# Patent

## Title
Plants having improved growth characteristics and methods for making the same

## Abstract

The present invention concerns a method for altering characteristics of a plant. The invention describes the identification of a gene that is downregulated in transgenic plants overexpressing E2Fa/DPa and the use of such sequences to alter plant characteristics. A preferred way for altering characteristics of a plant comprises modifying expression of one or more nucleic acid sequences and or modifying level and/or activity of one or more proteins, which nucleic acids and/or proteins encoded thereby are essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1835. The gene identified in the present invention have an E2Fa target consensus sequence in their 5′ upstream region. The identified gene is postulated to play a role as transcription factors.

## Background
This application is the US national phase of international application PCT/EP2003/011658 filed 20 Oct. 2003, which designated the U.S. and claims priority of EP 02079408.7, filed 18 Oct. 2002, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention concerns altering plant characteristics. More particularly, the present invention relates to identification of genes and proteins involved in E2Fa/DPa-mediated processes and further relates to use of such genes and proteins for altering characteristics in plants.
The present invention concerns a method for altering one or more plant characteristics, whereby the altered plant characteristic is selected from altered development, altered plant growth, altered, for example increased, plant yield and/or biomass, biochemistry, physiology, architecture, metabolism, survival capacity or stress tolerance by modifying expression of one or more of the genes according to the present invention and/or by modifying levels and/or activity of the proteins encoded by these genes. The present invention also concerns genetic constructs for performing the methods of the invention and to plants or plant parts obtainable by the methods of the present invention, which plants have altered characteristics compared to their otherwise isogenic counterparts. The invention also extends to recombinant nucleic acids and the use thereof in the methods according to the invention.
Growth, development and differentiation of higher organisms are controlled by a highly ordered set of events called the cell cycle (Morgan, 1997). Cell division and cell growth are operated by the cell cycle, which ensures correct timing and high fidelity of the different transition events involved. Cell cycle regulation at both G1→S and G2→M phase transitions depends on the formation of appropriate protein complexes and both transitions are believed to be the major control points in the cell cycle. The cell's decision to proliferate and synthesize DNA and ultimately to divide is made at the G1→S restriction point in late G1. Overcoming this point of no return requires the cell's competence to initiate DNA synthesis as well as the expression of S-phase genes. Transcription of S-phase-specific genes requires binding to the DNA of an E2F transcription factor. Dimerisation of E2F with DP is a prerequisite for high affinity binding to the E2F consensus DNA binding site (A/T)TT(G/C)(G/C)C(G/C)(G/C) (SEQ ID NO 2775), for example (TTT(C/G)(C/G)CGC), that can be found in the promoters of genes involved in DNA replication, repair, checkpoint control and differentiation (Ren et al., 2002; Weinmann et al., 2001; Kel et al., 2001). Variants of this consensus sequence as well as other locations of this consensus sequences are also found. The heterodimeric E2F/dimerization partner (DP) transcription factor also regulates the promoter activity of multiple genes, which are essential for DNA replication and cell cycle control (Helin, 1998; Müller and Helin, 2000). E2F transcription factors are critical effectors of the decision to pass the restriction point and to allow the cell to proceed in S-phase.
In the Arabidopsis genome, 3 E2F (E2Fa, E2Fb, and E2Fc) and 2 DP genes (DPa and DPb) are present (Vandepoele et al., 2002). The phenotypic analysis of plants overexpressing E2Fa and DPa was described recently (De Veylder et al., 2002). Microscopic analysis revealed that E2Fa/DPa overproducing cells underwent ectopic cell division or endoreduplication, depending on the cell type. Whereas extra cell divisions resulted in cells being smaller than those seen in the same tissues of control plants, extra endoreduplication caused formation of giant nuclei. RT-PCR demonstrated that expression levels of genes involved in DNA replication (CDC6, ORC1, MCM, DNA pol α) were strongly upregulated in plants overexpressing E2Fa and DPa (De Veylder et al., 2002).
The present invention provides genes having altered expression levels in plants overexpressing E2Fa and DPa relative to expression levels in corresponding wild type plants. Furthermore, the present invention provides means to modulate expression of these genes, which in turn allows for modulation of the biological processes that they control. The present invention provides methods to mimic E2F/DP level and/or activity by manipulating downstream factors involved in E2F/DP pathways. This strategy allows a fine-tuning of the effects of E2Fa/DPa. Whereas overexpression of E2Fa or DPa or both can be pleiotropic and/or can have pleiotropic effects, it is the invention provides methods to alter plant characteristics in a more controlled and targeted way, by using the E2F/DP target genes as defined by the present invention. Modulation of particular biological processes is now possible and may give rise to plants having altered characteristics, which may have particularly useful applications in agriculture and horticulture.
Therefore, according to the present invention, there is provided a method to alter one or more plant characteristics, comprising modifying, in a plant, expression of one or more nucleic acids and/or modifying level and/or activity of one or more proteins, which nucleic acids or proteins are essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, and wherein said one or more plant characteristics are altered relative to corresponding wild type plants.
The inventors designed a microarray experiment, comparing transcript levels of more than 4579 genes of wild type and transgenic Arabidopsis lines overexpressing E2Fa/DPa. Surprisingly, the inventors found that particular genes are up or down regulated in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants. The sequences which were at least 1.3 times upregulated or downregulated, are represented with their MIPS (Munich information center for protein sequences) accession number MATDB database URL: mips.gsf.de/proj/thal/db/index) in Tables 4 and 5. Sequences which were at least 2-fold upregulated or 2-fold downregulated are shown in Tables 1 and 2, respectively. Further classification of these genes according to their function is provided in Tables 1 and 2. Promoter analysis of these genes allowed for the identification of genes under the direct control of E2Fa and/or DPa proteins and genes that are indirectly controlled by the E2Fa/DPa complex. Examples of mechanisms for such indirect control include, (i) recognition by E2F/DP of other sequence elements that diverge from the consensus recognition site; (ii) possible association of E2F/DP with other DNA binding proteins capable of recognizing other DNA elements; and (iii) sequential transcription activation of a first gene capable of regulating transcription of a second gene. It is to be understood that having an E2F target sequence is not a prerequisite to be regulated by E2F.
The gene that corresponds to the sequence deposited under the MIPS database accession number At1g57680 is an example of a gene, which is likely to be indirectly controlled by the E2Fa/DPa complex. This gene is of unknown function. It was surprising to find this unknown gene and the other genes of Tables 1, 2, 4 and 5 to be involved in E2Fa/DPa controlled processes. The genes according to the present invention are represented herein with their nucleic acid sequence and corresponding amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
Preferably expression and/or level and/or activity of one of the genes and/or proteins according to any of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 is modified. Alternatively expression and/or level and/or activity of one or more of those genes and/or proteins is modified. According to a further embodiment one or more gene/and or proteins of the same functional category as presented in Table 1 or Table 2, are modified.
The term “modifying expression” relates to altering level (increasing expression or decreasing expression) or altering the time or altering the place of expression of a nucleic acid. The term “modified” as used herein is used interchangeably with “altered” or “changed”.
Modified expression (or level or activity) of a sequence essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 encompasses changed expression (or level or activity) of a gene product, namely a polypeptide, in specific cells or tissues. The changed expression, activity and/or levels are changed compared to expression, activity and/or levels of the gene or protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 acid in corresponding wild-type plants. The changed gene expression may result from changed expression levels of an endogenous gene essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 acid and/or may result from changed expression levels of a gene essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 acid previously introduced into a plant. Similarly, changed levels and/or activity of a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 acid may be due to changed expression of an endogenous nucleic acid/gene and/or due to changed expression of nucleic acid/gene previously introduced into a plant.
Modified expression of a gene/nucleic acid and/or increasing or decreasing activity and/or levels of a gene product may be effected, for example, by chemical means and/or recombinant means.
Advantageously, modified expression of a nucleic acid according to the invention and/or modified activity and/or levels of a protein according to the invention may be effected by chemical means, i.e. by exogenous application of one or more compounds or elements capable of modifying activity and/or levels of the protein and/or capable of modifying expression of a nucleic acid/gene according to the invention. The term “exogenous application” as defined herein is taken to mean the contacting or administering of a suitable compound or element to plant cells, tissues, organs or to the whole organism. The compound or element may be exogenously applied to a plant in a form suitable for plant uptake (such as through application to the soil for uptake via the roots, or in the case of some plants by applying directly to the leaves, for example by spraying). The exogenous application may take place on wild-type plants or on transgenic plants that have previously been transformed with a nucleic acid/gene according to the present invention or with another transgene.
Suitable compounds or elements include proteins or nucleic acids according to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or proteins or nucleic acids essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Essentially similar proteins or nucleic acids are, homologues, derivatives or active fragments of these proteins and/or portions or sequences capable of hybridizing with these nucleic acids. The exogenous application of yet other compounds or elements capable of modifying levels of factors that directly or indirectly activate or inactivate a protein according to the present invention will also be suitable in practicing the invention. These compounds or elements also include antibodies that can recognize or mimic the function of the proteins according to the present invention. Such antibodies may comprise “plantibodies”, single chain antibodies, IgG antibodies and heavy chain camel antibodies, as well as fragments thereof. Additionally or alternatively, the resultant effect may also be achieved by the exogenous application of an interacting protein or activator or an inhibitor of the gene/gene product according to the present invention. Additionally or alternatively, the compound or element may be a mutagenic substance, such as a chemical selected from any one or more of: N-nitroso-N-ethylurea, ethylene imine, ethyl methanesulphonate and diethyl sulphate. Mutagenesis may also be achieved by exposure to ionising radiation, such as X-rays or gamma-rays or ultraviolet light. Methods for introducing mutations and for testing the effect of mutations (such as by monitoring gene expression and/or protein activity) are well known in the art.
Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for altering plant characteristics, comprising exogenous application of one or more compounds or elements capable of modifying expression of a gene and/or capable of modifying activity and/or levels of a protein according to the present invention.
Additionally or alternatively, and according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, modified of expression of a nucleic acid and/or modified of activity and/or levels of a protein, wherein these nucleic acids or proteins are essentially similar to any of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, may be effected by recombinant means. Such recombinant means may comprise a direct and/or indirect approach for modifying expression of a nucleic acid and/or for modifying activity and/or levels of a protein.
Therefore there is provided by the present invention, a method to alter plant characteristics, comprising modifying gene expression and/or protein levels and/or protein activity, which modification may be effected by recombinant means and/or by chemical means and wherein said gene and/or protein are essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
An indirect recombinant approach may comprise for example introducing, into a plant, a nucleic acid capable of increasing or decreasing activity and/or levels of the protein in question (a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755) and/or capable of increasing or decreasing expression of the gene in question (a gene essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755). Examples of such nucleic acids to be introduced into a plant, are nucleic acids encoding transcription factors or activators or inhibitors that bind to the promoter of a gene or that interact with a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Methods to test these types of interactions and methods for isolating nucleic acids encoding such interactors include yeast one-hybrid or yeast two-hybrid screens.
Also encompassed by an indirect approach for modifying activity and/or levels of a protein according to the present invention and/or expression of a gene according to the present invention, is the provision of a regulatory sequence, or the inhibition or stimulation of regulatory sequences that drive expression of the native gene in question or of the transgene in question. Such regulatory sequences may be introduced into a plant. For example, the nucleic acid introduced into the plant is a promoter, capable of driving the expression of the endogenous gene essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
A further indirect approach for modifying activity and/or levels and/or expression of a gene or protein according to the present invention in a plant encompasses modifying levels in a plant of a factor able to interact with the protein according to the present invention. Such factors may include ligands of the protein according to the present invention. Therefore, the present invention provides a method for altering characteristics of a plant, when compared to the corresponding wild-type plants, comprising modifying expression of a gene coding for a protein which is a natural ligand of a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Furthermore, the present invention also provides a method to alter one or more plant characteristics relative to corresponding wild-type plants, comprising modifying expression of a gene coding for a protein which is a natural target/substrate of a protein essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
A direct and more preferred approach to alter one or more plant characteristics, comprises introducing into a plant a nucleic acid essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, wherein said nucleic acid essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 is any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or a portion thereof or sequences capable of hybridizing therewith and which nucleic acid preferably encodes a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, which protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 is any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or a homologue, derivative or active fragment thereof. The nucleic acid may be introduced into a plant by, for example, transformation.
In the context of the present invention the term “modifying expression” and modifying level and/or activity encompasses “enhancing or decreasing”. Methods for obtaining enhanced or increased expression of genes or gene products are well documented in the art and are for example overexpression driven by a strong promoter, the use of transcription enhancers or translation enhancers. The term “overexpression” of a gene refers to expression patterns and/or expression levels of said gene normally not occurring under natural conditions. Ectopic expression can be achieved in a number of ways including operably linking of a coding sequence encoding said protein to an isolated homologous or heterologous promoter in order to create a chimeric gene.
Alternatively and/or additionally, increased expression of a gene or increased activities and/or levels of a protein in a plant cell, is achieved by mutagenesis. For example these mutations can be responsible for the changed control of the gene, resulting in more expression of the gene; relative to the wild-type gene. Mutations can also cause conformational changes in a protein, resulting in more activity and/or levels of the protein.
Examples of decreasing expression of a gene are also well documented in the art and include for example: downregulation of expression by anti-sense techniques, RNAi techniques, small interference RNAs (siRNAs), microRNA (miRNA), etc. Therefore according to a particular aspect of the invention, there is provided a method to alter characteristics of plants, including technologies that are based on for example the synthesis of antisense transcripts, complementary to the mRNA of a gene essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Another method for downregulation of gene expression or gene silencing comprises use of ribozymes, for example as described in WO9400012 (Atkins et al.), WO9503404 (Lenee et al.), WO0000619 (Nikolau et al.), WO9713865 (Ulvskov et al.) and WO9738116 (Scott et al.).
Gene silencing may also be achieved by insertion mutagenesis (for example, T-DNA insertion or transposon insertion) or by gene silencing strategies as described among others in the documents WO9836083 (Baulcombe and Angell), WO9853083 (Grierson et al.), WO9915682 (Baulcombe et al.) or WO9953050 (Waterhouse et al.).
Expression of an endogenous gene may also be reduced if the endogenous gene contains a mutation. Such a mutant gene may be isolated and introduced into the same or different plant species in order to obtain plants having altered characteristics. Also dominant negative mutants of a nucleic acid essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 can be introduced in the cell to decrease the level/and or activity of the endogenous corresponding protein.
Other methods to decrease the expression of a nucleic acid and/or activity and/or level of proteins essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 in a cell encompass, for example, the mechanisms of transcriptional gene silencing, such as the methylation of the promoter of a gene according to the present invention.
Modifying expression of the gene also encompasses altered transcript level of the gene. Altered transcript levels of a gene can be sufficient to induce certain phenotypic effects, for example via the mechanism of cosuppression. Here the overall effect of overexpression of a transgene is that there is less level and/or activity in the cell of the protein, which is encoded by the native gene showing homology to the introduced transgene.
Cosuppression is accomplished by the addition of coding sequences or parts thereof in a sense orientation into the cell. Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, the characteristics of a plant may be changed by introducing into a plant an additional copy (in full or in part) of a gene essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 already present in a host plant. The additional gene may silence the endogenous gene, giving rise to a phenomenon known as co-suppression.
According to the invention, “nucleic acid” or the “gene” essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 in a plant may be the wild type gene, i.e. native or endogenous or heterologous, i.e. derived from another individual plant or plant species. The gene (transgene) may be substantially modified from its native form in composition and/or genomic environment through deliberate human manipulation. This transgene can be introduced into a host cell by transformation techniques. Also expression of the native genes can be modified by introduction in the plant of regulatory sequences capable of altering expression of the native gene, as described above.
The term “modifying activity” relates to enhancing, decreasing or altering time or place of activity of a protein or polypeptide. According to the invention, the “protein” or the “polypeptide” may be the wild type protein, i.e. native or endogenous, or alternatively, the protein may be heterologous, i.e. derived from another individual or species.
The term “essentially similar to” in relation to a protein of the present invention as used herein includes variants such as homologues, derivatives and functional fragment thereof. The term “essentially similar to” in relation to a gene includes variants such as at least a part of the gene in question; a complement of the gene; RNA, DNA, a cDNA or a genomic DNA corresponding to the protein or gene; a variant of the gene due to the degeneracy of the genetic code; a family member of the gene or protein; an allelic variant of the gene or protein; and different splice variant of the gene or protein and variants that are interrupted by one or more intervening sequences. Advantageously, nucleic acids or proteins essentially similar to nucleic acids and the proteins according to any of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 may be used in the methods of the present invention. These variant nucleic acids and variant amino acids are described further below.
Any variant of a particular protein according to the present invention is a variant, which upon construction of a phylogenetic tree with that particular protein, tends to cluster around the particular protein which is any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Such a phylogenetic tree can be constructed with alignments of amino acid sequences or with nucleic acid sequences. A person skilled in the art could readily determine whether any variant in question falls within the definition of a “a nucleic acid or protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755”. Hereto the man skilled in the art would use known techniques and software for the making of such phylogenetic trees, such as a GCG, EBI or CLUSTAL package, or Align X, using default parameters. Advantageously, the methods according to the present invention may also be practised using such variants.
Any variant suitable for use in the methods according to the invention may readily be determined using routine techniques, such as by following the methods described in the Examples section by simply substituting the sequence used in the actual Example with the fragment to be tested for functionality.
A first example of such variants are “homologues” of the proteins of the present invention, which homologues encompass peptides, oligopeptides, polypeptides, proteins and enzymes having amino acid substitutions, deletions and/or additions relative to the protein in question and having similar biological and functional activity as an unmodified protein from which they are derived. To produce such homologues, amino acids of the protein may be replaced by other amino acids having similar properties (such as similar hydrophobicity, hydrophilicity, antigenicity, propensity to form or break α-helical structures or β-sheet structures). Conservative substitution tables are well known in the art (see for example Creighton (1984).
The homologues useful in the method according to the invention may have at least 30%, 32%, 34%, 36%, 38%, 40%, 42%, 44%, 46%, 48% or 50% sequence identity or similarity (functional identity) to the unmodified protein, alternatively at least 52%, 54%, 56%, 58% or 60% sequence identity or similarity to an unmodified protein, or alternatively at least 62%, 64%, 66%, 68% or 70% sequence identity or similarity to an unmodified protein. Typically, the homologues have at least 72%, 74%, 76%, 78% or 80% sequence identity or similarity to an unmodified protein, preferably at least 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88% or 89% sequence identity or similarity, further preferably at least 90%, 91%, 92%, 93% or 94% sequence identity or similarity to an unmodified protein, further preferably at least 95% 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequence identity or similarity to an unmodified protein. This % identity can be calculated using the Gap program in the WISCONSIN PACKAGE version 10.0-UNIX from Genetics Computer Group, Inc based on the method of Needleman and Wunsch (J. Mol. Biol. 48:443-453 (1970)) using the set of default parameters for pairwise comparison (for amino acid sequence comparison: Gap Creation Penalty=8, Gap Extension Penalty=2; for nucleotide sequence comparison: Gap Creation Penalty=50; Gap Extension Penalty=3).
The percentage of identity can also be calculated by using other alignment program well known in the art. For example, the percentage of identity can be calculated using the program needle (EMBOSS package) or stretcher (EMBOSS package) or the program align X, as a module of the vector NTI suite 5.5 software package, using the parameters (for example GAP penalty 5, GAP opening penalty 15, GAP extension penalty 6.6).
These above-mentioned analyses for comparing sequences may be done on full-length sequences but additionally or alternatively the calculation of sequence identity or similarity can be based on a comparison of certain regions such as conserved domains.
The identification of such domains, would also be well within the realm of a person skilled in the art and involves, for example, running a computer readable format of the nucleic acids of the present invention in alignment software programs, scanning publicly available information on protein domains, conserved motifs and boxes. This type of information on protein domains is available in the PRODOM (URL: biochem.ucl.ac.uk/bsm/dbbrowser/jj/prodomsrchjj), PIR (URL: pir.georgetown.edu, INTERPRO (URL: ebi.ac.uk/interpro) or pFAM (URL: pfam.wustl.edu) database. Sequence analysis programs designed for motif searching can be used for identification of fragments, regions and conserved domains as mentioned above. Preferred computer programs would include but are not limited to: MEME, SIGNALSCAN, and GENESCAN. A MEME algorithm (Version 2.2) can be found in version 10.0 of the GCG package; or on the Internet site URL: .sdsc.edu/MEME/meme. SIGNALSCAN version 4.0 information is available on the Internet site http://biosci.cbs.umn.edu/software/sigscan.html. GENESCAN can be found on the Internet site URL: gnomic.stanford.edu/GENESCANW.
As mentioned above the nucleic acid suitable for practising the methods of the present invention can be wild type (native or endogenous). Alternatively, the nucleic acid may be derived from another (or the same) species, which gene is introduced into the plant as a transgene, for example by transformation. The nucleic acid may thus be derived (either directly or indirectly (if subsequently modified)) from any source provided that the nucleic acid, when expressed in a plant, leads to modified expression of a nucleic acid/gene or modified activity and/or levels of a protein essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. The nucleic acid may be isolated from a microbial source, such as bacteria, yeast or fungi, or from a plant, algae, insect, or animal (including human) source. Methods for the search and identification of other homologues of the proteins of the present invention, or for nucleic acid sequences encoding homologues of proteins of the present invention would be well known to person skilled in the art. Methods for the alignment of sequences for comparison are well known in the art, such methods include GAP, BESTFIT, BLAST, FASTA and TFASTA. The BLAST algorithm calculates percent sequence identity and performs a statistical analysis of the similarity between the two sequences. The software for performing BLAST analysis is publicly available through the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Two special forms of homology, orthologous and paralogous, are evolutionary concepts used to describe ancestral relationships of genes. The term “paralogous” relates to gene-duplications within the genome of a species leading to paralogous genes. The term “orthologous” relates to homologous genes in different organisms due to ancestral relationship. The term “homologues” as used herein also encompasses paralogues and orthologues of the proteins used in the methods according to the invention.
A preferred homologue is a homologue obtained from a plant, whether from the same plant species or different. The nucleic acid may be isolated from a dicotyledonous species, preferably from the family Brassicaceae, further preferably from Arabidopsis thaliana. 
Suitable homologues for use in the methods of the present invention have been identified in the genomes of rice and maize. These homologues are represented by their Genbank accession numbers in Table 1 and 2. Other homologues, especially orthologues from other plant species, are identifiable by methods well known by a person skilled in the art. In silico, methods involve running sequence alignment programs with the sequence of interest as mentioned above. In vivo methods involve the DNA encoding the protein of interest and are for example PCR techniques using degenerated primers designed based on the sequence of interest, which is any one essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, or hybridisation techniques with at least part of the sequence of interest.
“Substitutional variants” of a protein are those in which at least one residue in an amino acid sequence has been removed and a different residue inserted in its place. Amino acid substitutions are typically of single residues, but may be clustered depending upon functional constraints placed upon the polypeptide; insertions will usually be of the order of about 1-10 amino acid residues, and deletions will range from about 1-20 residues.
“Insertional variants” of a protein are those in which one or more amino acid residues are introduced into a predetermined site in the protein. Insertions can comprise amino-terminal and/or carboxy-terminal fusions as well as intra-sequence insertions of single or multiple amino acids. Generally, insertions within the amino acid sequence will be smaller than amino- or carboxy-terminal fusions, of the order of about 1 to 10 residues. Examples of amino- or carboxy-terminal fusion proteins or peptides include the binding domain or activation domain of a transcriptional activator as used in the yeast two-hybrid system, phage coat proteins, (histidine)6-tag, glutathione S-transferase-tag, protein A, maltose-binding protein, dihydrofolate reductase, Tag•100 epitope, c-myc epitope, FLAG®-epitope, lacZ, CMP (calmodulin-binding peptide), HA epitope, protein C epitope and VSV epitope.
“Deletion variants” of a protein are characterized by the removal of one or more amino acids from the protein. Amino acid variants of a protein may readily be made using peptide synthetic techniques well known in the art, such as solid phase peptide synthesis and the like, or by recombinant DNA manipulations. The manipulation of DNA sequences to produce substitution, insertion or deletion variants of a protein are well known in the art. For example, techniques for making substitution mutations at predetermined sites in DNA are well known to those skilled in the art and include M13 mutagenesis, T7-Gen in vitro mutagenesis (USB, Cleveland, Ohio), QuickChange Site Directed mutagenesis (Stratagene, San Diego, Calif.), PCR-mediated site-directed mutagenesis or other site-directed mutagenesis protocols.
The term “derivatives” of a protein according to the present invention are those peptides, oligopeptides, polypeptides, proteins and enzymes which may comprise substitutions, deletions or additions of naturally and non-naturally occurring amino acid residues compared to the amino acid sequence of a naturally-occurring form of the protein as deposited under the accession numbers presented in Table 1, 2, 4 and 5. “Derivatives” of a protein of the present invention encompass peptides, oligopeptides, polypeptides, proteins and enzymes which may comprise naturally occurring altered, glycosylated, acylated or non-naturally occurring amino acid residues compared to the amino acid sequence of a naturally-occurring form of the polypeptide. A derivative may also comprise one or more non-amino acid substituents compared to the amino acid sequence from which it is derived, for example a reporter molecule or other ligand, covalently or non-covalently bound to the amino acid sequence such as, for example, a reporter molecule which is bound to facilitate its detection, and non-naturally occurring amino acid residues relative to the amino acid sequence of a naturally-occurring protein of the present invention.
Another variant useful in the methods of the present invention is an active fragment of a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. The expression “functional fragment” in relation to a protein refers to a fragment that encompasses contiguous amino acid residues of said protein, and that has retained the biological activity of said naturally-occurring protein. For example, useful fragments comprise at least 10 contiguous amino acid residues of a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Other preferred fragments are fragments of these proteins starting at the second or third or further internal methionin residues. These fragments originate from protein translation, starting at internal ATG codons.
Advantageously, the method according to the present invention may also be practiced using fragments of DNA or of a nucleic acid sequence. The term “DNA fragment or DNA segment” refers to a piece of DNA derived or prepared from an original (larger) DNA molecule. The term is not restrictive to the content of the DNA fragment or segment. For example, the DNA fragment or segments can comprise many genes, with or without additional control elements or may contain spacer sequences. A functional fragment refers to a piece of DNA derived or prepared from an original (larger) DNA molecule, which DNA portion, when introduced and expressed in a plant, gives plants having altered characteristics. The fragments may be made by making one or more deletions and/or truncations to the nucleic acid sequence. Techniques for introducing truncations and deletions into a nucleic acid are well known in the art.
Another example of variants useful in the methods of the present invention, encompasses nucleic acid sequences capable of hybridising with a nucleic acid sequence as presented in any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or a nucleic acid encoding a protein as presented in any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
The term “hybridisation” as defined herein is the process wherein substantially homologous complementary nucleotide sequences anneal to each other. The hybridisation process can occur entirely in solution, i.e. both complementary nucleic acids are in solution. Tools in molecular biology relying on such a process include the polymerase chain reaction (PCR; and all methods based thereon), subtractive hybridisation, random primer extension, nuclease S1 mapping, primer extension, reverse transcription, cDNA synthesis, differential display of RNAs, and DNA sequence determination. The hybridisation process can also occur with one of the complementary nucleic acids immobilised to a matrix such as magnetic beads, Sepharose beads or any other resin. Tools in molecular biology relying on such a process include the isolation of poly(A+) mRNA. The hybridisation process can furthermore occur with one of the complementary nucleic acids immobilised to a solid support such as a nitro-cellulose or nylon membrane or immobilised by e.g. photolithography to e.g. a siliceous glass support (the latter known as nucleic acid arrays or microarrays or as nucleic acid chips). Tools in molecular biology relying on such a process include RNA and DNA gel blot analysis, colony hybridisation, plaque hybridisation, in situ hybridisation and microarray hybridisation. In order to allow hybridisation to occur, the nucleic acid molecules are generally thermally or chemically denatured to melt a double strand into two single strands and/or to remove hairpins or other secondary structures from single stranded nucleic acids. The stringency of hybridisation is influenced by conditions such as temperature, salt concentration and hybridisation buffer composition. High stringency conditions for hybridisation include high temperature and/or low salt concentration (salts include NaCl and Na3-citrate) and/or the inclusion of formamide in the hybridisation buffer and/or lowering the concentration of compounds such as SDS (detergent) in the hybridisation buffer and/or exclusion of compounds such as dextran sulphate or polyethylene glycol (promoting molecular crowding) from the hybridisation buffer. Conventional hybridisation conditions are described in, for example, Sambrook (2001), but the skilled craftsman will appreciate that numerous different hybridisation conditions can be designed in function of the known or the expected homology and/or length of the nucleic acid sequence. With specifically hybridising is meant hybridising under stringent conditions. Specific conditions for “specifically hybridising” are for example: hybridising under stringent conditions such as a temperature of 60° C. followed by washes in 2×SSC, 0.1×SDS, and 1×SSC, 0.1×SDS. Depending on the source and concentration of the nucleic acid involved in the hybridisation, alternative conditions of stringency may be employed, such as medium stringency conditions. Examples of medium stringency conditions include 1-4×SSC/0.25% w/v SDS at ≧45° C. for 2-3 hours. Sufficiently low stringency hybridisation conditions are particularly preferred to isolate nucleic acids heterologous to the DNA sequences of the invention defined supra. Elements contributing to heterology include allelism, degeneration of the genetic code and differences in preferred codon usage. The stringency conditions may start low and be progressively increased until there is provided a hybridising nucleic acid, as defined hereinabove. Elements contributing to heterology include allelism, degeneration of the genetic code and differences in preferred codon usage.
Another variant useful in the methods for altering growth characteristics encompasses a nucleic acid sequence which is an alternative splice variant of a gene of the present invention (deposited in the MIPS database under the accession numbers as presented in Tables 1, 2, 4 or 5). The term “alternative splice variant” as used herein encompasses variants in which introns and selected exons have been excised, replaced or added. Such splice variants may be found in nature or can be manmade. For example, introns or exons can be excised, replaced or added such that the mRNA has altered expression (e.g. seed-preferred expression), or altered response to specific signals). Preferred variants will be ones in which the biological activity of the proteins of the present invention remains unaffected, which can be achieved by selectively retaining functional segments of the proteins. Methods for making such splice variants are well known in the art.
Another example of a variant useful to alter plant characteristics, is an allelic variant of a gene essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Allelic variants exist in nature and encompassed within the methods of the present invention is the use of these isolated natural alleles in the methods according to the invention. Allelic variants encompass Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), as well as Small Insertion/Deletion Polymorphisms (INDELs). The size of INDELs is usually less than 100 bp. SNPs and INDELs form the largest set of sequence variants in naturally occurring polymorphic strains of most organisms. Allellic variation can also be created artificially, such as for example by the techniques of EMS mutagenesis. Typically such variants are created with the purpose of breeding the altered plant characteristic according to the present invention in a plant. Alternatively, naturally mutated alleles are the subject of such selection and breeding programmes, wherein the allele capable of conferring altered plant characteristics to the plant are selected and plants containing such allele are used for further breeding the trait.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for altering plant characteristics, using a splice variant or an allelic variant of a nucleic acid sequence according to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
The term “plant characteristic” means any characteristic of a plant, plant cell or plant tissue described hereafter. These characteristics encompass but are not limited to, characteristics of plant development, plant growth, yield, biomass production, plant architecture, plant biochemistry, plant physiology, metabolism, survival capacity, stress tolerance and more. DNA synthesis, DNA modification, endoreduplication, cell cycle, cell wall biogenesis, transcription regulation, signal transduction, storage lipid mobilization, photosynthesis and more.
The term “altering plant characteristics” as used herein encompasses any change in said characteristic such as increase, decrease or change in time or place. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, altering a plant characteristics encompasses improving the plant characteristic, such as for example increasing the plant characteristic (e.g. yield), or accelerating the characteristic (e.g. growth rate).
“Growth” refers to the capacity of the plant or of plant parts to expand and increase in biomass. Altered growth refers amongst others to altered growth rate, cycling time, the size, expansion or increase of the plant. Additionally and/or alternatively, growth characteristics may refer to cellular processes comprising, but not limited to, cell cycle (entry, progression, exit), cell division, cell wall biogenesis and/or DNA synthesis, DNA modification and/or endoreduplication.
“Yield” refers to the harvestable part of the plant. “Biomass” refers to any part of the plants. These terms also encompass an increase in seed yield, which includes an increase in the biomass of the seed (seed weight) and/or an increase in the number of (filled) seeds and/or in the size of the seeds and/or an increase in seed volume, each relative to corresponding wild-type plants. An increase in seed size and/or volume may also influence the composition of seeds. An increase in seed yield could be due to an increase in the number and/or size of flowers. An increase in yield may also increase the harvest index, which is expressed as a ratio of the total biomass over the yield of harvestable parts, such as seeds.
“Plant development” means any cellular process of a plant that is involved in determining the developmental fate of a plant cell, in particular the specific tissue or organ type into which a progenitor cell will develop. Typical plant characteristics according to the present invention are therefore characteristics relating to cellular processes relevant to plant development such as for example, morphogenesis, photomorphogenesis, shoot development, root development, vegetative development, reproductive development, stem elongation, flowering, regulatory mechanisms involved in determining cell fate, pattern formation, differentiation, senescence, time of flowering and/or time to flower.
“Plant architecture”, as used herein refers to the external appearance of a plant, including any one or more structural features or a combination of structural features thereof. Such structural features include the shape, size, number, position, colour, texture, arrangement, and patternation of any cell, tissue or organ or groups of cells, tissues or organs of a plant, including the root, stem, leaf, shoot, petiole, trichome, flower, petal, stigma, style, stamen, pollen, ovule, seed, embryo, endosperm, seed coat, aleurone, fibre, fruit, cambium, wood, heartwood, parenchyma, aerenchyma, sieve element, phloem or vascular tissue, amongst others.
The term “stress tolerance” is understood as the capability of better survival and/or better performing in stress conditions such as environmental stress, which can be biotic or abiotic. Salinity, drought, heat, chilling and freezing are all described as examples of conditions which induce osmotic stress. The term “environmental stress” as used in the present invention refers to any adverse effect on metabolism, growth or viability of the cell, tissue, seed, organ or whole plant which is produced by a non-living or non-biological environmental stressor. More particularly, it also encompasses environmental factors such as water stress (flooding, water logging, drought, dehydration), anaerobic (low level of oxygen, CO2 etc.), aerobic stress, osmotic stress, salt stress, temperature stress (hot/heat, cold, freezing, frost) or nutrients deprivation, pollutants stress (heavy metals, toxic chemicals), ozone, high light, pathogen (including viruses, bacteria, fungi, insects and nematodes) and combinations of these. Biotic stress is stress as a result of the impact of a living organism on the plant. Examples are stresses caused by pathogens (virus, bacteria, nematodes insects etc.). Another example is stress caused by an organism, which is not necessarily harmful to the plant, such as the stress caused by a symbiotic or an epiphyte. Accordingly, particular plant characteristics according to the present invention encompass early vigour, survival rate, stress tolerance.
Field-grown plants almost always experience some form of stress, albeit mild, and therefore the terms “growth”, “yield” “biomass production” or “biomass” do not distinguish the performance of plants under non-stressed from performance under stress conditions. Advantageously, the effects of the invention on growth and yield are expected to occur under both severe and mild stress conditions (i.e. under stressed and non-stressed conditions).
Characteristics related to “plant physiology” encompass characteristics of functional processes of a plant, including developmental processes such as growth, expansion and differentiation, sexual development, sexual reproduction, seed set, seed development, grain filling, asexual reproduction, cell division, dormancy, germination, light adaptation, photosynthesis, leaf expansion, fiber production, secondary growth or wood production, amongst others; responses of a plant to externally-applied factors such as metals, chemicals, hormones, growth factors, environment and environmental stress factors (e.g. anoxia, hypoxia, high temperature, low temperature, dehydration, light, day length, flooding, salt, heavy metals, amongst others), including adaptive responses of plants to said externally-applied factors. Particular plant physiology characteristics which are altered according to the methods of the present invention encompass altered storage lipid mobilization, photosynthesis, transcription regulation and signal transduction.
Characteristics related to “plant biochemistry” are to be understood by those skilled in the art to refer to the metabolic characteristics. “Metabolism” as used in the present invention is interchangeable with biochemistry. Metabolism and/or biochemistry encompass catalytic or assimilation or other metabolic processes of a plant, including primary and secondary metabolism and the products thereof, including any element, small molecules, macromolecules or chemical compounds, such as but not limited to starches, sugars, proteins, peptides, enzymes, hormones, growth factors, nucleic acid molecules, celluloses, hemicelluloses, calloses, lectins, fibres, pigments such as anthocyanins, vitamins, minerals, micronutrients, or macronutrients, that are produced by plants. Preferably, the methods of the present invention are used to change the nitrogen or carbon metabolism.
As shown in Tables 1 and 2, several of the E2Fa-DPa target genes identified have an E2F recognition sequence in their promoter and most of these genes are involved in DNA replication. Therefore, provided by a particular embodiment of the present invention is a method as described above to influence DNA synthesis and DNA replication. The secondary induced genes, which are the genes not having the E2F target consensus sequence in their promoter region, encode proteins involved in cell wall biosynthesis, transcription, signal transduction, or have an unknown function. Surprisingly, a large number of metabolic genes were modified as well, mainly genes involved in nitrate assimilation or metabolism and carbon metabolism.
The putative direct E2Fa-DPa target genes as identified by the presence of an E2F-DP-binding site, mainly belong to the group of genes involved in DNA synthesis, whereas the secondary induced genes are mainly linked to nitrogen assimilation and carbohydrate metabolism. Therefore, it is elucidated by the present invention that enhanced levels of E2Fa-DPa in plants have an impact on expression levels of genes involved in nitrogen assimilation and/or carbon metabolism. The experimental data suggest that in E2Fa/DPa overexpressing plants there is a drain of nitrogen to the nucleotide synthesis pathway causing a decreased synthesis of other nitrogen compounds such as amino acids and storage proteins. Corresponding to these findings, the inventors found that the level of endoreduplication of E2Fa-DPa transgenic plants depends on the amount of nitrogen available in the medium. Also, these data suggest that the growth arrest observed upon E2Fa/DPa expression results at least from a nitrogen drain to the nucleotide synthesis pathway, causing a decreased synthesis of other nitrogen components, such as amino acids and storage components.
As purine and pyrimidine bases are nitrogen-rich, the induction of nitrogen assimilation genes in the E2Fa-DPa transgenic plants is a mechanism to supply enough nitrogen for nucleotide biosynthesis. Most likely this drain of nitrogen from essential biosynthetic pathways to the nucleotide biosynthesis pathway has its effects on many aspects of plant metabolism, as can be seen from the reduction of expression of vegetative storage protein genes and genes involved in amino-acid biosynthesis.
Therefore a particular aspect of the invention is the use of genes involved in carbon and/or nitrogen metabolism or allocation, for altering nitrogen and carbon metabolism and/or to alter the balance between carbon and nitrogen or to reallocate carbon and/or nitrogen or to alter the composition of components containing carbon and nitrogen. The elucidation of genes that are able to shift the nitrogen assimilation from one biological process to another biological process is important for many applications. These genes can for example be used to alter the nitrogen composition of nitrogen-containing compounds in a cell, such as nicotinamide-containing molecules, amino acid, nucleic acid, chlorophyll or any other metabolites. Also within the scope of the present inventions are these altered components obtainable by the methods of the present invention, with altered balance between carbon and nitrogen.
Therefore, according to the present invention, there is provided a method as described above, wherein said altered metabolism comprises altered nitrogen and/or carbon metabolism.
In a particular embodiment, said carbon metabolism comprises the processes of carbon fixation, photosynthesis and photorespiration. In another embodiment, said nitrogen metabolism comprises nitrogen fixation or the reallocation of nitrogen residues from the pool of amino acids into the pool of nucleic acids or vice versa.
Microarray analysis of E2Fa-DPa overexpressing lines, as herein described, identified a cross-talking matrix between DNA replication, nitrogen assimilation and photosynthesis. It has been described previously that there is a link between carbon:nitrogen availability and growth, storage lipid mobilization and photosynthesis (Martin T. (2002)). Therefore according to the present invention there is provided, a method as described above, wherein said altered plant characteristic comprises altered storage lipid mobilization and/or photosynthesis.
The microarray studies elucidated for the first time particular genes that are upregulated and particular genes that are downregulated in a plant cell overexpressing E2Fa/DPa, many of which were of unknown function. It is now disclosed how to use these genes and/or proteins for altering plant characteristics.
According to a preferred embodiment, recombinant means are used to alter plant characteristics. More preferably, one or more of the genes essentially similar to any of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 is introduced into a plant as a transgene. Accordingly, the present invention provides a recombinant nucleic acid comprising:

    (a) one or more nucleic acid sequences essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755; optionally operably linked to
    (b) a regulatory sequence; and optionally operably linked to
    (c) a transcription termination sequence.


