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Characterization of Genomic Clones and Expression Analysis of the Three Types of Superoxide Dismutases During Nodule Development in Lotus japonicus

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dc.creator Rubio Luna, María Carmen
dc.creator Becana Ausejo, Manuel
dc.creator Sato, Shusei
dc.creator James, Euan Kevin
dc.creator Tabata, Satoshi
dc.creator Spaink, Herman P.
dc.date 2008-04-29T09:05:16Z
dc.date 2008-04-29T09:05:16Z
dc.date 2007-03
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:06:47Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:06:47Z
dc.identifier Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, March 2007, Volume 20, Number 3, Pages 262-275
dc.identifier 0894-0282
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3877
dc.identifier 10.1094/MPMI-20-3-0262
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3877
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dc.description Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are metalloenzymes that play a primary role in the protection against oxidative stress in plants and other organisms. We have characterized four SOD genes in Lotus japonicus and have analyzed their expression in roots and four developmental stages of nodules. The expression of cytosolic CuZnSOD, at the mRNA, protein, and enzyme activity levels, decreases with nodule age, and the protein is localized in the dividing cells and infection threads of emergent nodules and in the infected cells of young nodules. The mitochondrial MnSOD was downregulated, whereas the bacteroidal MnSOD displayed maximal protein and enzyme activity levels in older nodules. Two additional genes, encoding plastidic (FeSOD1) and cytosolic (FeSOD2) FeSOD isoforms, were identified and mapped. The genes are located in different chromosomes and show differential expression. The FeSOD1 mRNA level did not change during nodule development, whereas FeSOD2 was upregulated. The distinct expression patterns of the SOD genes may reflect different regulatory mechanisms of the enzyme activities during nodule ontogeny. In particular, at the mRNA and activity levels, the virtual loss of cytosolic CuZnSOD in mature and old nodules, concomitant with the induction of FeSOD2, suggests that the two enzymes may functionally compensate each other in the cytosol at the late stages of nodule development.
dc.description This work was supported by grants MERG-7-CT-2005-517605 and FP6-2003-INCO-DEV2-517617 from the European Commission and AGL2005-01404 from the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional. M. C. Rubio was the recipient of a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship of the European Commission (HPMF-CT-2002-0943) and a postdoctoral contract (I3P program) of CSIC-FSE.
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Phytopathological Society
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject differential gene expression
dc.subject model legume
dc.title Characterization of Genomic Clones and Expression Analysis of the Three Types of Superoxide Dismutases During Nodule Development in Lotus japonicus
dc.type Artículo


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