Jasmonate-and elicitor-responsive element

The Str promoter has been extensively studied to identify elicitor- and jasmonate-responsive sequences [48,80,95]. Two regions were identified that dictated elicitor- and jasmonate-responsive reporter gene activation, the so-called BA region (Fig. 5 [48]), and a region close to the TATA box called jasmonate-and elicitor-responsive element (JERE [95]). An Str promoter derivative with a deletion of the BA region is still active and responsive to stress signals, but at a... 

Fig. 5. Model for elicitor signal transduction leading to Str expression. The model shows the positions of CrBPF-1 in a JA-independent, and ORCAs in a JA-dependent, elicitor signal transduction pathway. Protein phosphorylation and calcium influx are required for elicitor-induced jasmonate biosynthesis, as well as for the induction of CrBPF-1, ORCA2, and ORCA3. ORCA activation additionally depends on jasmonate biosynthesis. The positions of the TATA box, the BA region, and the jasmonate- and elicitor-responsive element (JERE) within the Str promoter are indicated...

MENKE, F.L., CHAMPION, A., KUNE, J.W., MEMELINK, J., A novel jasmonate- and elicitor-responsive element in the periwinkle secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene Str interacts with a jasmonate- and elicitor-inducible AP2-domain transcription factor, ORCA2. EMBOJ., 1999,18, 4455-4463. 

Figure 7.7 The relative location of c/s-elements and putative transcriptional regulators on the tryptophan decarboxylase (TDC), strictosidine synthase (STR), and cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) gene promotors from Catharanthus roseus. The black box represents elements responsive to elicitor, jasmonate, or UV light. The white box represents a G-box motif, whereas the striped box represents a GCC-box element.

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