https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/604390
標題: | Insight into the Phylogeny and Binding Ability of WRKY Transcription Factors | 作者: | Hsin, Kuan Ting Hsieh, Min Che Lee, Yu Hsuan Lin, Kai Chun YI-SHENG CHENG |
關鍵字: | AtWRKY54 | Binding ability | Flanking region of W-box | Phylogenetic tree | 公開日期: | 1-三月-2022 | 出版社: | MDPI | 卷: | 23 | 期: | 5 | 起(迄)頁: | Article number 2895 | 來源出版物: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences | 摘要: | WRKY transcription factors (TFs), which make up one of the largest families of TFs in the plant kingdom, are key players in modulating gene expression relating to embryogenesis, senescence, pathogen resistance, and abiotic stress responses. However, the phylogeny and grouping of WRKY TFs and how their binding ability is affected by the flanking regions of W-box sequences remain unclear. In this study, we reconstructed the phylogeny of WRKY across the plant kingdom and characterized the DNA-binding profile of Arabidopsis thaliana WRKY (WRKY54) based on its W-box recognition sequence. We found that WRKY TFs could be separated into five clades, and that the functional zinc-finger motif at the C-terminal of WRKY appeared after several nucleotide substitutions had occurred at the 3′-end of the zinc-finger region in chlorophytes. In addition, we found that W-box flanking regions affect the binding ability of WRKY54 based on the results of a fluorescence-based electrophoretic mobility shift assay (fEMSA) and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) analysis. The great abundance of WRKY TFs in plants implicates their involvement in diverse molecular regulatory networks, and the flanking regions of W-box sequences may contribute to their molecular recognition mechanism. This phylogeny and our findings on the molecular recognition mechanism of WRKY TFs should be helpful for further research in this area. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/604390 | ISSN: | 16616596 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijms23052895 |
顯示於: | 植物科學研究所 |
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