NIAA, THE STRUCTURAL NITRATE REDUCTASE GENE OF PHYTOPHTHORA-INFESTANS - ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION AND EXPRESSION ANALYSIS IN ASPERGILLUS-NIDULANS

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PIETERSE, CMJ [1 ]
VANTKLOOSTER, J [1 ]
VANDENBERGVELTHUIS, GCM [1 ]
GOVERS, F [1 ]
机构
[1] AGR UNIV WAGENINGEN,DEPT PHYTOPATHOL,6709 PD WAGENINGEN,NETHERLANDS
关键词
PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; NITRATE REDUCTASE GENE; TRANSFORMATION; OOMYCETE;
D O I
10.1007/BF00352105
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The nitrate reductase (NR) gene niaA of the oomycete Phytophthora n infestans was selected from a gene library by heterologous hybridization. NiaA occurs as a single-copy gene and its expression is regulated by the nitrogen source. The nucleotide sequence of niaA was determined and comparison of the deduced amino-acid sequence of 902 residues with NRs of higher fungi and plants revealed a significant homology, particularly within the three cofactor-binding domains for molybdenum, heme and FAD. The P. infestans niaA gene was used as a model gene to test whether oomycete genes are functional in the ascomycete Aspergillus nidulans, a fungus which is highly accessible for molecular genetic studies. The complete niaA gene was stably integrated into the genome of a nia(-) deletion mutant of A. nidulans. However, transformants containing one or more copies of the niaA gene were not able to complement the nia(-) mutant. This suggests that there is no functional expression of the introduced niaA gene in A. nidulans. In addition, the activity of two other oomycete gene promoters was analyzed in a transient expression assay. Plasmids containing chimaeric genes with the promoter of the P. infestans ubiquitin gene ubi3R, or the Bremia lactucae ham34 gene, fused to the coding sequence of the Escherichia coli beta-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene, were transferred to A. nidulans protoplasts. No significant GUS activity was detectable indicating that the ubi3R and ham34 promoters are not active in A. nidulans. Apparently, the regulatory sequences which are sufficient for gene activation in oomycetes are not functional in the ascomycete A. nidulans.
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