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Brkljacic J, Grotewold E. Combinatorial control of plant gene expression. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2016; 1860:31-40. [PMID: 27427484 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Combinatorial gene regulation provides a mechanism by which relatively small numbers of transcription factors can control the expression of a much larger number of genes with finely tuned temporal and spatial patterns. This is achieved by transcription factors assembling into complexes in a combinatorial fashion, exponentially increasing the number of genes that they can target. Such an arrangement also increases the specificity and affinity for the cis-regulatory sequences required for accurate target gene expression. Superimposed on this transcription factor combinatorial arrangement is the increasing realization that histone modification marks expand the regulatory information, which is interpreted by histone readers and writers that are part of the regulatory apparatus. Here, we review the progress in these areas from the perspective of plant combinatorial gene regulation, providing examples of different regulatory solutions and comparing them to other metazoans. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Plant Gene Regulatory Mechanisms and Networks, edited by Dr. Erich Grotewold and Dr. Nathan Springer.
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- Jelena Brkljacic
- Center for Applied Plant Sciences (CAPS),The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Center for Applied Plant Sciences (CAPS),The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA; Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Becker A, Ehlers K. Arabidopsis flower development--of protein complexes, targets, and transport. PROTOPLASMA 2016; 253:219-30. [PMID: 25845756 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0812-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Tremendous progress has been achieved over the past 25 years or more of research on the molecular mechanisms of floral organ identity, patterning, and development. While collections of floral homeotic mutants of Antirrhinum majus laid the foundation already at the beginning of the previous century, it was the genetic analysis of these mutants in A. majus and Arabidopsis thaliana that led to the development of the ABC model of floral organ identity more than 20 years ago. This intuitive model kick-started research focused on the genetic mechanisms regulating flower development, using mainly A. thaliana as a model plant. In recent years, interactions among floral homeotic proteins have been elucidated, and their direct and indirect target genes are known to a large extent. Here, we provide an overview over the advances in understanding the molecular mechanism orchestrating A. thaliana flower development. We focus on floral homeotic protein complexes, their target genes, evidence for their transport in floral primordia, and how these new results advance our view on the processes downstream of floral organ identity, such as organ boundary formation or floral organ patterning.
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- Annette Becker
- Institute of Botany, Justus-Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392, Gießen, Germany.
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- Institute of Botany, Justus-Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 38, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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Rümpler F, Gramzow L, Theißen G, Melzer R. Did Convergent Protein Evolution Enable Phytoplasmas to Generate 'Zombie Plants'? TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 20:798-806. [PMID: 26463218 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Revised: 08/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Phytoplasmas are pathogenic bacteria that reprogram plant development such that leaf-like structures instead of floral organs develop. Infected plants are sterile and mainly serve to propagate phytoplasmas and thus have been termed 'zombie plants'. The developmental reprogramming relies on specific interactions of the phytoplasma protein SAP54 with a small subset of MADS-domain transcription factors. Here, we propose that SAP54 folds into a structure that is similar to that of the K-domain, a protein-protein interaction domain of MADS-domain proteins. We suggest that undergoing convergent structural and sequence evolution, SAP54 evolved to mimic the K-domain. Given the high specificity of resulting developmental alterations, phytoplasmas might be used to study flower development in genetically intractable plants.
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- Florian Rümpler
- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany; School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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Mao WT, Hsu HF, Hsu WH, Li JY, Lee YI, Yang CH. The C-Terminal Sequence and PI motif of the Orchid (Oncidium Gower Ramsey) PISTILLATA (PI) Ortholog Determine its Ability to Bind AP3 Orthologs and Enter the Nucleus to Regulate Downstream Genes Controlling Petal and Stamen Formation. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:2079-99. [PMID: 26423960 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This study focused on the investigation of the effects of the PI motif and C-terminus of the Oncidium Gower Ramsey MADS box gene 8 (OMADS8), a PISTILLATA (PI) ortholog, on floral organ formation. 35S::OMADS8 completely rescued and 35S::OMADS8-PI (with the PI motif deleted) partially rescued petal/stamen formation, whereas these deficiencies were not rescued by 35S::OMADS8-C (C-terminal 29 amino acids deleted) in pi-1 mutants. OMADS8 could interact with Arabidopsis APETALA3 (AP3) and enter the nucleus. The nuclear entry efficiency was reduced for OMADS8-PI/AP3 and OMADS8-C/AP3. OMADS8 could also interact with OMADS5/OMADS9 (the Oncidium AP3 ortholog) and enter the nucleus with an efficiency only slightly affected by the deletion of the C-terminal sequence or PI motif. However, the stability of the OMADS8/OMADS5 and OMADS8/OMADS9 complexes was significantly reduced by deletion of the C-terminal sequence or PI motif. Further analysis indicated that the expression of genes downstream of AP3/PI (BNQ1/BNQ2/GNC/At4g30270) was compensated by 35S::OMADS8 and 35S::OMADS8-PI to a level similar to wild-type plants but was not affected by 35S::OMADS8-C in the pi-1 mutants. A similar FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) efficiency was observed for Arabidopsis AGAMOUS (AG) and the Oncidium AG ortholog OMADS4 for OMADS8, OMADS8-PI and OMADS8-C. These results indicated that the OMADS8 PI motif and C-terminus were valuable for the interaction of OMADS8 with the AP3 orthologs to form higher order heterotetrameric complexes that regulated petal/stamen formation in both Oncidium orchids and transgenic Arabidopsis. However, the C-terminal sequence and PI motif were dispensable for the interaction of OMADS8 with the AG orthologs.
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- Wan-Ting Mao
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, ROC
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, ROC
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, ROC
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, ROC
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, ROC Biology Department, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan 40453, ROC
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- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, ROC Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan 40227, ROC
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Hu Y, Liang W, Yin C, Yang X, Ping B, Li A, Jia R, Chen M, Luo Z, Cai Q, Zhao X, Zhang D, Yuan Z. Interactions of OsMADS1 with Floral Homeotic Genes in Rice Flower Development. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:1366-84. [PMID: 25917758 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 04/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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During reproductive development, rice plants develop unique flower organs which determine the final grain yield. OsMADS1, one of SEPALLATA-like MADS-box genes, has been unraveled to play critical roles in rice floral organ identity specification and floral meristem determinacy. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying interactions of OsMADS1 with other floral homeotic genes in regulating flower development remains largely elusive. In this work, we studied the genetic interactions of OsMADS1 with B-, C-, and D-class genes along with physical interactions among their proteins. We show that the physical and genetic interactions between OsMADS1 and OsMADS3 are essential for floral meristem activity maintenance and organ identity specification; while OsMADS1 physically and genetically interacts with OsMADS58 in regulating floral meristem determinacy and suppressing spikelet meristem reversion. We provided important genetic evidence to support the neofunctionalization of two rice C-class genes (OsMADS3 and OsMADS58) during flower development. Gene expression profiling and quantitative RT-PCR analyses further revealed that OsMADS1 affects the expression of many genes involved in floral identity and hormone signaling, and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-PCR assay further demonstrated that OsMADS17 is a direct target gene of OsMADS1. Taken together, these results reveal that OsMADS1 has diversified regulatory functions in specifying rice floral organ and meristem identity, probably through its genetic and physical interactions with different floral homeotic regulators.
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- Yun Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Regional Modern Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian 223300, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China; School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-University of Adelaide Joint Centre for Agriculture and Health, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 20040, China.
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Pérez-Ruiz RV, García-Ponce B, Marsch-Martínez N, Ugartechea-Chirino Y, Villajuana-Bonequi M, de Folter S, Azpeitia E, Dávila-Velderrain J, Cruz-Sánchez D, Garay-Arroyo A, Sánchez MDLP, Estévez-Palmas JM, Álvarez-Buylla ER. XAANTAL2 (AGL14) Is an Important Component of the Complex Gene Regulatory Network that Underlies Arabidopsis Shoot Apical Meristem Transitions. MOLECULAR PLANT 2015; 8:796-813. [PMID: 25636918 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2015.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Revised: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In Arabidopsis thaliana, multiple genes involved in shoot apical meristem (SAM) transitions have been characterized, but the mechanisms required for the dynamic attainment of vegetative, inflorescence, and floral meristem (VM, IM, FM) cell fates during SAM transitions are not well understood. Here we show that a MADS-box gene, XAANTAL2 (XAL2/AGL14), is necessary and sufficient to induce flowering, and its regulation is important in FM maintenance and determinacy. xal2 mutants are late flowering, particularly under short-day (SD) condition, while XAL2 overexpressing plants are early flowering, but their flowers have vegetative traits. Interestingly, inflorescences of the latter plants have higher expression levels of LFY, AP1, and TFL1 than wild-type plants. In addition we found that XAL2 is able to bind the TFL1 regulatory regions. On the other hand, the basipetal carpels of the 35S::XAL2 lines lose determinacy and maintain high levels of WUS expression under SD condition. To provide a mechanistic explanation for the complex roles of XAL2 in SAM transitions and the apparently paradoxical phenotypes of XAL2 and other MADS-box (SOC1, AGL24) overexpressors, we conducted dynamic gene regulatory network (GRN) and epigenetic landscape modeling. We uncovered a GRN module that underlies VM, IM, and FM gene configurations and transition patterns in wild-type plants as well as loss and gain of function lines characterized here and previously. Our approach thus provides a novel mechanistic framework for understanding the complex basis of SAM development.
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- Rigoberto V Pérez-Ruiz
- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico.
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Km. 9.6 Carretera Irapuato - León, AP 629, 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico
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- Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Exterior s/no, Junto al Jardín Botánico, and Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., Mexico; University of California, 431 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
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Almeida AMR, Yockteng R, Otoni WC, Specht CD. Positive selection on the K domain of the AGAMOUS protein in the Zingiberales suggests a mechanism for the evolution of androecial morphology. EvoDevo 2015; 6:7. [PMID: 25883781 PMCID: PMC4399222 DOI: 10.1186/s13227-015-0002-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The ABC model of flower development describes the molecular basis for specification of floral organ identity in model eudicots such as Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum. According to this model, expression of C-class genes is linked to stamen and gynoecium organ identity. The Zingiberales is an order of tropical monocots in which the evolution of floral morphology is characterized by a marked increase in petaloidy in the androecium. Petaloidy is a derived characteristic of the ginger families and seems to have arisen in the common ancestor of the ginger clade. We hypothesize that duplication of the C-class AGAMOUS (AG) gene followed by divergence of the duplicated AG copies during the diversification of the ginger clade lineages explains the evolution of petaloidy in the androecium. In order to address this hypothesis, we carried out phylogenetic analyses of the AG gene family across the Zingiberales and investigated patterns of gene expression within the androecium. RESULTS Phylogenetic analysis supports a scenario in which Zingiberales-specific AG genes have undergone at least one round of duplication. Gene duplication was immediately followed by divergence of the retained copies. In particular, we detect positive selection in the third alpha-helix of the K domain of Zingiberales AGAMOUS copy 1 (ZinAG-1). A single fixed amino acid change is observed in ZinAG-1 within the ginger clade when compared to the banana grade. Expression analyses of AG and APETALA1/FRUITFULL (AP1/FUL) in Musa basjoo is similar to A- and C-class gene expressions in the Arabidopsis thaliana model, while Costus spicatus exhibits simultaneous expression of AG and AP1/FUL in most floral organs. We propose that this novel expression pattern could be correlated with the evolution of androecial petaloidy within the Zingiberales. CONCLUSIONS Our results present an intricate story in which duplication of the AG lineage has lead to the retention of at least two diverged Zingiberales-specific copies, ZinAG-1 and Zingiberales AGAMOUS copy 2 (ZinAG-2). Positive selection on ZinAG-1 residues suggests a mechanism by which AG gene divergence may explain observed morphological changes in Zingiberales flowers. Expression data provides preliminary support for the proposed mechanism, although further studies are required to fully test this hypothesis.
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- Ana Maria R Almeida
- />Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- />Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Campus de Ondina, Salvador, BA 40170-290 Brazil
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- />Department of Integrative Biology and the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- />Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Évolution et Biodiversité. UMR 7205 CNRS, CP39, 16 Rue Buffon, 75231 Paris/Cedex 05, France
- />Current address: Corporación Colombiana de Investigación (CORPOICA), Km 14 Vía Mosquera Bogotá, Colombia
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- />Departamento de Biologia Vegetal/BIOAGRO, Av. Peter Henry Rolfs s/n, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900 Brazil
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- />Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- />Department of Integrative Biology and the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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Saha G, Park JI, Jung HJ, Ahmed NU, Kayum MA, Chung MY, Hur Y, Cho YG, Watanabe M, Nou IS. Genome-wide identification and characterization of MADS-box family genes related to organ development and stress resistance in Brassica rapa. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:178. [PMID: 25881193 PMCID: PMC4422603 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1349-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND MADS-box transcription factors (TFs) are important in floral organ specification as well as several other aspects of plant growth and development. Studies on stress resistance-related functions of MADS-box genes are very limited and no such functional studies in Brassica rapa have been reported. To gain insight into this gene family and to elucidate their roles in organ development and stress resistance, we performed genome-wide identification, characterization and expression analysis of MADS-box genes in B. rapa. RESULTS Whole-genome survey of B. rapa revealed 167 MADS-box genes, which were categorized into type I (Mα, Mβ and Mγ) and type II (MIKC(c) and MIKC*) based on phylogeny, protein motif structure and exon-intron organization. Expression analysis of 89 MIKC(c) and 11 MIKC* genes was then carried out. In addition to those with floral and vegetative tissue expression, we identified MADS-box genes with constitutive expression patterns at different stages of flower development. More importantly, from a low temperature-treated whole-genome microarray data set, 19 BrMADS genes were found to show variable transcript abundance in two contrasting inbred lines of B. rapa. Among these, 13 BrMADS genes were further validated and their differential expression was monitored in response to cold stress in the same two lines via qPCR expression analysis. Additionally, the set of 19 BrMADS genes was analyzed under drought and salt stress, and 8 and 6 genes were found to be induced by drought and salt, respectively. CONCLUSION The extensive annotation and transcriptome profiling reported in this study will be useful for understanding the involvement of MADS-box genes in stress resistance in addition to their growth and developmental functions, which ultimately provides the basis for functional characterization and exploitation of the candidate genes for genetic engineering of B. rapa.
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- Gopal Saha
- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-742, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-742, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-742, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-742, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-742, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Agricultural Education, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-742, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Biology, Chungnam National University, 96 Daehangno, Gung-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Crop Science, Chungbuk National University, 410 Seongbongro, Heungdokgu, Cheongju, 361-763, Republic of Korea.
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- Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Genetics, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan.
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- Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, 413 Jungangno, Suncheon, Jeonnam, 540-742, Republic of Korea.
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Wang J, Hou C, Huang J, Wang Z, Xu Y. SVP-like MADS-box protein from Carya cathayensis forms higher-order complexes. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2015; 88:9-16. [PMID: 25602439 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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To properly regulate plant flowering time and construct floral pattern, MADS-domain containing transcription factors must form multimers including homo- and hetero-dimers. They are also active in forming hetero-higher-order complexes with three to five different molecules. However, it is not well known if a MADS-box protein can also form homo-higher-order complex. In this study a biochemical approach is utilized to provide insight into the complex formation for an SVP-like MADS-box protein cloned from hickory. The results indicated that the protein is a heterogeneous higher-order complex with the peak population containing over 20 monomers. Y2H verified the protein to form homo-complex in yeast cells. Western blot of the hickory floral bud sample revealed that the protein exists in higher-order polymers in native. Deletion assays indicated that the flexible C-terminal residues are mainly responsible for the higher-order polymer formation and the heterogeneity. Current results provide direct biochemical evidences for an active MADS-box protein to be a high order complex, much higher than a quartermeric polymer. Analysis suggests that a MADS-box subset may be able to self-assemble into large complexes, and thereby differentiate one subfamily from the other in a higher-order structural manner. Present result is a valuable supplement to the action of mechanism for MADS-box proteins in plant development.
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- Jingjing Wang
- The Nurturing Station for the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China.
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- The Nurturing Station for the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China.
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- The Nurturing Station for the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China.
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- The Nurturing Station for the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China.
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- The Nurturing Station for the State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China.
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Leal Valentim F, van Mourik S, Posé D, Kim MC, Schmid M, van Ham RCHJ, Busscher M, Sanchez-Perez GF, Molenaar J, Angenent GC, Immink RGH, van Dijk ADJ. A quantitative and dynamic model of the Arabidopsis flowering time gene regulatory network. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116973. [PMID: 25719734 PMCID: PMC4342252 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Various environmental signals integrate into a network of floral regulatory genes leading to the final decision on when to flower. Although a wealth of qualitative knowledge is available on how flowering time genes regulate each other, only a few studies incorporated this knowledge into predictive models. Such models are invaluable as they enable to investigate how various types of inputs are combined to give a quantitative readout. To investigate the effect of gene expression disturbances on flowering time, we developed a dynamic model for the regulation of flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana. Model parameters were estimated based on expression time-courses for relevant genes, and a consistent set of flowering times for plants of various genetic backgrounds. Validation was performed by predicting changes in expression level in mutant backgrounds and comparing these predictions with independent expression data, and by comparison of predicted and experimental flowering times for several double mutants. Remarkably, the model predicts that a disturbance in a particular gene has not necessarily the largest impact on directly connected genes. For example, the model predicts that SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS (SOC1) mutation has a larger impact on APETALA1 (AP1), which is not directly regulated by SOC1, compared to its effect on LEAFY (LFY) which is under direct control of SOC1. This was confirmed by expression data. Another model prediction involves the importance of cooperativity in the regulation of APETALA1 (AP1) by LFY, a prediction supported by experimental evidence. Concluding, our model for flowering time gene regulation enables to address how different quantitative inputs are combined into one quantitative output, flowering time.
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- Felipe Leal Valentim
- Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biometris, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Chair group Bioinformatics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Biometris, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Biometris, Wageningen UR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Combinatorial activities of SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE and FLOWERING LOCUS C define distinct modes of flowering regulation in Arabidopsis. Genome Biol 2015; 16:31. [PMID: 25853185 PMCID: PMC4378019 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0597-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background The initiation of flowering is an important developmental transition as it marks the beginning of the reproductive phase in plants. The MADS-box transcription factors (TFs) FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) and SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) form a complex to repress the expression of genes that initiate flowering in Arabidopsis. Both TFs play a central role in the regulatory network by conferring seasonal patterns of flowering. However, their interdependence and biological relevance when acting as a complex have not been extensively studied. Results We characterized the effects of both TFs individually and as a complex on flowering initiation using transcriptome profiling and DNA-binding occupancy. We find four major clusters regulating transcriptional responses, and that DNA binding scenarios are highly affected by the presence of the cognate partner. Remarkably, we identify genes whose regulation depends exclusively on simultaneous action of both proteins, thus distinguishing between the specificity of the SVP:FLC complex and that of each TF acting individually. The downstream targets of the SVP:FLC complex include a higher proportion of genes regulating floral induction, whereas those bound by either TF independently are biased towards floral development. Many genes involved in gibberellin-related processes are bound by the SVP:FLC complex, suggesting that direct regulation of gibberellin metabolism by FLC and SVP contributes to their effects on flowering. Conclusions The regulatory codes controlled by SVP and FLC were deciphered at the genome-wide level revealing substantial flexibility based on dependent and independent DNA binding that may contribute to variation and robustness in the regulation of flowering. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13059-015-0597-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Ito Y, Nakano T. Development and regulation of pedicel abscission in tomato. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:442. [PMID: 26124769 PMCID: PMC4462994 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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To shed unfertilized flowers or ripe fruits, many plant species develop a pedicel abscission zone (AZ), a specialized tissue that develops between the organ and the main body of the plant. Regulation of pedicel abscission is an important agricultural concern because pre-harvest abscission can reduce yields of fruit or grain crops, such as apples, rice, wheat, etc. Tomato has been studied as a model system for abscission, as tomato plants develop a distinct AZ at the midpoint of the pedicel and several tomato mutants, such as jointless, have pedicels that lack an AZ. This mini-review focuses on recent advances in research on the mechanisms regulating tomato pedicel abscission. Molecular genetic studies revealed that three MADS-box transcription factors interactively play a central role in pedicel AZ development. Transcriptome analyses identified activities involved in abscission and also found novel transcription factors that may regulate AZ activities. Another study identified transcription factors mediating abscission pathways from induction signals to activation of cell wall hydrolysis. These recent findings in tomato will enable significant advances in understanding the regulation of abscission in other key agronomic species.
