title: FD, a bZIP protein mediating signals from the floral pathway integrator FT at the shoot apex.
abstract: FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) is a conserved promoter of flowering that acts downstream of various regulatory pathways, including one that mediates photoperiodic induction through CONSTANS (CO), and is expressed in the vasculature of cotyledons and leaves. A bZIP transcription factor, FD, preferentially expressed in the shoot apex is required for FT to promote flowering. FD and FT are interdependent partners through protein interaction and act at the shoot apex to promote floral transition and to initiate floral development through transcriptional activation of a floral meristem identity gene, APETALA1 (AP1). FT may represent a long-distance signal in flowering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsutomo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yasufumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Daimon
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Harutaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichinoki
authors.forename: Michitaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Notaguchi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Araki
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D018548:Cotyledon / Q000378:metabolism; D035264:Flowers / Q000254:growth & development*; D015870:Gene Expression; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D018519:Meristem / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009024:Morphogenesis; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000378:metabolism; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: C091535:AP1 protein, Arabidopsis; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C503117:FD protein, Arabidopsis; C418905:FT protein, Arabidopsis; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors