ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2025
The SNL Histone Deacetylase-Binding Factor GmHE13 Is a Novel Regulator of Soybean Hypocotyl Elongation.
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- HDAC-mediated non-histone deacetylation as a central regulatory network integrating crop growth and stress adaptation.Plant cell reports · 2026Review
- Identification of genetic loci and domestication gene GmZFP1 associated with soybean hypocotyl elongation in seedling stage by genome-wide association study.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
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Hypocotyl elongation is one of the key events during seed germination and seedling establishment, determining the field performance and yield of soybean. In this study, using a genome-wide association study (GWAS) method, we identified a candidate gene regulating soybean hypocotyl elongation, GmHE13 (HYPOCOTYL ELONGATION 13), which encodes an SNL histone deacetylase (HDAC)-binding protein. Knockout of GmHE13 led to over-elongated hypocotyls, while overexpression of GmHE13 suppressed hypocotyl elongation, confirming GmHE13 as an inhibitor of hypocotyl development. As an SNL protein, GmHE13 interacts with multiple HDACs and a Myb-like transcription factor (TF) GmRVE5 (REVEILLE5) to form HDAC complexes. These complexes remove H3K14 acetylation from hypocotyl growth-related genes, including expansins, thereby repressing their expression and inhibiting hypocotyl elongation. Furthermore, the lead SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) dividing GmHE13 into two major haplotypes was found to determine the binding activity of a light-responsive TF, GmOBP3, to GmHE13's promoter and lead to differential expression of GmHE13, resulting in differential hypocotyl elongation. Interestingly, the distribution of GmHE13 haplotypes displayed a latitudinal preference, with GmHE13
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