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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 119, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2120219119
Keywords
unfolded protein response; stress-responsive growth regulation; general transcription factor; root growth
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [21K05524]
- Inamori Foundation
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher program from RIKEN
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21K05524] Funding Source: KAKEN
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In this study, NOBIRO6/TAF12b was identified as a transcription cofactor that interacts with bZIP60, contributing to the control of environment-responsive root growth.
Plant root growth is indeterminate but continuously responds to environmental changes. We previously reported on the severe root growth defect of a double mutant in bZIP17 and bZIP28 (bz1728) modulating the unfolded protein response (UPR). To elucidate the mechanism by which bz1728 seedlings develop a short root, we obtained a series of bz1728 suppressor mutants, called nobiro, for rescued root growth. We focused here on nobiro6, which is defective in the general transcription factor component TBP-ASSOCIATED FACTOR 12b (TAF12b). The expression of hundreds of genes, including the bZIP60-UPR regulon, was induced in the bz1728 mutant, but these inductions were markedly attenuated in the bz1728nobiro6 mutant. In view of this, we assigned transcriptional cofactor activity via physical interaction with bZIP60 to NOBIRO6/TAF12b. The single nobiro6/taf12b mutant also showed an altered sensitivity to endoplasmic reticulum stress for both UPR and root growth responses, demonstrating that NOBIRO6/TAF12b contributes to environment-responsive root growth control through UPR.
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