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Chen YM, Dong YH, Liang ZB, Zhang LH, Deng YZ. Enhanced vascular activity of a new chimeric promoter containing the full CaMV 35S promoter and the plant XYLOGEN PROTEIN 1 promoter. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:380. [PMID: 30148030 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1379-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To develop a new strategy that controls vascular pathogen infections in economic crops, we examined a possible enhancer of the vascular activity of XYLOGEN PROTEIN 1 promoter (Px). This protein is specifically expressed in the vascular tissues of Arabidopsis thaliana and plays an important role in xylem development. Although Px is predicted as vascular-specific, its activity is hard to detect and highly susceptible to plant and environmental conditions. The cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter (35S) is highly active in directing transgene expression. To test if 35S could enhance Px activity, while vascular specificity of the promoter is retained, we examined the expression of the uidA reporter gene, which encodes β-glucuronidase (GUS), under the control of a chimeric promoter (35S-Px) or Px by generating 35S-Px-GUS and Px-GUS constructs, which were transformed into tobacco seedlings. Both 35S-Px and Px regulated gene expression in vascular tissues. However, GUS expression driven by 35S-Px was not detected in 30- and 60-day-old plants. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that GUS gene expression regulated by 35S-Px was 6.2-14.9-fold higher in vascular tissues than in leaves. Histochemical GUS staining demonstrated that 35S-Px was strongly active in the xylem and phloem. Thus, fusion of 35S and Px might considerably enhance the strength of Px and increase its vascular specificity. In addition to confirming that 35S enhances the activity of a low-level tissue-specific promoter, these findings provide information for further improving the activity of such promoters, which might be useful for engineering new types of resistant genes against vascular infections.
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- Yu-Mei Chen
- 1State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- 2Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- 3Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- 4Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 61 Biopolis Drive, Singapore City, 138673 Singapore
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- 1State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- 2Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- 3Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- 2Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- 3Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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- 2Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- 3Integrative Microbiology Research Center, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642 China
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Bucsenez M, Rüping B, Behrens S, Twyman RM, Noll GA, Prüfer D. Multiple cis-regulatory elements are involved in the complex regulation of the sieve element-specific MtSEO-F1 promoter from Medicago truncatula. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2012; 14:714-24. [PMID: 22404711 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00556.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The sieve element occlusion (SEO) gene family includes several members that are expressed specifically in immature sieve elements (SEs) in the developing phloem of dicotyledonous plants. To determine how this restricted expression profile is achieved, we analysed the SE-specific Medicago truncatula SEO-F1 promoter (PMtSEO-F1) by constructing deletion, substitution and hybrid constructs and testing them in transgenic tobacco plants using green fluorescent protein as a reporter. This revealed four promoter regions, each containing cis-regulatory elements that activate transcription in SEs. One of these segments also contained sufficient information to suppress PMtSEO-F1 transcription in the phloem companion cells (CCs). Subsequent in silico analysis revealed several candidate cis-regulatory elements that PMtSEO-F1 shares with other SEO promoters. These putative sieve element boxes (PSE boxes) are promising candidates for cis-regulatory elements controlling the SE-specific expression of PMtSEO-F1.
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- M Bucsenez
- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Computational Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Computational Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Computational Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Computational Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Computational Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Computational Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Creux NM, Ranik M, Berger DK, Myburg AA. Comparative analysis of orthologous cellulose synthase promoters from Arabidopsis, Populus and Eucalyptus: evidence of conserved regulatory elements in angiosperms. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2008; 179:722-737. [PMID: 18547376 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02517.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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* The cellulose synthase (CesA) gene family encodes the catalytic subunits of a large protein complex responsible for the deposition of cellulose into plant cell walls. Early in vascular plant evolution, the gene family diverged into distinct members with conserved structures and functions (e.g. primary or secondary cell wall biosynthesis). Although the functions and expression domains of CesA genes have been extensively studied in plants, little is known about transcriptional regulation and promoter evolution in this gene family. * Here, comparative sequence analysis of orthologous CesA promoters from three angiosperm genera, Arabidopsis, Populus and Eucalyptus, was performed to identify putative cis-regulatory sequences. The promoter sequences of groups of Arabidopsis genes that are co-expressed with the primary or secondary cell wall-related CesA genes were also analyzed. * Reporter gene analysis of newly isolated promoter regions of six E. grandis CesA genes in Arabidopsis revealed the conserved functionality of the promoter sequences. Comparative sequence analysis identified 71 conserved sequence motifs, of which 66 were significantly over-represented in either primary or secondary wall-associated promoters. * The presence of conserved cis-regulatory elements in the evolutionary distant CesA promoters of Arabidopsis, Populus and Eucalyptus suggests an ancient transcriptional network regulating cellulose biosynthesis in vascular plants.
