Under specific conditions, the germination of Arabidopsis thaliana is dependent on the activation of the KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE 2 (KAI2) signaling pathway by the KAI2-dependent perception of karrikin or the artificial strigolactone analogue, rac-GR24. To regulate the induction of germination, the KAI2 signaling pathway relies on MORE AXILLARY BRANCHED 2- (MAX2-)dependent ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of the repressor protein SUPPRESSOR OF MAX2 1 (SMAX1). It is not yet known how the degradation of SMAX1 proteins eventually results in the regulation of seed germination, but it has been hypothesized that SMAX1-LIKE generally functions as transcriptional repressors through the recruitment of co-repressors TOPLESS (TPL) and TPL-related, which in turn interact with histone deacetylases. In this article, we show the involvement of histone deacetylases HDA6, HDA9, HDA19 and HDT1 in MAX2-dependent germination of Arabidopsis, and more specifically, that HDA6 is required for the induction of DWARF14-LIKE2 expression in response to rac-GR24 treatment.
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