title: Analysis of T-DNA-mediated translational beta-glucuronidase gene fusions.
abstract: Three random translational beta-glucuronidase (gus) gene fusions were previously obtained in Arabidopsis thaliana, using Agrobacterium-mediated transfer of a gus coding sequence without promoter and ATG initiation site. These were analysed by IPCR amplification of the sequence upstream of gus and nucleotide sequence analysis. In one instance, the gus sequence was fused, in inverse orientation, to the nos promoter sequence of a truncated tandem T-DNA copy and translated from a spurious ATG in this sequence. In the second transgenic line, the gus gene was fused to A. thaliana DNA, 27 bp downstream an ATG. In this line, a large deletion occurred at the target site of the T-DNA. In the third line, gus is fused in frame to a plant DNA sequence after the eighth codon of an open reading frame encoding a protein of 619 amino acids. This protein has significant homology with animal and plant (receptor) serine/threonine protein kinases. The twelve subdomains essential for kinase activity are conserved. The presence of a potential signal peptide and a membrane-spanning domain suggests that it may be a receptor kinase. These data confirm that plant genes can be tagged as functional translational gene fusions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium Genetische Virologie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kertbundit
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Linacero
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rouzé
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macas
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deboeck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Renckens
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hernalsteens
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Greve
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism*; D019677:Artificial Gene Fusion; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D012231:Rhizobium; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016385:TATA Box; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D018744:DNA, Plant; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C036483:T-DNA; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D005966:Glucuronidase