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. 2024 Aug;66(8):1675-1687.
doi: 10.1111/jipb.13720. Epub 2024 Jun 24.

MYB2 and MYB108 regulate lateral root development by interacting with LBD29 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Feng Zhang  1 , Junxia Wang  1 , Tingting Ding  1   2 , Xuefeng Lin  1 , Haiying Hu  1 , Zhaojun Ding  1 , Huiyu Tian  1
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MYB2 and MYB108 regulate lateral root development by interacting with LBD29 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Feng Zhang et al. J Integr Plant Biol. 2024 Aug.

Abstract

AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 7 (ARF7)-mediated auxin signaling plays a key role in lateral root (LR) development by regulating downstream LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN (LBD) transcription factor genes, including LBD16, LBD18, and LBD29. LBD proteins are believed to regulate the transcription of downstream genes as homodimers or heterodimers. However, whether LBD29 forms dimers with other proteins to regulate LR development remains unknown. Here, we determined that the Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. MYB transcription factors MYB2 and MYB108 interact with LBD29 and regulate auxin-induced LR development. Both MYB2 and MYB108 were induced by auxin in an ARF7-dependent manner. Disruption of MYB2 by fusion with an SRDX domain severely affected auxin-induced LR formation and the ability of LBD29 to induce LR development. By contrast, overexpression of MYB2 or MYB108 resulted in greater LR numbers, except in the lbd29 mutant background. These findings underscore the interdependence and importance of MYB2, MYB108, and LBD29 in regulating LR development. In addition, MYB2-LBD29 and MYB108-LBD29 complexes promoted the expression of CUTICLE DESTRUCTING FACTOR 1 (CDEF1), a member of the GDSL (Gly-Asp-Ser-Leu) lipase/esterase family involved in LR development. In summary, this study identified MYB2-LBD29 and MYB108-LBD29 regulatory modules that act downstream of ARF7 and intricately control auxin-mediated LR development.

Keywords: ARF7; LBD29; MYB108; MYB2; auxin; lateral roots.

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