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Suranjika S, Barla P, Sharma N, Dey N. A review on Ubiquitin ligases: Orchestrators of plant resilience in adversity. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2024:112180. [PMID: 38964613 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2024.112180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Ubiquitin- proteasome system (UPS) is universally present in plants and animals, mediating many cellular processes needed for growth and development. Plants constantly defend themselves against endogenous and exogenous stimuli such as hormonal signaling, biotic stresses such as viruses, fungi, nematodes, and abiotic stresses like drought, heat, and salinity by developing complex regulatory mechanisms. Ubiquitination is a regulatory mechanism involving selective elimination and stabilization of regulatory proteins through the UPS system where E3 ligases play a central role; they can bind to the targets in a substrate-specific manner, followed by poly-ubiquitylation, and subsequent protein degradation by 26S proteasome. Increasing evidence suggests different types of E3 ligases play important roles in plant development and stress adaptation. Herein, we summarize recent advances in understanding the regulatory roles of different E3 ligases and primarily focus on protein ubiquitination in plant-environment interactions. It also highlights the diversity and complexity of these metabolic pathways that enable plant to survive under challenging conditions. This reader-friendly review provides a comprehensive overview of E3 ligases and their substrates associated with abiotic and biotic stresses that could be utilized for future crop improvement.
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- Sandhya Suranjika
- Institute Of Life Sciences (ILS), An autonomous Institute under Department of Biotechnology Government of India, NALCO Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India; Department of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), KIIT Road, Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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- Institute Of Life Sciences (ILS), An autonomous Institute under Department of Biotechnology Government of India, NALCO Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Institute Of Life Sciences (ILS), An autonomous Institute under Department of Biotechnology Government of India, NALCO Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Institute Of Life Sciences (ILS), An autonomous Institute under Department of Biotechnology Government of India, NALCO Square, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
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Liu Q, Wang T, Ke M, Qian C, Li J, Huang X, Gao Z, Chen X, Tu T. UV-B Radiation Disrupts Membrane Lipid Organization and Suppresses Protein Mobility of GmNARK in Arabidopsis. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:1536. [PMID: 38891343 PMCID: PMC11174901 DOI: 10.3390/plants13111536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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While it is well known that plants interpret UV-B as an environmental cue and a potential stressor influencing their growth and development, the specific effects of UV-B-induced oxidative stress on the dynamics of membrane lipids and proteins remain underexplored. Here, we demonstrate that UV-B exposure notably increases the formation of ordered lipid domains on the plasma membrane (PM) and significantly alters the behavior of the Glycine max nodule autoregulation receptor kinase (GmNARK) protein in Arabidopsis leaves. The GmNARK protein was located on the PM and accumulated as small particles in the cytoplasm. We found that UV-B irradiation interrupted the lateral diffusion of GmNARK proteins on the PM. Furthermore, UV-B light decreases the efficiency of surface molecule internalization by clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). In brief, UV-B irradiation increased the proportion of the ordered lipid phase and disrupted clathrin-dependent endocytosis; thus, the endocytic trafficking and lateral mobility of GmNARK protein on the plasma membrane are crucial for nodule formation tuning. Our results revealed a novel role of low-intensity UV-B stress in altering the organization of the plasma membrane and the dynamics of membrane-associated proteins.
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- Qiulin Liu
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Q.L.); (T.W.); (M.K.); (Z.G.)
- Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Q.L.); (T.W.); (M.K.); (Z.G.)
- Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Q.L.); (T.W.); (M.K.); (Z.G.)
- Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (C.Q.); (X.H.)
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Gene Resource and Molecular Development, College of Life Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; (C.Q.); (X.H.)
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Haixia Applied Plant Systems Biology, College of Life Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (Q.L.); (T.W.); (M.K.); (Z.G.)
- Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Horticultural Plant Biology and Metabolomics Center, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Liu M, Sun L, Cao Y, Xu H, Zhou X. Acetylation proteomics and metabolomics analyses reveal the involvement of starch synthase undergoing acetylation modification during UV-B stress resistance in Rhododendron Chrysanthum Pall. Hereditas 2024; 161:15. [PMID: 38702800 PMCID: PMC11067277 DOI: 10.1186/s41065-024-00320-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Rhododendron chrysanthum Pall. (R. chrysanthum) is a plant that lives in high mountain with strong UV-B radiation, so R. chrysanthum possess resistance to UV-B radiation. The process of stress resistance in plants is closely related to metabolism. Lysine acetylation is an important post-translational modification, and this modification process is involved in a variety of biological processes, and affected the expression of enzymes in metabolic processes. However, little is known about acetylation proteomics during UV-B stress resistance in R. chrysanthum. RESULTS In this study, R. chrysanthum OJIP curves indicated that UV-B stress damaged the receptor side of the PSII reaction center, with a decrease in photosynthesis, a decrease in sucrose content and an increase in starch content. A total of 807 differentially expressed proteins, 685 differentially acetylated proteins and 945 acetylation sites were identified by quantitative proteomic and acetylation modification histological analysis. According to COG and subcellular location analyses, DEPs with post-translational modification of proteins and carbohydrate metabolism had important roles in resistance to UV-B stress and DEPs were concentrated in chloroplasts. KEGG analyses showed that DEPs were enriched in starch and sucrose metabolic pathways. Analysis of acetylation modification histology showed that the enzymes in the starch and sucrose metabolic pathways underwent acetylation modification and the modification levels were up-regulated. Further analysis showed that only GBSS and SSGBSS changed to DEPs after undergoing acetylation modification. Metabolomics analyses showed that the metabolite content of starch and sucrose metabolism in R. chrysanthum under UV-B stress. CONCLUSIONS Decreased photosynthesis in R. chrysanthum under UV-B stress, which in turn affects starch and sucrose metabolism. In starch synthesis, GBSS undergoes acetylation modification and the level is upregulated, promotes starch synthesis, making R. chrysanthum resistant to UV-B stress.
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- Meiqi Liu
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Science and Green Production, Jilin Normal University, Siping, China
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- Siping Central People's Hospital, Siping, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Science and Green Production, Jilin Normal University, Siping, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Science and Green Production, Jilin Normal University, Siping, China
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- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Science and Green Production, Jilin Normal University, Siping, China.
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Li C, Du J, Xu H, Feng Z, Chater CCC, Duan Y, Yang Y, Sun X. UVR8-TCP4-LOX2 module regulates UV-B tolerance in Arabidopsis. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2024; 66:897-908. [PMID: 38506424 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.13648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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The phytohormone jasmonate (JA) coordinates stress and growth responses to increase plant survival in unfavorable environments. Although JA can enhance plant UV-B stress tolerance, the mechanisms underlying the interaction of UV-B and JA in this response remain unknown. In this study, we demonstrate that the UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 - TEOSINTE BRANCHED1, Cycloidea and PCF 4 - LIPOXYGENASE2 (UVR8-TCP4-LOX2) module regulates UV-B tolerance dependent on JA signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. We show that the nucleus-localized UVR8 physically interacts with TCP4 to increase the DNA-binding activity of TCP4 and upregulate the JA biosynthesis gene LOX2. Furthermore, UVR8 activates the expression of LOX2 in a TCP4-dependent manner. Our genetic analysis also provides evidence that TCP4 acts downstream of UVR8 and upstream of LOX2 to mediate plant responses to UV-B stress. Our results illustrate that the UV-B-dependent interaction of UVR8 and TCP4 serves as an important UVR8-TCP4-LOX2 module, which integrates UV-B radiation and JA signaling and represents a new UVR8 signaling mechanism in plants.
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- Cheng Li
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650223, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650031, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, 650201, China
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Chen S, Podolec R, Arongaus AB, Fuchs C, Loubéry S, Demarsy E, Ulm R. Functional divergence of Arabidopsis REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 and 2 in repression of flowering. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 194:1563-1576. [PMID: 37956407 PMCID: PMC10904346 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Photoperiodic plants coordinate the timing of flowering with seasonal light cues, thereby optimizing their sexual reproductive success. The WD40-repeat protein REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 2 (RUP2) functions as a potent repressor of UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) photoreceptor-mediated UV-B induction of flowering under noninductive, short-day conditions in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana); however, in contrast, the closely related RUP1 seems to play no major role. Here, analysis of chimeric ProRUP1:RUP2 and ProRUP2:RUP1 expression lines suggested that the distinct functions of RUP1 and RUP2 in repressing flowering are due to differences in both their coding and regulatory DNA sequences. Artificial altered expression using tissue-specific promoters indicated that RUP2 functions in repressing flowering when expressed in mesophyll and phloem companion cells, whereas RUP1 functions only when expressed in phloem companion cells. Endogenous RUP1 expression in vascular tissue was quantified as lower than that of RUP2, likely underlying the functional difference between RUP1 and RUP2 in repressing flowering. Taken together, our findings highlight the importance of phloem vasculature expression of RUP2 in repressing flowering under short days and identify a basis for the functional divergence of Arabidopsis RUP1 and RUP2 in regulating flowering time.
