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Kim B, Piao R, Lee G, Koh E, Lee Y, Woo S, Jiang W, Septiningsih EM, Thomson MJ, Koh HJ. OsCOP1 regulates embryo development and flavonoid biosynthesis in rice (Oryza sativa L.). TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2021; 134:2587-2601. [PMID: 33950284 PMCID: PMC8277627 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-021-03844-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/22/2021] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Novel mutations of OsCOP1 were identified to be responsible for yellowish pericarp and embryo lethal phenotype, which revealed that OsCOP1 plays a crucial role in flavonoid biosynthesis and embryogenesis in rice seed. Successful production of viable seeds is a major component of plant life cycles, and seed development is a complex, highly regulated process that affects characteristics such as seed viability and color. In this study, three yellowish-pericarp embryo lethal (yel) mutants, yel-hc, yel-sk, and yel-cc, were produced from three different japonica cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L). Mutant seeds had yellowish pericarps and exhibited embryonic lethality, with significantly reduced grain size and weight. Morphological aberrations were apparent by 5 days after pollination, with abnormal embryo development and increased flavonoid accumulation observed in the yel mutants. Genetic analysis and mapping revealed that the phenotype of the three yel mutants was controlled by a single recessive gene, LOC_Os02g53140, an ortholog of Arabidopsis thaliana CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1). The yel-hc, yel-sk, and yel-cc mutants carried mutations in the RING finger, coiled-coil, and WD40 repeat domains, respectively, of OsCOP1. CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis was used to knock out OsCOP1 by targeting its functional domains, and transgenic seed displayed the yel mutant phenotype. Overexpression of OsCOP1 in a homozygous yel-hc mutant background restored pericarp color, and the aberrant flavonoid accumulation observed in yel-hc mutant was significantly reduced in the embryo and endosperm. These results demonstrate that OsCOP1 is associated with embryo development and flavonoid biosynthesis in rice grains. This study will facilitate a better understanding of the functional roles of OsCOP1 involved in early embryogenesis and flavonoid biosynthesis in rice seeds.
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- Backki Kim
- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77483 USA
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
- Rice Research Institute, Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Gongzhuling, Jilin, 136100 China
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
- Jilin Province Engineering Laboratory of Plant Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062 China
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77483 USA
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77483 USA
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- Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826 Republic of Korea
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Kang H, Zhang TT, Fu LL, Yao YX, You CX, Wang XF, Hao YJ. The apple MdCOP1-interacting protein 1 negatively regulates hypocotyl elongation and anthocyanin biosynthesis. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2021; 21:15. [PMID: 33407118 PMCID: PMC7789773 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-02789-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND In plants, CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) is a key negative regulator in photoperiod response. However, the biological function of COP1-interacting protein 1 (CIP1) and the regulatory mechanism of the CIP1-COP1 interaction are not fully understood. RESULTS Here, we identified the apple MdCIP1 gene based on the Arabidopsis AtCIP1 gene. Expression pattern analysis showed that MdCIP1 was constitutively expressed in various tissues of apple, and responded to stress and hormone signals at the transcriptional level. Ectopic expression of MdCIP1 complemented the phenotypes of the Arabidopsis cip1 mutant, and MdCIP1 inhibited anthocyanin biosynthesis in apple calli. In addition, the biochemical assay demonstrated that MdCIP1 could interact with MdCOP1 protein by their coiled-coil domain, and MdCIP1-OX/cop1-4 had a similar phenotype in photomorphogenesis with the cop1-4 mutant, suggesting that COP1 is epistatic to CIP1. Furthermore, the transient transformation assay indicated that MdCIP1 repressed anthocyanin biosynthesis in an MdCOP1-mediated pathway. CONCLUSION Take together, this study finds that MdCIP1 acts as a repressor in regulating hypocotyl elongation and anthocyanin biosynthesis through MdCOP1 in apple.
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- Hui Kang
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas/Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Apple, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yang-Ling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center for Fruit and Vegetable Production with High Quality and Efficiency, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center for Fruit and Vegetable Production with High Quality and Efficiency, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center for Fruit and Vegetable Production with High Quality and Efficiency, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center for Fruit and Vegetable Production with High Quality and Efficiency, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, 271018, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center for Fruit and Vegetable Production with High Quality and Efficiency, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, 271018, Shandong, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Collaborative Innovation Center for Fruit and Vegetable Production with High Quality and Efficiency, College of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai-An, 271018, Shandong, China.
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Ponnu J, Hoecker U. Illuminating the COP1/SPA Ubiquitin Ligase: Fresh Insights Into Its Structure and Functions During Plant Photomorphogenesis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:662793. [PMID: 33841486 PMCID: PMC8024647 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.662793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase in plants and animals. Discovered originally in Arabidopsis thaliana, COP1 acts in a complex with SPA proteins as a central repressor of light-mediated responses in plants. By ubiquitinating and promoting the degradation of several substrates, COP1/SPA regulates many aspects of plant growth, development and metabolism. In contrast to plants, human COP1 acts as a crucial regulator of tumorigenesis. In this review, we discuss the recent important findings in COP1/SPA research including a brief comparison between COP1 activity in plants and humans.
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Kumar R, Sharma A, Chandel I, Bisht NC. Pattern of expression and interaction specificity of multiple G-protein beta (Gβ) subunit isoforms with their potential target proteins reveal functional dominance of BjuGβ1 in the allotetraploid Brassica juncea. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2017; 118:22-30. [PMID: 28603081 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/25/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Heterotrimeric G-protein, consisting Gα, Gβ and Gγ subunits, interacts with various upstream and downstream effector (target) proteins to regulate a large array of conserved and species-specific biological functions. The targets of G-protein components are recently reported in model plant Arabidopsis thaliana; however limited information is available from crop species. In this study, we utilized yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) assay to screen the diversity of interacting partners of multiple Gβ subunit isoforms from allotetraploid Brassica juncea, a globally important oilseed and vegetable crop. The three BjuGβ genes (BjuGβ1-3), resulted from whole genome triplication event in Brassica lineage, showed distinct expression profile during plant developmental stages with maximal transcript abundance during reproductive stages. Protein-protein interaction of three BjuGβ proteins (bait) against the Y2H cDNA library (prey) identified a total of 14 and 1 non-redundant targets for BjuGβ1 and BjuGβ2, whereas BjuGβ3 screening surprisingly did not yield any genuine target, thereby suggesting functional dominance of BjuGβ1. The triplicated BjuGβ isoforms showed a high degree of interaction strength and specificity with the identified target proteins, which are known to be involved in diverse biological functions in plants. qRT-PCR analysis further indicated that the expression of BjuGβ-target genes was developmentally regulated under various tissue types studied and showed a high degree of co-expression pattern with the BjuGβ genes, particularly during flower and silique development in B. juncea. Taken together, our data provides novel insights on pattern of expression and interaction specificity governing functional divergence of multiple Gβ subunit proteins in polyploid B. juncea.
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- Roshan Kumar
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Arabidopsis COP1-interacting protein 1 is a positive regulator of ABA response. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 477:847-853. [PMID: 27372427 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.06.147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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COP1-interacting protein 1 (CIP1, At5g41790) was the first reported interacting protein for CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) of Arabidopsis; however its physiological function has remained unknown for two decades. Here we show that CIP1 is a positive regulator of abscisic acid (ABA) response. CIP1 is mainly expressed in the photosynthetic cells and the vascular tissue, and its promoter activity can be induced by osmotic stress and ABA. The CIP1 protein is localized to the plasma membrane. A T-DNA insertion mutant cip1-1 was then characterized. The mutant is sensitive to osmotic stress and has ABA insensitive phenotypes. RNA sequencing showed that cip1-1 has lower levels of gene expression in abiotic stress response compared with the wild-type. Meanwhile, transcript levels of ABA biosynthesis genes are higher in cip1-1 than in the wild-type. These results suggested that CIP1 is positively involved in ABA response.
