title: Identification of a soybean MOTHER OF FT AND TFL1 homolog involved in regulation of seed germination.
abstract: Seed germination is an important event in the life cycle of seed plants, and is controlled by complex and coordinated genetic networks. Many genes involved in the regulation of this process have been identified in different plant species so far. Recent studies in both Arabidopsis and wheat have uncovered a new role of MOTHER OF FT AND TFL1 (MFT) in seed germination. Here, we reported a homolog of MFT in soybean (GmMFT) which strongly expressed in seeds. Detailed expression analysis showed that the mRNA level of GmMFT increased with seed development but declined during seed germination. The transcription of GmMFT also responded to exogenous application of ABA and GA3. Ectopic expression of GmMFT CDS in Arabidopsis moderately inhibited seed germination. All these evidences suggest that GmMFT may be a negative regulator of seed germination.
authors.affiliation: MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resource and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China; Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resource and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China; Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Chengming
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resource and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiaomei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resource and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resource and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Faqiang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
authors.forename: Ruibo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: MOA Key Lab of Soybean Biology (Beijing), National Key Facility of Crop Gene Resource and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yongfu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D035264:Flowers / Q000254:growth & development; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D017343:Genes, Plant; D018525:Germination / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005875:Gibberellins / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000502:physiology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012639:Seeds / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D013045:Species Specificity; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005875:Gibberellins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C492735:MFT protein, Arabidopsis; D010940:Plant Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D000040:Abscisic Acid; C007842:gibberellic acid