Abstract
Purple acid phosphatases (PAP)-encoding genes form a complex network that play a critical role in plant phosphate (Pi) homeostasis. Mostly, the functions of PAPs were investigated individually. However, the interactions of most of these genes in response to various concentrations of available Pi remain unknown. In this study, the roles of AtPAP17 and AtPAP26 genes, and their relationship within Pi homeostasis context were investigated. Surprisingly, atpap17 and atpap26 mutants not only showed no obvious developmental defects, but also produced higher biomass in compare to wild type (WT) plants under normal growth conditions. Comparing gene expression patterns of these mutants with WT plant, we identified a set of genes up-regulated in mutant plants but not in WT. Based on these unexpected results and up-regulation of AtPAP17 and AtPAP26 genes by the loss of function of each other, the hypothesis of compensation relationship between these genes in Pi homeostasis was assessed by generating atpap17/atpap26 double mutants. Observation of developmental defects in atpap17/atpap26 mutant but not in single mutants indicated a compensation relationship between AtPAP17 and AtPAP26 genes in Pi homeostasis network. Taken together, these results demonstrate the activation of AtPAP17 and AtPAP26 genes to buffer against the loss of function of each other, and this compensation relationship is vital for Arabidopsis growth and development.
Highlights
Phosphorus (P) is one of the critical nutrients required for plant growth and development
AtPAP17 is another member of Arabidopsis Purple acid phosphatases (PAP) family that markedly induced by Pi-starvation and it was the first Pi starvation inducible (PSI) PAP characterized in Arabidopsis under Pi deficient conditions (Del Pozo et al, 1999)
Analysis of root microarray gene expression data showed that the most gene expression change in response to Pi starvation and Pi re-fed is related to AtPAP17 (Figure 1B)
Summary
Phosphorus (P) is one of the critical nutrients required for plant growth and development. According to genome sequence analysis and annotation, this gene family, PAPs, includes 29 members in Arabidopsis thaliana (AtPAPs), which several of them are induced by Pi deprivation (Del Pozo et al, 1999; Haran et al, 2000; Li et al, 2002; Tran et al, 2010a; Wang et al, 2011). The interactions between two important members of PAP family, AtPAP17 and AtPAP26 genes, in Pi complex gene network were investigated for the first time
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