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PLANT CELL
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 202-213Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.133868
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- State of Geneva
- European Research Council [310539]
- European Union
- Swiss National Science Foundation [SNF 31003A-132902, SNF 31003A-153475]
- European Research Council (ERC) [310539] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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UV-B photon reception by the Arabidopsis thaliana homodimeric UV RESISTANCE LOCUS8 (UVR8) photoreceptor leads to its monomerization and a crucial interaction with CONSTITUTIVELY PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1 (COP1). Relay of the subsequent signal regulates UV-B-induced photomorphogenesis and stress acclimation. Here, we report that two separate domains of UVR8 interact with COP1: the beta-propeller domain of UVR8 mediates UV-B-dependent interaction with the WD40 repeats-based predicted beta-propeller domain of COP1, whereas COP1 activity is regulated by interaction through the UVR8 C-terminal C27 domain. We show not only that the C27 domain is required for UVR8 activity but also that chemically induced expression of the C27 domain is sufficient to mimic UV-B signaling. We further show, in contrast with COP1, that the WD40 repeat proteins REPRESSOR OF UV-B PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS1 (RUP1) and RUP2 interact only with the UVR8 C27 domain. This coincides with their facilitation of UVR8 reversion to the ground state by redimerization and their potential to interact with UVR8 in a UV-B-independent manner. Collectively, our results provide insight into a key mechanism of photoreceptor-mediated signaling and its negative feedback regulation.
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