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The branching gene RAMOSUS1 mediates interactions among two novel signals and auxin in pea
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Foo, E and Bullier, E and Goussot, M and Foucher, F and Rameau, C and Beveridge, CA, The branching gene RAMOSUS1 mediates interactions among two novel signals and auxin in pea, The Plant Cell, 17, (2) pp. 464-474. ISSN 1040-4651 (2005) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2005 American Society of Plant Biologists
DOI: doi:10.1105/tpc.104.026716
Abstract
In Pisum sativum, the RAMOSUS genes RMS1, RMS2, and RMS5 regulate shoot branching via physiologically defined mobile signals. RMS1 is most likely a carotenoid cleavage enzyme and acts with RMS5 to control levels of an as yet unidentified mobile branching inhibitor required for auxin inhibition of branching. Our work provides molecular, genetic, and physiological evidence that RMS1 plays a central role in a shoot-to-root-to-shoot feedback system that regulates shoot branching in pea. Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) positively regulates RMS1 transcript level, a potentially important mechanism for regulation of shoot branching by IAA. In addition, RMS1 transcript levels are dramatically elevated in rms3, rms4, and rms5 plants, which do not contain elevated IAA levels. This degree of upregulation of RMS1 expression cannot be achieved in wild-type plants by exogenous IAA application. Grafting studies indicate that an IAA-independent mobile feedback signal contributes to the elevated RMS1 transcript levels in rms4 plants. Therefore, the long-distance signaling network controlling branching in pea involves IAA, the RMS1 inhibitor, and an IAA-independent feedback signal. Consistent with physiological studies that predict an interaction between RMS2 and RMS1, rms2 mutations appear to disrupt this IAA-independent regulation of RMS1 expression.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Plant biology |
Research Field: | Plant physiology |
Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
Objective Group: | Environmentally sustainable plant production |
Objective Field: | Environmentally sustainable plant production not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Foo, E (Associate Professor Eloise Foo) |
ID Code: | 37917 |
Year Published: | 2005 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 211 |
Deposited By: | Plant Science |
Deposited On: | 2005-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2018-10-04 |
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