EIN3-dependent regulation of plant ethylene hormone signaling by two Arabidopsis F box proteins:: EBF1 and EBF2
EIN3-dependent regulation of plant ethylene hormone signaling by two Arabidopsis F box proteins:: EBF1 and EBF2
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DOI:
10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00968-1
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发表时间:
2003-12-12
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64.5
通讯作者:
Genschik, P
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作者:
Potuschak, T;Lechner, E;Genschik, P
The plant hormone ethylene regulates a wide range of developmental processes and the response of plants to stress and pathogens. Genetic studies in Arabidopsis led to a partial elucidation of the mechanisms of ethylene action. Ethylene signal transduction initiates with ethylene binding at a family of ethylene receptors and terminates in a transcription cascade involving the EIN3/EIL and ERF families of plant-specific transcription factors. Here, we identify two Arabidopsis F box proteins called EBF1 and EBF2 that interact physically with EIN3/EIL transcription factors. EBF1 overexpression results in plants insensitive to ethylene. In contrast, plants carrying the ebf1 and ebf2 mutations display a constitutive ethylene response and accumulate the EIN3 protein in the absence of the hormone. Our work places EBF1 and EBF2 within the genetic framework of the ethylene-response pathway and supports a model in which ethylene action depends on EIN3 protein stabilization.