This recombinant nucleic acid is suitable for altering plant growth characteristics.
Constructs useful in the methods according to the present invention may be constructed using recombinant DNA technology well known to persons skilled in the art. The gene constructs may be inserted into vectors, which may be commercially available, suitable for transforming into plants and suitable for expression of the gene of interest in the transformed cells.
The genetic construct can be an expression vector wherein said nucleic acid sequence is operably linked to one or more control sequences allowing expression in prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic host cells.
The methods according to the present invention may also be practised by introducing into a plant at least a part of a (natural or artificial) chromosome (such as a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome (BAC)), which chromosome contains at least a gene/nucleic acid according to the present invention, optionally together with one or more related gene family members or genes belonging to the same functional group as for example the functional groups presented in Table 1 or 2. Therefore, according to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method to alter plant characteristics, comprising introduction into a plant at least a part of a chromosome comprising at least a gene/nucleic, which gene/nucleic is essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
In a particular embodiment of the present invention said regulatory sequence is a plant-expressible promoter. In a further embodiment of the invention the promoter is a constitutive promoter, such as the GOS2 promoter, the ubiquitin promoter, the actin promoter. In another embodiment of the invention the promoter is a promoter active in the meristem or in dividing cells, such as, but not limited to the cdc2 promoter, RNR promoter, MCM3 promoter. Alternatively, the regulatory element as mentioned above can be a translational enhancer, or a transcriptional enhancer that is used to enhance expression of a gene according to the present invention.
The term “Regulatory sequence” refers to control DNA sequences, which are necessary to affect expression of coding sequences to which they are operably linked. The nature of such control sequences differs depending upon the host organism. In prokaryotes, control sequences generally include promoters, ribosomal binding sites, and terminators. In eukaryotes generally control sequences include promoters, terminators and enhancers or silencers. The term “control sequence” is intended to include, at a minimum, all components the presence of which are necessary for expression, and may also include additional advantageous components and which determines when, how much and where a specific gene is expressed. Reference herein to a “promoter” is to be taken in its broadest context and includes the transcriptional regulatory sequences derived from a classical eukaryotic genomic gene, including the TATA box which is required for accurate transcription initiation, with or without a CCAAT box sequence and additional regulatory elements (i.e. upstream activating sequences, enhancers and silencers) which alter gene expression in response to developmental and/or external stimuli, or in a tissue-specific manner. The term “promoter” also includes the transcriptional regulatory sequences of a classical prokaryotic gene, in which case it may include a −35 box sequence and/or a −10 box transcriptional regulatory sequences.
The term “promoter” is also used to describe a synthetic or fusion molecule or derivative, which confers; activates or enhances expression of a nucleic acid molecule in a cell, tissue or organ. “Promoter” is a DNA sequence generally described as the 5′-region of a gene, located proximal to the start codon. The transcription of an adjacent DNA segment is initiated at the promoter region. In the context of the present invention, the promoter preferably is a plant-expressible promoter sequence. Promoters, however, that also function or solely function in non-plant cells such as bacteria, yeast cells, insect cells and animal cells are not excluded from the invention. By “plant-expressible” is meant that the promoter sequence, including any additional regulatory elements added thereto or contained therein, is at least capable of inducing, conferring, activating or enhancing expression in a plant cell, tissue or organ, preferably a monocotyledonous or dicotyledonous plant cell, tissue, or organ.
Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence capable of modulating expression of a gene encoding an E2F target protein is operably linked to a constitutive promoter or a tissue specific promoter. The term “constitutive” as defined herein refers to a promoter that is active predominantly in at least one tissue or organ and predominantly at any life stage of the plant. Preferably the promoter is active predominantly but not exclusively throughout the plant
Additionally and/or alternatively, the nucleic acid of the present invention may be operably linked to a tissue-specific promoter. The term “tissue-specific” promoter as defined herein refers to a promoter that is active predominantly but not exclusively in at least one tissue or organ.
Examples of preferred promoters useful for the methods of the present invention are presented in Table I, II, III and IV.







TABLE I







Exemplary constitutive promoters for use in the performance


of the present invention









GENE
EXPRESSION



SOURCE
PATTERN
REFERENCE





Actin
constitutive
McElroy et al, Plant Cell, 2: 163-171,




1990


CAMV
constitutive
Odell et al, Nature, 313: 810-812, 1985


35S




CaMV
constitutive
Nilsson et al., Physiol. Plant. 100:


19S

456-462, 1997


GOS2
constitutive
de Pater et al, Plant J Nov; 2(6): 837-44,




1992


ubiquitin
constitutive
Christensen et al, Plant Mol. Biol. 18:




675-689, 1992


rice
constitutive
Buchholz et al, Plant Mol Biol. 25(5):


cyclophilin

837-43, 1994


maize H3
constitutive
Lepetit et al, Mol. Gen. Genet. 231:


histone

276-285, 1992


actin 2
constitutive
An et al, Plant J. 10(1); 107-121, 1996
















TABLE II







Exemplary seed-preferred promoters for use in the performance of the present invention










EXPRESSION



GENE SOURCE
PATTERN
REFERENCE





seed-specific genes
seed
Simon, et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 5: 191, 1985; Scofield,




et al., J. Biol. Chem. 262: 12202, 1987.; Baszczynski,




et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 14: 633, 1990.


Brazil Nut albumin
seed
Pearson, et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 18: 235-245, 1992.


legumin
seed
Ellis, et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 10: 203-214, 1988.


glutelin (rice)
seed
Takaiwa, et al., Mol. Gen. Genet. 208: 15-22, 1986;




Takaiwa, et al., FEBS Letts. 221: 43-47, 1987.


zein
seed
Matzke et al Plant Mol Biol, 14(3): 323-32 1990


napA
seed
Stalberg, et al, Planta 199: 515-519, 1996.


wheat LMW and HMW
endosperm
Mol Gen Genet 216: 81-90, 1989; NAR 17: 461-2,


glutenin-1

1989


wheat SPA
seed
Albani et al, Plant Cell, 9: 171-184, 1997


wheat a, b and g-
endosperm
EMBO 3: 1409-15, 1984


gliadins




barley Itr1 promoter
endosperm



barley B1, C, D,
endosperm
Theor Appl Gen 98: 1253-62, 1999; Plant J 4: 343-55,


hordein

1993; Mol Gen Genet 250: 750-60, 1996


barley DOF
endosperm
Mena et al, The Plant Journal, 116(1): 53-62, 1998


blz2
endosperm
EP99106056.7


synthetic promoter
endosperm
Vicente-Carbajosa et al., Plant J. 13: 629-640, 1998.


rice prolamin NRP33
endosperm
Wu et al, Plant Cell Physiology 39(8) 885-889, 1998


rice-globulin Glb-1
endosperm
Wu et al, Plant Cell Physiology 39(8) 885-889, 1998


rice OSH1
embryo
Sato et al, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93: 8117-8122,




1996


rice alpha-globulin
endosperm
Nakase et al. Plant Mol. Biol. 33: 513-522, 1997


REB/OHP-1




rice ADP-glucose PP
endosperm
Trans Res 6: 157-68, 1997


maize ESR gene
endosperm
Plant J 12: 235-46, 1997


family




sorgum gamma-kafirin
endosperm
PMB 32: 1029-35, 1996


KNOX
embryo
Postma-Haarsma et al, Plant Mol. Biol. 39: 257-71,




1999


rice oleosin
embryo and
Wu et at, J. Biochem., 123: 386, 1998



aleuron



sunflower oleosin
seed (embryo
Cummins, et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 19: 873-876, 1992



and dry seed)
















TABLE III







Exemplary flower-specific promoters for use in the performance


of the invention









Gene
Expression



source
pattern
REFERENCE





AtPRP4
flowers
URL: salus.medium.edu/mmg/tierney


chalene
flowers
Van der Meer, et al., Plant Mol. Biol. 15,


synthase

95-109, 1990.


(chsA)




LAT52
anther
Twell et al Mol. Gen Genet. 217: 240-245




(1989)


apetala-3
flowers
















TABLE IV







Alternative rice promoters for use in the performance of the invention









PRO #
gene
expression





PRO0001
Metallothionein Mte
transfer layer of embryo + calli


PRO0005
putative beta-amylase
transfer layer of embryo


PRO0009
putative cellulose synthase
weak in roots


PRO0012
lipase (putative)



PRO0014
transferase (putative)



PRO0016
peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerase (putative)



PRO0019
unknown



PRO0020
prp protein (putative)



PRO0029
noduline (putative)



PRO0058
proteinase inhibitor Rgpi9
seed


PRO0061
beta expansine EXPB9
weak in young flowers


PRO0063
structural protein
young tissues + calli + embryo


PRO0069
xylosidase (putative)



PRO0075
prolamine 10 Kda
strong in endosperm


PRO0076
allergen RA2
strong in endosperm


PRO0077
prolamine RP7
strong in endosperm


PRO0078
CBP80



PRO0079
starch branching enzyme I



PRO0080
Metallothioneine-like ML2
transfer layer of embryo + calli


PRO0081
putative caffeoyl-CoA 3-O-methyltransferase
shoot


PRO0087
prolamine RM9
strong in endosperm


PRO0090
prolamine RP6
strong endosperm


PRO0091
prolamine RP5
strong in endosperm


PRO0092
allergen RA5



PRO0095
putative methionine aminopeptidase
embryo


PRO0098
ras-related GTP binding protein



PRO0104
beta expansine EXPB1



PRO0105
Glycine rich protein



PRO0108
metallothionein like protein (putative)



PRO0109
metallothioneine (putative)



PRO0110
RCc3
strong root


PRO0111
uclacyanin 3-like protein
weak discrimination center/




shoot meristem


PRO0116
26S proteasome regulatory particle non-ATPase
very weak meristem specific



subunit 11



PRO0117
putative 40S ribosomal protein
weak in endosperm


PRO0122
chlorophyll a/b-binding protein precursor (Cab27)
very weak in shoot


PRO0123
putative protochlorophyllide reductase
strong leaves


PRO0126
metallothionein RiCMT
strong discrimination center/




shoot meristem


PRO0129
GOS2
strong constitutive


PRO0131
GOS9



PRO0133
chitinase Cht-3
very weak meristem specific


PRO0135
alpha-globulin
strong in endosperm


PRO0136
alanine aminotransferase
weak in endosperm


PRO0138
cyclin A2



PRO0139
Cyclin D2



PRO0140
Cyclin D3



PRO0141
cyclophyllin 2
shoot and seed


PRO0146
sucrose synthase SS1 (barley)
medium constitutive


PRO0147
trypsin inhibitor ITR1 (barley)
weak in endosperm


PRO0149
ubiquitine 2 with intron
strong constitutive


PRO0151
WSI18
embryo + stress


PRO0156
HVA22 homologue (putative)



PRO0157
EL2



PRO0169
aquaporine
medium constitutive in young




plants


PRO0170
High mobility group protein
strong constitutive


PRO0171
reversibly glycosylated protein RGP1
weak constitutive


PRO0173
cytosolic MDH
shoot


PRO0175
RAB21
embryo + stress


PRO0176
CDPK7



PRO0177
Cdc2-1
very weak in meristem


PRO0197
sucrose synthase 3



PRO0198
OsVP1



PRO0200
OSH1
very weak in young plant




meristem


PRO0208
putative chlorophyllase



PRO0210
OsNRT1



PRO0211
EXP3



PRO0216
phosphate transporter OjPT1



PRO0218
oleosin 18 kd
aleurone + embryo


PRO0219
ubiquitine 2 without intron



PRO0220
RFL



PRO0221
maize UBI delta intron
not detected


PRO0223
glutelin-1



PRO0224
fragment of prolamin RP6 promoter



PRO0225
4xABRE



PRO0226
glutelin OSGLUA3



PRO0227
BLZ-2_short (barley)



PRO0228
BLZ-2_long (barley)









Optionally, one or more terminator sequences may also be used in the construct introduced into a plant. The term “terminator” encompasses a control sequence which is a DNA sequence at the end of a transcriptional unit which signals 3′ processing and polyadenylation of a primary transcript and termination of transcription. Additional regulatory elements may include transcriptional as well as translational enhancers. Those skilled in the art will be aware of terminator and enhancer sequences, which may be suitable for use in performing the invention. Such sequences would be known or may readily be obtained by a person skilled in the art.
The genetic constructs of the invention may further include an origin of replication sequence which is required for maintenance and/or replication in a specific cell type. One example is when a genetic construct is required to be maintained in a bacterial cell as an episomal genetic element (e.g. plasmid or cosmid molecule). Preferred origins of replication include, but are not limited to, the f1-ori and colE1.
The genetic construct may optionally comprise a selectable marker gene. As used herein, the term “selectable marker gene” includes any gene, which confers a phenotype on a cell in which it is expressed to facilitate the identification and/or selection of cells which are transfected or transformed with a nucleic acid construct of the invention. Suitable markers may be selected from markers that confer antibiotic or herbicide resistance, that introduce a new metabolic trait or that allow visual selection. Examples of selectable marker genes include genes conferring resistance to antibiotics (such as nptII encoding neomycin phosphotransferase capable of phosphorylating neomycin and kanamycin, or hpt encoding hygromycin phosphotransferase capable of phosphorylating hygromycin), to herbicides (for example bar which provides resistance to Basta; aroA or gox providing resistance against glyphosate), or genes that provide a metabolic trait (such as manA that allows plants to use mannose as sole carbon source). Visual marker genes result in the formation of colour (for example beta-glucuronidase, GUS), luminescence (such as luciferase) or fluorescence (Green Fluorescent Protein, GFP, and derivatives thereof. Further examples of suitable selectable marker genes include the ampicillin resistance (Ampr), tetracycline resistance gene (Tcr), bacterial kanamycin resistance gene (Kanr), phosphinothricin resistance gene, and the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene, amongst others
The methods of the present invention are particularly relevant for applications in agriculture and horticulture, and serve to develop plants that have altered characteristics.
Accordingly, another embodiment of the invention is a method for making a transgenic plant comprising the introduction of a recombinant nucleic acid as mentioned above into a plant. “A plant” as used herein means plant cell, plant part etc. as defined herein below.
According to a preferred embodiment this method for the production of a transgenic plant further comprises the step of cultivating the plant cell under conditions promoting regeneration and mature plant growth.
A further embodiment relates to a method as described above, comprising stably integrating into the genome of a plant a recombinant nucleic acid as mentioned above. Alternatively, the recombinant nucleic acids comprising the nucleic acids of the present invention are transiently introduced into a plant or plant cell. The protein itself and/or the nucleic acid itself may be introduced directly into a plant cell or into the plant itself (including introduction into a tissue, organ or any other part of the plant). According to a preferred feature of the present invention, the nucleic acid is preferably introduced into a plant by transformation.
The term “transformation” as referred to herein encompasses the transfer of an exogenous polynucleotide into a host cell, irrespective of the method used for transfer. Plant tissue capable of subsequent clonal propagation, whether by organogenesis or embryogenesis, may be transformed with a genetic construct of the present invention and a whole plant regenerated therefrom. The particular tissue chosen will vary depending on the clonal propagation systems available for, and best suited to, the particular species being transformed. Exemplary tissue targets include leaf disks, pollen, embryos, cotyledons, hypocotyls, megagametophytes, callus tissue, existing meristematic tissue (e.g., apical meristem, axillary buds, and root meristems), and induced meristem tissue (e.g. cotyledon meristem and hypocotyl meristem). The polynucleotide may be transiently or stably introduced into a host cell and may be maintained non-integrated, for example, as a plasmid. Alternatively and preferably, the transgene may be stably integrated into the host genome. The resulting transformed plant cell can then be used to regenerate a transformed plant in a manner known to persons skilled in the art.
Transformation of a plant species is now a fairly routine technique. Advantageously, any of several transformation methods may be used to introduce the gene of interest into a suitable ancestor cell. Transformation methods include the use of liposomes, electroporation, chemicals that increase free DNA uptake, injection of the DNA directly into the plant, particle gun bombardment, transformation using viruses or pollen and microprojection. Methods may be selected from the calcium/polyethylene glycol method for protoplasts (Krens et al., 1982; Negrutiu et al., 1987); electroporation of protoplasts (Shillito et al., 1985); microinjection into plant material (Crossway et al., 1986); DNA or RNA-coated particle bombardment (Klein et al., 1987) infection with (non-integrative) viruses and the like.
Transgenic rice plants expressing a gene according to the present invention are preferably produced via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation using any of the well known methods for rice transformation, such as described in any of the following: published European patent application EP 1198985 A1, Aldemita and Hodges (1996); Chan et al. (1993), Hiei et al. (1994), which disclosures are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth. In the case of corn transformation, the preferred method is as described in either Ishida et al. (1996) or Frame et al. (2002), which disclosures are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth.
Generally after transformation, plant cells or cell groupings are selected for the presence of one or more markers which are encoded by plant-expressible genes co-transferred with the gene of interest, following which the transformed material is regenerated into a whole plant.
Following DNA transfer and regeneration, putatively transformed plants may be evaluated, for instance using Southern analysis, for the presence of the gene of interest, copy number and/or genomic organisation. Alternatively or additionally, expression levels of the newly introduced DNA may be monitored using Northern and/or Western analysis, both techniques being well known to persons having ordinary skill in the art.
The generated transformed plants may be propagated by a variety of means, such as by clonal propagation or classical breeding techniques. For example, a first generation (or T1) transformed plant may be selfed to give homozygous second generation (or T2) transformants, and the T2 plants further propagated through classical breeding techniques.
The generated transformed organisms may take a variety of forms. For example, they may be chimeras of transformed cells and non-transformed cells; clonal transformants (e.g., all cells transformed to contain the expression cassette); grafts of transformed and untransformed tissues (e.g., in plants, a transformed rootstock grafted to an untransformed scion).
The present invention also encompasses plants obtainable by the methods according to the present invention. The present invention provides plants having one or more altered characteristics, when compared to the wild-type plants, characterised in that the plant has modified expression of one or more nucleic acids and/or modified level and/or activity of a protein, wherein said nucleic acid and/or protein are essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
In one embodiment of the present invention, such a plant is a transgenic plant. According to a further embodiment such transgenic plant comprises an isolated nucleic acid and/or protein sequence essentially similar to any one for Seq Id NO 1 to 2755.
Alternatively, according to one embodiment of the present invention, such a plant having one or more altered plant characteristics and having modified expression of one or more nucleic acids and/or modified level and/or activity of a protein, wherein said nucleic acid and/or protein are essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, is created by breeding techniques.
The present invention clearly extends to any plant cell or plant produced by any of the methods described herein, and to all plant parts and propagules thereof. The present invention extends further to encompass the progeny of a primary transformed or transfected cell, tissue, organ or whole plant that has been produced by any of the aforementioned methods, the only requirement being that progeny exhibit the same genotypic and/or phenotypic characteristic(s) as those produced in the parent by the methods according to the invention. The invention accordingly also includes host cells containing an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Such host cell may be selected from plants, bacteria, animals, algae, fungi, yeast or insects. Preferred host cells according to the invention are plant cells. The invention also extends to harvestable parts of a plant such as but not limited to seeds, leaves, fruits, flowers, stem cultures, stem, rhizomes, roots, tubers and bulbs.
The term “plant” as used herein encompasses whole plants, ancestors and progeny of the plants and plant parts, including seeds, shoots, stems, roots (including tubers), and plant cells, tissues and organs. The term “plant” also therefore encompasses suspension cultures, embryos, meristematic regions, callus tissue, leaves, gametophytes, sporophytes, pollen, and microspores. Plants that are particularly useful in the methods of the invention include all plants which belong to the superfamily Viridiplantae, in particular monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants including a fodder or forage legume, ornamental plant, food crop, tree, or shrub selected from the list comprising Acacia spp., Acer spp., Actinidia spp., Aesculus spp., Agathis australis, Albizia amara, Alsophila tricolor, Andropogon spp., Arachis spp, Areca catechu, Astelia fragrans, Astragalus cicer, Baikiaea plurijuga, Betula spp., Brassica spp., Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, Burkea africana, Butea frondosa, Cadaba farinosa, Calliandra spp, Camellia sinensis, Canna indica, Capsicum spp., Cassia spp., Centroema pubescens, Chaenomeles spp., Cinnamomum cassia, Coffea arabica, Colophospermum mopane, Coronillia varia, Cotoneaster serotina, Crataegus spp., Cucumis spp., Cupressus spp., Cyathea dealbata, Cydonia oblonga, Cryptomeria japonica, Cymbopogon spp., Cynthea dealbata, Cydonia oblonga, Dalbergia monetaria, Davallia divaricata, Desmodium spp., Dicksonia squarosa, Diheteropogon amplectens, Dioclea spp, Dolichos spp., Dorycnium rectum, Echinochloa pyramidalis, Ehrartia spp., Eleusine coracana, Eragrestis spp., Erythrina spp., Eucalyptus spp., Euclea schimperi, Eulalia villosa, Fagopyrum spp., Feijoa sellowiana, Fragaria spp., Flemingia spp, Freycinetia banksii, Geranium thunbergii, Ginkgo biloba, Glycine javanica, Gliricidia spp, Gossypium hirsutum, Grevillea spp., Guibourtia coleosperma, Hedysarum spp., Hemarthia alfussima, Heteropogon contortus, Hordeum vulgare, Hyparrhenia rufa, Hypericum erectum, Hyperthelia dissolute, Indigo incarnata, Iris spp., Leptarrhena pyrolifolia, Lespediza spp., Lettuca spp., Leucaena leucocephala, Loudetia simplex, Lotonus bainesii, Lotus spp., Macrotyloma axillare, Malus spp., Manihot esculenta, Medicago sativa, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Musa sapientum, Nicotianum spp., Onoblychis spp., Omithopus spp., Oryza spp., Peltophorum africanum, Pennisetum spp., Persea gratissima, Petunia spp., Phaseolus spp., Phoenix canariensis, Phormium cookianum, Photinia spp., Picea glauca, Pinus spp., Pisum sativum, Podocarpus totara, Pogonarthria fleckii, Pogonathria squarrosa, Populus spp., Prosopis cineraria, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pterolobium stellatum, Pyrus communis, Quercus spp., Rhaphiolepsis umbellata, Rhopalostylis sapida, Rhus natalensis, Ribes grossularia, Ribes spp., Robinia pseudoacacia, Rosa spp., Rubus spp., Salix spp., Schyzachyrium sanguineum, Sciadopitys verticillata, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sorghum bicolor, Spinacia spp., Sporobolus fimbriatus, Stiburus alopecuroides, Stylosanthos humilis, Tadehagi spp, Taxodium distichum, Themeda triandra, Trifolium spp., Triticum spp., Tsuga heterophylla, Vaccinium spp., Vicia spp., Vitis vinifera, Watsonia pyramidata, Zantedeschia aethiopica, Zea mays, amaranth, artichoke, asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, canola, carrot, cauliflower, celery, collard greens, flax, kale, lentil, oilseed rape, okra, onion, potato, rice, soybean, straw, sugar beet, sugar cane, sunflower, tomato, squash tea, trees. Alternatively algae and other non-Viridiplantae can be used for the methods of the present invention. Preferably the plant according to the present invention is a crop plant selected from rice, maize, wheat, barley, soybean, sunflower, canola, sugarcane, alfalfa, millet, leguminosae (bean, pea), flax, lupinus, rapeseed, tobacco, popular and cotton. Further preferably, the plant according to the present invention is a monocotyledonous plant, most preferably a cereal.
The term ‘gene(s)’ or ‘nucleic acid’, ‘nucleotide sequence’, as used herein refers to a polymeric form of a deoxyribonucleotides or ribonucleotide polymer of any length, either double- or single-stranded, or analogs thereof, that have the essential characteristics of a natural ribonucleotide in that they can hybridize to nucleic acids in a manner similar to naturally occurring polynucleotides. A great variety of modifications have been made to DNA and RNA that serve many useful purposes known to those skilled in the art. For example, methylation, ‘caps’ and substitution of one or more of the naturally occurring nucleotides with an analog. Said terms also include peptide nucleic acids. The term “polynucleotide” as used herein includes such chemically, enzymatyically or metabolically modified forms of polynucleotides.
With “recombinant nucleic acid” is meant a nucleic acid produced by joining pieces of DNA from different sources through deliberate human manipulation.
The inventors identified genes that are upregulated in plants overexpressing E2Fa/DPa. These genes can be used to simulate E2Fa/DPa related effect in a plant.
Therefore, according to the invention, there is provided a method to alter characteristics of a plant, comprising overexpression of one or more nucleic acids essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, or wherein the method comprises enhancing the level and/or activity of one or more proteins essentially similar to a protein sequence essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
Also identified were genes that are downregulated in plants overexpressing E2Fa/DPa. These genes can be used to simulate E2Fa/DPa related effect in a plant. Therefore, according to the invention, there is provided a method to alter plant growth characteristics, comprising downregulation of expression of one or more nucleic acids essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, or wherein the method comprises decreasing level and/or activity of one or more proteins essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
Genetic constructs aimed at silencing gene expression may comprise the nucleotide sequence essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or one at least a portion thereof in a sense and/or antisense orientation relative to the promoter sequence. Preferably the portions comprises at least 21 contiguous nucleic acid of a sequence to be downregulated. Also, sense or antisense copies of at least part of the endogenous gene in the form of direct or inverted repeats may be utilized in the methods according to the invention. The characteristics of plants may also be changed by introducing into a plant at least part of an antisense version of the nucleotide sequence essentially similar to any one or more of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. It should be clear that part of the nucleic acid (a portion) could also achieve the desired result. Homologous anti-sense genes are preferred, homologous genes being plant genes, preferably plant genes from the same plant species in which the silencing construct is introduced.
Detailed analysis of the promoters of the genes identified in the present invention allowed the identification of novel E2Fa/DPa target genes that are under the direct control of E2Fa/DPa and that are mainly involved in DNA replication. For all the genes identified in the present invention, reference is made to the MIPS database MATDB accession number. This unique identification number refers to the deposit of information related to the gene in question, e.g. the unspliced sequence, the spliced sequence, the protein sequence, the domains of the protein etc. An example of the information deposited under the accession number At1g57680 is shown in FIG. 4. Based on this unique accession number, a person skilled in the art would be able to locate the gene provided by the present invention in its genomic environment. From this information one can identify and isolate the upstream control elements of these genes. Especially interesting are the promoters of these genes as control elements for driving or regulating transcription of heterologous genes. Therefore, according to the invention is provided an isolated nucleic acid comprising one or more of the regulatory elements upstream of the start codon of the nucleic acids essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Furthermore, the invention provides an isolated nucleic acid as mentioned above, wherein said regulatory element is the promoter of said the genes essentially similar to any one of the sequence presented in SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
Further the invention also relates to the use of a nucleic acid sequence or protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, for altering plant characteristics.
Another method for altering plant characteristics and/or growth characteristics of a plant resides in the use of allelic variants of the genes of the present invention. Allelic variants exist in nature and encompassed within the methods of the present invention is the use of these natural alleles. Alternatively, in particular breeding programs, such as for example marker assisted breeding, or conventional breeding programmes, it is sometimes practical to introduce allelic variation in the plants by mutagenic treatment of a plant. One suitable mutagenic method is EMS mutagenesis. Identification of allelic variants then takes place by, for example, PCR. This is followed by a selection step for selection of superior allelic variants of the sequence in question and which give rise to altered growth characteristics. Selection is typically carried out by monitoring growth performance of plants containing different allelic variants of the sequence in question. Monitoring growth performance can be done in a greenhouse or in the field. Further optional steps include crossing plants in which the superior allelic variant was identified with another plant. This could be used, for example, to make a combination of interesting phenotypic features.
According to another aspect of the present invention, advantage may be taken of the nucleic acid sequence of the present invention in breeding programs. In such a program, a DNA marker may be identified which is genetically linked to the nucleic acid of the present invention. This DNA marker is then used in breeding programs to select plants having altered growth characteristics. Therefore, the present invention also encompass the use of a nucleic acid sequence essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, for marker assisted breeding of plants with altered characteristics.
These marker assisted breeding processes may further involve the steps of crossing plants and using probes or primers having part, for example having at least 10 bp, of a sequence corresponding to any of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, to detect the DNA sequence corresponding to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, in the progeny of the cross.
These methods for marker assisted breeding also may involve the use of an isolated DNA molecule being essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or a part thereof as a marker in techniques like AFLP, RFLP, RAPD, or in the detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms.
Further these methods for marker assisted breeding also may involve determining the presence or absence in a plant genome of a qualitative trait or a quantitative trait locus (QTL) linked to a transgene essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or to an endogenous homologue of any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, which method comprises:

    (a) detecting a molecular marker linked to a QTL, wherein the molecular marker comprises a sequence essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or an endogenous homologue thereof; and
    (b) determining the presence of said QTL as by detection of the molecular marker of step (a) or determining the absence of said QTL as failure to detect the molecular marker of step (a)


Alternatively, methods for marker assisted breeding may involve detecting the presence of a quantitative trait locus linked to a DNA sequence essentially similar to SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 or to an endogenous homologue thereof in the genome of a plant. The methods described above may involve the steps of:

    (a) extracting a DNA sample of said plant;
    (b) contacting the DNA sample with a probe that hybridises to a DNA sequence according to claim 1 or to an endogenous homologue thereof, or to the complement thereof;
    (c) performing a hybridisation reaction under conditions suitable for hybridisation of the probe to the DNA sample of (b); and
    (d) detecting the hybridisation of the probe to the DNA.


