CONSTITUTIVE, LIGHT-RESPONSIVE AND CIRCADIAN CLOCK-RESPONSIVE FACTORS COMPETE FOR THE DIFFERENT L-BOX ELEMENTS IN PLANT LIGHT-REGULATED PROMOTERS
CONSTITUTIVE, LIGHT-RESPONSIVE AND CIRCADIAN CLOCK-RESPONSIVE FACTORS COMPETE FOR THE DIFFERENT L-BOX ELEMENTS IN PLANT LIGHT-REGULATED PROMOTERS
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-313x.1993.04040611.x
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发表时间:
1993-10-01
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影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
GIULIANO, G
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BORELLO, U;CECCARELLI, E;GIULIANO, G
The I box is a conserved regulatory motif which is found upstream of plant genes (rbcS, cab and nia) whose transcription is regulated by light and the circadian clock. Gel retardation and UV cross-linking assays were used to resolve two different groups of I box binding factors (IBFs) in tomato nuclear extracts.Active components of the first group (IBF-1) recognize the I box of the light-responsive rbcS promoter; one factor within this group, IBF-1a, also recognizes the adjacent G box, which has been shown previously to bind a different class of plant transcription factors, the G box binding factors (GBFs). To the limit of experimental resolution, IBF-1a and GBF compete for the same nucleotides on the G box. Nevertheless, these two activities are biochemically and immunologically distinct. The relative abundance of IBF-1a shows a vast decrease in dark-adapted plants.Factors in the second group (IBF-2), recognize the I box of the nia promoter, which is regulated both by light and the circadian clock; one factor within this group, IBF-2a, also binds the I box of a second promoter showing similar regulation, the cab promoter. The IBF-2a binding sites on the cab and nia promoters show extensive homology to a circadian clock-responsive promoter element from wheat. The abundance of IBF-2a is diurnally regulated and shows a dramatic induction around the onset of the light period. Transfer of the plants in continuous darkness demonstrates that this induction is under the control of a circadian clock. These data suggest that I box binding factors may be involved in regulation of transcription by light and the circadian clock.