Depge-Fargeix, N., Javelle, M., Chambrier, P., Frangne, N., Gerentes, D., Perez, P., Rogowsky, P. M., Vernoud, V. (2011) Functional characterization of the HD-ZIP IV transcription factor OCL1 from maize. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62 (1). pp. 293-305.
Abstract
OCL1 (OUTER CELL LAYER1) encodes a maize HD-ZIP class IV transcription factor (TF) characterized by the presence of a homeo DNA-binding domain (HD), a dimerization leucine zipper domain (ZIP), and a steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR)-related lipid transfer domain (START) involved in lipid transport in animals but the function of which is still unknown in plants. By combining yeast and plant trans-activation assays, the transcriptional activation domain of OCL1 was localized to 85 amino acids in the N-terminal part of the START domain. Full-length OCL1 devoid of this activation domain is unable to trans-activate a reporter gene under the control of a minimal promoter fused to six repeats of the L1 box, a cis-element present in target genes of HD-ZIP IV TFs in Arabidopsis. In addition, ectopic expression of OCL1 leads to pleiotropic phenotypic aberrations in transgenic maize plants, the most conspicuous one being a strong delay in flowering time which is correlated with the misexpression of molecular markers for floral transition such as ZMM4 (Zea Mays MADS-box4) or DLF1 (DELAYED FLOWERING1). As suggested by the interaction in planta between OCL1 and SWI3C1, a bona fide subunit of the SWI/SNF complex, OCL1 may modulate transcriptional activity of its target genes by interaction with a chromatin remodelling complex. © 2010 The Author.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Activation domain chromatin remodelling flowering time maize START transcription factor |
| Subjects: | organism description > plant > maize bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > transcription factor bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > transgenic plants |
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| Communities: | CSHL Post Doctoral Fellows CSHL labs > Timmermans lab |
| Depositing User: | CSHL Librarian |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2011 15:43 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2013 18:55 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/15626 |
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