title: Transcription factor MtATB2: about nodulation, sucrose and senescence.
abstract: The symbiotic interaction between legumes and rhizobia results in root nodules with nitrogen-fixing bacteroids. Throughout the lifespan of the nodules, the exchange of C sources and N compounds between the host plant and the bacteria is tightly balanced. Sucrose plays a major role in the provision of C skeletons and energy to the bacteroids. Transcription of MtATB2, encoding a bZIP transcription factor, is shown to be regulated by sucrose and is enhanced during nodule senescence. Transcripts occur in the nodule apex and in the vascular tissue of nodules and roots. Ectopic expression of the gene diminished nodule formation and affected root growth. Presumably, MtATB2 controls processes that are under sucrose homeostasis and are important for nodule and root growth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Katrien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: D'haeseleer
authors.forename: Annick
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Keyser
authors.forename: Sofie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goormachtig
authors.forename: Marcelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holsters
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D046913:Medicago truncatula / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D055170:Plant Root Nodulation / Q000235:genetics*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism*; D013559:Symbiosis; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D010940:Plant Proteins; D018749:RNA, Plant; D013395:Sucrose