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Table 1 Sequence motifs of cis-acting elements found in uceA1

From: Isolation and functional characterization of a cotton ubiquitination-related promoter and 5'UTR that drives high levels of expression in root and flower tissues

Motif sequence

(letter in Figure 3)

Motif name

Motif site

(from/to)

Strand

Expression

(a) CTCC

Unnamed 4

-293/-290

+

Unknown

(b) CGTGG

Unnamed1/3

-245/-241

-

Unknown

(c) CGGTCA

MBS

-242/-237

+

MYB Binding Site; Weak homology to the consensus TAACTG/CAGTTA involved in Bz2 gene activation and R and C1 factors

(d) ATTAAT

Box 4

-229/-224

+

Part of the pal conserved DNA module array (pal-CMA1) involved in light responsiveness

(e) GTCAT

Skn-1 motif

-149/-145

+

Required for high levels of endosperm expression in cooperative interaction with others motifs (AACA, GCN4, ACGT)

(f) ATACAAAT

ATGCAAAT-motif

-127/-120

-

One base mismatch; Associated to the TGAGTCA motif (GCN4) separated by two bases in tandem

(g) CAAT

CAAT-box (4)

-92/-89

+

Core promoter; common element in promoter and enhancer regions; about 50 bp from TATA-box

(h) CCATCTTTTT

TCA-element

-72/-63

+

Involved in salicylic acid responsiveness; one TCA-element does not confer salicylic acid responsiveness, more than one might do it

(i) TTATAAAA

TATA-box (19)

-44/-37

+

Core promoter; element found from -50 to -20 of the TSS

(j) TCTCT

Y Patch

-17/-13

+

Core promoter; found between -100 to -1 of TSS

(k) Pyrimidine/Purine

YR Rule

-1/+1

+

Core promoter; Transcription Start Site (TSS)

(l) AAAAGTTAGTTA

MBSII

-1/+11

-

MYB binding site involved in flavonoid biosynthetic genes regulation

(m) CGTCA

CGTCA-motif

+107/+111

+

Involved in the MeJA-responsiveness; associated with its complementary sequence TGACG 15 bp downstream (palindrome)

(n) TGACG

TGACG-motif

+107/+111

-

cis-acting regulatory element involved in the MeJA-responsiveness

(o) CTCC

Unnamed 4

+115/+118

-

Unknown

(p) CACGTT

G-Box

+225/+230

-

cis-acting regulatory element involved in light responsiveness

light responsive element site associated to Box II and P-box to confer elicitor-mediated gene activation in a number of phenylpropanoid genes

(q) CTCC

Unnamed 4

+298/+301

+

Unknown

(r) AATTATTTTTTATT

AT1-motif

+316/+329

+

Part of light responsive module

(s) TTTCTTCTCT

5'UTR Py-rich stretch

+328/+339

+

Region in the 5'UTR conferring high transcription levels without the need for other upstream cis elements except for a TATA-box

(t) CTCC

Unnamed 4

+400/+403

-

Unknown

(u) ATTTTCTCCA

TC-rich repeats

+431/+439

+

cis-acting element involved in defense and stress responsiveness

(v) CTCC

Unnamed 4

+435/+438

+

Unknown

(w) AGAAACAA

AE-box

+462/+469

-

part of a system composed of 3 to 4 Gap-boxes and 2 AE-boxes, conferring light responsiveness

  1. Sequence motifs of the cis-acting promoter found in uceA1.7 obtained using PlantCARE software [1].