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Willige BC, Yoo CY, Saldierna Guzmán JP. What is going on inside of phytochrome B photobodies? THE PLANT CELL 2024; 36:2065-2085. [PMID: 38511271 PMCID: PMC11132900 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koae084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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Plants exhibit an enormous phenotypic plasticity to adjust to changing environmental conditions. For this purpose, they have evolved mechanisms to detect and measure biotic and abiotic factors in their surroundings. Phytochrome B exhibits a dual function, since it serves as a photoreceptor for red and far-red light as well as a thermosensor. In 1999, it was first reported that phytochromes not only translocate into the nucleus but also form subnuclear foci upon irradiation by red light. It took more than 10 years until these phytochrome speckles received their name; these foci were coined photobodies to describe unique phytochrome-containing subnuclear domains that are regulated by light. Since their initial discovery, there has been much speculation about the significance and function of photobodies. Their presumed roles range from pure experimental artifacts to waste deposits or signaling hubs. In this review, we summarize the newest findings about the meaning of phyB photobodies for light and temperature signaling. Recent studies have established that phyB photobodies are formed by liquid-liquid phase separation via multivalent interactions and that they provide diverse functions as biochemical hotspots to regulate gene expression on multiple levels.
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- Björn Christopher Willige
- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, UT 84112, USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
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Nicolau M, Picault N, Moissiard G. The Evolutionary Volte-Face of Transposable Elements: From Harmful Jumping Genes to Major Drivers of Genetic Innovation. Cells 2021; 10:cells10112952. [PMID: 34831175 PMCID: PMC8616336 DOI: 10.3390/cells10112952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) are self-replicating DNA elements that constitute major fractions of eukaryote genomes. Their ability to transpose can modify the genome structure with potentially deleterious effects. To repress TE activity, host cells have developed numerous strategies, including epigenetic pathways, such as DNA methylation or histone modifications. Although TE neo-insertions are mostly deleterious or neutral, they can become advantageous for the host under specific circumstances. The phenomenon leading to the appropriation of TE-derived sequences by the host is known as TE exaptation or co-option. TE exaptation can be of different natures, through the production of coding or non-coding DNA sequences with ultimately an adaptive benefit for the host. In this review, we first give new insights into the silencing pathways controlling TE activity. We then discuss a model to explain how, under specific environmental conditions, TEs are unleashed, leading to a TE burst and neo-insertions, with potential benefits for the host. Finally, we review our current knowledge of coding and non-coding TE exaptation by providing several examples in various organisms and describing a method to identify TE co-option events.
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- Melody Nicolau
- LGDP-UMR5096, CNRS, 66860 Perpignan, France; (M.N.); (N.P.)
- LGDP-UMR5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- LGDP-UMR5096, CNRS, 66860 Perpignan, France; (M.N.); (N.P.)
- LGDP-UMR5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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- LGDP-UMR5096, CNRS, 66860 Perpignan, France; (M.N.); (N.P.)
- LGDP-UMR5096, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia, 66860 Perpignan, France
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Santin M, Ranieri A, Castagna A. Anything New under the Sun? An Update on Modulation of Bioactive Compounds by Different Wavelengths in Agricultural Plants. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 10:1485. [PMID: 34371687 PMCID: PMC8309429 DOI: 10.3390/plants10071485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 07/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Plants continuously rely on light as an energy source and as the driver of many processes in their lifetimes. The ability to perceive different light radiations involves several photoreceptors, which in turn activate complex signalling cascades that ultimately lead to a rearrangement in plant metabolism as an adaptation strategy towards specific light conditions. This review, after a brief summary of the structure and mode of action of the different photoreceptors, introduces the main classes of secondary metabolites and specifically focuses on the influence played by the different wavelengths on the content of these compounds in agricultural plants, because of their recognised roles as nutraceuticals.
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- Marco Santin
- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, I-56124 Pisa, Italy; (M.S.); (A.R.)
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, I-56124 Pisa, Italy; (M.S.); (A.R.)
- Interdepartmental Research Center “Nutraceuticals and Food for Health”, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, I-56124 Pisa, Italy; (M.S.); (A.R.)
