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. 2019 Dec 17;9:19226. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-55429-8

Figure 9.

Figure 9

Model for the function of GSF in regulating gibberellin biosynthesis in response to cold/drought stresses in Arabidopsis. In the wild-type plants, the GSP proteins are localized at the membrane of ER through the transmembrane motif (tm) when grown under normal conditions. The cold/drought stresses activate the GSF expression and enhanced the processing of GSF by protease from the ER membrane, and it will enter the nucleus. The functional form of GSF-TM will repress GA20oxs and activate GA2oxs expression to convert the bioactive form of GA to the inactive form, resulting in the retardation of the plant growth in response to stress. 35S::GSF-TM suppressed the bioactive form of the GA level during the whole plant development and resulted in a dwarfism phenotype.