Site-specific mutations alter in vitro factor binding and change promoter expression pattern in transgenic plants.

Lam, E., Benfey, P.N., Gilmartin, P.M., Fang, R.X. and Chua, N.H. (1989) Site-specific mutations alter in vitro factor binding and change promoter expression pattern in transgenic plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 86 (20). pp. 7890-7894. ISSN 0027-8424

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Abstract

The 35S promoter of cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) is able to confer high-level gene expression in most organs of transgenic plants. A cellular factor from pea and tobacco leaf tissue, which recognizes nucleotides in a tandemly repeated TGACG motif at the -75 region of this promoter, has been detected by DNase I footprinting and gel retardation assays. This factor is named activation sequence factor 1 (ASF-1). A cellular factor binding to the two TGACG motifs can also be detected in tobacco root extracts. Mutations at these motifs inhibit binding of ASF-1 to the 35S promoter in vitro. When examined in transgenic tobacco, these mutations cause a 50% drop in leaf expression of the 35S promoter. In addition, these same mutations attenuate stem and root expression of the 35S promoter about 5- to 10-fold when compared to the level of expression in leaf. In contrast, mutations at two adjacent CCAAT-box-like sequences have no dramatic effect on promoter activity in vivo. A 21-base-pair element containing the two TGACG motifs is sufficient for binding of ASF-1 in vitro when inserted in a green-tissue-specific promoter. In vivo, the insertion of an ASF-1 binding site caused high levels of expression in root. Thus, a single factor binding site that is defined by site-specific mutations is shown to be sufficient to alter the expression pattern of promoters in vivo.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Plant Sciences
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Date Deposited: 01 Nov 2013 14:32
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2022 04:55
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44132
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.20.7890

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