J Integr Plant Biol ›› 2022, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (8): 1502-1513.DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13282

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  • 收稿日期:2022-01-15 接受日期:2022-05-16 出版日期:2022-08-01 发布日期:2022-08-15

Arabidopsis ROOT ELONGATION RECEPTOR KINASES negatively regulate root growth putatively via altering cell wall remodeling gene expression

Yanze Wang1†, Weiyue Chen1†, Yang Ou1, Yingying Zhu2 and Jia Li1,3*   

  1. 1 Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
    2 State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro‐Ecosystems, Institute of Innovation Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
    3 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China

    †These authors contributed equally to this work.
    *Correspondence: Jia Li (lijia@lzu.edu.cn)
  • Received:2022-01-15 Accepted:2022-05-16 Online:2022-08-01 Published:2022-08-15

Abstract:

Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) play key roles in regulating various physiological aspects in plant growth and development. In Arabidopsis thaliana, there are at least 223 leucine-rich repeat (LRR) RLKs. The functions of the majority of RLKs in the LRR XI subfamily were previously revealed. Only three RLKs were not characterized. Here we report that two independent triple mutants of these RLKs, named ROOT ELONGATION RECEPTOR KINASES (REKs), exhibit increased cell numbers in the root apical meristem and enhanced cell size in the elongation and maturation zones. The promoter activities of a number of Quiescent Center marker genes are significantly up-regulated in the triple mutant. However, the promoter activities of several marker genes known to control root stem cell niche activities are not altered. RNA-seq analysis revealed that a number of cell wall remodeling genes are significantly up-regulated in the triple mutant. Our results suggest that these REKs play key roles in regulating root development likely via negatively regulating the expression of a number of key cell wall remodeling genes.

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