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Mergaert P, Kereszt A, Kondorosi E. Gene Expression in Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiotic Nodule Cells in Medicago truncatula and Other Nodulating Plants. THE PLANT CELL 2020; 32:42-68. [PMID: 31712407 PMCID: PMC6961632 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.19.00494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Root nodules formed by plants of the nitrogen-fixing clade (NFC) are symbiotic organs that function in the maintenance and metabolic integration of large populations of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. These organs feature unique characteristics and processes, including their tissue organization, the presence of specific infection structures called infection threads, endocytotic uptake of bacteria, symbiotic cells carrying thousands of intracellular bacteria without signs of immune responses, and the integration of symbiont and host metabolism. The early stages of nodulation are governed by a few well-defined functions, which together constitute the common symbiosis-signaling pathway (CSSP). The CSSP activates a set of transcription factors (TFs) that orchestrate nodule organogenesis and infection. The later stages of nodule development require the activation of hundreds to thousands of genes, mostly expressed in symbiotic cells. Many of these genes are only active in symbiotic cells, reflecting the unique nature of nodules as plant structures. Although how the nodule-specific transcriptome is activated and connected to early CSSP-signaling is poorly understood, candidate TFs have been identified using transcriptomic approaches, and the importance of epigenetic and chromatin-based regulation has been demonstrated. We discuss how gene regulation analyses have advanced our understanding of nodule organogenesis, the functioning of symbiotic cells, and the evolution of symbiosis in the NFC.
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- Peter Mergaert
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell, UMR 9198, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, 6726 Szeged, Hungary
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Nanjareddy K, Arthikala MK, Aguirre AL, Gómez BM, Lara M. Plant Promoter Analysis: Identification and Characterization of Root Nodule Specific Promoter in the Common Bean. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 29364203 DOI: 10.3791/56140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The upstream sequences of gene coding sequences are termed as promoter sequences. Studying the expression patterns of promoters are very significant in understanding the gene regulation and spatiotemporal expression patterns of target genes. On the other hand, it is also critical to establish promoter evaluation tools and genetic transformation techniques that are fast, efficient, and reproducible. In this study, we investigated the spatiotemporal expression pattern of the rhizobial symbiosis-specific nodule inception (NIN) promoter of Phaseolus vulgaris in the transgenic hairy roots. Using plant genome databases and analysis tools we identified, isolated, and cloned the P. vulgaris NIN promoter in a transcriptional fusion to the chimeric reporter β-glucuronidase (GUS) GUS-enhanced::GFP. Further, this protocol describes a rapid and versatile system of genetic transformation in the P. vulgaris using Agrobacterium rhizogenes induced hairy roots. This system generates ≥2 cm hairy roots at 10 to 12 days after transformation. Next, we assessed the spatiotemporal expression of NIN promoter in Rhizobium inoculated hairy roots at periodic intervals of post-inoculation. Our results depicted by GUS activity show that the NIN promoter was active during the process of nodulation. Together, the present protocol demonstrates how to identify, isolate, clone, and characterize a plant promoter in the common bean hairy roots. Moreover, this protocol is easy to use in non-specialized laboratories.
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- Kalpana Nanjareddy
- Ciencias Agrogenómicas, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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- Ciencias Agrogenómicas, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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- Ciencias Agrogenómicas, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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- Ciencias Agrogenómicas, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad León- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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- Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan;
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Dutt M, Dhekney SA, Soriano L, Kandel R, Grosser JW. Temporal and spatial control of gene expression in horticultural crops. HORTICULTURE RESEARCH 2014; 1:14047. [PMID: 26504550 PMCID: PMC4596326 DOI: 10.1038/hortres.2014.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Revised: 07/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Biotechnology provides plant breeders an additional tool to improve various traits desired by growers and consumers of horticultural crops. It also provides genetic solutions to major problems affecting horticultural crops and can be a means for rapid improvement of a cultivar. With the availability of a number of horticultural genome sequences, it has become relatively easier to utilize these resources to identify DNA sequences for both basic and applied research. Promoters play a key role in plant gene expression and the regulation of gene expression. In recent years, rapid progress has been made on the isolation and evaluation of plant-derived promoters and their use in horticultural crops, as more and more species become amenable to genetic transformation. Our understanding of the tools and techniques of horticultural plant biotechnology has now evolved from a discovery phase to an implementation phase. The availability of a large number of promoters derived from horticultural plants opens up the field for utilization of native sequences and improving crops using precision breeding. In this review, we look at the temporal and spatial control of gene expression in horticultural crops and the usage of a variety of promoters either isolated from horticultural crops or used in horticultural crop improvement.
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- Manjul Dutt
- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Sheridan Research and Extension Center, University of Wyoming, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
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- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA
- Universidade de Sao Paulo, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Sheridan Research and Extension Center, University of Wyoming, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA
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- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, 700 Experiment Station Road, Lake Alfred, FL 33850, USA
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Kole C, Michler CH, Abbott AG, Hall TC. Levels and Stability of Expression of Transgenes. TRANSGENIC CROP PLANTS 2010. [PMCID: PMC7122870 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04809-8_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It is well known that in a given cell, at a particular time, only a fraction of the entire genome is expressed. Expression of a gene, nuclear, or organellar starts with the onset of transcription and ends in the synthesis of the functional protein. The regulation of gene expression is a complex process that requires the coordinated activity of different proteins and nucleic acids that ultimately determine whether a gene is transcribed, and if transcribed, whether it results in the production of a protein that develops a phenotype. The same also holds true for transgenic crops, which lie at the very core of insert design. There are multiple checkpoints at which the expression of a gene can be regulated and controlled. Much of the emphasis of studies related to gene expression has been on regulation of gene transcription, and a number of methods are used to effect the control of gene expression. Controlling transgene expression for a commercially valuable trait is necessary to capture its value. Many gene functions are either lethal or produce severe deformity (resulting in loss of value) if over-expressed. Thus, expression of a transgene at a particular site or in response to a particular elicitor is always desirable.
