Genetic characterization of mutants resistant to the antiauxin p-chlorophenoxyisobutyric acid reveals that AAR3, a gene encoding a DCN1-like protein, regulates responses to the synthetic auxin 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in Arabidopsis roots

Plant Physiol. 2007 Nov;145(3):773-85. doi: 10.1104/pp.107.104844. Epub 2007 Sep 28.

Abstract

To isolate novel auxin-responsive mutants in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), we screened mutants for root growth resistance to a putative antiauxin, p-chlorophenoxyisobutyric acid (PCIB), which inhibits auxin action by interfering the upstream auxin-signaling events. Eleven PCIB-resistant mutants were obtained. Genetic mapping indicates that the mutations are located in at least five independent loci, including two known auxin-related loci, TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE1 and Arabidopsis CULLIN1. antiauxin-resistant mutants (aars) aar3-1, aar4, and aar5 were also resistant to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid as shown by a root growth assay. Positional cloning of aar3-1 revealed that the AAR3 gene encodes a protein with a domain of unknown function (DUF298), which has not previously been implicated in auxin signaling. The protein has a putative nuclear localization signal and shares homology with the DEFECTIVE IN CULLIN NEDDYLATION-1 protein through the DUF298 domain. The results also indicate that PCIB can facilitate the identification of factors involved in auxin or auxin-related signaling.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid / pharmacology*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Arabidopsis / drug effects*
  • Arabidopsis / genetics*
  • Arabidopsis Proteins / genetics*
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Chromosomes, Plant
  • Clofibric Acid / pharmacology*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Cullin Proteins
  • F-Box Proteins
  • Herbicide Resistance
  • Herbicides / pharmacology
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Plant Roots / drug effects*
  • Plant Roots / genetics
  • Plant Roots / growth & development
  • Receptors, Cell Surface

Substances

  • AAR3 protein, Arabidopsis
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • Cullin 1
  • Cullin Proteins
  • F-Box Proteins
  • Herbicides
  • Receptors, Cell Surface
  • TIR1 protein, Arabidopsis
  • 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
  • Clofibric Acid