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Wang M, Song X, Wen Y, Zhong M, Zhang W, Luo C, Zhang Q. The wavelength dependence of oxygen-evolving complex inactivation in Zosteramarina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 212:108739. [PMID: 38772168 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024]
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Zostera marina, a critical keystone marine angiosperm species in coastal seagrass meadows, possesses a photosensitive oxygen evolving complex (OEC). In harsh environments, the photoinactivation of the Z. marina OEC may lead to population declines. However, the factors underlying this photosensitivity remain unclear. Therefore, this study was undertaken to elucidate the elements contributing to Z. marina OEC photosensitivity. Our results demonstrated a gradual decrease in photosystem II performance towards shorter wavelengths, especially blue light and ultraviolet radiation. This phenomenon was characterized by a reduction in Fv/Fm and the rate of O2 evolution, as well as increased fluorescence at 0.3 ms on the OJIP curve. Furthermore, exposure to shorter light wavelengths and longer exposure durations significantly reduced the relative abundance of the OEC peripheral proteins, indicating OEC inactivation. Analyses of light-screening substances revealed that carotenoids, which increased most notably under 420 nm light, might primarily serve as thermal dissipators instead of efficient light filters. In contrast, anthocyanins reacted least to short-wavelength light, in terms of changes to both their content and the expression of genes related to their biosynthesis. Additionally, the levels of aromatically acylated anthocyanins remained consistent across blue-, white-, and red-light treatments. These findings suggest that OEC photoinactivation in Z. marina may be linked to inadequate protection against short-wavelength light, a consequence of insufficient synthesis and aromatic acylation modification of anthocyanins.
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- Mengxin Wang
- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, PR China
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- Shandong Marine Resource and Environment Research Institute, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Restoration for Marine Ecology, Yantai, 264006, PR China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, PR China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, PR China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, PR China
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- Ocean School, Yantai University, Yantai, 264005, PR China
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Bagging Strategy and Identification of Coloring Mode of ‘Xinqihong’ Pear. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23137310. [PMID: 35806309 PMCID: PMC9266653 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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‘Xinqihong’ is a recently selected and well-colored red pear (Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.) cultivar that is popular in the marketplace owing to the bright red color and high quality of the fruit. The red pigmentation is strongly associated with the light signal. However, its responses to bagging treatment and to light exposure after shading are unknown. In this study, the fruit were treated with three types of fruit bags. ’Xinqihong’ fruit colored rapidly in response to light stimulation. A white fruit bag was optimal for bagging of ‘Xinqihong’ fruit. To ensure satisfactory red pigmentation, the fruit required exposure to 30 days of light after bag removal. A transcriptome analysis was conducted to screen light-signal-related genes and identify their possible functions. PbCRY1 activated the promoter of PbHY5.2 and enhanced its expression. PbHY5.2 activated the promoter activity of PbUFGT and induced anthocyanin synthesis, and also showed self-activation characteristics. Both PbCRY2 and PbPHY1 induced anthocyanin accumulation. Thus, blue-light receptors played an important role in anthocyanin synthesis. This study provides a theoretical basis for the bagging cultivation of new varieties of ‘Xinqihong’, and lays a foundation for the study of the mechanisms of red pear fruit coloring in response to light signals.
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He Y, Li D, Li S, Liu Y, Chen H. SmBICs Inhibit Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 62:1001-1011. [PMID: 34043001 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcab070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Eggplant is rich in anthocyanins, which are thought to be highly beneficial for human health. It has been reported that blue light inhibitors of cryptochromes (BICs) act as negative regulators in light signal transduction, but little is known about their role in anthocyanin biosynthesis. In this study, yeast one-hybrid analysis showed that SmBICs could bind to the promoter of SmCHS, indicating that they could directly participate in eggplant anthocyanin biosynthesis. In SmBICs-silenced eggplants, more anthocyanins were accumulated, while SmBIC1-overexpression (OE) and SmBIC2-OE Arabidopsis and eggplants synthesized less anthocyanin. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction also revealed that the anthocyanin structural genes, which were downregulated in SmBIC1-OE and SmBIC2-OE lines, were upregulated in SmBICs-silenced eggplants. In addition, transcriptome analysis further confirmed that differentially expressed genes of SmBICs-OE plants were enriched mainly in the pathways related to anthocyanin biosynthesis and the key transcription factors and structural genes for anthocyanin biosynthesis, such as SmMYB1, SmTT8, SmHY5, SmCHS, SmCHI, SmDFR and SmANS, were suppressed significantly. Finally, bimolecular fluorescence complementation and blue-light-dependent degradation assay suggested that SmBICs interacted with photo-excited SmCRY2 to inhibit its photoreaction, thereby inhibiting the expression of genes related to anthocyanin biosynthesis and reducing anthocyanin accumulation. Collectively, our study suggests that SmBICs repress anthocyanin biosynthesis by inhibiting photoactivation of SmCRY2. This study provides a new working model for anthocyanin biosynthesis in eggplant.
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- Yongjun He
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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Figueroa D, Rojas V, Romero A, Larrondo LF, Salinas F. The rise and shine of yeast optogenetics. Yeast 2020; 38:131-146. [PMID: 33119964 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Optogenetics refers to the control of biological processes with light. The activation of cellular phenomena by defined wavelengths has several advantages compared with traditional chemically inducible systems, such as spatiotemporal resolution, dose-response regulation, low cost, and moderate toxic effects. Optogenetics has been successfully implemented in yeast, a remarkable biological platform that is not only a model organism for cellular and molecular biology studies, but also a microorganism with diverse biotechnological applications. In this review, we summarize the main optogenetic systems implemented in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which allow orthogonal control (by light) of gene expression, protein subcellular localization, reconstitution of protein activity, and protein sequestration by oligomerization. Furthermore, we review the application of optogenetic systems in the control of metabolic pathways, heterologous protein production and flocculation. We then revise an example of a previously described yeast optogenetic switch, named FUN-LOV, which allows precise and strong activation of the target gene. Finally, we describe optogenetic systems that have not yet been implemented in yeast, which could therefore be used to expand the panel of available tools in this biological chassis. In conclusion, a wide repertoire of optogenetic systems can be used to address fundamental biological questions and broaden the biotechnological toolkit in yeast.