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- Yasuhiro Ito
- *Correspondence: Yasuhiro Ito, Food Biotechnology Division, National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan,
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Silva CS, Puranik S, Round A, Brennich M, Jourdain A, Parcy F, Hugouvieux V, Zubieta C. Evolution of the Plant Reproduction Master Regulators LFY and the MADS Transcription Factors: The Role of Protein Structure in the Evolutionary Development of the Flower. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2015; 6:1193. [PMID: 26779227 PMCID: PMC4701952 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Understanding the evolutionary leap from non-flowering (gymnosperms) to flowering (angiosperms) plants and the origin and vast diversification of the floral form has been one of the focuses of plant evolutionary developmental biology. The evolving diversity and increasing complexity of organisms is often due to relatively small changes in genes that direct development. These "developmental control genes" and the transcription factors (TFs) they encode, are at the origin of most morphological changes. TFs such as LEAFY (LFY) and the MADS-domain TFs act as central regulators in key developmental processes of plant reproduction including the floral transition in angiosperms and the specification of the male and female organs in both gymnosperms and angiosperms. In addition to advances in genome wide profiling and forward and reverse genetic screening, structural techniques are becoming important tools in unraveling TF function by providing atomic and molecular level information that was lacking in purely genetic approaches. Here, we summarize previous structural work and present additional biophysical and biochemical studies of the key master regulators of plant reproduction - LEAFY and the MADS-domain TFs SEPALLATA3 and AGAMOUS. We discuss the impact of structural biology on our understanding of the complex evolutionary process leading to the development of the bisexual flower.
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- Catarina S. Silva
- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, UMR 5168Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, University of Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
- Commissariat à l´Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le VivantGrenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueGrenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Structural Biology GroupGrenoble, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble OutstationGrenoble, France
- Unit for Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University of Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRSGrenoble, France
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, Keele UniversityKeele, UK
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Structural Biology GroupGrenoble, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, UMR 5168Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, University of Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
- Commissariat à l´Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le VivantGrenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueGrenoble, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, UMR 5168Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, University of Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
- Commissariat à l´Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le VivantGrenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueGrenoble, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, UMR 5168Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, University of Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
- Commissariat à l´Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le VivantGrenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueGrenoble, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, UMR 5168Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, University of Grenoble AlpesGrenoble, France
- Commissariat à l´Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le VivantGrenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche AgronomiqueGrenoble, France
- *Correspondence: Chloe Zubieta,
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Maejima K, Kitazawa Y, Tomomitsu T, Yusa A, Neriya Y, Himeno M, Yamaji Y, Oshima K, Namba S. Degradation of class E MADS-domain transcription factors in Arabidopsis by a phytoplasmal effector, phyllogen. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2015; 10:e1042635. [PMID: 26179462 PMCID: PMC4623417 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2015.1042635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2015] [Revised: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Members of the SEPALLATA (SEP) gene sub-family encode class E floral homeotic MADS-domain transcription factors (MADS TFs) that specify the identity of floral organs. The Arabidopsis thaliana genome contains 4 ancestrally duplicated and functionally redundant SEP genes, SEP1-4. Recently, a gene family of unique effectors, phyllogens, was identified as an inducer of leaf-like floral organs in phytoplasmas (plant pathogenic bacteria). While it was shown that phyllogens target some MADS TFs, including SEP3 for degradation, it is unknown whether the other SEPs (SEP1, SEP2, and SEP4) of Arabidopsis are also degraded by them. In this study, we found that all 4 SEP proteins of Arabidopsis are degraded by a phyllogen using a transient co-expression assay in Nicotiana benthamiana. This finding indicates that phyllogens may broadly target class E MADS TFs of plants.
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- Kensaku Maejima
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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- Faculty of Bioscience; Hosei University; Kajino-cho; Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology; Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences; The University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
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Wang L, Yin X, Cheng C, Wang H, Guo R, Xu X, Zhao J, Zheng Y, Wang X. Evolutionary and expression analysis of a MADS-box gene superfamily involved in ovule development of seeded and seedless grapevines. Mol Genet Genomics 2014; 290:825-46. [DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0961-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Melzer R, Härter A, Rümpler F, Kim S, Soltis PS, Soltis DE, Theißen G. DEF- and GLO-like proteins may have lost most of their interaction partners during angiosperm evolution. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2014; 114:1431-43. [PMID: 24902716 PMCID: PMC4204782 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcu094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS DEFICIENS (DEF)- and GLOBOSA (GLO)-like proteins constitute two sister clades of floral homeotic transcription factors that were already present in the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of extant angiosperms. Together they specify the identity of petals and stamens in flowering plants. In core eudicots, DEF- and GLO-like proteins are functional in the cell only as heterodimers with each other. There is evidence that this obligate heterodimerization contributed to the canalization of the flower structure of core eudicots during evolution. It remains unknown as to whether this strict heterodimerization is an ancient feature that can be traced back to the MRCA of extant flowering plants or if it evolved later during the evolution of the crown group angiosperms. METHODS The interactions of DEF- and GLO-like proteins of the early-diverging angiosperms Amborella trichopoda and Nuphar advena and of the magnoliid Liriodendron tulipifera were analysed by employing yeast two-hybrid analysis and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). Character-state reconstruction, including data from other species as well, was used to infer the ancestral interaction patterns of DEF- and GLO-like proteins. KEY RESULTS The yeast two-hybrid and EMSA data suggest that DEF- and GLO-like proteins from early-diverging angiosperms both homo- and heterodimerize. Character-state reconstruction suggests that the ability to form heterodimeric complexes already existed in the MRCA of extant angiosperms and that this property remained highly conserved throughout angiosperm evolution. Homodimerization of DEF- and GLO-like proteins also existed in the MRCA of all extant angiosperms. DEF-like protein homodimerization was probably lost very early in angiosperm evolution and was not present in the MRCA of eudicots and monocots. GLO-like protein homodimerization might have been lost later during evolution, but very probably was not present in the MRCA of eudicots. CONCLUSIONS The flexibility of DEF- and GLO-like protein interactions in early-diverging angiosperms may be one reason for the highly diverse flower morphologies observed in these species. The results strengthen the hypothesis that a reduction in the number of interaction partners of DEF- and GLO-like proteins, with DEF-GLO heterodimers remaining the only DNA-binding dimers in core eudicots, contributed to developmental robustness, canalization of flower development and the diversification of angiosperms.
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- Rainer Melzer
- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstraße 33, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Biology Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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Moyle RL, Koia JH, Vrebalov J, Giovannoni J, Botella JR. The pineapple AcMADS1 promoter confers high level expression in tomato and Arabidopsis flowering and fruiting tissues, but AcMADS1 does not complement the tomato LeMADS-RIN (rin) mutant. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 86:395-407. [PMID: 25139231 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0236-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 08/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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A previous EST study identified a MADS box transcription factor coding sequence, AcMADS1, that is strongly induced during non-climacteric pineapple fruit ripening. Phylogenetic analyses place the AcMADS1 protein in the same superclade as LeMADS-RIN, a master regulator of fruit ripening upstream of ethylene in climacteric tomato. LeMADS-RIN has been proposed to be a global ripening regulator shared among climacteric and non-climacteric species, although few functional homologs of LeMADS-RIN have been identified in non-climacteric species. AcMADS1 shares 67 % protein sequence similarity and a similar expression pattern in ripening fruits as LeMADS-RIN. However, in this study AcMADS1 was not able to complement the tomato rin mutant phenotype, indicating AcMADS1 may not be a functionally conserved homolog of LeMADS-RIN or has sufficiently diverged to be unable to act in the context of the tomato network of interacting proteins. The AcMADS1 promoter directed strong expression of the GUS reporter gene to fruits and developing floral organs in tomato and Arabidopsis thaliana, suggesting AcMADS1 may play a role in flower development as well as fruitlet ripening. The AcMADS1 promoter provides a useful molecular tool for directing transgene expression, particularly where up-regulation in developing flowers and fruits is desirable.
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- Richard L Moyle
- Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia,
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Nayar S, Kapoor M, Kapoor S. Post-translational regulation of rice MADS29 function: homodimerization or binary interactions with other seed-expressed MADS proteins modulate its translocation into the nucleus. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:5339-50. [PMID: 25096923 PMCID: PMC4157715 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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OsMADS29 is a seed-specific MADS-box transcription factor that affects embryo development and grain filling by maintaining hormone homeostasis and degradation of cells in the nucellus and nucellar projection. Although it has a bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) sequence, the transiently expressed OsMADS29 monomer does not localize specifically in the nucleus. Dimerization of the monomers alters the intracellular localization fate of the resulting OsMADS29 homodimer, which then translocates into the nucleus. By generating domain-specific deletions/mutations, we show that two conserved amino acids (lysine(23) and arginine(24)) in the NLS are important for nuclear localization of the OsMADS29 homodimer. Furthermore, the analyses involving interaction of OsMADS29 with 30 seed-expressed rice MADS proteins revealed 19 more MADS-box proteins, including five E-class proteins, which interacted with OsMADS29. Eleven of these complexes were observed to be localized in the nucleus. Deletion analysis revealed that the KC region (K-box and C-terminal domain) plays a pivotal role in homodimerization. These data suggest that the biological function of OsMADS29 may not only be regulated at the level of transcription and translation as reported earlier, but also at the post-translational level by way of the interaction between OsMADS29 monomers, and between OsMADS29 and other MADS-box proteins.
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- Saraswati Nayar
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi 110021, India
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- University School of Biotechnology, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Sector 16C, Dwarka, New Delhi 110078, India
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Plant Genomics and Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi 110021, India
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Jetha K, Theißen G, Melzer R. Arabidopsis SEPALLATA proteins differ in cooperative DNA-binding during the formation of floral quartet-like complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:10927-42. [PMID: 25183521 PMCID: PMC4176161 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The SEPALLATA (SEP) genes of Arabidopsis thaliana encode MADS-domain transcription factors that specify the identity of all floral organs. The four Arabidopsis SEP genes function in a largely yet not completely redundant manner. Here, we analysed interactions of the SEP proteins with DNA. All of the proteins were capable of forming tetrameric quartet-like complexes on DNA fragments carrying two sequence elements termed CArG-boxes. Distances between the CArG-boxes for strong cooperative DNA-binding were in the range of 4-6 helical turns. However, SEP1 also bound strongly to CArG-box pairs separated by smaller or larger distances, whereas SEP2 preferred large and SEP4 preferred small inter-site distances for binding. Cooperative binding of SEP3 was comparatively weak for most of the inter-site distances tested. All SEP proteins constituted floral quartet-like complexes together with the floral homeotic proteins APETALA3 (AP3) and PISTILLATA (PI) on the target genes AP3 and SEP3. Our results suggest an important part of an explanation for why the different SEP proteins have largely, but not completely redundant functions in determining floral organ identity: they may bind to largely overlapping, but not identical sets of target genes that differ in the arrangement and spacing of the CArG-boxes in their cis-regulatory regions.
