title: Identification of upstream regulatory elements involved in the developmental expression of the Arabidopsis thaliana cab1 gene.
abstract: We studied cis regulatory elements controlling the light-dependent organ-specific expression of Arabidopsis thaliana chlorophyll a/b binding protein gene (cab1) by stably transforming tobacco plants using a tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid vector system. The results from the 5' and internal deletion analyses indicate that there are at least three cis-acting elements that are involved in the light-dependent developmental expression of cab1 gene. Two such elements are located at the immediate upstream regulatory region and the other element is located at the further upstream region. The 1120-base-pair (bp) DNA fragment containing the immediate and far upstream region can confer light-inducible organ specificity on the truncated nos promoter. However, deletion of the 39-bp DNA fragment at the immediate upstream regulatory region from this hybrid promoter resulted in a nonfunctional promoter, revealing that the 39-bp region is important for the cab promoter specificity. Further analyses of this region suggest that a potential Z-DNA-forming sequence (ATACGTGT) is involved in light-dependent developmental expression of the cab1 gene. Two additional Z-DNA-forming sequences (ACACATAT) that are inverted repeats of this sequence are also found in the upstream region where the additional regulatory elements are expected.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6340.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: An
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000235:genetics*; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: D045342:Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D002734:Chlorophyll; D004247:DNA