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RRB1and RRB2Encode Maize Retinoblastoma-Related Proteins That Interact with a Plant D-Type Cyclin and Geminivirus Replication Protein
- Source :
- Molecular and Cellular Biology; September 1997, Vol. 17 Issue: 9 p5077-5086, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Unlike mammalian and yeast cells, little is known about how plants regulate G1progression and entry into the S phase of the cell cycle. In mammalian cells, a key regulator of this process is the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (RB). In contrast, G1control in Saccharomyces cerevisiaedoes not utilize an RB-like protein. We report here the cloning of cDNAs from two Zea maysgenes, RRB1and RRB2, that encode RB-related proteins. Further, RRB2transcripts are alternatively spliced to yield two proteins with different C termini. At least one RRBgene is expressed in all the tissues examined, with the highest levels seen in the shoot apex. RRB1 is a 96-kDa nuclear protein that can physically interact with two mammalian DNA tumor virus oncoproteins, simian virus 40 large-T antigen and adenovirus E1A, and with a plant D-type cyclin. These associations are abolished by mutation of a conserved cysteine residue in RRB1 that is also essential for RB function. RRB1 binding potential is also sensitive to deletions in the conserved A and B domains, although differences exist in these effects compared to those of human RB. RRB1 can also bind to the AL1 protein from tomato golden mosaic virus (TGMV), a protein which is essential for TGMV DNA replication. These results suggest that G1regulation in plant cells is controlled by a mechanism which is much more similar to that found in mammalian cells than that in yeast.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02707306 and 10985549
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs62668021
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.17.9.5077