Targeted destabilization of HY5 during light-regulated development of Arabidopsis

Mark T. Osterlund, Christian S. Hardtke, Ning Wei and Xing Wang Deng ()
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Mark T. Osterlund: Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208104
Christian S. Hardtke: Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208104
Ning Wei: Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208104
Xing Wang Deng: Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208104

Nature, 2000, vol. 405, issue 6785, 462-466

Abstract: Abstract Arabidopsis seedlings display contrasting developmental patterns depending on the ambient light. Seedlings grown in the light develop photomorphogenically, characterized by short hypocotyls and expanded green cotyledons. In contrast, seedlings grown in darkness become etiolated, with elongated hypocotyls and closed cotyledons on an apical hook. Light signals, perceived by multiple photoreceptors and transduced to downstream regulators, dictate the extent of photomorphogenic development in a quantitative manner. Two key downstream components, COP1 and HY5, act antagonistically in regulating seedling development1. HY5 is a bZIP transcription factor that binds directly to the promoters of light-inducible genes, promoting their expression and photomorphogenic development2,3. COP1 is a RING-finger protein with WD-40 repeats whose nuclear abundance is negatively regulated by light4,5. COP1 interacts directly with HY5 in the nucleus to regulate its activity negatively1. Here we show that the abundance of HY5 is directly correlated with the extent of photomorphogenic development, and that the COP1–HY5 interaction may specifically target HY5 for proteasome-mediated degradation in the nucleus.

Date: 2000
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