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Sineshchekov VA. Applications of fluorescence spectroscopy in the investigation of plant phytochrome invivo. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 208:108434. [PMID: 38412703 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108434] [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: 12/14/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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Fluorometry is an effective research tool in biology and medicine; it is widely used in the study of the photosynthetic pigment apparatus in vivo. This method can be applied to the key plant photoreceptor phytochrome (phy). The fluorescence of phytochrome in plants was recorded for the first time in the group of the author, and a spectrofluorometric technique for its in vivo study was developed. The photophysical and photochemical properties of the pigment were described, and the photoreceptor was shown to be present in plants as two phenomenological types-active (at cryogenic temperatures) and water-soluble (Pr') and inactive and amphiphilic (Pr″). The scheme of the photoreaction explaining their photochemical distinctions was proposed. Phytochrome A was shown to comprise both types (phyA' and phyA″), whereas phytochrome B was only the second type. For phyA', distinct conformers have been detected. phyA' and phyA″ differ by the N-terminus of the molecule, possibly by serine phosphorylation. They mediate, respectively, the very low fluence and high irradiance photoresponses. Light, internal factors (kinase/phosphatase balance, pH), and hormones (jasmonate) were shown to affect the content and functions of the two phyA pools. All this points to the effectiveness of the developed method for invivo investigations of the phytochrome system. The data obtained can be applied in practical terms in agrobiology and light culture, as well as in the use of phytochrome as a new nanotool and a fluorescent probe.
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- V A Sineshchekov
- Biology Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119234, Russia.
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Sineshchekov VA. Two Distinct Molecular Types of Phytochrome A in Plants: Evidence of Existence and Implications for Functioning. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24098139. [PMID: 37175844 PMCID: PMC10179679 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24098139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Phytochrome (phy) system in plants comprising a small number of phytochromes with phyA and phyB as major ones is responsible for acquiring light information in the red-far-red region of the solar spectrum. It provides optimal strategy for plant development under changing light conditions throughout all its life cycle beginning from seed germination and seedling establishment to fruiting and plant senescence. The phyA was shown to participate in the regulation of this cycle which is especially evident at its early stages. It mediates three modes of reactions-the very low and low fluence responses (VLFR and LFR) and the high irradiance responses (HIR). The phyA is the sole light receptor in the far-red spectral region responsible for plant's survival under a dense plant canopy where light is enriched with the far-red component. Its appearance is believed to be one of the main factors of plants' successful evolution. So far, it is widely accepted that one molecular phyA species is responsible for its complex functional manifestations. In this review, the evidence of the existence of two distinct phyA types-major, light-labile and soluble phyA' and minor, relatively light-stable and amphiphilic phyA″-is presented as what may account for the diverse modes of phyA action.
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Sineshchekov VA. Two Distinct Molecular Types of Phytochrome A in Plants: Evidence of Existence and Implications for Functioning. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:8139. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.3390/ijms24098139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Phytochrome (phy) system in plants comprising a small number of phytochromes with phyA and phyB as major ones is responsible for acquiring light information in the red—far-red region of the solar spectrum. It provides optimal strategy for plant development under changing light conditions throughout all its life cycle beginning from seed germination and seedling establishment to fruiting and plant senescence. The phyA was shown to participate in the regulation of this cycle which is especially evident at its early stages. It mediates three modes of reactions—the very low and low fluence responses (VLFR and LFR) and the high irradiance responses (HIR). The phyA is the sole light receptor in the far-red spectral region responsible for plant’s survival under a dense plant canopy where light is enriched with the far-red component. Its appearance is believed to be one of the main factors of plants′ successful evolution. So far, it is widely accepted that one molecular phyA species is responsible for its complex functional manifestations. In this review, the evidence of the existence of two distinct phyA types—major, light-labile and soluble phyA′ and minor, relatively light-stable and amphiphilic phyA″—is presented as what may account for the diverse modes of phyA action.
