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- Title
Cloning and Preliminary Functional Analysis of PeUGE Gene from Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis).
- Authors
Huayu Sun; Lichao Li; Yongfeng Lou; Hansheng Zhao; Yihong Yang; Zhimin Gao
- Abstract
UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (UGE) is a key enzyme involved in galactose metabolism by catalyzing the interconversion of UDP-glucose to UDP-galactose. The cDNA encoding UGE was isolated from Phyllostachys edulis by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and by 5' and 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends, and was designated as PeUGE. The full-length cDNA of PeUGE was 1778 bp, which contained an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a peptide of 420 amino acids, with a calculated molecular mass of 46.58 kDa and a theoretic isoelectric point of 9.07. The genomic sequence corresponding to the ORF of PeUGE was 2656 bp containing 10 exons separated by nine introns. Tissue-specific analysis showed that PeUGE was constitutively expressed with the highest level in shoots, which had an increasing trend with the growth of shoots. PeUGE was induced by abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, and water stresses. Moreover, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and lateral roots analysis of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana plants overexpressing PeUGE systematically confirmed the crucial role of PeUGE in improving the tolerance to abiotic stresses. These results indicated that PeUGE might be one of the key genes involved in the biosynthesis of cell wall polysaccharides during the growth and development of bamboo and in response to stresses, which provided a candidate gene for molecular engineering to improve the quality of bamboo products.
- Subjects
CLONING; FUNCTIONAL analysis; UDP-glucose 4-epimerase; ANTISENSE DNA; CHLOROPHYLL spectra
- Publication
DNA & Cell Biology, 2016, Vol 35, Issue 11, p706
- ISSN
1044-5498
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/dna.2016.3389