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- Song Chen
- Department of Plant Sciences, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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Liu X, Xie Z, Xin J, Yuan S, Liu S, Sun Y, Zhang Y, Jin C. OsbZIP18 Is a Positive Regulator of Phenylpropanoid and Flavonoid Biosynthesis under UV-B Radiation in Rice. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 13:498. [PMID: 38502046 PMCID: PMC10893026 DOI: 10.3390/plants13040498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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In plants exposed to ultraviolet B radiation (UV-B; 280-315 nm), metabolic responses are activated, which reduce the damage caused by UV-B. Although several metabolites responding to UV-B stress have been identified in plants, the accumulation of these metabolites at different time points under UV-B stress remains largely unclear, and the transcription factors regulating these metabolites have not been well characterized. Here, we explored the changes in metabolites in rice after UV-B treatment for 0 h, 6 h, 12 h, and 24 h and identified six patterns of metabolic change. We show that the rice transcription factor OsbZIP18 plays an important role in regulating phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis under UV-B stress in rice. Metabolic profiling revealed that the contents of phenylpropanoid and flavonoid were significantly reduced in osbzip18 mutants compared with the wild-type plants (WT) under UV-B stress. Further analysis showed that the expression of many genes involved in the phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis pathways was lower in osbzip18 mutants than in WT plants, including OsPAL5, OsC4H, Os4CL, OsCHS, OsCHIL2, and OsF3H. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) revealed that OsbZIP18 bind to the promoters of these genes, suggesting that OsbZIP18 function is an important positive regulator of phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis under UV-B stress. In conclusion, our findings revealed that OsbZIP18 is an essential regulator for phenylpropanoid and flavonoid biosynthesis and plays a crucial role in regulating UV-B stress responses in rice.
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- Xueqing Liu
- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Sanya Research Institute of Hainan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572025, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya 572025, China
- School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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Liu W, Giuriani G, Havlikova A, Li D, Lamont DJ, Neugart S, Velanis CN, Petersen J, Hoecker U, Christie JM, Jenkins GI. Phosphorylation of Arabidopsis UVR8 photoreceptor modulates protein interactions and responses to UV-B radiation. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1221. [PMID: 38336824 PMCID: PMC10858049 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45575-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Exposure of plants to ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation initiates transcriptional responses that modify metabolism, physiology and development to enhance viability in sunlight. Many of these regulatory responses to UV-B radiation are mediated by the photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8). Following photoreception, UVR8 interacts directly with multiple proteins to regulate gene expression, but the mechanisms that control differential protein binding to initiate distinct responses are unknown. Here we show that UVR8 is phosphorylated at several sites and that UV-B stimulates phosphorylation at Serine 402. Site-directed mutagenesis to mimic Serine 402 phosphorylation promotes binding of UVR8 to REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS (RUP) proteins, which negatively regulate UVR8 action. Complementation of the uvr8 mutant with phosphonull or phosphomimetic variants suggests that phosphorylation of Serine 402 modifies UVR8 activity and promotes flavonoid biosynthesis, a key UV-B-stimulated response that enhances plant protection and crop nutritional quality. This research provides a basis to understand how UVR8 interacts differentially with effector proteins to regulate plant responses to UV-B radiation.
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- Wei Liu
- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- FingerPrints Proteomics Facility, School of Life Sciences, Discovery Centre, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Department of Crop Sciences, Division Quality and Sensory of Plant Products, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, D-37075, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
- School of Life, Health and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, Venables Building, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
- Matthias Schleiden Institute of Genetics, Bioinformatics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich Schiller University, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Botanical Institute and Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Biocenter, University of Köln, 50923, Köln, Germany
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Bower Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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Jhanji S, Goyal E, Chumber M, Kaur G. Exploring fine tuning between phytohormones and ROS signaling cascade in regulation of seed dormancy, germination and seedling development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2024; 207:108352. [PMID: 38266558 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108352] [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: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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In higher plants, seed is a propagule which ensures dissemination and survival of species. Developmental phases of a seed comprise embryogenesis, maturation and germination paving a way to its final fate i.e. seedling establishment. The final stage of seed maturation is marked by dehydration, acquisition of dessication tolerance and induction of dormancy. A precise Abscisic acid (ABA) to Gibberellins (GA) ratio, accumulation of miRNA 156, low level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and enzyme inactivity govern seed dormancy. This also prevent pre harvest sprouting of the seeds. Overtime, stored seed mRNAs and proteins are degraded through oxidation of specific nucleotides in response to ROS accumulation. This degradation alleviates seed dormancy and transforms a dormant seed into a germinating seed. At this stage, ABA catabolism and degradation accompanied by GA synthesis contribute to low ABA to GA ratio. GA as well as ROS acts downstream, to mobilize reserve food materials, rupture testa, enhance imbibition and protrude radicle. All these events mark seed germination. Further, seedling is established under the governance of auxin and light. ABA and GA are master regulators while auxin, cytokinins, ethylene, jasmonic acid, brassinosteroids act through interdependent pathways to tightly regulate seed dormancy, germination and seedling establishment. In this review, the role of phytohormones and ROS in accordance with environmental factors in governing seed dormancy, promoting seed germination and thus, establishing a seedling is discussed in detail.
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- Shalini Jhanji
- Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India.
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- Department of Botany, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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- Department of Botany, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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- Department of Botany, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, India
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Zhang X, Li J, Li M, Zhang S, Song S, Wang W, Wang S, Chang J, Xia Z, Zhang S, Jia H. NtHSP70-8b positively regulates heat tolerance and seed size in Nicotiana tabacum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 201:107901. [PMID: 37494824 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107901] [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: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 07/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Heat stress considerably restricts the geographical distribution of crops and affects their growth, development, and productivity. HSP70 plays a critical regulatory role in plant growth response to heat stress. However, the mechanisms of this regulatory remain poorly understood. Here, an HSP70 gene, NtHSP70-8b, which is involved in the heat stress response of tobacco, was cloned and identified. The expression of NtHSP70-8b was induced by exogenous abscisic acid (ABA) treatment and abiotic stress, including heat, drought, and salt. Notably, high NtHSP70-8b expression occurred under heat stress conditions, which was consistent with the β-glucuronidase histochemical analysis. Moreover, NtHSP70-8b overexpression markedly enhanced heat stress tolerance by changing the stomatal conductance and antioxidant capacity in tobacco leaves. qRT-PCR showed that the expression levels of ABA synthesis and response genes (NtNCED3 and NtAREB), stress defence genes (NtERD10C and NtLEA5), and other HSP genes (NtHSP90 and NtHSP26a) in NtHSP70-8b-overexpressing tobacco were high under heat stress. The interaction of NtHSP70-8b with NtHSP26a was further confirmed by a luciferase complementation imaging assay. In contrast, NtHSP70-8b knockout mutants showed significantly reduced antioxidant capacity compared to the wild type (WT) under heat stress conditions, suggesting that NtHSP70-8b acts as a positive regulator of heat stress in tobacco. Moreover, NtHSP70-8b overexpression increased the 1000-seed weight. Taken together, NtHSP70-8b is involved in the heat stress response, and NtHSP70-8b overexpression contributed to enhanced tolerance to heat stress, which is thus an essential gene with potential application value for developing heat stress-tolerant crops.
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- Xiaoquan Zhang
- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- China Tobacco Zhejiang Industrial Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, 310024, China
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Sanmenxia Branch of Henan Provincial Tobacco Corporation, Sanmenxia, 472000, China
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
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- College of Tobacco Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
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Zhang Q, Lin L, Fang F, Cui B, Zhu C, Luo S, Yin R. Dissecting the functions of COP1 in the UVR8 pathway with a COP1 variant in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2023; 113:478-492. [PMID: 36495441 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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COP1 is a critical repressor of plant photomorphogenesis in darkness. However, COP1 plays distinct roles in the photoreceptor UVR8 pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. COP1 interacts with ultraviolet B (UV-B)-activated UVR8 monomers and promotes their retention and accumulation in the nucleus. Moreover, COP1 has a function in UV-B signaling, which involves the binding of its WD40 domain to UVR8 and HY5 via conserved Val-Pro (VP) motifs of these proteins. UV-B-activated UVR8 interacts with COP1 via both the core domain and the VP motif, leading to the displacement of HY5 from COP1 and HY5 stabilization. However, it remains unclear whether the function of COP1 in UV-B signaling is solely dependent on its VP motif binding capacity and whether UV-B regulates the subcellular localization of COP1. Based on published structures of the COP1 WD40 domain, we generated a COP1 variant with a single amino acid substitution, COP1C509S , which cannot bind to VP motifs but retains the ability to interact with the UVR8 core domain. UV-B only marginally increased nuclear YFP-COP1 levels and significantly promoted YFP-COP1 accumulation in the cytosol, but did not exert the same effects on YFP-COP1C509S . Thus, the full UVR8-COP1 interaction is important for COP1 accumulation in the cytosol. Notably, UV-B signaling including activation of HY5 transcription was obviously inhibited in the Arabidopsis lines expressing YFP-COP1C509S , which cannot bind VP motifs. We conclude that the full binding of UVR8 to COP1 leads to the predominant accumulation of COP1 in the cytosol and that COP1 has an additional function in UV-B signaling besides VP binding-mediated protein destabilization.
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- Qianwen Zhang
- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan RD. Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan RD. Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan RD. Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3BF, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan RD. Minhang District, Shanghai, 200240, China
- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China
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Wang L, Wang Y, Chang H, Ren H, Wu X, Wen J, Guan Z, Ma L, Qiu L, Yan J, Zhang D, Huang X, Yin P. RUP2 facilitates UVR8 redimerization via two interfaces. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2023; 4:100428. [PMID: 36065466 PMCID: PMC9860181 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Revised: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The plant UV-B photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) exists as a homodimer in its inactive ground state. Upon UV-B exposure, UVR8 monomerizes and interacts with a downstream key regulator, the CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1/SUPPRESSOR OF PHYA (COP1/SPA) E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, to initiate UV-B signaling. Two WD40 proteins, REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 (RUP1) and RUP2 directly interact with monomeric UVR8 and facilitate UVR8 ground state reversion, completing the UVR8 photocycle. Here, we reconstituted the RUP-mediated UVR8 redimerization process in vitro and reported the structure of the RUP2-UVR8W285A complex (2.0 Å). RUP2 and UVR8W285A formed a heterodimer via two distinct interfaces, designated Interface 1 and 2. The previously characterized Interface 1 is found between the RUP2 WD40 domain and the UVR8 C27 subregion. The newly identified Interface 2 is formed through interactions between the RUP2 WD40 domain and the UVR8 core domain. Disruption of Interface 2 impaired UV-B induced photomorphogenic development in Arabidopsis thaliana. Further biochemical analysis indicated that both interfaces are important for RUP2-UVR8 interactions and RUP2-mediated facilitation of UVR8 redimerization. Our findings suggest that the two-interface-interaction mode is adopted by both RUP2 and COP1 when they interact with UVR8, marking a step forward in understanding the molecular basis that underpins the interactions between UVR8 and its photocycle regulators.
