Afragmentwithabout798bpofcabgenewasamplifiedfromthefirststrandofMoso(Phyllostachysedulis)cDNAthroughRT-PCRmethod,namedascab-PhE4(cabgene4fromPh.edulis).Thecab-PhE4(GenBankaccessionnumber:EF405878)geneencodes265aminoacid.Thebioinformaticsanalysisindicatedthattheproteinencodedbycab-PhE4hasachlorophylla/b-bindingdomain(64th-232ndposition),aproteinkinaseCphosphorylationsite(33rd-35thposition),aN-myristoylationsite(169th-174thposition),andaninvolucrinrepeat(207th-216thposition).Theaminoacidsequenceofcab-PhE4showedhighsimilaritywiththecabgenesofZeamays,Triticumaestivum,Musaacuminata,PanaxginsengandOryzasativa,morethan90%,respectively.
