Affiliation:
1. Key Laboratory of Plant Hormones and Development Regulation of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences Chongqing University Chongqing 400044 China
Abstract
Summary
Ascorbic acid (AsA) is a water‐soluble antioxidant that plays important roles in plant development and human health. Understanding the regulatory mechanism underlying AsA biosynthesis is imperative to the development of high AsA plants.
In this study, we reveal that the auxin response factor SlARF4 transcriptionally inhibits SlMYB99, which subsequently modulates AsA accumulation via transcriptional activation of AsA biosynthesis genes GPP, GLDH, and DHAR. The auxin‐dependent transcriptional cascade of SlARF4‐SlMYB99‐GPP/GLDH/DHAR modulates AsA synthesis, while mitogen‐activated protein kinase SlMAPK8 not only phosphorylates SlMYB99, but also activates its transcriptional activity. Both SlMYB99 and SlMYB11 proteins physically interact with each other, thereby synergistically regulating AsA biosynthesis by upregulating the expression of GPP, GLDH, and DHAR genes.
Collectively, these results demonstrate that auxin and abscisic acid antagonistically regulate AsA biosynthesis during development and drought tolerance in tomato via the SlMAPK8‐SlARF4‐SlMYB99/11 module.
These findings provide new insights into the mechanism underlying phytohormone regulation of AsA biosynthesis and provide a theoretical basis for the future development of high AsA plants via molecular breeding.
Funder
National Key Research and Development Program of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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