Abstract
Hormones are important regulators of plant growth and development. In Arabidopsis, perception of the phytohormones ethylene and cytokinln is accomplished by a family of sensor histidine kinases including ethylene-resistant (ETR) 1 and cytokinin-response (CRE) 1. We identified the Arabidopsis response regulator 2 (ARR2) as a signalling component functioning downstream of ETR1 in ethylene signal transduction. Analyses of loss-of-function and ARR2-overexpressing lines as well as functional assays in protoplasts indicate an important role of ARR2 in mediating ethylene responses. Additional investigations indicate that an ETR1-initiated phosphorelay regulates the transcription factor activity of ARR2. This mechanism may create a novel signal transfer from endoplasmic reticulum-associated ETR1 to the nucleus for the regulation of ethylene-response genes. Furthermore, global expression profiling revealed a complex ARR2-involving two-component network that interferes with a multitude of different signalling pathways and thereby contributes to the highly integrated signal processing machinery in higher plants.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3290-3302 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | EMBO Journal |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 Aug 18 |
Keywords
- Expression profiling
- Phosphorelay
- Phytohormone signalling
- Response regulator
- Two-component system
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Immunology and Microbiology(all)