title: Molecular cloning and differential expression of an gamma-aminobutyrate transaminase gene, OsGABA-T, in rice (Oryza sativa) leaves infected with blast fungus.
abstract: gamma-Aminobutyrate transaminase (GABA-T) catalyzes the conversion of GABA to succinic semialdehyde. Using differential display PCR and cDNA library screening, a full-length GABA-T cDNA (OsGABA-T) was isolated from rice (Oryza sativa) leaves infected with an incompatible race of Magnaporthe grisea. The deduced amino acid sequence comprises 483 amino acid residues and shares 85-69% identity with GABA-T sequences from other plants. OsGABA-T expression is induced by blast fungus infection, mechanical wounding and ultraviolet radiation in rice leaves and is not detected in normal rice organs. This gene is also induced by defense signal molecules such as salicylic acid and abscisic acid, but not by jasmonic acid. Our data suggest that OsGABA-T (GABA shunt) may play a role in restricting the levels of cell death during the host-pathogen interaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chunxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shanyue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wensheng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Youliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peng
mesh_terms: D000612:4-Aminobutyrate Transaminase / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016923:Cell Death; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D020082:Magnaporthe / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000201:enzymology / Q000382:microbiology; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D000612:4-Aminobutyrate Transaminase