Organization and expression of leghaemoglobin genes

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Abstract
Leghemoglobin genes in soybean (Glycine max) are present as a moderately reiterated family of sequences. Since there are identical restriction site patterns of these sequences in DNA isolated from leaf, root, or nodule tissue, the data suggest that no major changes in the organization or methylation of leghemoglobin genes occur during their induction. Cloned soybean leghemoglobin-cDNA cross hybridized with RNA from root nodules of kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), and to a lesser extent, of pea (Pisum sativum) indicating sequence homology in the leghemoglobin genes of these species. Hybridization to the genomic DNA restriction fragments appear common to all the species examined. The induction of these genes occurs following infection of the plant by Rhizobium and is independent of the appearance of nitrogenase activity in the nodules. The level of expression is, however, influenced by various mutations in Rhizobium that result in the development of ineffective (non-N-fixing) nodules.

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