Differential expression of two type-A response regulators in plants and cell cultures of Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

J Exp Bot. 2003 Jul;54(388):1793-5. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erg185.

Abstract

Two full-length cDNAs named CrRR2 and CrRR3 have been isolated by PCR from a C. roseus cDNA library. The first one encodes a 154 amino acid putative protein with a high percentage of identity with the Arabidopsis thaliana response regulators ARR16 and ARR17, and is not expressed in C. roseus organs and cell cultures. The second one encodes a 188 amino acid ORF sharing the highest homologies with the A. thaliana ARR8 and ARR9 response regulators. Its expression is root-specific and the transcripts are transiently up-regulated after trans-zeatin treatment in C. roseus suspension cells. CrRR3 protein might be involved in the cytokinin-enhanced alkaloid production in C. roseus cell cultures.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Catharanthus / cytology
  • Catharanthus / genetics*
  • Catharanthus / growth & development
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Complementary / chemistry
  • DNA, Complementary / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / drug effects
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / drug effects
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Growth Regulators / genetics
  • Plant Growth Regulators / metabolism
  • Plant Proteins / genetics*
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Signal Transduction / genetics
  • Signal Transduction / physiology
  • Zeatin / pharmacology

Substances

  • DNA, Complementary
  • Plant Growth Regulators
  • Plant Proteins
  • Zeatin

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF534889
  • GENBANK/AF534890