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Published on February 3, 2006; 10.1104/pp.105.070987
Received September 6, 2005
Returned for revision September 27, 2005
Accepted January 20, 2006
A role for ARF19 in auxin and ethylene signaling in Arabidopsis
Jisheng Li , Xinhua Dai , and Yunde Zhao *
Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
* Corresponding author; email: yzhao{at}biomail.ucsd.edu.
Although auxin response factors (ARFs) are the first well-characterized proteins that bind to the auxin response elements (AuxREs), elucidation of the roles of each ARF gene in auxin responses and plant development has been challenging. Here we show that ARF19 and ARF7 not only participate in auxin signaling, but also play a critical role in ethylene responses in Arabidopsis roots, indicating that the ARFs serve as a cross-talk point between the two hormones. Both arf19 and arf7 mutants isolated from our forward genetic screens are auxin resistant and the arf19arf7 double mutant had stronger auxin resistance than the single mutants and displayed phenotypes not seen in the single mutants. Furthermore, we show that a genomic fragment of ARF19 not only complements arf19, but also rescues arf7. We conclude that ARF19 complements ARF7 at the protein level and that the ARF7 target sequences are also recognized by ARF19. Therefore, it is the differences in expression level / pattern and not the differences in protein sequences between the two ARFs that determines the relative contribution of the two ARFs in auxin signaling and plant development. In addition to being auxin resistant, arf19 has also ethylene insensitive roots, and ARF19 expression is induced by ethylene treatment. This work provides a sensitive genetic screen for uncovering auxin resistant mutants including the described arf mutants. This study also provides a likely mechanism for coordination and integration of hormonal signals to regulate plant growth and development.
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