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. 1999 Aug;11(8):1445-56.
doi: 10.1105/tpc.11.8.1445.

Light quality-dependent nuclear import of the plant photoreceptors phytochrome A and B

S Kircher  1 , L Kozma-Bognar, L Kim, E Adam, K Harter, E Schafer, F Nagy
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Light quality-dependent nuclear import of the plant photoreceptors phytochrome A and B

S Kircher et al. Plant Cell. 1999 Aug.

Abstract

The phytochrome (phy) family of plant photoreceptors controls various aspects of photomorphogenesis. Overexpression of rice phyA-green fluorescent protein (GFP) and tobacco phyB-GFP fusion proteins in tobacco results in functional photoreceptors. phyA-GFP and phyB-GFP are localized in the cytosol of dark-adapted plants. In our experiments, red light treatment led to nuclear translocation of phyA-GFP and phyB-GFP, albeit with different kinetics. Red light-induced nuclear import of phyB-GFP, but not that of phyA-GFP, was inhibited by far-red light. Far-red light alone only induced nuclear translocation of phyA-GFP. These observations indicate that nuclear import of phyA-GFP is controlled by a very low fluence response, whereas translocation of phyB-GFP is regulated by a low fluence response of phytochrome. Thus, light-regulated nucleocytoplasmic partitioning of phyA and phyB is a major step in phytochrome signaling.

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