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CURRENT BIOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 892-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.026
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- Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca (MIUR)
- MIUR-PRIN
- SEXSEED Project H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015
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The plant hormone auxin regulates gene expression through the canonical AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR (ARF) and AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID (Aux/IAA) combinatorial system. ARF5/MONOPTEROS (MP) can activate gene transcription in cells with elevated auxin levels and in ovules with low auxin levels, expressing a splice variant that lacks the Aux/IAA interaction domain and can function as a transcriptional activator in subthreshold auxin concentration regions.
The plant hormone auxin is a fundamental regulator of organ patterning and development that regulates gene expression via the canonical AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR (ARF) and AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID (Aux/IAA) combinatorial system. ARF and Aux/IAA factors interact, but at high auxin concentrations, the Aux/IAA transcriptional repressor is degraded, allowing ARF-containing complexes to activate gene expression. ARF5/MONOPTEROS (MP) is an important integrator of auxin signaling in Arabidopsis development and activates gene transcription in cells with elevated auxin levels. Here, we show that in ovules, MP is expressed in cells with low levels of auxin and can activate the expression of direct target genes. We identified and characterized a splice variant of MP that encodes a biologically functional isoform that lacks the Aux/IAA interaction domain. This MP11ir isoform was able to complement inflorescence, floral, and ovule developmental defects in mp mutants, suggesting that it was fully functional. Our findings describe a novel scenario in which ARF post-transcriptional regulation controls the formation of an isoform that can function as a transcriptional activator in regions of subthreshold auxin concentration.
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