MusaATAF2-like protein regulates shoot development and multiplication by inducing cytokinin hypersensitivity and flavonoid accumulation in banana plants.
Plant Cell Rep
; 41(5): 1197-1208, 2022 May.
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KEY MESSAGE Senescence-associated transcription factor ATAF2 regulates cytokinin signalling and in vitro shoot multiplication in banana plants. MusaATAF2-like protein is a stress-related NAC transcription factor of banana. It regulates senescence in rooted banana plants. During the early stages of plant development under in vitro conditions, the presence of 6-benzylaminopurine leads to vigorous shoot multiplication. The major contributor to plant shoot multiplication is auxin to cytokinin ratio and their signalling components. The LC-MS analysis of transgenic banana plants overexpressing MusaATAF2 indicated significantly higher cytokinin content and remarkably lower auxin content. Auxin transport has been reported to be inhibited by flavonoids. Their significantly higher abundance in the shoot tissues in transgenic lines suggested potential negative regulation of auxin signalling in transgenic plants. Enhanced shoot multiplication in transgenic lines was further corroborated by reduced transcript abundance of type-A Arabidopsis response regulator-like genes (inhibitors of cytokinin signalling pathway) and higher expression of Arabidopsis histidine kinase-like genes and type-B Arabidopsis response regulator-like genes (positive regulators of cytokinin signalling pathway) in transgenic lines. Altogether, the data concludes that MusaATAF2 induces cytokinin hypersensitivity in banana shoots by modulating/regulating the cytokinin signalling components and flavonoids content.
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Arabidopsis
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Proteínas de Arabidopsis
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Plant Cell Rep
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BOTANICA
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2022
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