Article
Structural features determining flower-promoting activity of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T.
The Plant cell - 1 Feb 2014
Ho William Wing Ho, Weigel Detlef
Abstract excerpt
In Arabidopsis thaliana, the genes FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1) have antagonistic roles in regulating the onset of flowering: FT activates and TFL1 represses flowering. Both encode small, closely related transcription cofactors of ∼175 amino acids. Previous studies identified a potential ligand binding residue as well as a divergent external loop as critical for the differences in activity...
Topics
- Amino Acids
- Arabidopsis
- Arabidopsis Proteins
- Binding Sites
- Biological Assay
- Flowers
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Ligands
- Luciferases
- Models, Biological
- Mutagenesis