Major cis-regulatory elements for rice bidirectional promoter activity reside in the 5'-untranslated regions
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-10-2013
Abstract
Bidirectional promoters are defined as those that regulate adjacent genes organized in a divergent fashion (head to head orientation) and separated by < . 1. kb. In order to dissect bidirectional promoter activity in a model plant, deletion analysis was performed for seven rice promoters using promoter-reporter gene constructs, which identified three promoters to be bidirectional. Regulatory elements located in or close to the 5'-untranslated regions (UTR) of one of the genes (divergent gene pair) were found to be responsible for their bidirectional activity. DNA footprinting analysis identified unique protein binding sites in these promoters. Deletion/alteration of these motifs resulted in significant loss of expression of the reporter genes on either side of the promoter. Changes in the motifs at both the positions resulted in a remarkable decrease in bidirectional activity of the reporter genes flanking the promoter. Based on our results, we propose a novel mechanism for the bidirectionality of rice bidirectional promoters. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Publication Title
Gene
Recommended Citation
Dhadi, S.,
Deshpande, A.,
Driscoll, K.,
&
Ramakrishna, W.
(2013).
Major cis-regulatory elements for rice bidirectional promoter activity reside in the 5'-untranslated regions.
Gene,
526(2), 400-410.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2013.05.060
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