- Interdepartmental Research Center “Nutraceuticals and Food for Health”, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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Yadav A, Singh D, Lingwan M, Yadukrishnan P, Masakapalli SK, Datta S. Light signaling and UV-B-mediated plant growth regulation. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 62:1270-1292. [PMID: 32237196 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Light plays an important role in plants' growth and development throughout their life cycle. Plants alter their morphological features in response to light cues of varying intensity and quality. Dedicated photoreceptors help plants to perceive light signals of different wavelengths. Activated photoreceptors stimulate the downstream signaling cascades that lead to extensive gene expression changes responsible for physiological and developmental responses. Proteins such as ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) and CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) act as important factors which modulate light-regulated gene expression, especially during seedling development. These factors function as central regulatory intermediates not only in red, far-red, and blue light pathways but also in the UV-B signaling pathway. UV-B radiation makes up only a minor fraction of sunlight, yet it imparts many positive and negative effects on plant growth. Studies on UV-B perception, signaling, and response in plants has considerably surged in recent times. Plants have developed different strategies to use UV-B as a developmental cue as well as to withstand high doses of UV-B radiation. Plants' responses to UV-B are an integration of its cross-talks with both environmental factors and phytohormones. This review outlines the current developments in light signaling with a major focus on UV-B-mediated plant growth regulation.
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- Arpita Yadav
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India
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- School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, Kamand, Himachal Pradesh, 175005, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India
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- School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, Kamand, Himachal Pradesh, 175005, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India
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Wu J, Wang W, Xu P, Pan J, Zhang T, Li Y, Li G, Yang H, Lian H. phyB Interacts with BES1 to Regulate Brassinosteroid Signaling in Arabidopsis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:353-366. [PMID: 30388258 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Light is an important environmental factor, which mainly inhibits hypocotyl elongation through various photoreceptors. In contrast, brassinosteroids (BRs) are major hypocotyl elongation-promoting hormones in plants, which could optimize photomorphogenesis concurrent with external light. However, the precise molecular mechanisms underlying the antagonism of light and BR signaling remain largely unknown. Here we show that the Arabidopsis red light receptor phyB is involved in inhibition of BR signaling via its direct interaction with the BR transcription factor BES1. In our study, the phyB mutant displays BR hypersensitivity, which is repressed in transgenic plants overexpressing phyB, suggesting that phyB negatively regulates the BR signaling pathway. In addition, protein interaction results show that phyB directly interacts with dephosphorylated BES1, the physiologically active form of BES1 induced by BR, in a red light-dependent manner. Genetic analyses suggest that phyB may act partially through BES1 to regulate BR signaling. Transcriptomic data and quantitative real-time PCR assay further show that phyB-mediated red light inhibits BR signaling by repressing expression of BES1 target genes, including the BR biosynthesis genes DWF4, the SAUR family and the PRE family genes required for promoting cell elongation. Finally, we found that red light treatment inhibits the DNA-binding activity of BES1 and photoactivated phyB represses the transcriptional activity of BES1 under red light. Taken together, we suggest that the interaction of phyB with dephosphorylated BES1 may allow plants to balance light and BR signaling by repressing transcriptional activity of BES1 to regulate expression of its target genes.
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- Jun Wu
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Ermert AL, Stahl F, Gans T, Hughes J. Analysis of Physcomitrella Phytochrome Mutants via Phototropism and Polarotropism. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2026:225-236. [PMID: 31317417 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9612-4_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In mosses such as Physcomitrella patens phytochrome photoreceptors steer directional/vectorial responses to unilateral/polarized light. In this chapter, we describe procedures to assay phototropism and polarotropism quantitatively in wild type and mutant lines. Protonemata are placed on agar-based medium in square Petri dishes in darkness for 1 week, allowing caulonemata to develop and grow negatively gravitropically. For phototropism, the dishes are placed vertically in black boxes and unilaterally irradiated with continuous red light. For polarotropism, Petri dishes are placed horizontally and irradiated with linearly polarized red light from above. After irradiation, the filaments are photographed using a macroscope with CCD camera and the bending angles measured using image processing software. The data are transfered to a spreadsheet program, placed into 10° bending angle classes and illustrated using a circular histogram.
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- Anna Lena Ermert
- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
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Luo Q, Lian HL, He SB, Li L, Jia KP, Yang HQ. COP1 and phyB Physically Interact with PIL1 to Regulate Its Stability and Photomorphogenic Development in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:2441-2456. [PMID: 24951480 PMCID: PMC4114944 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.121657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Revised: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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In Arabidopsis thaliana, the cryptochrome and phytochrome photoreceptors act together to promote photomorphogenic development. The cryptochrome and phytochrome signaling mechanisms interact directly with CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1), a RING motif-containing E3 ligase that acts to negatively regulate photomorphogenesis. COP1 interacts with and ubiquitinates the transcription factors that promote photomorphogenesis, such as ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 and LONG HYPOCOTYL IN FAR-RED1 (HFR1), to inhibit photomorphogenic development. Here, we show that COP1 physically interacts with PIF3-LIKE1 (PIL1) and promotes PIL1 degradation via the 26S proteasome. We further demonstrate that phyB physically interacts with PIL1 and enhances PIL1 protein accumulation upon red light irradiation, probably through suppressing the COP1-PIL1 association. Biochemical and genetic studies indicate that PIL1 and HFR1 form heterodimers and promote photomorphogenesis cooperatively. Moreover, we demonstrate that PIL1 interacts with PIF1, 3, 4, and 5, resulting in the inhibition of the transcription of PIF direct-target genes. Our results reveal that PIL1 stability is regulated by phyB and COP1, likely through physical interactions, and that PIL1 coordinates with HFR1 to inhibit the transcriptional activity of PIFs, suggesting that PIL1, HFR1, and PIFs constitute a subset of antagonistic basic helix-loop-helix factors acting downstream of phyB and COP1 to regulate photomorphogenic development.
