Table 4 Common motifs present in the 700 bp upstream promoter regions of the Arabidopsis SAMDC genes

ABRE-like binding site motif

CACGTGTA and TCCACGTG

dehydration, low temperature

AtSAMDC1 (426), AtSAMDC2 (260, 262, 451)

ACGTABREMOTIFA2OSEM

ACGTGTC

ABA responsive expression

AtSAMDC1 (426), AtSAMDC2 (260, 282, 472)

ARF binding site motif

TGTCTC

auxin responsive element

AtSAMDC4 (715, 838), AtSAMDC5 (526)

BoxII promoter motif

TTAACC

Transcriptional activator

AtSAMDC4 (177, 356), AtSAMDC5 (377)

CACGTGMOTIF

CACGTG

essential for beta phaseolin gene expression during embryogenesis

AtSAMDC1 (428), AtSAMDC2 (262, 453)

CCA1 binding site motif

AGATTGTTAGATTGTT

phytochrome regulation

AtSAMDC3 (236, 555), AtSAMDC5 (180)

GADOWNAT

ACGTGTC

GA down regulated expression during seed germination

AtSAMDC1 (426), AtSAMDC2 (260, 472)

GAREAT

TAACAAG

GA induced seed germination

AtSAMDC1 (276), AtSAMDC2 (615, 659), AtSAMDC5 (871, 893)

I box promoter motif

CTTATC

light regulated expression

AtSAMDC2 (328)

MYB1AT

TGGTTA

dehydration

AtSAMDC1 (410, 639), AtSAMDC2 (724), AtSAMDC3 (659, 710), AtSAMDC4 (355, 510, 975)

MYB4 binding site motif

ACCAAAC

drought, salt, cold, wounding

AtSAMDC1 (223), AtSAMDC2 (681), AtSAMDC3 (150, 232, 275, 723), AtSAMDC4 (428), AtSAMDC5 (487, 593)

MYB1LEPR

AACTAAC

defense related gene expression

AtSAMDC4 (428), AtSAMDC5 (593)

RAV1-B binding site motif

CACCTG

domain for DNA binding protein

AtSAMDC2 (508), AtSAMDC4 (418)

RY-repeat promoter motif

CATGCATG

CATGCATG

seed protein related

AtSAMDC3 (565)

TATA-box Motif

TATAAA

transcription

AtSAMDC1 (61, 122, 379), AtSAMDC2 (26), AtSAMDC3 (403, 479, 550), AtSAMDC4 (134, 397, 679), AtSAMDC5 (89)

T-box promoter motif

ACTTTG

transcriptional activator

AtSAMDC4 (559), AtSAMDC5 (548, 697)

W-box promoter motif

AGTCAA

wound response

AtSAMDC1 (103, 652), AtSAMDC3 (201), AtSAMDC4 (523)