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- Khushboo Jetha
- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 12, D-07743 Jena, Germany Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstraße 33, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Puranik S, Acajjaoui S, Conn S, Costa L, Conn V, Vial A, Marcellin R, Melzer R, Brown E, Hart D, Theißen G, Silva CS, Parcy F, Dumas R, Nanao M, Zubieta C. Structural basis for the oligomerization of the MADS domain transcription factor SEPALLATA3 in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:3603-15. [PMID: 25228343 PMCID: PMC4213154 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.127910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2014] [Revised: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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In plants, MADS domain transcription factors act as central regulators of diverse developmental pathways. In Arabidopsis thaliana, one of the most central members of this family is SEPALLATA3 (SEP3), which is involved in many aspects of plant reproduction, including floral meristem and floral organ development. SEP3 has been shown to form homo and heterooligomeric complexes with other MADS domain transcription factors through its intervening (I) and keratin-like (K) domains. SEP3 function depends on its ability to form specific protein-protein complexes; however, the atomic level determinants of oligomerization are poorly understood. Here, we report the 2.5-Å crystal structure of a small portion of the intervening and the complete keratin-like domain of SEP3. The domains form two amphipathic alpha helices separated by a rigid kink, which prevents intramolecular association and presents separate dimerization and tetramerization interfaces comprising predominantly hydrophobic patches. Mutations to the tetramerization interface demonstrate the importance of highly conserved hydrophobic residues for tetramer stability. Atomic force microscopy was used to show SEP3-DNA interactions and the role of oligomerization in DNA binding and conformation. Based on these data, the oligomerization patterns of the larger family of MADS domain transcription factors can be predicted and manipulated based on the primary sequence.
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- Sriharsha Puranik
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Structural Biology Group, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Structural Biology Group, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and the University of South Australia, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Structural Biology Group, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Centre for Cancer Biology, SA Pathology and the University of South Australia, Adelaide SA 5000, Australia
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Structural Biology Group, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Structural Biology Group, 38042 Grenoble, France Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier, place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University, 07737 Jena, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Structural Biology Group, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Integrated Structural Biology Grenoble, Unit of Virus Host Cell Interactions, Unité Mixte Internationale 3265 (CNRS-EMBL-UJF), UMS 3518 (CNRS-CEA-UJF-EMBL), 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Genetics, Friedrich Schiller University, 07737 Jena, Germany
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire and Végétale, UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, USC1359, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire and Végétale, UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, USC1359, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire and Végétale, UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, USC1359, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 38042 Grenoble, France Unit for Virus Host-Cell Interactions, Université Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire and Végétale, UMR 5168, 38054 Grenoble, France Université Grenoble Alpes, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, Institut de Recherches en Technologies et Sciences pour le Vivant, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, F-38054 Grenoble, France INRA, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, USC1359, F-38054 Grenoble, France
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Pajoro A, Biewers S, Dougali E, Leal Valentim F, Mendes MA, Porri A, Coupland G, Van de Peer Y, van Dijk ADJ, Colombo L, Davies B, Angenent GC. The (r)evolution of gene regulatory networks controlling Arabidopsis plant reproduction: a two-decade history. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2014; 65:4731-45. [PMID: 24913630 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Successful plant reproduction relies on the perfect orchestration of singular processes that culminate in the product of reproduction: the seed. The floral transition, floral organ development, and fertilization are well-studied processes and the genetic regulation of the various steps is being increasingly unveiled. Initially, based predominantly on genetic studies, the regulatory pathways were considered to be linear, but recent genome-wide analyses, using high-throughput technologies, have begun to reveal a different scenario. Complex gene regulatory networks underlie these processes, including transcription factors, microRNAs, movable factors, hormones, and chromatin-modifying proteins. Here we review recent progress in understanding the networks that control the major steps in plant reproduction, showing how new advances in experimental and computational technologies have been instrumental. As these recent discoveries were obtained using the model species Arabidopsis thaliana, we will restrict this review to regulatory networks in this important model species. However, more fragmentary information obtained from other species reveals that both the developmental processes and the underlying regulatory networks are largely conserved, making this review also of interest to those studying other plant species.
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- Alice Pajoro
- Plant Research International (PRI) Droevendaalseweg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalseweg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Ghent, Belgium Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
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- Plant Research International (PRI) Droevendaalseweg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di BioScienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl von Linne Weg 10, D-50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Carl von Linne Weg 10, D-50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Ghent, Belgium Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052 Ghent, Belgium Genomics Research Institute (GRI), University of Pretoria, Private bag X20, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Plant Research International (PRI) Droevendaalseweg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands Biometris, Wageningen University, Droevendaalseweg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Dipartimento di BioScienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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- Plant Research International (PRI) Droevendaalseweg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalseweg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Fernandez DE, Wang CT, Zheng Y, Adamczyk BJ, Singhal R, Hall PK, Perry SE. The MADS-Domain Factors AGAMOUS-LIKE15 and AGAMOUS-LIKE18, along with SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE and AGAMOUS-LIKE24, Are Necessary to Block Floral Gene Expression during the Vegetative Phase. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 165:1591-1603. [PMID: 24948837 PMCID: PMC4119041 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.242990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Multiple factors, including the MADS-domain proteins AGAMOUS-LIKE15 (AGL15) and AGL18, contribute to the regulation of the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth. AGL15 and AGL18 were previously shown to act redundantly as floral repressors and upstream of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). A series of genetic and molecular experiments, primarily focused on AGL15, was performed to more clearly define their role. agl15 agl18 mutations fail to suppress ft mutations but show additive interactions with short vegetative phase (svp) mutations in ft and suppressor of constans1 (soc1) backgrounds. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses with AGL15-specific antibodies indicate that AGL15 binds directly to the FT locus at sites that partially overlap those bound by SVP and FLOWERING LOCUS C. In addition, expression of AGL15 in the phloem effectively restores wild-type flowering times in agl15 agl18 mutants. When agl15 agl18 mutations are combined with agl24 svp mutations, the plants show upward curling of rosette and cauline leaves, in addition to early flowering. The change in leaf morphology is associated with elevated levels of FT and ectopic expression of SEPALLATA3 (SEP3), leading to ectopic expression of floral genes. Leaf curling is suppressed by sep3 and ft mutations and enhanced by soc1 mutations. Thus, AGL15 and AGL18, along with SVP and AGL24, are necessary to block initiation of floral programs in vegetative organs.
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- Donna E Fernandez
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (D.E.F., C.-T.W., B.J.A., R.S., P.K.H.); andDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (Y.Z., S.E.P.)
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (D.E.F., C.-T.W., B.J.A., R.S., P.K.H.); andDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (Y.Z., S.E.P.)
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (D.E.F., C.-T.W., B.J.A., R.S., P.K.H.); andDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (Y.Z., S.E.P.)
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (D.E.F., C.-T.W., B.J.A., R.S., P.K.H.); andDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (Y.Z., S.E.P.)
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (D.E.F., C.-T.W., B.J.A., R.S., P.K.H.); andDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (Y.Z., S.E.P.)
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (D.E.F., C.-T.W., B.J.A., R.S., P.K.H.); andDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (Y.Z., S.E.P.)
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (D.E.F., C.-T.W., B.J.A., R.S., P.K.H.); andDepartment of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (Y.Z., S.E.P.)
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Pacheco-Sánchez MA, Contreras-Vergara CA, Hernandez-Navarro E, Yepiz-Plascencia G, Martínez-Téllez MA, Casas-Flores S, Arvizu-Flores AA, Islas-Osuna MA. Molecular modeling and expression analysis of a MADS-box cDNA from mango (Mangifera indica L.). 3 Biotech 2014; 4:357-365. [PMID: 28324472 PMCID: PMC4145620 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-013-0162-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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MADS-box genes are a large family of transcription factors initially discovered for their role during development of flowers and fruits. The MADS-box transcription factors from animals have been studied by X-ray protein crystallography but those from plants remain to be studied. In this work, a MADS-box cDNA from mango encoding a protein of 254 residues was obtained and compared. Based on phylogenetic analysis, it is proposed that the MADS-box transcription factor expressed in mango fruit (MiMADS1) belongs to the SEP clade of MADS-box proteins. MiMADS1 mRNA steady-state levels did not changed during mango fruit development and were up-regulated, when mango fruits reached physiological maturity as assessed by qRT-PCR. Thus, MiMADS1 could have a role during development and ripening of this fruit. The theoretical structural model of MiMADS1 showed the DNA-binding domain folding bound to a double-stranded DNA. Therefore, MiMADS1 is an interesting model for understanding DNA-binding for transcriptional regulation.
