[Identification of glucose-responsive elements in the promoter of UDP-L-rhamnose biosynthesis gene RHM1 in Arabidopsis thaliana]

Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2008 Sep;24(9):1531-7.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In plants, UDP-L-rhamnose is one of the major components of cell wall skeleton. Rhamnose synthase plays a key role in rhamnose synthesis which converts UDP-D-glucose into UDP-L-rhamnose in plants. In this study, we isolated the 1058 bp promoter region of the rhamnose synthase gene AtRHM1 from Arabidopsis genome by PCR, and created a series of deletions of AtRHM1 promoter ranging from -931 bp to +127 bp. The full length of the promoter and its deletion derivatives fused with GUS reporter gene were introduced into wild-type Arabidopsis by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation respectively. The GUS staining and GUS enzymatic activity assay showed that the expression of AtRHM1 is induced at transcriptional level by glucose and the regulatory elements involved in the glucose response are located in the region of -931 bp - -752 bp which contains three G-box motifs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics*
  • Glucosyltransferases / genetics*
  • Plants, Genetically Modified / genetics
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic*
  • Uridine Diphosphate Glucose / genetics
  • Uridine Diphosphate Glucose / metabolism
  • Uridine Diphosphate Sugars / genetics*
  • Uridine Diphosphate Sugars / metabolism

Substances

  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Uridine Diphosphate Sugars
  • UDP-rhamnose
  • Glucosyltransferases
  • RHM1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Uridine Diphosphate Glucose