Further, the present invention also encompass the use of a nucleic acid sequence essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, for conventional breeding of plants with altered characteristics.
In conventional breeding programs, the nucleic acid essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 is used to select plants with better plant characteristics compared to the normal wild-type plants. The plants with better growth characteristics may originated from natural variation in the alleles of the gene corresponding to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, or may originated from manmade variation in these genes, for example variation created by EMS mutagenesis or other methods to created single nucleotide polymorphisms.
Further the invention also relates to the use of a nucleic acid or a protein essentially similar any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, as a growth regulator.
In a particular embodiment such a growth regulator is a herbicide or is a growth stimulator. The present invention therefore also provides a growth regulating composition comprising a nucleic acid and/or a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. The growth regulating compositions according to the present invention can additionally comprise any additive usually present in growth regulating compositions such as growth inhibitors, herbicides or growth stimulators. Also a kit comprising a sequence essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 (for example in the form of a herbicide) is in the scope of the present invention. Also any other plant effective agent comprising the sequences according to the present invention are provided herein. Methods to produce the compositions, kits or plant agents as mentioned above are also provided by the present invention and involve the production of any one or more of the sequences essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. Such sequences and methods are herein provided.
Further, plants of the present invention have improved characteristics, such as improved growth and yield, which makes these plant suitable to produce industrial proteins.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for the production of enzymes and/or pharmaceuticals, which method comprises modifying expression of a nucleic acid, and/or modifying level and/or activity of a protein, said nucleic acid and/or protein being essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755
The present invention therefore also encompasses the use of plants as described above, for the production of (industrial) enzymes and/or pharmaceuticals. The (Industrial) enzymes and pharmaceuticals produced according to the method as described above are also encompasses by the present invention.
Also the invention as presented herein offers means to alter the characteristics not only of plants, but also of other organisms, such as mammals. The plant genes of the present invention, or their homologues, or the plant proteins or their homologues, can be used as therapeutics or can be used to develop therapeutics for both humans and animals. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a nucleic acid or a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, for use as a therapeutic agent.
In a particular embodiment, the use as a therapeutic agents encompasses the use in gene therapy, or the use to manufacture medicaments such as for example therapeutic protein samples. Also the nucleic acids and/or proteins according to the present invention can be applied in diagnostic methods.
Accordingly provided by the present invention is the use of a nucleic acid or a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755, for use as a therapeutic agent, a diagnostic means, a kit or plant effective agent.
Further encompassed by the invention are therapeutic or diagnostic compositions or kits or plant effective agent, comprising a nucleic acid and/or a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755. These compositions may comprise other additives usually applied for therapeutic compositions. Methods to produce these therapeutic or diagnostic compositions or kits are also provided by the present invention and involve the production of any of the sequences essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755.
The plants according to the present invention have altered characteristics, such as for example improved growth and yield, which makes them suitable sources for many agricultural applications and the food industry. Accordingly, provided by the present invention there is a food product derived from a plant or host cell as described above and also the use of such a food product in animal feed or food.
In molecular biology it is standard practice to select upon transfection or transformation those individuals (or groups of individuals, such as bacterial or yeast colonies or phage plaques or eukaryotic cell clones) that are effectively transfected or transformed with the desired genetic construct. Typically these selection procedures are based on the presence of a selectable or screenable marker in the transfected genetic construct, to distinguish the positive individuals easily from the negative individuals. The nucleic acids and proteins according to the present invention are capable of altering the characteristics of the host cells to which they are applied. Therefore, the nucleic acids and/or proteins according to the present invention can also be used as selectable markers, screenable markers or selection agents. According to one particular embodiment, the present invention provides the use of a nucleic acid or a protein essentially similar to any one of SEQ ID NO 1 to 2755 as a positive or negative selectable marker during transformation of plant cell, plant tissue or plant procedures.



DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
FIG. 1: Volcano plot of significance against effect. Each x represent one of the 4579 genes, with the negative log 10 of the P value from the gene model plotted against the difference between least-square means for the genotype effect. The horizontal line represents the test-wise threshold of P=0.05. The two vertical reference lines indicate a 2-fold cutoff for either repression or induction.
FIG. 2: Sources of alpha-ketoglutarate and other metabolites in plants, with annotation of up and downregulated genes in the E2Fa-DPa overproducing cells. Upregulated enzymes are underlined with a dashed line and enzymes underlined with a full line are downregulated in the E2Fa-DPa versus wild type plants. Products that are boxed act as precursors for nucleotide biosynthesis. A-KG, alpha-ketoglutarate; GOGAT, glutamate synthetase; NIA2, nitrate reductase, NiR, nitrite reductase.
FIG. 3: Endoreduplication levels in wild type and E2Fa/DPa transgenic lines in relation to nitrogen availability. Wild type (A) and transgenic (B) lines were grown on minimal medium in the presence of 0.1, 1, 10, or 50 mM ammonium nitrate. Values are means of three independent measurements.
FIG. 4: Represents the information which is deposited in the MatDB (MIPS Arabidopsis database) under accession number At1g57680
FIG. 5: Verification of microarray analysis by RT-PCR. RT-PCR analysis was carried out under linear amplification conditions. The actin 2 gene (ACT2) was used as loading control. GS, glutamine synthetase; GOGAT, glutamate synthase; NiR, nitrite reductase.
FIG. 6: NMR spectrum of E2Fa/DPa overexpressing plant cells.



