Apple SVP Family MADS-Box Proteins and the Tomato Pedicel Abscission Zone Regulator JOINTLESS have Similar Molecular Activities
2015
Nakano, Toshitsugu | Kato, Hiroki | Shima, Yoko | Itō, Yasuhiro
Pedicel abscission occurs widely in fruit-bearing plants to detach ripe, senescent or diseased organs, and regulation of abscission plays a substantial role in regulating yield and quality in fruit crops. In tomato, development of pedicel abscission zones (AZs) requires the MADS-box genes JOINTLESS (J), MACROCALYX (MC) and SlMBP21 . In other plants, however, the involvement of MADS-box genes in pedicel abscission remains unclear. Here, we used genetic and biochemical methods to characterize apple J homologs in the context of the regulation of abscission in tomato. We identified three genes encoding two J homologs, MdJa and MdJb. Similarly to J, MdJa and MdJb interacted with MC and SlMBP21, but their interactions differed slightly: like J, MdJb formed a multimer (probably a tetramer) with SlMBP21; however, MdJa formed multimers to a lesser extent. Ectopic expression of MdJb in a J -deficient tomato mutant restored development of functional pedicel AZs, but ectopic expression of MdJa did not complement j mutants. Introduction of MdJb also restored expression of J -dependent genes in the mutant, such as genes for polygalacturonase, cellulase and AZ-specific transcription factors. These results suggest a potentially conserved mechanism of pedicel AZ development in apple and other plants, regulated by MADS-box transcription factors.
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