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The manganese superoxide dismutase gene of Caenorhabditis elegans
M P Giglio1, T Hunter, J V Bannister
1Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Malta.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International
|May 1, 1994
Abstract:
We have cloned and sequenced a gene (sod-3) encoding manganese superoxide dismutase from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The protein-coding region spans 943 bp including three intron sequences and encodes a protein of 227 amino acids (M(r) = 26,367) of which the first 33 amino acids are the presumed mitochondrial-targeting signal peptide. The deduced mature manganese-superoxide dismutase has 194 amino acids (M(r) = 22,193).