Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Natural variation in a type-A response regulator confers maize chilling tolerance

  • Rong Zeng,
  • Zhuoyang Li,
  • Yiting Shi,
  • Diyi Fu,
  • Pan Yin,
  • Jinkui Cheng,
  • Caifu Jiang,
  • Shuhua Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25001-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The genetic basis of low-temperature tolerance in maize is unclear. Here, the authors show that the type-A Response Regulator 1 (ZmRR1) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MPK8) are positive and negative regulators of maize chilling tolerance, and ZmRR1 is phosphorylated by ZmMPK8 during cold treatment.