title: Role of SVP in the control of flowering time by ambient temperature in Arabidopsis.
abstract: Plants must perceive and rapidly respond to changes in ambient temperature for their successful reproduction. Here we demonstrate that Arabidopsis SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) plays an important role in the response of plants to ambient temperature changes. The loss of SVP function elicited insensitivity to ambient temperature changes. SVP mediates the temperature-dependent functions of FCA and FVE within the thermosensory pathway. SVP controls flowering time by negatively regulating the expression of a floral integrator, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), via direct binding to the CArG motifs in the FT sequence. We propose that this is one of the molecular mechanisms that modulate flowering time under fluctuating temperature conditions.
authors.affiliation: Plant Signaling Network Research Center, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seong Jeon
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Soo Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Ildoo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Jong Seob
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ji Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D013696:Temperature; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C106535:Flowering time control protein FCA, Arabidopsis; C116635:MSI4 protein, Arabidopsis; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; C407549:SVP protein, Arabidopsis; D014157:Transcription Factors