title: DNA-protein interactions on a cis-DNA element essential for ethylene regulation.
abstract: The PRB-1b gene encodes for a basic-type component of the pathogenesis-related PR-1 protein family. In leaves of tobacco plants, PRB-1b mRNA accumulation is rapidly induced by the application of exogenous ethylene. Promoter deletion analysis was performed in transgenic tobacco plants to delineate cis-acting elements necessary for ethylene responsiveness of the PRB-1b gene. The promoter sequence from position -213 was sufficient to enhance a 20 fold increase of beta-glucuronidase reporter gene expression in transgenic tobacco leaves exposed to 20 microliters/l of ethylene, however -141 bp were not. The functional study was correlated with in vitro analysis of the nuclear protein-DNA complexes formed on the promoter element identified as necessary for ethylene induction. Gel-shift analysis using restriction fragments spanning the sequence between position -237 and -143 revealed two distinct nuclear protein-DNA interactions. The protein-binding sequences were mapped to the contiguous regions G (-200 to -178) and Y (-179 to -154) by gel-shift analysis using oligonucleotides. Fractionation of crude nuclear extract by heparin-agarose chromatography resulted in the differential elution of the two binding activities. The DNA-nuclear protein interactions characterized in vitro can be part of the molecular events which mediate the transcriptional regulation of the PRB-1b gene by ethylene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Meller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sessa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Eyal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fluhr
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D005030:Ethylenes; D010940:Plant Proteins; C053376:pathogenesis-related proteins, plant; D004247:DNA; C036216:ethylene