Table 1.

Putative Cis-acting regulatory elements identified in the BjChp promoter by in silico analysis Search against Plant CARE (PC) and PLACE (P) databases.

S.No	Motif	Sequence	Position (upstream of ATG)	Function	Reference
1	TATA-BOX	TATAAAT	−69 to −75	core promoter element around −30 of transcription start	PlantCARE
2	CAT −BOX	ACAAT	−462 to −465	Element in promoter and enhancer regions	Shirsat et al. (1998)
3	ABRE site	TACGTG	−151 to −156	involved in the abscisic acid responsiveness	PlantCARE
4	ABRE site	TACGGTC	−1402 to −1408	involved in the abscisic acid responsiveness	PlantCARE
5	TGACG-motif	TGACG	−139 to − 143 −179 to − 183	Regulatory element involved in the MeJA- response	Despres (2003)
6	CGTCA-motif	CGTCA	−2140 to −2144	Involved in the MeJA- response	Plant CARE
7	TCA-element	TCATCTTTTT	−360 to −369	Element involved in salicylic acid responsiveness	Plant CARE
8	WUN-motif	TCCTTACGAAA	−434 to −444	Element involved in wound-responsive element	Plant CARE
9	TC-rich repeats	ATTTTTTCCA	−939 to − 948	Element involved in defense and stress	Plant CARE
10	MOTIFSkn-1motif	GTCAT	−1002 to − 998 —1580 to −1584 −1042 to −1046	Element involved in endosperm expression	Plant CARE
11	MBS	TAACTG	−1465 to −1470	MYB binding site for drought inducibility	Plant CARE
12	TGA-element	AACGAC	−1747 to − 1752	Auxin-responsive element	Plant CARE
13	ERE site	ATTTCAAA	−1494 to − 1501	ethylene-responsive element	Plant CARE
14	RY-element	CATGCATG	−2177 to − 2184	in seed-specific regulation	Plant CARE