Journal
GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 9384-9394Publisher
FUNPEC-EDITORA
DOI: 10.4238/2015.August.14.2
Keywords
Cis-regulatory motif; Soybean; GmPHR1; GmSPX1; Phosphate starvation
Funding
- National Core Soybean Genetic Engineering Project [2013ZX08004-002]
- Modern Agro-industry Technology Research System of China [CARS-004-PS10]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
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Available phosphate (Pi) is a major limiting factor for plant growth, development, and productivity. Phosphate starvation response 1 (PHR1) is a binding dimer that binds to an imperfect palindromic sequence. PHR1-binding sequences (GnATATnC) exist in the promoter of Pi starvation-responsive structural genes, indicating an effect occurring downstream in the Pi starvation signaling pathway. These sequences are referred to as PHR1-binding site (P1BS) structures. In this study, the sequences of GmPHR1 and GmSPX1 from Glycine max (L.) Merr. soybean were determined and analyzed. We found that GmPHR1 is an MYB-related transcription factor. In addition, GmSPX1 contained a P1BS structure, which is an important cis-regulatory motif in the phosphate signaling pathway. We found that GmPHR1 can physically interact with GmSPX1 through the cis-element, which may be a major pathway for the GmPHR1-mediated Pi starvation stress response. Thus, the P1BS structure in the Pi starvation signaling pathway is an important cis-regulatory motif that improves the tolerance to low phosphorus conditions in soybean.
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