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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 106, Issue 3 905-915, Copyright © 1994 by American Society of Plant Biologists
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENE REGULATION |
Circadian Oscillations of a Transcript Encoding a Germin-Like Protein That Is Associated with Cell Walls in Young Leaves of the Long-Day Plant Sinapis alba L
C. Heintzen, R. Fischer, S. Melzer, S. Kappeler, K. Apel and D. Staiger
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Institute for Plant Sciences, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland (C.H., S.M., S.K., K.A., D.S.)
As part of an attempt to analyze rhythmic phenomena in the long-day plant
Sinapis alba L. at the molecular level, we have searched for mRNAs whose
concentration varies as a function of time of day. Differential screening
of a cDNA library established from mRNAs expressed at the end of the daily
light phase with probes representing transcripts expressed predominantly in
the morning or evening has identified one major transcript. The cDNA,
Saglp, encodes a predicted 22-kD protein with an N-terminal signal
sequence. The protein shows homology to germin, a protein expressed in
wheat embryos after onset of germination. The Saglp mRNA level undergoes
circadian oscillations in light/dark cycles with maxima between 8 and 12 PM
(zeitgeber time [zt] 12-zt16) and minima around 8 AM (zt0). In plants grown
from seed in constant light, transcript levels are constitutive. In
constant light regular temperature shifts function as an alternative
"zeitgeber" to initiate Saglp transcript oscillations. At the cellular
level, Saglp transcripts are expressed in the epidermis and spongy
parenchyma of young leaves, and in distinct regions of the epidermis and
the cortex in stems and petioles. Strong signals are observed in these
tissues around zt12, whereas little expression is found around zt20,
suggesting that the underlying oscillatory mechanism(s) operate(s)
synchronously in different plant organs. The SaGLP steady-state protein
concentration remains constant over light/dark cycles. Immunogold labeling
shows that the SaGLP protein is associated with primary cell walls.
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