cell: Any cell derived or regenerated from a transformed cell or derived from a transgenic cell. Exemplary transgenic cells include plant calli derived from a transformed plant cell and particular cells such as leaf, root, stem, e.g. somatic cells, or reproductive (germ) cells obtained from a transgenic plant.

Transgenic plant: A plant or progeny thereof derived from a transformed plant cell or protoplast, wherein the plant DNA contains an introduced exogenous DNA molecule not originally present in a native, non-transgenic plant of the same strain. The terms "transgenic plant" and "transformed plant" have sometimes been used in the art as synonymous terms to define a plant whose DNA contains an exogenous DNA molecule. However, it is thought more scientifically correct to refer to a regenerated plant or callus obtained from a transformed plant cell or protoplast as being a transgenic plant, and that usage will be followed herein.

Vector: A DNA molecule capable of replication in a host cell and/or to which another DNA segment can be operatively linked so as to bring about replication of the attached segment. A plasmid is an exemplary vector.

Certain polypeptides are disclosed herein as amino acid residue sequences. Those sequences are written left to right in the direction from the amino to the carboxy terminus. In accordance with standard nomenclature, amino acid residue sequences are denominated by either a single letter or a three letter code as indicated below.

______________________________________Amino Acid Residue 3-Letter Code 1-Letter Code______________________________________Alanine Ala AArginine Arg RAsparagine Asn NAspartic Acid Asp DCysteine Cys CGlutamine Gln QGlutamic Acid Glu EGlycine Gly GHistidine His HIsoleucine Ile ILeucine Leu LLysine Lys KMethionine Met MPhenylalanine Phe FProline Pro PSerine Ser SThreonine Thr TTryptophan Trp WTyrosine Tyr YValine Val V______________________________________

The present invention provides polynucleotides and polypeptides relating to a whole or a portion of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) of cyanobacteria and plants as well as processes using those polynucleotides and polypeptides.

II Polynucleotides

As used herein the term "polynucleotide" means a sequence of nucleotides connected by phosphodiester linkages. A polynucleotide of the present invention can comprise from about 2 to about several hundred thousand base pairs. Preferably, a polynucleotide comprises from about 5 to about 150,000 base pairs. Preferred lengths of particular polynucleotides are set hereinafter.

A polynucleotide of the present invention can be a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule or a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule. Where a polynucleotide is a DNA molecule, that molecule can be a gene or a cDNA molecule. Nucleotide bases are indicated herein by a single letter code: adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), cytosine (C), and uracil (U).

A. Cyanobacteria

In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates an isolated and purified polynucleotide of from about 1350 to about 40,000 base pairs that encodes a polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium.

Preferably, a biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) is derived from a cyanobacterium such as Anabaena or Synechococcus. A preferred Anabaena is Anabaena 7120. A preferred Synechococcus is Anacystis nidulans R2 (Synechococcus sp. strain pcc7942). A biotin carboxyl carrier protein preferably includes the amino acid residue sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:111 or a functional equivalent thereof.

Preferably, a polypeptide is a biotin carboxylase enzyme of a cyanobacterium, which enzyme is a subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and participates in the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. In a preferred embodiment, a polypeptide encoded by such a polynucleotide has the amino acid residue sequence of FIGS. 1A and 1B or FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, (SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6) or a functional equivalent of those sequences.

A polynucleotide preferably includes the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 (FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B) or the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 (FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B) from about nucleotide position 1300 to about nucleotide position 2650.

The polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:1 contains a gene that encodes the enzyme biotin carboxylase (BC) from the cyanobacterium Anabaena. This gene was cloned in the following way: total DNA from Anabaena was digested with various restriction enzymes, fractionated by gel electrophoresis, and blotted onto GeneScreen Plus (DuPont). The blot was hybridized at low stringency (1M NaCl, 57.degree. C.) with a probe consisting of a SstII-PstI fragment containing about 90% of the coding region of the fabG gene from E. coli. This probe identified a 3.1-kb HindIII fragment in the Anabaena digest that contained similar sequences. A mixture of about 3-kb HindIII fragments of Anabaena DNA was purified, then digested with NheI, yielding a HindIII-NheI fragment of 1.6 kb that hybridized with the fabG probe. The 1.6-kb region was purified by gel electrophoresis and cloned into pUC18.

Plasmid minipreps were made from about 160 colonies, of which four were found to contain the 1.6-kb HindIII-NheI fragment that hybridized with the fabG probe. The 1.6-kb Anabaena fragment was then used as probe to screen, at high stringency (1M NaCl, 65.degree. C.), a cosmid library of Anabaena DNA inserts averaging 40 kb in size. Five were found among 1920 tested, all of which contained the same size HindIII and NheI fragments as those identified by the E. coli probe previously. From one of the cosmids, the 3.1-kb HindIII fragment containing the Anabaena fabG gene was subcloned into pUC18 and sequenced using the dideoxy chain termination method. The complete nucleotide sequence of this fragment is shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B (SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO:2).

A similar procedure was used to clone the fabG gene from Synechococcus. In this case, the initial Southern hybridization showed that the desired sequences were contained in part on an 0.8-kb BamHI-PstI fragment. This size fragment was purified in two steps and cloned into the plasmid Bluescript KS. Minipreps of plasmids from 200 colonies revealed two that contained the appropriate fragment of Synechococus DNA. This fragment was used to probe, at high stringency, a library of Synechococcus inserts in the cosmid vector pWB79. One positive clone was found among 1728 tested. This cosmid contained a 2-kb BamHI and a 3-kb PstI fragment that had previously been identified by the E. coli fabG probe in digests of total Synechococcus DNA. Both fragments were subcloned from the cosmid into Bluescript KS and 2.4 kb, including the coding part of the fabG gene, were sequenced. The complete sequence of the coding region of the Synechococcus fabG gene is shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B (SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6).

In another aspect, the present invention provides an isolated and purified polynucleotide of from about 480 to about 40,000 base pairs that encodes a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium. That biotin carboxyl carrier protein preferably includes the amino acid residue sequence of FIG. 8 (SEQ ID NO:111) or a functional equivalent thereof. A preferred polynucleotide that encodes that polypeptide includes the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:110 (FIG. 8).

B. Plants

Another polynucleotide contemplated by the present invention encodes a plant polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. Such a plant polypeptide is preferably a monocotyledonous or a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme.

An exemplary and preferred monocotyledonous plant is wheat, rice, maize, barley, rye, oats or timothy grass. An exemplary and preferred dicotyledonous plant is soybean, rape, sunflower, tobacco, Arabidopsis, petunia, pea, Canola, bean, tomato, potato, lettuce, spinach, alfalfa, cotton or carrot.

A monocotyledonous plant polypeptide is preferably wheat ACC, which ACC includes the amino acid residue sequence of SEQ ID NO:109 (FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B and FIG. 6C) or a functional equivalent thereof. A preferred polynucleotide that encodes such a polypeptide includes the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:108 (FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B and FIG. 6C).

Amino acid sequences of biotin carboxylase (BC) from Anabaena and Synechococcus show great similarity with amino acid residue sequences from other ACC enzymes as well as with the amino acid residue sequences of other biotin-containing enzymes (See FIG. 3). Based on that homology, the nucleotide sequences shown in FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B, FIG. 3C, FIG. 3D, FIG. 3E, and FIG. 3F (SEQ ID NO:112 and SEQ ID NO;113) were chosen for the construction of primers for polymerase chain reaction amplification of a corresponding region of the gene for ACC from wheat. Those primers have the nucleotide sequences shown below:

Primer 15' TCGAATTCGTNATNATHAARGC 3' (SEQ ID NO:112);Primer 25' GCTCTAGAGKRTGYTCNACYTG 3' (SEQ ID NO:113); where N is A, C, G or T; H is A, C or T; R is A or G; Y is T or C and K is G or T. Primers 1 and 2 comprise a 14-nucleotide specific sequence based on a conserved amino acid sequence and an 8-nucleotide extension at the 5'-end of the primer to provide anchors for rounds of amplification after the first round and to provide convenient restriction sites for analysis and cloning.

cDNA amplification began with a preparation of total polyA-containing mRNA from eight day-old green plants (Triticum aestivum var. Era as described in [Lamppa, et al., 1992]). The first strand of cDNA was synthesized using random hexamers as primers for AMV reverse transcriptase following procedures described in [Haymerle, et al., 1986], with some modifications. Reverse transcriptase was inactivated by heat and low molecular weight material was removed by filtration.

The PCR was initiated by the addition of polymerase at 95.degree. C. Amplification was for 45 cycles, each 1 min at 95.degree., 1 min at 42-46.degree. and 2 min at 72.degree. C. Both the reactions using Anabaena DNA and the single-stranded wheat cDNA as template yielded about 440 base pair (bp) products. The wheat product was eluted from a gel and reamplified using the same primers. That product, also 440 bp, was cloned into the Invitrogen (San Diego, Calif.) vector pCR1000 using their A/T tail method, and sequenced.

In eukaryotic ACCs, a BCCP domain is located about 300 amino acids away from the end of the BC domain, on the C-terminal side. Therefore, it is possible to amplify the cDNA covering the interval between the BC and BCCP domains using primers from the C-terminal end of the BC domain and the conserved MKM region of the BCCP. The BC primer was based on the wheat cDNA sequence obtained as described above. Those primers, each with 6- or 8-base 5'-extensions, are shown below and in FIG. 5.

Primer 35' GCTCTAGAATACTATTTCCTG 3' (SEQ ID NO:114)Primer 45' TCGAATTCWNCATYTTCATNRC 3' (SEQ ID NO:115) N, R and Y are as defined above. W is A or T. The BC primer (Primer 3) was based on the wheat cDNA sequence obtained as described above. The MKM primer (primer 4) was first checked by determining whether it would amplify the fabE gene coding BCCP from Anabaena DNA. This PCR was primed at the other end by using a primer based on the N-terminal amino acid residue sequence as determined on protein purified from Anabaena extracts by affinity chromatography. Those primers are shown below and in FIG. 7. Primer 55' GCTCTAGAYTTYAAYGARATHMG 3' (SEQ ID NO:116)Primer 45' TCGAATTCWNCATYTTCATNRC 3' (SEQ ID NO:115) H, N, R, T, Y and W are as defined above. M is A or C. This amplification (using the conditions described above) yielded the correct fragment of the Anabaena fabE gene, which was used to identify cosmids that contained the entire fabE gene and flanking DNA. An about 4 kb XbaI fragment containing the gene was cloned into the vector Bluescript KS for sequencing.

Primers 3 and 4 were then used to amplify the intervening sequence in wheat cDNA. Again, the product of the first PCR was eluted and reamplified by another round of PCR, then cloned into the Invitrogen vector pCRII.

The complete 1.1 kb of the amplified DNA was sequenced, shown in FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B, and FIG. 6C (SEQ ID NO:108), nucleotides 376-1473. The nucleotide sequence of the BC domain is also shown in FIG. 6 (SEQ ID NO:108), nucleotides 1-422. Three clones of the BC domain gave the sequence shown. Four clones of the 1.1-kb fragment differed at several positions, corresponding to three closely related sequences, all of which are indicated in the Figure. Most of the sequence differences are in the third codon position and are silent in terms of the amino acid sequence.

The amino acid sequence of the polypeptide predicted from the cDNA sequence for this entire fragment of wheat cDNA (1473 nucleotides) is compared with the amino acid sequences of other ACC enzymes and related enzymes from various sources in FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B, FIG. 3C, FIG. 3D, FIG. 3E, and FIG. 3F. The most significant identities are with the ACC of rat, chicken and yeast, as shown in the table below. Less extensive similarities are evident with the BC subunits of bacteria and the BC domains of other enzymes such as pyruvate carboxylase of yeast and propionyl CoA carboxylase of rat. The amino acid identities between wheat ACC and other biotin-dependent enzymes, within the BC domain (amino acid residues 312-630 in FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B, FIG. 3C, FIG. 3D, FIG. 3E, and FIG. 3F) are shown below in Table 1.

TABLE 1______________________________________ % identity % identity with wheat ACC with rat ACC______________________________________rat ACC 58 (100)chicken ACC 57yeast ACC 56Synechococcus ACC 32Anabaena ACC 30E. coli ACC 33rat propionyl CoA 32 31carboxylaseyeast pyruvate carboxylase 31______________________________________ C. Probes and Primers

In another aspect, DNA sequence information provided by the invention allows for the preparation of relatively short DNA (or RNA) sequences having the ability to specifically hybridize to gene sequences of the selected polynucleotides disclosed herein. In these aspects, nucleic acid probes of an appropriate length are prepared based on a consideration of a selected ACC gene sequence, e.g., a sequence such as that shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B, and FIG. 6C, or FIG. 8 (SEQ ID NO:110 and SEQ ID NO:111). The ability of such nucleic acid probes to specifically hybridize to an ACC gene sequence lend them particular utility in a variety of embodiments. Most importantly, the probes can be used in a variety of assays for detecting the presence of complementary sequences in a given sample.

In certain embodiments, it is advantageous to use oligonucleotide primers. The sequence of such primers is designed using a polynucleotide of the present invention for use in detecting, amplifying or mutating a defined segment of an ACC gene from a cyanobacterium or a plant using PCR technology. Segments of ACC genes from other organisms can also be amplified by PCR using such primers.

To provide certain of the advantages in accordance with the present invention, a preferred nucleic acid sequence employed for hybridization studies or assays includes sequences that are complementary to at least a 10 to 30 or so long nucleotide stretch of an ACC sequence, such as that shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 6 or 8 (SEQ ID NO:110 and SEQ ID NO:111). A size of at least 10 nucleotides in length helps to ensure that the fragment will be of sufficient length to form a duplex molecule that is both stable and selective. Molecules having complementary sequences over stretches greater than 10 bases in length are generally preferred, though, in order to increase stability and selectivity of the hybrid, and thereby improve the quality and degree of specific hybrid molecules obtained. One will generally prefer to design nucleic acid molecules having gene-complementary stretches of 15 to 20 nucleotides, or even longer where desired. Such fragments may be readily prepared by, for example, directly synthesizing the fragment by chemical means, by application of nucleic acid reproduction technology, such as the PCR technology of U.S. Pat. No. 4,603,102, herein incorporated by reference, or by excising selected DNA fragments from recombinant plasmids containing appropriate inserts and suitable restriction sites.

Accordingly, a nucleotide sequence of the invention can be used for its ability to selectively form duplex molecules with complementary stretches of the gene. Depending on the application envisioned, one will desire to employ varying conditions of hybridization to achieve varying degree of selectivity of the probe toward the target sequence. For applications requiring a high degree of selectivity, one will typically desire to employ relatively stringent conditions to form the hybrids, for example, one will select relatively low salt and or high temperature conditions, such as provided by 0.02M-0.15M NaCl at temperatures of 50.degree. C. to 70.degree. C. These conditions are particularly selective, and tolerate little, if any, mismatch between the probe and the template or target strand.

Of course, for some applications, for example, where one desires to prepare mutants employing a mutant primer strand hybridized to an underlying template or where one seeks to isolate an ACC coding sequences for related species, functional equivalents, or the like, less stringent hybridization conditions will typically be needed in order to allow formation of the heteroduplex. In these circumstances, one may desire to employ conditions such as 0.15M-0.9M salt, at temperatures ranging from 20.degree. C. to 55.degree. C. Cross-hybridizing species can thereby be readily identified as positively hybridizing signals with respect to control hybridizations. In any case, it is generally appreciated that conditions can be rendered more stringent by the addition of increasing amounts of formamide, which serves to destabilize the hybrid duplex in the same manner as increased temperature. Thus, hybridization conditions can be readily manipulated, and thus will generally be a method of choice depending on the desired results.

In certain embodiments, it is advantageous to employ a polynucleotide of the present invention in combination with an appropriate label for detecting hybrid formation. A wide variety of appropriate labels are known in the art, including radioactive, enzymatic or other ligands, such as avidin/biotin, which are capable of giving a detectable signal.

