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  • Title: An as-1-like motif controls the level of expression of the gene for the pathogenesis-related protein 1a from tobacco.
    Author: Strompen G, Grüner R, Pfitzner UM.
    Journal: Plant Mol Biol; 1998 Jul; 37(5):871-83. PubMed ID: 9678582.
    Abstract:
    Pathogenesis-related proteins of group 1 (PR-1) are strongly induced in plants by pathogen attack, exposure of the plants to (acetyl)salicylic acid (ASA, SA), and by developmental cues. Functional analysis of the PR-1a promoter identified a region of 139 bp (from -691 to -553) mediating expression of the GUS reporter gene in response to ASA. Inspection of this region revealed two TGACG elements reminiscent of activation sequence-1 (as-1). Recently, as-1 has been reported to be responsive to SA in the context of the CaMV 35S RNA promoter. To address the question of whether the as-1-like sequence may be of functional significance for the expression of the PR-1a gene, gel shift assays were performed with TGA1a, a protein been shown to interact with as-1 in vitro. TGA1a was found to bind to the PR-1a as-1-like sequence with similar specificity and affinity as to as-1. Furthermore, mutations were introduced in the as-1-like sequence in the context of the inducible 906 bp PR-1a promoter which are impaired in binding TGA1a in vitro. Significantly reduced levels of GUS reporter gene activity were obtained with the mutant promoter regions as compared to the wild-type PR-1a promoter in response to all stimuli in transgenic tobacco plants. Yet, mutation of the as-1-like sequence did not abolish induction of reporter gene expression. Taken together, these results suggest that the level of expression of the tobacco PR-1a gene is controlled by an as-1-like sequence motif in the PR-1a upstream region, possibly interacting with a factor related to TGA1a.
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