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Article Dans Une Revue Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Année : 2024

The ALOG domain defines a new family of plant-specific Transcription Factors acting during Arabidopsis flower development

Francesca Caselli
Chiara Paleni
Martin Kater
Veronica Gregis

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The ALOG (Arabidopsis LIGHT-DEPENDENT SHORT HYPOCOTYLS 1 (LSH1) and Oryza G1) proteins are conserved plant-specific Transcription Factors (TFs). They play critical roles in the development of various plant organs (meristems, inflorescences, floral organs and nodules) from bryophytes to higher flowering plants. Despite the fact that the first members of this family were originally discovered in Arabidopsis, their role in this model plant has remained poorly characterized. Moreover, how these transcriptional regulators work at the molecular level is unknown. Here we study the redundant function of the ALOG proteins LSH1,3,4 from Arabidopsis. We uncover their role in the repression of bract development and position them within a gene regulatory network controlling this process and involving the floral regulators LEAFY, BLADE-ON-PETIOLE and PUCHI. Next, using in vitro genome-wide studies, we identified the conserved DNA motif bound by ALOG proteins from evolutionarily distant species (the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and the flowering plants Arabidopsis, tomato and rice).

Resolution of the crystallographic structure of the ALOG DNA binding domain (DBD) in complex with DNA revealed the domain is a four-helix bundle with a disordered NLS and a zinc ribbon insertion between helices 2 and 3. The majority of DNA interactions are mediated by specific contacts made by the third alpha helix and the NLS. Taken together, this work provides the biochemical and structural basis for DNA-binding specificity of an evolutionarily conserved TF family and reveals its role as a key player in Arabidopsis flower development.

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hal-04742856 , version 1 (18-10-2024)

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Philippe Rieu, Veronica Maria Beretta, Francesca Caselli, Emmanuel Thévénon, Jérémy Lucas, et al.. The ALOG domain defines a new family of plant-specific Transcription Factors acting during Arabidopsis flower development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024, 121 (10), pp.e2310464121. ⟨10.1073/pnas.2310464121⟩. ⟨hal-04742856⟩
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