title: Metabolic regulation of alpha-amylase gene expression in transgenic cell cultures of rice (Oryza sativa L.).
abstract: Expression of two genes in the alpha-amylase gene family is controlled by metabolic regulation in rice cultured cells. The levels of RAmy3D and RAmy3E mRNAs in rice cultured cells are inversely related to the concentration of sugar in the culture medium. Other genes in the rice alpha-amylase gene family have little or no expression in cultured cells; these expression levels are not controlled by metabolic regulation. A RAmy3D promoter/GUS gene fusion was metabolically regulated in the transgenic rice cell line 3DG, just as the endogenous RAmy3D gene is regulated. An assay of GUS enzyme activity in 3DG cells demonstrated that RAmy3D/GUS expression is repressed when sugar is present in the culture medium and induced when sugar is removed from the medium. The 942 bp fragment of the RAmy3D promoter that was linked to the coding region of the GUS reporter gene thus contains all of the regulatory sequences necessary for metabolic regulation of the gene.
authors.affiliation: Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013395:Sucrose; D000516:alpha-Amylases