JKD

UniProt ID: Q700D2
Organism: Arabidopsis thaliana
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

JACKDAW (JKD; INDETERMINATE DOMAIN 10, IDD10) is a nuclear BIRD/IDD-family C2H2 zinc-finger transcription factor of Arabidopsis that acts in the root meristem ground tissue and quiescent centre. Its four N-terminal zinc fingers have separable roles: ZF1-ZF3 bind the IDD consensus DNA motif while ZF3-ZF4 form the docking surface for the GRAS-domain SHORT-ROOT (SHR)-SCARECROW (SCR) heterodimer, so that JKD provides the sequence-specific DNA contact for the SHR-SCR coregulator complex. JKD is expressed independently of SHR, helps retain mobile SHR in the nucleus of the endodermis/QC layer (confining SHR action to a single cell layer), and activates SCR and MAGPIE transcription with SHR-SCR. Together with other BIRD proteins (BLJ, MGP, NUC) it is required for the formative asymmetric division of the cortex/endodermis initial daughter, for stabilizing the stele/ground-tissue boundary and for ground-tissue identity. JKD acting in the cortex also influences position-dependent hair/non-hair patterning of the overlying epidermis non-cell-autonomously, and like other IDDs it can bind DELLA and SCL3 coregulators at gibberellin-responsive promoters.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0003677 DNA binding
IDA
PMID:28211915
Structure of the SHR-SCR heterodimer bound to the BIRD/IDD t...
MODIFY
Summary: JKD zinc fingers ZF1-ZF4 bind DNA in EMSA; ZF1-ZF3 provide DNA contact in the JKD-SHR-SCR complex.
Reason: DNA binding is directly shown by EMSA of JKD ZF1-4 on the IDD consensus motif, which on its own is sequence-specific binding. The cis-regulatory-region claim rests on yeast one-hybrid binding of JKD to the SCR and MGP promoters, and on in vivo ChIP-seq occupancy of target promoters. Together these justify transcription cis-regulatory region binding over generic DNA binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28211915
Our electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) showed DNA binding of MGP ZF1-4 and JKD ZF1-4 were virtually unchanged in the presence or absence of the SHR-SCR complex
PMID:28211915
the ZF1-ZF2-ZF3 of JKD in the JKD-SHR-SCR complex is involved in DNA binding
PMID:28211915
JKD and MGP bind the consensus DNA sequence
PMID:21935722
Yeast one-hybrid analysis showed that JKD binds to the SCR and MGP promoter sequences
GO:0003700 DNA-binding transcription factor activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetic inference of DNA-binding transcription factor activity for the BIRD/IDD clade.
Reason: JKD has the conserved IDD zinc-finger domain; the IBD node is consistent with JKD-specific experimental evidence (DNA binding, reporter activation of SCR/MGP promoters).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21935722
Transient expression of LUC reporter genes with the proximal sequences upstream from the ATG codon of SCR and MGP in protoplasts were activated by JKD
PMID:28211915
the ZF1-ZF2-ZF3 of JKD in the JKD-SHR-SCR complex is involved in DNA binding
GO:0003700 DNA-binding transcription factor activity
IDA
PMID:24821766
DELLA protein functions as a transcriptional activator throu...
ACCEPT
Summary: IDDs, including AtIDD10/JKD, bind the SCL3 promoter and transactivate an SCL3-promoter reporter with DELLA.
Reason: Direct evidence of promoter binding plus transactivation supports DNA-binding transcription factor activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24821766
we identified five members of indeterminate domain (IDD) protein family which bind physically to both DELLA and the promoter sequence of the GA-positive regulator SCARECROW-LIKE 3 (SCL3)
PMID:24821766
a luciferase reporter controlled by the SCL3 promoter was additively transactivated by REPRESSOR of ga1-3 (RGA) and IDDs
GO:0003700 DNA-binding transcription factor activity
IDA
PMID:26494755
Transcriptional control of tissue formation throughout root ...
ACCEPT
Summary: ChIP-seq identification of JKD direct targets and network reconstruction in the ground tissue.
Reason: In vivo promoter occupancy plus target regulation supports TF activity; this is the core function of JKD.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
Among the BIRDs, we focused on BLJ and JKD because they have a specific role in ground tissue establishment and identified their direct targets through chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) followed by sequencing
PMID:26494755
These results indicate that BLJ, JKD, and SCR are essential for SHR to carry out ground tissue patterning
GO:0003700 DNA-binding transcription factor activity
ISS
PMID:11118137
Arabidopsis transcription factors: genome-wide comparative a...
ACCEPT
Summary: Sequence-similarity inference from the genome-wide TF family catalogue.
Reason: The function is correct for JKD and is independently established by direct experimental evidence (see the IDA rows). PMID:11118137 is a genome-wide transcription factor catalogue. Only its abstract is cached and it does not mention JKD, so the curator's ISS call is accepted on deference to the uncached full text. Support for the function itself comes from the JKD-specific evidence cited.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21935722
Transient expression of LUC reporter genes with the proximal sequences upstream from the ATG codon of SCR and MGP in protoplasts were activated by JKD
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
MODIFY
Summary: Y2H interaction of JKD with MAGPIE (AT1G03840).
Reason: Protein binding is uninformative. MGP is itself a DNA-binding BIRD/IDD transcription factor; the interaction is better captured as DNA-binding transcription factor binding. Hirano et al. later showed that JKD and MGP compete for the same SHR-SCR groove, so the JKD-MGP interaction may be indirect or weak in vivo; kept as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17785527
JACKDAW and MAGPIE regulate tissue boundaries and asymmetric cell division and can control SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW activity in a transcriptional and protein interaction network
PMID:28211915
suggesting that the binding of JKD and MGP is exclusive
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
MODIFY
Summary: Y2H interaction of JKD with SCARECROW (AT3G54220).
Reason: SCR is a GRAS-domain transcription coregulator that docks (as SHR-SCR) on the JKD zinc fingers; transcription coregulator binding describes the function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28211915
SHR-SCR function as transcription cofactors by binding to the third and fourth ZFs, (ZF3-ZF4) of JKD
PMID:17785527
JACKDAW and MAGPIE regulate tissue boundaries and asymmetric cell division and can control SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW activity in a transcriptional and protein interaction network
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
MODIFY
Summary: Y2H interaction of JKD with SHORT-ROOT (AT4G37650).
Reason: SHR is a GRAS-domain transcription coregulator; its alpha/beta core forms the BIRD-binding groove that recognises JKD ZF3-ZF4. Transcription coregulator binding is the informative term.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28211915
SHR-SCR function as transcription cofactors by binding to the third and fourth ZFs, (ZF3-ZF4) of JKD
PMID:28211915
relatively high affinity of the SHR-SCR complex to MGP ZF3-ZF4 (the KD value of 36 nM) and JKD ZF3-ZF4 (124 nM)
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
MODIFY
Summary: Y2H interaction of JKD with MAGPIE (UniProtKB:Q9ZWA6); duplicate of the AGI-coded row.
Reason: As for the AGI-coded JKD-MGP row; replace protein binding with DNA-binding transcription factor binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17785527
JACKDAW and MAGPIE regulate tissue boundaries and asymmetric cell division and can control SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW activity in a transcriptional and protein interaction network
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:24821766
DELLA protein functions as a transcriptional activator throu...
MODIFY
Summary: Interaction of AtIDD10/JKD with SCL3 (UniProtKB:Q9LPR8), a GRAS coregulator in GA signalling.
Reason: SCL3 is a GRAS coregulator using IDDs as DNA-binding scaffolds; transcription coregulator binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24821766
These results suggest that the coregulators DELLA and SCL3, using IDDs as transcriptional scaffolds for DNA binding, antagonistically regulate the expression of their downstream targets to control the GA signaling pathway
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:24821766
DELLA protein functions as a transcriptional activator throu...
