title: Alcohol dehydrogenase gene expression in potato following elicitor and stress treatment.
abstract: A cDNA clone corresponding to a mRNA that rapidly accumulates during the hypersensitive-like response induced by elicitor treatment of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber was characterized. The clone encodes a polypeptide (Mr = 41,097) having 83%-85% amino acid identity with known plant alcohol dehydrogenase sequences (ADH; EC 1.1.1.1). The identity of the clone was confirmed by measuring the ADH enzyme activity in extracts of Escherichia coli transformed with the cDNA clone. In potato tuber disks, a wide range of stresses, including treatment with fatty acid elicitors, salicylic acid, UV light and anaerobiosis, was shown to induce accumulation of Adh transcripts. In stems, a high constitutive level of Adh transcripts could be detected in 4-week old plants, but not in 8-week old plants. However, the mRNA could be induced to accumulate in stems of 8-week old plants by treatment with arachidonic acid elicitor or by anaerobiosis. Induction in leaves was also obtained during anaerobiosis and after treatment with a Phytophthora infestans mycelial homogenate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Matton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Constabel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brisson
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011198:Solanum tuberosum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase