title: Transcriptional regulation of the cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene from sweet potato in response to plant developmental stage and environmental stress.
abstract: Cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of lignin. We have isolated full length of a cDNA encoding CAD (IbCAD1) that was previously identified as the most abundant gene in an EST library of sweetpotato suspension cells. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that IbCAD1 belongs to the family of defense-related CADs. High levels of IbCAD1 mRNA were found in the roots of sweetpotato, but not in the leaves and petioles. The IbCAD1 gene transcripts were highly induced by cold, wounding, and reactive oxygen species. Analyses of transcriptional regulation of the IbCAD1 gene in transgenic tobacco plants carrying the IbCAD1 promoter-GUS revealed that IbCAD1 promoter expression was strong in the roots, but barely detectable in the cotyledons. IbCAD1 promoter activity increased with increasing root age, and strong promoter expression was observed in the lateral root emergence sites and in root tips. Weak GUS expression was observed in lignified tissues of vascular system of mature leaves and stems. IbCAD1 promoter activity was strongly induced in response to the biotic and abiotic stresses, with the strongest inducer being wounding, and was also induced by salicylic acid (SA) and jasmonic acid (JA) as well as by abscisic acid (ABA) and 6-benzylaminopurine. Taken together, our data suggest that IbCAD1 can be involved in JA- and SA-mediated wounding response and ABA-mediated cold response, respectively. The IbCAD1 gene may play a role in the resistance mechanism to biotic and abiotic stresses as well as in tissue-specific developmental lignification.
authors.affiliation: Ubiquitous Health Research Center (UHRC), Inje University, Gimhae, Gyungnam, South Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Hwa
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung Myung
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Gyung-Hye
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Huh
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D027723:Ipomoea batatas / Q000196:embryology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D036226:Seedlings / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D012639:Seeds / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C018656:cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase
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