Arabidopsis TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA2 Is Directly Regulated by R2R3 MYB Transcription Factors and Is Involved in Regulation of GLABRA2 Transcription in Epidermal Differentiation[W]
| Autor: | Sayoko Hattori, Daisuke Shibata, Ryosuke Sano, Satoshi Tabata, Shusei Sato, Kiyotaka Okada, Hiroaki Hayashi, Takuji Wada, Tetsuya Ishida, Kayoko Inoue, Tomohiko Kato, Yumiko Shirano |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Genetic Cellular differentiation Molecular Sequence Data Arabidopsis Plant Science Biology Root hair Models Biological Plant Roots Plant Epidermis Open Reading Frames Transcription (biology) Gene Expression Regulation Plant Two-Hybrid System Techniques MYB Promoter Regions Genetic Transcription factor Research Articles Regulation of gene expression Homeodomain Proteins Arabidopsis Proteins food and beverages Cell Differentiation Cell Biology biology.organism_classification Molecular biology Hairless Repressor Proteins Phenotype Mutation Transcription Factors |
| Popis: | Arabidopsis thaliana TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA2 (TTG2) encodes a WRKY transcription factor and is expressed in young leaves, trichomes, seed coats, and root hairless cells. An examination of several trichome and root hair mutants indicates that MYB and bHLH genes regulate TTG2 expression. Two MYB binding sites in the TTG2 5′ regulatory region act as cis regulatory elements and as direct targets of R2R3 MYB transcription factors such as WEREWOLF, GLABRA1, and TRANSPARENT TESTA2. Mutations in TTG2 cause phenotypic defects in trichome development and seed color pigmentation. Transgenic plants expressing a chimeric repressor version of the TTG2 protein (TTG2:SRDX) showed defects in trichome formation, anthocyanin accumulation, seed color pigmentation, and differentiation of root hairless cells. GLABRA2 (GL2) expression was markedly reduced in roots of ProTTG2:TTG2:SRDX transgenic plants, suggesting that TTG2 is involved in the regulation of GL2 expression, although GL2 expression in the ttg2 mutant was similar to that in the wild type. Our analysis suggests a new step in a regulatory cascade of epidermal differentiation, in which complexes containing R2R3 MYB and bHLH transcription factors regulate the expression of TTG2, which then regulates GL2 expression with complexes containing R2R3 MYB and bHLH in the differentiation of trichomes and root hairless cells. |
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