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A stress-induced, developmentally regulated, highly polymorphic protein family in Pisum sativum L.

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The expression of members of two closely related abscisic acid (ABA)-responsive pea protein families, ABR17 and ABR18 (ABA-responsive 17200-Mr and 18100-Mr, respectively), is developmentally, tissueand stress-specifically regulated. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed a number of ABR polypeptides on fluorographs of immunoprecipitated translation products of mRNAs, depending on the tissue, stage of development or type of stress. High endogenous ABA, or added ABA, enhanced the accumulation of translatable mRNA for specific ABR members under certain conditions, but high endogenous ABA was not a pre-requisite for accumulation of translatable ABR mRNA. The accumulation of ABR polypeptides was examined by Western blot analysis of acetate-buffer-extracted proteins. In fully expanded, young unstressed leaves, the ABR17 polypeptides (ABR18 polypeptides not detectable) accumulated to markedly higher levels in the epidermis than in the mesophyll. Dehydration stress caused an increased (ABR17) and detectable (ABR18) polypeptide accumulation which occurred predominantly in the epidermis. Detached leaves were used further to characterise factors affecting ABR polypeptide accumulation. An enhanced (ABR17) and detectable (ABR18) polypeptide accumulation occurred in the presence of ABA (10−4 M) but ABR18-polypeptide accumulation required light. The accumulation of both ABR polypeptides was stimulated in the presence of metabolisable and non-metabolisable carbohydrate sources but not in water or glutamine, indicating an osmotic rather than metabolic response. This carbohydrate-stimulated accumulation was markedly enhanced by light but unaffected by 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea, an inhibitor of photosynthesis, indicating other photoreceptive processes besides photosynthesis were involved. The function of the ABR proteins remains unknown but their accumulation in aging tissues indicates a role in senescence. The results clearly demonstrate highly complex interactions between different environmental and developmental signals leading to the expression of these stressrelated proteins. In light of these results, the induction of protein expression of the newly-termed intracellular pathogenesis-related proteins, to which the ABR proteins are closely related, is discussed.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

(±)cis, trans-abscisic acid

ABR17:

Mr17200 ABA-responsive protein

ABR18:

Mr-18100 ABA-responsive protein

2-D:

two-dimensional

DCMU:

3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea

FW:

fresh weight

IgG:

immunoglobulin G

Mr :

apparent molecular mass

SDS-PAGE:

sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

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Barratt, D.H.P., Clark, J.A. A stress-induced, developmentally regulated, highly polymorphic protein family in Pisum sativum L.. Planta 191, 7–17 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00240890

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