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Molecular cloning of a sulfotransferase in Arabidopsis thaliana and regulation during development and in response to infection with pathogenic bacteria

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A cDNA clone (RaRO47) encoding a sulfotransferase (ST) has been isolated from Arabidopsis cell suspensions. The deduced polypeptide of 302 amino acids is highly related to plant flavonol sulfotrans-ferases (FSTs), characterized for the first time in Flaveria, and also to STs from animal tissue. The expression of the Arabidopsis ST gene(s) corresponding to RaR047 was examined during different developmental stages. It was found that, at the level of steady-state mRNA, expression of gene(s) encoding this ST was rapidly induced in the aerial parts of young seedlings, and during growth of Arabidopsis cell cultures. No expression could be detected in roots. Treatment of Arabidopsis seedlings with hormonal or stress-related compounds, showed that RaR047 mRNA accumulation was more particularly induced in response to salicylic acid and methyl jasmonate. Furthermore, in the leaves of mature plants or in cell suspensions, accumulation of RaR047 mRNA was observed upon infection with bacterial pathogens. This expression was observed preferentially in response to avirulent pathogens causing an hyper-sensitive reaction, as compared to virulent pathogens, which lead to disease.

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Lacomme, C., Roby, D. Molecular cloning of a sulfotransferase in Arabidopsis thaliana and regulation during development and in response to infection with pathogenic bacteria. Plant Mol Biol 30, 995–1008 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00020810

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