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Phytochrome A in plants comprises two structurally and functionally distinct populations — water-soluble phyA′ and amphiphilic phyA″. Biophys Rev 2022; 14:905-921. [DOI: 10.1007/s12551-022-00974-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Sineshchekov V, Shor E, Koppel L. The phosphatase/kinase balance affects phytochrome A and its native pools, phyA′ and phyA″, in etiolated maize roots: evidence from the induction of phyA′ destruction by a protein phosphatase inhibitor sodium fluoride. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2021; 20:1429-1437. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1007/s43630-021-00110-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Sineshchekov V, Shor E, Koppel L. The phosphatase/kinase balance affects phytochrome A and its native pools, phyA' and phyA″, in etiolated maize roots: evidence from the induction of phyA' destruction by a protein phosphatase inhibitor sodium fluoride. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2021; 20:1429-1437. [PMID: 34586621 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00110-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Phytochrome A (phyA) comprises two native types, phyA' and phyA″, with distinct spectroscopic, photochemical, and functional properties, differing at the N-terminal extension, probably, by the state of phosphorylation. To find out if and how protein phosphatases (PP) affect the state of the phyA species in planta, we studied the effect of the non-specific phosphatase inhibitor NaF on etiolated maize seedlings with the use of low-temperature fluorescence spectroscopy and photochemistry. In roots, phosphatase inhibition facilitated photoreceptor destruction in its labile phyA' form and shifted the phyA'/phyA″ ratio towards the more stable phyA″. The effect of NaF was not observed in stems. It was similar, though less pronounced, in comparison to the effects of the serine/threonine PP inhibitors, okadaic and cantharidic acids (OA and CA), which likewise facilitate the destruction of phyA' in etiolated maize stems, not, however, in roots (Sineshchekov et al., Photochem. Photobiol 89:83-96, 2013). The phyA'/phyA″ balance thus depends on the kinase/phosphatase equilibrium in the root cells. The relatively low effect of NaF on phyA in roots, together with the lack of the effect of OA and CA in them, may imply that the mechanism controlling the phyA'/phyA″ balance in roots can be different from that in shoots.
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- Vitaly Sineshchekov
- Biology Department, MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia.
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- Biology Department, MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia
- Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
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- Biology Department, MV Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia
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Sineshchekov V, Koppel L, Riemann M, Nick P. Phytochrome A and its Functional Manifestations in Etiolated and Far‐red Light‐grown Seedlings of the Wild‐type Rice and its Hebiba and Cpm2 Mutants Deficient in the Defense‐related Phytohormone Jasmonic Acid. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 97:335-342. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1111/php.13340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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AbstractInteraction between phytochromes and hormones is becoming one of the major issues in plant photophysiology. In this work, effects of defense‐related jasmonic acid (JA) on phytochrome A (phyA) were investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy making use of two JA biosynthesis mutants of rice: cpm2 with the inactivated gene allene oxide cyclase and hebiba with additional genes deleted. Constant far‐red light (FRc) mediated by phyA reduced its content in the wild type (WT) and mutants, and brought about domination of its light‐stable pool (phyA″) in WT and light‐labile pool (phyA′) in the mutants. Pulsed FRp was much less effective. This FR effect classifies as primarily HIR with a low fluence threshold; it comprises inhibition of phyA biosynthesis, stimulation of phyA″→phyA′ transformation and phyA′ destruction. In the mutants, phyA suppresses [Pchlide] under FRp (VLFR) and stimulates it under FRc (HIR); these effects are lacking in WT. Similarly, phyA suppresses roots'growth under FRp in the mutants but not in WT. These JA mutant features suggest that JA reduces the phyA functional activity primarily in its phyA″ form mediating HIR. This modulating JA action on phyA functions under FR limiting their extreme manifestations may have contributed to the evolutionary advances of the land plants.
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- Vitaly Sineshchekov
- Biology Department of the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow 119899 Russia
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- Biology Department of the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow 119899 Russia
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- Botanical Institute 1 University of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe 76131 Germany
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- Botanical Institute 1 University of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe 76131 Germany
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Sineshchekov V, Koppel L, Riemann M, Nick P. Phytochrome A and its Functional Manifestations in Etiolated and Far-red Light-grown Seedlings of the Wild-type Rice and its Hebiba and Cpm2 Mutants Deficient in the Defense-related Phytohormone Jasmonic Acid. Photochem Photobiol 2020; 97:335-342. [PMID: 33090519 DOI: 10.1111/php.13340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Interaction between phytochromes and hormones is becoming one of the major issues in plant photophysiology. In this work, effects of defense-related jasmonic acid (JA) on phytochrome A (phyA) were investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy making use of two JA biosynthesis mutants of rice: cpm2 with the inactivated gene allene oxide cyclase and hebiba with additional genes deleted. Constant far-red light (FRc) mediated by phyA reduced its content in the wild type (WT) and mutants, and brought about domination of its light-stable pool (phyA″) in WT and light-labile pool (phyA') in the mutants. Pulsed FRp was much less effective. This FR effect classifies as primarily HIR with a low fluence threshold; it comprises inhibition of phyA biosynthesis, stimulation of phyA″→phyA' transformation and phyA' destruction. In the mutants, phyA suppresses [Pchlide] under FRp (VLFR) and stimulates it under FRc (HIR); these effects are lacking in WT. Similarly, phyA suppresses roots'growth under FRp in the mutants but not in WT. These JA mutant features suggest that JA reduces the phyA functional activity primarily in its phyA″ form mediating HIR. This modulating JA action on phyA functions under FR limiting their extreme manifestations may have contributed to the evolutionary advances of the land plants.
