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Arabidopsis thaliana  CELLULOSE SYNTHASE A4/7/8 (CESA4/7/8) are three non-redundant subunits of the secondary cell wall cellulose synthase complex. Transcript abundance of these genes can vary among genotypes and expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) were identified in a recombinant population of the accessions Bay-0 and Shahdara. Genetic mapping and analysis of the transcript levels of  CESAs  between two distinct near isogenic lines (NILs) confirmed a change in  CESA4  expression that segregates within that interval. We sequenced the promoters and identified 16 polymorphisms differentiating  CESA4 Sha   and  CESA4 Bay  . In order to determine which of these SNPs could be responsible for this eQTL, we screened for transcription factor protein affinity with promoter fragments of  CESA4 Bay , CESA4 Sha  , and the reference genome  CESA4 Col  . The wall thickening activator proteins NAC SECONDARY WALL THICKENING PROMOTING FACTOR2 (NST2) and NST3 exhibited a decrease in binding with the  CESA4 Sha   promoter with a tracheary element-regulating  cis -element (TERE) polymorphism. While NILs harboring the TERE polymorphisms exhibited significantly different  CESA4  expression, cellulose crystallinity and cell wall thickness were indistinguishable. These results suggest that the TERE polymorphism resulted in differential transcription factor binding and  CESA4  expression; yet  A. thaliana  is able to tolerate this transcriptional variability without compromising the structural elements of the plant, providing insight into the elasticity of gene regulation as it pertains to cell wall biosynthesis and regulation. We also explored available DNA affinity purification sequencing data to resolve a core binding site, C(G/T)TA(A/C)G, for secondary wall NACs referred to as the VNS element.

Secondary Wall Regulating NACs Differentially Bind at the Promoter at a CELLULOSE SYNTHASE A4 Cis-eQTL