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Purification and Characterization of a Rice Class I Chitinase, OsChia1b, Produced inEsherichia coli. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 72:893-5. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Huang L, Garbulewska E, Sato K, Kato Y, Nogawa M, Taguchi G, Shimosaka M. Isolation of genes coding for chitin-degrading enzymes in the novel chitinolytic bacterium, Chitiniphilus shinanonensis, and characterization of a gene coding for a family 19 chitinase. J Biosci Bioeng 2012; 113:293-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Revised: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Takakura Y, Oka N, Suzuki J, Tsukamoto H, Ishida Y. Intercellular Production of Tamavidin 1, a Biotin-Binding Protein from Tamogitake Mushroom, Confers Resistance to the Blast Fungus Magnaporthe oryzae in Transgenic Rice. Mol Biotechnol 2011; 51:9-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s12033-011-9435-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Kezuka Y, Kojima M, Mizuno R, Suzuki K, Watanabe T, Nonaka T. Structure of full-length class I chitinase from rice revealed by X-ray crystallography and small-angle X-ray scattering. Proteins 2010; 78:2295-305. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.22742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Kim ST, Kang YH, Wang Y, Wu J, Park ZY, Rakwal R, Agrawal GK, Lee SY, Kang KY. Secretome analysis of differentially induced proteins in rice suspension-cultured cells triggered by rice blast fungus and elicitor. Proteomics 2009; 9:1302-13. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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MATSUOKA H, KOMAZAKI T, MUKAI Y, SAITO M. Electric Gene Expression in Single-cells of Rice Protoplast via Ca2+ Entering the Cell. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2008. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.76.625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nakazaki T, Tsukiyama T, Okumoto Y, Kageyama D, Naito K, Inouye K, Tanisaka T. Distribution, structure, organ-specific expression, and phylogenic analysis of the pathogenesis-related protein-3 chitinase gene family in rice (Oryza sativaL.). Genome 2006; 49:619-30. [PMID: 16936841 DOI: 10.1139/g06-020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rice (Oryza sativa L.) pathogenesis-related (PR)-3 chitinases, like other PR proteins, are each coded by one of the genes of a multigene family in the plant genome. We assembled the database information about rice PR-3 chitinase sequences. A total of 12 PR-3 chitinase loci (Cht1 to Cht12) were found deployed in the rice genome. Some of the loci were occupied by 2 or more alleles. For all the loci expect Cht4, Cht5, Cht6, and Cht11, the amino acid sequence was polymorphic between japonica and indica varieties of rice, but glutamic acid acting as a catalytic residue was completely conserved in all the loci expect Cht7. All the genes except Cht7, which was not tested in this study, were transcripted in some organs (leaf, sheath, root, and meristem) of rice plants. These results suggest that chitinase proteins encoded by the genes at these loci have important biological effects, at least antifungal activities, on rice plants. We also proposed a new classification of rice PR-3 chitinases based on their domain structures. This classification was consistent with the results of phylogenetic analysis of rice chitinases.Key words: allelic relationship, classification, organ-specific expression, PR-3 chitinase, rice (Oryza sativa L.).
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- T Nakazaki
- Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Jwa NS, Agrawal GK, Tamogami S, Yonekura M, Han O, Iwahashi H, Rakwal R. Role of defense/stress-related marker genes, proteins and secondary metabolites in defining rice self-defense mechanisms. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2006; 44:261-73. [PMID: 16806959 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2006.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2005] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Rice, a first cereal crop whose draft genome sequence from two subspecies (japonica-type cv. Nipponbare and indica-type 93-11) was available in 2002, along with its almost complete genome sequence in 2005, has drawn the attention of researchers worldwide because of its immense impact on human existence. One of the most critical research areas in rice is to discern the self-defense mechanism(s), an innate property of all living organisms. The last few decades have seen scattered research into rice responses to diverse environmental stimuli and stress factors. Our understanding on rice self-defense mechanism has increased considerably with accelerated research during recent years mainly due to identification and characterization of several defense/stress-related components, genes, proteins and secondary metabolites. As these identified components have been used to study the defense/stress pathways, their compilation in this review will undoubtedly help rice (and others) researchers to effectively use them as a potential marker for better understanding, and ultimately, in defining rice (and plant) self-defense response pathways.
