A super strong engineered auxin-TIR1 pair.
A super strong engineered auxin-TIR1 pair.
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超强工程生长素-TIR1 对。
DOI:
10.1093/pcp/pcy127
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发表时间:
2018
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通讯作者:
Torii KU and Hagihara S
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作者:
Yamada R;Murai K;Uchida N;Takahashi K;Iwasaki R;Tada Y;Kinoshita T;Itami K;Torii KU and Hagihara S
Auxin regulates diverse aspects of plant growth and development through induction of the interaction between TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE 1/AUXIN SIGNALING F-BOX proteins (TIR1/AFBs) and AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID (Aux/IAA) co-receptor proteins and the subsequent transcriptional regulation. The artificial control of endogenous auxin signaling should enable the precise delineation of auxin-mediated biological events as well as the agricultural application of auxin. To this end, we previously developed a synthetic auxin–receptor pair that consists of 5-(3-methoxyphenyl)-IAA (convexIAA, cvxIAA) and the engineered TIR1 whose phenylalanine at position 79 in the auxin-binding pocket is substituted to glycine (TIR1F79G) (concaveTIR1, ccvTIR1). This synthetic auxin–receptor pair works orthogonally to natural auxin signaling in transgenic plants harboring the engineered TIR1 by exogenous application of 5-(3-methoxyphenyl)-IAA, and has potential to be utilized as novel agricultural/horticultural tools. In the present study, we report an improved version of the synthetic cvxIAA–ccvTIR1 pair such that synthetic IAA can act at lower concentrations. Using a yeast two-hybrid system, we screened various 5-substituted IAAs and identified 5-adamantyl-IAA, named pico_cvxIAA, which mediates interaction of TIR1F79Gand IAA3 proteins at a 1,000-fold lower concentration than the original version, 5-(3-methoxyphenyl)-IAA. Furthermore, we found that TIR1F79Ainteracts with IAA3 protein in the presence of picomolar concentrations of 5-adamantyl-IAA, 10,000-fold lower than our prototype version of the cvxIAA–ccvTIR1 pair. In addition, pull-down assays confirmed that 5-adamantyl-IAA mediates in vitro interaction of TIR1F79Aand IAA7-DII peptides at lower concentrations. The improved synthetic IAA–TIR1 pair with high affinity would be beneficial for basic science as well as for practical use in agriculture/horticulture.