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- David Figueroa
- Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.,ANID - Millennium Science Initiative - Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBIO), Santiago, Chile
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- ANID - Millennium Science Initiative - Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBIO), Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- ANID - Millennium Science Initiative - Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBIO), Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- ANID - Millennium Science Initiative - Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBIO), Santiago, Chile.,Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Bioquímica y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.,ANID - Millennium Science Initiative - Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology (iBIO), Santiago, Chile
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Sun L, Li S, Tang X, Fan X, Zhang Y, Jiang J, Liu J, Liu C. Transcriptome analysis reveal the putative genes involved in light-induced anthocyanin accumulation in grape ‘Red Globe’ (V. vinifera L.). Gene 2020; 728:144284. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.144284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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L-SCRaMbLE as a tool for light-controlled Cre-mediated recombination in yeast. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1931. [PMID: 29789561 PMCID: PMC5964156 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02208-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The synthetic yeast genome constructed by the International Synthetic Yeast Sc2.0 consortium adds thousands of loxPsym recombination sites to all 16 redesigned chromosomes, allowing the shuffling of Sc2.0 chromosome parts by the Cre-loxP recombination system thereby enabling genome evolution experiments. Here, we present L-SCRaMbLE, a light-controlled Cre recombinase for use in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. L-SCRaMbLE allows tight regulation of recombinase activity with up to 179-fold induction upon exposure to red light. The extent of recombination depends on induction time and concentration of the chromophore phycocyanobilin (PCB), which can be easily adjusted. The tool presented here provides improved recombination control over the previously reported estradiol-dependent SCRaMbLE induction system, mediating a larger variety of possible recombination events in SCRaMbLE-ing a reporter plasmid. Thereby, L-SCRaMbLE boosts the potential for further customization and provides a facile application for use in the S. cerevisiae genome re-engineering project Sc2.0 or in other recombination-based systems. The International Synthetic Yeast Sc2.0 project has built Cre recombinase sites into synthetic chromosomes, enabling rapid genome evolution. Here the authors demonstrate L-SCRaMbLE, a light-controlled recombinase tool with improved control over recombination events.
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Li J, He YJ, Zhou L, Liu Y, Jiang M, Ren L, Chen H. Transcriptome profiling of genes related to light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) before purple color becomes evident. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:201. [PMID: 29554865 PMCID: PMC5859761 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4587-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background The anthocyanins are highly enriched in eggplants (Solanum melongena L.) with purple peel. However, our previous study showed that anthocyanins biosynthesis in eggplant cultivar ‘Lanshan Hexian’ was completely regulated by light and color becomes evident at most 2 days after exposure to light. In the present investigation, transcriptome study was made to explore the underlying molecular mechanisms of light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) before color becomes evident. Results RNA-Seq was performed for four time points (0, 0.5, 4 and 8 h after bags removal) where concerted changes happened. A total of 32,630 genes or transcripts were obtained by transcriptome sequencing, from which 1956 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were found. Gene Ontology analysis showed that the 1956 DEGs covered a wide range of cellular components, molecular functions and biological processes. All the DEGs were further divided into 26 clusters based on their distinct expression patterns. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway enrichment analysis found out 24 structural anthocyanin biosynthesis genes which distributing in seven clusters. In addition, 102 transcription factors, which exhibited highly dynamic changes in response to light, were found in the seven clusters. Three photoreceptors, UV Resistance Locus 8 (UVR8), Cryptochrome 3 (CRY3) and UVR3, were identified as DEGs. The light signal transduction elements, COP1 and two SPAs, might be responsible for anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation. Conclusion Based on the transcriptome data, the anthocyanin biosynthesis structural genes, transcription factors, photoreceptors and light signal transduction elements were quickly screened which may act as the key regulatory factors in anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway. By comparing the transcriptome data with our previous studies, 869 genes were confirmed to participate in the light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis. These results expand our knowledge of light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis in plants, which allowing for fruit coloration to be improved under low-light conditions in future. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-4587-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jing Li
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China.,Institute for Agri-Food Standards and Testing Technology, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 1000 Jinqi Road, Fengxian District, Shanghai, 201403, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Hochrein L, Machens F, Messerschmidt K, Mueller-Roeber B. PhiReX: a programmable and red light-regulated protein expression switch for yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:9193-9205. [PMID: 28911120 PMCID: PMC5587811 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Highly regulated induction systems enabling dose-dependent and reversible fine-tuning of protein expression output are beneficial for engineering complex biosynthetic pathways. To address this, we developed PhiReX, a novel red/far-red light-regulated protein expression system for use in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PhiReX is based on the combination of a customizable synTALE DNA-binding domain, the VP64 activation domain and the light-sensitive dimerization of the photoreceptor PhyB and its interacting partner PIF3 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Robust gene expression and high protein levels are achieved by combining genome integrated red light-sensing components with an episomal high-copy reporter construct. The gene of interest as well as the synTALE DNA-binding domain can be easily exchanged, allowing the flexible regulation of any desired gene by targeting endogenous or heterologous promoter regions. To allow low-cost induction of gene expression for industrial fermentation processes, we engineered yeast to endogenously produce the chromophore required for the effective dimerization of PhyB and PIF3. Time course experiments demonstrate high-level induction over a period of at least 48 h.
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- Lena Hochrein
- University of Potsdam, Cell2Fab Research Unit, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- University of Potsdam, Cell2Fab Research Unit, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- University of Potsdam, Cell2Fab Research Unit, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- University of Potsdam, Department of Molecular Biology, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.,Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Kirchenbauer D, Viczián A, Ádám É, Hegedűs Z, Klose C, Leppert M, Hiltbrunner A, Kircher S, Schäfer E, Nagy F. Characterization of photomorphogenic responses and signaling cascades controlled by phytochrome-A expressed in different tissues. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2016; 211:584-98. [PMID: 27027866 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The photoreceptor phytochrome A acts as a light-dependent molecular switch and regulates responses initiated by very low fluences of light (VLFR) and high fluences (HIR) of far-red light. PhyA is expressed ubiquitously, but how phyA signaling is orchestrated to regulate photomorphogenesis is poorly understood. To address this issue, we generated transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana phyA-201 mutant lines expressing the biologically active phyA-YFP photoreceptor in different tissues, and analyzed the expression of several reporter genes, including ProHY5:HY5-GFP and Pro35S:CFP-PIF1, and various FR-HIR-dependent physiological responses. We show that phyA action in one tissue is critical and sufficient to regulate flowering time and root growth; control of cotyledon and hypocotyl growth requires simultaneous phyA activity in different tissues; and changes detected in the expression of reporters are not restricted to phyA-containing cells. We conclude that FR-HIR-controlled morphogenesis in Arabidopsis is mediated partly by tissue-specific and partly by intercellular signaling initiated by phyA. Intercellular signaling is critical for many FR-HIR induced responses, yet it appears that phyA modulates the abundance and activity of key regulatory transcription factors in a tissue-autonomous fashion.