In general, it is envisioned that a hybridization probe described herein is useful both as a reagent in solution hybridization as well as in embodiments employing a solid phase. In embodiments involving a solid phase, the test DNA (or RNA) is adsorbed or otherwise affixed to a selected matrix or surface. This fixed nucleic acid is then subjected to specific hybridization with selected probes under desired conditions. The selected conditions depend as is well known in the art on the particular circumstances and criteria required (e.g., on the G+C contents, type of target nucleic acid, source of nucleic acid, size of hybridization probe). Following washing of the matrix to remove nonspecifically bound probe molecules, specific hybridization is detected, or even quantified, by means of the label.

D. Expression Vector

The present invention contemplates an expression vector comprising a polynucleotide of the present invention. Thus, in one embodiment an expression vector is an isolated and purified DNA molecule comprising a promoter operatively linked to an coding region that encodes a polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium, which coding region is operatively linked to a transcription-terminating region, whereby the promoter drives the transcription of the coding region.

As used herein, the term "operatively linked" means that a promoter is connected to an coding region in such a way that the transcription of that coding region is controlled and regulated by that promoter. Means for operatively linking a promoter to a coding region are well known in the art.

Where an expression vector of the present invention is to be used to transform a cyanobacterium, a promoter is selected that has the ability to drive and regulate expression in cyanobacteria. Promoters that function in bacteria are well known in the art. An exemplary and preferred promoter for the cyanobacterium Anabaena is the glnA gene promoter. An exemplary and preferred promoter for the cyanobacterium Synechococcus is the psbAI gene promoter. Alternatively, the cyanobacterial fabG gene promoters themselves can be used.

Where an expression vector of the present invention is to be used to transform a plant, a promoter is selected that has the ability to drive expression in plants. Promoters that function in plants are also well known in the art. Useful in expressing the polypeptide in plants are promoters that are inducible, viral, synthetic, constitutive as described by Poszkowski et al., EMBO J., 3:2719 (1989) and Odell et al., Nature, 313:810 (1985), and temporally regulated, spatially regulated, and spatiotemporally regulated as given in Chua et al., Science, 244:174-181 (1989).

A promoter is also selected for its ability to direct the transformed plant cell's or transgenic plant's transcriptional activity to the coding region. Structural genes can be driven by a variety of promoters in plant tissues. Promoters can be near-constitutive, such as the CaMV 35S promoter, or tissue specific or developmentally specific promoters affecting dicots or monocots.

Where the promoter is a near-constitutive promoter such as CaMV 35S, increases in polypeptide expression are found in a variety of transformed plant tissues (e.g. callus, leaf, seed and root). Alternatively, the effects of transformation can be directed to specific plant tissues by using plant integrating vectors containing a tissue-specific promoter.

An exemplary tissue-specific promoter is the Lectin promoter, which is specific for seed tissue. The Lectin protein in soybean seeds is encoded by a single gene (Le1) that is only expressed during seed maturation and accounts for about 2 to about 5 percent of total seed mRNA. The Lectin gene and seed-specific promoter have been fully characterized and used to direct seed specific expression in transgenic tobacco plants. See. e.g., Vodkin et al., Cell, 34:1023 (1983) and Lindstrom et al., Developmental Genetics, 11:160 (1990).

An expression vector containing a coding region that encodes a polypeptide of interest is engineered to be under control of the Lectin promoter and that vector is introduced into plants using, for example, a protoplast transformation method. Dhir et al., Plant Cell Reports, 10:97 (1991). The expression of the polypeptide is directed specifically to the seeds of the transgenic plant.

A transgenic plant of the present invention produced from a plant cell transformed with a tissue specific promoter can be crossed with a second transgenic plant developed from a plant cell transformed with a different tissue specific promoter to produce a hybrid transgenic plant that shows the effects of transformation in more than one specific tissue.

Exemplary tissue-specific promoters are corn sucrose synthetase 1 (Yang et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 87:4144-48 (1990)), corn alcohol dehydrogenase 1 (Vogel et al., J. Cell Biochem., (supplement 13D, 312) (1989)), corn zein 19KD gene (storage protein) (Boston et al., Plant Physiol., 83:742-46), corn light harvesting complex (Simpson, Science, 233:34 (1986), corn heat shock protein (O'Dell et al., Nature, 313:810-12 (1985), pea small subunit RuBP Carboxylase (Poulsen et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 205:193-200 (1986); Cashmore et al., Gen. Eng. of Plants, Plenum Press, New York, 29-38 (1983), Ti plasmid mannopine synthase (Langridge et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 86:3219-3223 (1989), Ti plasmid nopaline synthase (Langridge et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 86:3219-3223 (1989), petunia chalcone isomerase (Van Tunen et al., EMBO J., 7:1257 (1988), bean glycine rich protein 1 (Keller et al., EMBO J., 8:1309-14 (1989), CaMV 35s transcript (O'Dell et al., Nature, 313:810-12 (1985) and Potato patatin (Wenzler et al., Plant Mol. Biol., 12:41-50 (1989). Preferred promoters are the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV 35S) promoter and the S-E9 small subunit RuBP carboxylase promoter.

The choice of which expression vector and ultimately to which promoter a polypeptide coding region is operatively linked depends directly on the functional properties desired, e.g. the location and timing of protein expression, and the host cell to be transformed. These are well known limitations inherent in the art of constructing recombinant DNA molecules. However, a vector useful in practicing the present invention is capable of directing the expression of the polypeptide coding region to which it is operatively linked.

Typical vectors useful for expression of genes in higher plants are well known in the art and include vectors derived from the tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens described by Rogers et al., Meth. in Enzymol., 153:253-277 (1987). However, several other plant integrating vector systems are known to function in plants including pCaMVCN transfer control vector described by Fromm et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 82:5824 (1985). Plasmid pCaMVCN (available from Pharmacia, Piscataway, N.J.) includes the cauliflower mosaic virus CaMV 35S promoter.

In preferred embodiments, the vector used to express the polypeptide includes a selection marker that is effective in a plant cell, preferably a drug resistance selection marker. One preferred drug resistance marker is the gene whose expression results in kanamycin resistance; i.e., the chimeric gene containing the nopaline synthase promoter, Tn5 neomycin phosphotransferase II and nopaline synthase 3' nontranslated region described by Rogers et al., in Methods For Plant Molecular Biology, A. Weissbach and H. Weissbach, eds., Academic Press Inc., San Diego, Calif. (1988).

RNA polymerase transcribes a coding DNA sequence through a site where polyadenylation occurs. Typically, DNA sequences located a few hundred base pairs downstream of the polyadenylation site serve to terminate transcription. Those DNA sequences are referred to herein as transcription-termination regions. Those regions are required for efficient polyadenylation of transcribed messenger RNA (mRNA).

Means for preparing expression vectors are well known in the art. Expression (transformation vectors) used to transform plants and methods of making those vectors are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,971,908, 4,940,835, 4,769,061 and 4,757,011, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference. Those vectors can be modified to include a coding sequence in accordance with the present invention.

A variety of methods has been developed to operatively link DNA to vectors via complementary cohesive termini or blunt ends. For instance, complementary homopolymer tracts can be added to the DNA segment to be inserted and to the vector DNA. The vector and DNA segment are then joined by hydrogen bonding between the complementary homopolymeric tails to form recombinant DNA molecules.

A coding region that encodes a polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium is preferably a biotin carboxylase enzyme of a cyanobacterium, which enzyme is a subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and participates in the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. In a preferred embodiment, such a polypeptide has the amino acid residue sequence of FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, or a functional equivalent of those sequences. In accordance with such an embodiment, a coding region comprises the entire DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 (FIG. 1) or the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 (FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B) from about nucleotide position 1300 to about nucleotide position 2650 or the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:5 (FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B).

In another embodiment, an expression vector comprises a coding region of from about 480 to about 40,000 base pairs that encodes a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium. That biotin carboxyl carrier protein preferably includes the amino acid residue sequence of FIG. 8 (SEQ ID NO:111) or a functional equivalent thereof. A preferred such coding region includes the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:110 (FIG. 8).

In still yet another embodiment, an expression vector comprises a coding region that encodes a plant polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. Such a plant polypeptide is preferably a monocotyledonous or a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme.

A preferred monocotyledonous plant polypeptide encoded by such a coding region is preferably wheat ACC, which ACC includes the amino acid residue sequence of SEQ ID NO:109 (FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B, and FIG. 6C) or a functional equivalent thereof. A preferred coding region includes the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO:108 (FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B, and FIG. 6C).

III. Polypeptide

The present invention contemplates a polypeptide that defines a whole or a portion of an ACC of a cyanobacterium or a plant. In one embodiment, thus, the present invention provides an isolated polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of a biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium such as Anabaena or Synechococcus. Preferably, a biotin carboxyl carrier protein includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:111 and the polypeptide has FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B or FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B (SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6).

The present invention also contemplates an isolated and purified biotin carboxyl carrier protein of a cyanobacterium such as Anabaena, which protein includes the amino acid residue sequence of SEQ ID NO:111.

In another embodiment, the present invention contemplates an isolated and purified plant polypeptide having a molecular weight of about 220 KD, dimers of which have the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. Such a polypeptide preferably includes the amino acid residue sequence of SEQ ID NO:109.

Modification and changes may be made in the structure of polypeptides of the present invention and still obtain a molecule having like or otherwise desirable characteristics. For example, certain amino acids may be substituted for other amino acids in a protein structure without appreciable loss of interactive binding capacity with structures such as, for example, antigen-binding regions of antibodies or binding sites on substrate molecules. Since it is the interactive capacity and nature of a polypeptide that defines that polypeptide's biological functional activity, certain amino acid sequence substitutions can be made in a polypeptide sequence (or, of course, its underlying DNA coding sequence) and nevertheless obtain a polypeptide with like or even counterveiling properties (e.g., antagonistic v. agonistic).

In making such changes, the hydropathic index of amino acids may be considered. The importance of the hydropathic amino acid index in conferring interactive biologic function on a protein is generally understood in the art (Kyte & Doolittle, J. Mol. Biol., 157:105-132, 1982). It is known that certain amino acids may be substituted for other amino acids having a similar hydropathic index or score and still result in a protein with similar biological activity. Each amino acid has been assigned a hydropathic index on the basis of their hydrophobicity and charge characteristics, these are: isoleucine (+4.5); valine (+4.2); leucine (+3.8); phenylalanine (+2.8); cysteinelcystine (+2.5); methionine (+1.9); alanine (+1.8); glycine (-0.4); threonine (-0.7); serine (-0.8); tryptophan (-0.9); tyrosine (-1.3); proline (-1.6); histidine (-3.2); glutamate (-3.5); glutamine (-3.5); aspartate (-3.5); asparagine (-3.5); lysine (-3.9); and arginine (-4.5).

It is believed that the relative hydropathic character of the amino acid determines the secondary structure of the resultant polypeptide, which in turn defines the interaction of the polypeptide with other molecules, for example, enzymes, substrates, receptors, antibodies, antigens, and the like. It is known in the art that an amino acid may be substituted by another amino acid having a similar hydropathic index and still obtain a biological functionally equivalent protein. In such changes, the substitution of amino acids whose hydropathic indices are within .+-.2 is preferred, those which are within .+-.1 are particularly preferred, and those within .+-.0.5 are even more particularly preferred.

Substitution of like amino acids can also be made on the basis of hydrophilicity, particularly where the biological functional equivalent protein or peptide thereby created is intended for use in immunological embodiments. U.S. Pat. No. 4,554,101, incorporated herein by reference, states that the greatest local average hydrophilicity of a protein, as governed by the hydrophilicity of its adjacent amino acids, correlates with its immunogenicity and antigenicity, i.e. with a biological property of the protein.

As detailed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,554,101, the following hydrophilicity values have been asssigned to amino acid residues: arginine (+3.0); lysine (+3.0); aspartate (+3.0.+-.1); glutamate (+3.0.+-.1); serine (+0.3); asparagine (+0.2); glutamine (+0.2); glycine (0); proline (-0.5.+-.1); threonine (-0.4); alanine (-0.5); histidine (-0.5); cysteine (-1.0); methionine (-1.3); valine (-1.5); leucine (-1.8); isoleucine (-1.8); tyrosine (-2.3); phenylalanine (-2.5); tryptophan (-3.4). It is understood that an amino acid can be substituted for another having a similar hydrophilicity value and still obtain a biologically equivalent, and in particular, an immunologically equivalent protein. In such changes, the substitution of amino acids whose hydrophilicity values are within .+-.2 is preferred, those which are within .+-.1 are particularly preferred, and those within .+-.0.5 are even more particularly preferred.

As outlined above, amino acid substitutions are generally therefore based on the relative similarity of the amino acid side-chain substituents, for example, their hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, charge, size, and the like. Exemplary substitutions which take various of the foregoing characteristics into consideration are well known to those of skill in the art and include: arginine and lysine; glutamate and aspartate; serine and threonine; glutamine and asparagine; and valine, leucine and isoleucine.

The present invention thus contemplates functional equivalents of the polypeptides set forth above. A polypeptide of the present invention is prepared by standard techniques well known to those skilled in the art. Such techniques include, but are not limited to, isolation and purification from tissues known to contain that polypeptide and expression from cloned DNA using transformed cells.

IV. Transformed or Transgenic Cells or Plants

A cyanobacterium, a plant cell or a plant transformed with an expression vector of the present invention is also contemplated. A transgenic cyanobacterium, plant cell or plant derived from such a transformed or transgenic cell is also contemplated.

Means for transforming cyanobacteria are well known in the art. Typically, means of transformation are similar to those well known means used to transform other bacteria such as E. coli. Synechococcus can be transformed simply by incubation of log-phase cells with DNA. (Golden, et al., 1987)

The application of brief, high-voltage electric pulses to a variety of mammalian and plant cells leads to the formation of nanometer-sized pores in the plasma membrane. DNA is taken directly into the cell cytoplasm either through these pores or as a consequence of the redistribution of membrane components that accompanies closure of the pores. Electroporation can be extremely efficient and can be used both for transient expression of clones genes and for establishment of cell lines that carry integrated copies of the gene of interest. Electroporation, in contrast to calcium phosphate-mediated transfection and protoplast fusion, frequently gives rise to cell lines that carry one, or at most a few, integrated copies of the foreign DNA.

Methods for DNA transformation of plant cells include Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation, protoplast transformation, gene transfer into pollen, injection into reproductive organs, injection into immature embryos and particle bombardment. Each of these methods has distinct advantages and disadvantages. Thus, one particular method of introducing genes into a particular plant strain may not necessarily be the most effective for another plant strain, but it is well known which methods are useful for a particular plant strain.

Agrobacterium-mediated transfer is a widely applicable system for introducing genes into plant cells because the DNA can be introduced into whole plant tissues, thereby bypassing the need for regeneration of an intact plant from a protoplast. The use of Agrobacterium-mediated plant integrating vectors to introduce DNA into plant cells is well known in the art. See, for example, the methods described by Fraley et al., Biotechnology, 3:629 (1985) and Rogers et al., Methods in Enzymology, 153:253-277 (1987). Further, the integration of the Ti-DNA is a relatively precise process resulting in few rearrangements. The region of DNA to be transferred is defined by the border sequences, and intervening DNA is usually inserted into the plant genome as described by Spielmann et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 205:34 (1986) and Jorgensen et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 207:471 (1987).

Modern Agrobacterium transformation vectors are capable of replication in E. coli as well as Agrobacterium, allowing for convenient manipulations as described by Klee et al., in Plant DNA Infectious Agents, T. Hohn and J. Schell, eds., Springer-Verlag, New York (1985) pp. 179-203.

Moreover, recent technological advances in vectors for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer have improved the arrangement of genes and restriction sites in the vectors to facilitate construction of vectors capable of expressing various polypeptide coding genes. The vectors described by Rogers et al., Methods in Enzymology, 153:253 (1987), have convenient multi-linker regions flanked by a promoter and a polyadenylation site for direct expression of inserted polypeptide coding genes and are suitable for present purposes. In addition, Agrobacteria containing both armed and disarmed Ti genes can be used for the transformations. In those plant strains where Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is efficient, it is the method of choice because of the facile and defined nature of the gene transfer.

Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of leaf disks and other tissues such as cotyledons and hypocotyls appears to be limited to plants that Agrobacterium naturally infects. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is most efficient in dicotyledonous plants. Few monocots appear to be natural hosts for Agrobacterium, although transgenic plants have been produced in asparagus using Agrobacterium vectors as described by Bytebier et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 84:5345 (1987). Therefore, commercially important cereal grains such as rice, corn, and wheat must usually be transformed using alternative methods. However, as mentioned above, the transformation of asparagus using Agrobacterium can also be achieved. See, for example, Bytebier, et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 84:5345 (1987).

A transgenic plant formed using Agrobacterium transformation methods typically contains a single gene on one chromosome. Such transgenic plants can be referred to as being heterozygous for the added gene. However, inasmuch as use of the word "heterozygous" usually implies the presence of a complementary gene at the same locus of the second chromosome of a pair of chromosomes, and there is no such gene in a plant containing one added gene as here, it is believed that a more accurate name for such a plant is an independent segregant, because the added, exogenous gene segregates independently during mitosis and meiosis.

More preferred is a transgenic plant that is homozygous for the added structural gene; i.e., a transgenic plant that contains two added genes, one gene at the same locus on each chromosome of a chromosome pair. A homozygous transgenic plant can be obtained by sexually mating (selfing) an independent segregant transgenic plant that contains a single added gene, germinating some of the seed produced and analyzing the resulting plants produced for enhanced carboxylase activity relative to a control (native, non-transgenic) or an independent segregant transgenic plant.

It is to be understood that two different transgenic plants can also be mated to produce offspring that contain two independently segregating added, exogenous genes. Selfing of appropriate progeny can produce plants that are homozygous for both added, exogenous genes that encode a polypeptide of interest. Back-crossing to a parental plant and out-crossing with a non-transgenic plant are also contemplated.

Transformation of plant protoplasts can be achieved using methods based on calcium phosphate precipitation, polyethylene glycol treatment, electroporation, and combinations of these treatments. See, for example, Potrykus et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 199:183 (1985); Lorz et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 199:178 (1985); Fromm et al., Nature, 319:791 (1986); Uchimiya et al., Mol. Gen. Genet., 204:204 (1986); Callis et al., Genes and Development, 1:1183 (1987); and Marcotte et al., Nature, 335:454 (1988).

Application of these systems to different plant strains depends upon the ability to regenerate that particular plant strain from protoplasts. Illustrative methods for the regeneration of cereals from protoplasts are described in Fujimura et al., Plant Tissue Culture Letters, 2:74 (1985); Toriyama et al., Theor Appl. Genet., 73:16 (1986); Yamada et al., Plant Cell Rep., 4:85 (1986); Abdullah et al., Biotechnology, 4:1087 (1986).

To transform plant strains that cannot be successfully regenerated from protoplasts, other ways to introduce DNA into intact cells or tissues can be utilized. For example, regeneration of cereals from immature embryos or explants can be effected as described by Vasil, Biotechnology, 6:397 (1988). In addition, "particle gun" or high-velocity microprojectile technology can be utilized. (Vasil, 1992)

Using that latter technology, DNA is carried through the cell wall and into the cytoplasm on the surface of small metal particles as described in Klein et al., Nature, 327:70 (1987); Klein et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 85:8502 (1988); and McCabe et al., Biotechnology, 6:923 (1988). The metal particles penetrate through several layers of cells and thus allow the transformation of cells within tissue explants.

Metal particles have been used to successfully transform corn cells and to produce fertile, stable transgenic tobacco plants as described by Gordon-Kamm, W. J. et al., The Plant Cell, 2:603-618 (1990); Klein, T. M. et al., Plant Physiol., 91:440-444 (1989); Klein, T. M. et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 85:8502-8505 (1988); and Tomes, D. T. et al., Plant Mol. Biol., 14:261-268 (1990). Transformation of tissue explants eliminates the need for passage through a protoplast stage and thus speeds the production of transgenic plants.

Thus, the amount of a gene coding for a polypeptide of interest (i.e., a polypeptide having carboxylation activity) can be increased in monocotyledonous plants such as corn by transforming those plants using particle bombardment methods. Maddock et al., Third International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Abstract 372 (1991). By way of example, an expression vector containing an coding region for a dicotyledonous ACC and an appropriate selectable marker is transformed into a suspension of embryonic maize (corn) cells using a particle gun to deliver the DNA coated on microprojectiles. Transgenic plants are regenerated from transformed embryonic calli that express ACC. Particle bombardment has been used to successfully transform wheat (Vasil et al., 1992).

DNA can also be introduced into plants by direct DNA transfer into pollen as described by Zhou et al., Methods in Enzymology, 101:433 (1983); D. Hess, Intern Rev. Cytol., 107:367 (1987); Luo et al., Plant Mol. Biol. Reporter, 6:165 (1988). Expression of polypeptide coding genes can be obtained by injection of the DNA into reproductive organs of a plant as described by Pena et al., Nature, 325:274 (1987). DNA can also be injected directly into the cells of immature embryos and the rehydration of desiccated embryos as described by Neuhaus et al., Theor. Appl. Genet., 75:30 (1987); and Benbrook et al., in Proceedings Bio Expo 1986, Butterworth, Stoneham, Mass., pp. 27-54 (1986).

The development or regeneration of plants from either single plant protoplasts or various explants is well known in the art. See, for example, Methods for Plant Molecular Bilogy, A. Weissbach and H. Weissbach, eds., Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, Calif. (1988). This regeneration and growth process typically includes the steps of selection of transformed cells, culturing those individualized cells through the usual stages of embryonic development through the rooted plantlet stage. Transgenic embryos and seeds are similarly regenerated. The resulting transgenic rooted shoots are thereafter planted in an appropriate plant growth medium such as soil.

The development or regeneration of plants containing the foreign, exogenous gene that encodes a polypeptide of interest introduced by Agrobacterium from leaf explants can be achieved by methods well known in the art such as described by Horsch et al., Science, 227:1229-1231 (1985). In this procedure, transformants are cultured in the presence of a selection agent and in a medium that induces the regeneration of shoots in the plant strain being transformed as described by Fraley et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 80:4803 (1983).

This procedure typically produces shoots within two to four months and those shoots are then transferred to an appropriate root-inducing medium containing the selective agent and an antibiotic to prevent bacterial growth. Shoots that rooted in the presence of the selective agent to form plantlets are then transplanted to soil or other media to allow the production of roots. These procedures vary depending upon the particular plant strain employed, such variations being well known in the art.

Preferably, the regenerated plants are self-pollinated to provide homozygous transgenic plants, as discussed before. Otherwise, pollen obtained from the regenerated plants is crossed to seed-grown plants of agronomically important, preferably inbred lines. Conversely, pollen from plants of those important lines is used to pollinate regenerated plants.

A transgenic plant of the present invention containing a desired polypeptide is cultivated using methods well known to one skilled in the art. Any of the transgenic plants of the present invention can be cultivated to isolate the desired ACC or fatty acids which are the products of the series of reactions of which that catalyzed by ACC is the first.

A transgenic plant of this invention thus has an increased amount of an coding region (e.g. gene) that encodes a polypeptide of interest. A preferred transgenic plant is an independent segregant and can transmit that gene and its activity to its progeny. A more preferred transgenic plant is homozygous for that gene, and transmits that gene to all of its offspring on sexual mating.

Seed from a transgenic plant is grown in the field or greenhouse, and resulting sexually mature transgenic plants are self-pollinated to generate true breeding plants. The progeny from these plants become true breeding lines that are evaluated for, by way of example, herbicide resistance, preferably in the field, under a range of environmental conditions.

The commercial value of a transgenic plant with increased herbicide resistance or with altered fatty acid production is enhanced if many different hybrid combinations are available for sale. The user typically grows more than one kind of hybrid based on such differences as time to maturity, standability or other agronomic traits. Additionally, hybrids adapted to one part of a country are not necessarily adapted to another part because of differences in such traits as maturity, disease and herbicide resistance. Because of this, herbicide resistance is preferably bred into a large number of parental lines so that many hybrid combinations can be produced.

V. Process of Increasing Herbicide Resistance

Herbicides such as aryloxyphenoxypropionates and cyclohexanediones inhibit the growth of monocotyledonous weeds by interfering with fatty acid biosynthesis of herbicide sensitive plants. ACC is the target enzyme for those herbicides. Dicotyledonous plants, other eukaryotic organisms and prokaryotic organisms are resistant to those compounds.

Thus, the resistance of sensitive monocotyledonous plants to herbicides can be increased by providing those plants with ACC that is not sensitive to herbicide inhibition. The present invention therefore provides a process of increasing the herbicide resistance of a monocotyledonous plant comprising transforming the plant with a DNA molecule comprising a promoter operatively linked to a coding region that encodes a herbicide resistant polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA, which coding region is operatively linked to a transcription-terminating region, whereby the promoter is capable of driving the transcription of the coding region in a monocotyledonous plant.

Preferably, a herbicide resistant polypeptide, a dicotyledonous plant polypeptide such as an acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme from soybean, rape, sunflower, tobacco, Arabidopsis, petunia, Canola, pea, bean, tomato, potato, lettuce, spinach, alfalfa, cotton or carrot, or functional equivalent thereof. A promoter and a transcription-terminating region are preferably the same as set forth above.

Transformed monocotyledonous plants can be identified using herbicide resistance. A process for identifying a transformed monocotyledonous plant cell comprises the steps of:

(a) transforming the monocotyledonous plant cell with a DNA molecule that encodes a dicotyledonous acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme; and (b) determining the resistance of the plant cell to a herbicide and thereby the identification of the transformed monocotyledonous plant cell.

Means for transforming a monocotyledonous plant cell are the same as set forth above.

The resistance of a transformed plant cell to a herbicide is preferably determined by exposing such a cell to an effective herbicidal dose of a preselected herbicide and maintaining that cell for a period of time and under culture conditions sufficient for the herbicide to inhibit ACC, alter fatty acid biosynthesis or retard growth. The effects of the herbicide can be studied by measuring plant cell ACC activity, fatty acid synthesis or growth.

An effective herbicidal dose of a given herbicide is that amount of the herbicide that retards growth or kills plant cells not containing herbicide-resistant ACC or that amount of a herbicide known to inhibit plant growth. Means for determining an effective herbicidal dose of a given herbicide are well known in the art. Preferably, a herbicide used in such a process is an aryloxyphenoxypropionate or cyclohexanedione herbicide.

VI. Process of Altering ACC Activity

Acetyl-CoA carboxyase catalyzes the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA. Thus, the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA in a cyanobacterium or a plant can be altered by, for example, increasing an ACC gene copy number or changing the composition (e.g., nucleotide sequence) of an ACC gene. Changes in ACC gene composition can alter gene expression at either the transcriptional or translational level. Alternatively, changes in gene composition can alter ACC function (e.g., activity, binding) by changing primary, secondary or tertiary structure of the enzyme. By way of example, certain changes in ACC structure are associated with changes in the resistance of that altered ACC to herbicides. The copy number of such a gene can be increased by transforming a cyanobacterium or a plant cell with an appropriate expression vector comprising a DNA molecule that encodes ACC.

In one embodiment, therefore, the present invention contemplates a process of altering the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA in a cell comprising transforming the cell with a DNA molecule comprising a promoter operatively linked to a coding region that encodes a polypeptide having the ability to catalyze the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA, which coding region is operatively linked to a transcription-terminating region, whereby the promoter is capable of driving the transcription of the coding region in the cyanobacterium.

In a preferred embodiment, a cell is a cyanobacterium or a plant cell, a polypeptide is a cyanobacterial ACC or a plant ACC. Exemplary and preferred expression vectors for use in such a process are the same as set forth above.

Where a cyanobacterium is transformed with a plant ACC DNA molecule, that cyanobacterium can be used to identify herbicide resistant mutations in the gene encoding ACC. In accordance with such a use, the present invention provides a process for identifying herbicide resistant variants of a plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase comprising the steps of:

(a) transforming cyanobacteria with a DNA molecule that encodes a monocotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme to form transformed or transfected cyanobacteria; (b) inactivating cyanobacterial acetyl-CoA carboxylase; (c) exposing the transformed cyanobacteria to an effective herbicidal amount of a herbicide that inhibits acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity; (d) identifying transformed cyanobacteria that are resistant to the herbicide; and (e) characterizing DNA that encodes acetyl-CoA carboxylase from the cyanobacteria of step (d).

Means for transforming cyanobacteria as well as expression vectors used for such transformation are preferably the same as set forth above. In a preferred embodiment, cyanobacteria are transformed or transfected with an expression vector comprising an coding region that encodes wheat ACC.

Cyanobacteria resistant to the herbicide are identified. Identifying comprises growing or culturing transformed cells in the presence of the herbicide and recovering those cells that survive herbicide exposure.

Transformed, herbicide-resistant cells are then grown in culture, collected and total DNA extracted using standard techniques. ACC DNA is isolated, amplified if needed and then characterized by comparing that DNA with DNA from ACC known to be inhibited by that herbicide.

VII. Process for Determining Herbicide Resistance Inheritibility

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a process for determining the inheritance of plant resistance to herbicides of the aryloxyphenocypropionate or cyclohexanedione class. That process comprises the steps of:

(a) measuring resistance to herbicides of the aryloxyphenocypropionate or cyclohexanedione class in a parental plant line and in progeny of the parental plant line to; (b) purifying DNA from the parental plant line and the progeny; (c) digesting the DNA with restriction enzymes to form DNA fragments; (d) fractionating the fragments on a gel; (e) transferring the fragments to a filter support; (f) annealing the fragments with a labelled RFLP probe consisting of a DNA molecule that encodes acetyl-CoA carboxylase or a portion thereof; (g) detecting the presence of complexes between the fragments and the RFLP probe; and (h) correlating the herbicide resistance of step (a) with the complexes of step (g) and thereby the inheritance of herbicide resistance.

In a preferred embodiment, the herbicide resistant variant of acetyl-CoA carboxylase is a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme or a portion thereof. In another preferred embodiment, the herbicide resistant variant of acetyl-CoA carboxylase is a mutated monocotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase that confers herbicide resistance or a hybrid acetyl-CoA carboxylase comprising a portion of a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase, a portion of a dicotyledonous plant acetyl-CoA carboxylase or one or more domains of a cyanobacterial acetyl-CoA carboxylase.

The inheritability of phenotypic traits such as herbicide resistance can be determined using RFLP analysis. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) are due to sequence differences detectable by lengths of DNA fragments generated by digestion with restriction enzymes and typically revealed by agarose gel electrophoresis. There are large numbers of restriction endonucleases available, characterized by their recognition sequences and source.

Restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses are conducted, for example, by Native Plants Incorporated (NPI). This service is available to the public on a contractual basis. For this analysis, the genetic marker profile of the parental inbred lines is determined. If parental lines are essentially homozygous at all relevant loci (i.e., they should have only one allele at each locus), the diploid genetic marker profile of the hybrid offspring of the inbred parents should be the sum of those parents, e.g., if one parent had the allele A at a particular locus, and the other parent had B, the hybrid AB is by inference.

Probes capable of hybridizing to specific DNA segments under appropriate conditions are prepared using standard techniques well known to those skilled in the art. The probes are labelled with radioactive isotopes or fluorescent dyes for ease of detection. After restriction fragments are separated by size, they are identified by hybridization to the probe. Hybridization with a unique cloned sequence permits the identification of a specific chromosomal region (locus). Because all alleles at a locus are detectable, RFLP's are co-dominant alleles, thereby satisfying a criteria for a genetic marker. They differ from some other types of markers, e.g., from isozymes, in that they reflect the primary DNA sequence, they are not products of transcription or translation. Furthermore, different RFLP profiles result from different arrays of restriction endonucleases.

The foregoing examples illustrate particular embodiments of the present invention. It will be readily apparent to a skilled artisan that changes, modification and alterations can be made to those embodiments without departing from the true scope or spirit of the invention.

EXAMPLE 1

Isolation of Cyanobacterial ACC Polynucleotides

The polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO:1 contains a gene that encodes the enzyme biotin carboxylase (BC) enzyme from the cyanobacterium Anabaena 7120. This gene was cloned from a total DNA extract of Anabaena that was digested with various restriction enzymes, fractionated by gel electrophoresis, and blotted onto GeneScreen Plus (DuPont).