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- Lixia Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Chen Z, Dong Y, Huang X. Plant responses to UV-B radiation: signaling, acclimation and stress tolerance. STRESS BIOLOGY 2022; 2:51. [PMID: 37676395 PMCID: PMC10441900 DOI: 10.1007/s44154-022-00076-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) light is an intrinsic part of sunlight that reaches the earth's surface, and affects plant survival and adaptation. How plants respond to UV-B light is regulated by the wavelength, intensity and duration of UV-B radiation, and is also regulated by photosynthetically active radiation perceived by phytochrome and cryptochrome photoreceptors. Non-damaging UV-B light promotes plant photomorphogenesis and UV-B acclimation which enhances plant tolerance against UV-B stress. However, high-level UV-B radiation induces DNA damage, generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) and impairs photosynthesis. Plants have evolved efficient mechanisms to utilize informational UV-B signal, and protect themselves from UV-B stress. UV RESISTANCE LOCUS8 (UVR8) is a conserved plant-specific UV-B photoreceptor. It interacts with CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1) to initiate UV-B-specific light signaling and regulate UV-B responsive gene expression. A set of transcription factors such as ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) function downstream of the UVR8-COP1 module to promote seedling de-etiolation for photomorphogenic development and biosynthesis of sunscreen flavonoids for UV-B stress tolerance. In addition to UVR8 signaling pathways, plants subjected to damaging UV-B radiation initiate stress protection and repair mechanisms through UVR8-independent pathways. In this review, we summarize the emerging mechanisms underlying UV-B stress acclimation and protection in plants, primarily revealed in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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- Zhiren Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China.
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Fang F, Lin L, Zhang Q, Lu M, Skvortsova MY, Podolec R, Zhang Q, Pi J, Zhang C, Ulm R, Yin R. Mechanisms of UV-B light-induced photoreceptor UVR8 nuclear localization dynamics. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2022; 236:1824-1837. [PMID: 36089828 PMCID: PMC9825989 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Light regulates the subcellular localization of plant photoreceptors, a key step in light signaling. Ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) induces the plant photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) nuclear accumulation, where it regulates photomorphogenesis. However, the molecular mechanism for the UV-B-regulated UVR8 nuclear localization dynamics is unknown. With fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), cell fractionation followed by immunoblotting and co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) assays we tested the function of UVR8-interacting proteins including CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1), REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 (RUP1) and RUP2 in the regulation of UVR8 nuclear dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana. We showed that UV-B-induced rapid UVR8 nuclear translocation is independent of COP1, which previously was shown to be required for UV-B-induced UVR8 nuclear accumulation. Instead, we provide evidence that the UV-B-induced UVR8 homodimer-to-monomer photo-switch and the concurrent size reduction of UVR8 enables its monomer nuclear translocation, most likely via free diffusion. Nuclear COP1 interacts with UV-B-activated UVR8 monomer, thereby promoting UVR8 nuclear retention. Conversely, RUP1and RUP2, whose expressions are induced by UV-B, inhibit UVR8 nuclear retention via attenuating the UVR8-COP1 interaction, allowing UVR8 to exit the nucleus. Collectively, our data suggest that UV-B-induced monomerization of UVR8 promotes its nuclear translocation via free diffusion. In the nucleus, COP1 binding promotes UVR8 monomer nuclear retention, which is counterbalanced by the major negative regulators RUP1 and RUP2.
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- Fang Fang
- School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong University800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang DistrictShanghai200240China
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- School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong University800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang DistrictShanghai200240China
- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture Ministry of AgricultureShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200240China
- Joint Center for Single Cell BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200240China
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- School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong University800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang DistrictShanghai200240China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Bone and Joint Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Ruijin HospitalShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghai200025China
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of SciencesUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of SciencesUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3)University of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong University800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang DistrictShanghai200240China
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- School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong University800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang DistrictShanghai200240China
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- School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong University800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang DistrictShanghai200240China
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of SciencesUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3)University of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- School of Agriculture and BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong University800 Dongchuan Road, Minhang DistrictShanghai200240China
- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture Ministry of AgricultureShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200240China
- Joint Center for Single Cell BiologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai200240China
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Li Y, Du Y, Huai J, Jing Y, Lin R. The RNA helicase UAP56 and the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1 coordinately regulate alternative splicing to repress photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:4191-4212. [PMID: 35920787 PMCID: PMC9614450 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koac235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Light is a key environmental signal that regulates plant growth and development. While posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms of gene expression include alternative splicing (AS) of pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) in both plants and animals, how light signaling affects AS in plants is largely unknown. Here, we identify DExD/H RNA helicase U2AF65-associated protein (UAP56) as a negative regulator of photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. UAP56 is encoded by the homologs UAP56a and UAP56b. Knockdown of UAP56 led to enhanced photomorphogenic responses and diverse developmental defects during vegetative and reproductive growth. UAP56 physically interacts with the central light signaling repressor constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) and U2AF65. Global transcriptome analysis revealed that UAP56 and COP1 co-regulate the transcription of a subset of genes. Furthermore, deep RNA-sequencing analysis showed that UAP56 and COP1 control pre-mRNA AS in both overlapping and distinct manners. Ribonucleic acid immunoprecipitation assays showed that UAP56 and COP1 bind to common small nuclear RNAs and mRNAs of downstream targets. Our study reveals that both UAP56 and COP1 function as splicing factors that coordinately regulate AS during light-regulated plant growth and development.
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- Yang Li
- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Job N, Lingwan M, Masakapalli SK, Datta S. Transcription factors BBX11 and HY5 interdependently regulate the molecular and metabolic responses to UV-B. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 189:2467-2480. [PMID: 35511140 PMCID: PMC9342961 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiac195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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UV-B radiation acts as a developmental cue and a stress factor for plants, depending on dose. Activation of the transcription factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) in a UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8)-dependent manner leads to the induction of a broad set of genes under UV-B. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms regulating this process are less understood. Here, we use molecular, biochemical, genetic, and metabolomic tools to identify the B-BOX transcription factor B-BOX PROTEIN 11 (BBX11) as a component of the molecular response to UV-B in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). BBX11 expression is induced by UV-B in a dose-dependent manner. Under low UV-B, BBX11 regulates hypocotyl growth suppression, whereas it protects plants exposed to high UV-B radiation by promoting the accumulation of photo-protective phenolics and antioxidants, and inducing DNA repair genes. Our genetic studies indicate that BBX11 regulates hypocotyl elongation under UV-B partially dependent on HY5. Overexpression of BBX11 can partially rescue the high UV-B sensitivity of hy5, suggesting that HY5-mediated UV-B stress tolerance is partially dependent on BBX11. HY5 regulates the UV-B-mediated induction of BBX11 by directly binding to its promoter. BBX11 reciprocally regulates the mRNA and protein levels of HY5. We report here the role of a BBX11-HY5 feedback loop in regulating photomorphogenesis and stress tolerance under UV-B.
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- Nikhil Job
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Bhopal, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- BioX School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi, Mandi 175005, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- BioX School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi, Mandi 175005, Himachal Pradesh, India
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BBX24 Interacts with DELLA to Regulate UV-B-Induced Photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23137386. [PMID: 35806395 PMCID: PMC9266986 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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UV-B radiation, sensed by the photoreceptor UVR8, induces signal transduction for plant photomorphogenesis. UV-B radiation affects the concentration of the endogenous plant hormone gibberellin (GA), which in turn triggers DELLA protein degradation through the 26S proteasome pathway. DELLA is a negative regulator in GA signaling, partially relieving the inhibition of hypocotyl growth induced by UV-B in Arabidopsis thaliana. However, GAs do usually not work independently but integrate in complex networks linking to other plant hormones and responses to external environmental signals. Until now, our understanding of the regulatory network underlying GA-involved UV-B photomorphogenesis had remained elusive. In the present research, we investigate the crosstalk between the GA and UV-B signaling pathways in UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana. Compared with wild type Landsberg erecta (Ler), the abundance of HY5, CHS, FLS, and UF3GT were found to be down-regulated in rga-24 and gai-t6 mutants under UV-B radiation, indicating that DELLA is a positive regulator in UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis. Our results indicate that BBX24 interacts with RGA (one of the functional DELLA family members). Furthermore, we also found that RGA interacts with HY5 (the master regulator in plant photomorphogenesis). Collectively, our findings suggest that the HY5−BBX24−DELLA module serves as an important signal regulating network, in which GA is involved in UV-B signaling to regulate hypocotyl inhibition.
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Podolec R, Wagnon TB, Leonardelli M, Johansson H, Ulm R. Arabidopsis B-box transcription factors BBX20-22 promote UVR8 photoreceptor-mediated UV-B responses. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:422-439. [PMID: 35555928 PMCID: PMC9541035 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Plants undergo photomorphogenic development in the presence of light. Photomorphogenesis is repressed by the E3 ubiquitin ligase CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1), which binds to substrates through their valine-proline (VP) motifs. The UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) photoreceptor senses UV-B and inhibits COP1 through the cooperative binding of its own VP motif and photosensing core to COP1, thereby preventing COP1 binding to substrates, including the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcriptional regulator ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5). As a key promoter of visible light and UV-B photomorphogenesis, HY5 requires coregulators for its function. The B-box family transcription factors BBX20-BBX22 were recently described as HY5 rate-limiting coactivators under red light, but their role in UVR8 signaling was unknown. Here we describe a hypermorphic bbx21-3D mutant with enhanced photomorphogenesis, carrying a proline-to-leucine mutation at position 314 in the VP motif that impairs the interaction with and regulation by COP1. We show that BBX21 and BBX22 are UVR8-dependently stabilized after UV-B exposure, which is counteracted by a repressor induced by HY5/BBX activity. bbx20 bbx21 bbx22 mutants under UV-B are impaired in hypocotyl growth inhibition, photoprotective pigment accumulation and the expression of several HY5-dependent genes under continuous UV-B, but the immediate induction of marker genes after exposure to UV-B remains surprisingly rather unaffected. We conclude that BBX20-BBX22 contribute to HY5 activity in a subset of UV-B responses, but that additional, presently unknown, coactivators for HY5 are functional in early UVR8 signaling.
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- Roman Podolec
- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of SciencesUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3)University of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of SciencesUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of SciencesUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Institute of Biology/Applied GeneticsDahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS), Freie Universität BerlinBerlinGermany
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of SciencesUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3)University of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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Xian B, Chen C, Wang J, Chen J, Wu Q, Ren C, Pei J. Cloning and expression analysis of HY5 transcription factor gene of safflower in response to light signal. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2022; 70:509-517. [PMID: 35695381 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The flower of the safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) is a traditional Chinese medicine that can improve cerebral blood flow due to its enrichment in flavonoids. Light is one of the main environmental factors that affects safflower growth and flavonoid synthesis. Elongated hypocotyl 5 (HY5) plays an important role in plants' light signal transduction. However, no study of HY5 in safflower has been conducted. In this study, a 462-bp sequence of CtHY5 was successfully cloned. The expression pattern of CtHY5 in different safflower tissues and the expression patterns of CtHY5 and CtCHS1 in full-blooming flowers that were treated under different light intensities were studied. The subcellular localization and the overexpression of CtHY5 were carried out as well. CtHY5 has a DNA-binding region belonging to the basic leucine zipper transcription factor family. CtHY5 was specifically expressed in flowers. The expression level of CtHY5 first increased and then decreased with increasing light intensity, which was similar to the expression pattern of CtCHS1. The subcellular localization study was implemented in safflower protoplasts and the YFP fluorescence was observed in nucleus. The overexpression analysis initially verified the promotion effect of CtHY5 to the expression of CtCHS1 and the content of flavonoids.
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- Bin Xian
- State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.,College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.,College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.,College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.,College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.,College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.,College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Characteristic Chinese Medicine Resources in Southwest China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.,College of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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Wang Y, Wang L, Guan Z, Chang H, Ma L, Shen C, Qiu L, Yan J, Zhang D, Li J, Deng XW, Yin P. Structural insight into UV-B-activated UVR8 bound to COP1. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabn3337. [PMID: 35442727 PMCID: PMC9020657 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn3337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1-SUPPRESSOR OF PHYA-105 (COP1-SPA) complex is a central repressor of photomorphogenesis. This complex acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase downstream of various light signaling transduced from multiple photoreceptors in plants. How the COP1-SPA activity is regulated by divergent light-signaling pathways remains largely elusive. Here, we reproduced the regulation pathway of COP1-SPA in ultraviolet-B (UV-B) signaling in vitro and determined the cryo-electron microscopy structure of UV-B receptor UVR8 in complex with COP1. The complex formation is mediated by two-interface interactions between UV-B-activated UVR8 and COP1. Both interfaces are essential for the competitive binding of UVR8 against the signaling hub component HY5 to the COP1-SPA complex. We also show that RUP2 dissociates UVR8 from the COP1-SPA41-464-UVR8 complex and facilitates its redimerization. Our results support a UV-B signaling model that the COP1-SPA activity is repressed by UV-B-activated UVR8 and derepressed by RUP2, owing to competitive binding, and provide a framework for studying the regulatory roles of distinct photoreceptors on photomorphogenesis.
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- Yidong Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Plant and Food Science, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Design for Plant Cell Factory of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Institute of Plant and Food Science, School of Life Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
- School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Sun Z, Xi J, Yeung M, Lu L. Two quorum sensing enhancement methods optimized the biofilm of biofilters treating gaseous chlorobenzene. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 807:150589. [PMID: 34597570 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this study, effects of two quorum sensing (QS) enhancement methods on the performance and biofilm of biofilters treating chlorobenzene were investigated. Three biofilters were set up with BF1 as a control, BF2 added exogenous N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) and BF3 inoculated AHLs-producing bacterium identified as Acinetobacter. The average chlorobenzene elimination capacities were 73 and 77 g/m3/h for BF2 and BF3 respectively, which were significantly higher than 50 g/m3/h for BF1. The wet biomass of BF2 and BF3 with QS enhancement eventually increased to 60 and 39 kg/m3 respectively, and it was 29 kg/m3 for BF1. Analysis on biofilms in three biofilters showed that distribution uniformity, extracellular polymeric substances production, adhesive strengths, viability, and metabolic capacity of biofilms were all prompted by the two QS enhancement methods. Comparisons between the two QS enhancement methods showed that adding exogenous AHLs had more significant enhancing effect on biofilm due to its higher AHLs level in start-up period, while AHLs-producing bacteria had an advantage in enhancing bacterial community diversity. These results demonstrate that QS enhancement methods have the potential to optimize the biofilm and thus improve the performance of biofilters treating recalcitrant VOCs.
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- Zhuqiu Sun
- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (SMARC), Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China.
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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- Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control State Key Joint Laboratory, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, PR China
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Zhang Z, Xu C, Zhang S, Shi C, Cheng H, Liu H, Zhong B. Origin and adaptive evolution of UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8-mediated signaling during plant terrestrialization. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 188:332-346. [PMID: 34662425 PMCID: PMC8774840 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) mediates photomorphogenic responses and acclimation to UV-B radiation by regulating the transcription of a series of transcription factors (TFs). However, the origin and evolution of UVR8-mediated signaling pathways remain largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the origin and evolution of the major components of the UVR8-mediated signaling pathway (UVR8, REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS [RUP], BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR1 [BES1], BES1-INTERACTING MYC-LIKE 1 (BIM1), WRKY DNA-BINDING PROTEIN 36 (WRKY36), MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN 73/77/13 [MYB73/MYB77/MYB13], and PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4/5 [PIF4 and PIF5]) using comparative genomics and phylogenetic approaches. We showed that the central regulator UVR8 presented a conservative evolutionary route during plant evolution, and the evolutionary history of downstream negative regulators and TFs was different from that of green plant phylogeny. The canonical UVR8-CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1(COP1)/SUPPRESSOR OF PHYA-105 (SPA)-ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5)-RUP signaling pathway originated in chlorophytes and conferred green algae the additional ability to cope with UV-B radiation. Moreover, the emergence of multiple UVR8-mediated signaling pathways in charophytes laid the foundations for the cross-talk between UV-B signals and endogenous hormone responses. Importantly, we observed signatures that reflect plant adaptations to high UV-B irradiance in subaerial/terrestrial environments, including positive selection in UVR8 and RUPs and increased copy number of some vital TFs. These results revealed that green plants not only experienced adaptive modifications in the canonical UVR8-COP1/SPA-HY5-RUP signaling pathway, but also diversified their UV-B signal transduction mechanisms through increasing cross-talk with other pathways, such as those associated with brassinosteroids and auxin. This study greatly expands our understanding of molecular evolution and adaptive mechanisms underlying plant UV-B acclimation.
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- Zhenhua Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Zhang L, Li T, Su S, Peng H, Li S, Li K, Ji L, Xing Y, Zhang J, Du X, Bian M, Liao Y, Yang Z, Zuo Z. Functions of COP1/SPA E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Mediated by MpCRY in the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha under Blue Light. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 23:ijms23010158. [PMID: 35008588 PMCID: PMC8745113 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23010158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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COP1/SPA1 complex in Arabidopsis inhibits photomorphogenesis through the ubiquitination of multiple photo-responsive transcription factors in darkness, but such inhibiting function of COP1/SPA1 complex would be suppressed by cryptochromes in blue light. Extensive studies have been conducted on these mechanisms in Arabidopsis whereas little attention has been focused on whether another branch of land plants bryophyte utilizes this blue-light regulatory pathway. To study this problem, we conducted a study in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and obtained a MpSPA knock-out mutant, in which Mpspa exhibits the phenotype of an increased percentage of individuals with asymmetrical thallus growth, similar to MpCRY knock-out mutant. We also verified interactions of MpSPA with MpCRY (in a blue light-independent way) and with MpCOP1. Concomitantly, both MpSPA and MpCOP1 could interact with MpHY5, and MpSPA can promote MpCOP1 to ubiquitinate MpHY5 but MpCRY does not regulate the ubiquitination of MpHY5 by MpCOP1/MpSPA complex. These data suggest that COP1/SPA ubiquitinating HY5 is conserved in Marchantia polymorpha, but dissimilar to CRY in Arabidopsis, MpCRY is not an inhibitor of this process under blue light.
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- Li Zhang
- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Guangxi Veterinary Research Institute, Nanning 530001, China; (H.P.); (Y.L.)
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (K.L.); (L.J.); (Y.X.)
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (K.L.); (L.J.); (Y.X.)
