title: Molecular characterization of rice OsBIANK1, encoding a plasma membrane-anchored ankyrin repeat protein, and its inducible expression in defense responses.
abstract: A rice gene, OsBIANK1, encoding a protein containing a typical ankyrin repeat domain, was cloned and identified. The OsBIANK1 protein, consisting of 329 amino acids, contains a conserved ankyrin repeat domain with two ankyrin repeats organized in tandem and was showed to be localized on cytoplasmic membrane during transient expression in onion epidermal cells. Expression of OsBIANK1 was induced by treatment with benzothiadiazole (BTH), a chemical inducer capable of inducing disease resistance response in rice. In BTH-treated rice seedlings, expression of OsBIANK1 was further induced by infection with Magnaporthe grisea, the rice blast fungus, as compared with those in water-treated seedlings. Our preliminary results confirm previous evidences that OsBIANK1 may be involved in regulation of disease resistance response in rice.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, 310029, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xinchun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dayong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Huijuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiaoe
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Fengming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017089:Ankyrin Repeat / Q000235:genetics; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000235:genetics*; D020082:Magnaporthe / Q000276:immunology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins