title: The soybean GH2/4 gene that encodes a glutathione S-transferase has a promoter that is activated by a wide range of chemical agents.
abstract: Transcriptional activation of the soybean (Glycine max) GH2/4 gene (also referred to as Gmhsp26-A) and increase in abundance of the GH2/4 mRNA (also referred to as pCE54) have been previously shown to occur following treatment of soybean seedlings with auxins, nonauxin analogs, heavy metals, and a variety of other agents. To determine whether the GH2/4 promoter is responsive to an array of different agents, we have analyzed the inducibility of the GH2/4 promoter fused to the beta-glucuronidase reporter gene in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants. We have shown that a wide variety of chemical agents induce this promoter in a tissue-specific and concentration-dependent manner. In addition, we have used an affinity-purified antibody raised against recombinant GH2/4 protein to show that the GH2/4 protein increases in response to auxin application and is localized in the cytosol of soybean cells. Recombinant GH2/4 protein can be purified to homogeneity on a glutathione-agarose resin, and the purified protein has glutathione S-transferase activity when assayed with the substrate 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ulmasov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohmiya
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guilfoyle
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002847:Chromatography, Agarose; D018744:DNA, Plant; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics*; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D008670:Metals / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics*; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D008670:Metals; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D005982:Glutathione Transferase