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- Magda A Pacheco-Sánchez
- Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Carretera a la Victoria Km 0.6, Apartado Postal 1735, 83304, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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- Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Carretera a la Victoria Km 0.6, Apartado Postal 1735, 83304, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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- Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Carretera a la Victoria Km 0.6, Apartado Postal 1735, 83304, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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- Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Carretera a la Victoria Km 0.6, Apartado Postal 1735, 83304, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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- Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Carretera a la Victoria Km 0.6, Apartado Postal 1735, 83304, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, IPICYT, Camino a la Presa San José No. 2055, Lomas 4a sección, 78216, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Blvd. Luis Encinas y Blvd. Rosales S/N, 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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- Plant Molecular Biology Lab, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C., Carretera a la Victoria Km 0.6, Apartado Postal 1735, 83304, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
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de Oliveira RR, Cesarino I, Mazzafera P, Dornelas MC. Flower development in Coffea arabica L.: new insights into MADS-box genes. PLANT REPRODUCTION 2014; 27:79-94. [PMID: 24715004 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-014-0242-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Coffea arabica L. shows peculiar characteristics during reproductive development, such as flowering asynchrony, periods of floral bud dormancy, mucilage secretion and epipetalous stamens. The MADS-box transcription factors are known to control several developmental processes in plants, including flower and fruit development. Significant differences are found among plant species regarding reproductive development and little is known about the role of MADS-box genes in Coffea reproductive development. Thus, we used anatomical and comparative molecular analyses to explore the flowering process in coffee. The main morphological changes during flower development in coffee were observed by optical and scanning electron microscopy. Flowering asynchrony seems to be related to two independent processes: the asynchronous development of distinct buds before the reproductive induction and the asynchronous development of floral meristems within each bud after the reproductive induction. A total of 23 C. arabica MADS-box genes were characterized by sequence comparison with putative Arabidopsis orthologs and their expression profiles were analyzed by RT-PCR in different tissues. The expression of the ABC model orthologs in Coffea during floral development was determined by in situ hybridization. The APETALA1 (AP1) ortholog is expressed only late in the perianth, which is also observed for the APETALA3 and TM6 orthologs. Conversely, the PISTILLATA ortholog is widely expressed in early stages, but restrict to stamens and carpels in later stages of flower development, while the expression of the AGAMOUS ortholog is always restricted to fertile organs. The AP1 and PISTILLATA orthologs are also expressed at specific floral organs, such as bracts and colleters, respectively, suggesting a potential role in the development of such structures. Altogether, the results from our comprehensive expression analyses showed significant differences between the spatiotemporal expression profiles of C. arabica MADS-box genes and their orthologs, which suggests differential functionalization in coffee. Moreover, these differences might also partially explain the particular characteristics of floral development in coffee, such as mucilage secretion and formation of epipetalous stamens.
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- Raphael Ricon de Oliveira
- Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Cidade Universitária "Zeferino Vaz", Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil,
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Pan ZJ, Chen YY, Du JS, Chen YY, Chung MC, Tsai WC, Wang CN, Chen HH. Flower development of Phalaenopsis orchid involves functionally divergent SEPALLATA-like genes. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 202:1024-1042. [PMID: 24571782 PMCID: PMC4288972 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The Phalaenopsis orchid produces complex flowers that are commercially valuable, which has promoted the study of its flower development. E-class MADS-box genes, SEPALLATA (SEP), combined with B-, C- and D-class MADS-box genes, are involved in various aspects of plant development, such as floral meristem determination, organ identity, fruit maturation, seed formation and plant architecture. Four SEP-like genes were cloned from Phalaenopsis orchid, and the duplicated PeSEPs were grouped into PeSEP1/3 and PeSEP2/4. All PeSEPs were expressed in all floral organs. PeSEP2 expression was detectable in vegetative tissues. The study of protein-protein interactions suggested that PeSEPs may form higher order complexes with the B-, C-, D-class and AGAMOUS LIKE6-related MADS-box proteins to determine floral organ identity. The tepal became a leaf-like organ when PeSEP3 was silenced by virus-induced silencing, with alterations in epidermis identity and contents of anthocyanin and chlorophyll. Silencing of PeSEP2 had minor effects on the floral phenotype. Silencing of the E-class genes PeSEP2 and PeSEP3 resulted in the downregulation of B-class PeMADS2-6 genes, which indicates an association of PeSEP functions and B-class gene expression. These findings reveal the important roles of PeSEP in Phalaenopsis floral organ formation throughout the developmental process by the formation of various multiple protein complexes.
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- Zhao-Jun Pan
- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia SinicaTaipei, 115, Taiwan
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- Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, 701, Taiwan
- Orchid Research Center, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, 701, Taiwan
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan UniversityTaipei, 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, 701, Taiwan
- Orchid Research Center, National Cheng Kung UniversityTainan, 701, Taiwan
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Maejima K, Iwai R, Himeno M, Komatsu K, Kitazawa Y, Fujita N, Ishikawa K, Fukuoka M, Minato N, Yamaji Y, Oshima K, Namba S. Recognition of floral homeotic MADS domain transcription factors by a phytoplasmal effector, phyllogen, induces phyllody. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 78:541-54. [PMID: 24597566 PMCID: PMC4282529 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant pathogens alter the course of plant developmental processes, resulting in abnormal morphology in infected host plants. Phytoplasmas are unique plant-pathogenic bacteria that transform plant floral organs into leaf-like structures and cause the emergence of secondary flowers. These distinctive symptoms have attracted considerable interest for many years. Here, we revealed the molecular mechanisms of the floral symptoms by focusing on a phytoplasma-secreted protein, PHYL1, which induces morphological changes in flowers that are similar to those seen in phytoplasma-infected plants. PHYL1 is a homolog of the phytoplasmal effector SAP54 that also alters floral development. Using yeast two-hybrid and in planta transient co-expression assays, we found that PHYL1 interacts with and degrades the floral homeotic MADS domain proteins SEPALLATA3 (SEP3), APETALA1 (AP1) and CAULIFLOWER (CAL). This degradation of MADS domain proteins was dependent on the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. The expression of floral development genes downstream of SEP3 and AP1 was disrupted in 35S::PHYL1 transgenic plants. PHYL1 was genetically and functionally conserved among other phytoplasma strains and species. We designate PHYL1, SAP54 and their homologs as members of the phyllody-inducing gene family of 'phyllogens'.
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- Kensaku Maejima
- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1–1–1 Yayoi, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8657, Japan
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MacLean AM, Orlovskis Z, Kowitwanich K, Zdziarska AM, Angenent GC, Immink RGH, Hogenhout SA. Phytoplasma effector SAP54 hijacks plant reproduction by degrading MADS-box proteins and promotes insect colonization in a RAD23-dependent manner. PLoS Biol 2014; 12:e1001835. [PMID: 24714165 PMCID: PMC3979655 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Pathogens that rely upon multiple hosts to complete their life cycles often modify behavior and development of these hosts to coerce them into improving pathogen fitness. However, few studies describe mechanisms underlying host coercion. In this study, we elucidate the mechanism by which an insect-transmitted pathogen of plants alters floral development to convert flowers into vegetative tissues. We find that phytoplasma produce a novel effector protein (SAP54) that interacts with members of the MADS-domain transcription factor (MTF) family, including key regulators SEPALLATA3 and APETALA1, that occupy central positions in the regulation of floral development. SAP54 mediates degradation of MTFs by interacting with proteins of the RADIATION SENSITIVE23 (RAD23) family, eukaryotic proteins that shuttle substrates to the proteasome. Arabidopsis rad23 mutants do not show conversion of flowers into leaf-like tissues in the presence of SAP54 and during phytoplasma infection, emphasizing the importance of RAD23 to the activity of SAP54. Remarkably, plants with SAP54-induced leaf-like flowers are more attractive for colonization by phytoplasma leafhopper vectors and this colonization preference is dependent on RAD23. An effector that targets and suppresses flowering while simultaneously promoting insect herbivore colonization is unprecedented. Moreover, RAD23 proteins have, to our knowledge, no known roles in flower development, nor plant defence mechanisms against insects. Thus SAP54 generates a short circuit between two key pathways of the host to alter development, resulting in sterile plants, and promotes attractiveness of these plants to leafhopper vectors helping the obligate phytoplasmas reproduce and propagate (zombie plants).
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- Allyson M. MacLean
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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- Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Bioscience, Plant Research International, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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Zhang JS, Li Z, Zhao J, Zhang S, Quan H, Zhao M, He C. Deciphering the Physalis floridana double-layered-lantern1 mutant provides insights into functional divergence of the GLOBOSA duplicates within the Solanaceae. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 164:748-64. [PMID: 24390390 PMCID: PMC3912103 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.233072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Physalis spp. develop the "Chinese lantern" trait, also known as inflated calyx syndrome, that is a morphological novelty. Here, we identified the double-layered-lantern1 (doll1) mutant, a recessive and monofactorial mutation, in Physalis floridana; its corolla and androecium were transformed into the calyx and gynoecium, respectively. Two GLOBOSA-like MADS-box paralogous genes PFGLO1 and PFGLO2 were found in Physalis floridana, while the mutated phenotype was cosegregated with a large deletion harboring PFGLO1 and was complemented by the PFGLO1 genomic locus in transgenic plants, and severe PFGLO1 knockdowns phenocopied doll1. Thus, DOLL1 encodes the PFGLO1 protein and plays a primary role in determining corolla and androecium identity. However, specific PFGLO2 silencing showed no homeotic variation but rather affected pollen maturation. The two genes featured identical floral expression domains, but the encoding proteins shared 67% identity in sequences. PFGLO1 was localized in the nucleus when expressed in combination with a DEFICIENS homolog from Physalis floridana, whereas PFGLO2 was imported to the nucleus on its own. The two proteins were further found to have evolved different interacting partners and regulatory patterns, supporting the hypothesis that PFGLO2 is functionally separated from organ identity. Such a divergent pattern of duplicated GLO genes is unusual within the Solanaceae. Moreover, the phenotypes of the PFGLO1PFGLO2 double silencing mutants suggested that PFGLO2, through genetically interacting with PFGLO1, also exerts a role in the control of organ number and tip development of the second floral whorl. Our results, therefore, shed new light on the functional evolution of the duplicated GLO genes.
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Espinosa-Soto C, Immink RGH, Angenent GC, Alvarez-Buylla ER, de Folter S. Tetramer formation in Arabidopsis MADS domain proteins: analysis of a protein-protein interaction network. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2014; 8:9. [PMID: 24468197 PMCID: PMC3913338 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-8-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND MADS domain proteins are transcription factors that coordinate several important developmental processes in plants. These proteins interact with other MADS domain proteins to form dimers, and it has been proposed that they are able to associate as tetrameric complexes that regulate transcription of target genes. Whether the formation of functional tetramers is a widespread property of plant MADS domain proteins, or it is specific to few of these transcriptional regulators remains unclear. RESULTS We analyzed the structure of the network of physical interactions among MADS domain proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. We determined the abundance of subgraphs that represent the connection pattern expected for a MADS domain protein heterotetramer. These subgraphs were significantly more abundant in the MADS domain protein interaction network than in randomized analogous networks. Importantly, these subgraphs are not significantly frequent in a protein interaction network of TCP plant transcription factors, when compared to expectation by chance. In addition, we found that MADS domain proteins in tetramer-like subgraphs are more likely to be expressed jointly than proteins in other subgraphs. This effect is mainly due to proteins in the monophyletic MIKC clade, as there is no association between tetramer-like subgraphs and co-expression for proteins outside this clade. CONCLUSIONS Our results support that the tendency to form functional tetramers is widespread in the MADS domain protein-protein interaction network. Our observations also suggest that this trend is prevalent, or perhaps exclusive, for proteins in the MIKC clade. Because it is possible to retrodict several experimental results from our analyses, our work can be an important aid to make new predictions and facilitates experimental research on plant MADS domain proteins.
