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Overexpression of BcPIF4-1 affects flowering time and hypocotyl length by regulating AtFT and AtIAA29 expression, respectively, in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR4 (PIF4) plays an important role in regulating plant thermomorphogenesis. In this study, two PIF4 homologous genes, BcPIF4-1 and BcPIF4-2 (Brassica rapa subsp. CHINENSIS PIF4-1 and PIF4-2), were investigated. Amino acid sequence comparison with Arabidopsis thaliana PIF4 (AtPIF4) showed that BcPIF4-1 and BcPIF4-2 had an active phytochrome B binding (APB) motif at the N-terminus and a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain at the C-terminus. Both BcPIF4-1 and BcPIF4-2 were highly expressed in the leaves of Pak choi and showed increasing expression patterns during vernalization. Subcellular localization and yeast two-hybrid analyses also showed that the three BcPIF4-1 and BcPIF4-2 proteins were localized in the nucleus and could interact with Pak choi and Arabidopsis TEOSINTE BRANCHED1/CYCLOIDEA/PROLIFERATING CELL FACTORS (BcTCPs and AtTCPs). Interestingly, transgenic approaches have shown that the overexpression of only BcPIF4-1 in Col-0 and pif4-101 plants results in early flowering phenotypes by upregulating the expression of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T (AtFT). An important BcPIF4-1 motif that directly binds to the AtFT promoter is also suggested in this study. Furthermore, the overexpression of BcPIF4-1 in Col-0 and pif4-101 plants affected hypocotyl length by increasing the expression levels of Arabidopsis INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID INDUCIBLE 29 (AtIAA29). Our results indicate that BcPIF4-1 isolated from Pak choi is a functional equivalent of AtPIF4 in terms of flowering time and hypocotyl elongation, suggesting that BcPIF4-1 is a candidate gene for developing high-temperature-insensitive Pak choi cultivars. MAIN
conclusionPak choi BcPIF4-1 controls flowering time and hypocotyl length by affecting AtFT and AtIAA29 expression, respectively in Arabidopsis.
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