POLYUBIQUITIN GENE-EXPRESSION AND STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES OF THE UBI4-2 GENE IN PETROSELINUM-CRISPUM

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作者
KAWALLECK, P [1 ]
SOMSSICH, IE [1 ]
FELDBRUGGE, M [1 ]
HAHLBROCK, K [1 ]
WEISSHAAR, B [1 ]
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST ZUCHTUNGSFORSCH,BIOCHEM ABT,CARL VON LINNE WEG 10,W-5000 COLOGNE 30,GERMANY
关键词
PARSLEY; PROMOTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UBIQUITIN;
D O I
10.1007/BF00014550
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
Ubiquitin is an omnipresent protein found in all eukaryotes so far analysed. It is involved in several important processes, including protein turnover, chromosome structure and stress response. Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) contains at least two active polyubiquitin (ubi4) genes encoding hexameric precursor proteins. The deduced amino acid sequences of the ubiquitin monomers are identical to one another and to ubiquitin sequences from several other plant species. Analysis of the promoter region of one ubi4 gene revealed putative regulatory elements. In parsley plants, the ubi4 mRNAs were the predominant ubiquitin mRNAs and were present at comparable levels in all plant organs tested. In cultured parsley cells, high levels of ubiquitin gene expression remained unaffected by heat shock, elicitor or light treatment.
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页码:673 / 684
页数:12
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