Differential Regulation of mRNA Levels of Acyl Carrier Protein Isoforms in Arabidopsis1
AUTOR(ES)
Bonaventure, Gustavo
FONTE
American Society of Plant Physiologists
RESUMO
All higher plants express several different acyl carrier protein (ACP) isoforms in a tissue-specific manner. We provide evidence that expression of mRNA for the most abundant ACP isoform in Arabidopsis leaves (ACP4) is increased severalfold by light, whereas mRNA levels for ACP isoforms 2 and 3 are independent of light. The presence of GATA-like motifs in the upstream region of the Acl1.4 gene (encoding for ACP4) and the similarity in light-mediated induction to ferredoxin-A mRNA suggests a direct role of light in Acl1.4 gene activation. Polyribosomal analysis indicated that light also affects the association of ACP transcripts with polysomes, similarly to mRNAs encoding ferredoxin-A. ACP2, ACP3, and ACP4 mRNA levels were also examined in Arabidopsis cell suspension culture and were found to be differentially controlled by metabolic and/or growth derived signals. Comparison of 5′-untranslated regions (UTRs) of ACP mRNAs of diverse plant species revealed two motifs that have been conserved during evolution, a CTCCGCC box and C-T-rich sequences. Fusions of the 5′-UTR sequences of ACP1 and ACP2 to luciferase and expression in transgenic plants indicated that the ACP1 leader contributes to preferential expression in seeds, whereas the ACP2 5′-UTR favored expression in roots. The deletion of 58 bp containing the conserved motifs of the ACP1 5′-UTR resulted in 10- to 20-fold lower gene expression in leaf and seed tissues of transgenic Arabidopsis plants.
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