The blot was hybridized at low stringency (1M NaCl, 57.degree. C.) with a probe consisting of a SstII-PstI fragment containing about 90% of the coding region of the fabG gene from E. coli. This probe identified a 3.1-kb HindIII fragment in the Anabaena digest that contained similar sequences. A mixture of about 3-kb HindIII fragments of Anabaena DNA was purified, then digested with NheI, yielding a HindIII-NheI fragment of 1.6 kb that hybridized with the fabG probe. The 1.6-kb region was purified by gel electrophoresis and cloned into pUC18. Plasmid minipreps were made from about 160 colonies, of which four were found to contain the 1.6-kb HindIII-NheI fragment that hybridized with the fabG probe. The 1.6-kb Anabaena fragment was then used as probe to screen, at high stringency (1M NaCl, 65.degree. C.), a cosmid library of Anabaena DNA inserts averaging 40 kb in size. Five were found among 1920 tested, all of which contained the same size HindIII and NheI fragments as those identified by the E. coli probe previously. From one of the cosmids, the 3.1-kb HindIII fragment containing the Anabaena fabG gene was subcloned into pUC18 and sequenced using the dideoxy chain termination method. The complete nucleotide sequence of this fragment is shown in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B (SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:2).

A similar procedure was used to clone the fabG gene from Synechococcus. In this case, the initial Southern hybridization showed that the desired sequences were contained in part on an 0.8-kb BamHI-PstI fragment. This size fragment was purified in two steps and cloned into the plasmid Bluescript KS. Minipreps of plasmids from 200 colonies revealed two that contained the appropriate fragment of Synechococcus DNA. This fragment was used to probe, at high stringency, a library of Synechococcus inserts in the cosmid vector pWB79. One positive clone was found among 1728 tested. This cosmid contained a 2-kb BamHI and a 3-kb PstI fragment that had previously been identified by the E. coli fabG probe in digests of total Synechococcus DNA. Both fragments were subcloned from the cosmid into Bluescript KS and 2.4 kb, including the coding part of the fabG gene, were sequenced. The complete sequence of the coding region of the Anacystis fabG gene is shown in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B (SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6).

EXAMPLE 2

Plant ACC

The amino acid sequences of the fabG genes encoding BC from Anabaena and Synechococcus are aligned with sequences of ACC and other biotin-containing enzymes from several sources in FIG. 3A, FIG. 3B, FIG. 3C, FIG. 3D, FIG. 3E, and FIG. 3F. This comparison allows the designation of several areas of significant conservation among all the proteins, indicated by stars in the Figure. Based on this alignment, the sequences shown in FIG. 4 were chosen for the construction of primers for the polymerase chain reaction, in order to amplify the corresponding region of the gene for ACC from wheat. The primers used for this amplification are shown in FIG. 4. Each consists of a 14-nucleotide specific sequence based on the amino acid sequence and an 8-nucleotide extension at the 5'-end of the primer to provide anchors for rounds of amplification after the first round and to provide convenient restriction sites for future analysis and cloning.

cDNA amplification began with a preparation of total polyA-containing mRNA from eight day-old green plants (Triticum aestivum var. Era as described in [Lamppa, et al., 1992]). The first strand of cDNA was synthesized using random hexamers as primers for AMV reverse transcriptase following procedures described in [Haymerle, et al., 1986], with some modifications. Reverse transcriptase was inactivated by incubation at 90.degree. C. and low molecular weight material was removed by filtration through centricon 100. All components of the PCR. (from the Cetus/Perkin-Elmer kit) together with the two primers shown in FIG. 4, except the Taq DNA polymerase, were incubated for 3-5 min at 95.degree. C. The PCR was initiated by the addition of polymerase. Conditions were established and optimized using Anabaena DNA as template, in order to provide the best yield and lowest level of non-specific products for amplification of the target BC gene from Anabaena DNA. Amplification was for 45 cycles, each 1 min at 95.degree., 1 min at 42-46.degree. and 2 min at 72.degree. C. Both the reactions using Anabaena DNA and the single-stranded wheat cDNA as template yielded about 440-bp products. The wheat product was eluted from a gel and reamplified using the same primers. That product, also 440 bp, was cloned into the Invitrogen vector pCR1000 using their A/T tail method, and sequenced. The nucleotide sequence is shown in FIG. 5.

In eukaryotic ACCs, the BCCP domain is located about 300 amino acids away from the end of the BC domain, on the C-terminal side. Therefore, it is possible to amplify the cDNA covering that interval using primers from the C-terminal end of the BC domain and the conserved MKM region of the BCCP. The BC primer was based on the wheat cDNA sequence obtained as described above. These primers, each with 6- or 8-base 5'-extensions, are shown in FIG. 6B.

The MKM primer was first checked by determining whether it would amplify the fabE gene encoding BCCP from Anabaena DNA. This PCR was primed at the other end by using a primer based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence, determined on protein purified from Anabaena extracts by affinity chromatography, shown in FIG. 6A. This amplification (using the conditions described above)worked, yielding the correct fragment of the Anabaena fabE gene, whose complete sequence is shown in FIG. 7.

The PCR-amplified fragment of the Anabaena fabE gene was used to identify cosmids (three detected in a library of 1920) that contain the entire fabE gene and flanking DNA. A 4-kb XbaI fragment containing the gene was cloned into the vector Bluescript KS for sequencing. The two primers shown in FIG. 6A, FIG. 6B, and FIG. 6C were then used to amplify the intervening sequence in wheat cDNA. Again, the product of the first PCR was eluted and reamplified by another round of PCR, then cloned into the Invitrogen vector pCRII. The complete 1.1 kb of the amplified DNA was sequenced, also shown in FIG. 5. Applicants respectfully submit that the foregoing amendments do not introduce any new material into the application. The amendment was necessitated by the formal drawings requirement causing several sequences in the figures to be printed on separate pages in order to meet the size and margin requirements.

The foregoing examples illustrate particular embodiments of the present invention. One of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate that changes, modifications and alterations to those embodiments can be made without departing from the true scope or spirit of the invention.

