title: Sequence analysis of a functional member of the Em gene family from wheat.
abstract: We report the complete sequence of one functional member of the Em gene family whose expression in wheat embryos is regulated by a complex set of environmental and developmental controls, including the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA). The Em coding region contains one short intron, and there is an inverted repeat in the transcribed 3'-flanking region. A 646 bp fragment from the 5' promoter, which was previously shown to direct ABA-regulated expression in transformed tobacco tissue and rice cells, is characterized by: (1) three stretches of between 33 and 73 nucleotides of A/T rich (greater than 86%) boxes, (2) one copy of an eight bp palindrome (CATGCATG) which is identical to the RY repeat found in the 5' promoters of many legume genes expressed during embryo development, (3) 15 copies of a six bp repeat (PuCACGPy), found primarily in the 5' region, and (4) two sequences in the ABA-response region, CGAGCAG and a CACGT motif, both of which are conserved in 5' non-coding regions of other plant genes that are expressed in response to ABA and/or in embryos. These sequence comparisons are discussed in relation to the regulation of Em gene expression and other ABA-regulated genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany/Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Litts
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Colwell
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Chakerian
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Quatrano
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D005091:Exons; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C073988:Em protein, Triticum aestivum; D010940:Plant Proteins; D004247:DNA