Plant and Cell Physiology Advance Access originally published online on January 19, 2005
Plant and Cell Physiology 2005 46(1):192-200; doi:10.1093/pcp/pci013
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Differential Expression of AtXTH17, AtXTH18, AtXTH19 and AtXTH20 Genes in Arabidopsis Roots. Physiological Roles in Specification in Cell Wall Construction
1 University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Plant Physiology and Morphology, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
2 Tohoku University, Department of Developmental Biology and Neurosciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Sendai, 980-8578 Japan
Xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolases (XTHs) are a class of enzymes that are capable of splitting and reconnecting xyloglucan molecules, and are implicated in the construction and restructuring of the cellulose/xyloglucan framework. Thirty-three members of the XTH gene family are found in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana, but their roles remain unclear. Here, we describe the tissue-specific and growth stage-dependent expression profiles of promoter::GUS fusion constructs for four Arabidopsis XTH genes, AtXTH17, AtXTH18, AtXTH19 and AtXTH20, which are phylogenetically closely related to one another. AtXTH17 and AtXTH18 were expressed in all cell types in the elongating and differentiating region of the root, while AtXTH19 was expressed in the apical dividing and elongating regions, as well as in the differentiation zone, and was up-regulated by auxin. In contrast, AtXTH20 was expressed specifically in vascular tissues in the basal mature region of the root. This expression analysis also disclosed cis-regulatory sequences that are conserved among the four genes, and are responsible for the root-specific expression profile. These results indicate that the four XTH genes, which were generated by gene duplication, have diversified their expression profile within the root in such a way as to take responsibility for particular physiological roles in the cell wall dynamics.
3 Corresponding author: E-mail, nishitan{at}mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp; Fax, +81-22-217-6700.
(Received September 16, 2004; Accepted November 4, 2004)
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