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- Chittaranjan Kole
- Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 USA
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- NSF I/UCRC Center for Tree Genetics, Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 USA
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- Institute of Developmental & Molecular Biology Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 USA
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Chabaud M, de Carvalho-Niebel F, Barker DG. Efficient transformation of Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong using the hypervirulent Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain AGL1. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2003; 22:46-51. [PMID: 12827434 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-003-0649-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2003] [Revised: 04/28/2003] [Accepted: 05/01/2003] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The efficiency of Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation of the model legume Medicago truncatula cv. Jemalong (genotype 2HA) was evaluated for strains LBA 4404, C58pMP90, C58pGV2260 and AGL1. Binary vectors carrying promoter- gus/ gfp reporter gene fusions and the nptII gene as selectable marker were used for plant in vitro transformation/regeneration. The highest transformation efficiency was obtained with the disarmed hypervirulent strain AGL1 (Ti plasmid TiBo542), for which the percentage of explants forming kanamycin (Km)-resistant calli was double that obtained with each of the other three strains. In addition, we were able to reduce the time necessary for plant regeneration using AGL1, with 24% of the explants generating Km-resistant transgenic plantlets within only 4-5 months of culture. Transgene expression in planta was analysed and found to be conserved in the T(1) descendents.
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- M Chabaud
- Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes, INRA-CNRS, UMR215, BP 27, 31326 Castanet Tolosan Cedex, France.
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Kelemen Z, Mai A, Kapros T, Fehér A, Györgyey J, Waterborg JH, Dudits D. Transformation vector based on promoter and intron sequences of a replacement histone H3 gene. A tool for high, constitutive gene expression in plants. Transgenic Res 2002; 11:69-72. [PMID: 11874105 DOI: 10.1023/a:1013923826979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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This study explored the possibility of using non-viral, plant-based gene sequences to create strong and constitutive expression vectors. Replacement histone H3 genes are highly and constitutively expressed in all plants. Sequences of the cloned alfalfa histone H3.2 gene MsH3gl were tested. Constructs of the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene were produced with H3.2 gene promoter and intron sequences. Their efficiency was compared with that of the commonly used strong 35S cauliflower mosaic virus promoter in transgenic tobacco plants. Combination of the H3.2 promoter and intron produced significantly higher GUS expression than the strong viral 35S promoter. Histochemical GUS analysis revealed a constitutive pattern of expression. Thus, alfalfa replacement H3 gene sequences can be used instead of viral promoters to drive heterologous gene expression in plants, avoiding perceived risks of viral sequences.
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- Zsolt Kelemen
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged
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Hunt PW, Watts RA, Trevaskis B, Llewelyn DJ, Burnell J, Dennis ES, Peacock WJ. Expression and evolution of functionally distinct haemoglobin genes in plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 47:677-92. [PMID: 11725952 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012440926982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Haemoglobin genes have been found in a number of plant species, but the number of genes known has been too small to allow effective evolutionary inferences. We present nine new non-symbiotic haemoglobin sequences from a range of plants, including class 1 haemoglobins from cotton, Citrus and tomato, class 2 haemoglobins from cotton, tomato, sugar beet and canola and two haemoglobins from the non-vascular plants, Marchantia polymorpha (a liverwort) and Physcomitrella patens (a moss). Our molecular phylogenetic analysis of all currently known non-symbiotic haemoglobin genes and a selection of symbiotic haemoglobins have confirmed the existence of two distinct classes of haemoglobin genes in the dicots. It is likely that all dicots have both class 1 and class 2 non-symbiotic haemoglobin genes whereas in monocots we have detected only class 1 genes. The symbiotic haemoglobins from legumes and Casuarina are related to the class 2 non-symbiotic haemoglobins, whilst the symbiotic haemoglobin from Parasponia groups with the class 1 non-symbiotic genes. Probably, there have been two independent recruitments of symbiotic haemoglobins. Although the functions of the two non-symbiotic haemoglobins remain unknown, their patterns of expression within plants suggest different functions. We examined the expression in transgenic plants of the two non-symbiotic haemoglobins from Arabidopsis using promoter fusions to a GUS reporter gene. The Arabidopsis GLB1 and GLB2 genes are likely to be functionally distinct. The class 2 haemoglobin gene (GLB2) is expressed in the roots, leaves and inflorescence and can be induced in young plants by cytokinin treatment in contrast to the class 1 gene (GLB1) which is active in germinating seedlings and can be induced by hypoxia and increased sucrose supply, but not by cytokinin treatment.
