Identification of a novel type of WRKY transcription factor binding site in elicitor-responsive cis -sequences from Arabidopsis thaliana
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY(2013)
Abstract
Using a combination of bioinformatics and synthetic promoters, novel elicitor-responsive cis -sequences were discovered in promoters of pathogen-upregulated genes from Arabidopsis thaliana . One group of functional sequences contains the conserved core sequence GACTTTT. This core sequence and adjacent nucleotides are essential for elicitor-responsive gene expression in a parsley protoplast system. By yeast one-hybrid screening, WRKY70 was selected with a cis -sequence harbouring the core sequence GACTTTT but no known WRKY binding site (W-box). Transactivation experiments, mutation analyses, and electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrate that the sequence CGACTTTT is the binding site for WRKY70 in the investigated cis -sequence and is required for WRKY70-activated gene expression. Using several cis -sequences in transactivation experiments and binding studies, the CGACTTTT sequence can be extended to propose YGACTTTT as WRKY70 binding site. This binding site, designated WT-box, is enriched in promoters of genes upregulated in a WRKY70 overexpressing line. Interestingly, functional WRKY70 binding sites are present in the promoter of WRKY30 , supporting recent evidence that both factors play a role in the same regulatory network.
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Key words
Bioinformatics,Gel shift experiments,Plant-pathogen interaction,Transient expression,WT-box,Yeast one-hybrid
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