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LAZY Gene Family in Plant Gravitropism

Adapting to the omnipresent gravitational field was a fundamental basis driving the flourishing of terrestrial plants on the Earth. Plants have evolved a remarkable capability that not only allows them to live and develop within the Earth’s gravity field, but it also enables them to use the gravity...

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Autores principales: Jiao, Zhicheng, Du, Huan, Chen, Shu, Huang, Wei, Ge, Liangfa
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7893674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33613583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.606241
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author Jiao, Zhicheng
Du, Huan
Chen, Shu
Huang, Wei
Ge, Liangfa
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Du, Huan
Chen, Shu
Huang, Wei
Ge, Liangfa
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description Adapting to the omnipresent gravitational field was a fundamental basis driving the flourishing of terrestrial plants on the Earth. Plants have evolved a remarkable capability that not only allows them to live and develop within the Earth’s gravity field, but it also enables them to use the gravity vector to guide the growth of roots and shoots, in a process known as gravitropism. Triggered by gravistimulation, plant gravitropism is a highly complex, multistep process that requires many organelles and players to function in an intricate coordinated way. Although this process has been studied for several 100 years, much remains unclear, particularly the early events that trigger the relocation of the auxin efflux carrier PIN-FORMED (PIN) proteins, which presumably leads to the asymmetrical redistribution of auxin. In the past decade, the LAZY gene family has been identified as a crucial player that ensures the proper redistribution of auxin and a normal tropic response for both roots and shoots upon gravistimulation. LAZY proteins appear to be participating in the early steps of gravity signaling, as the mutation of LAZY genes consistently leads to altered auxin redistribution in multiple plant species. The identification and characterization of the LAZY gene family have significantly advanced our understanding of plant gravitropism, and opened new frontiers of investigation into the novel molecular details of the early events of gravitropism. Here we review current knowledge of the LAZY gene family and the mechanism modulated by LAZY proteins for controlling both roots and shoots gravitropism. We also discuss the evolutionary significance and conservation of the LAZY gene family in plants.
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spelling pubmed-78936742021-02-20 LAZY Gene Family in Plant Gravitropism Jiao, Zhicheng Du, Huan Chen, Shu Huang, Wei Ge, Liangfa Front Plant Sci Plant Science Adapting to the omnipresent gravitational field was a fundamental basis driving the flourishing of terrestrial plants on the Earth. Plants have evolved a remarkable capability that not only allows them to live and develop within the Earth’s gravity field, but it also enables them to use the gravity vector to guide the growth of roots and shoots, in a process known as gravitropism. Triggered by gravistimulation, plant gravitropism is a highly complex, multistep process that requires many organelles and players to function in an intricate coordinated way. Although this process has been studied for several 100 years, much remains unclear, particularly the early events that trigger the relocation of the auxin efflux carrier PIN-FORMED (PIN) proteins, which presumably leads to the asymmetrical redistribution of auxin. In the past decade, the LAZY gene family has been identified as a crucial player that ensures the proper redistribution of auxin and a normal tropic response for both roots and shoots upon gravistimulation. LAZY proteins appear to be participating in the early steps of gravity signaling, as the mutation of LAZY genes consistently leads to altered auxin redistribution in multiple plant species. The identification and characterization of the LAZY gene family have significantly advanced our understanding of plant gravitropism, and opened new frontiers of investigation into the novel molecular details of the early events of gravitropism. Here we review current knowledge of the LAZY gene family and the mechanism modulated by LAZY proteins for controlling both roots and shoots gravitropism. We also discuss the evolutionary significance and conservation of the LAZY gene family in plants. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7893674/ /pubmed/33613583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.606241 Text en Copyright © 2021 Jiao, Du, Chen, Huang and Ge. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Jiao, Zhicheng
Du, Huan
Chen, Shu
Huang, Wei
Ge, Liangfa
LAZY Gene Family in Plant Gravitropism
title LAZY Gene Family in Plant Gravitropism
title_full LAZY Gene Family in Plant Gravitropism
title_fullStr LAZY Gene Family in Plant Gravitropism
title_full_unstemmed LAZY Gene Family in Plant Gravitropism
title_short LAZY Gene Family in Plant Gravitropism
title_sort lazy gene family in plant gravitropism
topic Plant Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7893674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33613583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.606241
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