AT-hook基因及其在植物开花调控中的研究进展

AT-hook基因是能够编码与双链DNA小沟中富含AT碱基的序列特异性结合的一类基因,其所编码的蛋白含有以甘氨酸-精氨酸-脯氨酸(GRP)三个氨基酸残基为中心的DNA结合蛋白基序.笔者通过对AT-hook基因的特点和功能及其在拟南芥及水稻等高等植物开花中的调控作用综述.AT-hook基因不仅参与植物的生长发育及逆境胁迫...

AT-hook Genes and Their Role in the Regulation of Flowering in Plants: A Review

AT-hook gene is a kind of genes that encode the proteins specifically binding to the sequence rich in AT bases in DNA minor groove. The encoded protein contains DNA binding protein motif centered on three amino acid residues of glycine-arginine-proline (GRP). In this paper, the characteristics and functions of AT-hook genes and their regulatory roles in flowering in Arabidopsis and rice were reviewed. AT-hook genes are not only involved in plant growth and development, stress and hormone signaling responses, but also play an important regulatory role in the formation of flower organs and the flowering of plants. The expression level of this gene is the highest in flower tissues, which affects the expression of the florin genes, and its encoding protein can regulate the transcription of genes related to flowering at the epigenetic level by changing chromatin status or recruiting protein complex, thus affecting the flowering of plants. AT-hook gene may provide a new perspective for epigenetic regulation of plant flowering.