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MESH Headings
- Adenine/analogs & derivatives
- Adenine/pharmacology
- Arabidopsis/genetics
- Arabidopsis/growth & development
- Brassica napus/genetics
- Cytokinins/pharmacology
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Plant/chemistry
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- Databases, Nucleic Acid
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects
- Genes, Plant/genetics
- Glucuronidase/genetics
- Glucuronidase/metabolism
- Gossypium/genetics
- Hemoglobins/genetics
- Hemoglobins/physiology
- Isopentenyladenosine
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Plants/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics
- Plants, Genetically Modified/growth & development
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
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- P W Hunt
- CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Black Mountain, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Kapranov P, Routt SM, Bankaitis VA, de Bruijn FJ, Szczyglowski K. Nodule-specific regulation of phosphatidylinositol transfer protein expression in Lotus japonicus. THE PLANT CELL 2001; 13:1369-82. [PMID: 11402166 PMCID: PMC135581 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.13.6.1369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2001] [Accepted: 04/11/2001] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins (PITPs) modulate signal transduction pathways and membrane-trafficking functions in eukaryotes. Here, we describe the characterization of a gene family from Lotus japonicus that encodes a novel class of plant PITP-like proteins (LjPLPs) and that is regulated in an unusual nodule-specific manner. Members of this gene family were identified based on their nucleotide sequence homology with a previously described cDNA, LjNOD16, which encodes the L. japonicus late nodulin Nlj16. Nlj16 or highly related amino acid sequences are shown to constitute C-terminal domains of LjPLPs and are suggested to function as specific plasma membrane targeting modules. The expression patterns of one member of this gene family (LjPLP-IV) revealed that LjNOD16 mRNA synthesis in nodules is the result of the transcriptional activity of a nodule-specific promoter located in an intron of the LjPLP-IV gene. This intron-borne bidirectional promoter also generates nodule-specific antisense transcripts derived from the N-terminal PITP domain coding region of the LjPLP-IV gene. We propose that Nlj16 protein synthesis and LjPLP-IV antisense transcript generation are components of an elaborate mechanism designed to control LjPLP synthesis and/or functioning in nodules.
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- P Kapranov
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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van Rhijn P, Fujishige NA, Lim PO, Hirsch AM. Sugar-binding activity of pea lectin enhances heterologous infection of transgenic alfalfa plants by Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 126:133-44. [PMID: 11351077 PMCID: PMC102288 DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.1.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2000] [Revised: 01/09/2001] [Accepted: 02/14/2001] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L. cv Regen) roots carrying genes encoding soybean lectin or pea (Pisum sativum) seed lectin (PSL) were inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum or Rhizobium leguminosarum bv viciae, respectively, and their responses were compared with those of comparably inoculated control plants. We found that nodule-like structures formed on alfalfa roots only when the rhizobial strains produced Nod factor from the alfalfa-nodulating strain, Sinorhizobium meliloti. Uninfected nodule-like structures developed on the soybean lectin-transgenic plant roots at very low inoculum concentrations, but bona fide infection threads were not detected even when B. japonicum produced the appropriate S. meliloti Nod factor. In contrast, the PSL-transgenic plants were not only well nodulated but also exhibited infection thread formation in response to R. leguminosarum bv viciae, but only when the bacteria expressed the complete set of S. meliloti nod genes. A few nodules from the PSL-transgenic plant roots were even found to be colonized by R. leguminosarum bv viciae expressing S. meliloti nod genes, but the plants were yellow and senescent, indicating that nitrogen fixation did not take place. Exopolysaccharide appears to be absolutely required for both nodule development and infection thread formation because neither occurred in PSL-transgenic plant roots following inoculation with an Exo(-) R. leguminosarum bv viciae strain that produced S. meliloti Nod factor.
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- P van Rhijn
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, 405 Hilgard Avenue, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1606, USA
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Hansen AC, Busk H, Marcker A, Marcker KA, Jensen EO. VsENBP1 regulates the expression of the early nodulin PsENOD12B. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 40:495-506. [PMID: 10437833 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006238303309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A DNA-binding protein, VsENBP1, previously isolated from Vicia sativa was shown to bind in a sequence-specific manner to the early nodulin ENOD12 gene promoter from Pisum sativum. Here, the functional importance of the VsENBP1 binding sites on the PsENOD12B promoter has been studied in vivo. A promoter-gusA fusion in which a mutation was introduced at the putative target sequence, AATAA, was inactive in nodules of transgenic Vicia hirsuta roots. Gel retardation assays showed that VsENBP1 does not bind to the mutated promoter segment, suggesting that VsENBP1 activates the PsENOD12B expression in nodules through its interaction with its target sequence. In the presence of the 35S enhancer, an ENOD12 promoter-GUS construct gave expression in root vascular tissue in addition to the root nodules. Overexpression of Vsenbp1 in transgenic V. hirsuta roots reduced the leaky expression in root vascular tissue in contrast to nodules in which a small increase in GUS expression was observed. The results indicate that VsENBP1 acts as a repressor of ENOD12 expression in root tissue.
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- A C Hansen
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Washida H, Wu CY, Suzuki A, Yamanouchi U, Akihama T, Harada K, Takaiwa F. Identification of cis-regulatory elements required for endosperm expression of the rice storage protein glutelin gene GluB-1. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 40:1-12. [PMID: 10394940 DOI: 10.1023/a:1026459229671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Rice storage protein glutelin genes are coordinately regulated during seed development. A previous 5' deletion analysis using transgenic tobacco revealed that the minimum 5' region necessary for endosperm specificity was within -245 bp of the transcription start site, and included the AACA and GCN4 motifs that are highly conserved in the 5'-flanking regions of all glutelin genes. In this paper, the sequence elements essential for endosperm-specific expression are characterized in stable transgenic tobacco plants by both loss-of-function and gain-of-function experiments using this minimum promoter. Base substitution analysis shows that the proximal AACA motif between -73 and -61, and the GCN4 motif between -165 and -158 act as critical elements. An ACGT motif between -81 and -75, and Skn-I-like elements between -173 and -169 also play important roles in controlling the seed-specific expression. When the distal region between -245 and -145 containing the AACA and the GCN4 motifs or the proximal region between -113 and -46 containing the ACGT and AACA motifs is fused to a truncated promoter (-90 to +9) of the CaMV 35S gene fused to the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene, high levels of seed-specific expression are observed in these fusions, thereby indicating that either pair of motifs is sufficient to confer seed expression in these fusions. However, when substituted for by the CaMV 35S core promoter (-46 to +1), seed expression is abolished, suggesting that the sequence between -90 and -46 of the CaMV 35S promoter containing G-box-like motif (as-1 element) is required for such specific expression in addition to AACA and GCN4 motifs. Therefore, we conclude that at least three cis-regulatory elements, the AACA motif, GCN4 motif and ACGT motif, are necessary to mediate endosperm expression of the GluB-1 glutelin gene.
