Arabidopsis ERF109 mediates cross-talk between jasmonic acid and auxin biosynthesis during lateral root formation

Xiao-Teng Cai, Ping Xu, Ping-Xia Zhao, Rui Liu, Lin-Hui Yu and Cheng-Bin Xiang ()
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Xiao-Teng Cai: School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Ping Xu: School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Ping-Xia Zhao: School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Rui Liu: School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Lin-Hui Yu: School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Cheng-Bin Xiang: School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract Jasmonic acid (JA) is well known to promote lateral root formation but the mechanisms by which JA signalling is integrated into the pathways responsible for lateral root formation, and how it interacts with auxin in this process remains poorly understood. Here, we report that the highly JA-responsive ethylene response factor 109 (ERF109) mediates cross-talk between JA signalling and auxin biosynthesis to regulate lateral root formation in Arabidopsis. erf109 mutants have fewer lateral roots under MeJA treatments compared with wild type whereas ERF109 overexpression causes a root phenotype that resembles those of auxin overproduction mutants. ERF109 binds directly to GCC-boxes in the promoters of ASA1 and YUC2, which encode two key enzymes in auxin biosynthesis. Thus, our study reveals a molecular mechanism for JA and auxin cross-talk during JA-induced lateral root formation.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6833

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