1. The Pea TCP Transcription Factor PsBRC1 Acts Downstream of Strigolactones to Control Shoot Branching1[W].
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Braun, Nils, de Saint Germain, Alexandre, Pillot, Jean-Paul, Boutet-Mercey, Stéphanie, Dalmais, Marion, Antoniadi, Ioanna, Xin Li, Maia-Grondard, Alessandra, Le Signor, Christine, Bouteiller, Nathalie, Da Luo, Bendahmane, Abdelhafid, Turnbull, Colin, and Rameau, Catherine
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PEAS ,CORN ,ARABIDOPSIS thaliana ,CYTOKININS ,ZEATIN ,RIBOSIDES ,XYLEM - Abstract
The function of PsBRC1, the pea (Pisum sativum) homolog of the maize (Zea mays) TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 a Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) BRANCHED1 (AtBRC1) genes, was investigated. The pea Psbrcl mutant displays an increased shoot-branching phenotype, is able to synthesize strigolactone (SL), and does not respond to SL application. The level of pleiotropy of the SL-deficient ramosusl (rms1) mutant is higher than in the Psbrc1 mutant, rmsl exhibiting a relatively dwarf phenotype and more extensive branching at upper nodes. The PsBRC1 gene is mostly expressed in the axillary bud and is transcriptionally up-regulated by direct application of the synthetic SL GR24 and down-regulated by the cytokinin (CK) 6-benzylaminopurine. The results suggest that PsBRC1 may have a role in integrating SL and CK signals and that SLs act directly within the bud to regulate its outgrowth. However, the Psbrc1 mutant responds to 6-benzylaminopurine application and decapitation by increasing axillary bud length, implicating a PsBRC1-independent component of the CK response in sustained bud growth. In contrast to other SL-related mutants, the Psbrc1 mutation does not cause a decrease in the CK zeatin riboside in the xylem sap or a strong increase in RMS1 transcript levels, suggesting that the RMS2-dependent feedback is not activated in this mutant. Surprisingly, the double rmsl Psbrc1 mutant displays a strong increase in numbers of branches at cotyledonary nodes, whereas branching at upper nodes is not significantly higher than the branching in rms1. This phenotype indicates a localized regulation of branching at these nodes specific to pea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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