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- Basic Forestry and Proteomics Research Center, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; (K.L.); (L.J.); (Y.X.)
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Guangxi Veterinary Research Institute, Nanning 530001, China; (H.P.); (Y.L.)
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
- Correspondence: (Z.Y.); (Z.Z.)
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- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China; (L.Z.); (T.L.); (S.S.); (S.L.); (J.Z.); (X.D.); (M.B.)
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Lin F, Cao J, Yuan J, Liang Y, Li J. Integration of Light and Brassinosteroid Signaling during Seedling Establishment. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:12971. [PMID: 34884771 PMCID: PMC8657978 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222312971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Light and brassinosteroid (BR) are external stimuli and internal cue respectively, that both play critical roles in a wide range of developmental and physiological process. Seedlings grown in the light exhibit photomorphogenesis, while BR promotes seedling etiolation. Light and BR oppositely control the development switch from shotomorphogenesis in the dark to photomorphogenesis in the light. Recent progress report that substantial components have been identified as hubs to integrate light and BR signals. Photomorphogenic repressors including COP1, PIFs, and AGB1 have been reported to elevate BR response, while photomorphogenesis-promoting factors such as HY5, BZS1, and NF-YCs have been proven to repress BR signal. In addition, BR components also modulate light signal. Here, we review the current research on signaling network associated with light and brassinosteroids, with a focus on the integration of light and BR signals enabling plants to thrive in the changeable environment.
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- Fang Lin
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Cell Activities and Stress Adaptations, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; (J.C.); (J.Y.); (Y.L.); (J.L.)
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Shi C, Liu H. How plants protect themselves from ultraviolet-B radiation stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 187:1096-1103. [PMID: 34734275 PMCID: PMC8566272 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation has a wavelength range of 280-315 nm. Plants perceive UV-B as an environmental signal and a potential abiotic stress factor that affects development and acclimation. UV-B regulates photomorphogenesis including hypocotyl elongation inhibition, cotyledon expansion, and flavonoid accumulation, but high intensity UV-B can also harm plants by damaging DNA, triggering accumulation of reactive oxygen species, and impairing photosynthesis. Plants have evolved "sunscreen" flavonoids that accumulate under UV-B stress to prevent or limit damage. The UV-B receptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) plays a critical role in promoting flavonoid biosynthesis to enhance UV-B stress tolerance. Recent studies have clarified several UVR8-mediated and UVR8-independent pathways that regulate UV-B stress tolerance. Here, we review these additions to our understanding of the molecular pathways involved in UV-B stress tolerance, highlighting the important roles of ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5, BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR1, MYB DOMAIN PROTEIN 13, MAP KINASE PHOSPHATASE 1, and ATM- and RAD3-RELATED. We also summarize the known interactions with visible light receptors and the contribution of melatonin to UV-B stress responses. Finally, we update a working model of the UV-B stress tolerance pathway.
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- Chen Shi
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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Miao T, Li D, Huang Z, Huang Y, Li S, Wang Y. Gibberellin regulates UV-B-induced hypocotyl growth inhibition in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR 2021; 16:1966587. [PMID: 34463604 PMCID: PMC8526026 DOI: 10.1080/15592324.2021.1966587] [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] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Plant response to light is a complex and diverse phenomenon. Several studies have elucidated the mechanisms via which light and hormones regulate hypocotyl growth. However, the hormone-dependent ultraviolet-B (UV-B) response in plants remains obscure. Involvement of gibberellins (GAs) in UV-B-induced hypocotyl inhibition and its mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana were investigated in the present research. UV-B exposure remarkably decreased the endogenous GA3 content through the UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) receptor pathway, and exogenous GA3 partially restored the hypocotyl growth. UV-B irradiation affected the expression levels of GA metabolism-related genes (GA20ox1, GA2ox1 and GA3ox1) in the hy5-215 mutant, resulting in increased GA content.ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) promoted the accumulation of DELLA proteins under UV-B radiation; HY5 appeared to regulate the abundance of DELLAs at the transcriptional level under UV-B. As a result, the GA3 content decreased, which eventually led to the shortening of the hypocotyl. To conclude, the present study provides new insight into the regulation of plant photomorphogenesis under UV-B.
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- Tingting Miao
- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- CONTACT Shaoshan Li Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou510631, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
- Yan Wang College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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Ferreyra MLF, Serra P, Casati P. Recent advances on the roles of flavonoids as plant protective molecules after UV and high light exposure. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2021; 173:736-749. [PMID: 34453749 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Flavonoids are plant specialized metabolites that consist of one oxygenated and two aromatic rings. Different flavonoids are grouped according to the oxidation degree of the carbon rings; they can later be modified by glycosylations, hydroxylations, acylations, methylations, or prenylations. These modifications generate a wide collection of different molecules which have various functions in plants. All flavonoids absorb in the UV wavelengths, they mostly accumulate in the epidermis of plant cells and their biosynthesis is generally activated after UV exposure. Therefore, they have been assumed to protect plants against exposure to radiation in this range. Some flavonoids also absorb in other wavelengths, for example anthocyanins, which absorb light in the visible part of the solar spectrum. Besides, some flavonoids show antioxidant properties, that is, they act as scavengers of reactive oxygen species that could be produced after high fluence UV exposure. However, to date most reports were based on in vitro studies, and there is very little in vivo evidence of how their roles are carried out. In this review we first summarize the biosynthetic pathway of flavonoids and their characteristics, and we describe recent advances on the investigation of the role of three of the most abundant flavonoids: flavonols, flavones, and anthocyanins, protecting plants against UV exposure and high light exposure. We also present examples of how using UV-B supplementation to increase flavonoid content, is possible to improve plant nutritional and pharmaceutical values.
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- María Lorena Falcone Ferreyra
- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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Reciprocal antagonistic regulation of E3 ligases controls ACC synthase stability and responses to stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2011900118. [PMID: 34404725 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011900118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ethylene influences plant growth, development, and stress responses via crosstalk with other phytohormones; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms are still unclear. Here, we describe a mechanistic link between the brassinosteroid (BR) and ethylene biosynthesis, which regulates cellular protein homeostasis and stress responses. We demonstrate that as a scaffold, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) synthases (ACS), a rate-limiting enzyme in ethylene biosynthesis, promote the interaction between Seven-in-Absentia of Arabidopsis (SINAT), a RING-domain containing E3 ligase involved in stress response, and ETHYLENE OVERPRODUCER 1 (ETO1) and ETO1-like (EOL) proteins, the E3 ligase adaptors that target a subset of ACS isoforms. Each E3 ligase promotes the degradation of the other, and this reciprocally antagonistic interaction affects the protein stability of ACS. Furthermore, 14-3-3, a phosphoprotein-binding protein, interacts with SINAT in a BR-dependent manner, thus activating reciprocal degradation. Disrupted reciprocal degradation between the E3 ligases compromises the survival of plants in carbon-deficient conditions. Our study reveals a mechanism by which plants respond to stress by modulating the homeostasis of ACS and its cognate E3 ligases.
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Podolec R, Demarsy E, Ulm R. Perception and Signaling of Ultraviolet-B Radiation in Plants. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 72:793-822. [PMID: 33636992 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050718-095946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is an intrinsic fraction of sunlight that plants perceive through the UVR8 photoreceptor. UVR8 is a homodimer in its ground state that monomerizes upon UV-B photon absorption via distinct tryptophan residues. Monomeric UVR8 competitively binds to the substrate binding site of COP1, thus inhibiting its E3 ubiquitin ligase activity against target proteins, which include transcriptional regulators such as HY5. The UVR8-COP1 interaction also leads to the destabilization of PIF bHLH factor family members. Additionally, UVR8 directly interacts with and inhibits the DNA binding of a different set of transcription factors. Each of these UVR8 signaling mechanisms initiates nuclear gene expression changes leading to UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis and acclimation. The two WD40-repeat proteins RUP1 and RUP2 provide negative feedback regulation and inactivate UVR8 by facilitating redimerization. Here, we review the molecular mechanisms of the UVR8 pathway from UV-B perception and signal transduction to gene expression changes and physiological UV-B responses.
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- Roman Podolec
- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland; , ,
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland; , ,
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland; , ,
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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He ZD, Tao ML, Leung DWM, Yan XY, Chen L, Peng XX, Liu EE. The rice germin-like protein OsGLP1 participates in acclimation to UV-B radiation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2021; 186:1254-1268. [PMID: 33713137 PMCID: PMC8195522 DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Exposure to ultraviolet B radiation (UV-B) stress can have serious effects on the growth and development of plants. Germin-like proteins (GLPs) may be involved in different abiotic and biotic stress responses in different plants, but little is known about the role of GLPs in UV-B stress response and acclimation in plants. In the present study, knockout of GLP 8-14 (OsGLP1) using the CRISPR/Cas9 system resulted in mutant rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants (herein called glp1) that exhibited UV-B-dependent formation of lesion mimic in leaves. Moreover, glp1 grown under solar radiation (including UV-B) showed decreased plant height and increased leaf angle, but we observed no significant differences in phenotypes between wild-type (WT) plants and glp1 grown under artificial light lacking UV-B. Fv/Fm, Y (II) and the expression of many genes, based on RNA-seq analysis, related to photosynthesis were also only reduced in glp1, but not in WT, after transfer from a growth cabinet illuminated with artificial white light lacking UV-B to growth under natural sunlight. The genes-associated with flavonoid metabolism as well as UV resistance locus 8 (OsUVR8), phytochrome interacting factor-like 15-like (OsPIF3), pyridoxal 5'-phosphate synthase subunit PDX1.2 (OsPDX1.2), deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase (OsPHR), and deoxyribodipyrimidine photolyase family protein-like (OsPHRL) exhibited lower expression levels, while higher expression levels of mitogen-activated protein kinase 5-like (OsMPK3), mitogen-activated protein kinase 13-like (OsMPK13), and transcription factor MYB4-like (OsMYB4) were observed in glp1 than in WT after transfer from a growth cabinet illuminated with artificial white light to growth under natural sunlight. Therefore, mutations in OsGLP1 resulted in rice plants more sensitive to UV-B and reduced expression of some genes for UV-B protection, suggesting that OsGLP1 is involved in acclimation to UV-B radiation.
