DWARF53 interacts with transcription factors UB2/UB3/TSH4 to regulate maize tillering and tassel branching

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第一作者： Liu, Yuting

作者： Liu, Yuting;Zhao, Yongping;Wang, Hu Hailing;Dai, Zhouyan;Xue, Weicong;Yang, Juan;Wei, Hongbin;Shen, Rongxin;Wang, Haiyang;Wu, Guangxia;Shen, Rongxin;Wang, Haiyang

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期刊名称：PLANT PHYSIOLOGY （ 影响因子：8.34； 五年影响因子：8.972 ）

ISSN： 0032-0889

年卷期： 2021 年 187 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Strigolactones (SLs) are a recently identified class of phytohormones that regulate diverse developmental processes in land plants. However, the signaling mechanism of SLs in maize (Zea mays) remains largely unexplored. Here, we identified the maize gene DWARF 53 (ZmD53) and demonstrated that ZmD53 interacts with the SL receptors DWARF 14A/B (ZmD14A/B) in a rac-GR24-dependent manner. Transgenic maize plants expressing a gain-of-function mutant version of Zma53 exhibited insensitivity to exogenous rac-GR24 treatment and a highly pleiotropic phenotype, including excess tillering and reduced tassel branching, indicating that ZmD53 functions as an authentic SL signaling repressor in maize. In addition, we showed that ZmD53 interacts with two homologous maize SPL transcription factors, UB3 and TSH4, and suppresses their transcriptional activation activity on TB1 to promote tillering. We also showed that UB2, UB3, and TSH4 can physically interact with each other and themselves, and that they can directly regulate the expression of TSH4, thus forming a positive feedback loop. Furthermore, we demonstrated that ZmD53 can repress the transcriptional activation activity of UB3 and TSH4 on their own promoters, thus decreasing tassel branch number. Our results reveal new insights into the integration of SL signaling and the miR156/SPL molecular module to coordinately regulate maize development.

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