Metabolic regulation of asparagine synthetase gene expression in maize (Zea mays L.) root tips

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Chevalier, Christian ^a   Bourgeois, Emmanuelle ^a   Just, Daniel ^a   Raymond, Philippe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBOHYDRATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030063362     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09010001.x     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Altschul, S.F., Gish, W., Miller, W., Myers, E.W. and Lipman, D. (1992) Basic local alignment search tool. J. Mol. Biol. 215, 403-410.
2. Baysdorfer, C., Warmbrodt, R.D. and Van der Woude, W.J. (1988) Mechanism of starvation tolerance in Pearl millet. Plant Physiol. 88, 1381-1387.
3. Brears, T., Liu, C., Knight, T.J. and Coruzzi, G.M. (1993) Ectopic overexpression of asparagine synthetase in transgenic tobacco. Plant Physiol. 103, 1285-1290.
4. Brouquisse, R., James, F, Raymond, P. and Pradet, A. (1991) Study of glucose starvation in excised maize root tips. Plant Physiol. 96, 619-626.
5. Brouquisse, R., James, F., Pradet, A. and Raymond, P. (1992) Asparagine metabolism and nitrogen distribution during protein degradation in sugar-starved maize root tips. Planta, 188, 384-395.
6. Cheng, C.L., Acedo, G.N., Cristinsin, M. and Conkling, M.A. (1992) Sucrose mimics the light induction of Arabidopsis nitrate reductase gene transcription. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 89, 1861-1864.
7. Chevalier, C., Bourgeois, E., Pradet, A. and Raymond, P. (1995) Molecular cloning and characterization of six cDNAs expressed during glucose starvation in excised maize (Zea mays L.) root tips. Plant Mol. Biol. 28, 473-485.
8. Davies, K.M. and King, G.A. (1993) Isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone for a harvest-induced asparagine synthetase from Asparagus officinalis L. Plant Physiol. 102, 1337-1340.
9. Dellaporta, S.L., Wood, J. and Hicksj, J.B. (1983) A plant DNA minipreparation: version II, Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 1, 19-21.
10. Deng, M.D., Moureaux, T., Leydecker, M.T. and Caboche, M. (1990) Nitrate-reductase expression is under the control of circadian rhythm and is light inducible in Nicotians tabacum leaves. Planta, 180, 257-261.
11. Dieuaide, M., Brouquisse, R., Pradet, A. and Raymond, P. (1992) Increased fatty acid β-oxidation after giucose starvation in maize root tips. Plant Physiol. 99, 595-600.
12. Dieuaide, M., Couée, I., Pradet, A. and Raymond, P. (1993) Effects of glucose starvation on the oxidation of fatty acids by maize root tip mitochondria and peroxisomes: evidence for mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation and acyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity in a higher plant. Biochem. J. 296, 199-207.
13. Downs, C.G., Pogson, B.J., Davies, K.M. and Amira, E.G. (1995) An asparagine synthetase cDNA clone (Genbank X84448) from Broccoli (PCR95-016). Plant Physiol. 108, 1342.
14. Farrar, J.F. (1981) Respiration rate of barley roots: its relation to growth, substrate supply and the illumination of the shoot. Ann. Bot. 48, 53-63.
15. Ferguson, D.L., Guikema, J.A. and Paulsen, G.M. (1990) Ubiquitin pool modulation and protein degradation in wheat roots during high temperature stress. Plant Physiol. 92, 740-746.
16. Genix, P., Bligny, R., Martin, J.B. and Douce, R. (1990) Transient accumulation of asparagine in sycamore cells after a long period of sucrose starvation. Plant Physiol. 94, 717-722.
17. Genshik, P., Parmentier, Y., Durr, A., Marbach, J., Criqui, M.C., Jamet, E. and Fleck, J. (1992) Ubiquitin genes are differentially regulated in protoplast-derived cultures of Nicotiana sylvestris and in response to various stresses. Plant Mol. Biol. 20, 897-910.
18. Graham, I.A., Denby, K.J. and Leaver, C.J. (1994) Carbon catabolite repression regulates glyoxylate cycle gene expression in cucumber. Plant Cell, 6, 761-772.
19. Humbert, R. and Simoni, R.D. (1980) Genetic and biochemical studies demonstrating a second gene for asparagine synthetase in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 142, 212-220.
20. Hurst, P.L., King, G.A. and Borst, W.M. (1993) Postharvest inhibition of glutamine synthetase activity with phosphmothricin reduces the shelf-life of asparagus. Postharvest Biol. Tech. 3, 327-334.
21. James, F., Brouquisse, R., Pradet, A. and Raymond, P. (1993) Changes in proteolytic activities in glucose-starved maize root tips. Regulation by sugars. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 31, 845-856.
22. Jang, J.-C. and Sheen, J. (1994) Sugar sensing in higher plants. Plant Cell, 6, 1665-1679.
23. Journet, E.P., Bligny, R. and Douce, R. (1986) Biochemical changes during sucrose deprivation in higher plant cells. J. Biol. Chem. 261, 3193-3199.
