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Rieu P, Beretta VM, Caselli F, Thévénon E, Lucas J, Rizk M, Franchini E, Caporali E, Paleni C, Nanao MH, Kater MM, Dumas R, Zubieta C, Parcy F, Gregis V. The ALOG domain defines a family of plant-specific transcription factors acting during Arabidopsis flower development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2310464121. [PMID: 38412122 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310464121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
Abstract
The ALOG (Arabidopsis LIGHT-DEPENDENT SHORT HYPOCOTYLS 1 (LSH1) and Oryza G1) proteins are conserved plant-specific Transcription Factors (TFs). They play critical roles in the development of various plant organs (meristems, inflorescences, floral organs, and nodules) from bryophytes to higher flowering plants. Despite the fact that the first members of this family were originally discovered in Arabidopsis, their role in this model plant has remained poorly characterized. Moreover, how these transcriptional regulators work at the molecular level is unknown. Here, we study the redundant function of the ALOG proteins LSH1,3,4 from Arabidopsis. We uncover their role in the repression of bract development and position them within a gene regulatory network controlling this process and involving the floral regulators LEAFY, BLADE-ON-PETIOLE, and PUCHI. Next, using in vitro genome-wide studies, we identified the conserved DNA motif bound by ALOG proteins from evolutionarily distant species (the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and the flowering plants Arabidopsis, tomato, and rice). Resolution of the crystallographic structure of the ALOG DNA-binding domain in complex with DNA revealed the domain is a four-helix bundle with a disordered NLS and a zinc ribbon insertion between helices 2 and 3. The majority of DNA interactions are mediated by specific contacts made by the third alpha helix and the NLS. Taken together, this work provides the biochemical and structural basis for DNA-binding specificity of an evolutionarily conserved TF family and reveals its role as a key player in Arabidopsis flower development.
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- Philippe Rieu
- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Département de Biologie Structurale et Cellulaire intégrée, Grenoble F-38054, France
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Département de Biologie Structurale et Cellulaire intégrée, Grenoble F-38054, France
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- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Département de Biologie Structurale et Cellulaire intégrée, Grenoble F-38054, France
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- Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble 38000, France
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Structural Biology Group, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble 38000, France
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Département de Biologie Structurale et Cellulaire intégrée, Grenoble F-38054, France
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- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Département de Biologie Structurale et Cellulaire intégrée, Grenoble F-38054, France
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- Laboratoire Physiologie Cellulaire et Végétale, Université Grenoble Alpes, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement, Département de Biologie Structurale et Cellulaire intégrée, Grenoble F-38054, France
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy
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Su S, Lei Y, Zhou X, Suzuki T, Xiao W, Higashiyama T. A BLADE-ON-PETIOLE orthologue regulates corolla differentiation in the proximal region in Torenia fournieri. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4763. [PMID: 37553331 PMCID: PMC10409793 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40399-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
Abstract
The three-dimensional shape of a flower is integrated by morphogenesis along different axes. Differentiation along the petal proximodistal axis is tightly linked to the specification of pollinators; however, it is still unclear how a petal patterns this axis. The corolla of Torenia fournieri exhibits strong differentiation along the proximodistal axis, and we previously found a proximal regulator, TfALOG3, controlling corolla neck differentiation. Here, we report another gene, TfBOP2, which is predominantly expressed in the proximal region of the corolla. TfBOP2 mutants have shorter proximal corolla tubes and longer distal lobe, demonstrating its function as a proximal regulator. Arabidopsis BOPs mutant shows similar defects, favouring a shared role of BOPs homologues. Genetic analysis demonstrates the interaction between TfBOP2 and TfALOG3, and we further found that TfALOG3 physically interacts with TfBOP2 and can recruit TfBOP2 to the nuclear region. Our study favours a hypothetical shared BOP-ALOG complex that is recruited to regulate corolla differentiation in the proximal region axis of T. fournieri.
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- Shihao Su
- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, 518107, Shenzhen, China.
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- Institute of Nanfan & Seed Industry, Guangdong Academy of Science, 510316, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- School of Agriculture, Sun Yat-sen University, 518107, Shenzhen, China
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- College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi, 487-8501, Japan
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- MBP-Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8601, Japan
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Zhang L, Zhou L, Yung WS, Su W, Huang M. Ectopic expression of Torenia fournieri TCP8 and TCP13 alters the leaf and petal phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 173:856-866. [PMID: 34171126 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Teosinte branched1/cycloidea/proliferating cell factor (TCP) transcription factors (TFs) are essential for regulating plant developmental processes, which is still largely unknown in Torenia fournieri (T. fournieri), a widely used horticultural flower. In this study, we used a de novo transcriptome assembly method to predict the TCP transcription factors in T. fournieri. In total, 15 out of 21 predicted T. fournieri TCPs (TfTCPs) were isolated and verified with Sanger sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these 15 TfTCPs could be classified into two major classes. Most of these TfTCPs were expressed in floral buds, flowers, or leaves, suggesting an important role in developmental regulation in these tissues. Moreover, TfTCP8 and TfTCP13, the homologues of the Arabidopsis thaliana TCP5-like transcription factor, were able to bind to the conserved Class II TCP binding motifs and are localized to the nucleus, indicating that TfTCP8 and TfTCP13 act as transcriptional regulators. In agreement with the overexpression phenotype of AtTCP5, ectopic expression of TfTCP8 and TfTCP13 resulted in narrow leaves and the small petal phenotype in Arabidopsis, suggesting that these two TfTCPs potentially regulate leaf or flower shape in T. fournieri.
