TY - JOUR
T1 - Insertion of an En/Spm-related transposable element into a floral homeotic gene DUPLICATED causes a double flower phenotype in the Japanese morning glory
AU - Nitasaka, Eiji
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PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - Mutations in a floral homeotic gene DUPLICATED (DP) in the Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil) cause a substitution of reproductive organs to perianth organs (petals and sepals). This phenotype is similar to loss-of-function phenotypes of the C-function MCM1, AGAMOUS, DEFICIENS and SRF (MADS)-box gene family of transcription factors. DP was isolated using the consensus sequence of C-function MADS-box genes. Its intron-exon structure was well conserved beyond species, and it belongs to the FARINELLI (FAR)-pMADS3 subclass of C-function MADS-box genes. In a dp mutant, an Enhancer/Suppressor- mutator (En/Spm)-related transposable element, transposable element of Pharbitis nil (Tpn)-botan, was inserted in the second intron of DP gene, and the subsequent excision event led to a deletion of a substantial part of the original Tpn element and DP genome. A segment of Tpn1-related transposable element was identified at the recent insertion site of the wild-type DP genome. This transposable element sequence was present in all Ipomoea species tested. This finding suggests that the insertion event originated in an ancestral species of genus Ipomoea.
AB - Mutations in a floral homeotic gene DUPLICATED (DP) in the Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil) cause a substitution of reproductive organs to perianth organs (petals and sepals). This phenotype is similar to loss-of-function phenotypes of the C-function MCM1, AGAMOUS, DEFICIENS and SRF (MADS)-box gene family of transcription factors. DP was isolated using the consensus sequence of C-function MADS-box genes. Its intron-exon structure was well conserved beyond species, and it belongs to the FARINELLI (FAR)-pMADS3 subclass of C-function MADS-box genes. In a dp mutant, an Enhancer/Suppressor- mutator (En/Spm)-related transposable element, transposable element of Pharbitis nil (Tpn)-botan, was inserted in the second intron of DP gene, and the subsequent excision event led to a deletion of a substantial part of the original Tpn element and DP genome. A segment of Tpn1-related transposable element was identified at the recent insertion site of the wild-type DP genome. This transposable element sequence was present in all Ipomoea species tested. This finding suggests that the insertion event originated in an ancestral species of genus Ipomoea.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01896.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01896.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 14617082
AN - SCOPUS:0345393090
VL - 36
SP - 522
EP - 531
JO - Plant Journal
JF - Plant Journal
SN - 0960-7412
IS - 4
ER -