Light inducibility and tissue specificity of theR gene family in maize

Genetica ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 225-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Tonelli ◽  
Silvana Dolfini ◽  
Angela Ronchi ◽  
Gabriella Consonni ◽  
Giuseppe Gavazzi
Keyword(s):  
Gene Family ◽  
Tissue Specificity ◽  
Light Inducibility

scholarly journals An Evolutionary Perspective of Dopachrome Tautomerase Enzymes in Metazoans

Genes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosani ◽  
Domeneghetti ◽  
Maso ◽  
Wegner ◽  
Venier
Keyword(s):  
Gene Family ◽  
Tissue Specificity ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Parasitic Copepod ◽  
Yellow Gene ◽  
Specific Expression ◽  
Dopachrome Tautomerase ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Active Expression ◽  
Bacteria And Fungi

Melanin plays a pivotal role in the cellular processes of several metazoans. The final step of the enzymically-regulated melanin biogenesis is the conversion of dopachrome into dihydroxyindoles, a reaction catalyzed by a class of enzymes called dopachrome tautomerases. We traced dopachrome tautomerase (DCT) and dopachrome converting enzyme (DCE) genes throughout metazoans and we could show that only one class is present in most of the phyla. While DCTs are typically found in deuterostomes, DCEs are present in several protostome phyla, including arthropods and mollusks. The respective DCEs belong to the yellow gene family, previously reported to be taxonomically restricted to insects, bacteria and fungi. Mining genomic and transcriptomic data of metazoans, we updated the distribution of DCE/yellow genes, demonstrating their presence and active expression in most of the lophotrochozoan phyla as well as in copepods (Crustacea). We have traced one intronless DCE/yellow gene through most of the analyzed lophotrochozoan genomes and we could show that it was subjected to genomic diversification in some species, while it is conserved in other species. DCE/yellow was expressed in most phyla, although it showed tissue specific expression patterns. In the parasitic copepod Mytilicola intestinalis DCE/yellow even belonged to the 100 most expressed genes. Both tissue specificity and high expression suggests that diverse functions of this gene family also evolved in other phyla apart from insects.

scholarly journals A Family Knockout of All Four Drosophila Metallothioneins Reveals a Central Role in Copper Homeostasis and Detoxification

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 2286-2296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Egli ◽  
Hasmik Yepiskoposyan ◽  
Anand Selvaraj ◽  
Kuppusamy Balamurugan ◽  
Rama Rajaram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Family ◽  
Tissue Specificity ◽  
Biochemical Characterization ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Metallothionein Gene ◽  
Copper Cells ◽  
Complex Forms ◽  
Main Regulator ◽  
Distribution In The Organism

ABSTRACT Metallothioneins are ubiquitous, small, cysteine-rich proteins with the ability to bind heavy metals. In spite of their biochemical characterization, their in vivo function remains elusive. Here, we report the generation of a metallothionein gene family knockout in Drosophila melanogaster by targeted disruption of all four genes (MtnA to -D). These flies are viable if raised in standard laboratory food. During development, however, they are highly sensitive to copper, cadmium, and (to a lesser extent) zinc load. Metallothionein expression is particularly important for male viability; while copper load during development affects males and females equally, adult males lacking metallothioneins display a severely reduced life span, possibly due to copper-mediated oxidative stress. Using various reporter gene constructs, we find that different metallothioneins are expressed with virtually the same tissue specificity in larvae, notably in the intestinal tract at sites of metal accumulation, including the midgut's “copper cells.” The same expression pattern is observed with a synthetic minipromoter consisting only of four tandem metal response elements. From these and other experiments, we conclude that tissue specificity of metallothionein expression is a consequence, rather than a cause, of metal distribution in the organism. The bright orange luminescence of copper accumulated in copper cells of the midgut is severely reduced in the metallothionein gene family knockout, as well as in mutants of metal-responsive transcription factor 1 (MTF-1), the main regulator of metallothionein expression. This indicates that an in vivo metallothionein-copper complex forms the basis of this luminescence. Strikingly, metallothionein mutants show an increased, MTF-1-dependent induction of metallothionein promoters in response to copper, cadmium, silver, zinc, and mercury. We conclude that free metal, but not metallothionein-bound metal, triggers the activation of MTF-1 and that metallothioneins regulate their own expression by a negative feedback loop.

Tissue specificity and diurnal change in gene expression of the sucrose phosphate synthase gene family in rice

Plant Science ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 181 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Okamura ◽  
Naohiro Aoki ◽  
Tatsuro Hirose ◽  
Madoka Yonekura ◽  
Chikara Ohto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Gene Family ◽  
Tissue Specificity ◽  
Sucrose Phosphate Synthase ◽  
Diurnal Change ◽  
Sucrose Phosphate ◽  
Phosphate Synthase

The Hierarchic Order of Intermediate Filament Structure and Assembly

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 722-725
Author(s):  
U. Aebi ◽  
E.C. Glavaris ◽  
R. Eichner
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Specificity ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Eukaryotic Cells ◽  
Cdna Sequencing ◽  
Filament Structure ◽  
Keratin Filaments ◽  
Isoelectric Points ◽  
Immunological Crossreactivity

Five different classes of intermediate-sized filaments (IFs) have been identified in differentiated eukaryotic cells: vimentin in mesenchymal cells, desmin in muscle cells, neurofilaments in nerve cells, glial filaments in glial cells and keratin filaments in epithelial cells. Despite their tissue specificity, all IFs share several common attributes, including immunological crossreactivity, similar morphology (e.g. about 10 nm diameter - hence ‘10-nm filaments’) and the ability to reassemble in vitro from denatured subunits into filaments virtually indistinguishable from those observed in vivo. Further more, despite their proteinchemical heterogeneity (their MWs range from 40 kDa to 200 kDa and their isoelectric points from about 5 to 8), protein and cDNA sequencing of several IF polypeptides (for refs, see 1,2) have provided the framework for a common structural model of all IF subunits.

Genome-wide identification and analysis of maize PAL gene family and its expression profile in response to high-temperature stress

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
De-Gong Wu ◽  
Qiu-Wen Zhan ◽  
Hai-Bing Yu ◽  
Bao-Hong Huang ◽  
Xin-Xin Cheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Gene Family ◽  
Temperature Stress ◽  
Expression Profile ◽  
High Temperature Stress ◽  
Genome Wide
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