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Lv H, Wang Q, Liu X, Han F, Fang Z, Yang L, Zhuang M, Liu Y, Li Z, Zhang Y. Whole-Genome Mapping Reveals Novel QTL Clusters Associated with Main Agronomic Traits of Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:989. [PMID: 27458471 PMCID: PMC4933720 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We describe a comprehensive quantitative trait locus (QTL) analysis for 24 main agronomic traits of cabbage. Field experiments were performed using a 196-line double haploid population in three seasons in 2011 and 2012 to evaluate important agronomic traits related to plant type, leaf, and head traits. In total, 144 QTLs with LOD threshold >3.0 were detected for the 24 agronomic traits: 25 for four plant-type-related traits, 64 for 10 leaf-related traits, and 55 for 10 head-related traits; each QTL explained 6.0-55.7% of phenotype variation. Of the QTLs, 95 had contribution rates higher than 10%, and 51 could be detected in more than one season. Major QTLs included Ph 3.1 (max R (2) = 55.7, max LOD = 28.2) for plant height, Ll 3.2 (max R (2) = 31.7, max LOD = 13.95) for leaf length, and Htd 3.2 (max R (2) = 28.5, max LOD = 9.49) for head transverse diameter; these could all be detected in more than one season. Twelve QTL clusters were detected on eight chromosomes, and the most significant four included Indel481-scaffold18376 (3.20 Mb), with five QTLs for five traits; Indel64-scaffold35418 (2.22 Mb), six QTLs for six traits; scaffold39782-Indel84 (1.78 Mb), 11 QTLs for 11 traits; and Indel353-Indel245 (9.89 Mb), seven QTLs for six traits. Besides, most traits clustered within the same region were significantly correlated with each other. The candidate genes at these regions were also discussed. Robust QTLs and their clusters obtained in this study should prove useful for marker-assisted selection (MAS) in cabbage breeding and in furthering our understanding of the genetic control of these traits.
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- Honghao Lv
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (North China), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing Vegetable Research Center, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesBeijing, China
- *Correspondence: Yangyong Zhang
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Venkatakrishnan S, Mackey D, Meier I. Functional investigation of the plant-specific long coiled-coil proteins PAMP-INDUCED COILED-COIL (PICC) and PICC-LIKE (PICL) in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS One 2013; 8:e57283. [PMID: 23451199 PMCID: PMC3581476 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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We have identified and characterized two Arabidopsis long coiled-coil proteins PAMP-INDUCED COILED-COIL (PICC) and PICC-LIKE (PICL). PICC (147 kDa) and PICL (87 kDa) are paralogs that consist predominantly of a long coiled-coil domain (expanded in PICC), with a predicted transmembrane domain at the immediate C-terminus. Orthologs of PICC and PICL were found exclusively in vascular plants. PICC and PICL GFP fusion proteins are anchored to the cytoplasmic surface of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane by a C-terminal transmembrane domain and a short tail domain, via a tail-anchoring mechanism. T-DNA-insertion mutants of PICC and PICL as well as the double mutant show an increased sensitivity to the plant abiotic stress hormone abscisic acid (ABA) in a post-germination growth response. PICC, but not PICL gene expression is induced by the bacterial pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) flg22. T-DNA insertion alleles of PICC, but not PICL, show increased susceptibility to the non-virulent strain P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 hrcC, but not to the virulent strain P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000. This suggests that PICC mutants are compromised in PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI). The data presented here provide first evidence for the involvement of a plant long coiled-coil protein in a plant defense response.
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- Sowmya Venkatakrishnan
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Zhou X, Fei Z, Thannhauser TW, Li L. Transcriptome analysis of ectopic chloroplast development in green curd cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis). BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2011; 11:169. [PMID: 22112144 PMCID: PMC3289093 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chloroplasts are the green plastids where photosynthesis takes place. The biogenesis of chloroplasts requires the coordinate expression of both nuclear and chloroplast genes and is regulated by developmental and environmental signals. Despite extensive studies of this process, the genetic basis and the regulatory control of chloroplast biogenesis and development remain to be elucidated. RESULTS Green cauliflower mutant causes ectopic development of chloroplasts in the curd tissue of the plant, turning the otherwise white curd green. To investigate the transcriptional control of chloroplast development, we compared gene expression between green and white curds using the RNA-seq approach. Deep sequencing produced over 15 million reads with lengths of 86 base pairs from each cDNA library. A total of 7,155 genes were found to exhibit at least 3-fold changes in expression between green and white curds. These included light-regulated genes, genes encoding chloroplast constituents, and genes involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis. Moreover, we discovered that the cauliflower ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (BoHY5) was expressed higher in green curds than white curds and that 2616 HY5-targeted genes, including 1600 up-regulated genes and 1016 down-regulated genes, were differently expressed in green in comparison to white curd tissue. All these 1600 up-regulated genes were HY5-targeted genes in the light. CONCLUSIONS The genome-wide profiling of gene expression by RNA-seq in green curds led to the identification of large numbers of genes associated with chloroplast development, and suggested the role of regulatory genes in the high hierarchy of light signaling pathways in mediating the ectopic chloroplast development in the green curd cauliflower mutant.
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- Xiangjun Zhou
- Robert W Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Robert W Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Robert W Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Robert W Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-ARS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Holtan HE, Bandong S, Marion CM, Adam L, Tiwari S, Shen Y, Maloof JN, Maszle DR, Ohto MA, Preuss S, Meister R, Petracek M, Repetti PP, Reuber TL, Ratcliffe OJ, Khanna R. BBX32, an Arabidopsis B-Box protein, functions in light signaling by suppressing HY5-regulated gene expression and interacting with STH2/BBX21. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 156:2109-23. [PMID: 21632973 PMCID: PMC3149924 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.177139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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A B-box zinc finger protein, B-BOX32 (BBX32), was identified as playing a role in determining hypocotyl length during a large-scale functional genomics study in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). Further analysis revealed that seedlings overexpressing BBX32 display elongated hypocotyls in red, far-red, and blue light, along with reduced cotyledon expansion in red light. Through comparative analysis of mutant and overexpression line phenotypes, including global expression profiling and growth curve studies, we demonstrate that BBX32 acts antagonistically to ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5). We further show that BBX32 interacts with SALT TOLERANCE HOMOLOG2/BBX21, another B-box protein previously shown to interact with HY5. Based on these data, we propose that BBX32 functions downstream of multiple photoreceptors as a modulator of light responses. As such, BBX32 potentially has a native role in mediating gene repression to maintain dark adaptation.
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Zou YM, Yu SC, Zhang FL, Yu YJ, Zhao XY, Zhang DS. [cDNA-AFLP analysis on transcripts associated with bolting in Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis]. YI CHUAN = HEREDITAS 2009; 31:755-62. [PMID: 19586882 DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1005.2009.00755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Premature bolting, caused by low temperature in spring and summer cultivation in low land and high land respectively, leads to reduction of the yield and quality of the harvested products in Chinese cabbage. Therefore, exploring genes involved in vernalization response is important to the improvement of Chinese cabbage varieties. Here, one extremely early bolting line (DH-54) and one extremely late bolting line (DH-43) were employed, and the cDNA-AFLP approach was used to identify key components involved in the low-temperature required vernalization response. Of 256 primer recombinations screened, a total of 191 differential expressed transcript-derived fragments (TDFs) were identified, and 82 TDFs were sequenced. BLAST and alignments showed that 52 candidate TDFs shared high levels of similarity with genes of known function, 22 TDFs of unknown function and 8 novel ESTs. The TDFs of known function were involved in genes encoding enzymes working in metabolism, proteins related to stress and defense, signal transduction, and transcription regulation, etc.
