Project description:Suppression mechanism employed by transcriptional repressors is commonly existed in diverse phytohormone signaling. In Arabidopsis thaliana, JASMONATE-ZIM DOMAIN (JAZ) proteins act as transcriptional repressors and involve in different aspects of the JA signaling network, through recruiting general co-repressors TOPLESS (TPL) and TPL-related proteins (TPRs). To accomplish overlapping but also finely separated functions of JAZ proteins, specificadaptor proteins are employed in JA signaling. Novel Interactor of JAZ (NINJA) is an adaptor protein mediates gene repression in JA-dependent root growth inhibition and pathogen defense. However, the adaptor protein(s) modulate other JA responsive biological processes is still a mystery. In this study, we demonstrated that a previously uncharacterized protein, ECAP(EAR-Containing Adaptor Protein) that connects JAZ6/8 and TPR to repress JA-mediated anthocyanin accumulation at low JA level. We also found ECAP-mediated transcriptional repression might play a general role in multiple aspects of plant development and responses to environments.
Project description:NINJA (At4g28910) and TOPLESS proteins function as negative regulators of jasmonate responses. Our results point to TPL proteins as general co-repressors that affect multiple signalling pathways through the interaction with specific adaptor proteins. This new insight reveals how stress- and growth-related signalling cascades use common molecular mechanisms to regulate gene expression in plants. Two-condition experiment, Col-0 vs. plants silencing NINJA (RNAi-NINJA) and both Col-0 vs RNAi NINJA treated with coronatine . Biological replicates: 4 control replicates untreated , 4 RNAi NINJA untreated replicates, 4 control treated replicates and 4 RNAi NINJA treated replicates
Project description:NINJA (At4g28910) and TOPLESS proteins function as negative regulators of jasmonate responses. Our results point to TPL proteins as general co-repressors that affect multiple signalling pathways through the interaction with specific adaptor proteins. This new insight reveals how stress- and growth-related signalling cascades use common molecular mechanisms to regulate gene expression in plants.
Project description:Pathogens target phytohormone signalling pathways to promote disease. Plants deploy salicylic acid (SA) mediated defences against biotrophs. Pathogens antagonise SA immunity by activating jasmonate signalling, e.g. Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 produces coronatine (COR), a jasmonate (JA) mimic. This study found unexpected dynamics between SA, JA and COR and co-operation between JAZ jasmonate repressor proteins during DC3000 infection. JA did not accumulate until late in the infection process and was higher in leaves challenged with coronatine deficient P. syringae or in the more resistant JA receptor mutant coi1. JAZ regulation was complex and coronatine alone was insufficient to sustainably induce JAZs.
Project description:Pathogens target phytohormone signalling pathways to promote disease. Plants deploy salicylic acid (SA) mediated defences against biotrophs. Pathogens antagonise SA immunity by activating jasmonate signalling, e.g. Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 produces coronatine (COR), a jasmonate (JA) mimic. This study found unexpected dynamics between SA, JA and COR and co-operation between JAZ jasmonate repressor proteins during DC3000 infection. JA did not accumulate until late in the infection process and was higher in leaves challenged with coronatine deficient P. syringae or in the more resistant JA receptor mutant coi1. JAZ regulation was complex and coronatine alone was insufficient to sustainably induce JAZs. RNA was extracted from leaves of wild type Col-0 or the jaz5/10 mutant plants from leaves 6, 8, 12 or 16 hours after challenged with Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.
Project description:Rhizogenic Agrobacterium protein RolB interacts with the TOPLESS and NINJA repressor proteins to reprogram plant jasmonate signaling (GUS overexpression)
Project description:Rhizogenic Agrobacterium protein RolB interacts with the TOPLESS and NINJA repressor proteins to reprogram plant jasmonate signaling (rolB overexpression)
