Journal
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 72, Issue 15, Pages 5508-5521Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab233
Keywords
Arabidopsis; atrichoblast; phytosulfokine; root development; root hair; sulfated peptide signaling; transcriptome; tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [SA 495/13-1, SA 495/13-2]
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Tyrosine-sulfated peptides play a crucial role in regulating plant growth and development, with the disulfated pentapeptide phytosulfokine (PSK) mediating growth through specific receptors. A transcriptome analysis in mutants lacking sulfated peptides identified genes regulated by PSK and other sulfated peptides, showing effects on root growth and development. Additionally, the study revealed unexpected synergistic effects of ligand and receptor deficiencies on root phenotype.
Tyrosine-sulfated peptides are key regulators of plant growth and development. The disulfated pentapeptide phytosulfokine (PSK) mediates growth via leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases, PSKR1 and PSKR2. PSK receptors (PSKRs) are part of a response module at the plasma membrane that mediates short-term growth responses, but downstream signaling of transcriptional regulation remains unexplored. In Arabidopsis, tyrosine sulfation is catalyzed by a single-copy gene (TPST; encoding tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase). We performed a microarray-based transcriptome analysis in the tpst-1 mutant background that lacks sulfated peptides to identify PSK-regulated genes and genes that are regulated by other sulfated peptides. Of the 169 PSK-regulated genes, several had functions in root growth and development, in agreement with shorter roots and a higher lateral root density in tpst-1. Further, tpst-1 roots developed higher numbers of root hairs, and PSK induced expression of WEREWOLF (WER), its paralog MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN 23 (MYB23), and At1g66800 that maintain non-hair cell fate. The tpst-1 pskr1-3 pskr2-1 mutant showed even shorter roots, and higher lateral root and root hair density than tpst-1, revealing unexpected synergistic effects of ligand and PSKR deficiencies. While residual activities may exist, overexpression of PSKR1 in the tpst-1 background induced root growth, suggesting that PSKR1 may be active in the absence of sulfated ligands.
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