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- Yan-Min Zou
- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China.
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Vidi PA, Kanwischer M, Baginsky S, Austin JR, Csucs G, Dörmann P, Kessler F, Bréhélin C. Tocopherol cyclase (VTE1) localization and vitamin E accumulation in chloroplast plastoglobule lipoprotein particles. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:11225-34. [PMID: 16414959 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511939200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Chloroplasts contain lipoprotein particles termed plastoglobules. Plastoglobules are generally believed to have little function beyond lipid storage. Here we report on the identification of plastoglobule proteins using mass spectrometry methods in Arabidopsis thaliana. We demonstrate specific plastoglobule association of members of the plastid lipid-associated proteins/fibrillin family as well as known metabolic enzymes, including the tocopherol cyclase (VTE1), a key enzyme of tocopherol (vitamin E) synthesis. Moreover, comparative analysis of chloroplast membrane fractions shows that plastoglobules are a site of vitamin E accumulation in chloroplasts. Thus, in addition to their lipid storage function, we propose that plastoglobules are metabolically active, taking part in tocopherol synthesis and likely other pathways.
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- Pierre-Alexandre Vidi
- Institute of Botany, University of Neuchâtel, Emile Argand 11, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Rose A, Schraegle SJ, Stahlberg EA, Meier I. Coiled-coil protein composition of 22 proteomes--differences and common themes in subcellular infrastructure and traffic control. BMC Evol Biol 2005; 5:66. [PMID: 16288662 PMCID: PMC1322226 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-5-66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2005] [Accepted: 11/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Long alpha-helical coiled-coil proteins are involved in diverse organizational and regulatory processes in eukaryotic cells. They provide cables and networks in the cyto- and nucleoskeleton, molecular scaffolds that organize membrane systems and tissues, motors, levers, rotating arms, and possibly springs. Mutations in long coiled-coil proteins have been implemented in a growing number of human diseases. Using the coiled-coil prediction program MultiCoil, we have previously identified all long coiled-coil proteins from the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and have established a searchable Arabidopsis coiled-coil protein database. Results Here, we have identified all proteins with long coiled-coil domains from 21 additional fully sequenced genomes. Because regions predicted to form coiled-coils interfere with sequence homology determination, we have developed a sequence comparison and clustering strategy based on masking predicted coiled-coil domains. Comparing and grouping all long coiled-coil proteins from 22 genomes, the kingdom-specificity of coiled-coil protein families was determined. At the same time, a number of proteins with unknown function could be grouped with already characterized proteins from other organisms. Conclusion MultiCoil predicts proteins with extended coiled-coil domains (more than 250 amino acids) to be largely absent from bacterial genomes, but present in archaea and eukaryotes. The structural maintenance of chromosomes proteins and their relatives are the only long coiled-coil protein family clearly conserved throughout all kingdoms, indicating their ancient nature. Motor proteins, membrane tethering and vesicle transport proteins are the dominant eukaryote-specific long coiled-coil proteins, suggesting that coiled-coil proteins have gained functions in the increasingly complex processes of subcellular infrastructure maintenance and trafficking control of the eukaryotic cell.
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- Annkatrin Rose
- Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University, 1060 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Ohio Super Computer Center, 1224 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212, USA
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- Department of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology, Plant Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University, 1060 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Yi C, Deng XW. COP1 - from plant photomorphogenesis to mammalian tumorigenesis. Trends Cell Biol 2005; 15:618-25. [PMID: 16198569 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2005.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2005] [Revised: 08/24/2005] [Accepted: 09/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The COP1 (constitutive photomorphogenic 1) protein, comprising RING finger, coiled-coil and WD40 domains, is conserved in both higher plants and vertebrates. In plants, COP1 acts as an E3 ubiquitin ligase to repress light signaling by targeting photoreceptors and downstream transcription factors for ubiquitylation and degradation. The activity of COP1 in plant cells correlates with its cytoplasmic and nuclear partitioning according to dark or light conditions. In addition, various signaling molecules have been shown to directly interact with COP1 and modulate its activity. Recently, scientists have begun to probe the function and regulation of COP1 in mammalian systems. Initial studies have pointed at possible roles for mammalian COP1 in tumorigenesis and the stress response through regulating the activities of p53 and c-Jun.
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- Chunling Yi
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Rose A, Manikantan S, Schraegle SJ, Maloy MA, Stahlberg EA, Meier I. Genome-wide identification of Arabidopsis coiled-coil proteins and establishment of the ARABI-COIL database. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2004; 134:927-39. [PMID: 15020757 PMCID: PMC389916 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.035626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Increasing evidence demonstrates the importance of long coiled-coil proteins for the spatial organization of cellular processes. Although several protein classes with long coiled-coil domains have been studied in animals and yeast, our knowledge about plant long coiled-coil proteins is very limited. The repeat nature of the coiled-coil sequence motif often prevents the simple identification of homologs of animal coiled-coil proteins by generic sequence similarity searches. As a consequence, counterparts of many animal proteins with long coiled-coil domains, like lamins, golgins, or microtubule organization center components, have not been identified yet in plants. Here, all Arabidopsis proteins predicted to contain long stretches of coiled-coil domains were identified by applying the algorithm MultiCoil to a genome-wide screen. A searchable protein database, ARABI-COIL (http://www.coiled-coil.org/arabidopsis), was established that integrates information on number, size, and position of predicted coiled-coil domains with subcellular localization signals, transmembrane domains, and available functional annotations. ARABI-COIL serves as a tool to sort and browse Arabidopsis long coiled-coil proteins to facilitate the identification and selection of candidate proteins of potential interest for specific research areas. Using the database, candidate proteins were identified for Arabidopsis membrane-bound, nuclear, and organellar long coiled-coil proteins.
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- Annkatrin Rose
- Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology Center, Ohio State University, 1060 Carmack Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Christoph Schüller
- Vienna Biocenter, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University of Vienna, Ludwig Boltzmann-Forschungsstelle für Biochemie, Wien, Austria
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Kuroda H, Takahashi N, Shimada H, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Matsui M. Classification and expression analysis of Arabidopsis F-box-containing protein genes. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 43:1073-85. [PMID: 12407186 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcf151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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F-box proteins regulate diverse cellular processes, including cell cycle transition, transcriptional regulation and signal transduction, by playing roles in Skp1p-cullin-F-box protein (SCF) complexes or non-SCF complexes. F-box proteins are encoded by a large gene family. Our database search revealed that at least 568 F-box protein genes are present in the Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) genome. Domain search analysis using SMART and Pfam-A databases revealed that 67 of the F-box proteins contained Kelch repeats and 29 contained leucine-rich repeats (LRRs). Interestingly only two F-box proteins contained WD40 repeats that are found in many F-box proteins of other organisms. Kelch repeats, LRRs and WD40 repeats are implicated in protein-protein interactions. This analysis also resulted in the finding of several unique functional domains; however, 448 of the F-box proteins did not contain any known domains. Therefore, these proteins were used to search the Pfam-B database to find novel domains, and three putative ones were found. These domain search analyses led us to classify the Arabidopsis F-box proteins into at least 19 groups based on their domain structures. Macro array analysis showed that several F-box protein genes are expressed in a tissue-specific manner.
