Evolution and Function of acis-Regulatory Module for Mesophyll-Specific Gene Expression in the C4 DicotFlaveria trinervia

Author:

Akyildiz Meryem1,Gowik Udo1,Engelmann Sascha1,Koczor Maria1,Streubel Monika1,Westhoff Peter1

Affiliation:

1. Heinrich-Heine Universität, Institut für Entwicklungs und Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

Abstract

AbstractC4 photosynthesis presents a sophisticated integration of two complementary cell types, mesophyll and bundle sheath cells. It relies on the differential expression of the genes encoding the component enzymes and transporters of this pathway. The entry enzyme of C4 photosynthesis, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC), is found exclusively in mesophyll cells, and the expression of the corresponding gene is regulated at the transcriptional level. In the C4 dicot Flaveria trinervia, the mesophyll-specific expression of the C4 PEPC gene (ppcA) depends on a 41-bp segment in the distal promoter region referred to as MEM1 (for mesophyll expression module1). Here, we show that a MEM1 sequence found in the orthologous ppcA gene from the C3 species Flaveria pringlei is not able to direct mesophyll-specific gene expression. The two orthologous MEM1 sequences of F. pringlei and F. trinervia differ at two positions, a G-to-A exchange and the insertion of the tetranucleotide CACT. Changes at these two positions in the C3 MEM1 sequence were necessary and sufficient to create a mesophyll-specificity element during C4 evolution. The MEM1 of F. trinervia enhances mesophyll expression and concomitantly represses expression in bundle sheath cells and vascular bundles.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Cell Biology,Plant Science

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