Primary multistep phosphorelay activation comprises both cytokinin and abiotic stress responses in Brassicaceae
biorxiv(2023)
摘要
Multistep phosphorelay (MSP) signaling integrates hormonal and environmental signals to control plant development and adaptive responses. The type-A RESPONSE REGULATORs ( RRAs ), the downstream members of the MSP cascade and cytokinin primary response genes, are supposed to mediate primarily the negative feedback regulation of (cytokinin-induced) MSP signaling. However, the transcriptional data suggest the involvement of RRAs in stress-related responses as well. By employing evolutionary conservation with the well-characterized Arabidopsis thaliana RRAs , we identified 5 and 38 novel putative RRAs in Brassica oleracea and Brassica napus , respectively. Our phylogenetic analysis suggests the existence of gene-specific selective pressure, maintaining the homologs of ARR3, ARR6, and ARR16 as singletons during the evolution of Brassica oleracea and Brassica rapa . We categorized RRAs based on the kinetics of their cytokinin-mediated upregulation and observed both similarities and specificities in this type of response across Brassicaceae. Using bioinformatic analysis and experimental data demonstrating the cytokinin responsiveness of Arabidopsis -derived TCSv2 reporter, we unveil the mechanistic conservation of cytokinin-mediated upregulation of RRAs in Brassica rapa and Brassica napus . Notably, we identify partial cytokinin dependency of cold stress-induced RRA transcription, thus corroborating the role of cytokinin signaling in the crop adaptive responses.
Highlights We identified Brassica homologs of Arabidopsis type-A response regulators ( RRAs ), demonstrate existence of selective pressure preventing several RRAs multiplication during Brassicaceae evolution and describe cytokinin dependency of cold-induced RRAs upregulation.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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