The present invention provides a nucleic acid molecule encoding a dark-inducible cytochrome P450 hydroxylase that catalyzes the brassinosteroid biosynthesis through C-2 hydroxylations in plants. The invention also describes the methods and processes for generating expression cassettes and plasmids and for the use of these expression cassettes and plasmids to synthesize the cytochrome P450 hydroxylase or biologically active fragments of such an enzyme. The invention can be utilized to improve or decrease the stem growth of transgenic plants containing the nucleic acid molecule so that they exhibit improved growth rate and resistance to environmental stress and to identify other proteins involved in the brassinosteroid biosynthesis and in the plant growth regulation.
本发明提供了一种编码暗诱导细胞色素P450羟化酶的核酸分子,该酶通过C-2羟化作用催化植物中
铜绿素的
生物合成。本发明还描述了生成表达盒和质粒以及使用这些表达盒和质粒合成细胞色素 P450 羟化酶或这种酶的
生物活性片段的方法和过程。本发明可用于改善或降低含有核酸分子的转
基因植物的茎部生长,使其表现出更好的生长速度和对环境胁迫的抵抗力,还可用于鉴定参与
铜绿素
生物合成和植物生长调节的其他蛋白质。