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Banana MaBZR1/2 associate with MaMPK14 to modulate cell wall modifying genes during fruit ripening
Ist Teil von
Plant cell reports, 2020, Vol.39 (1), p.35-46
Ort / Verlag
Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
Quelle
MEDLINE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Key message
Banana MaBZR1/2 interact with MaMPK14 to enhance the transcriptional inhibition of cell wall modifying genes including
MaEXP2
,
MaPL2
and
MaXET5.
Fruit ripening and softening, the major attributes to perishability in fleshy fruits, are modulated by various plant hormones and gene expression. Banana MaBZR1/2, the central transcription factors of brassinosteroid (BR) signaling, mediate fruit ripening through regulation of ethylene biosynthesis, but their possible roles in fruit softening as well as the underlying mechanisms remain to be determined. In this work, we found that MaBZR1/2 directly bound to and repressed the promoters of several cell wall modifying genes such as
MaEXP2
,
MaPL2
and
MaXET5
, whose transcripts were elevated concomitant with fruit ripening. Moreover, yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) and bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assays indicated that MaBZR1/2 physically interacted with a mitogen-activated protein kinase MaMPK14, and this interaction strengthened the MaBZR1/2-mediated transcriptional inhibitory abilities. Collectively, our study provides insight into the mechanism of MaBZR1/2 contributing to fruit ripening and softening, which may have potential for banana molecular improvement.