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PNZIP Is a Novel Mesophyll-Specific cDNA That Is Regulated by Phytochrome and a Circadian Rhythm and Encodes a Protein with a Leucine Zipper Motif1

Cheng Chao Zheng2, Ron Porat2, Pengzhe Lu, and Sharman D. O' Neill*

Section of Plant Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616

We isolated and characterized a novel light-regulated cDNA from the short-day plant Pharbitis nil that encodes a protein with a leucine (Leu) zipper motif, designated PNZIP (Pharbitis nil Leu zipper). The PNZIP cDNA is not similar to any other gene with a known function in the database, but it shares high sequence homology with an Arabidopsis expressed sequence tag and to two other sequences of unknown function from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis spp. and the red alga Porphyra purpurea, which together define a new family of evolutionarily conserved Leu zipper proteins. PNZIP is a single-copy gene that is expressed specifically in leaf photosynthetically active mesophyll cells but not in other nonphotosynthetic tissues such as the epidermis, trichomes, and vascular tissues. When plants were exposed to continuous darkness, PNZIP exhibited a rhythmic pattern of mRNA accumulation with a circadian periodicity of approximately 24 h, suggesting that its expression is under the control of an endogenous clock. However, the expression of PNZIP was unusual in that darkness rather than light promoted its mRNA accumulation. Accumulation of PNZIP mRNA during the dark is also regulated by phytochrome, since a brief exposure to red light in the middle of the night reduced its mRNA levels. Moreover, a far-red-light treatment at the end of day also reduced PNZIP mRNA accumulation during the dark, and that effect could be inhibited by a subsequent exposure to red light, showing the photoreversible response attributable to control through the phytochrome system.

1   This research was supported by grant no. IBN-9317249 to S.D.O. from the National Science Foundation Developmental Mechanisms Program.
2   C.C.Z. and R.P. contributed equally to this publication.
*   Corresponding author; e-mail sdoneill{at}ucdavis.edu; fax 1-916-752-5410.

Plant Physiol. (1998) 116: 27-35
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