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Reversible heat-induced inactivation of chimeric β-glucuronidase in transgenic plants

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dc.creator Almoguera, Concepción
dc.creator Rojas, A.
dc.creator Jordano, Juan
dc.date 2008-04-02T10:56:40Z
dc.date 2008-04-02T10:56:40Z
dc.date 2002-04-09
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:01:24Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:01:24Z
dc.identifier Plant Physiology 129(1): 333–341, 2002
dc.identifier 1532-2548 Online
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3418
dc.identifier 10.1104/pp.000992
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3418
dc.description We compared the expression patterns in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) of two chimeric genes: a translational fusion to ß-glucuronidase (GUS) and a transcriptional fusion, both with the same promoter and 5'-flanking sequences of Ha hsp17.7 G4, a small heat shock protein (sHSP) gene from sunflower (Helianthus annuus). We found that immediately after heat shock, the induced expression from the two fusions in seedlings was similar, considering chimeric mRNA or GUS protein accumulation. Surprisingly, we discovered that the chimeric GUS protein encoded by the translational fusion was mostly inactive in such conditions. We also found that this inactivation was fully reversible. Thus, after returning to control temperature, the GUS activity was fully recovered without substantial changes in GUS protein accumulation. In contrast, we did not find differences in the in vitro heat inactivation of the respective GUS proteins. Insolubilization of the chimeric GUS protein correlated with its inactivation, as indicated by immunoprecipitation analyses. The inclusion in another chimeric gene of the 21 amino-terminal amino acids from a different sHSP lead to a comparable reversible inactivation. That effect not only illustrates unexpected post-translational problems, but may also point to sequences involved in interactions specific to sHSPs and in vivo heat stress conditions.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Society of Plant Biologists
dc.relation http://www.plantphysiol.org/cgi/content/abstract/129/1/333
dc.rights closedAccess
dc.subject Transgenic tobacco
dc.subject Nicotiana tabacum
dc.subject Translational fusion
dc.subject GUS
dc.subject Transcriptional fusion
dc.subject sHSP
dc.subject Sunflower
dc.subject Helianthus annuus
dc.subject mRNA
dc.subject Transgenic plants
dc.subject Plant proteins
dc.subject Heat stress
dc.title Reversible heat-induced inactivation of chimeric β-glucuronidase in transgenic plants
dc.type Artículo


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