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- Hirofumi Kuroda
- Plant Function Exploration Team, Plant Functional Genomics Research Group, Genomic Sciences Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, 1-7-22 Suyehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045 Japan
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Møller SG, Ingles PJ, Whitelam GC. The cell biology of phytochrome signalling. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2002; 154:553-590. [PMID: 33873456 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00419.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Phytochrome signal transduction has in the past often been viewed as being a nonspatially separated linear chain of events. However, through a combination of molecular, genetic and cell biological approaches, it is becoming increasingly evident that phytochrome signalling constitutes a highly ordered multidimensional network of events. The discovery that some phytochromes and signalling intermediates show light-dependent nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning has not only led to the suggestion that early signalling events take place in the nucleus, but also that subcellular localization patterns most probably represent an important signalling control point. Moreover, detailed characterization of signalling intermediates has demonstrated that various branches of the signalling network are spatially separated and take place in different cellular compartments including the nucleus, cytosol, and chloroplasts. In addition, proteasome-mediated degradation of signalling intermediates most probably act in concert with subcellular partitioning events as an integrated checkpoint. An emerging view from this is that phytochrome signalling is separated into several subcellular organelles and that these are interconnected in order to execute accurate responses to changes in the light environment. By integrating the available data, both at the cellular and subcellular level, we should be able to construct a solid foundation for further dissection of phytochrome signal transduction in plants. Contents Summary 553 I. Introduction 554 II. Nucleus vs cytoplasm 556 III. The nucleus 562 IV. The cytoplasm 571 V. Interactions with other signalling pathways 577 VI. Conclusions and the future 582 Acknowledgements 583 References 583.
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- Simon G Møller
- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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Kim YM, Woo JC, Song PS, Soh MS. HFR1, a phytochrome A-signalling component, acts in a separate pathway from HY5, downstream of COP1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 30:711-719. [PMID: 12061902 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2002.01326.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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HFR1, a basic helix-loop-helix protein, is known to be required for a subset of phytochrome A (phyA)-dependent photoresponses. To investigate the role of HFR1 in light signalling, we have examined the genetic interaction between HFR1 and HY5, a positive regulator of light signalling, and COP1, a repressor of photomorphogenesis. Double mutant analysis suggests that HFR1 mediates phyA-dependent inhibition of hypocotyl elongation independently of HY5. HFR1 was shown to be necessary for a subset of cop1-triggered photomorphogenic phenotypes in the dark, including inhibition of hypocotyl elongation, gravitropic hypocotyl growth, and expression of the light-inducible genes CAB and RBCS. Phenotypic analysis of the triple mutant cop1hy5hfr1 indicated that both HFR1 and HY5 are required for cop1-mediated photomorphogenic seedling development in darkness, consistent with their additive roles in phyA-dependent signalling. Taken together, these results suggest that HFR1 might act downstream of COP1, in a separate pathway from HY5, to mediate photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis.
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- Young-Mi Kim
- Kumho Life & Environmental Science Laboratory, 1 Oryong-Dong, Buk-Gu, Gwangju 500-712, Republic of Korea
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Hardtke CS, Okamoto H, Stoop-Myer C, Deng XW. Biochemical evidence for ubiquitin ligase activity of the Arabidopsis COP1 interacting protein 8 (CIP8). THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 30:385-94. [PMID: 12028569 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2002.01298.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Arabidopsis COP1 is a negative regulator of photomorphogenesis, which targets HY5, a positive regulator of photomorphogenesis, for degradation via the proteasome pathway in the absence of light. COP1 and its interactive partner CIP8 both possess RING finger motifs, characteristic of some E3 ubiquitin ligases. Here we show that CIP8 promotes ubiquitin attachment to HY5 in E2-dependent fashion in vitro. CIP8 exhibits a strong interaction with the E2 enzyme AtUBC8 through its N-terminal domain. Phosphorylation of HY5 by casein kinase II requires the beta subunit 2, but does not affect HY5's susceptibility to ubiquitination. The RING domain of CIP8 is required but is not sufficient for ubiquitin ligase activity. Although the RING domain of CIP8 interacts with the RING domain of COP1, addition of recombinant COP1 fails to affect CIP8's ubiquitin ligase activity towards HY5 in vitro. However, recombinant COP1 can pull-down native CIP8 from the extract of dark-grown seedlings, but not from the extract of light-grown seedlings in a column-binding assay, implying a requirement for light-regulated modification in vivo. Our data suggest that CIP8 can form a minimal ubiquitin ligase in co-operation with the E2 enzyme AtUBC8. It is possible that the AtUBC8-CIP8 module might interact with COP1 in vivo, thereby participating in proteasome-mediated degradation of HY5.
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- Christian S Hardtke
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Shin B, Choi G, Yi H, Yang S, Cho I, Kim J, Lee S, Paek NC, Kim JH, Song PS, Choi G. AtMYB21, a gene encoding a flower-specific transcription factor, is regulated by COP1. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 30:23-32. [PMID: 11967090 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2002.01264.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Light is an important environmental signal that governs plant growth and development. One important light-signalling component involved in plant light responses is COP1. The pleiotropic phenotypes of the cop1 mutant suggest that COP1 regulates not only photomorphogenesis, but also other developmental processes. We investigated the role of COP1 by identifying genes that are regulated by COP1. We report that AtMYB21, a gene encoding a flower-specific transcription factor, is ectopically expressed in the cop1 mutant. Analysis shows that dark-grown transgenic seedlings expressing AtMYB21-GR fusion protein display some features of the cop1 mutant, including decreased hypocotyl cell expansion, open cotyledons in the dark, and seedling lethality in the presence of dexamethasone. Light-grown adult transgenic plants expressing AtMYB21 have shorter stems, smaller and narrower leaves, narrower petals, and malformed carpels. In addition, we show that AtMYB21 directly regulates two genes that are also expressed more abundantly in the cop1 mutant. The results indicate that COP1 is required to repress the AtMYB21 gene in seedlings, and the pleiotropic phenotypes shown in the cop1 mutant are due to the combination of misregulation of genuine light-signalling components and other tissue-specific factors.
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- Byongchul Shin
- Kumho Life and Environmental Science Laboratory, 1 Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju 500-712 Korea
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Hoecker U, Quail PH. The phytochrome A-specific signaling intermediate SPA1 interacts directly with COP1, a constitutive repressor of light signaling in Arabidopsis. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:38173-8. [PMID: 11461903 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103140200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SPA1 is a phytochrome A (phyA)-specific signaling intermediate that acts as a light-dependent repressor of photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis seedlings. It contains a WD-repeat domain that shows high sequence similarity to the WD-repeat region of the constitutive repressor of light signaling, COP1. Here, using yeast two-hybrid and in vitro interaction assays, we show that SPA1 strongly and selectively binds to COP1. Domain mapping studies indicate that the putative coiled-coil domain of SPA1 is necessary and sufficient for binding to COP1. Conversely, similar deletion analyses of the COP1 protein suggest that SPA1 interacts with the presumed coiled-coil domain of COP1. To further investigate SPA1 function in the phyA signaling pathway, we tested whether SPA1, like COP1, mediates changes in gene expression in response to light. We show that spa1 mutations increase the photoresponsiveness of certain light-regulated genes within 2 h of light treatment. Taken together, the results suggest that SPA1 may function to link the phytochrome A-specific branch of the light signaling pathway to COP1. Hence, our data provide molecular support for the hypothesis that COP1 is a convergence point for upstream signaling pathways dedicated to individual photoreceptors.