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- Carlos Espinosa-Soto
- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera León, C.P. 36821 Irapuato, Mexico
- Current address: Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Manuel Nava 6, Zona Universitaria, C.P. 78290 San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Plant Research International, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Ecología Funcional. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ap. Postal 70-275, 3er Circ. Ext. Jto. Jard. Bot., CU, C.P. 04510 Mexico, D.F., Mexico
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera León, C.P. 36821 Irapuato, Mexico
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Tsai WC, Pan ZJ, Su YY, Liu ZJ. New insight into the regulation of floral morphogenesis. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 311:157-82. [PMID: 24952917 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800179-0.00003-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The beauty and complexity of flowers have held the fascination of scientists for centuries, from Linnaeus, to Goethe, to Darwin, through to the present. During the past decade, enormous progress has been made in understanding the molecular regulation of flower morphogenesis. It seems likely that there are both highly conserved aspects to flower development in addition to significant differences in developmental patterning that can contribute to the unique morphologies of different species. Furthermore, floral development is attractive in that several key genes regulating fundamental processes have been identified. Crucial functional studies of floral organ identity genes in diverse taxa are allowing the real insight into the conservation of gene function, while findings on the genetic control of organ elaboration open up new avenues for investigation. These fundamentals of floral organ differentiation and growth are therefore an ideal subject for comparative analyses of flower development, which will lead to a better understanding of molecular mechanisms that control flower morphogenesis.
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- Wen-Chieh Tsai
- Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Orchid Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China; The Center for Biotechnology and BioMedicine, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation & Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China; The Center for Biotechnology and BioMedicine, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China; College of Forestry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
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Hsu WH, Yeh TJ, Huang KY, Li JY, Chen HY, Yang CH. AGAMOUS-LIKE13, a putative ancestor for the E functional genes, specifies male and female gametophyte morphogenesis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 77:1-15. [PMID: 24164574 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 10/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Arabidopsis AGL13 is a member of the AGL6 clade of the MADS box gene family. GUS activity was specifically detected from the initiation to maturation of both pollen and ovules in AGL13:GUS Arabidopsis. The sterility of the flower with defective pollen and ovules was found in AGL13 RNAi knockdown and AGL13 + SRDX dominant-negative mutants. These results indicate that AGL13 acts as an activator in regulation of early initiation and further development of pollen and ovules. The production of similar floral organ defects in the severe AGL13 + SRDX and SEP2 + SRDX plants and the similar enhancement of AG nuclear localization efficiency by AGL13 and SEP3 proteins suggest a similar function for AGL13 and E functional SEP proteins. Additional fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analysis indicated that, similar to SEP proteins, AGL13 is able to interact with AG to form quartet-like complexes (AGL13-AG)2 and interact with AG-AP3-PI to form a higher-order heterotetrameric complex (AGL13-AG-AP3-PI). Through these complexes, AGL13 and AG could regulate the expression of similar downstream genes involved in pollen morphogenesis, anther cell layer formation and the ovule development. AGL13 also regulates AG/AP3/PI expression by positive regulatory feedback loops and suppresses its own expression through negative regulatory feedback loops by activating AGL6, which acts as a repressor of AGL13. Our data suggest that AGL13 is likely a putative ancestor for the E functional genes which specifies male and female gametophyte morphogenesis in plants during evolution.
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- Wei-Han Hsu
- Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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Zhang L, Wang L, Yang Y, Cui J, Chang F, Wang Y, Ma H. Analysis of Arabidopsis floral transcriptome: detection of new florally expressed genes and expansion of Brassicaceae-specific gene families. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:802. [PMID: 25653662 PMCID: PMC4299442 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The flower is essential for sexual reproduction of flowering plants and has been extensively studied. However, it is still not clear how many genes are expressed in the flower. Here, we performed RNA-seq analysis as a highly sensitive approach to investigate the Arabidopsis floral transcriptome at three developmental stages. We provide evidence that at least 23, 961 genes are active in the Arabidopsis flower, including 8512 genes that have not been reported as florally expressed previously. We compared gene expression at different stages and found that many genes encoding transcription factors are preferentially expressed in early flower development. Other genes with expression at distinct developmental stages included DUF577 in meiotic cells and DUF220, DUF1216, and Oleosin in stage 12 flowers. DUF1216 and DUF577 are Brassicaceae specific, and together with other families experienced expansion within the Brassicaceae lineage, suggesting novel/greater roles in Brassicaceae floral development than other plants. The large dataset from this study can serve as a resource for expression analysis of genes involved in flower development in Arabidopsis and for comparison with other species. Together, this work provides clues regarding molecular networks underlying flower development.
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- Liangsheng Zhang
- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji UniversityShanghai, China
- Advanced Institute of Translational Medicine, Tongji UniversityShanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering and Institute of Biodiversity Sciences, Institute of Plants Biology, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji UniversityShanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering and Institute of Biodiversity Sciences, Institute of Plants Biology, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering and Institute of Biodiversity Sciences, Institute of Plants Biology, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering and Institute of Biodiversity Sciences, Institute of Plants Biology, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Yingxiang Wang and Hong Ma, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China e-mail: ;
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering and Institute of Biodiversity Sciences, Institute of Plants Biology, Center for Evolutionary Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
- Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan UniversityShanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Yingxiang Wang and Hong Ma, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200433, China e-mail: ;
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Fujisawa M, Shima Y, Nakagawa H, Kitagawa M, Kimbara J, Nakano T, Kasumi T, Ito Y. Transcriptional regulation of fruit ripening by tomato FRUITFULL homologs and associated MADS box proteins. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:89-101. [PMID: 24415769 PMCID: PMC3963596 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.119453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Revised: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) MADS box FRUITFULL homologs FUL1 and FUL2 act as key ripening regulators and interact with the master regulator MADS box protein RIPENING INHIBITOR (RIN). Here, we report the large-scale identification of direct targets of FUL1 and FUL2 by transcriptome analysis of FUL1/FUL2 suppressed fruits and chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with microarray analysis (ChIP-chip) targeting tomato gene promoters. The ChIP-chip and transcriptome analysis identified FUL1/FUL2 target genes that contain at least one genomic region bound by FUL1 or FUL2 (regions that occur mainly in their promoters) and exhibit FUL1/FUL2-dependent expression during ripening. These analyses identified 860 direct FUL1 targets and 878 direct FUL2 targets; this set of genes includes both direct targets of RIN and nontargets of RIN. Functional classification of the FUL1/FUL2 targets revealed that these FUL homologs function in many biological processes via the regulation of ripening-related gene expression, both in cooperation with and independent of RIN. Our in vitro assay showed that the FUL homologs, RIN, and tomato AGAMOUS-LIKE1 form DNA binding complexes, suggesting that tetramer complexes of these MADS box proteins are mainly responsible for the regulation of ripening.
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- Masaki Fujisawa
- National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan
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- National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan
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- National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan
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- Research Institute, Kagome Co., Nasushiobara, Tochigi 329-2762, Japan
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- Research Institute, Kagome Co., Nasushiobara, Tochigi 329-2762, Japan
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- National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Lifescience, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan
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- National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan
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A complete understanding of the genetic control of flower development requires a comparative approach, involving species from across the angiosperm lineage. Using the accessible model plant Arabidopsis thaliana many of the genetic pathways that control development of the reproductive growth phase have been delineated. Research in other species has added to this knowledge base, revealing that, despite the myriad of floral forms found in nature, the genetic blueprint of flower development is largely conserved. However, these same studies have also highlighted differences in the way flowering is controlled in evolutionarily diverse species. Here, we review flower development in the eudicot asterid lineage, a group of plants that diverged from the rosid family, which includes Arabidopsis, 120 million years ago. Work on model species such as Antirrhinum majus, Petunia hybrida, and Gerbera hybrida has prompted a reexamination of textbook models of flower development; revealed novel mechanisms controlling floral gene expression; provided a means to trace evolution of key regulatory genes; and stimulated discussion about genetic redundancy and the fate of duplicated genes.
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- Barry Causier
- Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Prunet N, Jack TP. Flower development in Arabidopsis: there is more to it than learning your ABCs. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1110:3-33. [PMID: 24395250 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9408-9_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The field of Arabidopsis flower development began in the early 1980s with the initial description of several mutants including apetala1, apetala2, and agamous that altered floral organ identity (Koornneef and van der Veen, Theor Appl Genet 58:257-263, 1980; Koornneef et al., J Hered 74:265-272, 1983). By the end of the 1980s, these mutants were receiving more focused attention to determine precisely how they affected flower development (Komaki et al., Development 104:195-203, 1988; Bowman et al., Plant Cell 1:37-52, 1989). In the last quarter century, impressive progress has been made in characterizing the gene products and molecular mechanisms that control the key events in flower development. In this review, we briefly summarize the highlights of work from the past 25 years but focus on advances in the field in the last several years.
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- Nathanaël Prunet
- Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
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Liu D, Wang D, Qin Z, Zhang D, Yin L, Wu L, Colasanti J, Li A, Mao L. The SEPALLATA MADS-box protein SLMBP21 forms protein complexes with JOINTLESS and MACROCALYX as a transcription activator for development of the tomato flower abscission zone. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 77:284-96. [PMID: 24274099 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Revised: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Organ abscission is a key step in a plant's life cycle and is one of the most important agronomic traits for crops. In tomato, two MADS-box genes, JOINTLESS (J) and MACROCAYLYX (MC), have been shown to be implicated in development of the flower abscission zone (AZ), but the molecular mechanisms underlying this process are not well known. We report here that the SEPALLATA (SEP) MADS-box gene SLMBP21 acts as an additional factor for development of the AZ in tomato. We show that knockdown of SLMBP21 abolishes development of the flower AZ, while overexpression of SLMBP21 produces small cells at the proximal section of the pedicel and the peduncle. Bimolecular fluorescence complementation analysis confirms that SLMBP21 interacts with J and MC, and co-immunoprecipitation assays further demonstrates that these three proteins may form higher-order protein complexes. In situ hybridization shows that SLMBP21, J, and MC transcripts accumulate in distinct regions, but overlap at the AZ vasculature. In addition, transactivation assays in yeast show that, of the three interacting proteins, only SLMBP21 can activate reporter gene transcription. RNA-seq analysis furthermore reveals that loss of function of SLMBP21, J, or MC affects a common subset of meristem activity genes including LeWUS and LATERAL SUPPRESSOR that were specifically expressed in the AZ on the tomato flower pedicel. Since SLMBP21 belongs to the FBP9/23 subclade of the SEP gene family, which is absent in Arabidopsis, the SLMBP21-J-MC complex may represent a distinct mechanism for development of the AZ in plants.
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- Danmei Liu
- Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Beijing, 100081, China
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Ó'Maoiléidigh DS, Graciet E, Wellmer F. Gene networks controlling Arabidopsis thaliana flower development. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 201:16-30. [PMID: 23952532 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The formation of flowers is one of the main models for studying the regulatory mechanisms that underlie plant development and evolution. Over the past three decades, extensive genetic and molecular analyses have led to the identification of a large number of key floral regulators and to detailed insights into how they control flower morphogenesis. In recent years, genome-wide approaches have been applied to obtaining a global view of the gene regulatory networks underlying flower formation. Furthermore, mathematical models have been developed that can simulate certain aspects of this process and drive further experimentation. Here, we review some of the main findings made in the field of Arabidopsis thaliana flower development, with an emphasis on recent advances. In particular, we discuss the activities of the floral organ identity factors, which are pivotal for the specification of the different types of floral organs, and explore the experimental avenues that may elucidate the molecular mechanisms and gene expression programs through which these master regulators of flower development act.
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- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Reyes-Olalde JI, Zuñiga-Mayo VM, Chávez Montes RA, Marsch-Martínez N, de Folter S. Inside the gynoecium: at the carpel margin. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 18:644-55. [PMID: 24008116 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/07/2013] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The gynoecium, which is produced at the center of most flowers, is the female reproductive organ and consists of one or more carpels. The Arabidopsis gynoecium consists of two fused carpels. Its inner tissues possess meristematic characteristics and are called the carpel margin meristem (CMM), because they are located at the margins of the carpels and generate the 'marginal' tissues of the gynoecium (placenta, ovules, septum, transmitting tract, style, and stigma). A key question is which factors are guiding the correct development of all these tissues, many of which are essential for reproduction. Besides regulatory genes, hormones play an important part in the development of the marginal tissues, and recent reports have highlighted the role of cytokinins, as discussed in this review.
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- J Irepan Reyes-Olalde
- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, CP 36821 Irapuato, Gto., México
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Mellway RD, Lund ST. Interaction analysis of grapevine MIKC(c)-type MADS transcription factors and heterologous expression of putative véraison regulators in tomato. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 170:1424-33. [PMID: 23787144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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MIKC(c)-type MADS-domain transcription factors include important regulators of floral development that interact in protein complexes to control the development of floral organs, as described by the ABC model. Members of the SEPALLATA (SEP) and AGAMOUS (AG) MADS clades include proteins involved in stamen and carpel specification and certain members of these families, such as tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) SlRIN and SlTAGL1, have been shown to regulate fruit development and ripening initiation. A number of expression studies have shown that several floral homeotic MADS genes are expressed during grapevine (Vitis vinifera) berry development, including potential homologues of these characterized ripening regulators. To gain insight into the regulation of berry development and ripening in grapevine, we studied the interactions and functions of grapevine floral homeotic MADS genes. Using the yeast 2- and 3-hybrid systems, we determined that the complexes formed during fruit development and ripening may involve several classes of floral homeotic MADS proteins. We found that a heterologously expressed grapevine SEP gene, VviSEP4, is capable of partially complementing the non-ripening phenotype of the tomato rin mutant, indicating that a role for this gene in ripening regulation may be conserved in fleshy fruit ripening. We also found that ectopic expression of a grapevine AG clade gene, VviAG1, in tomato results in the development of fleshy sepals with the chemical characteristics of tomato fruit pericarp. Additionally, we performed 2-hybrid screens on a library prepared from Pinot noir véraison-stage berry and identified proteins that may interact with the MADS factors that are expressed during berry development and that may represent regulatory functions in grape berry development.
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- Robin D Mellway
- Wine Research Centre, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, 230-2205 East Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Garay-Arroyo A, Ortiz-Moreno E, de la Paz Sánchez M, Murphy AS, García-Ponce B, Marsch-Martínez N, de Folter S, Corvera-Poiré A, Jaimes-Miranda F, Pacheco-Escobedo MA, Dubrovsky JG, Pelaz S, Álvarez-Buylla ER. The MADS transcription factor XAL2/AGL14 modulates auxin transport during Arabidopsis root development by regulating PIN expression. EMBO J 2013; 32:2884-95. [PMID: 24121311 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Elucidating molecular links between cell-fate regulatory networks and dynamic patterning modules is a key for understanding development. Auxin is important for plant patterning, particularly in roots, where it establishes positional information for cell-fate decisions. PIN genes encode plasma membrane proteins that serve as auxin efflux transporters; mutations in members of this gene family exhibit smaller roots with altered root meristems and stem-cell patterning. Direct regulators of PIN transcription have remained elusive. Here, we establish that a MADS-box gene (XAANTAL2, XAL2/AGL14) controls auxin transport via PIN transcriptional regulation during Arabidopsis root development; mutations in this gene exhibit altered stem-cell patterning, root meristem size, and root growth. XAL2 is necessary for normal shootward and rootward auxin transport, as well as for maintaining normal auxin distribution within the root. Furthermore, this MADS-domain transcription factor upregulates PIN1 and PIN4 by direct binding to regulatory regions and it is required for PIN4-dependent auxin response. In turn, XAL2 expression is regulated by auxin levels thus establishing a positive feedback loop between auxin levels and PIN regulation that is likely to be important for robust root patterning.
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- Adriana Garay-Arroyo
- Depto. de Ecología Funcional. Laboratorio de Genética Molecular, Desarrollo y Evolución de Plantas, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er Circuito Ext. Junto a J. Botánico, Ciudad Universitaria, UNAM, México DF, México
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Pabón-Mora N, Hidalgo O, Gleissberg S, Litt A. Assessing duplication and loss of APETALA1/FRUITFULL homologs in Ranunculales. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:358. [PMID: 24062757 PMCID: PMC3775002 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Gene duplication and loss provide raw material for evolutionary change within organismal lineages as functional diversification of gene copies provide a mechanism for phenotypic variation. Here we focus on the APETALA1/FRUITFULL MADS-box gene lineage evolution. AP1/FUL genes are angiosperm-specific and have undergone several duplications. By far the most significant one is the core-eudicot duplication resulting in the euAP1 and euFUL clades. Functional characterization of several euAP1 and euFUL genes has shown that both function in proper floral meristem identity, and axillary meristem repression. Independently, euAP1 genes function in floral meristem and sepal identity, whereas euFUL genes control phase transition, cauline leaf growth, compound leaf morphogenesis and fruit development. Significant functional variation has been detected in the function of pre-duplication basal-eudicot FUL-like genes, but the underlying mechanisms for change have not been identified. FUL-like genes in the Papaveraceae encode all functions reported for euAP1 and euFUL genes, whereas FUL-like genes in Aquilegia (Ranunculaceae) function in inflorescence development and leaf complexity, but not in flower or fruit development. Here we isolated FUL-like genes across the Ranunculales and used phylogenetic approaches to analyze their evolutionary history. We identified an early duplication resulting in the RanFL1 and RanFL2 clades. RanFL1 genes were present in all the families sampled and are mostly under strong negative selection in the MADS, I and K domains. RanFL2 genes were only identified from Eupteleaceae, Papaveraceae s.l., Menispermaceae and Ranunculaceae and show relaxed purifying selection at the I and K domains. We discuss how asymmetric sequence diversification, new motifs, differences in codon substitutions and likely protein-protein interactions resulting from this Ranunculiid-specific duplication can help explain the functional differences among basal-eudicot FUL-like genes.
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- Natalia Pabón-Mora
- Grupo de Biotecnología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad de AntioquiaMedellín, Colombia
- The New York Botanical GardenBronx, NY, USA
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- Laboratori de Botànica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
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- The New York Botanical GardenBronx, NY, USA
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Acajjaoui S, Zubieta C. Crystallization studies of the keratin-like domain from Arabidopsis thaliana SEPALLATA 3. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:997-1000. [PMID: 23989147 PMCID: PMC3758147 DOI: 10.1107/s174430911302006x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In higher plants, the MADS-box genes encode a large family of transcription factors (TFs) involved in key developmental processes, most notably plant reproduction, flowering and floral organ development. SEPALLATA 3 (SEP3) is a member of the MADS TF family and plays a role in the development of the floral organs through the formation of multiprotein complexes with other MADS-family TFs. SEP3 is divided into four domains: the M (MADS) domain, involved in DNA binding and dimerization, the I (intervening) domain, a short domain involved in dimerization, the K (keratin-like) domain important for multimeric MADS complex formation and the C (C-terminal) domain, a largely unstructured region putatively important for higher-order complex formation. The entire K domain along with a portion of the I and C domains of SEP3 was crystallized using high-throughput robotic screening followed by optimization. The crystals belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 123.44, b = 143.07, c = 49.83 Å, and a complete data set was collected to 2.53 Å resolution.
