Characterization and translational regulation of the arginine decarboxylase gene in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)

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作者
Chang, KS
Lee, SH
Hwang, SB
Park, KY [1 ]
机构
[1] Sunchon Natl Univ, Dept Biol, Sunchon 540742, Chonnam, South Korea
[2] Yonsei Univ, Dept Biol, Seoul 120749, South Korea
[3] Sejong Univ, Dept Mol Biol, Seoul 143747, South Korea
关键词
arginine decarboxylase; processing; transcript leader; uORF; carnation;
D O I
10.1046/j.0960-7412.2000.00854.x
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Arginine decarboxylase (ADC; EC 4.1.1.9) is a key enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis in plants. We characterized a carnation genomic clone, gDcADC8, in which the deduced polypeptide of ADC was 725 amino acids with a molecular mass of 77.7 kDa. The unusually long 5'-UTR that contained a short upstream open reading frame (uORF) of seven amino acids (MQKSLHI) was predicted to form an extensive secondary structure (free energy of approximately -117 kcal mol(-1)) using the Zuker m-fold algorithm. The result that an ADC antibody detected two bands of 45 and 33 kDa in a petal extract suggested the full length of the 78 kDa polypeptide precursor converted into two polypeptides in the processing reaction. To investigate the role of the transcript leader in translation, in vitro transcription/translation reactions with various constructs of deletion and mutation were performed using wheat germ extract. The ADC transcript leader affected positively downstream translation in both wheatgerm extract and primary transformant overexpressing ADC gene. It was demonstrated that heptapeptide (8.6 kDa) encoded by the ADC uORF was synthesized in vitro. Both uORF peptide, and the synthetic heptapeptide MQKSLHI of the uORF, repressed the translation of downstream ORF. Mutation of the uORF ATG codon alleviated the inhibitory effect. ORF translation was not affected by either a frame-shift mutation in uORF or a random peptide. To our knowledge, this is the first report to provide evidence that a uORF may inhibit the translation of a downstream ORF, not only in cis but also in trans, and that the leader sequence of the ADC gene is important for efficient translation.
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