Signaling role of fructose mediated by FINS1/FBP in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Sugars are evolutionarily conserved signaling molecules that regulate the growth and development of both unicellular and multicellular organisms. As sugar-producing photosynthetic organisms, plants utilize glucose as one of their major signaling molecules. However, the details of other sugar signaling molecules and their regulatory factors have remained elusive, due to the complexity of the metabolite and hormone interactions that control physiological and developmental programs in plants. We combined information from a gain-of-function cell-based screen and a loss-of-function reverse-genetic analysis to demonstrate that fructose acts as a signaling molecule in Arabidopsis thaliana. Fructose signaling induced seedling developmental arrest and interacted with plant stress hormone signaling in a manner similar to that of glucose. For fructose signaling responses, the plant glucose sensor HEXOKINASE1 (HXK1) was dispensable, while FRUCTOSE INSENSITIVE1 (FINS1), a putative FRUCTOSE-1,6-BISPHOSPHATASE, played a crucial role. Interestingly, FINS1 function in fructose signaling appeared to be independent of its catalytic activity in sugar metabolism. Genetic analysis further indicated that FINS1-dependent fructose signaling may act downstream of the abscisic acid pathway, in spite of the fact that HXK1-dependent glucose signaling works upstream of hormone synthesis. Our findings revealed that multiple layers of controls by fructose, glucose, and abscisic acid finely tune the plant autotrophic transition and modulate early seedling establishment after seed germination.
Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea.
Young-Hee
YH
Cho
Sang-Dong
SD
Yoo
D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005632:Fructose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D036226:Seedlings / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction
D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D005632:Fructose; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase; D001205:Ascorbic Acid
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