Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Mechanistic insights into the regulation of plant phosphate homeostasis by the rice SPX2 – PHR2 complex

  • Zeyuan Guan,
  • Qunxia Zhang,
  • Zhifei Zhang,
  • Jiaqi Zuo,
  • Juan Chen,
  • Ruiwen Liu,
  • Julie Savarin,
  • Larissa Broger,
  • Peng Cheng,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Kai Pei,
  • Delin Zhang,
  • Tingting Zou,
  • Junjie Yan,
  • Ping Yin,
  • Michael Hothorn,
  • Zhu Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29275-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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SPX receptors regulate plant phosphate response via PHR transcription factors. Here, based on crystal structure analysis of rice PHR2 complexes, the authors propose that SPX2 regulates PHR2 by preventing DNA binding and oligomerisation of the PHR2 CC domain.