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- Nam-Soo Jwa
- Department of Molecular Biology, College of Natural Science, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Republic of Korea
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Ohnishi T, Juffer AH, Tamoi M, Skriver K, Fukamizo T. 26 kDa Endochitinase from Barley Seeds: An Interaction of the Ionizable Side Chains Essential for Catalysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 138:553-62. [PMID: 16272567 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvi154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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To explore the structure essential for the catalysis in 26 kDa endochitinase from barley seeds, we calculated theoretical pKa values of the ionizable groups based on the crystal structure, and then the roles of ionizable side chains located near the catalytic residue were examined by site-directed mutagenesis. The pKa value calculated for Arg215, which is located at the bottom of the catalytic cleft, is abnormally high (>20.0), indicating that the guanidyl group may interact strongly with nearby charges. No enzymatic activity was found in the Arg215-mutated chitinase (R215A) produced by the Escherichia coli expression system. The transition temperature of thermal unfolding (T(m)) of R215A was lower than that of the wild type protein by about 6.2 degrees C. In the crystal structure, the Arg215 side chain is in close proximity to the Glu203 side chain, whose theoretical pKa value was found to be abnormally low (-2.4), suggesting that these side chains may interact with each other. Mutation of Glu203 to alanine (E203A) completely eliminated the enzymatic activity and impaired the thermal stability (deltaT(m) = 6.4 degrees C) of the enzyme. Substrate binding ability was also affected by the Glu203 mutation. These data clearly demonstrate that the Arg215 side chain interacts with the Glu203 side chain to stabilize the conformation of the catalytic cleft. A similar interaction network was previously found in chitosanase from Streptomyces sp. N174 [Fukamizo et al. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 25633-25640]; hence, this type of interaction seems to be at least partly conserved in the catalytic cleft of other glycosyl hydrolases.
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- Tsuneo Ohnishi
- Department of Advanced Bioscience, Kinki University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara, 631-8505
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Takahashi W, Fujimori M, Miura Y, Komatsu T, Nishizawa Y, Hibi T, Takamizo T. Increased resistance to crown rust disease in transgenic Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) expressing the rice chitinase gene. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2005; 23:811-8. [PMID: 15599752 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-004-0900-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2004] [Revised: 10/27/2004] [Accepted: 10/28/2004] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We introduced the rice chitinase (Cht-2; RCC2) gene into calli of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), with a hygromycin phosphotransferase (HPT) gene as a selectable marker, by particle bombardment. Hygromycin-resistant calli were selected and transferred to regeneration medium for shoot formation. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis revealed regenerants containing the HPT gene. The RCC2 gene was detected in 65.5% of those regenerants. Southern hybridization detected both HPT and RCC2 genes and indicated that the transgenic plants were independently transformed. Expression of the RCC2 gene in the transgenic plants was confirmed by Northern hybridization, reverse transcription-PCR and Western blotting. Bioassay of detached leaves indicated increased resistance to crown rust (Puccinia coronata) in transgenic plants, which exhibited higher chitinase activity than a nontransgenic plant.
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- Wataru Takahashi
- Forage Crop Research Institute, Japan Grassland Farming and Forage Seed Association, 388-5 Higashiakada, Nishinasuno, Tochigi, 329-2742, Japan.
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Hamada A, Yamaguchi KI, Ohnishi N, Harada M, Nikumaru S, Honda H. High-level production of yeast (Schwanniomyces occidentalis) phytase in transgenic rice plants by a combination of signal sequence and codon modification of the phytase gene. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL 2005; 3:43-55. [PMID: 17168898 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00098.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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This study was designed to produce yeast (Schwanniomyces occidentalis) phytase in rice with a view to future applications in the animal feed industry. To achieve high-level production, chimeric genes with the secretory signal sequence of the rice chitinase-3 gene were constructed using either the original full-length or N-truncated yeast phytase gene, or a modified gene whose codon usage was changed to be more similar to that of rice, and then introduced into rice (Oryza sativa L.). When the original phytase genes were used, the phytase activity in the leaves of transgenic rice was of the same level as in wild-type plants, whose mean value was 0.039 U/g fresh weight (g-FW) (1 U of activity was defined as 1 micromol P released per min at 37 degrees C). In contrast, the enzyme activity was increased markedly when codon-modified phytase genes were introduced: up to 4.6 U/g-FW of leaves for full-length codon-modified phytase, and 10.6 U/g-FW for truncated codon-modified phytase. A decrease in the optimum temperature and thermal stability was observed in the truncated heterologous enzyme, suggesting that the N-terminal region plays an important role in enzymatic properties. In contrast, the optimum temperature and pH of full-length heterologous phytase were indistinguishable from those of the benchmark yeast phytase, although the heterologous enzyme was less glycosylated. Full-length heterologous phytase in leaf extract showed extreme stability. These results indicate that codon modification, combined with the use of a secretory signal sequence, can be used to produce substantial amounts of yeast phytase, and possibly any phytases from various organisms, in an active and stable form.
