Figure 1

Alignment of the in silico translated sequence of the Mi EO with the closest characterized sequences from other plants. Regions of the alignment corresponding to the nucleotide sequence used for designing degenerate primers are marked by the lines below the alignment, and that used for designing gene specific primers for RACE are indicated by double lines above the alignment. The conserved NAD(P)H-binding domain is highlighted in the gray colour. The arrow head indicates truncation site for removing the putative chloroplast targeting sequence.