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. 1994 Dec;6(12):1805–1813. doi: 10.1105/tpc.6.12.1805

Molecular dissection of GT-1 from Arabidopsis.

K Hiratsuka 1, X Wu 1, H Fukuzawa 1, N H Chua 1
PMCID: PMC160563  PMID: 7866025

Abstract

We isolated and characterized an Arabidopsis cDNA encoding the DNA binding protein GT-1. This protein factor, which contains 406 amino acids, is highly homologous to the previously described tobacco DNA binding protein GT-1a/B2F but is 26 amino acids longer. Recombinant Arabidopsis GT-1, which was obtained from in vitro translation, bound to probes consisting of four copies of pea small subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase rbcS-3A box II and required the same GGTTAA core binding site as the binding activity of an Arabidopsis nuclear protein preparation. However, unlike the truncated tobacco GT-1a prepared from Escherichia coli extracts, the full-length Arabidopsis GT-1 bound to pea rbcS-3A box III and Arabidopsis chlorophyll a/b binding protein CAB2 light-responsive elements, both of which contain GATA motifs. Deletion and mutational analyses suggested that the predicted trihelix region of GT-1 is essential for DNA binding. Moreover, GT-1 binds to target DNA as a dimer, and its C-terminal region contains a putative dimerization domain that enhances the binding activity. Transient expression of the GT-1::beta-glucuronidase fusion protein in onion cells revealed the presence of a nuclear localization signal(s) within the first 215 amino acids of GT-1.

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