%0 Journal Article %T Affiliation of Dihydrolipoyl Dehydrogenase Allozymes in Mycorrhizae of European Forest Trees and Characterization of the Enzyme of the Matt Bolete (<i>Xerocomus pruinatus</i>) and the Bay Bolete (<i>X. badius</i>) %A Uwe Schirkonyer %A Gunter M. Rothe %J Open Journal of Ecology %P 356-377 %@ 2162-1993 %D 2018 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/oje.2018.86022 %X Mycorrhizal roots of the deciduous trees European beech (Fagus sylvatica (L.)) and Sessile oak (Quercus petraea (MattuschkaLiebl.)) and the conifers Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) and European larch (Larix decidua (Mill.)) associated with the ectomycorrhizal fungi matt bolete (Xerocomus pruinatus (Fries 1835)) or bay bolete (X. badius (Fries 1818)) were analysed with respect to the occurrence of dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase (EC 1.8.1.4) allozymes. In root tissues of the two deciduous trees, two gene loci could be visualized after cellulose acetate electrophoresis while three loci were expressed in root tissues of the two coniferous species. The two fungal species and further ectomycorrhizal fungi expressed exclusively one dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase gene. In Xerocomus pruinatus and X. badius, the dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase gene consists of 1460 bp and 1370 bp, respectively, including five introns each consisting of 52 bp. Their DNA sequences correspond to 70 to 90% to other fungal dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase genes. One monomer of the dimeric dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase enzyme consists of 486 (X. pruinatus) or 454 (X. %K Amino Acid Sequence %K cDNA %K Ectomycorrhizae %K Fagus sylvatica %K Gene Sequence %K < %K i> %K Larix decidua< %K /i> %K mRNA %K Dihydrolipoyl Dehydrogenase %K < %K i> %K Picea abies %K Quercus petraea %K Xerocomus pruinatus %K Xerocomus badius< %K /i> %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=85310