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- U Hoecker
- Institut für Entwicklungs-und Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen, University of Düsseldorf, Building 26.03.02., D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Peng Z, Staub JM, Serino G, Kwok SF, Kurepa J, Bruce BD, Vierstra RD, Wei N, Deng XW. The cellular level of PR500, a protein complex related to the 19S regulatory particle of the proteasome, is regulated in response to stresses in plants. Mol Biol Cell 2001; 12:383-92. [PMID: 11179422 PMCID: PMC30950 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.2.383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2000] [Revised: 11/29/2000] [Accepted: 12/19/2000] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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In Arabidopsis seedlings and cauliflower florets, Rpn6 (a proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit) was found in two distinct protein complexes of approximately 800 and 500 kDa, respectively. The large complex likely represents the proteasome 19S regulator particle (RP) because it displays the expected subunit composition and all characteristics. The small complex, designated PR500, shares at least three subunits with the "lid" subcomplex of 19S RP and is loosely associated with an hsp70 protein. In Arabidopsis COP9 signalosome mutants, PR500 was specifically absent or reduced to an extent that correlates with the severity of the mutations. Furthermore, PR500 was also diminished in response to potential protein-misfolding stresses caused by the heat shock and canavanine treatment. Immunofluorescence studies suggest that PR500 has a distinct localization pattern and is enriched in specific nuclear foci. We propose that PR500 may be evolved in higher plants to cope with the frequently encountered environmental stresses.
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- Z Peng
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA
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Yahalom A, Kim TH, Winter E, Karniol B, von Arnim AG, Chamovitz DA. Arabidopsis eIF3e (INT-6) associates with both eIF3c and the COP9 signalosome subunit CSN7. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:334-40. [PMID: 11029466 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006721200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Arabidopsis COP9 signalosome is a multisubunit repressor of photomorphogenesis that is conserved among eukaryotes. This complex may have a general role in development. As a step in dissecting the biochemical mode of action of the COP9 signalosome, we determined the sequence of proteins that copurify with this complex. Here we describe the association between components of the COP9 signalosome (CSN1, CSN7, and CSN8) and two subunits of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 (eIF3), eIF3e (p48, known also as INT-6) and eIF3c (p105). To obtain a biochemical marker for Arabidopsis eIF3, we cloned the Arabidopsis ortholog of the eIF3 subunit eIF3b (PRT1). eIF3e coimmunoprecipitated with CSN7, and eIF3c coimmunoprecipitated with eIF3e, eIF3b, CSN8, and CSN1. eIF3e directly interacted with CSN7 and eIF3c. However, eIF3e and eIF3b cofractionated by gel filtration chromatography in a complex that was larger than the COP9 signalosome. Whereas eIF3, as detected through eIF3b, localized solely to the cytoplasm, eIF3e, like CSN7, was also found in the nucleus. This suggests that eIF3e and eIF3c are probably components of multiple complexes and that eIF3e and eIF3c associate with subunits of the COP9 signalosome, even though they are not components of the COP9 signalosome core complex. This interaction may allow for translational control by the COP9 signalosome.
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- A Yahalom
- Department of Plant Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Hardtke CS, Deng XW. The cell biology of the COP/DET/FUS proteins. Regulating proteolysis in photomorphogenesis and beyond? PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2000; 124:1548-57. [PMID: 11115873 PMCID: PMC1539311 DOI: 10.1104/pp.124.4.1548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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- C S Hardtke
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA
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Schwechheimer C, Deng XW. The COP/DET/FUS proteins-regulators of eukaryotic growth and development. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2000; 11:495-503. [PMID: 11145879 DOI: 10.1006/scdb.2000.0203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Eleven recessive mutant loci define the class of cop / det / fus mutants of Arabidopsis. The cop / det / fus mutants mimic the phenotype of light-grown seedlings when grown in the dark. At least four cop / det / fus mutants carry mutations in subunits of the COP9 signalosome, a multiprotein complex paralogous to the 'lid' subcomplex of the 26S proteasome. COP1, another COP/DET/FUS protein, is itself not a subunit of the COP9 signalosome. In the dark, COP1 accumulates in the nucleus where it is required for the degradation of the HY5 protein, a positive regulator of photomorphogenesis. In the light, COP1 is excluded from the nucleus and the constitutively nuclear HY5 protein can accumulate. Nuclear accumulation of COP1 and degradation of HY5 are impaired in the cop / det / fus mutants that carry mutations in subunits of the COP9 signalosome. Although the cellular function of the COP/DET/FUS proteins is not yet well understood, taken together the current findings suggest that the COP/DET/FUS proteins repress photomorphogenesis in the dark by mediating specific protein degradation.
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- C Schwechheimer
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Lam MH, Thomas RJ, Martin TJ, Gillespie MT, Jans DA. Nuclear and nucleolar localization of parathyroid hormone-related protein. Immunol Cell Biol 2000; 78:395-402. [PMID: 10947864 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.2000.00919.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) was first discovered as the factor causing hypercalcaemia produced by solid tumours frequently associated with the head and neck, breast, lung and kidney. The homology of its amino-terminus to parathyroid hormone (PTH; eight of the first 13 residues are identical), enables it to share the same receptor and perform similar biological functions to PTH. The sequences of PTHrP C-terminal to its PTH-like region confer functions such as transplacental calcium transport, renal bicarbonate excretion and in vitro osteoclast inhibition. Recent findings have shown that PTHrP is a nuclear/nucleolar protein in certain tissues and that this localization is cell cycle-regulated, mediated by the middle portion of the molecule, and involves the nuclear import receptor importin beta1. The present review discusses what is known about the pathway by which PTHrP localizes to the nucleus/nucleolus and the putative roles it may have there.
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- M H Lam
- Nuclear Signalling Laboratory, Division for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australi.
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Thomas MC, García-Pérez JL, Alonso C, López MC. Molecular characterization of KMP11 from Trypanosoma cruzi: a cytoskeleton-associated protein regulated at the translational level. DNA Cell Biol 2000; 19:47-57. [PMID: 10668791 DOI: 10.1089/104454900314708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kinetoplasmid membrane protein-11 (KMP11) is present in a wide range of trypanosomatids. In the present paper, we show that the T. cruzi KMP11 gene is organized in a cluster formed by four gene units arranged in a head-to-tail tandem manner located on a chromosome of about 1900 kb. Northern blot analyses indicated that the steady-state level of mature KMP11 transcripts of 0.52 kb is high and similar in the three forms of the parasite. The KMP11 mRNAs have a half-life of about 16 h whose steady-state level is strongly downregulated when the parasites reach the stationary growth phase. The T. cruzi KMP11 sequence presents a significant homology with the amino-terminal third of the cytoskeleton-associated protein CIP1 from Arabidopsis thaliana. Western blot and immunoelectron microscopy studies showed that KMP11 is present in the cytoskeleton structure. Because the strong downregulation observed in the de novo synthesis of KMP11 protein in parasites treated with vinblastine is not accompanied by a significant fall in the steady-state level of KMP11 mRNAs, regulatory control of the protein at the translational level is suggested.
