title: Characterization and gene cloning of telomere-binding protein from tobacco BY-2 cells.
abstract: In this study, we performed gel mobility shift assays using tobacco BY-2 nuclei extracts to identify the plant telomere-binding proteins (TBP). Although no complexes were detected using C-strand as a probe, a single DNA-protein complex was detected using single-stranded 32P-(TTTAGGG)4 as a probe. In competition experiments, formation of the complex was inhibited only when an ssG-strand telomere repeat was used as a competitor. These results indicate that the observed band reflects a G-strand specific single-stranded telomere-binding protein (NtGTBP1). We purified the binding protein and subsequently used RT-PCR to isolate a gene encoding the protein. The sequence reveals that the protein (NtGTBP1) is a novel TBP from a higher plant, and a search for conserved domains showed that NtGTBP1 contains two RNA recognition motifs (RRMs).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Chizu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Shingo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012474:Salmon; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D016615:Telomere / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034501:Telomere-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D034501:Telomere-Binding Proteins