title: A conserved MYB transcription factor involved in phosphate starvation signaling both in vascular plants and in unicellular algae.
abstract: Plants have evolved a number of adaptive responses to cope with growth in conditions of limited phosphate (Pi) supply involving biochemical, metabolic, and developmental changes. We prepared an EMS-mutagenized M(2) population of an Arabidopsis thaliana transgenic line harboring a reporter gene specifically responsive to Pi starvation (AtIPS1::GUS), and screened for mutants altered in Pi starvation regulation. One of the mutants, phr1 (phosphate starvation response 1), displayed reduced response of AtIPS1::GUS to Pi starvation, and also had a broad range of Pi starvation responses impaired, including the responsiveness of various other Pi starvation-induced genes and metabolic responses, such as the increase in anthocyanin accumulation. PHR1 was positionally cloned and shown be related to the PHOSPHORUS STARVATION RESPONSE 1 (PSR1) gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. A GFP::PHR1 protein fusion was localized in the nucleus independently of Pi status, as is the case for PSR1. PHR1 is expressed in Pi sufficient conditions and, in contrast to PSR1, is only weakly responsive to Pi starvation. PHR1, PSR1, and other members of the protein family share a MYB domain and a predicted coiled-coil (CC) domain, defining a subtype within the MYB superfamily, the MYB-CC family. Therefore, PHR1 was found to bind as a dimer to an imperfect palindromic sequence. PHR1-binding sequences are present in the promoter of Pi starvation-responsive structural genes, indicating that this protein acts downstream in the Pi starvation signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Linhares
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solano
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leyva
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paz-Ares
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001051:Apoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D016825:Chlamydomonas reinhardtii / Q000378:metabolism*; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D004255:Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C511988:ATR1 protein, Arabidopsis; D001051:Apoenzymes; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C511989:CPC protein, Arabidopsis; D018744:DNA, Plant; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C514695:PHR1 protein, Arabidopsis; C091515:PHR1 protein, Candida albicans; D010710:Phosphates; D010940:Plant Proteins; D020598:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb; D014157:Transcription Factors; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D004255:Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase