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Regulation of a petal‐specific ethylene‐induced 70‐kDa protein from Dianthus caryophyllus
Author(s) -
Jiang Wei Bo,
Mayak Shimon,
Weiss David,
Halevy Abraham H.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1994.tb05329.x
Subject(s) - carnation , petal , dianthus , biology , complementary dna , ethylene , microbiology and biotechnology , caryophyllaceae , cdna library , western blot , biochemistry , petunia , gene , botany , catalysis
Ethylene enhances senescence of carnation ( Dianthus caryophyllus L.) flowers. Sephacryl S‐200 gel filtration followed by SDS‐PAGE of extracts of petals exposed to ethyiene revealed the increase or appearance of proteins with molecular masses of 70, 60, 35 and 33 kDa, and a concomitant decrease in proteins with molecular masses of 62. 45. 34. 30 and 26 kDa.The 70‐kDa protein, which was not detected in untreated flowers, was isolated and polyclonal antibodies were prepared against it. Its N‐terminal sequence (20 amino acids) was identical to that of a portion of the deduced protein encoded by cDNA clone pSR 12. recently isolated by others from carnation petals. Western blot analyses of petal extracts after various exposure times to ethylene alone or in the presence of translation or transcription inhibitors suggested that accumulation of the 70‐kDa protein is due primarily to ethylene‐induced synthesis. The apparent induction by ethyiene was further supported by data indicating that the protein is not formed in flowers pre‐treated with silver thiosulfale. an inhibitor of ethylene action, prior to exposure to ethylene. Ethylene induction of the protein was found only in petal tissue, and the protein was not detected in other carnation plant organs. Immunological studies revealed that the protein is specifically expressed in carnation petals and not in petals of several other flowers. Southern and northern analyses using an SRI2 cDNA probe indicated that the genomic DNA of petunia, carnation, and gerbera contain fragments homologous to SRI2. Gene expression products were however, only detected in petals of ethylenetreated carnation flowers.