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- Akira Hamada
- Functional Chemicals Laboratory, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Togo 1144, Mobara 297-0017 Japan
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Kawase T, Saito A, Sato T, Kanai R, Fujii T, Nikaidou N, Miyashita K, Watanabe T. Distribution and phylogenetic analysis of family 19 chitinases in Actinobacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:1135-44. [PMID: 14766598 PMCID: PMC348904 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.2.1135-1144.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In organisms other than higher plants, family 19 chitinase was first discovered in Streptomyces griseus HUT6037, and later, the general occurrence of this enzyme in Streptomyces species was demonstrated. In the present study, the distribution of family 19 chitinases in the class Actinobacteria and the phylogenetic relationship of Actinobacteria family 19 chitinases with family 19 chitinases of other organisms were investigated. Forty-nine strains were chosen to cover almost all the suborders of the class Actinobacteria, and chitinase production was examined. Of the 49 strains, 22 formed cleared zones on agar plates containing colloidal chitin and thus appeared to produce chitinases. These 22 chitinase-positive strains were subjected to Southern hybridization analysis by using a labeled DNA fragment corresponding to the catalytic domain of ChiC, and the presence of genes similar to chiC of S. griseus HUT6037 in at least 13 strains was suggested by the results. PCR amplification and sequencing of the DNA fragments corresponding to the major part of the catalytic domains of the family 19 chitinase genes confirmed the presence of family 19 chitinase genes in these 13 strains. The strains possessing family 19 chitinase genes belong to 6 of the 10 suborders in the order Actinomycetales, which account for the greatest part of the Actinobacteria: Phylogenetic analysis suggested that there is a close evolutionary relationship between family 19 chitinases found in Actinobacteria and plant class IV chitinases. The general occurrence of family 19 chitinase genes in Streptomycineae and the high sequence similarity among the genes found in Actinobacteria suggest that the family 19 chitinase gene was first acquired by an ancestor of the Streptomycineae and spread among the Actinobacteria through horizontal gene transfer.
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- Tomokazu Kawase
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University, Ikarashi-2, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Saito M, Mukai Y, Komazaki T, Oh KB, Nishizawa Y, Tomiyama M, Shibuya N, Matsuoka H. Expression of rice chitinase gene triggered by the direct injection of Ca2+. J Biotechnol 2003; 105:41-9. [PMID: 14511908 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(03)00184-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In response to an elicitor, the Ca2+-dependent fluorescence (Fluo-3-Ca2+) increased transiently and then the expression of the chitinase gene (chi) followed. The gene expression was detected by Northern analysis. The deletion of Ca2+ from the medium or the addition of a Ca2+ channel blocker, verapamil, to the medium caused no gene expression, which supported the key role of Ca2+ in the signaling towards the chi expression. Then the Ca2+-injection experiment was done in order to investigate if it could trigger the chi expression. The plasmid pCHI-GFP (promoter: chi, reporter: green fluorescent protein gene (gfp)) was injected into the single-protoplasts, then after 1 day of incubation at 25 degrees C, 100 microM CaCl2 was injected into the same cells. After successive incubation for 1 day, 41 out of 85 cells showed the gene expression. The injection of 100 microM MgCl2, however, caused no gene expression. Therefore, Ca2+ could induce the chi of rice in the absence of the elicitor stimulus.
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- Mikako Saito
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Nakamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan
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Sharma A, Sharma R, Imamura M, Yamakawa M, Machii H. Transgenic expression of cecropin B, an antibacterial peptide from Bombyx mori, confers enhanced resistance to bacterial leaf blight in rice. FEBS Lett 2000; 484:7-11. [PMID: 11056212 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02106-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The short persistence of cecropin B peptide in plants, due to post-translational degradation, is a serious impediment in its effective utilization for developing bacterial resistance transgenic plants. Two DNA constructs encoding the full-length precursor of cecropin B peptide and the mature sequence of cecropin B peptide preceded by a signal peptide derived from rice chitinase gene were transformed in rice. The differences in the transcriptional levels in independent transgenic lines showed moderate to high expression of cecropin B gene that correlated well with the differences in cecropin B accumulation observed by Western blot analysis. The development of lesions resulting from infection by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae was significantly confined in the infected leaflet of transgenic lines, when compared with the control plants.
