Increased expression of two cDNAS encoding metallothionein-like proteins during growth of Cicer arietinum epicotyls

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-279

  Muñoz, Francisco J ^a   Ullán, Ricardo V ^a   Labrador, Emilia ^a   Dopico, Berta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cicer arietinum; Growth; Metallothionein; Stress

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CDNA LIBRARY; CLONE; CULTIVAR IDENTIFICATION; EPICOTYL; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; MATURATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 0031766495     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1040216.x     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Bradley, D. J., Kjellbom, P. & Lamb, C. J. 1992. Elicitor- and wound-induced oxidative cross-linking of a proline-rich plant cell wall protein: A novel, rapid defence response. -Cell 70: 21-30.
2. Buchanan-Wollaston, V. 1994. Isolation of cDNA clones for genes that are expressed during leaf senescence in Brassica napus. Identification of a gene encoding a senescence-specific metallothionein-like protein. - Plant Physiol. 105: 839-846.
3. Choi D., Kim, H. M., Yun, H. K., Park, J.-A., Kim, W. T. & Bok, S. H. 1996. Molecular cloning of a metallothionein-like gene from Nicotiana glutinosa L. and its induction by wounding and tobacco mosaic virus infection. - Plant Physiol. 112: 353-359.
4. Coupe, S. A., Taylor, J. E. & Roberts, J. A. 1995. Characterization of an mRNA encoding a metallothionein-like protein that accumulates during ethylene-promoted abcission of a Sambucus nigra L. leaflet. - Planta 197: 442-447.
5. De Framond, A. J. 1991. A metallothionein-like gene from maize (Zea mays). Cloning and characterization. - FEBS Lett. 290: 103-106.
6. De Miranda, J. R., Thomas, M. A., Thurman, D. A. & Tomsett, A. B. 1990. Metallothionein genes from the flowering plant Mimulus guttatus. - FEBS Lett. 260: 277-280.
7. Evans, I. M., Gatehouse, L. N., Gatehouse, J. A., Robinson, N. J. & Croy, R. R. D. 1990. A gene from pea (Pisum sativum L.) with homology to metallothionein genes. -FEBS Lett. 262: 29-32.
8. A function. - Plant Mol. Biol. 20: 1019-1028.
9. Foley, R. C. & Singh, K. B. 1994. Isolation of a Vicia faba metallothionein-like gene: Expression in foliar trichomes. -Plant Mol. Biol. 26: 435-444.
10. A. -Plant Mol. Biol. 34: 659-668.
11. - , Robinson, N. J. & Goldsbrough, P. B. 1998. Metallothionein-like genes and phytochelatins in higher plants. -In Metal Ions in Gene Regulation (S. Silver and W. Walden, eds). Chapman and Hall, New York, NY. ISBN 0-412-05331-4.
12. c protein. Comparison with another protein very rich in half-cystine and glycine: Wheat germ agglutinin. - Can. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 62: 908-913.
13. Hsieh, H. M., Liu, W. K. & Huang, P. C. 1995. A novel stress-inducible metallothionein like gene from rice. -Plant Mol. Biol. 28: 381-389.
14. Kawashima, I. C., Inokuchi, Y., Chino, M., Kimura, M. & Shimizu, N. 1991. Isolation of a gene for a metallothionein-like protein from soybean. - Plant Cell Physiol. 32: 913-916.
15. 2+ metallothionein genes are conspicuously expressed during embryogenesis. - Eur. J. Biochem. 209: 971-976.
16. Kille, D., Winge, D. R., Harwood, J. L. & Kay, J. 1991. A plant metallothionein produced in E. coli. - FEBS Lett. 295: 171-175.
17. Kojima, Y. 1991. Definitions and nomenclature of metallothioneins. - Methods Enzymol. 205: 8-10.
18. c protein is a zinc-containing metallothionein. - Biochem. Cell Biol. 65: 1001-1005.
19. Lazo, J. S., Kondo, Y., Dellapiazza, D., Michalska, A. E. & Choo, K. H. A. 1995. Enhanced sensitivity to oxidative stress in cultured embryonic cells from transgenic mice deficient in metallothionein I and II genes. J. Biol. Chem. 270: 5506-5510.
20. Ledger, S. E. & Gardner, R. C. 1994. Cloning and characterization of five cDNAs for genes differentially expressed during fruit development of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa var. deliciosa). - Plant Mol. Biol. 25: 877-886.
21. Muñoz, F. J., Labrador, E. & Dopico, B. 1993. Effect of osmotic stress on the growth of epicotyls of Cicer arietinum L. in relation to changes in the autolytic process and glycanhydrolytic cell wall enzymes. - Physiol. Plant. 87: 544-551.
22. - , Dopico, B. & Labrador, E. 1997. Two growth-related organ-specific cDNAs from Cicer arietinum epicotyls. -Plant Mol. Biol. 35: 433-442.
23. - , Dopico, B. & Labrador, E. 1998. A cDNA encoding a proline-rich protein from Cicer arietinum. Changes in expression during development and abiotic stresses. - Physiol. Plant. 102: 582-590.
24. Murphy, A., Zhou, J., Goldsbrough, P. B. & Taiz, L. 1997. Purification and immunological identification of metallothioneins 1 and 2 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 113: 1293-1301.
25. Pearson, W. R. & Lipman, D. J. 1988. Improved tools for biological sequence comparison. - Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85: 2444-2448.
26. Robinson, N. J., Tommey, A. M., Kuske, C. & Jackson, P. J. 1993. Plant metallothionein. - Biochem. J. 295: 1-10.
27. 2+ metabolism. - Plant Mol. Biol. 30: 1169-1179.
28. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F. & Maniatis, T. 1989. Molecular cloning: A laboratory manual. - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. ISBN 0-87969-309-6.
29. Sanger, F., Nicklen, S. & Coulson, A. R. 1977. DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors. - Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74: 5463-5467.
30. Snowden, K. C. & Gardner, R. C. 1993. Five genes induced by aluminium in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots. - Plant Physiol. 103: 855-861.
31. - , Richards, K. D. & Gardner, R. C. 1995. Alumimum-induced genes. Induction by toxic metals, low calcium and wounding and pattern of expression in root tips. - Plant Physiol. 107: 341-348.
32. A in E. coli. Metal-binding properties of the expressed protein. - FEBS Lett. 292: 48-52.
33. White, C. N. & Rivin, C. J. 1995. Characterization and expression of a cDNA encoding a seed-specific metallothionein in maize. - Plant Physiol. 108: 831-832.
34. Whitelaw, C. A., Le Huquet, J. A., Thurman, D. A. & Tomsett, A. B. 1997. The isolation and characterization of type II metallothionein-like genes from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.). - Plant Mol. Biol. 33: 503-511.
35. Zhou, J. & Goldsbrough, P. B. 1994. Functional homology of fungal metallothionein genes from Arabidopsis. - Plant Cell 6: 875-884.
36. - & Goldsbrough, P. B. 1995. Structure, organization and expression of the metallothionein gene family in Arabidopsis. - Mol. Gen. Genet. 248: 318-328.