title: Brain proteins in plants: an Arabidopsis homolog to neurotransmitter pathway activators is part of a DNA binding complex.
abstract: The G box is a well-characterized cis-acting DNA regulatory element found in the promoters of several seemingly unrelated plant genes, including the alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) gene of Arabidopsis thaliana. Using a monoclonal antibody screening approach coupled with electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we have isolated a cDNA clone encoding a protein that is part of the in vitro protein/G box complex. The derived amino acid sequence is homologous to a class of proteins in mammalian brains described as protein kinase C inhibitors and as activators of tyrosine and tryptophan hydroxylases, the rate-limiting enzymes in the pathways leading to the catecholamines and serotonin. The fact that a homologous member of this regulatory protein family is found in plants and is associated with binding to transcriptional regulatory elements suggests a much wider role for these proteins.
authors.affiliation: Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: DeLisle
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: de Vetten
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ferl
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D017343:Genes, Plant; D016350:Leucine Zippers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA