RRC ID 30739
Author Yotsui I, Saruhashi M, Kawato T, Taji T, Hayashi T, Quatrano RS, Sakata Y.
Title ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE3 regulates abscisic acid-responsive gene expression with the nuclear factor Y complex through the ACTT-core element in Physcomitrella patens.
Journal New Phytol
Abstract The phytohormone ABA and the transcription factor ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE 3 (ABI3)/VIVIPAROUS 1 (VP1) function in protecting embryos during the desiccation stage of seed development. In a similar signaling pathway, vegetative tissue of the moss Physcomitrella patens survives desiccation by activating downstream genes (e.g. LEA1) in response to ABA and ABI3. We show that the PpLEA1 promoter responds to PpABI3 primarily through the ACTT-core element (5'-TCCACTTGTC-3'), while the ACGT-core ABA-responsive element (ABRE) appears to respond to ABA alone. We also found by yeast-two-hybrid screening that PpABI3A interacts with PpNF-YC1, a subunit of CCAAT box binding factor (CBF)/nuclear factor Y (NF-Y). PpNF-YC1 increased the activation of the PpLEA1 promoter when incubated with PpABI3A, as did NF-YB, NF-YC, and ABI3 from Arabidopsis. This new response element (ACTT) is responsible for activating the ABI3-dependent ABA response pathway cooperatively with the nuclear factor Y (NF-Y) complex. These results further define the regulatory interactions at the transcriptional level for the expression of this network of genes required for drought/desiccation tolerance. This gene regulatory set is in large part conserved between vegetative tissue of bryophytes and seeds of angiosperms and will shed light on the evolution of this pathway in the green plant lineage.
Volume 199(1)
Pages 101-109
Published 2013-7-1
DOI 10.1111/nph.12251
PMID 23550615
MeSH Abscisic Acid / metabolism* Bryopsida / genetics* Bryopsida / metabolism CCAAT-Binding Factor / genetics CCAAT-Binding Factor / metabolism* Gene Expression Regulation, Plant* Gene Regulatory Networks Genes, Plant Plant Proteins / genetics Plant Proteins / metabolism* Promoter Regions, Genetic Response Elements* Transcription Factors / genetics Transcription Factors / metabolism* Two-Hybrid System Techniques
IF 8.512
Times Cited 28
WOS Category PLANT SCIENCES
Resource
Arabidopsis / Cultured plant cells, genes pda07541