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- Daniel Kirchenbauer
- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári krt.62, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári krt.62, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary
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- Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári krt.62, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári krt.62, Szeged, H-6726, Hungary
- Institute of Molecular Plant Science, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JH, UK
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Light signal-transduction pathways are a central component of the mechanisms that regulate plant development. These pathways provide the means by which information from specific wavelengths of light may be amplified and coordinated, resulting in complex physiological and developmental responses. This review focuses upon recent approaches towards establishing the intermediates that transmit signals from photoreceptors, phytochromes in particular, to target elements in the promoters of light-regulated genes.
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- S A Barnes
- The Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021-6399, USA; The Institute of Molecular Agrobiology, Singapore 118240
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Li J, Li G, Wang H, Wang Deng X. Phytochrome signaling mechanisms. THE ARABIDOPSIS BOOK 2011; 9:e0148. [PMID: 22303272 PMCID: PMC3268501 DOI: 10.1199/tab.0148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Phytochromes are red (R)/far-red (FR) light photoreceptors that play fundamental roles in photoperception of the light environment and the subsequent adaptation of plant growth and development. There are five distinct phytochromes in Arabidopsis thaliana, designated phytochrome A (phyA) to phyE. phyA is light-labile and is the primary photoreceptor responsible for mediating photomorphogenic responses in FR light, whereas phyB-phyE are light stable, and phyB is the predominant phytochrome regulating de-etiolation responses in R light. Phytochromes are synthesized in the cytosol in their inactive Pr form. Upon light irradiation, phytochromes are converted to the biologically active Pfr form, and translocate into the nucleus. phyB can enter the nucleus by itself in response to R light, whereas phyA nuclear import depends on two small plant-specific proteins FAR-RED ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 1 (FHY1) and FHY1-LIKE (FHL). Phytochromes may function as light-regulated serine/threonine kinases, and can phosphorylate several substrates, including themselves in vitro. Phytochromes are phosphoproteins, and can be dephosphorylated by a few protein phosphatases. Photoactivated phytochromes rapidly change the expression of light-responsive genes by repressing the activity of CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1), an E3 ubiquitin ligase targeting several photomorphogenesis-promoting transcription factors for degradation, and by inducing rapid phosphorylation and degradation of Phytochrome-Interacting Factors (PIFs), a group of bHLH transcription factors repressing photomorphogenesis. Phytochromes are targeted by COP1 for degradation via the ubiquitin/26S proteasome pathway.
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- Jigang Li
- Peking-Yale Joint Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Agro-biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8104
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8104
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8104
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- Peking-Yale Joint Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Agro-biotechnology, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, College of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8104
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Warnasooriya SN, Porter KJ, Montgomery BL. Tissue- and isoform-specific phytochrome regulation of light-dependent anthocyanin accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2011; 6:624-31. [PMID: 21455024 PMCID: PMC3172825 DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.5.15084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Revised: 02/07/2011] [Accepted: 02/08/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Phytochromes regulate light- and sucrose-dependent anthocyanin synthesis and accumulation in many plants. Mesophyll-specific phyA alone has been linked to the regulation of anthocyanin accumulation in response to far-red light in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, multiple mesophyll-localized phytochromes were implicated in the photoregulation of anthocyanin accumulation in red-light conditions. Here, we report a role for mesophyll-specific phyA in blue-light-dependent regulation of anthocyanin levels and novel roles for individual phy isoforms in the regulation of anthocyanin accumulation under red illumination. These results provide new insight into spatial- and isoform-specific regulation of pigmentation by phytochromes in A. thaliana.
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- Sankalpi N Warnasooriya
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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Sorokina O, Kapus A, Terecskei K, Dixon LE, Kozma-Bognar L, Nagy F, Millar AJ. A switchable light-input, light-output system modelled and constructed in yeast. J Biol Eng 2009; 3:15. [PMID: 19761615 PMCID: PMC2758823 DOI: 10.1186/1754-1611-3-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Advances in synthetic biology will require spatio-temporal regulation of biological processes in heterologous host cells. We develop a light-switchable, two-hybrid interaction in yeast, based upon the Arabidopsis proteins PHYTOCHROME A and FAR-RED ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 1-LIKE. Light input to this regulatory module allows dynamic control of a light-emitting LUCIFERASE reporter gene, which we detect by real-time imaging of yeast colonies on solid media. Results The reversible activation of the phytochrome by red light, and its inactivation by far-red light, is retained. We use this quantitative readout to construct a mathematical model that matches the system's behaviour and predicts the molecular targets for future manipulation. Conclusion Our model, methods and materials together constitute a novel system for a eukaryotic host with the potential to convert a dynamic pattern of light input into a predictable gene expression response. This system could be applied for the regulation of genetic networks - both known and synthetic.
