| Literature DB >> 12654866 |
F Guerineau1, M Benjdia, D X Zhou.
Abstract
The vsp1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a storage protein that accumulates in vegetative organs. Transgenic plants expressing a vsp1 promoter-gus (beta-glucuronidase) gene fusion were found to contain high GUS activity when challenged with jasmonate, a volatile plant hormone. The induction of vsp1-gus expression by jasmonate could be measured in tobacco mesophyll protoplasts, after transient expression. A number of deletions were operated in the vsp1 promoter in order to locate its jasmonate-responsive element. A 41 bp sequence taken approximately 150 bp upstream of the vsp1 TATA box could confer jasmonate responsiveness upon a short CaMV 35S promoter. Whereas the deletion of a CAAT box-like element within the 41 bp sequence did not affect promoter activity, mutation of a short palindromic motif completely abolished jasmonate responsiveness. This motif shows no homology with the jasmonate-responsive elements of other promoters.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12654866 DOI： 10.1093/jxb/erg123
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Bot ISSN： 0022-0957 Impact factor: 6.992