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- H Washida
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Mirabella R, Martirani L, Lamberti A, Iaccarino M, Chiurazzi M. The soybean ENOD40(2) promoter is active in Arabidopsis thaliana and is temporally and spatially regulated. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 39:177-81. [PMID: 10080720 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006146627301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The ENOD40 gene is induced early during Rhizobium-legume symbiosis and has probably a primary role in the nodule organogenesis. In this paper we show that the 1.7 kb 5'-flanking region of the GmENOD40(2) is able to drive the expression of a gusA-int marker in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. The promoter activity is developmentally regulated and the major activity is detected in the root and in the stigma.
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- R Mirabella
- International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Napoli, Italy
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Chen R, Silver DL. Nodule parenchyma-specific expression of the sesbania rostrata early nodulin gene SrEnod2 is mediated by its 3' untranslated region. THE PLANT CELL 1998; 10:1585-1602. [PMID: 9761788 PMCID: PMC144349 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.10.1585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The early nodulin Enod2 gene encodes a putative hydroxyproline-rich cell wall protein and is expressed exclusively in the nodule parenchyma cell layer. The latter finding suggests that the Enod2 protein may contribute to the special morphological features of the nodule parenchyma and to the creation of an oxygen diffusion barrier. The Enod2 gene of the stem-nodulating legume Sesbania rostrata (SrEnod2) is induced specifically in roots by the plant hormone cytokinin, and this induction occurs at a post-transcriptional level. Here, we characterize the cis determinant(s) in the SrEnod2 locus responsible for nodule parenchyma-specific expression and show that the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of the SrEnod2 gene is both required and sufficient for directing chimeric reporter gene expression in the nodule parenchyma of transgenic Lotus corniculatus plants. Moreover, we show that the SrEnod2 3' UTR does not act as a tissue-specific enhancer element. By conducting a detailed deletion analysis of the 5' and 3' SrEnod2 regions, we delimited the minimal promoter of the SrEnod2 gene, and it appears that the 5' flanking sequences are not essential for nodule parenchyma-specific expression. This finding is in contrast with the report that the 5' upstream region of the soybean Enod2 gene directs nodule parenchyma-specific expression, indicating that different mechanisms may be involved in regulating the expression of these two genes. We definitively demonstrate that the cis element(s) for tissue-specific expression is located within the 3' UTR of a plant nuclear gene.
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- R Chen
- Michigan State University Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312, USA
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Goldberg RB, Hirsch AM. Lotus corniculatus nodulation specificity is changed by the presence of a soybean lectin gene. THE PLANT CELL 1998; 10:1233-50. [PMID: 9707526 PMCID: PMC144063 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.8.1233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant lectins have been implicated as playing an important role in mediating recognition and specificity in the Rhizobium-legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. To test this hypothesis, we introduced the soybean lectin gene Le1 either behind its own promoter or behind the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter into Lotus corniculatus, which is nodulated by R. loti. We found that nodulelike outgrowths developed on transgenic L. corniculatus plant roots in response to Bradyrhizobium japonicum, which nodulates soybean and not Lotus spp. Soybean lectin was properly targeted to L. corniculatus root hairs, and although infection threads formed, they aborted in epidermal or hypodermal cells. Mutation of the lectin sugar binding site abolished infection thread formation and nodulation. Incubation of bradyrhizobia in the nodulation (nod) gene-inducing flavonoid genistein increased the number of nodulelike outgrowths on transgenic L. corniculatus roots. Studies of bacterial mutants, however, suggest that a component of the exopolysaccharide surface of B. japonicum, rather than Nod factor, is required for extension of host range to the transgenic L. corniculatus plants.
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Andersson CR, Llewellyn DJ, Peacock WJ, Dennis ES. Cell-specific expression of the promoters of two nonlegume hemoglobin genes in a transgenic legume, Lotus corniculatus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1997; 113:45-57. [PMID: 9008386 PMCID: PMC158114 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.1.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The promoters of the hemoglobin genes from the nitrogen-fixing tree Parasponia andersonii and the related nonnitrogen-fixing Trema tomentosa both confer beta-glucuronidase reporter gene expression to the central zone of the nodules of a transgenic legume, Lotus corniculatus. beta-Glucuronidase expression was high in the uninfected interstitial cells and parenchyma of the surrounding boundary layer and was low in the Rhizobium-infected cells. This contrasts with the expression of both the P. andersonii hemoglobin protein in P. andersonii nodules and the endogenous Lotus leghemoglobins that are expressed in the infected cells at very high levels. The expression pattern of the P. andersonii and T. tomentosa hemoglobin promoters in L. corniculatus resembles that of a nonsymbiotic hemoglobin gene from Casuarina glauca, which was introduced into this legume, and suggests that only the nonsymbiotic functions of the P. andersonii promoter are being recognized. Deletion of the distal segments of both the P. andersonii and T. tomentosa promoters identified regions important for the control of their tissue-specific and temporal activity in Lotus. Potential regulatory elements, which enhance nodule expression and suppress nonnodule expression, were also identified and localized to a distal promoter segment. A proximal AAGAG motif is present in the P. andersonii, T. tomentosa, and nonsymbiotic Casuarina hemoglobin genes. Mutation of this motif in the P. andersonii promoter resulted in a significant reduction in both the nodule and root expression levels in L. corniculatus. Some of the regulatory motifs characterized are similar to, but different from, the nodulin motifs of the leghemoglobins.
