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Cloning and Characterization of ${\Delta}^1$-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Synthetase Genes and Identification of Point Mutants in Medicago truncatula  

Song, Ki-Hoon (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
Song, Dae-Hae (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
Lee, Jeong-Ran (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
Kim, Goon-Bo (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
Choi, Hong-Kyu (Department of Plant Pathology, University of California)
Penmetsa, R. Varma (Department of Plant Pathology, University of California)
Nam, Young-Woo (Department of Life Science, Sogang University)
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KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE / v.52, no.4, 2007 , pp. 458-468 More about this Journal
Abstract
To tolerate environmentally adverse conditions such as cold, drought, and salinity, plants often synthesize and accumulate proline in cells as compatible osmolytes. ${\Delta}^1$-Pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase(P5CS) catalyzes the rate-limiting step of proline biosynthesis from glutamate. Two complete genes, MtP5CS1 and MtP5CS2, were isolated from the model legume Medicago truncatula by cDNA cloning and bacterial artificial chromosome library screening. Nucleotide sequence analysis showed that both genes consisted of 20 exons and 19 introns. Alignment of the predicted amino acid sequences revealed high similarities with P5CS proteins from other plant species. The two MtP5CS genes were expressed in response to high salt and low temperature treatments. Semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed that MtP5CS1 was expressed earlier than MtP5CS2, indicating differential regulation of the two genes. To evaluate the reverse genetic effects of nucleotide changes on MtP5CS function, a Targeting Induced Local Lesions in Genomes approach was taken. Three mutants each were isolated for MtP5CS1 and MtP5CS2, of which a P5CS2 nonsense mutant carrying a codon change from arginine to stop was expected to bring translation to premature termination. These provide a valuable genetic resource with which to determine the function of the P5CS genes in environmental stress responses of legume crops.
Keywords
medicago truncatula; model legume; stress response; proline; ${\Delta}^1$-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase; nonsense mutant;
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