Thorneycroft, David;
Hosein, Felicia;
Thangavelu, Madan;
Clark, Joanna;
Vizir, Igor;
Burrell, Michael M.;
Ainsworth, Charles
Characterization of a gene from chromosome 1B encoding the large subunit of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase from wheat: evolutionary divergence and differential expression ofAgp2genes between leaves and developing endosperm
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Characterization of a gene from chromosome 1B encoding the large subunit of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase from wheat: evolutionary divergence and differential expression ofAgp2genes between leaves and developing endosperm
Beteiligte:
Thorneycroft, David;
Hosein, Felicia;
Thangavelu, Madan;
Clark, Joanna;
Vizir, Igor;
Burrell, Michael M.;
Ainsworth, Charles
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<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>A full‐length genomic clone containing the gene encoding the large subunit of the ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase (<jats:italic>Agp2</jats:italic>), was isolated from a genomic library prepared from etiolated shoots of hexaploid wheat (<jats:italic>Triticum aestivum</jats:italic>L., cv, Chinese Spring). The coding region of this gene is identical to one of the cDNA clones previously isolated from a developing wheat grain cDNA library and is therefore an actively transcribed gene. The sequence represented by the cDNA spans 4.8 kb of the genomic clone and contains 15 introns. 2852 bp of DNA flanking the transcription start site of the gene was cloned upstream of the GUS (β‐glucuronidase) reporter gene. This<jats:italic>Agp2</jats:italic>::GUS construct and promoter deletions were used to study the pattern of reporter gene expression in both transgenic tobacco and wheat plants. Histochemical analysis of GUS expression in transgenic tobacco demonstrated that the reporter gene was expressed in guard cells of leaves and throughout the seed. In transgenic wheat, reporter gene expression was confined to the endosperm and aleurone with no expression in leaves. The cloned<jats:italic>Agp2</jats:italic>gene was located to chromosome 1B by gene‐specific PCR with nullisomic–tetrasomic lines. Northern analysis demonstrated that the<jats:italic>Agp2</jats:italic>genes are differentially expressed in leaves and developing endosperm; while all three classes of<jats:italic>Agp2</jats:italic>genes are transcribed in developing wheat grain endosperm, only one is transcribed in leaves. The differences between the<jats:italic>Agp2</jats:italic>genes are discussed in relation to the evolution of hexaploid wheat.</jats:p>