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The Important Function of Mediator Complex in Controlling the Developmental Transitions in Plants International Journal of Molecular Sciences Review The Important Function of Mediator Complex in Controlling the Developmental Transitions in Plants Lingjie Zhang and Changkui Guo * State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou 311300, China; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 19 March 2020; Accepted: 11 April 2020; Published: 15 April 2020 Abstract: Developmental transitions in plants are tightly associated with changes in the transcriptional regulation of gene expression. One of the most important regulations is conferred by cofactors of RNA polymerase II including the mediator complex, a large complex with a modular organization. The mediator complex recruits transcription factors to bind to the specific sites of genes including protein-coding genes and non-coding RNA genes to promote or repress the transcription initiation and elongation using a protein-protein interaction module. Mediator complex subunits have been isolated and identified in plants and the function of most mediator subunits in whole life cycle plants have been revealed. Studies have shown that the Mediator complex is indispensable for the regulation of plant developmental transitions by recruiting age-, flowering-, or hormone-related transcription factors. Here, we first overviewed the Mediator subunits in plants, and then we summarized the specific Mediator subunits involved in developmental transitions, including vegetative phase change and floral transition. Finally, we proposed the future directions to further explore their roles in plants. The link between Mediator subunits and developmental transitions implies the necessity to explore targets of this complex as a potential application in developing high quality crop varieties. Keywords: mediator complex; vegetative phase change; floral transition; plants 1. Introduction As sessile organisms, plants are able to adapt to changes around them, including decrease of nutrient and water content, increase of salt content in soil, or changeable temperature and light intensity [1]. At the molecular level, when plants perceive dangerous signals from the environment, the expression of numerous immune-related genes is activated to respond to the harsh environment stresses. The alterations in the regulation of gene expression are controlled by lots of cofactors of RNA polymerase II (RNAP II or Pol II), including the Mediator complex. The regulation of Mediator complex mainly occurs at the transcriptional level, and it is also conserved in eukaryotes. It first recruits transcription factors through protein-protein interaction, and then those transcription factors bind to the specific sites of target genes. The other part of Pol II transcription complex works to act in the transcription process to activate or repress the target genes in plants [2,3]. During this process, the Mediator complex is considered as the most important linker between Pol II and transcription factors (Figure1A). The Mediator also functions in stabilizing the transcription initiation complex, DNA bending, transcription elongation, transcription termination, and chromatin-associated DNA remodeling [4]. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 2733; doi:10.3390/ijms21082733 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms Int. J. J. Mol. Mol. Sci. Sci. 20202020,, 2121,, x 2733 FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 12 Figure 1. Working model and subunit composition of the Mediator complex. (A), Working model of theFigure Mediator 1. 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