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- Qian Luo
- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture and School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture and School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture and School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China Collaborative Innovation Center for Genetics and Development, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Oliver KR, McComb JA, Greene WK. Transposable elements: powerful contributors to angiosperm evolution and diversity. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 5:1886-901. [PMID: 24065734 PMCID: PMC3814199 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) are a dominant feature of most flowering plant genomes. Together with other accepted facilitators of evolution, accumulating data indicate that TEs can explain much about their rapid evolution and diversification. Genome size in angiosperms is highly correlated with TE content and the overwhelming bulk (>80%) of large genomes can be composed of TEs. Among retro-TEs, long terminal repeats (LTRs) are abundant, whereas DNA-TEs, which are often less abundant than retro-TEs, are more active. Much adaptive or evolutionary potential in angiosperms is due to the activity of TEs (active TE-Thrust), resulting in an extraordinary array of genetic changes, including gene modifications, duplications, altered expression patterns, and exaptation to create novel genes, with occasional gene disruption. TEs implicated in the earliest origins of the angiosperms include the exapted Mustang, Sleeper, and Fhy3/Far1 gene families. Passive TE-Thrust can create a high degree of adaptive or evolutionary potential by engendering ectopic recombination events resulting in deletions, duplications, and karyotypic changes. TE activity can also alter epigenetic patterning, including that governing endosperm development, thus promoting reproductive isolation. Continuing evolution of long-lived resprouter angiosperms, together with genetic variation in their multiple meristems, indicates that TEs can facilitate somatic evolution in addition to germ line evolution. Critical to their success, angiosperms have a high frequency of polyploidy and hybridization, with resultant increased TE activity and introgression, and beneficial gene duplication. Together with traditional explanations, the enhanced genomic plasticity facilitated by TE-Thrust, suggests a more complete and satisfactory explanation for Darwin's "abominable mystery": the spectacular success of the angiosperms.
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- Keith R Oliver
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Valdés AE, Rizzardi K, Johannesson H, Para A, Sundås-Larsson A, Landberg K. Arabidopsis thaliana TERMINAL FLOWER2 is involved in light-controlled signalling during seedling photomorphogenesis. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2012; 35:1013-25. [PMID: 22145973 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02468.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Plants respond to changes in the environment by altering their growth pattern. Light is one of the most important environmental cues and affects plants throughout the life cycle. It is perceived by photoreceptors such as phytochromes that absorb light of red and far-red wavelengths and control, for example, seedling de-etiolation, chlorophyll biosynthesis and shade avoidance response. We report that the terminal flower2 (tfl2) mutant, carrying a mutation in the Arabidopsis thaliana HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1 homolog, functions in negative regulation of phytochrome dependent light signalling. tfl2 shows defects in both hypocotyl elongation and shade avoidance response. Double mutant analysis indicates that mutants of the red/far-red light absorbing phytochrome family of plant photoreceptors, phyA and phyB, are epistatic to tfl2 in far-red and red light, respectively. An overlap between genes regulated by light and by auxin has earlier been reported and, in tfl2 plants light-dependent auxin-regulated genes are misexpressed. Further, we show that TFL2 binds to IAA5 and IAA19 suggesting that TFL2 might be involved in regulation of phytochrome-mediated light responses through auxin action.
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- Ana Elisa Valdés
- Department of Physiological Botany, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18d, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden
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Rodriguez-Romero J, Hedtke M, Kastner C, Müller S, Fischer R. Fungi, hidden in soil or up in the air: light makes a difference. Annu Rev Microbiol 2010; 64:585-610. [PMID: 20533875 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.112408.134000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Light is one of the most important environmental factors for orientation of almost all organisms on Earth. Whereas light sensing is of crucial importance in plants to optimize light-dependent energy conservation, in nonphotosynthetic organisms, the synchronization of biological clocks to the length of a day is an important function. Filamentous fungi may use the light signal as an indicator for the exposure of hyphae to air and adapt their physiology to this situation or induce morphogenetic pathways. Although a yes/no decision appears to be sufficient for the light-sensing function in fungi, most species apply a number of different, wavelength-specific receptors. The core of all receptor types is a chromophore, a low-molecular-weight organic molecule, such as flavin, retinal, or linear tetrapyrrols for blue-, green-, or red-light sensing, respectively. Whereas the blue-light response in fungi is one of the best-studied light responses, all other light-sensing mechanisms are less well studied or largely unknown. The discovery of phytochrome in bacteria and fungi in recent years not only advanced the scientific field significantly, but also had great impact on our view of the evolution of phytochrome-like photoreceptors.
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- Julio Rodriguez-Romero
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Department of Microbiology, D-76187 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Oh E, Kang H, Yamaguchi S, Park J, Lee D, Kamiya Y, Choi G. Genome-wide analysis of genes targeted by PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 3-LIKE5 during seed germination in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2009; 21:403-19. [PMID: 19244139 PMCID: PMC2660632 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.064691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2008] [Revised: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 3-LIKE5 (PIL5) is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that inhibits seed germination by regulating the expression of gibberellin (GA)- and abscisic acid (ABA)-related genes either directly or indirectly. It is not yet known, however, whether PIL5 regulates seed germination solely through GA and ABA. Here, we used Chromatin immunoprecipitation-chip (ChIP-chip) analysis to identify 748 novel PIL5 binding sites in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Consistent with the molecular function of PIL5 as a transcription regulator, most of the identified binding sites are located in gene promoter regions. Binding site analysis shows that PIL5 binds to its target sites mainly through the G-box motif in vivo. Microarray analysis reveals that phytochromes regulate a large number of genes mainly through PIL5 during seed germination. Comparison between the ChIP-chip and microarray data indicates that PIL5 regulates 166 genes by directly binding to their promoters. Many of the identified genes encode transcription regulators involved in hormone signaling, while some encode enzymes involved in cell wall modification. Interestingly, PIL5 directly regulates many transcription regulators of hormone signaling and indirectly regulates many genes involved in hormone metabolism. Taken together, our data indicate that PIL5 inhibits seed germination not just through GA and ABA, but also by coordinating hormone signals and modulating cell wall properties in imbibed seeds.
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- Eunkyoo Oh
- Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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Fankhauser C, Chen M. Transposing phytochrome into the nucleus. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2008; 13:596-601. [PMID: 18824397 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2008] [Revised: 08/05/2008] [Accepted: 08/06/2008] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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To control many physiological responses, phytochromes directly modulate gene expression. A key regulatory event in this signal transduction pathway is the light-controlled translocation of the photoreceptor from the cytoplasm into the nucleus. Recent publications are beginning to shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying this central control point. Interestingly, there is a specific mechanism for phytochrome A (phyA) nuclear accumulation. The dedicated phyA nuclear import pathway might be important for the distinct photosensory specificity of this atypical phytochrome. Recent studies in the field also provide a starting point for investigating how the different subcellular pools of phytochrome can control distinct responses to light.
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- Christian Fankhauser
- Centre for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Genopode Building, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Lin R, Ding L, Casola C, Ripoll DR, Feschotte C, Wang H. Transposase-derived transcription factors regulate light signaling in Arabidopsis. Science 2007; 318:1302-5. [PMID: 18033885 PMCID: PMC2151751 DOI: 10.1126/science.1146281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 353] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Plants use light to optimize growth and development. The photoreceptor phytochrome A (phyA) mediates various far-red light-induced responses. We show that Arabidopsis FHY3 and FAR1, which encode two proteins related to Mutator-like transposases, act together to modulate phyA signaling by directly activating the transcription of FHY1 and FHL, whose products are essential for light-induced phyA nuclear accumulation and subsequent light responses. FHY3 and FAR1 have separable DNA binding and transcriptional activation domains that are highly conserved in Mutator-like transposases. Further, expression of FHY3 and FAR1 is negatively regulated by phyA signaling. We propose that FHY3 and FAR1 represent transcription factors that have been co-opted from an ancient Mutator-like transposase(s) to modulate phyA-signaling homeostasis in higher plants.
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- Rongcheng Lin
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Franklin KA, Allen T, Whitelam GC. Phytochrome A is an irradiance-dependent red light sensor. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2007; 50:108-17. [PMID: 17346261 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2007.03036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Plants perceive red (R) and far-red (FR) light signals using the phytochrome family of photoreceptors. In Arabidopsis thaliana, five phytochromes (phyA-phyE) have been identified and characterized. Unlike other family members, phyA is subject to rapid light-induced proteolytic degradation and so accumulates to relatively high levels in dark-grown seedlings. The insensitivity of phyA mutant seedlings to prolonged FR and wild-type appearance in R has led to suggestions that phyA functions predominantly as an FR sensor during the early stages of seedling establishment. The majority of published photomorphogenesis experiments have, however, used <50 micromol m(-2) sec(-1) of R when characterizing phytochrome functions. Here we reveal considerable phyA activity in R at higher (>160 micromol m(-2) sec(-1)) photon irradiances. Under these conditions, plant architecture was observed to be largely regulated by the redundant actions of phytochromes A, B and D. Moreover, quadruple phyBphyCphyDphyE mutants containing only functional phyA displayed R-mediated de-etiolation and survived to flowering. The enhanced activity of phyA in continuous R (Rc) of high photon irradiance correlates with retarded degradation of the endogenous protein in wild-type plants and prolonged epifluorescence of nuclear-localized phyA:YFP in transgenic lines. Such observations suggest irradiance-dependent 'photoprotection' of nuclear phyA in R, providing a possible explanation for the increased activity observed. The discovery that phyA can function as an effective irradiance sensor, even in light environments that establish a high Pfr concentration, raises the possibility that phyA may contribute significantly to the regulation of growth and development in daylight-grown plants.
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- Keara A Franklin
- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
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ZHIYU M, SHIMIZU H, MORIIZUMI S, MIYATA M, DOUZONO M, TAZAWA S. Effect of Light Intensity, Quality and Photoperiod on Stem Elongation of Chrysanthemum cv. Reagan. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.2525/ecb.45.19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Ma ZHIYU
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- National Institute of Floral Sciences, Department of Production, Laboratory of Cultivation Technology
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Chen M, Tao Y, Lim J, Shaw A, Chory J. Regulation of phytochrome B nuclear localization through light-dependent unmasking of nuclear-localization signals. Curr Biol 2005; 15:637-42. [PMID: 15823535 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2004] [Revised: 01/13/2005] [Accepted: 02/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Phytochromes are red and far-red photoreceptors that regulate plant growth and development in response to environmental light cues. Phytochromes exist in two photo-interconvertible conformational states: an inactive Pr form and an active Pfr form. The alteration of phytochromes' subcellular location functions as a major regulatory mechanism of their biological activities. Whereas phytochromes in the Pr form localize in the cytoplasm, phytochromes in the Pfr form accumulate in the nucleus, where they interact with transcription factors to regulate gene expression. The molecular details of the regulation of phytochrome translocation by light are poorly understood. Using Arabidopsis phyB as a model, we demonstrate that the C-terminal PAS-related domain (PRD) is both necessary and sufficient for phyB nuclear import and that the entire C terminus is required for nuclear-body (NB) localization. We also show that phyB's N-terminal bilin lyase domain (BLD) and PHY domain interact directly with the PRD in a light-dependent manner. In vivo localization studies indicate that BLD-PHY is sufficient to regulate phyB's nuclear accumulation. For phyB nuclear localization, our results suggest a molecular mechanism in which the nuclear-localization signal in the PRD is masked by interactions with phyB's chromophore-attachment domains and unmasked by light-dependent conformational changes.
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- Meng Chen
- Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Plants utilize several families of photoreceptors to fine-tune growth and development over a large range of environmental conditions. The UV-A/blue light sensing phototropins mediate several light responses enabling optimization of photosynthetic yields. The initial event occurring upon photon capture is a conformational change of the photoreceptor that activates its protein kinase activity. The UV-A/blue light sensing cryptochromes and the red/far-red sensing phytochromes coordinately control seedling establishment, entrainment of the circadian clock, and the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth. In addition, the phytochromes control seed germination and shade-avoidance responses. The molecular mechanisms involved include light-regulated subcellular localization of the photoreceptors, a large reorganization of the transcriptional program, and light-regulated proteolytic degradation of several photoreceptors and signaling components.
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- Meng Chen
- Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
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Higher plants monitor changes in the ambient light environment using three major classes of photoreceptors: the red/far-red-absorbing phytochromes, the blue/UV-A-absorbing cryptochromes, and phototropins. These photoreceptors mediate various photoresponses, ranging from seed germination, to seedling de-etiolation, stem elongation, leaf expansion, floral initiation, phototropic bending of organs, intracellular movement of chloroplast, and stomata opening. Here I briefly review the distinct and overlapping physiological functions of these photoreceptors and highlight recent progress that provided significant insights into their signaling mechanisms, particularly from a structure-function perspective. This review focuses on the early photochemical and biochemical events that lead to photoreceptor activation and signaling initiation.
