The JAZ family of repressors is the missing link in jasmonate signalling

A. Chini, S. Fonseca, G. Fernández, B. Adie, J. M. Chico, O. Lorenzo, G. García-Casado, I. López-Vidriero, F. M. Lozano, M. R. Ponce, J. L. Micol and R. Solano ()
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A. Chini: Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas and,
S. Fonseca: Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas and,
G. Fernández: Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas and,
B. Adie: Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas and,
J. M. Chico: Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas and,
O. Lorenzo: Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas and,
G. García-Casado: Unidad de Genómica, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
I. López-Vidriero: Unidad de Genómica, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma, 28049 Madrid, Spain
F. M. Lozano: División de Genética and Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
M. R. Ponce: División de Genética and Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
J. L. Micol: División de Genética and Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Campus de Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
R. Solano: Departamento de Genética Molecular de Plantas and,

Nature, 2007, vol. 448, issue 7154, 666-671

Abstract: Abstract Jasmonates are essential phytohormones for plant development and survival. However, the molecular details of their signalling pathway remain largely unknown. The identification more than a decade ago of COI1 as an F-box protein suggested the existence of a repressor of jasmonate responses that is targeted by the SCFCOI1 complex for proteasome degradation in response to jasmonate. Here we report the identification of JASMONATE-INSENSITIVE 3 (JAI3) and a family of related proteins named JAZ (jasmonate ZIM-domain), in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our results demonstrate that JAI3 and other JAZs are direct targets of the SCFCOI1 E3 ubiquitin ligase and jasmonate treatment induces their proteasome degradation. Moreover, JAI3 negatively regulates the key transcriptional activator of jasmonate responses, MYC2. The JAZ family therefore represents the molecular link between the two previously known steps in the jasmonate pathway. Furthermore, we demonstrate the existence of a regulatory feed-back loop involving MYC2 and JAZ proteins, which provides a mechanistic explanation for the pulsed response to jasmonate and the subsequent desensitization of the cell.

Date: 2007
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