title: A unique short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase in Arabidopsis glucose signaling and abscisic acid biosynthesis and functions.
abstract: Glc has hormone-like functions and controls many vital processes through mostly unknown mechanisms in plants. We report here on the molecular cloning of GLUCOSE INSENSITIVE1 (GIN1) and ABSCISIC ACID DEFICIENT2 (ABA2) which encodes a unique Arabidopsis short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR1) that functions as a molecular link between nutrient signaling and plant hormone biosynthesis. SDR1 is related to SDR superfamily members involved in retinoid and steroid hormone biosynthesis in mammals and sex determination in maize. Glc antagonizes ethylene signaling by activating ABA2/GIN1 and other abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis and signaling genes, which requires Glc and ABA synergistically. Analyses of aba2/gin1 null mutants define dual functions of endogenous ABA in inhibiting the postgermination developmental switch modulated by distinct Glc and osmotic signals and in promoting organ and body size and fertility in the absence of severe stress. SDR1 is sufficient for the multistep conversion of plastid- and carotenoid-derived xanthoxin to abscisic aldehyde in the cytosol. The surprisingly restricted spatial and temporal expression of SDR1 suggests the dynamic mobilization of ABA precursors and/or ABA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Wan-Hsing
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Penney
authors.forename: Huei-Chi
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Analilia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arroyo
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nambara
authors.forename: Tadao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asami
authors.forename: Mitsunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Tomokazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koshiba
authors.forename: Jen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sheen
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005030:Ethylenes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009997:Osmotic Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C119963:EIN2 protein, Arabidopsis; D005030:Ethylenes; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000040:Abscisic Acid; C036216:ethylene; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C469255:ABA2 protein, Arabidopsis; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D005947:Glucose