title: Regulation of a hevein-like gene in Arabidopsis.
abstract: An Arabidopisis cDNA clone was isolated that encodes a protein similar to the antifungal chitin-binding protein hevein from rubber tree latex. This hevein-like (HEL) mRNA was inducible by either turnip crinkle virus infection or ethylene treatment. In addition, expression was moderately inducible by treatment with the resistance-inducing compounds salicylic acid and 2,6-dichlorisonicotinic acid. The 786-bp cDNA contains an open reading frame of 212 codons. The deduced amino acid sequence contains a putative signal sequence of 21 amino acids followed by a 43-amino-acid cysteine-rich lectin domain and a 129-amino-acid carboxy-terminal domain. The predicted protein is approximately 70% identical to hevein, to the wound-inducible WIN1 and WIN2 proteins from potato, and to PR-4, a pathogenesis-related protein from tobacco.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uknes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lawton
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DiMaio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Novitzky
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ryals
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C045875:hevein