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- C R Andersson
- Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, Australia
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Christiansen H, Hansen AC, Vijn I, Pallisgaard N, Larsen K, Yang WC, Bisseling T, Marcker KA, Jensen EO. A novel type of DNA-binding protein interacts with a conserved sequence in an early nodulin ENOD12 promoter. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 32:809-821. [PMID: 8980533 DOI: 10.1007/bf00020479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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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The pea genes PsENOD12A and PsENOD12B are expressed in the root hairs shortly after infection with the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae or after application of purified Nod factors. A 199 bp promoter fragment of the PsENOD12B gene contains sufficient information for Nod factor-induced tissue-specific expression. We have isolated a Vicia sativa cDNA encoding a 1641 amino acid protein, ENBP1, that interacts with the 199 bp ENOD12 promoter. Two different DNA-binding domains were identified in ENBP1. A domain containing six AT-hooks interacts specifically with an AT-rich sequence located between positions -95 and -77 in the PsENOD12B promoter. A second domain in ENBP1 is a cysteine-rich region that binds to the ENOD12 promoter in a sequence non-specific but metal-dependent way. ENBP1 is expressed in the same cell types as ENOD12. However, additional expression is observed in the nodule parenchyma and meristem. The presence of three small overlapping ORFs in the 5'-untranslated region of the ENBP1 cDNA indicates that ENBP1 expression might be regulated at the translational level. The interaction of ENBP1 with a conserved AT-rich element within the ENOD12 promoter and the presence of the ENBP1 transcript in cells expressing ENOD12 strongly suggest that ENBP1 is a transcription factor involved in the regulation of ENOD12. Finally, the C-terminal region of ENBP1 shows strong homology to a protein from rat that is specifically expressed in testis tissue.
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- H Christiansen
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Szczyglowski K, Potter T, Stoltzfus J, Fujimoto SY, de Bruijn FJ. Differential expression of the Sesbania rostrata leghemoglobin glb3 gene promoter in transgenic legume and non-legume plants. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 31:931-5. [PMID: 8806425 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The involvement of the Sesbania rostrata glb3 gene promoter NICE (nodule-infected cell expression) element in root-enhanced expression of 5'-Srglb3-uidA-3'nos chimeric gene was investigated in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants. The full-length wild-type Srglb3 promoter directed root meristem-enhanced expression in transgenic tobacco plants. The expression pattern of nine selected Srglb3 promoter mutations in the NICE element was examined in transgenic tobacco plants and compared with the pattern observed in nodules of transgenic Lotus corniculatus plants. The results suggest that the highly conserved motifs in the NICE element play an important role in expression in roots of non-legume plants.
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- K Szczyglowski
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1312, USA
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Takaiwa F, Yamanouchi U, Yoshihara T, Washida H, Tanabe F, Kato A, Yamada K. Characterization of common cis-regulatory elements responsible for the endosperm-specific expression of members of the rice glutelin multigene family. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 30:1207-21. [PMID: 8704130 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Glutelin is the most abundant storage protein in rice, which is expressed specifically in the endosperm of maturing seed. Glutelin is encoded by about 10 genes per haploid genome, which are clearly divided into two subfamilies (GluA and GluB). Most of them are coordinately expressed during seed maturation in spite of the remarkable divergence in the 5'-flanking regions between members of two subfamilies. In order to identify the common regulatory mechanisms responsible for the endosperm-specific expression, various cis-regulatory elements in the 5'-flanking region of the glutelin GluB-1 gene were characterized by studying the expression of chimeric genes that consisted of the sequentially deleted or mutagenized promoter and a beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene in transgenic tobacco seeds. The essential cis-regulatory elements governing the spatially and temporally specific expression of the glutelin gene expression were located within the first 245 bp of the promoter region of the GluB-1 gene from the site of initiation of transcription. The AACA motif between positions -73 and -61 common to all the six genes for glutelin sequenced to date and is repeated between positions -212 and -200 is implicated in the seed-specific expression. The GCN4 motif between positions -165 and -158 and between positions -96 and -92 that is conserved at homologous sites in all the members of glutelin gene family is also involved in the seed-specific regulation. However, both are required for the high level of seed-specific expression, because deletion of the region containing one set of both elements or substitution mutation of the AACA or GCN4 motif substantially reduced the activity. As a whole, our results suggest the combinatorial interaction of the elements in regulation of the glutelin gene expression.
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- F Takaiwa
- Department of Cell Biology, National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ibaraki, Japan
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Charrier B, Leroux C, Kondorosi A, Ratet P. The expression pattern of alfalfa flavanone 3-hydroxylase promoter-gus fusion in Nicotiana benthamiana correlates with the presence of flavonoids detected in situ. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 30:1153-68. [PMID: 8704126 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Flavanone 3-hydroxylase is an enzyme acting in the central part of the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway. It is generally encoded by a single gene and seems to have a key position for the regulation in this pathway. These two features make a single f3h promoter-gus fusion a suitable tool to study both the f3h expression and the regulation of this pathway. We present here the spatial and temporal analysis of the expression of an alfalfa flavanone 3-hydroxylase (f3h) promoter-gus fusion introduced into Nicotiana benthamiana. The Medicago sativa (alfalfa) f3h promoter directed gus expression in flowers, stems, leaves and roots. In flowers, GUS activity was observed in pollen grains, in ovules, in ovary placenta and in the epidermis, medullary parenchyma, trichomes and second cortical cellular layer surrounding the vascular bundles of the peduncle. In stems, GUS activity was detected at the same places as in the peduncle except for the medullary parenchyma. In roots, we found GUS staining in root hairs, epidermis and in the vascular bundles of the elongated zone. Finally, in leaves, the f3h promoter expressed essentially in the stalk cells of the multicellular trichomes. The expression pattern of the f3h-gus fusion was correlated to the presence of flavonoids in situ. These data indicate that this construct can be very useful to study factors controlling the production of flavonoids.
