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Light‐induced nuclear import of phytochrome‐A:GFP fusion proteins is differentially regulated in transgenic tobacco and Arabidopsis
Author(s) -
Kim Lana,
Kircher Stefan,
Toth Reka,
Adam Eva,
Schäfer Eberhard,
Nagy Ferenc
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the plant journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.058
H-Index - 269
eISSN - 1365-313X
pISSN - 0960-7412
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2000.00729.x
Subject(s) - arabidopsis , phytochrome , phytochrome a , green fluorescent protein , fusion protein , arabidopsis thaliana , microbiology and biotechnology , nuclear transport , biology , mutant , transgene , nuclear localization sequence , far red , biochemistry , botany , red light , gene , cell nucleus , cytoplasm , recombinant dna
Summary Phytochromes (phy) are a family of photoreceptors that control various aspects of light‐dependent plant development. Phytochrome A (phyA) is responsible for the very low fluence response (VLFR) under inductive light conditions and for the high irradiance response (HIR) under continuous far‐red light. We have recently shown that nuclear import of rice phyA:GFP is regulated by VLFR in transgenic tobacco. The import is preceded by very fast, light‐induced formation of sequestered areas of phyA:GFP in the cytosol. Here we report that expression of the Arabidopsis phyA:GFP fusion protein in phyA‐deficient Arabidopsis plants complements the mutant phenotype. In these transgenic Arabidopsis lines, both light‐dependent cytosolic formation of sequestered areas of the phyA:GFP as well as VLFR or HIR‐mediated nuclear import of the fusion protein was observed. By contrast, light‐dependent nuclear import of the same fusion protein was induced only by continuous far‐red light (HIR) but not by pulses of far‐red light (VLFR) in transgenic tobacco. These results demonstrate that photoregulation of intracellular partitioning of the Arabidopsis phyA:GFP differs significantly in different genetic backgrounds.