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ArticleNature communications2021

CLAVATA3 mediated simultaneous control of transcriptional and post-translational processes provides robustness to the WUSCHEL gradient.

Alexander Plong, Kevin Rodriguez, Mark Alber, Weitao Chen, G Venugopala Reddy

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alexander PlongDepartment of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Kevin RodriguezDepartment of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Mark AlberDepartment of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.
Weitao ChenDepartment of Mathematics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA. weitaoc@ucr.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3362-5982
G Venugopala ReddyDepartment of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA. venug@ucr.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-1408-5730
University of California, Riverside · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of the homeodomain transcription factor WUSCHEL concentration is critical for stem cell homeostasis in Arabidopsis shoot apical meristems. WUSCHEL regulates the transcription of CLAVATA3 through a concentration-dependent activation-repression switch. CLAVATA3, a secreted peptide, activates receptor kinase signaling to repress WUSCHEL transcription. Considering the revised regulation, CLAVATA3 mediated repression of WUSCHEL transcription alone will lead to an unstable system. Here we show that CLAVATA3 signaling regulates nuclear-cytoplasmic partitioning of WUSCHEL to control nuclear levels and its diffusion into adjacent cells. Our work also reveals that WUSCHEL directly interacts with EXPORTINS via EAR-like domain which is also required for destabilizing WUSCHEL in the cytoplasm. We develop a combined experimental and computational modeling approach that integrates CLAVATA3-mediated transcriptional repression of WUSCHEL and post-translational control of nuclear levels with the WUSCHEL concentration-dependent regulation of CLAVATA3. We show that the dual control by the same signal forms a seamless connection between de novo WUSCHEL synthesis and sub-cellular partitioning in providing robustness to the WUSCHEL gradient.

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Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCell NucleusHomeodomain ProteinsMeristemSignal TransductionArabidopsis ProteinsAT2G27250 protein, ArabidopsisHomeodomain ProteinsWUSCHEL protein, Arabidopsis

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PMID34737298
PMCPMC8569176
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