CIRE1, a novel transcriptionally active Ty1-copia retrotransposon from Citrus sinensis

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作者
Rico-Cabanas, Laura [1 ]
Martinez-Izquierdo, Jose A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Consorci CSIC, IRTA, Dept Mol Genet, ES-08034 Barcelona, Spain
关键词
auxin; CIRE1; retrotransposon; Citrus; LTR promoter; transcription; wounding; TOBACCO TNT1 RETROTRANSPOSON; GYPSY-LIKE RETROTRANSPOSONS; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE-CULTURE; COPY-NUMBER; ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION; HETEROGENEITY; GENOME;
D O I
10.1007/s00438-006-0200-2
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
LTR retrotransposons (LTR-RTNs) are widespread constituents of eukaryote genomes, particularly plant genomes. Although LTR-RTNs from plants were thought to be transcriptionally silent in somatic tissues, evidences of activity under certain conditions are available for some of them. In order to investigate LTR-RTNs in the Citrus sinensis genome, we analysed them by PCR using degenerate primers corresponding to highly conserved domains. All elements of the two types of LTR-RTN comprise about 23% of the genome, the copia group contribution being higher (13%) than the gypsy one (10%). From dendogram analysis, we report seven new copia RTN families, named CIRE1 to CIRE7 Here, we report on the first complete retrotransposon identified in Citrus (named CIRE1), which has all the features of a typical copia RTN. CIRE1 retrotransposon.has around 2,200 full-length copies, contributing to 2.9% of the C. sinensis genome. CIRE1 has a root-specific expression in sweet orange plants. We have also determined that wounding and exogenous application of plant hormones, as methyl jasmonate and auxin, increase the transcription level of CIREI in leaf tissues. In addition, we show that CIRE1 5'LTR promoter can drive transient expression of the gus reporter gene in heterologous plant systems. These findings confirm CIREI as one of the few transcriptionally active RTNs described in plants and to our knowledge the first one to be reported in Citrus species.
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