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Molecular mechanism of cytokinin-activated cell division in Arabidopsis

Yang, Weibing ; Cortijo, Sandra ; Korsbo, Niklas ; Roszak, Pawel ; Schiessl, Katharina ; Gurzadyan, Aram ; Wightman, Raymond ; Jönsson, Henrik LU and Meyerowitz, Elliot (2021) In Science 371(6536). p.1350-1355
Abstract

Mitogens trigger cell division in animals. In plants, cytokinins, a group of phytohormones derived from adenine, stimulate cell proliferation. Cytokinin signaling is initiated by membrane-associated histidine kinase receptors and transduced through a phosphorelay system. We show that in the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem (SAM), cytokinin regulates cell division by promoting nuclear shuttling of Myb-domain protein 3R4 (MYB3R4), a transcription factor that activates mitotic gene expression. Newly synthesized MYB3R4 protein resides predominantly in the cytoplasm. At the G2-to-M transition, rapid nuclear accumulation of MYB3R4-consistent with an associated transient peak in cytokinin concentration-feeds a positive feedback loop involving... (More)

Mitogens trigger cell division in animals. In plants, cytokinins, a group of phytohormones derived from adenine, stimulate cell proliferation. Cytokinin signaling is initiated by membrane-associated histidine kinase receptors and transduced through a phosphorelay system. We show that in the Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem (SAM), cytokinin regulates cell division by promoting nuclear shuttling of Myb-domain protein 3R4 (MYB3R4), a transcription factor that activates mitotic gene expression. Newly synthesized MYB3R4 protein resides predominantly in the cytoplasm. At the G2-to-M transition, rapid nuclear accumulation of MYB3R4-consistent with an associated transient peak in cytokinin concentration-feeds a positive feedback loop involving importins and initiates a transcriptional cascade that drives mitosis and cytokinesis. An engineered nuclear-restricted MYB3R4 mimics the cytokinin effects of enhanced cell proliferation and meristem growth.

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0036-8075
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10.1126/science.abe2305
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  author       = {{Yang, Weibing and Cortijo, Sandra and Korsbo, Niklas and Roszak, Pawel and Schiessl, Katharina and Gurzadyan, Aram and Wightman, Raymond and Jönsson, Henrik and Meyerowitz, Elliot}},
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  series       = {{Science}},
  title        = {{Molecular mechanism of cytokinin-activated cell division in Arabidopsis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abe2305}},
  doi          = {{10.1126/science.abe2305}},
  volume       = {{371}},
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