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- Ling Zhang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Plant Epigenetics, College of Life Sciences and Oceanography, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, College of Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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- Fruit Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Science, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Center for Soybean Research of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China
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He L, Lei Y, Li X, Peng Q, Liu W, Jiao K, Su S, Hu Z, Shen Z, Luo D. SYMMETRIC PETALS 1 Encodes an ALOG Domain Protein that Controls Floral Organ Internal Asymmetry in Pea ( Pisum sativum L.). Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E4060. [PMID: 32517095 PMCID: PMC7313044 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21114060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In contrast to typical radially symmetrical flowers, zygomorphic flowers, such as those produced by pea (Pisum sativum L.), have bilateral symmetry, manifesting dorsoventral (DV) and organ internal (IN) asymmetry. However, the molecular mechanism controlling IN asymmetry remains largely unclear. Here, we used a comparative mapping approach to clone SYMMETRIC PETALS 1 (SYP1), which encodes a key regulator of floral organ internal asymmetry. Phylogenetic analysis showed that SYP1 is an ortholog of Arabidopsis thaliana LIGHT-DEPENDENT SHORT HYPOCOTYL 3 (LSH3), an ALOG (Arabidopsis LSH1 and Oryza G1) family transcription factor. Genetic analysis and physical interaction assays showed that COCHLEATA (COCH, Arabidopsis BLADE-ON-PETIOLE ortholog), a known regulator of compound leaf and nodule identity in pea, is involved in organ internal asymmetry and interacts with SYP1. COCH and SYP1 had similar expression patterns and COCH and SYP1 target to the nucleus. Furthermore, our results suggested that COCH represses the 26S proteasome-mediated degradation of SYP1 and regulates its abundance. Our study suggested that the COCH-SYP1 module plays a pivotal role in floral organ internal asymmetry development in legumes.
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- Liang He
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; (L.H.); (Y.L.); (Q.P.); (W.L.); (K.J.); (S.S.); (D.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; (L.H.); (Y.L.); (Q.P.); (W.L.); (K.J.); (S.S.); (D.L.)
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- College of Life Sciences, Laboratory Center of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; (L.H.); (Y.L.); (Q.P.); (W.L.); (K.J.); (S.S.); (D.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; (L.H.); (Y.L.); (Q.P.); (W.L.); (K.J.); (S.S.); (D.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; (L.H.); (Y.L.); (Q.P.); (W.L.); (K.J.); (S.S.); (D.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; (L.H.); (Y.L.); (Q.P.); (W.L.); (K.J.); (S.S.); (D.L.)
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- Institute of Plant Stress Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Department of Biology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China;
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- College of Life Sciences, Laboratory Center of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China; (L.H.); (Y.L.); (Q.P.); (W.L.); (K.J.); (S.S.); (D.L.)
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Guo W, Zhang X, Peng Q, Luo D, Jiao K, Su S. Love on wings, a Dof family protein regulates floral vasculature in Vigna radiata. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 19:495. [PMID: 31726995 PMCID: PMC6854777 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-019-2099-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND The interaction among plants and their pollinators has been a major factor which enriched floral traits known as pollination syndromes and promoted the diversification of flowering plants. One of the bee-pollination syndromes in Faboideae with keel blossoms is the formation of a landing platform by wing and keel petals. However, the molecular mechanisms of elaborating a keel blossom remain unclear. RESULTS By performing large scale mutagenesis, we isolated and characterized a mutant in Vigna radiata, love on wings (low), which shows developmental defects in petal asymmetry and vasculature, leading to a failure in landing platform formation. We cloned the locus through map-based cloning together with RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis. We found that LOW encoded a nucleus-localized Dof-like protein and was expressed in the flower provascular and vascular tissues. A single copy of LOW was detected in legumes, in contrast with other taxa where there seems to be at least 2 copies. Thirty one Dof proteins have been identified from the V. radiata's genome, which can be further divided into four Major Cluster of Orthologous Groups (MCOGs). We also showed that ectopic expression of LOW in Arabidopsis driven by its native promoter caused changes in petal vasculature pattern. CONCLUSIONS To summarize, our study isolated a legume Dof-like factor LOW from V. radiata, which affects vasculature development in this species and this change can, in turn, impact petal development and overall morphology of keel blossom.
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- Wuxiu Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Haizhu district, Guangzhou, 510275 Guangdong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Haizhu district, Guangzhou, 510275 Guangdong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Haizhu district, Guangzhou, 510275 Guangdong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Haizhu district, Guangzhou, 510275 Guangdong China
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- Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632 Guangdong China
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- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601 Japan
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