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#a Gly Leu Glu Glu Leu# 30- Leu Ala Thr Gly 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 1362 base pairsTH:# Nucleic acidE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Oligonu - #cleotide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #5:- ATGCGTTTCA ACAAGATCCT GATCGCCAAT CGCGGCGAAA TCGCCCTGCG CA - #TTCTCCGC 60- ACTTGTCAAG AACTCGGGAT CGGCACGATC GCCGTTCACT CCACTGTGGA TC - #GCAACGCG 120- CTCCATGTGC AGTTAGCGGA CGAAGCGGTC TGTATTGGCG AAGCGGCCAG CA - #GCAAAAGC 180- TATCTCAATA TCCCCAACAT CATTGCGGCG GCCCTGACCC CTAATGCCAG CG - #CCATTCAC 240- CCCGGCTATG GCTTCTTGGC GGAGAATGCC CGCTTTGCAG AAATCTGCGC CG - #ATCACCAT 300- CTCACCTTTA TTGGCCCCAG CCCCGATTCG ATTCGAGCCA TGGGCGATAA AT - #CCACCGCT 360- AAGGAAACAA TGCAGCGGGT CGGCGTTCCG ACGATTCCGG GCAGTGACGG TC - #TGCTGACG 420- GATGTTGATT CGGCTGCCAA AGTTGCTGCC GAGATCGGCT ATCCCGTCAT GA - #TCAAAGCG 480- ACGGCGGGGG GCGGTGGTCG CGGTATGCGG CTGGTGCGTG ACCCTGCAGA TC - #TGGAAAAA 540- CTGTTCCTTG CTGCCCAAGG AGAAGCCGAG GCAGCTTTTG GGAATCCAGG AC - #TGTATCTC 600- GAAAAATTTA TCGATCGCCC ACGCCACGTT GAATTTCAGA TCTTGGCCGA TG - #CCTACGGC 660- AATGTAGTGC ATCTAGGCGA GCGCGATTGC TCCATTCAAC GTCGTCACCA AA - #AGCTGCTC 720- GAAGAAGCCC CCAGTCCGGC GCTATCGGCA GACCTGCGGC AGAAAATGGG CG - #ATGCCGCC 780- GTCAAAGTCG CTCAAGCGAT CGGCTACATC GGTGCCGGCA CCGTGGAGTT TC - #TGGTCGAT 840- GCGACCGGCA ACTTCTACTT CATGGAGATG AATACCCGCA TCCAAGTCGA GC - #ATCCAGTC 900- ACAGAAATGA TTACGGGACT GGACTTGATT GCGGAGCAGA TTCGGATTGC CC - #AAGGCGAA 960- GCGCTGCGCT TCCGGCAAGC CGATATTCAA CTGCGCGGCC ATGCGATCGA AT - #GCCGTATC1020- AATGCGGAAG ATCCGGAATA CAATTTCCGG CCGAATCCTG GCCGCATTAC AG - #GCTATTTA1080- CCGCCCGGCG GCCCCGGCGT TCGTGTCGAT TCCCATGTTT ATACCGACTA CG - #AAATTCCG1140- CCCTATTACG ATTCGCTGAT TGGCAAATTG ATTGTCTGGG GTGCAACACG GG - #AAGAGGCG1200- ATCGCGCGGA TGCAGCGTGC TCTGCGGGAA TGCGCCATCA CCGGCTTGCC GA - #CGACCCTT1260- AGTTTCCATC AGCTGATGTT GCAGATGCCT GAGTTCCTGC GCGGGGAACT CT - #ATACCAAC1320#1362 TGCT ACCTCGGATC CTCAAGTCCT AG- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 453 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #6:- Met Arg Phe Asn Lys Ile Leu Ile Ala Asn Ar - #g Gly Glu Ile Ala Leu#15- Arg Ile Leu Arg Thr Cys Glu Glu Leu Gly Il - #e Gly Thr Ile Ala Val# 305- His Ser Thr Val Asp Arg Asn Ala Leu His Va - #l Gln Leu Ala Asp Glu# 45- Ala Val Cys Ile Gly Glu Ala Ala Ser Ser Ly - #s Ser Tyr Leu Asn Ile# 60- Pro Asn Ile Ile Ala Ala Ala Leu Thr Arg As - #n Ala Ser Ala Ile His#80- Pro Gly Tyr Gly Phe Leu Ala Glu Asn Ala Ar - #g Phe Ala Glu Ile Cys# 95- Ala Asp His His Leu Thr Phe Ile Gly Pro Se - #r Pro Asp Ser Ile Arg# 110- Ala Met Gly Asp Lys Ser Thr Ala Lys Glu Th - #r Met Gln Arg Val Gly# 125- Val Pro Thr Ile Pro Gly Ser Asp Gly Leu Le - #u Thr Asp Val Asp Ser# 140- Ala Ala Lys Val Ala Ala Glu Ile Gly Tyr Pr - #o Val Met Ile Lys Ala145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Thr Ala Gly Gly Gly Gly Arg Gly Met Arg Le - #u Val Arg Glu Pro Ala# 175- Asp Leu Glu Lys Leu Phe Leu Ala Ala Gln Gl - #y Glu Ala Glu Ala Ala# 190- Phe Gly Asn Pro Gly Leu Tyr Leu Glu Lys Ph - #e Ile Asp Arg Pro Arg# 205- His Val Glu Phe Gln Ile Leu Ala Asp Ala Ty - #r Gly Asn Val Val Glu# 220- Leu Gly Glu Arg Asp Cys Ser Ile Gln Arg Ar - #g His Gln Lys Leu Leu225 2 - #30 2 - #35 2 -#40- Glu Glu Ala Pro Ser Pro Ala Leu Ser Ala As - #p Leu Arg Gln Lys Met# 255- Gly Asp Ala Ala Val Lys Val Ala Gln Ala Il - #e Gly Tyr Ile Gly Ala# 270- Gly Thr Val Glu Phe Leu Val Asp Ala Thr Gl - #y Asn Phe Tyr Phe Met# 285- Glu Met Asn Thr Arg Ile Gln Val Glu His Pr - #o Val Thr Glu Met Ile# 300- Thr Gly Leu Asp Leu Ile Ala Glu Gln Ile Ar - #g Ile Ala Gln Gly Glu305 3 - #10 3 - #15 3 -#20- Ala Leu Arg Phe Arg Gln Ala Asp Ile Gln Le - #u Arg Gly His Ala Ile# 335- Glu Cys Arg Ile Asn Ala Glu Asp Pro Glu Ty - #r Asn Phe Arg Pro Asn# 350- Pro Gly Arg Ile Thr Gly Tyr Leu Pro Pro Gl - #y Gly Pro Gly Val Arg# 265- Val Asp Ser His Val Tyr Thr Asp Tyr Glu Il - #e Pro Pro Tyr Tyr Asp# 380- Ser Leu Ile Gly Lys Leu Ile Val Trp Gly Al - #a Thr Arg Glu Glu Ala385 3 - #90 3 - #95 4 -#00- Ile Ala Arg Met Gln Arg Ala Leu Arg Glu Gl - #y Ala Ile Thr Gly Leu# 415- Pro Thr Thr Leu Ser Phe His Gln Leu Met Le - #u Gln Met Pro Glu Phe# 430- Leu Arg Gly Glu Leu Tyr Thr Asn Phe Val Gl - #u Gln Val Met Leu Pro# 445- Arg Ile Leu Lys Ser 450- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 34 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #7:- Met Asp Glu Pro Ser Pro Leu Ala Lys Thr Le - #u Glu Leu Asn Gln His#15- Ser Arg Phe Ile Ile Gly Ser Val Ser Glu As - #p Asn Ser Glu Asp Glu# 30- Ile Ser- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 187 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #8:- Asn Leu Val Lys Leu Asp Leu Glu Glu Lys Gl - #u Gly Ser Leu Ser Pro#15- Ala Ser Val Ser Ser Asp Thr Leu Ser Asp Le - #u Gly Ile Ser Ala Leu# 30- Gln Asp Gly Leu Ala Phe His Met Arg Ser Se - #r Met Ser Gly Leu His# 45- Leu Val Lys Gln Gly Arg Asp Arg Lys Lys Il - #e Asp Ser Gln Arg Asp# 60- Phe Thr Val Ala Ser Pro Ala Glu Phe Val Th - #r Arg Phe Gly Gly Asn#80- Lys Val Ile Glu Lys Val Leu Ile Ala Asn As - #n Gly Ile Ala Ala Val# 95- Lys Cys Met Arg Ser Ile Arg Arg Trp Ser Ty - #r Glu Met Phe Arg Asn# 110- Glu Arg Ala Ile Arg Phe Val Val Met Val Th - #r Pro Glu Asp Leu Lys# 125- Ala Asn Ala Glu Tyr Ile Lys Met Ala Asp Hi - #s Tyr Val Pro Val Pro# 140- Gly Gly Ala Asn Asn Asn Asn Tyr Ala Asn Va - #l Glu Leu Ile Leu Asp145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Ile Ala Lys Arg Ile Pro Val Gln Ala Val Tr - #p Ala Gly Trp Gly His# 175- Ala Ser Glu Asn Pro Lys Leu Pro Glu Leu Le - #u# 185- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 122 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #9:- Leu Lys Asn Gly Ile Ala Phe Met Gly Pro Pr - #o Ser Gln Ala Met Trp#15- Ala Leu Gly Asp Lys Ile Ala Ser Ser Ile Va - #l Ala Gln Thr Ala Gly# 30- Ile Pro Thr Leu Pro Trp Ser Gly Ser Gly Le - #u Arg Val Asp Trp Gln# 45- Glu Asn Asp Phe Ser Lys Arg Ile Leu Asn Va - #l Pro Gln Asp Leu Tyr# 60- Glu Lys Gly Tyr Val Lys Asp Val Asp Asp Gl - #y Leu Lys Ala Ala Glu#80- Glu Val Gly Tyr Pro Val Met Ile Lys Ala Se - #r Glu Gly Gly Gly Gly# 95- Lys Gly Ile Arg Lys Val Asn Asn Ala Asp As - #p Phe Pro Asn Leu Phe# 110- Arg Gln Val Gln Ala Glu Val Pro Gly Ser# 120- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 86 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #10:- Pro Ile Phe Val Met Arg Leu Ala Lys Gln Se - #r Arg His Leu Glu Val#15- Gln Ile Leu Ala Asp Gln Tyr Gly Asn Ala Il - #e Ser Leu Phe Gly Arg# 30- Asp Cys Ser Val Gln Arg Arg His Gln Lys Il - #e Ile Glu Glu Ala Pro# 45- Ala Ala Ile Ala Thr Pro Ala Val Phe Glu Hi - #s Met Glu Gln Cys Ala# 60- Val Lys Leu Ala Lys Met Val Gly Tyr Val Se - #r Ala Gly Thr Val Glu#80- Tyr Leu Tyr Ser Gln Asp 85- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 70 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #11:- Gly Ser Phe Tyr Phe Leu Glu Leu Asn Pro Ar - #g Leu Gln Val Glu His#15- Pro Cys Thr Glu Met Val Ala Asp Val Asn Le - #u Pro Ala Ala Gln Leu# 30- Gln Ile Ala Met Gly Ile Pro Leu Phe Arg Il - #e Lys Asp Ile Arg Met# 45- Met Tyr Gly Val Ser Pro Trp Gly Asp Ala Pr - #o Ile Asp Phe Glu Asn# 60- Ser Ala His Val Pro Cys#70- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 20 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #12:- Pro Arg Gly His Val Ile Ala Ala Arg Ile Th - #r Ser Glu Asn Pro Asp#15- Glu Gly Phe Lys 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #13:- Pro Ser Ser Gly Thr Val Gln Glu Leu Asn Ph - #e Arg Ser Asn Lys Asn# 15- Val Trp Gly Tyr Phe 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 122 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #14:- Ser Val Ala Ala Ala Gly Gly Leu His Glu Ph - #e Ala Asp Ser Gln Phe# 15- Gly His Cys Phe Ser Trp Gly Glu Asn Arg Gl - #u Glu Ala Ile Ser Asn# 30- Met Val Val Ala Leu Lys Glu Leu Ser Ile Ar - #g Gly Asp Phe Arg Thr# 45- Thr Val Glu Tyr Leu Ile Lys Leu Leu Glu Th - #r Glu Ser Phe Gln Leu# 60- Asn Arg Ile Asp Thr Gly Trp Leu Asp Arg Le - #u Ile Ala Glu Lys Val#80- Gln Ala Glu Arg Pro Asp Thr Met Leu Gly Va - #l Val Cys Gly Ala Leu# 95- His Val Ala Asp Val Asn Leu Arg Asn Ser Il - #e Ser Asn Phe Leu His# 110- Ser Leu Glu Arg Gly Gln Val Leu Pro Ala# 120- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 190 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #15:- His Thr Leu Leu Asn Thr Val Asp Val Glu Le - #u Ile Tyr Glu Gly Ile#15- Lys Tyr Val Leu Lys Val Thr Arg Gln Ser Pr - #o Asn Ser Tyr Val Val# 30- Ile Met Asn Gly Ser Cys Val Glu Val Asp Va - #l His Arg Leu Ser Asp# 45- Gly Gly Leu Leu Leu Ser Tyr Asp Gly Ser Se - #r Tyr Thr Thr Tyr Met# 60- Lys Glu Glu Val Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ile Thr Il - #e Gly Asn Lys Thr Cys#75 8 - #0- Val Phe Glu Lys Glu Asn Asp Pro Ser Val Me - #t Arg Ser Pro Ser Ala# 95- Gly Lys Leu Ile Gln Tyr Ile Val Glu Asp Gl - #y Gly His Val Phe Ala# 110- Gly Gln Cys Tyr Ala Glu Ile Glu Val Met Ly - #s Met Val Met Thr Leu# 125- Thr Ala Val Glu Ser Gly Cys Ile His Tyr Va - #l Lys Arg Pro Gly Ala# 140- Ala Leu Asp Pro Gly Cys Val Ile Ala Lys Me - #t Gln Leu Asp Asn Pro145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Ser Lys Val Gln Gln Ala Glu Leu His Thr Gl - #y Ser Leu Pro Gln Ile# 175- Gln Ser Thr Ala Leu Arg Gly Glu Lys Leu Hi - #s Arg Ile Phe# 190- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 37 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #16:- Val Met Ile Lys Ala Ser Trp Gly Gly Gly Gl - #y Lys Gly Ile Arg Lys#15- Val His Asn Asp Asp Glu Val Arg Ala Leu Ph - #e Lys Gln Val Gln Gly# 30- Glu Val Pro Gly Ser 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 187 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #17:- Pro Ile Phe Ile Met Lys Val Ala Ser Gln Se - #r Arg His Leu Glu Val#15- Gln Leu Leu Cys Asp Lys His Gly Asn Val Al - #a Ala Leu His Ser Arg# 30- Asp Cys Ser Val Gln Arg Arg His Gln Lys Il - #e Ile Glu Glu Gly Pro# 45- Ile Thr Val Ala Pro Pro Glu Thr Ile Lys Gl - #u Leu Glu Gln Ala Ala# 60- Arg Arg Leu Ala Lys Cys Val Gln Tyr Gln Gl - #y Ala Ala Thr Val Glu#80- Tyr Leu Tyr Ser Met Glu Thr Gly Glu Tyr Ty - #r Phe Leu Glu Leu Asn# 95- Pro Arg Leu Gln Val Glu His Pro Val Thr Gl - #u Trp Ile Ala Glu Ile# 110- Asn Leu Pro Ala Ser Gln Val Val Val Gly Me - #t Gly Ile Pro Leu Tyr# 125- Asn Ile Pro Glu Ile Arg Arg Phe Tyr Gly Il - #e Glu His Gly Gly Gly# 140- Tyr His Ala Trp Lys Glu Ile Ser Ala Val Al - #a Thr Lys Phe Asp Leu145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Asp Lys Ala Gln Ser Val Lys Pro Lys Gly Hi - #s Cys Val Ala Val Arg# 175- Val Thr Ser Glu Asp Pro Asp Asp Gly Phe Ly - #s# 185- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #18:- Pro Thr Ser Gly Arg Val Glu Glu Leu Asn Ph - #e Lys Ser Lys Pro Asn#15- Val Trp Ala Tyr Phe 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 122 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #19:- Ser Val Lys Ser Gly Gly Ala Ile His Glu Ph - #e Ser Asp Ser Gln Phe#15- Gly His Val Phe Ala Phe Gly Glu Ser Arg Se - #r Leu Ala Ile Ala Asn# 30- Met Val Leu Gly Leu Lys Glu Ile Gln Ile Ar - #g Gly Glu Ile Arg Thr# 45- Asn Val Asp Tyr Thr Val Asp Leu Leu Asn Al - #a Ala Glu Tyr Arg Glu# 60- Asn Met Ile His Thr Gly Trp Leu Asp Ser Ar - #g Ile Ala Met Arg Val#80- Arg Ala Glu Arg Pro Pro Trp Tyr Leu Ser Va - #l Val Gly Gly Ala Leu# 95- Tyr Glu Ala Ser Ser Arg Ser Ser Ser Val Va - #l Thr Asp Tyr Val Gly# 110- Tyr Leu Ser Lys Gly Gln Ile Pro Pro Lys# 120- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 124 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #20:- His Ile Ser Leu Val Asn Leu Thr Val Thr Le - #u Asn Ile Asp Gly Ser#15- Lys Tyr Thr Ile Glu Thr Val Arg Gly Gly Pr - #o Arg Ser Tyr Lys Leu# 30- Arg Ile Asn Glu Ser Glu Val Glu Ala Glu Il - #e His Phe Leu Arg Asp# 45- Gly Gly Leu Leu Met Gln Leu Asp Gly Asn Se - #r His Val Ile Tyr Ala# 60- Glu Thr Glu Ala Ala Gly Thr Arg Leu Leu Il - #e Asn Gly Arg Thr Cys#80- Leu Leu Gln Lys Glu His Asp Pro Ser Arg Le - #u Leu Ala Asp Thr Pro# 95- Cys Lys Leu Leu Arg Phe Leu Val Ala Asp Gl - #y Ser His Val Val Ala# 110- Asp Thr Pro Tyr Ala Glu Val Glu Ala Met Ly - #s Met# 120- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 222 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #21:- Met Glu Glu Ser Ser Gln Pro Ala Lys Pro Le - #u Glu Met Asn Pro His#15- Ser Arg Phe Ile Ile Gly Ser Val Ser Glu As - #p Asn Ser Glu Asp Glu# 30- Thr Ser Ser Leu Val Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Gl - #u Glu Lys Glu Arg Ser# 45- Leu Ser Pro Val Ser Val Cys Ser Asp Ser Le - #u Ser Asp Leu Gly Leu# 60- Pro Ser Ala Gln Asp Gly Leu Ala Asn His Me - #t Arg Pro Ser Met Ser#80- Gly Leu His Leu Val Lys Gln Gly Arg Asp Ar - #g Lys Lys Val Asp Val# 95- Gln Arg Asp Phe Thr Val Ala Ser Pro Ala Gl - #u Phe Val Thr Arg Phe# 110- Gly Gly Asn Arg Val Ile Glu Lys Val Leu Il - #e Ala Asn Asn Gly Ile# 125- Ala Ala Val Lys Cys Met Arg Ser Ile Arg Ar - #g Trp Ser Tyr Glu Met# 140- Phe Arg Asn Glu Arg Ala Ile Arg Phe Val Va - #l Met Val Thr Pro Glu145 1 - #50 1 - #55 1 -#60- Asp Leu Lys Ala Asn Ala Glu Tyr Ile Lys Me - #t Ala Asp His Tyr Val# 175- Pro Val Pro Gly Gly Pro Asn Asn Asn Asn Ty - #r Ala Asn Val Glu Leu# 190- Ile Leu Asp Ile Ala Lys Arg Ile Pro Val Gl - #n Ala Val Trp Ala Gly# 205- Trp Gly His Ala Ser Glu Asn Pro Lys Leu Pr - #o Glu Leu Leu# 220- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 122 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #22:- His Lys Asn Gly Ile Ala Phe Met Gly Pro Pr - #o Ser Gln Ala Met Trp#15- Ala Leu Gly Asp Lys Ile Ala Ser Ser Ile Va - #l Ala Gln Thr Ala Gly# 30- Ile Pro Thr Leu Pro Trp Asn Gly Ser Gly Le - #u Arg Val Asp Trp Gln# 45- Glu Asn Asp Leu Gln Lys Arg Ile Leu Asn Va - #l Pro Gln Glu Leu Tyr# 60- Glu Lys Gly Tyr Val Lys Asp Ala Asp Asp Gl - #y Leu Arg Ala Ala Glu#80- Glu Val Gly Tyr Pro Val Met Ile Lys Ala Se - #r Glu Gly Gly Gly Gly# 95- Lys Gly Ile Arg Lys Val Asn Asn Ala Asp As - #p Phe Pro Asn Leu Phe# 110- Arg Gln Val Gln Ala Glu Val Pro Gly Ser# 120- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 95 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #23:- Pro Ile Phe Val Met Arg Leu Ala Lys Gln Se - #r Arg His Leu Glu Val#15- Gln Ile Leu Ala Asp Gln Tyr Gly Asn Ala Il - #e Ser Leu Phe Gly Arg# 30- Asp Cys Ser Val Gln Arg Arg His Gln Lys Il - #e Ile Glu Glu Ala Gly# 45- Leu Arg Ala Ala Glu Glu Val Gly Tyr Pro Va - #l Met Ile Lys Ala Ser#60- Glu Gly Gly Gly Gly Lys Gly Ile Arg Lys Va - #l Asn Asn Ala Asp Asp#80- Phe Pro Asn Leu Phe Arg Gln Val Gln Ala Gl - #u Val Pro Gly Ser#95- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 86 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #24:#Phe Val Met Arg Leu Ala Lys Gln Ser Arg H - #is Leu Glu Val# 15#Leu Ala Asp Gln Tyr Gly Asn Ala Ile Ser L - #eu Phe Gly Arg# 30#Ser Val Gln Arg Arg His Gln Lys Ile Ile G - #lu Glu Ala Pro# 45#Ile Ala Thr Ser Val Val Phe Glu His Met G - #lu Gln Cys Ala# 60#Leu Ala Lys Met Val Gly Tyr Val Ser Ala G - #ly Thr Val Glu# 80#Tyr Ser Gln Aspyr Leu 85- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 70 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidsPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #25:#Phe Tyr Phe Leu Glu Leu Asn Pro Arg Leu G - #ln Val Glu His# 15#Thr Glu Met Val Ala Asp Val Asn Leu Pro A - #la Ala Gln Leu# 30#Ala Met Gly Ile Pro Leu His Arg Ile Lys A - #sp Ile Arg Val# 45#Gly Val Ser Pro Trp Gly Asp Gly Ser Ile A - #sp Phe Glu Asn# 60#His Val Pro Cyser Ala# 70- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 20 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #26:#Gly His Val Ile Ala Ala Arg Ile Thr Ser G - #lu Asn Pro Asp# 15#Phe Lys Glu Gly 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #27:#Ser Gly Thr Val Gln Glu Leu Asn Phe Arg S - #er Asn Lys Asn# 15#Gly Tyr Phe Val Trp 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 122 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #28:#Ala Ala Ala Gly Gly Leu His Glu Phe Ala A - #sp Ser Gln Phe# 15#Cys Phe Ser Trp Gly Glu Asn Arg Glu Glu A - #la Ile Ser Asn# 30#Val Ala Leu Lys Glu Leu Ser Ile Arg Gly A - #sp Phe Arg Thr# 45#Glu Tyr Leu Ile Lys Leu Leu Glu Thr Glu S - #er Phe Gln Gln# 60#Ile Asp Thr Gly Trp Leu Asp Arg Leu Ile A - #la Glu Lys Val# 80#Glu Arg Pro Asp Thr Met Leu Gly Val Val C - #ys Gly Ala Leu# 95#Ala Asp Val Ser Phe Arg Asn Ser Val Ser A - #sn Phe Leu His# 110#Glu Arg Gly Gln Val Leu Pro Ala# 120- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 90 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #29:#Val Ala Leu Lys Glu Leu Ser Ile Arg Gly A - #sp Phe Arg Thr# 15#Glu Tyr Leu Ile Lys Leu Leu Glu Thr Glu S - #er Phe Gln Gln# 30#Ile Asp Thr Gly Trp Leu Asp Arg Leu Ile A - #la Glu Lys Val# 45#Glu Arg Pro Asp Thr Met Leu Gly Val Val C - #ys Gly Ala Leu# 60#Ala Asp Val Ser Phe Arg Asn Ser Val Ser A - #sn Phe Leu His# 80#Glu Arg Gly Gln Val Leu Pro Ala# 90- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:30:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 190 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #30:#Leu Leu Asn Thr Val Asp Val Glu Leu Ile T - #yr Glu Gly Arg# 15#Val Leu Lys Val Thr Arg Gln Ser Pro Asn S - #er Tyr Val Val# 30#Asn Ser Ser Cys Val Glu Val Asp Val His A - #rg Leu Ser Asp# 45#Leu Leu Leu Ser Tyr Asp Gly Ser Ser Tyr T - #hr Thr Tyr Met# 60#Glu Val Asp Arg Tyr Arg Ile Thr Ile Gly A - #sn Lys Thr Cys# 80#Glu Lys Glu Asn Asp Pro Ser Ile Leu Arg S - #er Pro Ser Ala# 95#Leu Ile Gln Tyr Val Val Glu Asp Gly Gly H - #is Val Phe Ala# 110#Cys Phe Ala Glu Ile Glu Val Met Lys Met V - #al Met Thr Leu# 125#Gly Glu Ser Gly Cys Ile His Tyr Val Lys A - #rg Pro Gly Ala# 140#Asp Pro Gly Cys Val Ile Ala Lys Leu Gln L - #eu Asp Asp Pro# 160#Val Gln Gln Ala Glu Leu His Thr Gly Thr L - #eu Pro Gln Ile# 175#Thr Ala Leu Arg Gly Glu Lys Leu His Arg I - #le Phe# 190- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:31:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 41 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #31:#Glu Glu Ser Leu Phe Glu Ser Ser Pro Gln L - #ys Met Glu Tyr# 15#Thr Asn Tyr Ser Glu Arg His Thr Glu Leu P - #ro Gly His Phe# 30#Leu Asn Thr Val Asp Lys Leu# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:32:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 74 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #32:#Val Asp Ala Val Trp Ala Gly Trp Gly His A - #la Ser Glu Asn# 15#Leu Pro Glu Lys Leu Ser Gln Ser Lys Arg L - #ys Val Ile Phe# 30#Pro Pro Gly Asn Ala Met Arg Ser Leu Gly A - #sp Lys Ile Ser# 45#Thr Ile Val Ala Gln Ser Ala Lys Val Pro C - #ys Ile Pro Trp# 60#Thr Thr Gly Val Asp Thr Val His# 70- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:33:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 73 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #33:#Glu Lys Thr Gly Leu Val Ser Val Asp Asp A - #sp Ile Tyr Gln# 15#Cys Cys Thr Ser Pro Glu Asp Gly Leu Gln L - #ys Ala Lys Arg# 30#Phe Pro Val Met Ile Lys Ala Ser Glu Gly G - #ly Gly Gly Lys# 45#Arg Gln Val Glu Arg Glu Glu Asp Phe Ile A - #la Leu Tyr His# 60#Ala Asn Glu Ile Pro Gly Ser# 70- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:34:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 157 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #34:#Phe Ile Met Lys Leu Ala Gly Arg Ala Arg H - #is Leu Glu Val# 15#Leu Ala Asp Gln Tyr Gly Thr Asn Ile Ser L - #eu Phe Gly Arg# 30#Ser Val Gln Arg Arg His Gln Lys Ile Ile G - #lu Glu Ala Pro# 45#Ile Ala Lys Ala Glu Thr Phe His Glu Met G - #lu Lys Ala Ala# 60#Leu Gly Lys Leu Val Gly Tyr Val Ser Ala G - #ly Thr Val Glu# 80#Tyr Ser His Asp Asp Gly Lys Phe Tyr Phe L - #eu Glu Leu Asn# 95#Leu Gln Val Glu His Pro Thr Thr Glu Met V - #al Ser Gly Val# 110#Pro Ala Ala Gln Leu Gln Ile Ala Met Gly I - #le Pro Met His# 125#Ser Asp Ile Arg Thr Leu Tyr Gly Met Asn P - #ro His Ser Ala# 140#Ile Asp Phe Glu Phe Lys Thr Gln Asp Ala T - #hr# 155- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:35:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 27 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #35:#Gln Arg Arg Pro Ile Pro Lys Gly His Cys T - #hr Ala Cys Arg# 15#Ser Glu Asp Pro Asn Asp Gly Phe Lys# 25- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:36:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #36:#Gly Gly Thr Leu His Glu Leu Asn Phe Arg S - #er Ser Ser Asn# 15#Gly Tyr Phe Val Trp 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:37:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 122 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #37:#Gly Asn Asn Gly Asn Ile His Ser Phe Ser A - #sp Ser Gln Phe# 10#Ile Phe Ala Phe Gly Glu Asn Arg Gln Ala S - #er Arg Lys His# 30#Val Ala Leu Lys Glu Leu Ser Ile Arg Gly A - #sp Phe Arg Thr# 45#Glu Tyr Leu Ile Lys Leu Leu Glu Thr Glu A - #sp Phe Glu Asp# 60#Ile Thr Thr Gly Trp Leu Asp Asp Leu Ile T - #hr His Lys Met# 80#Glu Lys Pro Asp Pro Thr Leu Ala Val Ile C - #ys Gly Ala Ala# 95#Ala Phe Leu Ala Ser Glu Glu Ala Arg His L - #ys Tyr Ile Glu# 110#Gln Lys Gly Gln Val Leu Ser Lys# 120- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:38:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 190 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #38:#Leu Gln Thr Met Phe Pro Val Asp Phe Ile H - #is Glu Gly Lys# 15#Lys Phe Thr Val Ala Lys Ser Gly Asn Asp A - #rg Tyr Thr Leu# 30#Asn Gly Ser Lys Cys Asp Ile Ile Leu Arg G - #ln Leu Ser Asp# 45#Leu Leu Ile Ala Ile Gly Gly Lys Ser His T - #hr Ile Tyr Trp# 60#Glu Val Ala Ala Thr Arg Leu Ser Val Asp S - #er Met Thr Thr# 80#Glu Val Glu Asn Asp Pro Thr Gln Leu Arg T - #hr Pro Ser Pro# 95#Leu Val Lys Phe Leu Val Glu Asn Gly Glu H - #is Ile Ile Lys# 110#Pro Tyr Ala Glu Ile Glu Val Met Lys Met G - #ln Met Pro Leu# 125#Gln Glu Asn Gly Ile Val Gln Leu Leu Lys G - #ln Pro Gly Ser# 140#Val Ala Gly Asp Ile Met Ala Ile Met Thr L - #eu Asp Asp Pro# 160#Val Lys His Ala Leu Pro Phe Glu Gly Met L - #eu Pro Asp Phe# 175#Pro Val Ile Glu Gly Thr Lys Pro Ala Tyr L - #ys Phe# 190- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:39:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 37 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #39:#Phe Asn Lys Ile Leu Ile Ala Asn Arg Gly G - #lu Ile Ala Leu# 15#Leu Arg Thr Cys Glu Glu Leu Gly Ile Gly T - #hr Ile Ala Val# 30#Thr Val Asp His Ser 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:40:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #40:#Ala Leu His Val Gln Leu Ala Asp Glu Ala V - #al Cys Ile Gly# 15#Ala Ser Ser Glu Ala 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:41:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 38 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #41:#Tyr Leu Asn Ile Pro Asn Ile Ile Ala Ala A - #la Leu Thr Arg# 15#Ser Ala Ile His Pro Gly Tyr Gly Phe Leu A - #la Glu Asn Ala# 30#Ala Glu Ile Cysrg Phe 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:42:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 41 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #42:#His His Leu Thr Phe Ile Gly Pro Ser Pro A - #sp Ser Ile Arg# 15#Gly Asp Lys Ser Thr Ala Lys Glu Thr Met G - #ln Arg Val Gly# 30#Thr Ile Pro Gly Ser Asp Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:43:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 143 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #43:#Thr Asp Val Asp Ser Ala Ala Lys Val Ala A - #la Glu Ile Gly# 15#Val Met Ile Lys Ala Thr Ala Gly Gly Gly G - #ly Arg Gly Met# 30#Val Arg Glu Pro Ala Asp Leu Glu Lys Leu P - #he Leu Ala Ala# 45#Glu Ala Glu Ala Ala Phe Gly Asn Pro Gly L - #eu Tyr Leu Glu# 60#Ile Asp Arg Pro Arg His Val Glu Phe Gln I - #le Leu Ala Asp# 80#Gly Asn Val Val His Leu Gly Glu Arg Asp C - #ys Ser Ile Gln# 95#His Gln Lys Leu Leu Glu Glu Ala Pro Ser P - #ro Ala Leu Ser# 110#Leu Arg Gln Lys Met Gly Asp Ala Ala Val L - #ys Val Ala Gln# 125#Gly Tyr Ile Gly Ala Gly Thr Val Glu Phe L - #eu Val Asp# 140- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:44:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 50 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #44:#Gly Asn Phe Tyr Phe Met Glu Met Asn Thr A - #rg Ile Gln Val# 15#Pro Val Thr Glu Met Ile Thr Gly Leu Asp L - #eu Ile Ala Glu# 30#Arg Ile Ala Gln Gly Glu Ala Leu Arg Phe A - #rg Gln Ala Asp# 45 Ile Gln 50- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:45:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 19 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #45:#Gly His Ala Ile Glu Cys Arg Ile Asn Ala G - #lu Asp Pro Glu# 15#Phe Tyr Asn- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:46:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 9 amino acidsNGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #46:#Asn Pro Gly Arg Ile Thr Gly 5- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:47:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 7 amino acidsNGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #47:#Val Arg Val Asp Serly 5- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:48:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 44 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #48:#Tyr Thr Asp Tyr Glu Ile Pro Pro Tyr Tyr A - #sp Ser Leu Ile# 15#Leu Ile Val Trp Gly Ala Thr Arg Glu Glu A - #la Ile Ala Arg# 30#Arg Ala Leu Arg Glu Cys Ala Ile Thr Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:49:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 38 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #49:#Thr Thr Leu Ser Phe His Gln Leu Met Leu G - #ln Met Pro Glu# 15#Arg Gly Glu Leu Tyr Thr Asn Phe Val Glu G - #ln Val Met Leu# 30#Ile Leu Lys Serro Arg 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:50:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 37 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #50:#Phe Asp Lys Ile Leu Ile Ala Asn Arg Gly G - #lu Ile Ala Leu# 15#Leu Arg Ala Cys Glu Glu Met Gly Ile Ala T - #hr Ile Ala Val# 30#Thr Val Asp His Ser 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:51:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #51:#Ala Leu His Val Gln Leu Ala Asp Glu Ala V - #al Cys Ile Gly# 15#Ala Ser Ala Glu Pro 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:52:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 38 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #52:#Tyr Leu Asn Ile Pro Asn Ile Ile Ala Ala A - #la Leu Thr Arg# 15#Ser Ala Ile His Pro Gly Tyr Gly Phe Leu S - #er Glu Asn Ala# 30#Ala Glu Ile Cysys Phe 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:53:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 42 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #53:#His His Ile Ala Phe Ile Gly Pro Thr Pro G - #lu Ala Ile Arg# 15#Gly Asp Lys Ser Thr Ala Lys Glu Thr Met G - #ln Lys Ala Gly# 30#Thr Val Pro Gly Ser Glu Gly Leu# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:54:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 142 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #54:#Thr Glu Gln Glu Gly Leu Glu Leu Ala Lys A - #sp Ile Gly Tyr# 15#Met Ile Lys Ala Thr Ala Gly Gly Gly Gly A - #rg Gly Met Arg# 30#Arg Ser Pro Asp Glu Phe Val Lys Leu Phe L - #eu Ala Ala Gln# 45#Ala Gly Ala Ala Phe Gly Asn Ala Gly Val T - #yr Ile Glu Lys# 60#Glu Arg Pro Arg His Ile Glu Phe Gln Ile L - #eu Ala Asp Asn# 80#Asn Val Ile His Leu Gly Glu Arg Asp Cys S - #er Ile Gln Arg# 95#Gln Lys Leu Leu Glu Glu Ala Pro Ser Pro A - #la Leu Asp Ser# 110#Arg Glu Lys Met Gly Gln Ala Ala Val Lys A - #la Ala Gln Phe# 125#Tyr Ala Gly Ala Gly Thr Ile Glu Phe Leu L - #eu Asp# 140- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:55:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 50 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #55:#Gly Gln Phe Tyr Phe Met Glu Met Asn Thr A - #rg Ile Gln Val# 15#Pro Val Thr Glu Met Val Thr Gly Val Asp L - #eu Leu Val Glu# 30#Arg Ile Ala Gln Gly Glu Arg Leu Arg Leu T - #hr Gln Asp Gln# 45 Val Val 50- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:56:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 19 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #56:#Gly His Ala Ile Glu Cys Arg Ile Asn Ala G - #lu Asp Pro Asp# 15#Phe His Asp- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:57:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 9 amino acidsNGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #57:#Ala Pro Gly Arg Ile Ser Gly 5- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:58:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 6 amino acidsNGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #58:#Pro Pro Gly Glyyr Leu 5- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:59:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 7 amino acidsNGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #59:#Val Arg Ile Asp Serly 5- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:60:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 44 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #60:#Tyr Thr Asp Tyr Gln Ile Pro Pro Tyr Tyr A - #sp Ser Leu Ile# 15#Leu Ile Val Trp Gly Pro Asp Arg Ala Thr A - #la Ile Asn Arg# 30#Arg Ala Leu Arg Glu Cys Ala Ile Thr Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:61:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 154 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #61:#Thr Thr Ile Gly Phe His Gln Arg Ile Met G - #lu Asn Pro Gln# 15#Gln Gly Asn Val Ser Thr Ser Phe Val Gln G - #lu Met Asn Lys# 30#Asp Phe Asn Glu Ile Arg Gln Leu Leu Thr T - #hr Ile Ala Gln# 45#Ile Ala Glu Val Thr Leu Lys Ser Asp Asp P - #he Glu Leu Thr# 60#Lys Ala Val Gly Val Asn Asn Ser Val Val P - #ro Val Val Thr# 80#Leu Ser Gly Val Val Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro S - #er Ala Ile Pro# 95#Ala His Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Ser Pro Glu P - #ro Gly Thr Ser# 110#Ala Asp His Ala Val Thr Ser Ser Gly Ser G - #ln Pro Gly Ala# 125#Ile Asp Gln Lys Leu Ala Glu Val Ala Ser P - #ro Met Val Gly# 140#Tyr Arg Ala Pro Ala Pro Gly Glu# 150- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:62:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 24 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #62:#Phe Val Glu Val Gly Asp Arg Ile Arg Gln G - #ly Gln Thr Val# 15#Ile Glu Ala Met Lys Met 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:63:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 36 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #63:#Asp Lys Ile Val Ile Ala Asn Arg Gly Glu I - #le Ala Leu Arg# 15#Arg Ala Cys Lys Glu Leu Gly Ile Lys Thr V - #al Ala Val His# 30#Ala Asp Ser Ser 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:64:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #64:#Leu Lys His Val Leu Leu Ala Asp Glu Thr V - #al Cys Ile Gly# 15#Pro Ser Val Pro Ala 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:65:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 38 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #65:#Tyr Leu Asn Ile Pro Ala Ile Ile Ser Ala A - #la Glu Ile Thr# 15#Val Ala Ile His Pro Gly Tyr Gly Phe Leu S - #er Glu Asn Ala# 30#Ala Glu Gln Valsn Phe 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:66:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 43 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #66:#Ser Gly Phe Ile Phe Ile Gly Pro Lys Ala G - #lu Thr Ile Arg# 15#Gly Asp Lys Val Ser Ala Ile Ala Ala Met L - #ys Lys Ala Gly# 30#Cys Val Pro Gly Ser Asp Gly Pro Leu# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:67:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 141 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #67:#Asp Met Asp Lys Asn Arg Ala Ile Ala Lys A - #rg Ile Gly Tyr# 15#Ile Ile Lys Ala Ser Gly Gly Gly Gly Gly A - #rg Gly Met Arg# 30#Arg Gly Asp Ala Glu Leu Ala Gln Ser Ile S - #er Met Thr Arg# 45#Ala Lys Ala Ala Phe Ser Asn Asp Met Val T - #yr Met Glu Lys# 60#Glu Asn Pro Arg His Val Glu Ile Gln Val L - #eu Ala Asp Gly# 80#Asn Ala Ile Tyr Leu Ala Glu Arg Asp Cys S - #er Met Gln Arg# 95#Gln Lys Val Val Glu Glu Ala Pro Ala Pro G - #ly Ile Thr Pro# 110#Arg Arg Tyr Ile Gly Glu Arg Cys Ala Lys A - #la Cys Val Asp# 125#Tyr Arg Gly Ala Gly Thr Phe Glu Phe Leu P - #he# 140- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:68:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 50 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #68:#Gly Glu Phe Tyr Phe Ile Glu Met Asn Thr A - #rg Ile Gln Val# 15#Pro Val Thr Glu Met Ile Thr Gly Val Asp L - #eu Ile Lys Glu# 30#Arg Ile Ala Ala Gly Gln Pro Leu Ser Ile L - #ys Gln Glu Glu# 45 Val His 50- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:69:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 25 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #69:#Gly His Ala Val Glu Cys Arg Ile Asn Ala G - #lu Asp Pro Asn# 15#Ser Pro Gly Lys Ile Thr Arg# 25- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:70:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 6 amino acidsNGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #70:#Ala Pro Gly Glyhe His 5- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:71:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 7 amino acidsNGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #71:#Val Arg Trp Glu Serly 5- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:72:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 44 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #72:#Tyr Ala Gly Tyr Thr Val Pro Pro Tyr Tyr A - #sp Ser Met Ile# 15#Leu Ile Cys Tyr Gly Glu Asn Arg Asp Val A - #la Ile Ala Arg# 30#Asn Ala Leu Gln Glu Leu Ile Ile Asp Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:73:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 135 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #73:#Thr Asn Val Asp Leu Gln Ile Arg Ile Met A - #sn Asp Glu Asn# 15#His Gly Gly Thr Asn Ile His Tyr Leu Glu L - #ys Lys Leu Gly# 30#Glu Lys Met Asp Ile Arg Lys Ile Lys Lys L - #eu Ile Glu Leu# 45#Glu Ser Gly Ile Ser Glu Leu Glu Ile Ser G - #lu Gly Glu Glu# 60#Arg Ile Ser Arg Ala Ala Pro Ala Ala Ser P - #he Pro Val Met# 80#Ala Tyr Ala Ala Pro Met Met Gln Gln Pro A - #la Gln Ser Asn# 95#Ala Pro Ala Thr Val Pro Ser Met Glu Ala P - #ro Ala Ala Ala# 110#Ser Gly His Ile Val Arg Ser Pro Met Val G - #ly Thr Phe Tyr# 125#Pro Ser Pro Asp Alahr# 135- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:74:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 57 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #74:#Phe Ile Glu Val Gly Gln Lys Val Asn Val G - #ly Asp Thr Leu# 15#Val Glu Ala Met Lys Met Met Asn Gln Ile G - #lu Ala Asp Lys# 30#Thr Val Lys Ala Ile Leu Val Glu Ser Gly G - #ln Pro Val Glu# 45#Glu Pro Leu Val Val Ile Glu# 55- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:75:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 72 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #75:#Ser Ala Ala Leu Arg Thr Leu Lys His Val L - #eu Tyr Tyr Ser# 15#Cys Leu Met Val Ser Arg Asn Leu Gly Ser V - #al Gly Tyr Asp# 30#Glu Lys Thr Phe Asp Lys Ile Leu Val Ala A - #sn Arg Gly Glu# 45#Cys Arg Val Ile Arg Thr Cys Lys Lys Met G - #ly Ile Lys Thr# 60#Ile His Ser Asp Val Asp# 70- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:76:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #76:#Ser Val His Val Lys Met Ala Asp Glu Ala V - #al Cys Val Gly# 15#Pro Thr Ser Pro Ala 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:77:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 38 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #77:#Tyr Leu Asn Met Asp Ala Ile Met Glu Ala I - #le Lys Lys Thr# 15#Gln Ala Val His Pro Gly Tyr Gly Phe Leu S - #er Glu Asn Lys# 30#Ala Arg Cys Leulu Phe 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:78:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 41 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #78:#Glu Asp Val Val Phe Ile Gly Pro Asp Thr H - #is Ala Ile Gln# 15#Gly Asp Lys Ile Glu Ser Lys Leu Leu Ala L - #ys Lys Ala Glu# 30#Thr Ile Pro Gly Phe Asp Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:79:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 144 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #79:#Asp Ala Glu Glu Ala Val Arg Ile Ala Arg G - #lu Ile Gly Tyr# 15#Met Ile Lys Ala Ser Ala Gly Gly Gly Gly L - #ys Gly Met Arg# 30#Trp Asp Asp Glu Glu Thr Arg Asp Gly Phe A - #rg Leu Ser Ser# 45#Ala Ala Ser Ser Phe Gly Asp Asp Arg Leu L - #eu Ile Glu Lys# 60#Asp Asn Pro Arg His Ile Glu Ile Gln Val L - #eu Gly Asp Lys# 80#Asn Ala Leu Trp Leu Asn Glu Arg Glu Cys S - #er Ile Gln Arg# 95#Gln Lys Val Val Glu Glu Ala Pro Ser Ile P - #he Leu Asp Ala# 110#Arg Arg Ala Met Gly Glu Gln Ala Val Ala L - #eu Ala Arg Ala# 125#Tyr Ser Ser Ala Gly Thr Val Glu Phe Leu V - #al Asp Ser Lys# 140- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:80:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 47 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #80:#Phe Tyr Phe Leu Glu Met Asn Thr Arg Leu G - #ln Val Glu His# 15#Thr Glu Cys Ile His Trp Pro Gly Pro Ser P - #ro Gly Lys Thr# 30#Gln Glu His Leu Ser Gly Thr Asn Lys Leu I - #le Phe Ala# 45- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:81:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 29 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #81:#Gly Trp Ala Val Glu Cys Arg Val Tyr Ala G - #lu Asp Pro Tyr# 15#Phe Gly Leu Pro Ser Ile Gly Arg Leu Ser G - #ln# 25- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:82:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 14 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #82:#Glu Pro Leu His Leu Pro Gly Val Arg Val A - #sp Ser# 10- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:83:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 44 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #83:#Gln Pro Gly Ser Asp Ile Ser Ile Tyr Tyr A - #sp Pro Met Ile# 15#Leu Ile Thr Tyr Gly Ser Asp Arg Thr Glu A - #la Leu Lys Arg# 30#Asp Ala Leu Asp Asn Tyr Val Ile Arg Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:84:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 251 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #84:#His Asn Ile Ala Leu Leu Arg Glu Val Ile I - #le Asn Ser Arg# 15#Lys Gly Asp Ile Ser Thr Lys Phe Leu Ser A - #sp Val Tyr Pro# 30#Phe Lys Gly His Met