title: ALFIN-LIKE 6 is involved in root hair elongation during phosphate deficiency in Arabidopsis.
abstract: Phosphate (Pi) starvation in plants induces dense and elongated root hairs, which increase the absorptive surface area of the roots and play a critical role in Pi uptake. The molecular mechanism underlying these changes remains unclear. Forward and reverse genetic approaches were employed to identify novel genes involved in root hair formation on Pi starvation. The mutant per2, with defects in root hair elongation specifically under low Pi conditions, was identified in a large-scale genetic screen of T-DNA insertion lines. The phenotype was caused by a mutation in the homeodomain protein ALFIN-LIKE 6 (AL6). From a screen of mutants defective in genes that showed lower transcript abundance in per2 relative to wild-type roots on low Pi medium, we identified four putative downstream targets of AL6, namely ETC1, NPC4, SQD2 and PS2, all of which were critical in root hair elongation of Pi-deficient plants. The results further indicate that AL6 is involved in the control of growth and several key responses to Pi starvation. Our findings demonstrate that AL6 controls the transcription of a suite of genes critical for root hair elongation under low Pi conditions, suggesting a novel physiological function for an Alfin gene in Arabidopsis.
authors: Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.|Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Nulu Naga Prafulla
authors: NNP
authors: Chandrika
authors: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.|Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung-Hsing University, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.|Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors: Kalaipandian
authors: K
authors: Sundaravelpandian
authors: Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.|Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung-Hsing University, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.|Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Su-May
authors: SM
authors: Yu
authors: Molecular and Cell Biology, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica and Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.|Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.|Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung-Hsing University, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.|Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.|Genome and Systems Biology Degree Program, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors: Wolfgang
authors: W
authors: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D006602:Hexosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis; D008670:Metals / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D010710:Phosphates / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D008670:Metals; D010710:Phosphates; D014157:Transcription Factors; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; C584518:ALFIN-LIKE 6 protein, Arabidopsis; C485326:ETC1 protein, Arabidopsis; C456289:SQD2 protein, Arabidopsis; C000731236:AT3G03530 protein, Arabidopsis