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- B Charrier
- Institut des Sciences Végétales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Mylona P, Pawlowski K, Bisseling T. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. THE PLANT CELL 1995; 7:869-885. [PMID: 12242391 DOI: 10.2307/3870043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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- P. Mylona
- Department of Molecular Biology, Agricultural University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Mylona P, Pawlowski K, Bisseling T. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. THE PLANT CELL 1995; 7:869-885. [PMID: 12242391 PMCID: PMC160880 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.7.7.869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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- P. Mylona
- Department of Molecular Biology, Agricultural University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Mylona P, Pawlowski K, Bisseling T. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. THE PLANT CELL 1995. [PMID: 12242391 DOI: 10.1105/2ftpc.7.7.869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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- P. Mylona
- Department of Molecular Biology, Agricultural University, Dreijenlaan 3, 6703 HA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Macknight RC, Reynolds PH, Farnden KJ. Analysis of the lupin Nodulin-45 promoter: conserved regulatory sequences are important for promoter activity. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 27:457-466. [PMID: 7894011 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The promoter from the Lupinus angustifolius late nodulin gene, Nodulin-45, has been analysed to identify cis-elements and trans-acting factors. Various regions of the Nodulin-45 promoter, fused to the luciferase reporter gene, were introduced into Lotus roots using an Agrobacterium rhizogenes, transformation procedure. The transgenic roots were then nodulated. The promoter region A (-172 to +13, relative to the transcription start site) was capable of directing low-level expression of the reporter gene and in a nodule-enhanced manner when compared to roots. The addition of region C (-676 to -345) resulted in a significant increase in the expression within the nodule, whilst a low level of root expression was maintained. The C region, which confers this high-level nodule expression, contains the nodule consensus motifs AAAGAT and CTCTT. When region C was ligated to a minimal promoter element from the unrelated asparaginase gene rather than the Nodulin-45 A region, nodule-enhanced expression was still apparent, but at a much lower level. Mutation of the AAAGAT element in this construct resulted in a further significant decrease of expression. Gel retardation assays revealed that a factor from lupin nodule nuclear extracts interacted with two sequences of the C region. The binding of the factor to both of these regions could be removed by the addition of an oligonucleotide containing the AT-rich binding site for the soybean factor NAT2. This suggests that the lupin factor identified here is a NAT2 homologue. No factor binding was observed to the AAAGAT or CTCTT elements present in the C region.
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- R C Macknight
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Jacobsen-Lyon K, Jensen EO, Jørgensen JE, Marcker KA, Peacock WJ, Dennis ES. Symbiotic and nonsymbiotic hemoglobin genes of Casuarina glauca. THE PLANT CELL 1995; 7:213-23. [PMID: 7756831 PMCID: PMC160777 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.7.2.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Casuarina glauca has a gene encoding hemoglobin (cashb-nonsym). This gene is expressed in a number of plant tissues. Casuarina also has a second family of hemoglobin genes (cashb-sym) expressed at a high level in the nodules that Casuarina forms in a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with the actinomycete Frankia. Both the nonsymbiotic and symbiotic genes retained their specific patterns of expression when introduced into the legume Lotus corniculatus. We interpret this finding to mean that the controls of expression of the symbiotic gene in Casuarina must be similar to the controls of expression of the leghemoglobin genes that operate in nodules formed during the interaction between rhizobia and legumes. Deletion analyses of the promoters of the Casuarina symbiotic genes delineated a region that contains nodulin motifs identified in legumes; this region is critical for the controlled expression of the Casuarina gene. The finding that the nonsymbiotic Casuarina gene is also correctly expressed in L. corniculatus suggests to us that a comparable non-symbiotic hemoglobin gene will be found in legume species.
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- K Jacobsen-Lyon
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division of Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia
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Marsolier MC, Debrosses G, Hirel B. Identification of several soybean cytosolic glutamine synthetase transcripts highly or specifically expressed in nodules: expression studies using one of the corresponding genes in transgenic Lotus corniculatus. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1995; 27:1-15. [PMID: 7865779 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A DNA fragment containing sequences hybridizing to the 5' region of GS15, a gene encoding soybean cytosolic glutamine synthetase, was isolated from a soybean genomic library. Mapping and partial sequence analysis of the genomic clone revealed that it encodes a cytosolic GS gene, GS21, which is different from GS15. In parallel, a number of cDNA clones encoding cytosolic GS were isolated using the coding region of pGS20 as a probe (pGS20 is a cDNA clone which corresponds to a transcript of the GS15 gene). Two new full-length cDNAs designated pGS34 and pGS38 were isolated and sequenced. In the 5' non-coding region a strong homology was found between the two clones and the GS21 gene. However, none of these sequences were identical, which suggests that there are at least three members in this group of genes. In order to determine their relative levels of transcription, specific sequences from pGS34, pGS38 and GS21 were used in an RNAse protection assay. This experiment clearly showed that GS21 and the gene encoding pGS38 are specifically expressed in young or mature nodules, whereas the gene encoding pGS34 is highly transcribed in nodules and constitutively expressed at a lower level in other soybean organs. In order to further analyse the molecular mechanisms controlling GS21 transcription, different fragments of the promoter region were fused to the Escherichia coli reporter gene encoding beta-glucuronidase (GUS) and the constructs were introduced into Lotus corniculatus via Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated transformation. Analysis of GUS activity showed that the GS21 promoter-GUS constructs were expressed in the vasculature of all vegetative organs. This result is discussed in relation to species-specific metabolic and developmental characteristics of soybean and Lotus.