Leu Thr Lys Ser Glu L - #ys Asn Gln Leu# 45#Ile Ala Ser Ser Leu Phe Val Ala Phe Gln L - #eu Arg Ala Gln# 60#Gln Glu Asn Ser Arg Met Pro Val Ile Lys P - #ro Asp Ile Ala# 80#Glu Leu Ser Val Lys Leu His Asp Lys Val H - #is Thr Val Val# 95#Asn Asn Gly Ser Val Phe Ser Val Glu Val A - #sp Gly Ser Lys# 110#Val Thr Ser Thr Trp Asn Leu Ala Ser Pro L - #eu Leu Ser Val# 125#Asp Gly Thr Gln Arg Thr Val Gln Cys Leu S - #er Arg Glu Ala# 140#Asn Met Ser Ile Gln Phe Leu Gly Thr Val T - #yr Lys Val Asn# 160#Thr Arg Leu Ala Ala Glu Leu Asn Lys Phe M - #et Leu Glu Lys# 175#Glu Asp Thr Ser Ser Val Leu Arg Ser Pro M - #et Pro Gly Val# 190#Ala Val Ser Val Lys Pro Gly Asp Ala Val A - #la Glu Gly Gln# 205#Cys Val Ile Glu Ala Met Lys Met Gln Asn S - #er Met Thr Ala# 220#Thr Gly Thr Val Lys Ser Val His Cys Gln A - #la Gly Asp Thr# 240#Glu Gly Asp Leu Leu Val Glu Leu Glu# 250- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:85:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 90 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #85:#Tyr Arg Glu Arg Phe Cys Ala Ile Arg Trp C - #ys Arg Asn Ser# 15#Ser Ser Gln Gln Leu Leu Trp Thr Leu Lys A - #rg Ala Pro Val# 30#Gln Gln Cys Leu Val Val Ser Arg Ser Leu S - #er Ser Val Glu# 45#Pro Lys Glu Lys Thr Phe Asp Lys Ile Leu I - #le Ala Asn Arg# 60#Ile Ala Cys Arg Val Ile Lys Thr Cys Arg L - #ys Met Gly Ile# 80#Val Ala Ile His Ser Asp Val Asp# 90- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:86:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #86:#Ser Val His Val Lys Met Ala Asp Glu Ala V - #al Cys Val Gly# 15#Pro Thr Ser Pro Ala 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:87:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 38 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #87:#Tyr Leu Asn Met Asp Ala Ile Met Glu Ala I - #le Lys Lys Thr# 15#Gln Ala Val His Pro Gly Tyr Gly Phe Leu S - #er Glu Asn Lys# 30#Ala Lys Cys Leulu Phe 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:88:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 41 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #88:#Glu Asp Val Thr Phe Ile Gly Pro Asp Thr H - #is Ala Ile Gln# 15#Gly Asp Lys Ile Glu Ser Lys Leu Leu Ala L - #ys Arg Ala Lys# 30#Thr Ile Pro Gly Phe Asp Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:89:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 144 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #89:#Asp Ala Asp Glu Ala Val Arg Ile Ala Arg G - #lu Ile Gly Tyr# 15#Met Ile Lys Ala Ser Ala Gly Gly Gly Gly L - #ys Gly Met Arg# 30#Trp Asp Asp Glu Glu Thr Arg Asp Gly Phe A - #rg Phe Ser Ser# 45#Ala Ala Ser Ser Phe Gly Asp Asp Arg Leu L - #eu Ile Glu Lys# 60#Asp Asn Pro Arg His Ile Glu Ile Gln Val L - #eu Gly Asp Lys# 80#Asn Ala Leu Trp Leu Asn Glu Arg Glu Cys S - #er Ile Gln Arg# 95#Gln Lys Val Val Glu Glu Ala Pro Ser Ile P - #he Leu Asp Pro# 110#Arg Arg Ala Met Gly Glu Gln Ala Val Ala T - #rp Pro Lys Ala# 125#Tyr Ser Ser Ala Gly Thr Val Glu Phe Leu V - #al Asp Ser Gln# 140- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:90:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 48 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #90:#Phe Tyr Phe Leu Glu Met Asn Thr Arg Leu G - #ln Val Glu His# 15#Thr Glu Cys Ile Thr Gly Leu Asp Leu Val G - #ln Glu Met Ile# 30#Ala Lys Gly Tyr Pro Leu Arg His Lys Gln G - #lu Asp Ile Pro# 45- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:91:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 29 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #91:#Gly Trp Ala Val Glu Cys Arg Val Tyr Ala G - #lu Asp Pro Tyr# 15#Phe Gly Leu Pro Ser Ile Gly Arg Leu Ser G - #ln# 25- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:92:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 14 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #92:#Glu Pro Ile His Leu Pro Gly Val Arg Val A - #sp Ser# 10- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:93:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 44 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #93:#Gln Pro Gly Ser Asp Ile Ser Ile Tyr His A - #sp Pro Met Ile# 15#Leu Val Thr Tyr Gly Ser Asp Arg Ala Glu A - #la Leu Lys Arg# 30#Asp Ala Leu Asp Ser Tyr Val Ile Arg Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:94:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 251 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #94:#His Asn Ile Pro Leu Leu Arg Glu Val Ile I - #le Asn Thr Arg# 15#Lys Gly Asp Ile Ser Thr Lys Phe Leu Ser A - #sp Val Tyr Pro# 30#Phe Lys Gly His Met Leu Thr Pro Ser Glu A - #rg Asp Gln Leu# 45#Ile Ala Ser Ser Leu Phe Val Ala Ser Gln L - #eu Arg Ala Gln# 60#Gln Glu His Ser Arg Val Pro Val Ile Arg P - #ro Asp Val Ala# 80#Glu Leu Ser Val Lys Leu His Asp Glu Asp H - #is Thr Val Val# 95#Asn Asn Gly Pro Thr Phe Asn Val Glu Val A - #sp Gly Ser Lys# 110#Val Thr Ser Thr Trp Asn Leu Ala Ser Pro L - #eu Leu Ser Val# 125#Asp Gly Thr Gln Arg Thr Val Gln Cys Leu S - #er Pro Asp Ala# 140#Asn Met Ser Ile Gln Phe Leu Gly Thr Val T - #yr Lys Val His# 160#Thr Lys Leu Ala Ala Glu Leu Asn Lys Phe M - #et Leu Glu Lys# 175#Lys Asp Thr Ser Ser Val Leu Arg Ser Pro L - #ys Pro Gly Val# 190#Ala Val Ser Val Lys Pro Gly Asp Met Val A - #la Glu Gly Gln# 205#Cys Val Ile Glu Ala Met Lys Met Gln Asn S - #er Met Thr Ala# 220#Met Gly Lys Val Lys Leu Val His Cys Lys A - #la Gly Asp Thr# 240#Glu Gly Asp Leu Leu Val Glu Leu Glu# 250- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:95:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 17 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #95:#Lys Phe Ala Gly Leu Arg Asp Asn Phe Asn L - #eu Leu Gly Glu# 15 Lys- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:96:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 34 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #96:#Ile Leu Val Ala Asn Arg Gly Glu Ile Pro I - #le Arg Ile Phe# 15#Ala His Glu Leu Ser Met Gln Thr Val Ala I - #le Tyr Ser His# 30 Glu Asp- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:97:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 24 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #97:#Ser Thr His Lys Gln Lys Ala Asp Glu Ala T - #yr Val Ile Gly# 15#Gly Gln Tyr Thr Pro Val 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:98:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 38 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #98:#Tyr Leu Ala Ile Asp Glu Ile Ile Ser Ile A - #la Gln Lys His# 15#Asp Phe Ile His Pro Gly Tyr Gly Phe Leu S - #er Glu Asn Ser# 30#Ala Asp Lys Vallu Phe 35- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:99:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 41 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #99:#Ala Gly Ile Thr Trp Ile Gly Pro Pro Ala G - #lu Val Ile Asp# 15#Gly Asp Lys Val Ser Ala Arg Asn Leu Ala A - #la Lys Ala Asn# 30#Thr Val Pro Gly Thr Pro Gly# 40- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:100:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 144 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #100:#Thr Val Glu Glu Ala Leu Asp Phe Val Asn G - #lu Tyr Gly Tyr# 15#Ile Ile Lys Ala Ala Phe Gly Gly Gly Gly A - #rg Gly Met Arg# 30#Arg Glu Gly Asp Asp Val Ala Asp Ala Phe G - #ln Arg Ala Thr# 45#Ala Arg Thr Ala Phe Gly Asn Gly Thr Cys P - #he Val Glu Arg# 60#Asp Lys Pro Lys His Ile Glu Val Gln Leu L - #eu Ala Asp Asn# 80#Asn Val Val His Leu Phe Glu Arg Asp Cys S - #er Val Gln Arg# 95#Gln Lys Val Val Glu Val Ala Pro Ala Lys T - #hr Leu Pro Arg# 110#Arg Asp Ala Ile Leu Thr Asp Ala Val Lys L - #eu Ala Lys Glu# 125#Tyr Arg Asn Ala Gly Thr Ala Glu Phe Leu V - #al Asp Asn Gln# 140- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:101:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 51 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #101:#His Tyr Phe Ile Glu Ile Asn Pro Arg Ile G - #ln Val Glu His# 15#Thr Glu Glu Ile Thr Gly Ile Asp Ile Val A - #la Ala Gln Ile# 30#Ala Ala Gly Ala Ser Leu Pro Gln Leu Gly L - #eu Phe Gln Asp# 45#Thr Lys Ile 50- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:102:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 20 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #102:#Gly Phe Ala Ile Gln Cys Arg Ile Thr Thr G - #lu Asp Pro Ala# 15#Phe Gln Lys Asn 20- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:103:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 14 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #103:#Thr Gly Arg Ile Glu Val Tyr Arg Ser Ala G - #ly Gly# 10- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:104:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 52 amino acidsGTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #104:#Val Arg Leu Asp Gly Gly Asn Ala Tyr Ala G - #ly Thr Ile Ile# 15#His Tyr Asp Ser Met Leu Val Lys Cys Ser C - #ys Ser Gly Ser# 30#Glu Ile Val Arg Arg Lys Met Ile Arg Ala L - #eu Ile Glu Phe# 45#Arg Gly Arg Ile 50- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:105:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 257 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #105:#Thr Asn Ile Pro Phe Leu Leu Thr Leu Leu T - #hr Asn Pro Val# 15#Glu Gly Thr Tyr Trp Gly Thr Phe Ile Asp A - #sp Thr Pro Gln# 30#Gln Met Val Ser Ser Gln Asn Arg Ala Gln L - #ys Leu Leu His# 45#Ala Asp Val Ala Asp Asn Gly Ser Ser Ile L - #ys Gly Gln Ile# 60#Pro Lys Leu Lys Ser Asn Pro Ser Val Pro H - #is Ser Tyr Asn# 80#Pro Arg Val Tyr Glu Asp Phe Gln Lys Met A - #rg Glu Thr Tyr# 95#Leu Ser Val Leu Pro Thr Arg Ser Phe Leu S - #er Pro Leu Glu# 110#Glu Glu Ile Glu Val Val Ile Glu Gln Gly L - #ys Thr Leu Ile# 125#Leu Gln Ala Val Gly Asp Leu Asn Lys Lys T - #hr Gly Glu Arg# 140#Tyr Phe Asp Leu Asn Gly Glu Met Arg Lys I - #le Arg Val Ala# 160#Ser Gln Lys Val Glu Thr Val Thr Lys Ser L - #ys Ala Asp Met# 175#Pro Leu His Ile Gly Ala Pro Met Ala Gly V - #al Ile Val Glu# 190#Val His Lys Gly Ser Leu Ile Lys Lys Gly G - #ln Pro Val Ala# 205#Ser Ala Met Lys Met Glu Met Ile Ile Ser S - #er Pro Ser Asp# 220#Val Lys Glu Val Phe Val Ser Asp Gly Glu A - #sn Val Asp Ser# 240#Leu Leu Val Leu Leu Glu Asp Gln Val Pro V - #al Glu Thr Lys# 255 Ala- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:106:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 165 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #106:#Thr Val Ala Leu Phe Pro Gln Pro Gly Leu L - #ys Phe Leu Glu# 15#His Asn Pro Ala Ala Phe Glu Pro Val Pro G - #ln Ala Glu Ala# 30#Pro Val Ala Lys Ala Glu Lys Pro Ala Ala S - #er Gly Val Tyr# 45#Glu Val Glu Gly Lys Ala Phe Val Val Lys V - #al Ser Asp Gly# 60#Val Ser Gln Leu Thr Ala Ala Ala Pro Ala P - #ro Ala Pro Ala# 80#Pro Ala Ser Ala Pro Ala Ala Ala Ala Pro A - #la Gly Ala Gly# 95#Val Thr Ala Pro Leu Ala Gly Thr Ile Trp L - #ys Val Leu Ala# 110#Gly Gln Thr Val Ala Ala Gly Glu Val Leu L - #eu Ile Leu Glu# 125#Lys Met Glu Thr Glu Ile Arg Ala Ala Gln A - #la Gly Thr Val# 140#Ile Ala Val Lys Ala Gly Asp Ala Val Ala V - #al Gly Asp Thr# 160#Thr Leu Ala Leu Met 165- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:107:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 123 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #107:#Leu Lys Val Thr Val Asn Gly Thr Ala Tyr A - #sp Val Asp Val# 15#Asp Lys Ser His Glu Asn Pro Met Gly Thr I - #le Leu Phe Gly# 30#Thr Gly Gly Ala Pro Ala Pro Arg Ala Ala G - #ly Gly Ala Gly# 45#Lys Ala Gly Glu Gly Glu Ile Pro Ala Pro L - #eu Ala Gly Thr# 60#Lys Ile Leu Val Lys Glu Gly Asp Thr Val L - #ys Ala Gly Gln# 80#Leu Val Leu Glu Ala Met Lys Met Glu Thr G - #lu Ile Asn Ala# 95#Asp Gly Lys Val Glu Lys Val Leu Val Lys G - #lu Arg Asp Ala# 110#Gly Gly Gln Gly Leu Ile Lys Ile Gly# 120- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:108:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 1473 base pairsTH:# Nucleic acidE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Oligonu - #cleotide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #108:#AGGCATCATG GGGTGGGGGT GGTAAAGGAA TAAGGAAGGT ACATAATGAT 6 - #0#GAGCATTGTT TAAGCAAGTG CAAGGAGAAG TCCCCGGATC GCCTATATTT 1 - #20#TGGCATCTCA GAGTCGACAT CTAGAGGTTC AATTGCTCTG TGACAAGCAT 1 - #80#CAGCACTGCA CAGTCGAGAC TGTAGTGTTC AAAGAAGGCA TCAAAAGATC 2 - #40#GACCAATTAC AGTTGCTCCT CCAGAAACAA TTAAAGAGCT TGAGCAGGCG 3 - #00#TAGCTAAATG TGTGCAATAT CAGGGTGCTG CTACAGTGGA ATATCTGTAC 3 - #60#CAGGCGAATA CTATTTCCTG GAGCTTAATC CAAGGTTGCA GGTAGAACAC 4 - #20#AATGGATTGC TGAAATAAAC TTACCYGCAT CTCAAGTTGT AGTAGGAATG 4 - #80#TCTACAACAT TCCAGAGATC AGACGCTTTT ATGGAATAGA ACATGGAGGT 5 - #40#CTTGGAAGGA AATATCAGCT GTTGCAACTA AATTTGATYT GGACAAAGCA 6 - #00#AGCCAAARGG TCATTGTGTA GCAGTTAGAG TTACTAGCGA GGATCCAGAT 6 - #60#AGCCTACMAG TGGAAGAGTR GAAGAGCTGA ACTTTAAAAG TAAACCCAAT 7 - #20#ATTTCTCYGT TARGTCCGGA GGTGCAATTC AYGAGTTCTC TGATTCCCAG 7 - #80#TTTTTGCTTY TGGGGAATCT AGGTCWTTGG CAATAGCCAA TATGGTACTT 8 - #40#AGATCCAAAT TCGTGGAGAG ATACGCACTA ATGTTGACTA CACTGTGGAT 9 - #00#CTGCAGAGTA CCGAGAAAAT AWGATTCACA CTGGTTGGCT AGACAGCAGA 9 - #60#GYGTTAGAGC AGAGAGGCCC CCATGGTACC TTTCAGTTGT TGGTGGAGCT 1 - #020#CATCAAGCAG GAGCTCGAGT GTTGTAACCG ATTATGTTGG TTATCTCAGT 1 - #080#TACCACCAAA GCACATCTCT CTTGTCAAYT TGACTGTAAC ACTGAATATA 1 - #140#AATATACGAT TGAGACAGTA CGAGGTGGAC CCCGTAGCTA CAAATTAAGA 1 - #200#CAGAGGTTGA RGCAGAGATA CATTTCCTGC GAGATGGCGG ACYCTTAATG 1 - #260#GAAACAGTCA TGTAATTTAC GCCGAGACAG AAGCTKCTGG CACGCGCCTT 1 - #320#GGAGAACATG CTTATTACAG AAAGAGCAYG ATCCTTCCAG GTTGTTGGCT 1 - #380#GCAARCTTCT TCGGTTTTTG GTCGCGGATR GTTCTCATGT GGTTGCTGAT 1 - #440# 1473 AAA ATG- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:109:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 491 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: Xaa#267, 311, 412, 418, 422, 436, and 474 (C) IDENTIFICATION METHOD: - # Xaa = any amino acid- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #109:#Ile Lys Ala Ser Trp Gly Gly Gly Gly Lys G - #ly Ile Arg Lys# 15#Asn Asp Asp Glu Val Arg Ala Leu Phe Lys G - #ln Val Gln Gly# 30#Pro Gly Ser Pro Ile Phe Ile Met Lys Val A - #la Ser Gln Ser# 45#Leu Glu Val Gln Leu Leu Cys Asp Lys His G - #ly Asn Val Ala# 60#His Ser Arg Asp Cys Ser Val Gln Arg Arg H - #is Gln Lys Ile# 80#Glu Gly Pro Ile Thr Val Ala Pro Pro Glu T - #hr Ile Lys Glu# 95#Gln Ala Ala Arg Arg Leu Ala Lys Cys Val G - #ln Tyr Gln Gly# 110#Thr Val Glu Tyr Leu Tyr Ser Met Glu Thr G - #ly Glu Tyr Tyr# 125#Glu Leu Asn Pro Arg Leu Gln Val Glu His P - #ro Val Thr Glu# 140#Ala Glu Ile Asn Leu Pro Ala Ser Gln Val V - #al Val Gly Met# 160#Pro Leu Tyr Asn Ile Pro Glu Ile Arg Arg P - #he Tyr Gly Ile# 175#Gly Gly Gly Tyr His Ala Trp Lys Glu Ile S - #er Ala Val Ala# 190#Phe Asp Leu Asp Lys Ala Gln Ser Val Lys P - #ro Lys Gly His# 205#Ala Val Arg Val Thr Ser Glu Asp Pro Asp A - #sp Gly Phe Lys# 220#Ser Gly Arg Val Glu Glu Leu Asn Phe Lys S - #er Lys Pro Asn# 240#Ala Tyr Phe Ser Val Xaa Ser Gly Gly Ala I - #le His Glu Phe# 255#Ser Gln Phe Gly His Val Phe Ala Xaa Gly G - #lu Ser Arg Ser# 270#Ile Ala Asn Met Val Leu Gly Leu Lys Glu I - #le Gln Ile Arg# 285#Ile Arg Thr Asn Val Asp Tyr Thr Val Asp L - #eu Leu Asn Ala# 300#Tyr Arg Glu Asn Xaa Ile His Thr Gly Trp L - #eu Asp Ser Arg# 320#Met Arg Val Arg Ala Glu Arg Pro Pro Trp T - #yr Leu Ser Val# 335#Gly Ala Leu Tyr Glu Ala Ser Ser Arg Ser S - #er Ser Val Val# 350#Tyr Val Gly Tyr Leu Ser Lys Gly Gln Ile P - #ro Pro Lys His# 365#Leu Val Asn Leu Thr Val Thr Leu Asn Ile A - #sp Gly Ser Lys# 380#Ile Glu Thr Val Arg Gly Gly Pro Arg Ser T - #yr Lys Leu Arg# 400#Glu Ser Glu Val Glu Ala Glu Ile His Xaa L - #eu Arg Asp Gly# 415#Leu Met Gln Xaa Asp Gly Asn Ser His Val I - #le Tyr Ala Glu# 430#Ala Xaa Gly Thr Arg Leu Leu Ile Asn Gly A - #rg Thr Cys Leu# 445#Lys Glu His Asp Pro Ser Arg Leu Leu Ala A - #sp Thr Pro Cys# 460#Leu Arg Phe Leu Val Ala Asp Xaa Ser His V - #al Val Ala Asp# 480#Tyr Ala Glu Val Glu Ala Met Lys Met# 490- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:110:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 436 base pairsGTH:# Nucleic acidE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Oligonu - #cleotide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #110:# 60C GTCAACTGCT GACAACTATT GCACAAACAG ATATCGCGGA# 120G ATTTTGAACT AACGGTGCGT AAAGCTGTTG GTGTGAATAA# 180A CAGCACCCTT GAGTGGTGTG GTAGGTTCGG GATTGCCATC# 240C ATGCTGCCCA ATCTCCATCT CCAGAGCCGG GAACAAGCCG# 300A CGAGTTCTGG CTCACAGCCA GGAGCAAAAA TCATTGACCA# 360T CCCCAATGGT GGGAACATTT TACCGCGCTC CTGCACCAGG# 420G TCGGCGATCG CATCCGTCAA GGTCAAACCG TCTGCATCAT# 436 G- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:111:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 145 amino acidsTH:# Amino acidYPE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Peptide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #111:#Phe Asn Glu Ile Arg Gln Leu Leu Thr Thr I - #le Ala Gln Thr# 15#Ala Glu Val Thr Leu Lys Ser Asp Asp Phe G - #lu Leu Thr Val# 30#Ala Val Gly Val Asn Asn Ser Val Val Pro V - #al Val Thr Ala# 45#Ser Gly Val Val Gly Ser Gly Leu Pro Ser A - #la Ile Pro Ile# 60#His Ala Ala Pro Ser Pro Ser Pro Glu Pro G - #ly Thr Ser Arg# 80#Asp His Ala Val Thr Ser Ser Gly Ser Gln P - #ro Gly Ala Lys# 95#Asp Gln Lys Leu Ala Glu Val Ala Ser Pro M - #et Val Gly Thr# 110#Arg Ala Pro Ala Pro Gly Glu Ala Val Phe V - #al Glu Val Gly# 125#Ile Arg Gln Gly Gln Thr Val Cys Ile Ile G - #lu Ala Met Lys# 140 Met 145- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:112:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 22 base unitsNGTH:# Nucleic acidE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Oligonu - #cleotide- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: N (B) LOCATION: 11, 1 - #4 (C) IDENTIFICATION METHOD: - # N = A, G, C, T- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #112:# 22- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:113:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 22 base pairsNGTH:# Nucleic acidE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Oligonu - #cleotide- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: N (B) LOCATION: 17 (C) IDENTIFICATION METHOD: - # N = A, G, C, T- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #113:# 22- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:114:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 21 base pairsNGTH:# Nucleic acidE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Oligonu - #cleotide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #114:# 21- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:115:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 22 base pairsNGTH:# Nucleic acidE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Oligonu - #cleotide- (ix) FEATURE: (A) NAME/KEY: N (B) LOCATION: 10, 2 - #0 (C) IDENTIFICATION METHOD: - # N = A, G, C, T- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #115:# 22- (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:116:- (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:# 23 base pairsNGTH:# Nucleic acidE: (C) STRANDEDNESS: Single# Linear (D) TOPOLOGY:- (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: Oligonu - #cleotide- (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO: - #116:# 23__________________________________________________________________________

