A seed-specific Brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a G-box-specific protein and may be bi-directional.
In Brassica napus, oleosins are expressed at high levels in the seed during the latter stages of embryo development. The cis-acting regulatory properties of an 872 bp promoter fragment of a B. napus oleosin gene were examined by analysis of beta-glucuronidase (GUS) expression in transgenic tobacco p...
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| author | Keddie, J Tsiantis, M Piffanelli, P Cella, R Hatzopoulos, P Murphy, D |
| author_facet | Keddie, J Tsiantis, M Piffanelli, P Cella, R Hatzopoulos, P Murphy, D |
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| description | In Brassica napus, oleosins are expressed at high levels in the seed during the latter stages of embryo development. The cis-acting regulatory properties of an 872 bp promoter fragment of a B. napus oleosin gene were examined by analysis of beta-glucuronidase (GUS) expression in transgenic tobacco plants containing an oleosin promoter-GUS transcriptional fusion. The reporter gene was expressed at high levels only in seeds, specifically in embryo and endosperm tissue and regulated throughout seed development. These data demonstrate that oleosin gene transcription is regulated in a tissue-specific and temporally regulated manner and clearly indicate that oleosin protein expression is co-ordinated primarily at the transcriptional level. Oleosin mRNA was shown to be abscisic acid (ABA) inducible and an ABA-response element in the oleosin promoter was shown to be bound by a protein factor in a sequence-specific manner. Sequence analysis of the oleosin promoter has identified several other putative cis-acting sequences which may direct oleosin gene expression. The presence of a large open reading frame in the bottom strand of the oleosin promoter (ORF2) which encodes a polypeptide similar to the ethylene-induced E4 gene of tomato is reported. A PCR-generated DNA probe containing the ORF2 sequence hybridised with a 1.4 kb transcript in total RNA extracts of a variety of tissues, including leaves and germinated seed cotyledons. This finding suggests that the oleosin gene promoter directs transcription in both directions. It is the first report of a bi-directional nuclear gene promoter in plants. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:465c99eb-66da-422c-aa67-883664157f162022-03-26T15:13:09ZA seed-specific Brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a G-box-specific protein and may be bi-directional.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:465c99eb-66da-422c-aa67-883664157f16EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford1994Keddie, JTsiantis, MPiffanelli, PCella, RHatzopoulos, PMurphy, DIn Brassica napus, oleosins are expressed at high levels in the seed during the latter stages of embryo development. The cis-acting regulatory properties of an 872 bp promoter fragment of a B. napus oleosin gene were examined by analysis of beta-glucuronidase (GUS) expression in transgenic tobacco plants containing an oleosin promoter-GUS transcriptional fusion. The reporter gene was expressed at high levels only in seeds, specifically in embryo and endosperm tissue and regulated throughout seed development. These data demonstrate that oleosin gene transcription is regulated in a tissue-specific and temporally regulated manner and clearly indicate that oleosin protein expression is co-ordinated primarily at the transcriptional level. Oleosin mRNA was shown to be abscisic acid (ABA) inducible and an ABA-response element in the oleosin promoter was shown to be bound by a protein factor in a sequence-specific manner. Sequence analysis of the oleosin promoter has identified several other putative cis-acting sequences which may direct oleosin gene expression. The presence of a large open reading frame in the bottom strand of the oleosin promoter (ORF2) which encodes a polypeptide similar to the ethylene-induced E4 gene of tomato is reported. A PCR-generated DNA probe containing the ORF2 sequence hybridised with a 1.4 kb transcript in total RNA extracts of a variety of tissues, including leaves and germinated seed cotyledons. This finding suggests that the oleosin gene promoter directs transcription in both directions. It is the first report of a bi-directional nuclear gene promoter in plants. |
| spellingShingle | Keddie, J Tsiantis, M Piffanelli, P Cella, R Hatzopoulos, P Murphy, D A seed-specific Brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a G-box-specific protein and may be bi-directional. |
| title | A seed-specific Brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a G-box-specific protein and may be bi-directional. |
| title_full | A seed-specific Brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a G-box-specific protein and may be bi-directional. |
| title_fullStr | A seed-specific Brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a G-box-specific protein and may be bi-directional. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A seed-specific Brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a G-box-specific protein and may be bi-directional. |
| title_short | A seed-specific Brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a G-box-specific protein and may be bi-directional. |
| title_sort | seed specific brassica napus oleosin promoter interacts with a g box specific protein and may be bi directional |
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