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- Haiyang Wang
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Stone BB, Esmon CA, Liscum E. Phototropins, other photoreceptors, and associated signaling: the lead and supporting cast in the control of plant movement responses. Curr Top Dev Biol 2005; 66:215-38. [PMID: 15797455 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(05)66007-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Bethany B Stone
- University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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Oh E, Kim J, Park E, Kim JI, Kang C, Choi G. PIL5, a phytochrome-interacting basic helix-loop-helix protein, is a key negative regulator of seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT CELL 2004; 16:3045-58. [PMID: 15486102 PMCID: PMC527197 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.025163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2004] [Accepted: 09/02/2004] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The first decision made by an angiosperm seed, whether to germinate or not, is based on integration of various environmental signals such as water and light. The phytochromes (Phys) act as red and far-red light (Pfr) photoreceptors to mediate light signaling through yet uncharacterized pathways. We report here that the PIF3-like 5 (PIL5) protein, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, is a key negative regulator of phytochrome-mediated seed germination. PIL5 preferentially interacts with the Pfr forms of Phytochrome A (PhyA) and Phytochrome B (PhyB). Analyses of a pil5 mutant in conjunction with phyA and phyB mutants, a pif3 pil5 double mutant, and PIL5 overexpression lines indicate that PIL5 is a negative factor in Phy-mediated promotion of seed germination, inhibition of hypocotyl negative gravitropism, and inhibition of hypocotyl elongation. Our data identify PIL5 as the first Phy-interacting protein that regulates seed germination.
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- Eunkyoo Oh
- Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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Böse G, Schwille P, Lamparter T. The mobility of phytochrome within protonemal tip cells of the moss Ceratodon purpureus, monitored by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Biophys J 2004; 87:2013-21. [PMID: 15345577 PMCID: PMC1304604 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.038521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2003] [Accepted: 05/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) is a versatile tool for investigating the mobilities of fluorescent molecules in cells. In this article, we show that it is possible to distinguish between freely diffusing and membrane-bound forms of biomolecules involved in signal transduction in living cells. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy was used to measure the mobility of phytochrome, which plays a role in phototropism and polarotropism in protonemal tip cells of the moss Ceratodon purpureus. The phytochrome was loaded with phycoerythrobilin, which is fluorescent only in the phytochrome-bound state. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used for imaging and selecting the xy measuring position in the apical zone of the tip cell. Fluorescence correlation was measured at ancient z-positions in the cell. Analysis of the diffusion coefficients by nonlinear least-square fits showed a subcellular fraction of phytochrome at the cell periphery with a sixfold higher diffusion coefficient than in the core fraction. This phytochrome is apparently bound to the membrane and probably controls the phototropic and polarotropic response.
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- Guido Böse
- Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, D-37077 Germany
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- Haiyang Wang
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Matsushita T, Mochizuki N, Nagatani A. Dimers of the N-terminal domain of phytochrome B are functional in the nucleus. Nature 2003; 424:571-4. [PMID: 12891362 DOI: 10.1038/nature01837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2003] [Accepted: 05/19/2003] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A plant modulates its developmental processes in response to light by several informational photoreceptors such as phytochrome. Phytochrome is a dimeric chromoprotein which regulates various aspects of plant development from seed germination to flowering. Upon absorption of red light, phytochrome translocates from the cytoplasm to the nucleus, and regulates gene expression through interaction with transcription factors such as PIF3 (refs 5-7). The phytochrome polypeptide has two domains: the amino-terminal photosensory domain with a chromophore and the carboxy-terminal domain which contains signalling motifs such as a kinase domain. The latter is widely believed to transduce the signal to downstream components. Here we show that the C-terminal domain of Arabidopsis phytochrome B (phyB), which is known as the most important member of the phytochrome family, is not directly involved in signal transduction. The N-terminal domain isolated from phyB, when dimerized and localized in the nucleus, triggered full phyB responses with much higher photosensitivity than the full-length phyB. These findings indicate that the C-terminal domain attenuates the activity of phyB rather than positively transducing the signal.
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- Tomonao Matsushita
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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Casal JJ, Luccioni LG, Oliverio KA, Boccalandro HE. Light, phytochrome signalling and photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2003; 2:625-36. [PMID: 12859146 DOI: 10.1039/b300094j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The phytochromes is a family of plant photoreceptors that control growth and development in response to environmental cues. Red and far-red light are the most efficient wavebands to induce conformational changes of phytochromes and consequently modify their kinetics, nuclear/cytoplasmic partitioning, ability to phosphorylate substrates, and physical interaction with proteins that bind DNA. Many players in phytochrome signalling have been identified and a complex, highly regulated network is envisaged. Here we describe the connection between different features of the phytochrome signalling network and the versatile relationship between light signals and physiological outputs shown by phytochromes.
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- Jorge J Casal
- IFEVA, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires and National Research Council, Av. San Martín 4453, 1417 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Wang H, Ma L, Habashi J, Li J, Zhao H, Deng XW. Analysis of far-red light-regulated genome expression profiles of phytochrome A pathway mutants in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 32:723-733. [PMID: 12472688 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2002.01462.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Phytochrome A (phyA) is the primary photoreceptor responsible for various far-red (FR) light-mediated responses. Previous studies have identified multiple phyA signaling mutants, including both positive and negative regulators of the phyA-mediated responses. How these defined intermediates act to mediate FR light responses is largely unknown. Here a cDNA microarray was used to examine effects of those mutations on the far-red light control of genome expression. Clustering analysis of the genome expression profiles supports the notion that phyA signaling may entail a network with multiple paths, controlling overlapping yet distinct sets of gene expression. FHY1, FAR1 and FHY3 most likely act upstream in the phyA signaling network, close to the phyA photoreceptor itself. FIN219, SPA1 and REP1 most likely act somewhere more downstream in the network and control the expression of smaller sets of genes. Further, this study also provides genomics evidence for the partial functional redundancy between FAR1 and FHY3. These two homologous proteins control the expression of a largely overlapping set of genes, and likely act closely together in the phyA-mediated FR light responses.
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- Haiyang Wang
- Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Huq E, Quail PH. PIF4, a phytochrome-interacting bHLH factor, functions as a negative regulator of phytochrome B signaling in Arabidopsis. EMBO J 2002; 21:2441-50. [PMID: 12006496 PMCID: PMC126004 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.10.2441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 406] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Plants sense and respond to red and far-red light using the phytochrome (phy) family of photoreceptors. However, the mechanism of light signal transduction is not well defined. Here, we report the identification of a new mutant Arabidopsis locus, srl2 (short under red-light 2), which confers selective hypersensitivity to continuous red, but not far-red, light. This hypersensitivity is eliminated in srl2phyB, but not srl2phyA, double mutants, indicating that this locus functions selectively and negatively in phyB signaling. The SRL2 gene encodes a bHLH factor, designated PIF4 (phytochrome-interacting factor 4), which binds selectively to the biologically active Pfr form of phyB, but has little affinity for phyA. Despite its hypersensitive morphological phenotype, the srl2 mutant displays no perturbation of light-induced expression of marker genes for chloroplast development. These data suggest that PIF4 may function specifically in a branch of the phyB signaling network that regulates a subset of genes involved in cell expansion. Consistent with this proposal, PIF4 localizes to the nucleus and can bind to a G-box DNA sequence motif found in various light-regulated promoters.
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 and US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Plant Gene Expression Center, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA
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Shin B, Choi G, Yi H, Yang S, Cho I, Kim J, Lee S, Paek NC, Kim JH, Song PS, Choi G. AtMYB21, a gene encoding a flower-specific transcription factor, is regulated by COP1. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 30:23-32. [PMID: 11967090 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2002.01264.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Light is an important environmental signal that governs plant growth and development. One important light-signalling component involved in plant light responses is COP1. The pleiotropic phenotypes of the cop1 mutant suggest that COP1 regulates not only photomorphogenesis, but also other developmental processes. We investigated the role of COP1 by identifying genes that are regulated by COP1. We report that AtMYB21, a gene encoding a flower-specific transcription factor, is ectopically expressed in the cop1 mutant. Analysis shows that dark-grown transgenic seedlings expressing AtMYB21-GR fusion protein display some features of the cop1 mutant, including decreased hypocotyl cell expansion, open cotyledons in the dark, and seedling lethality in the presence of dexamethasone. Light-grown adult transgenic plants expressing AtMYB21 have shorter stems, smaller and narrower leaves, narrower petals, and malformed carpels. In addition, we show that AtMYB21 directly regulates two genes that are also expressed more abundantly in the cop1 mutant. The results indicate that COP1 is required to repress the AtMYB21 gene in seedlings, and the pleiotropic phenotypes shown in the cop1 mutant are due to the combination of misregulation of genuine light-signalling components and other tissue-specific factors.