Table 1: Presentation of Arabidopsis genes that are 2 fold or more upregulated in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants. The genes are presented according to the functional category to which they belong. For some of the genes, no function has been described in the public databases and they are named unknown, putative or hypothetical protein. All the genes have each a unique MIPS accession number, which refers to the identification of the sequence in the MatDB (MIPS Arabidopsis thaliana database). The MIPS accession number refers to the protein entry code for the MatDB of MIPS. Also, there is an accession number provided as an internal protein code. The fold of induction is also given for each sequence. Furthermore, where an E2F target sequence has been identified in the upstream region of the gene, the sequence of that site is also presented in the Table. Finally, other plant homologues which have substantial sequence identity with the Arabidopsis gene are mentioned in this Table.
Table 2: Presentation of Arabidopsis genes that are 2 fold or more repressed in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants. Data are presented in a similar way as for Table 1, as explained above.
Table 3: Different E2F target sequences and the frequency of their presence in the upstream regions of the Arabidopsis genes described in the present invention.
Table 4: Selection of the Arabidopsis genes from the microarray that were 1.3 times upregulated in E2Fa/DPa overexpressing plants, compared to the wild-type plants. The gene name is given, as well as the MIPS database accession number and a ratio indicating the degree of upregulation of the gene. Furthermore, the E-value indicates if a significant homologue has been found in the public databases.
Table 5: Selection of the Arabidopsis genes from the microarray that were 1.3 times repressed in E2Fa/DPa overexpressing plants, compared to the wild-type plants. The data are presented as in Table 4. The fold repression is calculated as 1/ratio. In this Table only the genes that have a ratio of less than 0.77 are selected.
Table 6: genes selected for Arabidopsis transformation
Table 7: genes selected for rice transformation
EXAMPLES
Example 1
Overexpression of E2Fa and DPa in Arabidopsis 
Double transgenic CaMV35S-E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants were obtained by the crossing of homozygous CaMV35S-E2Fa and CaMV35S-DPa plants (De Veylder et al., 2002). Double transformants were grown under a 16 h light/8 h dark photoperiod at 22° C. on germination medium (Valvekens et al., 1988).
Selection of Transgenic Lines
Arabidopsis thaliana plants were generated that contained either the E2Fa or the DPa gene under the control of the constitutive cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter.
Crossing Experiments of Overexpressing E2Fa and DPa Lines
Plants homozygous for the CaMV 35S E2Fa gene were crossed with heterozygous CaMV 35S DPa lines. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis on individual plants confirmed which plants contained both the CaMV 35S-E2Fa and CaMV 35S-DPa constructs.
8 days after sowing, these plants were used to isolate total RNA, from which cDNA was synthesized and subsequently hybridized to a microarray containing 4579 unique Arabidopsis ESTs. These experimental steps are described in the following examples.
Example 2
Construction of Microarrays
Construction of Microarrays
The Arabidopsis thaliana microarray consisted of 4,608 cDNA fragments spotted in duplicate, distant from each other, on Type V silane coated slides (Amersham BioSciences, Buckinghamshire, UK). The clone set included 4,579 Arabidopsis genes composed from the unigen clone collection from Incyte (Arabidopsis Gem I, Incyte, USA). To retrieve the functional annotation of the genes relating to the spotted ESTs, BLASTN against genomic sequences was performed. To make the analysis easier a collection of genomic sequences bearing only one gene was built according to the available annotations. Each of those sequences had its upstream intergenic sequence followed by the exon-intron structure of the gene and the downstream intergenic sequence, intergenic being the whole genomic sequence between start and stop codons from neighboring protein-encoding genes. From the BLASTN output the best hits were extracted and submitted to a BLASTX search against protein databases. To retrieve even more detailed information concerning the potential function of the genes, protein domains were searched using ProDom. The complete data set can be found on the website URL: psb.rug.ac.be/E2F and is cited herein by reference. The cDNA inserts were PCR amplified using M13 primers, purified with MultiScreen-PCR plate (cat: MANU03050, Millipore, Belgium) and arrayed on the slides using a Molecular Dynamics Generation III printer (Amersham BioSciences). Slides were blocked in 3.5% SSC, 0.2% SDS, 1% BSA for 10 minutes at 60° C.
RNA Amplification and Labeling
Antisense RNA amplification was performed using a modified protocol of in vitro transcription as described earlier in Puskas et al. (2002). For the first strand cDNA synthesis, 5 μg of total RNA was mixed with 2 μg of an HPLC-purified anchored oligo-dT+T7 promoter (5′-GGCCAGTGAATTGTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGAGGCGG-T24(A/C/G)-3′) (SEQ ID NO 2756). (Eurogentec, Belgium), 40 units of RNAseOUT (cat#10777-019, Invitrogen, Merelbeke, Belgium) and 0.9M D(+) trehalose (cat#T-5251, Sigma Belgium) in a total volume of 11 μl, and heated to 75° C. for 5 minutes. To this mixture, 4 μl 5× first strand buffer (Invitrogen, Belgium), 2 l 0.1 M DTT, 1 μl 10 mM dNTP mix, 1 μl 1.7 M D(+)trehalose (cat#T-5251, Sigma Belgium) and 1 μl, 200 Units of SuperScript II (cat#: 18064-014, Invitrogen, Belgium) was added in 20 μl final volume. The sample was incubated in a Biometra-Unoll thermocycler at 37° C. for 5 minutes, 45° C. for 10 minutes, 10 cycles at 60° C. for 2 minutes and at 55° C. for 2 minutes. To the first strand reaction mix, 103.8 μl water, 33.4 μl 5× second strand synthesis buffer (Invitrogen, Belgium), 3.4 μl 10 mM dNTP mix, 1 μl of 10 U/μl E. coli DNA ligase (cat#: 18052-019, Invitrogen, Belgium), 4 μl 10 U/μl E. coli DNA Polymerase I (cat#: 18010-025, Invitrogen, Belgium) and 1 μl 2 U/μl E. coli RNAse H (cat#: 18021-071, Invitrogen, Belgium) was added, and incubated at 16° C. for 2 hours. The synthesized double-stranded cDNA was purified with Qiaquick (cat#: 28106, Qiagen, Hilden, Germany). Antisense RNA synthesis was done by AmpliScribe T7 high yield transcription kit (cat#: AS2607; Epicentre Technologies, USA) in total volume of 20 μl according to the manufacturer's instructions. The RNA was purified with RNeasy purification kit (cat#: 74106; Qiagen, Germany). From this aRNA, 5 μg was labeled by reverse transcription using random nonamer primers (Genset, Paris, France), 0.1 mM d(G/T/A)TPs, 0.05 mM dCTP (Amersham BioSciences, UK), 0.05 mM Cy3-dCTP or Cy5-dCTP (cat#: PA53023, PA55023; Amersham BioSciences, UK) 1× first strand buffer, 10 mM DTT and 200 Units of SuperScript II (cat#: 18064-014, Invitrogen, Belgium) in 20 μl total volume. The RNA and primers were denatured at 75° C. for 5 minutes and cooled on ice before adding the remaining reaction components. After 2 hours incubation at 42° C., mRNA was hydrolyzed in 250 mM NaOH for 15 minutes at 37° C. The sample was neutralized with 10 μl of 2 M MOPS and purified with Qiaquick (cat#: 28106, Qiagen, Germany).
Array Hybridization and Post-Hybridization Processes
The probes were resuspended in 30 μl hybridization solution (50% formamide, 5×SSC, 0.1% SDS, 100 mg/ml salmon sperm DNA) and prehybridized with 1 μl poly-dT (1 mg/ml) at 42° C. for 30 minutes to block hybridization on the polyA/T tails of the cDNA on the arrays. 1 mg/ml mouse COT DNA (cat#: 18440-016, Invitrogen, Belgium) was added to the mixture and placed on the array under a glass coverslip. Slides were incubated for 18 hours at 42° C. in a humid hybridization cabinet (cat#: RPK0176; Amersham BioSciences, UK). Post-hybridization washing was performed for 10 minutes at 56° C. in 1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, two times for 10 minutes at 56° C. in 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS and for 2 minutes at 37° C. in 0.1×SSC.
Scanning and Data Analysis
Arrays were scanned at 532 nm and 635 nm using a Generation III scanner (Amersham BioSciences, UK). Image analysis was performed with ArrayVision (Imaging Research Inc, Ontario, Canada). Spot intensities were measured as artifact removed total intensities (ARVol). No background correction was performed. First, within-slide normalization was addressed by plotting for each single slide a “MA-plot” (Yang et al., 2002), where M=log2 (R/G) and A=log2 0.54√R×G. The “LOWESS” normalization was applied to correct for dye-intensity differences. Subsequently, in order to normalize between slides and to identify differentially expressed genes between the two genotypes, two sequential analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were applied, proposed by Wolfinger et al. (2002), as follows: 1) firstly, the base-2 logarithm of the “LOWESS”-transformed measurements for all 73,264 spots (ygklm) was subjected to a normalization model of the form yiklm=μ+Ak+AkDlRm+εiklm, where μ is the sample mean, Ak is the effect of the kth array (k=1-4), AkDlRm is the channel-effect (AD) for the mth replication of the total collection of cDNA fragments (m=2; left or right), and εiklm is the stochastic error; 2) secondly, the residuals from this model were subjected to 4,579 gene-specific models of the form rijkl=μ+GiAk+GiDl+GiCj+γijkl where GiAk is the spot effect, GiDl is the gene-specific dye effect, GiCj is representing the signal intensity for genes that can specifically be attributed to the genotypes (effect of interest), and γijkl is the stochastic error. All effects were assumed to be fixed effects, except εklm and γijkl. A t-test for differences between the GiCj effects was performed, where the t-tests are all based on n1+n2−2 degrees of freedom corresponding to the n1 WT hybridizations and n2 E2Fa-DPa hybridisations. The p-value cutoff was set at 0.01. No further adjustment for multiple testing was performed, as Bonferroni adjustment for 4,579 tests, to assure an experiment-wise false positive rate of 0.05, results in a p-value cutoff of 1e−5.0, which is certainly too conservative; therefore it was chosen to set the p-value cutoff arbitrarily at the 0.01 level. Also GiDl effects were estimated and t-tested for significance at the 1% level in a same way as described above. Genes with a significant GiDl effect were discarded. Genstat was used to perform both the normalization and gene model fits.
Example 3
Results of the Microarray Analysis and Statistical Analysis
A micro-array containing in duplicate 4579 unique Arabidopsis ESTs, representing about a sixth of the total genome, was used to compare the transcriptome of wild type with that of E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants. cDNA was synthesized from total RNA isolated from wild type and transgenic plants harvested 8 days after sowing. At this stage, transgenic plants were distinguished from control plants by the appearance of curled cotelydons which display ectopic cell divisions and enhanced endoreduplication (De Veylder et al., 2002). In the first two hybridizations Cy3 and Cy5 fluorescently labeled probe pairs of control and E2Fa-DPa cDNA were used using independent mRNA extractions of the E2Fa-DPa plants. Subsequently, a dye-swap replication was performed for both hybridizations, resulting in a total of four cDNA microarray hybridizations.
Fluorescence levels were analyzed with the aim to establish whether the level of expression of each gene varied according to overexpression of the E2Fa-DPa transcription factor. Two sequential analyses of variance (ANOVAs) were used, as proposed by Wolfinger et al. (2002). The first ANOVA model, called the “normalization” model, accounts for experiment-wise systematic effects, such as array- and channel-effects, that could bias inferences made on the data from the individual genes. The residuals from this model represent normalized values and are the input data for the second ANOVA model, called the “gene” model. The gene models are fit separately to the normalized data from each gene. This procedure uses differences in normalized expression levels, rather than ratios, as the unit of analysis of expression differences.
Prior to the estimation of genotype-specific signal intensities of the genes (GiCj effects), which are the effects of interest, gene-specific dye effects (GiDl effects) were estimated and t-tested for significance at the 1% level. One hundred and thirty one genes showed a significant GiDl effect and were discard from further analysis. For each of the remaining 4,448 genes on the arrays, a t-test on the GiCj effects for significant differences (p<0.05) was performed. FIG. 1 plots the obtained p-values (as the negative log 10 of the p-value) against the magnitude of the effect (log 2 of estimated fold change). This volcano plot illustrates the substantial difference significance testing can make versus cutoffs made strictly on the basis of the fold change. The two vertical reference lines indicate a 2-fold cutoff for either repression or induction, while the horizontal reference line refers to the p-value cutoff at the 0.05 value. These reference lines divide the plot into six sectors. The 3,535 genes in the lower middle sector have low significance and low fold change, and both methods agree that the corresponding changes are not significant. The 188 genes in the upper left and right sectors have high significance (p<0.05) and high fold change (≧2); 84 of these genes show a significant two-or-more-fold induction of expression, where the remaining 104 genes show a significant two-or-more-fold repression of expression in the E2Fa-DPa plant. Finally, the 715 genes in the upper middle sector represent significant (p<0.05) up- or downregulated genes, but with a low (≦2) fold change. The full dataset of genes can be viewed at URL: psb.rug.ac.be/E2F, which dataset is incorporated herein by reference.
All the sequences that are 1.3 times upregulated (ratio of more than 1.999) in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants are presented in Table 4. All the sequences that are 1.3 times repressed (calculated as 1/ratio of less than 0.775) are presented in Table 5. Particularly interesting genes that are more than 2-fold upregulated or 2 fold repressed are selected and separately represented in Tables 1 and 2.
Example 4
Sequencing and RT Mediated PCR Analysis
The identity of the genes was confirmed by sequencing, and the induction of a random set of genes was confirmed by RT-PCR analysis (FIG. 5).
RNA was isolated from plants 8 days after sowing with the Trizol reagent (Amersham Biosciences). First-strand cDNA was prepared from 3 μg of total RNA with the Superscript RT II kit (Invitrogen) and oligo(dT)18 according to the manufacturer's instructions. A 0.25 μl aliquot of the total RT reaction volume (20 μl) was used as a template in a semi-quantitative RT-mediated PCR amplification, ensuring that the amount of amplified product remained in linear proportion to the initial template present in the reaction. From the PCR reaction, 10 μl was separated on a 0.8% agarose gel and transferred onto Hybond N+ membranes (Amersham Biosciences) that were hybridized at 65° C. with fluorescein-labeled probes (Gene Images random prime module; Amersham Biosciences). The hybridized bands were detected with the CDP Star detection module (Amersham Biosciences). Primers used were 5′-AAAAAGCAGGCTGTGTCGTACGATCTTCTCCCGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2757) and 5′-AGAAA GCTGGGTCATGTGATAGGAGAACCAGCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2758) for E2Fa, 5′-ATAGAA TTCGCTTACATTTTGAAACTGATG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2759) and 5′-ATAGTCGACTCAGCGA GTATCAATGGATCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2760) for DPa, 5′-CAGATCTTGTTAACCTTGACAT CTCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2761) and 5′-GGGTCAAAAGATACAACCACACCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2762) for glutamine synthetase (GS), 5′-GGTTTACGAGCTACATGGCCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2763) and 5′-GAGCAATCCGTTCAGCCTCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2764) for glutamate synthase (GOGAT), 5′-GCGTTTGACCACTCTTGGAGAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2765) and 5′-GAACGCCA TTGAGAAAGTCCGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2766) for histone acetylase HAT B, 5′-GTTACCGG CTCGACTTGAAGATC-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2767) and 5′-GAATCGGAGGGAAAGTCTGACG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2768) for LOB domain protein 41, 5′-GTGTGGTTTCCAAGCTTTCCTACG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2769) and 5′-GGTGAAGGGACTAGCCTTGTGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2770) for isocitrate lyase, 5′-GGGATCAATCCTCAGGAGAAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2771) and 5′-CCGTCCATCTTTATTAGCGGCATG-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2772) for nitrite reductase (NiR), and 5′-TTACCGAGGCTCCTCTTAACCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2773) and 5′-ACCACCGATCCAGACA CTGTAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO 2774) for actin 2 (ACT2).
Example 5
Characterization of the Genes Identified as Being Involved in E2F/DP Regulated Cellular Processes
The genes of the present invention identified from the microarray experiment of Example 2 have unique identification numbers (MIPS accession number e.g. At1g57680). The MIPS accession number is widely accepted in this field as it directly refers to the genomic sequence and the location of the sequence in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Accession numbers are allocated by the Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS) and are stored in the MIPS Arabidopsis database. Publicly available sequence and annotation data from all other AGI (“Arabidopsis Genome Initiative”) groups are included to establish a plant genome database (Schoof H, et al. (2002)). The MIPS Arabidopsis database can be accessed via the Internet URL: mips.gsf.de/cgi-bin/proj/thal and the database can be searched with the protein entry code (e.g. At1g57680). An example of the type of sequence information and protein domain information that is provided for a certain sequence in the MIPS database is shown FIG. 4.
An additional blast search with the genes according to the present invention was performed on public databases containing sequences from other plant species and other organisms. For some of the genes identified by the microarray, significant levels of homology (low E-values) were found with sequences from other organisms (see Tables 1 and 2 with reference to their Genbank accession number). So far, mainly corn and rice homologues were identified, but as more genomes will be sequenced in the future, many more homologues will be identifiable by the person skilled in the art as useful in the methods of the present invention.
DNA Replication and Cell Cycle Genes
Genes up or downregulated in the E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants can be classified into clear groups according their function (Tables 1 and 2). 14 Genes that are 2-fold or more upregulated belong to the class of genes involved in DNA replication and modification, correlating with the observation that E2Fa-DPa overexpression plants undergo extensive endoreduplication. Most of these genes have previously be shown to be upregulated by E2F-DP overexpression in mammalian systems including a putative thymidine kinase, replication factor c, and histone genes (4 different ones). Other E2Fa-DPa induced S phase genes include a linker histone protein, the topoisomerase 6 subunit A and two subunits of the histone acetyltransferase HAT B complex, being HAT B and Msi3. The HAT B complex is responsible for the specific diacethylation of newly synthesized histone H4 during nuclease assembly on newly synthesized DNA (Lusser et al., 1999). Also a DNA methyltransferase responsible for the methylation of cytosine in cells that progress though S phase was identified among upregulated genes.
Besides the overexpressed E2Fa gene (being 90-fold more abundant in the E2FaPa overexpressing plants, compared to control plants), only one cell cycle gene (CDKB1;1) shows a 2-fold or more change in expression level upon E2Fa-DPa overexpression. CDKB1;1 was previously predicted to be a candidate E2F-DP target by virtue of a consensus E2F-DP-binding site in its promoter (de Jager et al., 2001). Whereas CDKB1;1 activity is maximum at the G2/M transition, its transcript levels start to rise during late S-phase (Porceddu et al., 2001; Menges and Murray, 2002). Upregulation of CDKB1;1 might therefore be a mechanism to link DNA replication with mitosis.
Cell Wall Biogenesis Genes
Four members of the xyloglucan endotransglucosylase (XET) gene family were found to be 2-fold or more upregulated in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants, one of them identical to the Meri-5 gene (Medford et al., 1991). XETs are enzymes that modify cell wall components and therefore play a likely role in altering size, shape and physical properties of plant cells. Reversal breakage of the xyloglucan tethers by XETs has been proposed to be a mechanism for allowing cell wall loosening in turgor-driven cell expansion (Campbell and Braam, 1999). However, there are several reasons to believe that E2Fa-DPa induced XETs are not required for cell expansion. First, cells divide more frequently in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants, but the overall cell size of the cells is smaller. Therefore, no overall increase in expansion-rates is needed. Second, correlated with the absence of increased cell expansion in the transgenic lines, no induction of genes with a known role in this process, such as expansins, can be seen. Therefore, the hydrolytic activity of the XETs might be required to incorporate the newly synthesized cell walls formed during cytokinesis into the existing cell wall structure. Alternatively, as XET activity has shown to be involved in the postgerminative mobilization of xyloglucan storage reverses in Nasturtium cotelydons (Farkas et al., 1992; Fanutti et al., 1993), induction of XETs in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants might relate to polysaccharide breakdown to serve the metabolic and energy needs which are required to synthesize new nucleotides (see below).
Interestingly, two XETs were identified in the set of 2-fold or more downregulated genes. These XETs are more related to each other than to the induced XET proteins. This differential response of XETs towards the E2Fa/DPa induced phenotypes suggests that plant XETs can be classified in at least 2 different functional classes.
Genes Involved in Metabolism and Biogenesis
Both the group of up and down regulated genes contains a relative large group of genes involved in metabolism and biogenesis. Most remarkable is the induction of genes involved in nitrogen assimilation, such as nitrate reductase (NIA2) (see FIG. 2), glutamine synthetase (GS), and glutamate synthetase (GOGAT). Although not present on the microarray, the nitrite reductase (NiR) gene was found to be induced in the transgenic line, as demonstrated by RT-mediated PCR analysis. Nitrogen and nitrite reductase catalyse the first step in the nitrogen assimilation pathway, whereas glutamine and glutamate synthetase are involved in both the primary assimilation from nitrogen as reassimilation of free ammonium, supplying all plants nitrogen needed for the biosynthesis of amino-acids and other nitrogen-containing compounds.
There are other indications that nitrogen metabolism is altered in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants, such as the modification of genes reported to be involved in Medicago induced nodulation (MTN3 and a nodulin-like gene); and the downregulation of genes involved in sulfur assimilation (adenylylsulfate reductase (APR; 2 different genes) and a putative adenine phosphosulfate kinase). Genes involved in sulfur assimilation such as APR have previously been shown to be transcriptionally downregulated during nitrogen deficiency (Koprivova et al., 2000).
Upregulation of nitrogen assimilation genes in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants might reflect the need for nitrogen for nucleotide biosynthesis, as purine and pyrimidine bases are nitrogen-rich. If nitrogen assimilation was indeed stimulated by E2Fa/DPa overexpression, two requirements should be fulfilled. Since nitrogen assimilation through the GS/GOGAT pathway requires α-ketogluterate (Lancien et al., 2000), a first requirement is that there should be enough α-ketogluterate to act as acceptor molecule for ammonium. Secondly, because assimilation of nitrogen is energy consuming, the rate of reductant production should be higher in an E2Fa/DPa transgenic than in wild-type plants.
Our micro-array data suggest that in the E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants, α-ketogluterate accumulation is stimulated in different ways. First, α-ketogluterate production is improved by increased photosynthetic activity, as indicated by the 4.7-fold upregulation of large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (FIG. 2). This results in an accumulation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate can be converted into fructuse-1,6-bisphosphate by fructose bisphosphate aldolase. However, a 6-fold downregulation of the fructose bisphosphate aldolase gene rather suggests the conversion of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate into pyruvate, which can be converted into α-ketogluterate during glycolysis in the citrate cycle. The preferential conversion of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate into pyruvate in favour of sugars fits the higher need for amino-acids than for sugars for nucleotide biosynthesis. A shortage for ribose-5-phosphate for nucleotide synthesis is also evident from a downregulation of sucrose-phosphate synthase, resulting in decreased conversion of fructose-6-phosphate and glucose-6-phosphate into sucrose (FIG. 2).
A second source of α-ketogluterate is provided in the glyoxylate cycle by the 3.1 fold increase in expression of isocitrate lyase, suggesting an increased lipid turnover in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants. Isocistrate lyase activity cleaves isocitrate into glyoxylate and succinate (FIG. 2). Whereas the formed glyoxylate can be converted into glycine, which is also required for nucleotide biosynthesis, succinate can be converted into α-ketogluterate in the citrate cycle. A 2.3-fold decrease of the fumarase gene presumably stimulates the conversion of produced α-ketogluterate into glutamate by causing an accumulation of succinate and fumarate, which is also a side product formed during nucleotide biosynthesis (FIG. 2).
Assimilation of nitrogen is energy consuming. When rates of nitrate reduction are high, this pathway becomes the major sink for reductant. About 10% of the electron flux in photosynthesizing leaves is used for nitrate reduction. The amount of required reductant, which in leaves originates from electronic photosynthetic electron transport, is therefore expected to be higher in the E2Fa-DPa transgenics. Correspondingly, several components of the chloroplast electron transport chain and associated ATP-synthesing apparatus, such as cytochrome B6, a PSII subunit and the ATPase epsilon subunit are upregulated in the transgenic plants. Increased expression of the protochlorophyllide reductase precursor suggests that an increase in chlorophyll biosynthesis is stimulated in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants.
Famine of nitrogen has a putative impact on amino-acid biosynthesis, as three different amino-acid aminotransferases, are downregulated in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants. Accompanied with a putative decreased aminotransferase activity is the observed reduction in expression of an enzyme involved in pyridoxine biosynthesis. Shortage of nitrogen-rich amino-acids is also evident from reduced expression of genes encoding vegetative storage proteins (VSP1 and VSP2); and ERD10, a protein with a compositional bias towards glu (Kiyosue et al., 1994). Additional evidence for amino acid shortage comes from downregulation of a myrosinase-binding protein and cytochrome P450 monooxygenase CYP83A1. Both proteins are involved in the biosynthesis of glucosinolates, being nitrogen and sulfur containing products derived from amino-acids (Wittstock and Halkier, 2002).
Transcription Factors and Signal Transduction
A total of 4 transcription factors were identified among the genes being 2-fold or more upregulated, including two homeobox domain transcription factors. Among them the anthocyaninless2 (ANL2) gene was identified, which is involved in anthocyanin accumulation in subepidermal leaf cells (Kubo et al., 1999). The lack of an obvious increase in anthocyanin accumulation in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants suggests a role for the ANL2 protein in plant development different from anthocyanin production. This hypothesis is substantiated by the observation that anl2 mutant plants contain extra cells in the root between the cortical and epidermal layers (Kubo et al., 1999).
The second upregulated homeobox domain transcription factor is Atbh-6. Expression of Atbh-6 is restricted to regions of cell division and/or differentiation and has been shown to be inducible by water stress and ABA (Soderman et al., 1999). Other putative ABA sensitive genes can be recognized among the E2Fa-DPa induced clones, as well as the cold regulated protein COR6.6, a seed imbitition-like protein and a dormancy-associated protein. Here again, changes in expression level of these genes might be correlated with modifications in carbon metabolism. A link between ABA and sugar signaling is evident from the identification of several loci involved in both sugar and hormonal responses (Finkelstein and Gibson, 2002). Alternatively, it might be the occurrence of enhanced endoreduplication and/or cell division itself that causes a change in the osmotic potential.
Among the downregulated transcription factors a DOF family member is present. Many DOF transcription factors are participating in the regulation of storage protein genes and genes involved in carbon metabolism (Gualberti et al., 2002). Its downregulation might therefore be linked with the shortage of amino-acids due to the high demand of nitrogen for nucleotide biosynthesis.
Other regulatory genes modified in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants include protein kinases, several putative receptor kinases, a putative phytochrome A, and WD40 repeat containing proteins (Tables 1 and 2). Interestingly, a SNF1-like kinase is downregulated 2-fold in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants. In addition to its proposed role in sugar signaling, the SNF1 kinase also negatively regulates the activity of plant nitrate reductase (Smeekens, 2000).
Example 6
Endoreduplication Levels of E2Fa-DPa Plants are Nitrogen Dependent
The modified expression of a large number of metabolic and regulatory genes, directly or indirectly linked to nitrogen metabolism, suggests a direct relationship between the high endoreduplication levels found in the E2Fa/DPa transgenic plants and nitrogen availability. To test this hypothesis, wild type and transgenic plants were grown on medium containing different levels of ammoniumnitrate, ranging from 0.1 to 50 mM. Eight days after germination ploidy levels in these plants was determined by flow cytometry. Increasing ammoniumnitrate levels hardly had an effect on the ploidy distribution pattern in wild type plants (FIG. 3A). In contrast, in the E2Fa-DPa transgenic plants increasing ammoniumnitrate levels resulted in a reproducible and significant increase in the amount of 32 C and 64 C nuclei (FIG. 3B). Comparing the lowest with the highest concentration of ammoniumnitrate, an increase of 32 C from 2.0 (±0.3) % to 6.5 (±1.5) %, and of 64 C from 0.7 (±0.3) % to 2 (±0.5) % can be seen. Increasing ammonium levels did not have any effect on the plant phenotype, as plants remained small with curled leaves on all concentrations of nitrogen tested. These data indicate that the endoreduplication levels in the E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants are limited by nitrogen availability, and that an excess of nitrogen is incorporated into new DNA than in other nitrogen containing compounds.
Example 7
Promoter Analysis of E2Fa-DPa Regulated Genes
Promoter Analysis
The intergenic sequence corresponding to the promoter area of each gene spotted on the microarray was extracted from genomic sequences. These genomic sequences are easily accessible for example from the MIPS MatDB database (URL: mips.gsf.de/proj/thal/db). From those intergenic sequences, up to 500 bp upstream of the ATG start codon were extracted and subjected to motif searches in order to retrieve potential E2F elements. Both position and frequency of occurrence was determined using the publicly available execuTable of MatInspector (version 2.2) using matrices extracted from PlantCARE and matrices made especially for this particular analysis (Lescot et al., 2002). The relevance of each motif was evaluated against a background consisting of all the sequences from the dataset.
Results
To distinguish in the present data set the putative direct target genes of E2Fa-DPa from the secondary induced genes, the first 500 bp upstream of the ATG start codon of the genes with 2-fold or more change in expression was scanned for the presence of a E2F-like binding site matching the sequence (A/T)TT(G/C)(G/C)C(G/C)(G/C) (SEQ ID NO 2775). Of all the different permutations possible, only the TTTCCCGC (SEQ ID NO 2776) element was statistically enriched in the set of E2Fa-DPa upregulated genes, suggesting it is the preferred binding site of the E2Fa-DPa complex (Table 3). Moreover, target genes containing this element belong mainly to the group of genes involved in DNA replication and modification, being the main group of target genes in mammalian systems. These data illustrate that the TTTCCCGC sequence is the most likely cis element recognized by E2Fa-DPa. The observation that not all genes having this DNA sequence in their promoter suggests that the presence of the TTTCCCCGC motif is not sufficient to make a gene responsive towards E2Fa-DPa, and that E2Fa-DPa co-operates with other factors to activate transcription.
It is not excluded that genes without an E2F-like-binding site are not directly activated by E2Fa-DPa. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments have shown that mammalian E2F factors can bind to promoters without a clear E2F recognition motif (Kiyosue et al., 1994), suggesting that E2FDP might recognize non-canonical binding sites, or might be recruited by promoters through the association of other factors. In this respect, the Chlorella vulgaris nitrate reductase gene, of which the Arabidopsis homologue was shown herein to be induced by E2F-DPa, binds an E2F-DP complex, although a clear consensus binding site is lacking (Cannons and Shiflett, 2001).
E2F can Activate as Well as Repress Promoter Activity.
In the Nicotiana benthamiana PCNA promoter a E2F sequence was identified acting as a negative regulatory element during development (Egelkrout et al., 2001). Also the tobacco ribonucleotide reductase small subunit gene contains a E2F element working as a repressor outside the S-phase (Chaboute et al., 2000). In the set of downregulated genes no particular enrichment of a specific E2F sequence could be seen (Table 3). Therefore the inventors believe that the E2Fa-DPa complex mainly works as a transcriptional activator, and that other E2F-DP complexes are involved in E2F-mediated transcriptional repression.
Example 8
Individual Characterization of Some Genes Identified by the Method of the Present Invention
The genes characterized hereunder, are particularly useful for making plants with improved growth characteristics. These preferred genes are introduced into a plant and upregulated or downregulated in order to simulate E2Fa/DPa effects and/or to alter one or more characteristics of a plant. The particular growth characteristic that may be influenced by these genes, is described in the following paragraphs by reference to the biological function of that particular gene.
At1g07000 Showing Homology to Leucine Zipper
At1g07000 is a potential leucine zipper that is not preceded by a basic domain. The leucine zipper consists of repeated leucine residues at every seventh position and mediates protein dimerization as a prerequisite for DNA-binding. The leucines are directed towards one side of an alpha-helix. The leucine side chains of two polypeptides are thought to interdigitate upon dimerization (knobs-into-holes model). The leucine zipper may dictate dimerization specificity.
Leucine zippers are DNA binding protein with dimerization properties, having important functions in development and stress tolerance in plants.
At1g09070 Showing Homology to Soybean Cold Regulate Gene SRC2
This genes and its expressed protein is predicted in Arabidopsis, rice, corn, soybean, however, based on a homology search using the BLAST program, no functional homologue was known, not even a clear animal homologue, so no clear function can be predicted for this gene or protein (Takahashi, R. and Shimosaka, E. (1997)).
At1 g21690 Showing Homology to Replication Factor
Replication factor C(RFC) is a pentameric complex of five distinct subunits that functions as a clamp loader, facilitating the loading of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) onto DNA during replication and repair. More recently the large subunit of RFC, RFC (p140), has been found to interact with the retinoblastoma (Rb) tumor suppressor and the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha) transcription factor. It is reported that RFC (p140) associates with histone deacetylase activity and interacts with histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) (Anderson, L. A. and Perkins, N. D. (2002); Furukawa, T. et al. (2001)) RFC is poorly known in plants. It can be important for development for modulating gene expression during cell cycle at S phase, or through chromatin regulation.
At1g23030 Showing Homology to Armadillo Protein
Members of the armadillo (arm) repeat family of proteins are implicated in tumorigenesis, embryonic development, and maintenance of tissue integrity. ARM proteins participate in linking cytoskeleton to membrane proteins and structures. These proteins share a central domain that is composed of a series of imperfect 45 amino acid repeats. Armadillo family members reveal diverse cellular locations reflecting their diverse functions. A single protein exerts several functions through interactions of its armadillo repeat domain with diverse binding partners. The proteins combine structural roles as cell-contact and cytoskeleton-associated proteins and signaling functions by generating and transducing signals affecting gene expression. The study of armadillo family members has made it increasingly clear that a distinction between structural proteins on the one hand and signaling molecules on the other is rather artificial. Instead armadillo family members exert both functions by interacting with a number of distinct cellular-binding partners. Proteins of the armadillo family are involved in diverse cellular processes in higher eukaryotes. Some of them, like armadillo, beta-catenin and plakoglobins have dual functions in intercellular junctions and signalling cascades. Others belonging to the importin-alpha-subfamily are involved in NLS (Nuclear localization signal) recognition and nuclear transport, while some members of the armadillo family have as yet unknown functions. (Wang, Y. X. et al. (2001); Hatzfeld, M. (1999). ARM proteins are key protein binding units that are involved at several steps during development. Some are specific to the cell cycle APC degradation complex. These type of genes have been poorly studied in plants, some have been involved in light and gibberellin signaling in potato.
At1g27500 Showing Homology to Kinesin Light Chain.
The motor protein kinesin is a heterotetramer composed of two heavy chains of approximately 120 kDa and two light chains of approximately 65 kDa protein. Kinesin motor activity is dependent on the presence of ATP and microtubules. Conventional kinesin is prevented from binding to microtubules (MTs) when not transporting cargo. The function of LC kinesin is to keep kinesin in an inactive ground state by inducing an interaction between the tail and motor domains of HC; activation for cargo transport may be triggered by a small conformational change that releases the inhibition of the motor domain for MT binding. This protein is important to regulate movement controlled by microtubules within the cytoplasm, for example the flux of vesicles between the different cell membrane compartments.
At1g72180 Showing Homology to Putative Receptor Protein Kinase
Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are transmembrane proteins with putative amino-terminal extracellular domains and carboxyl-terminal intracellular kinase domains, with striking resemblance in domain organization to the animal receptor tyrosine kinases such as epidermal growth factor receptor. The recently sequenced Arabidopsis genome contains more than 600 RLK homologs. Although only a handful of these genes have known functions and fewer still have identified ligands or downstream targets, the studies of several RLKs such as CLAVATA1, Brassinosteroid Insensitive 1, Flagellin Insensitive 2, and S-locus receptor kinase provide much-needed information on the functions mediated by members of this large gene family. RLKs control a wide range of processes, including development, disease resistance, hormone perception, and self-incompatibility. Combined with the expression studies and biochemical analysis of other RLKs, more details of RLK function and signaling are emerging.
At1g72900 Showing Homology to Disease Resistance Protein (TIR Virus Resistance Protein)
The TIR gene has been described by Kroczynska, B. et al. (1999).
At2g30590 Showing Homology to WRKY Transcription Factor (Toll/Interleukin-1 Receptor-Like Protein)
The sequence shows homology to tomato Cf-9 resistance gene Avr9/Cf-9 rapidly elicited protein 4 (NL27) (Hehl, R. et al. (1998)). WRKY proteins are a large group of transcription factors restricted to the plant kingdom. WRKY proteins are a recently identified class of DNA-binding proteins that recognize the TTGAC(C/T) W-box elements found in the promoters of a large number of plant defense-related genes (Dong and Chen, 2003). It has been found that the majority are responsive both to pathogen infection and to salicylic acid. The functions of all other WRKY genes revealed to date involve responses to pathogen attack, mechanical stress, and senescence (Dong and Chen, 2003).
At1g80530 Showing Homology to Nodulin
Infection of soybean roots by nitrogen-fixing Bradyrhizobium japonicum leads to expression of plant nodule-specific genes known as nodulins. Nodulin 26, a member of the major intrinsic protein/aquaporin (AQP) channel family, is a major component of the soybean symbiosome membrane (SM) that encloses the rhizobium bacteroid. These results indicate that nodulin 26 is a multifunctional AQP that confers water and glycerol transport to the SM, and likely plays a role in osmoregulation during legume/rhizobia symbioses (Dean et al. (1999). Rice (Oryza sativa var. Nipponbare) possesses two different homologues of the soybean early nodulin gene GmENOD93 (GmN93), OsENOD93a (homology of 58.2% to GmENOD93), OsENOD93b (homology of 42.3%). In intact rice tissues, OsENOD93b was most abundantly expressed in roots and at much lower levels in etiolated and green leaves, whereas the expression of OsENOD93a was very low in roots and etiolated leaves, and was not detected in green leaves. The level of OsENOD93a expression was enhanced markedly in suspension-cultured cells, whereas that of OsENOD93b did not increase (Reddy et al. (1998)). Homologues of genes that are produced in response to infection of soybean roots by bacteria are also present in other plants such rice. Their function is largely unknown, some functional homologues are identified such as a water channel involved in osmoregulation.
At2g34770 Showing Homology to Fatty Acid Hydroxylase
This gene has been described in Matsuda et al. (2001). A common feature of the membrane lipids of higher plants is a large content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, which typically consist of dienoic and trienoic fatty acids. Two types of omega-3 fatty acid desaturase, which are present in the plastids and in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), respectively, are responsible for the conversion of dienoic to trienoic fatty acids. To establish a system for investigating the tissue-specific, and hormone-regulated expression of the ER-type desaturase gene (FAD3), transgenic plants of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. containing the firefly luciferase gene (LUC) fused to the FAD3 promoter (FAD3::LUC) were constructed. The results as discussed in this report suggest that the expression of ER-type desaturase is regulated through synergistic and antagonistic hormonal interactions, and that such hormonal regulation and the tissue specificity of the expression of this gene are further modified in accordance with the growth phase in plant development (Wellesen K, et al. (2001); Kachroo P, et al. (2001); Kahn, R. A. et al. (2001); Smith, M. et al. (2000)).
At2g43402 Showing Homology to Cinnamoyl CoA Reductase
CCR enzyme is involved in lignification. The CCR transcript is expressed in lignified organs, i.e. root and stem tissues, and is localized mainly in young differentiating xylem. Also, monolignols may be precursors of end products other than lignins. CCR catalyses the conversion of cinnamoyl-CoAs into their corresponding cinnamaldehydes, i.e. the first step of the phenylpropanoid pathway specifically dedicated to the monolignol biosynthetic branch. The two genes are differentially expressed during development and in response to infection. AtCCR1 is preferentially expressed in tissues undergoing lignification. In contrast, AtCCR2, which is poorly expressed during development, is strongly and transiently induced during the incompatible interaction with Xanthomonas campestris pv. Campestris leading to a hypersensitive response. Altogether, these data suggest that AtCCR1 is involved in constitutive lignification whereas AtCCR2 is involved in the biosynthesis of phenolics whose accumulation may lead to resistance (Lauvergeat et al. (2001)). This protein is involved during development, increase in growth diameter, lignification of vascular strands and interfascicular fibers.
At2g47440 Showing Homology to Tetratricopeptide Repeat Protein
The tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) is found in many proteins performing a wide variety of functions, the TPR domain itself is believed to be a general protein recognition module. Different proteins may contain from 3 to 16 tandem TPR motifs (34 amino acid sequence). It has been shown that some proteins contain a TPR repeat are cell cycle regulated.
At3g23750 Showing Homology to Receptor Like Kinase TMK
The kinase domain of NtTMK1 contained all of 12 subdomains and invariant amino acid residues found in eukaryotic protein kinases. The extracellular domain contained 11 leucine-rich repeats, which have been implicated in protein-protein interactions. The amino acid sequence of NtTMK1 exhibited high homology with those of TMK1 of Arabidopsis and TMK of rice in both kinase and extracellular domains, suggesting that NtTMK1 is a TMK homologue of tobacco. The NtTMK1 transcripts were present in all major plant organs, but its level varied in different developmental stages in anthers and floral organs. NtTMK1 mRNA accumulation in leaves was stimulated by CaCl2, methyl jasmonate, wounding, fungal elicitors, chitins, and chitosan. The NtTMK1 mRNA level also increased upon infection with tobacco mosaic virus (Cho and Pai (2000)). This protein is involved in different aspects of development and disease resistance.
At3g61460 Showing Homology to RING H2
RING-finger proteins contain cysteine-rich, zinc-binding domains and are involved in the formation of macromolecular scaffolds important for transcriptional repression and ubiquitination. RING H2 act as E3 ubiquitin-protein ligases and play critical roles in targeting the destruction of proteins of diverse functions in all eukaryotes, ranging from yeast to mammals. The Arabidopsis genome contains a large number of genes encoding RING finger proteins. A small group is constituted by more than 40 RING-H2 finger proteins that are of small size, not more than 200 amino acids, and contain no other recognizable protein-protein interaction domain(s). This type of genes is very important for several aspect of development, regulation of developmental proteins, cell cycle proteins.
At4g00730 Showing Homology to Homeodomain AHDP (Antocyaninless 2)
This is a homeodomain transcription factor; similar to ATML1 and is very conserved and has epidermis specific expression. This sequence shows also homology to Zea mays mRNA for OCL3 protein (Ingram, G. C. et al. (2000)).
At4g13940 Showing Homology to Adenosylhomocysteinase (Glutathione Dependent Formaldehyde Dehydrogenase)
Glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase was described in Sakamoto, A. et al. (2002), Arabidopsis glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase is an S-nitrosoglutathione reductase. S-Nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), an adduct of nitric oxide (NO) with glutathione, is known as a biological NO reservoir. Heterologous expression in Escherichia coli of a cDNA encoding a glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase of Arabidopsis thaliana showed that the recombinant protein reduces GSNO. The identity of the cDNA was further confirmed by functional complementation of the hypersensitivity to GSNO of a yeast mutant with impaired GSNO metabolism. This is the first demonstration of a plant GSNO reductase, suggesting that plants possess the enzymatic pathway that modulates the bioactivity and toxicity of NO.
At4g35050 Showing Homology to WD40 MSI3
Members of the MSI/RbAp sub-family of WD-repeat proteins are widespread in eukaryotic organisms and form part of multiprotein complexes that are involved in various biological pathways, including chromatin assembly, regulation of gene transcription, and cell division. The Zea mays RbAp-like protein (ZmRbAp1) binds acetylated histones H3 and H4 and suppresses mutations that have a negative effect on the Ras/cAMP pathway in yeast. The ZmRbAp genes form a gene family and are expressed in different tissues of Z. mays L. plants. Determination of its expression pattern during maize seed development revealed that ZmRbAp transcripts are abundant during the initial stages of endosperm formation. In addition, the transcripts are specifically localized in shoot apical meristem and leaf primordia of the embryo. ZmRbAp genes play a role in early endosperm differentiation and plant development (Rossi et al. (2001)). Also Rb proteins are known to be involved in multi-protein complexes; there are Rb binding protein characterized; and Rb plays a role in chromatin remodeling and cell cycle control and is important in development and growth of organs. The retinoblastoma (RB) protein regulates G1 progression and functions through its association with various cellular proteins. Two closely related mammalian RB binding proteins, RbAp48 and RbAp46, share sequence homology with the Msi1 protein of yeast. MSI1 is a multicopy suppressor of a mutation in the IRA1 gene involved in the Ras-cAMP pathway that regulates cellular growth. Human RbAp48 is present in protein complexes involved in histone acetylation and chromatin assembly. Four plant RbAp48- and Msi1-like proteins have been identified: one from tomato, LeMSI1, and three from Arabidopsis. LeMSI1 can function as a multicopy suppressor of the yeast ira1 mutant phenotype. The LeMSI1 protein localizes to the nucleus and binds to a 65-kD protein in wild-type as well as ripening inhibitor (rin) and Neverripe (Nr) tomato fruit. LeMSI1 also binds to the human RB protein and the RB-like RRB1 protein from maize, indicating that this interaction is conserved between plants and animals (Ach et al. (1997)).
At4g36670 Showing Homology to Sugar Transporter
The ERD6 clone is expressed after exposure to dehydration stress for 1 h. The ERD6 is related to sugar transporters of bacteria, yeasts, plants and mammals. Hydropathy analysis revealed that ERD6 protein has 12 putative transmembrane domains and a central hydrophilic region. Sequences that are conserved at the ends of the 6th and 12th membrane-spanning domains of sugar transporters are also present in ERD6. ERD6 gene is a member of a multigene family in the Arabidopsis genome. The expression of the ERD6 gene was induced not only by dehydration but also by cold treatment (Kiyosue et al. (1998)).
At5g01870 Showing Homology to Lipid Transfer Protein
Nonspecific lipid transfer proteins (LTPs) from plants are characterized by their ability to stimulate phospholipid transfer between membranes in vitro. However, because these proteins are generally located outside of the plasma membrane, it is unlikely that they have a similar role in vivo. The LTP1 promoter was active early in development in protoderm cells of embryos, vascular tissues, lignified tips of cotyledons, shoot meristem, and stipules. In adult plants, the gene was expressed in epidermal cells of young leaves and the stem. In flowers, expression was observed in the epidermis of all developing influorescence and flower organ primordial the epidermis of the siliques and the outer ovule wall, the stigma, petal tips, and floral nectaries of mature flowers, and the petal/sepal abscission zone of mature siliques. Consistent with a role for the LTP1 gene product in some aspect of secretion or deposition of lipophilic substances in the cell walls of expanding epidermal cells and certain secretory tissues. The LTP1 promoter region contained sequences homologous to putative regulatory elements of genes in the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway, suggesting that the expression of the LTP1 gene may be regulated by the same or similar mechanisms as genes in the phenylpropanoid pathway (Thoma, S. et al. (1994)). More background knowledge to this type of genes can be found in the following references: Clark, A. M. et al., (1999); Toonen, M. A. et al. (1997); Molina, A. (1997); Thoma, S. et al. (1994).
At5g02820 Showing Homology to SPO Like
Plant steroid hormones, such as brassinosteroids (BRs), play important roles throughout plant growth and development. Plants defective in BR biosynthesis or perception display cell elongation defects and severe dwarfism. Two dwarf mutants named bin3 and bin5 with identical phenotypes to each other display some characteristics of BR mutants and are partially insensitive to exogenously applied BRs. In the dark, bin3 or bin5 seedlings are de-etiolated with short hypocotyls and open cotyledons. Light-grown mutant plants are dwarfs with short petioles, epinastic leaves, short inflorescence stems, and reduced apical dominance. BIN3 and BIN5 were cloned and show that BIN5 is one of three putative Arabidopsis SPO11 homologs (AtSPO11-3) that also shares significant homology to archaebacterial topoisomerase VI (TOP6) subunit A, whereas BIN3 represents a putative eukaryotic homolog of TOP6B. The pleiotropic dwarf phenotypes of bin5 establish that, unlike all of the other SPO11 homologs that are involved in meiosis, BIN5/AtSPO11-3 plays a major role during somatic development. Furthermore, microarray analysis of the expression of about 5500 genes in bin3 or bin5 mutants indicates that about 321 genes are down-regulated in both of the mutants, including 18 of 30 BR-induced genes. These results suggest that BIN3 and BIN5 may constitute an Arabidopsis topoisomerase VI that modulates expression of many genes, including those regulated by BRs (Yin Y et al. (2002)). More background information on this type of gene can be found in the following references: Soustelle, C. et al. (2002); Kee, K. and Keeney, S. (2002); Hartung, F. and Puchta, H. (2001); Grelon, M. et al. (2001).
At5g14420 Showing Homology to Copine I (Phospholipid Binding Protein)
The copines are a newly identified class of calcium-dependent, phospholipid binding proteins that are present in a wide range of organisms, including Paramecium, plants, Caenorhabditis elegans, mouse, and human. However, the biological functions of the copines are unknown. A humidity-sensitive copine mutant was made in Arabidopsis and under non-permissive, low-humidity conditions, the cpn1-1 mutant displayed aberrant regulation of cell death that included a lesion mimic phenotype and an accelerated hypersensitive response (HR). However, the HR in cpn1-1 showed no increase in sensitivity to low pathogen titers. Low-humidity-grown cpn1-1 mutants also exhibited morphological abnormalities, increased resistance to virulent strains of Pseudomonas syringae and Peronospora parasitica, and constitutive expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes. Growth of cpn1-1 under permissive, high-humidity conditions abolished the increased disease resistance, lesion mimic, and morphological mutant phenotypes but only partially alleviated the accelerated HR and constitutive PR gene expression phenotypes. The disease resistance phenotype of cpn1-1 suggests that the CPN1 gene regulates defense responses. Alternatively, the primary function of CPN1 may be the regulation of plant responses to low humidity, and the effect of the cpn1-1 mutation on disease resistance may be indirect (Jambunathan et al. (2001)). Arabidopsis growth over a wide range of temperatures requires the BONZAI1 (BON1) gene because bon1 null mutants make miniature fertile plants at 22° C. but have wild-type appearance at 28° C. The expression of BON1 and a BON1-associated protein (BAP1) is modulated by temperature. Thus BON1 and BAP1 may have a direct role in regulating cell expansion and cell division at lower temperatures. BON1 contains a Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipid-binding domain and is associated with the plasma membrane. It belongs to the copine gene family, which is conserved from protozoa to humans. The data here obtained suggest that this gene family may function in the pathway of membrane trafficking in response to external conditions (Hua et al. (2001)). The major calcium-dependent, phospholipid-binding protein obtained from extracts of Paramecium tetraurelia, named copine, had a mass of 55 kDa, bound phosphatidylserine but not phosphatidylcholine at micromolar levels of calcium but not magnesium, and promoted lipid vesicle aggregation. Current sequence databases indicate the presence of multiple copine homologs in green plants, nematodes, and humans. The full-length sequences reveal that copines consist of two C2 domains at the N terminus followed by a domain similar to the A domain that mediates interactions between integrins and extracellular ligands. The association with secretory vesicles, as well the general ability of copines to bind phospholipid bilayers in a calcium-dependent manner, suggests that these proteins may function in membrane trafficking (Creutz et al. (1998)).
At5g49160 Showing Homology to Cytosine Methyltransferase
DNMT3L is a regulator of imprint establishment of normally methylated maternal genomic sequences. DNMT3L shows high similarity to the de novo DNA methyltransferases, DNMT3A and DNMT3B, however, the amino acid residues needed for DNA cytosine methyltransferase activity have been lost from the DNMT3L protein sequence. Apart from methyltransferase activity, Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b serve as transcriptional repressors associating with histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity. DNMT3L can also repress transcription by binding directly to HDAC1 protein. PHD-like zinc finger of the ATRX domain is the main repression motif of DNMT3L, through which DNMT3L recruits the HDAC activity needed for transcriptional silencing. DNMT3L as a co-repressor protein and suggest that a transcriptionally repressed chromatin organisation through HDAC activity is needed for establishment of genomic imprints (Aapola et al. (2002)). More background information on this type of gene can be found in Chen, T. et al. (2002); Bartee, L. and Bender, J. (2001); Freitag M. et al. (2002). In Arabidopsis a SWI2/SNF2 chromatin remodeling factor-related protein DDM1 and a cytosine methyltransferase MET1 is required for maintenance of genomic cytosine methylation. Mutations in either gene cause global demethylation. There are also effects of these mutations on the PAI tryptophan biosynthetic gene family, which consists of four densely methylated genes arranged as a tail-to-tail inverted repeat plus two unlinked singlet genes. The methylation mutations caused only partial demethylation of the PAI loci: ddm1 had a strong effect on the singlet genes but a weaker effect on the inverted repeat, whereas met1 had a stronger effect on the inverted repeat than on the singlet genes. The double ddm1 met1 mutant also displayed partial demethylation of the PAI genes, with a pattern similar to the ddm1 single mutant. To determine the relationship between partial methylation and expression for the singlet PAI2 gene a novel reporter strain of Arabidopsis was constructed, in which PAI2 silencing could be monitored by a blue fluorescent plant phenotype diagnostic of tryptophan pathway defects. This reporter strain revealed that intermediate levels of methylation correlate with intermediate suppression of the fluorescent phenotype. Other background information can be found in Finnegan, E. J. and Kovac K. A. (2000). Plant DNA methyltransferases. DNA methylation is an important modification of DNA that plays a role in genome management and in regulating gene expression during development. Methylation is carried out by DNA methyltransferases which catalyse the transfer of a methyl group to bases within the DNA helix. Plants have at least three classes of cytosine methyltransferase which differ in protein structure and function. The METI family, homologues of the mouse Dnmtl methyltransferase, most likely function as maintenance methyltransferases, but may also play a role in de novo methylation. The chromomethylases, which are unique to plants, may preferentially methylate DNA in heterochromatin; the remaining class, with similarity to Dnmt3 methyltransferases of mammals, are putative de novo methyltransferases. The various classes of methyltransferase may show differential activity on cytosines in different sequence contexts. Chromomethylases may preferentially methylate cytosines in CpNpG sequences while the Arabidopsis METI methyltransferase shows a preference for cytosines in CpG sequences. Additional proteins, for example DDM1, a member of the SNF2/SWI2 family of chromatin remodeling proteins, are also required for methylation of plant DNA.
At5g54940 Showing Homology to Translation Initiation Factor (Translational Initiation Factor eIF1),
Protein synthesis has not been considered to be fundamental in the control of cell proliferation. However, data are emerging on the involvement of this process in cell growth and tumorigenesis. Protein biosynthesis is a central process in all living cells. It is one of the last steps in the transmission of genetic information stored in DNA on the basis of which proteins are produced to maintain the specific biological function of a given cell. Protein synthesis takes place on ribosomal particles where the genetic information transcribed into mRNA is translated into protein. The process of protein synthesis on the ribosome consists of three phases: initiation, elongation and termination. Brassinosteroids (BRs) regulate the expression of numerous genes associated with plant development, and require the activity of a Ser/Thr receptor kinase to realize their effects. In animals, the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) family of peptides acts via Ser/Thr receptor kinases to have a major impact on several pathways involved in animal development and adult homeostasis. TGF-beta receptor-interacting protein (TRIP-1) was previously shown by others to be an intracellular substrate of the TGF-beta type II receptor kinase which plays an important role in TGF-beta signaling. TRIP-1 is a WD-repeat protein that also has a dual role as an essential subunit of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF3 in animals, yeast and plants, thereby revealing a putative link between a developmental signaling pathway and the control of protein translation. In yeast, expression of a TRIP-1 homolog has also been closely associated with cell proliferation and progression through the cell cycle. Transcript levels of TRIP-1 homologs in plants are regulated by BR treatment under a variety of conditions, and transgenic plants expressing antisense TRIP-1 RNA exhibit a broad range of developmental defects, including some that resemble the phenotype of BR-deficient and -insensitive mutants. This correlative evidence suggests that a WD-domain protein with reported dual functions in vertebrates and fungi might mediate some of the molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of plant growth and development by BRs (Jiang and Clouse (2001)). The Arabidopsis COP9 signalosome is a multisubunit repressor of photomorphogenesis that is conserved among eukaryotes. This complex may have a general role in development. association between components of the COP9 signalosome (CSN1, CSN7, and CSN8) and two subunits of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3), eIF3e (p48, known also as INT-6) and eIF3c (p105). AteIF3e coimmunoprecipitated with CSN7, and eIF3c coimmunoprecipitated with eIF3e, eIF3b, CSN8, and CSN1. eIF3e directly interacted with CSN7 and eIF3c. eIF3e and eIF3c are probably components of multiple complexes and that eIF3e and eIF3c associate with subunits of the COP9 signalosome, even though they are not components of the COP9 signalosome core complex. This interaction may allow for translational control by the COP9 signalosome (Yahalom et al. (2001)).
At5g56740 Showing Homology to Histone Acetyl Transferase HATB
Transforming viral proteins such as E1A which force quiescent cells into S phase have two essential cellular target proteins, Rb and CBP/p300. Rb regulates the G1/S transition by controlling the transcription factor E2F. CBP/p300 is a transcriptional co-activator with intrinsic histone acetyl-transferase activity. This activity is regulated in a cell cycle dependent manner and shows a peak at the G1/S transition. CBP/p300 is essential for the activity of E2F, a transcription factor that controls the G1/S transition. It was found that CBP HAT activity is required both for the G1/S transition and for E2F activity. Thus CBP/p300 seems to be a versatile protein involved in opposing cellular processes, which raises the question of how its multiple activities are regulated (Ait-Si-Ali, S. et al (2000)). The BRCA2 is a histone acetyltransferase. Two potential functions of BRCA2 were proposed which includes role in the regulation of transcription and also in DNA repair. Forty-five-amino acid region encoded by exon 3 of BRCA2 was shown to have transcriptional activation function. Recent studies of the several enzymes involved in acetylation and deacetylation of histone residues have revealed a possible relationship between gene transcriptional activation and histone acetylation. Since BRCA2 appear to function as a transcriptional factor, Histone acetyl transferase (HAT) activity of BRCA2 was tested. Also, evidence that BRCA2 has intrinsic HAT activity, which maps to the amino-terminal region of BRCA2, was presented. It was demonstrated that BRCA2 proteins acetylate primarily H3 and H4 of free histones. These observations suggest that HAT activity of BRCA2 may play an important role in the regulation of transcription and tumor suppressor function (Siddique et al. (1998)). These types of genes are very important for regulation of genes involved in development, cell cycle control, and chromatin structure.
At5g61520 Showing Homology to STP3 Sucrose Transporter
For developing seeds of grain legumes, photoassimilates released to the seed apoplasm from maternal seed coats are retrieved by abaxial epidermal and subepidermal cells (dermal cell complexes) of cotyledons followed by symplasmic passage to their underlying storage parenchyma cells. In some species, the cells of these complexes differentiate into transfer cells (e.g. broad bean and pea, Patrick and Offler, 2001). Sucrose is a major component of the photoassimilates delivered to cotyledons (Patrick and Offler, 2001; Weber et al., 1997b).
Sucrose transporter (SUT) genes have been cloned, and functionally characterized as sucrose/H+ symporters, from developing cotyledons of broad bean (VfSUT1, Weber et al., 1997a) and pea (PsSUT1, Tegeder et al., 1999). SUTs and P-type H+-ATPases have been shown to co-localize to plasma membranes of dermal cell complexes in developing cotyledons of broad bean (Harrington et al., 1997; Weber et al., 1997a) and French bean (Tegeder et al., 2000). In contrast, for pea cotyledons, SUT is also present in storage parenchyma cells, but is 4-fold less active than SUT(s) localized to epidermal transfer cells (Tegeder et al., 1999). These type of genes are Important for seed filling.
At5g66210 Showing Homology to Calcium Dependent Protein Kinase
In plants, numerous Ca(2+)-stimulated protein kinase activities occur through calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs). These novel calcium sensors are likely to be crucial mediators of responses to diverse endogenous and environmental cues. However, the precise biological function(s) of most CDPKs remains elusive. The Arabidopsis genome is predicted to encode 34 different CDPKs. The Arabidopsis CDPK gene family was analyzed and the expression, regulation, and possible functions of plant CDPKs was reviewed. By combining emerging cellular and genomic technologies with genetic and biochemical approaches, the characterization of Arabidopsis CDPKs provides a valuable opportunity to understand the plant calcium-signaling network (Cheng et al., 2002). These type of genes are Important for stress signaling.
At2g25970 Showing Homology to KH RNA Binding Domain
Lorkovic and Barta (2002) described RNA recognition motif (RRM) and K homology (KH) domain RNA-binding proteins from the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The most widely spread motifs are the RNA recognition motif (RRM) and the K homology (KH) domain. The Arabidopsis genome encodes 196 RRM-containing proteins, a more complex set than found in Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster. In addition, the Arabidopsis genome contains 26 KH domain proteins. Most of the Arabidopsis RRM-containing proteins can be classified into structural and/or functional groups, based on similarity with either known metazoan or Arabidopsis proteins. Approximately 50% of Arabidopsis RRM-containing proteins do not have obvious homologues in metazoa, and for most of those that are predicted to be orthologues of metazoan proteins, no experimental data exist to confirm this. Additionally, the function of most Arabidopsis RRM proteins and of all KH proteins is unknown. The higher complexity of RNA-binding proteins in Arabidopsis, as evident in groups of SR splicing factors and poly(A)-binding proteins, may account for the observed differences in mRNA maturation between plants and metazoa. The function of this type of genes is largely unknown, but could be related to PUMILIO genes from Drosophila. Important for regulation of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level, role in development, stress tolerance.
At3g07800 Showing Homology to Thymidine Kinase
This type of thymidine kinase genes is cell cycle regulated, E2F regulated, is responsible for production of thymidine triphosphate. This type of gene plays a role as a precursor for DNA synthesis and is therefore a marker of S phase.
At5g47370 Showing Homology to Homeobox Leucine Zipper Protein.
This type of homeobox genes is important for development and growth and also for stress tolerance. At5g47370 is homeobox-leucine zipper protein HAT2 (HD-ZIP protein 2). Homeobox genes are known as transcriptional regulators that are involved in various aspects of developmental processes in many organisms. Homeodomain transcription factors regulate fundamental body plan of plants during embryogenesis, as well as morphogenetic events in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) after embryogenesis. HOX1 belongs to the subset of homeodomain leucine zipper (HD-zip) and is involved in the regulation of vascular development (Scarpella et al., 2000; Meijer et al., 2000). The sequences for the rice OsHOX1 orthologue are deposited in Genbank under the accession number X96681 (cDNA) and CAA65456.2 (protein), which sequences are both herein incorporated by reference.
BAA23337.1 OsMYB1
MYB-like DNA binding proteins are involved in the control of specific developmental steps in different organs. OSMYB1 binds to a seed specific element in the seed storage protein glutelin, is expressed in endosperm of rice seeds, and plays an important role during seed maturation (Suzuki et al., 1997).
BAA89798 OsNAC4
NAC domain containing genes, such as NO APICAL MERISTEM in petunia and CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON2 and NAP in Arabidopsis, have crucial functions in plant development (Kikuchi et al., 2000). These genes are involved in the control of organ primordium delimitation and lateral organ development. It has also been recently shown that a member of the NAC family of transcription factor can induces formation of ectopic shoots on cotyledons (Daimon et al., 2003).
AAD37699 Rice Homeodomain Leucine Zipper Protein HOX6 (Partial)
Homeobox genes are known as transcriptional regulators that are involved in various aspects of developmental processes in many organisms. Homeodomain transcription factors regulate fundamental body plan of plants during embryogenesis, as well as morphogenetic events in the shoot apical meristem (SAM) after embryogenesis. HOX6 is a homologue of the Arabidopsis homeobox gene Athb-12 (Lee et al., 2001). Athb-12 is a transcriptional activator important in regulating certain developmental processes as well as in the plant's response to water stress involving ABA-mediated gene expression. At3g61890 is the Arabidopsis sequence corresponding with the rice HOX6 sequence of AAD37699.
AK104073 OsMYB Predicted
This gene is homologous to the Arabidopsis gene CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED (CCA1) gene that encodes a related MYB transcription factor, which regulates circadian rhythms (Carre et Kim, 2002). This gene as well as the MYB homologue, regulate the period of circadian rhythms in gene expression and leaf movements.
Example 9
NMR Study of E2Fa/DPa Overexpressing Plants
In support of the microarray studies identifying the increased or decreased expression level of E2F-target genes in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants, the effects of E2Fa/DPa overexpression on the protein level and ultimately on the level of metabolites were studied via the techniques of metabolomics. Metabolomics means qualitative and quantitative analysis of the metabolites present at a certain time in a cell culture or a whole biological tissue. Metabolites, as designated here, are small molecular weight molecules (typically under 1000 Daltons), of which many are already known (such as urea, lipids, glucose or certain small hormones) while others are still to be identified. Metabolites are the final product of the protein content of the cell. The main methods used to detect and quantify of those molecules are mass spectrometry or NMR spectroscopy (Nicholson et al., 2002) after extraction and purification of the metabolites from the organism.
Now NMR spectroscopy on whole organisms has been performed. The recording of spectra of the metabolites was possible without any prior purification of the plant material. Hereto, the samples were spun at the magic angle. This technique, dubbed “High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning” (HRMAS) NMR, has now been used on intact plantlets. 1H-13C HSQC spectra were recorded on intact wild-type and E2Fa/DPa overexpressing plantlets of Arabidopsis thaliana, and monitored the changes in metabolite pattern. From the spectra, a shift in the metabolome of E2Fa/DPa overexpressing plants when compared to wild-type plants, was observed. These spectra are processed in order to map the observed metabolic differences.
Example 10
Molecular and Phenotypic Analysis of Arabidopisis Plants Transformed with the Genes According to the Present Invention
Arabidopsis thaliana plants are transformed with at least one of the genes of the present invention as presented in Table 4 or 5, operably linked to a plant promoter.
In one example, Arabidopsis plants were transformed with the genes as presented in Table 6. The vectors used ware derived from the expression vector pK7WGD2, carrying the CaMV35S promoter for expression of the gene. For transformation, the flower dip method described by Bechtold and Pelletier (1998) was used.







