title: The Calvin cycle enzyme sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase is encoded by a light-regulated gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
abstract: We have studied the light-dependent expression of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii csbp gene encoding sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase), an enzyme of the pentose-phosphate pathway. Expression studies using light/dark-synchronized cultures revealed that csbp mRNA abundance increases significantly during illumination. We have used a 1.4 kb region upstream of the csbp gene in transcriptional fusions to the homologous arylsulfatase-encoding reporter gene (ars). In transformants carrying the chimeric csbp/ars reporter gene, arylsulfatase activity is detected in the absence of sulfate, a condition under which the endogenous ars gene is repressed. Moreover, ars mRNA accumulation is dramatically stimulated by light, indicating that 1.4 kb of the csbp 5'-untranslated region are sufficient to confer light-dependent expression on the ars reporter gene.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaltenbach
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kück
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001192:Arylsulfatases / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000528:radiation effects*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000528:radiation effects*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D008027:Light; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; C022627:sedoheptulose-bisphosphatase; D001192:Arylsulfatases