Metabolomics,Unknown,Transcriptomics,Genomics,Proteomics

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The Arabidopsis Zinc Finger Protein 3 integrates ABA and light signaling in seed germination and plant development

ABSTRACT: ZFP3, a nuclear C2H2 zinc finger protein acts as a negative regulator of ABA- suppressed germination. Regulated over-expression of ZFP3 and closely related ZFP1, ZFP4, ZFP6 and ZFP7 confers ABA insensitivity to seed germination while the zfp3,zfp4 double mutant displays enhanced ABA susceptibility. Reduced expression of a large set of ABA-induced genes such as RAB18 and transcription factors ABI3, ABI4, ABI5 and RGL2 in ZFP3ox seedling suggests that ZFP3 indeed negatively regulates ABA signaling. Analysis of ZFP3ox plants revealed multiple phenotypic alterations such as semidwarf growth habit, defects in fertility and enhanced sensitivity of hypocotyl elongation to red but not to far-red or blue light. Analysis of genetic interactions with phytochrome and abi mutants suggested that ZFP3 amplifies red light signals perceived by photoreceptors other than phyB, and controlled by ABI5 downstream of ZFP3. Comparison of ZFP3 overexpressing and wild type Arabidopsis seedlings

ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana

SUBMITTER: Balazs Horvath

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48661 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Project description:Background: Introduction of a transgene that transcribes RNA homologous to an endogenous gene in the plant genome can induce silencing of both genes, a phenomenon termed cosuppression. Cosuppression was first discovered in transgenic petunia plants transformed with the CHS-A gene encoding chalcone synthase, in which nonpigmented sectors in flowers or completely white flowers are produced. Some of the flower-color patterns observed in transgenic petunias having CHS-A cosuppression resemble those in existing nontransgenic varieties. Although the mechanism by which white sectors are generated in nontransgenic petunia is known to be due to RNA silencing of the CHS-A gene as in cosuppression, whether the same trigger(s) and/or pattern of RNA degradation are involved in these phenomena has not been known. Here, we addressed this question using deep-sequencing and bioinformatic analyses of small RNAs. Results: We analyzed short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) produced in nonpigmented sectors of petal tissues in transgenic petunia plants that have CHS-A cosuppression and a nontransgenic petunia variety Red Star, that has naturally occurring CHS-A RNA silencing. In both silencing systems, 21-nt and 22-nt siRNAs were the most and the second-most abundant size classes, respectively. CHS-A siRNA production was confined to exon 2, indicating that RNA degradation through the RNA silencing pathway occurred in this exon. Common siRNAs were detected in cosuppression and naturally occurring RNA silencing, and their ranks based on the number of siRNAs in these plants were correlated with each other. Noticeably, highly abundant siRNAs were common in these systems. Phased siRNAs were detected in multiple phases at multiple sites, and some of the ends of the regions that produced phased siRNAs were conserved. Conclusions: The features of siRNA production found to be common to cosuppression and naturally occurring silencing of the CHS-A gene indicate mechanistic similarities between these silencing systems especially in the biosynthetic processes of siRNAs including cleavage of CHS-A transcripts and subsequent production of secondary siRNAs in exon 2. The data also suggest that these events occurred at multiple sites, which can be a feature of these silencing phenomena. Small RNAs isolated from petal tissues in two petunia lines were analyzed.

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The Arabidopsis Zinc Finger Protein 3 integrates ABA and light signaling in seed germination and plant development

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