title: Molecular cloning and characterization of a gene that encodes a MYC-related protein in Arabidopsis.
abstract: In plants, MYC-related proteins function as transcription factors involved in anthocyanin production and trichome development. We cloned a gene, Atmyc1, and its corresponding cDNA, that encodes for a MYC-related protein from Arabidopsis thaliana. The putative protein has a basic/helix-loop-helix motif at the C-terminus and a highly homologous region with that of the maize B/R family at the N-terminus. The promoter region of Atmyc1 contains a Sph box (CATGCATG) that is known as a cis-regulatory element conferring seed-specific expression. In fact, Atmyc1 transcripts were more abundant in developing seeds than in stems and leaves where trichomes are normally expressed. Restriction fragment length polymorphism mapping demonstrated that Atmyc1 is located on the upper region of chromosome 4, which clearly indicates that Atmyc1 is distinct from the ttg (transparent testa glabrous) locus that affects both trichome development and anthocyanin biosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Biological Resources Division, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Science (JIRCAS), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsukawa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shinozaki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C103079:ATMYC1 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018749:RNA, Plant; D014157:Transcription Factors