title: LZF1/SALT TOLERANCE HOMOLOG3, an Arabidopsis B-box protein involved in light-dependent development and gene expression, undergoes COP1-mediated ubiquitination.
abstract: B-box containing proteins play an important role in light signaling in plants. Here, we identify LIGHT-REGULATED ZINC FINGER1/SALT TOLERANCE HOMOLOG3 (STH3), a B-box encoding gene that genetically interacts with two key regulators of light signaling, ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5) and CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1). STH3 physically interacts with HY5 in vivo and shows a COP1-dependent localization to nuclear speckles when coexpressed with COP1 in plant cells. A T-DNA insertion mutant, sth3, is hyposensitive to high fluence blue, red, and far-red light and has elongated hypocotyls under short days. Analyses of double mutants between sth3, sth2, and hy5 suggest that they have partially overlapping functions. Interestingly, functional assays in protoplasts suggest that STH3 can activate transcription both independently and together with STH2 through the G-box promoter element. Furthermore, sth3 suppresses the cop1 hypocotyl phenotype in the dark as well as the anthocyanin accumulation in the light. Finally, COP1 ubiquitinates STH3 in vitro, suggesting that STH3 is regulated by COP1. In conclusion, we have identified STH3 as a positive regulator of photomorphogenesis acting in concert with STH2 and HY5, while also being a target of COP1-mediated ubiquitination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Gothenburg University, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Sourav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Chamari
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hettiarachchi
authors.forename: María Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Irigoyen
authors.forename: Mintu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holm
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000528:radiation effects*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008027:Light; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000528:radiation effects; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D054875:Ubiquitination / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; C109254:HY5 protein, Arabidopsis; C529007:LZF1 protein, Arabidopsis; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C471983:AT2G32950 protein, Arabidopsis; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
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