24. Joy, K.W., Ireland, R.J. and Lea, P.J. (1983) Asparagine synthesis in pea leaves, and the occurrence of an asparagine synthetase inhibitor. Plant Physiol. 73, 165-168.
25. Kang, S.M. and Titus, J.S. (1989) Increased proteolysis of senescing rice leaves in the presence of NaCl and KCI. Plant Physiol. 91, 1232-1237.
26. Kerr, P.S., Rufty, T.W. and Huber, S.C. (1985) Changes in non-structural carbohydrates in different parts of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) plants during a light/dark cycle and in extended darkness. Plant Physiol. 78, 576-581.
27. Kim, S.Y., May, G.D. and Park, W.D. (1994) Nuclear protein factors binding to class I patatin promoter region are tuber-specific and sucrose-inducible. Plant Mol. Biol. 26, 603-615.
28. King, G.A. and Davies, K.M. (1992) Identification, cDNA cloning, and analysis of mRNAs having altered expression in tips of harvested asparagus spears. Plant Physiol. 100, 1661-1669.
29. King, G.A., Woollard, D.C., Irving. D.E. and Borst, W.E. (1990) Physiological changes in asparagus spear tips after harvest. Plant Physiol. 80, 393-400.
30. Krapp, A., Hofmann, B., Schäfer, C. and Stitt, M. (1993) Regulation of the expression of rbcS and other photosynthetic genes by carbohydrates: a mechanism for the 'sink regulation' of photosynthesis? Plant J. 3, 817-828.
31. Lam, H.-M., Peng, S.S.-Y. and Coruzzi, G.M. (1994) Metabolic reguiation of the gene encoding glutamine-dependent asparagine synthetase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 106, 1347-1357.
32. McGrath, R.B. and Coruzzi, G.M. (1991) A gene network controlling glutamine and asparagine biosynthesis in plants. Plant J. 3, 275-280.
33. Oaks, A. and Ross, D.W. (1983) Asparagine synthetase in Zea mays. Can. J. Bot 62, 68-73.
34. Rajasekhar, V.K., Gowri, G. and Campbell, W.H. (1988) Phytochrome-mediated light regulation of nitrate reductase expression in squash cotyledons. Plant Physiol. 88, 242-244.
35. Ramos, F. and Wiame, J.M. (1980) Two asparagine synthetases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Eur. J. Biochem. 108, 373-378.
36. Rognes, S.E. (1975) Glutamine-dependent asparagine synthetase from Lupinus luteus. Phytochemistry, 14, 1975-1982.
37. Saglio, P. and Pradet, A. (1980) Soluble sugars, respiration, and energy charge during aging of excised maize root tips. Plant Physiol. 66, 516-519.
38. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. and Maniatis, T. (1989) Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edn. Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
39. Sanger, F., Nicklen, S. and Coulson, A.R. (1977) DNA sequencing with chain terminating inhibitors. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 74, 5463-5467.
40. Sheen, J. (1990) Metabolic repression of transcription in higher plants. Plant Cell 2, 1027-1038.
41. Sieciechowicz, K.A., Joy, K.W. and Ireland, R.J. (1988) The metabolism of asparagine in plants. Phytochemistry, 27, 663-671.
42. Streeter, J.M. (1977) Asparaginase and asparagine transaminase in soybean leaves and root nodules. Plant Physiol. 60, 235-239.
43. Stulen, I. and Oaks, A. (1977) Asparagine synthesis in corn roots. Plant Physiol. 60, 680-683.
44. Stulen, I., Israelstam, G.F. and Oaks, A. (1979) Enzymes of asparagine synthesis in maize roots. Planta, 146, 237-241.
45. Tassi, F., Maestri, E., Restivo, F.M. and Marmiroli, N. (1992) The effects of carbon starvation on cellular metabolism and RNA synthesis in Gerbera callus cultures. Plant Sci 83, 127-136.
46. Thomas, H. (1978) Enzymes of nitrogen mobilization in detached leaves of Folium temulentum during senescence. Planta, 142, 161-169.
47. Tsai, F.Y. and Coruzzi, G.M. (1990) Dark-induced and organ-specific expression of two asparagine synthetase genes in Pisum sativum. EMBO J. 9, 323-332.
48. Tsai, F.Y. and Coruzzi, G.M. (1991) Light represses transcription of asparagine synthetase genes in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic organs of plants. Mol. Cell. Biol. 11, 4966-4972.
49. Verwoerd, T.C., Dekker, B.M.M. and Hoekema, A. (1989) A small-scale procedure for the rapid isolation of plant RNAs. Nucl. Acids Res. 17, 2362.
50. Vierstra, R.D. (1993) Protein degradation in plants. Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 44, 385-410.
51. Vincentz, M., Moureaux, T., Leydecker, M.T., Vaucheret, H. and Caboche, M. (1993) Regulation of nitrate and nitrite reductase expression in Nicotians plumbaginifolia leaves by nitrogen and carbon metabolites. Plant J. 3, 315-324.
52. Webster, P.L. and van't Hof, J. (1973) Polyribosomes in proliferating and non-proliferating root meristem cells. Am. J. Bot. 60, 117-121.