Functional architecture of a late pollen promoter: Pollen-specific transcription is developmentally regulated by multiple stage-specific and co-dependent activator elements

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 859-869

  Bate, N ^a   Twell, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CaMV 35S; Nicotiana tabacum; Pollen; Reporter genes; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DELETION MUTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE INTERACTION; MATURATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0032125950     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006095023050     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Batanero E, Villalba M, Lopez-Otin C, Rodriguez R: Isolation and characterization of an olive allergen-like protein from lilac pollen. Sequence analysis of three cDNA encoding protein isoforms. Eur J Biochem 221: 187-193 (1994).
2. Bate N, Spurr C, Foster G, Twell D: Maturation-specific translational enhancement mediated by the 5′ -UTR of a late pollen transcript. Plant J 10: 613-623 (1996).
3. Bevan M: Binary Agrobacterium vectors for plant transformation. Nucl Acids Res 12: 8711-8721 (1984).
4. Buchel AS, Molenkamp R, Bol JF, Linthorst HJM: The PR-la promoter contains a number of elements that bind GT-1 like nuclear factors with different affinity. Plant Mol Biol 30: 493-504 (1996).
5. Carrington JC, Freed DD: Cap-independent enhancement of translation by a plant potyvirus 5′ nontranslated region. J Virol 64: 1590-1597 (1990).
6. Eady C, Lindsey K, Twell D: Differential activation and conserved vegetative cell-specific activity of a late pollen promoter in species with bi- and tricellular pollen. Plant J 5: 543-550 (1994).
7. Eyal Y, Curie C, McCormick S: Pollen specificity elements reside in 30 bp of the proximal promoters of two pollenexpressed genes. Plant Cell 7: 373-384 (1995).
8. Gilmartin PM, Memelink J, Hiratsuka K, Kay SA, Chua N-H: Characterization of a gene encoding a DNA binding protein with specificity for a light-responsive element. Plant Cell 4: 839-849 (1992).
9. Green PJ, Yong MH, Cuozzo M, Kano-Murakami Y, Silverstein P, Chua N-H: Binding site requirements for pea nuclear protein factor GT-1 correlate with sequences required for light-dependent transcriptional activation of the rbcS-3A gene. EMBO J 7: 4035-4044 (1988).
10. Guerrero FD, Grassland L, Smutzer GS, Hamilton DA, Mascarenhas JP: Promoter sequences from a maize pollen-specific gene direct transcription in tobacco. Mol Gen Genet 224: 161-168 (1990).
11. Hamilton DA, Roy M, Rueda J, Sindhu RK, Sanford J, Mascarenhas JP: Dissection of a pollen-specific promoter from maize by transient transformation assays. Plant Mol Biol 18: 211-218 (1992).
12. Hanson DD, Hamilton DA, Travis JL, Bashe DM, Mascarenhas JP: Characterization of a pollen-specific cDNA clone from Zea mays and its expression. Plant Cell 1: 173-179 (1989).
13. Hochstenbach R, de Groot P, Jacobs J, Schrauwen J, Wullens G: The promoter of a gene that is expressed only in pollen interacts with ubiquitous transcription factors. Sex Plant Reprod 9: 197-202 (1996).
14. Jacobsen K, Laursen NB, Jensen EO, Marcker A, Poulsen C, Marcker KA: HMG I-like proteins from leaf and nodule nuclei interact with different AT motifs in soybean nodulin promoters. Plant Cell 2: 85-94 (1990).
15. Jefferson RA, Kavanagh TA, Bevan MW: GUS fusions: β-glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants. EMBO J 6: 3901-3907 (1987).
16. Kuhlemeier C, Cuozzo M, Green PJ, Goyvaerts E, Ward K, Chua N-H: Localisation and conditional redundancy of regulatory elements in rbcS-3A, a pea gene encoding the small subunit of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85: 4662-4666 (1988).
17. Lombardero M, Barbas JA, Moscoso del Prado J, Carreira J: cDNA sequence analysis of the main olive allergen, Ole e I. Clin Exp Allergy 24: 765-770 (1994).
18. McCormick S, Smith A, Gasser C, Sachs K, Hinchee M, Horsch R, Fraley R: The identification of genes specifically expressed in reproductive organs of tomato. In: Nevins D, Jones R (eds) Tomato Biotechnology, pp. 255-265. Alan R. Liss, New York (1987).
19. McCormick S, Twell D, Vancanneyt G, Yamaguchi J: Molecular analysis of gene regulation and function during male gametophyte development. In: Jenkins G, Schuch W (eds) Molecular Biology of Plant Development. Proceedings of SEB symposium No. 45. Company of Biologists, Cambridge (1991).
20. Muschietti J, Dircks L, Vancanneyt G, McCormick S: LAT52 protein is essential for tomato pollen development: pollen expressing antisense LAT52 RNA hydrates and germinates abnormally and cannot achieve fertilization. Plant J 6: 321-338 (1994).