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- Oxana Sorokina
- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Temesvari krt. 62, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Temesvari krt. 62, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK.,Centre for Systems Biology at Edinburgh, C.H. Waddington Building, Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JD, UK
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Temesvari krt. 62, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK.,Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, Temesvari krt. 62, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JH, UK.,Centre for Systems Biology at Edinburgh, C.H. Waddington Building, Kings Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JD, UK
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Müller R, Fernández AP, Hiltbrunner A, Schäfer E, Kretsch T. The histidine kinase-related domain of Arabidopsis phytochrome a controls the spectral sensitivity and the subcellular distribution of the photoreceptor. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 150:1297-309. [PMID: 19403732 PMCID: PMC2705050 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.135988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2009] [Accepted: 04/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Phytochrome A (phyA) is the primary photoreceptor for sensing extremely low amounts of light and for mediating various far-red light-induced responses in higher plants. Translocation from the cytosol to the nucleus is an essential step in phyA signal transduction. EID1 (for EMPFINDLICHER IM DUNKELROTEN LICHT1) is an F-box protein that functions as a negative regulator in far-red light signaling downstream of the phyA in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). To identify factors involved in EID1-dependent light signal transduction, pools of ethylmethylsulfonate-treated eid1-3 seeds were screened for seedlings that suppress the hypersensitive phenotype of the mutant. The phenotype of the suppressor mutant presented here is caused by a missense mutation in the PHYA gene that leads to an amino acid transition in its histidine kinase-related domain. The novel phyA-402 allele alters the spectral sensitivity and the persistence of far-red light-induced high-irradiance responses. The strong eid1-3 suppressor phenotype of phyA-402 contrasts with the moderate phenotype observed when phyA-402 is introgressed into the wild-type background, which indicates that the mutation mainly alters functions in an EID1-dependent signaling cascade. The mutation specifically inhibits nuclear accumulation of the photoreceptor molecule upon red light irradiation, even though it still interacts with FHY1 (for far-red long hypocotyl 1) and FHL (for FHY1-like protein), two factors that are essential for nuclear accumulation of phyA. Degradation of the mutated phyA is unaltered even under light conditions that inhibit its nuclear accumulation, indicating that phyA degradation may occur mostly in the cytoplasm.
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- Rebecca Müller
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Biologie 2/Botanik, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Li X, Yang Y, Li Y, Wang J, Xiao X, Guo X, Tang D, Liu X. Protein identification and mRNA analysis of phytochrome-regulated genes in Arabidopsis under red light. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 52:371-80. [PMID: 19381463 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-009-0045-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 10/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Phytochromes are a family of plant photoreceptors that mediate physiological and developmental responses to red and far-red light. According to the affymetrix ATH1 microarray, phytochrome A (phyA) and phytochrome B (phyB) together play a key role in transducing the Rc signals to light-responsive genes. In order to select those red light-responsive genes associated with phyA or phyB, a proteomic approach based on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) was used to compare the protein expression patterns of the phyAphyB double mutant and the wild type of Arabidopsis thaliana (col-4) which grew under constant red light conditions for 7 d. Thirty-two protein spots which exhibited differences in protein abundance were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight/time of flight mass spectrometry. The expression of ten genes corresponding to ten protein spots was analyzed by a semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Two of the ten genes were confirmed by quantitative PCR (Q-PCR). The results showed that phytochromes may exert their function by regulating mRNA or protein expressions. Proteomic analysis may provide a novel pathway for identifying phytochrome-dependent genes.
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- Xu Li
- Bioenergy and Biomaterial Research Center, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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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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Dieterle M, Buche C, Schafer E, Kretsch T. Characterization of a novel non-constitutive photomorphogenic cop1 allele. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 133:1557-64. [PMID: 14605231 PMCID: PMC300713 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.028654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2003] [Revised: 07/11/2003] [Accepted: 08/01/2003] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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A specific light program consisting of multiple treatments with alternating red and far-red light pulses was used to isolate mutants in phytochrome A-dependent signal transduction in Arabidopsis seedlings. Because of their phenotype, the mutants were called eid (empfindlicher im dunkelroten Licht, which means hypersensitive in far-red light). One of the isolated mutants, eid6, is a novel recessive allele of the COP1 gene (constitutive photomorphogenic 1) that carries an amino acid transition in a conserved histidine residue of the RING finger domain. Mutant seedlings exhibited an extreme hypersensitivity towards all tested light qualities, but in contrast to known cop1 alleles, no constitutive photomorphogenic phenotype was detectable in darkness. Thus, the novel cop1eid6 allele seems to encode for a protein whose remaining activity is sufficient for the suppression of photomorphogenesis in dark-grown plants. In adult cop1eid6 plants, the development of the Cop1 phenotype is dominated by phytochrome B. Comparison of the phenotype of the novel cop1eid6 and the weak cop1-4 allele under continuous far-red light indicates that the RING finger and coiled-coil domains of COP1 are sufficient for some specific regulatory function in phytochrome A-dependent high irradiance responses.
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- Monika Dieterle
- Alberts-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Biologie 2/Botanik, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Yang KY, Kim YM, Lee S, Song PS, Soh MS. Overexpression of a mutant basic helix-loop-helix protein HFR1, HFR1-deltaN105, activates a branch pathway of light signaling in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 133:1630-42. [PMID: 14645731 PMCID: PMC300719 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.029751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2003] [Revised: 08/05/2003] [Accepted: 09/13/2003] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The HFR1, a basic helix-loop-helix protein, is required for a subset of phytochrome A-mediated photoresponses in Arabidopsis. Here, we show that overexpression of the HFR1-deltaN105 mutant, which lacks the N-terminal 105 amino acids, confers exaggerated photoresponses even in darkness. Physiological analysis implied that overexpression of HFR1-deltaN105 activated constitutively a branch pathway of light signaling that mediates a subset of photomorphogenic responses, including germination, de-etiolation, gravitropic hypocotyl growth, blocking of greening, and expression of some light-regulated genes such as CAB, DRT112, PSAE, PSBL, PORA, and XTR7, without affecting the light-responsiveness of anthocyanin accumulation and expression of other light-regulated genes such as CHS and PSBS. Although the end-of-day far-red light response and petiole elongation were suppressed in the HFR1-deltaN105-overexpressing plants, flowering time was not affected by HFR1-deltaN105. In addition, the HFR1-deltaN105-overexpressing plants showed hypersensitive photoresponses in the inhibition of hypocotyl elongation, dependently on phytochrome A, FHY1, and FHY3 under FR light or phyB under R light, respectively. Moreover, our double mutant analysis suggested that the hypersensitive photoresponse is due to functional cooperation between HFR1-deltaN105 and other light-signaling components including HY5, a basic leucine zipper protein. Taken together, our results of gain-of-function approach with HFR1-deltaN105 suggest the existence of a complex and important basic helix-loop-helix protein-mediated transcriptional network controlling a branch pathway of light signaling and provide a useful framework for further genetic dissection of light-signaling network in Arabidopsis.
