Pollination-enhanced expression of a receptor-like protein kinase related gene in tobacco styles

被引:33
作者
Li, HY [1 ]
Gray, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD, DEPT MOL BIOL & BIOTECHNOL, SHEFFIELD S10 2UH, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
关键词
cDNA; pollination; protein kinase; receptor-like related; style; tobacco;
D O I
10.1023/A:1005787612041
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 have isolated a putative serine/threonine receptor kinase gene with an expression pattern indicating that it may play a role in the stylar response to pollination. Differential display PCR was used to select tobacco mRNAs with increased accumulation following pollination. NTS16, a cDNA identified by this method, is homologous to a ca. 2.4 kb mRNA primarily expressed in pistil tissues. Levels of this mRNA increase during floral development and are further increased by pollination reaching maximal accumulation 12-18 hours after pollination and then declining. mRNA levels can also be increased by the application of ethylene to unpollinated flowers. A polypeptide encoded by the NTS 16 open reading frame has sequence similarity to the catalytic domain of several receptor protein kinases from plants including the S-receptor kinases implicated in the rejection of self-pollen in Brassica species and the Pto gene product of tomato which confers resistance to a bacterial pathogen.
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