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- Title
Non-Expresser of PR-Genes 1 Positively Regulates Abscisic Acid Signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana.
- Authors
Khan, Irfan Ullah; Ali, Akhtar; Zareen, Shah; Khan, Haris Ali; Lim, Chae Jin; Park, Junghoon; Pardo, Jose M.; Yun, Dae-Jin
- Abstract
The plant hormone, abscisic acid (ABA), is not only important for promoting abiotic stress responses but also plays a versatile and crucial role in plant immunity. The pathogen infection-induced dynamic accumulation of ABA mediates the degradation of non-expresser of PR genes 1 (NPR1) through the CUL3NPR3NPR4 proteasome pathway. However, the functional significance of NPR1 degradation by other E3 ligases in response to ABA remains unclear. Here, we report that NPR1 is induced transcriptionally by ABA and that npr1-1 mutation results in ABA insensitivity during seed germination and seedling growth. Mutants lacking NPR1 downregulate the expression of ABA-responsive transcription factors ABA INSENSITIVE4 (ABI4) and ABA INSENSITIVE5 (ABI5), and that of their downstream targets EM6, RAB18, RD26, and RD29B. The npr1-1 mutation also affects the transcriptional activity of WRKY18, which activates WRKY60 in the presence of ABA. Furthermore, NPR1 directly interacts with and is degraded by HOS15, a substrate receptor for the DDB1-CUL4 ubiquitin E3 ligase complex. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that NPR1 acts as a positive regulator of ABA-responsive genes, whereas HOS15 promotes NPR1 degradation in a proteasome-dependent manner.
- Subjects
ABSCISIC acid; UBIQUITIN ligases; ARABIDOPSIS thaliana; REGULATOR genes; PLANT hormones; TRANSCRIPTION factors
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2022, Vol 11, Issue 6, p815
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants11060815