STRUCTURE AND EXPRESSION OF A TOBACCO BETA-1,3-GLUCANASE GENE

被引:105
作者
OHMETAKAGI, M [1 ]
SHINSHI, H [1 ]
机构
[1] FERMENTAT RES INST,PLANT MOLEC BIOL LAB,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
关键词
BETA-1,3-GLUCANASE GENE; ETHYLENE; GENE FAMILY; TOBACCO;
D O I
10.1007/BF00039434
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We determined the primary structure of a tobacco-beta-1,3-glucanase gene. The beta-1,3-glucanase gene has a single large intron, and the intron separates coding regions of the signal peptide and the mature enzyme. Analysis of the 5'-flanking region sequence revealed an 11 bp GC-rich element with perfect homology to the putative regulatory sequence of tobacco chitinase genes. RNA blot analysis showed that levels of mRNAs of beta-1,3-glucanase and chitinase are coordinately increased in response to ethylene and salicylic acid. Accumulation of beta-1,3-glucanase mRNA in suspension-cultured cells is rapidly induced at late logarithmic growth phase. Members of the tobacco-beta-1,3-glucanase gene families are classified into two subfamilies. One of the subfamilies appeared to be transcriptionally inactive.
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页码:941 / 946
页数:6
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