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- M C Thomas
- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada, Spain
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In the past few years great progress has been made in identifying and characterizing plant photoreceptors active in the blue/UV-A regions of the spectrum. These photoreceptors include cryptochrome 1 and cryptochrome 2, which are similar in structure and chromophore composition to the prokaryotic DNA photolyases. However, they have a C-terminal extension that is not present in photolyases and lack photolyase activity. They are involved in regulation of cell elongation and in many other processes, including interfacing with circadian rhythms and activating gene transcription. Animal cryptochromes that play a photoreceptor role in circadian rhythms have also been characterized. Phototropin, the protein product of the NPH1 gene in Arabidopsis, likely serves as the photoreceptor for phototropism and appears to have no other role. A plasma membrane protein, it serves as photoreceptor, kinase, and substrate for light-activated phosphorylation. The carotenoid zeaxanthin may serve as the chromophore for a photoreceptor involved in blue-light-activated stomatal opening. The properties of these photoreceptors and some of the downstream events they are known to activate are discussed.
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- W R Briggs
- Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Yoshizumi T, Nagata N, Shimada H, Matsui M. An Arabidopsis cell cycle -dependent kinase-related gene, CDC2b, plays a role in regulating seedling growth in darkness. THE PLANT CELL 1999; 11:1883-96. [PMID: 10521519 PMCID: PMC144097 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.10.1883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The Arabidopsis CDC2b gene has been defined as a plant-specific cell cycle-dependent kinase-related gene, although it lacks the conserved cyclin binding motif, and its exact function is not known. Here, we report that in etiolated seedlings, the expression of the CDC2b gene is correlated with elongation rate of the hypocotyl. Inhibition of CDC2b gene expression by using an inducible antisense construct resulted in short-hypocotyl and open-cotyledon phenotypes when transgenic seedlings were grown in the dark. The severity of these phenotypes in dark-grown seedlings could be correlated with the level of the antisense gene expression. The short hypocotyl of seedlings underexpressing CDC2b was a result of inhibition of cell elongation rather than a reduction in cell number, whereas in cotyledons, inhibition of CDC2b expression resulted in large, open cotyledons with amyloplasts rather than etioplasts. Although the nuclear DNA was less compact in the antisense hypocotyl cells, DNA content and endoreduplication were not affected. Cell division of the shoot apical meristem also was not affected by antisense expression. The short-hypocotyl phenotype of these transgenic plants was partially rescued by the addition of brassinolide. Brassinolide can only induce CDC2b expression in darkness. These results suggest a role for the CDC2b gene in seedling growth via regulation of hypocotyl cell elongation and cotyledon cell development.
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- T Yoshizumi
- Laboratory for Photoperception and Signal Transduction, Frontier Research Program, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) 2-1, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Torii KU, Stoop-Myer CD, Okamoto H, Coleman JE, Matsui M, Deng XW. The RING finger motif of photomorphogenic repressor COP1 specifically interacts with the RING-H2 motif of a novel Arabidopsis protein. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:27674-81. [PMID: 10488108 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.39.27674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) protein of Arabidopsis functions as a molecular switch for the seedling developmental fates: photomorphogenesis under light conditions and skotomorphogenesis in darkness. The COP1 protein contains a cysteine-rich zinc-binding RING finger motif found in diverse groups of regulatory proteins. To understand the role of the COP1 RING finger in mediating protein-protein interaction, we have performed a yeast two-hybrid screen and isolated a novel protein with a RING-H2 motif, a variant type of the RING finger. This protein, designated COP1 Interacting Protein 8 (CIP8), is encoded by a single copy gene and localized to cytosol in a transient assay. In addition to the RING-H2 motif, the predicted protein has a C4 zinc finger, an acidic region, a glycine-rich cluster, and a serine-rich cluster. The COP1 RING finger and the CIP8 RING-H2 domains are sufficient for their interaction with each other both in vitro and in yeast, whereas neither motif displayed significant self-association. Moreover, site-directed mutagenesis studies demonstrated that the expected zinc-binding ligands of the RING finger and RING-H2 fingers are essential for their interaction. Our findings indicate that the RING finger motif, in this case, serves as autonomous protein-protein interaction domain. The allele specific effect of cop1 mutations on the CIP8 protein accumulation in seedlings indicates that its stability in vivo is dependent on the COP1 protein.
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- K U Torii
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA
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Stacey MG, von Arnim AG. A novel motif mediates the targeting of the Arabidopsis COP1 protein to subnuclear foci. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:27231-6. [PMID: 10480941 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.38.27231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The constitutive photomorphogenesis 1 (COP1) protein of Arabidopsis thaliana accumulates in discrete subnuclear foci. To better understand the role of subnuclear architecture in COP1-mediated gene expression, we investigated the structural motifs of COP1 that mediate its localization to subnuclear foci using mutational analysis with green fluorescent protein as a reporter. In a transient expression assay, a subnuclear localization signal consisting of 58 residues between amino acids 120 and 177 of COP1 was able to confer speckled localization onto the heterologous nuclear NIa protein from tobacco etch virus. The subnuclear localization signal overlaps two previously characterized motifs, a cytoplasmic localization signal and a putative alpha-helical coiled-coil domain that has been implicated in COP1 dimerization. Moreover, phenotypically lethal mutations in the carboxyl-terminal WD-40 repeats inhibited localization to subnuclear foci, consistent with a functional role for the accumulation of COP1 at subnuclear sites.
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- M G Stacey
- Department of Botany, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1100, USA
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Holm M, Deng XW. Structural organization and interactions of COP1, a light-regulated developmental switch. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 41:151-158. [PMID: 10579483 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006324115086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Arabidopsis seedling development follows contrasting patterns depending on ambient light conditions, photomorphogenesis in the light and skotomorphogenesis or etiolation in darkness. COP1 is a limiting or regulatory component in mediating repression of photomorphogenesis in the absence of light. COP1 acts within the nucleus in the dark, directly interacts and regulates specific transcription factors that are required for promoting photomorphogenesis. Light abrogates COP1 action and results in progressive nuclear depletion of COP1 with increasing light stimuli. COP1 contains multiple structural modules, which are responsible for interacting with distinct cellular factors and play specific functional roles. We review the most recent progress in understanding the COP1 action and propose specific models based on the recent studies.
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- M Holm
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Light exerts a great influence on gene expression, physiology and development pattern in higher plants. Protein factors involved in these processes, such as the photoreceptor, phytochrome B, a key regulatory protein, COP1, and some bZIP transcription factors have been identified and their light-regulated movement between the cytoplasm and the nucleus has been demonstrated. These findings imply that nucleocytoplasmic transport plays a crucial role in light regulation in higher plants. This review summarizes recent investigations into plant nuclear transport systems and specific cases where nucleocytoplasmic transport is subject to light regulation.
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- N Yamamoto
- Department of Biology, Ochanomizu University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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Osterlund MT, Ang LH, Deng XW. The role of COP1 in repression of Arabidopsis photomorphogenic development. Trends Cell Biol 1999; 9:113-8. [PMID: 10201077 DOI: 10.1016/s0962-8924(99)01499-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Photomorphogenic development in Arabidopsis is regulated by the key repressor COP1, which interacts with specific transcription factors in the nucleus to modulate their activities. In the dark, COP1 accumulates in the nucleus and represses photomorphogenic development. Light diminishes the nuclear accumulation of COP1 and abrogates its repressor activity. A number of cellular components are involved in light-dependent nucleocytoplasmic partitioning of COP1, including the multisubunit COP9 complexes and at least three well-characterized photoreceptors. This review discusses current understanding of the mechanisms of COP1 action.
