Faculty Opinions recommendation of Reserve mobilization in the Arabidopsis endosperm fuels hypocotyl elongation in the dark, is independent of abscisic acid, and requires PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE1.

Auxin regulates many aspects of plant growth and development in concert with other plant hormones. Auxin interactions with these other phytohormones to regulate distinct processes is not fully understood. Using a forward genetics screen designed to identify seedlings resistant to the suppressive effects of auxin on dark-grown hypocotyl elongation, we identified a mutant defective in ABA ALDEHYDE OXIDASE3 (AAO3), which encodes for the enzyme that carries out the final step in the biosynthesis of the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA). We found that all examined ABA deficient mutants display resistance to the inhibitory effects of auxin on dark-grown hypocotyl elongation, suggesting that aspects of ABA signaling are downstream of auxin in regulating dark-grown hypocotyl elongation. Conversely, these mutants display wild type responsiveness to auxin in root elongation assays, suggesting that ABA does not act downstream of auxin in regulating elongation of the root. Our RNA-seq analysis suggests that many auxin-repressed genes in the hypocotyl require an intact ABA pathway for full repression. Our results suggest a model in which auxin partially requires intact ABA biosynthesis in order to regulate hypocotyl elongation, but not to regulate primary root elongation, suggesting that the genetic interactions between these two pathways are tissue-dependent.

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Endo-β-mannanase activity and reserve mobilization in excised endosperms of fenugreek is affected by volume of incubation and abscisic acid

Seed Science Research ◽

10.1017/s0960258500000623 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 45-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

L. Malek ◽

J. D. Bewley

Keyword(s):

Abscisic Acid ◽

Large Volume ◽

Cell Walls ◽

Small Volume ◽

Enzymic Activity ◽

Western Blots ◽

Fenugreek Seeds ◽

Reserve Mobilization ◽

Mannanase Activity

AbstractGalactomannan hydrolysis in isolated endosperms of fenugreek seeds is promoted by the presence of the embryo. Incubation in a large volume in the absence of the axis also results in endosperm mobilization and an increase in endo-β-mannanase activity. This is prevented when endosperms are incubated in a small volume, or when abscisic acid is present in the large volume. Fenugreek endosperms contain abscisic acid which is present in greater concentrations when these tissues have been incubated in a small volume rather than in a large volume. Antibodies prepared against purified tomato endo-β-mannanase detect the fenugreek enzyme on Western blots. Endosperms contain equal amounts of this enzyme whether they are incubated in a large volume, or in a small volume, or in the presence of abscisic acid. Thus, increased enzymic activity may not be related to increased synthesis, but rather to activation or release from the cells into the galactomannan-containing cell walls.

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