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ArticlePlant physiology2023

PHOSPHATE RESPONSE 1 family members act distinctly to regulate transcriptional responses to phosphate starvation.

Zhen Wang, Zai Zheng, Yumin Zhu, Shuyao Kong, Dong Liu

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Zhen WangMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5926-3217
Zai ZhengMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yumin ZhuMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Shuyao KongMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3124-8899
Dong LiuMOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4679-3515
Tsinghua University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To sustain growth when facing phosphate (Pi) starvation, plants trigger an array of adaptive responses that are largely controlled at transcriptional levels. In Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), the four transcription factors of the PHOSPHATE RESPONSE 1 (PHR1) family, PHR1 and its homologs PHR1-like 1 (PHL1), PHL2, and PHL3 form the central regulatory system that controls the expression of Pi starvation-responsive (PSR) genes. However, how each of these four proteins function in regulating the transcription of PSR genes remains largely unknown. In this work, we performed comparative phenotypic and transcriptomic analyses using Arabidopsis mutants with various combinations of mutations in these four genes. The results showed that PHR1/PHL1 and PHL2/PHL3 do not physically interact with each other and function as two distinct modules in regulating plant development and transcriptional responses to Pi starvation. In the PHR1/PHL1 module, PHR1 plays a dominant role, whereas, in the PHL2/PHL3 module, PHL2 and PHL3 contribute similarly to the regulation of PSR gene transcription. By analyzing their common and specific targets, we showed that these PHR proteins could function as both positive and negative regulators of PSR gene expression depending on their targets. Some interactions between PHR1 and PHL2/PHL3 in regulating PSR gene expression were also observed. In addition, we identified a large set of defense-related genes whose expression is not affected in wild-type plants but is altered in the mutant plants under Pi starvation. These results increase our understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying plant transcriptional responses to Pi starvation.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantMutationPhosphatesTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsPhosphatesPHR1 protein, ArabidopsisTranscription Factors

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PMID36417239
PMCPMC9922430
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