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MYC2 regulates ARR16, a component of cytokinin signaling pathways, in Arabidopsis seedling development
Archana Kumari Srivastava1, Siddhartha Dutta1, Sudip Chattopadhyay1
1Department of Biotechnology National Institute of Technology Durgapur India.
Abstract:
MYC2 is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that acts as a repressor of blue light-mediated photomorphogenic growth; however, it promotes lateral root formation. MYC2 also regulates different phytohormone-signaling pathways in crucial manner. Arabidopsis response regulator 16 (ARR16) is a negative regulator of cytokinin signaling pathways. Here, we show that MYC2 directly binds to the E-box of ARR16 minimal promoter and negatively regulates its expression in a cytokinin-dependent manner. While ARR16 and MYC2 influence jasmonic acid and cytokinin signaling, the expression of ARR16 is regulated by cry1, GBF1, and HYH, the components of light signaling pathways. The transgenic studies show that the expression of ARR16 is regulated by MYC2 at various stages of development. The mutational studies reveal that ARR16 positively regulates the hypocotyl growth in blue light, and phenotypic analysis of atmyc2 arr16 double mutant further reveals that arr16 can suppress the short hypocotyl phenotype of atmyc2. Altogether, this work highlights MYC2-mediated transcriptional repression of ARR16 in Arabidopsis seedling development.
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