Abstract
The transcription factors CBF/DREB play an important role during low temperature, drought and high-salt stress in higher plants. A new CBF (CRT/DRE binding factor) gene was cloned from trifoliate orange [Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.] by RT-PCR with degenerate primers and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) techniques. The full-length cDNA of CBF gene from trifoliate orange (designated as Ptcbfb) was 847 bp containing a 732 bp open reading frame (ORF), encoding a 243 amino acid protein. The predicted protein (designated as PtCBFb) had over 60 % identity to CBFs from some other plant species. Bioinformatical analysis showed that PtCBFb contained N-terminal bipartite nuclear targeting sequence, potential C-terminal acid domain and high conserved AP2 domain. Some other loci such as phosphorylation sites of several protein kinases, N-myristoylation site, tyrosine sulfation site and amidation site were also conserved in PtCBFb. Predicted three-dimentional structure of PtCBFb was similar to CBF from Arabidopsis thaliana. Expression pattern analysis revealed Ptcbfb expression in every tested organ, and Ptcbfb was cold induced.
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