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Abstract
Many plant species respond to unfavorable high ambient temperatures by adjusting their vegetative body plan to facilitate cooling. This process is known as thermomorphogenesis and is induced by the phytohormone auxin. Here, we demonstrate that the chromatinmodifying enzyme HISTONE DEACETYLASE 9 (HDA9) mediates thermomorphogenesis but does not interfere with hypocotyl elongation during shade avoidance. HDA9 is stabilized in response to high temperature and mediates histone deacetylation at the YUCCA8 locus, a rate-limiting enzyme in auxin biosynthesis, at warm temperatures. We show that HDA9 permits net eviction of the H2A.Z histone variant from nucleosomes associated with YUCCA8, allowing binding and transcriptional activation by PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4, followed by auxin accumulation and thermomorphogenesis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 25343-25354 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Volume | 116 |
Issue number | 50 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Dec 2019 |
Keywords
- Arabidopsis
- H2A.Z
- HDA9
- Shade avoidance
- Thermomorphogenesis
Projects
- 1 Finished
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The transgenerational effect of thermosensing in plants
Fournier-Level, A. J., Balasubramanian, S., Casal, J. & Schmitt, J.
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research