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- Samira Acajjaoui
- Structural Biology, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Structural Biology, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38000 Grenoble, France
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Yockteng R, Almeida AMR, Morioka K, Alvarez-Buylla ER, Specht CD. Molecular evolution and patterns of duplication in the SEP/AGL6-like lineage of the Zingiberales: a proposed mechanism for floral diversification. Mol Biol Evol 2013; 30:2401-22. [PMID: 23938867 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The diversity of floral forms in the plant order Zingiberales has evolved through alterations in floral organ morphology. One striking alteration is the shift from fertile, filamentous stamens to sterile, laminar (petaloid) organs in the stamen whorls, attributed to specific pollination syndromes. Here, we examine the role of the SEPALLATA (SEP) genes, known to be important in regulatory networks underlying floral development and organ identity, in the evolution of development of the diverse floral organs phenotypes in the Zingiberales. Phylogenetic analyses show that the SEP-like genes have undergone several duplication events giving rise to multiple copies. Selection tests on the SEP-like genes indicate that the two copies of SEP3 have mostly evolved under balancing selection, probably due to strong functional restrictions as a result of their critical role in floral organ specification. In contrast, the two LOFSEP copies have undergone differential positive selection, indicating neofunctionalization. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, gene expression from RNA-seq data, and in situ hybridization analyses show that the recovered genes have differential expression patterns across the various whorls and organ types found in the Zingiberales. Our data also suggest that AGL6, sister to the SEP-like genes, may play an important role in stamen morphology in the Zingiberales. Thus, the SEP-like genes are likely to be involved in some of the unique morphogenetic patterns of floral organ development found among this diverse order of tropical monocots. This work contributes to a growing body of knowledge focused on understanding the role of gene duplications and the evolution of entire gene networks in the evolution of flower development.
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- Roxana Yockteng
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Department of Integrative Biology and the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley
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Ubi BE, Saito T, Bai S, Nishitani C, Ban Y, Ikeda K, Ito A, Moriguchi T. Characterization of 10 MADS-box genes from Pyrus pyrifolia and their differential expression during fruit development and ripening. Gene 2013; 528:183-94. [PMID: 23891821 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Revised: 07/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We cloned 10 Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) MIKC-type II MADS-box genes, and analyzed their expression during fruit development and ripening. PpMADS2-1 was APETALA (AP)1-like; PpMADS3-1 was FRUITFULL (FUL)/SQUAMOSA (SQUA)-like; PpMADS4-1 was AGAMOUS-like (AGL)6; PpMADS5-1 and PpMADS8-1 were SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS (SOC)-like; PpMADS9-1, PpMADS12-1, PpMADS14-1 and PpMADS16-1 were SEPALLATA (SEP)-like; while PpMADS15-1 was AGL/SHATTERPROOF (SHP)-like. Phylogenetic analysis showed their grouping into five major clades (and 10 sub-clades) that was consistent with their diverse functional types. Expression analysis in flower tissue revealed their distinct putative homeotic functional classes: A-class (PpMADS2-1, PpMADS3-1, PpMADS4-1, and PpMADS14-1), C-class (PpMADS15-1), E-class (PpMADS9-1, PpMADS12-1, and PpMADS16-1) and E (F)-class (PpMADS5-1 and PpMADS8-1). Differential gene expression was observed in different fruit tissues (skin, cortex and core) as well as in the cortex during the course of fruit development and ripening. Collectively, our results suggest their involvement in the diverse aspects of plant development including flower development and the course of fruit development and ripening.
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- Benjamin Ewa Ubi
- Plant Physiology and Fruit Chemistry Division, NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8605, Japan
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Gregis V, Andrés F, Sessa A, Guerra RF, Simonini S, Mateos JL, Torti S, Zambelli F, Prazzoli GM, Bjerkan KN, Grini PE, Pavesi G, Colombo L, Coupland G, Kater MM. Identification of pathways directly regulated by SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE during vegetative and reproductive development in Arabidopsis. Genome Biol 2013; 14:R56. [PMID: 23759218 PMCID: PMC3706845 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-r56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2013] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND MADS-domain transcription factors play important roles during plant development. The Arabidopsis MADS-box gene SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) is a key regulator of two developmental phases. It functions as a repressor of the floral transition during the vegetative phase and later it contributes to the specification of floral meristems. How these distinct activities are conferred by a single transcription factor is unclear, but interactions with other MADS domain proteins which specify binding to different genomic regions is likely one mechanism. RESULTS To compare the genome-wide DNA binding profile of SVP during vegetative and reproductive development we performed ChIP-seq analyses. These ChIP-seq data were combined with tiling array expression analysis, induction experiments and qRT-PCR to identify biologically relevant binding sites. In addition, we compared genome-wide target genes of SVP with those published for the MADS domain transcription factors FLC and AP1, which interact with SVP during the vegetative and reproductive phases, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our analyses resulted in the identification of pathways that are regulated by SVP including those controlling meristem development during vegetative growth and flower development whereas floral transition pathways and hormonal signaling were regulated predominantly during the vegetative phase. Thus, SVP regulates many developmental pathways, some of which are common to both of its developmental roles whereas others are specific to only one of them.
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- Veronica Gregis
- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, D-50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, D-50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, D-50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Biofisica, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, D-50829 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Bioscience, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Liu C, Teo ZWN, Bi Y, Song S, Xi W, Yang X, Yin Z, Yu H. A conserved genetic pathway determines inflorescence architecture in Arabidopsis and rice. Dev Cell 2013; 24:612-22. [PMID: 23537632 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2012] [Revised: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 02/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The spatiotemporal architecture of inflorescences that bear flowers determines plant reproductive success by affecting fruit set and plant interaction with pollinators. The inflorescence architecture that displays great diversity across flowering plants depends on developmental decisions at inflorescence meristems. Here we report a key conserved genetic pathway determining inflorescence architecture in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa (rice). In Arabidopsis, four MADS-box genes, SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1, SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE, AGAMOUS-LIKE 24, and SEPALLATA 4 act redundantly and directly to suppress TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1) in emerging floral meristems. This is indispensable for the well-known function of APETALA1 in specifying floral meristems and is coupled with a conformational change in chromosome looping at the TFL1 locus. Similarly, we demonstrate that the orthologs of these MADS-box genes in rice determine panicle branching by regulating TFL1-like genes. Our findings reveal a conserved regulatory pathway that determines inflorescence architecture in flowering plants.
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- Chang Liu
- Department of Biological Sciences and Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, 117543 Singapore
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Fourquin C, del Cerro C, Victoria FC, Vialette-Guiraud A, de Oliveira AC, Ferrándiz C. A change in SHATTERPROOF protein lies at the origin of a fruit morphological novelty and a new strategy for seed dispersal in medicago genus. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 162:907-17. [PMID: 23640757 PMCID: PMC3668079 DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.217570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Angiosperms are the most diverse and numerous group of plants, and it is generally accepted that this evolutionary success owes in part to the diversity found in fruits, key for protecting the developing seeds and ensuring seed dispersal. Although studies on the molecular basis of morphological innovations are few, they all illustrate the central role played by transcription factors acting as developmental regulators. Here, we show that a small change in the protein sequence of a MADS-box transcription factor correlates with the origin of a highly modified fruit morphology and the change in seed dispersal strategies that occurred in Medicago, a genus belonging to the large legume family. This protein sequence modification alters the functional properties of the protein, affecting the affinities for other protein partners involved in high-order complexes. Our work illustrates that variation in coding regions can generate evolutionary novelties not based on gene duplication/subfunctionalization but by interactions in complex networks, contributing also to the current debate on the relative importance of changes in regulatory or coding regions of master regulators in generating morphological novelties.
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Waters MT, Tiley AMM, Kramer EM, Meerow AW, Langdale JA, Scotland RW. The corona of the daffodil Narcissus bulbocodium shares stamen-like identity and is distinct from the orthodox floral whorls. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 74:615-25. [PMID: 23406544 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 02/11/2013] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The structural homology of the daffodil corona has remained a source of debate throughout the history of botany. Over the years it has been separately referred to as a modified petal stipule, stamen and tepal. Here we provide insights from anatomy and molecular studies to clarify the early developmental stages and position of corona initiation in Narcissus bulbocodium. We demonstrate that the corona initiates as six separate anlagen from hypanthial tissue between the stamens and perianth. Scanning electron microscope images and serial sections demonstrate that corona initiation occurs late in development, after the other floral whorls are fully developed. To define more precisely the identity of the floral structures, daffodil orthologues of the ABC floral organ identity genes were isolated and expression patterns were examined in perianth, stamens, carpel, hypanthial tube and corona tissue. Coupled with in situ hybridisation experiments, these analyses showed that the expression pattern of the C-class gene NbAGAMOUS in the corona is more similar to that of the stamens than that of the tepals. In combination, our results demonstrate that the corona of the daffodil N. bulbocodium exhibits stamen-like identity, develops independently from the orthodox floral whorls and is best interpreted as a late elaboration of the region between the petals and stamens associated with epigyny and the hypanthium.
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- Mark T Waters
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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Genes of the AGAMOUS subfamily have been shown to play crucial roles in reproductive organ identity determination, fruit, and seed development. They have been deeply studied in eudicot species and especially in Arabidopsis. Recently, the AGAMOUS subfamily of rice has been studied for their role in flower development and an enormous amount of data has been generated. In this review, we provide an overview of these data and discuss the conservation of gene functions between rice and Arabidopsis.
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- Ludovico Dreni
- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Khanday I, Yadav SR, Vijayraghavan U. Rice LHS1/OsMADS1 controls floret meristem specification by coordinated regulation of transcription factors and hormone signaling pathways. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 161:1970-83. [PMID: 23449645 PMCID: PMC3613468 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.212423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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SEPALLATA (SEP) MADS box transcription factors mediate floral development in association with other regulators. Mutants in five rice (Oryza sativa) SEP genes suggest both redundant and unique functions in panicle branching and floret development. leafy hull sterile1/OsMADS1, from a grass-specific subgroup of LOFSEP genes, is required for specifying a single floret on the spikelet meristem and for floret organ development, but its downstream mechanisms are unknown. Here, key pathways and directly modulated targets of OsMADS1 were deduced from expression analysis after its knockdown and induction in developing florets and by studying its chromatin occupancy at downstream genes. The negative regulation of OsMADS34, another LOFSEP gene, and activation of OsMADS55, a SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE-like floret meristem identity gene, show its role in facilitating the spikelet-to-floret meristem transition. Direct regulation of other transcription factor genes like OsHB4 (a class III homeodomain Leu zipper member), OsBLH1 (a BEL1-like homeodomain member), OsKANADI2, OsKANADI4, and OsETTIN2 show its role in meristem maintenance, determinacy, and lateral organ development. We found that the OsMADS1 targets OsETTIN1 and OsETTIN2 redundantly ensure carpel differentiation. The multiple effects of OsMADS1 in promoting auxin transport, signaling, and auxin-dependent expression and its direct repression of three cytokinin A-type response regulators show its role in balancing meristem growth, lateral organ differentiation, and determinacy. Overall, we show that OsMADS1 integrates transcriptional and signaling pathways to promote rice floret specification and development.
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