The Arabidopsis eer1 Mutant Has Enhanced Ethylene Responses in the Hypocotyl and Stem

By screening for enhanced ethylene-response (eer) mutants in Arabidopsis, we isolated a novel recessive mutant, eer1, which displays increased ethylene sensitivity in the hypocotyl and stem. Dark-grown eer1 seedlings have short and thick hypocotyls even in the absence of added ethylene. This phenoty...

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Published in:Plant physiology (Bethesda) 2001-02, Vol.125 (2), p.1061-1073
Main Authors: Larsen, Paul B., Chang, Caren
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alkenes - pharmacology
Arabidopsis - drug effects
Arabidopsis - genetics
Arabidopsis - physiology
Biosynthesis
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Plant - genetics
Development and Hormone Action
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Ethylenes - metabolism
Ethylenes - pharmacology
Genes
Genetic mutation
Hypocotyl - drug effects
Hypocotyl - physiology
Hypocotyls
Microscopy, Confocal
Mutagenesis
Phenotypes
Plant Growth Regulators - metabolism
Plant Growth Regulators - pharmacology
Plant Stems - drug effects
Plant Stems - physiology
Plants
Propylene
Receptors
Sabers
Seedlings
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Summary:By screening for enhanced ethylene-response (eer) mutants in Arabidopsis, we isolated a novel recessive mutant, eer1, which displays increased ethylene sensitivity in the hypocotyl and stem. Dark-grown eer1 seedlings have short and thick hypocotyls even in the absence of added ethylene. This phenotype is suppressed, however, by the ethylene biosynthesis inhibitor 1-aminoethoxyvinyl-glycine. Following ethylene treatment, the dark-grown eer1 hypocotyl response is greatly exaggerated in comparison with the wild type, indicating that the eer1 phenotype is not simply due to ethylene overproduction. eer1 seedlings have significantly elevated levels of basic-chitinase expression, suggesting that eer1 may be highly sensitive to low levels of endogenous ethylene. Adult eer1 plants display exaggerated ethylene-dependent stem thickening, which is an ethylene response previously unreported in Arabidopsis. eer1 also has enhanced responsiveness to the ethylene agonists propylene and 2,5-norbornadiene. The eer1 phenotype is completely suppressed by the ethylene-insensitive mutation etr1-1, and is additive with the constitutive ethylene-response mutation ctr1-3. Our findings suggest that the wild-type EER1 product acts to oppose ethylene responses in the hypocotyl and stem.
ISSN:0032-0889
1532-2548
DOI:10.1104/pp.125.2.1061