MODIFY
Summary: Interaction of AtIDD10/JKD with the DELLA protein RGA (UniProtKB:Q9SLH3).
Reason: DELLA acts as a coactivator recruited to DNA via IDDs; transcription coregulator binding is informative.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24821766
we identified five members of indeterminate domain (IDD) protein family which bind physically to both DELLA and the promoter sequence of the GA-positive regulator SCARECROW-LIKE 3 (SCL3)
PMID:24821766
These results suggest that the coregulators DELLA and SCL3, using IDDs as transcriptional scaffolds for DNA binding, antagonistically regulate the expression of their downstream targets to control the GA signaling pathway
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28211915
Structure of the SHR-SCR heterodimer bound to the BIRD/IDD t...
MODIFY
Summary: In vitro (ITC/structure) binding of JKD ZF3-ZF4 to SCR within the SHR-SCR heterodimer (UniProtKB:Q9M384).
Reason: Structural and biochemical data define this as coregulator docking on the TF; transcription coregulator binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28211915
SHR-SCR function as transcription cofactors by binding to the third and fourth ZFs, (ZF3-ZF4) of JKD
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28211915
Structure of the SHR-SCR heterodimer bound to the BIRD/IDD t...
MODIFY
Summary: In vitro binding of JKD ZF3-ZF4 to the SHR BIRD-binding groove (UniProtKB:Q9SZF7).
Reason: Core interaction; transcription coregulator binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28211915
SHR-SCR function as transcription cofactors by binding to the third and fourth ZFs, (ZF3-ZF4) of JKD
PMID:28211915
relatively high affinity of the SHR-SCR complex to MGP ZF3-ZF4 (the KD value of 36 nM) and JKD ZF3-ZF4 (124 nM)
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28746306
In vivo FRET-FLIM reveals cell-type-specific protein interac...
MODIFY
Summary: In vivo FRET-FLIM interaction of JKD with SCR (AT3G54220) in root cells.
Reason: Same SHR-SCR-JKD complex detected in planta; transcription coregulator binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28746306
three fully functional fluorescently tagged cell fate regulators establish cell-type-specific interactions at endogenous expression levels and can form higher order complexes
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:28746306
In vivo FRET-FLIM reveals cell-type-specific protein interac...
MODIFY
Summary: In vivo FRET-FLIM interaction of JKD with SHR (AT4G37650) in root cells.
Reason: Same SHR-SCR-JKD complex detected in planta; transcription coregulator binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:28746306
three fully functional fluorescently tagged cell fate regulators establish cell-type-specific interactions at endogenous expression levels and can form higher order complexes
GO:0005634 nucleus
EXP
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization of JKD fusion protein.
Reason: JKD is a nuclear transcription factor that retains SHR in the nucleus.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
SCARECROW (SCR) and the C2H2 transcription factor JACKDAW (JKD) sequester it in the nucleus
PMID:25829440
constraining SHORT-ROOT spread through nuclear retention and transcriptional regulation of key downstream SHORT-ROOT targets, including SCARECROW and CYCLIND6
GO:0005634 nucleus
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: Phylogenetic inference of nuclear activity for the IDD clade.
Reason: Consistent with experimental data.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
SCARECROW (SCR) and the C2H2 transcription factor JACKDAW (JKD) sequester it in the nucleus
PMID:25829440
constraining SHORT-ROOT spread through nuclear retention and transcriptional regulation of key downstream SHORT-ROOT targets, including SCARECROW and CYCLIND6
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:24821766
DELLA protein functions as a transcriptional activator throu...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear localization of AtIDD10 observed in the DELLA/IDD study.
Reason: Consistent with JKD function as a DNA-binding TF; the cached text is partial but the result agrees with other studies.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
SCARECROW (SCR) and the C2H2 transcription factor JACKDAW (JKD) sequester it in the nucleus
PMID:25829440
constraining SHORT-ROOT spread through nuclear retention and transcriptional regulation of key downstream SHORT-ROOT targets, including SCARECROW and CYCLIND6
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:25829440
Arabidopsis BIRD Zinc Finger Proteins Jointly Stabilize Tiss...