TABLE 6







Genes that were selected and transformed into Arabidopsis



















pDON




CODE
AGI
GENE
PRIMERS
PCR
R207
PK7WGD2
Flower dip





 1
At1g33960
AIG1
282 + 283






 2
At1g21690
Putative replication factor
284 + 285
OK
OK




 3
At3g23250
Myb transcription factor
286 + 287






 4
At5g08450
Unknown
288 + 289
OK
OK
OK(clone1)
OK


 5
At3g45730
Unknown
290 + 291
OK
OK
OK(clone4)
OK


 6
At1g56150
Unknown
292 + 293






 7
At5g66580
Unknown
294 + 295
OK
OK
OK
OK


 8
At4g33050
Unknown
296 + 297
OK
OK
OK
OK


 9
At1g76970
Unknown
298 + 299
OK
partieel
OK(clone4)



10
At2g41780
Unknown
300 + 301
OK
OK
OK(clone1)
OK


11
At5g14530
WD40 repeat protein
302 + 303
OK
OK
OK
OK


A
At3g02550
Unknown
310 + 311
OK
OK
OK(A10.7)
OK


B
At5g47370
homeobox-leucine zipper
312 + 313
OK
OK
OK(clone4)
OK




protein-like







C
At1g57680
Unknown
314 + 315



OK


D
At1g07000
leucine zipper-containing
316 + 317
OK
OK

OK




protein







E
At2g22430
homeodomain TF Athb-6
318 + 319
OK
OK
OK(clone1)
OK


F
At4g28330
Unknown
320 + 321
OK
OK
OK(clone4)
OK


G
At3g23750
receptor kinase
322 + 323
OK
OK




H
At5g66210
Ca-dep kinase
324 + 325
OK
OK
OK(clone2)
OK


I
At4g02680
Unknown
326 + 327


OK(clone4)
OK


J
At2g30590
worky74
328 + 329
OK
OK
OK(clone2)
OK


K
At2g46650
Unknown
330 + 331






L
At2g47440
Unknown
332 + 333
OK
OK
OK(clone5)
OK


M
At2g15510
Unknown
334 + 335






12
At5g56740
Histone acetylase HAT B
348 + 349
OK
OK
OK
OK


13
At3g24320
Putative mismatch binding
350 + 351
OK
OK
OK(13, 4)
OK




protein







14
At4g00730
Anthocyaninless2
352 + 353






15
At1g23030
arm-repeat containing protein
354 + 355
OK
OK
OK(clone11)
OK


16
At5g54380
receptor-protein kinase-like
356 + 357








protein







17
At1g72180
putative leucine-rich receptor-
358 + 359
OK
OK
OK
OK




like protein kinase







18
At1g61100
Unknown
360 + 361
OK
OK
OK(18, 1)
OK


19
At2g25970
Unknown
362 + 363
OK
OK
OK
OK


20
At2g38310
Unknown
364 + 365
OK
OK
OK
OK


21
At3g45970
Unknown
366 + 367
OK
OK
OK(21, 3)
OK





Code: internal reference code of the gene;


AGI: accession number of the protein in the internal dataset, here with reference to the MIPS database accession number;


Gene: name of the protein;


primers: PCR primers used to isolate the ORF of the gene by RT-PCR using cDNA;


prepared form E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants;


PCR: PCR completed successfully;


pDONR207: cloning in this vector completed (www.invitrogen.com);


pK7WGD2: cloning of the genes in the vector under control of the CaMV 35S promoter (Karimi et al., Trends Plant Sci. 2002 May; 7(5): 193-5);


Flower dip: transformation of Arabidopsis plants with the pK7WGD2 vector.






The transformed Arabidopsis plants are evaluated as described below.
After molecular analysis (PCR, RT-PCR, Western-blot, southern-blot, Northern blot, NMR), the plants with modified E2F target gene expression levels, are submitted to phenotypic analysis. Special attention is given to root growth and leaf development.
The root of A. thaliana, which has a rather constant diameter and rather uncomplicated radial symmetry, is a perfect model system for studying and determining the effects of modulation of expression levels of an E2F-target on an intact, growing tissue.
The root of A. thaliana comprises a thick unicellular layer of the epidermis cells, one of cortex cells, one of endodermis cells and one of pericyclus cells that circumvent the vascular tube. Because of its transparency, the root of A. thaliana, these cellular layers can be visualized by interference contrast microscopy. By this means the origin of the cells in a specific cell layer can be traced back to a set of dividing mother cells in the meristem (Dolan et al., 1993). By measurement of the cell length of a specific cell layer in function of the distance to the root tip, and the rate of movement of the cells away from the root tip (measured via time-laps photography), it is possible to determine the contribution of both the cell elongation as well as of cell division to the total root growth (Beemster and Baskin, 1998).
The effects of the E2F-target overexpression in the leaves is determined via microscopic techniques after clearance of the leaves of lactic acid. This analysis is performed on the first developed leaf pear, since this leaf pear is most comparable between different plants. By measurement of the cell number and the number of epidermal cells at different time points during leaf development, it is deduced when the leaf cells stop to divide, when they start to differentiate, the duration of their cell cycle is, and their final cell size (De Veylder et al., 2001 a and b). Moreover, this method allows the analysis of the effect of E2F target overexpression on the formation of stomata.
The effect of the E2F-target overexpression is also studied via biochemical means. Functional assays are developed for the specific enzymatic activity of the studied E2F-target gene. These functional methods are based on expression of a reported gene in case the E2F-target is in itself a transcription activator or repressor. Functional assays are based on the incorporation of radioactive nitrogen or radioactive carbon or other radiolabelled metabolites when the enzyme is involved in the nitrogen or carbon metabolisms or other processes involving metabolites. By the comparison of the incorporated radioactivity between the control line and the transgenic line, the enzymatic activity of the E2F-target can be measured.
Functional assays are based on the incorporation of radioactive ATP, radioactive purines or pyrimidines when the enzyme is involved in DNA replication and/or modification. Functional assays are based on labeled carbohydrates when the enzyme is involved in cell wall biogenesis, or ATP when the enzyme is involved in processes of the chloroplast, or calcium when the enzyme is involved in signal transduction.
In A. thaliana, besides the mitotic cell cycle also an alternative cell cycle is observed, in which DNA is replicated in the absence of mitosis or cytokinesis. This so-called endoreduplication process occurs often in plants. Until today, the physiological significance of endoreduplication is unknown. Possibly, it is a mechanism to increase the number of DNA copies per cell, which allows more transcription. In support of this hypothesis, endoreduplication often occurs in cells with high metabolic activity (Nagl, 1976). However, as a consequence of endoreduplication the cells are bigger, which is especially useful for increasing yield of cytoplasmatic component, for example storage proteins of the seed cells.
To study the effects of E2F-target overexpression on the process of endoreduplication, the DNA content of the control plants and the transgenic plant is measured via flow-cytometry. A more detailed analysis is obtained by measuring the DNA content of individual cells colored with DNA-binding fluorochrome (e.g. DAPI). The intensity of the color of the nucleus is in proportion with Its DNA content. Relative DNA-measurements can be obtained via a microdensitometer. This technique allows determining a specific tissue the endoreduplication pattern of the transgenic plants.
Example 11
Use of the Invention in Corn
The invention described herein can also be used in maize. To this aim, a gene according to the present invention as presented in Table 4 or 5, for example a gene selected from Tables 1 or 2, or a gene selected from the group described in Example 8, or a gene selected from the group presented in Table 6 or 7, or a homologue thereof such as for example a maize ortholog or a rice ortholog, is cloned under control of a promoter operable in maize, in a plant transformation vector suited for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of corn. These constructs are designed for overexpression or for downregulation. In a series of experiments, genes selected from Table 5 (downregulated in E2Fa/DP transgenics) are overexpressed in transgenic corn and genes selected from Table 4 (upregulated in E2Fa-DPa overexpressing plants) are downregulated in transgenic corn. Suitable promoter for driving expression of the genes of the present invention are as presented in Tables I, II, III and IV or in Table V.
Suitable promoter for driving expression of the genes of the present invention in corn are the rice GOS2 promoter or any other promoter as mentioned herein above. Vectors useful for expression of one or more E2F targets according to the present invention are standard binary vectors, such as the pPZP vector described in Hajdukiewicz et al. ((1994) Plant Mol Biol 25: 989-994) or a superbinary vector. Vectors and methods to use Agrobactorium-mediated transformation of maize have been described in literature (Ishida et al., Nat Biotechnol. 1996 June; 14(6):745-50; Frame et al., Plant Physiol. 2002 May; 129(1):13-22) and are herein incorporated by reference. Transgenic plants made by these methods are grown in the greenhouse for T1 seed production. Inheritability and copy number of the transgene are checked by quantitative real-time PCR and Southern blot analysis and expression levels of the transgene are determined by reverse PCR and Northern analysis. Transgenic lines with single copy insertions of the transgene and with varying levels of transgene expression are selected for T2 seed production. Progeny seeds are germinated and grown in the greenhouse in conditions well adapted for maize (16:8 photoperiod, 26-28° C. daytime temperature and 22-24° C. nighttime temperature) as well under water-deficient, nitrogen-deficient, and excess NaCl conditions. Null segregants from the same parental line, as well as wild type plants of the same cultivar are used as controls. The progeny plants resulting from the selfing or the crosses are evaluated on different growth parameters, such as biomass and developmental parameters. These parameters include stem size, number of leaves, total above ground area, leaf greenness, time to maturity, flowering time, time to flower, ear number, harvesting time. The seeds of these lines are also checked on various parameters, such as grain size, total grain yield (number and/or weight) per plant, and grain quality (starch content, protein content and oil content). Lines that are most significantly improved versus the controls for any of the above-mentioned parameters are selected for further field-testing and marker-assisted breeding, with the objective of transferring the field-validated transgenic traits into commercial germplasm. Methods for testing maize for growth and yield-related parameters in the field are well established in the art, as are techniques for introgressing specific loci (such as transgene containing loci) from one germplasm into another. Corn plants according to the present invention have changed growth characteristics compared to the wild-type plants, such as for example any one or more of increased biomass, increased yield, increased number and/or size of organs (including seeds), increased harvest index, increased rate of growth and/or development (e.g. decreased cycling time, decreased time to harvest, early flowering), increased tolerance to environmental stress conditions (e.g. tolerance to salt, drought and/or cold).
Example 12
Rice Transformation with the Genes According to the Present Invention
In a particular example of the present invention, the genes as identified above in Tables 4 and 5, or an orthologue from another plant, for example the rice orthologue, is transformed into rice. In particular, the genes as presented in Tables 6 and 7, or the rice orthologues are cloned into a plant expression vector operably linked to a promoter for overexpression or downregulation of these genes.
The genes as represented in Table 7 are cloned into a plant expression vector operably linked to a GOS2 promoter for overexpression or downregulation. For overexpression these genes are cloned in the sense orientation and for downregulation a hairpin construct as described in Wesley et al. (2001) is made. Other promoters that are used to drive expression of these genes are other constitutive promoters, such as for example the ubiquitin promoter or PRO170 (high mobility group protein), or PRO61 (beta expansin promoter). Also tissue specific promoters are used to drive expression of the genes of the present invention in rice, such as for example promoters specific for meristem (PRO120: metallothionein), or vegetative tissue (PRO123: protochlorophyllid reductase), PRO173: cytoplasmic malate deshydrogenase); or endosperm (PRO90: prolamin, PRO135: alpha globulin), or embryo PRO218: oleosin, PRO151: WSI18, PRO200: OSH1, PRO175: RAB21; or the whole seed (PRO58: proteinase inhibitor), or any other promoter described herein above. The vectors used are plant transformation vector suited for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of rice, such as for example binary vectors of the pCAMBIA type or super binary vectors. Such vectors and methods for rice transformation have been described in literature by Aldemita and Hodges (1996) Chan et al. (1993), Hiei et al. (1994) or in EP1198985 and which teachings herein incorporated by reference.







TABLE 7





genes (presented by their encoded proteins)


selected for rice transformation
















>CDS3435 NP_176081.1 At1g57680 (Arabidopsis)
SEQ ID NO 1


MPLTKLVPDAFGVVTICLVALLVLLGLLCIAYSFYFQSHVRKQGYIQLGY
and 2


FSGPWIIRITFILFAIWWAVGEIFRLSLLRRHRRLLSGLDLRWQENVCKW



YIVSNLGFAEPCLFLTLMFLLRAPLKMESGALSGKWNRDTAGYIILYCLP



MLALQLAVVLSESRLNGGSGSYVKLPHDFTRTYSRVIIDHDEVALCTYP



LLSTILLGVFAAVLTAYLFWLGRQILKLVINKRLQKRVYTLIFSVSSFLPLR



IVMLCLSVLTAADKIIFEALSFLAFLSLFCFCVVSICLLVYFPVSDSMALRG



LRDTDDEDTAVTEERSGALLLAPNSSQTDEGLSLRGRRDSGSSTQERY



VELSLFLEAEN



 


>CDS3436 BAC42858.1 At3g45730 (Arabidopsis)
SEQ ID NO 3


MELPSPYSSRKEESTVPPKRGRVKIMIFRDLVRSETSMAPTPRRGRIKK
and 4


MIAGDLVGSGKQNNYDGDGKRGG



 


>CDS3449 BAA23337.1 OS MYB1 (Rice)
SEQ ID NO 5


MGRSPCCEKAHTNKGAWTKEEDQRLIAYIRAHGEGCWRSLPKAAGLL
and 6


RCGKSCRLRWMNYLRPDLKRGNFTDDEDELIIRLHSLLGNKWSLIAGQL



PGRTDNEIKNYWNTHIKRKLLARGIDPQTHRPLLSGGDGIAASNKRHHR



RRIPYPSRRRRRPRRSSPCEAAAAAAPGRLLGRRLPQQQRHNEHGGA



AVPRPQPRALGRADAELAAGGDAHQRAAGLPLLPPRLPRRGGVQLSG



 


>CD53448 BAA89798.1 OsNAC4 (rice)
SEQ ID NO 7


MAAAVGGSGRRDAEAELNLPPGFRFHPTDEELWHYLCRKVARQPLP
and 8


VPIIAEVDLYKLDPWDLPEKALFGRKEWYFFTPRDRKYPNGSRPNRAA



GRGYWKATGADKPVAPKGSARTVGIKKALVFYSGKAPRGVKTDWIMH



EYRLADADRAPGGKKGSQKLDEWVLCRLYNKKNNWEKVKLEQQDVA



SVAAAAPRNHHHQNGEVMDAAAADTMSDSFQTHDSDIDNASAGLRHG



GCGGGGFGDVAPPRNGFVTVKEDNDWFTGLNFDELQPPYMMNLQHM



QMQMVNPAAPGHDGGYLQSISSPQMKMWQTILPPF



 


>CDS3447 AAD37699.1 OS Homeodomain leucine
SEQ ID NO 9


zipper protein HOX6 (rice)
and 10


MDGEEDSEWMMMDVGGKGGKGGGGGGAADRKKRFSEEQIKSLESM



FATQTKLEPRQKLQLARELGLQPRQVAIWFQNKRARWKSKQLEREYSA



LRDDYDALLCSYESLKKEKLALIKQLEKLAEMLQEPRGKYGDNAGDDA



RSGGVAGMKKEEFVGAGGAATLYSSAEGGGTSSTEQTCSSTPWWEF



ESE



 


>CDS3446 AK104073 OSMYB predicted (rice)
SEQ ID NO 11


MASIVTATVAAASAWWATQGLLPLFPPPIAFPFVPAPSAPFSTADVQRA
and 12


QEKDIDCPMDNAQKELQETRKQDNFEAMKVIVSSETDESGKGEVSLHT



ELKISPADKADTKPAAGAETSDVFGNKKKQDRSSCGSNTPSSSDIEAD



NAPENQEKANDKAKQASCSNSSAGDNNHRRFRSSASTSDSWKEVSE



EGRLAFDALFSRERLPQSFSPPQVEGSKEISKEEEDEVTTVTVDLNKNA



AIIDQELDTADEPRASFPNELSNLKLKSRRTGFKPYKRCSVEAKENRVP



ASDEVGTKRIRLESEAST



 


>CDS3445 NP_565887.1 At2g38310 (Arabidopsis)
SEQ ID NO 13


MLAVHRPSSAVSDGDSVQIPMMIASFQKRFPSLSRDSTAARFHTHEVG
and 14


PNQCCSAVIQEISAPISTVWSVVRRFDNPQAYKHFLKSCSVIGGDGDNV



GSLRQVHVVSGLPAASSTERLDILDDERHVISFSWGGDHRLSNYRSVT



TLHPSPISGTVVVESYVVDVPPGNTKEETCDFVDVIVRCNLQSLAKIAEN



TAAESKKKMSL



 


>CDS3444 NP_565703.1 At2g30590WRKY
SEQ ID NO 15


family transcription factor (Arabidopsis)
and 16


MEEIEGTNRAAVESCHRVLNLLHRSQQQDHVGFEKNLVSETREAVIRF



KRVGSLLSSSVGHARFRRAKKLQSHVSQSLLLDPCQQRTTEVPSSSSQ



KTPVLRSGFQELSLRQPSDSLTLGTRSFSLNSNAKAPLLQLNQQTMPP



SNYPTLFPVQQQQQQQQQQQQQEQQQQQQQQQQQFHERLQAHHL



HQQQQLQKHQAELMLRKCNGGISLSFDNSSCTPTMSSTRSFVSSLSID



GSVANIEGKNSFHFGVPSSTDQNSLHSKRKCPLKGDEHGSLKCGSSSR



CHCAKKRKHRVRRSIRVPAISNKVADIPPDDYSWRKYGQKPIKGSPYPR



GYYKCSSMRGCPARKHVERCLEDPAMLIVTYEAEHNHPKLPSQAITT



 


>CDS3443 NP_849867.1 At1g69510 (Arabidopsis)
SEQ ID NO 17


MEDVKGKEIIDDAPIDNKVSDEMESEENAIKKKYGGLLPKKIPLISKDHE
and 18


RAFFDSADWALGKQKGQKPKGPLEALRPKLQPTPQQQPRARRMAYSS



GETEDTEIDNNEAPDDQACASAVDSTNLKDDGGAKDNIKS



 


>CDS3442 NP_564615.3 At1g52870 (Arabidopsis)
SEQ ID NO 19


MAAASLHTSISPRSFLPLSKPSLKPHRSQILLRNKQRNCVSCALIRDEID
and 20


LIPVQSRDRTDHEEGSVVVMSTETAVDGNESVVVGFSAATSEGQLSLE



GFPSSSSSGADLGDEKRRENEEMEKMIDRTINATIVLAAGSYAITKLLTI



DHDYWHGWTLFEILRYAPQHNWIAYEEALKQNPVLAKMVISGVVYSVG



DWIAQCYEGKPLFEIDRARTLRSGLVGFTLHGSLSHFYYQFCEELFPFQ



DWWVVPVKVAFDQTVWSAIWNSIYFTVLGFLRFESPISIFKELKATFLPM



LTAGWKLWPFAHLITYGLVPVEQRLLWVDCVELIWVTILSTYSNEKSEA



RISESVIETSSSSTTTIDPSKE



 


>CDS3441 NP_849293.1 At4g02920 (Arabidopsis)
SEQ ID NO 21


MIKLCFMTSHGYSIPGLGLPQDLCNTEIIKQNSRSHLVNPGARQEIIPAS
and 22


SFNLNTELLEPWKPVSSFSQFVEIDSAMMKPLLMDVHETAPESLILSFGI



ADKFARQEKVMEFLLSQSEEFKEKGFDMSLLNELMEFESMKSSSQLRP



YDTSSVLYLNQELGKPVLDLVRDMMENPEFSVRSNGHVLFSSSSNPEL



NDLLSIASEFNLSRNSTTKWRQLSPLIPHFQRFESDVFTPAKLKAVTVLA



PLKSPEKSRLKSPRKHNTKRKAKERDLYKRNHLHAYESLLSLMIGNDH



RHKHTTVLSLQKSCGELSELLTQFSITAAGTGIAVLFSVVCSLASRRVPF



CANKFFDTGLGLSLVILSWAVNRLREVIVHVNRKANKPCSSLKDDEIINS



VERSMKEVYYRAATVIAVFALRFAC



 


>CDS3440 AAM91100.1 At1g45200 (Arabidopsis)
SEQ ID NO 23


MSKTNMKFCNSYFLVDPTKASFLDLLLLLFSSNLTSARFIDSPPDTLKGF
and 24


RRSFASRWILALAIFLQKVLMLLSKPFAFIGQKLTYWLNLLTANGGFFNLI



LNLMSGKLVKPDKSSATYTSFIGCSDRRIELDEKINVGSIEYKSMLSIMA



SKISYESKPYITSVVKNTWKMDLVGNYDFYNAFQESKLTQAFVFKTSST



NPDLIVVSFRGTEPFEAADWCTDLDLSWYEMKNVGKVHAGFSRALGL



QKDGWPKENISLLHQYAYYTIRQMLRDKLGRNKNLKYILTGHSLGGALA



ALEPAILAIHGEDELLDKLEGIYTFGQPRVGDEDFGEFMKGVVKKHGIEY



ERFVYNNDVVPRVPFDDKYLFSYKHYGPCNSFNSLYKGKVREDAPNA



NYFNLLWLIPQLLTGLWEFIRSFILQFWKGDEYKENWLMRFVRWGIVF



PGGSNHFPFDYVNSTRLGGLVRPPPTTTPEDKLALIA









Transgenic plants generated by these rice transformation methods are evaluated for various growth characteristics. More particularly, the transgenic plants are evaluated and the following parameters are monitored: increased total above ground biomass, increased plant height, increased number of tillers, increased number of first panicles, increased number of second panicles, increased total number of seeds, increased number of filled seeds, increased total seed yield (weight) per plant, increased harvest index, increased thousand kernel weight, increased Tmid, increased T45 or A90, increased A42, changed cycling time or an changed growth curve, changed flowering time.
Plants with increase biomass, increased organ number and/or size (including seeds) and or any other economically attractive growth characteristics as found by the following plant evaluation protocol, are selected to transferring the transgenic traits into commercial germplasm.
Evaluation Protocol for T0, T1 and T2 Transgenic Rice Plants Transformed with an E2F Target Gene According to the Present Invention
Approximately 15 to 20 independent T0 rice transformants are generated. The primary transformants are transferred from tissue culture chambers to a greenhouse for growing and harvest of T1 seed. Approximately 6 events, of which the T1 progeny segregated 3:1 for presence/absence of the transgene, are retained. For each of these events, approximately 10 T1 seedlings containing the transgene (hetero- and homo-zygotes), and approximately 10 T1 seedlings lacking the transgene (nullizygotes), are selected by monitoring screenable marker expression.
2 events with improved agronomical parameters in T1 are chosen for re-evaluation in T2 generation. Seed batches from the positive plants (both hetero- and homozygotes) in T1, are screened by monitoring marker expression. For each chosen event, the heterozygote seed batches are then selected for T2 evaluation. An equal number of positives and negatives within each seed batch are transplanted for evaluation in the greenhouse. The total number of 120 transformed plants is evaluated in the T2 generation. More particularly, two transformed events are selected, 60 plants per event of which 30 positives for the transgene, and 30 negative.
T1 and T2 plants are transferred to the greenhouse and evaluated for vegetative growth parameters and seed parameters, as described hereunder.
Statistical Analysis: t-test and F-test
A two factor ANOVA (analysis of variants) is used as statistical model for the overall evaluation of plant phenotypic characteristics. An F-test is carried out on all the parameters measured, for all of the plants of all of the events transformed with the gene of interest. The F-test is carried out to check for an effect of the gene over all the transformation events and to determine the overall effect of the gene or “global gene effect”. Significant data, as determined by the value of the F-test, indicates a “gene” effect, meaning that the phenotype observed is caused by more than the presence or position of the gene. In the case of the F-test, the threshold for significance for a global gene effect is set at a 5% probability level.
To check for an effect of the gene within an event, i.e., for a line-specific effect, a t-test is performed within each event using data sets from the transgenic plants and the corresponding null plants. “Null plants” or “Null segregants” are the plants treated in the same way as the transgenic plant, but from which the transgene has segregated. Null plants can also be described as the homozygous negative transformants. The threshold for significance for the t-test is set at 10% probability level. Within one population of transformation events, some events can be under or above this t-test threshold. This is based on the hypothesis that a gene might only have an effect in certain positions in the genome, and that the occurrence of this position-dependent effect is not uncommon. This kind of gene effect may also be referred to as a “line effect of a gene”. The p-value is obtained by comparing the t-value to the t-distribution or alternatively, by comparing the F-value to the F-distribution. The p-value stands for the probability that the null hypothesis (null hypothesis being “there is no effect of the transgene”) is correct.
Vegetative Growth Measurements:
The selected transgenic plants are grown in a greenhouse. Each plant receives a unique barcode label to link unambiguously the phenotyping data to the corresponding plant. The selected transgenic plants are grown on soil in 10 cm diameter pots under the following environmental settings: photoperiod=11.5 h, daylight intensity=30,000 lux or more, daytime temperature=28° C. or higher, night time temperature=22° C., relative humidity=60-70%. Transgenic plants and the corresponding nullizygotes were grown side-by-side at random positions. From the stage of sowing until the stage of maturity each plant is passed several times through a digital imaging cabinet and imaged. At each time point digital images (2048×1536 pixels, 16 million colours) are taken of each plant from at least 6 different angles. The parameters described below are derived in an automated way from all the digital images of all the plants, using image analysis software.
(a) Above ground plant area is determined by counting the total number of pixels from aboveground plant parts discriminated from the background. This value is averaged for the pictures taken on the same time point from the different angles and converted to a physical surface value expressed in square mm by calibration. Experiments show that the aboveground plant area measured this way correlates with the biomass of plant parts above ground.
(b) Plant height is determined by the distance between the horizontal lines going through the upper pot edge and the uppermost pixel corresponding to a plant part above ground. This value is averaged for the pictures taken on the same time point from the different angles and was converted, by calibration, to a physical distance expressed in mm. Experiments showed that plant height measured this way correlate with plant height measured manually with a ruler.
(C) Number of primary tillers is manually counted at the harvesting of the plants. The tillers are cut off at 3 cm above the pot rim. They were then counted at the cut surface. Tillers that were together in the same sheet were counted as one tiller.
(d) Number of primary panicles. The tallest panicle and all the panicles that overlap with the tallest panicles when aligned vertically are counted manually, and considered as primary panicles.
(e) Number of secondary panicles. The number of panicles that remained on the plant after the harvest of the primary panicles are counted and considered as secondary panicles.
(f) Growth curve. The plant area weekly measurements are modeled to obtain a growth curve for each plant, plotted as the value of plant area (in mm2) over the time (in days). From this growth curve the following parameters are calculated.
(g) A42 is the plant area at day 42 after sowing as predicted by the growth curve model.
(h) Tmid is the time that a plant needs to grow and to reach 50% of the maximum plant area. Tmid is predicted from the growth curve model.
(i) T90 is the time that a plant needs to grow and to reach 90% of the maximum plant area. T90 is predicted from the growth curve model.
Seed-Related Parameter Measurements
The mature primary panicles of T1 and T2 plants are harvested, bagged, barcode-labelled and then dried for three days in the oven at 37° C. The panicles are then threshed and all the seeds were collected and counted. The filled husks are separated from the empty ones using an air-blowing device. The empty husks are discarded and the remaining fraction is counted again. The filled husks are weighed on an analytical balance. This procedure resulted in the set of seed-related parameters described below.
(a) Total seed number per plant is measured by counting the number of husks harvested from a plant.
(b) Number of filled seeds is determined by counting the number of filled husks that remained after the separation step.
(c) Total seed yield per plant is measured by weighing all filled husks harvested from a plant.
(d) Harvest index of plants is defined as the ratio between the total seed yield and the above ground area (mm2), multiplied by a factor 106.
(e) Thousand Kernel Weight (TKW) of plants is a parameter extrapolated from the number of filled seeds counted, and their total weight.
(f) Total Area Emergence Prop. is the time when plant reach 30% of their maximum total area
(g) Total Area Cycle Time. is the time when plant reach 90% of their maximum total area
Further molecular analysis is performed on the positive plants by techniques well known by the person skilled in the art such as for example RT-PCR.
Tables







TABLE 1







Arabidopsis Genes 2-fold or more upregulated in E2Fa/DPa plants











OLD REF
SEQ ID NO

















Gene Identification
accession #
MIPS name
cDNA
PROT
cDNA
PROT
Fold induction
E2F site
Plant homologue



















Unknown function (14)











hypothetical protein
AI998042
At1g57680
1
53
433
434
2.66

rice BAB90159.1,











maize AY107220.1


putative protein
AI994686
At3g45730
2
54
231
232
5.14




putative protein
AI994734
At5g66580
4
56
489
490
3.18




unknown protein
AI999397
At2g38310
5
57
995
996
2.79
TTTGCCCC
rice BAB68102.1


unknown protein
AI995465
At2g47440
7
59
931
932
2.50




unknown protein
AI994871
At1g76970
8
60
1193
1194
2.34

rice BAB78689.1,











corn AAB00079.1


hypothetical protein,
AI998366
At1g27500
9
61
393
394
2.21

rice AAL87057.1


kinesin











putative protein
AI996967
At4g33050
10
62
883
884
2.20

rice BAB90008.1


putative protein
AI995917
At3g43690
12
64
263
264
2.18




unknown protein, kh
AI993084
At2g25970
13
65
941
942
2.15

rice BAA92910.1,


domain protein








maize AY106526.1


unknown protein
AI993077
At1g68580
14
66
937
938
2.13

rice BAC00723.1,











corn AAK11516.1


putative protein, copine
AI993019
At5g14420
15
67
205
206
2.05

rice BAB92575.1


hypothetical protein
AI997428
At1g57990
16
68
415
416
2.02

rice BAB90042.1


unknown protein
AI997827
At5g53740
17
69
2731
2732
2.01




DNA replication and











modification (14)











putative thymidine
AI997851
At3g07800




8.44

rice AAC31168.1


kinase











DNA methyltransferase
AI994691
At5g49160




5.37
ATTGCCGC
rice AAL77415.1,











corn AAC16389.1


Msi3
AW004204
At4g35050




4.89
TTTCCCGC
corn AAL33648.1


putative linker histone
AI994590
At3g18035




3.31




protein











putative replication
AI997934
At1g21690




3.30
TTTCCCGC



factor c











topoisomerase 6
AI995290
At5g02820




2.62
TTTCCCGC



subunit A











histone H4-like protein
AI999171
At3g46320




2.55
TTTGGCGC



histone acetylase HAT B
AI998229
At5g56740




2.36
TTTCCCGC
corn AAM28228.1


putative histon H1
AI996137
At1g06760




2.27




histone H2A-like protein
AI995882
At4g27230




2.23




putative DNA gyrase
AI995400
At3g10690




2.20

rice AAD29710.1


subunit A











histone H2B-like protein
AI999101
At5g59910




2.16




putative mismatch
AI993280
At3g24320




2.10

rice CAD41187.1,


binding protein








corn AAF35250.1


adenosylhomocysteinase
AI996953
At4g13940




2.07

corn AAL33588.1


Cell Cycle (2)











E2Fa
AJ294534
At2g36010




94.88




CDKB1; 1
D10851
At3g54180




2.60
TTTCCCGC



Cell wall biogenesis











(11)











xyloglucan endo-1;4-
AI994459
At4g30270




3.74




beta-D-glucanase (meri-











5)











putative glycosyl
AI999244
At1g70090




3.38




transferase











alpha
AI998223
At3g62720




3.26




galactosyltransferase-











like protein











putative xyloglucan
AI999683
At3g23730




2.85

rice CAD41426.1,


endotransglycosylase








corn CAB510059.1


xyloglucan endo-1,4-
AI998301
At4g30280




2.74




beta-D-glucanase-like











protein











putative xyloglucan
AI994477
At1g14720




2.51




endotransglycosylase











putative glycosyl
AI999770
At1g24170




2.39




transferase











putative UDP-glucose
AI997288
At1g22400




2.34
TTTCCCGC



glucosyltransferase











putative
AI998872
At2g15480




2.15




glucosyltransferase











peroxidase
AI994622
At2g38380




2.11
TTTCGCCC



beta-1,3-glucanase-like
AI994681
At3g55430




2.05

rice AAB37697.1,


protein








corn CAB96424.1


Chloroplastic genes











(7)











large subunit of
N96785
rbcL


2713
2714
4.71

NP_051067


ribulose-1,5-











bisphosphate











carboxylase/oxygenase











ribosomal protein L33
AI994194
rpl33


2715
2716
3.54

NP_051080


PSII I protein
AW004203
psbl


2717
2718
2.81

NP_051074


ribosomal protein L2
AW004266
rpl2


2719
2720
2.61

NP_051099


ATP-dependent
AI997947
clpP


2721
2722
2.60

NP_051083


protease subunit











cytochrome B6
AI997102
petB


2723
2724
2.55

NP_051088


ATPase epsilon subunit
AW004251
atpE


2725
2726
2.17

NP_051065


Mitochondrial genes











(1)











26S ribosomal RNA
AW004275
orf107a


2727
2728
2.87

NP_085475


protein











Transcription factors











(6)











LOB domain protien 41
AI996685
At3g02550
3
55
1109
1110
4.01

riceBAB92193.1


WRKY transcription
AI992739
At2g30590




2.78
TTTCCCCC



factor 21











GATA Zn-finger protein
AI995731
At3g16870
6
58
2729
2730
2.75

maize AY072149


Anthocyaninless2
AI993655
At4g00730




2.73
TTTCCCCC



leucine zipper-
AI995691
At1g07000




2.43




containing protein











homeodomain
AI999190
At2g22430




2.30

rice CAA65456.2,


transcription factor








corn CAB96424.1


(Athb-6)











Metabolism and











biogenesis (11)











alcohol dehydrogenase
AI998773
At1g77120




5.09




putative isocistrate
AI999168
At3g21720




3.08




lyase











protochlorophyllide
AI993342
At4g27440




2.39




reductase precursor











suger transpoter like
AI997793
At4g36670




2.27

rice AAK13147.1,


protein








corn AAF74568.1


NADH-dependent
AI997600
At5g53460




2.25




glutamate synthase











(GOGAT)











nitrate reductase (NIA2)
AI996208
At1g37130




2.15




pectate lyase - like
AJ508995
At3g54920




2.13




protein











putative sterol
AI996340
At2g43420




2.10




dehydrogenase











glutamine synthetase
161G19T7
At1g66200




2.06




root isozyme 1 (GS)











monosaccharide
AI997045
At5g61520




2.05

rice BAA83554.1,


transporter STP3








corn AAF74568.1


Signal transduction (6)











calcium-dependent
AI996555
At5g66210




2.96

rice AAF23901.2,


protein kinase








corn BAA12715.1


WD-40 repeat protein
AI993055
At5g14530




2.70

rice AD27557.1,











corn AAA50446.1


receptor-protien kinase-
AI994727
At5g54380




2.59

rice AAK63934.1,


like protein








corn AAB09771.1


putative phytochrome A
AI998146
At1g09570




2.45




putative leucine-rich
AI999651
At1g72180




2.13

rice BAC06203.1,


receptor-like protein








corn CAC35411.1


kinase











putative receptor-like
AI993298
At3g23750




2.06

rice CAA69028.1,


kinase








corn CAC35412.1


Others (13)











putative pollen allergen
AI996548
At3g45970




3.22

rice AAG13596.1,











corn CAD40849.1


cold-regulated protein
AW004198
At5g15970




3.03




COR6,6











phi-1-like protein
AI994601
At5g64260




2.60




lipid-transfer protein-like
AI998609
At5g01870




2.33

rice BAB86497.1,











corn AAB06443.1


DnaJ homologue
AI994551
At5g06910




2.32
ATTGGCGC



blue copper binding
AI996535
At5g20230




2.30




protein











src-2 like protein
AI998679
At1g09070
11
63
401
402
2.19




RING finger protein
AI999491
At3g61460




2.14

rice BAA85438.1,











corn AAL59234.1


putative Ticc22
AI993361
At3g23710




2.14




nodulin-like protein
AI996322
At1g80530




2.07

rice AAM01022.1


putative resistance
AI997549
At1g61100




2.06

rice AAL83695.1,


protein











seed imbitition protein-
AI993446
At5g20250




2.05




like











putative disease
AI998978
At1g72900




2.04

rice AAL01163.1,


resistance protein








corn AAC83564.1
















TABLE 2







Arabidopsis Genes 2-fold or more repressed in E2Fa/DPa plants












OLD REF
SEQ ID NO
Fold

















Gene Identification
accession #
MIPS
cDNA
PROT
cDNA
PROT
repression
E2F site
plant hom ologue



