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- M C Marsolier
- Laboratoire du Métabolisme et de la Nutrition des Plantes, INRA, Centre de Versailles, France
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Carsolio C, Campos F, Sánchez F, Rocha-Sosa M. The expression of a chimeric Phaseolus vulgaris nodulin 30-GUS gene is restricted to the rhizobially infected cells in transgenic Lotus corniculatus nodules. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 26:1995-2001. [PMID: 7858234 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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In Phaseolus vulgaris there is a nodulin family, Npv30, of ca. 30 kDa, as detected in an in vitro translation assay [2]. We isolated a gene (npv30-1) for one of the members of this family. The nucleotide sequence of the promoter of npv30-1 contains nodule-specific motifs common to other late nodulin genes. The promoter was fused to the GUS reporter gene; this chimeric fusion was introduced into Lotus corniculatus via Agrobacterium rhizogenes transformation. GUS activity was only detected in the infected cells of the nodules of transgenic plants. By contrast, the expression of a 35S-GUS construct was restricted to the uninfected cells and the vascular tissue.
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- C Carsolio
- Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mor
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Vincze E, Reeves JM, Lamping E, Farnden KJ, Reynolds PH. Repression of the L-asparaginase gene during nodule development in Lupinus angustifolius. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 26:303-311. [PMID: 7948878 DOI: 10.1007/bf00039541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Upon the establishment of an effective nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in amide-transporting plants the enzymatic activity and transcript levels of L-asparaginase are dramatically decreased. This decrease in L-asparaginase activity is essential for the correct functioning of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis in lupin in which asparagine, synthesized from recently fixed nitrogen, is exported to aerial parts of the plant for use in growth and development. Concomitant with this decrease in L-asparaginase transcript a DNA-binding protein was detected in the nodules. This binding protein was not detectable in ineffective nodules, in nodules treated with nitrate, or in root tips, mature roots, developing flowers or developing seeds. The DNA-binding activity was shown to interact with a 59 bp sequence proximal to the transcription start site. Within this sequence a CTAAAAT direct repeat and a ACTGT/TGTCA incomplete inverted repeat were implicated in the binding of protein to the DNA by DNase I protection experiments. Competitive binding studies with synthesized binding sites were consistent with the CTAAAAT/TGTCA sequence pair proximal to the transcription start site having the highest affinity for the DNA-binding protein. We postulate that this DNA-binding protein is associated with repression of L-asparaginase gene expression in mature lupin root nodules.
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- E Vincze
- Plant Improvement Division, Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand, Palmerston North
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She Q, Lauridsen P, Stougaard J, Marcker KA. Minimal enhancer elements of the leghemoglobin lba and lbc3 gene promoters from Glycine max L. have different properties. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 22:945-56. [PMID: 8400139 DOI: 10.1007/bf00028968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The characteristics of the soybean leghemoglobin lba gene promoter were analyzed and important promoter elements from the lba and lbc3 promoters were compared using transgenic Lotus corniculatus plants. A 5' deletion analysis of the lba promoter delimited two cis-acting elements controlling expression: a distal positive element (-1254, -884) required for expression and a proximal element (-285, -60) essential for full-level activity. In contrast to the corresponding region of the lbc3 promoter, the lba proximal element is unable to control expression from the heterologous CaMV 35S enhancer. The upstream positive element of the lba gene contains a position- and orientation-independent enhancer between positions (-1091, -788). The sequence of this enhancer region is conserved in the lbc3 gene upstream (-1333, -1132) of the previously assigned strong positive element (SPE; -1090, -947). The present analysis revealed some of the properties of this extended lbc3 SPE element. The extended element (-1364, -947) functions in both orientations from 5' locations whereas the SPE2 subcomponent (-1364, -1154) containing the conserved sequence is only active in the correct orientation. Removal of the SPE2 by internal deletion demonstrates that the SPE2 subcomponent is indispensable for the activity of the lbc3 upstream positive element. These results indicate that the upstream positive elements of the lba and lbc3 genes possess different properties although their conserved minimal enhancer sequence has similar function. This may reflect the differential expression of the two lb genes of Glycine max L.
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- Q She
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Welters P, Metz B, Felix G, Palme K, Szczyglowski K, de Bruijn FJ. Interaction of a rhizobial DNA-binding protein with the promoter region of a plant leghemoglobin gene. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1993; 102:1095-107. [PMID: 8278541 PMCID: PMC158894 DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.4.1095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A nucleotide sequence was identified approximately 650 bp upstream of the Sesbania rostrata leghemoglobin gene Srglb3 start codon, which interacts specifically with a proteinaceous DNA-binding factor found in nodule extracts but not in extracts from leaves or roots. The binding site for this factor was delimited using footprinting techniques. The DNA-binding activity of this factor was found to be heat stable, dependent on divalent cations, and derived from the (infecting) Azorhizobium caulinodans bacteria or bacteroids (A. caulinodans bacterial binding factor 1, AcBBF1). A 9- to 10-kD protein was isolated from a free-living culture of A. caulinodans that co-purifies with the DNA-binding activity (A. caulinodans bacterial binding protein 1, AcBBP1) and interacts specifically with its target (S. rostrata bacterial binding site 1, SrBBS1). The amino acid sequence of the N-terminal 27 residues of AcBBP1 was determined and was found to share significant similarity (46% identity; 68% similarity) with a domain of the herpes simplex virus major DNA-binding protein infected cell protein 8 (ICP8). An insertion mutation in the SrBBS1 was found to result in a substantial reduction of the expression of a Srglb3-gus reporter gene fusion in nodules of transgenic Lotus corniculatus plants, suggesting a role for this element in Srglb3 promoter activity. Based on these results, we propose that (a) bacterial transacting factor(s) may play a role in infected cell-specific expression of the symbiotically induced plant lb genes.
