title: Molecular characterization of a defense-related AMP-binding protein gene, OsBIABP1, from rice.
abstract: We cloned and characterized a rice gene OsBIABP1 encoding an AMP-binding protein. The full-length cDNA of OsBIABP1 is 1912-bp long and is predicted to encode a 558-aa protein. OsBIABP1 contains a typical AMP-binding signature motif and shows high similarity to members of AMP-binding protein family. OsBIABP1 is expressed in stems, leaves and flowers of rice plants, but is not expressed, or expressed at a very low level, in rice roots. The expression of OsBIABP1 was induced by some defense-related signal molecules, e.g., salicylic acid (SA), benzothiadiazole, jasmonic acid (JA), and 1-amino cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid, which mediate SA- and JA/ethylene (ET)-dependent defense signaling pathways, respectively. Furthermore, the expression of OsBIABP1 is activated by the infection of Magnaporthe oryzae, and the induced expression is quicker and stronger during early stages of pathogenesis in incompatible interaction than that in compatible interaction between rice and M. oryzae. Our results suggest that OsBIABP1 may be a defense-related AMP-binding protein that is involved in the regulation of defense response through SA and/or JA/ET signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China.
authors.forename: Xin-chun
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hui-juan
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Feng-ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D017343:Genes, Plant; D020082:Magnaporthe / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate