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Abscisic acid (ABA) and key proteins in its perception and signaling pathways are ancient, but their roles have changed through time
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Sussmilch, FC and Atallah, NM and Brodribb, TJ and Banks, JA and McAdam, SAM, Abscisic acid (ABA) and key proteins in its perception and signaling pathways are ancient, but their roles have changed through time, Plant Signaling and Behavior, 12, (9) Article e1365210. ISSN 1559-2316 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/15592324.2017.1365210
Abstract
Homologs of the Arabidopsis core abscisic acid (ABA) signaling component OPEN STOMATA1 (OST1) are best known for their role in closing stomata in angiosperm species. We recently characterized a fern OST1 homolog, GAMETOPHYTES ABA INSENSITIVE ON ANTHERDIOGEN 1 (GAIA1), which is not required for stomatal closure in ferns, consistent with physiologic evidence that shows the stomata of these plants respond passively to changes in leaf water status. Instead, gaia1 mutants reveal a critical role in ABA signaling for spore dormancy and sex determination, in a system regulated by antagonism between ABA and the gibberellin (GA)-derived fern hormone antheridiogen (ACE). ABA and key proteins, including ABA receptors from the PYR/PYL/RCAR family and negative regulators of ABA-signaling from Group A of the type-2C protein phosphatases (PP2Cs), in addition to OST1 homologs, can be found in all terrestrial land plant lineages, ranging from liverworts that lack stomata, to angiosperms. As land plants have evolved and diversified over the past 450 million years, so too have the roles of this important plant hormone and the genes involved in its signaling and perception.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | abscisic acid (ABA), OST1, fern, evolution, PYL/RCAR, PP2Cs, land plants, sex determination |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Plant Biology |
| Research Field: | Plant Physiology |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences |
| Author: | Sussmilch, FC (Dr Frances Sussmilch) |
| Author: | Brodribb, TJ (Professor Tim Brodribb) |
| Author: | McAdam, SAM (Dr Scott McAdam) |
| ID Code: | 121309 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DP140100666) |
| Deposited By: | Plant Science |
| Deposited On: | 2017-09-21 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-27 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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