title: Medicago truncatula Mt-ZFP1 encoding a root enhanced zinc finger protein is regulated by cytokinin, abscisic acid and jasmonate, but not cold.
abstract: A Medicago truncatula zinc finger protein cDNA (Mt-ZFP1) was isolated from a M.truncatula seedling cDNA library using RT-PCR product as a probe. The predicted amino acid sequence of Mt-ZFP1 is over 79% similar to S-SCOF-1 from soybean, a novel cold-inducible zinc finger protein involved in cold stress signal transduction mediated by abscisic acid (ABA). The secondary structure of Mt-ZFP1 protein was almost identical to that of S-SCOF-1. Mt-ZFP1 also contained a typical C2H2-type zinc finger domain and a putative nuclear located signal. RNA gel blot hybridization demonstrated that the Mt-ZFP1 gene was actively expressed in roots, with a lower abundance in leaf and stem tissues. Cold treatment did not induce the expression of Mt-ZFP1 in either leaves and stems or roots. Exogenous application of cytokinins marginally increased the accumulation of Mt-ZFP1 mRNA, while ABA and jasmonate treatments decreased the levels of Mt-ZFP1 mRNA. DNA gel-blot analysis demonstrated that Mt-ZFP1 is present as a single copy gene in the M. truncatula genome. These data suggest that Mt-ZFP1 is a novel zinc finger protein with different physiological functions to that of S-SCOF-1. The similar cold-inducible factor like S-SCOF-1 might not exist in M. truncatula.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Qing-Hu
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000494:pharmacology; D003583:Cytokinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000032:analysis; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D029902:Medicago / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D054883:Oxylipins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D003583:Cytokinins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D054883:Oxylipins; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; C011006:jasmonic acid; D000040:Abscisic Acid