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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Flower development in angiosperms is regulated by the family of MADS-box transcription factors. MADS-box genes have also been reported from gymnosperms, another major group of seed plants. AGAMOUS (AG) is the class C MADS-box floral organ identity gene controlling the stamen and carpel development in Arabidopsis. We report the characterization of an ortholog of the AG gene, named Cycas AGAMOUS (CyAG), from the primitive gymnosperm Cycas edentata. The expression pattern of CyAG in Cycas parallels that of AG in Arabidopsis. Additionally, the gene structure, including the number and location of the introns, is conserved in CyAG and other AG orthologs known. Most importantly, functional analysis shows that CyAG driven by the AG promoter can rescue the loss-of-function ag mutant of Arabidopsis. However, the ectopic expression of CyAG in ag mutant Arabidopsis cannot produce the carpeloid and stamenoid organs in the first and second whorls, although the stamen and carpel are rescued in the third and fourth whorls of the transformants. These observations show that the molecular mechanism of class C function controlling reproductive organ identity (stamen and carpel of angiosperms or microsporophyll and megasporophyll of gymnosperms) arose before the divergence of angiosperms and gymnosperms, and has been conserved during 300 million years of evolution thereafter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0960-7412
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
566-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Angiosperms, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Cycas, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-DNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Flowers, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Gymnosperms, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-MADS Domain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:14756763-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Conservation of class C function of floral organ development during 300 million years of evolution from gymnosperms to angiosperms.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't