Auxin modulates the degradation rate of Aux/IAA proteins

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Zenser, N
Ellsmore, A
Leasure, C
Callis, J
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[1] Univ Calif Davis, Sect Mol & Cellular Biol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Grad Grp Plant Biol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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10.1073/pnas.211312798
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Aux/IAA gene family members were first identified by their rapid transcriptional increase in response to auxin. Auxin/indole-3-acetic acid protein (Aux/IAA) luciferase (LUC) fusions expressed in Arabidopsis under control of a non-auxin-responsive promoter were used to monitor the effect of auxin on protein abundance independent of transcriptional regulation by auxin. After 2 hr in the presence of 1 muM exogenous dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4D), a synthetic auxin, the levels of pea IAA6 (PSIAA6) and Arabidopsis IAA1 LUC activity were 35% and 67%, respectively, of mock-treated genetically identical seedlings, whereas the activity of LUC alone from equivalently treated seedlings remained unaltered. The steady-state level of an Aux/IAA fusion protein lacking domain II, one of the conserved domains found in all Aux/IAA proteins, was not reduced in the presence of auxin. Higher levels of exogenous auxin were required to affect the steady-state level of the PSIAA6::LUC fusion with a point mutation in domain II. A 13-aa consensus sequence from domain II fused to LUC created an auxin-responsive fusion protein. The change in steady-state levels in response to auxin is extremely rapid, with a decrease in LUC activity detectable by 2 min after auxin application. Direct half-life measurements show that the decrease caused by exogenous auxin is due to the decrease in fusion protein half-life. These results suggest that auxin rapidly modulates the degradation rate of Aux/IAA proteins, with higher levels of auxin increasing the proteolytic rate of Aux/IAA family members.
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