TABLE 1.
TCP genes implicated in cell growth in Arabidopsis thaliana embryonic organs.
TCP genes | TCP class | Organ | Function | References |
TCP20 | I | Hypocotyl Root | Reduces cell elongation by targeting cellulose synthase genes | Herve et al., 2009 |
TCP1 | I | Hypocotyl Petiole | Promotes hypocotyl elongation by activating BR-biosynthetic gene DWARF4 | Guo et al., 2010 |
TCP14, 15 | I | Hypocotyl | Induce GA-biosynthetic gene GA20ox1 and cell expansion regulators PRE1, HBI1 | Ferrero et al., 2019 |
TCP7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23 | I | Hypocotyl | Promote endoreplication-mediated cell expansion by directly activating CYCD1;1 | Zhang et al., 2019 |
TCP14, 15 | I | Hypocotyl | Enhance cell elongation by direct activation of several auxin-response genes | Ferrero et al., 2021 |
TCP3 | II | Hypocotyl | Elongates hypocotyl when miR319-resistant version is overexpressed | Koyama et al., 2007 |
TCP3 | II | Hypocotyl Cotyledon | Suppresses auxin response by activating IAA3/SHY2 and SAUR genes | Koyama et al., 2010a |
TCP4 | II | Hypocotyl Cotyledon | Promotes hypocotyl elongation when hyperactivated | Sarvepalli and Nath, 2011a |
TCP24 | II | Hypocotyl | Represses photomorphogenic growth in miR319-dependent manner | Tsai et al., 2014 |
TCP2 | II | Hypocotyl Cotyledon | Promotes photomorphogenic growth by activating HY5 and HYH | He et al., 2016, 2021 |
TCP4, 2, 3, 10, 24 | II | Hypocotyl | Enhance hypocotyl cell elongation by directly activating YUC5 | Challa et al., 2016 |
TCP17 | II | Hypocotyl | Promotes shade-induced hypocotyl growth by activating PIFs and YUCs | Zhou et al., 2018 |
TCP17, 5, 13 | II | Hypocotyl | Promote thermoresponsive hypocotyl growth by physical interaction with PIF4 and CRY1 | Zhou et al., 2019 |
TCP5, 13, 17 | II | Hypocotyl | Promote thermomorphogenic hypocotyl elongation along with PIF4 | Han et al., 2019 |
TCP4 | II | Cotyledon | Promotes cotyledon opening through SAUR genes during seedling de-etiolation | Dong et al., 2019 |