ACCEPT
Summary: Nuclear JKD retains SHR via nuclear retention.
Reason: Direct localization evidence consistent with function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25829440
constraining SHORT-ROOT spread through nuclear retention and transcriptional regulation of key downstream SHORT-ROOT targets, including SCARECROW and CYCLIND6
GO:0005634 nucleus
IDA
PMID:26494755
Transcriptional control of tissue formation throughout root ...
ACCEPT
Summary: JKD sequesters SHR in the nucleus.
Reason: Consistent with function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
SCARECROW (SCR) and the C2H2 transcription factor JACKDAW (JKD) sequester it in the nucleus
GO:0005634 nucleus
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: UniProt subcellular location mapping (nucleus).
Reason: Corroborated experimentally.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
SCARECROW (SCR) and the C2H2 transcription factor JACKDAW (JKD) sequester it in the nucleus
PMID:25829440
constraining SHORT-ROOT spread through nuclear retention and transcriptional regulation of key downstream SHORT-ROOT targets, including SCARECROW and CYCLIND6
GO:0005634 nucleus
ISM
GO_REF:0000122
ACCEPT
Summary: AtSubP sequence-based nuclear prediction.
Reason: Corroborated experimentally.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
SCARECROW (SCR) and the C2H2 transcription factor JACKDAW (JKD) sequester it in the nucleus
PMID:25829440
constraining SHORT-ROOT spread through nuclear retention and transcriptional regulation of key downstream SHORT-ROOT targets, including SCARECROW and CYCLIND6
GO:0006355 regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: ARBA electronic inference of regulation of transcription.
Reason: Correct general process for a sequence-specific transcription factor.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21935722
Our findings suggest that JKD directly regulates SCR and MGP expression in cooperation with SHR, SCR and MGP
GO:0006355 regulation of DNA-templated transcription
TAS
PMID:11118137
Arabidopsis transcription factors: genome-wide comparative a...
ACCEPT
Summary: Traceable author statement from the genome-wide TF survey.
Reason: Correct though general; JKD regulates SCR and MGP transcription. The source (PMID:11118137) is a genome-wide transcription factor catalogue whose cached abstract does not mention JKD, so the TAS is accepted on deference. The JKD-specific support is cited below.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21935722
Our findings suggest that JKD directly regulates SCR and MGP expression in cooperation with SHR, SCR and MGP
GO:0008356 asymmetric cell division
IMP
PMID:26494755
Transcriptional control of tissue formation throughout root ...
ACCEPT
Summary: BIRD mutant combinations including jkd fail to make the formative asymmetric divisions of the ground tissue.
Reason: JKD directly regulates SHR-SCR targets (SCR, CYCD6;1) whose products drive the CEI-daughter asymmetric division; the acts_upstream_of_or_within qualifier is appropriate. Core developmental role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
JKD and BALD-IBIS regulate SHR movement by promoting its nuclear retention, and cooperatively with MAGPIE (MGP) and NUTCRACKER (NUC) are required for the formative divisions that pattern the ground tissue into cortex and endodermis
PMID:25829440
BIRD proteins promote formative divisions and tissue specification in the Arabidopsis thaliana root meristem ground tissue by tethering and regulating transcriptional competence of SHORT-ROOT complexes
GO:0010075 regulation of meristem growth
IMP
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: jkd mutants show root meristem defects (QC/stem cell maintenance) in Welch et al.
Reason: Meristem size/growth phenotypes are a downstream consequence of disturbed SHR-SCR range of action rather than JKD-specific activity; acceptable as a phenotype-level annotation. PMID:17785527 is abstract-only in the cache, and the abstract does not describe the jkd meristem phenotype. The curator's IMP is accepted on deference to the uncached full text.
GO:0010075 regulation of meristem growth
IMP
PMID:25829440
Arabidopsis BIRD Zinc Finger Proteins Jointly Stabilize Tiss...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: BIRD mutant combinations affect meristem maintenance and ground tissue formation.