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- Ki-Young Yang
- Kumho Life and Environmental Science Laboratory, 1 Oryong-Dong, Buk-Gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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Laubinger S, Hoecker U. The SPA1-like proteins SPA3 and SPA4 repress photomorphogenesis in the light. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 35:373-85. [PMID: 12887588 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01813.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Suppressor of phyA-105 (SPA1) is a phytochrome A-specific signaling intermediate that acts as a light-dependent repressor of photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis seedlings. SPA1 is part of a small gene family comprising three genes: SPA1-related 2 (SPA2), SPA1-related 3 (SPA3), and SPA1-related 4 (SPA4). Here, we investigate the functions of SPA3 and SPA4, two very closely related genes coding for proteins with 74% identical amino acids. Seedlings with mutations in SPA3 or SPA4 exhibit enhanced photomorphogenesis in the light, but show no phenotype in darkness. While there are small differences between the effects of spa3 and spa4 mutations, it is apparent that SPA3 and SPA4 function to inhibit light responses in continuous far-red, red, and blue light. Phytochrome A is necessary for all aspects of the spa4 mutant phenotype, suggesting that SPA4, like SPA1, acts specifically in phytochrome A signaling. Enhanced photoresponsiveness of spa3 mutants is also fully dependent on phytochrome A in far-red and blue light, but not in red light. Hence, SPA3 function in red light may be dependent on other phytochromes in addition to phytochrome A. Using yeast two-hybrid and in vitro interaction assays, we further show that SPA3 as well as SPA4 can physically interact with the constitutive repressor of light signaling COP1. Deletion analyses suggest that SPA3 and SPA4, like SPA1, bind to the coiled-coil domain of COP1. Taken together, our results have identified two new loci coding for negative regulators that may be involved in fine tuning of light responses by interacting with COP1.
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- Sascha Laubinger
- Department of Plant Developmental and Molecular Biology, University of Düsseldorf, Geb. 26.03.02., D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Cho DS, Hong SH, Nam HG, Soh MS. FIN5 positively regulates far-red light responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 44:565-572. [PMID: 12826621 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report the characterization of a semi-dominant mutation fin5-1 (far-red insensitive 5-1) of Arabidopsis, which was isolated from genetic screening of phytochrome A (phyA) signaling components. Plants with the fin5-1 mutation exhibited a long hypocotyl phenotype when grown under far-red (FR) light, but not under red light. Physiological analyses implied that FIN5 might be differentially involved in diverse responses that are regulated by phyA under continuous FR light. Anthocyanin accumulation, gravitropic response of hypocotyl growth, and FR light-preconditioned blocking of greening were also impaired in the fin5-1 mutant, whereas photoperiodic floral induction was not, if at all, significantly affected. Moreover, light-regulated expression of the CHS, PORA and PsbS genes was attenuated in fin5-1 mutant plants, while the light-induced expression of CAB was normal. The mutation exhibited semi-dominance regarding control of hypocotyl growth in FR light. We suggest that FIN5 defines a novel branch in the network of phyA signaling in Arabidopsis.
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- Dae-Shik Cho
- Department of Life Science and School of Environmental Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31, Hyoja-Dong, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784 Republic of Korea
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Park DH, Lim PO, Kim JS, Cho DS, Hong SH, Nam HG. The Arabidopsis COG1 gene encodes a Dof domain transcription factor and negatively regulates phytochrome signaling. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 34:161-71. [PMID: 12694592 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2003.01710.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Light is a critical environmental factor that influences almost all developmental aspects of plants, including seed germination, seedling morphogenesis, and transition to reproductive growth. Plants have therefore developed an intricate network of mechanisms to perceive and process environmental light information. To further characterize the molecular basis of light-signaling processes in plants, we screened an activation tagging pool of Arabidopsis for altered photoresponses. A dominant mutation, cog1-D, attenuated various red (R) and far-red (FR) light-dependent photoresponses. The mutation was caused by overexpression of a gene encoding a member of the Dof family of transcription factors. The photoresponses in Arabidopsis were inversely correlated with the expression levels of COG1 mRNA. When the COG1 gene was overexpressed in transgenic plants, the plants exhibited hyposensitive responses to R and FR light in a manner inversely dependent on COG1 mRNA levels. On the other hand, transgenic lines expressing antisense COG1 were hypersensitive to R and FR light. Expression of the COG1 gene is light inducible and requires phytochrome A (phyA) for FR light-induced expression and phytochrome B (phyB) for R light-induced expression. Thus, the COG1 gene functions as a negative regulator in both the phyA- and phyB-signaling pathways. We suggest that these phytochromes positively regulate the expression of COG1, a negative regulator, as a mechanism for fine tuning the light-signaling pathway.
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- Don Ha Park
- Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk 790-784, Korea
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Kevei E, Nagy F. Phytochrome controlled signalling cascades in higher plants. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2003; 117:305-313. [PMID: 12654030 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00049.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Plants can sense the changes in the environmental light conditions with highly specialized photoreceptors. Phytochromes are sensitive to red and far-red light and have a dual role in the life of plants. These photoreceptors play an important role in plant growth and development from germination to seed maturation and they are also involved in synchronizing the circadian clock with light/dark cycles. Biochemical, cell biological and genetic studies have been carried out to elucidate the molecular mechanism by which phytochromes transduce light signals. A major step in this process seems to be the light-dependent nuclear import of phytochromes. In the nuclei phytochromes interact with transcription factors and regulate the expression of numerous genes, resulting in complex physiological and developmental responses to light. This review focuses on the recently obtained results leading to the identification of some factors and processes involved in phytochrome signalling.
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- Eva Kevei
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári krt 62., H-6726 Szeged, Hungary Institute of Plant Biology, Agricultural Biotechnological Centre, Szent-Györgyi A. 4, H-2101 Gödöllõ, Hungary
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Nagy F, Schäfer E. Phytochromes control photomorphogenesis by differentially regulated, interacting signaling pathways in higher plants. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2002; 53:329-355. [PMID: 12221979 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.53.100301.135302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In this review the kinetic properties of both phytochrome A and B measured by in vivo spectroscopy in Arabidopsis are described. Inactivation of phyA is mediated by destruction and that of phyB by fast dark reversion. Recent observations, describing a complex interaction network of various phytochromes and cryptochromes, are also discussed. The review describes recent analysis of light-dependent nuclear translocation of phytochromes and genetic and molecular dissection of phyA- and phyB-mediated signal transduction. After nuclear transport, both phyA- and phyB-mediated signal transduction probably include the formation of light-dependent transcriptional complexes. Although this hypothesis is quite attractive and probably true for some responses, it cannot account for the complex network of phyA-mediated signaling and the interaction with the circadian clock. In addition, the biological function of phytochromes localized in the cytosol remains to be elucidated.
