Regulation and evolution of seed globulin genes

Wohlfarth, Thomas; Braun, Holger; Kirik, Viktor; Kölle, Kerstin; Czihal, Andreas; Tewes, Annegret; Luerssen, Hartmut; Miséra, Simon; Shutov, Andrei D.; Bäumlein, Helmut

doi:10.1016/s0176-1617(98)80018-7

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“…Research in several laboratories with legume seed protein genes, such as b-conglycinin, glycinin, Kunitz trypsin inhibitor, and lectin, showed that their mRNA accumulation patterns are regulated temporally and spatially (Goldberg et al, 1981a(Goldberg et al, , 1983Meinke et al, 1981;Rerie et al, 1992) and controlled by both transcriptional and posttranscriptional processes (Evans et al, 1984;Beach et al, 1985;Chappell and Chrispeels, 1986;Walling et al, 1986). Subsequent work determined that cisregulatory sequences flanking legume seed protein genes could confer embryo-specific expression patterns in heterologous plants, such as tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) and petunia (Petunia hybrida; Chen et al, 1986;Okamuro et al, 1986;Jofuku et al, 1987;Higgins et al, 1988;Naito et al, 1988;Baumlein et al, 1992;Wohlfarth et al, 1998;Chandrasekharan et al, 2003).…”

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Using Genomics to Study Legume Seed Development

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et al. 2007

Plant Physiology

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Using Genomics to Study Legume Seed Development

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Kawashima³

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“…This gene was found to be transcribed abundantly during early seed development but the protein had not been found (Bassüner et al 1988;Bäumlein et al 1991). The predicted structural feature was referred to as ''U'' domain (Wohlfarth et al 1998) and independently as ''BURP'' domain (Hattori et al 1998). VfUSP, thus a hypothetical protein with a novel domain, has since then been found to have numerous related deduced proteins in the plant kingdom.…”

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“…Much of the subsequent work focused on various aspects of this promoter and established a detailed knowledge concerning the tissue specific and development dependent regulation of the VfUSP promoter. This includes characterization of the important cis-elements like the RY-element and the interacting transcription factors such as FUS3 and ABI3 (Bäumlein et al 1991(Bäumlein et al , 1994Fiedler et al 1993;Mönke et al 2004;Reidt et al 2000;Wohlfarth et al 1998). A VfUSP promoter driven marker gene construct has been useful in identifying and isolating embryogenesis-competent cells in tobacco (Chesnokov et al 2002) and Arabidopsis (A. Schallau and H. Bäumlein, unpublished results).…”

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The BURP domain protein AtUSPL1 of Arabidopsis thaliana is destined to the protein storage vacuoles and overexpression of the cognate gene distorts seed development

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BURP domain proteins comprise a broadly distributed, plant-specific family of functionally poorly understood proteins. VfUSP (Vicia faba Unknown Seed Protein) is the founding member of this family. The BURP proteins are characterized by a highly conserved C-terminal protein domain with a characteristic cysteine-histidine pattern. The Arabidopsis genome contains five BURP-domain encoding genes. Three of them are similar to the non-catalytic beta-subunit of the polygalacturonase of tomato and form a distinct subgroup. The remaining two genes are AtRD22 and AtUSPL1. The deduced product of AtUSPL1 is similar in size and sequence to VfUSP and that of the Brassica napus BNM2 gene which is expressed during microspore-derived embryogenesis. The protein products of BURP genes have not been found, especially that of VfUSP despite a great deal of interest arising from copious transcription of the gene in seeds. Here, we demonstrate that VfUSP and AtUSPL1 occur in cellular compartments essential for seed protein synthesis and storage, like the Golgi cisternae, dense vesicles, prevaculoar vesicles and the protein storage vacuoles in the parenchyma cells of cotyledons. Ectopic expression of AtUSPL1 leads to a shrunken seed phenotype; these seeds show structural alterations in their protein storage vacuoles and lipid vesicles. Furthermore, there is a reduction in the storage protein content and a perturbation in the seed fatty acid composition. However, loss of AtUSP1 gene function due to T-DNA insertions does not lead to a phenotypic change under laboratory conditions even though the seeds have less storage proteins. Thus, USP is pertinent to seed development but its role is likely shared by other proteins that function well enough under the laboratory growth conditions.

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“…The members are characterized by their modular composition and a carboxy-terminal sequence called the BURP domain (Hattori et al 1998). As a class they are only found in plants and appear to have diverse functions (Hattori et al 1998;Wohlfarth et al 1998). SCB1 is only found in soybean where it is sequentially expressed during seed coat development, first within the thick-walled parenchyma of the inner integument and later in the thin-walled and thick-walled parenchyma of the outer integument.…”

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SCB1 , a BURP-domain protein gene, from developing soybean seed coats

Batchelor

Boutilier

Miller

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We describe a gene, SCB1 (Seed Coat BURP-domain protein 1), that is expressed specifically within the soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill) seed coat early in its development. Northern blot analysis and mRNA in situ hybridization revealed novel patterns of gene expression during seed development. SCB1 mRNA accumulated first within the developing thick-walled parenchyma cells of the inner integument and later in the thick- and thin-walled parenchyma cells of the outer integument. This occurred prior to the period of seed coat maturation and seed filling and before either of the layers started to degrade. SCB1 may therefore play a role in the differentiation of the seed coat parenchyma cells. In addition, the protein product appears to be located within cell walls. The SCB1 gene codes for a new member of a class of modular proteins that possess a carboxy-terminal BURP domain and a variety of different repeated sequences. The sequence of the genomic clone revealed the insertion of a Tgm transposable element in the upstream promoter region but it is not certain whether it contributes to the tissue-specific pattern of SCB1 expression.

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Regulation and evolution of seed globulin genes

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Using Genomics to Study Legume Seed Development

Using Genomics to Study Legume Seed Development

The BURP domain protein AtUSPL1 of Arabidopsis thaliana is destined to the protein storage vacuoles and overexpression of the cognate gene distorts seed development

SCB1 , a BURP-domain protein gene, from developing soybean seed coats

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