Title
Conservation between animals and plants of the cis-acting element involved in the unfolded protein response
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-31-2003
Abstract
Using Arabidopsis thaliana, we identified the cis-element involved in the plant unfolded protein response (UPR). In transgenic plants, tunicamycin stimulated expression of a reporter gene under the control of the BiP promoter and promoter analysis identified a 24bp sequence crucial to this induction. When fused with a minimal promoter, a hexamer of this sequence was sufficient for induction of a reporter gene in protoplasts treated with tunicamycin or dithiothreitol. Induction rate equivalent to original promoter was observed when the assay was conducted in transgenic plants. This 24bp sequence contained two elements also responsible for the UPR in animals. Either of these elements was sufficient for the plant UPR, indicating conservation between animals and plants of cis-elements involved in the UPR. © 2002 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
First Page
225
Last Page
230
Recommended Citation
Oh, D., Kwon, C., Sano, H., Chung, W., & Koizumi, N. (2003). Conservation between animals and plants of the cis-acting element involved in the unfolded protein response. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 301 (1), 225-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-291X(02)03019-X