REB

• Symbol: REB
• MSU: LOC_Os03g58250
• RAPdb: Os03g0796900

• A rice functional transcriptional activator, RISBZ1, responsible for endosperm-specific expression of storage protein genes through GCN4 motif, 2001, J Biol Chem.
• Characterization of a novel rice bZIP protein which binds to the alpha-globulin promoter, 1997, Plant Mol Biol.
• Genomic survey and gene expression analysis of the basic leucine zipper transcription factor family in rice, 2008, Plant Physiol.
• Expression of the REB transcriptional activator in rice grains improves the yield of recombinant proteins whose genes are controlled by a Reb-responsive promoter, 2001, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

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• The gene encoding the rice transcription factor, REB (rice endosperm bZIP) was cloned from a bacterial artificial chromosome library of rice
• The function of the Reb gene was explored by a transient assay by using a rice immature endosperm system
• We isolated a novel bZIP protein (REB) gene encoding 425 amino acid residues from rice endosperm, which is similar to Opaque-2 heterodimerizing protein (OHP) of maize
• A Super-shift assay using anti-REB antibody suggested that REB is a major DNA-binding protein for the alpha-globulin gene promoter in rice endosperm