Truernit, Elisabeth and Schmid, Jürg and Epple, Petra and Illig, Judith and Sauer, Norbert (1996) The sink-specific and stress-regulated Arabidopsis STP4 gene: Enhanced expression of a gene encoding a monosaccharide transporter by wounding, elicitors, and pathogen challenge. PLANT CELL, 8 (12). pp. 2169-2182. ISSN 1040-4651, 1532-298X
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A cDNA for the Arabidopsis STP4 gene (for sugar transport protein 4) was isolated, and the properties of the encoded protein were studied in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, The STP4 monosaccharide HC symporter is composed of 514 amino acids and has a calculated molecular mass of 57.1 kD. RNA gel blot analyses revealed that STP4 is expressed primarily in roots and flowers of Arabidopsis, This was shown in more detail with STP4 promoter-beta-glucuronidase (GUS) plants yielding strong STP4-driven GUS activity in root tips and anthers. Wounding of plants transformed with STP4-GUS constructs resulted in a rapid increase in GUS activity in cells directly adjacent to the lesion, This was confirmed by RNase protection analyses in Arabidopsis wild-type plants showing a strong, wound-induced increase in STP4 mRNA levels. STP4 expression was induced rapidly in suspension-cultured Arabidopsis cells that were treated with the Pseudo monas syringae elicitor or with chitin or in Arabidopsis plants that were exposed to fungal attacks. Our data suggest that the role of STP4 is to catalyze monosaccharide import into classic sinks, such as root tips and anthers, and, most importantly, to meet the increased carbohydrate demand of cells responding to environmental stress.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HISTIDINE-TAGGED PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES-POMBE; GLUCOSE-TRANSPORTER; H+ SYMPORTER; AGROBACTERIUM-TUMEFACIENS; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; BETA-GLUCURONIDASE; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; SUGAR-TRANSPORT; FISSION YEAST |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences |
| Divisions: | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften > Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie und Pflanzenphysiologie (Prof. Dr. Klaus Grasser) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2023 12:14 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2023 12:14 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/51326 |
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