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. 2013 May;198(3):747-756.
doi: 10.1111/nph.12181. Epub 2013 Feb 25.

Bruno-like proteins modulate flowering time via 3' UTR-dependent decay of SOC1 mRNA

Hyung-Sae Kim  1 , Nazia Abbasi  2 , Sang-Bong Choi  1   2
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Bruno-like proteins modulate flowering time via 3' UTR-dependent decay of SOC1 mRNA

Hyung-Sae Kim et al. New Phytol. 2013 May.
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Abstract

The Bruno RNA-binding protein (RBP) has been shown to initially repress the translation of oskar mRNA during Drosophila oogenesis and later to be involved in a broad range of RNA regulation. Here, we show that homologous constitutive overexpression of each of two Arabidopsis thaliana Bruno-like genes, AtBRN1 and AtBRN2, delayed the flowering time, while the atbrn1 atbrn2-3 double mutant flowered early and exhibited increased expression of APETALA1 (AP1) and LEAFY (LFY) transcripts. Crossing of 35S::AtBRNs with SOC1 101-D plants demonstrated that 35S::AtBRNs suppress an early-flowering phenotype of SOC1 101-D in which the coding sequence (CDS) with the 3' UTR of SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS1 (SOC1) gene is overexpressed. However, this early-flowering phenotype by SOC1 overexpression was maintained in the plants coexpressing 35S::AtBRNs and 35S::SOC1 without the 3' UTR (-3' UTR). Using yeast three-hybrid, electrophoretic mobility shift, RNA immunoprecipitation, and protoplast transient assays, we found that AtBRNs bind to the 3' UTR of SOC1 RNA and participate in mRNA decay, which was mediated by the distal region of the SOC1 3' UTR. Overall, AtBRNs repress SOC1 activity in a 3' UTR-dependent manner, thereby controlling the flowering time in Arabidopsis.

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