Claims

1. An isolated nucleic acid segment comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:110, or the complement thereof, or a sequence which hybridizes to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:110 under conditions of high stringency that include a NaCl concentration of about 0.02M-0.15M at temperatures of about 50.degree. C. to about 70.degree. C.

2. The nucleic acid segment of claim 1, further defined as an RNA segment.

3. The nucleic acid of claim 1, further defined as encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:111.

4. The nucleic acid segment of claim 1, further defined as encoding a protein or peptide that comprises at least a fifteen amino acid contiguous sequence from SEQ ID NO:111.

5. A nucleic acid segment that encodes a peptide of from about 15 to about 145 amino acids in length, wherein said peptide comprises at least a fifteen-amino acid contiguous sequence from SEQ ID NO:111.

6. The nucleic acid segment of claim 5, further defined as encoding a peptide of from 15 to about 100 amino acids in length.

7. The nucleic acid segment of claim 6, further defined as encoding a peptide of from 15 to about 50 amino acids in length.

8. The nucleic acid segment of claim 1 or 5, further comprising a vector.

9. The nucleic acid segment of claim 1, or 5, wherein said nucleic acid segment is operatively linked to a promoter, said promoter expressing said nucleic acid segment.

10. A host cell comprising the nucleic acid segment of claim 1 or 3.

11. The host cell of claim 10, further defined as a plant cell or a bacterial cell.

12. The host cell of claim 11, wherein said bacterial cell is an E. coli cell, and said plant cell is a monocotyledonous or a dicotyledonous plant cell.

13. The host cell of claim 12, wherein said monocotyledonous plant cell is a wheat, rice, maize, barley, rye, oats, or timothy grass cell.

14. The host cell of claim 12, wherein said dicotyledonous plant cell is a soybean, rape, sunflower, tobacco, Arabidopsis, petunia, canola, pea, bean, tomato, potato, lettuce, spinach, carrot, alfalfa, or cotton cell.

15. The host cell of claim 10 wherein the cell is Anabaena spp., or a Synechococcus spp. cell.

16. An isolated nucleic acid segment comprising:

(a) a nucleic acid segment comprising a sequence region that consists of at least 20 contiguous nucleotides that have the same sequence as, or are complementary to, 20 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:110, or

(b) a nucleic acid segment of from about 20 to about 4,000 nucleotides in length that hybridizes to the nucleic acid segment of SEQ ID NO:110; or the complement thereof, under conditions of high stringency stringency that include a NaCl concentration of about 0.02M-0.15M at temperatures of about 50.degree. C. to about 70.degree. C.

17. The nucleic acid segment of claim 16, further defined as comprising a sequence region that consists of at least about 20 contiguous nucleotides that have the same sequence as, or are complementary to, at least about 20 contiguous nucleotides of SEQ ID NO:110.

18. The nucleic acid segment of claim 16, further defined as comprising a nucleic acid segment of from about 20 to about 4,000 nucleotides in length that hybridizes to the nucleic acid segment of SEQ ID NO:110, or the complement thereof, under conditions of high stringency that include a NaCl concentration of about 0.02M-0.15M at temperatures of about 50.degree. C. to about 70.degree. C.

19. A method of using a DNA segment that encodes a cyanobacterial biotin carboxyl carrier protein or peptide, comprising the steps of:

(a) preparing a vector in which a cyanobacterial biotin carboxyl carrier protein or peptide-encoding DNA segment of claim 1 is positioned under the control of a promoter;

(b) introducing said vector into a host cell;

(c) culturing said host cell under conditions effective to allow expression of the encoded biotin carboxyl carrier protein or peptide; and

(d) collecting said biotin carboxyl carrier protein or peptide.