Abstract

Boron is essential for plant survival but high levels can impair growth and cause DNA damage. Here the authors show that Arabidopsis can ameliorate Boron toxicity via proteasomal degradation of BRAHMA to minimize open chromatin and reduce the likelihood of DNA double strand breaks.

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Title
Proteasomal degradation of BRAHMA promotes Boron tolerance in Arabidopsis
Author
Sakamoto, Takuya 1 ; Tsujimoto-Inui, Yayoi 1 ; Sotta, Naoyuki 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Hirakawa, Takeshi 3 ; Matsunaga, Tomoko M 4 ; Fukao, Yoichiro 5 ; Matsunaga, Sachihiro 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Fujiwara, Toru 2 

1  Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 
2  Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 
3  Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan 
4  Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan 
5  Plant Global Education Project, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan; Department of Bioinformatics, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan 
Pages
1-16
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Dec 2018
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07393-6
ProQuest document ID
2154629933
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.