Accumulation of phosphorylated repressor for gibberellin signaling in an F-box mutant

Science. 2003 Mar 21;299(5614):1896-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1081077.

Abstract

Gibberellin (GA) regulates growth and development in plants. We isolated and characterized a rice GA-insensitive dwarf mutant, gid2. The GID2 gene encodes a putative F-box protein, which interacted with the rice Skp1 homolog in a yeast two-hybrid assay. In gid2, a repressor for GA signaling, SLR1, was highly accumulated in a phosphorylated form and GA increased its concentration, whereas SLR1 was rapidly degraded by GA through ubiquitination in the wild type. We conclude that GID2 is a positive regulator of GA signaling and that regulated degradation of SLR1 is initiated through GA-dependent phosphorylation and finalized by an SCF(GID2)-proteasome pathway.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Codon, Terminator
  • Enzyme Induction
  • Genes, Plant
  • Gibberellins / metabolism*
  • Gibberellins / pharmacology
  • Ligases / metabolism
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Oryza / genetics
  • Oryza / growth & development
  • Oryza / metabolism*
  • Peptide Hydrolases / metabolism
  • Phenotype
  • Phosphorylation
  • Plant Proteins / chemistry
  • Plant Proteins / genetics*
  • Plant Proteins / metabolism*
  • Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex*
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Seeds / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Ubiquitin / metabolism
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • alpha-Amylases / biosynthesis

Substances

  • Codon, Terminator
  • Gibberellins
  • Plant Proteins
  • Ubiquitin
  • gibberellic acid
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • alpha-Amylases
  • Peptide Hydrolases
  • Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
  • ATP dependent 26S protease
  • Ligases