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- Ferenc Nagy
- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Center, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary.
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Santiago-Ong M, Green RM, Tingay S, Brusslan JA, Tobin EM. shygrl1 is a mutant affected in multiple aspects of photomorphogenesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2001; 126:587-600. [PMID: 11402189 PMCID: PMC111151 DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.2.587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2001] [Revised: 03/06/2001] [Accepted: 03/07/2001] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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We have used a counter-selection strategy based on aberrant phytochrome regulation of an Lhcb gene to isolate an Arabidopsis mutant designated shygrl1 (shg1). shg1 seedlings have reduced phytochrome-mediated induction of the Lhcb gene family, but normal phytochrome-mediated induction of several other genes, including the rbcS1a gene. Additional phenotypes observed in shg1 plants include reduced chlorophyll in leaves and additional photomorphogenic abnormalities when the seedlings are grown on medium containing sucrose. Mutations in the TATA-proximal region of the Lhcb1*3 promoter that are known to be important for phytochrome regulation affected reporter gene expression in a manner similar to the shg1 mutation. Our results are consistent with the possibility that the mutation either leads to defective chloroplast development or to aberrant phytochrome regulation. They also add to the evidence of complex interactions between light- and sucrose-regulated pathways.
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- M Santiago-Ong
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, P.O. Box 951606, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1606, USA
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Nagy F, Kircher S, Schäfer E. Intracellular trafficking of photoreceptors during light-induced signal transduction in plants. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:475-80. [PMID: 11171317 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.3.475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Plants monitor changes in the ambient light environment by highly specialised photoreceptors, which include the red/far-red photoreversible phytochromes, the blue-light-absorbing cryptochromes and phototropin and the so-far-unidentified UVB photoreceptor(s). Light easily penetrates plant organs/tissues and reaches even the subcellular compartments of various cell types. Therefore, it is not surprising that the determination of the intracellular localisation of photoreceptors has been, for many years, a major, and often controversial, subject of plant photobiology and cell biology research. Phototropin, one of the blue-light photoreceptors of higher plants, controls phototropism by monitoring the direction of light, and it is localised in or at the plasmalemma. In contrast, the subcellular localisation of phytochromes changes dynamically and exhibits a very complex pattern. These photoreceptors are localised in the cytosol in dark- grown tissues. Irradiation, however, induces import of phytochromes into the nucleus. The import occurs in a light-quality- and light-quantity-dependent fashion and, as such, seems to be unique to higher plants. Light-induced accumulation of phytochromes in the nuclei correlates well with various physiological responses mediated by these photoreceptors. These observations indicate that light-dependent intracellular redistribution of phytochrome photoreceptors is one of the major regulatory steps in photomorphogenesis.
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- F Nagy
- Plant Biology Institute, Biological Research Centre, H-6701 Szeged, PO Box 521, Hungary
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Eichenberg K, Bäurle I, Paulo N, Sharrock RA, Rüdiger W, Schäfer E. Arabidopsis phytochromes C and E have different spectral characteristics from those of phytochromes A and B. FEBS Lett 2000; 470:107-12. [PMID: 10734217 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01301-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The red/far-red light absorbing phytochromes play a major role as sensor proteins in photomorphogenesis of plants. In Arabidopsis the phytochromes belong to a small gene family of five members, phytochrome A (phyA) to E (phyE). Knowledge of the dynamic properties of the phytochrome molecules is the basis of phytochrome signal transduction research. Beside photoconversion and destruction, dark reversion is a molecular property of some phytochromes. A possible role of dark reversion is the termination of signal transduction. Since Arabidopsis is a model plant for biological and genetic research, we focussed on spectroscopic characterization of Arabidopsis phytochromes, expressed in yeast. For the first time, we were able to determine the relative absorption maxima and minima for a phytochrome C (phyC) as 661/725 nm and for a phyE as 670/724 nm. The spectral characteristics of phyC and E are strictly different from those of phyA and B. Furthermore, we show that both phyC and phyE apoprotein chromophore adducts undergo a strong dark reversion. Difference spectra, monitored with phycocyanobilin and phytochromobilin as the apoprotein's chromophore, and in vivo dark reversion of the Arabidopsis phytochrome apoprotein phycocyanobilin adducts are discussed with respect to their physiological function.
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- K Eichenberg
- Institut für Biologie II, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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Casal JJ. Phytochromes, cryptochromes, phototropin: photoreceptor interactions in plants. Photochem Photobiol 2000. [PMID: 10649883 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)071%3c0001:pcppii%3e2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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In higher plants, natural radiation simultaneously activates more than one photoreceptor. Five phytochromes (phyA through phyD), two cryptochromes (cry1, cry2) and phototropin have been identified in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana. There is light-dependent epistasis among certain photoreceptor genes because the action of one pigment can be affected by the activity of others. Under red light, phyA and phyB are antagonistic, but under far-red light, followed by brief red light, phyA and phyB are synergistic in the control of seedling morphology and the expression of some genes during de-etiolation. Under short photoperiods of red and blue light, cry1 and phyB are synergistic, but under continuous exposure to the same light field the actions of phyB and cry1 become independent and additive. Phototropic bending of the shoot toward unilateral blue light is mediated by phototropin, but cry1, cry2, phyA and phyB positively regulate the response. Finally, cry2 and phyB are antagonistic in the induction of flowering. At least some of these interactions are likely to result from cross talk of the photoreceptor signaling pathways and uncover new avenues to approach signal transduction. Experiments under natural radiation are beginning to show that the interactions create a phototransduction network with emergent properties. This provides a more robust system for light perception in plants.
