A group of WRKY transcription factors form a protein complex with PHD-containing proteins to repress the transcription of stress responsive genes
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ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
PROVIDER: GSE221660 | GEO | 2023/07/09
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:In higher plants, WRKY is a large transcription factor family involved in multiple biological processes by mediating either transcriptional activation or repression. Although the conserved WRKY domain is known to mediate the binding of WRKY transcription factors to DNA, little is known about how the other domains are involved in the regulation of transcription. We find that the group IId WRKY transcription factors interact with PHD-containing OBE proteins and form redundant WRKY-OBE complexes in Arabidopsis thaliana. We find that a conserved coiled-coil motif in the group IId WRKY transcription factors functions as an OBE-interacting domain (OID), which is involved in transcriptional repression and target gene selection. The WRKY-OBE complexes mediate transcriptional repression at a large number of stress responsive genes and are required for maintaining normal plant growth and development. While the growth of high order of wrky mutants is retarded at the early seedling stage, the low order of wrky mutants show reduced plant height and increased drought tolerance, which is consistent with the increased expression of stress responsive genes, including DREB1A, DREB1B, and DREB1C. Moreover, we found that the expression levels of most of group IId WRKY genes are markedly reduced in drought stress conditions relative to non-stress conditions. These results together suggest that the WRKY-OBE repress the transcription of stress responsive genes primarily under non-stress conditions, thereby coordinating plant growth and drought stress tolerance under variable environmental conditions.
2023-07-09 | GSE221659 | GEO
Project description:In higher plants, WRKY is a large transcription factor family involved in multiple biological processes by mediating either transcriptional activation or repression. Although the conserved WRKY domain is known to mediate the binding of WRKY transcription factors to DNA, little is known about how the other domains are involved in the regulation of transcription. We find that the group IId WRKY transcription factors interact with PHD-containing OBE proteins and form redundant WRKY-OBE complexes in Arabidopsis thaliana. We find that a conserved coiled-coil motif in the group IId WRKY transcription factors functions as an OBE-interacting domain (OID), which is involved in transcriptional repression and target gene selection. The WRKY-OBE complexes mediate transcriptional repression at a large number of stress responsive genes and are required for maintaining normal plant growth and development. While the growth of high order of wrky mutants is retarded at the early seedling stage, the low order of wrky mutants show reduced plant height and increased drought tolerance, which is consistent with the increased expression of stress responsive genes, including DREB1A, DREB1B, and DREB1C. Moreover, we found that the expression levels of most of group IId WRKY genes are markedly reduced in drought stress conditions relative to non-stress conditions. These results together suggest that the WRKY-OBE repress the transcription of stress responsive genes primarily under non-stress conditions, thereby coordinating plant growth and drought stress tolerance under variable environmental conditions.
2023-07-09 | GSE221658 | GEO
Project description:A group of WRKY transcription factors form a protein complex with PHD-containing proteins to repress the transcription of stress responsive genes
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Project description:A group of WRKY transcription factors form a protein complex with PHD-containing proteins to repress the transcription of stress responsive genes [ChIP-Seq]
| PRJNA915340 | ENA
Project description:A group of WRKY transcription factors form a protein complex with PHD-containing proteins to repress the transcription of stress responsive genes [RNA-Seq]
| PRJNA915338 | ENA
Project description:WRKY transcription factors in plants are known to be able to mediate either transcriptional activation or repression, but the mechanism regulating their transcriptional activity is largely unclear. We found that group IId WRKY transcription factors interact with OBERON (OBE) proteins, forming redundant WRKY-OBE complexes in Arabidopsis thaliana. The coiled-coil domain of WRKY transcription factors binds to OBE proteins and is responsible for target gene selection and transcriptional repression. The PHD finger of OBE proteins binds to both histones and WRKY transcription factors. WRKY-OBE complexes repress the transcription of numerous stress-responsive genes and are required for maintaining normal plant growth. Several wrky and obe mutants show reduced plant size and increased drought tolerance, accompanied by increased expression of stress-responsive genes. Moreover, expression levels of most of these WRKY and OBE genes are reduced in response to drought stress, revealing a previously uncharacterized regulatory mechanism of the drought stress response. These results suggest that WRKY-OBE complexes repress transcription of stress-responsive genes, and thereby balance plant growth and stress tolerance.
| S-SCDT-10_15252-EMBJ_2023113639 | biostudies-other
Project description:In our laboratory we are interested in studying the functions of WRKY zinc finger type transcription factors. There are 74 members of this gene family in Arabidopsis. WRKY factors are key regulators of distinct plant defense responses and are involved in certain developmental programs e.g. trichome development and plant leaf senescence. We would like to determine the functions of a small sub-group (group II-a) of WRKY factors in response to bacterial infection. Our aim is to compare and contrast the gene expression profiles of 3-week-old wild type and WRKY T-DNA knockout mutants grown in a growth chamber under long day growth conditions and subsequently challenged for 6 hours with the virulent bacterial pathogen /Pseudomonas syringae/ DC3000. Experimenter name: Bekir Uelker Experimenter phone: 49-221-5062-310 Experimenter fax: 49-221-5062-353 Experimenter department: Somsissich Lab Experimenter institute: Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research Experimenter address: Department of Plant Microbe Interactions Experimenter address: Carl-von-Linne-Weg 10 Experimenter address: Cologne Experimenter zip/postal_code: 50829 Experimenter country: Germany Keywords: genetic_modification_design
2007-01-22 | GSE6829 | GEO
Project description:In our laboratory we are interested in studying the functions of WRKY zink finger type transcription factors. There are 74 members of this gene family in Arabidopsis. WRKY factors are key regulators of distinct plant defense responses and are involved in certain developmental programs e.g. plant senescence. We would like to determine the functions of a small sub-group (group II-a) of WRKY factors. Our aim to compare and contrast the gene expression profiles of 35 days-old untreated wild type and WRKY T-DNA knockout plants grown in a growth chamber under long day growth conditions. All plants chosen at this stage showed slight yellowing of the first two to four leaves. Experimenter name: Bekir Uelker Experimenter phone: 49-221-5062-310 Experimenter fax: 49-221-5062-353 Experimenter department: Somsissich Lab Experimenter institute: Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research Experimenter address: Department of Plant Microbe Interactions Experimenter address: Carl-von-Linne-Weg 10 Experimenter address: Cologne Experimenter zip/postal_code: 50829 Experimenter country: Germany Keywords: genetic_modification_design
2007-01-22 | GSE6830 | GEO
Project description:BACKGROUND:WRKY transcription factors, so named because of the WRKYGQK heptapeptide at the N-terminal end, are widely distributed in plants and play an important role in physiological changes and response to biotic and abiotic stressors. Many previous studies have focused on the evolution of WRKY transcription factors in a given plant; however, little is known about WRKY evolution in legumes. The gene expression pattern of duplicated WRKY transcription factors remains unclear. RESULTS:We first identified the WRKY proteins in 12 legumes. We found that the WRKYGQK heptapeptide tended to mutate into WRKYGKK. The Q site in WRKYGQK preferentially mutated, while W, K, and Y were conserved. The phylogenetic tree shows that the WRKY proteins in legumes have multiple origins, especially group IIc. For example, WRKY64 from Lupinus angustifolius (LaWRKY64) contains three WRKY domains, of which the first two clustered together in the N-terminal WRKY domain of the group I WRKY protein, and the third WRKY domain grouped in the C-terminal WRKY domain of the group I WRKY protein. Orthologous WRKY genes have a faster evolutionary rate and are subject to constrained selective pressure, unlike paralogous WRKY genes. Different gene features were observed between duplicated WRKY genes and singleton WRKY genes. Duplicated Glycine max WRKY genes with similar gene features have gene expression divergence. CONCLUSIONS:We analyzed the WRKY number and type in 12 legumes, concluding that the WRKY proteins have multiple origins. A novel WRKY protein, LaWRKY64, was found in L. angustifolius. The first two WRKY domains of LaWRKY64 have the same origin. The orthologous and paralogous WRKY proteins have different evolutionary rates. Duplicated WRKY genes have gene expression divergence under normal growth conditions in G. max. These results provide insight into understanding WRKY evolution and expression.
| S-EPMC6192229 | biostudies-literature
Project description:The plant kingdom produces hundreds of thousands of specialized bioactive metabolites, some with pharmaceutical and biotechnological importance. Their biosynthesis and function have been studied for decades, but comparatively less is known about how transcription factors with overlapping functions and contrasting regulatory activities coordinately control the dynamics and output of plant specialized metabolism. Here, we performed temporal studies on pathogen-infected intact host plants with perturbed transcription factors. We identified WRKY33 as the condition-dependent master regulator and MYB51 as the dual functional regulator in a hierarchical gene network likely responsible for the gene expression dynamics and metabolic fluxes in the camalexin and 4-hydroxy-indole-3-carbonylnitrile (4OH-ICN) pathways. This network may have also facilitated the regulatory capture of the newly evolved 4OH-ICN pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana by the more-conserved transcription factor MYB51. It has long been held that the plasticity of plant specialized metabolism and the canalization of development should be differently regulated; our findings imply a common hierarchical regulatory architecture orchestrated by transcription factors for specialized metabolism and development, making it an attractive target for metabolic engineering.
| S-EPMC7005594 | biostudies-literature