Arabidopsis WRKY6 Transcription Factor Acts as a Positive Regulator of Abscisic Acid Signaling during Seed Germination and Early Seedling Development
Copyright policy )Arabidopsis WRKY6 Transcription Factor Acts as a Positive Regulator of Abscisic Acid Signaling during Seed Germination and Early Seedling Development
The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays important roles during seed germination and early seedling development. Here, we characterized the function of the Arabidopsis WRKY6 transcription factor in ABA signaling. The transcript of WRKY6 was repressed during seed germination and early seedling development, and induced by exogenous ABA. The wrky6-1 and wrky6-2 mutants were ABA insensitive, whereas WRKY6-overexpressing lines showed ABA-hypersensitive phenotypes during seed germination and early seedling development. The expression of RAV1 was suppressed in the WRKY6-overexpressing lines and elevated in the wrky6 mutants, and the expression of ABI3, ABI4, and ABI5, which was directly down-regulated by RAV1, was enhanced in the WRKY6-overexpressing lines and repressed in the wrky6 mutants. Electrophoretic mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays showed that WRKY6 could bind to the RAV1 promoter in vitro and in vivo. Overexpression of RAV1 in WRKY6-overexpressing lines abolished their ABA-hypersensitive phenotypes, and the rav1 wrky6-2 double mutant showed an ABA-hypersensitive phenotype, similar to rav1 mutant. Together, the results demonstrated that the Arabidopsis WRKY6 transcription factor played important roles in ABA signaling by directly down-regulating RAV1 expression.
- National Center for Gene Research China (People's Republic of)
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences China (People's Republic of)
- University of California System United States
- China Agricultural University China (People's Republic of)
- Zhejiang Ocean University China (People's Republic of)
Base Sequence, Arabidopsis Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Arabidopsis, Germination, QH426-470, Genes, Plant, Plants, Genetically Modified, Models, Biological, Repressor Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Seedlings, Mutation, Seeds, Genetics, Research Article, Abscisic Acid, Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors
Base Sequence, Arabidopsis Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Arabidopsis, Germination, QH426-470, Genes, Plant, Plants, Genetically Modified, Models, Biological, Repressor Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Seedlings, Mutation, Seeds, Genetics, Research Article, Abscisic Acid, Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors
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