Project Details
Projekt
Functional analysis of ROXY-type glutaredoxin ROXY19 in Arabidopsis thaliana
Applicant
Professorin Dr. Christiane Gatz
Subject Area
Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics
Term
from 2014 to 2020
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 251894669
In Arabidopsis thaliana, ROXY-type glutarexdoxins (GRXs) form a group of 21 genes. ROXYs, which occur only in higher land plants, are distinguished from GRXs found in all organisms including plants by a CC(M/L)(CS) rather than a CPYC or CGFS motif. Two functions are known for ROXYs: regulation of petal number (ROXY1) and repression of the ethylene defense pathway (ROXY19). Repression of the ethylene pathway occurs at the promoter of the key transcriptional activator ORA59. Fourteen of the 21 ROXYs can functionally replace each other if their expression pattern is altered accordingly. The ability to interact with bZIP TGA transcription factors and a C-terminal ALWL motif is important for the two known ROXY functions. In contrast, the CCMC motif can be replaced by a CPYC or even a SSMS motif. This unexpected finding raises the question why the CC(M/L)(CS) motif is so conserved. We aim to identify conditions under which only ROXY19 but not ROXY19(SSMS) is functional. Moreover, we will elucidate the composition of the ROXY19-containing repressive complex at the ORA59 promoter since this might contain a redox-modulated compound allowing release of repression.
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