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- P Welters
- Max Planck Institut fur Zuchtungsforschung, Köln, Germany
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Miao GH, Verma DP. Soybean nodulin-26 gene encoding a channel protein is expressed only in the infected cells of nodules and is regulated differently in roots of homologous and heterologous plants. THE PLANT CELL 1993; 5:781-94. [PMID: 7689881 PMCID: PMC160316 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.5.7.781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Nodulin-26 (N-26) is a major peribacteroid membrane protein in soybean root nodules. The gene encoding this protein is a member of an ancient gene family conserved from bacteria to humans. N-26 is specifically expressed in root nodules, while its homolog, soybean putative channel protein, is expressed in vegetative parts of the plant, with its highest level in the root elongation zone. Analysis of the soybean N-26 gene showed that its four introns mark the boundaries between transmembrane domains and the surface peptides, suggesting that individual transmembrane domains encoded by a single exon act as functional units. The number and arrangement of introns between N-26 and its homologs differ, however. Promoter analysis of N-26 was conducted in both homologous and heterologous transgenic plants. The cis-acting elements of the N-26 gene are different from those of the other nodulin genes, and no nodule-specific cis-acting element was found in this gene. In transgenic nodules, the expression of N-26 was detected only in the infected cells; no activity was found in nodule parenchyma and uninfected cells of the symbiotic zone. The N-26 gene is expressed in root meristem of transgenic Lotus corniculatus and tobacco but not in untransformed and transgenic soybean roots, suggesting the possibility that this nodulin gene is controlled by a trans-negative regulatory mechanism in homologous plants. This study demonstrates how a preexisting gene in the root may have been recruited for symbiotic function and brought under nodule-specific developmental control.
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- G H Miao
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Franssen HJ, Vijn I, Yang WC, Bisseling T. Developmental aspects of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1992; 19:89-107. [PMID: 1600171 DOI: 10.1007/bf00015608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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- H J Franssen
- Department of Molecular Biology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- F J Bruijn
- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
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Gantt JS, Larson RJ, Farnham MW, Pathirana SM, Miller SS, Vance CP. Aspartate aminotransferase in effective and ineffective alfalfa nodules : cloning of a cDNA and determination of enzyme activity, protein, and mRNA levels. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1992; 98:868-78. [PMID: 16668758 PMCID: PMC1080281 DOI: 10.1104/pp.98.3.868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) is a key plant enzyme affecting nitrogen and carbon metabolism, particularly in legume root nodules and leaves of C(4) species. To ascertain the molecular genetic characteristics and biochemical regulation of AAT, we have isolated a cDNA encoding the nodule-enhanced AAT (AAT-2) of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by screening a root nodule cDNA expression library with antibodies. Complementation of an Escherichia coli AAT mutant with the alfalfa nodule AAT-2 cDNA verified the identity of the clone. The deduced amino acid sequence of alfalfa AAT-2 is 53 and 47% identical to animal mitochondrial and cytosolic AATs, respectively. The deduced molecular mass of AAT-2 is 50,959 daltons, whereas the mass of purified AAT-2 is about 40 kilodaltons as determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and the protein's N-terminal domain (amino acids 1-59) contains many of the characteristics of plastid-targeting peptides. We postulate that AAT-2 is localized to the plastid. Southern blot analysis suggests that AAT-2 is encoded by a small, multigene family. The expression of AAT-2 mRNA in nodules is severalfold greater than that in either leaves or roots. Northern and western blots showed that expression of AAT activity during effective nodule development is accompanied by a sevenfold increase in AAT-2 mRNA and a comparable increase in enzyme protein. By contrast, plant-controlled ineffective nodules express AAT-2 mRNA at much lower levels and have little to no AAT-2 enzyme protein. Expression of root nodule AAT-2 appears to be regulated by at least two events: the first is independent of nitrogenase activity; the second is associated with nodule effectiveness.
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- J S Gantt
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
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Jørgensen JE, Stougaard J, Marcker KA. A two-component nodule-specific enhancer in the soybean N23 gene promoter. THE PLANT CELL 1991; 3:819-27. [PMID: 1820821 PMCID: PMC160049 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.3.8.819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
Abstract
The two positive cis elements in the soybean nodulin N23 gene promoter were investigated in transgenic Lotus corniculatus plants and shown to constitute a two-component nodule-specific enhancer. Equal quantitative contributions from the two components were suggested by the similar expression level of chimeric N23-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase genes after deletion of either the distal positive element (PE-A, -320 to -298) or the proximal positive element (PE-B, -257 to -165). A combined effect of the two elements was indicated by orientation-dependent effects in the N23 promoter, and by the observation that neither PE-A nor PE-B separately was able to confer any activity to the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S minimal promoter. Reactivation of the minimal N23 and the minimal cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoters by the inverted complete element (PE-AB) further suggested that PE-AB is a nodule-specific enhancer containing two equally strong enhancer components. Two 12-bp sequence motifs, InvA and InvB, constituting an inverted repeat, were identified as the core of the enhancer components PE-A and PE-B, respectively. Point mutations in InvA or InvB resulted in lower expression levels and mutations in both abolished enhancer activity. Point mutations in two nodulin consensus sequences, 5'-CTCTT and 5'-AAAGAT located downstream of PE-AB, resulted in a decreased level of expression, confirming the involvement of these two motifs in nodulin gene expression. The binding site for the nodule-specific trans-acting factor, NAT2, present in the PE-A segment, was removed without affecting expression significantly. This interaction is, therefore, dispensable for enhancer activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- J E Jørgensen
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
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