TY - JOUR
T1 - FER and LecRK show haplotype-dependent cold-responsiveness and mediate freezing tolerance in Lotus japonicus
AU - Mustamin, Yusdar
AU - Akyol, Turgut Yigit
AU - Gordon, Max
AU - Manggabarani, Andi Madihah
AU - Isomura, Yoshiko
AU - Kawamura, Yasuko
AU - Bamba, Masaru
AU - Williams, Cranos
AU - Andersen, Stig Uggerhøj
AU - Sato, Shusei
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP20H02884, JST-Mirai Program Grant Number JPMJMI20E4, and JST CREST Grant Number JPMJCR16O1, Japan (S.S.) and the InRoot project coordinated by Jens Stougaard supported by The Novo Nordisk Foundation Grant Number NNF129SA0059362, Denmark.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Many plant species have succeeded in colonizing a wide range of diverse climates through local adaptation, but the underlying molecular genetics remain obscure. We previously found that winter survival was a direct target of selection during colonization of Japan by the perennial legume Lotus japonicus and identified associated candidate genes. Here, we show that two of these, FERONIA-receptor like kinase (LjFER) and a S-receptor-like kinase gene (LjLecRK), are required for non-acclimated freezing tolerance and show haplotype-dependent cold-responsive expression. Our work suggests that recruiting a conserved growth regulator gene, FER, and a receptor-like kinase gene, LecRK, into the set of cold-responsive genes has contributed to freezing tolerance and local climate adaptation in L. japonicus, offering functional genetic insight into perennial herb evolution.
AB - Many plant species have succeeded in colonizing a wide range of diverse climates through local adaptation, but the underlying molecular genetics remain obscure. We previously found that winter survival was a direct target of selection during colonization of Japan by the perennial legume Lotus japonicus and identified associated candidate genes. Here, we show that two of these, FERONIA-receptor like kinase (LjFER) and a S-receptor-like kinase gene (LjLecRK), are required for non-acclimated freezing tolerance and show haplotype-dependent cold-responsive expression. Our work suggests that recruiting a conserved growth regulator gene, FER, and a receptor-like kinase gene, LecRK, into the set of cold-responsive genes has contributed to freezing tolerance and local climate adaptation in L. japonicus, offering functional genetic insight into perennial herb evolution.
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U2 - 10.1093/plphys/kiac533
DO - 10.1093/plphys/kiac533
M3 - Article
C2 - 36448631
AN - SCOPUS:85147858383
SN - 0032-0889
VL - 191
SP - 1138
EP - 1152
JO - Plant Physiology
JF - Plant Physiology
IS - 2
ER -
