title: Two immediate-early pathogen-responsive members of the AtCMPG gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana and the W-box-containing elicitor-response element of AtCMPG1.
abstract: The Arabidopsis thaliana genome contains at least 50 predicted AtCMPG genes. The encoded protein family is defined by a common domain possessing four strictly conserved amino acid residues [Cys, Met, Pro, and Gly (CMPG)] that designate the family. Two members, AtCMPG1 and AtCMPG2, with high sequence similarity to the previously described, immediate-early pathogen-responsive PcCMPG1 gene from Petroselinum crispum were selected for analysis of their expression modes and defense-related promoter elements. Among the most striking similarities with PcCMPG1 were immediate-early transcriptional activation on infection or treatment with a pathogen-derived elicitor and the functional importance of a W-box-containing AtCMPG1 promoter element. Remarkably, this strongly pathogen/elicitor-responsive element, F, did not respond to wounding, in contrast to the AtCMPG1 promoter itself. Comparative analysis, both within the A. thaliana genome and across species, provided further insight into the large structural diversity of W-box-containing elements. Possible roles of AtCMPG proteins in regulatory processes are discussed with reference to a large variety of family members, partly with assigned functions, from plants as well as animals.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829 Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heise
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lippok
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hahlbrock
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D017781:Genes, Immediate-Early; D005810:Multigene Family; D009154:Mutation; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors