The plant oncogene rolC is responsible for the release of cytokinins from glucoside conjugates.

AUTOR(ES)

Estruch, J J

RESUMO

The rolC gene of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, which drastically affects growth and development of transgenic plants, codes for a cytokinin-beta-glucosidase. Indeed, rolC protein expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein hydrolyses cytokinin glucosides, thus liberating free cytokinins. Furthermore, beta-glucosidase activity present in E. coli extracts expressing the rolC protein was inhibited by affinity-purified antibodies specific for the rolC protein. Finally, rolC proteins expressed in transgenic plants were shown to be responsible for cytokinin-beta-glucosidase activity. Morphological and phytohormonal analysis, performed on transgenic plants that are somatic mosaics for the expression of the rolC gene, extend and confirm our interpretation that the developmental, physiological and morphological alterations caused by rolC expression in transgenic plants are primarily due to a modification of the cytokinin balance. These observations shed new light on the control of growth and differentiation in plants by growth factors.

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