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ArticleNature cell biology2012

Brassinosteroid, gibberellin and phytochrome impinge on a common transcription module in Arabidopsis.

Ming-Yi Bai, Jian-Xiu Shang, Eunkyoo Oh, Min Fan, Yang Bai, Rodolfo Zentella, Tai-Ping Sun, Zhi-Yong Wang

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Article in Nature cell biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 300 papers.

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300citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ming-Yi BaiDepartment of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Jian-Xiu Shang
Eunkyoo Oh
Min Fan
Yang Bai
Rodolfo Zentella
Tai-Ping Sun
Zhi-Yong Wang
Carnegie Institution for Science · USDuke University · USDepartment of Plant Biology · US

Funding

Genetic Biochemical Studies of Signaling in Growth and AcclimationR01GM066258 · NIGMS · CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON, D.C. · PI ZHIYONG WANG · 2002 to 2026
$10.5M
Structure and Function Analyses of DELLA Interacting Proteins in ArabidopsisR01GM100051 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SUN, TAI-PING · 2012 to 2021
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066258NIGMS NIH HHS R01GM066258NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM100051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brassinosteroid and gibberellin promote many similar developmental responses in plants; however, their relationship remains unclear. Here we show that BR and GA act interdependently through a direct interaction between the BR-activated BZR1 and GA-inactivated DELLA transcription regulators. GA promotion of cell elongation required BR signalling, whereas BR or active BZR1 suppressed the GA-deficient dwarf phenotype. DELLAs directly interacted with BZR1 and inhibited BZR1-DNA binding both in vitro and in vivo. Genome-wide analysis defined a BZR1-dependent GA-regulated transcriptome, which is enriched with light-regulated genes and genes involved in cell wall synthesis and photosynthesis/chloroplast function. GA promotion of hypocotyl elongation requires both BZR1 and the phytochrome-interacting factors (PIFs), as well as their common downstream targets encoding the PRE-family helix-loop-helix factors. The results demonstrate that GA releases DELLA-mediated inhibition of BZR1, and that the DELLA-BZR1-PIF4 interaction defines a core transcription module that mediates coordinated growth regulation by GA, BR and light signals.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBrassinosteroidsCell EnlargementDNA-Binding ProteinsGibberellinsNuclear ProteinsPhytochromeReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionTranscriptomeArabidopsis ProteinsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBrassinosteroidsBZR1 protein, ArabidopsisDNA-Binding ProteinsGibberellinsNuclear ProteinsPhytochromePIF4 protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID22820377
PMCPMC3606816
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