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Auxin-responsive SMALL AUXIN UP RNA genes : recent research progress and its application for crop improvement

옥신 반응 SMALL AUXIN UP RNA 유전자의 최근 연구 동향 및 작물 개량을 위한 적용

  • Lee, Sang Ho (Division of Bio and Health Sciences, Mokwon University)
  • 이상호 (목원대학교 바이오건강학부)
  • Received : 2013.06.13
  • Accepted : 2013.06.20
  • Published : 2013.06.30
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Abstract

Auxin is a key plant hormone which regulates overall plant growth development. A number of researches to investigate auxin signaling identified three major classes of early auxin response genes: AUX/IAA, GH3 and SMALL AUXIN UP RNA (SAUR). Among these genes, in planta functions of SAUR gene family are largely ambiguous, while both AUX/IAA and GH3 genes are analyzed to mediate negative feedback on auxin response. SAUR genes encode small plant-specific proteins. SAUR gene products are highly unstable and transiently expressed in the tissue- and developmental-specific manners in response to auxin and various environmental stimuli. In the decades, molecular and genetic approaches to elucidate in planta functions of SAURs have been hampered by several factors such as the unstable molecular features and functional redundancy among them. However, a series of recent studies focusing on several subgroups of SAUR gene family made significant progress in our understanding of its biochemical and physiological functions. These works suggest that many SAUR proteins mainly regulate auxin-related cell expansion and auxin transport. In this review, the recent progress in SAUR research and prospects for crop improvement through its genetic manipulation are discussed.

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