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- Vitaly Sineshchekov
- Biology Department of the M. V. Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia
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- Biology Department of the M. V. Lomonosov, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia
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- Botanical Institute 1, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany
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- Botanical Institute 1, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany
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Sineshchekov VA, Belyaeva OB. Regulation of Chlorophyll Biogenesis by Phytochrome A. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2019; 84:491-508. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297919050043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Sineshchekov VA, Belyaeva OB. Regulation of Chlorophyll Biogenesis by Phytochrome A. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2019; 84:491-508. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1134/s0006297919050043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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Sineshchekov V, Koppel L, Kim JI. The dephosphorylated S8A and S18A mutants of (oat) phytochrome A comprise its two species, phyA’ and phyA’’, suggesting that autophosphorylation at these sites is not involved in the phyA differentiation. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:1242-1248. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1039/c8pp00574e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Sineshchekov V. Two molecular species of phytochrome A with distinct modes of action. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2019; 46:118. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1071/fp18156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Adaptation of plants to environmental light conditions is achieved via operation of a highly complex photoreceptor apparatus. It includes the phytochrome system comprising phytochromes A and B (phyA and phyB) as the major components. phyA differs from phyB by several properties, including its ability to mediate all three photoresponse modes – the very low and low fluence responses (VLFR and LFR respectively) and the high irradiance responses (HIR), whereas phyB is responsible for LFR. This review discusses the uniqueness of phyA in terms of its structural and functional heterogeneity. The photoreceptor is presented in monocots and dicots by two native molecular species, phyAʹ and phyAʹʹ, differing by spectroscopic, photochemical and phenomenological properties. phyA differentiation into substates includes post-translational phosphorylation of a serine residue(s) at the N-terminal extension of the molecule with phyAʹ being the phosphorylated species and phyAʹʹ, dephosphorylated. They differ also by their mode of action, which depends on the cellular context. The current working hypothesis is that phyAʹ mediates VLFR and phyAʹʹ, HIR and LFR. The content and functional activity of the two pools are regulated by light and by phosphatase/kinase equilibrium and pH in darkness, what contributes to the fine-tuning of the phytochrome system. Detection of the native pools of the cryptogamic plant fern Adiantum capillus-veneris phy1 (phy1ʹ and phy1ʹʹ) similar to those of phyA suggests that the structural and functional heterogeneity of phyA is not a unique phenomenon and may have arisen earlier in the molecular evolution of the phytochrome system than the appearance of the angiosperm phytochromes.
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Sineshchekov V. Two molecular species of phytochrome A with distinct modes of action. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2019; 46:118-135. [PMID: 32172754 DOI: 10.1071/fp18156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Adaptation of plants to environmental light conditions is achieved via operation of a highly complex photoreceptor apparatus. It includes the phytochrome system comprising phytochromes A and B (phyA and phyB) as the major components. phyA differs from phyB by several properties, including its ability to mediate all three photoresponse modes - the very low and low fluence responses (VLFR and LFR respectively) and the high irradiance responses (HIR), whereas phyB is responsible for LFR. This review discusses the uniqueness of phyA in terms of its structural and functional heterogeneity. The photoreceptor is presented in monocots and dicots by two native molecular species, phyA' and phyA'', differing by spectroscopic, photochemical and phenomenological properties. phyA differentiation into substates includes post-translational phosphorylation of a serine residue(s) at the N-terminal extension of the molecule with phyA' being the phosphorylated species and phyA'', dephosphorylated. They differ also by their mode of action, which depends on the cellular context. The current working hypothesis is that phyA' mediates VLFR and phyA'', HIR and LFR. The content and functional activity of the two pools are regulated by light and by phosphatase/kinase equilibrium and pH in darkness, what contributes to the fine-tuning of the phytochrome system. Detection of the native pools of the cryptogamic plant fern Adiantum capillus-veneris phy1 (phy1' and phy1'') similar to those of phyA suggests that the structural and functional heterogeneity of phyA is not a unique phenomenon and may have arisen earlier in the molecular evolution of the phytochrome system than the appearance of the angiosperm phytochromes.
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- V Sineshchekov
- Biology Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Email
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Sineshchekov V, Koppel L, Kim JI. The dephosphorylated S8A and S18A mutants of (oat) phytochrome A comprise its two species, phyA′ and phyA′′, suggesting that autophosphorylation at these sites is not involved in the phyA differentiation. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:1242-1248. [DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00574e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Modification of phytochrome A at the N-terminus yields its two types, phyA′ and phyA′′. This work excludes the known (oat) phyA autophosphorylation at serine 8 and serine 18 as its possible mechanism.
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Affiliation(s)
- V. Sineshchekov
- Biology Department
- M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Moscow 119234
- Russia
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- Biology Department
- M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Moscow 119234
- Russia
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- Department of Biotechnology and Kumho Life Science Laboratory
- Chonnam National University
- Gwangju 61186
- Republic of Korea
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