Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

HSP90 regulates temperature-dependent seedling growth in Arabidopsis by stabilizing the auxin co-receptor F-box protein TIR1

  • Renhou Wang,
  • Yi Zhang,
  • Martin Kieffer,
  • Hong Yu,
  • Stefan Kepinski,
  • Mark Estelle

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10269
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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A moderate increase in temperature promotes hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis. Here, Wang et al.show that elevated temperature not only increases auxin biosynthesis but also acts via the co-chaperones HSP90 and SGT1 to stabilize the TIR1 auxin receptor.