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Florigen-producing cells express FPF1-LIKE PROTEIN 1 that accelerates flowering and stem growth in long days with sunlight red/far-red ratio in Arabidopsis

Takagi, H.; Lee, N.; Hempton, A. K.; Purushwani, S.; Notaguchi, M.; Yamauchi, K.; Shirai, K.; Kawakatsu, Y.; Uehara, S.; Albers, W. G.; Downing, B. L. R.; Ito, S.; Suzuki, T.; Matsuura, T.; Mori, I. C.; Mitsuda, N.; Kurihara, D.; Matsushita, T.; Song, Y. H.; Sato, Y.; Nomoto, M.; Tada, Y.; Hanada, K.; Cuperus, J.; Queitsch, C.; Imaizumi, T.

2024-04-29 plant biology
10.1101/2024.04.26.591289 bioRxiv
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Seasonal changes in spring induce flowering by expressing the florigen, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), in Arabidopsis. FT is expressed in unique phloem companion cells with unknown characteristics. The question of which genes are co-expressed with FT and whether they have roles in flowering remains elusive. Through tissue-specific translatome analysis, we discovered that under long-day conditions with the natural sunlight red/far-red ratio, the FT-producing cells express a gene encoding FPF1-LIKE PROTEIN 1 (FLP1). The master FT regulator, CONSTANS (CO), controls FLP1 expression, suggesting FLP1s involvement in the photoperiod pathway. FLP1 promotes early flowering independently of FT, is active in the shoot apical meristem, and induces the expression of SEPALLATA 3 (SEP3), a key E-class homeotic gene. Unlike FT, FLP1 facilitates inflorescence stem elongation. Our cumulative evidence indicates that FLP1 may act as a mobile signal. Thus, FLP1 orchestrates floral initiation together with FT and promotes inflorescence stem elongation during reproductive transitions.

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