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Group A PP2Cs evolved in land plants as key regulators of intrinsic desiccation tolerance.


ABSTRACT: Vegetative desiccation tolerance is common in bryophytes, although this character has been lost in most vascular plants. The moss Physcomitrella patens survives complete desiccation if treated with abscisic acid (ABA). Group A protein phosphatases type 2C (PP2C) are negative regulators of abscisic acid signalling. Here we show that the elimination of Group A PP2C is sufficient to ensure P. patens survival to full desiccation, without ABA treatment, although its growth is severely hindered. Microarray analysis shows that the Group A PP2C-regulated genes exclusively overlap with genes exhibiting a high level of ABA induction. Group A PP2C disruption weakly affects ABA-activated kinase activity, indicating Group A PP2C action downstream of these kinases in the moss. We propose that Group A PP2C emerged in land plants to repress desiccation tolerance mechanisms, possibly facilitating plants propagation on land, whereas ABA releases the intrinsic desiccation tolerance from Group A PP2C regulation.

SUBMITTER: Komatsu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3731658 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Group A PP2Cs evolved in land plants as key regulators of intrinsic desiccation tolerance.

Komatsu Kenji K   Suzuki Norihiro N   Kuwamura Mayuri M   Nishikawa Yuri Y   Nakatani Mao M   Ohtawa Hitomi H   Takezawa Daisuke D   Seki Motoaki M   Tanaka Maho M   Taji Teruaki T   Hayashi Takahisa T   Sakata Yoichi Y  

Nature communications 20130101


Vegetative desiccation tolerance is common in bryophytes, although this character has been lost in most vascular plants. The moss Physcomitrella patens survives complete desiccation if treated with abscisic acid (ABA). Group A protein phosphatases type 2C (PP2C) are negative regulators of abscisic acid signalling. Here we show that the elimination of Group A PP2C is sufficient to ensure P. patens survival to full desiccation, without ABA treatment, although its growth is severely hindered. Micro  ...[more]

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