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- Byongchul Shin
- Kumho Life and Environmental Science Laboratory, 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712 Korea
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Wang H, Deng XW. Arabidopsis FHY3 defines a key phytochrome A signaling component directly interacting with its homologous partner FAR1. EMBO J 2002; 21:1339-49. [PMID: 11889039 PMCID: PMC125923 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.6.1339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2001] [Revised: 01/16/2002] [Accepted: 01/22/2002] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In Arabidopsis, phytochrome A (phyA) is the primary photoreceptor mediating various plant responses to far-red (FR) light. Here we show that phyA signaling involves a combinatorial action of downstream intermediates, which controls overlapping yet distinctive sets of FR responses. FHY3 is a prominent phyA signaling intermediate sharing structural similarity to FAR1, a previously identified phyA signaling component. The fhy3 and far1 mutants display similar yet distinctive defects in phyA signaling; however, overexpression of either FHY3 or FAR1 suppresses the mutant phenotype of both genes. Moreover, overexpression of partial fragments of FHY3 can cause a dominant-negative interference phenotype on phyA signaling that is stronger than those of the fhy3 or far1 null mutants. Further, we demonstrate that FHY3 and FAR1 are capable of homo- and hetero-interaction. Our data indicate that FHY3, together with FAR1, defines a key module in a signaling network underlying phyA-mediated FR light responses.
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- Haiyang Wang
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Light is life for plants. To continuously assess and adapt to fluctuations in the quality and quantity of this essential commodity, plants deploy sensory photoreceptors, including the phytochromes. Having captured an incoming photon, the activated phytochrome molecule must relay this information to nuclear genes that are poised to respond by directing appropriate adjustments in growth and development. Defining the intricate intracellular signalling networks through which this sensory information is transduced is an area of intense research activity.
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- Peter H Quail
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
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Santelli RV, Siviero F. A search for homologues of plant photoreceptor genes and their signaling partners in the sugarcane expressed sequence tag (Sucest) database. Genet Mol Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572001000100008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A search in the sugarcane expressed sequence tag (SUCEST) database for homologues of plant genes involved in photo-sensory mechanisms was carried out using the basic local alignment tool (BLAST). Our results shown that known elements (phytochromes, cryptochromes and phototoprin) present in Arabidopsis and other higher plants were detected with low e-values. We also searched for proteins interacting with photoreceptors in primary or downstream signaling events. One putative homologue for a protein postulated to be a primary element in phytochrome signaling pathways was identified, as were other candidates for downstream interacting factors.
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Sweere U, Eichenberg K, Lohrmann J, Mira-Rodado V, Bäurle I, Kudla J, Nagy F, Schafer E, Harter K. Interaction of the response regulator ARR4 with phytochrome B in modulating red light signaling. Science 2001; 294:1108-11. [PMID: 11691995 DOI: 10.1126/science.1065022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The Arabidopsis thaliana response regulator 4, expressed in response to phytochrome B action, specifically interacts with the extreme amino-terminus of the photoreceptor. The response regulator 4 stabilizes the active Pfr form of phytochrome B in yeast and in planta, thus elevates the level of the active photoreceptor in vivo. Accordingly, transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing the response regulator 4 display hypersensitivity to red light but not to light of other wavelengths. We propose that the response regulator 4 acts as an output element of a two-component system that modulates red light signaling on the level of the phytochrome B photoreceptor.
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- U Sweere
- Institut für Biologie II / Botanik, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Harari-Steinberg O, Ohad I, Chamovitz DA. Dissection of the light signal transduction pathways regulating the two early light-induced protein genes in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 127:986-997. [PMID: 11706180 DOI: 10.1104/pp.010270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The expression of light-regulated genes in plants is controlled by different classes of photoreceptors that act through a variety of signaling molecules. During photomorphogenesis, the early light-induced protein (Elip) genes are among the first to be induced. To understand the light signal transduction pathways that regulate Elip expression, the two Elip genes, Elip1 and Elip2, in Arabidopsis were studied, taking advantage of the genetic tools available for studying light signaling in Arabidopsis. Using two independent quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR techniques, we found that red, far-red, and blue lights positively regulate expression of the Elip genes. Phytochrome A and phytochrome B are involved in this signaling. The cryptochrome or phototropin photoreceptors are not required for blue-light induction of either Elip gene, suggesting the involvement of an additional, unidentified, blue-light receptor. Although the COP9 signalosome, a downstream regulator, is involved in dark repression of both Elips, Elip1 and Elip2 show different expression patterns in the dark. The transcription factor HY5 promotes the light induction of Elip1, but not Elip2. A defect in photosystem II activity in greening of hy5 seedlings may result from the loss of Elip1. Heat shock positively controlled Elip1 and Elip2 in a light-independent fashion. This induction is independent of HY5, indicating that heat shock and light activate transcription of the Elip genes through independent pathways.
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- O Harari-Steinberg
- Department of Plant Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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