Reason: Downstream phenotype of BIRD/SHR network disruption; abstract-only cache.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25829440
BIRD proteins promote formative divisions and tissue specification in the Arabidopsis thaliana root meristem ground tissue by tethering and regulating transcriptional competence of SHORT-ROOT complexes
GO:0034504 protein localization to nucleus
IMP
PMID:25829440
Arabidopsis BIRD Zinc Finger Proteins Jointly Stabilize Tiss...
ACCEPT
Summary: BIRD proteins including JKD are required to retain SHR in the nucleus and confine its spread.
Reason: Mechanistically JKD binds SHR via its zinc fingers and keeps it nuclear; this is a defining JKD role. GO:0051457 maintenance of protein location in nucleus would be more precise but the existing term is correct.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25829440
constraining SHORT-ROOT spread through nuclear retention and transcriptional regulation of key downstream SHORT-ROOT targets, including SCARECROW and CYCLIND6
PMID:26494755
JKD and BALD-IBIS regulate SHR movement by promoting its nuclear retention, and cooperatively with MAGPIE (MGP) and NUTCRACKER (NUC) are required for the formative divisions that pattern the ground tissue into cortex and endodermis
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
IPI
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Y2H self-interaction of JKD.
Reason: The curator records JKD self-interaction (IPI). PMID:17785527 is abstract-only in the cache, and the abstract does not mention self-interaction, so the call is accepted on deference to the uncached full text. Kept as non-core because no functional significance of JKD homodimerization in planta has been shown.
GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
IDA
PMID:24821766
DELLA protein functions as a transcriptional activator throu...
MODIFY
Summary: AtIDD10 binds the SCL3 promoter sequence.
Reason: Binding is sequence-specific (IDD consensus motif) and is shown at a target promoter (SCL3), so the more specific transcription cis-regulatory region binding (a descendant of sequence-specific DNA binding) applies. This matches the replacement proposed for the generic DNA binding row, and avoids carrying an ancestor alongside it.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24821766
we identified five members of indeterminate domain (IDD) protein family which bind physically to both DELLA and the promoter sequence of the GA-positive regulator SCARECROW-LIKE 3 (SCL3)
PMID:28211915
JKD and MGP bind the consensus DNA sequence
GO:0045893 positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
IDA
PMID:24821766
DELLA protein functions as a transcriptional activator throu...
ACCEPT
Summary: IDDs transactivate SCL3-promoter reporter additively with RGA.
Reason: JKD also activates SCR and MGP promoter reporters; positive regulation of transcription is supported.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:24821766
a luciferase reporter controlled by the SCL3 promoter was additively transactivated by REPRESSOR of ga1-3 (RGA) and IDDs
PMID:21935722
Transient expression of LUC reporter genes with the proximal sequences upstream from the ATG codon of SCR and MGP in protoplasts were activated by JKD
GO:0048364 root development
IGI
PMID:26494755
Transcriptional control of tissue formation throughout root ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: blj jkd scr / BIRD combinations lose ground tissue.
Reason: Correct but very broad; the specific role is root radial (ground tissue) patterning.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
In both jkd scr and blj jkd scr, ground tissue marker expression was reduced, and a number of blj jkd scr roots lacked the entire ground tissue
GO:0048364 root development
IMP
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: jkd root phenotypes.
Reason: Correct but very broad; root radial pattern formation captures the core role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17785527
JACKDAW and MAGPIE regulate tissue boundaries and asymmetric cell division and can control SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW activity in a transcriptional and protein interaction network
GO:0051302 regulation of cell division
IMP
PMID:17785527
Arabidopsis JACKDAW and MAGPIE zinc finger proteins delimit ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: jkd mutants show extra/misplaced formative divisions.