Unknown function (35)











unknown protein
AI993767
At1g45200*
18
70
2741
2742
3.91




putative protein
AI993468
At3g56290
19
71
1483
1484
3.38

maize AY106321.1,











rice BAB93184.1


hypothetical protein,
AI996374
At1g61890
21
73
2599
2600
2.78




multidrug efflux protein











unknown protein
AI994573
At3g15950
22
74
2147
2148
2.71




putative protein
AI994726
At3g52360
23
75
1619
1620
2.65




hypothetical protein
AI997393
At4g02920
24
76
1521
1522
2.60
TTTGCCCC
Y09602. Hordeum











vulgare


unknown protein, put
AJ508997
At5g43580
25
77
2743
2744
2.58




protease inhibitor











unknown protein
AI997866
At1g70760
26
78
2077
2078
2.52




unknown protein
AI997085
At5g43750
27
79
1423
1424
2.51

rice BAB90754.1


putative protein
AI995724
At5g50100**
28
80
1973
1974
2.48

rice AL606619.2











OSJN00032 genomic


unknown protein
AI995337
At1g74880
29
81
2699
2700
2.42

maize AY105515.1,











rice BAB89011.1


unknown protein
AI998296
At3g19370
30
82
1859
1860
2.40




unknown protein, ATPase
AI993346
At3g10420
31
83
2249
2250
2.40




putative protein
AI999485
At3g61080
32
84
1863
1864
2.38




unknown protein
AI996923
At1g67860
33
85
1847
1848
2.38




unknown protein
AI994841
At1g52870
34
86
2367
2638
2.35
ATTCCCCC
maize AY108423.1


unknown protein
AI999581
At1g64370
35
87
2099
2100
2.35




unknown protein
AI997584
At1g05870
36
88
1955
1956
2.25

rice BAB86085.1,











maize Y110580.1


putative protein
AI992938
At5g03540
37
89
2745
2746
2.21




hypothetical protein
AI997712
At2g15020
38
90
2605
2606
2.21

rice BAB64794.1


unknown protein
AI998338
At1g68440
39
91
2625
2626
2.20




unknown protein
AI996872
At2g21960
40
92
1715
1716
2.19




putative protein, centrin
AI996295
At4g27280
41
93
2039
2040
2.18




putative protein
AI995642
At3g48200
42
94
2653
2654
2.16




unknown protein
AI997470
At2g32870
43
95
1941
1942
2.14




hypothetical protein
AI998460
At1g69510
44
96
2019
2020
2.11
TTTGGCCC
rice BAB18340.1,











maize AY110240.1


putative triacylglycerol
AI993356
At5g22460
45
97
2349
2350
2.10




lipase











putative protein
AI995956
At5g52060
46
98
1779
1780
2.08




unknown protein
AI996100
At2g35830
47
99
2471
2472
2.06




hypothetical protein
AI996039
At3g27050
48
100
2175
2176
2.05




unknown protein
AI996020
At5g51720
49
101
2033
2034
2.04




putative protein
AW004101
At4g39730
51
103
1605
1606
2.03




hypothetical protein
AI998372
At2g01260
52
104
1979
1980
2.03




unknown protein
AI999573
At3g61060




2.00




unknown protein
AI998562
At2g35760




2.00




No hit (2)











no hit on genome
AI995690





2.54




no hit on genome
AI999010





2.23




Cell wall biogenesis (4)











similar to
AI993509
At1g10640
50
102
1761
1762
3.62

maize AY106712.1,


polygalacturonase-like








rice BAC06884.1


protein











putative xyloglucan endo-
AI997647
At2g36870




2.51




transglycosylase











pectate lyase 1-like
AI994801
At1g67750




2.40




protein











xyloglucan endo-
AI998832
At3g44990




2.35




transglycosylase











Metabolism and











biogenesis (24)











fructose-biphosphate
AI994456
At4g26530




5.99
ATTGGCCC



aldolase-like protein











sucrose-phosphate
AI995432
At4g10120




4.64




synthase-like protein











putative branched-chain
AI997263
At3g19710




3.31




amino acid











aminotransferase











vitamine c-2
AI997404
At4g26850
20
72
2511
2512
3.04
TTTGCCGC
maize AY105327,











rice BAB90526.1


nicotianamine synthase
AI993200
At5g04950




2.86




beta-fructosidase
AI994670
At1g62660




2.66
TTTCCCCC



neoxanthin cleavage
AI997269
At4g19170




2.66




enzyme-like protein











putative starch synthase
AI997174
At1g32900




2.63




cytochrome P450
AI994017
At4g13770




2.57




monooxygenase











(CYP83A1)











beta-amylase-like protein
AI999322
At5g18670




2.53




FRO1-like protein;
AI995987
At5g49740




2.46




NADPH oxidase-like











putative hydrolase
AI997149
At3g48420




2.39




furamate hydratase
AI997067
At5g50950




2.31
TTTGGCCC



5′-adenylylsulfate
AI992757
At1g62180




2.30
TTTCCCCC



reductase











5′-adenylylsulfate
AI996614
At4g04610




2.30




reductase











UDP rhamnose-
AI996803
At4g27560




2.24




anthocyanidin-3-











glucoside











rhamnosyltransferase -











like protein











cytochrome P450-like
AI993171
At5g48000




2.23




protein











lactoylglutathione lyase-
AI994552
At1g11840




2.20




like protein











putative beta-glucosidase
AI995306
At4g27820




2.20
ATTGGCCC



adenine phospho-
AI994567
At4g22570




2.18




ribosyltransferase-like











protein











catalase
AI995830
At4g35090




2.17
ATTCCCCC



putative glutathione
AW004143
At2g25080




2.15




peroxidase











putative adenosine
AW004219
At2g14750




2.13




phosphosulfate kinase











tyrosine transaminase
AI996914
At4g23600




2.13




like protein











Transcription factors











(5)











homeobox-leucine zipper
AI994027
At3g61890




4.20




protein ATHB-12











NAC domain protein
AI992865
At1g69490




3.68




NAC2











myb-related transcription
AI995298
At1g71030




2.78




factor











dof zinc finger protein
AI994875
At1g51700




2.30




MYB-related transcription
AI992931
At2g46830




2.19




factor (CCA1)











Signal transduction (9)











serine/threonine protein
AI995557
At5g10930




3.91




kinase-like protein











subtilisin proteinase-like
AI993428
At4g21650




3.19




putative oligopeptide
AI996160
At4g10770




2.68




transporter











putative lectin
AI998542
At3g16400




2.52




Ca2+dependent
AI998553
At1g35720




2.45




membrane-binding











protein annexin











putative WD repeat
AI997238
At3g15880




2.38




protein











putative lectin
AI999016
At3g16390




2.35




putative lectin
AI993358
At3g16530




2.31




SNF1 related protein
AI993111
At3g23000




2.06




kinase (ATSRPK1)











Others (25)











putative protease inhibitor
AI995265
At1g73330




10.30




Dr4











major latex protein
AI998305
At2g01520




4.27




homolog - like











pollen allergen-like
AI993041
At1g24020




3.56




protein











putative heat shock
AI997846
At1g06460




3.55




protein











putative fibrillin
AI997199
At4g04020




3.55




major latex protein
AI997255
At1g70890




3.50




homolog - like











putative nematode-
AI993740
At2g40000




2.95




resistance protein











putative auxin-regulated
AJ508998
At2g46690




2.86




protein











putative myrosinase-
AI997583
At2g39310




2.61




binding protein











ubiquitin-conjugating
AI997782
At5g56150




2.41




enzyme-like protein











ubiquitin-conjugating
AI994771
At5g41700




2.40




enzyme E2-17 kD 8











vegetative storage
AI999152
At5g24770




2.35




protein Vsp2











heat shock protein 70
AI994044
At3g12580




2.24




chloroplast outer
AI997015
At3g63160




2.20




envelope membrane











protein











translation initiation
AI992786
At5g54940




2.15




factor-like protein











pseudogene
AI995323
At2g04110




2.07




vegetative storage
AI999546
At5g24780




2.06




protein Vsp1











dehydrin ERD10
AI997518
At1g20450




2.06




MTN3-like protein
AI997159
At3g48740




2.05




putative chlorophyll A-B
AI994859
At3g27690




2.05




binding protein











photosystem I reaction
AI997939
At5g64040




2.03




centre subunit psaN











AR781, similar to yeast
AI998194
At2g26530




2.03




pheromone receptor











putative lipid transfer
AI997024
At2g15050




2.03




protein











peroxidase ATP3a
AI998372
At5g64100




2.03




myosin heavy chain-like
AI999224
At3g16000




2.01




protein





*this sequence is present in the MIPs database version of 25 Jul. 2002


**this record has an updated MIPS accession number At5g50101.













TABLE 3







Number of E2F elements


in the different datasets












Upregulated
Downregulated



All genes (4518)
genes (88)
genes (105)













TTTCCCCC
62
2
3


 


TTTCCCGC
40
6
0


 


TTTCGCCC
15
0
0


 


TTTCGCCC
13
1
0


 


TTTGCCCC
37
1
1


 


TTTGCCGC
20
0
1


 


TTTGGCCC
55
0
2


 


TTTGGCGC
15
1
0


 


ATTCCCCC
10
0
2


 


ATTCCCGC
6
0
0


 


ATTCGCCC
8
0
0


 


ATTCGCCC
14
0
0


 


ATTGCCCC
13
0
0


 


ATTGCCGC
10
1
0


 


ATTGGCCC
44
0
2


 


ATTGGCGC
9
1
0










Total
371
 13
 11
















TABLE 4







Arabidopsis genes 1.3 fold or more upregulated in E2Fa/Dpa plants








SEQ ID NO













cDNA
PROT
Gene name
e_value
MIPS accession number
ratio















25
26
putative protein
0
At5g51100
1.42


27
28
endo-1,4-beta-glucanase
9E−27
At1g70710
1.85


29
30
mitochondrial elongation factor Tu
1E−125
At4g02930
1.39


31
32
glycine-rich protein (clone AtGRP8)
1E−155
At4g39260
1.33


33
34
UTP-glucose glucosyltransferase
0
At5g66690
1.59


35
36
lipid-transfer protein-like
0
At5g01870
2.33


37
38
putative auxin-regulated protein
6E−68
At4g34760
1.48


39
40
histone H1, putative
0
At1g06760
2.27


41
42
APETALA2 protein
0
At4g36920
1.44


43
44
putative histone H2A
0
At1g08880
1.84


45
46
monosaccharide transporter STP3
2E−69
At5g61520
2.05


47
48
receptor-protein kinase-like protein
8E−64
At3g51550
1.33


49
50
SET-domain protein-like
1E−140
At5g04940
1.38


51
52
homeodomain transcription factor (ATHB-6)
0
At2g22430
2.3


53
54
putative protein
0
At4g33700
1.85


55
56
hypothetical protein
1E−139
At1g05800
1.34


57
58
unknown protein
0
At1g33410
1.37


59
60
hypothetical protein
1E−140
At4g17060
1.41


61
62
putative protein
0
At5g19820
1.44


63
64
putative protein
1E+00
At3g53670
1.54


65
66
regulatory subunit of protein kinase CK2
0
At3g60250
1.51


67
68
delta 9 desaturase, putative
0
At1g06090
1.85


69
70
putative protein
0
At5g06360
1.48


71
72
acetyl-CoA carboxylase, putative, 5′ partial
0
At1g36170***
1.49


73
74
hypothetical protein
0
At1g56150
1.97


75
76
seed imbitition protein-like
0
At5g20250
2.05


77
78
unknown protein
1E−146
At1g76010
1.64


79
80
homeobox-leucine zipper protein-like
0
At5g47370
2.21


81
82
kinesin-like protein
0
At5g54670
1.69


83
84
putative protein
0
At3g48050
1.75


85
86
putative protein
0
At5g03040
1.34


87
88
xyloglucan endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase precursor
0
At4g30270
3.74


89
90
putative WD-40 repeat protein
0
At2g19540
1.75


91
92
putative protein
1E−132
At3g54480
1.44


93
94
hypothetical protein
0
At1g15750
1.7


95
96
hypothetical protein
0
At1g66200
2.06


97
98
putative protein
0
At3g50630
1.4


99
100
unknown protein
0
At2g30930
1.3


101
102
putative protein
6E−91
At5g37720
1.8


103
104
unknown protein
1E−146
At5g54310
1.61


105
106
hypothetical protein
0
At1g48920
1.98


107
108
hypothetical protein
0
At1g17750
1.38


109
110
nuclear RNA binding protein A-like protein
0
At4g17520
1.43


111
112
unknown protein
4E+00
At1g10890
1.38


113
114
histone H2A-like protein
0
At4g27230
2.23


115
116
phytochelatin synthase (gb|AAD41794.1)
0
At5g44070
1.39


117
118
RNA-binding protein cp29 protein
1E−159
At3g53460
1.54


119
120
putative' RNA-binding protein
0
At3g25150
1.48


121
122
alcohol dehydrogenase
2E−01
At5g42250
1.34


123
124
putative 60S ribosomal protein L6
1E−170
At1g74060
1.37


125
126
calmodulin-binding protein
1E−114
At5g57580
1.4


127
128
putative protein
3E−23
At4g20310
2.01


129
130
putative protein kinase
0
At1g08720
1.33


131
132
hypothetical protein
0
At3g12200
1.34


133
134
putative phosphatidylserine decarboxylase
0
At4g25970
1.38


135
136
unknown protein
0
At2g03120
1.31


137
138
unknown protein
0
At1g14880
1.48


139
140
histone H2A.F/Z
0
At3g54560
1.85


141
142
4-coumarate-CoA ligase - like
0
At4g19010
1.35


143
144
putative protein
0
At3g45040
1.72


145
146
unknown protein
0
At3g19540
1.84


147
148
putative protein
0
At4g34410
1.36


149
150
unknown protein
0
At1g61260
1.97


151
152
putative protein
0
At3g61490
1.32


153
154
lipoxygenase
0
At1g17420
1.34


155
156
putative SecA-type chloroplast protein transport factor
0
At4g01800
1.38


157
158
putative DNA-binding protein
0
At4g01250
1.49


159
160
hypothetical protein
0
At1g20580
1.37


161
162
hypothetical protein
2E−90
At1g47530
1.39


163
164
unknown protein
0
At2g37570
1.84


165
166
bZIP transcription factor-like protein
0
At3g62420
1.32


167
168
putative protein
1E−154
At3g56720
1.39


169
170
hypothetical protein
0
At1g76860
1.32


171
172
6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
2E−80
At5g41670
1.48


173
174
ferritin 1 precursor
0
At5g01600
1.38


175
176
putative ABC transporter
0
At1g71330
1.71


177
178
hypothetical protein
0
At1g27300
1.3


179
180
myrosinase precursor
9E−01
At5g26000
2.81


181
182
unknown protein
0E+00
At1g10270
1.47


183
184
putative protein
3E−88
At5g18650
1.33


185
186
hypothetical protein
6E−40
At2g36090
1.32


187
188
unknown protein
0
At1g43910
1.42


189
190
hypothetical protein
0
At1g07000
2.43


191
192
hypothetical protein
0
At1g18260
1.43


193
194
putative pre-mRNA splicing factor
0
At4g03430
1.49


195
196
putative protein
0
At5g11810
1.32


197
198
hypothetical protein
1E−151
At4g30150
1.41


199
200
S-receptor kinase - like protein
0
At4g32300
1.52


201
202
disease resistance RPP5 like protein
1E−175
At4g16950
1.64


203
204
unknown protein
2E−58
At1g76520
1.44


205
206
putative protein
1E−144
At5g14420
2.05


207
208
putative glucosyltransferase
4E−78
At1g23480
1.31


209
210
putative protein
1E−144
At4g28470
1.34


211
212
putative protein
0
At4g29830
1.55


213
214
putative auxin-regulated protein
0
At2g33830
1.41


215
216
putative protein
8E+00
At5g61550
1.38


217
218
unknown protein
0
At1g44810
1.39


219
220
protein phosphatase - like protein
1E−59
At5g02760
1.76


221
222
hypothetical protein
2E−21
At4g17800
1.59


223
224
hypothetical protein
0
At1g54080
1.58


225
226
xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase, putative
0
At1g14720
2.51


227
228
putative protein
0
At3g49320
1.7


229
230
beta-1,3-glucanase - like protein
0
At3g55430
2.05


231
232
putative protein
0
At3g45730
5.14


233
234
ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2-21 kD 1 (ubiquitin-protein
0
At5g41340
1.32




ligase)





235
236
putative reticuline oxidase-like protein
0
At1g30720
1.31


237
238
DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferase (DNA methyltransferase)
0
At5g49160
5.37




(DNA





239
240
putative protein
0
At4g32030
1.38


241
242
unknown protein
3E+00
At2g32710
1.46


243
244
E2F transcription factor-1 E2F1
1E−155
At5g22220
1.52


245
246
putative protein
0
At5g48820
1.8


247
248
putative E2F5 family transcription factor
1E−154
At2g36010
94.9


249
250
protein kinase cdc2 homolog B
0
At3g54180
2.6


251
252
putative WRKY DNA-binding protein
1E−164
At2g03340
1.43


253
254
hypothetical protein
0
At4g13670
1.56


255
256
xyloglucan endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase-like protein
0
At4g30280
2.74


257
258
hypothetical protein
1E−121
At1g18630
1.41


259
260
putative protein
0
At5g35735
1.52


261
262
putative protein kinase
0
At2g47060
1.32


263
264
putative protein
1E−01
At3g43690
2.18


265
266
70 kD heat shock protein
0
At2g32120
1.57


267
268
nitrate reductase
0
At1g37130
2.15


269
270
beta-amylase
0
At5g55700
1.55


271
272
multicatalytic endopeptidase complex alpha chain
0
At3g51260
1.57


273
274
putative protein
3E−02
At5g36190
2.55


275
276
putative protein
0
At4g00830
1.39


277
278
monodehydroascorbate reductase (NADH) - like protein
0
At5g03630
1.33


279
280
unknown protein
1E−107
At3g04350
1.42


281
282
hypothetical protein
0
At1g70090
3.38


283
284
E2 ubiquitin-conjugating-like enzyme Ahus5
0
At3g57870
1.38


285
286
putative protein
5E−25
At3g63070
1.35


287
288
hypothetical protein
0
At4g28330
2.23


289
290
cellulose synthase catalytic subunit, putative
1E−174
At1g55850
2.07


291
292
putative protein
0
At5g46410
1.54


293
294
putative polynucleotide phosphorylase
1E−136
At3g03710
1.53


295
296
hypothetical protein
0
At1g19180
1.32


297
298
hypothetical protein
0
At3g12270
1.83


299
300
sugar transporter like protein
0
At4g36670
2.27


301
302
hypothetical protein
1E−105
At2g39910
1.3


303
304
putative phytochrome A
0
At1g09570
2.45


305
306
hypothetical protein
0
At1g64600
1.49


307
308
putative protein
0
At5g23610
1.6


309
310
putative protein
1E−177
At3g56360
1.39


311
312
cyclophylin - like protein
0
At3g63400
1.33


313
314
unknown protein
0
At2g37940
1.35


315
316
zinc finger protein, putative
1E−53
At1g75540
1.46


317
318
putative protein kinase
1E+00
At2g24360
1.48


319
320
putative glucosyltransferase
0
At2g15490
2.15


321
322
unknown protein
0
At1g60140
1.72


323
324
unknown protein
0
At1g43850
1.45


325
326
hypothetical protein
0
At3g14120
1.77


327
328
putative AP2 domain transcription factor
0
At2g41710
1.65


329
330
transcriptional regulator protein, putative
6E−71
At3g26640
1.51


331
332
hypothetical protein
3E−02
At1g55370
1.35


333
334
unknown protein
0
At3g28920
1.93


335
336
hypothetical protein
0
At3g03750
1.43


337
338
hypothetical protein
2E+00
At4g27610
1.34


339
340
translation initiation factor elF-2 beta chain - like protein
2E+00
At5g20920
1.33


341
342
unknown protein
0
At2g26280
1.53


343
344
unknown protein
0
At1g78420
1.39


345
346
elongation factor, putative
3E+00
At1g56070
1.99


347
348
anthranilate N-benzoyltransferase - like protein
1E−120
At5g01210
1.66


349
350
putative protein
1E−178
At4g39680
1.43


351
352
unknown protein
0
At3g05380
1.92


353
354
splicing factor At-SRp40
0
At4g25500
1.52


355
356
cdc2-like protein kinase
0
At5g10270
1.77


357
358
calcium-dependent protein kinase
1E−169
At3g57530
1.39


359
360
phosphoprotein phosphatase, type 1 catalytic subunit
0
At2g29400
1.48


361
362
putative mitochondrial translation elongation factor G
0
At2g45030
1.65


363
364
long-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase-like protein
0
At5g27600
1.34


365
366
cytochrome c, putative
4E−26
At3g27240
1.36


367
368
En/Spm-like transposon protein
0
At2g40070
1.41


369
370
putative phospho-ser/thr phosphatase
0
At4g03080
1.41


371
372
chloroplast 50S ribosomal protein L22, putative
6E−77
At1g52370
1.4


373
374
unknown protein
0
At2g15890
1.34


375
376
putative protein
0
At4g26750
1.55


377
378
receptor-protein kinase-like protein
0
At5g54380
2.59


379
380
phosphoglycerate kinase, putative
1E−155
At3g12780
1.88


381
382
putative HMG protein
0
At2g17560
1.45


383
384
hypothetical protein
0
At1g76100
1.36


385
386
protein kinase cdc2 homolog B
0
At3g54180
2.39


387
388
T-complex protein 1, beta subunit
0
At5g20890
1.39


389
390
proline oxidase, mitochondrial precursor (osmotic stress-induced)
0
At3g30775
1.45


391
392
linker histone protein, putative
1E−126
At1g14900
1.33


393
394
hypothetical protein
0
At1g27500
2.21


395
396
ARF1-binding protein
0
At5g62010
1.58


397
398
putative protein
0
At5g16270
1.37


399
400
putative protein
1E−173
At5g13850
1.32


401
402
src-2 like protein
0
At1g09070
2.19


403
404
RAN2 small Ras-like GTP-binding nuclear protein (Ran-2)
0
At5g20020
1.3


405
406
phosphoprotein phosphatase (PPX-1)
0
At4g26720
1.42


407
408
nuclear protein-like
0
At5g64270
1.45


409
410
omithine carbamoyltransferase precursor
0
At1g75330
1.41


411
412
unknown protein
0
At2g41650
1.67


413
414
putative protein
0
At5g17640
1.66


415
416
hypothetical protein
0
At1g57990
2.02


417
418
hypothetical protein
0
At4g15760
1.64


419
420
glycine-rich protein 2 (GRP2)
0
At4g38680
1.72


421
422
hypothetical protein
1E−113
At2g41780
2.6


423
424
RNA-binding protein, putative
8E−95
At3g20250
1.46


425
426
gda-1, putative
2E+00
At3g27090
1.46


427
428
beta-fructofuranosidase 1
0
At3g13790
1.32


429
430
26S proteasome subunit 4-like protein
0
At4g29040
1.51


431
432
putative protein
1E−59
At1g33980
1.42


433
434
hypothetical protein
0
At1g57680
2.66


435
436
unknown protein
0
At1g29980
1.98


437
438
60S ribosomal protein - like
0
At5g02870
1.39


439
440
REVOLUTA or interfascicular fiberless 1
0
At5g60690
1.34


441
442
RAC-like GTP-binding protein ARAC4
1E−180
At1g20090
1.78


443
444
unknown protein
2E−42
At3g07390
1.34


445
446
unknown protein
0
At5g65660
1.7


447
448
unknown protein
1E−154
At3g05040
1.52


449
450
putative DNA gyrase subunit A
1E−153
At3g10690
2.2


451
452
putative protein
0
At3g49170
1.53


453
454
eukaryotic cap-binding protein (gb|AAC17220.1)
0
At5g18110
1.41


455
456
phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase, putative
0
At1g73600
1.62


457
458
unknown protein
0
At2g30590
2.78


459
460
RAN1 small Ras-like GTP-binding nuclear protein (Ran-1)
0
At5g20010
1.46


461
462
putative protein
1E−104
At4g24290
1.32


463
464
putative auxin-regulated protein
0
At2g45210
1.33


465
466
adenylosuccinate synthetase
0
At3g57610
1.39


467
468
putative protein
0
At5g14530
2.7


469
470
putative ubiquitin activating enzyme E1 (ECR1)
0
At5g19180
1.63


471
472
putative mitochondrial processing peptidase
0
At3g02090
1.4


473
474
putative protein
0
At3g48530
1.55


475
476
hypothetical protein
0
At1g20330
1.47


477
478
hypothetical protein
0
At4g02590
1.36


479
480
putative pyrophosphate-fructose-6-phosphate 1-
0
At1g12000
1.49




phosphotransferase





481
482
putative receptor-like protein kinase
0
At2g02220
1.55


483
484
putative protein
1E−104
At4g02440
1.4


485
486
non-phototropic hypocotyl, putative
0
At1g30440
1.57


487
488
histone deacetylase
0
At5g63110
1.36


489
490
putative protein
0
At5g66580
3.18


491
492
multicatalytic endopeptidase complex, proteasome precursor,
0
At4g31300
1.42




beta





493
494
fibrillarin - like protein
6E−77
At4g25630
1.3


495
496
hypothetical protein
8E−45
At1g54060
1.36


497
498
histone H1, partial
0
At2g30620
1.58


499
500
hypothetical protein
0
At3g09030
1.45


501
502
enoyl-CoA hydratase - like protein
0
At4g31810
1.31


503
504
unknown protein
7E+00
At2g27080
1.51


505
506
myb-related transcription factor, putative
0
At3g23250
1.49


507
508
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
0
At1g77120
5.09


509
510
hypothetical protein
1E−132
At1g27590
1.38


511
512
unknown protein
0
At1g14710
1.36


513
514
putative receptor-like protein kinase
0
At2g13790
1.68


515
516
putative protein
0
At5g14550
1.39


517
518
homeobox protein knotted-1 like 4 (KNAT4)
1E−165
At5g11060
1.4


519
520
putative protein
1E−142
At5g15540
1.47


521
522
carbonyl reductase-like protein
7E+00
At5g51030
2.17


523
524
hypothetical protein
1E−50
At1g53900
1.36


525
526
aspartate-tRNA ligase - like protein
0
At4g31180
1.62


527
528
unknown protein
1E−121
At3g06150
1.74


529
530
amino acid transporter protein-like
0
At5g65990
1.59


531
532
12-oxophytodienoate reductase (OPR1)
0
At1g76680
1.43


533
534
calnexin homolog
6E−25
At5g07340
1.39


535
536
unknown protein
0
At1g61100
2.06


537
538
homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase
1E−78
At5g54080
2.01


539
540
glucosyltransferase - like protein
0
At4g34131
1.33


541
542
putative protein
4E−01
At5g54890
1.35


543
544
hypothetical protein
0
At1g76070
1.31


545
546
putative protein
1E−179
At5g18310
1.56


547
548
DNA binding protein ACBF - like
0
At5g19350
1.36


549
550
hypothetical protein
0
At1g17210
1.69


551
552
putative protein
1E−111
At5g51220
1.46


553
554
RING finger protein
0
At3g61460
2.14


555
556
putative protein
0
At5g18580
1.32


557
558
putative protein kinase
0
At2g31010
1.35


559
560
chloroplast nucleoid DNA binding protein, putative
0
At1g01300
1.49


561
562
unknown protein
1E−143
At1g31130
1.4


563
564
splicing factor, putative
1E+00
At1g14650
1.56


565
566
putative TCP3 gb|AAC24010.
0
At1g53230
1.38


567
568
unknown protein
0
At1g72790
1.71


569
570
ribosomal protein S6 - like
0
At4g31700
1.38


571
572
auxin-resistance protein AXR1
0
At1g05180
1.36


573
574
putative protein
0
At5g11030
1.43


575
576
putative 60S acidic ribosomal protein P0
0
At3g09200
1.47


577
578
mismatch binding protein, putative
0
At3g24320
2.1


579
580
T-complex chaperonin protein, epsilon subunit
0
At1g24510
1.47


581
582
putative protein
0
At4g24120
1.56


583
584
putative protein
4E−38
At5g53900
1.79


585
586
histidine transport protein (PTR2-B)
0
At2g02040
1.37


587
588
unknown protein
0
At3g10490
1.43


589
590
tubulin alpha-5 chain-like protein
0
At5g19770
1.6


591
592
putative non-LTR retroelement reverse transcriptase
6E+00
At2g15510
4.71


593
594
unknown protein
1E−179
At2g41010
1.33


595
596
putative chloroplast outer envelope 86-like protein
0
At4g02510
1.45


597
598
serine/threonine-specific protein kinase NAK
0
At5g02290
1.56


599
600
unknown protein
0
At2g34680
1.45


601
602
hypothetical protein
0
At1g43170
1.69


603
604
phospholipase D, putative, 5′ partial
0
At3g16785
1.5


605
606
CTP synthase-like protein
0
At1g30820
1.58


607
608
nitrilase 2
0
At3g44300
1.84


609
610
putative mitogen activated protein kinase kinase
0
At3g04910
1.34


611
612
putative protein
0
At4g27450
1.4


613
614
Phospholipase like protein
0
At4g38550
1.9


615
616
endomembrane-associated protein
3E−41
At4g20260
1.83


617
618
leucine-rich receptor-like protein kinase, putative
0
At1g72180
2.13


619
620
putative protein
8E−01
At4g25930
1.54


621
622
WD-40 repeat protein MSI1 (sp|O22467)
0
At5g58230
1.72


623
624
oxysterol-binding protein - like
1E−171
At5g59420
1.31


625
626
putative protein
1E−178
At4g21840
1.4


627
628
blue copper binding protein
1E−50
At5g20230
2.3


629
630
UV-damaged DNA-binding protein - like
6E−9
At4g21100
1.46


631
632
fatty acid hydroxylase (FAH1)
0
At2g34770
1.96


633
634
putative thymidine kinase
0
At3g07800
8.44


635
636
hypothetical protein
0
At1g79380
1.41


637
638
unknown protein
0
At2g15860
1.36


639
640
flower pigmentation protein ATAN11
0
At1g12910
1.41


641
642
hypothetical protein
0
At1g56290
1.33


643
644
putative protein
0
At3g62630
1.38


645
646
SNF-2 like RING finger
0
At1g61140
1.42


647
648
unknown protein
0
At3g16310
1.49


649
650
putative glucosyl transferase
0
At2g36800
1.36


651
652
putative protein
0
At4g25170
1.92


653
654
hypothetical protein
9E−39
At4g00450
1.36


655
656
glutathione S-transferase
0
At2g30860
1.49


657
658
unknown protein, 3′ partial
0
At3g15095
1.42


659
660
unknown protein
0
At3g21080
1.31


661
662
TCH4 protein (gb|AAA92363.1)
0
At5g57560
1.92


663
664
putative protein
0
At3g61600
1.34


665
666
receptor-like kinase, putative
0
At3g23750
2.06


667
668
putative 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate-independent phosphoglycerate
0
At1g09780
1.34


669
670
putative protein
0
At5g14250
1.51


671
672
DnaJ homologue (gb|AAB91418.1|)
0
At5g06910
2.32


673
674
hypothetical protein
0
At1g33250
1.35


675
676
unknown protein
0
At2g19800
1.81


677
678
aspartate carbamoyltransferase precursor (aspartate
3E−84
At3g20330
1.49


679
680
hypothetical protein
0
At1g16520
1.35


681
682
unknown protein
5E+00
At1g48620
1.33


683
684
putative protein
1E+00
At4g35750
1.39


685
686
hypothetical protein
1E−55
At3g13620
1.79


687
688
RNA helicase, DRH1
1E−179
At3g01540
1.56


689
690
putative 3-oxoacyl [acyl-carrier protein] reductase
0
At1g24360
1.42


691
692
putative cellular apoptosis susceptibility protein
1E−142
At2g46520
1.43


693
694
hypothetical protein
0
At1g01540
1.31


695
696
starch branching enzyme II
2E−61
At2g36390
1.36


697
698
40S ribosomal protein - like
0
At5g15200
1.32


699
700
putative protein
0
At4g13640
1.33


701
702
putative protein
0
At3g45970
3.22


703
704
hypothetical protein
0
At1g66160
1.31


705
706
AP2 domain containing protein RAP2.3
2E−9
At3g16770
1.51


707
708
putative protein
1E−47
At5g02880
1.32


709
710
NADH-dependent glutamate synthase
0
At5g53460
2.25


711
712
arginine/serine rich splicing factor RSP3
4E−59
At3g61860
1.31


713
714
hypothetical protein
1E−134
At1g55880
1.37


715
716
translation initiation factor elF3 - like protein
6E−77
At4g20980
1.45


717
718
putative serine/threonine protein phosphatase catalytic subunit,
0
At2g42500
1.38


719
720
unknown protein
1E−105
At1g33480
1.91


721
722
COP1-interacting protein CIP8
0
At5g64920
1.4


723
724
nonphototropic hypocotyl 1
6E+00
At3g45780
1.47


725
726
putative protein
1E−78
At5g10860
1.32


727
728
putative protein
0
At5g19750
1.37


729
730
putative protein
1E−127
At3g52500
1.39


731
732
putative protein
0
At4g10280
1.76


733
734
cytochrome P450 monooxygenase
0
At4g31500
1.35


735
736
ethylene responsive element binding factor
1E−104
At4g17500
1.33


737
738
hypothetical protein
0
At1g17620
1.37


739
740
unknown protein
1E−123
At3g07390
1.42


741
742
putative protein kinase
0
At3g02880
1.46


743
744
DNA repair protein RAD23 homolog
0
At5g38470
1.42


745
746
GTP-binding protein - like
1E−25
At5g03520
1.57


747
748
putative protein
0
At3g63500
1.4


749
750
putative adenylate kinase
4E+00
At2g39270
1.37


751
752
protein kinase - like
6E−46
At5g59010
1.42


753
754
unknown protein
0
At3g04630
1.58


755
756
RNA binding protein
0
At1g73490
1.32


757
758
putative phospholipase D
0
At3g15730
1.51


759
760
importin alpha
1E−115
At3g06720
1.45


761
762
RING-H2 finger protein RHF2a
0
At5g22000
1.43


763
764
putative protein
2E−93
At4g19160
1.3


765
766
putative protein
0
At4g32440
1.41


767
768
putative protein phosphatase type 2C
0
At3g15260
1.61


769
770
putative protein
0
At5g39890
1.31


771
772
ribosomal protein
0
At4g16720
1.42


773
774
dormancy-associated protein
9E+00
At1g28330
2.01


775
776
auxin-inducible gene (IAA2)
0
At3g23030
1.65


777
778
unknown protein
5E+00
At1g76010
1.54


779
780
protein kinase ADK1-like protein
1E+00
At4g28540
1.96


781
782
putative protein
0
At4g24210
1.36


783
784
hypothetical protein
0
At1g79530
1.4


785
786
putative trehalose-6-phosphate synthase
0
At1g68020
1.45


787
788
adenylate kinase
0
At5g63400
1.39


789
790
putative proline-rich protein precursor
0
At1g73840
1.56


791
792
putative protein
5E−87
At5g14370
1.37


793
794
hypothetical protein
0
At4g33290
1.7


795
796
cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (CYP71B3)
0
At3g26220
1.32


797
798
TMV resistance protein N - like
0
At4g19530
1.5


799
800
hypothetical protein
9E−70
At1g54830
1.33


801
802
3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase
0
At2g33150
1.87


803
804
putative protein
0
At3g54350
1.35


805
806
hypothetical protein
1E−170
At4g02680
1.36


807
808
putative bHLH transcription factor
0
At2g46510
1.35


809
810
RNA-binding protein, putative
5E−84
At3g26420
1.55


811
812
putative lectin
3E−20
At3g09190
1.67


813
814
xyloglucan endotransglycosylase, putative
0
At3g23730
2.85


815
816
unknown protein
2E−33
At2g41170
1.32


817
818
putative protein
3E−78
At3g57150
1.67


819
820
putative glucose regulated repressor protein
0
At2g25490
1.81


821
822
putative AP2 domain containing protein RAP2.4 gi|2281633
1E−150
At1g78080
1.82


823
824
putative sulfate transporter
0
At1g80310
1.51


825
826
G protein alpha subunit 1 (GPA1)
0
At2g26300
1.44


827
828
protochlorophyllide reductase precursor
0
At4g27440
2.39


829
830
Shaggy related protein kinase tetha
0
At4g00720
1.52


831
832
putative protein kinase
0
At3g01300
1.49


833
834
RNA-binding protein-like protein
0
At3g47160
1.31


835
836
unknown protein
1E−150
At5g24670
1.47


837
838
zinc finger protein ZFP8
1E−144
At2g41940
1.42


839
840
GTP binding protein beta subunit
0
At4g34460
1.54


841
842
copia-like retroelement pol polyprotein
0
At2g22680
1.4


843
844
CONSTANS-like B-box zinc finger protein-like
0
At5g57660
1.36


845
846
unknown protein
3E−71
At3g10640
1.33


847
848
putative protein
0
At4g24690
1.91


849
850
NADH dehydrogenase
1E−124
At5g08530
1.42


851
852
unknown protein
0
At1g73820
1.35


853
854
monosaccharide transport protein, STP4
8E−9
At3g19930
1.58


855
856
globulin-like protein
0
At1g07750
1.61


857
858
putative transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase
2E−58
At3g09840
1.51


859
860
putative monodehydroascorbate reductase
0
At1g63940
1.39


861
862
anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase like protein
0
At3g57880
1.42


863
864
H+-transporting ATP synthase chain 9 - like protein
6E−25
At4g32260
1.83


865
866
hypothetical protein
0
At1g02810
2.31


867
868
calmodulin-like protein
3E−63
At2g41410
1.52


869
870
putative protein
0
At5g15350
2.75


871
872
glutathione S-transferase
0
At2g30870
1.54


873
874
putative SWI/SNF complex subunit SW13
1E−138
At2g33610
1.32


875
876
MAP kinase kinase 2
0
At4g29810
1.39


877
878
adenosylhomocysteinase
1E−134
At4g13940
2.07


879
880
putative protein
0
At5g27760
1.4


881
882
unknown protein
0
At2g47450
1.67


883
884
putative protein
0
At4g33050
2.2


885
886
50S ribosomal protein L12-C
1E−138
At3g27850
1.38


887
888
26S proteasome AAA-ATPase subunit RPT4a (gb|AAF22524.1)
0
At5g43010
1.4


889
890
unknown protein
8E−01
At3g01690
1.31


891
892
lipid transfer protein; glossy1 homolog
0
At5g57800
1.39


893
894
indoleacetic acid (IAA)-inducible gene (IAA7)
1E−7
At3g23050
1.52


895
896
histone H2B - like protein
0
At5g59910
2.16


897
898
putative RNA helicase
0
At3g06480
1.47


899
900
unknown protein
8E−64
At1g19310
1.44


901
902
unknown protein
4E−96
At2g18440
1.38


903
904
unknown protein
0
At1g68220
1.59


905
906
unknown protein
1E−142
At2g20570
1.35


907
908
putative replication factor
1E−124
At1g21690
3.3


909
910
U2 snRNP auxiliary factor, small subunit
0
At5g42820
1.55


911
912
replication factor C - like
0
At5g27740
1.45


913
914
nuclear receptor binding factor-like protein
0
At3g45770
1.62


915
916
putative glycosyl transferase
0
At1g24170
2.39


917
918
histone H2A-like protein
4E−53
At5g27670
1.62


919
920
putative protein
1E−125
At5g48960
1.43


921
922
hypothetical protein
0
At1g53740
1.42


923
924
splicing factor - like protein
0
At3g53500
1.39


925
926
unknown protein
0
At1g50510
1.32


927
928
Fe(II) transport protein
0
At4g19690
1.37


929
930
hypothetical protein
0
At1g61730
1.43


931
932
unknown protein
7E−9
At2g47440
2.5


933
934
cold-regulated protein COR6.6 (KIN2)
0
At5g15970
3.03


935
936
putative cytochrome C
0
At1g22840
1.3


937
938
unknown protein
0
At1g68580
2.13


939
940
putative Ser/Thr protein kinase
0
At1g16270
1.37


941
942
pseudogene
1E−138
At2g25970
2.15


943
944
unknown protein
0
At3g06380
1.67


945
946
Tic22, putative
3E−84
At3g23710
2.14


947
948
unknown protein
0
At1g09250
1.55


949
950
hypothetical protein
0
At1g72930
1.91


951
952
hypothetical protein
2E+00
At1g68820
1.43


953
954
histone H1
0
At2g18050
1.75


955
956
unknown protein
0
At1g08630
1.45


957
958
unknown protein, 5′partial
0
At3g18035
3.31


959
960
unknown protein
0
At1g04140
1.37


961
962
HAL3A protein
0
At3g18030
1.43


963
964
phi-1-like protein
0
At5g64260
3.38


965
966
hypothetical protein
0
At1g12770
1.35


967
968
pollen specific protein SF21
0
At5g56750
1.45


969
970
cysteine proteinase inhibitor like protein
1E−159
At4g16500
1.33


971
972
20S proteasome subunit C8 (PAG1/PRC8 ARATH)
1E−130
At2g27020
1.36


973
974
nodulin-like protein
1E−99
At1g75500
1.34


975
976
hypothetical protein
0
At1g72900
2.04


977
978
hypothetical protein
0
At2g35230
1.42


979
980
arm repeat containing protein homolog
0
At3g46510
1.4


981
982
putative protein
0
At5g67480
1.76


983
984
putative leucyl-tRNA synthetase
1E−118
At1g09620
1.52


985
986
Putative UDP-glucose glucosyltransferase
1E−164
At1g22400
2.34


987
988
alanine aminotransferase, putative
0
At1g17290
1.66


989
990
26S proteasome AAA-ATPase subunit RPT6a
0
At5g19990
1.36


991
992
Ruv DNA-helicase-like protein
0
At5g22330
1.59


993
994
small nuclear ribonucleoprotein, putative
0
At1g65700
1.33


995
996
unknown protein
0
At2g38310
2.79


997
998
protein phosphatase type 1 PP1BG
3E−91
At4g11240
1.51


999
1000
hypothetical protein
3E−41
At2g43410
2.1


1001
1002
putative protein
0
At5g58600
1.42


1003
1004
nodulin-like protein
0
At1g80530
2.07


1005
1006
putative protein
0
At5g56170
1.65


1007
1008
dihydroxyacetone kinase, putative
1E−167
At3g17770
1.67


1009
1010
ribsomal protein - like
1E−155
At5g09770
1.44


1011
1012
101 kDa heat shock protein; HSP101-like protein
0
At5g57710
1.34


1013
1014
unknown protein
0
At5g51340
1.48


1015
1016
unknown protein
0
At3g05730
1.46


1017
1018
putative protein
2E+00
At5g67570
2.6


1019
1020
mitochondrial chaperonin (HSP60)
0
At2g33210
1.75


1021
1022
putative protein
1E−177
At3g63270
1.34


1023
1024
growth factor like protein
0
At4g12720
1.78


1025
1026
RNA helicase, putative
0
At3g19760
1.54


1027
1028
pseudogene
1E−142
At2g34760
1.81


1029
1030
hypothetical protein
0
At3g21740
1.52


1031
1032
shaggy-like kinase beta
0
At3g61160
1.36


1033
1034
unknown protein
1E−165
At1g20100
1.35


1035
1036
24-sterol C-methyltransferase
1E−143
At5g13710
1.41


1037
1038
WD-40 repeat protein (MSI3)
0
At4g35050
4.89


1039
1040
hypothetical protein
0
At1g67120
1.51


1041
1042
putative protein (fragment)
0
At5g14930
1.46


1043
1044
putative protein
1E−6
At5g54180
1.78


1045
1046
hypothetical protein
1E−126
At1g20570
1.43


1047
1048
calcium-dependent protein kinase
0
At5g66210
2.96


1049
1050
nitrilase 2
1E−127
At3g44300
1.88


1051
1052
methionyl-tRNA synthetase - like protein
1E−173
At4g13780
1.33


1053
1054
putative protein
0
At4g24230
1.58


1055
1056
putative protein
2E−76
At5g19330
1.33


1057
1058
caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase - like protein
1E−166
At4g34050
1.41


1059
1060
putative DNA binding protein
0
At4g27000
1.43


1061
1062
unknown protein
0
At1g55270
1.4


1063
1064
carbamoyl phosphate synthetase large chain (carB)
0
At1g29900
1.5


1065
1066
hypothetical protein
6E+00
At4g02680
2.73


1067
1068
putative RNA helicase
0
At3g22310
1.53


1069
1070
molybdopterin synthase sulphurylase (gb|AAD18050.1)
0
At5g55130
1.77


1071
1072
inner mitochondrial membrane protein, putative
0
At1g17530
1.55


1073
1074
putative protein kinase
0
At3g08760
1.9


1075
1076
putative JUN kinase activator protein
0
At1g22920
1.42


1077
1078
thaumatin, putative
0
At1g75800
1.56


1079
1080
DNA-binding protein
0
At3g14230
1.54


1081
1082
unknown protein
0
At2g01710
1.34


1083
1084
putative calcium binding protein
0
At2g43290
1.57


1085
1086
class 1 non-symbiotic hemoglobin (AHB1)
5E−93
At2g16060
1.86


1087
1088
glycine-rich RNA binding protein, putative
2E−52
At3g23830
1.38


1089
1090
unknown protein
2E−37
At2g01190
1.3


1091
1092
hydoxyethylthiazole kinase, putative
2E−71
At3g24030
1.35


1093
1094
putative protein translocase
0E+00
At2g37410
1.51


1095
1096
putative protein
5E−02
At5g61560
1.31


1097
1098
hypothetical protein
7E−02
At1g35600
1.56


1099
1100
ethylene-insensitive 3
0
At3g20770
1.5


1101
1102
lipoxygenase AtLOX2
0
At3g45140
1.57


1103
1104
putative phosphatidic acid phosphatase
0
At2g01180
1.85


1105
1106
unknown protein
5E−5
At1g80860
1.3


1107
1108
unknown protein
2E−15
At3g28180
1.64


1109
1110
LOB domain protien 41
0
At3g02550
4.01


1111
1112
putative protein
2E−02
At5g22260
1.95


1113
1114
actin - like protein
1E−180
At3g60830
1.36


1115
1116
DEAD-box protein abstrakt
0
At5g51280
1.53


1117
1118
putative DNA polymerase epsilon catalytic subunit
2E+00
At2g27120
2.87


1119
1120
unknown protein
6E−59
At5g48020
1.4


1121
1122
protein kinase C inhibitor-like protein
0
At3g56490
1.58


1123
1124
putative PRP19-like spliceosomal protein
0
At2g33340
1.7


1125
1126
germin-like protein
0
At1g72610
1.67


1127
1128
putative protein
1E−5
At5g10050
1.32


1129
1130
putative protein
0
At4g34950
1.96


1131
1132
zinc finger protein
0
At5g66730
1.37


1133
1134
chaperonin gamma chain - like protein
1E−176
At5g26360
1.67


1135
1136
WD-40 protein
7E+00
At4g07410
1.42


1137
1138
putative DNA-binding protein
0
At4g12080
1.4


1139
1140
beta-glucosidase, putative
0
At1g52400
1.66


1141
1142
hypothetical protein
1E−44
At2g23140
1.66


1143
1144
homeobox protein
1E−43
At3g61150
1.63


1145
1146
glycine-rich protein
0
At4g36020
1.82


1147
1148
unknown protein
0
At3g01460
1.37


1149
1150
hypothetical protein
1E−134
At4g28190
1.4


1151
1152
predicted protein
5E−37
At4g32010
1.34


1153
1154
N-myristoyl transferase
1E−157
At5g57020
1.37


1155
1156
putative protein
0
At4g36780
1.61


1157
1158
unknown protein
2E−01
At5g48240
1.64


1159
1160
unknown protein
0
At1g21630
1.55


1161
1162
unknown protein
1E−102
At1g07360
1.74


1163
1164
lysyl-tRNA synthetase
1E−96
At3g11710
1.38


1165
1166
unknown protein
0
At3g07780
1.51


1167
1168
tryptophan synthase beta chain 1 precursor (sp|P14671)
1E−102
At5g54810
1.55


1169
1170
putative protein
8E−98
At4g25620
1.81


1171
1172
RuvB DNA helicase-like protein
0
At5g67630
1.32


1173
1174
putative pectin methylesterase
0
At3g14310
1.43


1175
1176
putative cytidine deaminase
0
At2g19570
1.41


1177
1178
hypothetical protein
0
At3g12400
1.42


1179
1180
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase - like protein
0
At4g26200
1.54


1181
1182
peroxidase
3E−88
At2g38380
2.11


1183
1184
2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, E1 component
0
At5g65750
1.44


1185
1186
xylosidase
0
At5g49360
1.93


1187
1188
ethylene responsive element binding factor 4
0
At3g15210
1.7


1189
1190
putative protein
2E+00
At5g46650
3.54


1191
1192
eukaryotic protein synthesis initiation factor 4A
0
At3g13920
1.35


1193
1194
Unknown protein
0
At1g76970
2.34


1195
1196
hypothetical protein
0
At1g19380
1.54


1197
1198
unknown protein
0
At5g49640
1.78


1199
1200
putative xyloglucan-specific glucanase
0
At2g01850
1.58


1201
1202
similar to nucellin gb|AAB96882.1
1E−106
At1g49050
1.5


1203
1204
unknown protein
0
At3g29390
1.33


1205
1206
putative protein
0
At3g62190
1.58


1207
1208
putative malate dehydrogenase
0
At1g04410
1.34


1209
1210
putative isocitrate lyase
1E−153
At3g21720
3.08


1211
1212
DNA-binding protein
1E−160
At3g14230
1.48


1213
1214
histone H4-like protein
0
At3g46320
2.55


1215
1216
putative dehydrogenase
0
At1g71170
1.47


1217
1218
alanine - tRNA ligase, putative
0
At1g50200
1.38


1219
1220
oligopeptidase A - like protein
1E−172
At5g10540
1.43


1221
1222
putative protein
0
At5g62620
1.32


1223
1224
permease
0
At5g49990
1.3


1225
1226
DEAD BOX RNA helicase RH15
1E−129
At5g11200
1.4


1227
1228
lipoamide dehydrogenase precursor
1E−128
At3g17240
1.38


1229
1230
hypothetical protein
0
At1g15170
1.75


1231
1232
xyloglucan endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase (XTR-6)
0
At4g25810
1.95


1233
1234
histone H2B like protein (emb|CAA69025.1)
7E−34
At5g22880
1.91


1235
1236
S-receptor kinase homolog 2 precursor
1E+00
At5g60900
2.61


1237
1238
60S ribosomal protein L2
7E−48
At2g18020
1.58


1239
1240
unknown protein
0
At1g23030
1.98


1241
1242
zinc finger protein, putative
0
At1g34370
1.51


1243
1244
putative protein
3E−8
At4g05150
1.38


1245
1246
aldose 1-epimerase - like protein
5E−25
At3g47800
1.88


1247
1248
cinnamoyl-CoA reductase - like protein
0
At5g58490
1.35


1249
1250
putative NADP-dependent glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
0
At2g24270
1.43




dehydrogenase





1251
1252
isp4 like protein
0
At4g16370
1.77


1253
1254
putative protein
0
At4g08350
1.32


1255
1256
calmodulin-related protein 2, touch-induced (TCH2)
0
At5g37770
1.55


1257
1258
20S proteasome subunit PAD2 (gb|AAC32059.1)
0
At5g66140
1.5


1259
1260
glucosidase II alpha subunit
0
At5g63840
1.35


1261
1262
putative GAR1 protein
0
At3g03920
1.74


1263
1264
putative protein
3E−45
At5g08450
1.79


1265
1266
glutamate dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.1.—) 1 (pir||S71217)
0
At5g18170
1.47


1267
1268
putative protein
0
At5g06660
1.32


1269
1270
Nonclathrin coat protein gamma - like protein
1E−143
At4g34450
1.43


1271
1272
unknown protein
0
At3g17860
1.6


1273
1274
similar to senescence-associated protein
0
At2g23810
1.59


1275
1276
putative protein
0
At5g60420
1.31


1277
1278
unknown protein
0
At1g28260
1.36


1279
1280
shaggy-like protein kinase etha (EC 2.7.1.—)
0
At4g18710
1.37


1281
1282
putative 26S protease regulatory subunit 6A
0
At1g09100
1.47


1283
1284
unknown protein
0
At3g21140
1.49


1285
1286
dynamin-like protein
0
At2g14120
1.4


1287
1288
scarecrow-like 1
2E−47
At1g21450
1.75


1289
1290
unknown protein
7E−40
At3g02710
1.3


1291
1292
putative protein
0
At5g50670
1.41


1293
1294
helicase-like protein
1E−108
At5g44800
1.5


1295
1296
dynamin-like protein 4 (ADL4)
1E−100
At3g60190
1.32


1297
1298
unknown protein
0
At3g12790
1.31


1299
1300
putative Tub family protein
0
At2g47900
1.37


1301
1302
putative protein
1E−119
At5g13020
1.33


1303
1304
alanine aminotransferase, putative
1E−147
At1g17290
1.36


1305
1306
SCARECROW-like protein
0
At4g36710
1.49


1307
1308
alpha galactosyltransferase-like protein
0
At3g62720
3.26


1309
1310
putative protein
0
At4g31980
1.32


1311
1312
putative protein
1E−124
At3g56480
1.34


1313
1314
histone acetyltransferase HAT B
0
At5g56740
2.36


1315
1316
putative phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase
3E−97
At2g44530
1.45


1317
1318
AIG1
1E−130
At1g33960
1.45


1319
1320
hypothetical protein
0
At4g22190
1.69


1321
1322
hypothetical protein
0
At1g26180
1.33


1323
1324
putative protein
4E−84
At5g59000
1.61


1325
1326
hypothetical protein
0
At2g27660
1.66


1327
1328
unknown protein
0
At1g33400
1.38


1329
1330
helicase-like protein
0
At5g44800
1.63


1331
1332
putative protein
0
At5g44920
1.43


1333
1334
putative RNA-binding protein
0
At1g22910
2.13


1335
1336
meiosis specific - like protein
0
At5g02820
2.62


1337
1338
isocitrate dehydrogenase - like protein
0
At5g14590
1.43


1339
1340
hypothetical protein
1E−139
At1g15500
1.63


1341
1342
putative protein
3E−01
At5g52270
1.38


1343
1344
ABC transporter-like protein
0
At5g06530
1.63


1345
1346
heat-shock protein 90, putative
0
At1g27640
1.48


1347
1348
unknown protein
0
At3g07220
1.33


2713
2714
large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate

NP_051067
4.71




carboxylase/oxygenase





2715
2716
ribosomal protein L33

NP_051080
3.54


2717
2718
PSII I protein

NP_051074
2.81


2719
2720
ribosomal protein L2

NP_051099
2.61


2721
2722
ATP-dependent protease subunit

NP_051083
2.60


2723
2724
cytochrome B6

NP_051088
2.55


2725
2726
ATPase epsilon subunit

NP_051065
2.17


2728
2729
26S ribosomal RNA protein

NP_085475
2.87


2729
2730
GATA Zn-finger protein

At3g16870
2.75


2731
2732
unknown protein

At5g53740
2.01


2733
2734
putative glucosyltransferase

At2g15480
2.15


2735
2736
Anthocyaninless2

At4g00730
2.73


2737
2738
pectate lyase-like protein

At3g54920
2.13


2739
2740
putative sterol dehydrogenase

At2g43420
2.10





***This accession number was replaced by a new annotation and called At1g36160













TABLE 5







Arabidopsis genes 1.3 times (1/ratio) or more repressed in E2Fa/Dpa plants








SEQ ID NO













cDNA
PROT
Gene name
E-value
MIPS accession Number
Ratio















1349
1350
putative glutathione peroxidase
0
At2g31570
0.51


1351
1352
phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL1)
0
At2g37040
0.65


1353
1354
unknown protein
0
At1g04040
0.62


1355
1356
putative protein
0
At4g25340
0.52


1357
1358
water channel - like protein
1E−129
At4g23400
0.7


1359
1360
catalase
0
At4g35090
0.46


1361
1362
stearoyl-ACP desaturase
2E−11
At2g43710
0.54


1363
1364
putative oligopeptide transporter
0
At4g10770
0.37


1365
1366
putative chloroplast 50S ribosomal protein L28
0
At2g33450
0.73


1367
1368
ferredoxin - NADP reductase precursor, putative
0
At1g20020
0.64


1369
1370
3-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
1E−44
At2g26260
0.73


1371
1372
putative alanine aminotransferase
1E−127
At1g70580
0.51


1373
1374
hypothetical protein
4E−99
At1g56500
0.66


1375
1376
putative protein
0
At5g21940
0.64


1377
1378
putative protein
1E−158
At5g26970
0.7


1379
1380
actin depolymerizing factor 4 - like protein
0
At5g59890
0.66


1381
1382
hypothetical protein
7E−72
At3g45160
0.5


1383
1384
transporter-like protein
1E−07
At3g53960
0.68


1385
1386
nicotianamine synthase (dbj|BAA74589.1)
0
At5g04950
0.35


1387
1388
cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (CYP83A1)
0
At4g13770
0.39


1389
1390
unknown protein
0
At2g29660
0.77


1391
1392
hypothetical protein
0
At3g12580
0.56


1393
1394
unknown protein
0
At5g64130
0.52


1395
1396
putative protein
0
At3g61870
0.73


1397
1398
fructose-bisphosphate aldolase - like protein
0
At4g26530
0.17


1399
1400
lectin like protein
1E−124
At4g19840
0.74


1401
1402
unknown protein
0
At1g28140
0.72


1403
1404
feebly-like protein
0
At3g01420
0.73


1405
1406
beta-fructosidase
1E−105
At1g62660
0.38


1407
1408
unknown protein
1E−06
At1g15350
0.77


1409
1410
peptidylprolyl isomerase ROC1
0
At4g38740
0.76


1411
1412
hypothetical protein
1E−36
At2g06010
0.74


1413
1414
putative protein
1E−114
At4g30490
0.5


1415
1416
3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase
0
At5g14200
0.61


1417
1418
putative copper/zinc superoxide dismutase
1E−93
At2g28190
0.77


1419
1420
putative myo-inositol 1-phosphate synthase
0
At2g22240
0.68


1421
1422
putative enolase (2-phospho-D-glycerate hydroylase)
0
At2g29560
0.7


1423
1424
unknown protein
0
At5g43750
0.4


1425
1426
putative protein
1E−22
At4g32330
0.68


1427
1428
putative ferredoxin-thioredoxin reductase
0
At2g04700
0.75


1429
1430
hypothetical protein
1E+00
At3g23290
0.59


1431
1432
putative cellulose synthase
0
At2g32530
0.58


1433
1434
putative protein
0
At5g43650
0.54


1435
1436
putative protein
0
At5g03010
0.58


1437
1438
hypothetical protein
0
At1g78140
0.61


1439
1440
unknown protein
0
At1g72590
0.35


1441
1442
hypothetical protein
0
At1g54450
0.59


1443
1444
hypothetical protein
0
At1g19110
0.73


1445
1446
endo-beta-1,4-glucanase, putative
0
At1g75680
0.7


1447
1448
unknown protein
0
At1g63010
0.76


1449
1450
hypothetical protein
2E−58
At4g24700
0.57


1451
1452
glyoxalase II
0
At1g53580
0.65


1453
1454
putative protein
0
At3g52370
0.53


1455
1456
unknown protein
0
At1g80280
0.57


1457
1458
protein phosphatase ABI1
0
At4g26080
0.71


1459
1460
33 kDa polypeptide of oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) in
1E−115
At5g66570
0.65




photosystem





1461
1462
beta-xylosidase
1E−163
At5g64570
0.55


1463
1464
GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase
0
At2g39770
0.62


1465
1466
peroxidase ATP20a (emb|CAA67338.1)
0
At5g14130
0.67


1467
1468
putative glutathione transferase
0
At1g17190
0.71


1469
1470
putative protein
0
At4g38080
0.75


1471
1472
unknown protein
1E−179
At1g61190
0.7


1473
1474
50S ribosomal protein L24, chloroplast precursor
0
At5g54600
0.76


1475
1476
unknown protein
1E−179
At1g68260
0.55


1477
1478
subtilisin-like serine proteinase, putative, 3′ partial
0
At3g14067
0.62


1479
1480
putative protein
0
At4g23890
0.59


1481
1482
unknown protein
0
At3g01690
0.7


1483
1484
putative protein
0
At3g56290
0.3


1485
1486
unknown protein
0
At2g39450
0.67


1487
1488
unknown protein
0
At5g64130
0.66


1489
1490
putative protein
0
At4g30140
0.54


1491
1492
ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase small chain 3b precursor
1E−145
At5g38410
0.54




(RuBisCO





1493
1494
Myb DNA binding protein - like
0
At3g46130
0.75


1495
1496
putative 2-cys peroxiredoxin
0
At3g11630
0.64


1497
1498
putative trypsin inhibitor
0
At1g73260
0.59


1499
1500
O-methyltransferase
1E−127
At5g54160
0.62


1501
1502
hypothetical protein
2E−30
At1g29270
0.73


1503
1504
RP19 gene for chloroplast ribosomal protein CL9
9E−67
At3g44890
0.68


1505
1506
putative phosphoglyceride transfer protein
1E−178
At4g08690
0.57


1507
1508
putative protein
0
At5g63530
0.53


1509
1510
putative protein
0
At5g38720
0.68


1511
1512
hypothetical protein
0
At1g72030
0.68


1513
1514
unknown protein
9E−21
At5g09990
0.67


1515
1516
zinc finger protein ZAT7
0
At3g46090
0.73


1517
1518
putative nodulin
0
At3g05180
0.64


1619
1520
putative wound-induced basic protein
1E−160
At3g07230
0.75












1521
1S22
hypothetical protein
0
At4g02920
0.38












1523
1524
putative protein
1E−154
At5g62220
0.73


1525
1526
myosin heavy chain-like protein
0
At3g16000
0.5


1527
1528
unknown protein
0
At1g09610
0.76


1529
1530
arabinogalactan protein - like
0
At5g03170
0.71


1531
1532
biotin carboxyl carrier protein of acetyl-CoA carboxylase
0
At5g16390
0.69




precursor





1533
1534
centrin
0
At3g50360
0.74


1535
1536
vegetative storage protein Vsp1
0
At5g24780
0.48


1537
1538
protein kinase, putative
1E−61
At1g52310
0.63


1539
1540
unknown protein
1E−132
At2g42760
0.63


1541
1542
phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL1)
0
At2g37040
0.72


1543
1544
UDP rhamnose-anthocyanidin-3-glucoside rhamnosyltransferase -
0
At4g27560
0.45




like





1545
1546
unknown protein
0
At2g17500
0.54


1547
1548
NAC domain protein, putative
0
At1g01720
0.72


1549
1550
ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme-like protein
2E−24
At5g56150
0.41


1551
1552
putative RNA-binding protein
1E−136
At2g37220
0.72


1553
1554
Overlap with bases 87, 142-90, 425 of ‘IGF’ BAC clone F9K20,
0
At1g78570
0.52




accession





1555
1556
hypothetical protein
1E−105
At2g04040
0.52


1557
1558
lsp4-like protein
4E−01
At5g64410
0.39


1559
1560
ids4-like protein
0
At5g20150
0.58


1561
1562
unknown protein
3E−98
At1g44000
0.67


1563
1564
R2R3-MYB transcription factor
0
At3g50060
0.66


1565
1566
putative hexose transporter
0
At4g02050
0.68


1567
1568
one helix protein (OHP)
0
At5g02120
0.57


1569
1570
UDP-glucose dehydrogenase-like protein
0
At5g15490
0.74


1571
1572
putative protein
0
At3g54260
0.63


1573
1574
putative L5 ribosomal protein
0
At4g01310
0.75


1575
1576
putative myosin heavy chain
0
At2g37080
0.61


1577
1578
clpB heat shock protein-like
0
At5g15450
0.57


1579
1580
unknown protein
4E−71
At1g52510
0.66


1581
1582
beta-fructosidase, putative
0
At1g12240
0.55


1583
1584
hypothetical protein
0
At1g47670
0.69


1585
1586
putative protein
3E−36
At5g25890
0.75


1587
1588
predicted protein
1E−108
At4g31390
0.73


1589
1590
putative phospholipase
0
At2g39420
0.66


1591
1592
ATP-dependent transmembrane transporter, putative
0
At1g51460
0.74


1593
1594
H+-transporting ATP synthase-like protein
0
At4g09650
0.64


1595
1596
putative protein
0
At4g29590
0.77


1597
1598
unknown protein
0
At3g02640
0.49


1599
1600
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PPC)
0
At3g14940
0.77


1601
1602
pollen allergen-like protein
0
At1g24020
0.28


1603
1604
putative AUX1-like permease
0
At1g77690
0.73


1605
1606
putative protein
1E−127
At4g39730
0.49


1607
1608
homeobox-leucine zipper protein ATHB-12
0
At3g61890
0.24


1609
1610
putative protein
0
At5g10160
0.53


1611
1612
unknown protein
0
At1g71480
0.56


1613
1614
putative violaxanthin de-epoxidase precursor (U44133)
0
At1g08550
0.7


1615
1616
nClpP5, putative
0
At1g49970
0.68


1617
1618
hypothetical protein
0
At1g65260
0.57


1619
1620
putative protein
1E−135
At3g52360
0.38


1621
1622
putative protein
0
At5g26260
0.5


1623
1624
unknown protein
0
At1g25170
0.66


1625
1626
hypothetical protein
0
At1g79550
0.65


1627
1628
tubulin beta-2/beta-3 chain (sp|P29512)
2E−21
At5g62700
0.61


1629
1630
eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E, putative
0
At1g29550
0.64


1631
1632
transport inhibitor response 1, putative
1E−175
At1g12820
0.77


1633
1634
osmotin precursor
1E−110
At4g11650
0.74


1635
1636
putative glutathione S-transferase TSI-1
0
At1g10360
0.72


1637
1638
protein ch-42 precursor, chloroplast
0
At4g18480
0.76


1639
1640
omega-3 fatty acid desaturase
2E−06
At2g29980
0.73


1641
1642
unknown protein
0
At2g44670
0.57


1643
1644
putative protein
0
At3g55330
0.51


1645
1646
putative calmodulin
0
At3g51920
0.55


1647
1648
plastid ribosomal protein L34 precursor, putative
1E−140
At1g29070
0.69


1649
1650
putative protein
0
At5g67070
0.66


1651
1652
putative 2Fe-2S iron-sulfur cluster protein
0
At3g16250
0.69


1653
1654
hypothetical protein
0
At1g42970
0.69


1655
1656
hypothetical protein
3E−69
At3g14190
0.6


1657
1658
thylakoid luminal protein
1E−122
At1g77090
0.7


1659
1660
putative protein
0
At3g48420
0.42


1661
1662
actin 3
0
At2g37620
0.64


1663
1664
OEP8 like protein
4E−38
At4g15800
0.73


1665
1666
putative Ras-like GTP-binding protein
0
At3g09910
0.71


1667
1668
sulfolipid biosynthesis protein SQD1
0
At4g33030
0.68


1669
1670
oleosin isoform
0
At3g27660
0.61


1671
1672
acyl-CoA synthetase, putative
0
At1g64400
0.59


1673
1674
putative protein
1E−147
At3g61060
0.5


1675
1676
hypothetical protein
1E−117
At1g56200
0.64


1677
1678
putative protein
0
At4g13500
0.53


1679
1680
cinnamoyl CoA reductase, putative
0
At1g80820
0.72


1681
1682
hypothetical protein
1E−157
At4g28410
0.1


1683
1684
hypothetical protein
0
At1g54030
0.68


1685
1686
putative DNA-binding protein, GT-1
0
At3g25990
0.1


1687
1688
germin-like protein
3E−04
At3g05950
0.49


1689
1690
putative glutathione S-transferase
0E+00
At2g29480
0.7


1691
1692
arabinogalactan-protein (gb|AAC77823.1)
1E−06
At5g64310
0.61


1693
1694
periaxin - like protein
1E−151
At5g09530
0.71


1695
1696
zeaxanthin epoxidase precursor
0
At5g67030
0.52


1697
1698
putative photosystem I reaction center subunit IV
0
At2g20260
0.7


1699
1700
putative 60S ribosomal protein L18A
0
At3g14600
0.74


1701
1702
putative ethylene response element binding protein (EREBP)
0
At2g44840
0.72


1703
1704
unknown protein
0
At2g21970
0.5


1705
1706
RNA-binding protein cp33 precursor
0
At3g52380
0.73


1707
1708
unknown protein
1E−152
At2g34460
0.62


1709
1710
CONSTANS-like 1
1E−179
At5g15850
0.6


1711
1712
unknown protein
0
At1g75100
0.77


1713
1714
ion channel
9E−66
At1g15990
0.57


1715
1716
unknown protein
0
At2g21960
0.46


1717
1718
unknown protein
0
At1g66330
0.69


1719
1720
putative protein
0
At4g26630
0.68


1721
1722
unknown protein
1E−99
At3g28230
0.72


1723
1724
hypothetical protein
1E−65
At1g55910
0.65


1725
1726
putative Na+-dependent inorganic phosphate cotransporter
0
At2g29650
0.52


1727
1728
hypothetical protein
4E−23
At1g02330
0.71


1729
1730
hypothetical protein
0
At1g29700
0.55


1731
1732
putative flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase
0
At2g18560
0.62


