title: Hv-WRKY38: a new transcription factor involved in cold- and drought-response in barley.
abstract: WRKY proteins constitute a large family of plant specific transcription factors implicated in many different processes. Here we describe Hv-WRKY38, a barley gene coding for a WRKY protein, whose expression is involved in cold and drought stress response. Hv-WRKY38 was early and transiently expressed during exposure to low non-freezing temperature, in ABA-independent manner. Furthermore, it showed a continuous induction during dehydration and freezing treatments. A WRKY38:YFP fusion protein was found to localise into the nucleus upon introduction into epidermal onion cells. Bacterially expressed Hv-WRKY38 was able to bind in vitro to the W-box element (T)TGAC(C/T) also recognisable by other WRKY proteins. Hv-WRKY38 genomic DNA was sequenced and mapped onto the centromeric region of the barley chromosome 6H. Arabidopsis and rice sequences homologous to Hv-WRKY38 were also identified. Our results indicate that Hv-WRKY38 transcription factor may play a regulatory role in abiotic stress response.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Via S. Protaso 302, Italy. catemare@libero.it
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marè
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mazzucotelli
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crosatti
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Francia
authors.forename: A Michele
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stanca
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cattivelli
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003080:Cold Temperature; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D005091:Exons; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001467:Hordeum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014867:Water; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins