BES1 accumulates in the nucleus in response to brassinosteroids to regulate gene expression and promote stem elongation.
Plant steroid hormones, known as brassinosteroids (BRs), signal through a plasma membrane localized receptor kinase BRI1. We identified bes1, a semidominant suppressor of bri1, which exhibits constitutive BR response phenotypes including long and bending petioles, curly leaves, accelerated senescence, and constitutive expression of BR-response genes. BES1 accumulates in the nucleus ... in response to BRs. BES1 is phosphorylated and appears to be destabilized by the glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) BIN2, a negative regulator of the BR pathway. These results establish a signaling cascade for BRs with similarities to the Wnt pathway, in which signaling through cell surface receptors leads to inactivation of a GSK-3 allowing accumulation of a nuclear protein that regulates target gene expression.
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Amino Acid Sequence, Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis Proteins, Cell Differentiation, Cell Nucleus, Down-Regulation, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Nuclear Proteins, Phytosterols, Plant Stems, Protein Kinases, Up-Regulation
Amino Acid Sequence, Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis Proteins, Cell Differentiation, Cell Nucleus, Down-Regulation, Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Nuclear Proteins, Phytosterols, Plant Stems, Protein Kinases, Up-Regulation
Cell
Date: Apr. 19, 2002
PubMed ID: 12007405
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