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ArticleThe New phytologist2017

Regulation of growth-defense balance by the JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN (JAZ)-MYC transcriptional module.

Ian T Major, Yuki Yoshida, Marcelo L Campos, George Kapali, Xiu-Fang Xin, Koichi Sugimoto, Dalton de Oliveira Ferreira, Sheng Yang He, Gregg A Howe

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Article in The New phytologist, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 117 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ian T MajorDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Yuki YoshidaDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Marcelo L CamposDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
George KapaliDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Xiu-Fang XinDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Koichi SugimotoDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Dalton de Oliveira FerreiraDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Sheng Yang HeDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Gregg A HoweDepartment of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
Michigan State University · US

Funding

REGULATION OF DEFENSE SIGNALING IN TOMATOR01GM057795 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HOWE, GREGG A · 1998 to 2012
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM057795
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The plant hormone jasmonate (JA) promotes the degradation of JASMONATE ZIM-DOMAIN (JAZ) proteins to relieve repression on diverse transcription factors (TFs) that execute JA responses. However, little is known about how combinatorial complexity among JAZ-TF interactions maintains control over myriad aspects of growth, development, reproduction, and immunity. We used loss-of-function mutations to define epistatic interactions within the core JA signaling pathway and to investigate the contribution of MYC TFs to JA responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Constitutive JA signaling in a jaz quintuple mutant (jazQ) was largely eliminated by mutations that block JA synthesis or perception. Comparison of jazQ and a jazQ myc2 myc3 myc4 octuple mutant validated known functions of MYC2/3/4 in root growth, chlorophyll degradation, and susceptibility to the pathogen Pseudomonas syringae. We found that MYC TFs also control both the enhanced resistance of jazQ leaves to insect herbivory and restricted leaf growth of jazQ. Epistatic transcriptional profiles mirrored these phenotypes and further showed that triterpenoid biosynthetic and glucosinolate catabolic genes are up-regulated in jazQ independently of MYC TFs. Our study highlights the utility of genetic epistasis to unravel the complexities of JAZ-TF interactions and demonstrates that MYC TFs exert master control over a JAZ-repressible transcriptional hierarchy that governs growth-defense balance.

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Transcription, GeneticAnthocyaninsArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsChlorophyllCyclopentanesDisease ResistanceEpistasis, GeneticFlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantMutationOxylipinsPlant LeavesPlant RootsRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionAnthocyaninsArabidopsis ProteinsChlorophyllCyclopentanesjasmonic acidOxylipinsRNA, MessengerTranscription Factorsgene clusterglucosinolategrowth-defense tradeoffsjasmonate (JA)plant defenseplant hormoneplant-insect interactiontriterpenoid

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