Role of SVP in the Control of Flowering Time by Ambient Temperature in Arabidopsis

Overview

Journal Genes Dev

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2007 Feb 27

PMID 17322399

Citations 287

Authors

Jeong Hwan Lee

Seong Jeon Yoo

Soo Hyun Park

Ildoo Hwang

Jong Seob Lee

Ji Hoon Ahn

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Abstract

Plants must perceive and rapidly respond to changes in ambient temperature for their successful reproduction. Here we demonstrate that Arabidopsis SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE (SVP) plays an important role in the response of plants to ambient temperature changes. The loss of SVP function elicited insensitivity to ambient temperature changes. SVP mediates the temperature-dependent functions of FCA and FVE within the thermosensory pathway. SVP controls flowering time by negatively regulating the expression of a floral integrator, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), via direct binding to the CArG motifs in the FT sequence. We propose that this is one of the molecular mechanisms that modulate flowering time under fluctuating temperature conditions.

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