Contrasting and conserved roles of NPR pathways in diverged land plant lineages.
Arabidopsis thaliana
Marchantia polymorpha
NPR
evolution
far‐red light response
plant immunity
salicylic acid
thermomorphogenesis
Journal
The New phytologist
ISSN: 1469-8137
Titre abrégé: New Phytol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9882884
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 Jul 2024
26 Jul 2024
Historique:
received:
20
10
2023
accepted:
26
06
2024
medline:
26
7
2024
pubmed:
26
7
2024
entrez:
26
7
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The NPR proteins function as salicylic acid (SA) receptors in Arabidopsis thaliana. AtNPR1 plays a central role in SA-induced transcriptional reprogramming whereby positively regulates SA-mediated defense. NPRs are found in the genomes of nearly all land plants. However, we know little about the molecular functions and physiological roles of NPRs in most plant species. We conducted phylogenetic and alignment analyses of NPRs from 68 species covering the significant lineages of land plants. To investigate NPR functions in bryophyte lineages, we generated and characterized NPR loss-of-function mutants in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha. Brassicaceae NPR1-like proteins have characteristically gained or lost functional residues identified in AtNPRs, pointing to the possibility of a unique evolutionary trajectory for the Brassicaceae NPR1-like proteins. We find that the only NPR in M. polymorpha, MpNPR, is not the master regulator of SA-induced transcriptional reprogramming and negatively regulates bacterial resistance in this species. The Mpnpr transcriptome suggested roles of MpNPR in heat and far-red light responses. We identify both Mpnpr and Atnpr1-1 display enhanced thermomorphogenesis. Interspecies complementation analysis indicated that the molecular properties of AtNPR1 and MpNPR are partially conserved. We further show that MpNPR has SA-binding activity. NPRs and NPR-associated pathways have evolved distinctively in diverged land plant lineages to cope with different terrestrial environments.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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