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Wallner ES, Tonn N, Shi D, Luzzietti L, Wanke F, Hunziker P, Xu Y, Jung I, Lopéz-Salmerón V, Gebert M, Wenzl C, Lohmann JU, Harter K, Greb T. OBERON3 and SUPPRESSOR OF MAX2 1-LIKE proteins form a regulatory module driving phloem development. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2128. [PMID: 37059727 PMCID: PMC10104830 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37790-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Spatial specificity of cell fate decisions is central for organismal development. The phloem tissue mediates long-distance transport of energy metabolites along plant bodies and is characterized by an exceptional degree of cellular specialization. How a phloem-specific developmental program is implemented is, however, unknown. Here we reveal that the ubiquitously expressed PHD-finger protein OBE3 forms a central module with the phloem-specific SMXL5 protein for establishing the phloem developmental program in Arabidopsis thaliana. By protein interaction studies and phloem-specific ATAC-seq analyses, we show that OBE3 and SMXL5 proteins form a complex in nuclei of phloem stem cells where they promote a phloem-specific chromatin profile. This profile allows expression of OPS, BRX, BAM3, and CVP2 genes acting as mediators of phloem differentiation. Our findings demonstrate that OBE3/SMXL5 protein complexes establish nuclear features essential for determining phloem cell fate and highlight how a combination of ubiquitous and local regulators generate specificity of developmental decisions in plants.
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- Eva-Sophie Wallner
- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Gilbert Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305-5020, USA
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- Japan RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
- Institute for Biochemistry and Biology (IBB), University of Potsdam, Potsdam, 14476, Germany
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- BD Bioscience, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tübingen, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
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A binary interaction map between turnip mosaic virus and Arabidopsis thaliana proteomes. Commun Biol 2023; 6:28. [PMID: 36631662 PMCID: PMC9834402 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04427-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites that have co-evolved with their hosts to establish an intricate network of protein-protein interactions. Here, we followed a high-throughput yeast two-hybrid screening to identify 378 novel protein-protein interactions between turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) and its natural host Arabidopsis thaliana. We identified the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase NIb as the viral protein with the largest number of contacts, including key salicylic acid-dependent transcription regulators. We verified a subset of 25 interactions in planta by bimolecular fluorescence complementation assays. We then constructed and analyzed a network comprising 399 TuMV-A. thaliana interactions together with intravirus and intrahost connections. In particular, we found that the host proteins targeted by TuMV are enriched in different aspects of plant responses to infections, are more connected and have an increased capacity to spread information throughout the cell proteome, display higher expression levels, and have been subject to stronger purifying selection than expected by chance. The proviral or antiviral role of ten host proteins was validated by characterizing the infection dynamics in the corresponding mutant plants, supporting a proviral role for the transcriptional regulator TGA1. Comparison with similar studies with animal viruses, highlights shared fundamental features in their mode of action.
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Zhang K, Zhang H, Pan Y, Niu Y, Guo L, Ma Y, Tian S, Wei J, Wang C, Yang X, Fu Y, Qu P, Liu L, Zhang Y, Sun H, Bai Z, Dong J, Li C, Liu X. Cell- and noncell-autonomous AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 controls meristem proliferation and phyllotactic patterns. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 190:2335-2349. [PMID: 35972411 PMCID: PMC9706454 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In cell-cell communication, noncell-autonomous transcription factors play vital roles in controlling plant stem cell fate. We previously reported that AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR3 (ARF3), a member of the ARF family with critical roles in floral meristem maintenance and determinacy, has a distinct accumulation pattern that differs from the expression domain of its encoding gene in the shoot apical meristem (SAM). However, the biological meaning of this difference is obscure. Here, we demonstrate that ARF3 expression in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) is mainly activated at the periphery of the SAM by auxin where ARF3 cell autonomously regulates the expression of meristem-organ boundary-specific genes, such as CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON1-3 (CUC1-3), BLADE ON PETIOLE1-2 (BOP1-2), and TARGETS UNDER ETTIN CONTROL3 (TEC3) to regulate the arrangement of organs in regular pattern, a phenomenon referred to as phyllotaxis. We also show that ARF3 is translocated into the organizing center where it represses cytokinin activity and WUSCHEL expression to regulate meristem activity noncell-autonomously. Therefore, ARF3 acts as a molecular link that mediates the interaction of auxin and cytokinin signaling in the SAM while coordinating the balance between meristem maintenance and organogenesis. Our findings reveal an ARF3-mediated coordination mechanism through cell-cell communication in dynamic SAM maintenance.
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- Ke Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University; Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Shijiazhuang, China
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular Pathology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular Pathology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University; Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University; Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Shijiazhuang, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University; Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Shijiazhuang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular Pathology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation; Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University; Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Shijiazhuang, China
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Agricultural Resources Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, The Innovative Academy of Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China
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Franco-Echevarría E, Rutherford TJ, Fiedler M, Dean C, Bienz M. Plant vernalization proteins contain unusual PHD superdomains without histone H3 binding activity. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102540. [PMID: 36174674 PMCID: PMC9640981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102540] [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: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PHD fingers are modular domains in chromatin-associated proteins that decode the methylation status of histone H3 tails. A PHD finger signature is found in plant vernalization (VEL) proteins, which function as accessory factors of the Polycomb system to control flowering in Arabidopsis through an epigenetic silencing mechanism. It has been proposed that VEL PHD fingers bind to methylated histone H3 tails to facilitate association of the Polycomb silencing machinery with target genes. Here, we use structural analysis by X-ray crystallography to show that the VEL PHD finger forms the central module of a larger compact tripartite superdomain that also contains a zinc finger and a four-helix bundle. This PHD superdomain fold is only found in one other family, the OBERON proteins, which have multiple functions in Arabidopsis meristems to control plant growth. The putative histone-binding surface of OBERON proteins exhibits the characteristic three-pronged pocket of histone-binding PHD fingers and binds to methylated histone H3 tails. However, that of VEL PHD fingers lacks this architecture and exhibits unusually high positive surface charge. This VEL PHD superdomain neither binds to unmodified nor variously modified histone H3 tails, as demonstrated by isothermal calorimetry and NMR spectroscopy. Instead, the VEL PHD superdomain interacts with negatively charged polymers. Our evidence argues for evolution of a divergent function for the PHD superdomain in vernalization that does not involve histone tail decoding.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom; John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Sai CB, Chidambaranathan P. In-silico evolutionary analysis of plant-OBERON proteins during compatible MYMV infection in respect of improving host resistance. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2022; 135:405-422. [PMID: 35201523 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-022-01372-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Yellow mosaic disease (YMD) of pulses caused by mungbean yellow mosaic virus is a major threat to crop production. An infection that is compatible with regulating and interacting host proteins and the virus causes YMD. Oberon families of proteins OBE1-4 and VIN1-4 are imperative for plants, functions in meristem and vascular development, and were also regulated during compatible disease infection. Furthermore, in-silico expression results suggested the involvement of OBE1 and OBE2 proteins during virus infection of Vigna, Arabidopsis and soybean. Moreover, a common ancestor for the meristem and virus movement related Oberons was inferred through phylogenetic analysis. Protein interaction studies showed three amino acids (Aspartate, glutamate and lysine) in the plant homeodomain (PHD), involved in interaction with the N-terminal region of the virus movement protein and were also conserved in both monocot and dicots. Additionally, major differences in the nuclear localization signal (NLS) showing clade specific conservation and significant variation between dicots and monocots were ascertained in meristem and virus movement related Oberons. Consequently, a combination of PHD, CCD and their interactions with the VPg viral domain increases the susceptibility to YMD. Further, modification in the NLS regions of the viral movement clade Oberons, to knock out allele generation in the OBE1 and OBE2 homologs through genome-editing approaches could be established as alternate strategies for the improvement of host resistance and control yellow mosaic disease in plants, especially in pulse crops.
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- Cayalvizhi B Sai
- ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (ICAR-NRRI), Cuttack, 753006, India.
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Liang C, Wei C, Wang L, Guan Z, Shi T, Huang J, Li B, Lu Y, Liu H, Wang Y. Characterization of a Novel Creeping Tartary Buckwheat ( Fagopyrum tataricum) Mutant lazy1. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:815131. [PMID: 35574111 PMCID: PMC9094088 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.815131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Gravity is known as an important environmental factor involved in the regulation of plant architecture. To identify genes related to the gravitropism of Tartary buckwheat, a creeping line was obtained and designated as lazy1 from the mutant bank by 60Co-γ ray radiation. Genetic analysis indicated that the creeping phenotype of lazy1 was attributed to a single recessive locus. As revealed by the horizontal and inverted suspension tests, lazy1 was completely lacking in shoot negative gravitropism. The creeping growth of lazy1 occurred at the early seedling stage, which could not be recovered by exogenous heteroauxin, hormodin, α-rhodofix, or gibberellin. Different from the well-organized and equivalent cell elongation of wild type (WT), lazy1 exhibited dilated, distorted, and abnormally arranged cells in the bending stem. However, no statistical difference of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) levels was found between the far- and near-ground bending sides in lazy1, which suggests that the asymmetric cell elongation of lazy1 was not induced by auxin gradient. Whereas, lazy1 showed up-expressed gibberellin-regulated genes by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) as well as significantly higher levels of gibberellin, suggesting that gibberellin might be partly involved in the regulation of creeping growth in lazy1. RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) identified a number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) related to gravitropism at stages I (before bending), II (bending), and III (after bending) between WT and lazy1. Venn diagram indicated that only Pectate lyase 5 was down-expressed at stages I [Log2 fold change (Log2FC): -3.20], II (Log2FC: -4.97), and III (Log2FC: -1.23) in lazy1, compared with WT. Gene sequencing revealed that a fragment deletion occurred in the coding region of Pectate lyase 5, which induced the destruction of a pbH domain in Pectate lyase 5 of lazy1. qRT-PCR indicated that Pectate lyase 5 was extremely down-expressed in lazy1 at stage II (0.02-fold of WT). Meanwhile, lazy1 showed the affected expression of lignin- and cellulose-related genes and cumulatively abnormal levels of pectin, lignin, and cellulose. These results demonstrate the possibility that Pectate lyase 5 functions as the key gene that could mediate primary cell wall metabolism and get involved in the asymmetric cell elongation regulation of lazy1.
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- Chenggang Liang
- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Biotechnology Institute, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guiyang, China
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- Guizhou Biotechnology Institute, Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guiyang, China
- Guizhou Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology, Guiyang, China
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- Research Center of Buckwheat Industry Technology, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
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Wang X, Aguirre L, Rodríguez-Leal D, Hendelman A, Benoit M, Lippman ZB. Dissecting cis-regulatory control of quantitative trait variation in a plant stem cell circuit. NATURE PLANTS 2021; 7:419-427. [PMID: 33846596 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-021-00898-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Cis-regulatory mutations underlie important crop domestication and improvement traits1,2. However, limited allelic diversity has hindered functional dissection of the large number of cis-regulatory elements and their potential interactions, thereby precluding a deeper understanding of how cis-regulatory variation impacts traits quantitatively. Here, we engineered over 60 promoter alleles in two tomato fruit size genes3,4 to characterize cis-regulatory sequences and study their functional relationships. We found that targeted mutations in conserved promoter sequences of SlCLV3, a repressor of stem cell proliferation5,6, have a weak impact on fruit locule number. Pairwise combinations of these mutations mildly enhance this phenotype, revealing additive and synergistic relationships between conserved regions and further suggesting even higher-order cis-regulatory interactions within the SlCLV3 promoter. In contrast, SlWUS, a positive regulator of stem cell proliferation repressed by SlCLV3 (refs. 5,6), is more tolerant to promoter perturbations. Our results show that complex interplay among cis-regulatory variants can shape quantitative variation, and suggest that empirical dissections of this hidden complexity can guide promoter engineering to predictably modify crop traits.
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- Xingang Wang
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
- Inari Agriculture, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.
- School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.
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Global Analysis of WOX Transcription Factor Gene Family in Brassica napus Reveals Their Stress- and Hormone-Responsive Patterns. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113470. [PMID: 30400610 PMCID: PMC6274733 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The plant-specific WUSCHEL-related homeobox (WOX) transcription factor gene family is important for plant growth and development but little studied in oil crops. We identified and characterized 58 putative WOX genes in Brassica napus (BnWOXs), which were divided into three major clades and nine subclades based on the gene structure and conserved motifs. Collinearity analysis revealed that most BnWOXs were the products of allopolyploidization and segmental duplication events. Gene structure analysis indicated that introns/exons and protein motifs were conserved in each subclade and RNA sequencing revealed that BnWOXs had narrow expression profiles in major tissues and/or organs across different developmental stages. The expression pattern of each clade was highly conserved and similar to that of the sister and orthologous pairs from Brassica rapa and Brassica oleracea. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction showed that members of the WOX4 subclade were induced in seedling roots by abiotic and hormone stresses, indicating their contribution to root development and abiotic stress responses. 463 proteins were predicted to interact with BnWOXs, including peptides regulating stem cell homeostasis in meristems. This study provides insights into the evolution and expression of the WOX gene family in B. napus and will be useful in future gene function research.
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Xiao J, Jin R, Wagner D. Developmental transitions: integrating environmental cues with hormonal signaling in the chromatin landscape in plants. Genome Biol 2017; 18:88. [PMID: 28490341 PMCID: PMC5425979 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1228-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Plant development is predominantly postembryonic and tuned in to respond to environmental cues. All living plant cells can be triggered to de-differentiate, assume different cell identities, or form a new organism. This developmental plasticity is thought to be an adaptation to the sessile lifestyle of plants. Recent discoveries have advanced our understanding of the orchestration of plant developmental switches by transcriptional master regulators, chromatin state changes, and hormone response pathways. Here, we review these recent advances with emphasis on the earliest stages of plant development and on the switch from pluripotency to differentiation in different plant organ systems.
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- Jun Xiao
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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