Identification and Functional Characterization of FLOWERING LOCUS T in

Overview

Journal Plants (Basel)

Date 2022 Feb 15

PMID 35161306

Authors

Gayeon Kim

Yeonggil Rim

Hyunwoo Cho

Tae Kyung Hyun

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Abstract

roots have been used as a foodstuff and traditional medicine for thousands of years in East Asia. In order to increase the root development of . , cultivators removed the inflorescences, suggesting the possible negative effect of flowering on root development. This indicates that the genetic improvement of . by late flowering is a potential approach to increase productivity. However, nothing is known about key genes integrating multiple flowering pathways in . . In order to fill this gap, we identified potential homologs of the () gene in . . The alignment with other FT members and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the . FT (PlgFT) protein contains highly conserved functional domains and belongs to the FT-like clade. The expression analysis revealed spatial variations in the transcription of in different organs. In addition, the expression level of was increased by high temperature but not by photoperiodic light input signals, presumably due to lacking the CONSTANS binding motif in its promoter region. Furthermore, PlgFT induced early flowering upon its overexpression in . , suggesting the functional role of PlgFT in flowering. Taken together, we functionally characterized PlgFT as a master regulator of . flowering under inductive high temperature, which will serve as an important target gene for improving the root productivity.

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