Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Mol Cell. 2019 Oct 3;76(1):177-190.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.06.044. Epub 2019 Aug 14.
The phytohormone auxin plays crucial roles in nearly every aspect of plant growth and development. The auxin response factor (ARF) transcription factor family regulates auxin-responsive gene expression and exhibits nuclear localization in regions of high auxin responsiveness. Here we show that the ARF7 and ARF19 proteins accumulate in micron-sized assemblies within the cytoplasm of tissues with attenuated auxin responsiveness. We found that the intrinsically disordered middle region and the folded PB1 interaction domain of ARFs drive protein assembly formation. Mutation of a single lysine within the PB1 domain abrogates cytoplasmic assemblies, promotes ARF nuclear localization, and results in an altered transcriptome and morphological defects. Our data suggest a model in which ARF nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning regulates auxin responsiveness, providing a mechanism for cellular competence for auxin signaling.
植物激素生长素在植物生长和发育的几乎各个方面都起着至关重要的作用。生长素响应因子 (ARF) 转录因子家族调节生长素响应基因的表达,并在生长素响应性高的区域表现出核定位。在这里,我们表明 ARF7 和 ARF19 蛋白在生长素响应性减弱的组织的细胞质中积累在微米大小的组装体中。我们发现 ARF 的固有无序的中间区域和折叠的 PB1 相互作用域驱动蛋白组装的形成。PB1 结构域中单个赖氨酸的突变会破坏细胞质组装,促进 ARF 的核定位,并导致转录组改变和形态缺陷。我们的数据表明,ARF 的核质分配调节生长素的响应,为生长素信号的细胞能力提供了一种机制。