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- M T Osterlund
- Dept of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Stacey MG, Hicks SN, von Arnim AG. Discrete domains mediate the light-responsive nuclear and cytoplasmic localization of Arabidopsis COP1. THE PLANT CELL 1999; 11:349-64. [PMID: 10072396 PMCID: PMC144184 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.3.349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The Arabidopsis CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1) protein plays a critical role in the repression of photomorphogenesis during Arabidopsis seedling development. We investigated the control of COP1 partitioning between nucleus and cytoplasm, which has been implicated in the regulation of COP1 activity, by using fusion proteins between COP1 and beta-glucuronidase or the green fluorescent protein. Transient expression assays using onion epidermal cells and data from hypocotyl cells of stably transformed Arabidopsis demonstrated that COP1 carries a single, bipartite nuclear localization signal that functions independently of light. Nuclear exclusion was mediated by a novel and distinct signal, bordering the zinc-finger and coiled-coil motifs, that was able to redirect a heterologous nuclear protein to the cytoplasm. The cytoplasmic localization signal functioned in a light-independent manner. Light regulation of nuclear localization was reconstituted by combining the individual domains containing the nuclear localization signal and the cytoplasmic localization signal; the WD-40 repeat domain of COP1 was not required. However, phenotypic analysis of transgenic seedlings suggested that the constitutively nuclear-localized WD-40 repeat domain was able to mimic aspects of COP1 function, as indicated by exaggerated hypocotyl elongation under light conditions.
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- M G Stacey
- Department of Botany, University of Tennessee, HBB 437, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-1100, USA
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Kircher S, Wellmer F, Nick P, Rügner A, Schäfer E, Harter K. Nuclear import of the parsley bZIP transcription factor CPRF2 is regulated by phytochrome photoreceptors. J Cell Biol 1999; 144:201-11. [PMID: 9922448 PMCID: PMC2132893 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.2.201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In plants, light perception by photoreceptors leads to differential expression of an enormous number of genes. An important step for differential gene expression is the regulation of transcription factor activities. To understand these processes in light signal transduction we analyzed the three well-known members of the common plant regulatory factor (CPRF) family from parsley (Petroselinum crispum). Here, we demonstrate that these CPRFs, which belong to the basic- region leucine-zipper (bZIP) domain-containing transcription factors, are differentially distributed within parsley cells, indicating different regulatory functions within the regulatory networks of the plant cell. In particular, we show by cell fractionation and immunolocalization approaches that CPRF2 is transported from the cytosol into the nucleus upon irradiation due to action of phytochrome photoreceptors. Two NH2-terminal domains responsible for cytoplasmic localization of CPRF2 in the dark were characterized by deletion analysis using a set of CPRF2-green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene fusion constructs transiently expressed in parsley protoplasts. We suggest that light-induced nuclear import of CPRF2 is an essential step in phytochrome signal transduction.
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- S Kircher
- Institut für Biologie II/Botanik, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Kwok SF, Staub JM, Deng XW. Characterization of two subunits of Arabidopsis 19S proteasome regulatory complex and its possible interaction with the COP9 complex. J Mol Biol 1999; 285:85-95. [PMID: 9878390 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The nuclear localized, multi-subunit COP9 complex (or COP9 signalosome) is a key developmental modulator involved in repression of photomorphogenesis. In an effort to further define the molecular actions of the COP9 complex, a yeast two hybrid interactive screen was undertaken to identify proteins that could directly interact with one subunit of this complex, namely FUS6/COP11. This screen identified one specific interactive protein, AtS9, that is likely the Arabidopsis non-ATPase S9 (subunit 9) of the 19S regulatory complex from the 26S proteasome. AtS9 specifically interacts with FUS6/COP11 via the C-terminal domain of FUS6/COP11, which is distinct from the N-terminal domain necessary for FUS6/COP11 to interact with itself. As anticipated, AtS9 is not a member of the COP9 complex, but tightly associates with an ATPase subunit of the Arabidopsis 19S proteasome regulatory complex, AtS6A. Since all three proteins, FUS6/COP11, AtS9, and AtS6A, are present as complexed forms in vivo, the observed interaction implies that the COP9 complex may directly interact with the 19S regulatory complex of the 26S proteasome or other potential AtS9-containing complex. This notion is consistent with the parallel tissue-specific expression patterns and the similar, predominantly nuclear localization of both the COP9 complex and the AtS9 protein.
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- S F Kwok
- Department of Molecular Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520-8104, USA
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von Arnim AG, Deng XW, Stacey MG. Cloning vectors for the expression of green fluorescent protein fusion proteins in transgenic plants. Gene X 1998; 221:35-43. [PMID: 9852947 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00433-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A series of versatile cloning vectors has been constructed that facilitate the expression of protein fusions to the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein (GFP) in plant cells. Amino-terminal- and carboxy-terminal protein fusions have been created and visualized by epifluorescence microscopy, both in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana and after transient expression in onion epidermal cells. Using tandem dimers and other protein fusions to GFP, we found that the previously described localization of wild-type GFP to the cell nucleus is most likely due to diffusion of GFP across the nuclear envelope rather than to a cryptic nuclear localization signal. A fluorescence-based, quantitative assay for nuclear localization signals is described. In addition, we have employed the previously characterized mutants GFP-S65T and GFP-Y66H in order to allow for the expression of red-shifted and blue fluorescent proteins, respectively, which are suitable for double-labeling studies. Expression of GFP-fusions was controlled by a cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. Using the Arabidopsis COP1 protein as a model, we confirmed a close similarity in the subcellular localization of native COP1 and the GFP-tagged COP1 protein. We demonstrated that COP1 was localized to discrete subnuclear particles and further confirmed that fusion to GFP did not compromise the activity of the wild-type COP1 protein.
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- A G von Arnim
- Department of Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-1100, USA.
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Torii KU, McNellis TW, Deng XW. Functional dissection of Arabidopsis COP1 reveals specific roles of its three structural modules in light control of seedling development. EMBO J 1998; 17:5577-87. [PMID: 9755158 PMCID: PMC1170886 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.19.5577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Arabidopsis COP1 acts as a repressor of photomorphogenesis in darkness, and light stimuli abrogate the repressive ability and nuclear abundance of COP1. COP1 has three known structural modules: an N-terminal RING-finger, followed by a predicted coiled-coil and C-terminal WD-40 repeats. A systematic study was undertaken to dissect the functional roles of these three COP1 domains in light control of Arabidopsis seedling development. Our data suggest that COP1 acts primarily as a homodimer, and probably dimerizes through the coiled-coil domain. The RING-finger and the coiled-coil domains can function independently as light-responsive modules mediating the light-controlled nucleocytoplasmic partitioning of COP1. The C-terminal WD-40 domain functions as an autonomous repressor module since the overexpression of COP1 mutant proteins with intact WD-40 repeats are able to suppress photomorphogenic development. This WD-40 domain-mediated repression can be at least in part accounted for by COP1's direct interaction with and negative regulation of HY5, a bZIP transcription factor that positively regulates photomorphogenesis. However, COP1 self-association is a prerequisite for the observed interaction of the COP1 WD-40 repeats with HY5. This work thus provides a structural basis of COP1 as a molecular switch.
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- K U Torii
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208104, 165 Prospect Street, OML 301, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Small I, Wintz H, Akashi K, Mireau H. Two birds with one stone: genes that encode products targeted to two or more compartments. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1998. [PMID: 9738971 DOI: 10.1023/a:1006081903354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Eukaryotic cells are divided into multiple membrane-bound compartments, all of which contain proteins. A large subset of these proteins perform functions that are required in more than one compartment. Although in most cases proteins carrying out the same function in different compartments are encoded by different genes, this is not always true. Numerous examples have now been found where a single gene encodes proteins (or RNAs) found in two (or more) cell organelles or membrane systems. Some particularly clear examples come from protein synthesis itself: plant cells contain three protein-synthesizing compartments, the cytosol, the mitochondrial matrix and the plastid stroma. All three compartments thus require tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Some mitochondrial tRNAs and their aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are identical to their cytosolic counterparts and they are encoded by the same genes. Similarly, some mitochondrial and plastid aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are encoded by the same nuclear genes. The various ways in which differentially targeted products can be generated from single genes is discussed.
