YUCCA8 and YUCCA9 overexpression reveals a link between auxin signaling and lignification through the induction of ethylene biosynthesis

Auxin is associated with the regulation of virtually every aspect of plant growth and development. many previous genetic and biochemical studies revealed that, among the proposed routes for the production of auxin, the so-called indole-3-pyruvic acid (iPa) pathway is the main source for indole-3-acetic acid (iaa) in plants. the iPa pathway involves the action of 2 classes of enzymes, tryptophan-pyruvate aminotransferases (trYPtoPhan aminotranSFEraSE oF araBiDoPSiS 1 (taa1)/trYPtoPhan aminotranSFEraSE rELatED (tar)) and flavin monooxygenases (YuCCa). Both enzyme classes appear to be encoded by small gene families in Arabidopsis consisting of 5 and 11 members, respectively. We recently showed that it is possible to induce transcript accumulation of 2 YUCCA genes, YUC8 and YUC9, by methyl jasmonate treatment. Both gene products were demonstrated to contribute to auxin biosynthesis in planta.1 here we report that the over expression of YUC8 as well as YUC9 led to strong lignification of plant aerial tissues. Furthermore, new evidence indicates that this abnormally strong secondary growth is linked to increased levels of ethylene production. © 2013 Landes Bioscience.

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Main Authors:	Hentrich, M., Sánchez-Parra, B., Pérez-Alonso, M.-M., Carrasco Loba, V., Carrillo Gil, Laura, Vicente-Carbajosa, J., Medina Alcázar, Joaquín, Pollmann, S.
Format:	artículo biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2013
Subjects:	YUCCA, Auxin, Ethylene, Plant hormone interaction, Lignin biosynthesis, Arabidopsis,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/2057 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/290127
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