1733
1734
lycopene epsilon cyclase
0
At5g57030
0.6


1735
1736
hypothetical protein
0
At3g09150
0.75


1737
1738
putative protein
1E−150
At1g31710
0.5


1739
1740
hypothetical protein
0
At1g78850
0.69


1741
1742
putative protein
0
At4g32770
0.75


1743
1744
putative protein
2E−77
At4g22890
0.75


1745
1746
ripening-related protein - like
0
At5g20740
0.59


1747
1748
putative peroxidase ATP12a
0
At1g05240
0.65


1749
1750
hypothetical protein
7E−18
At4g01050
0.77


1751
1752
V-ATPase subunit G (vag2 gene)
4E−04
At4g23710
0.61


1753
1754
hypothetical protein
0
At1g58080
0.75


1755
1756
putative protein
2E−94
At5g19190
0.51


1757
1758
hypothetical protein
0
At1g48850
0.69


1759
1760
putative protein
0
At4g38800
0.75


1761
1762
similar to polygalacturonase-like protein
0
At1g10640
0.28


1763
1764
putative glutathione S-transferase
0
At2g02390
0.73


1765
1766
putative calcium-binding EF-hand protein
3E−78
At2g33380
0.69


1767
1768
unknown protein
1E−113
At1g64680
0.57


1769
1770
unknown protein
0
At3g15660
0.58


1771
1772
putative protein
0
At5g22080
0.74


1773
1774
high mobility group protein 2-like
2E−24
At3g51880
0.71


1775
1776
similar to late embryogenesis abundant proteins
4E−50
At2g44060
0.61


1777
1778
putative protein
0
At4g34600
0.74


1779
1780
putative protein
2E−31
At5g52060
0.48


1781
1782
NADPH oxidoreductase, putative
0
At1g75280
0.53


1783
1784
hypothetical protein
0
At1g16720
0.62


1785
1786
unknown protein
0
At3g28130
0.75


1787
1788
glutaredoxin
0
At4g15690
0.73


1789
1790
putative protein
4E−01
At3g47590
0.66


1791
1792
putative protein
0
At4g26630
0.7


1793
1794
putative polyprotein
1E−139
At4g04410
0.76


1795
1796
MTN3-like protein
0
At3g48740
0.49


1797
1798
hypothetical protein
0
At1g32900
0.38


1799
1800
unknown protein
0
At2g33180
0.77


1801
1802
hypothetical protein
0
At1g66890
0.69


1803
1804
unknown protein
0
At1g74730
0.74


1805
1806
putative ribosomal protein S9
1E−122
At1g74970
0.7


1807
1808
phenylalanine ammonia-lyase
3E−51
At3g53260
0.53


1809
1810
unknown protein
2E−27
At1g78110
0.76


1811
1812
unknown protein
0
At1g18300
0.75


1813
1814
putative prolylcarboxypeptidase
1E−174
At2g24280
0.64


1815
1816
unknown protein
1E−12
At3g24100
0.76


1817
1818
unknown protein
0
At3g18990
0.39


1819
1820
hypothetical protein
1E−127
At1g78890
0.75


1821
1822
unknown protein
5E−87
At2g21530
0.71


1823
1824
hypothetical protein
1E−172
At1g20340
0.71


1825
1826
putative glucosyltransferase
0
At2g31790
0.63


1827
1828
allergen like protein
1E−129
At4g17030
0.74


1829
1830
unknown protein
0
At1g73750
0.72


1831
1832
APG5 (autophagy 5)-like protein
0
At5g17290
0.7


1833
1834
putative protochlorophyllide reductase
0
At1g03630
0.57


1835
1836
zinc finger protein, putative
0
At3g19580
0.61


1837
1838
unknown protein
0
At2g35190
0.65


1839
1840
phosphate/triose-phosphate translocator precursor
4E−33
At5g46110
0.73




(gb|AAC83815.1)





1841
1842
unknown protein
0
At5g50840
0.77


1843
1844
hypothetical protein
0
At4g34090
0.69


1845
1846
hypothetical protein
0
At1g14340
0.64


1847
1848
unknown protein
0
At1g67860
0.42


1849
1850
tyrosine transaminase like protein
1E−180
At4g23600
0.47


1851
1852
unknown protein
1E−173
At1g53890
0.53


1853
1854
pectinesterase, putative
0
At1g41830
0.76


1855
1856
putative protein
4E−72
At5g45550
0.69


1857
1858
putative ligand-gated ion channel subunit
2E+00
At2g32400
0.45


1859
1860
unknown protein
0
At3g19370
0.42


1861
1862
putative protein
5E−13
At5g62580
0.59


1863
1864
putative protein
0
At3g61080
0.42


1865
1866
putative squamosa-promoter binding protein 2
1E−162
At1g27360
0.74


1867
1868
sucrose-phosphate synthase - like protein
0
At4g10120
0.22


1869
1870
hypothetical protein
4E−23
At1g62180
0.43


1871
1872
ribosomal protein
0
At4g15000
0.75


1873
1874
MYB-related transcription factor (CCA1)
0
At2g46830
0.46


1875
1876
pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase, putative
1E−124
At1g32100
0.72


1877
1878
putative protein
0
At3g52230
0.71


1879
1880
3-keto-acyl-CoA thiolase 2 (gb|AAC17877.1)
0
At5g48880
0.57


1881
1882
putative protein
0
At3g46780
0.63


1883
1884
DNA-binding protein, putative
0
At1g01060
0.62


1885
1886
putative protein
3E−20
At4g30990
0.6


1887
1888
putative protein
0
At3g46780
0.59


1889
1890
hypothetical protein
1E−174
At1g28400
0.58


1891
1892
DNA binding protein - like
0
At5g61600
0.55


1893
1894
putative protein
0
At3g62260
0.72


1895
1896
putative CCCH-type zinc finger protein
0
At2g25900
0.63


1897
1898
ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2-17 kD 8 (ubiquitin-protein ligase
3E−16
At5g41700
0.42


1899
1900
microbody NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase
0
At5g09660
0.63


1901
1902
glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase A subunit (GapA)
0
At3g26650
0.63


1903
1904
microbody NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase
0
At5g09660
0.66


1905
1906
sedoheptulose-bisphosphatase precursor
0
At3g55800
0.54


1907
1908
putative Fe(II) transporter
1E−175
At2g32270
0.74


1909
1910
germin - like protein
0
At5g38940
0.75


1911
1912
putative malonyl-CoA: Acyl carrier protein transacylase
0
At2g30200
0.7


1913
1914
hypothetical protein
0
At1g19000
0.61


1915
1916
FRO1-like protein; NADPH oxidase-like
0
At5g49740
0.41


1917
1918
J8-like protein
0
At1g80920
0.51


1919
1920
putative protein
0
At4g34190
0.63


1921
1922
photosystem II stability/assembly factor HCF136 (sp|O82660)
0
At5g23120
0.66


1923
1924
hypothetical protein
0
At4g24930
0.63


1925
1926
2-cys peroxiredoxin-like protein
0
At5g06290
0.69


1927
1928
putative protein
0
At3g53470
0.54


1929
1930
unknown protein
3E−96
At3g02180
0.71


1931
1932
F12P19.7
0
At1g65900
0.69


1933
1934
putative fibrillin
0
At4g04020
0.28


1935
1936
putative protein
1E−01
At4g18810
0.72


1937
1938
hypothetical protein
1E−171
At1g50240
0.67


1939
1940
putative protein
0
At3g63210
0.76


1941
1942
unknown protein
0
At2g32870
0.47


1943
1944
Glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase (ApL1/adg2)
0
At5g19220
0.64


1945
1946
unknown protein
1E−66
At2g46100
0.67


1947
1948
farnesyl diphosphate synthase precursor (gb|AAB49290.1)
0
At5g47770
0.71


1949
1950
pyridoxine biosynthesis protein - like
0
At5g01410
0.47


1951
1952
hypothetical protein
0
At4g03820
0.71


1953
1954
putative myrosinase-binding protein
1E−47
At2g39310
0.38


1955
1956
unknown protein
0
At1g05870
0.44


1957
1958
heat shock protein, putative
0
At1g06460
0.28


1959
1960
RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN, putative
1E−175
At1g71720
0.76


1961
1962
elongation factor G, putative
0
At1g62750
0.65


1963
1964
mitochondrial Lon protease homolog 1 precursor (sp|O64948)
0
At5g47040
0.76


1965
1966
cytochrome c
2E−37
At4g10040
0.72


1967
1968
hypothetical protein
1E−102
At4g03420
0.69


1969
1970
putative DnaJ protein
1E−160
At2g41000
0.73


1971
1972
hypothetical protein
0
At2g27290
0.61


1973
1974
putative protein
1E−117
At5g50100
0.4


1975
1976
phytoene synthase (gb|AAB65697.1)
0
At5g17230
0.64


1977
1978
putative protein
0
At4g28230
0.73


1979
1980
hypothetical protein
0
At2g01260
0.49


1981
1982
unknown protein
0
At3g17520
0.71


1983
1984
Ran binding protein (AtRanBP1b)
0
At2g30060
0.73


1985
1986
putative protein
0
At4g32190
0.63


1987
1988
unknown protein
0
At1g19400
0.64


1989
1990
sucrose-phosphate synthase-like protein
0
At5g20280
0.67


1991
1992
putative protein
1E−136
At5g03545
0.45


1993
1994
biotin carboxyl carrier protein precursor-like protein
1E−124
At5g15530
0.54


1995
1996
unknown protein
4E−85
At1g16320
0.53


1997
1998
unknown protein
5E−16
At3g32930
0.68


1999
2000
putative protein
1E−142
At4g35290
0.74


2001
2002
glutathione S-transferase-like protein
0
At5g17220
0.66


2003
2004
fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase, putative
0
At1g43670
0.63


2005
2006
peptidylprolyl isomerase-like protein
2E−34
At5g13120
0.72


2007
2008
teosinte branched1 - like protein
0
At4g18390
0.63


2009
2010
putative protein
0
At3g51520
0.71


2011
2012
lactoylglutathione lyase-like protein
0
At1g11840
0.45


2013
2014
late embryogenesis abundant protein LEA like
0
At5g06760
0.55


2015
2016
putative protein
1E−177
At5g19590
0.71


2017
2018
putative protein
0
At3g63190
0.72


2019
2020
hypothetical protein
0
At1g69510
0.47


2021
2022
putative protein kinase
0
At2g30040
0.69


2023
2024
xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase
0
At3g44990
0.43


2025
2026
phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase
0
At4g11600
0.71


2027
2028
sedoheptulose-bisphosphatase precursor
0
At3g55800
0.51


2029
2030
Clp proteinase like protein
2E−55
At4g17040
0.75


2031
2032
unknown protein
0
At5g07020
0.68


2033
2034
unknown protein
2E−32
At5g51720
0.49


2035
2036
endomembrane protein, putative
1E−117
At1g14670
0.75


2037
2038
putative phosphomannomutase
0
At2g45790
0.66


2039
2040
putative protein
1E−95
At4g27280
0.46


2041
2042
mrp protein, putative
0
At3g24430
0.75


2043
2044
putative vacuolar ATPase
0
At4g02620
0.74


2045
2046
phosphate transporter, putative
0
At3g26570
0.61


2047
2048
similar to Trp Asp repeat protein emb|CAB39845.1; similar to EST
0
At1g78070
0.74


2049
2050
putative MAP kinase
2E−18
At2g01450
0.51


2051
2052
ethylene-responsive transcriptional coactivator, putative
0
At3g24500
0.51


2053
2054
6-phosphogluconolactonase-like protein
0
At5g24420
0.52


2055
2056
beta-amylase-like proten
1E−175
At5g18670
0.4


2057
2058
hypothetical protein
3E−53
At1g20970
0.72


2059
2060
chloroplast 50S ribosomal protein L31, putative
0
At1g75350
0.74


2061
2062
cytochrome P450-like protein
0
At4g37320
0.67


2063
2064
putative potassium transporter AtKT5p (AtKT5)
0
At4g33530
0.76


2065
2666
putative ribosomal-protein S6 kinase (ATPK6)
0
At3g08730
0.63


2067
2068
hypothetical protein
0
At1g04770
0.68


2069
2070
transcription factor Hap5a
6E−74
At3g48590
0.6


2071
2072
putative protein
0
At5g20070
0.69


2073
2074
beta-expansin
0
At2g20750
0.72


2075
2076
SOUL-like protein
4E−82
At1g17100
0.71


2077
2078
unknown protein
0
At1g70760
0.4


2079
2080
unknown protein
1E−124
At2g20890
0.73


2081
2082
unknown protein
1E−160
At1g07280
0.72


2083
2084
unknown protein
0
At1g64680
0.65


2085
2086
ADPG pyrophosphorylase small subunit (gb|AAC39441.1)
0
At5g48300
0.68


2087
2088
unknown protein
0
At2g17340
0.61


2089
2090
hypothetical protein
0
At1g26800
0.74


2091
2092
unknown protein
0
At1g22930
0.67


2093
2094
polyphosphoinositide binding protein, putative
0
At1g01630
0.72


2095
2096
caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase - like protein
0
At4g34050
0.67


2097
2098
pectinesterase
0
At5g53370
0.56


2099
2100
unknown protein
7E−75
At1g64370
0.43


2101
2102
p-nitrophenylphosphatase-like protein
0
At5g36790
0.52


2103
2104
putative protein
1E−172
At5g55960
0.64


2105
2106
serine/threonine protein kinase - like protein
0
At5g10930
0.26


2107
2108
cytosolic factor, putative
0
At1g72160
0.67


2109
2110
S-adenosylmethionine: 2-demethylmenaquinone
1E−159
At5g56260
0.76




methyltransferase-like





2111
2112
pactate lyase
0
At5g63180
0.67


2113
2114
vacuolar sorting receptor-like protein
0
At4g20110
0.7


2115
2116
putative membrane channel protein
0
At2g28900
0.76


2117
2118
putative thylakoid lumen rotamase
0
At3g01480
0.56


2119
2120
putative chloroplast prephenate dehydratase
0
At3g44720
0.73


2121
2122
3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase I precursor
0
At5g46290
0.76


2123
2124
P-Protein - like protein
1E−108
At4g33010
0.73


2125
2126
NHE1 Na+/H+ exchanger
1E−122
At5g27150
0.73


2127
2128
receptor kinase-like protein
0
At3g47580
0.72


2129
2130
raffinose synthase - like protein
0
At5g40390
0.59


2131
2132
thylakoid luminal protein
0
At1g54780
0.63


2133
2134
unknown protein
0
At2g46170
0.73


2135
2136
beta-xylan endohydrolase - like protein
9E−02
At4g33810
0.26


2137
2138
putative protein
1E−137
At4g12700
0.6


2139
2140
putative ribose 5-phosphate isomerase
0
At3g04790
0.76


2141
2142
putative protein
0
At5g47840
0.7


2143
2144
putative RNA-binding protein
0
At1g09340
0.57


2145
2146
adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (EC 2.4.2.7) - like protein
0
At4g22570
0.46


2147
2148
unknown protein
0
At3g15950
0.37


2149
2150
putative glutathione peroxidase
7E−12
At2g25080
0.46


2151
2152
putative protein
0
At5g23060
0.63


2153
2154
pectate lyase 1-like protein
0
At1g67750
0.42


2155
2156
putative triosephosphate isomerase
9E−61
At2g21170
0.66


2157
2158
carbonate dehydratase - like protein
0
At4g33580
0.72


2159
2160
putative protein
0
At5g37300
0.56


2161
2162
putative protein
1E−143
At3g60080
0.77


2163
2164
cystatin (emb|CAA03929.1)
2E−83
At5g12140
0.74


2165
2166
putative cytochrome b5
0
At2g46650
0.46


2167
2168
putaive DNA-binding protein
2E−08
At4g31550
0.63


2169
2170
hypothetical protein
1E−143
At3g21050
0.5


2171
2172
putative beta-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase
0
At2g22230
0.59


2173
2174
2-oxoglutarate/malate translocator
0
At5g64290
0.77


2175
2176
hypothetical protein
1E−123
At3g27050
0.49


2177
2178
putative alcohol dehydrogenase
9E−64
At2g37770
0.64


2179
2180
hypothetical protein
1E−107
At1g18730
0.67


2181
2182
putative pectinacetylesterase
0
At4g19420
0.71


2183
2184
similar to ADP-ribosylation factor gb|AAD17207; similar to ESTs
2E−80
At1g10630
0.67


2185
2186
hypothetical protein
0
At1g04420
0.67


2187
2188
putative protein
0
At4g26710
0.62


2189
2190
putative protein
0
At4g34630
0.72


2191
2192
latex protein
0
At1g70890
0.29


2193
2194
RCc3 - like protein
0
At4g22490
0.57


2195
2196
hypothetical protein
5E−53
At1g20450
0.49


2197
2198
glucosyltransferase-like protein
3E−31
At5g22740
0.65


2199
2200
glutathione S-transferase
0
At2g29450
0.52


2201
2202
putative protein
0
At3g44450
0.59


2203
2204
cysteine synthase
0
At5g28020
0.6


2205
2206
ATP synthase
0
At4g04640
0.57


2207
2208
40S ribosomal protein S14
1E−25
At2g36160
0.67


2209
2210
putative protein
0
At4g19100
0.76


2211
2212
K Efflux antiporter KEA1
0
At1g01790
0.65


2213
2214
hypothetical protein
1E−169
At2g42980
0.66


2215
2216
cytochrome P450 like protein
1E−01
At4g36380
0.48


2217
2218
unknown protein
8E−64
At2g01520
0.23


2219
2220
hypothetical protein
1E−157
At1g07130
0.66


2221
2222
putative protein
5E−04
At5g09620
0.62


2223
2224
unknown protein
0
At1g08470
0.66


2225
2226
putative protein
6E−37
At3g54600
0.7


2227
2228
DnaJ - like protein
1E−68
At4g39960
0.52


2229
2230
putative protein phosphatase 2C
1E−161
At1g78200
0.72


2231
2232
biotin synthase (Bio B)
0
At2g43360
0.67


2233
2234
unknown protein
3E−69
At3g17510
0.55


2235
2236
high mobility group protein 2-like
1E−107
At3g51880
0.66


2237
2238
putative proline-rich protein
0
At2g21140
0.57


2239
2240
cyclin delta-3
0
At4g34160
0.74


2241
2242
serine carboxypeptidase II - like protein
0
At4g30810
0.77


2243
2244
unknown protein
0
At1g67330
0.7


2245
2246
putative protein
7E−93
At3g56010
0.7


2247
2248
GTP-binding protein LepA homolog
0
At5g08650
0.76


2249
2250
unknown protein
0
At3g10420
0.42


2251
2252
putative protein
0
At3g51510
0.58


2253
2254
putative protein
0
At3g45870
0.73


2255
2256
putative enolase
0
At1g74030
0.65


2257
2258
putative protein
3E−05
At5g11680
0.71


2259
2260
putative protein
0
At5g26280
0.58


2261
2262
O-methyltransferase, putative
0
At1g21100
0.63


2263
2264
beta-1,3-glucanase class I precursor
0
At4g16260
0.51


2265
2266
protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C)
2E−27
At3g11410
0.67


2267
2268
root cap protein 2-like protein
1E−174
At5g54370
0.75


2269
2270
putative adenosine phosphosulfate kinase
0
At2g14750
0.47


2271
2272
putative protein
0
At4g30010
0.73


2273
2274
putative uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
2E−9
At2g40490
0.75


2275
2276
putative protein
1E−151
At3g57400
0.71


2277
2278
branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase, putative
1E−56
At3g19710
0.3


2279
2280
copia-like retroelement pol polyprotein
0
At2g19830
0.72


2281
2282
neoxanthin cleavage enzyme-like protein
0
At4g19170
0.38


2283
2284
hypothetical protein
0
At1g31860
0.7


2285
2286
unknown protein
0
At2g26570
0.61


2287
2288
asparagine synthetase ASN3
0
At5g10240
0.72


2289
2290
hypothetical protein
1E−80
At1g64770
0.56


2291
2292
expansin S2 precursor, putative
1E−114
At1g20190
0.51


2293
2294
5′-adenylylsulfate reductase
0
At4g04610
0.43


2295
2296
putative protein
9E−02
At3g59680
0.71


2297
2298
putative MYB family transcription factor
4E−31
At2g37630
0.73


2299
2300
Putative protein kinase
3E−23
At1g51850
0.6


2301
2302
putative protein
0
At5g15910
0.76


2303
2304
AALP protein
0
At5g60360
0.63


2305
2306
putative galactinol synthase
0
At2g47180
0.69


2307
2308
cyanohydrin lyase like protein
0
At4g16690
0.56


2309
2310
putative protein
0
At5g03880
0.57


2311
2312
putative glucosyltransferase
0
At2g30150
0.73


2313
2314
cysteine endopeptidase precursor - like protein
0
At3g48350
0.65


2315
2316
unknown protein
1E−122
At3g07700
0.7


2317
2318
putative peroxiredoxin
2E−86
At3g26060
0.76


2319
2320
MAPKK
0
At1g73500
0.58


2321
2322
hypothetical protein
7E−74
At1g64780
0.52


2323
2324
UDP glucose: flavonoid 3-o-glucosyltransferase, putative
2E−90
At1g30530
0.59


2325
2326
hypothetical protein
0
At4g02800
0.55


2327
2328
oxidoreductase - like protein
0
At3g55290
0.65


2329
2330
hypothetical protein
0
At1g50670
0.73


2331
2332
carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase-like protein
0
At5g46800
0.58


2333
2334
MATH protein
1E−169
At4g00780
0.57


2335
2336
unknown protein
0
At1g22630
0.76


2337
2338
cytochrome P450-like protein
0
At4g37330
0.72


2339
2340
putative endo-1,4-beta glucanase
8E−36
At4g02290
0.62


2341
2342
hevein-like protein precursor
0E+00
At3g04720
0.75


2343
2344
leucine zipper-containing protein AT103
1E−139
At3g56940
0.63


2345
2346
delta-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase
0
At3g55610
0.69


2347
2348
remorin
0
At2g45820
0.76


2349
2350
putative protein
0
At5g22460
0.48


2351
2352
putative lectin
0
At3g16530
0.43


2353
2354
putative protein
9E−29
At5g26260
0.52


2355
2356
peptidylprolyl isomerase ROC4
0
At3g62030
0.61


2357
2358
O-methyltransferase, putative
0
At1g21130
0.63


2359
2360
putative zinc finger protein
0
At4g38960
0.72


2361
2362
putative hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein
1E−173
At1g13930
0.58


2363
2364
putative protein 1 photosystem II oxygen-evolving complex
0
At3g50820
0.65


2365
2366
hypothetical protein
0
At1g66700
0.63


2367
2368
unknown protein
0
At1g52870
0.43


2369
2370
heat shock protein 90
0
At5g56010
0.75


2371
2372
Overlap with bases 87, 142-90, 425 of ‘IGF’ BAC clone F9K20,
1E−115
At1g78570
0.63




accession





2373
2374
phosphoglycerate kinase, putative
1E−120
At3g12780
0.73


2375
2376
putative lectin
1E−25
At3g16400
0.4


2377
2378
profilin 2
0
At4g29350
0.77


2379
2380
HSP associated protein like
5E−16
At4g22670
0.75


2381
2382
putative cell division control protein, cdc2 kinase
1E−75
At1g20930
0.72


2383
2384
putative protein
1E−107
At5g08050
0.65


2385
2386
ribosomal protein S27
0
At5g47930
0.77


2387
2388
vacuolar H+-transporting ATPase 16K chain
0
At4g34720
0.76


2389
2390
expansin At-EXP5
3E−82
At3g29030
0.52


2391
2392
similar to cold acclimation protein WCOR413 [Triticum aestivum]
0
At2g15970
0.74


2393
2394
chloroplast membrane protein (ALBINO3)
1E−159
At2g28800
0.72


2395
2396
putative thioredoxin
1E−102
At1g08570
0.55


2397
2398
unknown protein
0
At1g08380
0.65


2399
2400
hypothetical protein
0
At1g07180
0.53


2401
2402
putative flavonol sulfotransferase
0
At1g74090
0.69


2403
2404
possible apospory-associated like protein
0
At4g25900
0.71


2405
2406
glycolate oxidase, putative
0
At3g14420
0.71


2407
2408
putative peroxidase ATP2a
0
At2g37130
0.75


2409
2410
putative protein
1E−154
At4g21860
0.75


2411
2412
hydroxypyruvate reductase (HPR)
0
At1g68010
0.74


2413
2414
photosystem I reaction centre subunit psaN precursor (PSI-N)
0
At5g64040
0.49


2415
2416
plastid ribosomal protein S6, putative
0
At1g64510
0.6


2417
2418
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase MTHFR1
0
At3g59970
0.72


2419
2420
putative photosystem I reaction center subunit II precursor
0
At1g03130
0.55


2421
2422
unknown protein
0
At3g10940
0.64


2423
2424
fumarate hydratase
0
At5g50950
0.43


2425
2426
Lil3 protein
0
At5g47110
0.73


2427
2428
homeobox gene ATH1
0
At4g32980
0.76


2429
2430
putative lectin
3E−20
At3g16390
0.43


2431
2432
COP1-interacting protein 7 (CIP7)
1E−07
At4g27430
0.67


2433
2434
putative acyl-CoA synthetase
0
At2g47240
0.51


2435
2436
unknown protein
0
At2g01590
0.68


2437
2438
hydroxymethyltransferase
0
At4g13930
0.72


2439
2440
hypothetical protein
1E−164
At1g69490
0.27


2441
2442
SNF1 related protein kinase (ATSRPK1)
1E−170
At3g23000
0.49


2443
2444
mevalonate diphosphate decarboxylase
6E−68
At2g38700
0.71


2445
2446
putative flavonol sulfotransferase
0
At1g74090
0.69


2447
2448
protein phosphatase 2C (AtP2C-HA)
0
At1g72770
0.59


2449
2450
cinnamoyl-CoA reductase - like protein
0
At4g30470
0.72


2451
2452
O-methyltransferase - like protein
0
At4g35160
0.5


2453
2454
pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 alpha subunit
0
At1g01090
0.77


2455
2456
putative chlorophyll A-B binding protein
0
At3g27690
0.49


2457
2458
putative UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase
0
At2g35020
0.69


2459
2460
putative protein
1E−121
At4g05590
0.75


2461
2462
Ca2+-dependent membrane-binding protein annexin
0
At1g35720
0.41


2463
2464
hypothetical protein
0
At2g35760
0.51


2465
2466
hypothetical protein
2E−15
At1g18840
0.71


2467
2468
hypothetical protein
0
At1g51140
0.53


2469
2470
aromatic amino-acid decarboxylase - like protein
0
At4g28680
0.73


2471
2472
unknown protein
3E−72
At2g35830
0.49


2473
2474
hypothetical protein
0
At1g78690
0.66


2475
2476
putative elongation factor P (EF-P)
0
At3g08740
0.74


2477
2478
unknown protein
0
At1g22750
0.76


2479
2480
putative protein
0
At3g63160
0.45


2481
2482
unknown protein
1E−150
At3g26510
0.55


2483
2484
aldo/keto reductase-like protein
0
At5g53580
0.69


2485
2486
glycine decarboxylase complex H-protein
0
At2g35370
0.53


2487
2488
thioredoxin (clone GIF1) (pir||S58118)
3E−14
At5g42980
0.53


2489
2490
putative protein
1E−93
At4g28020
0.52


2491
2492
hypothetical protein
0
At1g18870
0.71


2493
2494
vegetative storage protein Vsp2
0
At5g24770
0.43


2495
2496
putative protein
3E−75
At4g17560
0.66


2497
2498
NBD-like protein (gb|AAD20643.1)
0E+00
At5g44110
0.58


2499
2500
photosystem I subunit V precursor, putative
1E−119
At1g55670
0.56


2501
2502
putative thaumatin
2E−36
At2g28790
0.64


2503
2504
hyoscyamine 6-dioxygenase hydroxylase, putative
0
At1g35190
0.71


2505
2506
H-protein promoter binding factor-like protein
0
At5g62430
0.51


2507
2508
putative protein
0
At4g04840
0.52


2509
2510
endo-xyloglucan transferase - like protein
0
At4g37800
0.68


2511
2512
vitamine c-2
0
At4g26850
0.33


2513
2514
hypothetical protein
0
At3g12340
0.69


2515
2516
putative acetone-cyanohydrin lyase
0
At2g23610
0.68


2517
2518
putative transcription factor
0
At1g71030
0.36


2519
2520
hypothetical protein
1E−128
At1g19000
0.74


2521
2522
putative xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase
7E−27
At2g36870
0.4


2523
2524
hypothetical protein
3E−51
At1g58080
0.77


2525
2526
putative protein
1E−167
At5g36800
0.65


2527
2528
putative protein
1E−157
At4g30530
0.65


2529
2530
cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase ELI3-1
0
At4g37980
0.54


2531
2532
putative CONSTANS-like B-box zinc finger protein
0
At2g47890
0.72


2533
2534
unknown protein
1E−123
At1g53480
0.6


2535
2536
protein phosphatase 2C-like protein
2E−55
At4g28400
0.72


2537
2538
putative protein
0
At5g60680
0.57


2539
2540
farnesyl-pyrophosphate synthetase FPS2
0
At4g17190
0.76


2541
2542
soluble inorganic pyrophosphatase, putative
0
At1g01050
0.59


2543
2544
putative nematode-resistance protein
1E−117
At2g40000
0.34


2545
2546
putative AP2 domain transcription factor
0
At2g23340
0.74


2547
2548
putative myo-inositol monophosphatase
3E−17
At3g02870
0.6


2549
2550
putative isoamylase
0
At1g03310
0.74


2551
2552
phosphate transporter (AtPT2)
0
At2g38940
0.76


2553
2554
putative disease resistance response protein
0
At4g11190
0.68


2555
2556
unknown protein
0
At2g45600
0.55


2557
2558
peroxidase ATP13a
0
At5g17820
0.7


2559
2560
unknown protein
0
At1g26920
0.74


2561
2562
putative mitochondrial carrier protein
0
At2g47490
0.69


2563
2564
actin depolymerizing factor 3 - like protein
1E−136
At5g59880
0.64


2565
2566
putative protein transport protein SEC23
1E−149
At2g21630
0.73


2567
2568
unknown protein
2E−30
At2g44310
0.74


2569
2570
putative protein
0
At4g21570
0.69


2571
2572
putative steroid binding protein
0
At2g24940
0.57


2573
2574
putative lipid transfer protein
0
At2g15050
0.49


2575
2576
hypothetical protein
0
At4g15510
0.75


2577
2578
unknown protein
3E−47
At3g25690
0.56


2579
2580
40S ribosomal protein S19 - like
0
At5g28060
0.73


2581
2582
putative auxin-regulated protein
0
At2g21210
0.56


2583
2584
unknown protein
0
At1g19350
0.71


2585
2586
unknown protein
1E−136
At1g07700
0.71


2587
2588
50S ribosomal protein L27
0E+00
At5g40950
0.7


2589
2590
unknown protein
1E−105
At2g46540
0.69


2591
2592
ATP-sulfurylase
0
At4g14680
0.72


2593
2594
hypothetical protein
1E−107
At3g18890
0.64


2595
2596
putative protein
0
At3g59780
0.62


2597
2598
cytochrome P450 monooxygenase - like protein
0
At4g37410
0.56


2599
2600
hypothetical protein
2E−86
At1g61890
0.36


2601
2602
ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, putative
0
At3g20060
0.66


2603
2604
hypothetical protein
0
At1g20810
0.74


2605
2606
hypothetical protein
0
At2g15020
0.45


2607
2608
unknown protein
0
At1g55480
0.52


2609
2610
UDP glucose: flavonoid 3-o-glucosyltransferase - like protein
0
At5g17050
0.56


2611
2612
hypothetical protein
0
At3g23670
0.69


2613
2614
putative protein
0
At4g34920
0.69


2615
2616
unknown protein
1E−100
At2g36630
0.71


2617
2618
unknown protein
6E−94
At1g56580
0.63


2619
2620
HSR201 like protein
0
At4g15390
0.75


2621
2622
heme oxygenase 1 (HO1)
0
At2g26670
0.74


2623
2624
putative beta-glucosidase
0
At4g27820
0.46


2625
2626
unknown protein
1E−122
At1g68440
0.45


2627
2628
predicted protein
0
At4g22820
0.54


2629
2630
putative kinesin heavy chain
0
At2g22610
0.72


2631
2632
putative protein
0
At4g27860
0.61


2633
2634
unknown protein
0
At2g37240
0.76


2635
2636
unknown protein
0
At1g30070
0.76


2637
2638
WD-repeat protein - like protein
0
At4g33270
0.57


2639
2640
unknown protein
0
At1g32220
0.6


2641
2642
hypothetical protein
0
At4g22920
0.73


2643
2644
putative amino acid transporter protein
0
At3g11900
0.67


2645
2646
endo-beta-1,4-glucanase, putative
0
At1g64390
0.5


2647
2648
hypothetical protein
0
At1g18060
0.6


2649
2650
hypothetical protein
1E−114
At4g39820
0.7


2651
2652
putative protein
1E−62
At5g27290
0.6


2653
2654
putative protein
1E−133
At3g48200
0.46


2655
2656
hypothetical protein
1E−173
At1g64500
0.51


2657
2658
putative ribonuclease, RNS2
0
At2g39780
0.6


2659
2660
thioredoxin f1
0
At3g02730
0.59


2661
2662
unknown protein
0
At2g20670
0.67


2663
2664
cytochrome P450-like protein
0
At5g48000
0.45


2665
2666
subtilisin proteinase - like
1E−105
At4g21650
0.31


2667
2668
photoassimilate-responsive protein PAR-1b - like protein
0E+00
At3g54040
0.76


2669
2670
putative dTDP-glucose 4-6-dehydratase
0
At2g27860
0.45


2671
2672
hypothetical protein
0
At1g51700
0.43


2673
2674
early light-induced protein
0
At3g22840
0.65


2675
2676
hypothetical protein
0
At1g32060
0.42


2677
2678
unknown protein
0
At2g34860
0.69


2679
2680
peroxidase ATP3a (emb|CAA67340.1)
4E−10
At5g64100
0.49


2681
2682
putative protein
0
At5g06770
0.67


2683
2684
hypothetical protein
0
At2g16860
0.57


2685
2686
annexin
0
At5g65020
0.61


2687
2688
thioredoxin, putative
0
At1g50320
0.63


2689
2690
putative protein
0
At5g17360
0.66


2691
2692
nucleoside diphosphate kinase 3 (ndpk3)
0
At4g11010
0.76


2693
2694
unknown protein
0
At5g62550
0.64


2695
2696
putative protein
0
At4g12000
0.62


2697
2698
cell division protease FtsH, putative
0
At1g06430
0.65


2699
2700
unknown protein
0
At1g74880
0.41


2701
2702
putative protein
0
At5g56540
0.61


2703
2704
unknown protein
0
At1g68780
0.61


2705
2706
mipC protein - like (aquaporin)
0
At5g60660
0.64


2707
2708
Oxygen-evolving enhancer protein 3 precursor - like protein
0
At4g05180
0.64


2709
2710
cytochrome P450, putative
0
At3g26180
0.74


2711
2712
putative protein
1E−126
At5g22210
0.74


2741
2742
unknown protein

At1g45200
3.91


2743
2744
unknown protein, putative protease inhibitor

At5g43580
2.58


2745
2746
putative protein

At5g03540
2.21


2747
2748
putative WD repeat protein

At3g15880
2.38


2749
2750
putative protease inhibitor Dr4

At1g73330
10.30


2751
2752
putative auxin regulated protein

At2g46690
2.86


2753
2754
translation initiation factor like protein

At5g54940
2.15


2755

pseudogene

At2g04110
2.07









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1. A method to increase yield and/or biomass, said method comprising introducing and expressing in a plant a recombinant nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid which is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:1835 operably linked to a plant-expressible promoter, wherein said yield and/or biomass are increased relative to corresponding wild type plants.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said increased yield and/or biomass comprises increased seed yield.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising overexpression of said nucleic acid.

4. A transgenic plant obtainable by the method according to claim 1.

5. A plant which is transgenic for an isolated nucleic acid sequence which is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO:1835, wherein said transgenic plant has increased yield and/or biomass relative to corresponding wild type plants.

6. A method to increase yield and/or biomass, said method comprising introducing and expressing in a plant a recombinant nucleic acid comprising a nucleic acid which is at least 95% identical to a sequence encoding SEQ ID NO:1836 operably linked to a plant-expressible promoter, wherein the yield and/or biomass are increased relative to corresponding wild type plants.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein said increased yield and/or biomass comprises increased seed yield.

8. The method according to claim 6, comprising overexpression of said nucleic acid.

9. A transgenic plant obtainable by the method according to claim 6.

10. A transgenic plant comprising a heterologous nucleic acid sequence which is at least 95% identical to a sequence encoding SEQ ID NO: 1836, wherein said transgenic plant has increased yield and/or biomass relative to corresponding wild type plants.

11. The method according to claim 1 or 6, wherein said plant expressible promoter is a constitutive GOS2 promoter or a seed-preferred prolamin promoter.

12. The transgenic plant according to claim 4, 5, 9 or 10, wherein the plant is a rice plant.