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Published on November 7, 2002; 10.1104/pp.008573
Received May 21, 2002
Returned for revision July 8, 2002
Accepted August 27, 2002
Comparative Molecular and Functional Analyses of the Tobacco Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor NtKIS1a and Its Spliced Variant NtKIS1b
Sophie Jasinski , Claudette Perennes , Catherine Bergounioux , and Nathalie Glab *
Laboratoire Cycle Cellulaire, Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 8618, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
* Corresponding author; email: glab{at}ibp.u-psud.fr.
In all eukaryotes, cell cycle progression is controlled by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) whose activity is regulated at several levels including inhibition by CDK inhibitors. Here, we report a comparative molecular and functional analysis of the tobacco (Nicotiana tomentosiformis) CDK inhibitor, NtKIS1a, and its spliced variant, NtKIS1b. The C-terminal end of NtKIS1a shares strong sequence similarity with mammalian CIP/KIP inhibitors, which is not the case for NtKIS1b. Consistent with this, NtKIS1a but not NtKIS1b inhibits in vitro the kinase activity of CDK/cyclin complexes, and tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) D-type cyclins and an A-type CDK are NtKIS1a, but not NtKIS1b, interacting partners. Although both NtKIS1a and NtKIS1b transcripts are mainly found in flowers and more precisely in stamens, NtKIS1b transcript levels are cell cycle regulated, whereas those of NtKIS1a remain constant during the cell cycle. NtKIS1a and NtKIS1b fused to fluorescent proteins are localized in the nucleus when transiently expressed in onion epidermal cells. Furthermore, there is no competition for their nuclear localization when they are simultaneously overexpressed. In vitro competition toward CDK kinase activity suggests that NtKIS1b is a strong competitor of NtKIS1a. Arabidopsis plants overexpressing NtKIS1a-green fluorescent protein (GFP) or NtKIS1b-GFP fusion proteins were obtained. In these plants, the fusion proteins are still localized in the nucleus. Interestingly, NtKIS1a-GFP-overexpressing plants display strong morphological modifications and a reduced CDK kinase activity, whereas NtKIS1b-GFP-overexpressing plants display a wild-type phenotype including a wild-type CDK kinase activity. Our results strongly suggest that the inhibition of the kinase activity is responsible for the phenotypic modifications.
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