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- Zhi-Dan He
- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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- College of Life Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
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A constitutively monomeric UVR8 photoreceptor confers enhanced UV-B photomorphogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2017284118. [PMID: 33542100 PMCID: PMC8017708 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017284118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Coping with UV-B is crucial for plant survival in sunlight. The UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 regulates gene expression associated with photomorphogenesis, acclimation, and UV-B stress tolerance. UV-B photon reception by UVR8 homodimers results in monomerization, followed by interaction with the key signaling protein COP1. We have discovered a UV-B hypersensitive UVR8 photoreceptor that confers strongly enhanced UV-B tolerance and generated a UVR8 variant based on the underlying mutation that shows extremely enhanced constitutive signaling activity. Our findings provide key mechanistic insight into how plants respond and acclimate to UV-B radiation. The plant ultraviolet-B (UV-B) photoreceptor UVR8 plays an important role in UV-B acclimation and survival. UV-B absorption by homodimeric UVR8 induces its monomerization and interaction with the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1, leading ultimately to gene expression changes. UVR8 is inactivated through redimerization, facilitated by RUP1 and RUP2. Here, we describe a semidominant, hyperactive allele, namely uvr8-17D, that harbors a glycine-101 to serine mutation. UVR8G101S overexpression led to weak constitutive photomorphogenesis and extreme UV-B responsiveness. UVR8G101S was observed to be predominantly monomeric in vivo and, once activated by UV-B, was not efficiently inactivated. Analysis of a UVR8 crystal structure containing the G101S mutation revealed the distortion of a loop region normally involved in stabilization of the UVR8 homodimer. Plants expressing a UVR8 variant combining G101S with the previously described W285A mutation exhibited robust constitutive photomorphogenesis. This work provides further insight into UVR8 activation and inactivation mechanisms and describes a genetic tool for the manipulation of photomorphogenic responses.
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Bhatia C, Gaddam SR, Pandey A, Trivedi PK. COP1 mediates light-dependent regulation of flavonol biosynthesis through HY5 in Arabidopsis. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 303:110760. [PMID: 33487344 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Flavonols, a class of flavonoids, accumulate as protective agents in response to various stresses. Among various environmental stimuli, light is one of the factors regulating flavonol production. MYB12/11/111, members of the R2R3 MYBs family, regulates spatio-temporal flavonol accumulation in Arabidopsis. Although various studies indicate at the involvement of an E3 ubiquitin ligase CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) and ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) in flavonoid biosynthesis in response to UV-B, the regulatory roles of these components under visible light are yet to be investigated. Here, we demonstrate that flavonol accumulation in Arabidopsis is light-regulated. Furthermore, our analysis suggests that MYB12 is a HY5-dependent light-inducible gene and plays a key role in the activation of the flavonol biosynthesis in response to light. Our results indicate the involvement of COP1 in the dark-dependent repression of MYB12 expression and flavonol accumulation. In addition, results also suggest that the effect of COP1 on MYB12 is indirect and is mediated through HY5, a direct transcriptional activator of the MYB12. Together these findings indicate that COP1 acts as a master negative regulator of flavonol biosynthesis in the dark.
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- Chitra Bhatia
- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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Yadukrishnan P, Datta S. Light and abscisic acid interplay in early seedling development. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2021; 229:763-769. [PMID: 32984965 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Abscisic acid (ABA) plays a crucial role in plant development, regulating germination, seedling development and stomatal movements, especially under adverse conditions. Light interacts with the ABA signalling pathway to fine tune these processes. Here, we provide an overview of the recent investigations on ABA-light interplay during early plant development after germination. We discuss the multilayered and reciprocal interactions between ABA signalling components and several light signalling modulators, including photoreceptors, transcription factors and posttranslational modifiers. ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE5 acts as a central convergence point for these interactions during postgermination seedling development. ABA also regulates the adaptation of seedlings to challenging light environments. Furthermore, we enlist the role of ABA-light cross-talk in regulating seedling establishment in crops and highlight open questions for future investigations.
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- Premachandran Yadukrishnan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Liu Y, Huang X. Isolation of UVR8 Protein Complexes. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2297:33-40. [PMID: 33656667 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1370-2_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The fundamental mechanism of light regulated plant development involves photoreceptors and their interacting proteins which act as light signaling intermediate factors. In Arabidopsis thaliana, UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) is responsible for the perception and the initiation of UV-B light signal. To data, only a few proteins have been revealed as the components of UVR8 protein complexes, limiting our understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which UV-B light input is interpreted to orchestrate numerous physiological outputs in plants. Therefore, it is necessary to isolate and identify the components of UVR8 protein complexes at a global level, in order to uncover novel UV-B light signaling factors and pathways. In this chapter, we provide a protocol for the isolation of UVR8 protein complexes. Basically, co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) assay is employed to enrich UVR8 and its associating proteins in vivo. This method can be used coupling with specific treatments and is compatible with successive biochemical analysis.
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- Yan Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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Jin Y, Cheng X, Huang X, Ding F, Lee SR, Wang F, Lu X, Su D, Chen B. The role of Hrd1 in ultraviolet (UV) radiation induced photoaging. Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:21273-21289. [PMID: 33168784 PMCID: PMC7695362 DOI: 10.18632/aging.103851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the role of Hrd1 in the ultraviolet (UV) radiation induced photoaging and explore its potential mechanism. The nude mice were exposed to the UVA/UVB irradiation for 10 weeks. The animals were subcutaneously injected with AAV5-NC, Hrd1-shRNA-AAV5, or Hrd1-overexpression-AAV5. The HSF cells were also transfected with Ad-NC, Ad-shRNA-Hrd1, or Ad-Hrd1, and irradiated by UVA/UVB stimulation. The clinical skin samples were harvested for detecting Hrd1 and IGF-1R expressions. As a result, the knockdown of Hrd1 attenuated the histopathological alteration and collagen degradation in UV-induced nude mice. The inhibition of Hrd1 by Hrd1-shRNA-AAV5 and Ad-shRNA-Hrd1 inhibited the Hrd1 expression and promoted IGF-1R, Type I collagen and type III collagen in mice and HSF cells. The overexpression of Hrd1 exerted the reverse effect. The Co-IP assay also indicated the interaction between Hrd1 and IGF-1R. Hrd1-mediated IGF-1R downregulation and collagen degradation were also observed in clinical skin samples. In conclusion, the present results demonstrated that Hrd1 degraded IGF-1R and collagen formation in UV-induced photoaging.
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- Yi Jin
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Center of Metabolic Disease Research, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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Liang T, Shi C, Peng Y, Tan H, Xin P, Yang Y, Wang F, Li X, Chu J, Huang J, Yin Y, Liu H. Brassinosteroid-Activated BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR 1 Inhibits Flavonoid Biosynthesis and Coordinates Growth and UV-B Stress Responses in Plants. THE PLANT CELL 2020; 32:3224-3239. [PMID: 32796123 PMCID: PMC7534464 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.20.00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 07/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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UV-B light is a potential stress factor in plants, but how plants coordinate growth and UV-B stress responses is not well understood. Here, we report that brassinosteroid (BR) signaling inhibits UV-B stress responses in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and various crops by controlling flavonol biosynthesis. We further demonstrate that BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR 1 (BES1) mediates the tradeoff between plant growth and UV-B defense responses. BES1, a master transcription factor involved in BR signaling, represses the expression of transcription factor genes MYB11, MYB12, and MYB111, which activate flavonol biosynthesis. BES1 directly binds to the promoters of these MYBs in a BR-enhanced manner to repress their expression, thereby reducing flavonol accumulation. However, exposure to broadband UV-B down-regulates BES1 expression, thus promoting flavonol accumulation. These findings demonstrate that BR-activated BES1 not only promotes growth but also inhibits flavonoid biosynthesis. UV-B stress suppresses the expression of BES1 to allocate energy to flavonoid biosynthesis and UV-B stress responses, allowing plants to switch from growth to UV-B stress responses in a timely manner.
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- Tong Liang
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- National Centre for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- National Centre for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, People's Republic of China
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics (NKLPMG), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Lin L, Dong H, Yang G, Yin R. The C-terminal 17 amino acids of the photoreceptor UVR8 is involved in the fine-tuning of UV-B signaling. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 62:1327-1340. [PMID: 32492260 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Plant UV-B responses are mediated by the photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8). In response to UV-B irradiation, UVR8 homodimers dissociate into monomers that bind to the E3 ubiquitin ligase CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1). The interaction of the C27 domain in the C-terminal tail of UVR8 with the WD40 domain of COP1 is critical for UV-B signaling. However, the function of the last 17 amino acids (C17) of the C-terminus of UVR8, which are adjacent to C27, is unknown, although they are largely conserved in land plants. In this study, we established that Arabidopsis thaliana UVR8 C17 binds to full-length UVR8, but not to COP1, and reduces COP1 binding to the remaining portion of UVR8, including C27. We hypothesized that overexpression of C17 in a wild-type background would have a dominant negative effect on UVR8 activity; however, C17 overexpression caused strong silencing of endogenous UVR8, precluding a detailed analysis. We therefore generated YFP-UVR8N423 transgenic lines, in which C17 was deleted, to examine C17 function indirectly. YFP-UVR8N423 was more active than YFP-UVR8, suggesting that C17 inhibits UV-B signaling by attenuating binding between C27 and COP1. Our study reveals an inhibitory role for UVR8 C17 in fine-tuning UVR8-COP1 interactions during UV-B signaling.