Reason: Correct; the more specific asymmetric cell division annotation captures the core role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17785527
JACKDAW and MAGPIE regulate tissue boundaries and asymmetric cell division and can control SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW activity in a transcriptional and protein interaction network
PMID:24821766
lack of AtIDD10 causes a defect in DELLA-mediated feedback, thus resulting in increased cell division
GO:0090558 plant epidermis development
IMP
PMID:20356954
JACKDAW controls epidermal patterning in the Arabidopsis roo...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: JKD in the cortex non-cell-autonomously controls epidermal hair/non-hair patterning.
Reason: Genuine, experimentally supported but secondary to the ground-tissue role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:20356954
JKD controls position-dependent signals that regulate epidermal-cell-type patterning
PMID:20356954
Tissue-specific induction experiments indicate non-cell-autonomous action of JKD from the underlying cortex cell layer to specify epidermal cell fate
GO:0090057 root radial pattern formation
IMP
PMID:26494755
Transcriptional control of tissue formation throughout root ...
NEW
Summary: JKD (with BLJ and SCR) is required for ground tissue establishment and SHR-dependent radial patterning.
Reason: JKD itself performs a step of the process: as the DNA-binding subunit of the SHR-SCR-JKD complex it activates SCR/MGP and retains SHR, which defines the endodermis/cortex layers. Comparator check: SHR and SCR carry radial pattern formation annotations; JKD performs a molecular step in the same complex.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26494755
These results indicate that BLJ, JKD, and SCR are essential for SHR to carry out ground tissue patterning
PMID:26494755
In both jkd scr and blj jkd scr, ground tissue marker expression was reduced, and a number of blj jkd scr roots lacked the entire ground tissue
PMID:17785527
JACKDAW and MAGPIE genes, which encode members of a plant-specific family of zinc finger proteins, act in a SHR-dependent feed-forward loop to regulate the range of action of SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW

Core Functions

Sequence-specific DNA-binding C2H2/IDD transcription factor that provides the DNA contact for the SHR-SCR coregulator complex, activating SCR, MGP and other SHR targets in the ground tissue and quiescent centre.

Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:21935722
    Transient expression of LUC reporter genes with the proximal sequences upstream from the ATG codon of SCR and MGP in protoplasts were activated by JKD
  • PMID:21935722
    Our findings suggest that JKD directly regulates SCR and MGP expression in cooperation with SHR, SCR and MGP
  • PMID:28211915
    the ZF1-ZF2-ZF3 of JKD in the JKD-SHR-SCR complex is involved in DNA binding
  • PMID:26494755
    These results indicate that BLJ, JKD, and SCR are essential for SHR to carry out ground tissue patterning

Binds the GRAS SHR-SCR heterodimer through zinc fingers ZF3-ZF4, retaining mobile SHR in the nucleus of the endodermis/QC layer and limiting SHR spread to one cell layer.

Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:28211915
    SHR-SCR function as transcription cofactors by binding to the third and fourth ZFs, (ZF3-ZF4) of JKD
  • PMID:28211915
    relatively high affinity of the SHR-SCR complex to MGP ZF3-ZF4 (the KD value of 36 nM) and JKD ZF3-ZF4 (124 nM)
  • PMID:26494755
    JKD and BALD-IBIS regulate SHR movement by promoting its nuclear retention, and cooperatively with MAGPIE (MGP) and NUTCRACKER (NUC) are required for the formative divisions that pattern the ground tissue into cortex and endodermis
  • PMID:25829440
    constraining SHORT-ROOT spread through nuclear retention and transcriptional regulation of key downstream SHORT-ROOT targets, including SCARECROW and CYCLIND6

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: How do JKD and MGP, which bind the SHR groove mutually exclusively, partition SHR-SCR complexes between endodermis and cortex, and does this explain the cell-type-specific complex conformations seen by FRET-FLIM?

Q: What is the non-cell-autonomous signal by which cortical JKD patterns hair and non-hair epidermal cells?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Express JKD carrying ZF4 mutations that abolish SHR-SCR binding but preserve DNA binding in jkd blj backgrounds to separate the SHR-retention and transcriptional functions in vivo.

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