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ArticleNature plants2025

Comparative mutant analyses reveal a novel mechanism of ARF regulation in land plants.

Michael J Prigge, Nicholas Morffy, Amber de Neve, Whitnie Szutu, María Jazmín Abraham-Juárez, Trisha McAllister, Heather Jones, Kjel Johnson, Nicole Do, Meirav Lavy and 4 more

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Article in Nature plants, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Mutational analyses of an instability domain reveal its conserved role in the regulation of class-B ARF levels inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR thermostability.Nature communications · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Michael J PriggeDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-2538
Nicholas MorffyDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Amber de NeveUSDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, CA, USA.
Whitnie SzutuDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
María Jazmín Abraham-JuárezLaboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (LANGEBIO), Unidad de Genómica Avanzada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), Irapuato, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5468-8176
Trisha McAllisterInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8819-1873
Heather JonesInstitute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5702-5628
Kjel JohnsonUSDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, CA, USA.
Nicole DoDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Meirav LavyDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Sarah HakeUSDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6953-1529
Lucia C StraderDepartment of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. lucia.strader@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7600-7204
Mark EstelleDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. mestelle@ucsd.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2613-8652
Annis E RichardsonUSDA Plant Gene Expression Center, Albany, CA, USA. annis.richardson@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2061-4902

Funding

MOLECULAR GENETICS OF AUXIN ACTION IN ARABIDOPSISR01GM043644 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI ESTELLE, MARK A · 1989 to 2021
$6.0M
NIGMS administrative equipment supplement for R35 GM136338-02R35GM136338 · NIGMS · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI Lucia Strader · 2020 to 2026
$3.2M
Novel auxin signaling components and pathways.R35GM141892 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI ESTELLE, MARK A · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) R01GM043644Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) R35GM141892National Science Foundation (NSF) IOS1922543National Science Foundation (NSF) PGRP BIO-2112056NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM043644NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136338NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM141892RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UKRI EP/Y010116/1Royal Society IES\R2\212032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The plant hormone auxin regulates a wide variety of transcriptional responses depending on the cell type, environment and species. How this diversity is achieved may be related to the specific complement of auxin-signalling components in each cell. The levels of activators (class-A AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORS) and repressors (class-B ARFs) are particularly important. Tight regulation of ARF protein levels is probably key in determining this balance. Through comparative analysis of novel, dominant mutants in maize and the moss Physcomitrium patens, we have discovered a ~500-million-year-old mechanism of class-B ARF protein-level regulation mediated by proteasome degradation, important in determining cell fate decisions across land plants. Thus, our results add a key piece to the puzzle of how auxin regulates plant development.

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BryopsidaGene Expression Regulation, PlantPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant ProteinsTranscription FactorsZea maysIndoleacetic AcidsMutationIndoleacetic AcidsPlant Growth RegulatorsPlant ProteinsTranscription Factors

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PMID40216984
PMCPMC12014491

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