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Published on: December 23, 2017
Structure, expression and promoter activity of two polyubiquitin genes from rice (Oryza sativa L.)
1Department of Agronomy, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 70803, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Abstract:
We have isolated two rice polyubiquitin genes designated as RUBQ1 and RUBQ2 by screening a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC) genomic library with a 32P-labeled ubiquitin cDNA probe. DNA sequence data revealed that both genes contained an open reading frame encoding a hexameric precursor ubiquitin and an intron immediate upstream of the initiation codon. The deduced amino acid sequences of both genes were identical to each other and to other plant ubiquitin sequences. Several putative regulatory elements such as enhancer core and heat shock consensus sequences were found in the 5'-upstream regions of both genes. Northern blot analyses using the 3'-untranslated region as gene specific probes showed that both genes were actively expressed in all rice plant tissues tested. Differential expression was observed in roots where RUBQ2 appeared to be predominantly expressed. Chimeric genes containing the 5'-upstream region including the intron of RUBQ1 or RUBQ2 and the beta-glucuronidase (GUS) coding region were constructed and transferred into rice suspension cells via particle bombardment. GUS activity from constructs containing RUBQ1 and RUBQ2 promoters in rice suspension cells was ten to 15-fold greater than those using the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus 35S (CaMV 35S) promoter, and two to threefold greater than constructs with the maize polyubiquitin Ubi1 promoter. The results demonstrate the potential usefulness of the two rice polyubiquitin promoters in rice or other monocot transformation systems.
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