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- Department of Plant Science, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
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Pyo H, Demura T, Fukuda H. TERE; a novel cis-element responsible for a coordinated expression of genes related to programmed cell death and secondary wall formation during differentiation of tracheary elements. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 51:955-65. [PMID: 17683474 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03180.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The differentiation of water-conducting tracheary elements (TEs) is the result of the orchestrated construction of secondary wall structure, including lignification, and programmed cell death (PCD), including cellular autolysis. To understand the orchestrated regulation of differentiation of TEs, we investigated the regulatory mechanism of gene expression directing TE differentiation. Detailed loss-of-function and gain-of-function analyses of the ZCP4 (Zinniacysteine protease 4) promoter, which confers TE-specific expression, demonstrated that a novel 11-bp cis-element is necessary and sufficient for the immature TE-specific promoter activity. The 11-bp cis-element-like sequences were found in promoters of many Arabidopsis TE differentiation-related genes. A gain-of-function analysis with similar putative cis-elements from secondary wall formation or modification-related genes as well as PCD-related genes indicated that the cis-elements are also sufficient for TE-specific expression of genes. These results demonstrate that a common sequence, designated as the tracheary-element-regulating cis-element, confers TE-specific expression to both genes related to secondary wall formation or modification and PCD.
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- Hyunjin Pyo
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Bocca SN, Magioli C, Mangeon A, Junqueira RM, Cardeal V, Margis R, Sachetto-Martins G. Survey of glycine-rich proteins (GRPs) in the Eucalyptus expressed sequence tag database (ForEST). Genet Mol Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572005000400016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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GCC box inArabidopsis PDF1.2 promoter is an essential and sufficient cis-acting element in response to MeJA treatment. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03183717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sugimoto K, Takeda S, Hirochika H. Transcriptional activation mediated by binding of a plant GATA-type zinc finger protein AGP1 to the AG-motif (AGATCCAA) of the wound-inducible Myb gene NtMyb2. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 36:550-64. [PMID: 14617085 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01899.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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NtMyb2 is a regulator of the tobacco retrotransposon Tto1 and the defense-related gene phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), which are induced by various stress stimuli such as wounding or elicitor treatment. NtMyb2 is also induced by wounding or elicitor treatment and is regulated at the transcriptional level. In this study, mutational analysis of the promoter of NtMyb2 and gain-of-function analysis in vivo showed that the sequence AGATCCAA, named the AG-motif, is a cis-element sufficient to confer responsiveness to wounding and elicitor treatment. Furthermore, by using the south-western method, we cloned cDNAs encoding a GATA-type zinc finger protein, which can specifically bind to the AG-motif, named AG-motif binding Protein (AGP1). Domain analysis revealed that not only the GATA-type zinc finger region but also the downstream His2 motif of AGP1 is required for binding activity, showing that the AGP has a novel GATA-type zinc finger domain. AGP1 can activate expression from promoters containing the AG-motif in tobacco protoplasts, indicating that AGP1 is a positive regulator of NtMyb2. We also found that the AGP1 binding activity is highly enhanced by adenine methylation of the AG-motif by bacterial dam methylase.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Blotting, Southwestern
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Methylation
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Plant Leaves/genetics
- Plant Leaves/metabolism
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb/metabolism
- Protoplasts/chemistry
- Protoplasts/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Stress, Mechanical
- Nicotiana/genetics
- Nicotiana/metabolism
- Transcriptional Activation/genetics
- Zinc Fingers/genetics
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- Kazuhiko Sugimoto
- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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Franco LO, de O Manes CL, Hamdi S, Sachetto-Martins G, de Oliveira DE. Distal regulatory regions restrict the expression of cis-linked genes to the tapetal cells. FEBS Lett 2002; 517:13-8. [PMID: 12062400 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02557-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The oleosin glycine-rich protein genes Atgrp-6, Atgrp-7, and Atgrp-8 occur in clusters in the Arabidopsis genome and are expressed specifically in the tapetum cells. The cis-regulatory regions involved in the tissue-specific gene expression were investigated by fusing different segments of the gene cluster to the uidA reporter gene. Common distal regulatory regions were identified that coordinate expression of the sequential genes. At least two of these genes were regulated spatially by proximal and distal sequences. The cis-acting elements (122 bp upstream of the transcriptional start point) drive the uidA expression to floral tissues, whereas distal 5' upstream regions restrict the gene activity to tapetal cells.