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- Li Lin
- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Joint Center for Single Cell Biology, Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Yadav A, Singh D, Lingwan M, Yadukrishnan P, Masakapalli SK, Datta S. Light signaling and UV-B-mediated plant growth regulation. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE PLANT BIOLOGY 2020; 62:1270-1292. [PMID: 32237196 DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Light plays an important role in plants' growth and development throughout their life cycle. Plants alter their morphological features in response to light cues of varying intensity and quality. Dedicated photoreceptors help plants to perceive light signals of different wavelengths. Activated photoreceptors stimulate the downstream signaling cascades that lead to extensive gene expression changes responsible for physiological and developmental responses. Proteins such as ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) and CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) act as important factors which modulate light-regulated gene expression, especially during seedling development. These factors function as central regulatory intermediates not only in red, far-red, and blue light pathways but also in the UV-B signaling pathway. UV-B radiation makes up only a minor fraction of sunlight, yet it imparts many positive and negative effects on plant growth. Studies on UV-B perception, signaling, and response in plants has considerably surged in recent times. Plants have developed different strategies to use UV-B as a developmental cue as well as to withstand high doses of UV-B radiation. Plants' responses to UV-B are an integration of its cross-talks with both environmental factors and phytohormones. This review outlines the current developments in light signaling with a major focus on UV-B-mediated plant growth regulation.
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- Arpita Yadav
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India
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- School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, Kamand, Himachal Pradesh, 175005, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India
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- School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, Kamand, Himachal Pradesh, 175005, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462066, India
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Weber M, Beyene B, Nagler N, Herfert J, Schempp S, Klecker M, Clemens S. A mutation in the essential and widely conserved DAMAGED DNA BINDING1-Cullin4 ASSOCIATED FACTOR gene OZS3 causes hypersensitivity to zinc excess, cold and UV stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 103:995-1009. [PMID: 32314481 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The overly zinc sensitive Arabidopsis thaliana mutant ozs3 shows reduced growth of the primary root, which is exacerbated by an excess specifically of Zn ions. In addition, ozs3 plants display various subtle developmental phenotypes, such as longer petioles and early flowering. Also, ozs3 seedlings are completely but reversibly growth-arrested when shifted to 4°C. The causal mutation was mapped to a gene encoding a putative substrate-recognition receptor of cullin4 E3 ligases. OZS3 orthologous genes can be found in almost all eukaryotic genomes. Most species from Schizosaccharomyces pombe to Homo sapiens, and including A. thaliana, possess one ortholog. No functional data are available for these genes in any of the multicellular model systems. CRISPR-Cas9-mediated knockout demonstrated that a complete loss of OZS3 function is embryo-lethal, indicating essentiality of OZS3 and its orthologs. The OZS3 protein interacts with the adaptor protein DAMAGED DNA BINDING1 (DDB1) in the nucleus. Thus, it is indeed a member of the large yet poorly characterized family of DDB1-cullin4 associated factors in plants. Mutant phenotypes of ozs3 plants are apparently caused by the weakened DDB1-OZS3 interaction as a result of the exchange of a conserved amino acid near the conserved WDxR motif.
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- Michael Weber
- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany
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Liao X, Liu W, Yang HQ, Jenkins GI. A dynamic model of UVR8 photoreceptor signalling in UV-B-acclimated Arabidopsis. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 227:857-866. [PMID: 32255498 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The photoreceptor UVR8 mediates numerous photomorphogenic responses of plants to UV-B wavelengths by regulating transcription. Studies with purified UVR8 and seedlings not previously exposed to UV-B have generated a model for UVR8 action in which dimeric UVR8 rapidly monomerises in response to UV-B exposure to initiate signalling. However, the mechanism of UVR8 action in UV-B-acclimated plants growing under photoperiodic conditions, where UVR8 exists in a dimer/monomer photo-equilibrium, is poorly understood. We examined UVR8 dimer/monomer status, gene expression responses, amounts of key UVR8 signalling proteins and their interactions with UVR8 in UV-B-acclimated Arabidopsis. We show that in UV-B-acclimated plants UVR8 can mediate a response to a 15-fold increase in UV-B without any increase in abundance of UVR8 monomer. Following transfer to elevated UV-B, monomers show increased interaction with both COP1, to initiate signalling and RUP2, to maintain the photo-equilibrium when the dimer/monomer cycling rate increases. Native RUP1 is present in low abundance compared with RUP2. We present a model for UVR8 action in UV-B-acclimated plants growing in photoperiodic conditions that incorporates dimer and monomer photoreception, dimer/monomer cycling, abundance of native COP1 and RUP proteins, and interactions of the monomer population with COP1, RUP2 and potentially other proteins.
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- Xinyang Liao
- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow,, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow,, G12 8QQ, UK
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, China
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow,, G12 8QQ, UK
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Yadukrishnan P, Rahul PV, Ravindran N, Bursch K, Johansson H, Datta S. CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 promotes ABA-mediated inhibition of post-germination seedling establishment. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 103:481-496. [PMID: 32436306 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Under acute stress conditions, precocious seedling development may result in the premature death of young seedlings, before they switch to autotrophic growth. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) inhibits seed germination and post-germination seedling establishment under unfavorable conditions. Various environmental signals interact with the ABA pathway to optimize these early developmental events under stress. Here, we show that light availability critically influences ABA sensitivity during early seedling development. In dark conditions, the ABA-mediated inhibition of post-germination seedling establishment is strongly enhanced. COP1, a central regulator of seedling development in the dark, is necessary for this enhanced post-germination ABA sensitivity in darkness. Despite their slower germination, cop1 seedlings establish faster than wild type in the presence of ABA in both light and dark. PHY and CRY photoreceptors that inhibit COP1 activity in light modulate ABA-mediated inhibition of seedling establishment in light. Genetically, COP1 acts downstream to ABI5, a key transcriptional regulator of ABA signaling, and does not influence the transcriptional and protein levels of ABI5 during the early post-germination stages. COP1 promotes post-germination growth arrest independent of the antagonistic interaction between ABA and cytokinin signaling pathways. COP1 facilitates the binding of ABI5 on its target promoters and the ABA-mediated upregulation of these target genes is reduced in cop1-4. Together, our results suggest that COP1 positively regulates ABA signaling to inhibit post-germination seedling establishment under stress.
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- Premachandran Yadukrishnan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, 462066, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, 462066, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, 462066, India
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- Institute of Biology/Applied Genetics, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS), Freie Univeristät Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, Berlin, D-14195, Germany
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- Institute of Biology/Applied Genetics, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS), Freie Univeristät Berlin, Albrecht-Thaer-Weg 6, Berlin, D-14195, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, 462066, India
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Xu Y, Zhu Z. UV-B Response: When UVR8 Meets MYBs. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 25:515-517. [PMID: 32407689 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Although it is well known that plants respond to UV-B light, how UV-B regulates plant growth and development in an organ-specific manner remains unknown. Two recent reports by Yang et al. and Qian et al. show that the UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 interacts with different MYB transcription factors in arabidopsis (A. thaliana) cotyledons and roots to control cotyledon expansion and lateral root growth, respectively.
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- Yang Xu
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Jarad M, Antoniou-Kourounioti R, Hepworth J, Qüesta JI. Unique and contrasting effects of light and temperature cues on plant transcriptional programs. Transcription 2020; 11:134-159. [PMID: 33016207 PMCID: PMC7714439 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2020.1820299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Plants have adapted to tolerate and survive constantly changing environmental conditions by reprogramming gene expression in response to stress or to drive developmental transitions. Among the many signals that plants perceive, light and temperature are of particular interest due to their intensely fluctuating nature which is combined with a long-term seasonal trend. Whereas specific receptors are key in the light-sensing mechanism, the identity of plant thermosensors for high and low temperatures remains far from fully addressed. This review aims at discussing common as well as divergent characteristics of gene expression regulation in plants, controlled by light and temperature. Light and temperature signaling control the abundance of specific transcription factors, as well as the dynamics of co-transcriptional processes such as RNA polymerase elongation rate and alternative splicing patterns. Additionally, sensing both types of cues modulates gene expression by altering the chromatin landscape and through the induction of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). However, while light sensing is channeled through dedicated receptors, temperature can broadly affect chemical reactions inside plant cells. Thus, direct thermal modifications of the transcriptional machinery add another level of complexity to plant transcriptional regulation. Besides the rapid transcriptome changes that follow perception of environmental signals, plant developmental transitions and acquisition of stress tolerance depend on long-term maintenance of transcriptional states (active or silenced genes). Thus, the rapid transcriptional response to the signal (Phase I) can be distinguished from the long-term memory of the acquired transcriptional state (Phase II - remembering the signal). In this review we discuss recent advances in light and temperature signal perception, integration and memory in Arabidopsis thaliana, focusing on transcriptional regulation and highlighting the contrasting and unique features of each type of cue in the process.
