A Genome-Scale TF-DNA Interaction Network of Transcriptional Regulation of Arabidopsis Primary and Specialized Metabolism

In single-celled microbes, transcriptional regulation by single transcription factors is sufficient to shift primary metabolism. Corresponding genome-level transcriptional regulatory maps of metabolism reveal the underlying design principles responsible for these shifts as a model in which master re...

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Main Authors Tang, Michelle, Li, Baohua, Zhou, Xue, Bolt, Tayah, Li, Jia Jie, Neiman Cruz, Gaudinier, Allison, Ngo, Richard, Clark-Wiest, Caitlin, Kliebenstein, Dan, Brady, Siobhan
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LanguageEnglish
Published Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 14.05.2021
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Arabidopsis
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Gene mapping
Gene regulation
Genomes
Metabolic pathways
Metabolism
Metabolites
Transcription factors
Tricarboxylic acid cycle
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Summary:In single-celled microbes, transcriptional regulation by single transcription factors is sufficient to shift primary metabolism. Corresponding genome-level transcriptional regulatory maps of metabolism reveal the underlying design principles responsible for these shifts as a model in which master regulators largely coordinate specific metabolic pathways. Relative to individual microbes, plant metabolism is more complex. Primary and specialized metabolism occur within innumerable cell types, and their reactions shift depending on internal and external cues. Given the importance of plants and their metabolites in providing humanity with food, fiber and medicine, we set out to develop a genome-scale transcriptional regulatory map of Arabidopsis metabolic genes. A comprehensive set of protein-DNA interactions between Arabidopsis thaliana transcription factors and promoters of primary metabolism and specialized metabolism were mapped. To demonstrate the utility of this resource, we identified and functionally validated regulators of the TCA cycle. The resulting network suggests that plant metabolic design principles are distinct from that of microbes. Instead, metabolism appears to be transcriptionally coordinated via developmental- and stress-conditional processes that can coordinate across primary and specialized metabolism. These data represent the most comprehensive resource of interactions between TFs and metabolic genes in plants. Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
DOI:10.1101/2021.05.13.443927