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ArticleNature communications2024

Subfunctionalisation and self-repression of duplicated E1 homologues finetunes soybean flowering and adaptation.

Chao Fang, Zhihui Sun, Shichen Li, Tong Su, Lingshuang Wang, Lidong Dong, Haiyang Li, Lanxin Li, Lingping Kong, Zhiquan Yang and 5 more

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5 · Who and what money

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15 authors.

Chao Fang *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
Zhihui Sun *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
Shichen Li *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
Tong Su *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
Lingshuang Wang *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
Lidong Dong *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8085-1678
Haiyang LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
Lanxin LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
Lingping KongGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7787-0088
Zhiquan YangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6283-0753
Xiaoya LinGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China.
Alibek ZatybekovLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Baohui LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China. liubh@gzhu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-3491-8293
Fanjiang KongGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China. kongfj@gzhu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-7138-1478
Sijia LuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, China. lusijia@gzhu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3110-0915

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32022062
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soybean is a photoperiod-sensitive staple crop. Its photoperiodic flowering has major consequences for latitudinal adaptation and grain yield. Here, we identify and characterise a flowering locus named Time of flower 4b (Tof4b), which encodes E1-Like b (E1Lb), a homologue of the key soybean floral repressor E1. Tof4b protein physically associates with the promoters of two FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) genes to repress their transcription and delay flowering to impart soybean adaptation to high latitudes. Three E1 homologues undergo subfunctionalisation and show differential subcellular localisation. Moreover, they all possess self-repression capability and each suppresses the two homologous counterparts. Subfunctionalisation and the transcriptional regulation of E1 genes collectively finetune flowering time and high-latitude adaptation in soybean. We propose a model for the functional fate of the three E1 genes after the soybean whole-genome duplication events, refine the molecular mechanisms underlying high-latitude adaption, and provide a potential molecular-breeding resource.

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FlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantGlycine maxPhotoperiodPlant ProteinsAdaptation, PhysiologicalGene DuplicationGenes, PlantPhylogenyPlants, Genetically ModifiedPromoter Regions, GeneticPlant Proteins

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PMID39039090
PMCPMC11263555

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