Analysis of redox effects on nuclear ROXY interactions with transcription factors (P13)

• Subject Area: Plant Physiology
• Term: from 2011 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 180879236

Project P13 concentrates on the organization of redox-regulated transcription complexes in a nuclear microcompartment. The group showed that the biochemical ROXY activities have been highly conserved throughout land plant evolution, including their redox-dependent DNA-binding and redox-regulation of transcription processes within a nuclear microcompartment. Within the next funding period, the group will (i) analyze the role of the redox environment on the nuclear ROXY/TGA localization and function, (ii) identify further interaction partners of ROXY and TGA transcription factors, and (iii) analyze the function of the peroxidase activities on meristem development and cell proliferation of Marchantia polymorpha.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 944: Physiology and Dynamics of Cellular Microcompartments
• Applicant Institution: Universität Osnabrück
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Sabine Zachgo