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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-5
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The highly conserved protein ubiquitin is encoded by five polyubiquitin genes in Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype Columbia that have been divided into two subtypes, the UBQ3/UBQ4 subtype and the UBQ10/UBQ11/UBQ14 subtype. Northern analysis using gene-specific oligonucleotides as hybridization probes and enzyme activity measurements from transgenic plants expressing beta-glucuronidase (GUS) under the control of individual polyubiquitin 5' flanking regions were used to determine the development and environmental regulation of polyubiquitin transcription and mRNA accumulation. Polyubiquitin mRNA levels within and between subtypes were independently modulated. UBQ3 mRNA levels were three-fold higher than UBQ4 mRNA levels in vegetative organs, but only two-thirds of the UBQ4 mRNA levels in flowers. UBQ3 mRNA was modulated by dark/light treatments, while mRNAs from UBQ and all members of the other subtype were unaffected. Similarly, within the UBQ10/UBQ11/UBQ14 subtype, UBQ11/UBQ14 mRNAs were modulated differently in seedlings after a two-hour heat-shock treatment. Among all the polyubiquitin genes, UBQ10 mRNA level was the most constant in all organs and environmental conditions examined. Transgenic plants transformed with a UBQ10 5' flanking region::GUS gene contained higher levels of GUS activity than transgenic plants expressing GUS under the control of UBQ3 5' flanking regions. In conclusion, the relative abundance of different Arabidopsis polyubiquitin mRNAs, even those produced from highly similar genes within a subtype, appears to be modulated independently in response to developmental and environmental cues.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0960-7412
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1017-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Adaptation, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Arabidopsis, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Biopolymers, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Darkness, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Ecology, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Environment, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Genes, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Heat-Shock Response, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Light, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Nitrogen, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Plants, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Polyubiquitin, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-RNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:9193073-Ubiquitins
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Independent modulation of Arabidopsis thaliana polyubiquitin mRNAs in different organs and in response to environmental changes.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.