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- Mai Jarad
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
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Han X, Huang X, Deng XW. The Photomorphogenic Central Repressor COP1: Conservation and Functional Diversification during Evolution. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2020; 1:100044. [PMID: 33367240 PMCID: PMC7748024 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2020.100044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Green plants on the earth have evolved intricate mechanisms to acclimatize to and utilize sunlight. In Arabidopsis, light signals are perceived by photoreceptors and transmitted through divergent but overlapping signaling networks to modulate plant photomorphogenic development. COP1 (CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1) was first cloned as a central repressor of photomorphogenesis in higher plants and has been extensively studied for over 30 years. It acts as a RING E3 ubiquitin ligase downstream of multiple photoreceptors to target key light-signaling regulators for degradation, primarily as part of large protein complexes. The mammalian counterpart of COP1 is a pluripotent regulator of tumorigenesis and metabolism. A great deal of information on COP1 has been derived from whole-genome sequencing and functional studies in lower green plants, which enables us to illustrate its evolutionary history. Here, we review the current understanding about COP1, with a focus on the conservation and functional diversification of COP1 and its signaling partners in different taxonomic clades.
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- Xue Han
- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Peking University-Southern University of Science and Technology Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Peking University-Southern University of Science and Technology Institute of Plant and Food Science, Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Qian C, Chen Z, Liu Q, Mao W, Chen Y, Tian W, Liu Y, Han J, Ouyang X, Huang X. Coordinated Transcriptional Regulation by the UV-B Photoreceptor and Multiple Transcription Factors for Plant UV-B Responses. MOLECULAR PLANT 2020; 13:777-792. [PMID: 32126287 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Non-damaging ultraviolet B (UV-B) light promotes photomorphogenic development and stress acclimation through UV-B-specific signal transduction in Arabidopsis. UV-B irradiation induces monomerization and nuclear translocation of the UV-B photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8). However, it is not clear how the nuclear localization of UVR8 leads to changes in global gene expression. Here, we reveal that nuclear UVR8 governs UV-B-responsive transcriptional networks in concert with several previously known transcription factors, including ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) and PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4). Based on the transcriptomic analysis, we identify MYB13 as a novel positive regulator in UV-B-induced cotyledon expansion and stress acclimation. MYB13 is UV-B inducible and is predominantly expressed in the cotyledons. Our results demonstrate that MYB13 protein functions as a transcription factor to regulate the expression of genes involved in auxin response and flavonoid biosynthesis through direct binding with their promoters. In addition, photoactivated UVR8 interacts with MYB13 in a UV-B-dependent manner and differentially modulates the affinity of MYB13 with its targets. Taken together, our results elucidate the cooperative function of the UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 with various transcription factors in the nucleus to orchestrate the expression of specific sets of downstream genes and, ultimately, mediate plant responses to UV-B light.
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- Chongzhen Qian
- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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Quantitative Proteomic Analyses Identify STO/BBX24 -Related Proteins Induced by UV-B. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21072496. [PMID: 32260266 PMCID: PMC7178263 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21072496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Plants use solar radiation for photosynthesis and are inevitably exposed to UV-B. To adapt to UV-B radiation, plants have evolved a sophisticated strategy, but the mechanism is not well understood. We have previously reported that STO (salt tolerance)/BBX24 is a negative regulator of UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis. However, there is limited knowledge of the regulatory network of STO in UV-B signaling. Here, we report the identification of proteins differentially expressed in the wild type (WT) and sto mutant after UV-B radiation by iTRAQ (isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation)-based proteomic analysis to explore differential proteins that depend on STO and UV-B signaling. A total of 8212 proteins were successfully identified, 221 of them were STO-dependent proteins in UV-B irradiated plants. The abundances of STO-dependent PSB and LHC (light-harvesting complex) proteins in sto mutants decreased under UV-B radiation, suggesting that STO is necessary to maintain the normal accumulation of photosynthetic system complex under UV-B radiation to facilitate photosynthesis photon capture. The abundance of phenylalanine lyase-1 (PAL1), chalcone synthetase (CHS), and flavonoid synthetase (FLS) increased significantly after UV-B irradiation, suggesting that the accumulation of flavonoids do not require STO, but UV-B is needed. Under UV-B radiation, STO stabilizes the structure of antenna protein complex by maintaining the accumulation of PSBs and LHCs, thereby enhancing the non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) ability, releasing extra energy, protecting photosynthesis, and ultimately promoting the elongation of hypocotyl. The accumulation of flavonoid synthesis key proteins is independent of STO under UV-B radiation. Overall, our results provide a comprehensive regulatory network of STO in UV-B signaling.
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Cryptochrome-mediated blue-light signalling modulates UVR8 photoreceptor activity and contributes to UV-B tolerance in Arabidopsis. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1323. [PMID: 32165634 PMCID: PMC7067804 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15133-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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UV-B constitutes a critical part of the sunlight reaching the earth surface. The homodimeric plant UV-B photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8) monomerizes in response to UV-B and induces photomorphogenic responses, including UV-B acclimation and tolerance. REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS 1 (RUP1) and RUP2 are negative feedback regulators that operate by facilitating UVR8 ground state reversion through re-dimerization. Here we show that RUP1 and RUP2 are transcriptionally induced by cryptochrome photoreceptors in response to blue light, which is dependent on the bZIP transcriptional regulator ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5). Elevated RUP1 and RUP2 levels under blue light enhance UVR8 re-dimerization, thereby negatively regulating UVR8 signalling and providing photoreceptor pathway cross-regulation in a polychromatic light environment, as is the case in nature. We further show that cryptochrome 1, as well as the red-light photoreceptor phytochrome B, contribute to UV-B tolerance redundantly with UVR8. Thus, photoreceptors for both visible light and UV-B regulate UV-B tolerance through an intricate interplay allowing the integration of diverse sunlight signals. The Arabidopsis UVR8 photoreceptor is a dimer that monomerizes in response to UV-B. Here the authors show that cryptochromes contribute to UV tolerance and facilitate UVR8 redimerization via induction of RUP proteins in response to blue light, modifying UV-B signalling in polychromatic light environments.
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Tavridou E, Pireyre M, Ulm R. Degradation of the transcription factors PIF4 and PIF5 under UV-B promotes UVR8-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2020; 101:507-517. [PMID: 31571300 PMCID: PMC7027837 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Inhibition of hypocotyl growth is a well-established UV-B-induced photomorphogenic response that is mediated by the UV-B photoreceptor UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8 (UVR8). However, the molecular mechanism by which UVR8 signaling triggers inhibition of hypocotyl growth is poorly understood. The bZIP protein ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) functions as the main positive regulatory transcription factor in the UVR8 signaling pathway, with HY5-HOMOLOG (HYH) playing a minor role. However, here we demonstrate that hy5 hyh double mutants maintain significant UVR8-dependent hypocotyl growth inhibition. We identify UVR8-dependent inhibition of the activities of bHLH transcription factors PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR 4 (PIF4) and PIF5 as part of the UVR8 signaling pathway, which results in inhibition of hypocotyl growth. The UVR8-mediated repression of several hypocotyl elongation-related genes is independent of HY5 and HYH but largely associated with UVR8-dependent degradation of PIF4 and PIF5, a process that consequently diminishes PIF4/5 target promoter occupancy. Taken together, our data indicate that UVR8-mediated inhibition of hypocotyl growth involves degradation of PIF4 and PIF5. These findings contribute to our mechanistic understanding of UVR8-induced photomorphogenesis and further support the function of PIFs as integrators of different photoreceptor signaling pathways.
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- Eleni Tavridou
- Department of Botany and Plant BiologySection of BiologyFaculty of ScienceUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant BiologySection of BiologyFaculty of ScienceUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant BiologySection of BiologyFaculty of ScienceUniversity of GenevaCH‐1211Geneva 4Switzerland
- Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3)University of GenevaCH-1211Geneva 4Switzerland
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Jin H, Zhu Z. Dark, Light, and Temperature: Key Players in Plant Morphogenesis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 180:1793-1802. [PMID: 31113832 PMCID: PMC6670080 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Recent advances in plant thermomorphogenesis under different light conditions reveal the roles of plant photoreceptors in the control of thermomorphogenesis
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- Huanhuan Jin
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Lau K, Podolec R, Chappuis R, Ulm R, Hothorn M. Plant photoreceptors and their signaling components compete for COP1 binding via VP peptide motifs. EMBO J 2019; 38:e102140. [PMID: 31304983 PMCID: PMC6745501 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019102140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Plants sense different parts of the sun's light spectrum using distinct photoreceptors, which signal through the E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1. Here, we analyze why many COP1‐interacting transcription factors and photoreceptors harbor sequence‐divergent Val‐Pro (VP) motifs that bind COP1 with different binding affinities. Crystal structures of the VP motifs of the UV‐B photoreceptor UVR8 and the transcription factor HY5 in complex with COP1, quantitative binding assays, and reverse genetic experiments together suggest that UVR8 and HY5 compete for COP1. Photoactivation of UVR8 leads to high‐affinity cooperative binding of its VP motif and its photosensing core to COP1, preventing COP1 binding to its substrate HY5. UVR8–VP motif chimeras suggest that UV‐B signaling specificity resides in the UVR8 photoreceptor core. Different COP1–VP peptide motif complexes highlight sequence fingerprints required for COP1 targeting. The blue‐light photoreceptors CRY1 and CRY2 also compete with transcription factors for COP1 binding using similar VP motifs. Thus, our work reveals that different photoreceptors and their signaling components compete for COP1 via a conserved mechanism to control different light signaling cascades.
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- Kelvin Lau
- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute of Genetics and Genomics of Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Botany and Plant Biology, Section of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Jin H, Zhu Z. Dis-RUP for COP1 Role-Switch under UV-B Light. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2019; 24:569-571. [PMID: 31101402 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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It is well known that E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1 is a negative regulator of plant photomorphogenesis. However, COP1 acts as a positive regulator under UV-B light. A recent study (Ren et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2019;116:4722-4731) proposes a two-step protein degradation model to explain how COP1 switches its role in response to UV-B light.
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- Huanhuan Jin
- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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