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THE PLANT CELL, Vol 7, Issue 5 517-527, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Plant Biologists

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Expression of the Arabidopsis HMG2 Gene, Encoding 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme A Reductase, Is Restricted to Meristematic and Floral Tissues

M. Enjuto, V. Lumbreras, C. Marin and A. Boronat
Unitat de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular A, Departament de Bioquimica i Fisiologia, Facultat de Quimica, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

The synthesis of mevalonate, which is considered the first rate-limiting step in isoprenoid biosynthesis, is catalyzed by the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR; EC 1.1.1.34). In Arabidopsis, HMGR is encoded by two differentially expressed genes (HMG1 and HMG2). The transcriptional activity of the HMG2 gene was studied after fusing different regions of its 5[prime] flanking region to the [beta]-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene and transforming the resulting constructs into tobacco plants. The spatial and temporal expression directed by the HMG2 promoter in the transgenic plants is consistent with the expression pattern previously established by RNA analysis using an HMG2-specific probe. HMG2 expression is restricted to meristematic (root tip and shoot apex) and floral (secretory zone of the stigma, mature pollen grains, gynoecium vascular tissue, and fertilized ovules) tissues. Deletion analysis of the HMG2 5[prime] flanking region was conducted in transgenic plants and transfected protoplasts. The region containing nucleotides -857 to +64 of the HMG2 gene was sufficient to confer high levels of expression in both floral and meristematic tissues, although deletion to nucleotide -503 resulted in almost complete loss of expression. Sequences contained within the 5[prime] transcribed, untranslated region are also important for gene expression. The biological significance of the restricted pattern of expression of HMG2 is also discussed.


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