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Arabidopsis HEMERA/pTAC12 initiates photomorphogenesis by phytochromes.


ABSTRACT: Light plays a profound role in plant development, yet how photoreceptor excitation directs phenotypic plasticity remains elusive. One of the earliest effects of light is the regulated translocation of the red/far-red photoreceptors, phytochromes, from the cytoplasm to subnuclear foci called phytochrome nuclear bodies. The function of these nuclear bodies is unknown. We report the identification of hemera, a seedling lethal mutant of Arabidopsis with altered phytochrome nuclear body patterns. hemera mutants are impaired in all phytochrome responses examined, including proteolysis of phytochrome A and phytochrome-interacting transcription factors. HEMERA was identified previously as pTAC12, a component of a plastid complex associated with transcription. Here, we show that HEMERA has a function in the nucleus, where it acts specifically in phytochrome signaling, is predicted to be structurally similar to the multiubiquitin-binding protein, RAD23, and can partially rescue yeast rad23mutants. Together, these results implicate phytochrome nuclear bodies as sites of proteolysis.

SUBMITTER: Chen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2935685 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Arabidopsis HEMERA/pTAC12 initiates photomorphogenesis by phytochromes.

Chen Meng M   Galvão Rafaelo M RM   Li Meina M   Burger Brian B   Bugea Jane J   Bolado Jack J   Chory Joanne J  

Cell 20100601 7


Light plays a profound role in plant development, yet how photoreceptor excitation directs phenotypic plasticity remains elusive. One of the earliest effects of light is the regulated translocation of the red/far-red photoreceptors, phytochromes, from the cytoplasm to subnuclear foci called phytochrome nuclear bodies. The function of these nuclear bodies is unknown. We report the identification of hemera, a seedling lethal mutant of Arabidopsis with altered phytochrome nuclear body patterns. hem  ...[more]

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