Abstract
Following wounding of carrot (Daucus carota L.) roots, the activity of a nuclear factor (EGBF-1) that binds a 5′-region of the carrot extensin gene declines to undetectable levels within 48 h. Mixing of nuclear extracts from wounded roots with nuclear extracts from unwounded roots has demonstrated the existence of a wound-induced inhibitor of EGBF-1. Inhibition of EGBF-1 DNA-binding activity by nuclear extracts from wounded roots is shown to be specific for EGBF-1, and to be destroyed by heat treatment. In addition, inhibition is saturable and occurs rapidly. Active EGBF-1 can be reconstituted from its inhibited state by renaturation of proteins from mixed extracts following denaturation by boiling in sodium dodecyl sulfate and 2-mercaptoethanol, and electrophoretic separation, indicating that inhibition is dependent upon the reversible interaction of EGBF-1 with a titratable factor. However, EGBF-1 activity could not be detected in nuclear extracts from wounded roots following denaturation and electrophoretic separation. Inhibitory activity was not detectable in nuclear extracts from roots that had been trated with ethylene. The action of the inhibitor indicates one possible mechanism for the control of EGBF-1 activity in carrot roots following wounding.
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Abbreviations
- bp:
-
base pairs
- EGBF:
-
extensin-gene binding factor
- EMSA:
-
electrophoretic mobility-shift assay
- HRGP:
-
hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein
- kDa:
-
kilodalton
- SDS:
-
sodium dodecyl sulfate
- UNE:
-
nuclear extracts from unwounded roots
- WNE:
-
nuclear extracts from wounded roots
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Holdsworth, M.J., Laties, G.G. Identification of a wound-induced inhibitor of a nuclear factor that binds the carrot extensin gene. Planta 180, 74–81 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02411412
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