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ArticleThe Plant cell2004

A conserved upstream open reading frame mediates sucrose-induced repression of translation.

Anika Wiese, Nico Elzinga, Barry Wobbes, Sjef Smeekens

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Article in The Plant cell, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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109citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 231 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Ribo-Seq Analysis-Based Elucidation of the Dynamic Translation Landscape of Yak Ovarian Tissues in Different Reproductive Stages.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anika WieseMolecular Plant Physiology, Utrecht University, 3584 CH, The Netherlands. a.wiese@bio.uu.nl
Nico Elzinga
Barry Wobbes
Sjef Smeekens
Utrecht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sugars have been shown to regulate transcription of numerous genes in plants. Sucrose controls translation of the group S basic region leucine zipper (bZIP)-type transcription factor ATB2/AtbZIP11 (Rook et al., 1998a). This control requires the unusually long 5' untranslated region (UTR) of the gene. Point mutations and deletions of the 5'UTR have uncovered the sequences involved. A highly conserved upstream open reading frame (uORF) coding for 42 amino acids is essential for the repression mechanism. It is conserved in 5'UTRs of bZIP transcription factors from other Arabidopsis thaliana genes and many other plants. ATB2/AtbZIP11 is normally expressed in association with vascular tissues. Ectopic expression of a 5'UTR construct shows that the sucrose repression system is functional in all tissues. AtbZIP2 is another Arabidopsis bZIP transcription factor gene harboring the conserved uORF, which is regulated similarly via sucrose-induced repression of translation. This suggests a general function of the conserved uORF in sucrose-controlled regulation of expression. Our findings imply the operation of a sucrose-sensing pathway that controls translation of several plant bZIP transcription factor genes harboring the conserved uORF in their 5'UTRs. Target genes of such transcription factors will then be regulated in sucrose-dependent way.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantProtein Biosynthesis5' Untranslated RegionsAmino Acid SequenceConserved SequenceGenetic MarkersMolecular Sequence DataOpen Reading FramesPlants, Genetically ModifiedRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSucroseTranscription FactorsTransformation, Genetic5' Untranslated RegionsGenetic MarkersRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSucroseTranscription Factors

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PMID15208401
PMCPMC514156
OpenAlexW2152463395

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