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- Luciana O Franco
- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Vegetal, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C.P. 68011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Lacombe E, Van Doorsselaere J, Boerjan W, Boudet AM, Grima-Pettenati J. Characterization of cis-elements required for vascular expression of the cinnamoyl CoA reductase gene and for protein-DNA complex formation. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2000; 23:663-76. [PMID: 10972892 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00838.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR) catalyses the first specific step in the biosynthesis of monolignols, the monomeric units of lignins. We examined the developmental regulation of the Eucalyptus gunnii EgCCR promoter by analysing the expression of EgCCR-GUS fusions in tobacco. EgCCR promoter activity was strongest in lignified organs (stems and roots) consistent with the EgCCR mRNA level in these organs. Histochemical analysis showed expression in vascular tissues (cambium, young differentiating xylem, ray cells, internal and external phloem) of stems and roots in agreement with in situ hybridization data. Promoter deletion analysis and gain-of-function experiments identified the sequences between positions -119 and -77 as necessary and sufficient for expression in vascular tissues of stems. Electrophoretic mobility-shift assays showed that this region is specifically recognized by nuclear proteins present in tobacco stems, giving rise to two retarded complexes, LMC1 and LMC2. Using overlapping EgCCR fragments and mutated oligonucleotides as competitors in gel-shift assays, two DNA-protein interaction sites were mapped. Finally, the role of protein-protein interactions in the formation of the LMC1 and LMC2 complexes was investigated using the detergent sodium deoxycholate, and protein fractionation onto a heparin Sepharose column.
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- E Lacombe
- Signaux et Messages Cellulaires chez les Végétaux, UMR CNRS-UPS 5546, Pôle de Biotechnologie Végétale, BP 17, Auzeville, 31 320 Castanet Tolosan, France
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Sachetto-Martins G, Franco LO, de Oliveira DE. Plant glycine-rich proteins: a family or just proteins with a common motif? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1492:1-14. [PMID: 10858526 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00064-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Twelve years ago a set of glycine-rich proteins (GRP) of plants were characterized and since then a wealth of new GRPs have been identified. The highly specific but diverse expression pattern of grp genes, taken together with the distinct sub-cellular localisation of some GRP groups, clearly indicate that these proteins are implicated in several independent physiological processes. Notwithstanding the absence of a clear definition of the role of GRPs in plant cells, studies conducted with these proteins have provided new and interesting insights on the molecular and cell biology of plants. Complex regulated promoters and distinct mechanisms of gene expression regulation have been demonstrated. New protein targeting pathways, as well as the exportation of GRPs from different cell types have been discovered. These data show that GRPs can be useful as markers and/or models to understand distinct aspects of plant biology. In this review, the structural and functional features of this family of plant proteins will be summarised. Special emphasis will be given to the gene expression regulation of GRPs isolated from different plant species, as it can help to unravel their possible biological functions.
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- G Sachetto-Martins
- Laboratório de Genética Molecular Vegetal, Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C.P. 68011, Rio de Janeiro 21941-970, Brazil.
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Xylem cells develop from procambial or cambial initials in situ, and they can also be induced from parenchyma cells by wound stress and/or a combination of phytohormones in vitro. Recent molecular and biochemical studies have identified some of the genes and proteins involved in xylem differentiation, which have led to an understanding of xylem differentiation based on comparisons of events in situ and in vitro. As a result, differentiation into tracheary elements (TEs) has been divided into two processes. The "early" process involves the origination and development of procambial initials in situ. In vitro, the early process of transdifferentiation involves the dedifferentiation of cells and subsequent differentiation of dedifferentiated cells into TE precursor cells. The "late" process, observed both in situ and in vitro, involves a variety of events specific to TE formation, most of which have been observed in association with secondary wall thickenings and programmed cell death. In this review, I summarize these events, including coordinated expression of genes that are involved in secondary wall formation.
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- Hiroo Fukuda
- Botanical Gardens, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo Hakusan, 112, Japan
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