MYB46-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation of Secondary Wall Biosynthesis
MYB46-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation of Secondary Wall Biosynthesis
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DOI:
10.1093/mp/sss076
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发表时间:
2012-09-01
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27.5
通讯作者:
Han, Kyung-Hwan
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作者:
Ko, Jae-Heung;Kim, Won-Chan;Han, Kyung-Hwan
Formation of secondary wall requires coordinated transcriptional regulation of the genes involved in the biosynthesis of major secondary wall components (eg cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin). even though many aspects of plant biology have been extensively elucidated using various model species, our current understanding of secondary wall formation is limited. complex transcriptional networks appear to be involved in the coordinated regulation of secondary wall biosynthesis (Ko et al., 2009; Demura and Ye, 2010; Zhu et al., 2010; lee et al., 2011; for a recent review, see Wang and Dixon, 2012). Recently, MYB46 (at5g12870) has been shown to function as a central regulator for secondary wall formation (Figure 1)(Zhong et al., 2007; Ko et al., 2009). MYB46 is predominantly expressed in inflorescence stems, specifically in both fibers and xylem cells undergoing secondary wall thickening but not in parenchymatous cells. Overexpression of MYB46 or its close homolog MYB83 (at3g08500) up-regulates the genes involved in secondary wall biosynthesis (eg cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin biosynthesis genes) and causes ectopic deposition of secondary walls even in the cells that are normally parenchymatous (Ko et al., 2009). On the other hand, dominant suppression of MYB46 significantly reduces secondary wall thickening in the fibers and vessels of the transgenic plants (Zhong et al., 2007). taken together, these observations suggest that MYB46 and MYB83 function as a master transcriptional switch for secondary cell wall formation. Furthermore, several MYB46 orthologs from other plant species have also been shown to function as a master switch for secondary wall formation, including PtMYB4 from pine, egMYB2 from eucalyptus, PtrMYB3/PtrMYB20 from poplar, OsMYB46 from rice, and ZmMYB46 from maize (Zhong et al., 2011; Wang and Dixon, 2012). Ko et al.(2009) performed a time-course transcriptome profiling with an inducible secondary wall thickening system in Arabidopsis plants by expressing MYB46 under the control of dexamethasone-inducible promoter. this study identified a total of 42 transcription factors whose expressions coincide with or precede the induction of secondary wall biosynthetic genes. Based on the time-course expression pattern of the genes, a tentative hierarchical relationship of the transcription factors was developed in regard to transcriptional regulation of secondary wall biosynthesis. Several Nac domain transcription factors have been identified as key transcriptional activators of secondary wall formation, which are located at the upstream of MYB46 in the transcriptional network. VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN6