FRIGIDA-related genes are required for the winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis
AUTOR(ES)
Michaels, Scott D.
FONTE
National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
In temperate climates, the prolonged cold temperature of winter serves as a seasonal landmark for winter-annual and biennial plants. In these plants, flowering is blocked before winter. In Arabidopsis thaliana, natural variation in the FRIGIDA (FRI) gene is a major determinate of the rapid-cycling vs. winter-annual flowering habits. In winter-annual accessions of Arabidopsis, FRI activity blocks flowering through the up-regulation of the floral inhibitor FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC). Most rapid-flowering accessions, in contrast, contain null alleles of FRI. By performing a mutant screen in a winter-annual strain, we have identified a locus, FRIGIDA LIKE 1 (FRL1), that is specifically required for the up-regulation of FLC by FRI. Cloning of FRL1 revealed a gene with a predicted protein sequence that is 23% identical to FRI. Despite sequence similarity, FRI and FRL1 do not have redundant functions. FRI and FRL1 belong to a seven-member gene family in Arabidopsis, and FRI, FRL1, and at least one additional family member, FRIGIDA LIKE 2 (FRL2), are in a clade of this family that is required for the winter-annual habit in Arabidopsis.
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