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CIB1 and CO interact to mediate CRY2-dependent regulation of flowering.


ABSTRACT: Cryptochromes are photolyase-like photoreceptors. Arabidopsis CRY2 (cryptochrome 2) primarily mediates the photoperiodic regulation of floral initiation. CRY2 has been shown to promote FT (FLOWERING LOCUS T) mRNA expression in response to blue light by suppressing the degradation of the CO (CONSTANS) protein and activating CIB1 (CRY2-interacting bHLH1). Although CIB1 and CO are both transcriptional activators of FT, their relationship is unknown. Here, we show that CIB1 physically interacts with CO and promotes FT transcription in a CO-dependent manner. CRY2, CIB1, and CO form a protein complex in response to blue light to activate FT transcription, and the complex is regulated by the photoperiod and peaks at dusk along with higher FT expression. We also determined that CRY2 was recruited to the FT chromatin by CIB1 and CO and that all three proteins are bound to the same region within the FT promoter. Therefore, there is crosstalk between the CRY2-CO and CRY2-CIBs pathways, and CIB1 and CO act together to regulate FT transcription and flowering.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172471 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CIB1 and CO interact to mediate CRY2-dependent regulation of flowering.

Liu Yawen Y   Li Xu X   Ma Dingbang D   Chen Ziru Z   Wang Jia-Wei JW   Liu Hongtao H  

EMBO reports 20180820 10


Cryptochromes are photolyase-like photoreceptors. <i>Arabidopsis</i> CRY2 (cryptochrome 2) primarily mediates the photoperiodic regulation of floral initiation. CRY2 has been shown to promote <i>FT (FLOWERING LOCUS T)</i> mRNA expression in response to blue light by suppressing the degradation of the CO (CONSTANS) protein and activating CIB1 (CRY2-interacting bHLH1). Although CIB1 and CO are both transcriptional activators of <i>FT</i>, their relationship is unknown. Here, we show that CIB1 phys  ...[more]

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