Cloning and characterization of a novel Hsp100/Clp gene (osClpD) from Oryza sativa

A novel osClpD gene, encoding a highly conservative ClpD subfamily member, was first isolated and characterized from Oryza sativa. The full-length cDNA of osClpD gene was 3140 bp and contained a 2884 bp open reading frame encoding a 938 amino acid protein. The phylogenetic tree and blast search showed that OSClpD belonged to the ClpD subfamily of the Hsp100/Clp family, and contained all protein motifs characteristic for the ClpD subfamily of Hsp100/Clp proteins. The real-time quantitative PCR analysis proved that it was inducible by water deficit and temperature stress in vegetative tissues.