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Comparison ws vs crb (cul3a)-Study of the function of SCF complexes in Arabidopsis.

ABSTRACT: af01_cul3a2_cul3b - comparison ws vs crb (cul3a) - Cullin proteins belong to a multigene family that includes at least three members in budding yeast, six in human, five in C. elegans and five in Arabidopsis thaliana. All cullins analyzed so far directly interact with RBX1/HRT1/ROC1, a RING finger protein, thereby forming the core module of different ubiquitin ligase complexes, which specifically recruit substrate proteins for ubiquitylation and subsequent degradation by the proteasome. CULLIN1, the only cullin protein studied so far in plants, has been shown to be essential for plant development and to play a role in multiple signalling cascades. Here, we report on the first molecular and genetic characterisation of a plant Cullin 3. In contrast to fungi and animals, the genome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana contains two related CULLIN 3 genes, called CUL3A and CUL3B. We found that CUL3A is ubiquitously expressed in plants and that the CUL3A protein is also able to interact with RBX1 and certain Arabidopsis BTB-domain proteins. In order to determine the role of CUL3A in plant development, we used a reverse genetic approach and identified T-DNA insertion mutants. cul3a null mutants flower slightly latter than the control plants and their hypocotyls exhibit a reduced sensitivity to far red light. The viability of the cul3a mutant plants suggests functional redundancy between both CUL3 genes in plants. - Comparaison of mutant AtCul3a (T-DNA mutant of Versailles collection) and WS. Keywords: wt vs mutant comparison

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

PROVIDER: GSE7974 | GEO | 2007/06/20

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA100735

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:The proposal aims to characterise the pathways of DSB repair and recombination in Arabidopsis with the main focus of this research being the NHEJ pathway of illegitimate recombination. We will build on our expertise and resources in the field of DSB repair in plants, using the Arabidopsis NHEJ mutant atku80 which is an excellent model system for the study of DSB repair in higher eukaryotes (West et al., 2002 Plant J. 31, 517-28). Comparison of the transcriptome in NHEJ mutant and wild type plants under different experimental conditions will identify novel candidate genes involved in DNA DSB repair or damage signalling pathways.We will conduct 4 separate experiments on Arabidopsis seedlings grown on 0.5 MS media: the first will be a control consisting of Wassilewskija (WS-2) plants grown under standard conditions. In the second experiment WS plants will be exposed to the chemotherapeutic agent bleomycin (1 microgram per ml). This agent has been shown to cause both single and double strand breaks in the genome of Arabidopsis seedlings (Menke et al., 2001 Mut. Res. 493, 87-93). This agent is used in preference to gamma irradiation, which causes high levels of oxidative damage to cellular components. These experiments will characterise for the first time the transcriptional responses of Arabidopsis cells to the specific induction of DNA strand breaks. The transcript profile will also be determined in untreated atku80 mutants. This experiment will identify the components of novel and previously characterised DNA repair pathways up regulated in the mutant background. Finally, transcript analysis of bleomycin treated atku80 mutants and comparison with untreated mutant plants and both untreated and treated WS plants will identify novel putative DSB repair genes up regulated in response to genotoxic stress in the absence of a Ku80 mediated DSB repair pathway.The results of these studies will provide new and important information which will be instrumental in identifying novel genes and pathways involved in DNA repair and genome stability in plants and help elucidate the fundamental differences that exist between animal and plant DSB repair processes. Keywords: strain_or_line_design; compound_treatment_design

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