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- I Small
- Station de Génétique et Amélioration des Plantes, INRA, Versailles, France.
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Wei N, Deng XW. Characterization and Purification of the Mammalian COP9 Complex, a Conserved Nuclear Regulator Initially Identified as a Repressor of Photomorphogenesis in Higher Plants. Photochem Photobiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb02495.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yamamoto YY, Matsui M, Ang LH, Deng XW. Role of a COP1 interactive protein in mediating light-regulated gene expression in arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 1998; 10:1083-94. [PMID: 9668129 PMCID: PMC144059 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.7.1083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Arabidopsis seedlings display distinct patterns of gene expression and morphogenesis according to the ambient light condition. An Arabidopsis nuclear protein, CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1), acts to repress photomorphogenesis in the absence of light. The Arabidopsis CIP7 protein was identified by its capability to interact with COP1. CIP7 is a novel nuclear protein that contains transcriptional activation activity without a recognizable DNA binding motif. CIP7 requires light for its high level of expression, and COP1 seems to play a role in repressing its expression in darkness. Decreasing CIP7 expression by introducing antisense CIP7 RNA resulted in defects in light-dependent anthocyanin and chlorophyll accumulation. Antisense plants also displayed reduced expression of light-inducible genes for anthocyanin biosynthesis and photosynthesis. However, no defect was observed in light-dependent inhibition of hypocotyl elongation. Taken together, our data indicate that CIP7 acts as a positive regulator of light-regulated genes and is a potential direct downstream target of COP1 for mediating light control of gene expression.
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- Y Y Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA
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Yamamoto YY, Matsui M, Ang LH, Deng XW. Role of a COP1 interactive protein in mediating light-regulated gene expression in arabidopsis. THE PLANT CELL 1998. [PMID: 9668129 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(98)80255-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Arabidopsis seedlings display distinct patterns of gene expression and morphogenesis according to the ambient light condition. An Arabidopsis nuclear protein, CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1), acts to repress photomorphogenesis in the absence of light. The Arabidopsis CIP7 protein was identified by its capability to interact with COP1. CIP7 is a novel nuclear protein that contains transcriptional activation activity without a recognizable DNA binding motif. CIP7 requires light for its high level of expression, and COP1 seems to play a role in repressing its expression in darkness. Decreasing CIP7 expression by introducing antisense CIP7 RNA resulted in defects in light-dependent anthocyanin and chlorophyll accumulation. Antisense plants also displayed reduced expression of light-inducible genes for anthocyanin biosynthesis and photosynthesis. However, no defect was observed in light-dependent inhibition of hypocotyl elongation. Taken together, our data indicate that CIP7 acts as a positive regulator of light-regulated genes and is a potential direct downstream target of COP1 for mediating light control of gene expression.
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- Y Y Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA
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Ang LH, Chattopadhyay S, Wei N, Oyama T, Okada K, Batschauer A, Deng XW. Molecular interaction between COP1 and HY5 defines a regulatory switch for light control of Arabidopsis development. Mol Cell 1998; 1:213-22. [PMID: 9659918 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80022-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 424] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Arabidopsis COP1 acts as a light-inactivable repressor of photomorphogenic development, but its molecular mode of action remains unclear. Here, we show that COP1 negatively regulates HY5, a bZIP protein and a positive regulator of photomorphogenic development. Both in vitro and in vivo assays indicate that COP1 interacts directly and specifically with HY5. The hyperphotomorphogenic phenotype caused by the over-expression of a mutant HY5, which lacks the COP1-interactive domain, supports the regulatory role of HY5-COP1 interaction. Further, HY5 is capable of directly interacting with the CHS1 minimal promoter and is essential for its light activation. We propose that the direct interaction with and regulation of transcription factors by COP1 may represent the molecular mechanism for its control of gene expression and photomorphogenic development.
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- L H Ang
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Oyama T, Shimura Y, Okada K. The Arabidopsis HY5 gene encodes a bZIP protein that regulates stimulus-induced development of root and hypocotyl. Genes Dev 1997; 11:2983-95. [PMID: 9367981 PMCID: PMC316701 DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.22.2983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 579] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Plant developmental processes are controlled by both endogenous programs and environmental stimuli. As a photomorphogenetic mutant, hy5 of Arabidopsis has been isolated and characterized. Our detailed characterization has revealed that the mutant is deficient in a variety of stimulus responses, including gravitropic response and waving growth of roots, as well as light-dependent hypocotyl elongation. In the roots and hypocotyl, the hy5 mutation also affects greening and specific cell proliferation such as lateral root formation and secondary thickening. Those phenotypes indicate that the HY5 gene is responsible for the regulation of fundamental developmental processes of the plant cell: cell elongation, cell proliferation, and chloroplast development. Molecular cloning of the HY5 gene using a T-DNA-tagged mutant has revealed that the gene encodes a protein with a bZIP motif, one of the motifs found in transcriptional regulators. Nuclear localization of the HY5 protein strongly suggests that the HY5 gene modulates the signal transduction pathways under the HY5-related development by controlling expression of genes downstream of these pathways.
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- T Oyama
- Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-01, Japan
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- J M Staub
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8104, USA
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Wei N, Deng XW. The role of the COP/DET/FUS genes in light control of arabidopsis seedling development. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1996; 112:871-8. [PMID: 8938399 PMCID: PMC158013 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.3.871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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- N Wei
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA
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Chamovitz DA, Wei N, Osterlund MT, von Arnim AG, Staub JM, Matsui M, Deng XW. The COP9 complex, a novel multisubunit nuclear regulator involved in light control of a plant developmental switch. Cell 1996; 86:115-21. [PMID: 8689678 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80082-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Arabidopsis COP9 is a component of a large protein complex that is essential for the light control of a developmental switch and whose conformation or size is modulated by light. The complex is acidic, binds heparin, and is localized within the nucleus. Biochemical purification of the complex to near homogeneity revealed that it contains 12 distinct subunits. One of the other subunits is COP11, mutations in which result in a phenotype identical to cop9 mutants. The COP9 complex may act to regulate the nuclear abundance of COP1, an established repressor of photomorphogenic development. During the biogenesis of the COP9 complex, a certain degree of prior subunit association is a prerequisite for proper nuclear translocation. Since both COP9 and COP11 have closely related human counterparts, the COP9 complex probably represents a conserved developmental regulator in higher eukaryotes.
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- D A Chamovitz
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA
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Light control of plant development is most dramatically illustrated by seedling development. Seedling development patterns under light (photomorphogenesis) are distinct from those in darkness (skotomorphogenesis or etiolation) with respect to gene expression, cellular and subcellular differentiation, and organ morphology. A complex network of molecular interactions couples the regulatory photoreceptors to developmental decisions. Rapid progress in defining the roles of individual photoreceptors and the downstream regulators mediating light control of seedling development has been achieved in recent years, predominantly because of molecular genetic studies in Arabidopsis thaliana and other species. This review summarizes those important recent advances and highlights the working models underlying the light control of cellular development. We focus mainly on seedling morphogenesis in Arabidopsis but include complementary findings from other species.
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- Albrecht Von Arnim
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104
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