21. Ow DW, Wood KV, DeLuca M, DeWet JR, Helinski DR, Howell SH: Transient and stable expression of the firefly luciferase gene in plant cells and trangenic plants. Science 234: 856-859 (1986).
22. Pe ME, Frova C, Colombo L, Binelli G, Mastroianni N, Tarchini R, Visioli G: Molecular cloning of genes expressed in pollen of Sorghum bicolor. Maydica 39: 107-113 (1994).
23. Perisic O, Lam E: A tobacco DNA binding protein that interacts with a light-responsive box II element. Plant Cell 4: 831-838 (1992).
24. Rodriguez-Garcia MI, Fernandez MC, Alche JD: Immunocytochemical localisation of allergenic protein (Ole e 1) in the endoplasmic reticulum of the developing pollen grain of olive (Oleo europaea L.). Planta 196: 558-563 (1995).
25. Schrauwen JAM, de Groot PFM, van Herpen MMA, van der Lee T, Reynen WH, Weterings KAP, Wullems GJ: Stage-related expression of mRNAs during pollen development in lily and tobacco. Planta 182: 298-304 (1990).
26. Tebbutt SJ, Lonsdale DM: Deletion analysis of a tobacco pollen-specific polygalacturonase promoter. Sex Plant Reprod 8: 242-246 (1995).
27. Topfer R, Matzeit V, Gronenborn B, Schell J, Steinbiss H-H: A set of plant expression vectors for transcriptional and translational fusions. Nucl Acids Res 15: 5890 (1987).
28. Tupy J, Ribhova L, Zarsky V: Production of fertile tobacco pollen from microspores in suspension culture and its storage for in situ pollination. Sex Plant Reprod 4: 284-287 (1991).
29. Turner R, Bate N, Twell D, Foster G: In vivo characterisation of a translational enhancer upstream from the coat protein open reading frame of potato virus S. Arch Virol 137: 123-132 (1994).
30. Twell D: The diversity and regulation of gene expression in the pathway of male gametophyte development. In: Scott RJ, Stead AD (eds) Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Plant Reproduction, pp. 83-115. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1994).
31. Twell D: Diptheria toxin-mediated cell ablation in developing pollen: vegetative cell ablation blocks generative cell migration. Protoplasma 187: 144-154 (1995).
32. Twell D, Patel S, Sorenson A, Roberts M, Scott R, Draper J, Foster G: Activation and developmental regulation of an Arabidopsis anther-specific promoter in microspores and pollen of Nicotiana tabacum. Sex Plant Reprod 6: 217-224 (1993).
33. Twell D, Wing R, Yamaguchi J, McCormick S: Isolation and expression of an anther-specific gene from tomato. Mol Gen Genet 217: 240-245 (1989).
34. Twell D, Klein TM, Fromm ME, McCormick S: Transient expression of chimeric genes delivered into pollen by micro-projectile bombardment. Plant Physiol 91: 1270-1274 (1989).
35. Twell D, Yamaguchi J, McCormick S: Pollen-specific gene expression in transgenic plants: Coordinate regulation of two different tomato gene promoters during microsporogenesis. Development 109: 705-713 (1990).
36. Twell D, Yamaguchi J, Wing RA, Ushiba J, McCormick S: Promoter analysis of three genes that are coordinately expressed during pollen development reveals pollen-specific enhancer sequences and shared regulatory elements. Genes Devel 5: 496-507 (1991).
37. Ursin VM, Yamaguchi J, McCormick S: Gametophytic and sporophytic expression of anther-specific genes in developing tomato anthers. Plant Cell 1: 727-736 (1989).
38. Villalba M, Batanero E, Lopez-Otin C, Sanchez LM, Monsalve RI, Gonzalez de la Pena MA, Lahoz C, Rodriguez R: The amino acid sequence of Ole e I, the major allergen from olive tree (Olea europaea) pollen. Eur J Biochem 216: 863-869 (1993).
39. Willing RP, Bashe D, Mascharenhas JP: An analysis of the quantity and diversity of messenger RNAs from pollen and shoots of Zea mays. Theor Appl Genet 75: 751-753 (1988).
40. Willing RP, Mascharenhas JP: Analysis of the complexity and diversity of mRNAs from pollen and shoots of Tradescantia. Plant Physiol 75: 865-868 (1984).
41. Zappavigna V, Falciola L, Citterich MH, Mavilio F, Bianchi ME: HMG1 interacts with HOX proteins and enhances their binding and transcriptional activation. EMBO J 15: 4981-4991 (1996).
42. Zou J-T, Zhan X-Y, Wu H-M, Wang H, Cheung AY: Characterisation of a rice pollen-specific gene and its expression. American Journal of Botany 81: 552-561 (1994).