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Published on November 10, 2006; 10.1105/tpc.106.045229

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Received June 24, 2006
Returned for revision August 28, 2006
Accepted October 17, 2006

Functional Conservation of a Root Hair Cell-Specific cis-Element in Angiosperms with Different Root Hair Distribution Patterns

Dong Wook Kim 1, Sang Ho Lee 1, Sang-Bong Choi 2, Su-Kyung Won 1, Yoon-Kyung Heo 1, Misuk Cho 1, Youn-Il Park 1, and Hyung-Taeg Cho 3*

1 Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
2 Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, Yongin, Kyunggido 449-728, Korea
3 Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea; Environmental Biotechnology National Core Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: htcho{at}cnu.ac.kr.

Vascular plants develop distinctive root hair distribution patterns in the root epidermis, depending on the taxon. The three patterns, random (Type 1), asymmetrical cell division (Type 2), and positionally cued (Type 3), are controlled by different upstream fate-determining factors that mediate expression of root hair cell-specific genes for hair morphogenesis. Here, we address whether these root hair genes possess a common transcriptional regulatory module (cis-element) determining cell-type specificity despite differences in the final root hair pattern. We identified Arabidopsis thaliana expansinA7 (At EXPA7) orthologous (and paralogous) genes from diverse angiosperm species with different hair distribution patterns. The promoters of these genes contain conserved root hair-specific cis-elements (RHEs) that were functionally verified in the Type-3 Arabidopsis root. The promoter of At EXPA7 (Type-3 pattern) also showed hair cell-specific expression in the Type 2 rice (Oryza sativa) root. Root hair-specific genes other than EXPAs also carry functionally homologous RHEs in their promoters. The RHE core consensus was established by a multiple alignment of functionally characterized RHEs from different species and by high-resolution analysis of At EXPA7 RHE1. Our results suggest that this regulatory module of root hair-specific genes has been conserved across angiosperms despite the divergence of upstream fate-determining machinery.




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