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ArticleThe Plant cell2024

The adaptor protein ECAP, the corepressor LEUNIG, and the transcription factor BEH3 interact and regulate microsporocyte generation in Arabidopsis.

Lei Shi, Changjiang Li, Gaofeng Lv, Xing Li, Wutao Feng, Yujing Bi, Wenhui Wang, Youqun Wang, Lei Zhu, Wenqiang Tang and 1 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lei ShiState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3102-6046
Changjiang LiState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5545-9690
Gaofeng LvState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0009-0000-5732-3730
Xing LiState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5531-5016
Wutao FengState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0009-0007-5489-3886
Yujing BiState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4301-7278
Wenhui WangKey Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China.ORCID 0009-0002-3067-4877
Youqun WangState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0009-0000-0425-4954
Lei ZhuState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8056-2761
Wenqiang TangKey Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Ministry of Education, Hebei Collaboration Innovation Center for Cell Signaling, Hebei Key Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6403-1207
Ying FuState Key Laboratory of Plant Environmental Resilience, College of Biological Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9436-212X
China Agricultural University · CNHebei Normal University · CN

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2018M641532Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology 2022YFE0108200National Natural Science Foundation of China 32230030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Histospecification and morphogenesis of anthers during development in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) are well understood. However, the regulatory mechanism of microsporocyte generation at the pre-meiotic stage remains unclear, especially how archesporial cells are specified and differentiate into 2 cell lineages with distinct developmental fates. SPOROCYTELESS (SPL) is a key reproductive gene that is activated during early anther development and remains active. In this study, we demonstrated that the EAR motif-containing adaptor protein (ECAP) interacts with the Gro/Tup1 family corepressor LEUNIG (LUG) and the BES1/BZR1 HOMOLOG3 (BEH3) transcription factor to form a transcription activator complex, epigenetically regulating SPL transcription. SPL participates in microsporocyte generation by modulating the specification of archesporial cells and the archesporial cell-derived differentiation of somatic and reproductive cell layers. This study illustrates the regulation of SPL expression by the ECAP-LUG-BEH3 complex, which is essential for the generation of microsporocytes. Moreover, our findings identified ECAP as a key transcription regulator that can combine with different partners to regulate gene expression in distinct ways, thereby facilitating diverse processes in various aspects of plant development.

Indexed as

ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantCo-Repressor ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPollenRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsAT3G58110 protein, ArabidopsisAT4G18890 protein, ArabidopsisBES1 protein, ArabidopsisCo-Repressor ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsLUG protein, ArabidopsisNuclear ProteinsRepressor ProteinsSPL protein, ArabidopsisTranscription Factors

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PMID38526222
PMCPMC11218778
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