生物
基因
细胞生物学
遗传学
转录因子
基因座(遗传学)
抄写(语言学)
拟南芥
水稻
突变体
哲学
语言学
作者
Ken-ichiro Taoka,Izuru Ohki,Hiroyuki Tsuji,Kyoko Furuita,Kokoro Hayashi,Tomoko Yanase,Midori Yamaguchi,Chika Nakashima,Yekti Asih Purwestri,Shojiro Tamaki,Yuka Ogaki,Chinatsu Shimada,Atsushi Nakagawa,Chojiro Kojima,Ko Shimamoto
出处
期刊:Nature
[Springer Nature]
日期:2011-07-31
卷期号:476 (7360): 332-335
被引量:612
摘要
Florigen, a plant hormone that translocates from leaves to the shoot apex to induce flowering, is encoded by the FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) gene. The detailed molecular mechanism for florigen action and the identity of its receptors remained unknown. Ko Shimamoto and colleagues show that in rice, florigen binds to 14-3-3 proteins, a type of regulatory molecule present in all eukaryotic cells, and to the transcription factor OsFD1. The crystal structure of the resulting florigen activation complex (FAC) has been determined, providing a mechanistic basis for florigen function in flowering. This work offers clues for improving agriculturally important traits by manipulating florigen and its regulators. ‘Florigen’ was proposed 75 years ago1 to be synthesized in the leaf and transported to the shoot apex, where it induces flowering. Only recently have genetic and biochemical studies established that florigen is encoded by FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), a gene that is universally conserved in higher plants2,3,4. Nonetheless, the exact function of florigen during floral induction remains poorly understood and receptors for florigen have not been identified. Here we show that the rice FT homologue Hd3a5 interacts with 14-3-3 proteins in the apical cells of shoots, yielding a complex that translocates to the nucleus and binds to the Oryza sativa (Os)FD1 transcription factor, a rice homologue of Arabidopsis thaliana FD. The resultant ternary ‘florigen activation complex’ (FAC) induces transcription of OsMADS15, a homologue of A. thaliana APETALA1 (AP1), which leads to flowering. We have determined the 2.4 A crystal structure of rice FAC, which provides a mechanistic basis for florigen function in flowering. Our results indicate that 14-3-3 proteins act as intracellular receptors for florigen in shoot apical cells, and offer new approaches to manipulate flowering in various crops and trees.
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