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17 th <strong>International</strong> Congress on <strong>Nitrogen</strong> <strong>Fixation</strong><br />
Fremantle, Western Australia<br />
27 November – 1 December 2011<br />
Title A MYB coiled-coil type transcription factor interacts with NSP2 and is essential for nodulation<br />
in Lotus japonicus<br />
Author Zhongming Zhang, Heng Kang, Xiaojie Chu, Chao Wang, Hui Zhu, Songli Yuan, Dunqiang<br />
Yu, Zhenzhen Yang<br />
Poster Board Number 48<br />
State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University<br />
Transcription factor complex formation is a central step in regulating gene expression. In Medicago truncatula,<br />
two GRAS family transcription factors, Nodulation Signaling Pathway 1 (NSP1) and NSP2 form a DNA-binding<br />
complex to induce specific changes of gene expression, which is essential for the root nodule symbiosis (Hirsch<br />
et al., 2009). Using yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) screening, we identified a novel MYB coiled-coil transcription factor,<br />
referred as IPN2, which interacts with NSP2 in Lotus japonicus. This interaction was confirmed by protein pulldown<br />
assay and BiFC assay in Nicotiana benthamiana. Moreover, IPN2 and NSP2 were co-localized in nuclei of<br />
L. japonicus hairy roots. The Y2H assay showed that the GRAS domain of NSP2 was required for interacting<br />
with IPN2, while the coiled-coil domain of IPN2 was necessary and sufficient for interacting with NSP2. IPN2<br />
showed strong transcriptional activation activity in yeast cells, and it bound to the N<strong>IN</strong> promoter in vivo and in<br />
vitro. IPN2 was widely expressed in various organs, and showed phloem-specific expression within the<br />
vasculature of transgenic hairy roots. Overexpression of IPN2 promoted nodulation, while RNA interference<br />
(RNAi) knockdown of IPN2 expression led to decreased nodule formation in L. japonicus. Take together, our<br />
results strongly suggest that IPN2 plays an essential role in nodulation.<br />
Hirsch, S, Kim, J, Munoz, A, Heckmann, AB, Downie, JA, and Oldroyd, GE (2009). GRAS proteins form a DNA<br />
binding complex to induce gene expression during nodulation signaling in Medicago truncatula. Plant Cell<br />
21:545-557.<br />
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2011