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RAC GTPases in tobacco and Arabidopsis mediate auxin-induced formation of proteolytically active nuclear protein bodies that contain AUX/IAA proteins
Plant Cell (2005)
  • L. Z. Tao
  • Alice Cheung, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • C. Nibau
  • H. M. Wu
Abstract
Auxin signaling relies on ubiquitin ligase SCF(TIR1)-mediated 26S proteasome-dependent proteolysis of a large family of short-lived transcription regulators, auxin/indole acetic acid (Aux/IAA), resulting in the derepression of auxin-responsive genes. We have shown previously that a subset of Rac GTPases is activated by auxin, and they in turn stimulate auxin-responsive gene expression. We show here that increasing Rac signaling activity promotes Aux/IAA degradation, whereas downregulating that activity results in the reduction of auxin-accelerated Aux/IAA proteolysis. Observations reported here reveal a novel function for these Rac GTPases as regulators for ubiquitin/26S proteasome-mediated proteolysis and further consolidate their role in auxin signaling. Moreover, our study reveals a cellular process whereby auxin induces and Rac GTPases mediate the recruitment of nucleoplasmic Aux/IAAs into proteolytically active nuclear protein bodies, into which components of the SCF(TIR1), COP9 signalosome, and 26S proteasome are also recruited.
Publication Date
August, 2005
Publisher Statement
doi:10.1105/tpc.105.032987
Citation Information
L. Z. Tao, Alice Cheung, C. Nibau and H. M. Wu. "RAC GTPases in tobacco and Arabidopsis mediate auxin-induced formation of proteolytically active nuclear protein bodies that contain AUX/IAA proteins" Plant Cell Vol. 17 Iss. 8 (2005)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alice_cheung/8/