Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Histidine kinase MHZ1/OsHK1 interacts with ethylene receptors to regulate root growth in rice

  • He Zhao,
  • Kai-Xuan Duan,
  • Biao Ma,
  • Cui-Cui Yin,
  • Yang Hu,
  • Jian-Jun Tao,
  • Yi-Hua Huang,
  • Wu-Qiang Cao,
  • Hui Chen,
  • Chao Yang,
  • Zhi-Guo Zhang,
  • Si-Jie He,
  • Wan-Ke Zhang,
  • Xiang-Yuan Wan,
  • Tie-Gang Lu,
  • Shou-Yi Chen,
  • Jin-Song Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14313-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Ethylene regulates adaptive root growth during waterlogging in rice. Here, the authors identify MHZ1 (aka OsHK1), a histidine kinase that positively regulates the root ethylene response by interacting with the ethylene receptor ERS2 and promoting phosphorylation of the response regulator, OsRR21.