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ZmMADS47 Regulates Zein Gene Transcription through Interaction with Opaque2
Zeins, the predominent storage proteins in maize endosperm, are encoded by multiple genes and gene families. However, only a few transcriptional factors for zein gene regulation have been functionally characterized. In this study, a MADS-box protein, namely ZmMADS47, was identified as an Opaque2 (O2...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27077660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005991 |
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author | Qiao, Zhenyi Qi, Weiwei Wang, Qian Feng, Ya’nan Yang, Qing Zhang, Nan Wang, Shanshan Tang, Yuanping Song, Rentao |
author_facet | Qiao, Zhenyi Qi, Weiwei Wang, Qian Feng, Ya’nan Yang, Qing Zhang, Nan Wang, Shanshan Tang, Yuanping Song, Rentao |
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description | Zeins, the predominent storage proteins in maize endosperm, are encoded by multiple genes and gene families. However, only a few transcriptional factors for zein gene regulation have been functionally characterized. In this study, a MADS-box protein, namely ZmMADS47, was identified as an Opaque2 (O2) interacting protein via yeast two-hybrid screening. The N-terminal portion of ZmMADS47 contains a nuclear localization signal (NLS), and its C-terminal portion contains a transcriptional activation domain (AD). Interestingly, the transcriptional activation activity is blocked in its full length form, suggesting conformational regulation of the AD. Molecular and RNA-seq analyses of ZmMADS47 RNAi lines revealed down regulation of α-zein and 50-kD γ-zein genes. ZmMADS47 binds the CATGT motif in promoters of these zein genes, but ZmMADS47 alone is not able to transactivate the promoters. However, when both O2 and ZmMADS47 are present, the transactivation of these promoters was greatly enhanced. This enhancement was dependent on the AD function of ZmMADS47 and the interaction between ZmMADS47 and O2, but it was independent from the AD function of O2. Therefore, it appears interaction with O2 activates ZmMADS47 on zein gene promoters. |
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spelling | pubmed-48317732016-04-22 ZmMADS47 Regulates Zein Gene Transcription through Interaction with Opaque2 Qiao, Zhenyi Qi, Weiwei Wang, Qian Feng, Ya’nan Yang, Qing Zhang, Nan Wang, Shanshan Tang, Yuanping Song, Rentao PLoS Genet Research Article Zeins, the predominent storage proteins in maize endosperm, are encoded by multiple genes and gene families. However, only a few transcriptional factors for zein gene regulation have been functionally characterized. In this study, a MADS-box protein, namely ZmMADS47, was identified as an Opaque2 (O2) interacting protein via yeast two-hybrid screening. The N-terminal portion of ZmMADS47 contains a nuclear localization signal (NLS), and its C-terminal portion contains a transcriptional activation domain (AD). Interestingly, the transcriptional activation activity is blocked in its full length form, suggesting conformational regulation of the AD. Molecular and RNA-seq analyses of ZmMADS47 RNAi lines revealed down regulation of α-zein and 50-kD γ-zein genes. ZmMADS47 binds the CATGT motif in promoters of these zein genes, but ZmMADS47 alone is not able to transactivate the promoters. However, when both O2 and ZmMADS47 are present, the transactivation of these promoters was greatly enhanced. This enhancement was dependent on the AD function of ZmMADS47 and the interaction between ZmMADS47 and O2, but it was independent from the AD function of O2. Therefore, it appears interaction with O2 activates ZmMADS47 on zein gene promoters. Public Library of Science 2016-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4831773/ /pubmed/27077660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005991 Text en © 2016 Qiao et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Qiao, Zhenyi Qi, Weiwei Wang, Qian Feng, Ya’nan Yang, Qing Zhang, Nan Wang, Shanshan Tang, Yuanping Song, Rentao ZmMADS47 Regulates Zein Gene Transcription through Interaction with Opaque2 |
title | ZmMADS47 Regulates Zein Gene Transcription through Interaction with Opaque2 |
title_full | ZmMADS47 Regulates Zein Gene Transcription through Interaction with Opaque2 |
title_fullStr | ZmMADS47 Regulates Zein Gene Transcription through Interaction with Opaque2 |
title_full_unstemmed | ZmMADS47 Regulates Zein Gene Transcription through Interaction with Opaque2 |
title_short | ZmMADS47 Regulates Zein Gene Transcription through Interaction with Opaque2 |
title_sort | zmmads47 regulates zein gene transcription through interaction with opaque2 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4831773/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27077660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005991 |
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