THE PLANT CELL, Vol 2, Issue 6 547-557, Copyright © 1990 by American Society of Plant Biologists
Characterization of the Arabidopsis Adh G-Box Binding Factor
A. J. DeLisle and R. J. Ferl
Department of Vegetable Crops, 1255 Fifield Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
Protein-DNA interaction at an inverted repeat of the sequence
5[prime]-GTGG-3[prime] (G-box) has been associated with the transcription
of several plant genes [Giuliano, G., et al. (1988). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
USA 85, 7089-7093; Ferl, R.J., and Laughner, B.H. (1989). Plant Mol. Biol.
12, 357-366; Schulze-Lefert, P., et al. (1989). EMBO J. 8, 651-656]. We
characterized the binding of the Arabidopsis G-box binding factor (GBF)
from whole-cell extracts and fractionated extracts to the G-box of alcohol
dehydrogenase (Adh) using gel mobility shift assays. DNase I footprinting
localized the region of GBF/G-box interaction to two sites, one apparent
high-affinity binding site (-227 to -201) and a possible low-affinity
binding site (-193 to -182). DNA-protein cross-linking demonstrated that
the G-box is bound by proteins of two sizes, 31 kilodaltons and 18
kilodaltons. In addition, we found that in vitro the interaction of GBF
from Arabidopsis suspension cultures or leaves with the Adh G-box is
indistinguishable, and that there is evidence of multiple protein-protein
interactions.