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- A Sharma
- National Institute of Sercultural and Entomological Science, Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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MATSUOKA H, SAITO M. Microbioelectronics for Single-Cell Experiment. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2000. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.68.314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Hideaki MATSUOKA
- Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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López-García P, Knapp S, Ladenstein R, Forterre P. In vitro DNA binding of the archaeal protein Sso7d induces negative supercoiling at temperatures typical for thermophilic growth. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:2322-8. [PMID: 9580681 PMCID: PMC147572 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.10.2322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The topological state of DNA in hyperthermophilic archaea appears to correspond to a linking excess in comparison with DNA in mesophilic organisms. Since DNA binding proteins often contribute to the control of DNA topology by affecting DNA geometry in the presence of DNA topoisomerases, we tested whether the histone-like protein Sso7d from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus alters DNA conformation. In ligase-mediated supercoiling assays carried out at 37, 60, 70, 80 and 90 degrees C we found that DNA binding of increasing amounts of Sso7d led to a progressive decrease in plasmid linking number (Lk), producing negative supercoiling. Identical unwinding effects were observed when recombinant non-methylated Sso7d was used. For a given Sso7d concentration the DNA unwinding induced was augmented with increasing temperature. However, after correction for the overwinding effect of high temperature on DNA, plasmids ligated at 60-90 degrees C exhibited similar sigma values at the highest Sso7d concentrations assayed. These results suggest that Sso7d may play a compensatory role in vivo by counteracting the overwinding effect of high temperature on DNA. Additionally, Sso7d unwinding could be involved in the topological changes observed during thermal stress (heat and cold shock), playing an analogous role in crenarchaeal cells to that proposed for HU in bacteria.
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- P López-García
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS URA 1354, GDR 1006, Bâtiment 409, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Xu Y, Zhu Q, Panbangred W, Shirasu K, Lamb C. Regulation, expression and function of a new basic chitinase gene in rice (Oryza sativa L.). PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 30:387-401. [PMID: 8605293 DOI: 10.1007/bf00049319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A new basic chitinase gene, designated RC24, was isolated from a rice genomic library. The predicted RC24 protein contains 322 amino acid residues and exhibits 68% to 95% amino acid identity with known class I rice chitinases. RC24 protein expressed in Escherichia coli exhibited chitinase activity and strongly inhibited bacterial growth. Two transcription start sites of the RC24 gene were mapped by primer extension analysis of both rice native RNA and in vitro transcribed RNA using a RC24 promoter/GUS (beta-glucuronidase) gene fusion as a template. The 5'-flanking region of RC24 contained several putative stress-responsive cis-acting elements. A basal level of RC24 transcripts was detected in rice root and stem tissues, but not in leaf tissues. RC24 transcripts rapidly accumulated within 1 h after fungal elicitor treatment of suspension-cultured cells, and the levels continued to increase for at least 9 h. RC24 transcript accumulation was also observed in intact leaf tissues upon wounding, Transgenic rice plants containing the RC24/GUS gene fusion further confirmed that the RC24 gene showed a tissue-specific expression pattern and that transcription of the RC24 propmoter was sensitively and rapidly activated by wounding.
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- Y Xu
- Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA, 92186, USA
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Kellmann JW, Kleinow T, Engelhardt K, Philipp C, Wegener D, Schell J, Schreier PH. Characterization of two class II chitinase genes from peanut and expression studies in transgenic tobacco plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 30:351-8. [PMID: 8616259 DOI: 10.1007/bf00020121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Two different genes encoding class II chitinases from peanut (Arachis hypogaea L. cv. NC4), A.h.Chi2;1 and A.h.Chi2;2, have been cloned. In peanut cell suspension cultures, mRNA levels of A.h.Chi2;2 increased after ethylene or salicylate treatment and in the presence of conidia from Botrytis cinerea. The second gene, A.h.Chi2;1, was only expressed after treatment with the fungal spores. Transgenic tobacco plants containing the complete peanut A.h.Chi2;1 gene exhibited essentially the same expression pattern in leaves as observed in peanut cell cultures. Expression characteristics of transgenic tobacco carrying a promoter-GUS fusion of A.h.Chi2;1 are described.
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- J W Kellmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Köln, FRG
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Structural features of plant chitinases and chitin-binding proteins are discussed. Many of these proteins consist of multiple domains, of which the chitin-binding hevein domain is a predominant one. X-ray and NMR structures of representatives of the major classes of these proteins are available now, and are used to describe the structures of the other ones. Conserved positions of Cys residues can be taken as evidence for identically located disulfide bridges or cysteine residues. The current classification of chitinases is unsatisfactory and needs to be replaced by an evolutionarily more correct one. As the currently known three-dimensional structures of chitinases are those from barley and the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis, it is proposed to adopt the designation b-type (classes I, II and IV) and h-type (classes III and V) chitinases, respectively.
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- J J Beintema
- Department of Biochemistry, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
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