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  • 标题:The maize heterotrimeric G protein β subunit controls shoot meristem development and immune responses
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  • 作者:Qingyu Wu ; Fang Xu ; Lei Liu
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2020
  • 卷号:117
  • 期号:3
  • 页码:1799-1805
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.1917577116
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Heterotrimeric G proteins are important transducers of receptor signaling, functioning in plants with CLAVATA receptors in controlling shoot meristem size and with pathogen-associated molecular pattern receptors in basal immunity. However, whether specific members of the heterotrimeric complex potentiate cross-talk between development and defense, and the extent to which these functions are conserved across species, have not yet been addressed. Here we used CRISPR/Cas9 to knock out the maize G protein β subunit gene ( Gβ ) and found that the mutants are lethal, differing from those in Arabidopsis , in which homologous mutants have normal growth and fertility. We show that lethality is caused not by a specific developmental arrest, but by autoimmunity. We used a genetic diversity screen to suppress the lethal Gβ phenotype and also identified a maize Gβ allele with weak autoimmune responses but strong development phenotypes. Using these tools, we show that Gβ controls meristem size in maize, acting epistatically with G protein α subunit gene ( Gα ), suggesting that Gβ and Gα function in a common signaling complex. Furthermore, we used an association study to show that natural variation in Gβ influences maize kernel row number, an important agronomic trait. Our results demonstrate the dual role of Gβ in immunity and development in a cereal crop and suggest that it functions in cross-talk between these competing signaling networks. Therefore, modification of Gβ has the potential to optimize the trade-off between growth and defense signaling to improve agronomic production.
  • 关键词:heterotrimeric G protein ; meristem ; fasciation ; maize ; autoimmunity
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