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- J J Casal
- IFEVA, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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In higher plants, natural radiation simultaneously activates more than one photoreceptor. Five phytochromes (phyA through phyD), two cryptochromes (cry1, cry2) and phototropin have been identified in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana. There is light-dependent epistasis among certain photoreceptor genes because the action of one pigment can be affected by the activity of others. Under red light, phyA and phyB are antagonistic, but under far-red light, followed by brief red light, phyA and phyB are synergistic in the control of seedling morphology and the expression of some genes during de-etiolation. Under short photoperiods of red and blue light, cry1 and phyB are synergistic, but under continuous exposure to the same light field the actions of phyB and cry1 become independent and additive. Phototropic bending of the shoot toward unilateral blue light is mediated by phototropin, but cry1, cry2, phyA and phyB positively regulate the response. Finally, cry2 and phyB are antagonistic in the induction of flowering. At least some of these interactions are likely to result from cross talk of the photoreceptor signaling pathways and uncover new avenues to approach signal transduction. Experiments under natural radiation are beginning to show that the interactions create a phototransduction network with emergent properties. This provides a more robust system for light perception in plants.
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- J J Casal
- IFEVA, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Hudson M, Ringli C, Boylan MT, Quail PH. The FAR1 locus encodes a novel nuclear protein specific to phytochrome A signaling. Genes Dev 1999; 13:2017-27. [PMID: 10444599 PMCID: PMC316922 DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.15.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The phytochrome family of photoreceptors has a well-defined role in regulating gene expression in response to informational light signals. Little is known, however, of the early steps of phytochrome signal transduction. Here we describe a new Arabidopsis mutant, far1 (far-red-impaired response), which has reduced responsiveness to continuous far-red light, but responds normally to other light wavelengths. This phenotype implies a specific requirement for FAR1 in phyA signal transduction. The far1 locus maps to the south arm of chromosome 4, and is not allelic to photomorphogenic loci identified previously. All five far1 alleles isolated have single nucleotide substitutions that introduce stop codons in a single ORF. The FAR1 gene encodes a protein with no significant sequence similarity to any proteins of known function. The FAR1 protein contains a predicted nuclear localization signal and is targeted to the nucleus in transient transfection assays. This result supports an emerging view that early steps in phytochrome signaling may be centered in the nucleus. The FAR1 gene defines a new multigene family, which consists of at least four genes in Arabidopsis. This observation raises the possibility of redundancy in the phyA-signaling pathway, which could account for the incomplete block of phyA signaling observed in the far1 mutant.
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- M Hudson
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Eichenberg K, Kunkel T, Kretsch T, Speth V, Schäfer E. In vivo characterization of chimeric phytochromes in yeast. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:354-9. [PMID: 9867850 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.1.354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phytochromes are plant photoreceptors that play a major role in photomorphogenesis. Two members of the phytochrome family have been characterized in some detail. Phytochrome A, which controls very low fluence and high irradiance responses, is rapidly degraded in the light, forms sequestered areas of phytochrome (SAPs), and does not exhibit dark reversion in monocotyledonous seedlings. Phytochrome B mediates red/far-red reversible responses, is stable in the light, and does not form SAPs. We report on the behavior in yeast of the phytochrome apoproteins of rice PHYA, tobacco PHYB, and chimeric PHYAB and PHYBA and on the behavior of the respective holoprotein adducts after assembly with phycocyanobilin chromophore (PHY*). SAP-like formation in yeast was not observed for PHYB, but was detectable for PHYA, PHYAB, and PHYBA. Rice PHYA* did not undergo dark reversion in yeast. Surprisingly, all other tested phytochrome constructs did exhibit dark reversion, including chimeric phytochromes with a short N-terminal part of tobacco PHYB or parsley PHYA fused to rice PHYA. Furthermore, the proportion of phytochrome undergoing dark reversion and the rate of reversion were increased for both the N terminus-swapped constructs and PHYBA*. These results are discussed with respect to structure/function analysis of phytochromes A and B.
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- K Eichenberg
- Institut für Biologie II, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Sch anzlestrasse 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Poppe C, Sweere U, Drumm-Herrel H, Schäfer E. The blue light receptor cryptochrome 1 can act independently of phytochrome A and B in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 16:465-71. [PMID: 9881166 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00322.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Blue light responses in higher plants can be mediated not only by specific blue light receptors, but also by the red/far-red photoreversible phytochrome system. The question of interdependence between these photoreceptors has been debated over many years. The availability of Arabidopsis mutants for the blue light receptor CRY1 and for the two major phytochromes phyA and phyB allows a reinvestigation of this question. The analysis of photocontrol of seed germination, inhibition of hypocotyl growth and anthocyanin accumulation clearly demonstrates that (i) phyA shows a strong control in blue light responses especially at low fluence rates; (ii) phyB mediated induction reactions can be reversed by subsequent blue light irradiations; and (iii) CRY1 mediates blue light controlled inhibition of hypocotyl growth only at fluence rates higher than 5 mumol m-2s-1 and independently of phytochrome A and B.
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- C Poppe
- Institut für Biologie II, Botany, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Soh MS, Hong SH, Hanzawa H, Furuya M, Nam HG. Genetic identification of FIN2, a far red light-specific signaling component of Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998; 16:411-419. [PMID: 9881161 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00307.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Phytochrome A (PhyA) mediates most, if not all, various plant responses to far-red (FR) light. Here, we report a novel genetic mutation that impairs a variety of responses in the PhyA-signaling pathway of Arabidopsis thaliana. The mutation was isolated by screening seedlings that show reduced sensitivity to continuous far-red (FRc) light irradiation, but not to continuous red (Rc) light irradiation. The mutation named fin2-1 is not allelic to a PHYA mutation. Furthermore, immunoblot analysis indicated that the amount of the phytochrome A apoprotein in the fin2-1 mutant was comparable to that in wild type. Seedling of the fin2-1 mutant showed defects in hypocotyl growth inhibition and apical hook and cotyledon opening in FRc light but not in Rc light. The results showed that the mutation occurred in a downstream signaling component potentially specific to PhyA. Other PhyA-mediated responses such as FR-preconditioned blocking of greening, anthocyanin accumulation, reduction of gravitropic response, and expression of the CAB and CHS genes were impaired by the fin2-1 mutation: the degree of the mutant effect on the responses was variable. However, FR light-mediated seed germination and photoperiodic flowering responses were not affected significantly in the mutant. These results showed that FIN2 defines an upstream branch point in the PhyA signaling pathway.
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- M S Soh
- Department of Life Science and School of Environmental Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Kyungbuk, South Korea
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Quail PH. The phytochrome family: dissection of functional roles and signalling pathways among family members. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1998; 353:1399-403. [PMID: 9800202 PMCID: PMC1692352 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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There is considerable evidence that individual members of the five-membered phytochrome family of photoreceptors in Arabidopsis have differential functional roles in controlling plant photomorphogenesis. Emerging genetic evidence suggests that this differential activity may involve initially separate signalling pathway branches specific to individual family members.
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- P H Quail
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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Casal JJ, Cerdán PD, Staneloni RJ, Cattaneo L. Different phototransduction kinetics of phytochrome A and phytochrome B in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 116:1533-8. [PMID: 9536072 PMCID: PMC35062 DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.4.1533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/1997] [Accepted: 01/21/1998] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The kinetics of phototransduction of phytochrome A (phyA) and phytochrome B (phyB) were compared in etiolated Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. The responses of hypocotyl growth, cotyledon unfolding, and expression of a light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-binding protein of the photosystem II gene promoter fused to the coding region of beta-glucuronidase (used as a reporter enzyme) were mediated by phyA under continuous far-red light (FR) and by phyB under continuous red light (R). The seedlings were exposed hourly either to n min of FR followed by 60 minus n min in darkness or to n min of R, 3 min of FR (to back-convert phyB to its inactive form), and 57 minus n min of darkness. For the three processes investigated here, the kinetics of phototransduction of phyB were faster than that of phyA. For instance, 15 min R h-1 (terminated with a FR pulse) were almost as effective as continuous R, whereas 15 min of FR h-1 caused less than 30% of the effect of continuous FR. This difference is interpreted in terms of divergence of signal transduction pathways downstream from phyA and phyB.
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- J J Casal
- Departmento de Ecología, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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To grow and develop optimally, all organisms need to perceive and process information from both their biotic and abiotic surroundings. A particularly important environmental cue is light, to which organisms respond in many different ways. Because they are photosynthetic and non-motile, plants need to be especially plastic in response to their light environment. The diverse responses of plants to light require sophisticated sensing of its intensity, direction, duration, and wavelength. The action spectra of light responses provided assays to identify three photoreceptor systems absorbing in the red/far-red, blue/near-ultraviolet, and ultraviolet spectral ranges. Following absorption of light, photoreceptors interact with other signal transduction elements, which eventually leads to many molecular and morphological responses. While a complete signal transduction cascade is not known yet, molecular genetic studies using the model plant Arabidopsis have led to substantial progress in dissecting the signal transduction network. Important gains have been made in determining the function of the photoreceptors, the terminal response pathways, and the intervening signal transduction components.
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- C Fankhauser
- Plant Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Mustilli AC, Bowler C. Tuning in to the signals controlling photoregulated gene expression in plants. EMBO J 1997; 16:5801-6. [PMID: 9312038 PMCID: PMC1170211 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7590554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Plants have developed flexible mechanisms to respond appropriately to environmental signals. These stimuli are transduced by largely unknown signalling pathways that are likely to be modulated by endogenous developmental signals to produce an integrated response that coordinately regulates gene expression. Light is a critical environmental signal that controls many aspects of plant development via a series of photoreceptors that are able to respond to different light wavelengths. Light is also the principal energy source for photosynthesis. The photosynthetic products are carbohydrates which are translocated in the form of sucrose from the photosynthetic (source) to non-photosynthetic (sink) organs. Consequently, the control of photoregulated genes must integrate developmental inputs with signals derived from the photoreceptors, from the photosynthetic apparatus and from metabolites such as sucrose.
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- A C Mustilli
- Stazione Zoologica, Villa Comunale, I-80121 Napoli, Italy
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Huub L, Kerckhoffs J, Kendrick RE. Photocontrol of anthocyanin biosynthesis in tomato. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 1997; 110:141-149. [PMID: 27520054 DOI: 10.1007/bf02506853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/1997] [Accepted: 01/14/1997] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Juvenile anthocyanin biosynthesis has been studied in dark-grown seedlings of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) wild types (WTs) and photomorphogenic mutants. During a subsequent 24-hr period of monochromatic irradiation at different fluence rates of red light (R) the fluence-rate response relationships for induction of anthocyanin in all the WTs are similar, yet complex, showing a response at low fluence rates (LFRR) followed by a fluence rate-dependent high irradiance response (HIR). In the hypocotyl this response is restricted to the sub-epidermal layer of cells. The high-pigment-1 (hp-1) mutant exhibits a strong amplification of both response components. Theatroviolacea (atv) mutant shows strongest amplification of the HIR component. In contrast, a transgenic line overexpressing an oat phytochrome A gene (PHYA3 (+)) shows a most dramatic amplification of the LFRR component. The far-red light (FR)-insensitive (fri) mutant, deficient in phytochrome A (phyA), lacks the LFRR component whilst retaining a normal HIR. The temporarily R-insensitive (tri) mutant, deficient in phytochrome B1 (phyB1) retains the LFRR, but lacks the HIR. Thehp-1,fri andhp-1,tri double mutant, exhibit amplified, yet qualitatively similar responses to the monogenicfri andtri mutants. Thefri,tri double mutant lacks both response components in R, but a residual response to blue light (B) remains. Similarly, theaurea (au) mutant deficient in phytochrome chromophore biosynthesis and presumably all phytochromes, lacks both response components in the R and FR regions of the spectrum. Experiments at other wavelengths demonstrate that while there is only a small response in the FR spectral region (729 nm) in tomato, there is an appreciable HIR response in the near FR at 704 nm, which is retained in thetri mutant. This suggests that the labile phyA pool participates in the HIR at this wavelength. The intense pigmentation (Ip) mutant appears to be specifically deficient in the B1 induced anthocyanin biosynthesis. Adult plants, grown under fluorescent light/dark cycles, show a reduction of anthocyanin content of young developing leaves upon application of supplemtary or end-of-day FR. The involvement of different phytochrome species in anthocyanin biosynthesis based on micro-injection studies into theau mutant and studies using type specific phytochrome mutants is discussed.
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- L Huub
- Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Arboretumlaan 4, NL-6703 BD, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Arboretumlaan 4, NL-6703 BD, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Arboretumlaan 4, NL-6703 BD, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Laboratory for Photoperception and Signal Transduction, Frontier Research Program, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Hirosawa 2-1, 351-01, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan.
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